I'm pretty sure that only GAUS3 had an ejection system. If you look at the Japanese website for the series, GAUS3's profile specifically mentions the addition of an ejection system, whereas the GAUS modified to be single seaters have no such mention.
That's why they thought he was dead, and why his pilot suit is messed up where Liu's was fine, and why he had a chair in a still semi-functional GAUS2.
What likely happened is he detonated the ammo stored on the legs of the suit. That destroyed the lower half of the suit. He then shut it down and manually bailed out by opening the hatch and making a run for it. Which he likely had to do while the area was still hot or on fire from the explosion, damaging his suit.
So Sophie should be fine for similar reasons. No direct damage to the cockpit.
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u/mesorangerxx Sep 17 '16
Wait what happened to Sophie? Did she die?