>>33824142
As you step out of Rossweisse's machine, you give Uraki an understanding nod. Despite his obvious disappointment, he manages to return a salute. That's a good sign that he'll take your advice to heart and learn from his defeat rather than wallow in self-pity, and you make sure to return his salute.

Others around the hangar seem to be reacting to the results of your mock battle as well. You can see Nina at one end of the hangar, furiously marching in your direction and parting the sea of technicians and crew between you like she's Moses: likely coming to scold you for kicking the shit out of her Gundam and its pilot. On the other hand, you also see Monsha and Bate up on one of the catwalks making no attempt to hide their delight at Uraki's embarrassment. Chap seems to be with them as well, though his thoughts on the battle seem more mixed.

Nina's anger is perhaps understandable, but something about Monsha continues to rub you the wrong way.
>Face the wrath of Nina: it's better to turn and face into the storm (write-in)
>Go tell Monsha and Bate off: their attitude is toxic to the rest of the crew(write-in)
>Neither of these things concern you, go give your report to Karen and South (write-in)

>>33824142
>>Neither of these things concern you, go give your report to Karen and South (write-in)
Make sure to not look at, acknowledge, or recognize Nina's existence as we leave.

>>33824240
> Face the wrath of Nina: it's better to turn and face into the storm (write-in)
Be professional about it. Besides, the Gundam isn't trashed, it'll just need some cleaning.
And the pilot is now more experienced and has a feel for the machine, unless she wanted both him and the Gundam blown up the first time they deploy. And that'd just leave a bad impression in the Feds' eyes.

>>33824240
>Face the wrath of Nina: it's better to turn and face into the storm (write-in)
"Wake up, princess. You both needed to see that's combat's not purely about who has the better MS. Better for Kou to face this defeat and learn through it, than for him to be defeated in battle and lose his life as well as the suit."

Was re-reading last thread and we have THE Kampfer that fought the Alex, right?

>the one that attacked Libot Colony.

>>33824240
>Face Nina

Calmly stand there and listen. Say nothing.

When she finishes her tirade, "Aptitude doesn't mean jack if your pilot is an amateur. He could have gotten himself killed - and your precious toy wrecked - if he went out against the 02 as he is."

Fucking Nina, what a bitch. Even Quess is better than her.

>>33824142
>Face the wrath of Nina: it's better to turn and face into the storm
>>33824298
This one it look good.

>>33824240
>Face the wrath of Nina: it's better to turn and face into the storm (write-in)

>>33824298
>Go tell Monsha and Bate off: their attitude is toxic to the rest of the crew(write-in)
These guy's aren't under our direct command. It's Burning's job to kick their asses

>>33824240
>Face the wrath of Nina: it's better to turn and face into the storm (write-in)
"Specs-wise, the GP-01 is an excellent machine. But we're going to be fighting against veterans pilots who survived the War; you have to assume that they're all Ace material, and an Ace with an inferior machine can still take out a superior suit."

>>33824347
That is correct. This unit belonged to Mikhail Kaminsky, and has been slowly repaired for evaluation.

>>33824240
>Face the wrath of Nina: it's better to turn and face into the storm

Just give us our thoughts and recommendations on the performance of the GP01.

>>33824414
We'll haft to install a mini-fridge in it to keep our beer frosty.

Kinda dissapointed everyone's being so reasonable, she's basically chewing us out for getting paint on her Pewecious Gwundam during a practice match.

>>33824450
And panoramic cockpits, in case we don't have those. Because those things are nifty.

>>33824450
I thought Rossweisse is going to pilot it?

>>33824485
They all have raging secret Nina boners.

>>33824494
Then she'll be able to keep her beer frosty.

>writing

And by the way, I thought we selected hard mode and got somewhat upgraded suits? How did it go to becoming better that the Gundams?

>>33824485
I hate the bitch, but the only way to deal with her is to be reasonable and GTFO before she goes nuts. Minimize the reasons for her to bitch-out and we should be fine.

>>33824494
Doesn't mean we can't get her a Mini-Fridge, some Shag Carpet and a love seat for when we come over.

>>33824518
Kou just sucks so much.

>>33824518
The dice. Plus Kou a shit.

>>33824518

It was a case of a One Year War Veteran Ace in a modified Kampfer Vs a Rookie Pilot in a Untested GDP MS...

>>33824494
The drunker you are while in a Kampfer the better you pilot. Cold beer is equal to being a newtype.

>>33824518
Our bullets were replaced with carrots.
Kou stood no chance.

>>33824531
Right now, but we will make a Man of Destiny of him yet.

We are just early in his character arc.

>>33824609
I meant the machine specs. Didn't it say that the Lilum was better than the machines we're helping to develop?

>>33824641
Kou can eat his carrots for all I care. He already has his own commander

>>33824672
His commander gets killed trying to deliver Gunpla torrents to /m/.

Man, I dunno what the fuck's going on the counter for unread posts at the top seems to be permanantly stuck at (0).

Fucking 4chanx.

>>33824622
It would be funny if the paint rounds were orange. PTSD route is a go.

>>33824642
I think King said that the Lilum and other machines are slightly below the specs of the GP series. But it doesn't matter because we're a better pilot than Kou and Gato

>>33824642

... Our suits are are spec'ed for New Types, not to mention we have been exclusively playing with Axis's Psyco-frame prototype, which is currently on the ship acting as a control system for our lovely little Psyco-Mines... We also have strapped many extra thrusters onto it...

>>33824642
Our machine is a Frankenstein's monster from all the crap we've been upgrading it with, and it still gets torn apart if we aren't careful. I think difficulty was more related to plot armor than mech specs.

>>33824693
Probably FF31. Turn security.use_mozillapkix_verification to false in about:config.

>>33824642
Mostly that's because we're using Newtype-customized mobile suits, so we've got more responsive suits than normal to accommodate our reflexes. But in terms of armor and weaponry they're about equal, and the Full Burnen pack gives the GP01 better control in space than we have. The one big advantage we have, tech-wise at least, are the Twin Hyper Rifles. Those things are just broken. Hearts gave us ZZ-level firepower in a pre-Gryps suit. I expect we'll wind up fighting some units with I-Fields to compensate for that.

>>33824517
As much as you'd like to take time out of your day to deal with the three stooges, you'd like even better to keep Nina as a friend... or at least not have her out for your blood. And something about that bright red, nearly demonic aura radiating from her makes you think it'd be well worth your while to nip this potential issue in the bud.

"Miss Purpleton," you greet her coolly as she closes in on you, followed by the nervous stares of many of her subordinates.

"Don't you pull that 'officer and a gentleman' act on me now, Commander," she snarls.

You shake your head. "Didn't think that'd make it any easier.... go ahead."

"What the hell is your problem? I mean, we all know you're the better pilot by a fair bit, but did you really have to embarrass Kou like that?"

"Kou?" you ask, raising one eyebrow.

"Yeah," she retorts, "the guy piloting MY masterpiece? While he was out there getting pummeled by you in a restored antique from the war, *I* had to explain to Admiral Kowen why he was under-performing so badly! It's a goddamn nightmare for both of us!"

Wow, was the Admiral really watching the fight? That's different... you're not used to flag officers paying this careful attention to what his subordinates are doing. It strikes you as an almost hands-on approach.

"Look," you explain to her calmly. "I had to remind Ensign Uraki something that every mobile suit pilot learns in basic: that the machine is only as good as its pilot."

This time it's Nina's turn to look skeptical. "So you're trying to say you did him a favor?"

"Exactly. The guy has some aptitude even being able to get that thing to move after just a day or two, but he still needs to improve. Far better that he find out now instead of halfway through a fight with the guy who stole Unit 02, wouldn't you agree?"

Nina visibly deflates.

"Fine," she eventually concedes. "I see your point. Just... try and go a little easier on the guy? He's got enough to worry about as it is."
(1/2)

>>33824728
>Axis's Psyco-frame prototype
Miniaturized Psycommu Prototype, not Psyco-frame.

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>>33824728
Don't forget, our Lilum also has the sexiest legs at the moment.

>>33824741
Thanks, that's fixed it, actually.

>>33824764
>you'd like even better to keep Nina as a friend
NO I WOULDN'T, STOP TRYING TO TRICK ME KOH!

>>33824807
What? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>33824807
That reminds me: Aubrey said we could hoverskate with them. But we don't have the air intakes suits like the Dom does. So does that mean we have to limit our use of it to short bursts of speed to conserve reaction mass? Sort of like boost dashing in an Armored Core game, that sort of thing?

>>33824764
"I'll consider it," you tell her, earning a scoff as she turns to walk away.

Looking around, you notice that Monsha and the other pilots of the "Immortal 4th" have left the scene. You could try and catch up to them and give them a piece of your mind, but then again it may be the case that the moment for that has passed.
>Chase down Monsha, fight that battle now rather than later
>Just go and see South and Karen for the debriefing, it's rude to keep them waiting

>>33824807
We're as devastating on the catwalk as we are on the battlefield. It's why the ladies dig the Dom.

>>33824814
4chanx stopped updating for me after FF31. Looked around and found a similar problem. Turned it off and what do you know. It worked.

>>33824873
>>Just go and see South and Karen for the debriefing, it's rude to keep them waiting

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>>33824821
Don't worry, they're more like the ones on pic related, according to Hearts.

>>33824711
>I think King said that the Lilum and other machines are slightly below the specs of the GP series

As they should be, the GPs are already like Zeta "powerlevel" IIRC, so that is 4 years ahead of time?

>>33824873
>Just go and see South and Karen for the debriefing, it's rude to keep them waiting
I'd rather not get involved in Monsha, but I have to admit, he's done well to come back from our humiliating him before, he's like a cockroach.

>>33824873
> Just go and see South and Karen for the debriefing, it's rude to keep them waiting

>>33824896
Why couldn't we have gotten the Dom/Gelgoog type of leg hover jets instead of high heels?? ;(

>>33824641
I'd rather turn him into The Winner

which is the superior OP song

>>33824873
>Just go and see South and Karen for the debriefing, it's rude to keep them waitung

>>33824873
>Just go and see South and Karen for the debriefing, it's rude to keep them waiting

No point of chiding Monsha for being a asshole if we act rude ourselves when doing it.

>>33824873
>Go see South and Karen.

We need to tell the old man our concerns and see what his suggestion is. We want to nip this shit in the bud but it's Souths call on how we go about it.

Was thinking about alternative uses for our psychomines. Remove the explosives, wrap the thing in neodymium, and maglock spare e-caps and ammo to the thing. Basically a mind controlled resupply drone.

>>33824917
Well this is partially because the power levels of the GP suits are bullshit in comparison to Zeta, because laziness. At least the stuff in 08th MS team and 0080 are about close to the original series power level.

>>33824764
>restored antique
>ANTIQUE

Lady, those are fightin' words. The Kampfer may be old, but she ain't no antique just yet.

>>33825062
The Kampfer is younger than Nina lol

>>33824977
I support this if for no other reason than that extrapolation of the technology over the years would mean that Katz would stay on the god damn ship. No excuse for him to go flying off in the G-Defender when we can have a Newtype remotely fly it in for us. Imagine a Zeta without Katz constantly underfoot. It would be magical.

>>33825062
Yeah, it's only 3 years old, and can probably run around with at least the Hi-zacks. But meh, she's a bitch and anything that isn't her Gundam is shit.

>>33825083
We may also need to get a first aid kit on the Kampfer. You know, for the Burns.

>>33824955
In universe? That would require outright replacement of the legs due to the fact that this all occurs prior to the movable frame. Foot boosters could be added as a relatively quick field modification.

Out of universe?
Hazel a best

Question; due to our seeming love of turning Zeon Pilots, how likely are we to recruit Cima?

>>33825083
That's the case for most people. I think the Zaku I was first produced in 0076, so there might be a few of those lying around. But even then it would only apply to seven year-olds. Nina's 21.

>>33825166
Somewhere between Sahalin and Hamburger.

>>33825166
Cima was already about to join the Federation before Kou up and vaporized her, so probably very likely.

>>33825166
Probably quite low. She's not the type to care for UNDERSTANDING, and that's pretty much all we've got.

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>>33825166
Out Newtype power is the power of Friendship and Understanding, converting them is our Nin-err Newtype way! Believe it!

>>33825217
Seriously, about 90% of the problems we might face in Stardust Memory can be solved by getting Kou to think a little before he acts. That's why we're beating caution into his head now, so he doesn't do something stupid later.

>>33825246
Keep his ass in solitary so he doesn't take 01 out before the spess refit.

>>33824873
>Just go and see South and Karen for the debriefing, it's rude to keep them waiting

>>33825246
Can we stop the colony drop?

>>33825324
Only if we have a Nu GM Sniper.

>>33825195
But both are dead.

But really the way to recruit Cima requires doing something to prevent her "disabling" of Burning (or at least do something to make the damage less severe so we don't get that spark.), im pretty sure we can't stop Kou from Friendly Fire no matter how hard we try to cool him down.

At least if i remember my facts right, because then Cima is pretty much already "recruited", we just need to make her survive.

>>33825324
Potentially. If we can prevent Gato from destroying the Naval Review the Federation will have the forces to deal with it. And if Kou acts a bit smarter in his fights with Gato there won't be a chance for the atomic bazooka to be fired.

>>33825324
I'm still trying to figure out where this is going. If we had stayed up in space, we could have shot down the HLV capsule before it breached atmo and kept Gato in the mud. Right now we're loosely following canon. My guess? Pretty low at stopping the colony, but we'll probably interrupt the nuking of the majority of the fleet.

>>33824873
Deciding to leave the idiots alone, you instead head towards the Albion's ready room. You can tell that South and most of your team are there waiting for you, and your time spent talking Nina down has kept them waiting long enough.

As you pass down the hallway, you feel a slight vibration as the Albion's Minovsky drive begins to come to life, and you hear a female voice on the PA system announce: “All ground personnel and Anaheim staff, final call to head ashore. All crew, prepare for cast-off in seven minutes, repeat: all crew report to cast-off stations.”

Good, that Gundam-jacking Zeke bastard has had enough of a lead already.

"Welcome back, kiddo," Karen greets you casually from the couch. "Saw your fight earlier, and it reminded me why I'm secretly a little scared of you."

South shakes his head. "Did you really have to beat Uraki that badly?"

"Yes?" you reply. "That was kind of the point, South."

"How's he doing?" the Lieutenant presses.

You shrug and sit between Rossweisse and Haman. "There's a good chance he'll take the lesson and work on improving his skills. But as much as I can lead that horse to water, I sure as hell can't make him drink."

"I see your point," South muses. "Really it's too bad all you young people got dragged into our generation's problems. Teenagers on the battlefield... makes me wonder where it all went wrong."

"Don't think of us as victims, Lieutenant," Haman replies. "We all have our reasons for wanting to be here."

"And what might those be, Miss Noin?" the old lieutenant asks. "Hm, Dominic? Why should all you be the ones to chase down a nuclear-armed superweapon?"

>Why are we here? Is it to protect peace? To protect your loved ones? is it a responsibility? Or is it just because you can?

>>33825102
>can probably run around with at least the Hi-zacks

Dude, in Ecole du Ciel, a Kampfer could run around with fucking Gaplants.

>>33825435
"I don't want to be the kind of person who just stood by and let a Nuke go off while I was able to stop it."

>>33825435
So others don't have to go through the shit we've been through?

>>33825435

It had to us. Anyone else might have gotten it wrong...

>>33825518
this sounds good.

>>33825400
Keep in mind: YOU may be loosely following canon. Doesn't mean everyone else is: especially not Defrah or Haman. One should be dead, the other would normally be helping Delaz by now.

BUTTERFLIES INTENSIFY

>>33825400
>. If we had stayed up in space, we could have shot down the HLV capsule before it breached atmo and kept Gato in the mud.

Indeed it would have been derailed as such, but you had /tg/ screaming DUN SPLIT THE PARTY, EVAR!!111oneone , so we ended up going Earthside.

And here we are now.

>>33825435
>To protect your loved ones?

Of course we don't need to mentioned it is to protect our loved ones from being cut up or being just considered weapons by our own side rather then "Protect from the other side." as one would assume upon hearing that.

>>33825435
>Why are we here?

"Between everyone in the room? This entire thing stinks."

How much do we trust South?

If we trust him like our team, give him the [redacted] version of what we've uncovered so far. Internal memo regarding the disgruntled tech leaking info to the Cima fleet. The fact the designer for our Gundams had to fake his own death. Little tidbits. Another man in on the conspiracy that we can rely on wouldn't hurt.

>>33825435
>Or is it just because you can?
"We've already worked out the older generation can't do it, maybe it's time the world let youngsters take the reign. But really 'All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing'."

Make sure it's said jokingly, don't want Feddie higherups thinking we newtypes want to take over.

>>33825596
I like this one.

>>33825568
Yeah, but really a cargo ship with what 2 suits, against a Zeon fleet in the debris field. We'd have gotten them killed.

>>33825665
Afroengineering a couple of our rifles in the cargo hold so our freighter could act as long range fire support would've been fun. Set up an e-cap daisy chain.

Then using the mines as recon drones to track down Zeke suits so our mobile suits could ambush them.

Gotta think on your feet, Anon.

>>33825665
Yeah I mean we are The Red Wolf of Odessa
unbeatable!

>>33825762
Why red again?

>>33825787
makes our suit go faster

>>33825665
What do you think this is? Command & Conquer? Guerilla tactics is viable, especially with our overpowered suits.

>>33825787
Obviously so we can get into a bitchfight with Ridden, Char and Full Frontal over who is the "True" Red.

Or i have just been playing too much Reborn.

>>33825435
"Well, I can't speak for the others without violating some confidences. But personally, I could no more stand by when a disaster like this is happening than you could. And don't even pretend that you'd try to stay out of this if it happened when you were my age, South. I know you better than that. Is it fucked up that I've lived a life that's given me the skills and resources to do something about this? Yeah, a little. But I've already got them, so I might as well put them to good use. Too late to back out now."

>>33825568
To be fair, it just ain't Gundam without a pointless Earth Arc.

>>33825830
No but we chose not to go with Operation Meteor. Our suits are not overpowered, and we only survived the previous fight thanks to the Mobile Armor, we would not survive a whole fleet with with guerilla tactics.

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>>33825787
We killed so many Zeke's at Odessa that they started calling us "Feddie's Johnny Ridden."

>>33825835
>Obviously so we can get into a bitchfight with Ridden, Char and Full Frontal over who is the "True" Red.
Who the fuck is Char? Wait, isn't that Ridden's code name, how the fuck can we fight someone *and* his secret identity at the same time?

>>33825908
If Char's Ridden then Dom's the last Deikun.

Speaking of, where's Sayla?

>>33825908
No, man, you're forgetting the joke. We're not pretending to not know about Char. We're pretending that Char is vile scum (well, not really pretending, now that I think about it) and couldn't possibly be that noble and valiant pilot we fought at Axis.

>>33825890
You see, /tg/ likes to pick the hardest difficulty but they overestimate their mental abilities and attitude to roll with the punches, see.

And then they bitch out at the QM for railroading and failures.

>>33825963
Her voice actress is off working on other projects, so she doesn't actually exist right now.

>>33825968
That wasn't really agreed upon though. Another suggestion was that we knew it couldn't be char because he didn't get his wingmen pointlessly killed

>>33825963
Well she's dumped Amuro by now. She'll appear in a few years to randomly save Jewdough's sister, and then fade into obscurity.

>>33825435
"All that's needed for evil to triumph," you sigh, "is for good men and women to do nothing. If fighting to end the last generation's war is what I have to do to make sure others don't get dragged into it, then that's what I need to do."

Surprisingly, it's Rossweisse who backs you up first. "We can fight," she adds quietly, "so we will. For those who cannot."

The sisters, who are sitting on Rossweisse's opposite side, clap their hand on her shoulder, and Haman nods to herself silently. The normally mute young woman seems to have summed up your team's thoughts on the matter quite nicely.

South, meanwhile, chuckles to himself. "You've got a great bunch of pilots there, Captain Joshua. See to it they stick around a while."

Karen leans back in her chair. "I'm not too worried about them."

The Albion lifts off a few minutes later, bound for eastern Africa in pursuit of Gundam GP-02. Your mobile suit teams are as follows:
Burning Team:
Lt. South Burning, GM Custom
Lt. JG Monsha, GM Custom
Lt. JG Alpha Bate, GM Custom
Ensign Chap Adel, GM Cannon II
Ensign Chuck Keith, GM Cannon II

O'Hara Team
Commander O'Hara, Lilium
Lt. Marseille, Viola
Lt. JG April, Iris
Ensign Rossweisse, Kampfer
Haman Karn, Newtype Support System
Ensign Kou Uraki, Gundam GP-01
(1/2)

>>33826030
He didn't have any wingmen for us to notice that. Still, either way the point is that we know Char exists. We just don't think the guy we fought was Char. Or so Dominic claims.

>>33826030
We already know it's char we were just trolling the shit out of him.

>>33826048
Wait Kou got shafted into our team? Damn.

>>33826048
>Kou is on our team
>Ron Paul It's Happening.gif

>>33826070
Keeping all the Gundams together, I guess. Or we established dominance over him and he is now considered our property. One or the other. Either way, we finally have a male teammate. I'm not sure what to do now. Do we still waifu him?

>>33826134
I suggest putting carrots in the GP01 when it's undergoing it's space-refit.

>>33826048
The date is October 16th, UC 0083, and it's around 09:30. There seems to be some sort of commotion down in the hangar that has some of the alarms aboard the Albion blaring, though it strikes you that there's no emergency. A quick look at your unconcerned Newtype comrades confirms that you're not the only one who doubts that the alarms are anything serious.

On the one hand, you really should go help Karen and Captain Synapse figure out where to go once you actually REACH Africa, but you also find yourself curious about what's going on in the hangar that has people so excited.

>Maps and charts (take someone with you?)
>Hangar and alarms (take someone with you?)

>>33826169
> Maps and charts (take someone with you?)
CC, with us.

Audrey, take Haman and check the hangar.

>>33826070
Hangar space. None of the 4th wanted to be sent over to your side because it's "spooky".

>>33826169
Alarms with Haman.

>>33826169
Is Blitzen with us or did we leave or behind?

>>33826169
>>Maps and charts (take someone with you?)
Audrey and CC

Audrey's the smart one, and CC likely has knowledge of Zeon tactics, they're the best to work out where our enemies will go.

>>33826232
She's with your team, doing her own work.

>>33824142


Hey, i am interested in learning more about this qeust.

but i have 1 important qeustion.

In gundam, one of the series.

There is a kid 16 year old brown hair.
He's basically a super soldier trained to fight and has no real goals for himself and has an overpowerd gundam

Or are we a dude with white hair, who has goals.
Is extremely bad ass.

And goes 1 to 1, with a generic mobile suit. And manages to force the Gundam away after blowing its arms off. While being in a generic Pleb mobile suit.

I need to know before i waste my time reading.

>>33826169
>Hangar and alarms

It may not be serious yet but if someone is fucking up bad enough for alarms to blare it may be worth checking out.

>>33826169
>Hangar and alarms (take someone with you?)
Take CC

>>33826169
>Maps and chats (Audrey and Blitzen)
>>33826207
Too spooky for yoo!

>>33826169
>Maps and charts (take someone with you?)
Take CC. And ask Aubrey to check out what's going on in engineering, if she would be so kind?

>>33826169
>>33826251

Send the twins and Blitzen to maps and charts to give their insight. Blitzen is more up-to-date and twins are, well, the twins.

We drag ourselves to the alart.

>>33826338
Yeah thats good too.

>>33826272
That sounds like it's Wing, maybe? It doesn't really matter though, we're neither of those character archetypes. We're more like Zeta-era Amuro. An ace veteran who just happens to be too young to say he's too old for this shit.

>>33826169
Just key our units freq and ask if anyone is down by the hangar.

"The fuck is going on?"

>>33826402
Blitzen has a near photographic memory. She can memorize the charts and redraw them for us so we have our own copy.

>>33826272
First thread has a vote the difficutly level of the quest. Super Soldier with OP GuNDamz was easy mode. A Veteran who is skilled but his suit isn't invulnerable was hard mode and that's the option that won the vote. I suggest reading the first thread in the archives for a better idea if it fits you wants or not since the MC doesn't fall into either extreme you presented but has elements from both.

>>33826415
Wow.
Thanks to you i found the gundam, i always watched as a kid.

it has been 11 years. I think.
I thank you, I thank you so much for this.

I tried looking for it, but i got lost in the gundams series. But you you dear sir. have given me a part of my youth back.

And i thank you.

>>33826493
Sorry to spam the thread.
Its not proper etiquette.

But it sounds interesting, I will start reading the first few Chapters. to get an idea of the series.

>>33826529

It hasn't aged the best, but there's a lot of more stuff you might get, or appreciate, now that you're old enough to see it.

Also, you should pick up Gundam Build Fighters. You'd like it. It's 25 episodes or so with nothing but Gundam fanservice.

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>>33826592
>nothing but Gundam fanservice
>implying

>>33826592
Of both kinds! Wait, no, there's also the cameos where everyone who had a bad ending in canon gets to be happy in Gundam Valhalla. So three kinds of fanservice, actually.

>>33826592
It's also getting season 2 soon.

>>33826668
More like a sequel than a season 2. Different characters with the first season ones only having cameos. Still looks good, though.

>>33826681
Build Fighters was shonen done right. Just a boy and his plastic robots.

>>33826169
"Hey, Audrey?" you ask loudly over the sound of alarms.

"Yes, Commander?"

"Mind heading down to the hangar to see what the big deal is?" you ask her. "And take Haman with you, she looks like she could use a little excitement." Haman, who had until that point been doodling in a notebook she brought onboard, seems to relish the opportunity to actually do something interesting for the first time since the Albion left Torrington. Audrey tosses you a salute and leads the young Newtype down towards the hangar.

Next you turn to the sisters. "Come up to the bridge with me? Might be nice to help Karen and Captain Synapse puzzle out our next move."

"Might as well," Carya replies. Catrina then turns their head to look at Blitzen. "You have the specifications for a Mad Angler-class sub bouncing around in that noggin of yours, yeah?"

Blitzen nods. "Among other things, yes."

Rossweisse looks expectantly at you, and it's clear from her expression that she'd rather not be left alone with nothing to occupy her time.

"Sure," you tell her, much to her relief. "You can come along too, but it's probably going to be just as boring up there."

When you arrive on the Albion's bridge, you quickly spot Karen, Captain Synapse, and Reiko surrounding the chart table. South stands off to one side looking bored as all hell.

"Ah," he exclaims as he spots your group. "I'd have thought you'd be downstairs where all the action's at."

"I've got some of my best looking into it," you reply jokingly. "So what's the situation up here?"

He shrugs. "That sub of ours has to come up for air at some point, so we've been trying to figure out where."

>Encourage your team to step up and take over from here
>See what Synapse, Karen, and Reiko have so far and work from there
>Check in with Audrey and Haman

>>33826834
>See what Synapse, Karen, and Reiko have so far and work from there
Collaboration go!

>>33826834
> See what Synapse, Karen, and Reiko have so far and work from there

>>33826834
>>Encourage your team to step up and take over from here

Seems like they're already stumped, otherwise they'd be doing things not standing around.

>>33826834
>See what Synapse, Karen, and Reiko have so far and work from there

>>33826834

>See what they have so far then work from there.

>>33826834
"Where was the last contact we had with the 02?"

"How many knots can a Mad-Angler achieve under ideal circumstances?"

"What Zeon remnants do we know of in the area? Where could the 02's pilot go for reinforcement or resupply?"

"What do you think their motive or current goal is? They jacked this particular Gundam for a reason. What could they possibly use it for? Any big events coming up that would make a splash or boom?"

>>33826834
>Check in with Audrey and Haman

Then

>See what Synapse, Karen, and Reiko have so far and work from there

>>33826834
>See what they have so far than work from there.
>>33827011
This is good.

>>33826834
>>See what Synapse, Karen, and Reiko have so far and work from there
+ >>33827011

Hey guys I got a great idea! We've seen how shitty Kou was earlier right, so we can send him at Gato to flail around uselessly like Judau at the beginning of ZZ, then when Gato's distracted by the drunken cripple Gundam, we shank him from behind.

He'll never see it coming!

>>33827367
Holy shiet that is... actually brilliant.

>>33827367
Seems a bit callous for Dom though. The chances of not only the suit getting wrecked but Kou getting himself killed would seem pretty high if we were to use him as live bait while he's so green.

>>33827367
I'd rather take him out from range with the Twin Hyper Rifles, though it occurs to me that such an action might detonate the nuke. Normal nuclear weapons aren't subject to sympathetic detonation, but this one might be some I-Field fusion implosion device or some such thing, in which case hitting it with a relativistic beam of Minovsky particles would activate it. We should check with Nina on that. Also whether the warhead can still be detonated without the launcher as a self-destruct mechanism. It would make things so much easier if we could just destroy the bazooka and be done with it.

>>33827367

Or we could let Gato continue to assume Kou can't pilot for shit while secretly powerlevel the fuck out of him, so that when Gato makes the fatal mistake of underestimating his opponent despite them using a Gundam, Kou fucking ruins his shit.

>>33827503
Wait WHY is he on our team again? I demand a Retcon! We should be the only male in our unit! And besides, giving the gundam to the other unit makes it more even.

>>33827525
I admit I've always enjoyed power leveling and wrecking boss fights in old JRPGs, so I support this on the principle of it being fun nostalgia time.

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>>33827503
>>33827525
It's a joke, next you're gonna tell me that you don't want Karen chasing chickens around, and that you'd object to turning Gato into a comic relief character.

>>33827552

Jesus, calm your tits. It got mentioned earlier in the thread when we saw the team setups and people had your little panic moment too, except they weren't doing it over being the only male there.

Besides, are you seriously implying Kou has the swagger to put the moves on anything?

>>33826834
You lean up against the wall next to South, and motion to your team to take up their own positions around the chart table. Carya eyes you cannily as she passes, and you ham up the 'cool guy' act for her by crossing your arms and putting one foot against the wall behind you.

"So, what have we got so far?"

"If I were that Zeon skipper," Synapse begins, "I'd do my best to keep undetected. But he has to make landfall somewhere, so it's just a question of his range and what spots within that range would be a good place to unload his cargo."

"His submerged range should take him to somewhere in South Africa, Mozambique, or Madagascar," Blitzen muses, closing her eyes and going over the figures in her head.

Karen shakes her head. "Probably not Madagascar," she says. "That's pretty much the only part of Africa that's solidly in Federation hands."

"And likely not South Africa," Carya adds. "Too populated. So that leaves Mozambique."

Captain Synapse shakes his head at your team's impressive headway as he pulls out a chart of the Mozambique coastline. "I wouldn't take it too far north if I were him," the older man tells you. "Too much shipping and military traffic running up the coast of Madagascar to slip by unnoticed."

"Then the south coast it is," Reiko concludes. "Here. This stretch of coastline is marked with a bunch of colony wreckage. He could have hid in that and passed himself off as a bit of uncharted debris. None of these charts are perfect, after all."

Karen shakes her head and puts her finger to the map. "There'd be no better natural harbor on this stretch than here, Delagoa Bay." You see that around her finger is a series of lagoons separated by low sandy strips of land and sand bars.

"The Mad Angler's draught is shallow enough to make that work," Blitzen confirms.

Rossweisse seems focused intently on the mouth of the Zambezi river: the fourth longest in Africa. Catrina seems intrigued by Rossweisse's selection, but says nothing.
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>>33827552
To be frank, an even split of Gundams and GMs in each unit would balance the odds instead of keeping all of our eggs in one basket. Or send one of our snipers to shore up their long range fire support.

>>33827608

Problem with those kinds of jokes is that there's always going to be at least one guy who thinks it's a great idea, and takes it 100% seriously and pushes it at every opportunity.

And then he somehow manages to push it through, due to either samefagging or convincing other players who aren't as well-read on the Gundam sidestories that it's a great idea and that Kou can take care of himself.

Putting an idea out there, no matter how stupid, is always going to mean someone wants to adopt it as their own.

I mean, shit, just look at Scientology if you want proof.

>>33827639
Maybe, but I don't trust Monsha and his lackey friends to actually follow orders properly. We need at least one squad running at maximum efficiency

>>33827636
Seems your vote is going to decide it again, as everyone else around you seems stuck. Carya registers some amusement at your frustration... why can't anyone else make up their damn minds aboard this ship!?
>Delagoa Bay: ideal spot to come ashore
>The Colony Wreckage: great spot to 'lose' a floating metal coffin
>The Zambezi Delta: Rossweisse seems to think it has merit, but why?

>>33827704
Ask Rossweisse why she's interested in the delta.

>>33827664
Bah, if anything, Scientology just preys on dumb people to make money, like Astrology or Homeopathy.

Don't you wanna play Gundam Xabungle Quest? It'll start lighthearted with silly hijinks, then take a turn for the serious partway in, when Kou gets a new MS. The Double Zudah Gundam.

>>33827704
>The Zambezi Delta: Rossweisse seems to think it has merit, but why?
Maybe she knows something?

>>33827704
"What's caught your interested, Ross?"

"Maybe the thieves aren't going to ground. Could they possibly be looking to get back to space?"

>>33827704

An ideal spot is far from an ideal spot purely because that's the first place your enemy will put under surveillance. Gato's not dumb enough to go into a place where there's a huge risk he'll lose the Gundam over it.

The colony wreckage would be a better place but I don't imagine it's going to be easy to transport the GP-02 into space from there on out.

That leaves us with the Zambezi Delta, which I would pick if I were in Gato's shoes purely because it'd be very easy to just follow the river to a point where the Feds have a much less focused security grid and get a pick-up from there. And it's obviously unassuming enough that there'd be minimal to no security, the thought of them taking this route didn't even occur to anyone but Rossweisse.

>>33827704
>Ask Rossweisse about the delta.

>>33827828
Agreed.

Not to mention that the colony wreckage would make navigating the sub a living nightmare.

>>33827704
>>The Zambezi Delta: Rossweisse seems to think it has merit, but why
I guess ask her about this, but she's not the talkative type, so we'd probably not get anything useful out of her other than newtypiness.

Could we send one squad to Delagoa and ours to the Delta?

>>33827636
>Captain Synapse shakes his head at your team's impressive headway

Kek. Once he puts the pieces together he'll spit take.

>>33827828
I like it.

>>33827918
Delagoa Bay is near the border with the South African badlands, all the way at the south of the country. The Zambezi River delta is much farther north.

So it's possible, but highly impractical, and it would take half your forces too far away to be of any use if a fight breaks out.

>>33827966
Maybe, but it's better than letting Monsha drag people on his one-man journey. If he's got something to do that'll distract him.

Gods we really need our own ship.

>>33828018
We had our own ship. We left it back at Torrington when we disembarked. It was only a freighter, but it was a damn ship.

>>33828086
I wouldn't want to be putting about in Africa on a dinky freighter, though. That's just asking to be mugged.

It just occurred to me that trying to gather information from locals would be awful. They'd just keep telling us that no, Gundam is on the other side of the continent, over in Niger.

>>33828086
Yeah, I meant something at least Pegasus-class, Or heck, with the Zeon pilots and the one Zeon machine we have, maybe a Zanzibar.

>>33828218
Yes! A Zanzibar!

>>33827704
You walk up quietly behind Rossweisse and peer over her shoulder. "What's got you so interested, Ensign?"

"The submarine draws too much water to sail up the river," Blitzen observes.

"I'm not sure that's what she meant," Karen replies with a frown.

She points at the mouth of the Zambezi River. "Salt," she nearly whispers.

It takes you a second to realize what she's saying.

"... of COURSE!" you shout, spinning Rossweisse around and kissing her on the forehead. "Salt! Oh, he's a clever one, but good thing Rossweisse's much cleverer than he is. Ooooh, you're good. Salt!" Rossweisse blushes furiously and resolutely refuses to make eye contact with you. The crew of the Albion, South included, stare at you like you've grown a second head.

"Of course," Carya sighs, smacking herself on the forehead. "The halocline formed by a poorly mixed estuary. That took me way too long to catch."

"The difference in water density messes with sonar systems," Reiko observes. "He could hide his boat there and surface at night."

Karen nods. "Captain Synapse, I recommend we set course for the Zambezi River delta, and start Ensign Uraki off scouting in the GP-01's Core Fighter II."

Synapse nods, satisfied. "Very well, we'll have him sortie right away. Lieutenant, can we work up an ASW package for the Ensign?"

"I'm sure I can think of something," South replies. "Good job, Gundam team," he adds.

"Pasrof," Captain Synapse orders, "set course for the Zambezi River, best speed."
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>>33828218
I love the Zanzibar. It is a sexy machine, and actually faster than the Pegasus-class because it maintains lift through constant thrust rather than I-Fields. Though if we could refit it with a Minovsky Craft as well it would be perfect.

>>33828218
>>33828257
I'd like to try and get ahold of the Grey Phantom.

>>33828310
You have two options open at the moment:
>Go down and check on Haman and Audrey in the Hangar
>Find Kou and Nina, discuss the coming missions

>>33828218
>>33828257
>Zanzibar
>not a Gaw

Step up your game plebs.

>>33828330
An older Pegasus would be ideal. We could upgrade it however we want.

>>33828374
>>Go down and check on Haman and Audrey in the Hangar

>>33828374
>Go down and check on Haman and Audrey in the Hangar

>>33828380
Not a Gaw, the Gaw would be useless when we try to goto space. It's almost like your soul is weighed down by gravity

>>33828374
>Check in on Audrey and Haman

>>33828374
>Go down and check on Haman and Audrey in the Hangar

I would be amazed if Kou was not in that area anyway.

>>33828374
>Find Kou and Nina, discuss the coming missions
Let's brief Kou on his role. Also ask Nina about specifics on the atomic bazooka. Seriously, I want to know if it can be used as a self-destruct if the barrel is destroyed. You just know Gato would do it.

>>33828374
Send the twins to make sure the situation is contained. Crack some skulls if it is not.

Go discuss the current plan with Nina.

>>33828374
>Kou and Nina

>>33828414
On quick notice? A Gaw or Medea would be our only options until we actually DID get our own ship.

>>33828522
No-one mentioned actually getting one, we were talking about what would be cool. There's no point in it atm, because the Albion has more than enough space for two teams, and we have no further support staff.

>>33828374
>Find Kou and Nina, discuss the coming missions
It's a recon mission, not a one-man strike.

>>33828644
Well, yeah. I'm just saying if we actually requisitioned a transport, that is what we would be conceivably stuck with. When we do get our own Nice Boat, gotta upgrade the point defense with magnet-coating.

>>33828374
"Carya?" you ask, turning to face her.

"Dom?" she asks quietly in response.

"I'd like you to go check on the situation in the hangar. Bring Audrey and Haman back to the briefing room if they're free, and crack heads together if need be."

"Of course," she replies. "How badly can I crack said heads?"

"No fatalities."

"You never let me have any fun," Catrina teases you.

You take South and the rest of your team back down to the ready room and find that Kou and Nina are already there waiting for you.

"Good to see you're here, Uraki," South tells the young pilot. "We have orders for you."

"Sir? What is the mission going to be?" You get the sense that Uraki is eager to prove his usefulness after the beating you handed him yesterday... too bad it's just going to be patrol duty, you think to yourself.

"Patrol duty, basically," South explains. "We're headed for the mouth of a river in Mozambique, and the Captain wants you in your Core Fighter doing aerial patrol ahead of us."

Uraki seems a little disappointed at the mission, but nods to the Lieutenant anyway. "Understood, sir."

"You'll be looking out for that Zeon submarine," Karen adds. "You have permission to engage if you locate it."

"But prioritize reporting the sub's position and heading," you interject. "If need be we can send naval assets after it, but it's more important to ascertain where it's going and where it's been. Understood?"

"Of course, Commander," Uraki replies, saluting you.

After the Ensign leaves, Nina seems to want to say something to you... but you also get the feeling that things in the hangar have heated up a little.
>To the hangar
>Stay and hear Nina out

>>33828310
>Core Fighter
God I hated the core fighter, not the fighter itself, but the combining aspect with the Gundam felt to Super Robot-y for my tastes. Its one of those aspects that sticks out that 0079 Gundam, while helping pioneer the Real Robot genre, showed that it was still trasitioning from the Super Robot genre.

That and that G-Armour, which was rediculous. the Core Fighter should've remained a completely seperate entity from the Gundam, and just got the Core Booster upgrade, instead.

>>33829054
Walk and talk?

>>33829054
>Stay and hear Nina out
Something important, Nina?

>>33829111
Beat me to it.

Walk and talk it is.

>>33829111
this

>>33829054
>To the hangar

>>33829055
I've always found the idea somewhat odd. The docking thing is kinda stupid, and the ZZ is the worst of it, but at the same time I love the Bawoo's two-part combo. And the idea of a unit that can eject after damage and escape the combat with combat data is super useful.

>>33829054

>Both
"Could we walk and talk? I fear that some of my team may be stoking a fire in the hanger..."

>>33829055
I was fine with the G-Armor, but I agree that the Core Fighter was dumb. I mean, a detachable escape pod thing is fine. That makes sense. But the fact that they'd combine before every fight. Just stay docked, there is literally no reason to keep the parts separate. maybe if they could each individual fly like the ZZ or S's components could, but the Gundam's parts are just carried along in the Gunperry. Which has been show to be able to contain the entire Gundam by itself, so there was no benefit to it.

>>33829111
This
>Walk and talk

>>33829111
This.

>>33829202
Amuro didn't combine before every fight. He launched most of the time already combined.
The Core Booster/G-Fighter ended up the best Federation Fighter/Interceptor.

>>33829202
>Gunperry
Every time I hear that, I just want to photoshop Matthew Perry's face onto a Gundam.

>>33829331
Okay, not literally every fight. But he did it often enough that it got really annoying.

>>33829111
This.

"Sorry ma'am, we'll need to walk and talk, my space fairy magic is telling me trouble is brewing. What's on your mind?"

>>33829385
He did it four times, if I remember correctly. And all those times, Amuro had been out scouting/ran off with the Core Fighter and it was easier to send the Gunperry with the top and bottom parts to do a Mid-Battle combination then have Amuro walk back to White Base, Dock, Combine, Relaunch, and walk his ass back to the fight.

>>33829054
"Can you talk and walk?" you ask Nina. "I feel like there's a fire to put out down in the hangar."

"Is it the Gundam?" she asks nervously.

"I wish."

Nina nods. "Sure. Besides, it's just a personal issue."

"Regarding?" you ask her, rounding the corner and heading down the hall towards the hangar.

"Well," she hesitates. "It's about some of the pilots we picked up in Torrington. Some of them have been giving Kou a hard time, and one in particular makes a lot of the female crew... uncomfortable."

"Monsha?" you ask as you hit the button to open the hatch to the hangar.

"Monsha," she agrees, only for her eyes to widen at the sight that greets you as you step into the hangar.

Audrey is standing between Bate and a visibly, almost palpably angry Haman. Meanwhile, the head mechanic on the Albion is doing her damnedest to keep the sisters from ripping Monsha to shreds with her bare hands.

"If you'd just let me KILL the fucking pig," Carya snarls, "the problem would go away entirely!"

"We can handle it," the dark-skinned mechanic insists. "There's no need to get yourself grounded over this."

>Investigate? (write-in)

>>33829477
Find out what Monsha did this time, and keep anyone from killing anyone.

>>33829477
"If anyone is gonna be killing anyone here it'll be me. So what the hell is going on?"

Too much? I think it might be too much.

>>33829477
"I said you could crack skulls, not kill anyone."

"What in the Hell is going on in this madhouse?"

>>33829477
"Does Monsha need another kick in the balls? Because I call dibs this time"

>>33829477
"Speak of the devil and he doth appear in all his gross hairiness. What happened this time?"

>>33829477
"Monsha, what the fuck did you say this time?"

>>33829542
This is good too.

>>33829477
"Okay, whose turn was it to be watching after Monsha when this all went down?"
Let's just treat him as a helpless child.

>>33829477
"If you don't calm down, we won't have anymore afternoon lessons. What the hell is going on?

>>33829509
This and I like how we become Nina's friend.

>>33829477
Sneak up on Monsha and just laugh in his ear. "Ha Ha ha." and then whisper in his ear "Did you know, Newtypes can manipulate an Oldtype's brainwaves, I could make you comatose, and no-one would ever be able to realize it was me, or how to get you out of it."

He's an idiot so he's almost certain to believe it. And it should scare him away from our crew, but not Nina's which is fine by me.

>>33829477
Go into full no bullshit mode. We are about to lose a boot in someone's colon and they need to clench their sphincter in anticipation. Dom doesn't throw his authority around much but it seems like a good time to use it.

Roll up a bunch of papers and smack him on the nose. "Bad Monsha, stop creeping out the ladies!"

>>33829623
They actually can, but only if they're really strong. I wonder if Monoeye Gundam is canon for this quest? Because Seirene would trigger the whole team's empathy. Also, I want the Despada and Sisquide.

>>33829477

"Audrey, Noin, Carya; Might I steal you away for a brief moment?"
Then if/when Carya retorts
"Consider it an Order"
we then get a run down of what happened from the three of them. From there we can determine how to resolve the conflict... I suggest a 'friendly' boxing match between Monsha and the twins... that way, any injuries can be passed off as 'over enthusiastic competitiveness'...

>>33829682
>and they need to clench their sphincter in anticipation
Wouldn't that just make it worse?
On the plus side, he could add sphincter destruction on top of his testicular devistation.

>>33829695
it's be cool if it was, just so we could team up with Sieg.
I doubt we'd get one of the Monoeyes outright though.

Waitwaitwait, we already managed to pit Kou against us to knock him down a peg, who don't we have an MS match between CC and Monsha?

>>33829695
Well yes, but we don't know that, and I know Sirocco did it to Kamille, but i dunno about Oldtypes because I assumed they weren't sensitive enough to newtype magic.

>>33829761
Because he'd just bitch about losing. If he is in a weaker suit, he'd complain about the difficulty, and if CC was in a weaker suit, it'd be of Zeon make and he might work it out.

>>33829742
I'll be happy so long as we get the psychorod technology. All the best parts of incoms and heat whips in one. I think we should give Haman a suit with them.

>>33829722
I meant more proper protocol kind of devastation. We haven't gone after him since his balls were crushed out of respect for South, but he apparantly has a memory problem. We promised we'd rock his world if he fucked with anyone from our unit again and he's been fucking with Kou who's technically part of our unit for the time being. anything he's done to piss of the sisters is just adding more to the the pile.

>>33829808
The Dezpada's Shield Binders would be sweet. The I-Field Launcher would be cool too.

>>33829477
"Attention on deck!" you bellow at the top of your lungs. Almost everyone in the hangar, regardless of rank, snaps immediately to attention at the sound of your voice. The notable exceptions are Haman, who continues to glare icily at Bate, C.C., who eyes you with some curiosity, and Monsha, who glares defiantly in your direction.

"Do you have some sort of learning disability, Monsha?" you ask. "Some kind of battle-induced hearing loss?" you ask as you walk towards him.

"No," he replies.

"No, WHAT?" you hiss, allowing your eyes to widen dangerously.

"No, sir," he corrects himself.

"Mora, wasn't it? What happened?"

"Sir," the dusky, rather built woman replies with a salute. "A disagreement between myself and Lieutenant Monsha over his conduct towards my female subordinates. I struck him. His team stepped in to defend him. It seemed like things were about to simmer down again, but then he..."

"The fucker smacked Haman's ass on his way out," Audrey finishes. "Lieutenant Marseille saw it happen and, well, you can figure out the rest from there, sir."

"And with every word," you mutter with a scowl, "I just get more and more sick of you and your shit."

You take a few steps further towards Monsha, past him, and stop at a comm panel. Quickly finding the button for the ready room and the bridge.

"Lieutenant Burning, report to me in the hangar immediately. That's an order." You hate to pull rank like this on an old friend, but this shit needs to stop. Today.

South arrives in moments, clearly realizing what must be happening. He looks first at Monsha, then to you.

"What do you want to do, sir?" he asks, resignation clearly etched into his features. He looks more tired than you've ever seen him.
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>>33830122
How angry/vengeful are you?
>I want Monsha placed under arrest for conduct unbecoming an officer and assault.
>I want your whole team placed on report, and Monsha kept away from all female personnel under penalty of arrest.
>Give me five minutes and a ring. They'll pay in blood.
>I'll let you have them, but I'm reporting this to Captain Synapse.

>>33830180
>I want Monsha placed under arrest for conduct unbecoming an officer and assault.

Doesn't matter how good a friend he is, he is a liability and this is 'setting the example' we probably ought to do.

>>33830180
>Give me five minutes and a ring. They'll pay in blood.

Only one that sort of fits. I'd like Haman to beat his ass in a MS fight, but we don't have time for that. And we did promise if he touched one of our crew we'd beat his ass didn't we?

>>33830180
>I want Monsha placed under arrest for conduct unbecoming of an officer and sexual assault.

>>33830180
>I want your whole team placed on report, and Monsha kept away from all female personnel under penalty of arrest.
Second strike, another one and hes out as long as we are around.

>>33830180
>other
Make him clean the paint off Uraki's Gundam.

>>33830261
Forgot to add his team should have fixed this awhile ago. At least it proves we're serious.

>>33830286
This. Make him use his toothbrush too.

>>33830180

>I'll let you have them, but I'm reporting this to Captain Synapse.

Let it slide this one time. Burning knows we're serious now, I'm sure he can handle it.

But oh lord if he fucks up again he is done.

>>33830180
>I'll let you have them, but I'm reporting this to Captain Synapse.

>>33830122
>I want your whole team placed on report and Monsha kept away from all female personnel under penalty of arrest.

So he can stell fight in the GM.

>>33830122
Let it slide. Give them to Burning. This is the second time. Third strike and you're out.

>The Lieutenant stands aghast as a nineteen-year-old reveals that he outranks him by not one but THREE grades. “And if you lay even a finger on one of my teammates again?" you add. "I'll tear it off and force-feed it to you. Now get the hell out of my sight."

Seems fairly clear to me, we gave him a warning , now we need to act upon it. Otherwise you're making us a liar, and we're not liars are we?

>>33830180
>>Give me five minutes and a ring. They'll pay in blood.
We warned him. Obviously he's fucked in the head. We can unfuck it for him in the ring.

>>33830373
Agreed. Beating his ass is probably the best option.
And if he doesn't learn, then we throw the book at him.

>>33830180
>>Give me five minutes and a ring. They'll pay in blood.
Time to pay the blood price.

I just what in the GM in the end of the day.

>>33830180
>>Give me five minutes in the ring.
I want to watch this fucked bleed

>>33830373
>>33830409
>>33830410
This is normal behavior, getting uptight about it because he asspatted a chick, especially this uptight only fosters distrust and hate between the MS team and us.
And when these are the guys watching our back, it's important the feelings of distrust/hate aren't there.

>>33830180
>>I want Monsha placed under arrest for conduct unbecoming an officer and assault.

>>33830180
>>I'll let you have them, but I'm reporting this to Captain Synapse.

Just give them to Burning. And make him clean Kou's suit like >>33830286 and >>33830307 suggested.

>>33830485
If this is normal behavior, then obviously someone, somewhere down the line fucked up.

>>33830485
Except he's a professional soldier, if he can't follow orders he's useless. He obviously can't, and realistically should be discharged long ago, because it's clearly been going on for a long time. He's often drunk, and is disrespectful to the support staff. He's worthless. and worthless people in combat get you killed.

>>33830485
To be fair this isn't the first time it's happened, in less than a day, he sexually harassed 1 pilot, got into an argument about harrassment with another, and then harrassed a *third*. This is done in 1 day, mind. Clearly he can't be trusted to pilot a giant death machine, if he can't control his hands for ONE FUCKING DAY.

I mean, holy shit Monsha.

>>33830550
He's not in combat inside his MS, thus he's not on the job. All that matters is his behavior inside his MS.
If militaries discharged soldiers for getting drunk, rowdy and asspatting women we wouldn't have a goddamn military.

>>33830485
>This is normal behavior
>normal behavior
No wonder the EF is incompetent. If the XO gives an order, you damn well follow it, unless it's unlawful.

>>33830598
This isn't about the asspat so much as flouting our authority.

>>33830609
If Nina and Monsha had a kid, how fucking obnoxious would they be?

>>33830626
It would bend around so far, we'd get Zap Brannigan.

>>33830624
Our authority doesn't matter, better yet we come off as a stick in the mud butterbar fresh out of school trying to be as impressive and stuck up as possible.
The only proper action is to report it to his commanding officer, and take it up with the Captain seeing as he's not in our squad, and we're an independent unit attached to this ship.

>>33830180
>I'll let you have them, but I'm reporting this to Captain Synapse.
We know Burning. Make it clear to him that this better be the last goddamned time.

Man, this is going to either make South hate us or love us.

>>33830180
>>I'll let you have them, but I'm reporting this to Captain Synapse.
This

>>33830667
So tall the cap?

>>33830598
"Oh it's fine i'll just drink myself shitless, then drive this tank in 5 min time, but it's OK because i wasn't drinking whilst I was driving."

Being incapable of spending a single day without disobeying an order, is intolerable. Also ignoring the fact that he's supposed to be confined to quarters already.

You also can't be serious about this 2 seconds ago >>33830485 you were saying that we shouldn't foster distrust and hate, except he's clearly already done that himself because both Haman and CC want to kill him. That's not fostering trust. Honestly we need to beat the shit out of him so he's discharged because he's a fucking pain in the ass, and should be on combat alert, not pissing off everyone within a mile of this ship.

>I'll let you have them, but I'm reporting this to Captain Synapse.

>>33830180
>I'll let you have them, but I'm reporting this to Captain Synapse.

>>33830180
>I'll let you have them, but I'm reporting this to Captain Synapse.

>>33830180
Ask Burning's opinion. We respect the man, lets give him a chance to set Monsha straight, and if we can help in doing that then all the better.

>disrupting shit this much
Obviously he's a plant. I bet he bleeds glucose.

>>33830735
We'll get in trouble if we beat the shit out of him for this. We'll also cause problems, because it'll look like we have it out for this one guy and are looking for any excuse to fuck him over no matter what problems it causes the squad down the line.

And dude, that happens alot. There are situations where soldiers have to sortie after a party or still have to do their job the next day with a massive fucking hangover.
As long as he does his job, which is flying MS, then who cares.

>>33830369
me
>>33830180
>>Reporting this to the Captain

>>33830180
>>I'll let you have them, but I'm reporting this to Captain Synapse.
Only proper response.

>>33830803
Because Haman will just use her Psycho-mines to blow him up and go "whoops newtype problems"? If we don't deal with this, CC or Haman will, and their methods will be more destructive.

Monsha is a terrible soldier, and frankly we don't even need the other MS team, so fuck em.

>>33830789
This is good as will.

>>33830180
You take a few moments for some deep breaths. As desperately as you'd like to make good on your threat to break off Monsha's fingers and force-feed them to him, it's still ultimately South's responsibility. The 4th MS isn't within your regular chain of command on this operation, and so any punishment you could inflict would be outside the bounds of military law.

"I want your team put on report, South," you tell your old friend, "but I trust you to handle it from there. Either way, this shit stops today. Understood?"

Burning salutes you. "Of course, Commander O'Hara," he replies through gritted teeth. "Monsha, THANK the young master for letting you live this time, and apologize to the young lady you accosted."

Monsha glares at you. "Thank you, sir," he tells you, though he makes no attempt to hide his disdain. "A thousand pardons, MADAM," he adds as he passes Haman, who Audrey has to restrain before she smacks him.

South, however, backhands the fuck out of his junior officer in Haman's place.

"Pathetic," he mutters. "Absolutely unbecoming of an officer. I'll be reporting you to JAG this time, Monsha. Let them decide whether to court-martial you."

"Oh, and South?" you ask, suddenly inspired.

"Yes, sir?"

"Have Monsha clean off the last of the paint from Ensign Uraki's core fighter. I think his toothbrush should be sufficient."

South grins at you. "That sounds like a job he can pull off without becoming an embarrassment to himself and the rest of us. It's a fine idea."

Turning back towards your team, it seems some of the anger has subsided, but far from all.
>Find something to distract them
>Reassure them that the issue has likely been dealt with
>Reprimand them for losing control of the situation

>>33830803
>And dude, that happens alot. There are situations where soldiers have to sortie after a party

Monsha spends his time as shitfaced as Michel, and he doesn't have the skills to back it up.

I swear to God, if he pulls something on the battlefield, you better agree to frag him.

>>33830598
While I've only seen one person separated for drunk and disorderly, and him being a repeat offender, I've seen a shitload of NJP. And if they fuck up again, their asses are probably out, as well.

So yes, it does happen.

How the hell has Monsha been able to get where he is and stay there, being how he is?

>>33830890
It's the Earth Federation. The higher-ups are either overworked, apathetic, incompetent, evil, or some combination of the above.

>>33830880
>>Reprimand them for losing control of the situation
Everybody's to blame at least a bit.

>South, however, backhands the fuck out of his junior officer in Haman's place.
Fuck I love South.

>>33830880
>Find something to distract them

They're not at fault and we did this in a wishy-washy way. So we can't reassure them, and we can't reprimand them, so we have to do something else.

>>33830886
Monsha is a pretty good pilot all things considered. Also, we're not shooting our own side, do you think we're playing Kou?

>>33830803
So, if he (hypothetically) turned out to be a serial killer, then he should be allowed to do whatever, because
>As long as he does his job, which is flying MS, then who cares?

And while yes! that is quite a bit of hyperbole! where do you draw the line between "as long as it doesn't affect job performance, it's fine" and "that is way out of line"

As for fostering dislike and distrust, you mean as opposed to every female MS pilot thinking he's an utter cock and wanting him dead?

>>33830880
>Find something to distract them

"Monsha's going to be cleaning Uraki's Gundam with his toothbrush. I think a little bit of extra paint should keep him busy. Don't you?"

>>33830880
>>Find something to distract them
Tell then to stop letting Monsha get to them though.

>>33830992
I like this, also pour the bucket of paint on him when we do it.

>>33830992
It's a dick move, but holy shit, this.

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>>33830985
>So, if he (hypothetically) turned out to be a serial killer, then he should be allowed to do whatever, because
>>As long as he does his job, which is flying MS, then who cares?
It worked for Yazan.

>>33830880
>Find something to distract them
"On the plus side, we now have even more motivation to catch the GP02. The sooner we get that nuke back the sooner we can go somewhere Monsha isn't."

>>33831054
Yazan wasn't a prick though, and only serially murdered Traitorous AEUG and Zeek scum.

>>33830961
>Monsha is a pretty good pilot all things considered
>Couldn't beat Kou for the GP01
>Suggests not shooting Monsha if he decides friendly fire is a good idea

Sure.

>>33831086
He is a good man that one.

Rolled 5

>>33830880
>Find something to distract them.

Dom strip show anyone? You know they'd enjoy it

>>33831106
He is though. Monsha managed to fight all through 0083 without getting shot down, dude even survived the final battle when it was pretty much Albion vs Everyone. Monsha is a pretty good pilot.

>>33831054
Yazan kept his penis in his wingmates and saved violation for the AEUG.

Hell, he even let the AEUG take out Jamaican when it was clear Jamaican was killing Titans pilots with incompetence. Yazan is a saint.

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>>33831064
>>33831064
>actually wanting to leave South and Monsha

We need a guy like Monsha around though to throw under the bus so somebody better doesn't haft to.

>>33831176
Also true, but following them would piss off Burning.

>>33831142
He was at A Baoa Qu too.

>>33831176
All we need to do is make sure South doesn't die, and make sure Kou don't retardedly fight Cima while she screams that she was a spy at him.

>>33831226
So was Hayato, that didn't keep him from getting shot down like a punk.

>>33831176
CC would kill him in under a week.

>>33831339
Don't be silly. He'd totally suffer a terrible, terrible accident. Such a tragic loss his would be. Shame.

>>33831142
He also took Kou and Keith out to hunt wabbits. I'm just going to cross my fingers and hope Burning reins him in before he uses Keith as bait for Rick Doms.

>>33831226
There was a lot of Federation soldiers at A Baoa Que, and Zeon had academy dropouts piloting Gelgoogs. That doesn't mean much.

>>33831339
Lock him in a fridge and space it.

>>33830598
>If militaries discharged soldiers for getting drunk, rowdy and asspatting women we wouldn't have a goddamn military.

Except he's on the ship and not on shore leave.

>>33831485
And I'm pretty sure CC is his superior officer.

>>33830880
The rest of the 4th files out after South and Monsha, leaving just your team and the Albion's repairs crew. Calmly, you walk across the hangar towards a storage shelf.

"Dominic?" Carya asks you as the sisters begin to calm down and separate again. "What are you doing?"

You retrieve a can of paint and open it. "Nothing important," you reply, walking past the Core Fighter and pretending to trip.

"Ooops!" you shout dramatically as you throw a gallon of green paint onto the Core Fighter's wing. "How clumsy of me! I sure hope that doesn't make more work for Monsha!"

Haman snickers to herself a little, and Audrey finally seems to relax. Several of the female technicians are laughing to themselves as well.

"Well, I'm glad that's over," Mora admits. "You think it's done for good this time?"

"Probably," you reply, putting your arm around Haman's shoulders. "I trust Burning to handle it. He's a good man, it's just he's been saddled with a team that's both talented in the cockpit and a pain in the ass the rest of the time."

"How'd a guy like that Lieutenant even get where he is now?" Audrey wonders aloud.

"Incompetence and complacency," Catrina replies caustically. "He's got some talents the Federation needs, who cares if he breaks all the rules of military decorum before lunch?"

"Come on," you tell your team. "Let's head back to our quarters and rest up... and for the love of God, please stay away from the 4th for the rest of the trip?"

Haman and the sisters look at you tensely. "I don't blame you for standing up for yourselves, but when there are a bunch of angry Newtypes all in one place..." you trail off.

"We get violent," Haman finishes a bit sheepishly. "I was wondering why we all seemed to escalate that quickly... it's unusual for me to lose my temper."

"Then it seems like things are settled."
>Relax with your team?
>See if you can't work on some aspect of Newtype abilities with your team? (suggestions?)
>Monitor the results of Kou's mission?

>>33831485
Conduct unbecoming is conduct unbecoming.

>>33831583
A superior. Not HIS superior.

Different chain of command, mate.

>>33831666
Blah, that's what I meant.
Have to use more brainpower solving a captcha than typing out my post it seems.

>>33831630
>>Monitor the results of Kou's mission?

>>33831630
>Monitor the results of Kou's mission?
Mentor the kid so he doesn't fuck as much shit up? Aye.

>>33831630
>Work on newtype abilities

Invite Haman to afternoon lessons with the twins.

Work on those happy emotions. Closer we are better we fu- fight.

>>33831666
What are we?

>>33831750
Three ranks above Monsha, which means CC's probably 1-2 ranks above him.

>>33831630
>Monitor the results of Kou's mission?
>>33831749
And Rossweisse too thank you!

>>33831630
>other

Discuss with Nina the possible recurses for capturing or destroying the 02. How much jostling can that nuke take before she blows? Does it come with a self destruct?

>>33831666
Technically, Article 89 of the USUCMJ doesn't care about chain of command. It's 'a' superior officer, and 'striking' can be any form of physical insult including groping.

Conduct unbecoming is definitely something he's guilty of at this point: drunkenness, assaulting junior officers and NCOs, and assaulting a civilian are all major no-nos in their own right.

In terms of confinement to quarters, he was let out this morning to resume his duties.

>>33831780
Carya/Catrina are a Lieutenant, Monsha is a Lieutenant Junior Grade. So one rank above him.

>>33831833
Pretty sure he's an Ensign now

>>33831833
>Dammit Monsha, why can't you be a more upstanding officer like this former Zeon ace?!

>>33831827
I was just nitpicking.

And don't forget about 92 and 93.

Fuck article 92, man.

>>33831902
>Goddammit Monsha even the Zekes are better Federation officers than you.

>>33831630
"So, what now?" Audrey asks.

You shrug. "How would you ladies like to join me for some afternoon exercises? Something calming, like meditation or something like that. Gets you in the right frame of mind, and might just help Haman and Rossweisse expand their sensing abilities," you offer.

"Sounds good to me," Haman sighs. "I could use something relaxing."

Carya is quick to agree. "We might try it with the two of us combined. It might help us keep our emotions in check when we're like that."

With your afternoon activities scheduled, you head up to the ready room where there is a television screen set up. Nina is sitting in front of it.

"Kou's going to launch in a few minutes. You want to watch his mission?" she asks.

"Sure," you agree. "Why not?"

Fifteen minutes later you're bored out of your damn mind. Rossweisse has fallen asleep with her head in your lap and some of Haman's spilled popcorn in her hair, and Haman herself is asleep on your shoulder. The twins are reading a magazine of some sort: only Nina and Audrey seem at all interested in the feed from Kou's cockpit as he rattles off some data at the Albion's operators.

"So," you venture, "how much of a beating can the GP-02 take? There any risk of accidentally detonating the nuke?"

"Nope," Nina replies succinctly. "And there's no self-detonation system. And even if there were, I doubt the pilot would waste the nuke... that's the whole point, right?"

"Where do you think he'll strike?"

"Or she," Nina teases. "Probably Dakar, if I had to guess."

"Dakar? Why not space?"

"Maybe the Naval Review," she concedes. "Flashy target, but big payoff if you can manage it."

>Ask another question?
>Talk to someone else?
>Dominic Cuddles Time?