>I love the complete and utter destruction of whatever freaking trope
>it is that any character caught like this MUST keep their secret power
>hidden from their crew.

Not that it would've changed anything significantly, but I was wondering if Shimakaze was planning to either just carry Jun to safety, or expecting to absorb the hit via the innate toughness of her Mental Model, neither of which would have been quite as shocking as her barrier field popping up.

Either way, it was "save first, damn the questions later", which is always nice to see.

"This is probably a stupid question, but . . ."