The "heavy volume of fire/pause to recharge" thing is a Neuroi hallmark, but then, so is the "crystals as part of a flight mechanism" thing, and Flan seems to have retained that. But you're right, she hasn't had an opportunity to really find the edges of her envelope yet.

In any case, the spell card thing is more about concentrating firepower. With the danmaku-style "barrage" spell that's about the only one she and Remilia both can cast, they can chew a Neuroi's armor to pieces fairly easily, but by the time they've exposed, located, and moved to attack the core it grows back. They don't have the quick pinpoint strike firepower necessary to close the deal. The witches get around this problem with modern weaponry and teamwork. For vampires, there are spell cards packing more directed punch.

(They weren't developed to fight Neuroi, but Remilia, contemplating ways to prepare her sister for the field, reckons they'll do the job. She's realistic enough to know that just asking Flan politely not to get involved won't work. Spell cards are plan B. :)

>>Beyond that, there's always value in not blowing up forty acres just
>>to destroy one Neuroi.
>
>Dependent on both what the forty acres contains and how badly the
>Neuroi needed to go away, but probably true most of the time.

If they were fighting in Orussia, nobody would even notice, but the Gallians are pickier about massive collateral damage.

"As Professor Kirishatov put it, it's better to have a large radioactive crater in your country and no Angel than an Angel and no country."
- John Trussell, Neon Exodus Evangelion the Movie: Apotheosis Now

Different enemy, same philosophy. :)

>"Still, there's no kill like overkill."

This is basically the only thing Mio Sakamoto and Curtis LeMay agree about.

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