Quote Originally Posted by masamuneehs
Those defensive Bits/Funnels have been used before, yes, but they were controlled by a psychic Newtype, if memory serves me correctly. I believe that the Haro unit controlled them (because there's simply no logic in the Cherdim/Haro unit reporting to New Lockon where the Bits are and where the enemy attack is coming from and then waiting for him to respond by sending the Bits to absorb the damage).

But, yes, this show is getting pretty stupid with all the technological gizmos. But somehow I still manage to enjoy it.
I rewatched the episode, and it seemed like Haro and Lockon were doing the work together. While Haro was certainly the one controlling the bits themselves, I'm pretty sure that Lockon was giving Haro the targetting data. There was a part where Lockon's eyes are darting back and forth real fast, a lot like the multi-missle targetting in Macross Frontier.

Cherudim (and Dynames before it) were already set up for a ton of targetting assist functions. In Dynames, Haro was always the one doing the sub-orbital or curvature-of-the-earth calculations and adjustments while Lockon fed him targetting data through the scope.

The Bits aren't too far above that. Lockon makes the judgment calls of where to block, Haro manages the much more calculation-intensive action of actually moving them.