Zeonquest Fuck Yeah!

So, are we able to have some of the Zeon troops here help get Cima and her EXAM MS out of here, while David and Elaine go and secure the reactor?

>>13604653
>Custom Tropens
Inspired by army of two?

Your current situation: You descended to the underground submarine docks to in order to try and rescue as many friendly units as you could, including Cima Girahou's Mashiba Team.
When you arrived you found yourself embroiled in a series of close quarters urban combats. After defeating several of the enemy you met up with friendly marine forces who had just destroyed the off-board Federation Naval vanguard using the JAburo Specials that you left in California all those months ago.

Cima Girahou however was injured in the process of engaging a pair of marine type Gundams, you encountered difficulties trying to remove her from her cockpit...

>The smell of saltwater, oil and smoke greet you as you get your first taste of earth air for quite a while. You don't have time for that right now though, and you quickly make your way to Cima's Gyan Marine, the cockpit accepts your security key and opens up for you.
>Cima Girahous is currently slumped over in her chair, she still appears to be breathing and hasn't sustained any injuries, so from the looks of it, she's just unconcious. You reach inside to try and wake her up.

>You are suddenly hit by a blinding headache, and a horrific sound that would be best described as a thousand voices screaming words you can't make out whilst simultaneously, it's like someone just took a cheesegrater to your brain.
>You recoil backwards instantly.

Your wingman Elaine "Ruubens" Arronax is accompanying you, whilst the other members of the unit are split up performing other tasks up top.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>13604697

I think their inspired by the Oni from traditional japanese folklore. The single horn and that particular style of mace seem to support that.

>>13604697
Oh, I wanted to say that the Fontaine-class sounds like it would be a good name for the new Zeon ship class that you came up with for the after-war period.

My suggestion would be to emphasize its modular nature, as part of the UMP philosophy, and that the Minovsky Craft Flight System be a modular engine unit that can be swapped when going to a gravity environment.

Since this is a "BEST PLAN EVER!" Episode, Can we dress up Elaine and Jolyne in skimpy bikinis and send them to fight gundams with jetpacks and Anti infatry rifles?

Also, yell "KONNO PRESSURE" for the EXAM mind fuckery.

Also, Have we met any GM Striker yet? I can't remember.

>>13604708
We don't have any kind of troop carrier or medical vehicle, so leaving Cima inside her MS might be safest.

Task some of the Zeon MS to gather up survivors and get them and Cima top-side.

David and Elaine, and any relatively undamaged Zeon suits will go to the reactor to secure it.

>>13604653
So we CAN get leg rocket launchers! At last!

>>13604708
Try shouting to see if that wakes up Cima. If that doesnt work get on the radio or whatever and find out if there are any infantry or medics nearby.


>>13604740
>Also, Have we met any GM Striker yet? I can't remember.
We ran into two at Odessa. Zol killed one in close combat.

>>13604740
>Since this is a "BEST PLAN EVER!" Episode, Can we dress up Elaine and Jolyne in skimpy bikinis and send them to fight gundams with jetpacks and Anti infatry rifles?

That was not the best plan ever by any stretch of the imagination you know. Also, fuck you for reminding me about V Gundam. I only read the episode synopsises at MAHQ and by the end of it I staggered away feeling like a part of my soul had died.

>Also, Have we met any GM Striker yet? I can't remember.

Yes. As other said, in Odessa, piloted by cast members from 0083 as they attempted to kite us away from attacking Admiral Revil.

>>13604780
>So we CAN get leg rocket launchers! At last!

I'm still not personally convinced in how sensible having high explosive rockets THAT close to a thermonuclear powered fan-jet is. Things could go very very wrong very quickly with a set-up like that. Shoulder mounted weapons, like the Dom Cannon types make sense, but there on the legs? That close to that much potential heat?

>Task some of the Zeon MS to gather up survivors and get them and Cima top-side.

The nearest MS to you is the Jaburo Specials team.

>>13604782
>Try shouting to see if that wakes up Cima. If that doesnt work get on the radio or whatever and find out if there are any infantry or medics nearby.

She doesn't seem to react to shouting, but you aren't a medic so you can't really guage how much of a bad sign that might be.
The area seems devoid of normal personell you assume the order was given to evacuate the place of all non-essentials when the enemy was sighted, and that the order to evacuate the command areas was probably given when the enemy began infiltrating the docks.

>>13604891
Pfft. You and your logic. Clearly, we should have leg AND arm launchers. 12 rockets total.

>>13604891
Close up the cockpit and get back to our suit. Ask the guy in the Zogok to help us drag Cima's MS out of here. I dont like the idea of trying to pull her out of that suit.

>>13604891
Order the Jaburo Specials, to get topside with anyone that can't move on their own, and with Cima and her MS.
Garma will undoubtedly be able to find some use for the suits during his reign as 'The Wolf', and Cima and her EXAM suit are very valuable assets (veteran pilot and high-tech weapon system respectively).

Then David and Elaine should go and check the reactor. Maybe trap the sub entrance, but only if there's a way to warn any returning Zeon aquatic forces of the trap.

>>13604891
How valuable is that Exam system suit currently? Because we'll probably have to destroy it...

bloody zeon worshipping wankery

>>13604891
Call for Medic if possible, If one is unavailable, then pull her out of the damn unit and put her at ours while we move on, Our piloting ability will be hindered, And it will be cramped, But if we just take her to the nearest medic station we can offload her there.


Leaving her in her unit is quite the risk since there is a chance the that she won't wake up and be able to pilot herself into safety, or that she is discovered by enemies before she can recover.

And my Meta-Sense tells me that a active EXAM system is not something you will want to leave a unconscious pilot in.

Of course this is only if we can´t get help with evacuate her.

also
>David will suffer from PTSD
I guess thatl the EXAM is somehow part of the reason for it.

>>13605051
Considering the situation, this is probably our best option. We can't just leave her there.

All things considered though, we may have to set her Gyan to self-detonate. It's not getting out of here without a recovery vehicle.

>>13605051
It's true that if she doesn't wake up, Cima will be a sitting duck in the EXAM suit. But I don't know if the other suits of the Jaburo Specials can handle doubling up, and we should really check the reactor. We're abandoning this base, but we'll still need power to make our escape.

As for the suit, it's one of the few that we have actively deployed, and I think it's worth saving.

>>13604955
>Pfft. You and your logic. Clearly, we should have leg AND arm launchers. 12 rockets total.

I gave you taser/grappling hook arms and swords coming out of your feet, be fair.

>>13604977
>>13604960

You tell the Friendly the MSM team the situation, and tell them to take Cima and her damaged mobile suit and retreat along with the rest of the forces, as you're sure that Garma is going to need all the help he can get.
He agrees, and directs what's left of his unit to take her and her mobile suit with them.

In the mean time...
>David and Elaine, and any relatively undamaged Zeon suits will go to the reactor to secure it.

This?

>>13605100
Rather than having the EXAM Gyan self-destruct, why not have a pilot from a damaged MS pilot it? Preferably non-Newtype so they won't have a cheesegrater grate their brain.

Sure they won't be able to use it to its full potential, but they only need to walk the suit to the surface and get it to the space dock for evac.

>>13605133
>David and Elaine, and any relatively undamaged Zeon suits will go to the reactor to secure it.
Yes, this. But first, are all of the aquatic MS that went out back? It might be prudent to trap the sub pens so that the Feddies can't come in this way.

>>13605133
>David and Elaine, and any relatively undamaged Zeon suits will go to the reactor to secure it.

>This?
Supported.

>>13605133
Yeah that seem the best course of action also rig it to go nuclear... it's been a while since the last explosion.

>>13605133
Never enough dakka, Apologized.

>David and Elaine, and any relatively undamaged Zeon suits will go to the reactor to secure it.

>This?
Yes

>>13605133
Aye Aye.

>>13605169
>Yes, this. But first, are all of the aquatic MS that went out back? It might be prudent to trap the sub pens so that the Feddies can't come in this way.

You check with the leader of the MSM team and he confirms that there won't be anybody else coming. You sensors show however that the large pen doors have been specifically damaged to swing open, fixing them to shut would require a full engineering team with plenty of time.
You also can't be sure about the situation in the waters. You can still see signs of fighting and the occaisional damaged friendly mobile suit escaping from it, but you don't know how many enemies are down there still.

>>13605181
We ARE under standing orders to leave booby traps in our wake aren't we? And at least an explosion underground like this isn't likely to be TOO bad.

>>13605216
Well you know making things explode while we're only supposed to relay message is kind of our specialty. How long do we have to keep the Reactor safe anyways?

>>13605216
Then let's have David and Elaine go to the reactor.
We can either set it to have an emergency quench which will take weeks to repair, or set up bombs to destroy the coolant systems.

Anyone not getting to the surface now or coming with us, should probably engage in a fighting withdrawal so they can escape.

>>13605270

Ideally, until we got as many people as possible out. We've relayed Garma's orders to several people here, hopefully it's spreading on the local command networks, fractured in this place as they must be, and the friendly forces are making their retreat now.

We only really need the powerplant to power the industrial lift that takes us back up, as the marine entrance is unsuited for us, and it places us out of position, increasing the amount of time it takes to return to the Spaceport > outer heaven > space > support Char against Revil.

We can set a proximity device on it so that it will go critical when another Mobile Suit get's too close. With the order to evacuate given, no other Mobile Suit down here has got any reason to defend the reactor.

>>13605196

We should also have a rocket launcher in our chest, right above the cockpit. I see nothing that can go wrong with this plan.

>>13605314
Alright then. Let's get moving.

>>13605314
Well the we have no reason to stay here rig the reactor and move out.

>>13605323

...you know, if you replace all references to "missile launchers" with "Beam Cannons" you aptly describe the Psycho Gundam...

>>13605344
>>13605363

You tell local forces that you're going to make sure that the facility reactor is still clear, and then you're going to booby trap it to go critical if approached. You remind them all to get out as fast as they can now that the evacuation order has been given.

You begin to make your way back through the warehouses, offices and sub pens of the underground docks. Holding a close formation, ready for any more enemy ambushes.
You encounter a couple of friendlies, damaged, but making their way back to the dock entrance, but no sign of the enemy.
You talk with a discovered Z'Gok about the enemies location, he reveals that local forces suspect that the enemy is on the left hand side of the submarine docks, using the recessed cover of the dry docks and drydock walls to conceal their approach, opposite to the route you're taking.

If true that could mean that the most likely point of enemy contact would be when you reached the mouth of the sub-pen area, where you encounted the enemy earlier.
You double check your supply of disposable muntions and ammo and continue on your way.

Using the periscoping camera's on your mobile suits fingers you carefully check around the corner of a wall. The sonar resistant materials the facility is made out of hampers sonar sensors in detected enemy units, but old fashioned techniques work just as well. The IR sensors reveal the heat signal for a pair of Marine GM's waiting in ambush for friendly forces coming directly down from the out of the sea pool, but behind them is a large drydock wall that could easily conceal more enemies. You will have to get past them to reach the lift and the reactor though, so you have to pick a good way of doing so.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>13605453
I know it's time consuming but could we get a map?

The only thing I can think of right now it to have david hit these two with his beam carbine while Elaine makes a break for the drydock wall.

>>13605453
Flashbang and quickly dispose of them... no use in going to close combat. Also can we collapse that tunnel? It would actully make them unable to ambush anyone anymore.

>>13605453
How about some flash and smoke grenades mixed in with some stick grenades to disorient the GMs, as David and Elaine burst out from cover.
Elaine takes out the GMs with her beam weapons, and David throws the rest of his grenades over the wall to catch any enemies in hiding, while spraying his beam carbine to shoot through the wall. His beam can go through the drydock wall, right?
If not, then just stick to throwing all the grenades.

Collapsing the tunnel and avoiding combat entirely would be the best option.

We have more useful things to do then waste time and lives that will have no impact on our negotiation terms.

Throwing a (Explosive) Grenade at them without leaving cover could also work, And could cause any nearby units laying in wait behind the wall misunderstand the situation and burst from their cover while we are still in ours.

After all, They would detect the explosions, but no idea WHAT exploded or why.

So throwing a "decoy" grenade and then collapsing the tunnel on what units that would potetially appear using our a powerful weapon would probably be sensible, It can't be too powerful though, Lest we crush ourselves.

If they truly are alone we can pick of the damaged units using basic weaponry.

Although i do not have a mind for strategies.

>>13605513

The tunnels too big and well reinforced to collapse.

Overall plan seems to be make use of flashbangs and smoke grenades (you might as well, smoke grenades are going to be useless once you return to space after all) toss a few slightly more explosive grenades in the enemies direction and then retreat into the more enclosed entrance to the section that links the sub pens with the rest of facility?
What then? Hold it? Move out towards the reactor? Wait for any enemy response?

>>13605623
We are on a schedule so move toward the Reactor.

>>13605640

Okay, we'll do this after I have my dinner.

>>13605640
And keep a very alert rear guard, obviously.

We may want to have the reactor trap be dual-triggered: a proximity trigger in case anyone comes near it to disarm it, and a timer, to make sure that it goes off.
Maybe 3 or 4 hours, since we're all lifting off in 1.

>>13605695
You'd have done that anyway.

You prime a smoke and flashbang grenade and toss them out towards the enemy units. Priming a Stickbomb you toss it towards the hopefully stunned enemies as you break cover to dash towards the interlink area. Missiles fly erratically in the general area you just vacated, and when the grenade goes off you detect secondary explosions, signifying that you most likely took something out at the very least.

Both of you cover the area to check for any pursuers, after satisfying yourself that there aren't any for now you continue to move through the MSM testing area to the intersection.

This time you go left following the route towards the power supply. The terrain here is close in and claustraphobic, large buildings crowd on either side, it's a bad spot if there's an ambush waiting for you. You spot several recently made bunkers fitted with heavy AT Guns, most likely put in place by Zeon after the occupation, they don't appear to be currently occupided, they must have been evacuated when the order came.

Mindful of any booby traps these troops might have sent you carefully check on multiple sensor bands for any traps or other nasty suprises those troops might have set before they left.

Luckily this practice pays off and you manage to sidestep several large minefileds that spraypainted black, would be hard for conventional mobile suits to spot if they weren't careful.

>>13606340
In a reasonable amount of time you manage to make it to the reactor. You can still see some signs of battle damage from where the previous rector was destoryed. In it's place is an apparently jury rigged cluster of nuclear fusion reactors, it appears to have been reasonably well maintained, but you don't believe it was ever really intended as a long term solution.

"Huh, looks like they just took as many Zaku powerplants as they needed and daisy chained together. It's a pretty rough and ready solution, I don't know why they didn't devote the time to just replacing the old one with a brand new one."

"Can you rig this up to explode on proximty?" you ask.

"Easily, it's a wonder they haven't already, those reactors aren't meant to be on THIS long, they must be turning them off refueling them with Helium-3 in sequence as they run dry. In anycase, I can probably set something up with seismic sensor programs as a trigger switch. I recommend we don't dawdle after set the time, we don't want to be anywhere near here when this goes off."

"How big of an explosion are we talking?"

"Not big, 8 kilotons at worst, plus all of the minovsky particles in the air are going ot arrest radiation spread and the fact that it's underground is porbably going to ablate the damage. Most of the blast will probably be funnelled out through the sea gate. Still, by the point this thing goes off, every Zeon should be miles away."

"Then let's get to it."

Minutes pass.

>>13606346
After we set this trap, we need to get top-side, inform any other Zeon holdouts of the evacuation order, and then get to the space dock.

With your work finished, you quickly move back to the lift. There you meet with another couple of damaged units, a pair of old Marine type Zaku's, you guess they must have been kept in the facility as training units and desperate times called for desperate measures.

Despite their poor quality, the two seem to have managed to avoid getting badly damaged, but they seem pleased to see you.

"Sir! The lift is currently descending back down after lifting a group of damaged friendlies to the top, it will be a few more minutes before it returns. But we've got problems, a squad or more of Federation mobile suits have been ghosting us since the sub-pens, we'll have to hold them off! What are your orders?"

The current locaction is that of the tunnel that connects the subpens, lift and reactor complex together, There is little cover here, but the sonar resistant design of this facility means the enemy cannot see you until they turn the corner, but the reverse is also true.

There is however more cover in the MS testing zone, as you yourself discovered when you were nearly ambushed by a mobile suit hiding in a pile of spare parts, but that would mean backtracking the way came, plus you can't tell until you turn the corner if there are enemies already stationed there to greet you.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>13606471
Don't we have a camera in one of our finger? if so we just have to wait for them at a corner and ambush them.

>>13606471
While it doesn't give us much cover, by staying here with the lift, we can get on as soon as it arrives.

Do we have any smoke grenades left? What about flash, stick, and crackers?

>>13606471
Those Marine Zakus won't hold up in a fight, even against Aqua GMs. Have them hunker down and guard the lift entrance for now. The rest of us can head back to play cat and mouse for a while.

Can anyone spare an extra gun for the Zakus? Those SUBROC rifles are pretty shitty.

>>13606505

It's doable, but small as they are, those camera's aren't invisible, and furthermore, the walls are resistant to conventional firearms and projectiles, but beam weapons will still slice through, if they spot the camera and extrapolate your position...

It's a reduced risk strategy to be sure, but not risk free.

>>13606471
Inb4 Bandit.

Well, IF it is Bandit then Lister is officially having bad day, Both Bandit AND EXAM systems.

>>13606530
We could give one of them the bullpup.

>>13606471
No backtracking. As for the blind corner, let's head over to it, kneel, and use one f our finger cameras to peek around. If it's lot to the ground, I doubt any approaching MS will spot it, it shouldn't be discernible from a stray cable or something, unless this place is very clean and spartan. That way, we can see the enemy as they approach, if I've got this all visualized correctly.

>>13606531
Well I'd say less risk is always better... and I don't remember Aqua GM to actually have beam weapon capability.

>>13606523

You still have a reasonable supply from when you restocked at the depot on the surface. But you are getting through them at quite a rate.

...and to think, at the start of this quest people were dismissing the use of grenades.

>>13606602

True, they've not shown any beam weaponry, you suspect the federation has trouble manufacturing hand held beam weapons for use on the GM frame, unlike your bespoke marine designs which can incorporate internal beam weapons using the water around them as coolant.
That said, you distinctly remember the Marine type Gundams possessing a Beam Rifle, and whilst you haven't seen any more, it wouldn't do to be taken by suprise.

>>13606586
Close to the ground, not lot to the ground. Don't know what I was thinking there.

>>13606626
Blame this motherfucker. What can't he do with them?

>>13606626
Definitely give up our bullpup to one of the Zakus, while David switches to his beam carbine.

It's risky to use our finger camera, even if we do kneel down so we're low to the ground. But It's better than nothing.

Prepare a flash, smoke, and stick grenade combo to through around the corner to blind and disorient any enemy GM's that come within range.
We'll fill them full of holes then.

>>13606626
Well to be honest the Marine Gundam is classified as an Ace mobile suit so I didn't really think that we'd have to deal with one. I still think that using our finger camera is the safest way to get out of here. Since if they can see us we can see them we'd just have to get out of the way.

>>13606626
>...and to think, at the start of this quest people were dismissing the use of grenades.

And right after those people said that we used one to take out a platoon of infantry sandbagged with AT weapons.

>>13606658
Love? No, he can do that as well can't he...

Okay so the plan is to take up ambush positions on the corner, using your perscope camera's to alert you to advancing enemies. Do you want to take the two Marine Zaku's with you?

>>13606732
I don't think that'd they'd have any use other than being ablative armo... meat shie... Akin to char wingman.

>>13606732
Keep them back at the lift, so that if we get overwhelmed, they can provide cover fire as David and Elaine fall back.
Also, in case the lift top-side got overrun, and it's a squad of Feddies coming down on the lift, they can shoot them before they become a problem.

>>13606732
No, have them hold back. At this stage of the war, Marine Zakus are about as useful as Katz was, even if it's nothing but more Aqua GMs.

If nothing else, we're preserving two human lives by not turning them into ablative armor. We can do just fine.

>>13606747

Char doesn't use them as meat shields so much as wingmen try to keep up to his pace, it's like trying to chase a bird as it flies over a cliff.

You pass on your Bullpup rifle to one of the Zaku's, which he gladly takes, no doubt aware of the inadequacies of his current weapon. You then move up to the corner and take a look around.
Initially things look optimistic, you don't see any sign of the enemy. But after a few seconds you catch sight of movement behind the fuel hoppers. Enemy units moving forwards.

You have some options here, if those fuel hoppers aren't empty, they'd make excellent explosive devices, however, you have no way of ascertaining which is and which aren't, and you might reveal yourself for no gain.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>13606880

If we can play grenade pinball in here, we might be able to avoid giving away our position. Just have to roll one down a clear enough side path and see if the sympathetic explosions don't help matters a bit.

Damn, I'd kill for some chain mines.

>>13606880
Aim for the suposed location of the enemy. Even if it doesn't explode the beam should cut through it.

>>13606933
>grenade pinball

>>13606933
I'm voting for grenade pinball.
Beam carbine shots are more limited and valuable than grenades.

>>13606658
>Blame this motherfucker. What can't he do with them?

Bring Ed's mother back to life.

>>13606985
>>13606961
>>13606933

You prepare a cracker grenade, if there are any full drums, it has a better chance of setting them off with it's wider spread.
With some force you then toss it towards the cylindrical hoppers. The weapon bounces off the first one with a hollow clang, evidently that one was empty, but after it bounces away and into the second one, there is a much more favourable sound.

You see the enemy mobile suits scrambling away, evidently aware of the danger as well, but not in time before the cracker goes off.

The massive fuel explosion flattens the area, and only by your quick thinking are you able to dive out of the way of the backblast.
When it's eventually safe, you take a look around again, large parts of the area are still aflame, and everything is charred and flattened. There's not more cover this way, that's for sure. You hope those flames don't cause any problems for friendly units.

In any case, the explosion seems to have scared off the enemy for now. Giving you enough time for the lift to arrive. You and the friendly units board it and use it to travel back to the surface, the Marine GM taking the time to hand you back your Bullpup rifle.

>>13607182
>Marine GM
?

>>13607182

Up top the situation seems to have deteriorated. The skies seem clear from where your standing, meaning that Zolomon, Jolyne and the base defenders must have driven them off for now. More of the Dock area appears to be aflame, you can see several new columns of smoke coming from all around. There are no enemies nearby that you can detect.
Your computer registers that the gun emplacements in this area have been abandoned, and most likely rigged with booby traps to explode when infantry attempt to gain access.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>13607234
Link up with the lasercom network then join up with the other reatreaing forces. Once we're all clear we can board the OH.

>>13607201

Marine Zaku, sorry.

rolled 30703 = 30703

I keep missing the beginnings of this. D:

>>13607302
Time to go save Char I guess. Also Pixy 2.0 . Oh god I hope the pixy don't have an EXAM system now.

>>13607234

Hmm. Do we rig the lift for a little "surprise" if the Feddies decide to come up, or just fry the thing now?

>>13607419
The self destruct should take care of it. Leave it locked topside and it should block the tunnel if they try to climb up.

>>13607302

You quickly manage to get back in contact with the Outer Heaven and ask for a status update.
You Operator Anita quickly appraises you of the situation.

"Zolomon and Jolyne are currently back aboard undergoing minor repairs and refuelling in case the enemy air cover return. The HLV's landed a couple of minutes ago and we've begun loading them up with supplies. 4 have been put aside and are being loaded with supplies and Anti-Beam chaff. The remaining 11 are being loaded with all of the space capable mobile suits California can spare. It mostly F2 type Zaku's it has to be said, but at this point, we look likely to be able to bring roughly half a battalions worth of mobile suits with us when we launch. With a bit of luck, that might just turn the tide."

"What about Calvin and Bernie?" you ask.

"They travelled down as far as they dared linking isolated pockets of friendly troops back up with the command network, we were able to help since we get a pretty good view of the situation from here. They nearly bit off more than they could chew when they got flanked by a pair of Tank Companies, but luckily they were able to bull rush their way through. They're on their way back now, they should arrive round about the time you do if you start now."

"Roger."

YOUR ORDERS?

>>13607494
Time to go the faster we're in space the less time Char has to hold out the gundam

>>13607494
Move out while keeping an eye out for any enemies that have made it this far inland.

If we are heading out to space, there are a few things we should do before we leave:
we need to make sure he has the hildolfr upgrade that turns hildolfrs into rhinos

tell him about the upgrade for rhinos(either a single mega particle cannon or multiple beam rifles)

give him a copy of the mobile suit in action(our strategy book)

and maybe we could leave some of the natchmaren dragoons/companion calvary (the wappa riders that took down a pegasus class carrier) for him too.

Hey, i apologised on 4chan, since this thread is full of /m/etalheads do you think I could plug an /m/-related thread in here? I'm just looking for ways to increase exposure.

>>13607519
>>13607527

You decide that it's time to initiate part two of your plan to save Zeon in a day. Although just once you wish you could make battle plans that allowed you to get some sleep, you have a feeling the different time zones here on earth from Zeon Time is going to kick your ass at some point.

You begin to make your way back. Luckily the enemy still hasn't progressed to your location yet, and the lack of air cover has slowed their movement to a more cautious pace.
As a result, aside from the occaisional Attack Helicopter encounter, which you dispatch relatively easily, there are no problems as you leave the docks and enter the central command area.

You take a few seconds as you reach the Mansion Garma had commandered as his GHQ. Come to think of it, the official HQ office for the Nachtmaren was in there as well.
You never did spend all that much time there, always on mission, but it was nice to have somewhere to call home here on earth.
Ah well. C'est Le Guerre and all that.

>>13607771
I don't think we took the Rhinos with us.

I think he already has that.

And I don't know if we recruited more since last time... But I agree on sending those we have with Garma, They're going to train though motherfucker and they can do recon.

>>13607842
You push on towards the space port, moving through the logistics complex, where the train hub lies, which allows you to meet up with Captain Garma one last time before you head off.

"Thanks again for all of your help Commander, you were as usual a great help to us."

"Pleased to be of service sir. Also, thank you for supplying us with reinforcements for the space front. I know you're going to be stretched for resources her in America."

"Don't you worry about me Commander, I've learnt a thing or two about conducting a war since february. I had good teachers after all."

"Uh, thank you sir."

"Be careful out there Commander, you might not have found it yet, but sooner or later, your going bite off more than even you can chew. Don't try to save Zeon all by yourself, she's too big for one man to shoulder."

"Sir."

Garma's orange Gelgoog salutes you.

"It's been a privledge and an honour David."

"The honour is mine."

It seems like the best thing to say under the circumstances.
You reach the Space port to see it full bustle, the HLV's are being loaded up as quickly as possible, and fuel hoppers dash about in between friendly mobile suits, and it's wonder there hasn't been an accident yet.
In the distance you see Bernards Zaku Kai waving to you. It's clear that both him and Calvin have seen combat, but both seem none too much worse for wear.

"Glad to see you made it okay sir!"

You trade greetings and then open up a channel to the Outer Heaven.

"It's time. Come pick us up."

Also, tell garma to paint his MS as a honorary Natchmaren, all the better to scare the feddies crapless.

My only regret is that we never had a chance to steal a gundam.

>>13607771
.and maybe we could leave some of the natchmaren dragoons/companion calvary (the wappa riders that took down a pegasus class carrier) for him too.
Seconding this. Infantry will be more more use to Garma on the ground than they will be to us in a space battle.

>ctrl+f
> no red dwarf
fucking plebs

>>13608060
>once a thread since thread one

>>13608026
Ditto. What could have been...

>>13607966
Garma has his own colours, and he's already Natchmaren.

>>13608026
We haven't fought the Alex yet. It might still be out there for an opportune jacking.

>>13608027
Garma's supposed to become a master strategist. Knowing what the enemy is doing at all damn times is a big help. The fact that we are giving him dudes that are hardcore enough to take out a pegasus class carrier on foot, speaks for itself.

>>13608026
Just think: A gundam painted in our colors. The Federation would surrender on the spot.

>>13608100
Which is to say these colours.

>>13608151
>a pegasus and gundams painted in our colors
>Forget the Federation we can unify the solar system.

dammit. now i have a mental image of Garma's birthday happening, and the Natchmaren Dragoons presenting him with a giftwrapped Pegasus carrier. IT MUST BE DONE!


on a side note, we should go and see what intelligence we have on the enemy gundams, their production facilities and any prototype locations. If we could capture their creators/ technicans, we might have a way to start making lunar titanium ourselves. The fact that we might end up with a gundam of our own is just a bonus, especially if its the alex.

>>13608179
There should be a distant future omake about the first Nacht. painted Gundam and the epic reaction to it.

>>13608027

To be honest, you suspect he would have taken them anyway.

>>13608179

Yeah because a Skull and Crossbones themed Gundam is all you need to unify all of the earth sphere under a common banner.
Oh no wait, that's right isn't it?

Anyway, as the Outer Heaven descends down from it's fixed position in the sky, it looms heavily above you all, the ventral gates open up and the rest of the team take the oppourtunity to mount up, time is of the essence after all, you don't know when those enemy air assets might come back.

You leap into the apeture of the hangar door and turn to look back at the assembled Zaku's and other Mobile Suits, their eyes clearly upon you; the infamous Commander David Lister, destroyer of gundams, the man for whom no odds are too extreme, the El Muerto Grande. It occurs to you that this would probably be a good time for a speech.

ANYTHING SUITABLY INSPIRING BEFORE THE BATTLE?
NO NOVELS PLEASE, LET'S NOT TAX THE SHIPS HOVERJET THRUSTERS FOR NO GOOD REASON NOW.

>>13608286
Nothing really... Unless california has a new revolutionary space MS.

And I'd still like to see what would Revil thinks of a natch pegasus/gundam squad.

>>13608278
>There should be a distant future omake about the first Nacht. painted Gundam and the epic reaction to it.
Their reaction?
>"No Zeon, noooooo!"

>>13608286
>ANYTHING SUITABLY INSPIRING BEFORE THE BATTLE?
And I've got nothing. Damn my lack of creativity under pressure.

>>13608286
"'Kay, gonna blow up some Gundams now, have fun in the desert."

>>13608286
Ummm....I got nothing. Maybe
"Fight, for glorious Zeon!"
and steal something from Winston Churchill. That whole speach he did was pretty much what we need. And steal something from "I Have a Dream" from Martin Luther King. Give me a few minuites i have a speach half writtten.

>>13608278
What reaction? They all had heart attacks and died when it was approaching the battlefield.

Reports indicate that the federation comms were overwhelmed with panicked screams of "DEATH COMES FOR US! THERE IS NO HOPE!", and other similar statements.

>>13608403

The guys in the spaceport are the guys who are coming with you.

Also, Garma isn't going to be hiding in the desert. At least, I don't think it's all desert down on the Rio Grande...

Soldiers of Zeon!

The Federation, even as we speak tries to drown the flame of our freedoms in a tide of their blood. Thanks to you, they have failed to darken the brightest of our lights, Lord Garma. With him, you will be the thorn in the tyrant's tail while our fleets break their back.

Watch for the falling stars of our enemies in the sky, a portent that offers our enemies only ashes and death. Sieg Zeon!

>>13608286
We ride for space, not to flee California but to strike at the Fleets threatening the colonies. Zeon forces from around the Earth Sphere will be fighting one of the most important battes we've faced this long year. We are fighting for our right to live free from of the Federation's grip. To exist as we see fit.
Space is where we shall stand, where we will fight and where we will win. Not because of destinly or because God is on our side, but becuase we stand united as one.

Today we tell the world in one voice: We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!

For the Colonies and all spacenoids!

Okay here it goes:
We are all here today for a reason. Look to your left, look to your right. The man that stands beside you belives in the same dream as you, a dream of freedom and equality, of a bright and glorious future. Our enemy, the Federation, is fraught with corruption and fools. They seek to break us to their will, to make us no more than slaves, working to hold up their self proclaimed glorious nation. But we have shown them that we will not stand for that! We stand here today, amongst brothers and sisters, to show that we will not bow to their whims, that we will fight for our people and that as long as we have but a single breath in our bodies they will know to fear us, for we will not give them the satisfaction of victory any other way than death. Today, they think they have us trapped, that their strategy is flawless. SHOW THEM, THAT THEY KNOW NOTHING OF THE SPIRIT OF ZEON!

SEIG ZEON! FIGHT FOR OUR FUTURE!

that suitible epic?

UPDATED VERSION:
We are all here today for a reason, a dream. Look to your left, look to your right. The man that stands beside you belives in the same dream as you; a dream of freedom and equality, of a bright and glorious future! Our enemy, the Federation, is fraught with corruption and fools. They seek to break us to their will, to make us no more than slaves, working to hold up their self proclaimed glorious nation. But we have shown them that we will not stand for that! We stand here today, amongst brothers and sisters, to show that we will not bow to their whims, that we will fight for our people and that as long as we have but a single breath in our bodies they will know to fear us, for we will not give them the satisfaction of victory any other way than death. Today, they think they have us trapped, that their strategy is flawless. SHOW THEM, THAT THEY KNOW NOTHING OF THE SPIRIT OF ZEON! LET NOTHING STAND IN YOUR WAY TO VICTORY! WE WILL CRUSH THEM, LIKE LIKE THE FOOLS THEY ARE!

SEIG ZEON! FIGHT FOR OUR FUTURE! OUR COUNTERATTACK BEGINS NOW!

that suitibly epic?

>Soldiers of Zeon!

>We ride for space, not to flee California but to strike at the Fleets threatening the colonies. Zeon forces from around the Earth Sphere will be fighting one of the most important battes we've faced this long year. We are fighting for our right to live free from of the Federation's grip. To exist as we see fit.
Space is where we shall stand, where we will fight and where we will win. Not because of destinly or because God is on our side, but becuase we stand united as one.

>SHOW THEM, THAT THEY KNOW NOTHING OF THE SPIRIT OF ZEON!

The Cheers are audible from space.

Which might negate the element of suprise that you've been working on, but no matter.
You finish boarding the Outer Heaven, which takes up an air patrol position to escort the HLV's as they make their launch. Within 5 minutes of frenzied activity the first of the HLV's begins their return run into orbit, just as you spot the enemy air units beginning to return after investigating your Decoy HLV's.

"Can they reach us to prevent the launch?" You ask Anita.

"Barring some form of delay, they shouldn't but the cat's out of the bag as to what our plans were so they're going to be riding their engines hell for leather."

You order your team to mount up. Unfortunately there are only two Dodai's aboard, so if you do have to go out then you'll have to choose which two of you does it.

Luckily, by the time the enemy get close the last of the HLV's is going up, far too fast for even the quickest of the Federations fighters to catch.

As you follow suit behind them, the enemy fighter snap at your heels, defensive flak turrets rotate to see them off, and your vessel takes effectively no damage. The force of escape velocity pushes you back into your cockpit as you return to space.

Now however, is where it get's tricky.

--omake--

Calvin had not had time to dismount from his Gyan. So, he took the time remove his damaged helmet. He lifted it carefully to prevent injury, and inspected the damage.
As he feared the right hand side had been shattered, luckily the glass had fallen outwards rather than inwards and not damaged his face. The large hole and surrounding cracks would neccesitate a new helmet, but he suspected there wouldn't be much time for that once they got into space, but mostly because he didn't want the others to worry.
Instead he lifed the sealent gear from under his chair, intended to seal holes in vacuum suits, there were flexible pads that the sealant could glue into place over helmet cracks under these circumstances.
He applied a pad to both the inside and outside, sealed in place with the sealent, which also helped paste over the cracks surrounding it.
He tested the helmet out.

As he feared he completely lost all vision to his right. He took the helmet off.
He placed it nearby, within easy arms reach atop his pilots chair, it might fall down in an impact, but the only way to go from there was his lap, and that would be where he needed it if he took a breach in the cockpit.

Even in a severe breach he would still have enough time to affix his helmet if needs be, although if there was a severe breach it would most likely be due to fatal damage anyway.

The best way to prevent THAT from happening would be by not closing off an entire side of his vision whilst about to go into the heaviest combat in the war.

>>13608880
whoops, wrong picture.

>>13608880
>pic of Shiro the dead kid
Totally not foreshadowing there apologised

>>13608920

That was ACTUALLY a legitmately made mistake.

Probably.

To be fair, the dude is our scout, and the feddies have no clue that he even exists. But if he does die, we go DEATH INCARNATE, kill the bastard that got him, then we drag him back to life so we can smack him over the head for not grabbing a spare from the Outer Heaven, which should have some spares.

>captcha; how the fuck........

If apologised is still around: What about Cima? Is she coming with us, or is she staying on Earth?

>>13608880
Well that's not foreboding AT ALL.

>>13608880
What kind of Gyan is he piloting? A MS-15A with an EWACs pack? Which is to say, a non-horrible version of this, in Nachtmaren colours.

Or possibly a MS-15B with an EWAC pack that isn't from the Flipper. In Nachtmaren colours.