>>32923788
The mess hall is opened for dinner just as the Kyongju's main engine begins to spin up, and you feel a brief tug of acceleration that coincides neatly with a growl from your stomach. It's likely that the rest of your team will already be there, but it might also be worth taking some time to deal with a few minor issues before your meal.

>Go and feed yourself
>Do something work-related (what?)
>Something else?

>>32923810
>>Go and feed yourself

>>32923810
> Go and feed yourself
Might as well get familiar with the ship.

>>32923810
>Do something work-related
>>Run a diagnostic on Gundam Lilium

Workman and his tools, etc.

>>32923810
>Go and feed yourself
A Pilot fights on his stomach.

>>32923810

>go and feed yourself

>>32923788
It strikes you that now might be a good time to familiarize yourself a bit more with your machine: the Lilium is still brand new, and has just been re-calibrated. In fact, the last time you saw it the thing still hadn't been put together all the way. Your stomach however objects to the notion of delaying dinner, and you've never been one to ignore what your gut tells you.

With a kick, you exit your quarters and grab hold of one of the handles on the opposite side of the hall. Rather than use the device the way it was meant, you push yourself gently forwards to the end of the hall, then up a set of stairs to the main deck.

Sure enough, you're greeted by Carya, Karen, and Reiko as they settle in to start their meals. You're also greeted with quite a few stares and whispering among the enlisted: you hear the word "Newtype" thrown around quite a bit.

"It's pretty good stuff, Commander," Karen tells you. "Get yourself a packet and float on over here."

The meal consists of heated vegetable stew in a plastic packet that you have to suck through a large straw so that the liquid won't drift all over the room. Thankfully the pork is solid, and pre-cut into chunks. It's still space food, but it certainly beats the average MRE.

"So, how do you think we should prepare, ma'am?" Carya asks Karen.

"I don't know, Lieutenant," she admits. "Dominic is the space veteran here. I was hoping he'd have a plan."

>Physical training never hurts
>Zero gravity takes some getting used to, so we should practice moving through the ship
>We used to box in my old unit
>Newtypes are supposed to have improved senses, right? Maybe work on those?
>Other?

>>32924244
>Zero gravity takes some getting used to, so we should practice moving through the ship

Can't have our crews souls be weighed down by the taint of gravity.

>>32924244
> Physical training never hurts
> Zero gravity takes some getting used to, so we should practice moving through the ship
Fighting in zero-g can be a bitch, and we should get used to it.

Though the greater issue would probably be piloting in zero-g.

>>32924244
>Physical training never hurts
Up in the mornin' at the break of day
I don't like it, no way
Eat my breakfast too damn soon
Hungry as a hound dog by noon
Went to the mess hall on my knees
"Mess Sergeant, Mess Sergeant feed me please!"
Mess Sergeant said witha big ol'grin
"If you wanna be Airborne you gotta be thin"
Up in the morning at the break of day
Working so hard we never play
Running through the jungle where the sun don't shine
All I do is double time

>>32924332
>>32924395
>>32924404
>Options are split, combining

>>32924458
"Well, you've probably been briefed before about the risks of orthostatic intolerance and atrophy on extended zero-g missions, so I think three hours a day should be devoted to exercise. That goes for all of us, combat pilots and otherwise."

Karen nods. "Sounds reasonable enough. Anything else?"

"Yeah. Zero gravity maneuvering can be a bitch to get used to, so I think Carya, Audrey and I should practice moving around the ship unassisted. Get used to how a human-shaped object moves in freefall."

Carya shrugs. To her, this is probably going to be more of a fun diversion than actual training, but you still have no idea how Audrey will adjust. Speaking of which...

"Where exactly IS Ensign April, anyway?"

"She ate quickly and went to the hangar deck to review some schematics of some sort," Reiko informs you. "Something about remote weapons technology."

Ah. That does sort of sound like her.

"Well, let's go grab her when we're done. I want to see how she handles herself."

After finishing your food, Karen and Reiko split off to investigate the ship's exercise room while you and Carya head towards the hangars. You're not surprised to see that the sisters prefer to bounce off the walls as well rather than be carried through the halls.

Audrey waves you over as you enter the hangar, and returns to working on her dataslate.

"You're just in time, Commander. I had a question for you."

"Go on, Ensign."

"I was going over the specifications on the three Lilium machines, and I noticed a few notes for future systems to include. I'd like your permission to work on developing some of the designs a bit more fully, and I wanted to know what you wanted me to focus on first."

She shows you the data she's been working on, and it seems she's separated the half-finished designs into offensive, defensive, and mobility-enhancing systems.
(1/2)

>>32924647
"Also," the Ensign adds, "If you come up with any wild ideas, let me know and I'll see if they're possible. And if you want me to explain any of these, all you need to do is ask. They're pretty sketchy, for the most part, but more or less workable."

>I have an idea (what?)
>Tell me more about our mobility enhancement options
>More weapons are always good
>What sort of defenses are we talking, here?
>Other

>>32924690
>What sort of defenses are we talking, here?

>>32924690
>Tell me more about our mobility enhancement options
>More weapons are always good
>What sort of defenses are we talking, here?
Come on, Hearts, why would you even make these options? You know we're going to want to hear what they all are.

>>32924690
>>Tell me more about our mobility enhancement options

Doesn't matter how strong you opponent is if they can't hit you.

Gundam Tactics 1010

>>32924690

>tell me more about our mobility enhancement options.

Just gotta get that dodge.

>>32924690
> Tell me more about our mobility enhancement options
If they're using beam weapons, doesn't really matter what we're using as armor.

Though hearing about the other stuff would be nice as well.

>>32924770
I don't know, we might get some defense against beams. We're just about at the point in the UC timeline when they start making shields with anti-beam coating, we could probably snag one. Hell, the GP02's shield can withstand being on the edge of a nuke's blast radius, I'm sure it can tank some beam rifle shots.

>>32924690

>Tell me more about our mobility enhancement options.

maybe the Twins might benefit from the offensive research as it could lead to wired/wireless bits, which one could control while the other focuses on the MS....

You motion to Audrey to hand you the dataslate, and begin scrolling down through the information. She wasn't kidding: the Doctor barely got halfway through each of the plans before abandoning them for one reason or another. Some of them you suspect he just got bored.

“Tell me about the enhanced mobility designs, Audrey. Are those feasible?”

“Yes, sir,” she replies. “In fact they're dead simple. One option is referred to here as a “sturm booster”. It's basically a self-contained backpack addition that has big thrusters and fuel, but sadly the one here is incompatible with the Lilium's backpack. We might be able to work something similar onto another mounting point though... maybe the shoulders or the wrists.”

“And the other”

“A platform based on the Dodai bomber. It's called a “base jabber”, whatever the hell that's supposed to mean. It'd let our machines fly in atmosphere: maybe even re-enter independently, if modified.”

Something in the schematics catches your eye, and you have to scroll back up to make sure you read it properly.

“A beam shield?”

“Ah, you noticed that.” Audrey nods to herself, and even the sisters' interest seems to have been piqued as they float up over your shoulder to see for themselves. “I'm a bit surprised nobody's tried that sort of thing before.”

“I see,” Catrina mutters. “You use the I-field to shape it into a disc, and it blocks beams as well as neutralizes projectiles.”

“Right,” Audrey confirms. “It's just the power draw would be massive... I'd estimate eighteen hundred kilowatts just for the shield.”

“And our suits' reactors only produce nineteen. Shit. And you just know some asshole at a design bureau is going to build a suit with an overpowered reactor and use it to run a bunch of cannons.”
(1/?)

>>32924884
Yeah, maybe. Though the first anti-beam coating in UC was tested with the Hyaku Shiki, and that thing won't be made for another 4 years or so.

Maybe slapping enough armor on the suit, similar to what the O and other machines Paptimus was using?

>>32925054
Technically the first anti-beam coating was on the Gouf Custom. It's just that anti-beam coating didn't get good enough to stop beams entirely until the Hyaku Shiki. Up until then you still needed a thick plate of armor backing it up.

>>32924992
Carya takes over for a moment. "It makes sense, though. Designers on both sides of the war stopped issuing shields, you know."

"I actually never noticed," Audrey admits. "Why do you think that is?"

"In the hands of a novice it's dead weight, and most pilots die too quickly to learn how to use them properly. So they're no longer standard issue."

Audrey seems taken aback, and you can tell that she had never really considered the issue. Carya, on the other hand seems a bit more reticent than usual, as if she's reminded herself of something unpleasant.

"And the weapons," you ask, trying to salvage the mood. "What's going on there?"

Audrey seems to focus again. "Right... mostly they seem to be remote weapons. Bit carrier shields, mounting points for extra generators, that sort of thing. No way to make them useful yet without a miniaturized psycommu system, though hopefully we'll have one in a few months to start testing."

"Right, I'll clear it with Karen. Keep us in the loop if you have any breakthroughs." Audrey nods to herself.

"But for now, I have another task for you... get to the exercise room"

"Okay..." the Ensign responds before you silence her.

"Unassisted. Completely free."

Audrey looks a bit nervous at the prospect...

>OPTION:
>Timeskip to Axis
>You still have things you want to do

>>32925149
> You still have things you want to do
Let's see if our suit is fixed, maybe get some piloting done in space.

>>32925149
>>You still have things you want to do
I kinda want to see the crew get to know each other a bit more
Also training montage

>>32925173

I second this

>>32925173
Maybe see what's bugging Carya as well. We need our pilots in top shape for this.

>>32925173
That sounds good. A few EVA jaunts with the suits should get us back to being familiar with space combat. And we've got a new suit with a different balance to our old GM Sniper II, so we'll need to test it in space maneuvers anyway. A good training montage will let us start coordinating as a team, too, since we're going to be up against some nasty foes soon enough.

Speaking of which, what weapons load out are we going with? The Doctor suggested using the mega-gatling tin case Charming has an I-Field, but that thing is heavy and takes up all our hardpoints. I'm thinking we take the boosted beam rifle and the folding bazooka, instead. That way we can still participate in the capture operation on Snow White, and if we need to we can swap from clay rounds to explosive if we need ballistic firepower. Though we have shoulder cannons, so it's not like we'd be complete out of luck anyway.

>>32925287

Agreed as well everyone needs a clear mind for this mission

>>32925173

I'd be up for voting this, if we weren't going breakneck speeds towards axis.... so I don't think we'll get any real outside piloting done... We can however use the preliminary data from the test to practice in the simulators.... not quite as helpful, but better than nothing....
not to mention working on discovering the Newtype happy naked space zone in which we can have soul to soul conversations with our squad....

>>32925372
We're not continuously accelerating, though. There will be fairly long stretches in which we can drift alongside the ship at the same velocity with no fear of being left behind.

>>32925439

touche'

Then I support doing the space practice...

>>32925300
Well, the I-Field stops beam weapons, not kinetic/explosive ones. A bazooka would work great against it, while the beam rifle could help us with taking out whatever support Axis deploys. As long as they don't unleash an entire fleet against us, in which case we're boned without any sufficient firepower.

I wonder how fast we could get another weapons loadout in case shit hits the fan. Or switch ammo types for the bazooka.

Over the next few weeks, you keep yourselves busy with short EVA missions in your new machines. For once it seems like the Lilium is cooperating with you: in space you have a 360* view of your surroundings, and the machine will literally go anywhere you want it to seemingly at will. The new backpack layout was definitely meant for this sort of thing, and you can't help but add little flourishes here and there during your flights.

Audrey seems to grow more confident as well, even to the point of suggesting a game of tag between your three machines. She also takes some time to practice sniping from a fixed position on the dorsal hull of the Kyongju, hitting simulated targets with increasing skill and precision.

Carya and Catrina take to tagging out during your maneuvers, and each attempts to match or out-do the other in mock saber duels between Lilium and Viola. You still feel like they're concerned about something as you near the halfway point of your trip, however.

After three weeks, you call your team into the cramped briefing room assigned to you aboard ship.

"You called us, Dom?" Carya inquires.

"Yeah, I wanted to check in. See how we were all doing."
>General reports, keep it professional (Write in)
>It's fine to just chat, get a little personal (Write in)
>Ask Carya what's bugging her (Write in)

>>32925561
We shouldn't ask what's bothering the twins right here. We can do that later in private, they're our roommates. Right now, let's just
>It's fine to just chat, get a little personal (Write in)
Let's ask how Karen and Reiko are doing. We've been keeping busy working with the mobile suits, what have they been dealing with?

>>32925561
>>It's fine to just chat, get a little personal (Write in)
Everybody doing well with their suits? Dealing well with zero G?
>>32925626
Agreed ask the twins later

>>32925561
> It's fine to just chat, get a little personal (Write in)
Mostly how they think things are going with the mission, how they're feeling about all this or if there's something they'd like to report/ask.
Maybe if they have some suggestions as well.

Lets ask the twins what's bugging them in private.

>>32925561

>It's fine to just chat.
"Since we are a unit, not paper pushers, I feel it is important to check on how everyone is getting on, both in the new machines and with the trip itself"

afterwards we can pull Carya aside and ask her what's bugging her, If she doesn't want to raise the issue in front of the others, that is her choice, but we should at least inform her that we have noticed she seems to have something on her mind which concerns her, and even if she doesn't want to talk about it, that we are concerned...

>>32925561
>>It's fine to just chat, get a little personal.
>Talk to twins later.

Ask how the training is working with everyone. Anything causing problem?

>>32925995
>Damn it, keep forgetting to put my name back on.
“Well, first off I wanted to check in with you all, see how things are going.”

“You've been on all the flights, Dominic, what do you think?” Karen replies.

“I think we're all there, performance-wise. Mostly I wanted to see where your heads are at, because that's not something I can see from where I'm sitting.”

“I'm a little bored,” Reiko admits. “Filing reports out here is the same as doing it anywhere else. I got to check out the pri-fly setup, though, so I've gotten used to the systems here.”

Karen nods. “I've convinced Captain Greene to hand over tactical authority to our unit,” she explains. “But I still hear some grumblings among the crew. They haven't been told what we're up to, and they don't like having two Newtypes aboard. Superstitious, I think.”

Audrey turns to face you. “I'm having a pretty good time, though with the constant training I've fallen a bit behind on the data analysis. Upside is I feel a lot better about going into combat for the first time. I've also heard some... scuttlebutt. Mostly about the fact that there's only one male officer in our team. I think I can survive that, though.”

“Oh yeah?” Karen asks. “What're they saying about us?”

“The predictable crap, or course.”

“Always the case,” the Commander replies dismissively. “Trap a bunch of men up in a tin can for a month and that's all they can think about.”

Carya nods in your direction. “I'm fine too. Same as always.” There's that sense again, the feeling that something is bothering her.

“Sounds good then, I'll see you all in the mess. It's meatloaf night, I know how you love that, Hollinger.” The sergeant moans as she drifts through into the next room, followed quickly by Audrey. Karen drifts out into the hall and shuts the door. Carya simply drifts over to her bed and sits, looking at you expectantly.

>What say?

>>32925995
>"So what's up C.C.? Somethings obviously been eating you two for a while.

>>32926066
"Okay, something's clearly bothering you. Both of you. Is it because we're going up against Zeon remnants?"

>>32926086
second

>>32926066
Ask them what's bugging them and if there's something we can do to help them with.

>>32926086

Thirding

>>32926086

Fourthing

>>32926066
“Okay, you two. Something's been bothering you both since we left Earth. Is it that we're going up against Zeon remnants?”

Carya shakes her head. “No, that's not it. We made our peace with that decision long ago, Dom. The Principality betrayed Zeon's ideals long before we betrayed it. So far as I'm concerned they betrayed us. What's wrong is... complicated.”

“Try me. Maybe I can help?”

You can feel Catrina take over, but even she feels a little uncomfortable. “You know it bugs us both how we got these new Gundams. Anaheim built 'em off the records, gave 'em to us, and sent us on a vague mission to take out two experimental mobile weapons. Probably also off the books: we don't even know who issued the orders, right?”

That's a fair point. The EFSF admiralty approved the orders, but you're not sure where they originated, or who's planning the operations, or what their goals might be.

“It just... it makes us nervous, Dom. We weren't sure you and the others felt the same way or not, and neither of us wants it butt heads with you on this: my sis least of all. So we hesitated to even bring it up."

>Response?

>>32926456
>"wants TO butt heads"
Insufficient coffee detected.

>>32926456
>>Response?
"You're right, it stinks. This mission probably won't go off a smooth as we want it to either."

>>32926456
>You were worried about telling me that you thing the Federations up to something? Come on now C.C. you long have you guy known me? Of course I'd hear you out.

>>32926456

"Well... So far as orders go, we have Tactical Authority, and I doubt that raiding Axis and tearing the place apart is realistically on the cards, so while we get in contact with any intelligence assets on Axis, we can do some digging of our own... After all, where would we both be if we blindly followed our orders?"

This mission might be about more than just the units.... They might have the suits loaded with data recorders specifically to record data on us and CC, after all, we are both Newtypes, and CC is even more unique due to the combined soul....

>>32926456
Tell her the truth. This makes us nervous as well, so we can understand what she's going through.
The secrecy, the mission, something stinks here. We should keep our eyes open and hope for the best.

Anyway we've got each others back, right? We'll be there if she needs us, so she shouldn't hesitate to talk to us.
We're friends, after all. We look out for each other.

>>32926456
"Carya, Catrina, your opinions matter to me. I've known you long enough by now to trust you on things like this. Don't be afraid to raise any concerns you have with me. As for the situation...yeah, it doesn't feel right. There are way too many missing details. I think this is part of some bigger op. I'm not sure what yet, but it's making me paranoid. If I had to guess, I'd say it's something connected to Anaheim. That's why I asked the Doctor to look into where Axis is getting its materiel from. Maybe I'm just jumping at shadows, but better to be thorough, right?"

>>32926456
You can't help but let out a short snort of laughter. “Really, you two? That's what you were concerned about?”

“Well, mostly, yeah?”

“Look, we've been together three years. You should know by now I'd hear you out even if I didn't agree that the whole thing stinks to high heaven.”

You can actually feel the sisters' relief as their face breaks into a smile. “Really?”

“Yeah. I mean, any command with this much cloak-and-dagger involved can't be on the level. We may not have much choice at the moment, but on the way back I'll see where the rest of the team falls on the issue. Maybe I'll even have the Doctor do some digging into our chain of command too, when we see him again. See what he finds.”

Pushing off your own bed, you maneuver over to the sisters and place a reassuring hand on their shoulder. “Don't worry about it too much, though. First thing's first, we need to survive at Axis. Then we can sort things out with the Federation brassholes. Got it?”

“Yeah, Dom. Got it.” You get the sense that there's still something Carya wants to say, and that Catrina seems to be talking to her in their head about something or other...

>Keep pressing
>Leave them to it and get us to Axis already

>>32926817
>Stare at them with an expectant look?
"Something else?"

>>32926817

"Well, now that we've aired out that particular issue.... Did you want to expand on this Other issue which has your joint attention?"

>>32926817
>Leave them to it and get us to Axis already
Aw, they're not sure if they should say anything, now. Cute. Anyway, let's go fight Char. Just remember, we can't acknowledge him as Char. He's Johnny Ridden. That will be our running gag with him.

>>32926817
> Keep pressing
Don't go overboard. If there's something they want to tell us, they can tell us whenever they feel like it.

>>32926817
"Is there something else?"

Carya looks a bit uneasy again. "Well, yes, actually."

"Would you care to elaborate? It's got both of your attention it seems, so it must be important."

Carya sighs. "Alright, fine, Catrina. I'll tell him. Just... quit teasing me about it, alright?"

For a moment you can tell she's trying to collect herself, before she continues. "I've... been interested in you. For a while now. And I was wondering if you felt anything like that towards me. Or... or us. I'm not sure how all that works in this case."

Catrina takes over for a moment to add her two cents: "She was freaking out because I don't usually go in for your type, so she didn't believe me when I told her I was also kinda into you."

"Wherever one of us goes, the other goes along for the ride, you know? So this kinda thing is a bit trickier for us than most."

>Response?

>>32927177

"I would see how that would be an issue, yes... For one, There really aren't any good dating spots on the cruiser.... Second would be that I have never heard of a 'Romantic MRE'..."

New game; pair Audrey with Karen...

>>32927177
>>Reciprocate

Tell her that we feel the same way about them but we were unsure on how the whole " I like two girls who share the same body." thing is supposed to work.

I'm not even gonna try and write dialogue for that.

>>32927177
"Oh. So I wasn't just imagining things, then. Honestly, it's been years since I've thought about dating. A few hookups here or there, yeah, but nothing serious. And I do care about you, both of you, you're very important to me. I could see this working, but I'd want to make sure I do it right. So while I'm open to the idea, I think maybe we should hold off on acting on it until we're in a more appropriate environment. I guess what I'm getting around to is: You want to go out sometime after we get back to Earth?"

>>32927177
Reciprocate.
At some poimt, once we're relaxed into the relationship, we need to ask te girls whether this counts as a threesome.

>>32927177
Well, yeah, we like them too. Both of them.
And we can see how their situation makes this whole thing a lot trickier than it usually is.

Though we should talk how this is going to work and all. Do we set up a time share or what?

>>32927416
seconded

>>32927450
Seconded

>>32927177
"Ah, so I wasn't just imagining it, then? Honestly, I was never sure about the whole "I like two girls who share a body" thing was supposed to work," you admit, "otherwise I might have brought it up first."

"Oh thank god," Carya mutters. "I was terrified of all the ways that might have backfired."

"Well, it's not like this is a great place to pursue that sort of thing... MREs aren't exactly the most romantic of dinner plans, and watching training films on VD isn't nearly the same as seeing a movie. But when we're back on Earth, or when we put into port, who knows?" Both sisters seem happy to agree, and Carya insists on cuddling close with you in your bunk for the night. Given the circumstances, who would disagree?

You're not sure if it's their reassuring yet chaste physical presence or the warm feelings you sense them directing towards you, but spending that night in the sisters' embrace was the most relaxed you can recall being since before the war.
(1/2)

>>32927630
The rest of the trip passes without incident... though not without amusement. The next morning your team notices that you and the sisters are in a brighter mood, but nobody asks why.

On day 35, your last scheduled day of acceleration, you caught the sisters staring at a clock on the wall of the mess hall. Not wanting to interrupt, you took a seat nearby and waited for her to do something. After fifteen minutes of staring at Carya staring at a clock on the wall, you were about to conclude that she was simply off her rocker... but that was when Audrey walked in and sat down next to the sisters, and asked what they were doing, whereupon the sisters explained they were using their Newtype abilities to make the clock spin backwards.

However, the next day saw the Kyongju pitch over and face the opposite direction so that it could decelerate. The sisters, once more in the mess, were staring at the clock as it ran backwards.

“How the hell are you doing that?” Audrey asked, shocked at what she was seeing.

Carya simply smiled. “It's easier when we're decelerating.”

As Audrey drifted off towards the chow line wide-eyed at the whole exchange, Carya leaned over to whisper to you. “It's also easier when you open it up and move some of the bits around.”

Finally day 73 arrives, and you prepare to sortie with your team and the GM team aboard the Kyongju. It's also time to select your weapons load for the mission: the clay bazooka is mounted to your shield in two parts, for now, with two extra HE rounds.
>G05 Gatling: bonus to hitting bits due to rate of fire, less effective against armor but ignores I-fields. Takes up back skirt.
>Hyper Beam Rifle: no bonus to hitting bits. Highly effective against armor but is stopped by I-fields. Best taken with a Heavy Shotgun.
>Heavy Shotgun: x2 or x1 with the rifle, bonus to hitting bits, reduced effectiveness against armor, ignores I-fields.

>>32927732
>G05 Gatling: bonus to hitting bits due to rate of fire, less effective against armor but ignores I-fields. Takes up back skirt.

>>32927732

>Hyper Beam Rifle: no bonus to hitting bits. Highly effective against armor but is stopped by I-fields. Best taken with a Heavy Shotgun.

The Clay Bazooka should cover our physical ammo, we just need the big beam rooty tooty point and shooty for everything that doesn't have an I-Field are we're gold.

>>32927732
>>G05 Gatling: bonus to hitting bits due to rate of fire, less effective against armor but ignores I-fields. Takes up back skirt.

Normally I'd go for the Shotgun but we don't know how many enemies we'll be facing.

>>32927774
>Technical note: the clay bazooka is stored disassembled with clay rounds loaded

>>32927808
Another point of clarification, if you would: How much will mounting the G05 Gatling slow us down? That thing's heavy. And how quickly would we be able to store it so we can bring our beam saber out? Not that we're that likely to get into a duel, given the targets, but they might have backup.

>>32927732
>>G05 Gatling: bonus to hitting bits due to rate of fire, less effective against armor but ignores I-fields. Takes up back skirt.

>>32927841
Your saber would be mounted in your right arm hardpoint, so you technically don't even need to draw it. The gatling itself is massive, but compared to the mass of the suit it's not a problem. It drags you down from 2.8g maximum acceleration to like 2.6g, with your maneuverability still being high due to your suit's thrust vectoring ability. So there's no mechanical penalty. There might be if you had two, though.

>>32927917
Oh, we can deploy the saber straight from the arm like a wrist blade? Neat. Okay, then. Let's go for the mega gatling.

>>32927917
>Dual wielding G05's

Now that's siege weaponry right there.

>>32927950
But think about how heavy our arms would get if we started duel-wielding gatlings. It would be unbearable.

>>32927972
Actually all you'd need to do is rely on precise thruster blast for primary movement. The real issue would be balancing that kind of uneven recoil.

But damn, the rip and tear of it would be amazing.

>>32927972
>think about how heavy our arms would get
Our arms won't get heavy unless we mount them both on the same arm.

>>32927972
We're in space. There is no weight here that'd make that an issue.
Recoil and energy consumption, on the other hand...

>>32927972
there are sacrifices you have to make for cool

>>32928042
>both on the same arm.

Two G05's on each arm!
We're basically a Mobile Armor at that point.

>>32928040
>>32928055
No, it was a joke. The Heavyarms, from Gundam Wing. It wields a single gatling gun to start with and upgrades to dual wielding them.

>>32928078
It was a pun, anon. I was making a really bad pun on the idea of our suit getting "heavy arms".
http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/XXXG-01H2_Gundam_Heavyarms_Kai

>>32928085
I know, I decided to play it strait.

Sorry, I just wanted to talk about Gatling guns some more.

It's not a difficult choice: given the certainty of bit weaponry and the likelihood of an i-field generator being fielded against you, the massive gatling cannon is probably the best weapon for the job. You order the mechanics aboard the Kyongju to mount the huge lead-spitter onto the Lilium while Carya and Audrey confirm their loadouts.

"So, here's the plan," Karen calls out as she floats into the hangar. "You'll be hitching a ride with the Salamis-class ship Anzio to reach the capture point. The Kyongju will hold back in reserve so that we can recover you later. How you deploy your units are up to you, Commander O'Hara. My only suggestion is leaving a sniper to drop Charming's I-field, if it turns out to have one."

"So that leaves us with four GM-II pilots from the Kyongju, then?" Audrey muses. "Plus the four from the Anzio... we could use them as bait for the trap, or as a flanking force."

"Your call, Dom," Carya adds.

>The GM-IIs will provide the bait to draw out Schnee Weiss
>The GM-IIs will ambush Schnee Weiss, then help you take down Charming
>The GM-IIs will hold off until they see Charming, then spring a surprise attack
>Write in?

Note: the GM-IIs will be carrying beam spray guns and bazookas for this mission. Only the squad leader has a shield.

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>>32928085
That one flew right above my head. Now I feel like such a Gouf.

I'm sorry.

>>32928137
>The GM-IIs will ambush Schnee Weiss, then help you take down Charming

We don't want to get flanked.

>>32928137
>The GM-IIs will hold off until they see Charming, then spring a surprise attack
We aren't going to throw those men's lives away by using them as bait, or having them jump Snow White. Charming is nasty, but it's the kind of nasty they have some chance against.

>>32928137
>>The GM-IIs will hold off until they see Charming, then spring a surprise attack

I think we can all agree on a love theme for Dom and the twins.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_6x3EW3FC0

>>32928137
>>The GM-IIs will hold off until they see Charming, then spring a surprise attack

A GM's still a GM. These guys are lible to get slaughtered if we don't give them the element of surprise.

>>32928137
>The GM-IIs will hold off until they see Charming, then spring a surprise attack
Sending nameless pilots against a suit with remote weaponry? That's suicide! No, they can wait to ambush Charming. I don't care how good the pilot is, it's going to be hard to avoid simultaneous fire from eight bazookas. The Zero GR is fast but not particularly mobile.

>>32928229
The GM is actually a pretty good suit for it's time. They die in droves in 0079 due to inexperienced pilots.

>>32928226
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_6x3EW3FC0
So the twins would be Tom Cruise?

>>32928292
Depends on which of us is the first to serenade the other with an impromptu Righteous Brothers cover.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bTvU3BELZEo

>>32928137
> The GM-IIs will hold off until they see Charming, then spring a surprise attack

From what you remember learning in school, the asteroid belt really isn't really as dramatic as fiction makes it out to be: given the amount of space it covers and the fact that the asteroids in it don't quite add up to the mass of a major terrestrial planet, it's unsurprising that the “belt” is mostly just empty space. In fact, while there are occasional impacts between large asteroids and smaller ones, there have only ever been a few cases of damage to a ship passing through the asteroid belt, and the risk of a major debris strike is actually lower there than it is in low Earth orbit. For the large part, the whole region of space is just as boring as the overwhelming majority of the universe.

The area immediately surrounding Axis, however, is an exception: a co-orbiting cloud of smaller debris both natural and man-made that complicates any approach from inside its orbit. Stony asteroids pulled into the same path as Axis by gravitational influences and orbital resonance have pummeled the hulks of old Zeon ships stripped of their usable components and abandoned, as well as debris left by the Jupiter Energy Fleet as it passes Axis on its way to and from the outer solar system. The result is a tangled, vertigo-inducing mess of stone and steel, spinning silently through the void on its way to nowhere in particular.

Made a damn good place to spring a trap, you figure.

The combined GM-II squads take up positions amid the wreckage, as per your orders, with the Anzio to your rear. Barely visible on the ventral hull of the ship, Audrey has taken up a position to pick off any targets that present themselves.

After a few minutes of waiting, you see the Schnee Weiss approaching your position. The machine doesn't maneuver so much as it lumbers and lurches: next to your own machines, it's almost comical. You can also feel the pilot: clearly a newtype, she feels confident that she can handle what she thinks are just a few lousy GMs.
(1/2)

Rolled 7, 11, 1, 4, 19, 14 = 56

>>32928392
It seems the young Newtype doesn't even recognize two of her "own kind". As she enters the ruble field, you see a series of smaller thrusters separate from Schnee Weiss: those must be her remote weapons.

>Close into the rubble belt (Roll d20 for dakka)
>Maintain distance (Roll d20 for dakka)

Rolled 12

>>32928460
>>Maintain distance (Roll d20 for dakka)

FIRE UP

Rolled 18

>>32928460
>>Maintain distance (Roll d20 for dakka)

>>32928460
Um, we don't know it's called Schnee Weiss yet. Though we have been calling it "Snow White" which is the English translation. Kind of suspicious, that. I blame Anaheim.

>>32928460
>Maintain distance (Roll d20 for dakka)
>Laughter
>More laughter
>All of the laughter

Rolled 16

>>32928460
>Maintain distance (Roll d20 for dakka)

Rolled 17

>>32928460

>Maintain distance

We should have the GMs pull out as we lay down some cover fire, they can redeploy if we need reinforcing while fighting Charming... Though I'd rather our standard GM compliment remain unkilled/wrecked, just encase we have to fend off Zakus while our suits are getting patched up...

>>32928523
NOPE.jpg

Rolled 15

>>32928460
>Maintain distance (Roll d20 for dakka)
Don't let her surround us with the bits.

Rolled 2

>>32928523
Would help if I rolled.

>>32928546
Moving them defeats the purpose of setting an ambush.

>>32928460
You know, a weird thought occurs to me: About this point in the timeline Haman would have faced off against some GMs trying to capture her anyway, only those were piloted by escaped Federation POWs taken from the last attack on Axis. So are they going to show up during this fight and make things all chaotic and confusing?

Rolled 13, 16, 10, 8, 14, 2, 1, 6 = 70

>>32928392
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9Beka6B_-E
Unsurprisingly, three of the bits smash into other pieces of debris: one of which almost immediately showers Schnee Weiss with stony rubble after having plowed straight into a stony asteroid only seconds after launching. The other three, however, manage to fire at the GM-IIs positioned amidst the rubble. One shot misses, but two strike home. The first blasts through the arm and torso of one GM, and the second pierces the cockpit of its target and snuffs the pilot out in an instant. It all happened so quickly you barely had time to feel him die.

“Shit,” you hear Carya curse over a laser comm burst. “She can tell where they are... she may move like a rookie, but she's got damn good senses.”

The two of you return fire, along with the remaining GMs, who aren't willing to stay put now that they've been spotted...

Rolled 7, 14, 6, 10, 13, 13 = 63

>>32928658
... and you manage to nail one of the remaining bits at extreme range. Carya, who's taken over for long-range shooting, manages to score a hit as well. One of the GM pilots, you think the section leader from the Anzio, downs the sixth bit in a great bit of deflection shooting. The other GM-IIs fire wildly, accomplishing nothing but revealing their positions and making a rather impressive lightshow.

You can feel your Newtype opponent's frustration, and you can tell that she's decided you and Carya are much more of a threat than she initially thought. A second wave of bits deploys from what you can now tell is a gargantuan container on the back of a heavily modified Rick Dom, and the bits line up shots on you and your teammate...

>Close in, try and lose more of the bits in the debris
>Hold your distance until the bits are downed then move in to capture

>>32928807
Also, Imma need a roll.

>>32928807
dice+1d20

Close in, if the opponent has that many bits we can't rely on thinning them out completely at range.

Rolled 14

>>32928840
me reed dice instructions gud

Rolled 16

>>32928807
>>Close in, try and lose more of the bits in the debris

Go for the container on the suits back. I doubt the pilot can outmaneuver us.

Rolled 1

>>32928807
>>Hold your distance until the bits are downed then move in to capture

HOSE EM DOWN

>>32928941
>Rolled 1

WELP

Rolled 5

>>32928807
>Close in, try and lose more of the bits in the debris

>>32928999
>moving in wins
Also, confirm: aim for the container, y/n?

Keep in mind your mission parameters are to capture the machine and pilot.

>>32929020
y
Those bits are operationally dangerous, they need to be disabled pronto

>>32929020
Nope, we need the machine in working condition.

Unless you mean shoot it with the clay bazooka, in which case yeah, lets disable the bits with that thing.

>>32929020
Not with the gatling. There's a chance some of the psycommu transmitters are in there. But if we hit the container with the clay bazooka it will gum up the hatches from releasing any more bits and also possibly jam some thrusters.

>>32929033
Well, seeing as your gatling cannon is out, you would have to specify the clay bazooka.

Rolled 12, 15, 16, 5, 12, 7, 18 = 85

>rolling for allies

>>32929085
RIP in peace 7 and 5

Rolled 18, 1 = 19

>>32929085
Again, two of the bits smash into debris as they maneuver into firing positions. However one still fires a shot at the squad leader who had shot down one of the last wave, and disables his suit. You can tell he's still alive, but out of the fight for now. The other three bits fire at you and Carya, but at this range it's practically child's play to dodge the beams as you close the distance with Schnee Weiss itself.

In return, you and your allies unleash hell back in Schnee Weiss' direction. You can tell that Audrey is frustrated by the lack of a direct line of sight on anything going on in front of her, but Carya manages to nail another bit before letting Catrina take over for the final push towards Schnee Weiss itself. As you approach, two of the GM team score hits on remaining bits, bringing the total number in the area down to just two more. And with a blast from your clay bazooka, you cover the storage container in a thick layer of sludge, then hit the knees for good measure. If the machine had any more bits, it's not going to be launching them now.

>Go after the remaining bits?
>Secure Schnee Weiss?

Rolled 10

>>32929151
>And one more QM roll

>>32929151
>Secure Schnee Weiss?
It's just drifting, now. Get in close and threaten it with beam sabers. Or have CC heat whip it. Electroshock solves a number of problems.

>>32929151
>Secure Schnee Weiss

Once we have it, the bits won't be important

>>32929151
>>Secure Schnee Weiss?
Have someone else grab it and let's bail.
Also switch back to our Gatling and watch out for Charming.

>>32929151
>Go after the remaining bits?
Remember everyone, securing just means covering that thing in sludge, so it can't escape. It'll probably be able to control the bits after if we don't do something about them.

Rolled 84

>>32929387
Oh, and a roll would probably be good, wouldn't it?

>>32929151
>Go after the remaining bits?
You secure the area before having the EPW team do their thing.

Rolled 19, 7, 14, 18, 10 = 68

This young Newtype is terrified of you, there's no mistaking it. She's so terrified that she smashes another of her bits into a rock... but not so terrified that she can't line up a shot. Perhaps it's easier with fewer bits to control, or maybe she's growing more dangerous the more you back her against the proverbial wall, but the last shot from the last bit comes so fast and so accurate it almost catches you off guard. Thankfully, you manage to intercept the shot with your shield while Carya blasts the offending remote weapon into dust.

You send a burst to the senior surviving GM pilot. “Secure the location while we take care of this. And watch for... Charming.” You frown as you notice a giant mobile armor headed for your position.

“Well THAT didn't take long,” you complain. “Heads up, Charming on an incoming vector, 1 o'clock low.”

“Damn, that fucker's BIG...” Catrina comments. “Look at how many cannons it's got!”

Sure enough, what little of Charming isn't taken up by armor and thrusters seems to be covered in large beam cannons. And what's worse, you get the feeling there's a SECOND Newtype pilot at the stick... and you're supposed to destroy this monster?

The GM-II pilots move into action quickly, firing a volley of beams at Charming, then scrambling to switch to their bazookas as the beams bounce off entirely.

Your orders to your forces?
>Stay close to Schnee Weiss, it won't fire on a friendly
>Spread out, don't get in front of it
>Use cover, move in close

>>32929387
That's why we hit it with CC's heat rod. That thing uses an electric shock to disable electronics. No permanent damage, given how heavily hardened any equipment needs to be just to withstand Minovsky interference, but it should shut down the psycommu long enough to get everything stowed and the pilot out of there.

Rolled 17, 17, 14, 20, 1 = 69

>>32929436
>also, it's combat, so roll d20 for the gatling. it's the only weapon you've got with sufficient range

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Rolled 3

>>32929436
>Stay close to Schnee Weiss, it won't fire on a friendly
If the wiki is correct, Charming has 22 beam cannons. Most of those are fixed placement, but still. Nasty thing.

>>32929443
Really? What about our shoulder cannons?

Rolled 2

>>32929436
>Stay close to Schnee Weiss, it won't fire on a friendly
>Use cover, move in close
Tell them to grab the Schnee Weiss, and move in close with it.
Make it hard for him to hit, and give him incentive to not even try.

Rolled 9

>>32929436
>Use cover, move in close
We can't afford to let it get shots at us, and there's no guarantee it won't destroy the friendly just to keep us from seizing it. We need to bury it under a hail of fire before it can do any real damage, and if they're closer, it'll have less time to dodge.

Rolled 18, 6, 10 = 34

>>32929470
>qm rolling to confirm

Rolled 11

>>32929436
>>Stay close to Schnee Weiss, it won't fire on a friendly

>>32929436
>>Use cover, move in close

Rolled 1

>>32929497
Damn it, that should be referring to >>32929470, not >>32929443. Derp.

Rolled 14

>>32929436
>>Stay close to Schnee Weiss, it won't fire on a friendly

Ideally drag the Weiss to cover.

Rolled 19, 15 = 34

>>32929470
And final QM roll for NPC combat (probably)

>3 QM crits and some fails on our part
Oh, this is going to be fun.

>>32929436
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1AAXRu3TBA

>>32929579
I don't know what you're talking about. That's clearly Johnny Ridden in there.

>>32929616
You're conflicted about staying close to Schnee Weiss under the hopes that Charming won't fire on it and simply charging in: in the end, your discretion gets the better of you, and you squeeze off a sustained burst from your gatling cannon. The giant mobile armor rolls a bit to one side and unleashes a barrage of beams from its own cannons... aimed exclusively at the GM-IIs. Three of the shots hit their targets and obliterate them entirely, one narrowly misses and only takes its intended target's arm off, and the last fails to go off entirely as a chunk of debris impacts its mount and rips it off.

The GMs didn't sacrifice themselves for nothing, however, as their own bazooka rounds are already in flight. Two miss, and two are shot down by Charming in flight, but one manages to slam home, taking out several of the monstrosity's fixed cannons.

Not to let that opening go to waste, Audrey finally got a positive lock, and her 180mm rifle lobs a single high-explosive shell straight into the housing for Charming's I-field generator. You can feel her elation at the perfect shot even as the Newtype pilot tries to fire back. He's not as green as the Schnee Weiss' pilot, though: you barely feel concern register at the loss of his vital equipment, let alone panic.

“YEAH, GET SOME!” Catrina shouts as she unloads her beam machine gun at Charming, adding further damage to what your other comrades have already inflicted. “SUCK ON THAT, YA FUCKSTICK!”

… does she even realize she's broadcasting all this?

>You have a potential finishing shot lined up... take it? y/n?

Rolled 9

>>32929733

Y

>>32929733
Take the shot.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gQAmvKMGUko

>>32929733
Yes. Yes we do.

Rolled 13

>>32929733
Y

>>32929733
N.

>>32929733
The thing is, there isn't really any reason Dominic wouldn't take the shot. His orders were to destroy Charming. Charming is currently trying to kill him, so he has incentive to destroy it. The only reason to not destroy Charming is the out of character knowledge that Char's probably in there and killing him now would screw up Zeta's plot pretty hard. But it's not like Dom knows that.

Rolled 5

>>32929733
>Y

We're heroes after all

Rolled 20

>>32929733
Dear jesus yes.
>Y

>>32929733
Well, someone better steal the Mk II and make sure Kamille meets Jerid because, whoa nilly, I don't want to fight Titans with designs from Kamille.

>>32929733
>you barely feel concern register at the loss of his vital equipment,
>You have a potential finishing shot lined up... take it? y/n?

So I'm the only one wary of this set up?

>>32929832
If by that, you means "Haman rolls to pull a Lalah..."

>>32929832
I think so, yes. I don't know what he could possibly pull off to save himself. I think it's just Char being Char.

>>32929832
Wasn't even thinking of that but even complete without OOC knowledge this looks like a terrible idea.

Even Dom with his newtype sense should be able to fee it's off.

>>32929870
Meant to quote >>32929849

And, shit. Why's my spelling so bad today?

WAIT! Do we still have clay rounds left over? We should try to capture Charming!

>>32929900
>Update

Sure, why not. We can put a round in it's thrusters.
Not really much of a threat if it can't move.

>>32929900
Between getting out of this with as many pilots alive as possible and *maybe* getting another suit that's not in the operation plans, go for the former

>>32929900
Not really. There's no tech on it that we don't have. And trying to take it alive would be really hard. It's covered in beam guns, even if we keep it from moving it can still just fire everywhere.

>>32929946
We know the pilot's both a Newtype and experienced. He could have valuable information.

>>32929963
He's also extremely dangerous and could kill one of our teammates if the clay round doesn't stop him.

>>32929963
Rather, we know the pilot is completely unconcerned that we seem to be kicking his ass.
It's suspicious as hell.

>>32929733
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL-X53ze5O0
As you take your time to line up a shot, you order Catrina to get to work recovering Schnee Weiss. She does so with a gusto, taking a moment to shock the machine with her heat rod before executing a full burn away from the battlefield. Likewise, the remaining GM-IIs struggle to return to the Anzio.

For a moment, you feel the enemy pilot's emotions... he's not afraid at all, nor is he even angry. If you had to say, you'd think he was curious about you and the sisters... especially the sisters, for obvious reasons. He's curious about who you are and what's brought you to this moment. He knows where your duty lies... he's daring you to do it. He WANTS to see you do it.

As you stare him down across empty space, his casual disregard for his own life in the face of fate is almost enough to give you pause before you blow him away.

Almost.

The 110mm rounds don't do much individually, but together the sheer volume of fire tears through armor plating and into vital systems. Charming slowly erupts into a blossom of fire under your withering barrage of depleted uranium, sending out massive waves of igniting fuel in a spectacular display.

>Stay and observe for a moment
>Turn around like a cool guy

>>32930014
>Cool guys don't look at explosions
>also check to make sure there aren't any reinforcements

>>32930014
>Stay and observe for a moment
Never turn your back on an exploding mobile armor. Make sure that thing isn't getting back up.

>>32930014
>Slowly retreat backwards, keep your visor on the MA, do not turn around.

ZEONG HEAD!

Well, that, or Char's given up. He was sort of mopey until he met Kamille.

>>32930014
>>Stay and observe for a moment
>>Reach out with you New-Type scene.

You don't trurn you back on people that unconcerned with their own deaths. If he's dead he better actually be dead.

Rolled 12

>>32930014
>>Stay and observe for a moment

Be a professional about this

>>32930014
Well. We just fucked over everything. Haman's captured, Char's dead, the Federation gets psycommu six years early...we're off the rails, now.

>>32930014
>Stay and observe for a moment
We always, ALWAYS confirm the kill.

Rolled 6

>>32930014
>Turn around like a cool guy
Put on some sunglasses if we have them. Ask for a status report as nonchallantely as possible

>>32930075
Okay, here's a thought: Suppose he is dead. Do we take his place in the AEUG when it eventually forms? And if so, what horrible pseudonym do we use?

>>32930105
Where once there is a Quattro Bajeena, there must always be.

>>32930105
Uno Balzac

>>32930105
Trente Gigigolo.

>>32930105
Quintus Clatorus.

You have to wonder yourself for a moment at the man behind the controls of Charming. Who was he, really? Why was he so ready to meet his end at your hands? But above all else, you realize that he too was a fellow soldier. In a way, you feel like you can understand him, an enemy, better than you understood your own superiors, or the politicians sitting behind desks back in Dakar.

So for a moment, you allow yourself to watch the destruction of Charming... and are confronted by a sudden sensation. You feel as if the man you just fought with can't have gone that easily, as if he's laughing somewhere, alive and well. And then you spot it: a small sphere making its way back towards several large squads of oncoming Axis mobile suits.

“Come on, Dom!” you hear several voices shouting together over your comm. “It's time to get out of here, soldier,” Karen orders, silencing the others. “Return to the Kyongju. Now.”

With a burst from your thrusters, you turn and abandon the field at full throttle, narrowly managing to catch the Kyongju as it begins its return trip to Earth. Flying nearly opposite Axis' orbit, there was no chance for any pursuers to catch up with you now that you had a head start. Their Musais would hae been at least fifteen minutes too late for that.

>Debrief with Karen
>Debrief your teammates
>See to the prisoner: modest security
>See to the prisoner: all the guns, in the hold, NOW

Rolled 2

>>32930296
>>See to the prisoner: modest security

>>32930105
>Do we take his place in the AEUG when it eventually forms?
Maybe we split it with the twins? Like, they give the speech at Dakar, but we get to be Kamille's mentor. And we should steer the boy away from that self righteous revenge boner of his.

Rolled 14

>>32930296
>See to the prisoner: modest security

Now that they're caught, they aught not be a huge threat

>>32930296
>Debrief with everyone
>then check out that prisoner with modest security
>No need to terrify them

Rolled 4

>>32930296
>See to the prisoner: modest security

>>32930296
>See to the prisoner: modest security
Get her out of that suit and into a cell. She shouldn't be that big a threat, but still take care.

After that
>Debrief with Karen
>Debrief your teammates
No reason we can't do this as a group.

So can someone explain the political situation as of now? The only UC I've seen is the 3 movies and 08th MS Team. Who're Axis, and why the Hell do they have Musais that the Feds haven't already blown up?

>>32930378
earlier in the timeline, man. pre 8th MS

>>32930296
>>Debrief with Karen
>>See to the prisoner: HIGH security

A young new-type girl in a holding cell? She'll be out and stealing a Gundam by the end of the day. Keep everyone who isn't a member of out team the hell away from her.

>>32930296
Debrief with teammates

>>32930397
What? I thought this was in some 08XX or something? We've been with CC for 3 years now.

>>32930332
>Kamille rolls nat 20s to beat us
>all of them are confirmed
>Jerid starts screaming in sympathy

Shoulda hired Wong Lee to fix him.

>>32930397
>pre 8th MS

more like pre Stardust Memory.

>>32930397
No it's not. This is like three years after 8th MS let out. Hell, Karen was in that show.

Axis is the remnants of Zeon that fled out of the Federations reach when the war ended.

We're just before 0083 and Stardust Memories.

>>32930378
Many Principality supporters fled the Sides to establish their own setup at Axis, in the asteroid belt: here either an Amor I or II type. Before then it had been a stopover for the Jupiter Energy Fleet, but in canon would be led by Haman Karn as the first Neo Zeon movement.

Right now it's overcrowded, full of political backstabbing, and is still run by Admiral Maharaja Karn as Regent to the last of the Zabis.

Rolled 14

>>32930296
>>See to the prisoner: modest security

>>32930455
Aha, cool. Thanks!

>>32930378
Okay. The OYW didn't end because Zeon was out of men or materiel, it ended because between Gihren, Kycillia and Char they had managed to kill off all their leaders. So the next tier of leadership splintered the Principality into a bunch of loosely aligned groups. The Republic of Zeon is civillian, they're neutral and largely want nothing to do with what the other guys are doing. The Delaz Fleet is hiding out around the moon and are waiting to attack again while supporting lots of holdout guerrilla groups. Said groups are little more than space pirates at this point, but they're still causing trouble. Axis is where the rest fled to, a mining base in the asteroid belt that also served as a waystation for the Jovian Energy Fleet. That's where the real Neo Zeon movement is forming, as they accumulate resources and build a new industrial base.

>>32930296
Experiencing technical difficulties, be back in ~20 minutes.

>>32930534
Okay. So, in the meanwhile, does anyone have the "Is it Char? Did he come here to laugh at me?" screencap?

>>32930544
It's just that I feel we'll need it eventually.

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>>32930560
All I have is this one

>>32930560
No no, when we meet him we hve to mistake him for Johnny Ridden.

>>32930603
Oh, definitely. I just wanted it for personal use. But yeah, confusing him for Johnny will be great. And kind of justifiable. Char wasn't actually that feared by the Federation, because he spent so much of his time chasing after the Gundam. In the meanwhile, Johnny Ridden racked up the highest kill count of any Zeon ace, and earned so much notoriety that an automatic promotion was offered for anyone who managed to take him down. And yet his own side keeps confusing his accomplishments for Char's. It's honestly kind of depressing.

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>>32930544

>>32930708
No, I'm thinking of a different one. It's, well, I honestly can't remember the character's name and there are a half dozen others that look like him, but he's the captain of a ship and freaking out over the idea of Char coming to show him up. I believe it was from the original series, actually.

>>32930534
>Back, writing

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>>32930758
Ah, that must have been Conscon. I don't have the cap your looking for, though.

>>32930822
That's the one! Yeah, I was looking through the character database on the wiki to try to find him. Didn't, but did find some other interesting things. I really hope Reiko's wearing a different uniform from the ones in her character art. My god, woman, that is not appropriate clothing to wear in zero G, let alone a warship.

>>32930794
"So, anyone up to interrogate our prisoner?" you ask as your team gathers in your hangar, with what remains of the Schnee Weiss lying on the floor immobilized.

Karen nods. "I called the MPs, they'll be here in a few seconds."

Sure enough, it's mere moments before a series of troopers with armored suits and shotguns arrive to secure the area. You wave them away from the captured suit's hatch, before drawing your own sidearm and tapping it hard against the door.

"Open up," you tell the pilot. "I know you're in there, and I know you can hear me."

After a few seconds you hear a hiss as the pressure between the inside of the suit and the hangar equalize, and the hatch swings open. Inside you're surprised to find a young girl, about as old as you were during the war, with bright red hair that borders on pink.

With a wave of your sidearm, you gesture for her to step out of the cockpit, which she does with an unusual degree of poise for one so young.

It's only then that you realize you've never interrogated anyone before.
>What do you want to say/ask? (d20 diplomacy, more reasonable questions will receive a bonus)

Rolled 20

>>32930897
"Name? Rank? All that jazz?"

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>>32930897
Also, in case anyone was still wondering, you're now dealing with pic related at 16-17 years old.

>>32930897
The politically correct term is "strategically question". We should play to the fact that we're a fellow Newtype, and were around the same age when we had to strt fighting. Get her to like us and she'll be more cooperative.

Rolled 4

>>32930897

As a pilot, shes should be an officer, offer her the courtesy of a salute.

"I am Commander O'Hara, from the MS complement of the EFV Kyongjiu. We will be taking you into custody. If you cooperate with us, you will not be hurt.

Your name and rank for the record, please."

Professional, for now.

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Rolled 17

>>32930929

Isn't she more like this at this point?

>>32930985
This sounds good. Though since it's basically a more formal version of >>32930915 we can still use that 20, right?

>>32930997
Yeeaaahhhh.... at this point in the plot she'd just cut her hair, if I recall correctly. There was a whole DEEP SYMBOLIC ANIME HAIR CUTTING scene to it, too. Should be before she kills the mother of Char's unborn child

The whole thing was hit and miss.

Rolled 2

>>32930897
"Hello, miss. I'm aware this situation is less than ideal for you, so if you'd please cooperate we can avoid having to make it any less pleasant. Your name and rank?

>20
As the girl floats to the deck, you follow behind her.

"So, this is the part where I ask you your name and rank and all that stuff, right?" you ask before getting the chance to think.

>20
"You..." she starts. "You've never interrogated someone, have you?" You almost sense indignation in her voice, and you can definitely hear the sound of Karen's palm hitting her forehead.

"No, and I believe the politically correct term is "strategic questioning"." Then, you offer her a quick salute. "Lieutenant Commander O'Hara, EFSF. We'll be taking you into custody, so please state your name and rank for the record."

"I'm a civilian, for one," the redhead replies testily. "God, just my luck. It's amateur hour in here."

"And your name?"

In response, the young Newtype sticks her tongue out at you.

"That's unladylike. I wasn't that rude when I was your age."

"And were you a combat pilot at my age?"

You nod. "Actually, yes. I signed up when I was sixteen."

"Oh..." the redhead mutters. "I see."

She pauses briefly, uncertain as to what to say next. Suddenly, you feel her relax... but only slightly.

"Haman. My name is Haman. No last name."

And I'm calling it here for now. Tomorrow you'll have a chance to "strategically question" Haman further, and the major events of the canon plot will be set into motion.

Thanks for playing, and hope you enjoyed.

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>>32931222
Thanks KoH. It was fun.

Also this is what Dom's looking at right now.

>>32931222
I did enjoy. Thanks for running. See you next time, Hearts. We're getting into the real fun stuff now.

>>32931222
TORTURE THE SHIT OUT OF HER

>>32931222
Thanks Hearts, I'm excited for tomorrow!

And the thread's archived.

It's past 5am here, I'm done.

Could you announce on the twitter when you're actually starting the thread? Missed this one because of it.