I've seen way too many posts talking about the Straw Hats beating the Buster Call, and the Mother Flame being destroyed, so I wanted to clear these misconceptions up.
TLDR:
1. This Buster Call is huge compared to a normal Buster Call and the Straw Hats cannot defeat it, they have to flee
2. The Mother Flame is most likely in the Labophase and safe from the Buster Call. Since the Labophase is both on Sky Clouds and protected by the lasers from the Frontier Dome, the Marines can destroy the lower half of Egghead Island without destroying the Labophase, the Mother Flame, Punk Records, or York, Saturn's three objectives. The Buster Call was a great idea by Saturn.
1. This is the greatest military bombardment upon an island we have seen in this series
Keep in mind that at Marineford, Whitebeard was trying to save Ace, not destroy Marineford. The Marines have now been ordered to destroy Egghead Island.
Why is the attack on Egghead the greatest military bombardment upon an island we have seen in the series?
This is what a normal Buster Call looks like:
5 Vice Admirals
10 Huge Battleships
While I believe the ships used in Enies Lobby were larger than the ones in Ohara, that's what Robin faced twice in the past. Keep in mind that only Robin, and those who escaped Enies Lobby, have survived the destructive force of a Buster Call.
This is what Egghead's Buster Call looks like:
50 Pacifista Mark III's, which can neutralize Devil Fruit users
100+ ships, 20 of which are Buster Call grade large battleships (so, double what a Buster Call would normally have in 10). These ships are also much larger than the ones used in Ohara.
30,000 Marines
9 Vice Admirals (nearly double the amount in a Buster Call)
1 Navy Admiral, Kizaru
1 Gorosei, Saturn
The Straw Hats are fucked if they actually try to fight this. Franky said it best:
"Escaping the island is our only objective!"
This is not a force the Straw Hats can beat. Especially with CP0 and Blackbeard Pirates lingering.
2. As long as the Mother Flame is on the Labophase, the section on Sky Clouds, the Buster Call can destroy the bottom half of the island without destroying the Mother Flame, York, or Punk Records. Also, the Labophase is protected by the Frontier Dome still.
The Mother Flame, York, and Punk Records are all in the floating, sky portion of Egghead Island, the Labophase. Not sure the battleships even CAN reach their shots up there, but even if they could, the Frontier Dome is still active. As of now, the only combatant the Marines have who can reach the Labophase is still Kizaru since he can phase through the lasers of the Frontier Dome.
The Marines can't even attack the Labophase as long as the Frontier Dome is active and protecting the upper half of Egghead's architecture. Cannon balls are NOT magically going through a laser grid, that's ridiculous. The Labophase is still very well protected.
So, as long as the Mother Flame is in the Labophase and secured by the Frontier Dome, Saturn shouldn't have to worry about damaging the Mother Flame, York, or Punk Records, his three objectives.
But, how would Saturn know where the Mother Flame is?
Rob Lucci got him the information hours ago, sending the Mother Flame's location to Kizaru, who then handed the info over to Saturn:
The Straw Hats, Vegapunk, and Bonney refusing to bind Lucci is one of the dumbest things that's ever happened in this manga, but, whatever, here we are.
Saturn's decision to blow up the bottom half of Egghead means he knows the Mother Flame is in the Labophase protected by the Frontier Dome. So, Saturn's taking out as many problems as he can with a Buster Call, before sending up Kizaru to help Lucci clean up the Labophase.
The Gorosei are horrible at making long distance decisions, when they have to rely of third parties to do things for them.
Saturn on Egghead has shown himself to be very intelligent in terms of tricking and trapping his prey, very much so like the spider he is.
The Straw Hats have no ability to fend off a Buster Call, and the Frontier Dome and height of the Labophase are protecting the three objectives Saturn wants to obtain, York, the Mother Flame, and Punk Records.
The current wildcards here are the Blackbeard Pirates.
The Straw Hats win condition now is reliant on either a Kuma teleport, or another force arriving to aid them.
This could be the Straw Hat Grand Fleet, possibly Dragon if the scene we saw recently was a flashback and not in present time, Fujitora and Smoker, or MADS, since Buckingham Stuffy (the hotter one, the short one with the wrinkles and horrible personality) and Marco, as well as Caesar and Judge, all wanted to see Vegapunk. We also know that the Ancient Robot is going to do something on Egghead soon, possibly fighting the Buster Call.
Since Kuma is out of commission, expect some secondary force to arrive to disrupt the Buster Call, since HOLY FUCK people don't realized how fucked the Straw Hats are.
This fleet has 2x as many battleships as a normal Buster Call, ALONG WITH ANOTHER 100 SHIPS Egghead is going to be obliterated by cannonfire unless something happens soon.
Shoutout to the guy on Reddit I saw suggesting Gear 5 Luffy would turn the entire Egghead Island into rubber and bounce the whole Buster Call back at the Marines, LOLOLOLOLOLOL.
TLDR:
1. This Buster Call is huge compared to a normal Buster Call and the Straw Hats cannot defeat it, they have to flee
2. The Mother Flame is most likely in the Labophase and safe from the Buster Call. Since the Labophase is both on Sky Clouds and protected by the lasers from the Frontier Dome, the Marines can destroy the lower half of Egghead Island without destroying the Labophase, the Mother Flame, Punk Records, or York, Saturn's three objectives. The Buster Call was a great idea by Saturn.
1. This is the greatest military bombardment upon an island we have seen in this series
Keep in mind that at Marineford, Whitebeard was trying to save Ace, not destroy Marineford. The Marines have now been ordered to destroy Egghead Island.
Why is the attack on Egghead the greatest military bombardment upon an island we have seen in the series?
This is what a normal Buster Call looks like:
5 Vice Admirals
10 Huge Battleships
While I believe the ships used in Enies Lobby were larger than the ones in Ohara, that's what Robin faced twice in the past. Keep in mind that only Robin, and those who escaped Enies Lobby, have survived the destructive force of a Buster Call.
This is what Egghead's Buster Call looks like:
50 Pacifista Mark III's, which can neutralize Devil Fruit users
100+ ships, 20 of which are Buster Call grade large battleships (so, double what a Buster Call would normally have in 10). These ships are also much larger than the ones used in Ohara.
30,000 Marines
9 Vice Admirals (nearly double the amount in a Buster Call)
1 Navy Admiral, Kizaru
1 Gorosei, Saturn
The Straw Hats are fucked if they actually try to fight this. Franky said it best:
"Escaping the island is our only objective!"
This is not a force the Straw Hats can beat. Especially with CP0 and Blackbeard Pirates lingering.
2. As long as the Mother Flame is on the Labophase, the section on Sky Clouds, the Buster Call can destroy the bottom half of the island without destroying the Mother Flame, York, or Punk Records. Also, the Labophase is protected by the Frontier Dome still.
The Mother Flame, York, and Punk Records are all in the floating, sky portion of Egghead Island, the Labophase. Not sure the battleships even CAN reach their shots up there, but even if they could, the Frontier Dome is still active. As of now, the only combatant the Marines have who can reach the Labophase is still Kizaru since he can phase through the lasers of the Frontier Dome.
The Marines can't even attack the Labophase as long as the Frontier Dome is active and protecting the upper half of Egghead's architecture. Cannon balls are NOT magically going through a laser grid, that's ridiculous. The Labophase is still very well protected.
So, as long as the Mother Flame is in the Labophase and secured by the Frontier Dome, Saturn shouldn't have to worry about damaging the Mother Flame, York, or Punk Records, his three objectives.
But, how would Saturn know where the Mother Flame is?
Rob Lucci got him the information hours ago, sending the Mother Flame's location to Kizaru, who then handed the info over to Saturn:
The Straw Hats, Vegapunk, and Bonney refusing to bind Lucci is one of the dumbest things that's ever happened in this manga, but, whatever, here we are.
Saturn's decision to blow up the bottom half of Egghead means he knows the Mother Flame is in the Labophase protected by the Frontier Dome. So, Saturn's taking out as many problems as he can with a Buster Call, before sending up Kizaru to help Lucci clean up the Labophase.
The Gorosei are horrible at making long distance decisions, when they have to rely of third parties to do things for them.
Saturn on Egghead has shown himself to be very intelligent in terms of tricking and trapping his prey, very much so like the spider he is.
The Straw Hats have no ability to fend off a Buster Call, and the Frontier Dome and height of the Labophase are protecting the three objectives Saturn wants to obtain, York, the Mother Flame, and Punk Records.
The current wildcards here are the Blackbeard Pirates.
The Straw Hats win condition now is reliant on either a Kuma teleport, or another force arriving to aid them.
This could be the Straw Hat Grand Fleet, possibly Dragon if the scene we saw recently was a flashback and not in present time, Fujitora and Smoker, or MADS, since Buckingham Stuffy (the hotter one, the short one with the wrinkles and horrible personality) and Marco, as well as Caesar and Judge, all wanted to see Vegapunk. We also know that the Ancient Robot is going to do something on Egghead soon, possibly fighting the Buster Call.
Since Kuma is out of commission, expect some secondary force to arrive to disrupt the Buster Call, since HOLY FUCK people don't realized how fucked the Straw Hats are.
This fleet has 2x as many battleships as a normal Buster Call, ALONG WITH ANOTHER 100 SHIPS Egghead is going to be obliterated by cannonfire unless something happens soon.
Shoutout to the guy on Reddit I saw suggesting Gear 5 Luffy would turn the entire Egghead Island into rubber and bounce the whole Buster Call back at the Marines, LOLOLOLOLOLOL.
