You are DAVID LISTER, ace pilot of MASTODON BATTALION along with your wingman ZOLOMON RINGO and CO, Sgt. WOLFGANG STRAUSS.

Mastodon Battalion is a decoy force, sent into Mexico to travel south and to draw the attention of Federal forces. With one Division already on your kill sheet and another 2 bearing down on you, you've certainly done that.

Your Battalion is commanded by the Prancer, a Gallop MSV nicknamed: "The Snail".
Attatched to it is the Loki, a highly temperamental Minovsky Particle Emitter. It hasn't been working properly since you stopped in San Jose.

At the moment they can use it a limited amount of times and for a limited amount of time.

DO ANY NEWCOMERS WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE HELL A MINOVSKY PARTICLE IS?

>>6497744
Yeah, what is it?

Hey look, it's that newfangled Feddie ship we keep hearing about over there. Man, it looks so stupid with that colour scheme and- Hey, is that a mobile suit coming our way?

Bill Murray speaks of himself in the third person and hopes to never miss a good quest.

>>6497760
It's an artificial particle. It does many things.

There was a lot of discussion on strategy at the end of the last thread, OP.

>>6497760

The Minovsky particle is piece of psuedo-science that makes Giant Robot's viable (well, part of)
Essentially it's a type of particle that blocks high frequency radiation, and forms a natural lattice structure. It's invention has the following effect.
Jams radar and radio with 100% effectiveness, thus rendering guided weapons and modern command control systems useless.
Blocks nuclear radiation, allowing for the construction of super-small Nuclear Fusion Reactors. Meaning that we can create a powersource sufficient to move a giant robot about at a decent lick.

As for the other reason why Zeon is using Mobile Suits:

1) They're cool
2) AMBAC allows them to alter their inertial direction without using fuel in space
3) We honestly didn't think we'd actually have to do any fighting on earth.
4) They're really cool

No seriously, the Feds were VERY close to surrendering after we dropped a space colony on earth, but then they changed their minds, declared Nukes, Bio-Tox Warfare and Colony Drops Illeagal to both sides and here we are.

There's more here: http://www.ultimatemark.com/gundam/

>>6497827
>>6497760
Yeah. Basically, the particles make long range attacks useless, and requires the use of these armored suits for close range combat. Relatively close.

Wow, I did not realize Gundam had a semi-logical reason for giant robots. Who would have thunked it?

>>6497782
>Hey look, it's that newfangled Feddie ship we keep hearing about over there. Man, it looks so stupid with that colour scheme and- Hey, is that a mobile suit coming our way?

Not until September/October man, and you WILL be going up against the Gundam sooner or later.

Anyway, you've got to make it to Escobal in 45 minutes or less, that means a LOT of high speed hiking.

Cross country and over a couple of rivers as well. You walked right through guatemala in four hours, but that was using open terrain and roads.

Oh, and when I say 45 minutes, I mean "Before the Ground forces arrive".
Expect planes on your ass a lot sooner, you hardly threw back that probing attack in Pelmas Bellas you know.

Anyway, the two remaining MS Companies are in close formation with the Prancer in the middle, the Loki isn't activated, but the Prancer's Minovsky Emitter is. The Lugguns are out providing AWAC support and the Mech Infantry and AA Tanks are in close formation with the MS.
Expect their help more often this time around.

>>6497882
It was fluff invented after the fact, for the most part. The rules concerning M-Particles only apply to the Universal Century Gundam series and most of the rules were invented later - some by fans and were adopted officially, and others were set down by Sunrise/Bandai.

>>6497890

Yeah no. Details about Minovsky Particles were included in Tomino's original series pitch. It was just never fully explained.

Even if that wasn't the case. The rules for M-Particles were officially published by the shows primary contributors in 1981.

ANYWAY.
The Zaku tanks have been loaded up with bridge building equipment, making the river corssing relatively quick, none of the hills are that steep at this point and you are making good time.

After 10 minutes of traveling the Lugguns start signalling incoming air forces. It looks like another probing attack of 15 fly-mantas.

Do you break out to engage, or do you wait for them to come to you and take them out with your combined fire?

YOUR ORDERS?

>>6497939
What do we have in our arsenal?

>>6497827
>Nukes
Can't remember if Feddies nuked anything.

>Bio-Tox Warfare
Zeon gassed an entire colony using ZAKU WITH GASSING EQUIPMENT.

>Colony Drops
There's a giant lake in Australia courtesy of Zeon.

>>6497990

You are piloting: MS-06J Zaku II (Ground type) With: 120mm MG (100 round drum, 2 reloads) 2 Cracker Grenades, A Heat Hawk and a pair of leg mounted 3-tube rocket launchers. You also have a custom paint job (Pic related)

Zolomon pilots a MS-06F Zaku II (Modified Standard Model) with a 240mm Zaku Bazooka (4 Rockets, no reloads) 2 Heat Hawks.

Sergeant Wolfgang Straus pilots a MS-06S (Commanders type) with a 120mm Machine Gun, 2 reloads, 2 Crackers and a heat hawk.

IT'S A GUNDAAAAAM

>>6497939
Tell my squad-mates to spread out so a single fly-by can't hit all of us, then bunker town using any available cover, ready their weapons, and prepare to gun-down the fliers with combined fire.

>Zolomon pilots a MS-06F Zaku II (Modified Standard Model) with a 240mm Zaku Bazooka (4 Rockets, no reloads) 2 Heat Hawks.
>2 Heat Hawks
>what

Let's see, according to Gihren's Greed you need 3 squads of Fly Manta to take out a Zaku II, and that's 5 Mantas a squad? Or was it 3? Anyway, their only weapon against ground enemies are drop-bombs, so fire at them with machine guns once they get into range. Don't let them get close.

>>6498069
>2 Heat Hawks
>what

Read some of the previous threads at your leisure, I don't think there's been a thread yet where the guy hasn't done something ridiculous with a Heat Hawk.

>so fire at them with machine guns once they get into range. Don't let them get close.

You wait for the probing attack to get close. As it does, an explosion beside you clips an APC, overturning it.
"Ground troops lying in ambush!" comes the cry over the loudspeaker, and you sweep over the area in IR. Sure enough there's a small platoon with AT weapons sanbagged down on the ridge.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>6498107
>Sure enough there's a small platoon with AT weapons sanbagged down on the ridge
>small platoon with AT weapons sanbagged
>AT weapons
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

>>6498107
Crack grenade right into the center of them, should kill the infantry.

>>6498193

Yeah, it's bad because by being in an elevated position, it's easier to have the Anti-Tank weapons target more vulnerable parts of the Zaku. Whereas the Type-61 Tank that we've been dealing with before has trouble elevating high enough to not hit the shins of our MS, which are specifically designed to take those shots.

Keep in mind that those Fly Manta's ARE still on the way.

>>6498107
Once Fly Mantas get close enough, toss up a cracker to scatter them while the guy with the 2 heat hawks simultaneously throws one like a tomahawk in an attempt to take out a few Fly Mantas but mostly as an intimidation tactic.
Then he ignites thrusters and afterburners to jump into the air to swat another Fly Manta out of the sky with his remaining heat hawk.
Meanwhile the first thrown heat hawk will have landed in the midst of the enemy ground platoon with the Zaku in the air soon to be following.
The other two will be giving covering fire to accompany the heat hawk shenanigans.

>>6498198
Yes, this.

Don't lose sight of the air forces though.

Wait, can I get a little clarification on which group has a higher elevation? Us or the enemy ground forces?

>>Sure enough there's a small platoon with AT weapons sanbagged down on the ridge.

Oh hey there.

>>6498283
Us, unfortunately.

>>6498288
Ok, well then if they're in close enough range, use our grenades. If they're a greater distance away, use our MG to pin them down, fire our leg rockets. Pick off the remainder with our MG.

The others need to focus on taking out the enemy Mantises? Mantii? before they get too close.

>>6498316
Or alternatively, we could pin down the enemy with our MG and have Zolomon fire his bazooka.

Throw a grenade at the infantry
>advicezaku
Make hamburger

>>6498316 Run away, they might have service pistols.

>Crack grenade right into the center of them, should kill the infantry.

You toss a quick grenade towards the area, there's a compound WHOMPF as your cluster bomb devestates the area. There's a secondary explosion of a small ammo supply, and the small arms fire from the position ceases.

The rest of your forces open fire on the incoming fighters, filling the night sky with fire.
The curtain of fire takes them by suprise, 8 of them explode or crash in the opening salvo, the rest drop their bombs haphazardly and try to make a retreat.
Another three die in this.

>>6498236

Tired of their cowardly antics, Zolomon loudly proclaims "AW HELL NAW" and runs in their direction, heat hawk in hand.

His thrusters fire, accelerating his run, and he dashes up the shallow incline of the valley ridge before leaping, into spin, the apex of which he throws his axe.

It's almost certainly a futil act of defiance and even boosted with that extra velocity there's NO way it could possibly...

4 PLANE KILLS FOR ZOLOMON RINGO

Oh god wat.

ZOLOMON RINGO: -1 Heat Hawk.

>>6498396
OH GOD HOW DID THIS HAPPEN I AM NOT GOOD WITH COMPUTER

>>6498396

Mother of god...

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED FOR ZOLOMON RINGO.

>>6498396
>4 PLANE KILLS FOR ZOLOMON RINGO
FUCK YEAH, LIKE HOT KNIFE THROUGH BUTTER

>>6498493

You know, that image just doesn't seem funny as it is upsetting.

I don't know why, I don't even KNOW anyone affected by domestic violence.

After taking out the entire Fly Manta squadron before they were able to escape the Minovsky field, they effectively dissapeared without a trace.

The Feds stopped sending probing attacks after that. Another 10 minutes and you're able to cross another river, and you finally reach a road.

Do you take the road route? Or do you continue straight cross country to Escobal?

Although the road is a more circuitious route, odds are it will have bridges over rivers. There may even be other villages and towns on the road that you can hole up in instead.

It IS however a slightly longer route.

>>6498493
lol "It's ZAKU TIME!"

"NO DAD NO!"

>>6498544
What are the benefits of a splinter group taking the road?

The main forces proceed across the country to the set up point.

The splinter group, possibly including us, takes the road, which, being a road, may be monitored and boobytrapped/ambushed. However, it would give us knowledge of the route in case of a needed retreat/fallback positions.

Also, uh, can I get some info on cracker grenades? What exactly do they do?

I infer from that post earlier that they're like those bombs that open up and reveal a large number of bomblets.

>>6498544
How badly exhausted physically/mechanically is the convoy?

If we need sleep and patch jobs on suits, tanks and the snail, take road and duck into towns to fortify and get some rest for crew not on active duty

If we are still good to go: fuck roads double time over country

>>6498607
Take your average airdropped cluster bomb.

Stick a few together.

Throw it.

That's pretty much it.

Also, DON'T TAKE THE ROAD.

>>6498601

None, you'd be split up from the main forces, with no way to contact them.
The route MIGHT not be booby trapped, keep in mind that the Divisions thought until an hour ago that you were entering Panama via the land-route.

>>6498544
Does the road circle closer to the Fed divisions or farther away from them?

>>6498617
>How badly exhausted physically/mechanically is the convoy?

Nobodies had more than 5 hours sleep in three days, the Prancer's got a decent supply of salvaged spare parts, and it's got no problems mechanically.

Were down to two full companies of mobile suits, in working but battle damaged order. The Dopp pilots are currently damn near comatose, as they've had even less sleep than anybody, and it wouldn't suprise me if a couple of the dead ones died because they passed out mid-flight.

The infantries doing okay, and they're casualties have been reasonable so far.
The AA tanks have taken next to no losses and are ready to go.

>>6498659

Further away. But only by a distance of two miles or so.

The road route sounds too good. I'm hesitant to take the risk. But it's no use making things harder then they need to be, especially when we're already outmanned in enemy territory.

We have to take care of our men. Maybe we can split the group up, except take the larger group towards the road? if we have more chances to hole up we can take care of our troops and get them in higher spirits, which will increase their usefullness on the battlefield.

I mean, if we had people who have died because they fell asleep mid-flight, then we need to do something about that.

>>6498027
>Can't remember if Feddies nuked anything.

I'm pretty sure the Feddies and the Zeeks nuked half the worlds population in the first 1-2 weeks.
At least one, if not two entire colony sides were completely destroyed in the fighting.
6 or so billion people died.
Ergo - Antarctic treaty agreed on by both sides.
Until they both shat on it later on with Solar Ray arrays and Colony Lasers.

>>6498703
>I mean, if we had people who have died because they fell asleep mid-flight, then we need to do something about that.

We are, they're asleep.
Wont be woken up unless it's that or die.

The Luggun pilots are fine since there 3 man planes, and they've been taking piloting and sleeping in shifts.

I still have to advise against splitting up, you are an understrength battalion against TWO FULL DIVISIONS.

Even with your Mobile Suit and minovsky advantages, it's not looking good.

>>6498751
fuck this is hard. . . roads are obvious "BAD MOVE" deals, but this one is supposedly farther from enemy encampment and they don't know we are coming this way. . . .

shit

Fuck it. Let's take the road.

Take the road. Since they were expecting a overland route from a different direction it was probably not mined, and any federation forces on the road are likely in transit and will not have the chance to ambush us.

>>6498807
I don't like the Road either. But I also vote road.

>>6498807
Road.

road it is, what ever happens: SIEG ZEON

>>6498807
>Fuck it. Let's take the road.

You take the road. On stable ground your forces are able to pick up the pace, making excellent time.
You reach the now deserted town of Dos Hermanas almost immiedietely, the small town appears completely empty. It appears to have suffered only minimal damage from the colony drop, yet everybody appears to have packed up and moved out.
There's not enough cover here to protect you, you continue onwards.

It's a similar story when you pass through Achiote and Providencia, the small villages are completely deserted.

You continue on the road.

Fontaine makes an announcement over the tannoy:

"NOW HEAR THIS. NOW HEAR THIS. We are currently changing plans. We are changing our destination to La Treinticinco, north of Escobal. Were hoping that this town will be habitated due to it being closer to the capital and to Colon. Your retreat route will be towards Colon should a retreat be called. We are now close enough to activate the Loki. It will not be de-activated until 12 midnight. THAT IS ALL."

I don't understand how this works, the players, all of them, are one guy in a zaku II, or are there zakus equal to the players?

>>6498874
tanks or APC's up front, they're slightly more expendable than Zaku's.

>>6498903

YOU ARE DAVID LISTER

>You and your parents used to live on Side 6, and your parents supported the Anti-Federal, Pro-Self Governance revoulution that took place there in 0077.
Zeon threw in their support with the revoulutionaries, even going so far as to send Mobile Suit teams to help back them up.
In the ensueing coup, Side 6 became a neutral self controlled colony cluster, you family however lost their home in the fighting.

You emigrated to Side 3 and joined up with the military in June last year. Your training was somewhat accellerated due to wartime measures, and here we are.

>>6498921
Why would we have the APCs full of guys in a part of the column where they would be blown away?

Why not tanks on point, APCs in middle, Snail, and covering each side of column with any MSs we have?

>>6498989
favoring MS on sides since they can handle rough terrain while APCs'll need the smoother road

>>6499020
this

You continue down the road, always on the lookout for approaching enemies.
With the Loki activated, you take a more dispersed patrol pattern since you have a wider Minovsky field to play with.

After five minutes the terrain levels out somewhat allowing you a better view of the area. You can see the town of La Treinticinco two miles away, studded with lights from windows, houses and the fires of the large makeshift shanty town that has risen up in front.

The Lugguns report a pair of Medea transports retreating south. Possibly after dropping off ground forces.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>6499221
our squad should flank the town and sit tight, have the tanks/apc's/infantry cautiously advance toward and into the town.

if shit hits the fan, our squad can spring into action and flank whatever opposition is going against our troopers.

keep dopps on CAS duty, keep AA tanks on the outskirts of town to prevent hostile CAS missions on our ground forces

>>6499244
mostly I just want to avoid having our Zakus walk into an urban setting that is easy for anti-tank/anti-MS infantry from those medeas to hide and ambush from. It would be like trying to kill flies with a hammer and the risk isn't worth the gain.

>>6499244
This.

Get our contingent of suits in ambush/flanking positions ahead of the rest of the convoy, using cover when at all possible to move ahead.

Start moving the convoy closer. When enemy forces make themselves known, or convoy stops uses long range in combination with our suits.

>>6499278
cept the flies have anti-hammer weaponry. This is funny to envision.

>>6499244
Send some squads of infantry into the town as covertly as possible. Aquire/steal clothing appropriate for refugees to be wearing and scout out the down in greater detail. Yes this is time consuming but we might be here awhile.

>>6499317
I think that might be a tad too time consuming.

>>6499317
2 full feddy divisions say we don't have time to waste dicking around gathering intel.

>>6499244
>our squad should flank the town and sit tight, have the tanks/apc's/infantry cautiously advance toward and into the town.

The Mobile Suits flank outwards whilst the Mechanized infantry head towards the town. The Dopp pilots are being woken up from their several hour long sleep, feeling quite refreshed.

Your squad is marching adjacent to the road when you see a semi muffled flash of light in the distance. As you hear the whistling of the incoming shell you sidestep to the left, as a plume of dirt rises up from the shells.

You zoom in ahead of you, it looks like an indetirminate number of enemy tanks in hull down positions.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>6499244
>>6499278
>>6499355
here, guess I'll namefag for this mofo

Also, OP, you rock. I've been lurking all the zeonquest threads since the beginning and this shit is spectacularly fun. so thanks

>>6499358
Stay mobile, try to distract the enemy while we get those frickin' Dopps on CAS missions ASAP like I said in >>6499244

>>6499396
>try to distract the enemy while we get those frickin' Dopps on CAS missions

I need to know what CAS is an acronym for. Unlike most people I never actually did the whole ATC thing when I was 14.
(I knew plenty of people that did, since there were like, at least two RAF airforce bases in my county alone.)

Pull back. The enemy is waiting for us and there is no need to engage them in prepared positions and on their terms. Our objective is just to keep them distracted, after all. Have the convoy head off in a new direction. If they want to come after us we can easily pick them off.

I haven't seen any of these so far. I'm honestly sick of quest threads. But I can't help but stop in and drop a SIEG ZEON!

>>6499428
>I need to know what CAS is an acronym for
Close Air Support

in other words, the planes bomb the tanks. Sorry, took for granted that you would know that one.

>Pull back. The enemy is waiting for us and there is no need to engage them in prepared positions and on their terms. Our objective is just to keep them distracted, after all. Have the convoy head off in a new direction. If they want to come after us we can easily pick them off.

You pull back, with the intent of heading in a new direction. The tanks seem unwilling to follow you. You flank the units by travelling north, at which point a unit of APC's attacks their positions, backed up by a squad of Zaku's.

You seal the deal by attacking from their flank, in the dark, with their radio cut off they are taken completly by suprise.

The crossfire causes the tanks to break, and you spot what looks to be just over a company of 15 or so enemy tanks fleeing back towards the town. Do you press your advantage and persue?

I say firebomb the town. The Feddies are headed there, probably where they are stationed. We're bound to get off this rock anyway.

>>6499490
>in other words, the planes bomb the tanks. Sorry, took for granted that you would know that one.

Dopps don't carry bombs.
With Minovsky particles defeating radar, dedicated Interceptors are back, baby. This is how our 15 fighters have managed to rack up somewhere in the region of 150+ kills in TWO DAYS.

It helped that they kept throwing them in piecemeal as small probing attacks admittedly, but still.

>>6499530
How much longer until the orbital assault on north america begins?

>>6499588

About 30 minutes.

>>6499597

Wait, sorry 20 minutes.

We can expect at least 1 division to reach us in about five minutes.

>>6499614
Hmm, if that 5 minute time is for aircraft that doesn't give us very long to get into town. Ask the commander if given the situation he still wants to try to break into the town. If so pursue the fleeing tanks.

>>6499614
5 minutes? Holy crap.

I hope everyone is awake and at their stations. Also are we still in marching formation?
We have to get into some sort of defensive position, if an entire division catches us on the march it'll be a massacre.

As far as pursuing the tanks goes, I think it's more important to keep the cover of a civilian town than to notch another few tank kills on our MS hull. Use the civilians as a shield to prevent flat-out bombing/artillery from long range turning mastodon to a fine mist.

>5 minutes
Does this mean we can SEE or HEAR them. Cause that sounds REALLY close.

>>6499682
Since those tanks are fleeing towards the town, if we want to take the town it would probably be best to attack the tanks now rather then let them take up a new position in town

>>6499673

Given that your orders were to hold up in the proximity of the town, using the refugees as hostages, you decide to persue the tanks. You stride forward as they fire ineffectually back.

By the time you reach the town, they have pulled away south. Less than 3 of them surviving.

KILLS
You: 4 Tanks
Straus: 3 Tanks

>Does this mean we can SEE or HEAR them. Cause that sounds REALLY close.

It WAS just an estimate. But the Lugguns have reported a LOT of hardware closeby.

Zeon is retarded.

>>6499766
Well let's move into the town and prepare for a siege.

Do like the suggestions in the last thread. Weapon and ammo caches spread in strategic areas for resupplies without having to endanger the support troops.

Set up barricades, even if it's just junk in the middle of a road.

Get into cover.

>>6499806
agreed.

the mobile suits should be able to move junked vehicles and destroyed tanks into the middle of roads pretty easily and quickly.

>>6499781

Go read Revil's "Zeon is Exhausted" Speech on wikipedia. That accurately descibes what was right and wrong with Zeon.

Also, I'd rather be a country full ran by assholes than a country ran by incompetants.

After seeing off the tanks, the Prancer finally reaches the outskirts of the city, and it begins to start sending out lasercom messages rapidly.
Almost frantically.

The Lugguns are starting to return as well, a sure sign that things are about to get dicey.

After a good two minutes the game of chinese whispers finally filters down to strauss and then to you.
There are roughly 100+ military planes circling around us, just outside the minovsky particle range.
Coming up from the north are two Big Tray Battleships and around 370 tanks.
The terrain, though hilly, is largely flat affording little in the way of cover for your zaku's, but plenty for the tanks.

The Town sits on the shore of the internal lake that practically bisects Panama.

You all begin to hunker down and prepare for a hard fight.

Wow man. What do we have again, a total if you will. It'll help setup for the bleakness of this upcoming fight.

>>6499879

Then comes the even 'better' news.
The Loki is overloading. In less than 10 minutes from now they will either have to shut it down, or they won't be able to stop a runaway fusion reaction based explosion, another 10 minutes later.

If the field goes down however, THE entire air force surrounding you WILL attack, refugees be damned. You are almost certain of this.

Looks like one way or another, things are going to end in the next twenty minutes.

You quickly enter the town to take better cover.
Refugees are already fleeing north.
Several look up at your skeletal paint job and how "El Muerto Grande!"

Any last minute things you want to do?

>>6499905
Ammo too, since I don't think we have much left seeing as how the rocket launcher had no reloads and the machine gun only had 2 after taking down tanks and stuff.

Well, let's get some info on what we've got.

Spread out ammo and grenades.

Dig in and get ready to die.

Enemy forces too, our best estimates at least.

Air forces will be the biggest problem, I'm guessing.

>>6499905

>Wow man. What do we have again, a total if you will. It'll help setup for the bleakness of this upcoming fight.

2 Mobile Suit companies totalling up to around 13 Zaku II's and 3 Zaku I's

4 Unarmed Zaku Tanks for engineering works

1 Mechanized Infantry Company at 2/3rds strength, consisting of 75 infantry and 8-10 APC's and several Jeeps and Bikes and other light vehicles.

12 Magella Tanks outfitted to AA duties.

5 Dopps

3 Lugguns

The Prancer + Loki and several support trucks and units.

What we need is a ridiculously inspiring speech.

>>6500068

If you can write one and post it in 10 minutes we'll pop it in.

You begin to take up defendable positions within the buildings as the planes continue to circle.
You can see the Big Tray's holding position as the tanks are sent forward.

From the looks of it, they're going to wait a few minutes to give the refugees a chance to escape.

what do we think of letting the Loki overload, and having it suicide charge the bulk of federation forces in an attempt to eliminate as many as possible?

I mean if we shut it down it's useless, if it blows up it's useless, so we're gonna lose it no matter what. We might as well have it go out with a bang and help us a bit.

>>6500131
>You can see the Big Tray's
Well, I kiss my ass goodbye. That's plenty close enough for them to open up on us.

Did somebody say inspiring speeches? Cause I think I heard somebody say inspiring speeches.

>>6500167

ORIGINAL speeches. There's a time and a place for GL, and it's not at midnight in a Real Robot campaign.

>>6500131
not that guy but ill try a speech...
MEN OF ZEON! THE GREAT OPPRESSOR THE FEDERATION APPROACHES. THEY WANT TO TAKE THIS TOWN BACK BUT WILL WE LET THEM. NO! WE WILL TURN EVERY BUILDING INTO A FORTRESS EVERY STREET INTO A KILLING FEILD. EVERY INCH OF AIR BLACK WITH OUR FLACK. WE SHALL WIN THIS DAY MEN. JUST REMEMBER TO SELL YOUR SELVES DEARLY! SEIG ZEON...SEIG ZEON!

>>6500131
Well if we can see the tray, I'm hoping it is in some kind of range.

Maybe someone with a bazooka would be crazy enough to try and plant a shell into the command bridge of one.

>>6500228
good yes/ no?

There isn't by any chance any amphibious units or MS in the lake thing behind us that may have received any of our communications, right?

>>6500200
I'll write something up real quick. But it will probably be after you post action. So maybe it could retroactively be put in there.

Guys we need a plan.

Have our squad MANLY TEARS up and volunteer to escort the Loki in a desperate charge towards the big tray so that when it's reactors overload it nukes the damn thing. hopefully we can disengage and get far enough away to avoid being vaporized. In the ensuing confusion, have all available mobile suit units rush into melee so that the federation can't mow us down with their superior firepower for fear of fratricide.
Have the rest of our forces dedicated to defending the AA tanks, who are going to be busy as hell clearing a sky full of unfriendlies.

Other plans? Suggestions? Anything other than kissing our asses goodbye and waiting for the shelling to start?

Clearly what we need is a plan.

CHARGE!

GLORY TO THE PRINCIPALITY OF ZEON!

(hell, it works for Garma... sort of)

>>6500260
I don't think the Prancer + Loki would survive rushing the enemy, it is a very big target. Our best bet would be writing off the Prancer and start evacuating it now, and then once the loki goes down, have all ms close with the incoming tanks, so that the enemy's shelling and bombing will be restricted by their own troops. Have the infantry spread out to the buildings in the town to protect the crew of the Pancer and support us where they can.

>>6500146
Take out as many feddie tanks with it as possible, I agree. If it's possible to rig an autopilot do so, otherwise have the crew draw straws or something for who get's the suicide run.

This speech is assuming we can speak freely between each other and not worry about Fed forces hearing it.

"Anyone who can hear me, this is David Lister, a young man, scared, and anxious, and even afraid of what's to come. I'm sure that some of you feel the same way. And I don't think anyone could blame you for it.

But there's no time for that. No time for David Listers and Zolomon Ringos. There is only time for soldiers. Men willing to do what is right, and what is necessary for our brothers and sisters. Here we will stand. And we will fight. And we will win. Not because it is destined to be, or because God is on our side, but because we stand here together. As one.

We will stand tall, and we will not waiver. When we fall, we will pick each other up. And we will win. Because we have to. Because it is what is right. It is what is needed.

For the man beside you. For your brothers and sister. Mothers and fathers. For what must be done. For Zeon!"

also, why stand around and let our refugee-shield walk out on us? I say we stick close to them while closing on federation forces

>>6500260
This isn't so bad. Plus, with a Zaku with such a distinctive paintjob, there is no way you're going to e able to survive.

Perhaps our forces can provide some kind of epic covering fire and perhaps some distractions as you remotely control the loki, whilst standing on it firing into the Feddies. Effectivly surfing.

>>6500346
Because that is immoral, I'd rather hold the moral high ground as I die valiantly.

Oddly enough, no one has suggested it, so I will. How's about a surrender? Or negotiations to like, disarm, but allow us safe passage to our retreat point or something, so long as we get out alive, and into space.

I dont suppose this town is big enough for a subway station 100 years from now.

>>6500386
HERESY... YOU FEDDY SPY...BANG!

>>6500386
Now that's an interesting idea. After all, we know that these troops are about to have a much bigger problem than us. If we can stall them for a while by say negotiating to let the civilians leave the area, then that buys time for the drop to occur

Several minutes later, the attack begins.

Flights of Fly mantas begin to make short passes on the town. They start dropping bombs, trying to elicit a reaction.

Zaku squads start to fire back on the move, firing in short controlled bursts.
Then the tank squadrons start to enter the fray. Bitter urban fighting opens up.

There are tanks everywhere, it's almost impossible to find cover, a street with no tanks on it.

Periodically you see green flares fly up from elsewhere and then a massive succession of explosions as Depp Rogg bombers level the area.

The three of you are covering each others back. In such close quarters, the blasts from Zolomons Bazooka are able to take out clusters of them at a time.
You yourself account for at least twenty tanks, with Strauss doing equally well.
The tanks continue to come in waves, and you continue to keep on the move as building are demolished in the fighting, or just to avoid Planes on strafing runs.

Zolomon quickly runs out of ammo, tosses the bazooka, and then pulls out his heat hawk.

You start giving him covering fire with your rifle and a cracker grenade, as he charges forwards. Scattering the tanks, he takes a couple of hits on the charge, leaving smoking holes in his Zaku, but it does nothing to slow him down.

He dives into the formation and slashes a couple. He then props the two of them up as a makeshift barrier. Fire hammers into their metal hulks, as you join him behind the barrier, using them as much needed cover.

You're combined fire deals with this particular wave, leaving you to wait for the next one.

At which point, one immobilised tank fires a red flare. Weird you haven't seen one of those yet...

KILLS
You: 24 Tanks
Strauss: 22 Tanks
Zolomon: 16 Tanks

YOUR ORDERS?

>>6500478
>>6500386
Or possibly as a last resort, we leave the Loki in the city, slowly supercharging, preparing to blow. We evac the sity in a retreat. Fed forces take the city, Loki goes nuclear.

But then we'd probably have the feds saying we broke the Antarctic treaty.

>>6500456
Hey man, I was thinking about our wounded, if we can get a better deal though, I'm all for that too.

Part of being a good soldier should also include knowing when to surrender.

THINK OF THE MEN!

>>6500228
GIVE THE SPEACH TO RAISE MORALE
>>6500496

>>6500496
Evacuate the immediate area. Fall back to get a good vantage point further in the city.

Use wrecked tanks to make a makeshift barricade.

Maybe get in a prone position, using scrap metal to cover us in a sort of ruined tank camouflage.

Fed forces roll up. "Look at that pile of wrecked tanks. Poor bastards. We'll kill this Zeon bas-" Oh what? Looks like that pile of scrap metal just wrecked your shit with an enormous machine gun.

>>6500516
>THINK OF THE MEN!
you mean them meat shields?

>>6500496
How's about we die with glory aye?

Fient defeat and withdraw deeper into the city where the Loki waits, charging to overload. We defend it while luring in as many of their forces as possible. then boom.

GLORY FOR ZEON!

>>6500496
If there are any mobile tanks around, immediately close with them. If not, evacuate the area

Manly tears

Red flare signals incoming Big Tray bombardment.

I vote we GTFO.

Alright, only 346 tanks left to go, we can do this guys!

Let's not forget to reload.

>Evacuate the immediate area. Fall back to get a good vantage point further in the city.

You just manage to evacuate the area when a massive single shell devestates the area. Taking a higher position atop a church you see that one of the Big Tray's has moves to close support range.

The smoke is beginning to dissipate, but the area still looks clear. Tanks are giving the area a short shrift in case the Big Tray fires again.

You take this oppourtunity to reload, and a Zaku tank appears with a spare MG for Zolomon.
It quickly scoots off.

>>6500680
How close is the big tray? Any enemy forces that we can see between it and ourselves?

>>6500680
charge the fucker after bringing the thing closer in near the city

>>6500714
Charge it with the Loki. It's time has come.

>>6500709
>>6500714

As you go to advance, maybe get lucky and take out another Big Tray, you hear a loud roaring horn behind you.

You're rearview cameras show the looming form of the looming form of the Prancer, travelling at full tilt.

You dive out of the way, as it carreens past you, just clipping the church.

You follow it as it bounds forwards over the rough, but essentially clear terrain left by the crater and in leaves the limited protection afforded to it by the village.

Seeing this, several tanks begin to fire at it, but you draw their fire with bursts of fire from your squad.

Then the Big Tray notices the looming Land Cruiser advancing towards it and begins firing.

The Prancer, several hundred tonnes of metal jinks to the side like it's a childrens toy tossing several tanks up in the air as it does so.
It then starts spinning on it's front axis. The rate of it's rotation increases quickly, and it's then you notice that your Minovsky particle rating is up to 110%.

Which isn't even supposed to be possible under the laws of physics.
It would also explain the wierd background static you've been getting on the radio.
The radio that you could have SWORN you turned off.

>>6500850
give that bitch some covering fire... order all tanks to converge there fire on the enemy big fucker hopefully drawing some of its fire...

>>6500850
Not much we can do. Salute the Prancer and give it covering fire.

But if there's a chance to get to the /second/ Big Tray while the rest of the Feds are all going "HOLY FUCK", do so. Possibly use the cover of the soon to be nuclear fireball.

>>6500871
You can have any fire it sends your way, those shells are fuckhuge.

Spinning now at high speed, the Prancer continues it's erratic careen towards the Big Tray, which is continuing to try and track it with fire.

You distract it with a few more shots from yourself.

At which point the Prancer pops a single white flare.

You retreat double time back to the town, in your rear-view you see the Prancer disconnect the Loki at just the right time and it flies towards the big tray, ignoring the shells flying into or bouncing off of it.

The Prancer, now half the weight it used to be begins a high speed almost sideways retreat, side mounted thruster kick in and it rockets towards your covering position.

Minovsky Particle Density 120%

Your suits internal clock reads: 00:01 12/03/0079

There follows a massive explosion as the Loki's three Musai class Fusion Reactors suffer a catastrophic containment breach and detonate in a space enclosed by a near physically tangible concentration of minovsky particles.

>>6500850

Start to back off from the snail. Its going to "active" soon and that could be detrimental to our health.

Also salute your glorious commander for his sacrifice

>>6500932

achievement unlocked.

Accidentally broke the treaty

>>6500932
*pat your chest*... are we still alive... fuck ya! seig zeon

So we're all dead right? Shit went nuclear with us being that close, there is no way we got away, especially that Prancer.

>>6500932
Minovski density should keep the overall radiation from the blast down, the heat and pressure wave will be the real killer. Our troops in the city, under a fair bit of cover, should fare rather well.

>>6500972
Sounds like cheating to me.

>>6500995
Depends on the yield of the detonation and how far the big tray was from the city. As long as the blast wasnt too big our casulties will be light. If it was big enough to damage the second big tray, all of our troops minus the Zaku's would probably be dead as well.

>>6500932
I have to admit, I've been waiting for this moment since the loki arrived.

Glorious.

In other news, use the ensuing confusion to rush the 2nd big tray. Have the entire squad hack at the command bridge with their heathawks.

I wonder what the result of this will be.

Widespread use of nukes?

Global population eventually reaching down into the millions?

>>6501034
Yeah, seriously.

We have to use the opportunity while we have it.

>>6501053
>>6501034
DO IT

I think we should knock out the Feddy commander, and plant plans for using nukes on him, bonus points if we sprinkle him with some crack.

>>6501038
It's a legitamate loophole in the Antarctic treaty. The one Feddie General on 08th MS team was basicly hoping for the same thing to happen at the end of the series. Hoping that a GM's reactor would go supercritical and remove half of the mountain.

>>6501072
its true

>>6500972

Your entire view screens fill with white as the contained blast detonates in an odd fashion. The shockwave shakes and knocks your Zaku to the ground. You awaken a few minutes later, the mushroom cloud rising up amidst the cloudless sky.

The Prancer is rested up against a partially crushed building. All of the paint on one side burnt away. The devestation was concentrated on a small area, and the shockwave wasn't that big.

NEW ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED

>>6501088
I . . . don't understand the reference.

>>6501088

Fuck yes you are the best achievement name ever!

also time to either get out of here or attack the other big tray

>>6501101

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvtPG55hHno

>>6501101
yeah I'm lost too.

Anyway, if we passed out for a few minutes we've lost the chance to surprise the 2nd big tray.
I vote we grab the prancer and use it as moving cover while charging that big tray.

Also, have our glorious zeon brethren started their main assault in north america yet?

HOORAY, WE WON!

I agree with the rest of these gentlemen. Use whatever we have left to kill that second big tray then GTFO!

Is the thread on autosage?

In the aftermath of the explosion, the airforces surrounding you are in retreat, along with the rest of the tanks.

A couple of Zaku Tanks help right the Prancer along with you, and they launch a couple of Lugguns.
The entire division, plus a second one that was coming up from the rear are in full speed retreat back to america.
It seems that word's reached them that it's raining men over Seattle and Washington - hallelujah.

The explosion was blamed on a accidental and unpreventable failure of experimental equipment, and due to the fact that the minovsky particle density effectively ensures that there will be next to no radiation, it's not considered a breach of the treaty.

Counting up your dead, you're left with 11 mobile suits and about a third of your mechanised infantry company. The AA Tanks are down to five though.

Of the 5 Dopps providing aircover, against several hundred planes, only 2 were killed. Each one accounted for no less than 20 kills during those twenty minutes of combat.

All are decorated heavily for their performance, but not as heavily as the pilot of the Prancer, who receives more fruit salad than even the Zeonic uniform can safely accomodate.

>>6501265
He lived?! Holy shit!

The real toll is on the village. Half of the refugee shanty town has been demolished, kiling a number of refugees that wont be totalled up until two years from now in a compiled report.
The Town itself has lost large parts, just about every building has battle damage, and several parts of it are on fire, but since the gas pipeline was severed during the colony drop. These are expected to die out with minimal spreading by morning.

Next for Mastodon Battalion: Your orders are to travel north back up through Mexico and to join up with the 2nd and 3rd Divisions attacking America.
Though not TOO quickly. We don't want to catch up with those divisions after all. A gentle leisurely pace is in order.

I'm calling thread here.

Also, I'm missing a few fonts since I'm having to basically reinstall everything on a new computer, as you can tell from the epilogue image.

A million internets. This has been awesome.

>>6501323
shucks, I wanted a piece of that 2nd big tray. Oh wells, time to call it a day and be happy things went as well as they did I guess.

Good job OP, look forward to the next episode.

With the amount of as we're kicking, I think we might be eligible for Rick Dom fresh out of the factory. Well, as soon it is developed anyways.

>>6501356
I'd be happy enough with a Gouf if we could mannage it.

>>6501338

You mean tommorow?

I'll be starting around about the same time 6:30PM (British time.)
So I'll have a whole day what to do next. You know I have a great big timeline for this right? You know what that whole story arc was covered by?

Mexico Decoy Force
79.03.09 Heavy Initial fighting
to
79.03.12 Travel North through mexico

Which is where we are now.

I can't believe I've managed to get so much out of what was supposed to be just a footnote in the campaign.

I'd try to pick up anyone's flagging spirits by telling that on the timeline you are ONE LINE AWAY FROM NEW MOBILE SUITS*.
But, like I've just pointed out, it's taken 6 threads just to do the FIRST line of the campaign.

*Is the pic related? MAAAYBE.

>>6501377
Don't stick too tight to your prepared timeline.

We want our actions to have a real effect in this story here.

>>6501377

Next time, we equip S-mines on our mobile suits.

Those nice AP explosive should do us some good in case any infantry get really close.

>>6501453

>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-mine

S-mine dischargers, in the form of angled tubes attached via brackets to the hull, were also used for anti-infantry defence by Wehrmacht armoured vehicles. Early versions of the Tiger I were equipped with five such devices.

>>6501448

That's what I've done, things get progressively looser as event progress and the lengths at which you can alter the timeline increase.

But it does help to have SOMETHING planned.

So, who want's to see what the squads kill count is up to now?

>>6501481
me me me

Let's definitely see those totals.

Plus any other information you've stockpiled.

So, what qualifies as ace status for MS pilots?

Thread archived at: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/6497682/

Zolomon Ringo
(MS-06F): 31 Tank, 5 Gunships, 20 Planes, 1 Frigate, Laws of Physics
(On foot) 2 Police Bikes

Wolfgang Strauz
(MS-06S) 43 Tanks, 2 Gunships, 11 Planes, 3 Battleships (Loum) 5 Cruisers (Loum) The Australian capital of Sydney (Assist) (Loum)

David Lister
(MS-06J) 41 Tanks, 1HLV Door 20 Planes, 1 Land Battleship
(On foot) 1 Samson Wing Mirror 1 Police Bike, 1 Soldier

>>6501506
5 kills I'm pretty sure.

Or maybe it's 30
Doesn't matter, either way we're bad enough dudes to qualify for DOUBLEACE

>>6501555
These three are monsters.

>>6501555
So what's the kill marker for the laws of physics?

>>6501555
>555
>OPEN YOUR EYES FOR THE NEXT FAIZ

Yeah. You already the Aces of Mastodon Battalion, and were awarded the Knight's Cross of Zeon after taking down two full tank companies literally less than half an hour after overthrowing the government of Costa Rica with just four other men*.
That basically makes you a Knight of the Principality of Zeon, civilians have to address you as Sir David Lister in formal situations.

*Admittedly one was an spy with an incredible talent for casual brutality, and who did 90% of the legwork, but still.

>>6501627

You know, I like it.

>>6501627
Yeah, but we rode a motorcycle and shot cops with a SMG. So we're cooler.

>>6501614

Edit: Better idea.

This.

>>6501639

You don't know that. You opted to steal back the Mobile Suit instead of SHOOT THE GODDAMN PRESIDENT OF COSTA RICA RIGHT THERE IN HIS OWN HOME.

>>6501656

... that said, you did get some amazing motorcycle related stunts going on during that motorway chase scene with those cops.

I think at one point you slinked UNDERNEATH a car as it was in mid flip, having lost a tire and faceplanting itself.

>>6501718
Also, our robot suit is painted like a fucking skeleton.

We're terrifying.

>>6501747

Would it not be too egotistical of me to say that I'm DEEPLY pleased with how that came out?

Getting the ribcage right was a pain though, and I know that I didn't get the feet bones right.

Don't expect me (or your techs) to be doing this for EVERY mobile suit you get.

>>6501766
It doesn't need an image to make it true.

>>6501776

I dunno Bill, I'd imagine that some special prototypes might a certain colour scheme for a reason, and that the R&D boy's might be a bit iffy about you respraying everything.

They'd probably allow an MS Icon though, I was thinking of using >>6501555

>>6501850

Eh. As long as the prototype colour isn't hot pink, it should be fine.

If we can't get a Gouf any time soon, how about letting us pick up a an MS-06G Improved Ground Type Zaku? It fits our MO pretty well. Or even a custom upgrade of or current sit to 06G specs?

>>6501920

You should be getting an upgrade fairly soon, don't worry about it.