"Again, I can't tell you just how much of a help you've all been..."

You fight the urge to groan. Even with the combined precognitive powers of you, Tiffa, and even the fading powers of Lucille telling you that this "fisherman" and his crew were not all that they appeared to be, on the off chance that they were New UNE Soldiers, and that information could be extracted from them.

You, along with Jamil the Frost brothers, and the rest of the Freeden's pilots, including Garrod, wait patiently in the "Guest Room" that Sala and Toniya are leading them to, holding a handgun in your right. Hopefully, they committed entirely to this act of theirs and had no weapons on them to retaliate...

You hear the door open, and Sala directed the crew inside, shoving one of them in when they prove to be a little... rough with her, and closing the door. you and the others take that as your cue to step forward, guns ready.

"Drop your weapons and surrender." you state bluntly, frowning.

"H-hey, what's going on here? I have my rights, you know!" stammers out the "fisherman".

"Drop the act." interject's Jamil, stepping forward. "We know you're with the Federation. Now drop your weapons."

Begrudgingly, the four of them do so, four Uzis clattering to the floor.

"How?" mutters the who appeared to be the leader, a rather burly, violet haired man with a fair bit of stubble. "How did they figure it out?"

>Don't answer.
>"Let's just say that we have a reliable information network."
>"An act does you no good if your real intentions are being broadcast as clear as day to the Newtypes aboard this ship."
>Write in

>>27977380
> "Let's just say that we have a reliable information network."

>>27977380
>Don't answer.

Let the monkeys figure it out for themselves.

>>27977380
>"Let's just say that we have a reliable information network."
We can't ever NOT snark; it's just not in our nature.

>>27977380
Don't answer. Make sure they're all cuffed and stripped of anything that could conceivably be a weapon.

>>27977380
>Write in
"What, you expect me to answer and give away one of my trump cards? Let's have a game of poker tonight, I've got a good feeling playing against you guys."
In as sarcastic a tone as we can manage.

>>27977339
>>"Let's just say that we have a reliable information network."

"Pretty sloppy, too. Yeesh."

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>>27977549
And now with our expression.

>>27977540
THIS. Things got out of hand because those assholes weren't properly detained.

First >>27977540 then >>27977441

>Writing...

>>27977339
>>Don't answer.

>>27977529
No. Every poster things they're some witty, snarky casanova on /tg/ when it comes to quests but it's always, ALWAYS terrible

>>27977549
Go back to Princess Guard Quest. You're not funny nor witty. Don't try to ruin this quest like you have with others in making these white-knight "snarky" or "sarcastic" characters.

You choose not to answer, instead motioning for the others to cuff the soldiers. Better safe than sorry, after all.

Once the last of them were in cuffs, you heard the sound of footsteps rapidly approaching.

"There's trouble!" gasps out Tiffa, clinging to the doorframe. "Enemies are coming!"

You're about to ask what she means, when the ship begins to rock violently back and forth. So these guys were just bait, then? Shit!

You're about to rush to the hangar, when you're shoved aside by... the fisherman?! What in the Christ?! You're about to question how they got out fo the cuffs, when you spot them, along with four lockpicks, on the floor.

What do you do?
>Head out and intercept the enemy
>Chase down the prisoners
>Write in

>>27978052
> Chase down the prisoners
Have the others deploy, we can't have these guys running around and messing with our equipment.

>>27978052
>>Chase down the prisoners

If we got a radio or something, get Jamil to lock them down in the hallway

>>27978052
>>Head out and intercept the enemy
We're like half of our ships firepower. We're definitely the worst guy to be chasing them down.

>>27978052
>you and the others take that as your cue to step forward, guns ready

We let them run away? Shoot their limbs. Seriously, we're not going to play nice and let them act as decoys. Just shoot to wound/incapacitate. The doctor can handle them then.

Get Jamil to lock down parts of the ship so they can't run around.

>>27978052
>Chase down the prisoners
Shoot a few of the prisoners when we find them.

>>27978052
>Chase down the prisoners

>>27978118
>>27978129
Samefag?

Either way, I'd like it if we shoot to wound/incapacitate like I said in the post. This way, we can interrogate them. It also makes the chase scene alot less drawn out. You can shoot and tell them to freeze, then shoot to wound or even kill if they keep going. I think it is a bit silly they just ran off without us shooting, though.

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>>27978164
I know it doesn't count for much but nope.

>>27978052
>Head out and intercept the enemy

When we're one of the heaviest hitters on board, we can't waste time chasing down some escaping prisoners. We need to get out there.

>>27978111
Well, there WERE explosions rocking the ship.

But that's just conjecture on my part.

>>27978235
I suppose. It just felt like an extremely ballsy thing on their part or a fuck up on ours to not point it.

>>27978297
Well, Katokk Alsamille is a pretty ballsy motherfucker.

>Writing...

>>27978337
Lets face it, we need to invest more in scouting and radar.

You curse, running after them, Jamil and Kai following closely behind you.

You eventually follow the quartet to one of the ship's exits, finding that they'd all escaped saved for their commanding officer, the violet-haired man.

"Hold it right there." you say. "Don't move or we'll be forced to shoot."

The man sighs and lifts his arms above his head as he turns around.

"Now then..." says Jamil, stepping forward. "We have some questions for you. What is the Federation planning? Why are they trying to revive the UNE, after all these years, when the war is already over?"

The man chuckles, and shrugs, despite the situation he was in.

"Hell if I know. I'm just a simple soldier; the higher ups don't tell me shit."

He then slowly reach down to a pocket, and pulls out a... piece of candy? Who knew the guy had a sweet tooth?

"There are two good things about me; it's what my dead wife would always tell me..." he says, popping the candy into his mouth. "I'm not an alcoholic, and I'm not a sore loser in the least."

"Though..." he continues, his smile slowly fading. "There are some bad things about me as well. That is to say; I'm a bit of a liar."

Before anyone can ask what he means, he pulls out a grenade form his back pocket, and holds it aloft, the pin already removed.

"No! You have to live!"

Tiffa pushes past you and Jamil, wrapping herself around the man.

"W-what? What are you doing?!" he asks, trying to pull Tiffa off of him. Unfortunately for him, that girl had a vice-like grip. "Let go!"

"No! You must live!" she says again, looking at the man, who is dumbstruck,

"Tiffa, get the hell away from him, now!" shouts Jamil, hesitating to step forward. one wrong move and they'd all die.

"No, I won't!"

"You... you're serious..." gasps the man, whose grip on the grenade loosens, causing it to clatter to the floor. Jamil is the quickest out of everyone in the room, and shoves the man aside, throwing the grenade outside before it has a chance to detonate.

(Cont'd.)

As the man lay there on his side, he looks up at Tiffa, grasping the side of his head.

"Why... why won't you let me die?"

"Because you are a kind person." she says, simply.

"That's nice and all," you interject, frowning. "But we're kind of in the MIDDLE OF A CRISIS here!"

"David is right. For now, come with us quietly." Jamil turns to you, and nods. "David, join the others, and fend off the Federation's forces."

You nod, and within short order, you manage to launch in the Hyper-Spec, despite the chaos.

>Enemy forces: 15 x Unknown Enemy MS (Balient)

>Roll 1d20+2 to attack. Specify how. DC is 16.

Rolled 11 + 2

>>27979056
Fire off our leg-mounted missiles at the nearest group of mobile suits. It's about damn time they worked for once...

>>27979056
Just to clarify, there is no enemy support ship in range?

>>27979151
No, there isn't.

Rolled 18 + 2

>>27979056
Fire all of our leg missiles at the enemy in order to force them to scatter out of formation. Have our guys use that opportunity to attack the enemy MS.

Rolled 3

>>27979056
Missiles to scatter, Vulcans to suppress and keep them in firing zones. Fire our beam rifle at them.

>>27979161
And the leg missiles finally work. Everyone stop rolling.
>>27979159
That would mean an unusually long operational range or a nearby base. Or a sub I suppose

>>27979224
I'd go with the former, for sure. Balients are aerial mobile suits, and they're mobile suits build with the latest tech the Federation has to offer. It stands to reason they're built for long operation times.

Just out of curiosity, everyone's wanting to use the missiles to corral the enemy Mobile Suits and pick them off while they're out of formation?

Just trying to make sure before I start writing.

>>27979402
Sure, why not?

>>27979402
Yes.

Alright, then.

>Writing...

Rolled 8, 15, 5 + 2 = 30

>>27979444
Also, rolling for Garrod, Witz, and Roybea, respectively.

>>27979462
Wait, where are the frost brothers? I know we put their MS aboard, have they not sortied yet?

>>27979541
>Unfortunately, no. Their Gundams got shoved in the back of the Freeden's rather crowded hangar. They are on their way as quickly as possible, though.

---

>Results: You - 18 + 2 = 20, Garrod 8 + 2 = 10, Witz - 15 + 2 = 17, Roybea - 2 + 2 = 4
>DC: 16
>Success: You, Witz
>Failure: Garrod, Roybea

Thankful that your leg-mounted missiles FINALLY work, you fire off a volley of four of them, watching as one impacts one of the new MS dead in the center of the chest, while another blows off an arm. The rest miss entirely, but they served their purpose; you wanted them to get out of formation, so you could corral them with vulcan fire, and pick them off with a few shots from your beam rifle. You manage to down one of them, and Witz shoots down two mobile suits with both of his shoulder mounted missiles.

Roybea, for his part, does his best to fend off the enemy from attacking the Freeden, but it's all he can do to keep them from attacking; not one round has hit them so far, and Garrod is having similar luck, finding it difficult to outmaneuver these clearly aerial combat-oriented machines.

>Continue attacking. Roll 1d20+2, and please specify how. DC is 16.
>Activate the Flash System and bring the G-Bits online. (Roll 1d20 to activate the Bit MS. DC is 12.) [Reinforcements: GX Bit x 4, Bit Gundam X x 1]

Rolled 7 + 2

>>27979656
This time use the shoulder missiles to push the enemy MS into Roybea's arc of fire. The enemy MS will then be too busy and we can hit them with shots from our beam rifle.

Rolled 16 + 2

>>27979656
If we have those shoulder mounted machine cannons installed, we should use them to suppress the enemy MS, and keep hammering them with beam rifle fire.

As much as I'd like to even the odds, I'd really rather not risk losing another G-Bit out on open waters. Bad things happen out in the ocean in this quest, after all.

Rolled 14 + 2

>>27979656
>Continue attacking. Roll 1d20+2, and please specify how. DC is 16.

Fire our beam rifle & vulcans. If they dodge a beam shot, we already have the vulcans firing in that direction. Same with the inverse.

Alright, just to make sure, we're all in favor of continuing to corral the enemy MS, right? There's two posts with similar suggestions and one that;s different; I want us to be on the same page here.

>>27979962
Yeah. Keep them contained and don't give them a chance to go after the Freeden.

Rolled 16, 13, 9 + 2 = 40

>>27979984
Roger that.

>Rolling and Writing...

>Results: You - 16 + 2 = 18, Garrod - 16 + 2 = 18, Witz - 13 + 2 = 15, Roybea - 9 + 2 = 11
>DC: 16
>Success: You, Garrod
>Failure: Witz (Near Miss), Roybea

You unfold the machine cannons from their compartments in your Mobile Suit's shoulders, and open fire on the enemy MS, drawing them into Garrod's firing range, and before they can dodge or move out of the way, Garrod opens fire with a shot from the Beam Harmonica cannon, obliterating three in one shot.

WItz and Roybea, unfortunately, are unable to take down more of these bastards, and although WItz can keep up with them, they seem to be wising up to his tricks.

Roybea is faring little better than he was, and much to his horror, one of the mobile suits flies past and hovers in front of the Freeden's bridge... only to have its midsection crushed by Olba, who lets the machine crumble into a heap on the Freeden's loading dock. Shagia's Virsago lets loose a blast from its Megasonic Gun, immolating another MS.

>Enemy MS count: 5

With their forces reduced by 2/3rds, the remaining Mobile Suits retreat, and one of them dives down close to the water, and scoops up what looks like-- wait, it IS the 3 soldiers that were with the other guy aboard the ship!

>Let them go for now; It's not as if they can put up much of a fight now, anyway.
>Go after them; You won't let a single one of these bastards get off scot-free. (Roll 1d20+2 to attack one of the Mobile Suits. DC is 16.)
>Write in

>>27980410
>Let them go for now; It's not as if they can put up much of a fight now, anyway.

Also, we have a New UNE MS to dismantle and whatnot. Maybe we can use the data we'll gather to make more Mobile Suits for our group?

Rolled 14 + 2

>>27980410
>>Go after them; You won't let a single one of these bastards get off scot-free. (Roll 1d20+2 to attack one of the Mobile Suits. DC is 16.)
We are basically at war at this point after all. Make sure to offer quarter where appropriate though.

>>27980410
>Write in
Let them go so that we can track their escape vector and see where they're going.

>>27980410
>>Let them go for now; It's not as if they can put up much of a fight now, anyway.

Lets not be the one to start a dirty war by committing a war crime.

Otherwise I'd be fine with trying to force a surrender by surrounding them.

>>27980410
>Let them go for now; It's not as if they can put up much of a fight now, anyway.

>Writing...

>>27980620
...how is shooting at a retreating enemy a war crime?

You sigh. As much as you'd like to, you decide against shooting them in the back, and return to the Freeden. Repairs needed to be made, and there was a certain Federation Soldier you needed to question, after all...

>Gonna stop here for tonight; thread traffics slowing down, so posting's going to go pretty slowly if I try to continue. I'll pick things up around the same time on Monday, though. See you guys then.

>>27980676
I'm pretty sure it is, since they'd be considered "out of combat". Besides, if they got footage of that somehow they may consider shooting while retreating.

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On another note, before I forget, a kindly drawfag whipped up some designs for the basic Crusader. Most of the stuff on the background is leftover from when he thought the MS was supposed to work like the Strike and attach equipment via hardpoints.

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>>27982562
Then there's a Commander variant, with a vaguely Gundam-esque face.

He told me he'd be working on the finished lineart, so it'd look better than it does.

>>27982591
>>27982562
It looks really cool, but OOC/IC we all agreed to not have any obvious "Shoot Me"/Commander variants.

>>27980773
...That's not how war works at all. You are under no obligation to allow your enemy to retreat. Basically, unless they are trying to surrender you are allowed and expected to be shooting at them.

>>27982562
>>27982591
Those look really awesome.

>>27984836
We did? I don't remember that. Nonetheless, I don't think we HAVE to use the commander variant IC.

Now that we have an idea of what the Crusader looks like, I wonder what the Peregrine and Hammerhead look like?

>>27989594
It was 2 or 3 threads ago I think

I think the commander head would be best as a high-performance variant.

The Hammerhead is the aqua one? Probably some kind of fusion of an SRA MS and the Z'Gok

>>27989646
Isn't that technically what commander variants are, though? Higher performance variants of the original they were based off of, that are differentiated by something that marks them as a commander variant? the Commander Type Zakus didn't look all that much different from the regular ones, and yet they're apparently much better than the standard ones, at least until stuff like the Dom started being rolled out.

>>27989772
Kind of. I meant more that they wouldn't be used for squad commanders of grunts so they know who to shoot at.

Aces who'd customize their MS's scheme or MS platoons of veterans are another story.

You know, we should've invented some sort of escape pod for our suits. We're severely outgunned in the coming fight, and every man that fights for us counts.

>>27991682
I thought it was standard MS have an escape system

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>>27982591
>>27982562
These are pretty fucking beast.

I think we should go with new colorschemes. Maybe camo? Or something like what TSFs have? Which is mainly one or two primary colors plus a trim for things like lights.

>>27994271
Maybe we'll have a vote on color schemes once the finalized linart comes out.
---

It's been a few days since your latest run-in with the New UNE's forces. Questioning the soldier you've captured, who you've learned his name is Katokk Alsamille, has proved to be fruitless. The only thing you've learned, is that he hates Jamil's, and by extension, every Newtype's guts, thus making your attempts at getting any useful information out of him useless.

For the past few days, Jamil has had Garrod and Witz doing recon, in the event that the New UNE were to attack again.

Meanwhile, you were stuck trying to find a way to busy yourself while Garrod and Witz were doing their rounds for today.

What will you do?
>Hang around the rec room; you haven't been there in a while, after all.
>Help out in the medical bay; maybe Techcs has something for you to do?
>Call up some of your contacts, see if any news regarding Ennil or the New UNE has surfaced.
>Write in

>>27994688
>Hang around the rec room; you haven't been there in a while, after all.
and
>Call up some of your contacts, see if any news regarding Ennil or the New UNE has surfaced

>>27994688
>Help out in the medical bay; maybe Techcs has something for you to do?
We hardly ever interact with the guy, and he's one of the best characters in the show. I say we go with this.

>>27994688
>Call up some of your contacts, see if any news regarding Ennil or the New UNE has surfaced.

>>27994688
>>Call up some of your contacts, see if any news regarding Ennil or the New UNE has surfaced.
Followed by:
>Help out in the medical bay; maybe Techcs has something for you to do?

>>27994688
>Hang around the rec room; you haven't been there in a while, after all.
Get some R&R. No need to be switched on all the time.

>>27994688
>Call up some of your contacts, see if any news regarding Ennil or the New UNE has surfaced.
Afterwards,
>Help out in the medical bay; maybe Techcs has something for you to do?
If Techcs doesn't have something for us to do, then perhaps
>Hang around the rec room; you haven't been there in a while, after all.

Alright, before I write, I want to make sure that you guys generally want to call up contacts first, THEN see if Techcs needs help, right?

>>27995031
sure

Alright then, writing.

>Don't be surprised if responses are slow; having dinner atm.

You decide to call up a few of your contacts, to see if they've heard anything through the grapevine, both about anything regarding the New UNE, and the whereabouts of Ennil El. Although nothing's come up on the latter, rumors of a large force comprised of flight-capable mobile suits no one has seen before subjugating Africa have been circulating. You curse; of course they wouldn't just sit idly by, twiddling their thumbs.Hopefully, by stealing or destroying the Double X, it would deal a major blow to the enemy's morale.

You call up Lumark Kauto, who, last you heard, was still on Saint's Island. According to him, not only had your crew been assembled, but a couple of them, who seemed to know a thing or two about Mobile Suit piloting had been field testing some of the new Crusaders that had recently been rolled out. So far, there were about... four produced so far, but you hoped that at some point, that number would increase exponentially as your organization gained steam.

So, production was going smoothly; that was a relief; a few Crusaders were already rolled out and being tested, The Hammerheads were nearing completion, and the Peregrine's transformation process was being fine-tuned before production would begin. That was VERY good news.

You decide to busy yourself by going to the medical wing, in the hopes that perhaps Techcs had something for you to do.

Knocking on the door, you wait until Techcs calls for you to come in.

"So, David... Can I ask what brings you here?"

"Yeah..." you begin, scratching the back of your head. "You need anything done at the moment? I'm not too busy at the moment, and I need to do something to distract myself."

"Hmm... in that case, could you deliver Lucille's medication for me?"

"Medication?" you ask, tilting your head a bit. "Why would she need medication?"

"It's due to her condition." replied Techcs, as if the subject was a normal, everyday illness.

(Cont'd.)

"The parts of her brain that allows her to use the special abilities exclusive to Newtypes are slowly dying. While her life is in no immediate danger, it puts the afflicted under great stress. These pills help suppress the pain and calm her down."

"Wait..." you say, holding up a hand. "If that's the case, why doesn't Jamil take medication? I thought they had similar conditions?"

"Similar, but not the same." replies Techcs, pushing the his glasses. "Jamil's loss of his Newtype powers was due to massive trauma and mental strain. If I had to come up with a comparison... think of the part of their brains that grant them their powers as a balloon. In Jamil's case, it's as if that balloon popped; all of his powers, gone in an instant; leaving blinding and near-crippling pain in its wake. With Lucille, it's as though air is slowly being let out of that balloon. what makes her a Newtype is in a sense, leaking out of her. Until her powers completely disappear, she'll need to take medication to control her bouts of mental and physical pain. Like Jamil, she'll be able to live a normal life as a normal human being, but until then, she has to endure many more months of pain."

You swallow the lump that had been forming in your throat, and take the paper cup with Lucille's pills in them from Techcs.

"I... I had no idea. She must be going through absolute hell right now." you say, chewing on your lower lip.

"Possibly." replies Techcs, sipping from a cup of coffee. "But she has everyone aboard the Freeden, including Jamil, by her side in her time of need. One must go through hell to find Paradise, after all."

"That's a rather... morose way of putting things in perspective." you say, smirking.

"Perhaps it is." replies Techcs, taking another sip of coffee. "Shouldn't you be going?"

"Ah, yeah."

You give the doctor a nod as you leave, walking through the hall until you come up to the room Lucille is in. You give her the meds, staying to make sure she swallows it all.

(Cont'd.)

With that taken care of, you wonder what you should do next.

>Talk with Lucille, maybe ask her some questions if she's up to it? (Write in)
>Head to the rec room to unwind. All work and no play makes Dave a dull man.
>Head to the hangar; Witz and Garrod should be back soon, after all...
>Write in

>>27996097
>Talk with Lucille, maybe ask her some questions if she's up to it? (Write in)
"Is there anything I can do for you at the moment? Do you want me to get Jamil or Techcs in here?"

Afterwards,
>Head to the hangar; Witz and Garrod should be back soon, after all...

>>27996097
>Head to the hangar; Witz and Garrod should be back soon, after all...
Would've talked to Lucille, but after hearing about her circumstances, it's gonna be awkward talking about it.

>>27996097
>Head to the hangar; Witz and Garrod should be back soon, after all...
Did we send back what combat data we had on the Balients for the people working on the suits?

>>27996076
>>Talk with Lucille, maybe ask her some questions if she's up to it? (Write in)
>>Head to the rec room to unwind. All work and no play makes Dave a dull man.

>>27996194
what question?

>>27996173
>Yes. Thanks to the data received, production on the Peregrines has been prioritized, and engineers are working to increase overall thrust without compromising the integrity of the MS.

>>27996097
>Head to the hangar; Witz and Garrod should be back soon, after all...

>>27996279
We 2FAST2FURIOUS now? I can't wait to hear stories about test pilots nearly dying due to how many Gs the Peregrine can pull.

>Writing...

>>27996313
then they'll just have to use a proper flight suit.

>>27994688
>Alsamille
Is he related to our mechanic, by any chance?

It's been long enough now that both Garrod and Witz should be returning from their rounds. You give Lucille your regards, and head down to the hangar, and right on schedule, Witz and Garrod are returning, and it looks like the Divider Gundam is carrying something... Even before garrod touches down, you can tell something's wrong as he talks through the Gundam's loudspeaker.

"Someone get a stretcher! Hurry!"

With those five words, the hangar erupts into chaos, and you struggle just who it was that needed medical attention, nearly freezing in place when you see Ennil El being rushed to the medical bay.

>Follow after her. You need to make sure she'll be okay.
>Ask Witz what happened; how did she get hurt?
>Someone hurt her. That someone is going to pay, DEARLY. Take the Hyper-Spec and go; the hangar door is still open, after all.
>Write in

>>27996625
Similar last names, sure, but I doubt they're related. Also, I'm pretty sure OP messed up; it's Al-za-mille, not Al-sa-mille.

>>27996672
>Follow after her. You need to make sure she'll be okay.

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>>27996672
AW SHIT, Follow after her.

>>27996672
>Follow after her. You need to make sure she'll be okay.
What could have wrecked her shit this time? Gadeels? Those are the only New UNE Mobile Suits I can think of that could keep up with the Esperansa, since Shagia and Olba are on our side.

>>27996772
Makes the most sense; the Balients are good, but they're not -quite- Gundam good, and in canon, the Esperansa is fast as fucking hell. Prior to its upgrade into the Airmaster Burst, the Gadeel could fly fucking CIRCLES around the Airmaster, which is a Gundam BUILT for aerial combat, so it's the likeliest candidate.

>>27996772
Could have been an ambush scenario. Alternatively she could have simply been boxed in by Balients or Daughtress fliers. We know that Zonder Etapa has a minimum of 5 Balients and 12 Daughtress Flyers (The survivors of our previous engagements).

>>27996911
Of course, in canon, they got even more Balients, so we could be facing anywhere from 5 to god-knows-how-many of them when we reach Zonder Epta.

>Writing...

>>27996947
I did say minimum

>>27996672
>>Ask Witz what happened; how did she get hurt?

Why go in the Hyper-Spec if we have no intel even?

>>27997006
because that's the retard protagonist thing to do?

>>27996992
That you did. Chances are, we'll be facing mostly Balients, though. Maybe some Gadeels if that was what took out the Esperansa.

You rush after Ennil, who is being carted to the medical bay as fast as possible.

"Ennil! Ennil! Oh god, what happened... Ennil!"

As you run alongside the gurney, Ennil opens her eyes, and lets out this pitiful sounding squeak as she tries to turn her head.

"David..."

"Easy, now." you say, placing a hand on her head. "You're gonna be okay; Techcs will do what he can to fix you up, good as new."

"David... I saw... I saw a... Gundam..." she croaks out, just before she slips into unconsciousness.

Your pace slows, until you grind to a halt in the middle of the hallway, watching as Ennil is led past a corner.

"A Gundam...?"

Then the pieces fall into place. She saw a Gundam. Someone tried to have her killed because of that. You and the others were on your way to Zonder Epta, where the Federation was building the Gundam Double X.

The Federation. They had to be the ones that attacked and almost killed her. They HAD to be.

>Confirm your suspicions and check the flight data from what's left of Ennil's machine.
>Talk to Garrod or Witz; they might've seen just what attacked Ennil.
>You know where to go. Take the Hyper-Spec and give those bastards hell.
>Write in

>>27997387
>Confirm your suspicions and check the flight data from what's left of Ennil's machine.
Then
>You know where to go. Take the Hyper-Spec and give those bastards hell.

iirc, the Frost Brothers pretty much GAVE us the coordinates to Zonder Epta, so we won't really have to guess where we need to go.

>>27997387
>Confirm your suspicions and check the flight data from what's left of Ennil's machine.

>>27997387
>Confirm your suspicions and check the flight data from what's left of Ennil's machine.
>Talk to Garrod or Witz; they might've seen just what attacked Ennil.
These two. First one, then the other.
Rushing headlong into a NUNE base on full alert is not something that David the Sandshark would do.

>>27997411
Nah, lets plan this out and hit them with everything we have. Also, need to call our rival in love before we do anything stupid.

>>27997387
>>Confirm your suspicions and check the flight data from what's left of Ennil's machine.
>Talk to Garrod or Witz; they might've seen just what attacked Ennil.

We can tell Jamil to hurry up after that. We dont need to go on a suicide attack

>>27997387
>Confirm your suspicions and check the flight data from what's left of Ennil's machine.
>Talk to Garrod or Witz; they might've seen just what attacked Ennil.

If we ARE going to attack, we do it the smart way; don't go in guns blazing, blinded by rage. Anger on the battlefield leads to mistakes.

>Writing...

You immediately make your way to what was left of the cockpit of Ennil's machine, presumably the one Kauto had sold her, and hooked it up to an external generator. It took about a half hour, but you managed to pull up the flight data of the "Esperansa". It showed her embarking on a path remarkably similar to the one the Freeden had been on, save for a few detours to some islands that dotted the map. She must have thought that Zonder Epta was uninhabited, and tried to escaped when she found out when it wasn't.

Kauto's machines were top notch, and the idea that there was a Federation machine capable of taking one down... you had to find out what kind of machine it was.

You find Garrod and Witz in the rec room, sitting on the couch.

"Did either of you see what it was that attacked her?" you ask, your mouth set in a thin line.

"Yeah, we did." replies Garrod.

"It was some kind of mobile armor. Had what looked like a Daughtress head. Might've been a new Federation model, like that MS we dismantled... the Balient, or whatever it was called." added Witz, looking rather upset with himself. "I haven't seen a machine like that in all of my life; it was way faster than my Airmaster, and neither of us could hit the damn thing. We tried to stop it, but..."

"It's okay." you say, sighing. "You did what you could; that's all I could ask for."

"Boss..." says Garrod, sitting up, looking at you with concern. "Are you gonna be okay? You look like you're really on edge..."

"No Garrod... I don't think I will be." you say, chewing on your lower lip. "Someone I care about got hurt, and I couldn't do a damn thing about it. If either of you were in my place, I doubt you'd be all sunshine and rainbows yourselves."

"Yeah... you have a point." admits Garrod. "If Tiffa ever got hurt, I... I dunno what I'd do,, but I know I'd do SOMETHING..."

"Yeah..." you say. "I know exactly what you mean, Garrod."

"You have something in mind?" asks Witz, leaning forward.

(Cont'd.)

>Discuss a plan of attack with Jamil and the others; you've all dawdled long enough. It's time to take the fight to them.
>Don't tell them a thing; those Federation bastards made it personal when they tried to kill Ennil.
>Write in

>>27998078
>Discuss a plan of attack with Jamil and the others; you've all dawdled long enough. It's time to take the fight to them.
NO

FUCKING

MERCY

Hell hath no fury like a pissed off protagonist. Especially one with a plan of attack.

>>27998039
>>Discuss a plan of attack with Jamil and the others; you've all dawdled long enough. It's time to take the fight to them.

We should turn our hatred and into cold determination, make our mind steel. We're past getting mad and flipping out.

>>27998078
>Discuss a plan of attack with Jamil and the others; you've all dawdled long enough. It's time to take the fight to them.
We hit them hard, and we hit them fast. We bust out the big guns and unleash hell.

The Belphegor's Sonic Smasher Cannons, the Virsago's Megasonic Gun, the Divider Gundam's Beam Harmonica, and six heaping helpings of SATELLITE CANNON FIRE.

By the time we're done, Zonder Epta should be nothing but a charred rock.

>Writing...

"Yeah. I have a plan, all right." you say, smiling. It wasn't a friendly smile, or a smirk; rather, this smile sent shivers up the spines of Garrod and Witz, and for a second, it was as if the temperature in the room dropped ten degrees.

You ask Jamil to hold a meeting to discuss a plan of attack. At the pace the Freeden was at now, it would reach Zonder Epta by nightfall, so you all had to work fast.

There would be at least twelve Daughtress Flyers and five Balients, considering those were as many survivors that you had left during both encounters with the New UNE. There would undoubtedly be more, plus there was also the possibility of encountering that Mobile Armor that could take down the Esperansa. The one that could outfly a Gundam called the AIRMASTER, for God's sake.

How will you do this, David?
>No mercy. Five Satellite Cannon equipped Bit Mobile Suits, plus your Hyper-Spec would be plenty to turn Zonder Epta into a island-sized pile of slag.
>Have Garrod, Witz and Roybea hang back and protect the ship while you, Kai, your G-Bits, and the Frost brothers take on Zonder Epta's forces.
>Write in

>>27998439
>Have Garrod, Witz and Roybea hang back and protect the ship while you, Kai, your G-Bits, and the Frost brothers take on Zonder Epta's forces.

We'll leave them behind just in case someone manages to slip past us and the other heavy hitters, and we're too preoccupied. The Divider Gundam and Garrod, and Witz and his Airmaster have held their own well enough before. Dunno about Roybea and the Leopard, but let's hope for the best.

>>27998439
>Have Garrod, Witz and Roybea hang back and protect the ship while you, Kai, your G-Bits, and the Frost brothers take on Zonder Epta's forces.
This seems like the smart thing to do, so let's go with this.

>Writing...

You have your plan of attack; you, in your GX Hyper-Spec, along with your Bit Mobile Suits, along with Shagia, Olba, and Kai in their respective Mobile Suits would take on the enemy mobile suits, while Witz, Roybea, and Garrod would hang back and protect the Freeden.

If things went south, you would use the Satellite Cannons equipped to all of your mobile suits as your ace in the hole.

You sit, watching as the Divider, Airmaster, Belphegor, as well as both the Virsago and Ashtaron launch before you. The Hyper-Spec hunkers down, and the countdown to launch begins.

5...

4...

3...

2...

1...

0!

"David West, Gundam X Hyper-Spec, launching!"

>Gonna end it here for tonight; thread traffic seems to have ground to a halt, and it's past 1:30 4chan time. I'll pick things up around the same time tomorrow. See you guys until then!

Think we can steal the DX?

>>27998876
If it's still in one piece, sure. With the way things are going, we just might end up torching the place.

>>27998955
I think we should steal it. They're probably going to build a new one anyway, unless all the data is ONLY on that island and we destroy it.

>>27999083
It's probably how it was in canon, anyway. After Garrod obliterated the Island with the Double X's Twin Satellite Cannon, there was never another Gundam Double X made afterwards, so it's safe to assume that all of the DX's data is located there.

I just thought of something; in the event that we get captured/take over Zonder Epta/whatever, what if we stole the plans and data for the Double X and made more, or at least a Mobile Suit based off of it?

>>27999594
>Let's give out a Satellite Cannon equipped suit that doesn't need a Newtype to activate DOME.
No.

>>27999618
Actually, we can give the data for everything BUT that or Sat-Cannon related tech

>>27999594
Nah, not the DX. We'll keep the juiciest tech to ourselves, because after this, we're officially at war. Everything else we steal - blueprints, suits, maps, plans - is fair game and we'll be selling it to the highest bidder after sharing it with our allies.

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Side note, we could use the Esperansa we salvaged with the part from an X bit or something to make the Esperansa II.

>>28003192
Is it just me or is there Victory Gundam influence in that?

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>>28004154
Yeah, now that you mention it, there is.

Rolled 1

I've been thinking about the ESTO for a bit and realized we never went into any detail about how it works, so I figured I'd take a shot at the broad strokes.

Legislative: The Chamber. Each country gets a some delegates and they vote on stuff like whether a new country should get in or if we should launch a preemptive attack on the SRA because of that huge Colony laser they probably plan to use on us. Honestly, we probably won't deal with these people unless they are doing something stupid.

Executive: The Council. Selected by the legislature, these are the guys who we might actually have to deal with for things like approving major offensives or whatever else we'd need political approval for.

Military:
National Armies: Makes up the bulk of the ESTO. Trained and equipped by member nations, they'll obviously vary in quality and for the most part these guys already exist, though most of them will probably upgrade to our designs over time if they can.

Alliance Military: Though payed and for and maned by individual countries, these forces are under alliance command, use alliance uniforms and organizational structures and are equipped with alliance equipment (as much as possible).
>[1/2]

>>28006961
>let that be a lesson, never leave on dice

Independent Companies: Irregular units with broad desecration in their activities and lax organizational structures. Their equipment, training and tactics vary wildly between units and they make frequent use of salvaged or prototype Mobile Suits. At least initially these guys are basically going to be vulture crews we've recruited with the promise of a good cause, good pay, excellent salvage opportunities, and access to prototype or limited production MS to the groups that do well. The head of this organization will be Jamil Neate, commander of the 1st Independent Company with us as his second in command. Because of its organization we will be able to recruit vulture crews as intact units well be able to build up the strength of this part of our organization rapidly.
Current units:1st independent company (Us)
Potential recruits: Rosa Intenso's vulture group, Grits Joe's vulture group, Rosso Aramant's vulture group, Zakott Dattonel's Vulture group.

This structure is designed to be both easy to understand and keep track of, with the military having three separate "tiers" with generally escalating experience and equipment and decreasing size and the political section going into no more detail than necessary. I also tried to take advantage of already existing forces to let us grow in size quickly. Furthermore, I deliberately put us in a position of significant power while keeping us as far away from paperwork or politics as possible.

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>>28004364
We could use some suit designs from Wing as what our suits would look like.
For example, this could work as a Crusader equipped for artillery and heavy attacks.

>>28007065
> Zakott Dattonel
Yeah, that guy's alive in our timeline. Maybe Ennil could get him to join us. There's also that merchant from thread 1 who fixed our Daughtress, we could hire him as an engineer or something.

>The moon is out.

As soon as you clear the hangar, your eyes are greeted by the sight of flurries of beam rifle fire, mobile suits darting all around, and occupying your comrades.

>Enemy forces: 40 Balients

There's several enemy Mobile Suits; all of them that new Federation model; the Balient. As talented as the Frost Brothers and Kai were, and despite the power each of their mobile suits possessed, the enemy commanded superior numbers. As it was now, there were ten enemy Mobile Suits to each of your Gundams. What could you do?

>Activate the Flash System and bring in your Bit Mobile Suits. Roll 1d20 to activate the Bit Mobile Suits. DC is 12. (Reinforcements: Bit Gundam X x 1, GX Bit x 4)
>Have the others cover you while you activate the Hyper Satellite Cannon. (You will be unable to attack or defend while interfacing with the Satellite System. It will take approximately 3 minutes to accumulate enough of a charge to equal the power of the basic Satellite Cannon. It will take 5 minutes to fully charge the Hyper Satellite Cannon.)
>Forget it for now, dive in and start whittling down their numbers. (Roll 1d20+2 to attack and specify how. DC is 15.)
>Write in

Rolled 8

>>28010746
>Activate the Flash System and bring in your Bit Mobile Suits. Roll 1d20 to activate the Bit Mobile Suits. DC is 12. (Reinforcements: Bit Gundam X x 1, GX Bit x 4)

Rolled 19

>>28010746
Activate the Flash system. We can use the bits later on to cover us while we activate the Hyper Satellite Cannon.

>>28010746
>Have the others cover you while you activate the Hyper Satellite Cannon.
I smell an incoming Satellite Cannon duel...

>>28010832
Looks like we're gonna bring in the Bit MS. NO ONE ELSE ROLL.

For the love of God, just don't. Please.

I'm kinda scared; if we're getting good rolls NOW, chances are we're gonna get a critfail at the worst possible moment.

>>28010886
We ARE out in open water, AND we're at the Quest equivalent of a boss level. Granted, it's not a FINAL Boss level, but that's a good enough reason to be paranoid to me regardless.

>Writing...

>Result: 19
>DC: 12
>Success!

You exhale, reaching out with your mind, feeling the FLash system activating as you "connect" yourself to the Bit Mobile Suits, who ignite their thrusters and converge on your position. You look to the battle ahead of you; the brothers are holding their own well enough against the Balients, as is Kai, but still, you needed to do act, and now.

>Coordinate an attack with the Bit Mobile Suits. (Roll 6d20+2 to attack and specify how. The first number is David's roll, the second is the Bit Gundam X's roll, and the rest are for the G-Bits. DC is 16.)
>Have the Bit Mobile Suits cover you and your comrades while you activate the Hyper Satellite Cannon. (Roll 5d20+2 to attack and specify how. The first number is the Bit Gundam X's roll, and the rest are for the GX Bits. DC is 16.)
>Write in.

Rolled 5, 4, 20, 12, 20 + 2 = 63

>>28011146
>>Have the Bit Mobile Suits cover you and your comrades while you activate the Hyper Satellite Cannon. (Roll 5d20+2 to attack and specify how. The first number is the Bit Gundam X's roll, and the rest are for the GX Bits. DC is 16.)
Beam rifles, lots of beam rifles

Rolled 5, 20, 4, 11, 5, 17 + 2 = 64

>>28011146
>Coordinate an attack with the Bit Mobile Suits
Set up the Bits to watch the backs of the Frost Brothers and Kai, while we fight alongside the Bit Gundam and take down enemy MS.

Rolled 14, 1, 6, 9, 8 + 2 = 40

>>28011146
>Have the Bit Mobile Suits cover you and your comrades while you activate the Hyper Satellite Cannon.
Herd the enemy Balients into the Hyper Satellite Cannon's firing path with lots of beam rifle fire.

>>28011203
>2 nat 20s

Aw yiss.

Rolled 10, 17, 1, 1, 10, 5 + 2 = 46

>>28011146
> Have the Bit Mobile Suits cover you and your comrades while you activate the Hyper Satellite Cannon.
Have the bits and our guys try to group as many enemies as possible into your line of fire for the Satellite Cannon.

And the curse of the ocean rears its ugly head yet again.

Rolled 16, 10, 1, 10, 4 + 2 = 43

>>28011279
>6d20+2
>not 5d20+2

lol

>>28011146
>Have the Bit Mobile Suits cover you and your comrades while you activate the Hyper Satellite Cannon.

>>28011314
says the man who forgot to specify how. Also, stop rolling.

>>28011295
Fortunately >>28011279 shouldn't count since he put in the wrong number of rolls for the option he picked.

Not only that, we just lost our two crits, not a Bit MS, that's all. As long as the rolls are at or above 16, we're good.

>>28011203
>>28011240
>>28011257
16, 6 20 14, 20
acceptable. We can stop rolling now. these two, >>28011279 & >>28011314 don't count fortunately because they screwed up the instructions.

Rolled 9, 12, 11, 5, 6 + 2 = 45

>>28011146
>Have the Bit Mobile Suits cover you and your comrades while you activate the Hyper Satellite Cannon.

Get Shagia, Olba, Kai and our Bit Mobile Suits to corral the Balients into our line of fire, and keep them there as long as possible.

Rolled 14, 9, 14, 12, 9 + 2 = 60

>>28011146
>Have the Bit Mobile Suits cover you and your comrades while you activate the Hyper Satellite Cannon.
Corral the enemy MS into our firing path. with every means of attack they have available. torso vulcans, beam rifles, beam sabers. EVERYTHING.

Alright, times up; seems the second option has the most votes; let me count up the numbers...

Rolled 11, 11, 3 + 2 = 27

>Rolling and Writing...

>Results: Bit Gundam X - 14 + 2 = 16, GX Bits - 20 + 2 = 22/14 + 2 = 16/12 + 2 = 14 x 2, Shagia - 11 +2 = 13, Olba - 11 +2 = 13, Kai - 3 + 2 = 5
>DC: 16
>Critical Success: GX Bit x 1
>Success: Bit Gundam X, GX Bit x 1
>Failure: GX Bit x 2, Shagia, Olba, Kai

You direct the GX Bits to corral the enemy mobile Suits into your Hyper Satellite Cannon's firing path, but you're distracted by Shagia, Olba, and Kai, who seemed to be having issues with numbers. You redirecta pair of GX Bits to fend off their attackers, and though they're successful, your initial plan hasn't been working out so far. After all, two Bit Mobile SUits can only do so much.

With you waiting on the Satellite System uplink, you were a sitting duck; you couldn't attack, or defend, as you had to remain in place for the uplink to be successful, and receive the microwave energy.

>Roll 5d20 to attack, and specify how. DC is still 16.

As a reminder, when rolling for the GX bits, the order of the numbers do not matter, and the best of the lot will be applied. If one rolls a nat 1 and a nat 20 in the same roll, or someone else rolls a nat 20 after someone rolls a nat 1, the rolls will be canceled out and the next highest number will be used.

Rolled 13, 9, 14, 11, 11 + 2 = 60

>>28011722
Have the Bit Mobile Suits, and the others keep trying to direct the enemy into our firing path. If they can, have them shoot down some of the Balients as well.

Rolled 3, 1, 1, 16, 17 + 2 = 40

>>28011722
have them whittle down the numbers before corralling. Beam cannons are a go.

>>28011722
What if the Bit Gundam X rolls a critfail, but one of the GX Bits gets a natural 20? Do we have the option of sacrificing the GX bit to save its ass like we did with us that one time?

Rolled 7, 10, 7, 8, 2 = 34

>>28006961
>>28007065
The ESTO was never meant to be a supranational government, though. It's just an alliance of different bodies interested in preserving the status quo at the very least over NUNE domination. I don't think we should go back on that. It's kind of like NATO, except right now we likely have looser standards on standardized equipment.

>>28011758
This. The Bits can use Vulcans to force them into the firing zone, and the beam rifles to kill.

>>28011722

Rolled 2, 5, 8, 10, 17 + 2 = 44

>>28011786
Motherfucking OCEAN'S CURSE. I swear to god...

>>28011722
Have the Bit Mobile Suits focus on corralling the enemy while the others shoot down as many Balients as they can with whatever they can use.

Rolled 13, 19, 15, 2, 12 + 2 = 63

>>28011722
Corral the Balients with vulcan fire, and shoot down as many as we can with their beam rifles.

Someone get at least 2 nat 20s... Please? I REALLY don't want to lose another GX Bit.

>>28011919
>>28011861
>>28011821
>>28011786
>>28011758
Well, fuck. Looks like we're losing two GX Bits.

Rolled 13, 13, 7, 20, 15 = 68

>>28011821
Well, a Council is okay. Where each country or major company/vulture group sends a delegation to decide on things like security matters. Smaller ones I guess can band together maybe. Not sure. You also have a Secretary General, and then there's a Military Committee which has members from the same delegation.

>>28011722
Rolling. I think the Balients need to be corraled and/or shotdown. Is the Freeden providing any fire support? Because they could help with this. If it has normal cannons, maybe they could fire some kind of beehive anti-MS rounds.

Rolled 7, 10, 17 + 2 = 36

That's five rolls.

>Writing, rolling, and gathering the results...

>>28011953
Pretty sure the Freeden is having its own problems at the moment.
We should really upgrade that ship, some artillery support would be nice and those two cannons of theirs aren't really of much help.

>>28011821
Wasn't suggesting it become one. Note how my suggestion of what the legislature would do is talk about whether people get to join the club, not setting tax policy. Also, we can't be Nato because we don't have a USA type superpower to make decisions by default.

Rolled 15, 9, 7, 15, 16 = 62

>>28012093
Well, that sounds good. But I'm not sure how I feel about there being an alliance military. On one hand, it's giving an alliance it's own separate military force. On the other hand, we're going to allow irregular forces join us. And, I dont know the specifics of NATO but it doesn't just assume you have a superpower in it, when you look at the basic structure.

>Results: Bit Gundam X - 13 + 2 = 15, GX Bit - 1 + (MODIFIER LOST) = 1 x 2/19 + 2 = 22/17 + 2 = 19, Shagia - 7 + 2 = 9, Olba - 10 + 2 = 12, Kai - 17 + 2 = 19
>DC: 16
>Success: GX Bit x 2, Kai
>Failure: Bit Gundam X, Shagia, Olba
>CRITICAL FAILURE: GX Bit x 2

You curse, feeling your connection with two of your GX Bits end abruptly as a group of Balients hammer them with beam rifle fire at the torso, where the equipment that allowed it to function with the Flash System was located. You cringe, watching the two of them explode. In response, Kai let loose with a blast from the Belphegor's Sonic Smasher Cannons, obliterating the group of five Mobile Suits, as well as pushing a few of them into your firing range in the process. Your two remaining GX Bits perform admirably, corralling a number of Balients into your line of fire, and shooting down one MS each.

>Enemy MS count: 40 --> 33

While your Bit Gundam X managed to corral a number of Balients, it failed to shoot down and of the enemy Mobile Suits, and both Frost brothers were faring no better.

You curse again, looking at the progress meter; the connection had been made, but you were only 25% charged. Would that be enough?

>Chance it and fire the Hyper Satellite Cannon at its current charge. (Roll 1d20 to fire. DC is 12. The higher the number, the more Mobile Suits you will destroy.)
>Wait until it's finished charging. Keep the enemy off of you with your remaining Bit MS. (Roll 3d20+2 to attack and specify how. DC is 16. The first roll is for the Bit Gundam X, and the other two are for the remaining GX Bits.)
>Write in

Rolled 4, 14, 20 + 2 = 40

>>28012252
>Wait until it's finished charging. Keep the enemy off of you with your remaining Bit MS.

At this rate, we'll NEED to have a full charge to beat these things.

>>28012292
nobody else roll.

Rolled 11, 4, 3 + 2 = 20

>>28012292
idjit, you forgot to specify an attack. YOU WASTED A PERFECTLY GOOD NAT 20.

>>28012252
>Wait until it's finished charging. Keep the enemy off of you with your remaining Bit MS.
Keep to the plan; corral them with vulcans, and shoot down as many as we can with the beam rifles.

Rolled 4, 5, 18 + 2 = 29

>>28012252
Leg missiles into the thickest cluster. Use the beam gun to pick off survivors and corral them into another group.

Rolled 16, 2, 17 + 2 = 37

>>28012252
>>Wait until it's finished charging. Keep the enemy off of you with your remaining Bit MS. (Roll 3d20+2 to attack and specify how. DC is 16. The first roll is for the Bit Gundam X, and the other two are for the remaining GX Bits.)
Beam Rifles for everyone.

Rolled 15, 14, 14 + 2 = 45

>>28012400
Dude, none of our Bit MS have leg missiles; the Hyper Spec is the only one that does.

Well, the Leopard does too, but it's hanging back, protecting the Freeden with the Airmaster and Divider.

>>28012252
>Wait until it's finished charging. Keep the enemy off of you with your remaining Bit MS.
Shoot them down with Beam Rifle fire; if they get too close, saber 'em to death.

>>28012464
NO ONE ELSE ROLL; we got this.

>>28012464
Well, yeah, the HS should fire the things. We didn't use them yet.
But fine, let's save those for later, never know when you'd need them.

>>28012516
We can't really attack or defend while we're charging. We're sitting ducks until we can fire the HSC.

>>28012372
It's still a roll.

OP, can we get the ability to negate up to 2, maybe three 1s? Because each time we roll a d20 5 times, we have about a 23% chance to crit fail.

Threads tend to average 2-4 critfails per thread with the basic "5#1d20, take highest" system.

I'm bringing this up because we just lost say, two very valuable and rare GX Bits to a critfail. We're probably going to lose them all this or next battle.

Rolled 3, 19, 20 + 2 = 44

Alright, time's up; let's gather the results, roll, and write...

>>28012539
For every nat 1 rolled, a nat 20 can negate it. That's how it is. I'm not a fan of "stockpiling" crits to negate critfails, or having an ability that cancels out critfails.

>>28012618
>Olba gets a 19
>Kai gets a nat 20
>Shagia gets diddly-shit

Why do I find this funny?

>Results: Bit Gundam X - 16 + 2 = 18, GX Bits - 17 + 2 = 19/14 + 2 = 16, Shagia - 3 + 2 = 5, Olba - 19 + 2 = 21, Kai - 20 + 2 = 22
>Critical Success: Kai
>Success: Olba, Bit Gundam X, GX Bit x 2
>Failure: Shagia

Your eyes watch as the meter steadily climbs higher. 30%... 35%... 40%...

Shagia is forced to pull back, due to Balients attempting to overwhelm him; he'd been attempting to fire the Megasonic Gun, but thanks to Olba's timely intervention, had managed to fend off his brother's pursuers, and shoot down two of them. Kai caught four of them with his Sonic Smasher Cannons, immolating the Balients. all of your Bit Mobile Suits managed to shoot down one MS each, and corralled what was left into your firing range.

>Enemy MS Count: 33 --> 27

A chime alerts you to the Hyper Satellite Cannon's progress; it was finally done charging, and the entire MS was alight with the Satellite System's Microwave energy. You smirk; the situation had done a complete 180, and all of the cards were in your hands.

"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!"

... Or not.

Your attention is drawn to Zonder Epya itself, where you see the Mobile Suit Ennil had nearly died seeing; the GX-9901 Gundam Double X. Its two Satellite Cannons were deployed, and a Satellite System uplink established. Shit, not good...

"Gundam pilots of the Freeden, and the deserters, Shagia and Olba Frost... we will not sit idly by while you decimate our forces and threaten the New Federation's operations. Stand down and surrender unconditionally, or prepare for destruction at the hands of the Federation's newest model, the Gundam Double X."

"Impossible..." says Olba, his eyes widening. "The DX's Satellite Cannons shouldn't have become operational within the timeframe..."

"Even so, brother; the Freeden is well outside of the Double X's projected firing range." replied Shagia, in an attempt to calm his brother.

"Er, about that..."

You blink turning your attention towards the Freeden, and to Garrod who had spoken up.

(Cont'd.)

To everyone's surprise, the Freeden was indeed moving into range!

"What the hell?" you croak out. "Garrod, I thought the Freeden was supposed to stay as far away from Zonder Epta as possible until the moon set?"

"It was... But that bastard Katokk took over the bridge; somehow he escaped confinement he's got a gun to Jamil's head." spits out Witz, sounding rather pissed off, even for him.

"You have three minutes to surrender." comes the voice of a man you recognize to be Colonel Aimzat from way before the Freeden had arrived at Saint's Island. "Should you fail to comply we will open fire."

Shit, what will you do?

>Like Olba said, the Satellite Cannons shouldn't be operational; call Aimzat's bluff.
>Let Jamil decide; Although the Hyper Spec's Hyper Satellite Cannon was strong, you had no idea of what the DX could do.
>Write in

>>28013139
> Let Jamil decide; Although the Hyper Spec's Hyper Satellite Cannon was strong, you had no idea of what the DX could do.

Huh. I thought they wouldn't let Aimzat command anything after we defeated his forces back then.

>>28013139
>Like Olba said, the Satellite Cannons shouldn't be operational; call Aimzat's bluff.
Considering how much we've fucked with canon in our favor, I wouldn't be surprised if our fuckery's come back to bite us in the ass, and the DX is fully operational. Nonetheless, it's a chance I'm willing to take.

That, and I'd kind of like to see a Satellite Cannon uel happen. Just because.

>>28013139
>Like Olba said, the Satellite Cannons shouldn't be operational; call Aimzat's bluff.
It was a bluff in canon, and chances are, it's a bluff here, too. I say we call him on his bullshit.

>>28013139
>Like Olba said, the Satellite Cannons shouldn't be operational; call Aimzat's bluff.
Fuck them up!

>>28013139
are we in the Double X's line of fire? if so move so that he can't target both us and the Freeden. Then take aim and say "This is David West, Pilot of the Gundam X hyper-spec. I personally doubt that suit is ready. Even if it is, you have a choice, fire at the Freeden and take the return shot of my Hyper Spec Satellite canon, or shoot at me and see which of us has the better engineers. Of course, that will leave the Double X wide open to the rest of our mobile suits, but you can't have everything."

>>28013299
I don't think we are, but I don't want to risk firing on them, only for them to fire on the Freeden if the DX is really completed. I'd rather be the one thing standing between the Freeden and its imminent demise.

>>28012618
>For every nat 1 rolled, a nat 20 can negate it

Yes.

Mind you, I only counted the first set of crits for multiple roll votes. And I didn't count GunDAMN rolls, just PC. Though GunDAMN also got several crits, I'm positive they also tended to favor critfails.
T1: 1 Critpass, 1 Critfail
T2: 2 Critpass, 0 Critfail
T3: 3 Critpass, 1 Critfail
T4: 2 Critpass, 1 Critfail
T5: 1 Critpass, 5 Critfail
T6: 4 Critpass, 6 Critfail
T7: 0 Critpass, 3 Critfail
T8: 2 Critpass, 0 Critfail
T9: 0 Critpass, 1 Critfail
Total: 15 Critpass, 18 Critfail

I also did this with Persona Quest. In Persona Quest & Gundam X Quest (both which use the 5#1d20, take highest system), Critfails are favored over Critpasses by 1/6th, or about 16.66%. P & GX Quest don't have large samples, but I don't think it's a coincidence they both have the exact same margin of critfail over critpass. That's a significant number.

This, combined with the 22.63% of a critfail, or 40.95% chance of either crit (though with TGdice, you can see it's not an even split). I don't know if this will convince you to let us negate any 1s, but it's clear that:
1. Critchance is very, very high. You only have a roughly 60% chance to pass or fail, and a 23% chance of critfail. Compared to say, 1d20 where it's 5% to get a critfail.
2. /tg/dice favor critical failures over critical passes by about 17%.

>>28013139
>>Like Olba said, the Satellite Cannons shouldn't be operational; call Aimzat's bluff.

I think it's pretty silly our crew is this incompetent to keeping a prisoner. At this point I want this guy paralyzed because this is getting silly.

>>28013417
I wonder how he escaped. Or where he got a gun from. Or why he wasn't tied up or something.

>>28013460
He was locked in a room in canon, and apparently, the crew, in canon forgot to check his pockets, or they did, but thought that all he had on him was candy, when in reality, he had some plastic explosives on him that looked like tiny chocolate bars. Some poor sap got knocked the fuck out, and that's how he got a gun with which to capture the bridge with.

>>28013460
The Freeden crew is incapable of even pointing a gun at someone, apparently.

>>28013514
Except we didn't think that. At the very start we called it. Are you telling me that after he dropped an Uzi and then tried escaping after pickpocketing his way out of handcuffs, they wouldn't search him?

I'm calling bullshit on this, hard.

>Writing...

>>28013514
It's probably why OP didn't let us shoot the guy, so he could pull this. Last time everyone voted to shoot to wound after we let him run out of a room and into the hallway while we stood there with our thumb up our ass. But GunDAMN didn't have us shoot him.

>>28013579
>>28013539
On one hand, we're sorta metagaming. On the other hand, the in canon the people in our position were carrying a massive idiot ball that we really shouldn't be expected to repeat.

>>28013654
Yeah. Though the things that happened in IC shouldn't have let him do that. And frankly, you'd search ANYONE you let on board.

OP, don't take the criticism the wrong way. We know you did this to add drama, not to fuck with us. We're just giving you feedback, and want to keep playing.

This was bullshit, pure and simple. It was bullshit how ONE MAN managed to escape imprisonment aboard the Freeden, acquired a firearm of some sort, HIJACKED THE SHIP, and brought it into the range of a mobile suit whose Satellite Cannons HAD to be nonfunctional.

This all reeked of bullshit.

"I'm sorry, but I'll have to call your bluff, Aimzat. You're as bad at that as you are beating a single ship like ours." you say, ice in your tone. "There is no way that machine is fully operational; your former lackeys said so themselves."

"Care to put your money where your mouth is, then?"

"Yeah, I think I will."

You fly down, directly in the path of the Double X's Twin Satellite Cannons, and pull the trigger on your Hyper Satellite Cannon. Due to the brightness of the energy blast, you failed to notice a light emitting from the muzzles of the DX's own Satellite Cannons, nor did you hear the cries of your comrades as you unleashed hell.

You grunt as you feel the Hyper-Spec being pushed back, and realize that you've made a mistake. The Double X was not only MATCHING the Hyper-Spec in firepower, but it was actually pushing it BACK.

Gritting your teeth, you pour everything the GX can give into the thrusters. You can hear everyone calling your name. You know you should be scared, and yet...

"Garrod... you there?"

"Y-yeah, Boss. I am." Poor kid; he sounds like he's about to cry. You couldn't tell if he was; your screen was a mess of static.

"You take good care of Tiffa, you hear? Protect her and the Freeden with everything you have, okay?"

"BOSS!"

Garrod is cut off by a hiss of static; the radio's dead. God it was hot; unbearably so. But still, you pressed on, despite the heat and the Hyper-Spec's protests, you pressed on. Your friends won't die, not today. You'd bet your life on it.

Suddenly, everything goes white as the collision of microwave energy detonates.

>Gonna end it here for tonight, folks. Thread traffic's slowed down again. See you all same time tomorrow.

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>>28014043
Fucking image swap.

>>28014043
Don't you fucking DARE pull a Mu La Flaga on us, OP. I want him to LIVE dammit! WITHOUT him becoming an amnesiac, of course. Shit was stupid in Destiny then, it's still stupid now.

>>28014043
Huh. That was /with/ the GX Bits?

>>28014271
I don't think we had the GX Bits or the Bit Gundam X charge their Satellite Cannons. It would definitely have pushed things in our favor, though.

>>28014271
Charging the GX Bits and Bit Gundam would have required that they also stay still, which we didn't have them do since they were busy corralling the enemy suits.

>>28014043
For future reference, I think it's dumb we just didn't fire earlier instead of giving a little speech so they knew we weren't going to surrender.

>>28014353
The GX Bits could have also just answered with their beam rifles/vulcans. That would've screwed with his set up. Or, do it mid-firing.

Well, the guy could've had inside help. There's always the chance there's someone aboard the Freeden who's a NUNE collaborator.

>>28014043
Hopefully Garrod loots the fuck out of the DX while it's recharging it's cannons.

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Well, this could've gone better. Next time the guy with a working DX asks you to surrender, you surrender.

>>28019424
Nope

check the other posts on how it should"ve went

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>>28020973
What, have the bits fire at the DX? That actually might've helped a little.

Just to let you all know, the quest MAY resume at a later time than normal. So if 6:00 PM Pacific Time rolls around and the thread isn't back up yet, don't worry too much, okay?

>>27998100
>>27998116

Sure is /tg/ going sociopath murderhobo just as predicted.

Pain. Nothing but a dull, constant pain... and incessant beeping.

Wait...

You instantly regret opening your eyes, as a bright white light greets them. While your eyes adjust to the sudden brightness, and your strange surroundings, your mind replays your most recent memory. You remember firing on the Double X, and to your surprise, it had fired back, and actually overpowered your Mobile Suit. You remember an explosion... an explosion?!

"Oh shit!" you exclaim, moving to get out of the bed you were in, and... falling flat on your face.

"Ow... okay, that hurt. I can't be dead if that actually hurt." you mutter, picking yourself off of the floor and dusting yourself off.

"Finally awake, I see."

You resist the urge to jump out of your skin, and turn around to see...

"Techcs?" you say, tilting your head. "What the heck is going on? Where are we? Last I remember, I, well... I -thought- I blew up..."

"Close, but fortunately, no cigar." he replies, smiling. "The clash between two large sources of microwave energy caused a massive explosion, and although everyone on board the Freeden escaped unharmed, your Mobile Suit was heavily damaged, and you didn't exactly come out of it unscathed either. Kid and Kauto have been working for the past couple of months getting your Gundam back in working order."

"I'm just glad everyone's oka-- TWO MONTHS?!" you repeat, flabbergasted. "I've been out of commission for that long?"

Techcs nods, much to your chagrin. So much for your hopes of it being an elaborate prank.

"So... I've been out of commission for two months... What's happened since then?"

"Well, after Garrod stole the Double X and eliminated the New UNE's General Staff Office's reinforcements, we took Zonder Epta, which we're in now, and made it the main base of operations for the organization you've effectively helped to found, despite your inaction, the Earth Sphere Treaty Organization."

(Cont'd.)

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"Earth Sphere what now? What about--" you pause, and shake your head. "Nevermind; that's a better name anyway. What else has happened?"

"Well..." begins Techcs, rubbing his chin. "We've earned the support of the Republic of Estard, as well as the Kingdom of Northernbell, and the Democratic Republic of Gastar following the success of pushing back the New UNE's forces and thwarting their attempts at subjugating Asia. With the combined power of the Gundams aboard the Freeden, along with assistance from Saint's Island's Mobile Suit forces, we came out relatively unscathed."

"That's... that's amazing!" you exclaim. "The Crusaders were really that effective, then?"

"Mmhmm." replies Techcs, nodding. " After our victory in Asia, the Freeden, and everyone aboard has returned here for repairs."

"So that explains why you're here, and why I don't recognize this room... I take it I'm in Zonder Epta's medical bay?"

"Got it in one." says Techcs, smirking. "Still, I must say, it's a miracle you came out of that as well as you did. There... -has- been some scarring, but in a physical and mental sense, you're A-OK."

"Scarring?" you repeat, curiosity overtaking you as Techcs hands you a mirror. You hold a hand up to yor face, eyes widening as your reflection does the same.

"I can understand if you're shocked; the facial burns were severe, and modern medical science, as well as my limited resources, were only able to do so much." says Techs, placing a hand on your shoulder. "Will you be alright, David?"

"Alright?" you say, looking at him. "Will I be alright?"

>"... It's going to take a bit of getting used to, but I'd rather live with a scar on my face than do something stupid, like hide it with a retarded looking mask, right?."
>"I just don't know. As long as I can see out of it, that's good enough for me, I guess."
>Write in

>>28029739
> "... It's going to take a bit of getting used to, but I'd rather live with a scar on my face than do something stupid, like hide it with a retarded looking mask, right?."

>>28029739
>"... It's going to take a bit of getting used to, but I'd rather live with a scar on my face than do something stupid, like hide it with a retarded looking mask, right?"

Hiding scars is like hiding just how much of a badass you are. You just don't do that.

>>28029739
So, with the construction of the Crusaders, Saint's Island doesn't fall under NUNE control, and the Freeden and company BEATS the New UNE when they go to Asia?

>>28029863
Pretty much; Butterfly Effect, yo.

>Writing...

>>28029739
>"... It's going to take a bit of getting used to, but I'd rather live with a scar on my face than do something stupid, like hide it with a retarded looking mask, right?."

>>28029739
>Well....some chicks dig scars, right? Especially if it's from a fight

"... It's going to take a bit of getting used to, but I'd rather live with a scar on my face than do something stupid, like hide it with a retarded looking mask, right?" you say, sighing as you run a hand over the scar over your eye.

"Can't imagine anyone who would, honestly..." muses Techcs.

You stretch, and spy a clean set of clothes in a chair next to your bed. Who had left these here? Shrugging, you close the curtain around the bed, and got yourself dressed.

So, you just woke up after two months in a coma. Everyone on the Freeden should be here, and odds of others being here were rather high. Where are you going to go?

>Check the hangar; your MS should be completely repaired by now; who knows what else is stored there as well?
>Look for Garrod; it's been two months since you've seen him last; hopefully he's been holding up well enough since then.
>Wander around the base; familiarize yourself with its layout, this IS supposed to be your home base, after all.
>Write in

>>28030429
> Look for Garrod; it's been two months since you've seen him last; hopefully he's been holding up well enough since then.
He can lead us around the base and fill us in on what's going on and what we've missed.

>>28030429
>Check the hangar; your MS should be completely repaired by now; who knows what else is stored there as well?
Knowing Kid and MAYBE Kauto, they'll have given the Hyper-Spec one heck of an overhaul during our coma.

>>28030471
Double X Hyper Spec?

>>28030429
>Look for Garrod; it's been two months since you've seen him last; hopefully he's been holding up well enough since then.
He has been worried during the last transmission.

>Writing...

You made it your priority to find Garrod; it's been two months since you've seen him, and he's no doubt been worried sick. Of course, the real question was just how the heck you'd find him in a place you were completely unfamiliar with?

"B-Boss?!"

Nevermind.

"Garrod... It's been a while, hasn't it?" you say, turning to face him. "Two months, according to Techcs."

"Yeah... you okay, Boss?"

"Heh... I should be asking you that. Last time we talked, I kind of almost exploded." you say, forcing a chuckle. "You actually stole their new Gundam, huh? How's that thing handle?"

"Like a dream, Boss. It's not quite the Divider, but it's sure something." replies Garrod, smiling. "Say, you need help getting around this place?"

"Yeah, I'm not exactly familiar with this place. Mind showing me around?" you ask.

"Not at all. In fact, there's someone who's been waiting for you to wake up for a while now..."

"Who?"

"Take a guess." replies Garrod, smirking.

>"... Jamil?"
>"... Tiffa?"
>"... Ennil?"
>Write in

>>28031018
>"... Ennil?"

>>28031018
>Write in
It's Kid isn't it? He's still pissed that the Hyper Spec got totalled and had to fix it right back-up?

>>28031018
> "... Jamil?"
Probably angry at us for some reason.

>>28031018
>Katokk?

>>28031018
>"... Ennil?"

>Writing...

"... Ennil?" you ask, looking at Garrod.

"Man, you're scary good at this." he says, chuckling. "She's been in and out of the Medical Wing constantly; she's been helping Techcs take care of your unconscious ass in between deployments. I think she'll be glad to see that you're finally up and around."

"Really now?" you say, raising an eyebrow. "Just out of curiosity, how have things between her and Miles been? I was, well... you know."

Garrod winces, and forces a chuckle.

"Yeah... their relationship's sort of... done." he replies. "It wasn't messy or anything, but, well, apparently Mr. Miles is a bit... passive aggressive. He denies it of course, but honestly, I think the guy just needs to get laid."

You sputter at Garrod's... coarse language, and struggle to maintain your composure.

"What?"

"N-nothing." you say, waving off any of Garrod's concerns. "Er... where is Ennil, anyway?"

"She's out instructing the trainees. Ever since the ESTO's been publicly announced, we've had people from Estard, Gastar, and Northernbell joining up, as well as some people from Fort Severn and Belgrass back in America." replies Garrod.

"A lot of them don't know jack about piloting, so Ennil's one of the few people who's volunteered to instruct our new recruits on Mobile Suit piloting. We're already fielding Crusaders, Hammerheads, and a handful of Peregrines, but we're also fielding older models, and even captured NUNE Suits."

"So, Boss... want to head to the training yard? We could set you up in one of the new models, or if you want, I could see about getting the Hyper-Spec out of storage. I imagine you're eager to get in the pilot's seat again, huh?."

"You read my mind, kiddo." you say, grinning.

You pause; what WOULD you pilot, anyway? One of the ESTO's new models? A Balient? Or would you rather get reacquainted with an old friend?

(Cont'd.)

What will you choose?

>Suit up, and get in a Peregrine. You've always wanted to try your hand at flying a variable MS...
>Try out a Hammerhead; It'd never hurt to acquaint yourself with an Aquatic MS, right?
>Use a Crusader; you want to see what the ESTO's been using for the past few months for yourself.
>Get the Hyper-Spec out of storage; you want to see how Kid and Kauto did on your baby's repair job.
>Write in

>>28031687
>>Use a Crusader; you want to see what the ESTO's been using for the past few months for yourself.

>>28031687
>Get the Hyper-Spec out of storage; you want to see how Kid and Kauto did on your baby's repair job.
Let's show off a little. What better MS to do it in than a motherfuckin' GUNDAM?

>>28031687
>Suit up, and get in a Peregrine. You've always wanted to try your hand at flying a variable MS...
Test pilot time!
I'm sure the ESTO forces already got good data duing their battles using the Crusader.
Also, time to pull of a Graham Special!

>>28031687
>Get the Hyper-Spec out of storage; you want to see how Kid and Kauto did on your baby's repair job.
They say it was wrecked, let's see what they did to it.

>>28031687
>>Suit up, and get in a Peregrine. You've always wanted to try your hand at flying a variable MS...

>>28031661
>>Get the Hyper-Spec out of storage; you want to see how Kid and Kauto did on your baby's repair job.

>>28031748
But the Peregrine's designed for mid-flight transformation; in terms of looks, it's somewhere between the Airmaster and the Taurus.

Now if its design was based off of the Flag, it'd be another story...

Garrod is piloting the DX, right? Who got the Divider?

>>28031844
Ennil. Maybe Jamil.

>Writing...

>>28031795
>Now if its design was based off of the Flag, it'd be another story...
IIRC, that maneuver wasn't recommended with the Flag too, but Graham was just a crazy enough guy to pull it off.
Dave will probably get reprimanded if he tries to attempt that though, but since it seems like the Hyper-Spec is gonna get taken for a spin, there's not much point.

>>28031844
Jamil, then Ennil. In order of priority.

"Why don't we take the Hyper-Spec out of storage? I'd like to break it in a little, now that it's been given a complete repair." you say, smiling.

"Sounds like a plan, Boss." replies Garrod.

---

You're eventually led to a large door, which is guarded by a pair of men in uniform, holding assault rifles. You blink as they salute, and continue blinking as Garrod returns the salute.

"We have uniforms?" you ask. Garrod can only give you a laugh that seems to say "I'll explain later".

"It's more or less for appearances." replies one of the guards.

"We aren't exactly military, but it doesn't hurt to look the part, right?" says the other.

"I... I guess not." you say, trying to smile. "My Mobile Suit is behind that door, right?"

"Your Mobile Suit?" say the guards simultaneously.

"But the only thing stored in here is the Sandshark's Gundam X Hyper-Spec..."

"Yeah. That's my MS. I should know; I nearly died in it." you say, pointing to your scarred face.

Both guards make an "Ohhh..." sort of face, and silently let you and Garrod pass. Garrod keys in a passcode on a nearby panel, and the large door clatters open.

"Seriously though... uniforms?" you say again, looking at Garrod.

"Don't look at me; it was Kauto's idea. I didn't think it'd catch on, honestly."

You sigh.

"Of course..."

---

You grin at the sight of the big blue sky; God it felt good to be in the pilot's seat again... Garrod had directed you towards the nearest training field, where Ennil would be taking the latest batch of trainees out for a field test.

>Show off a little; give the newbies a little show.
>Call Ennil and ask if you can help with whipping the new meat into shape.
>Go full stealth mode; give the trainees a bit of a scare, just because.
>Write in

>>28032382
>Show off a little; give the newbies a little show.
Redundant statement is redundant. Anyway, we should show off a bit; we're flying around in a sweet-ass Gundam, so let's give the newbies in the Crusaders something to talk about.

>>28031927
No, I meant that the Graham Special would only be possible in a Flag-esque Mobile Suit; the Peregrine has a transformation similar to the far simpler Airmaster and Taurus.

>>28032382
> Call Ennil and ask if you can help with whipping the new meat into shape.

>>28032382
>>Go full stealth mode; give the trainees a bit of a scare, just because.

>>28032382
>Call Ennil and ask if you can help with whipping the new meat into shape.
Doubles as checking up on how she's doing, I guess.

>>28032382
>>Call Ennil and ask if you can help with whipping the new meat into shape.

We give them a scare and our MS gets peppered with paint or tackled at best.

>Writing...

You activate the radio, and thankfully, it's in working condition, as you can hear Ennil walking the trainees through the basics; this must be the first time they're actually piloting Mobile Suits...

"Excuse me..." you say over the radio. "Mind if I help out? You look like you might need an assistant."

Ennil, who seems to be piloting a custom Jenice Kai, turns to face you, and is silent as you touch down. You can hear the trainees' muttering over the radio, clearly surprised, and a little jealous of your Gundam.

"Yeah." she says, finally. "I'd like that a lot."

"Sorry I wasn't there to see you wake up, Ennil." you say, smiling.

"I'm sorry I couldn't do anything to help you guys back then..." she replies, trying not to look at your scar through the video feed into her cockpit. "Does... does it hurt?"

"Nah." you reply. "I'm feeling a sluggish, but that should pass soon enough."

"Good... I'm glad." she says, smiling.

"Now, what can I do to help?" you ask, turning to the trainees.

"I was planning on having the trainees engage in a few practice rounds, give them some marker shots, and familiarize themselves with operating ranged weaponry... But perhaps an exhibition match between two... -experienced veterans- should be a better learning experience for them all. What do you say, David?"

>"Yeah, I can do that."
>"Nah... As much as I'd like to, I DID just come out of a two month long coma."
>Write in

>>28032793
> "Yeah, I can do that."

>>28032793
>Write in
"How about making it a team battle? Make the new guys draw lots in an even split. I'll take one team while you take your own."

Switching over to another MS o having Enil switch to a Gundam type is optional to keep things fair.

>>28032865
That works. We could catch up with her while the recruits prepare for a team exercise.

>Writing...

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>We get the equivalent of the Black Tri-Stars
>Ennil get three pilots of the Shrike Team equivalent.
Having it the other way around would work out too.

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"I have a better idea." you say. "There's about ten people here. Why not have them draw lots and split into teams? You command one team, and I'll command the other. It'll give them a crash course in squad tactics and firearm control."

"I can get on board with that idea." replies Ennil. She turns to the trainees, and immediately goes full Drill Sergeant Nasty on their poor asses.

"ALRIGHT, YOU PANSIES! YOU HEARD THE MAN. SPLIT INTO TEAMS AND GRAB A SHOT MARKER. YOU'RE GETTING A CRASH COURSE IN TEAM COORDINATION!"

You wince; hearing her yelling out orders like this gave you flashbacks to... less savory years of your life, and within seconds you bring yourself back to the present. The trainees had drawn lots, and teams were decided; ten Crusaders, no doubt fresh off of the line due to their lack of color, divided between you and Ennil, everyone carrying a special MS-sized paint gun, the "Shot Marker".

"You sure you don't want to use a Crusader or something?" you ask. "I mean, I've got the Hyper Spec, and you have... a Jenice."

"You know what they say about judging a book by its cover, David." chides Ennil. "Besides, this machine was customized by Lumark Kauto; that should be enough of an indicator of its quality."

"If you say so..."

---

You and your "squadmates" were given ten minutes to hide out in the vast forest surrounding Zonder Epta. A loud boom and a bright light in the sky signalled the start of the mock battle; Team David versus Team Ennil.

You were sure enough of your skills that you'd have little trouble against the other team's Crusaders, but your main concern was Ennil, and how your own team would fare against her. The key to victory would be in how well everyone meshed with one another, and how well they could with with each other.

You had a sinking feeling this would end in tears...

>Gonna end the thread here. We're close to the bump limit; thread traffic's slowed down, and I think this would be best left for next Episode. See you all Friday!

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>As a bonus, here are the standard Crusader colors...

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>>28033136
>And finally; Camo colors, or "Saint's Island Deployment" colors.