WITH GUSTO

>>15912984
Zeonquest Fuck Yeah!

Okay, first things first:
We burned some He-3 to get here. Since we're going to go after Gihren, we should top off the Outer Heaven's tanks.

Also, does Kycillia or Admiral Doenitz know where Gihren is currently?

>>15912984

Current tactical intellgience: IE a disgraced Ex-Admiral from Gihren's inner circle, indicate that the plan was for the Colony Laser to reignite the war and then use the confusion to pass around the now lightly defended Side 7 - Side 4 - Axis. However, with the colony laser unable to fire a second time, and an outbreak of hostilities prevented by you, who knows what sort of contingency plans he had prepared?

In anycase, he's almost certainly at the Grypps colony between Side 6 and 7.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>15913036

we're going to need an elite team for this...

Does Hovis still have the number for the A-team?

>>15913036
Orders:
1. Top off our tanks and ammo.
2. Load up our team back onto the Outer Heaven.
3. Calculate fastest flight plan to Grypps.
4. Go and shove a 440mm bazooka shell up Gihren's ass.

Hmm...should we ask around if anyone else wants to get a piece of this operation?
And did Kycillia tell us to keep this operation a secret, or can we just ask around the Legitimacy and Federation MS teams if anyone else wants to help put a bullet in Gihren?

>>15913056

I'm pretty sure the A-Team are harder to find than that.

Plus, Hovis is dead dude.

>>15913035

The Tanks were topped off at Grenada, you're pretty good to go.

>>15913056
>Does Hovis still have the number for the A-team?
...Hovis is dead.

>>15913073
>The Tanks were topped off at Grenada, you're pretty good to go
Alright then. Let's have Mauser calculate the fastest course to the Grypps colony.
Anyone else want to get in on the Kill-Gihren Express?

>Does Hovis still have the number for the A-team?

YOUR HOVIS IS DEAAAAAD

>>15913091

Absolute fastest course would be skimming off the outer atmosphere of the earth and heading straight for it. That is however technically Federation territory.

Alternatively the other way would be to go through neutral Side 6. Again that's international incident territory (literally) but they can't have missed the giant Superlaser going off right across their bow, plus Side 6's navy is a joke compared to what the Feds are putting out.
It is however, a longer route.

Atmosphere Skimming route would take 4 hours.
Side 6 route would take 6, maybe 7.

YOUR ORDERS?

D:

Then surely Fontaine, Zolomon, Gaia, Ortega, Mash, Ramirez, or even that Shinn kid has their contact info?

> aftwar activities
we don't talk about that, captcha. it is bad luck ;_;

>Then surely Fontaine, Zolomon, Gaia, Ortega, Mash, Ramirez, or even that Shinn kid has their contact info?

You. Out.

>>15913148
Is the Federation fleet still within lascomm range?
I wonder if we could get special dispensation to skim the atmosphere, seeing as we're currently in a ceasefire.

If not, let's go with the Side 6 route. Maybe our dear old Dad can lascomm us a postcard as we fly by.

Either way, we should probably tell Kycillia that we're going to ruffle some feather on the way.

>>15913249
>Is the Federation fleet still within lascomm range?
>I wonder if we could get special dispensation to skim the atmosphere, seeing as we're currently in a ceasefire.

You could certainly ask.

Going to get my dinner BRB.

>>15913286
>You could try asking
Okay, then.
First, tell Kycillia we're going to ask the Fed's to let us skim through their territory to get to Grypps. See if she's okay with it. Tell her it'll let us shave anywhere from 2 to 3 hours from our flight time, and every second wasted is a second that Gihren has to get away, or get the Colony Laser repaired for another shot(we know it won't be fixed in time, but Kycillia doesn't).

If she's okay with it, we ask the Feddies if we can use their shortcut. If they want some escort ships to shadow us, that's fine. Hell, that's more meatshields we can use. Everyone's invited to the Gihren Roast!

If everything actually works out in our favor for once, strap in and burn helium to Grypps.

>>15913286

Go beyond that. Ask for a bloody -escort-.

"Gihren Zabi, in utter disregard for the Principality of Zeon's declared desire to discuss an end to this war has unilaterally struck both against his own nation and the Federation. For the people of both our nations, his madness must end, immediately."

"We are proceeding along (heading, velocity) to find and remove this atrocity from power over any person, place, or thing. Any Federation unit who desires to escort us in this task is regarded as an ally and comrade in arms. General Revil was a good man and a worthy opponent who has come to a treacherous end, alongside so many soldiers of both sides. Help us avenge this dishonor to their bravery, both in making war and bringing peace!"

"For those who have attacked this meeting of honorable men, I come not with forgiveness, but with a sword to claim you. Surrender at our coming or know only fire and death."

>>15913445

> Nachtmaren + feddie ace squad(s) teaming up to take out the real enemy?

... can, can we sing a song together as we near battle?

>>15913499
We would need a Russian-accented AWACs to come along with us.
"The more that I try
The more that I fly
The answer in itself will be there"

>>15913499
>>15913445
I keep trying to think of why we shouldn't invite anyone on the Feddy's side that wants to come along, and each time I'm stopped by how awesome the fight would be.

You have Kycillia ask for free passage and any aid the Federation can spare to get to Gihren and the Colony Laser.

Unfortunately they don't have any assets in place to help you. Certainly nothing as fast as you are in any case.

They do however agree to open the way for you to make a beeline straight to Grypps.
With your passage secured nontheless you immiediately set off at full burn.

Three hours in, and with a combined tactical feed you're able to keep tabs on Grypps. A two colony cluster, one of those colonies being the laser. The other presumably a top secret skunkworks. Who knows what kind of things they've been cooking up. That said, all of the experimental superweapons in the world aren't going to help Gihren win agains the combined might of Zeon and the Federation.

About two hours in, the tactical net identifies a ship making an escape along a roughly similar route. It's fast, faster than the Outer Heaven, which signifies some heavy modifications. But it's heading in the opposite direction to you.
From it's speed and trajectory your ship is the only one who can intercept it in any meaningful way.

It could be Gihren making a run for it, or it could be a decoy, or even some other unconnected lackey who's nerve broke.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>15914140
Well, realistlically, as much as the Federation might want to take out Gihren, what are the chances that they would allow us, one of the most feared Zeon ace teams, to fly through Federation space? Or that they would consent to taking orders from a Zeon officer?

I'd love to be proven wrong, but I want to throw out that it's still a long shot.

>>15914357
Let's intercept it.
Gihren is running out of options, and as devious as he is, using decoys was never his strong suit.

Everyone, mount up and get ready to deploy.

>>15914140

>>15914357
Is the origin of the ship making an escape the Grypps colony?
What's the destination of the ship? Can we extrapolate the destination? If it's not making for Side 7, Axis, or Side 4, it's likely to be a decoy.

>>15914599
>Is the origin of the ship making an escape the Grypps colony?

Yes.

>What's the destination of the ship? Can we extrapolate the destination? If it's not making for Side 7, Axis, or Side 4, it's likely to be a decoy.

I appears to be making a beeline for Axis, although there's a lot of things between there and here. Battle debris, broken colonies and the outskirts of Solomon's patrol radius.

>>15914636
Either way, it's someone making a run for it, and it could be Gihren. If we intercept, we should still be in position to intercept anything else that gets launched.

>>15914636
>there's a lot of things between there and here. Battle debris, broken colonies and the outskirts of Solomon's patrol radius.
My guess is that there's a Jupiter Energy Fleet ship somewhere there, waiting to pick up Gihren.
Too much of a chance for complications at Axis, and of the Jupiter Fleet's neutrality being called into question.

>>15914666
>>15914796

You give the order to intercept, and the Outer Heaven shifts to make the maneouver. The intercept time won't be long, not at the speeds the both of you are going at.

You get down to the hangar and tell everyone to suit up. You load up for mixed combat, Beam Rifles and Bazooka's or similar. Plenty of disposable ordinance.

The intercept time looms.
You open a channel to the bridge: "Mauser? What's the plan? We're not going to have much time to act when we intercept? Some sort of flyby strike aimed at taking out their engines? Maybe we decellerate and then attempt to board the ship exterior?"

There is a pause on the other end of the line.

"...yeah. Those are good ideas, but here's what were going to do, I'm going to take the armored ramming prow I had them install three weeks ago and I'm going to shove this ship right down his throat. You might want to hold on to something..."

The ship accellerates, and collision warnings go off across the ship. You have barely got time to tell the rest of the team to brace when the impact occurs.

ohshi-

>>15915069
Oh come on, Mauser! Doing stupid-ass crazy shit is David's schtick!
And not even a "Ramming Speed!" or "Brace for impact!"?

>>15915069
Alright, let's rush out and secure the ship.
Have Rance and Option disable the engines and force the reactor to quench; we don't want this ship self-destructing.

>>15915144

Is there even a ship left to board?

BRACE FOR IMPACT

We unload INSIDE THAT SHIP

We need proof that Gihren Zabi is dead. Take back a finger or something. Maybe even a nail if you can get DNA off of that. Or just step on him and keep the foot scrapings.

What was the most advanced suit Zeon came up with in the OYW? Probs gonna face something like a year or two ahead of that between us and Gihren.

LET'S DO THIS. RAMMING SPEED AND UNLOAD DIRECTLY INSIDE THE VESSEL!

>>15915335
I think you overestimate the size of the ship, or underestimate the size of our MS.

>>15915069

The approach of the Outer Heaven had not been an easy one. Mauser had weighed up the option of using the Anti-Beam chaff to cover his assault, or not and allowing the Nachtmaren their beam weapons. He chose the harder path.

Beams and missiles from the enemy ship: a new model Chivvay with a massive booster extension on the back to give it ferocious speed, strike out at the Outer Heaven.
The ship nimbly dodges and weaves through the firestorm, firing back with equal abandon. Her pilots had faced worse than this on earth, with it's thick and cloying atmosphere to contend with.
The impact isn't perfect, the armoured prow of the Outer Heaven hit's at a 40 degree angle and carves a thick groove along the side. The portside wing snaps off, wedged inside a mess-hall on deck 5 of the enemy ship.
The armoured prow and reinforced armour takes the worst of it, the main hull compresses and stretches but refuses to buckle or lose integrity. The high speed mass of the ship rams into the larger engines blocks bolted onto the rear of the ship as they flare out. The superstructure and attatchments give way and tear free, hundreds of tons of fuel, engine and metal swings like a gate door before coming completely free, spinning off into the distance, seconds it becomes a massive fireball.
Wedged together the two ships spin uncontrollably together in strange directions.

At this point, Mauser opens the hangar doors, allowing you to leave the Outer Heaven.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>15915460
Fan out immediately.
David and Elaine to go towards the bridge.
Rance and Option quench the reactor if they can.
Jolyne, Strauss, and Tony to take disable the hangars and any remaining turrets.

>>15915505
No argument, second, go go go!

>>15915505

It sounds like the engines just got literally rammed off the enemy ship. Let's see if we can't get the jump on any MS that can even try and clear the bays, if any can at this point.

>>15915505

David and Elaine to go towards the bridge.
Rance and Option quench the reactor if they can.
Jolyne, Strauss, and Tony to take disable the hangars and any remaining turrets.

Both you and Elain exit from the top hatch. Large gouts from beam weapon hits score the top of the ship, and foot-thick armour plating is crumpled and torn like tinfoil. The stars spin overhead dizzingly like some kind of otherworldly vista as you make your way to the bridge. He'll be there, you know it.

Underneath the other five pilots begin their missions. The damage the Outer Heaven did to the ship becomes clear here, the modified booster extension has transpired to be just that, a set of much larger engines bootstrapped to the bottom of the ship. The original engines have now been revealed, although the nose of the Outer Heaven has carved a niche for itself along this part of the ship. It seems unlikely that the enemies remaining engines weren't damaged either.

However, better safe than sorry.

Below the earth spins.

And the ventral bay clamshell doors begin to open...

Sage for genocide quest. In b4 retarded "One Week War isn't the One Year War" bullshit, or some other kind of attempt at justification. Future Hitlers, everywhere.

>>15915675

Two years of Zeonquest and that's the best trolling you can do? Lame. Seriously lame.

Empty a clip from the beam rifles/carbines into the doors as they open up. Let's see if we can't ding whatever's hiding in there.

>>15915671

The first thing the attack teams on the bottom see is the arms, giant things at least fifteen meters long, festooned with wires and each finger ending in hollow barrelled fingertips.

Jolyne recognises them as beam cannons first, but can't get the warning out before they fire. Beams lance through center mass of Options Gelgoog, half of the mobile suit shears off below the sternum, any other mobile suit and this would be a killshot. Gelgoog pattern mobile suits however, have their cockpit just below the head.

And ejector seats.

A less experienced Mobile Suit pilot would have died all the same. This however was not the first time Option had a mobile suit shot out under him. Although he did feel more than a little guilty over getting Calvins EWAC package destroyed.

THE ZEONG HAS ARRIVED.
YOUR ORDERS?

>>15915779
I say we chop it's legs off.

>>15915671

doors opening?

give them doors (and whatever is behind them!) a healthy dose of BEAM WEAPONRY followed by whatever explosives crave death and glory the most!

>>15915779
umm, Gelgoogs have their cockpits in the belly...

and holy shit, someone reinvented ejector seats!

>>15915826
It's kind of like how they didn't add airbags until gundam unicorn era

>>15915779
>THE ZEONG HAS ARRIVED.

Hell yeah motherfuckers.

>>15915779
FUCK!
Everyone, pour everything they have on the Zeong!
Rance to use the launchers on his shield, and Jolyne to use the backpack beam cannon.
Call Elaine from the bridge attack team to help with the Zeong; we'll need her Heavy Gatling.
Also, try to get a message off to the Outer Heaven to release all of the beam chaff.

>>15915861
>>15915798

Jolyne gives the order the five of them open up on the enemy mobile armour. Thrusters flare and the Zeong dances away from the hangar bay, responding with it's torso beam cannons. Jolyne dodges and returns fire, abnormal AMBAC maneouvers propel the Zeon away from the beam's path.

The manouvers are erratic because it only appears to have one hand.

Up above the onboard radar alerts you to the new threat. The two of you push foward to try and finish the job when you notice the hand floating incogruously in space.
You recognise it instantly as a weapon and both you and Elaine dodge to opposite sides as the beams pass between you perpendicular to the surface of the ship to avoid damage. The both of you return fire, but the target's relatively small and neither your Carbine or her Gatling has quite the accuracy required.
Beams and bullets gouge more damage into the Chivvay as the target jinks away. It's fingers outstretch and five beams fly in different directions, a wide spread meant to spear your both.
Elain flips over, you duck under, and return fire.

>>15916064

I'd like to tell that hand to point back at it's suit and let it know who's boss.

>>15916064
Seeing as the Zeong only has megaparticle beam weapons, anti-beam chaff should reduce its effective range and accuracy, right?
Or will it turn the beam cannons into beam shotguns?
Either way, I think everyone should use explosives to get around the manueverability of the Zeong.

>>15916064

Meanwhile aboard the Outer Heaven.

"We've got another attempted ignition on the engines Captain" the ensign told Mauser.

That was the second in as many minutes. Somebody was desperate to get this warship back on the move. Which was a fair indication that the big G was indeed onboard.
What was more worriesome though was the fact that the nose, and bridge where Mauser was standing of the Outer Heaven happened to be poking out directly in front of those engines.

The heavy armour and heat-shielding would last longer than most ships, but it doesn't matter who or what you are you DON'T stick your face in a nuclear pulse thruster if you can help it.

"I want our manouvering thrusters back online pronto ladies and gentlemen. For really fucking obvious reasons!"

OUTSIDE

"The firepower off that Mobile Armour is too heavy! The Outer Heaven is a sitting duck! If we keep fighting here those beams are going to take her out! We have to push out further!" Jolyne tells you.

"The ships are still moving, if we leave the zone we might not be able to get back and finish the job! We miss Gihren here and this war will never truly stop!" You reply.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>15916232
If we try to push out, the Zeong will just turn on the Outer Heaven; their goal is to get away, not capture.
Orders:
David and Elaine attempt to continue towards the bridge, using grenades and Heavy Gatling fire to keep the Zeong hand from being effective. Maybe we'll get lucky and a stray shot or grenade will cut the power feed cable.

Jolyne and the attack team try to lure the rest of the Zeong further away from the two locked ships. Make heavy use of explosives to throw off the aim of the Zeong.

I still think the Outer Heaven should release AB chaff. Maybe use some of their guns to try to corner the Zeon.

>Maybe we'll get lucky and a stray shot or grenade will cut the power feed cable.
>get lucky and a stray shot or grenade will cut the power feed cable.
>get lucky and a stray shot or grenade
>get lucky

Newtype power time is now suggested. Let's kick this battle up a notch.

Shall we, gents?

Also: Who the hell could be piloting that monster? Gihren wasn't a front-liner like Dozle or Garma, Char is on earth and on "our-ish" side, Norris is (SAY IT ISN'T SO) /possibly/ dead, and Anavel we took care of with Zolomon ourselves. Who's left? Captain Killsomething from 0080? Didn't we kill him with the black-ops team outside side 3?

>>15916364
It would be nice if we could use our power to time a grenade right.
Of course, it's kind of unpredictable.

>>15916302

You have the rest of the team try to draw the Zeong out whilst you keep heading towards the bridge. You call up the Outer Heaven and ask for the deployment of a close range Tadpole defence missile.

"We lost Tadpoles one and three when we rammed the ship. We'll try firing Tadpole 2, but it'll have to loop over and around." Anita tells you.

Beam's from the Zeong graze around the rest of your squad in brilliant lines whilst it dodges in and around their own return fire, a brilliant multi-coloured halo of newtype power surrounding the central mass.

AA turrets begin firing flak at you and Elaine as you close in on the cockpit. Behind you the Outer Heaven fires a tadpole, it rocks and swerves erratically, trying to loop over and spread it's payload almost upon launching. Flares and unseen chaff begin spilling out of it for a few seconds before a megaparticle cannon shot slices into it. The missile still laden with fuel explodes, scatting what chaff it hadn't launched into the area, but melted and useless. Thousands of tiny bright stars scatter and die.

Beam chaff has deteriorated the enemies fire however. Beam shots that were lethal are now merely dangerous and stinging. But the Megaparticle cannons can cut through that still.

You blast a heavy flak turret with your bazooka whilst Jolyne scours the surface of the ship with her heavy gatling. The damage is getting severe, this ship is unlikely to be going anywhere shortly.

You put a bazooka round directly onto the bridge superstructure. But it seems the only place they didn't skimp on the armour was the bridge. Ablative plating spalls into the air nevertheless, a few more shots should do it...

The Zeong despit it's size, had terrific thrust available to it, more and more Jolyne could see the similarities between it and the Hi-Mob Newtype Attack Zaku that Nell had been using. Had the loyalists stolen the design at an earlier phase of the development? Was the Flanigan Institute selling to both factions? These were questions for a later time, all that was important now was that she faced a newtype pilot in a mobile battle fortress with enough gun to blot out an entire fleet.

The Tadpole had done some of the work that was required of it. Blunting the finger beams just enough for the reactive armour on the teams suits to take a couple of hits before taking internal damage.

Those chest mounted megaparticle cannons weren't paying much attention to the beam chaff though. She wanted those taken out.

The Zeong pulled back even further, and launched it's hand units again. Bazooka and Railgun rounds chased after it. Explosions rocked it's armour, and solid slugs pounded against the Mobile Armours frame. The hand units fired on the move at 45 degree downwards angles, firing from above them. Beams cris-crossed each other in a web of death.

She saw Tony's Gelgoog get tagged on the leg, the armour slags off but otherwise holds, Strauss deflects a shot with his shield, but another on hit's him in the elbow from behind, fusing the joint.

Jolyne stops time, takes aim and exhales with the shot. The railgun round flys true at the Zeongs head, but even of these distances the erratic speed and movements turn it into a glancing blow. One of the large red antennae is neatly snapped off instead.

"I am getting real tired of these hand units Ma'am." Rance tells you.

>>15916528
Rance closes with a hand unit as it retracts back to it's parent unit. It senses him of course and attempts to fire on him, but the enemy hasn't counted on the Type-B Galbady's speed, and he closes the gap quicker than expected. He kicks the arm, knocking the point blank shots wide. It attempts to stabilise itself, it doesn't get to finish the manouver before Rances beam saber slices it in half.

He bolts away as it explodes.

The second hand attempts to revenge it's brother by attacking Rance from the rear, but before it can complete the maneouver it's forced to dodge a bazooka round from Mettle instead. It directs it's beams against him in return, but he dodges in time, and the beams shoot past him...strait into the main body of the Zeong.

Heavy armour slags and distorts, and a cascade of sparks erupts from the right megaparticle cannon in the torso, one of the shots must have damaged something.

It seems momentarialy stunned. Strauss makes his move.
Roaring in fury, the man hurls his Galbady right into the massive frame, the two collide heavily, and with his thruster still burning, Strauss boldy rams the Mobile Armour downwards towards the earth that looms ever larger.
The Zeong attempts to break free, the hand rapidly retreating back to try and extricate the attached mobile suit. Thrusters fire, but can find no reverse purchase as Strauss stress his own beyond their limits.

The last megaparticle cannon fires with no effect, heat haze begins to redden the two as they start to enter the atmosphere.

>>15916612
STRAUSS! NOT HIM TOO! DAMMIT! DAMMIT! HIM, FONTAINE, ZOL, AND MAUSER WERE THE ONLY ONES WE'VE KNOWN FROM THE BEGINNING! DAMMIT, DAMMIT, DAMMIT!

>>15916612

The hand struggles to catch up, and in the end it simply takes position, seeming intent on taking both the enemy and it's own parent out. It points to fire, and then...

Several hundred meters away. Jolyne Brande takes aim. A corona of fire buffets the last hand unit, it is not a good target as it jinks and twirls.
Behind that coils the power cable that connects the two mother and hand together. It still flaps in the wind of atmospheric re-entry, but at least it's not actively dodging her attacks.
The target is barely a foot wide. It is over 400m away.

She takes as long as she needs to aim, because she has all the time she could want, and presses the trigger.

The hand struggles to catch up, and in the end it simply takes position, seeming intent on taking both the enemy and it's own parent out. It points to fire, and then...nothing. It flops around, like a puppet cut of it's strings.

"Strauss!" Jolyne calls, her radio crackles with minovsky particles.

"I'm taking this bastard down! All the way down!" was the reply she gets.

Then the head of the Zeong detatches, independant and making a mockery of Strauss's planned heroic sacrifice.

>>15916739
The small target burns it's thrusters and makes for a cruel exit. But a hand lances out, Strauss's last good hand, now bereft of all weapons, he thrusters are going, he has almost nothing left, but his years of Mobile Suit experience. He's at the level between oldtype and newtype new, a ceiling he can never cross without the aid of perverted science.

The hand lances out and grasps the head. The thrust of it nearly removes the arm from it's socket, but Strauss distributes the weight. The thrust has an extra benefit, it arrests his fall somewhat, there's a chance he might just survive this now. The grasping hand increases it's pressure, harder and harder, servo's protest at their treatment and the armour begins to crumple around the crown of the head which he grasps.

The head rocks and jinks trying to break free, thrusters scald his arm, melting armour, but the arm itself holds fast. It turns downwards to face him.
Strauss recognises the port of a beam weapon just in time.
He loses a useless arm and shield instead of his life.

He continues to try and squeeze the life out of the head, but he's reaching diminishing returns now. The hand servo's are failing him in a cascade, soon they'll fuse solid.

A second beam shot misses him by a hair, and Strauss takes another risky manouver. He shoves every iota of remaining reserve power into his arm servo's and whilst they're circuits snap and overload at him he uses the extra power to slam the Zeong's head directly into his own. There is a sickening crunch, and the beam cannon goes off at the point of impact.

>>15916742
There go all his cameras. He lost the finger cam in the lost arm, and the finger cam in the other arm is probably down too. He's gonna die in reentry without seeing anything outside his cockpit.

Man, whomever is in that fucking zeong is one tenacious sumbitch. Hope the thrusters fail and he burns up in reentry.

Or we take him alive. For all the accusations of war crimes we get leveled at us by sagefags, I feel we can level one cruel death to the motherfucker who deprives us of Strauss. . .

>>15916742
Dammit Strauss! Not you too!

As for David, he should have a straight line right to the bridge. Even with its ablative armoring, it shouldn't be able to take a beam saber.
Let's carve up that bridge like a big ol' roasted pig.

>>15916742

The impact turned the entire cockpit concave. Whoever was piloting that Mobile Armour, was now jam. The blast itself, if Strauss had not decided to angle the impact slightly would have killed him. As it was, their simultanous attacks evaporated the Galbady's head, tore through the side of him, erupting just below the armpit and neatly severing his last, overloading arm.

Headless and armless, the damage put's his automated computer into shock. Using the manual controls he keeps his thrusters and reactor from quenching, whilst the hard reboot takes place. But it's touch and go, will his thrusters have enough power left in them to escape earths gravity?

STRAUSS HAS KILLED THE ZEONG

Alarms scream at him when the reboot completes. His legs are melting, his thrusters are disintegrating, his suit is on the verge of collapsing all by itself, and it doesn't look like he can make it, he pushes it all the same.
And then, for a second he registers a second pilot alongside him, just for a second he swears he sees a shilloutte through the back-up sensors helping him up, for second he thought he heard the echo of a voice of that man he once knew and then he was free.
The air was gone, and he had escaped the gravity well, his suit was in pieces a complete write off, and from the looks of it, they were walking home. But he was alive.

And the voice he had heard, it's words echoed within his brain.

"Tell the boss, tell David, I'll be waiting."

>>15916870
Okay. That was fucking awesome.

But we don't get to know who was piloting the zeong? Damn.

>>15916887
Nothing's been awesome in Zeonquest for months and months.

>>15916870
That...was freaking awesome!

Now, let's have David turn that bridge into a side of carved Gihren.

>>15916901
>YouAreUpset
>NotBigSurprise

If you're still running this as a quest, even here at the end, and not just some writing you're stringing together to end it all, then take some player decisions.

Take out a beam saber, start cutting into the bridge of the ship, and broadcast, "Give us Gihren, or you'll all die, right here."

The second Bazooka shell revealed the inner workings of the superstructure. Air begins to vent from inside.
Then on their third attempt, the engines of the Chivvay flare to life.

"Shiiiiiiit!" Mauser howls as armour and underlying internals begin to melt. The memory of the blast shutters on the bridge turning red with heat was one that would haunt his nightmares for years to come.

Synchronicity described is the experience of two or more events, that are apparently causally unrelated or unlikely to occur together by chance, that are observed to occur together in a meaningful manner. The concept of synchronicity was first described by Swiss psychologist Carl Gustav Jung in the 1920s

Such as was the case the case here, that in the exact moment the Chivvay fixed it's engines, so too did Ookawara, finish work on the hight powered vtol thrusters of the Outer Heaven.

In a moment of terror, a green light appears on a scared ensigns control console as saviour. He punches it like a man seeing water after becoming lost in the desert.
Powerful thrusters fire into the sides of the vessel in return and the Outer Heaven painfully tears itself free of the other ship, after dealing fatal blows deep within the bowls of the vessel.

Up above, you can feel secondary explosions begin to take the ship.
"She's going up! We've got to get clear!" you warn Elaine who'se already pushing up and away.

Just as the first explosions begin to engulf the vessel however, the nose of the ship seperates, like a rocket it shoots away from you, like some kind of komusai.
In fact, that is probably exactly what it is, and there's no prizes for guessing who's aboard.

This is the last deception of Ghiren Zabi.

The ship behind him explodes. Blinding your view.
You roar Ghirens' name as he makes his escape.

Then you see the HLV in front of him, on full burn from the surface on an intercept course.

>>15916981
>>Then you see the HLV in front of him, on full burn from the surface on an intercept course.

That better be fucking GARma.

Like a flower shedding petals the HLV begins to break apart piece by piece. It reveals a Zaku II, an old C type, probably not used except during the very earliest stages of the war.
What is important however, is the colour of the Mobile Suit: That faded almost pastel colour of pink, that somehow managed to get it's owner the name of "Red Comet".

Char Aznable has returned to the field.

His Zaku II C is holding a bazooka, and with practiced accuracy takes aim. It is a standard 280mm Zaku Bazooka, it doesn't not fire beams, it is not fully automatic, it does not project 8 meter wide projectiles.
Nevertheless this weapon once slew thirty ships in a single day.

Char thumbs the transmit switch on his radio. He knows Gihren has seen him, but he has to make sure he understands.

"I have a going away present from my father to you Gihren."

A normal man would not have understood this message. Gihren Zabi however has an IQ of 240+. This was why, if there was anyone who survived the resulting attack, they would have asked themselves why Gihren Zabi, the man many equated to the next coming of Adolph Hitler chose for his last words

"Casval, you!?"

Casval Sum Deikum pulled the trigger, and years of revenge festering in his soul finally found release.

GIHREN ZABI HAS DIED.

>>15917131
I guess we're in the epilogue section now.
Do we need to anything other than pick up Strauss, Option, and Char?
If we caught those last words, I suppose we should transmit "Nice shooting, Char. Or should I call you Casval?"

>>15917131
>>Tries to kill Garma
>>Fails to kill Amuro repeatedly
>>Tries to nuke a colony like a bitch
>>FUCKING KILL STEALS

Damnit Char.

>>15917192
Fucking Char, fucking kill-stealing. Gihren was ours!
I bet he's the kind of fucker that would ninja all the best prototype suits out from under us.

EPILOGUE

With Gihren dead, the Grypps forces melted away, taking much of their experimental technology with them. These forces would prove to be a highly problematic one, backing many of the roving pirate games that fell into favour in the aftermath of the war for their own sinister aims.

The Outer Heaven itself, although badly damaged, was able to collect it's badly damaged charges (as well as Char) and limp to Pezun to repairs. By this point word of their victory and the death of Gihren Zabi was already circulating. Popular myth was aggrandising Char's role in all this over your own efforts, but to be frank, you're of the opinion that the baby can have his bottle. You personally could do with more peace and quiet.

>>15917309
The peace talks continued, and thanks to your effort a settlement was reached. The end of the war was officially signed on the 1st of January 0080.

Pezun somehow found a stash of party gear, and was in full party swing within minutes. It was like the entire station was exhaling a breath it didn't know it had been holding.

They'd cracked open the good beer and spirits, and Mauser had kindly supplied his own secret stash, which had proved suprisingly expansive.
You're drinking a pre Universal-Century Scotch, which barbarically you've cut with Coca-Cola when Jolyne finds you. She's wearing the cap she sometimes wears as civilian clothes. It makes her look young. Or at least as young as she should be, now that you think of it.
This war aged you all. Those that made it anyway.

"So, what now David?" she asks you.
"Firstly, I'm going to get drunk. Then I'm going to get sober, and then. I don't know..."

She takes your hand and leads you away from the main party scene. It seems she has some ideas of her own.

Outside, the stars keep shining, the world keeps turning and even if it's just for a little while, all is right with the world.

Tommorow will be different, tommorow there will be rhetoric and stardust, titans will be there to be slain, the axis will one day return, counterattacks will be made, Iron Masks broken, old bones crossed again and Victory's to be fought for even as all around you die for no reason.

But for today, there is peace.

QUEST COMPLETE

>>15917192
>>15917211

Be fair here. This guy, joined the military, wore a mask THE WHOLE TIME, changed his name to "Char Aznable" the second worst psuedonym in Gundam history, sidled close to a boy who he reliably knew had something to do with the death of his family and the twisting of everything he believed for SOLELY to gain access to the rest of the family for HOW many years?

Char called this kill back when Zeon was a republic man.

>>15917374
>Char called dibs when Zeon was still a republic
Alright, fair point.
It's just that, he always seemed to steal the best kills from us. I still haven't forgiven him for the stunt he pulled back in Odessa. We had the Gundam and Amuro to rights back there.

But, all in all, nice quest, Apologised.
Thanks for running it, for two years.

>>15917424
It was only good for the first one.

EPILOGUE 1

The exact nature of the peace treaty was by the nature of peace treaties quite expansive and worded in language only diplomats or lawyers could understand. But the salient points of it were thus.

1.) Zeon's independance is maintained. They're sovereignty would include Side 3, Grenada and the space fortresses Solomon and A-Boa-Qu.

2.) Other Sides would be allowed a referendum to either stay with the Federation, become fully independant, or to join with the Principality of Zeon. The date of this was not yet set.

3.) Space Fortress Solomon was to be moved to the area of Side 3. (This formation would result in it being placed within A Boa Qu's defensive envelope, creating a formation collectively known as "Zedan's Gate")

4.) Any officers within either military found guilty of war-crimes was to be tried by a fair and impartial jury. Regardless of where they may hide (IE Axis)

5.) Amnesty to any prisoners of war.

Axis by this point, under the command of Admiral Khan proclaimed independance from Zeon command, and using Nuclear pulse boosters escaped out towards Mars. This remote location made persucting the now safe war-criminals next to impossible.
This was mostly as planned, however there was one wrinkle.

Dozle Zabi's wife and child had been sent to the Axis for their own protection. This hostage situation effectively ensured Zeon herself would never, could never aid overtly any attempt to bring the guilty of Axis to justice.

ELAINES EPILOGUE

She retained her position within the military after the end of the war, and quickly found herself placed on a secret mission along with Char Aznable to infiltrate Axis and to rescue Minerva Zabi. Luckily they had a reliable contact in the form of M'Quve, the man who's life she saved back in Texas colony.

Axis were so glad to have the services of Char Aznable, that they failed to pay much attention to one "Ruebens Goddard".

It has been three years, and during this time Elaine has found a way into rising star Haman Khan's inner circle. Who although sees through her disguise with ease, find the whole concept of a woman pretending to be a man kinda cool for reasons only teenagers can understand.

Neither her nor Char have found a suitable opportunity to snatch Minerva or her mother yet. Rumour has it that the Axis might be sending an expeditionary force to earth shortly however...

>>15917524

Tony Mettle's Epilogue

Resigned from his commission after the war. After being fitted with a special helmet to keep his skingrafts in place, he joins with a humanitarian relief organisation and is eventually sent down to earth.

His heroic efforts to help the downtrodden in the still lawless areas of an earth would eventually lead to a series of pulp novels entitled "Captain Iron Skull" that would prove popular in the postwar years.
(an embellishment, Mettle never made Captain.)

WOLFGANG STRAUSS EPILOGUE

Retaining his commision, at his request he was transferred to Grenada as a training instructor, and would pass on his hard fought for experience to many new recruits for Zeon.
He would often have a hundred war stories to tell, and Grenada considered itself lucky to have him.

He resigned from his commission after concern over the direction the Government was taking in 0085.

>>15917583

CALVIN HOBART EPILOGUE

Was considered unfit for service due to his injuries. He later found David Lister and Jolyne Brand, and the three considered the ramifications for revealing the evidence they had to the public. Given Kycillia's lynchpin position within the government they went to David's father for further advice. His advice was to bring it to the attention of Garma Zabi.

After reviewing the evidence, Garma Zabi used it in UC 0082 to cleanly depose Kycillia and exile her to a secure location under a similar ruse to that of Gihrens during the war. The true reason was never made public due to the far reaching ramifications it would have for Zeon's existence as a whole.
Unlike Gihren's ploy however, Kycillia was never under the threat of death.

Or stuffed into a fridge.

Afterwards Calvin Hobart explored the Earth Sphere before settling on a colony in Side 6, and living with his somewhat young fortune teller girlfriend.

>>15917655
>living with his somewhat young fortune teller girlfriend.
Oho! Calvin, you cad, you.

Nell Dyland

Her escape from the Flanagan Institute sparked a secret manhunt. Always one step ahead, she dances out of several dangerous encounters before eventually giving them the slip.
She then has to contend with the federations own sinister newtype research labs, and after eventually escaping from America and reaching Dublin, she is able to escape back into space with a new identity. She makes work as a travelling fortune teller before eventually settling down in Side 6.

>>15917689
got to remember to post these...

>>15917524
PFFFFT THE STACHE! You've gotta be fucking kidding me! Is that, like, her Newtype power or something?

I approve.

Bernie Wiseman

Once the heat was off, he managed to act as a mentor for young Al, and also engage in romantic relations with Christine McKenzie. Under the amnesty laws, he's able to actually come clean to her (if no-one else) about his role in the Christmas incident.

She eventually warms back up to him.

He opens up a detective agency in Libot colony titled "Magi Investigations".

Zeonquest ending?

Wow, not that I ever participated but this has been a regular sight for me for, heck, I don't know how many months.

I completely expect you to do a follow up.

>>15917704
No. It's just that people in cartoons and comics can get away with retarded shit for a disguise.

Case in point: Superman, anyone wearing a domino mask and Wonder-Woman.

>>15917737
...so Elaine's Newtype powers is that she runs on cartoon physics?

iamokaywiththis.jpg

ANITA FAIRCHILD

As a member of the elite Fairchild family, she returned to what was left of High spacenoid society. Always willing to use her families money to support humanitarian efforts, she was often considered the more moderate influence on the family.

>>15917752

Well, the bad fake 'tache DOES cover the fact that she's also a Zeon agent quite well.

Finally the wank is over.

>>15917524
>tar Haman Khan's inner circle. Who although sees through her disguise with ease, find the whole concept of a woman pretending to be a man kinda cool for reasons only teenagers can underst

this universe's Z Gundam is going to be so awesome

So, did we finally drive Ookawara to unrelented drinking? Or did he go stir-crazy from not having engineering repair nightmares thrown at him on a daily basis?

>>15912984
Now that you're finished, please, no more. This was painful to watch even as a fan of Zeon.

OPTION EPILOGUE

Retired his commision, and gained employment as a freight worker in the busy Von Braun dockyards. Always with plenty of war-stories to tell, he;s considered the glue that binds the dockyard crew together. But the survivors guilt he gained from the loss of his first unit weighs on him heavily.

He expunges his ghosts however when pirates outfitted with Grypps tech attempt to take the dock and raid the ships currently held witin. Equipped only with an outdated Command GM, Option defeats the pirates and destroys their experimental space-type Adzam command unit.

>>15917772
>>15917803
You two can go die in a fire.

AT APOLOGISED:

You're awesome for sticking with this until the end. It was awesome even if Char was a dick :(

>>15917811
I'm not going to start a shitstorm, but really, the off-the-wall newtype abilities this early in their development, tech several generations ahead of its time, and a general disregard for the tragic nature of Zeon in general just made my head hurt and I hope it never happens again.

RANCE EPILOGUE

Retained his commission, transferred to the test pilot division where he tested out the latest zeonic pieces of technology.
His hotheaded manner often get him into trouble with his superiors, and husbands, but underneath his brash womanising exterior secretly lurked a heart of gold, and deep sense of justice and loyalty.

Regardless, none can question his skills and he is chosen as a loan test-pilot to Anaheim as the Zeon canditate to test out the prototypes of the secret "G-Project".

>>15917655
>>15917679
>Afterwards Calvin Hobart explored the Earth Sphere before settling on a colony in Side 6, and living with his somewhat young fortune teller girlfriend.
Explanation please someone? Or am I just reading into this too much?

DAVID LISTER AND ELAINE BRANDE

Both resign their commissions and move to Von Braun. There they get jobs helping out Zolomon's sister run the bar. Rumours soon spread that Nachtmaren 1 himself is behind the bar and the popularity of the establishment goes through the roof.

His treatises "The Ethics of Victory" and "Mobile Suits in Action" are both finished and publish. MSiA is considered the modern tactical treatise of our time, and the basis for tactical combined arms in a post MS world for decades to come.

He marries Elaine on a spring day.

Zolomon Ringo's legacy never truly dies, for what he did for Von Braun, Von Bruan remembers. A statue in his honour remembering all of those who lost their lives is erected in the graveyard where his funeral is held.

In 0082, the Zolomon Ringo Hospital opens.

In 0083, members of ZIRCON approach the two of them for one last mission...

>>15917890
>He marries Elaine on a spring day.
I think you meant Jolyne there, Apologised.
One last mistake for road, eh?

>>15917886
Oh I think you know what it means, Arty.

>>15917890
JOLYNE BRANDE!

YOU'RE ALWAYS DOING THAT!

>>15917890
We still gotta deface the moon hard enough to last until Turn A....for Zoloman.

Well, /tg/'s longest quest is finally over.

If you do another quest, please try to stick to the source material better. This was like X-Men in space.

I salute you Apologised. One hell of a long run.

Never participated but the times I stopped by to read were generally awesome.

Congratulations on finishing.

>>15917960
The whole purpose of this endeavor was to change the timeline and alter the course of history. Go play a video game, or a module with a railroading DM if you want pre-determined endings every time.

>>15917960

just gotta get those parting troll shots in, don'tcha?

From the rest of us apologized, Thanks. ya did good work.

>>15917954
I think Frost Giant Quest went on longer, but had less installments.

I've never participated in these, but Zeon Quest has always been a welcome fixture in /tg/ that I've had a great time perusing, reminiscing when I attempted a homebrew Gundam RPG with a bunch of MSiAs and a few friends.

Apologized, thank you.

>>15917984
>>15917985
I'm talking about psychokinetic/machine sensing Newtypes emerging when Newtypes are still "new". Newtypes don't do that even after 20 years of continued development. That's not simply changing the timeline, that's changing intrinsic facts about the setting.

>>15917890
>In 0083, members of ZIRCON approach the two of them for one last mission...
So, would that be for stealing the GP02, or stopping the Loyalist remnants who might have stolen it first?

>>15917913
>Oh I think you know what it means, Arty.

>>15917988
Frost giant quest started and ended in the same year.

So, the question is, what happened to Amuro? Last I saw of him, he was in a colony falling to earth. Obviously, he survived, but what happened to him after the war?

He's probably even more fucked up in the head then he was in canon due to the even more rapid advancement of his newtype powers and he never got to be the big damn hero either (at least not as much).

>>15918008
You're right. Zeonquest beat Frost Giant Quest's duration by roughly one month.

>>15917890
I personally would like to hear about Mauser and Ookawara. But really, thanks for sticking with Zeon quest till the end!

>>15918099
Wouldn't it be closer to a year?
Frost Giantess Quest started on January 2010, and ended September 2010. Zeonquest started October 2009, and has now ended August 2011.

>>15917890
So, anything for Mauser and Ookawara? What happened to Cima, since she stuck with Garma and presumably wasn't hung out to dry in a war crimes trial? What did they do with that drill battleship?
And finally, what about Incognito?

>>15918177
If the answer to the drill battleship isn't "Made Garma the fucking Kurogane as a flagship", I will be disapoint.

>>15918163
Oh god, I thought Zeonquest started in 2010.

God, how time flies.

Zeonquest (116 parts)
August 4, 2009 -to- August 12, 2011

A Frost Giant is Thee (81 parts)
January 18, 2010 -to- August 5, 2010

>>15918099
>You're right. Zeonquest beat Frost Giant Quest's duration by roughly one month.
>by roughly one month

So anyways congrats apologised! Take that vacation you always wanted. Use that spare time to get your heath looked after, you seem like you're always in pritty rough shape.
And hope we get a 0083 short quest some day.

>>15918234
Er.. fixed
>October 4, 2009 -to- August 12, 2011

Is this stuff archived anywhere for those of us who've seen it around but never really followed it too closely?

It would be cool to read through it all now that it's done.

This has been a fantastic read that (Barring a few rough spots here and there) was engaging from beginning to end, and I can not wait until 0083 quest.

I Salute you Apologized. Thank you for sticking with this until the end.

>>15918463
Seconding this. It's been a fixture I never fixed upon. Will be stronge not to see it again, though I never partook in it.

>>15918463
>>15918532
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=zeonquest

>>15917192

In the end, the only truly important kill Char really made was the righteous one. And he deserved it.

We got what we came for, and he'd have never forgiven us for stealing HIS kill. Motherfucker straps an HLV on and rockets up to keep Gihren from getting away and doing this shit all. Over. Again.

What's one more kill marker against saving the soul of a man? Our team lived through the last, final battle of the war. Millions of men and women will never suffer under the iron boots of tyranny and defeat, nor will it spawn the endless "Zeon will rise again" shit for decades to come because Zeon never fell to begin with. Char will not fuck things up with more bad comebacks than MC Hammer. Zeon will be GARma's to steer into the next generation.

That's a whole lot more GOOD END than the original.

>>15916612

>>15916149
Called that one. :)

>>15918944
Well, I agree that the 'Zeon will rise again' and Zeon holdouts will be less of a problem in this timeline.
However, Axis still seceded, and there are still some Loyalist holdouts.

Also, the Federation is still free to develop their own weapons and ambitions in space. It's implied that an incident still occurs in 0083, and that by 0085 something has started to go wrong with the Zeon government. Possibly due to the results of the incident in 0083.

The Federation could still have developed the GP02, events somewhat similar to Stardust Memory could still happen, leading to the formation of the Titans. This would result in massive rearmament by both Zeon and the Federation, and which could be what causes Strauss to resign his commission.

I still wish I knew who the HELL was in that Zeong.

Thanks for all your hard work Apologized. Now go and take a break, you've earned it. If you ever feel like running another quest in a year or two let us know, we'll be waiting.

To the trolls, fuck off. Or at least learn what "sage" does. It just makes it so your post doesn't bump the thread and in an active thread that does jack shit.

To those who just didn't like Zeonquest. Read something else. Most of us are enjoyed this. Sure it deviated so much from canon, but so what? But thanks for not being complete asshats about it.

>>15922676
Challia Bull. The original 'Man from Jupiter'

>Bull first appeared in episode 38 of Mobile Suit Gundam, where he is first shown in the meeting between him and Admiral Gihren Zabi after Bull returned from Jupiter.

Cool, thread's still up.
Hey, what happened to Ramba Ral?!

>>15925444

And lots of other characters like our old nemesis, 'bandit', and Cirma, etc.

>>15925477
I really expected Bandit to show up in this thing.

>>15925527
It would have been EXTREMELY amusing if the only backup the Feds could send was Bandit. And then he finally gets his revenge on the Nachtmaren my killstealing them.

>>15925527

No kidding. I was expecting him and perhaps his team coming with us to kick gihren's head in. That would have been awesome.

>>15925626
Yeah but Char had dibs.

Oh man. Its ending.

Zeonquest you will be missed.

>>15925214
I guess that makes sense. I don't remember Bull being killed before this, so it's definitely possible.

Also, I expect Ramba Ral to join up with the Zeon equivalent of the AEUG when the Grypps Conflict flares up.