>>35611072
Haman says nothing, instead focusing solely on the funnels dancing about your screen, little warning markers showing you where they all are despite the debris clouding your line of sight. You can also feel Audrey focused entirely on lining up a shot on the fast-moving machines: based on where her crosshairs are projected on your screen you think she's aiming for the gaps between their armored plates. With one of her free subarms, you note Rossweisse grabbing a chunk of a concrete parking garage and reeling it in to use as a makeshift shield against an incoming grenade, as Carrina sends her four funnels streaking off with short, disjointed bursts of acceleration. She's probably maneuvering them to use as distractions or ab ambush later, you realize.

Clever thinking, everyone... inspired by your team's efforts you decide to:

>Continue trying to line up a kill shit on one with the twin hyper rifles while dodging as best you can
>Saturate the area with fire, see if you can get in a few hits to wear them down or force a mistake
>Work with your team to use debris as weapons: attack, defend, and limit their movements all at once
>Separate into your fighter forms, overwhelm them one at a time through superior numbers
>Other

>>35611094
>Saturate the area with fire, see if you can get in a few hits to wear them down or force a mistake

All this missiles.

>>35611094
Dogpile the Gelgoog we damaged last thread. Shoot our Hyper Rifle forcing the other two to stop covering the damaged unit. It does not matter if we hit with the thing just as long as they *break*. Zoom into melee using our superior thrust-to-weight ratio and punch the cockpit. Yank the mono-eye off the Gelgoogs neck joint, shock him with our wires and use him as a shield against his fellows.

>>35611094
>>Saturate the area with fire, see if you can get in a few hits to wear them down or force a mistake

>>35611186
A journey of a thousand write-ins begins with a single vote anon.

>>35611094
>Work with your team to use debris as weapons: attack, defend, and limit their movements all at once
Still got grenades so we can use them once they're corralled by the debris.

If we got dummies launchers built into the suits, we can fake them with our movements by shooting some dummies on one side, spring from the other side. And then reveal there's a funnel behind the initial dummy balloon.

>>35611094
>>Saturate the area with fire, see if you can get in a few hits to wear them down or force a mistake

>>35611242
Dummy launchers don't exist yet. Your suit's hands have comm-link wires in one finger on each hand and birdlime in the others.

>>35611094
>>Work with your team to use debris as weapons: attack, defend, and limit their movements all at once

>>35611241
We can emulate freaking Norris and nobody wants to use the Ace's as improvised meatshields. I am disappoint.

>>35611094
>Saturate the area with fire, see if you can get in a few hits to wear them down or force a mistake

>>35611094
>Work with your team to use debris as weapons: attack, defend, and limit their movements all at once

Considering how we'll be stuck cleaning up the Shoal Field, I wish we had the 02 now.

>>35611094


Gonna vote for >>35611186
I like his style.

>>35611186
Norris time

>>35611231
changing this for >>35611186

>>35611277
>>35611280
>>35611306
If you really want to try that plan, pick a starting point for it. Once you've agreed on that, I'll let you roll on it. If that goes well, you can proceed to the next step.

But don't expect me to allow anything you come up with to go off perfectly. This isn't a cutscene, it's an active battle against near-equal opponents.

I'll give you ten extra minutes to consider it.

>>35611186
>Norris Packard time

We have to do this.
We'll probably give Karen flashbacks.

>>35611431
>>Saturate the area with fire, see if you can get in a few hits to wear them down or force a mistake

>>35611094
>Work with your team to use debris as weapons: attack, defend, and limit their movements all at once

Yeah I'm gonna go with this.

>>35611431
Can we start by working with our team first? Let's get them in on this, use the debris nearby to isolate the suit we'll be using as our shield.

>>35611431
We blew the leg off that particular Gelgoog so it's mobility is trashed.

Keep dodging and jinking, bait the trio of suits into thinking we're panicking and running low on propellant. Fly towards a 'defensible' location, be it a damaged apartment block or Magellan husk. Make our 'stand' while the enemy mobile suits fly in to finish us off. While they're bunched together, shoot our Rifle, forcing them to break apart. Then jump the one-legged Gelgoog.

>>35611509
That option would be
>Work with your team to use debris as weapons: attack, defend, and limit their movements all at once

free advice for later: remember that there's a difference between suggesting a string of actions and suggesting a method for accomplishing a single action, and that truly "thinking ahead" requires pre-emption of likely counterstrategies.

>Writing

>>35611535
Actually no, you didn't. If you'll reread the last thread you'll find that the shots SHOULD have blasted off limbs, but didn't. This is how you reasoned that their machines are using some amount of Gundarium armor.

>>35611569
>>35611596
I'll also need a d100 for using fire and chunks of debris to herd the enemy suits.

Best of three.

Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>35611623

Rolled 30 (1d100)

>>35611623
This is going to end in tears.

Rolled 17 (1d100)

>>35611623

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>35611623

Rolled 38 (1d100)

>>35611596
>You didn't

Thought we did with our Rifle. The piddly beam sabres will fizzle against the anti-beam coating.

>>35611656
Which is why we've switched to hitting them with rocks.

>>35611656
Your rifle missed cleanly.

Taking the 87.

Rolled 1 (1d100)

How warm am I with thinking that Dominic is a Thrallherd? The one line from last thread had me contemplating it. I've also got the crazy theory in my head that Dominic also is a psionic amplifier and tuning fork for fellow Newtypes. Rosse was considered a failure until we adopted her. Then several months later she can control two mobile weapons. The Sisters power was unstable until they started sleeping with us.

Are we a Buff Bitch Cleric?

>>35611094
“Split one off,” you order loudly. “Try and pack the other two close together and push 'em against a colony wall or something.”

“Roger,” Carrina replies, aiming a careful burst in front of one of the Gelgoogs. It's trailing a bit to begin with, and as it cuts momentum to dodge the well-led shots it ends up separated from its companions. And that's when the rest of your team moves into action.

“Valkyrie,” Audrey adds, “try and get us confirmation of these three suits!”

“Roger,” Catharine replies. “ALICE is working on it.”

Haman maneuvers her funnels ahead and to one side of the second Gelgoog and the Gyan, while Audrey continues to line up a shot. The shots from the funnels push the two Zeon machines 'down' rather than towards the colony Haman seems to be aiming to press them in the direction of.

A quick shot from your twin rifles hits a large chunk of colony debris as you try and assist Haman. It doesn't destroy it outright, but pushes it into the path of the escaping Zeon suits causing them to dart away to the side, now putting them on a course straight for a large section of colony where they'll likely want to make a stand. Their return fire lances past you in retaliation, but at this range the grenades are easy to dodge and the beam machinegun burst lacks the punch to really even damage your shield.

Meanwhile, you've closed the Lilium in towards the lone Gelgoog, which is frantically trying to deal with a trio of funnels Rosse split off to distract him with. The tiny beam guns zip about like a swarm of bees, landing a few glancing blows but mostly serving to keep the pilot from rejoining his team.

>Close in and grapple the Gelgoog
>Close in and hit the two machines setting up near some colony debris
>Try and split up the remaining two machines
>Other

>>35611833
>Other
Heat wire to the Gelgoog, zap him, then dismantle with beam sabers. No need to waste time grappling, that was a silly idea that someone proposed.

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>35611833
Keep those two pinned. No reason to get fancy by further splitting our forces and fire. Zoom in from 'behind' and 'below' the lone Gelgoog. In his blindspot basically. Punch the cockpit to stun the pilot then move to grapple.

>>35611833
>>35611869
this

>>35611869
Hence punching the cockpit before moving to grapple. Stun the pilot. I THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING except the fourth suit waiting to ambush us.

>>35611833
This >>35611869

Given the armor protection they have, an MS equivalent of a taser is best at short-medium ranges. Don't want to risk closing in yet where the Gelgoog can also engage us in melee.

>>35611937
We don't need to punch the cockpit, we have mecha-sized tasers.

>>35611833

Heat wire his bitch ass, reel him in like a Gouf with anger issues, and use him as a living shield while we advance on the others.

When they inevitably go full IDEALS at try to shoot us through the other guy, heat wire assisted escape into the colony rubble and engage guerrilla rape tactics.

>>35611955
We haven't punched anything except a Dom in an underpowered Quel. Plus punching the cockpit insures the pilot suffers one hell of a knocking so he can't get to the main breaker and restart the suit.

>>35612001
Do remember that the last time we punched something we also lost our hand.

>>35612009
Do remember that it was definitely worth it.

>>35612009
I would have thought the enginseers would have compensated for that. We're the only ones stupidly insane enough to use our giant robot's fists in combat.

Additionally Quel. Regular Titanium. Ikebanana. Luna Titanium.

You guys really want to channel Norris don't you? I hope this doesn't blow up in our face.

>>35611833
>>Close in and hit the two machines setting up near some colony debris

>>35611833
Dealing with the closest Gelgoog is winning, so I'm giving you five minutes. Link to this post, with the only other text being a 1 or a 2.

1 is for using the Gelgoog as a shield
2 is for finishing it off then moving on

>>35612099
1

>>35612099
2

>>35612099
>2

>>35612099
2

>>35612099
2

>>35612099
2

>>35612099
1

>>35612132
just 2 dude.

>>35612099
2

>>35612099
2

>>35612099
2

>>35612099
1

Rolled 46, 33, 87 = 166 (3d100)

>>35612099
Alright, now gimme a d100 roll. Best of three.

Rolled 65 (1d100)

>>35612242

Rolled 40 (1d100)

>>35612242

Rolled 85 (1d100)

>>35612242
inb4 1

Rolled 78 (1d100)

>>35612242

Bah. We get heat wires and opt against using them. Plebians, all of you.

>>35612261
Good man.

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>>35612263
Keep it for the last suit, maybe?

>>35612263
We didn't opt against using them. We opted to use them, and then kill the thing while it was disabled. The "use it as a shield" option is an unnecessary slowdown.

>>35612263
We still haft to coat a mobile suit in birdlime. Clog it's backpack thrusters and blind it's mono-eye. THEN you shockk it

>You came already?

>>35612315

Could've gotten some Titans brownie points, though.

Also mad style points for pulling a Norris Packard.

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>>35612242
You jink around a series of beams from the panicking Gelgoog pilot as he downs one of Rosse's funnels and close in on him quickly. “Audrey, wires! Now!”

Audrey complies, firing the left wire... and missing wide as the Gelgoog rolls away to one side.

“Shit,” Haman curses. “I just lost another funnel... these guys are good.”

“NOT YET!” Audrey shouts, with a force you swear you can almost feel. “I'M NOT DONE YET!”

With all the force she can muster from her subarm, she slings her weapon at the Gelgoog's shield where its heat blade sticks like a spear. It also has the added effect of pushing the shield out of alignment long enough for Audrey's second wire to connect with the Gelgoog's crotch, delivering a powerful electric shock like manmade lightning to the enemy machine. The Gelgoog's monoeye flickers once... twice... then disappears.

“GEE GEE MOTHERFUCKER!” Audrey crows, and you swear you can hear Reiko laughing from here. Realizing that the Gelgoog pilot could easily re-start his machine again if you gave him the chance, you ponder your options for how to put his suit permanently out of commission.

First, the coating has to go. A grenade to the Gundarium-armored chest isn't quite enough to use the Munroe effect to your advantage, as the armor resists melting too well, but it does reduce the transparent coating protecting it to a fine, superheated powder.

And that's when you ignite the beam saber in your suit's left arm, which penetrates through the vulnerable spot left by the grenade.

As you turn and boost towards the two remaining suits, Rosse uses a focused series of blasts from her funnels to blast the Gelgoog's sensors and cleave its limbs off at the joints. The pilot is still alive... but he's not going to be a problem.
(1/2)

>>35612633
Finally, you hear back from Catharine. “Alright, transmitting ALICE's best guess!”

Two tags for Gelgoog-J machines pop up on your HUD, which is no surprise. Haman however curses quietly as “MS-15K GYAN KRIEGER” pops up where the Gyan should be pinned down by Carrina and Haman's own funnels.

“That could be a challenge.”

Best intel from Catharine and ALICE suggest the Krieger carries a pair of beam guns in its shield along with several grenades: it's been holding the beam guns in reserve as a surprise, you figure. It also carries a powerful beam lance, and packs far more thrusters than any other Zeon MS you've seen to date aside from the J-type. And this one has been up-armored and improved...

>Hold off and see if you can't nail them from here with the hyper rifles
>Split them up. You take the Krieger, Carrina's machine can take the Gelgoog
>Split them up. You take the Gelgoog, let Carrina have the Krieger
>Split into fighters and strafe them to death. TO DEATH I SAY!
>Other

>>35612681
>Split them up. You take the Krieger, Carrina's machine can take the Gelgoog

>>35612681
>Split them up. You take the Krieger, Carrina's machine can take the Gelgoog

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>>35612633
>“GEE GEE MOTHERFUCKER!”
Go Audrey!

>>35612681
>>Hold off and see if you can't nail them from here with the hyper rifles

>>35612681
>>Split them up. You take the Krieger, Carrina's machine can take the Gelgoog

>>35612681
He knows about our mobile suit portable taser. So that's out now. Split the rifles in two and aim for both of them.

Draw our funnels back in and have Haman initiate 2spooky Newtype scare tactics on the commander's wingmate. We tangle with the commander unit while Carrina finishes the panicking Gelgoog.

>>35612681
>Split them up. You take the Krieger, Carrina's machine can take the Gelgoog

>>35612681
>Split them up. You take the Krieger, Carrina's machine can take the Gelgoog

>>35612681
>>Split them up. You take the Krieger, Carrina's machine can take the Gelgoog

>>35612242
>Audrey getting three rolls
>>35612633
>a force you swear you can almost feel
Is... what I think is happening happening?

>>35612861
Love?

>>35612861
Relationship level grinding and combat grinding is finally paying off.

>>35612861
Yes. A force we could feel.

>>35612861

It was inevitable Anon, Dom attracts all the female Newtypes into bonding, This is the logical progression where we MAKE females into Newtypes to bond with...
Dom has the power, The Power of The D

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>>35612861
No one has died horribly. It's not happening.

>>35612681
Arright, gimme them d100s while I write out everyone else's results.

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>35612983

Rolled 78 (1d100)

>>35612983
inb4 1 again

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>35612983

>>35612961
Damn right he does.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKpByV5764

Rolled 25 (1d100)

>>35612983

Rolled 83 (1d100)

>>35612983

Rolled 27, 94 = 121 (2d100)

>>35612983
>>35613000
That Krieger's got an impressive weapon and has great maneuverability, but he's only one pilot, and at close range his beam guns and missiles are useless, leaving him with no other options.

“I've got the advantage in melee,” you realize aloud. “I'll deal with the Krieger.”

Carrina tisks at you chidingly. “I've had my fill of Gelgoogs, but Rosse and I'll deal with this amateur while you're playing with his boss. We'll take reaaaal good care of him~”

Poor son of a bitch.

As you close with the Gyan Krieger, Carrina's funnels suddenly reappear from an access corridor beneath the Gelgoog's feet, driving the panicking pilot away from his commander. The pilot of the Gyan roars with anger at his junior's sudden flight, but suddenly finds his hands full with your approach...
(1/?)

Rolled 88 (1d100)

>>35613129

After we neutralize the Garden of Thorns, there will be a party with much booze. Games will be played, cloths will be lost, A pile of Newtypes will be created and during this Audrey will be overwhelmed by all the rampant emotions and experience true UNDERSTANDING...

Rolled 7 (1d100)

>>35613186
I highly doubt this is the Thorns we're attacking. Probably a decoy installation with a big enough garrison to entice lone fed ships to sniff around.

Rolled 71, 93, 42 = 206 (3d100)

>>35613151
... and a chunk of stony debris with a couple of freeze-dried trees jutting out of it drifts through your field of vision.

Something is wrong, you feel... and you find out what when the debris passes, revealing the Gyan Krieger, charging headlong at you. Haman shouts, and you feel like more voices are joining hers.

A pair of beams lance out from under the Gyan's shield, one of which meets the ablative armor of your shield. The second, however, strikes the same patch of weakened ABC that was weakened in your last engagement: the one where a rookie GM pilot landed a lucky shot with a beam saber. Due to the exorbitant cost, and the general lack of the rare replacement material, you wouldn't be able to replace the significantly thinned coating until Tuesday.

And you suffer for it this time, as the shoulder armor of your Lilium is shorn away entirely.

Haman's head slams into your chest, dazing the poor girl and knocking the wind out of you, but you realize you can't stop. You won't stop. You commit to your plan and close fully with the Gyan, tucking your rifles onto the holsters near your wing binders and igniting both of your wrist blades...

>>35613222

doesn't have to happen today... but when it does... There will be no escape from Dom's Wild Ride... Many Oldtypes enter, only Newtypes leave...

on a partially related note, how long until we have all of A-team in bed? We currently have 4 of 5...

>>35613222
I'm guessing they have a ship or a station somewhere nearby if it's a decoy installation.

Which means possible reinforcements. We shouldn't drop our guard and assume that this is it.

>>35613186
In between those two actions are really bad coded messages (more like puns) about pruning the garden (Enemy base eradicated) and new flowers taking root and blossoming (Ikebanas have secured the area).

>>35613326
Well, those would certainly be the episode titles for this arc if it were animated.

>>35613326

At least they're not Carlos tier puns...

>>35613294
... and your opponent parries your attacks with his shield and lance. The beams sizzle as they meet, and the slash of your right arm gouges deeply into the slab of metal on your opponent's left arm. His mono-eye darts across the cross-shaped slit on the front of the Gyan Krieger's head, assessing the situation, before he elects to push outwards with his lance and shield, delivering a hard kick to your Lilium's chest.

"Audrey!" you shout.

"Right!"

The heat wires, which the Krieger's pilot must have forgotten to factor in, explode from the Iris' subarms, latching onto the shield of the Krieger. Audrey quickly hits the recovery switch, and your backwards progress is halted. Then, your Lilium is pulled by the waist back towards your foe, and you use both of your beam sabers to catch the shield in a scissor-attack.

The shield's protective coating crackles and weakens, before finally yielding under your blades. Underneath it, the Krieger's left arm is also severed cleanly halfway down the wrist.

The enemy Ace realizes that while he needs to get away from the shield before it cooks off, he also has no alternative to melee now. So he dodges to the side instead.

Nearby, you also sense the battle going well for Emma and Yazan, as the remaining Stutzer machines are pushed hard now by both mobile suits and the Valkyrie's guns. Carrina and Rosse, however, seem to have been distracted from their game of torturing the remaining Gelgoog pilot by the sudden appearance of three Dodais, whose engines must have been powered down until just now.

>Engage the Dodais, they're probably the biggest threat now
>Follow the Gyan in melee, ensure he doesn't escape
>Back off the Gyan for ranged combat, but risk letting him get away
>Other

>>35613602
>>Follow the Gyan in melee, ensure he doesn't escape

>>35613602
>>Follow the Gyan in melee, ensure he doesn't escape

>>35613602
>Follow the Gyan in melee, ensure he doesn't escape

>>35613602
>>Follow the Gyan in melee, ensure he doesn't escape

>>35613602
>Follow the Gyan in melee, ensure he doesn't escape

>>35613602
>Follow the Gyan in melee, ensure he doesn't escape

>>35613602
We just went full Big O with our wires there.

Back off and retreat to the line. If the Dodais haven't recaptured the suit we turned into a doormat, grab it on our way out. We've completed our objective at holding the Aces and heavily damaged their suits. We're done here.

Give the enemy suit we've been hacking at a salute before zooming off. We're a gentleman first.

>>35613602
>>Follow the Gyan in melee, ensure he doesn't escape

>>35613602
>>Follow the Gyan in melee, ensure he doesn't escape
Eh, if the Doidia's are troublesome we can just launch the Val Varro. Not like Yazan will give a shit that we disobeyed an order to keep our mobile armor in pieces.

>>35613602
>Follow the Gyan in melee, ensure he doesn't escape

pepper it's thrusters as we pursue, see it we can't force a fuel dump on it...

>>35613723
>capture an enemy ace

Jamitov and Riddick will love us.

>>35613752

They never said to keep it in pieces... only to strip it to see what, if any, advances or modifications they had developed since the end of the war...

They never said we couldn't put it back together... or upgrade it ourselves...

>>35613602
We're REALLY pushing our luck here if we hang around. We're pretty banged up as it is and this guy just got reinforcements.

>>35613830
They're Doidais, not mobile suits.
>>35613723
Oh right, they're aces. Do we know their color schemes?

>>35613885
All apparently standard for their machines. If they were names that mattered I'd have tipped you off.

Probably.

>>35613885
>They're Dodais

Still armed with plasma. Our ablative coating is wearing thin. We're pushing our luck when we don't need too.

>>35613602
You know the drill, d100, best of three.

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>35613966

Rolled 69 (1d100)

>>35613966

Rolled 100 (1d100)

>>35613966

Rolled 8 (1d100)

>>35613966
We're taking such a huge freaking risk when we don't need to. Just go.

>>35613982
God damn.

>>35613982
Wow!

>>35613989
>>35613982
Looks to me like the risk is minimal.

>>35613982
fuck yeah

>>35613982

Either we have another Female Zeon POW to turn, OR Audrey just awakened....

btw, congrats on the crit anon

Rolled 26 (1d100)

>>35614002
You forget there's the Sisters and Rosse unaccounted for. The Ace is toast now either way. I'm more worried about what those incoming Dodais are packing.

>>35613920
Oh, I was wondering if one of them was Shin Matsunaga. Him encountering Mineva is sure to be cute.

>>35613982
Ooh, so we're doing this now? Fine, you're up for a chase, even if he does have a slight lead on you. There's NO mobile suit that's faster than you are out here, unless Cima's on the prowl for some reason.

As the Gyan flees in full reverse you power on after him, peppering his machine with 110mm fire. It doesn't achieve much against Gundarium alloy, but a few spots which are clearly still hardened aluminum show large bullet puckers as the shells slam home. Finally, you close into melee again and take a few swipes as your enemy continues to move, dodging back and forth amid the tumbling detritus of the war he and his comrades started.

Then, an incredible stroke of luck: Haman manages to recall a funnel that just happened to be nearby, drifting aimlessly after you pushed the enemy suits back earlier.

"DOM!" she shouts "BE BRILLIANT FOR ME!"

You don't intend to disappoint the young Newtype woman sitting between your legs. With a great yell you dump as much fuel into the thrusters as you can, wind up with your right fist, and let it fly. It connects with the back of the funnel, imparting your full velocity AND the force of the blow to the tiny device, destroying its apogee motors but sending it careening for the Gyan...

HEADSHOT.

The funnel buries itself into the Gyan's monoeye, and Haman fires it off, causing an explosion that tears the suit's head apart from the inside and sends its pilot careening blindly into a swarm of microdebris. The suit is peppered by bolts and stones and pieces of ruined electronics hardware before it crashes hard into a drifting mountain of scrap.

The pilot is damn near killed on impact, and is fading in and out of consciousness as he fumbles and releases the catch on his cockpit hatch.
(1/2)

>>35614217
>MY GYAAAAAAAAAAAAN

Sorry, Sazaki.

Rolled 2, 58, 22 = 82 (3d100)

>>35614217
"Shit that was close," Carrina announces as she apparently dodges a blast from one of the Dodais.

Rossweisse sounds a bit confused. "Why... are they retreating?"
>d100, best of two

Rolled 70 (1d100)

>>35614273

Rolled 68 (1d100)

>>35614273

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>35614273

Rolled 33 (1d100)

>>35614273
Oh come on, can we not do the Battle of Endymion here?

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>35614273

>>35614273
Jormungand time?

>>35614273
They're shooting a really fucking big laser, Rosse. I suggest you finally RUN like the hounds of gaul are hot on your delicious ass.

And this is how we die. BAD END.

>>35614273

Nukes again?
It's Nukes again isn't it...

It's always Nukes... except when it's colony drops or Axis...

>>35614347
Or giant laser cannons.

>>35614346
Or we live and we have a pissed off Yazan looking for a chance to frag his superiors as an ally now.

>>35614340
Multiple Jormungands probably. Or another incredibly impractical, prototype mobile armor. Remember, all of our suits and ships are concentrated in one area. It would not take much to completely vaporize our rides and wingmen.

>>35614368
Like say the Jormungand. Fuckhuge lazercannon, only deployed in the battle of Loum?

>>35614273
A damaged Dodai flies perilously close to your suit, and a second flies by carrying what's left of the Gelgoog the Viola and Sericea were in the process of dismantling. A third slows just long enough for the Zeon ace to fire a wire gun at it from his stricken Gyan. As the flexible material pulls him away, gradually accelerating him up to match the speed of the Dodai, you swear he offers you a respectful salute.

"Why are they bugging out?" Audrey asks. "That's not very idealistic of them."

Haman cocks her head, staring at the Zeon officer. "He doesn't expect to see us again."

"Shit..." Carrina mutters. "Oh shit."

Even the Valkyrie's bridge team seems to realize something is afoot from there.

"Lieutenant Sheen," Karen orders, "regroup on us. Now, please."

"Understood ma'am."

>Fall back to the Valkyrie, NOW
>Take cover wherever you can find it
>Pursue the fleeing Dodais
>Other

>>35614462
>Fall back to the Valkyrie, NOW

>>35614462
>>Fall back to the Valkyrie, NOW

GTFO, mateys.

>>35614462
>Fall back to the Valkyrie, NOW

>>35614462
>Fall back to the Valkyrie, NOW
And recover the Yazan team if they're too out of reach from their own carrier.
Jerid probably bailed early, but at least Kacricon won't have to die like a chump screaming for Amelia.

>>35614462
>>Fall back to the Valkyrie, NOW
Fly you fools

>>35614462
>Fall back to the Valkyrie, NOW
So, I guess we angered Voight enough that he's willing to deploy WMDs just for us? Kind of flattering.

>>35614462
>Fall back to the Valkyrie, NOW

The Valkyrie was the target. We rush into the beam.

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>>35614462
I TOLD YOU TO RETREAT. WHY DIDN'T YOU LISTEN?

Get OUT of the firing line. Hard burn straight UP through the debris field. If we stand still and hide we die.

>>35614462
>>Pursue the fleeing Dodais
They Probably know where to go.

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>>35614462
>Fall back to the Valkyrie, NOW
Regroup with the others. Inform Yazan's team to fall back as well.

>>35614453
Probably improved in the meantime, yes.

GUYS. Falling back to the Valkyrie is a death trap. The cannon is primed and pointed straight at our ride. FOLLOW THE DODAIS and shoot the superweapon pointed at Mineva for gods sake.

>>35614462
>>Pursue the fleeing Dodais

>>35614462
>Pursue the fleeing Dodais

>>35614585
You're assuming it's the cannon. Also, the valk still should have beam dispersing gas shells.

>>35614643
It's something that even the Aces don't want to stick around for. It's a superweapon. It has an incredibly massive destructive radius. And the Zeon forces are retreating.

Do you know where they're retreating? To the superweapon to get behind it!

>>35614462
>>>Pursue the fleeing Dodais

>>35614684
I don't think they'd retreat to the site of the weapon. More likely they're headed off to the side. Fastest way to get out of the line of fire. Following them wouldn't let us stop the shot, just prevent us from being included when the Valkryie gets hit.

>>35614713
You underestimate Zeon Anon. Of course they'd retreat to the superweapon.

>>35614462
“Ma'am!” Noel shouts. “Massive power surges detected... oh fuck, they're all over the damn place!”

“FALL BACK!” you roar. “ANOTHER TRAP!”

You and Carrina fire off your thrusters at full power, redlining your output, but it isn't quite enough.

Karen makes a series of split second decisions that you later realize may have saved your skin. “Defrah, take us in close! ALICE, pop all our beam gas ahead of us! OPs team, prep for recovery! Sound collision alarms!”

“Split!” Rossweisse suggests... and it's a good suggestion. Your machines separate into four, realigning all of your thrusters for each portion into a single vector, pouring your stupidly high potential acceleration into a single, tightly focused burst. You zip around fragments of colony and cruiser alike, Haman's funnels using weak shots to heat up bits of debris from behind you, effectively deflecting them from your path. Audrey and Rosse fire freely, hitting errant chunks with their heavier ordnance as you clear massive swathes with your hyper rifles.

Then, the lasers arrive. Not a single shot from a superweapon, but waves of red lines of death tear through space from several angles. A part of you realizes that the locations they're firing from were likely set for the AO nearer the edge of the debris patch, and that they've been hastily retargeted for the location around the Zeon “ambush team”'s rally point.

Your suits aren't equipped to stop the antiquated energy weaponry in such volume: a veritable storm of bright beams vaporize debris for kilometers around you and cause your armor to ablate in spots as you near the Valkyrie's protective shroud.
>3d100, best combined roll of three

Rolled 65, 54, 47 = 166 (3d100)

>>35614977

Rolled 72, 16, 13 = 101 (3d100)

>>35614977
Shit, did we just get hit by the Cyclops System? Stick to your own timeline!

Rolled 41 (1d100)

>>35614977

Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>35614977

Rolled 28, 77, 61 = 166 (3d100)

>>35614977

Rolled 3, 15, 17 = 35 (3d100)

>>35614977
Oh fuck.

Rolled 94, 33, 60 = 187 (3d100)

>>35614977
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

Rolled 86 (1d100)

>>35614977

Rolled 68, 94, 40 = 202 (3d100)

>>35614977

Rolled 18, 23, 68 = 109 (3d100)

>>35614977

Rolled 51 (1d100)

>>35614977

Rolled 31, 64, 82 = 177 (3d100)

>>35614977
Should've went after the retreating aces. Damnit. We could have knocked out one of those cannons.

Rolled 26, 90, 29 = 145 (3d100)

>>35614977
Come on Newtype bullshit!

>>35615027
Yes. One of them. Wouldn't have stopped the other dozen. Would have kept us out of the line of fire, though, leaving the Valkyrie as the only one to worry.

>>35614977
This cannot end any way but poorly.

>>35615008
>>35615017

>166
not bad... not good, but passable...

>>35615011
No, it was from multiple cannons. The retreating Zekes would have lead us straight to one of them.

>>35615052
We would have been in the perfect position to triangulate where the other particle beams came from. They've crossed the beams and we're screwed.

Rolled 99, 4, 73, 14, 4, 86, 41, 83, 59 = 463 (9d100)

>>35615008
Taking this one, since the lack of a 28 works in your favor.

Also, rolling for the other poor sods.

>writing

>>35614977
You know, this explains why the suits had semi-transparent coating. It's not as good defense against particle beams as anti-beam coating, but is godly against laser weapons. It wasn't to protect them from our weapons, it was insurance in case they got caught in the trap.

>>35615101
>99, 4, 73, 14, 4, 86, 41, 83, 59
>4,4,

I-I'm sorry. I'm so sorry!

>>35615080
>No, it was from multiple cannons. The retreating Zekes would have lead us straight to one of them.
I was making a joke, anon.

>>35615101
99 good, 4 and 4 dead.

>>35615147
Hopefully it's members of Jerid's team, and not anyone we care about.

>>35615142
I thought you were referencing Cyclops from X-Men actually.

>>35615167
It will be. RIP in peace Apolly and Roberto.

>>35615167

What if they're surviving Zeon pilots?

>>35615167
RIP Ramses and Dunkel

>>35615196
The Cyclops System is something from Gundam SEED. It's basically the same thing as this, only using masers instead of lasers. Thus my "stay in your own timeline" comment.

>>35615167
That 99 gat to be Yazan.

The only other pilots we had out were Emma, Apolly, and Roberto. So long as they hauled ass for the Valkyrie, they're fine. Not so much for anyone else caught out in that shitstorm. Pazom was chilling inside the hangar with the Val Varo.

>>35614977
>>35615101
You all manage to make it into the cloud of rapidly expanding gas, though the damage isn't pretty. You can see that Defrah's rammed the Valkyrie through a fair bit of space trash, banging up the prow of the carrier as it was basically treated like a giant battering ram to get to you faster. She slams hard on the braking thrusters, and re-orients her ship to let you land more easily.

Once safe in the gas, you recombine the Lilium... with the Sericea by mistake. Carrina and Audrey's machines combine as well.

Close enough.

Your other pilots make it back in fairly good order as well. Apolly's Barzam is thoroughly trashed, and he has to ditch it in space before coming aboard in the palm of Emma's modestly-damaged Mark II. The damage to Roberto's Barzam is severe, but can be fixed with enough work. His shield will need replacing, though.

Outside your team, it's another story altogether. The Titans ship carrying Yazan's team has taken bad hits to the bridge, which depressurized with minor casualties. The EFSF regular vessel, however, is gone: sunk as the lasers found an open missile pod, cooking off the entire thing and causing a chain of explosions that gutted her from prow to stern. The Nemos she carried are also nowhere to be found.

Impressively, Cacooler managed to escape serious damage by falling back into the shadow of the Titans ship, using its ablative-coated hull as a gigantic shield and escaping with minor damage. Clever, if a little cowardly... but also understandable. He didn't want to die any more than you did.

Jerid Messa wasn't so fortunate. His machine was caught in the open, and was absolutely eviscerated by the incoming fire. All that survived was his escape capsule: a new development based on the core block system that has been incorporated into the Mark II.
(1/2)

>>35615474
Also unfortunately for him, Yazan Gable managed to pull him to safety in the Valkyrie's gas cloud, and spends five full minutes thoroughly berating him for the loss of his machine, which Yazan attributes entirely to Jerid's inexperience and slow reaction to the threat.

“Premission to come aboard, ma'am,” Yazan addresses Karen over the comm. Karen, who you can now see in a little window ALICE kindly opened up for you on your panoramic monitor, seems unsure.

>Go on, we have the space
>Only if he promises not to ogle
>Other

>>35615494
>Go on, we have the space

>>35615494
>Go on, we have the space

>>35615494
Laugh. Laugh long and hard at surviving that. Deep belly laughs. Then get out and kiss someone. Hell, grab the Doktor and kiss him.

We lived.

>>35615474
>Clever, if a little cowardly...
So THAT'S why he kept getting chicken.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IHr-5G6PvI

>>35615494
>Go on, we have the space
Point your need to violate on the zeeks that left their garden hose on.

>>35615494
>>Go on, we have the space

>>35615494
>>Go on, we have the space

>>35615494
>Go on, we have the space

>>35615546
this
and
>>35615494
>Only if he promises not to ogle

>>35615494
"Audrey, we're going to have that talk sooner rather than later. It's not often you get to outrun a giant super laser and live to tell about it."

Grab her and go talk.

>>35615494

We can be civil... they DID just take a thrashing... and it's not like we are going to be keeping him on the ship, only until we exit the Shoal field and have a ship come out to drag their ship to the docks...

Though we do have to make sure that we keep Yazan and Jarid away from our guests... don't want any reports turning up about us having Civies on our ship...

>>35615622
Or former Zeon pilots.

>>35615666
A lot of former Zeon pilots.

Hopefully we can get a replacement Barzam, Kampfer or a Xeku Eins

>>35615622
True enough, though it may be unavoidable if we need to have them checked in the med-bay for injuries. Standard procedure and all.

>>35615666

Maybe we could get a bit of a debrief from them, see if we can't get something out of Jarid... Yazan probably won't be happy at the fact most of our pilots are female...

>>35615494
>Only if he promises not to ogle
I worry about bringing the Violator onto a ship full of pretty women. Not that our officers couldn't defend themselves against him, but it's best to take precautions anyway.

>>35615494
>>Only if he promises not to ogle

>>35615730
Hey, we've at least gotten a few more men on the team. It used to be 83% female pilots, now it's only 66%.

>>35615760
Did Yazan already establish his reputation? I think he's just known for being a vicious pilot at the moment.

And there's the crux of it. We could have just lost five pilots just like that within two machines. As I've stated before, the Slattern and Ikebanas are cool, but that's a lot of valuable Newtypes and pilots in one machine. Especially ours with three.

>>35615494
“We've got the space,” you inform Karen. “At least while we fall back.”

“Very well. Lieutenant Gable, you have permission to dock. Reiko, prep the landing deck for the Lieutenant's machine.”

Reiko replies “aye, ma'am' from somewhere offscreen.

As Yazan pilots his machine into the hangar and the space repressurizes, you and the rest of your team start popping your helmets off, eager to celebrate having survived. Apolly and Roberto can't help but grin at the outpouring of relief and affection, despite being well aware of how many lives have been lost today.

The loud crashing sound of Yazan dropping Jerid's pod unceremoniously to the deck draws your attention, as a few of your more perceptive teammates frown.

“This guy...” Carya mutters softly.

“... savage,” Haman finishes.

“YOU!” Yazan shouts, pushing off his barely damaged Mark II to float to the deck in front of you. “You, boy! Unlike the whelp I've gotta deal with, you're the real deal, aren't you? The cockpit was your womb, artillery was your lullaby, and war was your nursery!”

He then eyes your teammates. “And these lovely young ladies... the choosers of the slain. They live and fight at your side, facing danger and death as much for themselves as for you! How can one man be so blessed?”
>You hate to say it, but he has you pinned
>Close... but you're more than that, too
>... are you literally high right now?

>>35615806

I thought Yazan's thing was that he believed that a woman's place was not on the battlefield, not some kind of Mosha

>>35615957
It was more like he didn't think they could fight.
If one showed up he was more liable to think of her as some insane aberration that a actual woman.

>>35615937
Also, a note: right now, Yazan seems ecstatic not only to meet Titans he doesn't think are a waste of taxpayer money, but to find what he feels may even be a 'kindred spirit'.

>>35615937
>... are you literally high right now?

>>35615937
"Nah. I'm gay."

>>35615937
>>You hate to say it, but he has you pinned

>>35615937
>You hate to say it, but he has you pinned
Ladies and gentlemen, the Beast has arrived. We now onlyneed Ghingham to show up for a proper murderfest.

>>35615937
>>... are you literally high right now?

This man. I Do Not Like Him.

>>35615937
>You hate to say it, but he has you pinned
>Close... but you're more than that, too
Start laughing. Laugh like mad.

>>35615937
>>You hate to say it, but he has you pinned

>>35615937
>You hate to say it, but he has you pinned
>Close... but you're more than that, too

>>35615937
>Close... but you're more than that, too
May as well throw him a bone.

>>35616020
Yeah laugh!

>>35615937
Now is the time to start our belly laughs.

>>35615937
>You hate to say it, but he has you pinned
The man has a point.

>>35615937
>You hate to say it, but he has you pinned
I guess it's a necessity for Yazan to be able to size up another warrior to the degree of accuracy he did.

>>35615937
>>You hate to say it, but he has you pinned
>Laugh

>>35615937
>>You hate to say it, but he has you pinned

>>35615937
Our next move should be to get incredibly drunk under a pile of women. And bone Audrey into awakening as a Newtype.

>>35615937
>[x]You hate to say it, but he has you pinned.

"The former, I guess, although I do hope to leave the cradle some day. The latter, I have no idea and just stick to thanking whatever deity might be listening."

Yazan is a monster, but we can still respect him both for owning up to it and for having the skill to back it up.

>>35615987
He apparently sees our squad as Einherjar.

...come to think of it, Yazan is basically a Space Viking, isn't he? He and Thorkell the Tall would be the bro-est of enemies if they could have met each other.

>>35615937
Man I like this man!

>>35615937

>I won life's lottery.

>>35616226
>Einherjar
You mean Valkyries. They were the 'choosers of the slain'.

>>35615937
>Close... but you're more than that, too
There's no shame in admitting that war is in our nature. Just so long as we temper it with the knowledge of when and where to wage it. We fight for a purpose, not just because we like it. Though we totally do, so Yazan shouldn't feel like he's not among friends.

>>35616226
>Einherjar.
No, he sees them as valkyries.
>And these lovely young ladies... the choosers of the slain
Choosers of the Slain is a title for the valkyries, not the Einherjar.
The Einherjar are the ones chosen by the valkyries from the battlefield.

by the way, we should congratulate him on taking out the old Remnants leader...

>>35616237
He's pretty likable right up until he starts slaughtering people.

Also, just realized that being one of the only people Yazan actually respects is yet another point in favor of our being Not-Scirocco.

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Looks like their journey to Gundam Valhalla is postponed for now.

>>35616291
>>35616306
Ah, crap. Now I feel embarassed. Need to refresh my knowledge of Norse mythology, I guess.

...we should totally name our unit Einherjar, then. It fits so well.

>>35616331
I can't wait until we finally meet Paptimus. He's going to be a fun villain to have. Battle Harem vs. Battle Harem, it's be great.

>>35616331
Yeah, so long as you aren't an enemy combatant, he won't aim for you, but you'll still be collateral.

On the other hand, if you wave a stick him in a normal suit, he'll squash you.

>>35616382

and then we steal his Harem....

>>35616409
>sloppy seconds
Uhhhhhh...

>>35616382
the question is who will be in scirrocos harem besides oc characters, Chara? glemy with a mancrush

>>35615937
Strangely, you give into the urge to laugh. Not for long, or very loudly, but enough for Yazan to feel that he's just pressed a very dangerous button. His smile fades ever so slightly.

“You've got me to a T,” you tell the Lieutenant. “I'm different from when I dropped out of high school to join the EFF. I'm a better killer, and God grant, a better man in spite of it.”

“Commander Dominic O'Hara, of the Grim Guard.” You salute.

Yazan salutes back. “Lieutenant Yazan Gable, Test Team Blue. I'm a fan of your work.”

“Oh?” you ask. “Which work?”

“All of it,” he replies with a canny growl. “I've studied your battles extensively... or the ones that've been declassified at least.”

Something about that strikes you as worrisome, but you maintain your composure. “And why would you go to the trouble, Lieutenant? You strike me as a keen-eyed killer yourself. Why study someone else's battles?”

The manic grin of his returns once more. “You and your team have survived some SHIT, Commander,” Yazan replies. “Women and teenagers, killing trained men like I'd swat a damn fly. If you've survived all the reports say you have, you must be strong: maybe even the strongest.”

“Anyone who may be stronger than I am is worth understanding... especially if they gather in packs.”

Great, you have a psychotic Titans stalker now. Because that's a thing you needed.

After a long struggle to free himself from the escape pod, Jerid manages to join Yazan with your teammates.

“Eyes up, kiddo,” Catrina snorts, clearly not liking the way his gaze lingers on the women of your team.
>Keep a close eye on the creeps while your crews prep their suits to join their own ship
>Leave the two creeps to the rest of your crew, you need a bath, and volunteers to join you
>Send your team to rest, try and coordinate with the bridge to piece together what happened here
>Other

>>35616419
Ain't nothing sloppy about Sara.

...he can keep Reccoa, though.

>>35616409
He's going to go for Artesia. He'll see her as his new 'queen'. We'll haft to insure she's firmly in our harem so he can't work his Newtype magic. Same with all of our female engineers. Hell, even Nina to prevent her from revealing how our toys work.

Shudder at the thought.

>>35616425
>>Keep a close eye on the creeps while your crews prep their suits to join their own ship

>>35616439
since sarah is a titan and scirooco is probably with mars zeon in this continuity she will fall for dom as well

>>35616425
>>Keep a close eye on the creeps while your crews prep their suits to join their own ship

>>35616425
>>Send your team to rest, try and coordinate with the bridge to piece together what happened here
>>Other
We check on jerid. See to him, see if hes alright. Asshole must be abit down right now for losing the Mark 2.

>>35616459
i called that in a previous thread

>>35616439
>Reccoa
On the other hand, Char has a wife. He won't mess with Reccoa.

Maybe Kai will get another for his booty calls.

>>35616425
Get them something to drink and trade war stories while giggling like madmen at the various ways you've skewered Zeke suits on beam sabres.

>>35616425
>Keep a close eye on the creeps while your crews prep their suits to join their own ship
Get them to the mess hall or something. Offer them some drink or food, anything. The rest of the team can take care of their suits and make sure they don't see anything suspicious.

We can keep Yazan entertained, and maybe get him to spill some beans on what the Titans have been doing on his side. Play to the fact that he's our fan.

>>35616425
>>Keep a close eye on the creeps while your crews prep their suits to join their own ship

>>35616530
Had a wife. She had a miscarriage, remember?

That's why Quattro is currently working for the Titans.

>>35616518
Don't forget Cima bro. Damn, having to think of all of our female allies that can be turned against us is a challenge.

>>35616425
>Keep a close eye on the creeps while your crews prep their suits to join their own ship

>>35616531
>>35616534
This too

>>35616482
>scirooco is probably with mars zeon
And why would he do that, anon?

Think very carefully about the power dynamic and it'll become obvious where papsmear will end up.

>>35616425
>Send your team to rest, try and coordinate with the bridge to piece together what happened here
If the other Titans' ship's bridge is still not operational, we're pretty much the only ones capable of tracking the route those Dodais took.
Yazan may have a bone to pick with the remnant stragglers, so he'll probably want to know too.

>>35616530
Yeah, because Char has shown so much concern for Natalie. When it comes down to it, he doesn't care about any woman who isn't Lalah.

>>35616425
>[x]Send your team to rest, try and coordinate with the bridge to piece together what happened here
>[x]Other

Bring Yazan along for the debrief. We need his team's perspective on the action, and he was the one in charge.

>>35616425
>Keep a close eye on the creeps while your crews prep their suits to join their own ship
They aren't such bad guys. May as well dig for information and let them slowly come to the conclusion that the Titans only want patsies.

>>35616425
>Keep a close eye on the creeps while your crews prep their suits to join their own ship
>Send your team to rest, try and coordinate with the bridge to piece together what happened here

Let us take Yazan and Jarid to the debriefing. I'm sure the tech guys and girls will work better without the two of them standing around... not to mention it keeps them out of trouble...

>>35616554
Char not part of the Titans just EFSF.

>>35616581
didnt you in a previous thread mention the jupiter fleet and mars zeon in cahoots?

>>35616613
>>35616596
Good idea. We can exchange war stories on our way there.

>>35616581
I think people are just assuming that because we've seen reports that the Jupiter Energy Fleet is dealing with Mars Zeon. But that's forgetting that Jupiter deals with EVERYONE. If I had to guess based on the power dynamic, as you say, I'd expect Scirocco to end up with either Riah or the Republic of Zeon. Someplace where a brilliant MS engineer could easily find a position, and eventually parlay that into gaining power. I'd assume Riah would be more likely than the Republic, if only because there's less suspicion placed on them. That would allow Scirocco to work more freely in setting up his power base.

>>35616623
The likelihood, yes. But that doesn't mean he's joined up with them.

At this point, every major faction is playing at least one other major faction, and Jupiter's in a position to play them all, for as long as it's convenient.

>>35616623
Jupiter plays everybody, though.

Really need to set up antimatter factories on Mercury or something so that we can stop Space OPEC from constantly bending Earth over a table.

>>35616655
Well that, and that they don't really have anyone to stop him. Cima seems like the type to just outright assassinate someone who tries to go demagogue.

>>35616655
>Scirroco
>Riah

Oh great, we’re going to end up reuniting Chris with Bernie.

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>>35616655
would that mean paps seducing chris

So, since the Principality remnants used a relatively smaller scaled super weapon, is Bask gonna have to retaliate with his own bigger super weapon as a matter of principle?

Can't let the crazy spacenoids win the dick waving contest at all, no sirree!

>>35616734
What are you talking about? Chris and Bernie are still together. Nothing bad happened to split them up. Nothing. The hamburgers were just Chris's lunch that he left in the cockpit. That's all.

>>35616727
Also, Cima basically pulled a Scirroco before Scirroco did. She know exactly what a military officer maneuvering for a coup looks like because shes' done it.

speaking of papsmere wondering if this quest might explore his motivation a bit more then canon did, like connections to dogatie

>>35616785
I'm sure that's what Al says as he cries himself to sleep each night.

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>>35616785
>writing

>>35616807
possible kamille vs teenage Al

>>35616831
...vs. Judau?

>>35616812
Can I have fries with that?

>>35616812
Hey, random question, but the RoZ has managed to get its shit together and appoint a New PM by this point right? I mean, they've had a year and a half.

>>35616842
>inb4 Judau and the the Yard crew end up working for Cima.

>>35616856
They've had like three months. They appointed a new one, then he got impeached after the Operation Stardust scandal. They need a new one.

>>35616887

so likely the legislative council would have elected a new pm from the the winning party.

>>35616878
wich side was shan gri la part of again?

>>35616887
Who know? What party system are they using? Multi-party system, Single-party or Two-party?

>>35616930
Side 1? I thought it was the first colony ever made so that's what I assumed.

>>35616854
Get 'em just how Bernie likes things.

Extra crispy.

>sacrificing clownT
Yes Captcha, the clown got sacrificed.

>>35616930
It's side 1, same as Londenion.

>>35616856
My money is on some random schmuck or Shin Matsunga Dude is actually remarkably well qualified.
>War hero
>Personal friend of Dozle Zabi
>Never accused of any war crime
>Sufficiently old enough
>Politically quite moderate (never joined a neo zeon movement in canon, joined AUEG)

>>35616971
>>35617010
ok. its been a while since i saw zz

>>35616812
That missed opportunity when they didn't name Bernie "Charles Ground".

>>35616812
“I'm going to see that our guests get some food and water before the debrief,” you tell your team. “Get some rest... you all earned it.”

Your team salutes gratefully and shuffle off... Catrina offers Rosse a piggyback ride and you're pretty sure you hear Audrey and Haman discussing baths. As they leave, you escort Yazan and Jerid to the mess hall, where several of the enlisted greet you with applause and promises of fresh food rather than leftovers from lunch.

“Great crew you've got here,” Yazan tells you approvingly. “Very loyal.”

You shrug. “I suppose I must have earned it in their eyes.”

A few minutes later the applause breaks out again for Karen, who is dumbstruck by the reception.

“There you are,” she says as she seats herself, sipping at a beer some steward pressed into her hands as she came in. “So... things got out of hand.”

“We started reasoning it was a trap specifically for the Gundams,” you tell Karen and Yazan. “The Zeeks had a pair of Gelgoog Jaegers and a Gyan Krieger waiting to ambush us, but we ambushed them instead.”

“And they gave you a good fight?” Yazan asks.

“They had gundarium armor and old-fashioned beam reflective coating,” you explain. “They weren't easy to beat, but we dropped two and forced what was left of the team to retreat with minor damage to my unit's shoulder armor and shield.”

“Most people would have been killed,” Jerid muses.

Yazan raises an eyebrow, silently implying that Jerid counts as “most people” for the purposes of this situation.

“Gundarium...” Karen muses, tapping at her personal dataslate. “I'll have Defrah put us on a course for La Vie en Rose for repairs while Reiko and Catharine work on figuring out how the hell they could've gotten their hands on that much Gundarium out in the Shoal Zone.”

“Check our heat wires,” you tell her. “May have pulled off chunks of the Gyan's shield when we took his arm off.”
(1/2)

>>35617063
Yazan laughs. “God, I loved every word in that sentence. You and your valkyries are FAR more fun than the rest of Titans. Better fighters too, from what I've seen. Though I HOPE my experience isn't comprehensive...”

Yazan shoots a glare at Jerid, who busies himself with a milkshake that a passing mess steward insisted he take.
>Try and keep him talking (write in)?
>Small talk until they leave
>Other

>>35617098
>Try and keep him talking (write in)?
So no good fights?

>>35617098
War stories! Keep him talking. Maybe he'll let slip what he's doing in Titans besides being Orky and looking for a good fight.

>>35617098
>>Try and keep him talking (write in)?
"I wouldn't say we're all that much better. It just seems like the Federation these days has given up even trying. Hell, even most of the Titans don't know the meaning of a good fight."

>>35617098
>>Try and keep him talking (write in)?
"Not the type to bring greenhorns up to speed then, I reckon? Always a trial by fire?"

Damnit Jerid! Start getting some tutelage from Lila already.

>>35617098
>>Recruit Yazan
He loves us. Sure, he's a sexual omnivore and a complet e sociopath, but do we want a sociopath with a man crush on what will inevitably on the other side? I say we turn him into our Belkar Bitterleaf; the psycho we keep under our watch to minimize his damage and put his skills to something relatively good.

>>35617098
>Try and keep him talking.
"Eh, don't be too hard on the kid. We were all unseasoned nuggets once, after all, and there’s really no substitute for personal experience. What have you seen from the other Titan units, though? We'll probably have to work with them at some point, so we may as well know what we're in for."

>>35617214
Forgot to add. Who's their captain?
Jamaican?

>>35617251
I like this

>>35617098
>>Keep him talking
>>"Unsatisfied with your current crew?
When he continues to bitch, we try this>>35617230

>>35617251

This

All this talk of recruiting Yazan makes me think: Can we save
the Titans? Can we make them the baddest guys around? Can we lead the Titans with our harem?

>>35617230
this, make shure that when its time to pick sides he chooses us

>>35617098
>Try and keep him talking (write in)?
"I wouldn't know. Outside of a clean-up crew being brought in to secure the landing zone after we've cleared it, this is the first time we've worked with another team since joining the Titans. But it makes sense. We haven't had to deal with any serious threats yet. It's understandable that the job hasn't really sunk in for most of the pilots. Give them time, they'll turn it around. Or die, I guess."

>>35617349
if we assasinate Jamitov we shoul put the blame on scirocco just for the irony

>>35617395
Both of them, Yazan and Jerid.

I don't think we need to recruit Yazan... just ensure that he stays as a loose cannon in titans... The more attention they pay to him and his, the less attention they are paying to us and ours...

>>35617425
So we'll blame him for breaking the Titans' Hymen?

>>35617524
I'd like to know what Amuro's up to now. Is he a brain-in-a-jar yet?

>>35617098
"No respect for your peers?" you ask. "How about your captain?"

"A shitter by the name Jamaican," Yazan replies. "I've seen cruel Captains and stupid Captains, but I never thought I'd be cursed with a cruel idiot for a Captain."

"And your juniors?" you ask, eying Jerid. "Why the trial by fire?"

Yazan snorts. "There's no other kind worth mentioning. It's what forged you, wasn't it? As for our other teams, the Killers are okay, I guess. Tomino, Itano, Yasuhiko, Gordon... three Japs and a dirty Scots-Irish heathen! If they walked into a bar together it'd be the start of a damn funny joke."

You look up at your red hair at the same time as Yazan does. His own is some kinda freaky blonde pompadour, and it bounces as he nods, recalling your ancestry. "No offense, sir."

"None taken."

"So why did you join Titans?" Karen asks abruptly. "What drew you in?"

"That's easy," Yazan replies. "The promise of good fights, and a chance to prove myself."

"And so you joined an organization with other strong fighters?" you ask pointedly.

Yazan grins slyly. "I'm not dumb enough to try my luck with your team, Commander."

Eventually the ship commanded by this "Jamaican" guy, who sounds like a real asshole based on Yazan's description of him, meets up with the Valkyrie, and you quickly transfer the two outsiders off your ship, having gained new insight into how Titans has shaped up since its founding.
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>>35617251
This'll work.

>>35617555

We put him back to training new pilots at the academy, remember?