Played through the OG FSN visual novel with my friend Jake and he crashed out HARD when we got to this line because he'd been aware of it for years and laughed at it for being stupid but got taken the fuck out by it actually making perfect sense and being really good in context.
Its great that the Patlabor series can either be a moody, atmospheric political thriller, a depressing creature feature, or it can be the silliest thing ever and feature cartoony cockpit nose-diving.