Having continued watching the display of lights until the last of the carriers had touched down on the planet surface, Kuroda smiled and turned around to see a handful of others had come out to walk the halls and explore the ship. A few of them were younger like himself, so he expected a lot of first-timers this year, which made him feel better about his chances. Hopefully his experience with real battle would pull him through to victory against the newbies. For the veterans, he had to rely on the skills of his trusty engineer, who was already down on the planet getting the Break Gundam ready to go.<br/><br/>Never really one to gloat, the Neo New Zealand pilot decided it might be worth talking to some of the other pilots, even if just to see what he could learn about the competition. The first he took note of was a nearby brunette girl with red tips to her hair, but he saw she had ear buds in and decided not to interrupt her. Whether she saw him taking note of her was another story, though.