When you return to Pezun, you and Ramba Ral take stock of the situation.
The explosion only caused minimal casualties luckily, as most of the Gelgoog team were Loyalist Faction, however the incident has ratcheted up tensions in the station which may make Station Head Commordore Zamza's proposed neutrality stance difficult.
Also, all of the Gelgoog data in Pezun including the prototypes and spare parts have been lost aside from your two prototypes and Ramba Ral's one.

Ramba calls you over the comm once you've taken stock.

"I think that Zamza might be leaning more heavily onto Kycilla's faction after this little stunt by Gihren's side. If he does opt to throw in with the Legitimacy, he's going to make himself a major target. I think for the time being me and my team will stay here, bolster their defences and give them a spare Gelgoog to try and reverse engineer."

You were supposed to be travelling back to america to make a full report to your CO Lord Captain Garma, and to take his girlfriend/fiance Icelina back home.

YOUR ORDERS?

FIRE DICKS

As much as I hate to leave Ramba Ral here, I think its the best option.

As long as the Outer Haven is fit to travel, lets head back to Earth,

Is there anywhere that Zeonquest is archived?

Here: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=zeonquest

FUCK YEAH ZEON QUEST.

We need to speak with Katoki regarding taking on additional MS's and research now that the MS-14 data is badly damaged.

Also we should give up one of our gelgoogs. If Rambal Ral gets into a furball here, he'll need the extra punch.

Yesss

>>10578751

Before we leave, we shake his hand.

Salute with all our hearts.

Then we stay in contact with the man.

He's a good person to have around.

YAY! I catch Zeonquest! Fuck yeah!

>>10578990

Indeed

>>10578796

Given the situation you consider it best to travel back to America. You wish Ramba Ral all of the best and depart again from Pezun, promising to send Dr Katoki your combat data from your Gelgoogs when you get the chance.

Your ship, the Zanzibar Kai class "Outer Heaven" pushes on towards the American Drop Zone. As you check your Act Zaku for any niggles, Zolomon meets with you.

"Uh, so, that was a bit more eventful than I guess we were hoping huh?"

"... you do know that Understatement of the Year isn't an actual award right?" You ask.

"Frankly Zolomon, I can't really think of a way it could have been MORE eventful." Jolyne comments as she floats past drinking from a juice pack.

"How about: Giant Colony Sized Deathlasers?" Zolomon suggests.

"Don't even joke about that shit Zolomon."

About an hour later you make your landing in the Californian base. HeadQuarters for Zeons American front.
Garma's aides meet you the moment you set foot on the ground. As you'd expect.
Within 5 minutes you're standing in front of Lord Garma himself.

"What the hell happened out their David!?" He asks, losing his cool uncharactistically.

>>10579041
"Short answer? Your oldest brother is a massive douchebag."

Though Garma should be happy to know that Degwin has given him and Icelina his blessing.

>>10579041

"Shit just got real. Sir."

>>10579041
"Your brother is a psychotic murderer who wants total control over Zeon even if it means killing his own Father and destroying any chance we have of defeating the federation."

>>10579041

Hahahaha wow.

Uh... We tell him what happened.

"Lots. Gihren poisoned your father, poisoned Zeon Daikum, and pretty much poisoned our solidarity."

>>10579065
This.

>>10579067

This and

>>10579074

This

>>10579065
Pose as a team cuz shit just got real.jpg

You give Garma a full report on what happened, including your visit to your parent's, the Teacup that assinated Zeon, the gunfight in Von Braun, stuffing Degwin into a fridge, meeting with Kycilla, the battle with Delaz and then Pezun. He has to sit down after you're done.

"... and that pretty much covers it, on the plus side sir, your father seems to approve of Icelina. So, there's that."

"Why do all of your missions end with gratuitious explosions David?"

"Now sir, I have to protest at that, we didn't even cause a single nuclear explosion or mushroom cloud the entire mission. That's far an away a new personal best."

"Well, in anycase, since you're here, I have a new job for you..."

>>10579161
>>the Teacup that assinated Zeon

WHERE IS CHAR

Heh, there's that. We haven't had a mushroom cloud in a LONG time. Makes you wonder what we'll cause at Jaburo.

>>10579198
Leave a crater that reaches the Mantle of the planet?

Some ominous foreshadowing going on today.

What do you need from us Lord Garma?

>>10579232

Would be supremely interesting, gigantically awesome, and colossally suck at the same time.

"I had originally slated the Mad Angler Unit to perform a comprehensive recon of Jaburo's waterways, but with them and Commander Char currently engaging the Gundam and Trojan Horse in Africa and Europe, I reassigned the 25th Mashiba Group to this role instead. In their last report, 20 miles south of Sao Felix, they reported that they'd found a secondary waterway entrance to Jaburo, however less than 20 minutes later their mothership the Marlene was reported as sunk by an enemy Pegasus cruiser, leaving them stranded. Lister, I need you to extract them and their combat data."

You salute smartly, take the briefing data and return to your squad.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>10579232

Ironically, if Operation British had worked as it was supposed to, this is probably EXACTLY what would have happened.

>>10579276
LETS DO THIS THING!

>>10579276
Does this mean we're going to have to steal some more amphibious MS to use?

Scuicide Rescue mission. Right. Take some big guns, preferably laser CANNONS.

>>10579294

...when have you ever needed to STEAL an Amphibious MS?

>>10579276

Time to drag out the old Zock.

What amphibious MSs are at base for us to beg/borrow/steal?

>>10579309

... for kicks?

Anyways, lets get some recon data on the area they were shot down in.

>>10579309
Creative euphemism. Besides, who could resist our charisma anyway?

Hey cool it's Zeonquest.

>>10579330

You mean the Zock that got trashed the last time you were at Jaburo by the Gundam Prototype?

>>10579370
All the more reason for us to finally upgrade to delicious Hygoggs. Maybe even a Z'Gok E if we're lucky.

>>10579370

It's had plenty of time to be put back together...right?

Anything that'll pair Bernie with Grenades.

Well we're in a bit of a jimmy-jam here aren't we?
Ghiren's decided to attack Degwin, Kycilla and Dozle have responded by saying "dude wtf" and have launched all the missiles.
Garma's mostly in command of the forces fighting the feds on earth, where the federation is still quite strong.
The White Base is still alive; it's fighting some dudes in Africa.
And we have to prepare for an attack on Jaburo in the middle of all of this.

What the fuck am I reading.

Is there ANY chance whatsoever of getting some Zeon suits and firepower from all sides involved for this attack on Jaburo, or are we basically attacking with only 25% of Zeon's numbers?

>>10579409

You can requisition marine mobile suits from the MSM development teams here in a California to replace with the Mobile Suits your currently transferring to your hanger.

CURRENTLY AVAILABLE MSM
Goggs (any amount)
HyGoggs (3 available)
Z'Gok's (any amount)
Z'Gok Command (any available)
Z'Gok E (1 available)
Acguy's (any amount)
Zock (1 available)
Plus all of the Jaburo attack suits that survivived from last time.

It's also worth pointing out that although the terrain is tropical, it's not full on aquatic, so land capable Mobile Suits and armours would still be viable if you wish to take the Googs, Tropens, Dowdages and what not.

>Is there ANY chance whatsoever of getting some Zeon suits and firepower from all sides involved for this attack on Jaburo, or are we basically attacking with only 25% of Zeon's numbers?

Luckily Garma had already requisitioned the 3 Battalions he wanted for the second Jaburo attack WAY before any of this bruhah erupted, so you're solid there, and said teams are currently training up for the assault, with some help from your own combined arms doctrine which is getting around.

I think we should just go with the suits we have, marine suits are not needed here.

>>10579518
I'm not a Gundam buff, but if it's not a full aquatic situation, it's better to take whatever's strongest on land.
We'll find a way to take the fight to the terrain that best suits us.

>>10579518

Hygoggs are extremely useful. We should take the whole team. Cyclops team demolished GM commands(or was it cold climate?) with them.

I wouldn't worry on getting marine MS's just yet. Maybe when the attack on Jaburo actually happens, maybe.

>>10579518
Sounds like the perfect terrain for our new Tropens. Still, the Z'Gok E and Hygoggs could prove useful for ambushing.

Methinks we should take the E and a couple Hygoggs, and fill the rest of the slots with Tropens and Dowadges.

>>10579518
We should probably take a Z'Gock E given how much pure destruction they can unleash. Then again I may be biased because I loved them in 0081.

The Zock would be nice to. The Gelgoogs aren't going to have any replacement parts out here so we may want to save those for the actual Jaburo attack (where we would on better footing against gundams).

How many Tropens and Pezun Dowdages do we have?
It's 2 Tropens and 3 Dowdages, right?
Take the Z'Gok E with us to fill out our team of 6 and let's get rollin'.

>>10579634

Now that is a very good point about the gelgoogs.

But we should have spares for the shields. We should have our dowages carry those zulu shields.

What about the Gashia? Do we still have that beast?
Did we manage to find Strauss on Pezun by the way?

>>10579638
>How many Tropens and Pezun Dowdages do we have?

2 Tropens and 3 Dowdages.

>>10579657
I'm pretty sure Pezun took that back.

So, 3 HyGoggs, 1 Z'Gok E and two Dom Tropens?

Federation was here.

Fuck your Zeon shit.

>>10579759

Says the guy posting an image from a game dominated by Japanese Zeon fanboys.

>>10579790
Most of them are Chinese.

>>10579812

Chinese support Zeon?

>>10579828

Yeah, I think Peking was one of the last Zeon Bases to get liberated by the feds actually.

>>10579828
Yes.

Also staying on topic here is a Z'gok. Enjoy.

Okay, so we've got our Mobile Suit selection sorted, what do you want Hovis to be riding in? And what's the plan for this extraction mission? Do you need to know anything further?

>>10579846Yeah, I think Beijing was one of the last bastions of Zeon and freedom to stand against dirty pigdog federation

>>10579892
The choice here boils down to either the Rhino or the Zock.

The Zock might be the better choice if only for its aquatic mobility and Direct Fire Support options.

>>10579812

Ha ha 'Promotions'

>>10579892
If the Rhino would suck in this terrain then give him a Zock.

How many dudes are we pulling out and did they have any MS or MA? The amount of MS they have will determine if we are just going to load everyone on the Outer Heaven or if we have to do a fighting retreat on the ground supported by the OH.

>>10579953
Also if they had aquatic MS or MA then we just have to help them get to a big connected waterway and we can lose the Feds in that after we load up their footsloggers on the OH.

Bring along a tech team in the event the Marlene's salvageable. Or overload the reactor. It's been a while since we've caused a mushroom cloud.

>>10579892

A map of the area would be rather nice.

>>10579953
>How many dudes are we pulling out and did they have any MS or MA? The amount of MS they have will determine if we are just going to load everyone on the Outer Heaven or if we have to do a fighting retreat on the ground supported by the OH.

6 man team, all in Marine type mobile suits, you don't have an exact count of what type though. Their last signal was from 20 miles south of the town of Sao Felix in Brazil, which is deep in the waterways.
Cloud cover over the area has been heavy, and some monsoon like conditions have been prevailing lately, probably impeded laser communications, aerial recon reports heavy enemy air and ground patrols in the area.

>>10580036
Sure, heres a general idea of the terrain.

BRB Dinner

>>10580039

Bring along the Gigan! It might have trouble moving around, but knowing the Feddies we're going to need it's anti-air ability.

>>10580068

On that note, I recently read that the Gigan has two vulcan guns in the torso as well as the gun-brero and it arm gun, and I can't recall those ever being mentioned before. Source is the Gundam wiki

http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/MS-12_Gigan

>>10580039
Well we can assume they are following the waterways then unless they have tons of footslogging survivors from their ship (or any infantry that aren't dead).

We should look at the waterways around their last transmission and look for the ones that lead to Zeon turf eventually. Then out of those we choose the least likely for them to have taken since the Feds that are hounding them are going to put big fat patrols on the waterways they want to take since I doubt they want these Zeeks to get away.

Well, we've attacked one of their moving block hangers...

What I wonder is where the SF guys are going to find the new block.

its been so long since i was present for a ZeonQuest thread. feels good to be back in the loop
.
combat drop our MSM a couple miles away from the team's last known location. follow any leads and decide on actions as the situation calls for them. a trail of smashed mobile suits, large foot prints, etc. tracking skills to be used to the utmost.

Lets see how much of this list is irrelevent by the time I post it.

ZQ To do list:

BEFORE RETURNING TO EARTH
1) Ensure Pezun Gelgoog development
>Give one YMS-14 back to them if necessary
>If they can complete necessary copy steps within 24 hours stay and take the suit
>Otherwise get back to Earth ASAP


UPON ARRIVAL IN NORTH AMERICA
Talk to Garma about:
1) Civil war situation & Tea cup
2) Negotiation of truce Between Zeon factions until defeat of Federation
>2a) Possible Assistance to Zeon forces in Africa against Trojan Horse
>2b) Access to any technologies captured should Trojan Horse be disabled/destroyed
>2c) Assistance of Girhen Faction for upcoming Jaburo assault
3) Jaburo Assault planning
>Marine & Kycillia Special forces secure beach head. Garma units clear AA defenses and initial surface defenders. Fleet from Girhen faction engages Jaburo Orbital garrison. Dozle conducts drop operations and special unit deployment.

4) Discuss possibility of negotiations with General Revil for treaty with Federation. Zeon will abandon select Earth and space positions and in return will provide assistance removing Girhen holdouts from Earth.

After meetings with Garma find Char, put him aboard Madagascar in preperation to go after Trojan Horse. Unknowingly wait for hillarity to ensue

>>10580306
>2c) Assistance of Girhen Faction for upcoming Jaburo assault
.
i dont like the idea of this capitol Git fighting alongside us. i have this feeling his forces would probably 'fallback to hold the line' only to attack our rear, effectively catching us in a pincer between the feddies/jaburo, and ghiren loyalists....

>>10580306
Dammit. Ral didnt come back to Earth with us. Ignore any parts following that refer to him.

-Establish California Base experimental production.
We have no way of knowing if we'll be able to maintain continuous contact with Pezun. As they're already facing delays with the Gelgoog line we should do everything possible to make sure California base can produce them here.
>provide a YMS-14 from our unit to California base techs to copy and begin a limited production run of
>reccomend Midnight Fenrir for 1 squad of YMS-14's and single YMS-14's to larger front line units most likely to encounter Fed MS
>Ral keeps his Gelgoog no matter what
>Char should get the first Gelgoog produced by California Base (Could be a death trap, who knows.)

Before heading out to chase after the Trojan Horse or playing kill team on the Rio Grand line we need to conduct some eartside MS testing and familiarization of our new suits. The YMS-14 if there are any left, the Dom Tropical test type, Zaku FZ, and Beam weapons in general. Everybody should get some experience with using beam weapons before Zeon suits with them go into mass production. The same goes with hover skirt equipped suits like the Pezun Dowdage and Dom. Burnie and Calvin have never piloted them before, they should get some practice in now. Even Ral should spend a few hours practicing with the Gelgoog and maybe a Dom type just to get the hang of how they handle.

Additional California base project proposals:
>Improved Gelgoog shield with Luna Titanium bracing built using captured Fed materials (Destroyed MS) along with beam ablative layers.
>Beam Chaff grenade for Zeon MS

>combat drop our MSM a couple miles away from the team's last known location. follow any leads and decide on actions as the situation calls for them. a trail of smashed mobile suits, large foot prints, etc. tracking skills to be used to the utmost.

Okay, back. So the plan is to drop out and infiltrate into the zone to try and find the missing team and recon data.

What's your plans for getting there in the first place, and extraction? Keeping in mind that it appears that this is where the Mashiba Team fell down as well.

Also, keep in mind that at some point England will be playing Algeria tonight, so you may see a dip in posting around then.

>>10580350
i doubt if MSM are capable of being dropped from the outer heaven, but maybe if the Outer heaven does a low-fly pass and we jump into the river, the OH buggers off to the other end of the river(away from Felix -(wait which end is more dangerous? anyways)) so that we can get extraction at the end of the river. how many suits can the OH take? will we need to abandon some of the rescued team's MSM ?

>>10580400
wow did i make any sense ._.

>>10580341
I'm not really thrilled with it either but he does have a large portion of our space fleets. We need that firepower if we're to have enough of our guys left over to crack Jaburo's defenses. This is also an opportunity to bleed Girhen's forces against the Feds wich we'll need to do if we're to stand a chance against him later.
I figured we'd have his guys hit the orbital garrison a good 30-40 minutes before Dozle arrives and drops the Big Zam. (Please God drop the Big Zam.)

>>10580350
I assume we will be coming in from the North? We should probably get dropped by the OH near a waterway we think they might be taking and we follow it in with our MS. That way we are far enough from the crashsite that whatever took down their ship won't get the OH.

Once we have meet up with the stranded team we head Norhteast and try to reach a designated point to meet up with the OH. From there we either all load up on the OH or we move with the OH out of danger.

>>10580400
If they were Goggs, I'd agree, but we can probably combat drop Hygoggs and Z'Goks no problem. Hell, if a standard Z'Gok can perform suborbital with few mods, then combat dropping an E should be possible.

Still, if we want to perform the stealthy approach and save OH for the Jaburo op, we could try and requisition a Jukon or two, though we definitely couldn't take the Rhino then.

>>10580400
>i doubt if MSM are capable of being dropped from the outer heaven, but maybe if the Outer heaven does a low-fly pass and we jump into the river, the OH buggers off to the other end of the river(away from Felix -(wait which end is more dangerous? anyways)) so that we can get extraction at the end of the river. how many suits can the OH take? will we need to abandon some of the rescued team's MSM ?

You might be able to make a HANO drop with the Z'Gok and definately with the Dom Tropens, but the Hygogg and the Zock are iffy.
A Low Altitude drop would work for sure though.

>>10580435

True, but for the record, your technological advancement has been far head of what Zeon managed in Canon, that gives you a bit of leeway here. Also, whilst it reduces the amount of fleet and Mobile Suits you have, it has also reduced the area that you personally need to defend.

>>10580350

Well, unless I'm mistaken, Sao Felix is pretty close to the coast on a river, so it should be reasonably possible to drop our more stealthy MSM off the coast from the OH and swim down the river. What's the most stealthy aquatic MS, I recall one being mentioned as especially good?

Either way, place some communication relay gear as we go, if possible, and keep in contact with the OH that way.

If/when we find the team we call in the OH for a quick extraction. Clearly none of that will go as planned, but we should be able to deal.

We should've just had Pezun churn out more Act Zakus instead of Gelgoogs. The only downside is that they can't power Beam Swords.

this. 2nd.
>>10580504
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>Well, unless I'm mistaken, Sao Felix is pretty close to the coast on a river, so it should be reasonably possible to drop our more stealthy MSM off the coast from the OH and swim down the river.

How deep is it, if you know? Because if it's deep enough you could probably HANO all of the suits into it okay.

>>10580579

Gelgoogs are also generally higher performance, with more combat endurance, armor, and thrusters.

What we REALLY need to get are some Galbaldy's, now those would turn the tide of the war!
http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/ms-x/ms-17.htm

So what is exactly the plan for the assault on Jaburo? Some kind of combined airdrop/amphibious landing?

>>10580652

I'm not sure, but it's a pretty extensive river, how deep would it need to be to HANO MSM safely? Also of note is that at least now it's a pretty busy river, lots of traffic most times.

>>10580760

Yes, with about 9 companies of Mobile Suits plus other support units. Mostly air and mech-infantry riding wappa's since tracked vehicles have trouble with Jaburo's terrain.

>I'm not sure, but it's a pretty extensive river, how deep would it need to be to HANO MSM safely?

Well, the zocks about 24 meters tall, so about that?

>Also of note is that at least now it's a pretty busy river, lots of traffic most times.

Probably not so much after the colony drop and being turned into a warzone I would think.

>>10580813

Well it's easily that deep, hell in some places it's probably more than twice that honestly.

>>10580842

Okay then, a HANO drop would be possible if done into the river.

>>10580859

What sort of expose to AA weapons would the OH (and us, during the frop)have at high altitude in that area, do we know?

Also, can the Tropens perform a HANO drop? I believe that the original Dom's couldn't, since they didn't have sufficient rocket thrust to suppose their hoverjets.

I'd be nice to go in with something like this

Us, Zol, Elaine in Hygogs/Z'gok E or something
Jol, Bernie in Tropens, since they're better for the tropical environment than the Dowadges, I imagine.
Calvin in his normal Flipper/Dodai combo
Hovis in the Zock with the aquatic team.

>>10580925

Durr, I meant drop, not frop.

Okay, so, the plan is:

Take 3 Hygoggs, 1 Z'Gok E, 2 Dom Tropens and a Zock and then combat drop them into the river running along Sao Felix from there follow the river circuit towards the Mashiba Team's last known position and take it from there?

>>10580925
>Also, can the Tropens perform a HANO drop? I believe that the original Dom's couldn't, since they didn't have sufficient rocket thrust to suppose their hoverjets.

That can't be right, you had them doing combat drops from Gaws in the original series during the Jaburo assault.

>What sort of expose to AA weapons would the OH (and us, during the frop)have at high altitude in that area, do we know?

If we do it high and fast enough, some missiles is probably everything, they'd soon notice you though.
A low altitude nape of the earth approach would be stealthier but slower, and if you get spotted you could get trapped, surrounded and taken down.

Your choice.

>>10580946

Works for me, though I'd prefer Calvin in his Flipper over one extra Hygog, if that'd be possible, but unless he could ride a Dodai I doubt he'd be able to keep up with the rest of the team, given that all the other MS and MSM can easily cross the river at need, something that no Feddie machine can do right now, and with the forest on either side of the river we have good cover from any air power other than heavy bombers.

>>10580975

Well I'm not at all sorry to be wrong about dropping Dom's, so I'll just leave it at that.

As far as the drop goes, I'd prefer a high altitude one myself, since the OH would have less exposure there, and we'd have enough low-recoil firepower with the various beam weapons that I wouldn't worry too much about a few missiles. Maybe that'll prove horribly wrong, but hey, what can you do?

>>10581021
HANO high speed drop it is then.

Uh, before we start, who's piloting what on this mission?
I know Hovis is in the Zock, but what about everyone else?

>>10580978
i dont think having him flying about would be wise. it would be like having a giant arrow over our heads with a sign saying "hey, we're here, feddie air support"

Why aren't we using our Gelgoogs in the Jaburo assault? D:

>>10581055

My choice for pilot/MS combo is about six posts up right now, but it has Calvin in his recon Zaku on a Dodai, and I'm not sure how viable that is. If it's possible to get confirmation one way or the other it would be appreciated.

>>10581107

This isn't the Jaburo assault, we're trying to extract some scouts with vital info on Jaburo, who's mothership was wrecked and are now stuck behind enemy lines.

We didn't want to risk tipping our hand on our newest MS yet, or risk wrecking the Gelgoogs before such a huge assault where they're sure to useful.

>>10581107
Because this isn't the Jaburo assault. That's in about 2 weeks time.

>pt 64

You poor, poor man. I feel sorry for your schedule.

>>10581130

Ahh okay. So we're going to be using the Gelgoogs for a OH SHIT WHAT ARE THESE THINGS shock value in the assault then.

I like it.

>>10581055
David-Z'Gok E
Zol-Hygogg
Elaine-Hygogg
Jo-Tropen
Bernie-Tropen

Calvin is, as usual, using the Flipper. With a Dodai, if we can fit it.

>3 Hygoggs, 1 Z'Gok E, 2 Dom Tropens and a Zock
Who's got training with what, and what are the strong points of each of the suits here?
Best damn suit (Z'Gok, right?) goes to Lister, with anything melee-capable going to Zol.
Jol and Elaine get the generic long-range-shooty-things.
Calvin ... does Calvin have any training in any of this? Just stick him on something super-stealthy.
Bernie gets what's left over.

>>10581169

Same as my idea, but I also had Hovis in the Zock, which I suppose you took for granted, reasonably enough.

However, as a caveat to this and my previous list, if the Dodai isn't viable given local conditions, we should either a) have Calvin in a Hygog with the aquatic team or if his direct combat skills aren't up to par, b) leave him behind, since he's far too valuable a specialist to risk if he wouldn't add much to our combat power.

>>10581169
I get the impressing that having anything in the air is a bad move for an extraction mission with known AA assets.
Can Calvin get something stealthy with shit-tons of sensors?
He'll be Foxbat Mk. II

I'd also like to remind everyone that peace with the Federation is completely impossible. We whipped the shit out of them, plus we did some pretty nasty stuff with the colony drop and whatnot. The Federation's people aren't going to want peace, they want our heads. If their leaders agree to peace, their hope of re-election falls rapidly.

With that out of the way, What's the full list of MS's available?

>>10581223
Really, Calvin isn't going to have anything new coming out that suits his talents like the Flipper does. If memory serves, the next recon suit that gets developed is the EWAC Hizack, and that won't come out until the Gryps Conflict.

>>10581223

Sadly we don't have anything like that which could match the other MS ability to cross the river, which will be rather useful in this situation. His Flipper basically is what you suggest, a MS with shit-tons of sensors, but it's just land/space capable, it's got nothing for water, thus mounting it on a Dodai under normal circumstances.

>>10581292

Wait, I just got a fabulous idea! Have Okawara mount Dom or Efreet legs on the Zaku Flipper! Bonus points with the Efreet legs are it could still ride a Dodai and would in general be more manouverable.

>>10581292
I get the feeling that it won't be too stealthy if it's airborne. :P

>>10581320

And give our MS an intimidating cape while he's at it.

I swear to god I'm going to make FashionQuest one day where the protagonist is a weakass pile of fail that can only accomplish his goals by use of >HAT, >CAPE and >PANTS.

>>10581334

Well, it's not like it has to fly high, and Calvin is a great recon specialist, he's so far been able to see anything approaching far before it's seen him.

>>10581169

I'm pretty sure Calvin on the Flipper is doable, but with a Dodai has been vetoed.
We'll have him in a Hygogg instead.

You quickly pick your suits and brief the team on the mission. After making sure everybody knows what they've got to do, the Outer Heaven takes off at high speed, heading south east, reaching the Atlantic at about 3 in the afternoon.
The Outer Heaven continues to raise altitude and pick up speed as it curves around towards Jaburo. You breach the outer stratoshpere about 20 minutes later.

An hour later the ship begins it's run and dives at speed.

As it descends on Jaburo the red light turns in the hangar turns on, and you all take up combat stations, and mount up.
Outside, the Jaburo defences launch a barrage of high speed heatseekers at your vessel, 30 or more white streaks reach out towards the supersonic warship, which uses it's VTOL thrusters to scissor roll missiles flail behind him, shot off lock.

The second salvo launches in front of the ship and it brings itself level and performs a high speed Viff.
The jump horn sounds in the hangar as you're pushed forwards as the ship sheds speed with incredible force.

The doors open and the six of you practically hurl yourselves out into the evening sky.

Above you, to mask your drop, the Outer Heaven launches a pair of flare launcher/minovsky projector pods that disrupt the enemies lock as the ship banks away.

You stare at the onrushing river for about 15 seconds before swinging upright and hitting your thrusters.

>>10581385

Oh yeah, he'd also act as a great communications relay with the OH in case we aren't able to contact it directly.

ON THAT NOTE, WE SHOULD SET UP A SERIES OF SET COMMUNICATION POINTS/TIMES SO THAT IF THINGS GO WRONG WE CAN STILL GET IN CONTACT IN A DESIGNATED MANNER.

There's an almight splash as you all hit the water and sink down into it's depths, you call for a status update from the rest of the team.
After getting an affirmative from them you stealthly reach up to the bank, and once you clear the surface.
Launch a Laser Communications beacon into the ground.

"Lister to Outer Heaven, Lister to Outer Heaven, do you copy?"

"Roger Commander, Laser Beacon contact made, we'll stay in contact using this beacon, you just keep remember to keep placing those beacons."

"I wont forget Anita."

Your team is currently in the river. You can use it to travel to the last known position of the Mashiba Team, but it is somewhat circuitious, the direct route takes you across jungle terrain and possible federation patrols.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>10581523
Get straight across that forest for maximum speed.
David in the lead, and Jol in the back to guard the rear.
Try to present as small a profile as possible - single file, stay behind cover. You know, that type of stuff you always see in those military movies.

>>10581523
follow the river, intermittantly surface, search for debris, clues, military traffic,, etc

>>10581523
The waterways will probably get us to the allied MS faster since they are also using them. If they have any footslogger survivors they are probably hiding out in the jungle waiting for the MS to give the all clear to move.

I'd rather not bring Fed patrols down on them when we meet with them.

Yeah, besides, the MMS's aren't too big, so we could possibly sneak though the direct routes with some skills.

SPOILERS: No matter what route we take, we will experience exactly one (1) random encounter with the enemy NPCs.

>>10581590
>>10581592

I dunno, I'm gonna vote for moving through the forest to their last known location and searching from there, that's probably going to get us the best idea of what's going on since any clues we find going by the river will likely just lead us in the direction of their last known point anyways.

>>10581614

We do have two Dom Tropens with us, and those are very definitely not small.

>>10581633
you read OOTS ?

>>10581674

That or he's wise to my playstyle.

>>10581633

Yes, but the type we're likely to get, and in what situation, is what's important.

I vote river.

My logic is that we take the slow route now while things are quiet, and save the GTFO route for when we are hightailing it with feddy's on our ass while trying to escort the inevitably damaged aka slow as fuck allies we're here to rescue

We should probably use the river. We don't want to tip off the enemy until we've at least got the intel.

>>10581695
Aye. I've noticed in your threads that it doesn't matter how many resources we stockpile, or which route we take, or how many allies we accumulate, or what mobile suits we use, or what tactics are present. We always fight something of appropriate difficulty - which sort of makes all the planning irrelevant.

It happens a lot in quest threads (about the only one that DOESN'T fall prey to it is LordQuest); anything Abstract has no effect on the protagonist's power level. Having a team of elite scientists working night and day on a project you assigned them is as good as having them all jerk off nonstop for a month.

It's one of the largest (and in my opinion, THE largest) downside of freeform roleplay - you just don't get power upgrades for the stuff you do; the DM feeds you upgrades and appropriate enemies. While there's no risk of being outmatched or underpowered, there's also no possibility of becoming super-powered and stomping everything - the protagonists' asskicking ability is psychological only, as they'll ALWAYS be put up against foes that are an equal match for them. You might as well not even try.

I think the general gist is to take the river route.

Using the twisting waterways, with the Tropens rushing on the banks, your squad carefully make your way through towards your target.

"Commander, I have a sonar target ahead, looks like 2 barges, heavily laden, could be goods transports, could be gunboats..."

"How far ahead?"

"Just past this next bend."

The Tropens carefully hide within the trees just in case.

YOUR ORDERS?

(Note: Christ England are playing shit today. Also, is Wayne Rooney some kind of Emperors New clothes deal where we say he's good just to improve the average wage of whichever council estate he's from?)

>>10581813

I dunno, there's some times we've been outmatched, or took a wrong route in Zeonquest, and other times that we've split up the group in a good way, or done something else clever, and steamrolled the opponents.

I won't say there's not some level matching going on, but you have to admit the general arc of a conflict is more or less influenced by what we do.

>It's one of the largest (and in my opinion, THE largest) downside of freeform roleplay - you just don't get power upgrades for the stuff you do; the DM feeds you upgrades and appropriate enemies. While there's no risk of being outmatched or underpowered, there's also no possibility of becoming super-powered and stomping everything - the protagonists' asskicking ability is psychological only, as they'll ALWAYS be put up against foes that are an equal match for them. You might as well not even try.

Actually, you pretty much wiped the floor with that MS Squadron in canada thanks to your Pezun Dowdages having beam guns.
That whole campaign was supposed to last an entire week, NOT A SINGLE FUCKING DAY.
But I honestly couldn't see a single way where I could stretch it out longer, you were just outmatching them in experience, skills and firepower. Only the Gundam Prototype came close, and even that got killed.

>>10581821

I'm from USA. We got buttfucked today. Granted, I wasn't expecting the best from us, but that was just shameful.

>>10581821
Good thing about our aquatics is they are great for ambush tactics. Anything being transported around here is going to be goods and men going to and from Jaburo so we hunker down and eliminate the targets when we get a look at them.

Tropens go first and then aquatics ambush any MS that pop out to protect the barges.

>>10581879

You drew and scored twice. That gives you three goals and two points. Win against the last country and you'll probably go through at the top of your group whilst we walk home because we forgot how to shoot.

It could EASILY happen my friend.

>>10581821

How large are the barges? If they're big enough, we should have our marine element jump onto them from below, one or two MSM each, and force a surrender. We can decide what to do afterwards, or just blow them to hell if they look like they're going to attack us while we're onboard.

>>10581813
Anything that can't be measured in terms of numbers is forgotten. That's what I don't like about freeform. Every single problem has a challenge-appropriate solution so you might as well not even TRY to raise your asskicking ability; you'll always have the same chance of winning.

When I DM, I assign myself a resource pool and try to beat the players down with it, and the players similarly try to survive using their own resources. Eventually ONE of us gets ahead of the curve and wins. I like the idea that, if you slack off, you can fall behind the curve and get your ass kicked by everything; but if you work hard, you pull ahead of the curve and kick everything's ass.
That dynamic is missing from a lot of places where hard work doesn't pay off as much as it should.

For instance. In this quest, for all this talk about Lister's combined arms strategy, is it having any in-world effect on the Rio Grande line? Do our forces shoot any harder? Do enemy forces become any weaker? I'd have to guess "no", and that makes me sad, because a military doctrine should have effects on the gameworld that can't be expressed in terms of Beam rifle shots or White base kills.

>>10581936

The Barges are about 30 meters long and 15 meters wide, you could easily jump aboard from underneath if you wanted.
Although you should be careful, your passive sonar is more sensitive than most, but a single ping will reveal you easily.

>>10581877
>Actually, you pretty much wiped the floor with that MS Squadron in canada thanks to your Pezun Dowdages having beam guns.
>That whole campaign was supposed to last an entire week, NOT A SINGLE FUCKING DAY.

Then maybe I'm being too cynical, but the one battle where Foxbat, Eagle, and Akimbo basically got a single sentence of "yay you won" each gave me the impression you were tired of Canada and were DM-fiating as subtly as possible to get the Nachtmaren out of there.

>>10581936
We are deep behind enemy lines (near their biggest fortress) and you want to take prisoners when we are doubting if we can even get all of our stranded boys on the OH?

Time and place for things and killing Feds is what is timely in this place.

>>10581813
we fucked up pretty bad in hawaii

got the whole base shelled while we were out flying around looking for a submarine that didn't exist.

>>10581990
Yeah, I remember that. We still won, technically, just a lot worse then in the official timeline.

>>10581973

Essentially, as soon as you were able to draw them into an open battle with no cover, you were basically always going to win because you were better. Once that happened, that was basically it.

go to the bottom, let the barges pass

this isn't our mission and we can't afford to give ourselves away.

Be patient, hold your thirst for blood, and let the barges pass unmolested.
Stick to the mission, stick to the plan

>>10582020
This?

>>10581961

Alright, lets do it, move up quickly and leap aboard, see what they are. Trying of course to be somewhat stealthy, not total full speed ahead sort of quickly.

>>10582020
I'm seconding this. A barge suddenly disappearing won't help our stealth-ish mission very much. Besides, it might be civilians (unlikely, but possible). We should let it go by if we can but make sure it doesn't transmit our presence.

>>10582045
>>10582049

That works too actually, probably better now that I think about it. If they don't know we're here it should slow down any pursuers who might question them.

>>10581936
i have this slightly evil idea

sneak up underneath a boat, and literally just drag it under the water. i mean, a couple of MSM must have a combine weight of enough to drag a boat down

Let the barge pass then. If they start acting like they're in a hurry that probably means we've been rumbled and we should open up their hull.

If they just mosey along let them mosey.

>>10582009
>>10581990
>>10581954
>>10581813
I suppose you're right. Maybe I am being overly meta.
Sorry for interfering. :(

>>10582089
we're here to rescue tired, hungry, beat up and possibly wounded comrades who are trapped behind enemy lines.

Doing something that calls attention to us in the form of feddy's is a trolltastic dick move.
We need to get those men out of here as quietly as possible.

>>10582123
if the boats turn out hostile, its a valid move. no exsplosive sounds...just the screams of the drowning

>>10582143
yeah, if they "turn out hostile" we'll have no choice but to defend ourselves, and I agree with your tactic of dragging them under as it is very quick/quiet.

All I'm saying is don't start shit in a saloon full of sheriff's, if you catch my drift.

>>10582143
And what happens when they vanish from Fed patrol nets, or fail to deliver a scheduled update?

Better to let them pass then sink a couple of barges for no gain. We have absolutely no reason to attack right now.

>>10582143

So, I'm getting mixed, calls, do we sink this boat or let it pass? Next post calls it.

Also, I'm thinking of drafting the following letter:

Dear Mr Rooney
I know, I know you fraud and it's only a matter of time before everyone else finds you out.

What do you think so far?

>>10582201

Let them pass.

>>10582201
>>10582189
>>10582182
i never said DO IT!
.
i said its an IDEA.
.
CHRIST, MAN

>>10582217

agreed.

>>10582217
this

please,

Wee

>>10582201
Probably a good idea to just get out of their way and avoid being spotted for now. When we find out what's happened to those missing soldiers, we can start closing down our options and blowing everything up like it's on special in a Planes and Mercs thread.

Is the forest inflammable?
... I'm just sayin' it might be useful to know later, you know - for future plans, and considering what options we may have to deal with things. *shifty eyes*

>>10582217

Taking care, you let the two barges pass overhead. Hidden in the jungle, the two Dom Tropens watch the barges pass by. When they've moved far enough, you resume moving.

"Good call Commander, that each barge had 3 of those new GM type mobile suits on em." Jolyne reports

"They looked like a new design as well, not sure I'd like to tangle with them." Bernard adds.

"Well, alls well that ends well" you say as you launch another laser beacon, and continue on your way.

The following journey is realtively uneventful for the next hour or so as you make your way through the river.
Eventually however, you reach an obstacle.

The Flaming wreck of the Zanzibar class warship "Marlene", which looks like it's ploughed into the ground straight through the river, basically diverting it a good 800 meters west and back.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>10582398
LOOKS LIKE WE SHOULDA SUNK EM, HUH?

Investigate the ship, possibly look for survivors.

>>10582398
Looks like its time to look for clues to where our boys have gone off to. The team should be careful when searching about for Fed mines and such that they probably left behind when they investigated the crashsite.

Given that the river is diverted they've probably been forced to take a land route through the jungle.

>>10582398
I'd suggest a thermal scan, but it's doubtful we'd get much out of it between the fire and whatever random heat pockets are in the surrounding jungle.

Can our sensors pick up signs of movement away in any direction? Recognizable MS footprints or hacked/burned flora in any direction?

Check for boobytraps

>>10582450
>>10582457

A quick once over reveals no survivors, so hopefully the feds weren't able to either. With a bit of luck they escaped into the jungle and weren't captured.

You are have Calvin try to retrieve the ships data banks and are rewarded with the ships second hidden black box. He proceeds to skim through the contents while you cover him.

"Good news, it looks like they had the recon data we were looking for, but they didn't have time to transmit before they were taken down. It looks like the team discovered a MS scale water intake which could work as a second entrance into the base."

YOU HAVE THE NEEDED RECON DATA. WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?

>>10582625

No man left behind. I say we go look for them.

Search for any trails or signals that show where survivors may have gone.

No MS wreckages must mean they got away. Search downriver.

Get in contact with he Outer Heaven. We should get back, then send another team to retrieve the survivors.

>>10582625

Well, set some booby traps of our own in/around the ship, split up (stealthily) for a few minutes to search around the ship for more info or survivors, then back onto the trail of the MSM team.

Oh yeah, use our comm relay to give as much info as possible about the secret entrance to the OH, only as long as it's possible to do so without it being intercepted, and have them likewise transmit it back to California Base if it's possible.

>>10582625
If he thinks no patrols will give him problems (problems he can't outrun I mean) send Calvin back to meet up with the OH to and transmit the important data while the rest of the team searches for survivors.

We need to set an upper limit on how long we are willing to be this far in enemy lines. If we can't find their trail soon we really are only sticking our necks out for corpses.

>>10582677
This. Boobytrap the dick out of this ship.

Then look for signs of escape into the jungle. Do a rotation of with a radius of 1000 feet around the ship to look for tracks.

Delayed reactor meltdown? like said earlier it's been a while since the last nuclear explosion.

erase info on the black box and leave it at the crash site

booby trap it with the biggest kaboom we have, unexploded munitions within the downed zanzibar are preferable.

>>10582719

Well, it would disorient the Feddies enough to cover our escape. But, we would have to find the survivors ourselves. This isn't Predator, you can't survive a nuke by jumping into a ditch.

>>10582719

I concur wholeheartedly.

>>10582743
>implying you know how to survive a nuclear explosion

>>10582774

Well, I highly doubt that the survivors of the crash are in any position to survive.

>>10582839
>implying you know the probability of surviving a crash inside of a space capable high speed military craft.

no reactor meltdowns
boobytrap the crash site
look for tracks, both human and MS

track down survivors, load up, and gtfo

make it happen soldiers

>>10582661
>>10582664
>>10582701

You have the Dom Tropens leave some grenades in choice spots in the wreck as booby traps, as a marine suit you don't really have anything else that would work.
You do wonder about where the Feds are if there's a wreck here.

"So we've got the data, you think we should signal the Outer Heaven and head back?" Jolyne asks.

"No, we were sent here to rescue a team, and that's just what we're going to do."

"We still need to get the data back to the Outer Heaven." She reminds you.

You decide now is as good a time as any to give the Laser Comm Network a go.

"This is Nachtmaren 1 to Outer Heaven, Outer Heaven are you receiving?"

There's a short delay, but eventually you get a reply.

"This is Outer Heaven, reading you clear." Anita responds.

"We're at the Marlene, and we've retrieved the Black Box, were transmitting the contents to you now."

You begin downloading the relevant details through the network. Your onboard software estimates 5 minutes before the download finishes. Man, you knew the bandwidth was low but...

Things get bad when Calvin reports that sonar is picking up another barge heading downriver towards you.
The good news is that you can moves somewhat and not lose connection, and that they're approaching from the side where the Marlene will be blocking line of sight. The bad news is that you can't dive underwater, and damage to your suit could easily disrupt the connection.
Hell putting too heavy a strain on your energy output could do it.

YOUR ORDERS?

Hide away from the wreckage, or have someone in an aquatic suit do the aforementioned drag-down technique while we finish uploading.

Move as best we can into a position where our location is hidden. Rest of the squad get into positions to ambush the barge if it draws too close.

>>10582912
If we have any camo cloaks or debris we can use to block the barges line of sight on David then do that.

Everyone else gets in position to ambush the barge the moment it acts flaky or dares to lower a landing platform.

Tropens shoot first and then aquatics suprise from the water. I trust the team to protect David while he transmits.

>>10582912
>they're approaching from the side where the Marlene will be blocking line of sight


move to the other side of the marlene, all suits crouch/go prone and shut down all nonessential systems/lights

Have david shut down as well, leaving only enough power to transmit.

wait for the barge to pass.
On a side note, I have an idea

maybe we have the doms look for the survivors, and the aquatic suits head upriver and wait. When the doms start to extract with said survivors, have the aquatic suits attack a barge or two, real loud like, and then head downriver to the sea (or at least real far away)

y'know, a diversion.

OH picks up doms, and then rendezvous with the aquatic suits at a later time.

Get prepared to ambush them if they get too close. Mass of grenades and heavy weapons if they're carrying Gundams.

Strike fast and hard.

Adding to the post above me.

If it is just a regular ship with no MS compliment, take out radios fast and then sink it.

If it's got Gundams and shit, hit it hard with the grenades and heaviest weapons.

>>10582948

>Hide away from the wreckage, or have someone in an aquatic suit do the aforementioned drag-down technique while we finish uploading.

The problem with moving into the treeline is that you could disrupt your laser comm quite easily with a tree or something.

The Dragdown could easily work though.

>>10582955
>If we have any camo cloaks or debris we can use to block the barges line of sight on David then do that.

No camo cloaks unfortunately.

>move to the other side of the marlene, all suits crouch/go prone and shut down all nonessential systems/lights

>Have david shut down as well, leaving only enough power to transmit.

It's a good idea, but I think expecting them to miss an 18 meter tall warmachine may be pushing your luck.

So, ambush the barge, have David try and stay out of way, using the Marlene as cover?

>>10583091
Yes, but it would be nice if we could rip a big loose piece of the Marlene off and stick it in front of David.

Yeah, it's just that the wreckage is booby-trapped, so...

>>10583125
All of it? Even the outer hull?

I thought we put them on critical systems of interest to the Feds.

>>10583137

Ah. Then disregard that, I'm an idiot.

>>10583091
>So, ambush the barge, have David try and stay out of way, using the Marlene as cover?

sure, make sure the barge goes down before they can get the experimental GM units operational. Try to avoid damaging the GM's if at all possible, we could possibly bring the OH in to recover them.
Or at the very leave them behind boobytrapped to high hell.

>>10583172
Delicious stolen prototypes =D

How much damage does a waterlogged mech take?

I'd rather take my chances and sink the barge outright than get into a pitched battle.

>>10583327
Not much but them underwater makes them easy pickings for our aquatics. Even if we sink the barge the pilots are probably in their MS right now so they will just bust out the side. They'll still get slaughtered by the Hygoggs.

>>10583172

Okay, you take up a semi safe position near the top of the wreck, where hopefully you won't be noticed. Meanwhile the rest of your team take up ambush positions.

As the barge glides around you see the two GM's aboard scan the horizon, carefully looking for enemies with their 90mm Machine Guns.
Suddenly, there's a plume of spray from the barge as it is drug under water, you see men run and dive into the water off the sinking brown water vessel.

The GM's aboard the barge fire a burst into the waters and then leap off a pair of 880mm rockets streak past where they just were.
Beam shots lance the barge and it explodes in a plume of smoke.

Both GM's have leapt onto opposite banks, and fire a burst of fire on the move into the trees to try and suppress the Dom Tropens whilst they continue to run.

You see another one of the Hygoggs surface, take a firing position on the Marlene and fire off a shot from it's Beam Gun. The shot grazes on of the GM's legs shredding armour plating and in response it darts into the jungle.
Meanwhile another HyGogg surfaces and fires a spread of Torpedoes through the air at the other GM, which dodges out of the way and hits him back with a burst of his machine-gun for minimal damage.

The GM then retreats into the jungle on his side as well.

3 MINUTES REMAINING. YOUR ORDERS?

>>10583457
Blast this song on our loud speakers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPQCircbhsc

Get our teams' blood flowing.

Get into cover, don't follow them. That will lead us into boobytraps.

>>10583457
doms persue nearest GM

aquatics stay back and guard lister

that makes it 2vs1, or 2vs2 if the gm's link up, which is still only equal numbers.
And with nachtmaren, equal numbers are never fair.

get calvin up to do spotting/location on the nearest gm as well.
Our cover is blown at this point, we have to deploy every asset we have available as fast as we can to get rid of these gms.

>>10583457
Tropen/Hygogg kill teams hunt down the remaining GM Commands while Hovis in the Zock protects David.

We did bring Hovis in the Zock right?

>>10583492
sending those signals, sending those signals, sending those signals, those dirty little signals

>We did bring Hovis in the Zock right?

Yes.

>>10583508

Each GM is on different sides of the bank. So that would be 1vs 1 for both.

>>10583532
Bernie can back up Hovis if the GMs circle back while Jol/Elaine and Calvin/Zol go after the GMs.

>>10583631
what? I know.
I'm assuming both our doms are on the same side of the bank? Or did they go to opposite sides as well?
I don't think it was mentioned, all I see is
>Meanwhile the rest of your team take up ambush positions.


anyway, the two doms go after the GM that is on their side of the river, and we forget about the other GM. He's GTFO-ing as fast as he can

>>10583675
He's GTFOing so he can tell his Fed buddies where we are. If we kill them both we have a little more time to find our stranded friends before the Feds realize a patrol is missing than if we let this guy go tell them now.

>>10583703
protip: both gms are already broadcasting on all channels that HOLY FUCK NACHTMAREN IS IN OUR BACKYARD WAKE EVERYONE UP SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT

>>10583734
But with the power of Minovsky particles their smaller transmitters may not be making it over the air like their barge's radio could have. Either way killing them both now means they won't be coming back with their friends while we are trying to get our wounded buddies on the OH.

>>10583734
We can only hope local minovsky density is enough to garble those comms.

Split up and hunt them down.

Out of curiosity, and as has been mentioned earlier in the thread, has our treatise on combined arms doctrine resulted in any improvements to tactics or materiel available to non-Ms forces?

A well designed tank or dedicated ground pounding aircraft would be a godsend.

"Zolomon and Jolyne you take the one on the left, Elaine, you team up with Bernard and take the other one. Hovis and Calvin continue to cover me here whilst I finish the upload. Don't travel to far, don't let them kite you and don't let them draw you into an ambush."

"Got it!"
"Roger!"

You see the two of them move off as the Zock surfaces and starts scanning the treeline for more hostiles.

2 MINUTES REMAINING.

Who do you want to follow now? Elaine or Zolomon?

>>10583773
Zeon does have gunships.

>>10583805
Elaine since she is going to be guarding the newbie Bernie. Jol can keep Zol in line.

>>10583805
follow? We can't follow anyone the upload hasn't finished.
Wat?

>>10583805
Zolomon.

>>10583834
Narrative follow I think he means.

David is still sitting around uploading.

>>10583853
oh . . . . I'm and idiot. Thanks.

voting for following Elaine, I'm curious to see how Bernie does.
Zolomon is pretty much auto-win anyway.

>>10583805
Voting Elaine.

>>10583808
I'm tired of seeing that "part of your post isn't allowed crap" so just let me say that a modern designed attack plane or tank with gundam technology would rape all manner of face.

>>10583966
thirded.

>>10583805
4 for Elaine
1 for Zolomon

you know what to do, Apologized

>>10583830
>>10583880
>>10583830

Elaine it is then.

You emerge from the river to meet up with Bernard in his Dom Tropen.
"You see where he went?" you ask.

"Yeah, he's leaving a trail, but he's watching his back, I caught a couple of bullets on the left shoulder. When I got to close."

"Don't worry about it, that's what the pauldrons are for. I've seen Zolomon shoulder ram a GM clean through an apartment block before."

"Pol-what?"

"Pauldrons, that's the name of thos shoulder armour plates you... look let's just see if we can get after this guy."

"Right."

The two of you advance through a fairly easy to follow trail. The Dom Tropen skims ahead, whilst the somewhat slower HyGogg has to shuffle about on it's stumpy legs behind.

"I can't see him up ahead, you think he doubled back?"

"If were lucky. Otherwise he's setting up an ambush up ahead. Pull back will you? I can't keep up on land."

The Dom Tropen pulls back to you and suddenly there is an explosion from under it's foot as an impromtu landmine explodes. The Dom Tropen is flung over on it's side, tossing it's Raketen Bazooka.
You see the GM rise up out of the tarp it was covered with and toss a grenade your way.
You casually bat it aside and jump headfirst into his midsection the two of your roll over in the dirt and he grasps at your claw hands as you spray with beam fire randomly. The GM then tosses you off knocking you head over heels.
You distinctly remember seeing one of your beams slice off an arm, and by the time you pick youself up, he's already gone.

"Bernie, you okay?"

"Yeah, I guess, the suits pretty totalled though the entire leg is gone. I'm going to have to self-destruct and double up in your cockpit."

"I told you it might be an ambush. We need to get back."

>>10584230
GODDOMOT ROOKIE

>>10584230
FUCKING TARPS!

>>10584230
Pauldrons!
.
that's some landmine.

Mother Fucker.

>>10584230
Bernard is on latrine duty for the next year for losing the Dom Tropen.

What? It's the Universal Century and we don't use Latrines anymore? Well, we'll find something else suitably vile for him to do then.

>>10584274
Must be a new anti-MS landmine.

Have Burnie take his mission recorder footage with him. We'll to go back through it later and see if the mine turned up on Infra red.

>>10584327
It's probably won't unless it's electronically triggered. Not much to really give off heat in a pile of explosives with a pressure trigger.

Well, at least not until it explodes.

>>10584327
i fucking love that revil.jpeg
.
these GM commands seem to be pretty good, looks like the feddies are churning out new toys, too

>>10584230
tell bernie to self destruct the suit and head back on foot.

we have to finish this cunt off. He's down an arm and on the run, and swiftly throwing ammo away.
Finish this.

>>10584385
Maybe we should commandeer one if possible?

ACT zaku GM head?

>>10584388
Better to fall back. The Hygogg isn't built to slog through the jungle and this guy is obviously an experienced bushwhacker. If Elaine and Bernie stumble into another trap, then that's two rescue missions we'll have to pull off here.

ZOLOMON

Using your arms like a Gorrilla to pull you about at speed in what is to an observer a highly disconcerting display of Mobile Suit control.
You have an urge to see if you can swing from tree to tree with your extending arms as well, but you doubt they're big enough to support your weight.

"Come on, I think it went this way." Jolyne tells you as you both continue your pursuit.

Travelling at best speed, following the trail, you nearly lose it a couple of time as the GM doubles back every so often, but it doesn't really have the time to do it properly.
From up ahead you seem muzzle flare and Jolyne's Dom Tropen casually leans out of the way at the last moment.
You raise your arm to respond.

"No, don't alert the guy, flank round, I'll keep him distracted." Jolyne states.

"Right!"
You see Jolyne squeeze off a Panzerfaust in return fire as you quickly loop round, practically careening through the trees. Which is probably why it's not taken by suprise when you burst out on it.
You flop to the side to avoid the bullets fired in your direction and then leap at the GM your arms outstretched firing beams. The GM backpedels away, and your claws grasp at it's shoulder pauldrons ripping them away.
An 880 flies over it's head, reminding it to send supressing fire back with it's head vulcans.

It fires another burst at you with it's 90mm, and you take a few hits in non-essential areas as you dodge in the opposite direction, it's gun then jams and it tosses it at you.
Your heat claws lash like snakes and shred the weapon in a two handed strike. Stylish, but unfortunately momentarily obscure the enemy from your view, allowing it to draw it's Beam Saber unseen, you barely have an instant to respond as it slashes horizontally, and you slam the Aquatic Travel mode button.
The HyGogg slamms into the dirt like a grounded fish and you swing the mono-eye behind you to see the saber directly above you prepared for a coup de-grace.

Then you're rocked into your seat by an explosion and everything goes dark as your computer momentarily shuts down...

>>10584474
She pilots a Darkrai?

>>10584474
suspense is killing me

>>10584474
Must have been an 880mm to the back pack.
In b4 protests over not allowing us input on actions.

>>10584533
[Mandatory bitching about railroading]

>>10584523
it's a Qubeley

>>10584523

Nah, that's a Qubeley. One of my favorite MS, capable of taking down just about anything without an I-field in the hands of a good Newtype pilot.

http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/z/amx-004.htm

>>10584533
since it's not Lister, shouldn't be too much of an issue, hopefully

>>10584550
[obligatory defense of GM]

A few seconds later your system reboots itself.

"....can you read me? Zol?"

"Yeah I hear you, what happened?"

"I tried to hit it's arm with an 880, and the blast was a bit too close."

You get up, and re-check your sensors. There's grey everywhere and for a second you think it might be a camera error.

"He launch smokes or something?"

"Pretty much, there was a fair amount of dirt and smoke from the initial blast, so I didn't notice until about a second later. I'm not getting any reading on Infra-red or sonar. On the plus side, I'm pretty sure I can see bits of the guys arm so he should be unarmed."

"You think we should get back?"

"No point in lingering I think."

You pick yourself up, and make your way back, carefully watching for further traps.

RECON DATA HAS NOW BEEN UPLOADED.

>I'm pretty sure I can see bits of the guys arm so he should be unarmed."

dohohoho

>>10584615
....2 GMs....both missing arms....*giggles at the idea of One-Arm bandit's new wingmen*

>>10584615
Regroup and start searching for the survivors. We aren't going to have a lot of time since these jokers got away. Hopefully if any of the Marlene guys survived they can cover for our lost MS. If we can't find them before the air patrols start converging on us we bug out.

Sucks to lose a Tropen but there it is. Fucking aces.

After making sure the data is uploaded you wait for the rest of the team. You've heard a couple of explosions already, hopefully you're team is returning with positive news.

A somewhat damaged trio of Mobile Suits return about a minute later and give their reports. Seems that these new suits were pretty good, but it more sounds like they had good pilots familiar with the terrain.
There's no helping it, but now you're going to be working to a deadline, the quicker you can rescue the Recon team, the less time the federation will have to set up a proper dragnet.

YOUR ORDERS?

SCOUR THE JUNGLE. FIND THAT FUCKING CREW.

>>10584679

See if we can find a lead on the lost recon team. Is there any indication they fled downriver? It seems the likeliest route, as that would let them make a break for the open ocean.

>>10584650
But that would require reassigning them from the Marmot Team though...

>>10584615
They build those things pritty tough it seems! I would have been reluctant to bet even an RX-79[G] could survive a hit from an 880mm even on it's arm.

Fed Commander: Would one of you two pilots mind telling me why your new GM's have damage that is an exact mirror image of each other?

Moving on. Did we ever confirm if Strauss is still alive?

>>10584692
>>10584718

You haven't actually gotten to their last contact point yet, so quickly travelling overland and river to that location seems to be the order of the day. Since most of the patrols appear to riverbound barges up in this part of the base area.

The 6 of you make best speed over mixed terrain keeping a look out for enemy sentries and foxholes. Twice you come across enemy lookout posts and are able to silence them before they are alerted to you, or divert away from them completely.
By 7 you make it to your destination.

The area has a lot of tree cover, and a more extensive search reveals a Laser network beacon, with a run-down battery that Elaine says she can replace with 5 minutes work.

You give the go ahead.

>>10584779

I hate hate HATE hearing or reading "just 5 minutes" when on a mission, or in a game, because things always go wrong, and it always feels a lot longer.

Am I the only one getting the feeling that we may have been better equipped for this fight if we took only ground based suits? By necessity we would have avoided most of the patrols and the aquatic capability really hasn't been that mission crucial just yet.

>>10584851
being able to drag down that barge so quickly may be the only reason we're not being bombed/strafed by every feddy jet in the southern hemisphere right now.

Other than that, yeah. Hasn't done much for us.

After some quick work, you're able to get a signal from the laser network and you patch it in with your own.

"Hello? Is anyone receiving on this network? This is Commander David Lister of the Nachtmaren Unit, Is anyone receiving?"

There's silence for a few seconds, and then a reply.

"This is... I guess I'm a Brevet Rank Lieutenant, Liueteant Girahou of the Mashiba Team, I was getting worried that nobody was going to pick us up."

"Report your location and casualties."

"We've lost 3 Mobile Suits and two pilots, I guess you've already seen the wreck of the Marlene, we've found about 5 survivors and... well, stole a jeep from a Federation post. We were using the laser network to try and get a handle on enemy movements and then retreat back to Zeonic territory."

YOUR PLANS FROM HERE?

>>10584883
see? see? im not completely insane when i suggest ludicrous ideas! =D

>>10584883
We probably wouldn't have run into the barge if we took the overland route though.

Eh, won't be able to know unless we go back in time anyway. And I don't know if that's possible in the gundam universe[s]

>>10584936
CIMA?!

Simple. We ask if they can disclose their location. If they can, we go there, grab them, and GET THE FUCK OUT.

>>10584936
Asking them where the hell they are would be a good start.

Have them bunker down/go to ground and wait for pickup.

>>10584960

...Didn't you recognize the unit we were sent after? Or the downed Zazibar's name?

>>10584936
get location, go rescue the damsel in distress, retreat and signal OH for extraction, make sweet love to girahou. not necessarily in that order.

>>10584936

"Don't worry Lieutenant, we're here to get you and your men out. Find a spot to hunker down and we'll meet up with you."

>>10585007
no. no i did not.
people names - check
ships/units/etc names - no idea...

Liueteant Girahou

As in CIMA Girahou?

>>10584936

Mashiba team, nice touch.

>>10584936
Tell them to give us a place to meet them and then to hang tight. The cavalry are coming to bring them back home.

I really wish we found a Fed hovertank or something from one of those outposts we blew up. Would make for getting these people out of here a lot easier.

Priority is getting the wounded and footsloggers out first. The aquatics can escape into the waterways and then get picked up by the OH later if they have to.

>>10585007

>>10585034
aparently so, one sexy gal, isn't she?
.
yeah, i like powerful and violant women.

>>10584967
>>10584977

"Give us your location and we'll move to you, from there we'll see about an extraction."

"Roger, relaying co-ordinates now."

It's more overland travel, but with help from the Mashiba Team, you're able to circumvent around the Federation Patrols without incident. It takes you extra time however, so the sun is beginning to set by the time you meet up with the survivors.

Aside from a jeep, the team consists of 2 Marine Zaku's and 1 Z'Gok. All somewhat worse for wear.

The Z'Gok, salutes you somewhat sardonically.
"Good to finally see a friendly face in this jungle, you after our recon data?" Girahou asks.

"We pulled that from the Marlenes Black Box about 2 hours ago. We were sent int to extract the Mashiba Team, and that's exactly what I intend to do. Get your shit prepared for a speedy getaway. I'm going to see about an extraction."

"This is Nachtmaren 1 to Outer Heaven, come in?"

Silence.

"Outer Heaven do you copy?"

You get more silence. You check in with the beacons software and track the networks, trying to find a break. Sure enough the beacon's daisy chain looks like it only goes as far back as the Marlene, the laser beacon directly before that must have been damaged somehow.

"If there's a bird in the air, we could just pop a flare or break radio silence and hope for the best, minovsky density isn't so bad here." Cima suggests.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>10585079

Er... we don't have anymore laser beacons do we? Or can we back track to the unbroken link, and radio from there.

>>10585027

Cima's flagship in 0083 was a Zanzibar II named the 'Lili Marlene'. I'm pretty sure her unit was called the Mashiba Battalion or something similar as well.

>>10585079

Risky. I'd almost rather try to covertly replace the missing beacon. Not in exactly the same spot, of course.

>>10585079
screw back tracking, Defensive positions, form a perimeter. Launch flares. prepare for incoming enemies.

>>10585079
Oh god. Fine, but get everyone out of the jeep and have them double up in the cockpits.

>>10585079
I vote for backtracking simply because staying in one spot for any length of time makes me uneasy in this situation.

Stay fluid, stay mobile, work our way to the functioning comm beacon and get a message out.
Save the flares and bravado for when shit gets real.

>>10585079
Looks like the bad guys are following us based on our comm relays. We should consult a map and start moving to somewhere the OH would have an easy time picking us up and then pop a flare after we set up ambush positions.

Holy jesus am I behind. Reading the thread to catch up. Will post something useful in 5-10 minutes.

>>10585108
>Cima's flagship in 0083 was a Zanzibar II named the 'Lili Marlene'. I'm pretty sure her unit was called the Mashiba Battalion or something similar as well.

Yes to the first point, no to second. If you want to know where that came from, check her entry on wikipedia.

>>10585118
>>10585129

>>10585118
Actually we should drive a jeep a good piece away and set a flare to go off from there in a few minutes. Who ever can run the fastest in this terrain has to drive the jeep.

>>10585108
>I'm pretty sure her unit was called the Mashiba Battalion or something similar as well.

Actually that's a reference to the name of her VA, Mari Mashiba.

>>10585161

So, because I kind of want to wrap it up before it get's too late, who else want's to try this, and who want's to try and retreat back to the Marlene?

>>10585217
An ambush is waiting at the Marlene. If we find a nice spot and pop a flare and start broadcasting to the OH we can lure the Feds tailing us into our ambush.

>>10585238

So, set up an ambush, signal the Outer Heaven for a pick-up, give the feddies who pop up a thrashing that they haven't had since... well, last time Nachtmaren was at Jaburo?

>>10585217
Actually I'm kind of against it now the more I think about it. There's probably too much AA for the OH to handle.

>>10585250
Yes. Better to have the OH come in where the Feds have to move to than where they are already set up and waiting for us.

>>10585253

Well, we know from previous experience that the Outer Heaven can VTOL drop pretty much anywhere, and can outrun just about anything by going suborbital that Jaburo can throw at them. So if they can just pick you and the team up. (You're probably not going to be able to salvage the Mashiba teams mobile suits though...) then you can escape.
It's the getting in though that's the hard part.

double-time back to the marelene
rendezvous with the OH
take off, have the OH vaporize the crash site on it's way out.

move move move

>>10585288
>>10585311

One for flares, another for backtracking. Next post decides it.

>>10585311
If the Feds found the one before the Marlene then it won't take a genius among them to figure we were heading towards the wreck. They'll be there before us and waiting.

>>10585336
Consult a map. Go into the jungle. Set up an ambush and call in the OH.

>>10585336
just flare it, they know we're here anyways, and they probably have a good chance of getting a bearing on where we are already, so pop flares, GTFO

>>10585292

Considering we lost a Tropen, we can at least take Cima's Z'Gok.

>>10585360
And if we're leaving the Marine Zaku's cant we set their reactors for overload as part of the trap?

>>10585292
We can save at least one of the mobile suits since once of ours got destroyed.

>>10585340
>>10585349

Ambush plans it is.

You consult with the survivors on the topography and find a small lake caused by a stray colony fragment from operation british.
Probably the closest any part of that attack actually got to Jaburo.

You set you're remaining Dom Tropen up on a tarp supplied by the Mashiba Team whilst the rest of you take up ambush positions overlooking a clearing where you've set the flare and a radio relay up on remote control.

It takes about 45 minutes to set up, but which point dusk has set in. With time of the essence, you pop the flare and send out the radio signal, hoping that the Outer Heaven is in range.

"Nachtmaren 1 to Outer Heaven, we need emergency extraction! Repeat Nachtmaren 1 to Outer Heaven URGENT EMERGENCY EXTRACTION NEEDED!"

There is a tense few seconds of static.

"Roger Nachtmaren! Signal received! We'll being our extraction run on your position! ETA 15 minutes! Hold your position until then!"

"Well thank fuck for that." you comment, as you wait for the enemy to arrive.

10 tense minutes pass, and then the tanks begin to roll onto the clearing to investigate the jeep.

"Do we fire?" Zolomon asks.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>10585426

I vote not yet.

>>10585426
Tanks are small fries. I want more juicy targets in the killzone. Wait either for some MS to saunter up or at least a few more tanks.

>>10585484
>>10585490

A few seconds later a trio of GM's breach cover, they appear to be standard model RGM-79's with shield and Beam Spray pistols.

"Now?" Zolomon asks.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>10585426
We can either fire, hopefully preventing them for reporting back and causing the Fed MS team(s) to arrive.
Or we can hold fire, they'll spread out in every direction searching for us and possibly move the MS into the mose likely escape path. That or they'll get sut up to shoot down the OH. I am conflicted.
Granade into their midst, there wont be any contrail for them to tack where it came from in this darkness.

>>10585514

I'm split between "wait a bit more" and "don't let the Feddies get overwhelming numerical superiority before the shooting starts".

>>10585514
Beam weapons aim for the suits, everyone else kill the tanks. FIRE!

>>10585426
"ofcourse we fire"

>>10585514
.....steal....shield......for...somewhere to put extra kill markings

>>10585514
Now we got some grub. Let's take them to lunch beam spam style. Pour some lead on them.

We should steal a good stock of those Beam Guns if we can.

>>10585556

This.

>>10585608
Beam spray guns are pieces of shit compared to a gelgoog rifle or the beam rifle the Act Zaku had. Anything short of a Gundam's beam rifle isn't going to do our R&D much good. I'm really glad to be able to say that due to how much we have affected Zeon tech progression.

>>10585635
>Anything short of a Gundam's beam rifle isn't going to do our R&D much good.

Actually even that wont do us much more good because we already have a couple of those.

>>10585556
>>10585567

You give the order, and Jolyne from her Dom Tropen triggers the booby traps on the jeep, the explosion of MS scale flashbangs momentarily blind the enemy, and you take advantage with a salvo of fire from your weapons.
You turn the plains into a killing field with your beam and rocket fire and most of the visible enemy forces are beaten back under the weight of fire with only paltry return fire. There's a blast of ruby red particles as a beam rifle lances out at the spot where Jolyne previously occupied and she darts across the field, nimbly threading through the wrecks returning fire.

"We've got at least one more in the trees! Hovis, shred this treeline with a full salvo burst!"

"Roger!"

"Hell, man, shred the entire treeline, the less cover the better!" you order as the Zock walks it's fire across the verdant jungle. Flames and explosions follow as trees are tossed into the air.
By the end, large swathes of the jungle are burning matchsticks in all directions, leaving little cover.
Although the smoke could be good in covering the Outer Heaven when it arrives, which better be soon as you're getting return artillery fire.

A giant plume of water signifies the Land Battleship class cannon shell hitting the water.

"Keep spaced people, don't get hit by those things or you'll know what a REAL bad day feels like."

This is then followed up by sporadic beam shots from what little cover remains from yet more unseen GM's.

You are highly releived when the Outer Heaven swoops on ahead and hovers over the lake, allowing you all to clamber aboard. In some cases on foot, whilst the rest of you and the ship lay down more smoke and chaff and covering fire.

Within 3 minutes, you're up and way...

>>10585685
With tech of that quality it doesn't hurt to have more. The Feds haven't stopped researching beam tech either so anything a Gundam is going to be sporting is gonna be top of the line.

>>10585708
Now to just weather the SAM's and AA fire on the outbound leg.

As the Outer Heaven rumbles and shakes from stray hits pinging off it's armour (you hope) and from gunning it's engines for everything you have, you make sure the Z'Gok E is secured before risking disembarking.

Lt. Cima Girahou salutes you smartly, as do the rest of the survivors (where able)

"Our ship got trapped on it's makeshift runway before it was able to extract us, they lost their main engine in mid take off and faceplanted shortly afterwards. We were hiding out ever since trying to thread through enough fed patrols to make it back home." She explained.

"How'd the squad take the casualties."

"Unpleasant encounter with a team of enemy mobile suits. Bad ambush that we were barely able to retreat from. It's a good thing the Marine Zaku's still come with modular slots for smoke grenades and the like."

You check in with the rest of the team and your own squad. No serious injuries to report, although Bernie did manage to lose a Dom Tropen.
At least it wasn't one of the Pezun Dowdages... Katoki probably would have had Bernard killed, or transferred into some suicide mission against some kind of super-Gundam...

MISSION COMPLETE

>>10585799
So before you take off, is Wolfgang Strauss still alive?
And any chance of beam ablative armor or an upgraded shield in time for the Jaburo assault?>>10580347

>>10585799

Don't we get an Achievement Unlocked for rescuing Cima?

>>10585851
Why would we? She doesn't die until 0083.

OMAKE

Report on Enemy Incursions within Jaburo.

Details are still coming in, but from what we can tell, we both came off with a blood nose from this one. We were able to down a recon team carrier late yesterday, and were in the process of attempting to find their MS compliment when the second incursion occurred.

Whilst none of the Mobile Suits subsequently enocuntered possessed the trademark colour scheme, the manouverability index of this vessel identifies it as a Zanzibar Kai class, the only know example of which is the Outer Heaven.
This strongly implies that the forces encounted by Sgt. Yuu Kojima and Corporal Amy Bauer-Meister were the Nachtmaren Unit. Combat recordings from the two support this.
Although we disrupted the enemy communications network, Major Heinz was overconfident in responding to the enemies flare and distress call and fell into the trap. Resulting in the loss of 3 GM's, another Tank Company and one [g] type Gundam. Furthermore, the beam barrage from the enemy Mobile Marine Armour supressed his forces badly enough to allow the enemy to escape in the Outer Heaven.
At this stage there is no evidence from the salvaged black box from the "Marlene" that the recon team had discovered anything vital in their operation, however this mission hint's at the possiblity of renewed offensives against Jaburo in future, an increase in the stationed forces is called for.

-END

>>10585829

Yeah, he's alive.

>increase in the stationed forces is called for.

oh of fucking course.
inb4 gundam recalled from africa to defend jaburo, JUST IN TIME

>>10585914
>Yuu Kajima

Well shit. No wonder those two were gave us such a hard time.

Thought of another bargaining piece if we are forced do go to the table with the Feds. Promise to give them Girhen to be tried as a war criminal. Not that we're sure we can take him alive mind you.

>>10586052
somehow I don't think the federation will be pleased with being offered something we can't deliver.

>>10586193
Hmm... probably right. A 2 for 1 package deal would probably be right out too.