The sudden and completely illogical retreat of the Blind Men even before the battle properly begun put the entire pirate ranks into disarray!
No matter how much the pirate commanders of Kaso's Remediers and the Slick Hairs tried to admonish the Blind Men to return to the battle, their messages hadn't gotten through.
This was because Ves forcibly occupied the Blind Prophet's communication channel and kept it open using advanced CFA communications tech!
Now, it would have been salvegable if the Blind Men's second-in-command took over. Yet the Blind Prophet exerted such an overwhelming leadership position in the psuedo-cult-like organization that none of his subordinates dared to overrule his commands.
When the Blind Prophet spoke, everyone obeyed!
"This isn't part of the plan! Why are we running?!" A Blind Man mech pilot with a bit more sense asked his fellow pirates.
