>>33068161
When you awaken, you find that the sisters have already gotten up and left without disturbing you: possibly for an early breakfast. You can also feel that the rooms next to yours are empty, which means that Commander Joshua, Reiko, and Audrey have already gone to work as well. Haman, on the other hand, is still sound asleep.

The day is yours to deal with as you see fit, though you probably only have time to handle one major issue before your team's scheduled exercise session for the day... which according to your watch is about 45 minutes from now, at 09:00.
>Find Karen and Reiko, register a few of your companions' concerns with them
>Find Audrey, discuss possible projects to work on in the next month or so
>Wake Haman, go find Carya and Catrina, and have breakfast with them
>Other

>>33068161
>Wake Haman, go find Carya and Catrina, and have breakfast with them
Yay, caught the beginning of a thread! Can you announce them on twitter/provide a link when they start?

>>33068194

Leave a note for Haman informing her where we're going. Something with a bit of snark.

>I trust you can behave yourself without supervision..

Find Audrey and get that research underway.

>>33068194
>Find Karen and Reiko, register a few of your companions' concerns with them

>>33068194
>Wake Haman, go find Carya and Catrina, and have breakfast with them

Karen isn't going to be able to answer our concerns, because if she's been dumped with a newtype squad, they don't think too much of her, and won't tell her anything.

>>33068194
> Find Karen and Reiko, register a few of your companions' concerns with them
Lets ask them about the whole situation on Haman and the data we've decided to keep for now.

We can leave a note behind for Haman. She can sleep in - she's a civilian, after all.

Since we're going the FEELINGS route, page Audrey and ask her to get started on the maneuvering research package. Keep quiet so as to not wake Haman.

Next vote breaks the three-way tie.

>>33068161
>>Wake Haman, go find Carya and Catrina, and have breakfast with them

>>33068194
>Wake Haman, go find Carya and Catrina, and have breakfast with them

Since Haman is our charge, we must make sure that she stays healthy and active. That includes Breakfast and morning training...

>>33068543

I think its

>leave note for Haman
>send page to Audrey to get started on research
>register concerns over Breakfast with Reiko

Decent compromise?

>>33068609
>Writing something vaguely along these lines

>>33068633
While you may be inclined to let Haman just sleep after all she's been through recently, it makes just as much sense to get her used to your team's schedule if she's going to be around for a while. She also happens to be your responsibility, and you'd like to make sure she's up before the galley closes.

"Hey, Haman," you mutter, nudging her on the shoulder. In response she rolls over and mutters something incoherent that sounds a lot like "my first".

So you nudge her again, but this time much harder. "Haman, you're gonna miss breakfast, or what passes for it here."

Suddenly, the young redhead awakes with a start and yelps as she bounces off the ceiling. For a moment you feel disorientation and panic, but Haman quickly realizes where she is and manages to catch her breath.

"What do you want, O'Hara?" she snaps. "I was having such a lovely dream, and you had to go and ruin it..." Strangely, it seems she's blushing slightly.

"We run on a tighter schedule than you may be used to," you explain. "I wanted to make sure you got something to eat."

Haman nods, apparently satisfied. "Then thank you, O'Hara. I will be ready shortly," she tells you as she floats towards the bathroom.

In the ten minutes or so it takes Haman to freshen up, you send a brief message to Audrey asking to prepare a list of possible mobility enhancements she can perform with the parts and materials you have available, as well as a message for Karen asking to meet with her later to discuss the new data retrieved from Schnee Weiss. Finally, once Haman returns, you show her out the hatch and make your way towards the galley.

Sure enough, the sisters are already there with a meal ready for you.

>(1/2)

>>33068856
"Hey, Dom," Catrina greets you. "I thought you were going to let sleeping beauty do her thing this morning?"

"Nah, I figured she could use some food," you explain. "Haman, the serving line is right there, should be empty."

As Haman nods and drifts towards the counter to feed herself, Carya catches your attention.

"Hey, Dominic?"

"Yeah?" You can feel a bit of tension radiating from the sisters, which means that whatever comes next is going to be serious business.

"The funeral service for the GM pilots killed in action at Axis is right before lunch... we were wondering if there were any plans to attend."

You shrug. "Why wouldn't we?"

Carya merely points behind you, and you turn to see a table of angry-looking EFSF regulars. Some are eying your table suspiciously, where others are glaring at Haman as she returns with her food. Now that you know what you're looking for, their anger towards you, her, and all of your team is apparent.

>Your response? Attending could cause problems, but so could not attending.

>>33068971
We're going, of course, it's only right.

>>33068971
Of course we're attending. We'll probably have some hard questions directed at us, but not showing up is only gonna reinforce any antagonism.

>>33068971
Well, it'd be disrespectful not to go.

Though we should probably clear the air with the pilots beforehand.
Did we even give our condolences?

>>33068971
We should go, we're the commander of the unit so we are duty bound to. I'd probably suggest that Haman and the Sisters not. I'd almost suggest telling the other soldiers that Char was piloting the Mobile Armor, it might re-direct their anger.

>>33068971

Stare back at the pilots' table and say, "We'll attend - Haman will attend. People will be human and hate no matter what we do. All we can do is show respect for the dead and deceased and hope to further minimize casualties next time."

>>33069196
>Haman will attend.
nope. You're just asking for undue problems.

>>33069196
Nah man, they're grown men who just lost friends, preaching at them isn't gonna help. Haman probably shouldn't come.

>>33068971

"Attend obviously. Not much we can do for the dead but send them on their way."

>>33069196
I think this is too antagonistic, we've got to spend a month with these people, and all it takes is a shank in a corridor.

It also seems a bit too "UNDERSTANDING". We're not exactly Jesus Yamato or !gundam.

>>33069232

>undue problems

We're on a tin can hurtling through the vacuum of space with a Zeke pilot running lose on the ship. It's only a matter of time before HAPPENING.

>>33068971
"I think we should go," you tell her as Haman takes a seat next to you.

"Go where?"

"The service for the four GM pilots who died yesterday." And just like that, you could feel Haman's guilt surge back to the fore.

"It might be best if you don't attend, Haman," you continue. "We could leave someone with you and go."

"Might wanna leave Reiko," Catrina offers. "Low profile enough that nobody'd miss her."

You nod back at her and take a swig of vile, reconstituted "orange juice". "That'd be good, I think. I also might want to arrange something with the remaining GM pilots after our gym session. Try and defuse any antagonism there."

Carya shakes her head. "It's up to you, Dom, but I'd give it some time. Their friends' deaths are still fresh in their minds."

After finishing on that rather sombre note, you decide to finish eating and meet with the rest of your team. The three of you wolf down the last of your waffles, which might have actually have been good if you could have poured syrup on them, and dispose of the containers before adjourning to the exercise room.

As usual, it's only you and your team in here at this time slot: which you find has been shortened due to the funeral being held later. Karen and Reiko arrive not much later, and finally Audrey rushes in just after the wall clock hits 09:00.

>Work on one of the machines, talk to someone (who?)
>Spar with someone (also who?)
>Other?

>>33069565
>Work on one of the machines

We should talk to Karen about the concerns we had. Aside from that maybe ask Reiko to stay with Haman.

>>33069565
>>Spar with someone (Karen)

Always forget how Karen's made of RIP and TEAR.

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>>33069672
Also, BROWN and SEX.

>>33069663
yeah

>>33069663

Second.

>>33069663
That. Maybe ask Karen about some advice concerning the GM pilots.

>>33069663
Commander Joshua stands at one of the resistance exercise stations and begins setting up the resistance bands for a full-body workout, then ties back her dark red hair into a bun to get it out of the way. Since you figured you wanted to talk to her anyway, you did the same. It always amuses you to see that despite being a bit smaller than you, she sets the resistance bands at the same settings you use.

"I have... something... to tell... you... ABOUT..." you grunt as your arms strain against about 200 pounds of resistance.

"Yeah?" she grunts back. "I'm still... not... into... younger... MEN..."

"It isn't that," you manage, switching briefly to squats and making it easier to talk. "It's about the data... from Schnee Weiss."

"Oh?" she replies as she performs a leg lift. "What about it?"

You take a moment to switch the position of the pulleys to start tricep push-downs. "It's a simpler version of the software used by other psycommu-equipped machines."

"And?" she grunts as she works on her biceps for a second set. "What... abboudit?"

"I'd like to hang onto it. Keep it under wraps for now."

Karen stops briefly to look at you. "Dom, you know what you're asking me, right?"

>Yes (explain)
>On second thought, forget it
>Ask her advice

>>33070097
> Ask her advice

>>33070097
>Ask her advice

>>33070156

>>33070097

"Only temporarily until I get Herr Doktor to look at it. Trust me. I know precisely how much blowback this could cause on all of us. Call it an itch, a hunch, or me being a crazy Newtype, but I have a felling things are going to get bad right quick if this gets out."

>>33070097
>>"Yes. I'm asking you to give me and Carya a little more time before the federation decides to cut our brains open to make a better gun."

>>33070186

We're simply going to keep increasing the size of that death flag aren't we?

>>33070239
Feelings on the tone of this?

>>33070326
Sounds about right to me

>>33070326
Seems a bit over the top, if they were going to cut out our brains they would have done it previously. Personally I'd just mention the fact that Zeon's experiments on Newtypes weren't always humane and you want to ensure that the data goes to someone who won't abuse it.

>>33070421

>someone who won't abuse it

Only leaves us with The Good Doctor. Unless we want to jump ship and drift/starve to death on our slow jaunt back to Axis.

>>33070326
"Yes, Karen," you tell her, no longer even pretending to be focused on your exercise. "I know it's asking a lot, but I'd rather keep it under wraps. I still have this nagging feeling that advancing the Federation's Newtype research too much too quickly ends in me and Carya's brains getting cut open to build a smarter gun or something."

Karen winces, and you can tell something you said struck a chord. "That's right... it's personal for you."

"So what would you do in my place?" you press.

The Commander sighs. "I don't know, kid. But I guess you've made your point. Tell Audrey you have my permission to hang onto the data yourself, and hope nobody decides to poke into it."

You nod. "Thanks, Karen. I appreciate it."

"Sure, Dominic. Just hope to God it ends up being for nothing."

For the next half hour or so, things go smoothly. Your team switches between strength-building exercises and treadmill running in a familiar sort of routine made no less familiar for having an extra participant. But speaking of extra participants, you get the feeling of a group of people approaching... and you can tell the sisters and Haman have noticed it as well.

It takes mere seconds for several EFSF regulars to let themselves into the training room.

"We have the room reserved," Karen explains to them, clearly sensing trouble. "I suggest you leave."

One of the men eyes you, cracking his knuckles threateningly. "No."

>Talk them down (say what? roll d100)
>Threaten them (how? roll d100)
>There's a boxing ring if you'd like to settle things physically (roll d100)

Rolled 16

>>33070626
>There's a boxing ring if you'd like to settle things physically (roll d100)

Rolled 88

>>33070626
>>There's a boxing ring if you'd like to settle things physically (roll d100)

Rolled 52

>>33070626
>There's a boxing ring if you'd like to settle things physically (roll d100)

Rolled 11

>>33070626

>boxing ring

FIST FIIIIIGHT.

Rolled 91

>>33070626
>>There's a boxing ring if you'd like to settle things physically (roll d100)

Rolled 55

>>33070626

We still owe Denny's for our squadmates beating us at Swimming. Make this a friendly competition again for Dinner-and-a-Movie when we return to Earth.

>>33070757

There's a time for lighthearted prepositions. This is not one of them.

>>33070787

Mainly a competition amongst our squad. Whoever loses gets stuck with paying for the movie. Up the stakes.

>>33070826
You're a fucking retard.

Rolled 42

>>33070626
>>There's a boxing ring if you'd like to settle things physically (roll d100)

>>33070894

How is attempting to influence our squads chances of winning retarded?

These people are pissed about their dead friends. trying to turn this into a contest is incredibly insulting.

Rolled 58

>>33070983
Not that anon, but because when someone's pissed off and wants to beat your face in because their friends are dead, it's not a good idea to go "Hey guys wanna bet on me beating the shit out of him" right in front of him.

>>33070894
>Now, now.
"I take it you're not here to use the machines," you observe wearily. "Fine. If you want to settle things, there's a ring right here if it suits you."

As you float into the ring, you have to wonder if they're going to do things like real men and face you one at a time, or whether they're going to try something dirty. It turns out you don't have long to wait to see which, seeing how you have to dodge a blow aimed for the back of your head.

As you spin off one of the posts towards your assailant, you can see that each of your companions is also fighting now: the group of regulars has broken up to attack you all at once.

You can either
>Hold back, make sure your assailants don't come to any undo harm
>Fuck them, full force then help your teammates

Also, you've begun to remember your old martial arts classes from when you were still in school: as a delinquent little thug, you have to admit you had plenty of time and practice to get good:
>Savate
>Wing Chun
>Capoeira
>Other

>>33071058

>their friends are dead
>we are actively letting the pilot responsible for their deaths roam free on the ship

And the other anon is calling me out for suggesting a friendly competition.

>>33071124
American wrestling

>>33071124

>Fuck them, full force then help your teammates
>Wing Chun

Fuck yeah chinese fightan arts

>>33071124
>Fuck them, full force then help your teammates
Dirty as fuck barroom fighting.

>>33071124
>>Fuck them, full force then help your teammates
>>Other: Brazilian Ju-jitsu

Choke his ass out with his own arm then love on to the rest.

Rolled 53

>>33071124
>Hold back, make sure your assailants don't come to any undo harm
>Other
What about Muai Thai?

>>33071165
We're not letting her roam free. We're making sure she always has an escort so as to prevent any funny business. Still bad for their morale, but not as bad as it could be.

>>33071124
>Hold back, make sure your assailants don't come to any undo harm
We're not about to knock them into next week. We're not going to be that big of an asshole. We want a "friendly" spar to get some tension out. Crippling them won't do that.

>Capoeira
If only because the idea of zero G Capoeira amuses the hell out of me.

>>33071241
>zero G Capoeira amuses the hell out of me
Same here.

>>33071124
>Hold back, make sure your assailants don't come to any undo harm

>>33071207
Seconding BJJ anon on this. A dislocated shoulders fine in this situation.

>>33071124

We do not want to be incited for disorderly conduct amongst a crew of Normals. Try and get our team to break off the fight NOW.

>>33071124

>fuck 'em

What'd our dad do in this situation? Why, pick up the nearest blunt object and whack the trouble maker over the head of course! That trouble maker was usually us, but it's the thought that counts!

Is Haman with us?

>>33071363
Yes. The workout's been a bit harsh on her, since she's not used to being forced to do it for so long at a time.

>>33071396
Cool, thanks. Just wanted to make sure.

>>33071189
>>33071201
>>33071207
>>33071348
Fuck them.
>>33071281
>>33071241
>>33071224
Hold back.

Also, five minutes for school of FIGHTAN, between the ones that seem popular and feel appropriate. Link to this post and number only, please.
1 - Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
2 - Wing Chun
3 - Capoeira

>>33071512
3

>>33071512
3

>>33071512
2

>>33071512
3

2

>>33071512
>1

>>33071512
1

Rolled 33

>>33071512
2

>>33071512

2

Rolled 47, 93, 88, 40, 71 = 339

>>33071512
Calling it full "fuck you", with Capoeira, at an 88.

Rolling for your team's success.

>>33071689

And this is why we are an independent Ace corp...

>>33071689

>inb4 MPs

Better finish this quick and scatter.

>>33071718
I'm going to assume until told otherwise that the 47 and 40 are Reiko and Haman. Support staff and civilians have excuses for not being super awesome in a fight. The actual combat hardened members, though, kick all the ass. I'd assume Audrey gets the 71 since she's the least experienced of us, Carya/Catrina gets the other 88 because they're in sync with Dom, and Karen gets the 93 because she is and always will be the most beast of female Gundam characters.

>>33071689
>(yeesh)
In battle there are three kinds of people: noncombatants, allies, and enemies. These soldiers may be EFSF, like you are, but they've chosen to attack you and your unit anyway which makes them your enemies.

You elect to deal with the first fighter quickly. You never learned that much in the way of technical capoeira, but what you do know gives you an advantage. First of all, it lets you land a vicious asfixiante on him, and the force of your punch buries your knuckles in his esophagus. That should put him down for a while.

Now free, you take stock of what's going on around you: Audrey has taken a hard hit to her nose, which is now bleeding freely. It doesn't look broken, though, and her attacker is worse off. Carya and Catrina have teamed up, and in their anger at having seen Audrey so badly bloodied they've already torn through their assailant and joined Audrey's fight with a series of uncommitted chain punches that have freed Audrey up to help out.

Karen has elected to not even bother maneuvering. She's currently got a hand around her opponent's neck and is beating his face in with her other hand. The man's trying to protect his face and failing magnificently.

Reiko and Haman are in a bad way. You can feel that Reiko is dizzy and disoriented, having taken an even worse punch than Audrey. A cloud of blood droplets are drifting along with her while Haman faces off against both her assailant and Reiko's, having made little or no progress.

>Assist Haman (d100)
>Assist someone else (d100)
>Call the bridge

>>33071814
Shut the fuck up man.

>>33071814
I'm going to assume that you're a faggot.

Rolled 77

>>33071927
>>Assist Haman (d100)

Rolled 84

>>33071927
Assist Haman! That much IS within our power.

Rolled 25

>>33071927

>Assist Haman
>finish off the rest
>casually go back to lifting

Rolled 82

>>33071927

>Assist Haman.

draw off one of the two combatants, let her fight one-on-one.

>>33071814
In that case, I put them in alphabetical order with Haman last, as she's not "official" yet. I'll be switching that order regularly, just to keep it unpredictable.

Rolled 36

>>33071927
>>Assist Haman (d100)

>>33072024
Bad idea KoH. Just pick a lineup and stick with it.
That way once you roll everyone can see the results and there's nothing unnecessary.

Rolled 41

>>33071927

>they attacked us to incite the wrath of the normalfags

>WES DUN NUFFINS BOSS. DEM SCARY NEWFAGS STARTED IT.

I see through your game ruseman.

Rolled 85, 16, 67 = 168

>>33071927
>seemed like it was solidly "Help Haman"
>Rolling

Rolled 84, 78, 12 = 174

>>33072171
>Damn, C.C. is laying out the pain
To your side, the sisters are pushing their opponent backwards with a continuous barrage of punches, straight from her centerline to her opponent's. Behind them you see a trail of blood... and what looks like a few teeth.

Karen takes a vicious hook to the temple from her would-be victim and loses her grip on him. It looks bad... until C.C.'s punching bag slams into him from the side and they both end up pinned against the bulkhead by a rain of punches. This might have been the moment when Catrina might have gone in for a quip, but instead the two can only manage an inarticulate scream of rage as they continue to beat on the soldiers who DARED to attack your team.

For your part, you manage to put the momentum from your spin to good use: a hooked rasteira sweeps the legs out from under the bastard who floored Reiko, and your continued spin puts you in perfect position to strike at the man's head with your knee. For his transgressions, you've repaid him several times over.

Haman takes advantage of the situation and strikes her opponent in the groin, which sends him bouncing off the ceiling. As for Audrey, you spot her as you cartwheel to slow yourself: she's using the line to the bridge to call the MPs.

>Finish them (d100)
>They've been beaten, so talk the ones that can still hear you down (d100)

Rolled 27

>>33072398
>>They've been beaten, so talk the ones that can still hear you down (d100)

Rolled 47

>>33072398
>>They've been beaten, so talk the ones that can still hear you down (d100)

"Your friends wouldn't want this kind of revenge. Live for them instead. Take some time to cool off, come at us if you still need to."

Rolled 93

>>33072398
>>They've been beaten, so talk the ones that can still hear you down (d100)

We're supposed to be fighting to avoid more, needless fighting. This was foolish of them.

Rolled 58

>>33072398

"STOP THIS AT ONCE."

Rolled 34

>>33072398
>They've been beaten, so talk the ones that can still hear you down (d100)
"Ya'll could of acted with Honor in the ring, yet you decided to act like grade school delinquents. Learn from you mistakes like good soldiers and perhaps you won't be hurting as bad."

>>33072398
All you wounded!
Those of you who can!
Pick yourselves off the ground.
Hurry back, tell your leader
YOU'LL NEED MORE MEN

>>33072491
>>33072447

You guys suck at writing dialogue. Just stop.

Rolled 96

>>33072398

Should put on our best command voice.

A simple "Enough" would scare the shit out of anyone who knows our reputation.

>>33072535
Well, that or a Heero laugh.

Rolled 88

>>33072398
>>They've been beaten, so talk the ones that can still hear you down (d100)
They're done, so are we.

>>33072571
This.

>>33072571
Not the time for the laugh.

>>33072571
Only if we can do it telepathically like we did back at A Baoa Qu. We're a strong enough Newtype to affect Oldtype minds, we should take advantage of that to intimidate people. We don't even have to laugh, just being able to project an aura of anger and disapproval should convince them we're to be taken seriously.

>>33072651

Laughing feels fantastic though! Maybe not for the guy you're mindfucking, but still!

>>33072447
>>33072491
This is awful. please don't use these.

What is our newtype power, anyway?

>>33072816
Canon Breaker.

>>33072816
We don't really know.

Rolled 86

>>33072816

Having women defect for us. We have a dormant Tohno gland.

>>33072816
It's currently unknown. We know our sensory abilities are pretty good, but other than that we haven't unlocked anything special. Though Hearts has said we share a special ability with a canon character (and that it's NOT Scirocco). My current guess is Judah, if just because he had the similar trait of "incredibly loud Newtype presence".

>>33072867
We should definitely attempt to refute an argument with "even so", though. Just to elimimate Banana as a probability.

Rolled 44

>>33072861
oh god, what if we activate it.

>>33072398
>93
Before C.C. manages to kill her opponents, you drift to her and catch her wrist. She looks at you strangely, as if struggling to recall where she is or what she was doing.

"That's enough," you tell her. "Enough people have died already." As you turn to leave her, you can feel a surge of guilt and humiliation from the sisters at their loss of control as their minds separate again and they return to their senses.

Your emotions, however, don't fade. The senselessness of it all, the injury done to your friends: you feel angrier now than ever in your life. Karen stops checking on Reiko, who seems to have recovered a little, and Audrey helps pull Haman's assailant away from her, which is made easier by the man having ceased fighting to back away from you.

"Stop," you order them in a familiar surge of energy that reminds you of A Baoa Qu. "I have no idea what you're here to do, but you've failed. So just STOP."

"That bitch killed four of our..." one of the more or less conscious men begins before you silence him.

"I don't care what you think about her," you explain. "She's alive for the same reason you're still breathing: because I am ALLOWING it. She is MY responsibility."

"I... understand, sir," the soldier replies weakly. It seems to be taking every effort for him to keep from running.

"Good," you tell him. "And if you or anyone else aboard this ship tries to take matters into their own hands, they won't find me as 'agreeable'. Understand?"

"Yes, sir."
>(1/2)

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Rolled 43

>>33072916

I do not want to be near when it does.

>>33072938
"If you don't like it, you can get out and walk!"

>>33072916
Well, you know how everyone jokes about Char being a pedophile because even though he was only ever in age-appropriate relationships he still had a lot of young girls lusting after him? I think it would be something like that. At the very least Quess would obsess about us instead of him. Which is extra creepy right now since Quess is currently only three years old.

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>>33072938

>>33072938
The MPs and medics arrive moments later to take the regulars into custody. The troopers give you a particularly wide berth as they go about their business as they go about their duties.

The sisters have broken a finger, which gets a splint, and Audrey's nose is bandaged to help promote clotting in the freefall. Haman is badly bruised in some places, but seems more or less okay. After a bad shot to the side of the head, Karen will be taking the day off, but seems to have avoided a concussion. Reiko, who had received the worst of it, will be joining her: her nose was broken, and one of her ribs has been cracked. You managed to come out with a black eye, a cut on your head, and a strained wrist: when you took those hits, you couldn't even tell.

Your attackers are much worse off: those who won't be spending the whole trip back in the sick bay will be in the brig.

"What in the GODDAMN HELL happened here?" the Captain of the Kyongju asks you as the last of his men is carried off.

>How do you explain what just happened?

>>33072867
Never said it wasn't Scirocco. Just that it wasn't the thing Scirocco did that that particular poster guessed: which was lashing out at Kamille.

>>33073077
Stop posting.

>>33073121
>The regulars assaulted us during our workout regimen over lingering resentment from the battle, sir.

>>33073006
Oh god, the imagery of some enlisted men pouting in space as they try to get home....

Rolled 4

>>33073121

"A fist fight, sir."

Straight to the point.

"They through the first punch. We defended ourselves."

>>33073205
this

>>33073205

sounds good

>>33073121
"We are currently holding prisoner the pilot of the Newtype-use mobile suit captured during our mission. As she is a civilian I thought it improper to confine her fully and decided to allow her limited mobility around the ship provided she is accompanied by a member of my team at all times. Some of your men, resentful over the fact that she killed their friends, took issue with this. I was sympathetic to their frustration, having been in similar situations myself before, and offered to let them work out their stress in a spar. Instead, they turned it into an all out brawl. I did what I felt was needed to restrain them and protect my team and charge."

>>33073121
>How do you explain what just happened?
We decided to have a sparing match. As you can tell both sides accidentally took it farther then was intended.

>>33073295
Lying to your superior officer about this kind of thing is a very, very bad idea.

>>33073205
"Sir. Some of your men attacked my team during our scheduled exercise regimen. Lingering resentment over the battle at Axis, most likely."

The man peers at you from beneath bushy, salt-and-pepper eyebrows, and frowns. "I suppose I can sympathize with both sides, Commander. I will deal with my men, and increase security around your team's areas of the ship."

"And in return, I'll deal with our unit's affairs, sir," you reply.

"It's a deal, son," the Captain agrees. "I may not like it, but it's the best we're going to do. Now get on your class-a's, I'd like to see at least two of you at the service."

"And the rest of the crew?" Carya asks quietly.

"They won't be a problem," the Captain tells her. "If I could feel your friend's frustration, I doubt anyone on this ship couldn't. Those who didn't know about the attack beforehand have probably figured it out."

It takes a few minutes to prepare for the funeral service. Karen wishes you luck before collapsing into Audrey's bed. Reiko mumbles something along the lines of "Noin Balzac" before passing out. Audrey and Haman offer to stay behind and ensure that your Commander and secretary are well cared-for, which leaves you and the sisters as the sole representatives of your unit.

"Alright," Catrina mutters as you find a place in the assembly. "At least they're not ALL staring."
(1/2)

>>33073614
Can we look incredibly surly? I hope we look like we just ate some babies for lunch.

>>33073771
What, we don't have a hearty bowl of baby hearts every morning before war?

>>33073614
There are four caskets on the hangar bay floor, by the doors to the launch ramp. Each is draped in an Earth Federation flag, and each is empty inside. None of the deaths yesterday would have left a body fit to be buried, so the whole exercise is more a formality than anything else.

A gray-haired chaplain in black robes begins the ceremony by reading from the Book of Common Prayer, reflecting the protestant leanings of the four pilots killed.

"Unto Almighty God we commend the souls of our brothers departed," he begins, "and we commit their bodies to the deep; in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection unto eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ; at whose coming in glorious majesty to judge the world, the sea shall give up her dead; and the corruptible bodies of those who sleep in him shall be changed, and made like unto his glorious body; according to the mighty working whereby he is able to subdue all things unto himself. Amen."

The assembly mouths "amen" in unison, before the Captain rises to speak.

"Today, we commemorate the lives of Ensign Zachary Zancuto, Ensign David Webb, Lieutenant Junior Grade Kenn Locke, and Lieutenant Jonathan Beele... and mark their passage."

"As soldiers, it is expected that we will face death at some point. It's a part of our job, a part of our duty, and we do it willingly in the belief that when we have discharged our duty, our home and our loved ones will be safer for it. The four pilots whom we are gathered here today to remember were soldiers who faced their deaths with courage. They will be missed not just by ourselves, but by those whom they left behind at home, and who they served to protect, and who cherished their lives. Let us not forget those who have survived them, and let us hold them in our prayers as well this day."

(2/3)

>>33073998
"But," he continues, "let us also not cling to thoughts of vengeance. Ours is not to exact Earthly justice, and to do so would bring nothing worthwhile. Instead, we must each of us find ways to ensure that those who perished in the line of duty did not do so in vain, and that the peace and security they fought to protect does not die alongside them."

"That, not revenge, is the best way to honor their sacrifice."

After the Captain is done speaking, the pipes play, and the assembly salutes. Finally, after saying the Lord's prayer, the chaplain dismisses you all, and you find your way back to your team's quarters.

>Talk to your team (the ones who are awake, at least?)
>Do something else (like what?)

>>33074128
>>Talk to your team (the ones who are awake, at least?)
If Haman is still awake, ask her how she's holding up

Rolled 3

>>33074128
Cuddle with the sisters

>>33074128
We should probably talk to Haman. This is a fragile time in her development and the fight could be a traumatic experience.

>>33074128
>Do something else (like what?)
Do we have any family left? Because I think given the mention of those "left behind at home" Dominic might be in the mood to write them. I know his brother's dead, but are his parents still alive? Then again, I doubt we have the bandwidth to communicate non-essential communications all the way back to Earth. Stupid M-particle jamming.

>>33074128
Talk to Haman, then let's have some sister time to ourselves.

>>33074216
>>33074236
I agree, on both counts.

Console, the VIOLATE

>>33074218
Dominic has both parents and an older sister, who all live in Londenion. You are currently closer to Mars than the Sides, so you're fairly well out of range.

>>33074255
Hey. Just because we laugh like Yazan doesn't mean we have any other similarities to him. Though I would not at all object to getting a Hamrabi to pilot.

Rolled 100

>>33074128

Let's not brood and be an edgemaster now. Shit is taken care of. Plus the Cap'n said so. Cap'n never wrong.

We'll haft to sit down and discuss with our squad to stick together in pairs for the foreseeable future. Sure this may have been an isolated incident. Safety in numbers. Doubt we'll experience an outright attack again. Expect more subtle subterfuge in the future.

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>>33074418
nat100 demands it.

>>33074128
Talk with Catrina about our new type powers

Rolled 25

>>33074378

Ah, if we're that far out, could set up a delayed data packet. We write it now, then send it off once we get closer to Erf

>>33074128
"So, Haman," you ask the young Newtype. "Are you holding up okay so far?"

You can feel another little wave of guilt wash over you. "It's my fault that Commander Joshua, Audrey, and Reiko were hurt," she says. "If I weren't here, there wouldn't have been a problem."

"And so what?" you retort. "Should I have killed you?"

"I... no, I suppose."

You shake your head. "The Captain just said something surprisingly wise: he said that it's our job as the survivors to make sure the dead didn't die in vain. I think one way or the other, a lot of us feel that way. I don't feel like bringing you in was a mistake at all."

Carya nods, and puts on a tired grin. "I know I don't, either. Don't get so down on yourself."

With a sigh, Haman maneuvers herself towards your room. "Thanks. Both of you. I think I needed to hear that."

Audrey follows you into your room as well, and turns to Haman. "Sorry, but I'm going to be sharing your bed for now. I want to give Reiko some space, and I'd rather not make Karen move."

Haman nods. "I'm fine with that, Ensign. So long as it's a short-term thing."

Eventually, the rest of your team begins to lose steam after the day's events. Partway through the "afternoon", you notice that Haman and Audrey are both asleep, and the sisters are dozing. Content to simply call it a day, you curl up with them and close your eyes as well.

(1/2)

>>33074645
The next morning you awake to breakfast in bed, courtesy of Audrey and Haman, who have brought food for the two of your number who need to stay put for a while.

"Really nice of you," Catrina offers.

"Sure thing, guys," Audrey shrugs. "It wasn't a big deal."

Haman smiles. "Take your time, Dominic. It's not like we have anywhere to go."

A few topics for discussion float through your mind...
>Discuss Carya's Newtype powers?
>Discuss families?

Also, this will come up regardless:
>Discuss what will be done with Schnee Weiss on route

Rolled 15

>>33074790

>Discuss families

"Your father mentioned Mineva would be taken care of?"

>Rick Dom

"Lock down your MS adequately?"

"Any place you want to see while we're on Earth, Haman?"

>>33074912

>Earth Sphere

I am retard.

>>33074790
>>Discuss families?

>>33074790
Why does Reiko need space? Where she and Audrey double bunking so there wouldn't have to be another cabin just for Karen?

Anyway, let's
>Discuss families?
Let's not focus on Haman during it, though. We don't want to seem like we're trying to gather information on Axis. Let's just discuss life stories in general, where people come from, what their family does, that sort of thing.

>>33074940
No, we're going to Earth itself. We're taking her to the Oakland Newtype Labs (don't panic, Oakland was where they did the humane Newtype research. Augusta and Murasame were the mad science labs). But first we're transferring to the Albion on its way back to Earth from the Von Braun colony on the moon. So we're likely going to be there in Torrington when gato shows up. Yay. Then again, having three extra Gundams he doesn't know about there could prevent a lot of problems.

>>33075045
Reiko and Karen took some hard hits.

>>33075045

>gather info on Axis

I kind of want to hear Haman's speculation on the political situation with her being captured. Will she think the militants and radical sects would take this as an excuse to mobilize when news reaches them of her capture?

>>33075100
No, I got that. I was just asking why they didn't each have their own individual bed. There should be a third one, unless two of them were already sharing a bed. In which case, my god there must be so many rumors about our team. I mean, there already were going to be a lot, but...oh man.

>>33075045

>Earth itself

I knew we were going to Earth itself. Was wondering if she wanted to see anything specific if we got leave when we make port on the moon.

>>33075184
Oh, I see. Sorry, then. Thought something needed explaining that turned out not to.

>>33074790
"So that speech yesterday got me thinking... none of you have ever really talked about your families before."

"And so now you;re curious?" Audrey asks.

"Kind of," you admit.

"Well, I have two parents, and a couple of siblings back on Earth," Audrey tells you after swallowing some powdered egg. "We've never been very close. Both of my folks are in business, and they don't really approve of my career choices. I miss my siblings sometimes, though. If I can get some leave, my older brother lives in San Francisco, so I'd like to visit him."

You smile. "My dad's a businessman, but my mom's a school teacher. My older sister is a mechanic. They live on Londenion, so I sometimes got to talk to them when conditions for a long-range satellite call were clear enough."

Haman leans back against the bulkhead and sips at some sort of juice. "My mother passed a few years ago, and my older sister died on the way to Axis. That left my father, whom you've met, and my little sister, Serrana. We were also meant to care for Mineva Zabi, Dozle Zabi's daughter."

"You don't seem worried about leaving them," Audrey observes.

Haman shuts her eyes. "My father is a powerful man. He'll see to their safety... and if worst comes to worst that jerk Char may even lend a hand."

"And you, Carya?" Audrey asks. "What's your family like?"

"The Flannigan Institute preferred to work with orphans," Carya explains. "My sister and I are all we have."

"I... wow." Audrey shifts her weight awkwardly. "I'm sorry, I didn't know it was like that."

"It's fine," Carya reassures her. "We have friends we can rely on, so that's more than enough."

(1/2)

>>33075316
"I might go with you to San Fransisco, if you'd be okay with that," Haman tells Audrey. "I've always wanted to see a beach... a real one, that is. With a real ocean, real sunlight, and real wind on my face."

"It's nice," Audrey replies. "I don't think my brother would mind a group visit."

"We might also check out the Oakland labs themselves," Carya offers. "See what they're up to."

"Speaking of which," Audrey asks, "are we still going to hold onto the Schnee Weiss data?"

"Yeah, at least for a while. Karen gave her blessings when I asked her."

"So..." she continues. "I don't suppose anyone would mind if we isolated the psycommu hardware and scrounged the rest of the machine for parts?"

You stare at her for a moment as she explains. "There's a 1190kW reactor there, cooling equipment, an abundance of thrusters, and a LOT of titanium... so we could fabricate a few test models en route to the Earth Sphere."

"And get rid of evidence," Catrina adds, to which Audrey merely nods affirmative. "I like it."

"Only question is how much of it can I use?"
>Be discrete
>Take what you need
>Leave nothing useful


Last update for tonight, as well as for the Axis arc.

>>33075316
The rest of the team doesn't know Carya and Catrina are fused though, right? So do they think her sister's just not part of the military, or do they think Carya's crazy and hallucinating the presence of Catrina? She has been using the plural to refer to herself an awful lot, after all.

Also, wow, Haman, coming right out there with the Mineva. Did not expect that. I guess that destroying and then rebuilding a young girl's worldview helps a lot to earning her trust.

>>33075505
Papa Khan did sort of give his blessing to us.

>>33075159
Karen has her own room. Audrey/Reiko and Dominic/Carya+Catrina used to share a double officers' room each, but now Dominic/Carya+Catrina are sharing a bunk and Haman has taken their room's second bunk.

Karen simply collapsed into Audrey's bed, and Audrey didn't want to move her.

>>33075493

Why gut it when we can use it? If Axis is going to be fielding this stuff in the near future (they will), we'll haft to git gud at fighting them.

If it's 'damaged' (kek) THEN we use it for parts.

>>33075553
what about the CC plurality thing? Who all knows what exactly she is besides us?
as for >>33075493
>Leave nothing useful

>>33075493
>>Leave nothing useful

You don't get experimental upgrade parts everyday.

>>33075580
Feds aren't going to let us just keep a experimental Zeon MS.

>>33075505
Powerful Newtypes also tend to leave an impression on each other. For example, you could probably pick Char out of a crowd, same as he would recognize Amuro.

Dominic and the sisters are similarly linked, but in a much more positive way.

>>33075493
>Take what you need
Leave enough that there's still a discernible mobile suit there. Our orders were to bring in the Schnee Weiss and we'll fulfill them. But we can take some things. My suggestions would be to leave at least one of any remaining bits intact, as well as the frame and the main power systems. But the thrusters, cooling systems and any auxiliary power systems (E-Caps as well as any secondary heat exchangers or MHD coils) can be taken. Maybe a few non-critical pieces of armor, as well.

>>33075493
>Leave nothing useful
If the computer data is what's so ground breaking, no one will have much reason care that we gutted the suit that happened to be housing it, right?

>>33075608

Sure thing. Doesn't stop us from actively piloting Dom's Dom and "damaging" in mock-combat. Or flying shotgun with Haman as she pilots it en route to the moon. Plus we'll get more data we can use when go up against another bit carrier.

>>33075582
Haman knows. The others have basically puzzled it out.

So I'm a pleb and am unfamiliar with pretty much all things Gundam, having only seen a smattering of episodes from both the Wing series and 8th MS Team.

Could someone kindly elaborate Newtypes from Oldtypes? I think I have the gist of it, but having it spelled out would be quite nice.

Also, where would one start with watching the Gundam shows?

>>33075712
Space psychics that have fast reflexes, little bit of telepathy and prediction of the next few seconds in the future. Also allows them to telepathically control drones with special systems.

Stronger ones attract people, terrify people, or kill them with mind bullets.

>>33075712

Newtypes are spess born psykers without the whole daemon possession issue.
Oldtypes are mundanes from earth.

>>33075761
>>33075787

That's about what I had gathered. Thanks for the confirmation.

>>33075712
www.anilinkz.com is a good place to start. The official Gundam Info youtube page used to have all the series, but for some reason they took down everything but Build Fighters and the SEED remasters.

As for the difference between Oldtypes and Newtypes? Oldtypes are just regular human beings. Newtypes are...something different. It's not clear what causes someone to be a Newtype, though it's been theorized that spending significant time in microgravity speeds the process. It's kept pretty vague just what the extent of their abilities are, but low level clairvoyance is a common one. They can also communicate telepathically with each other, and occasionally Oldtypes if they're particularly strong projectors. When they do this they tend to have hallucinations of each other naked and illuminated in bright neon colors. Finally, since Newtypes can communicate telepathically properly-formatted control systems can receive this. This means that Newtypes can gain better control over their mobile suit or direct remote weapons despite jamming.

Any other powers are usually unique to individual Newtypes. It also helps that later models of Newtype mind-machine interfaces didn't just receive their powers but also enhanced them. For example, when Kamille Bidan synchronized with the biosensor unit in his Zeta Gundam, he could actually summon the souls of the dead to boost his machine's power output.

>>33075712
What constitutes a Newtypes is left pretty ambiguous, but they've been shown displaying telepathy, telekinesis, and weaponized mind rape. They tend to have a limited form of prescience that just looks like super fast reflexes too, but possibly the most telling sign is the ability for two newtypes to instantly 'understand' where the other is coming from (their motivations and experiences ect), so newtypes can form pretty significant bonds very fast.

As for what series to start with, Mobile Suit Gundam, the first one is ideal, but it hasn't aged that well, especially visually. If you can find the three movies they chopped it into, they'll get you mostly up to speed.

>>33075712
Newtypes are individuals with heightened spatial awareness and mental sensitivity, largely having arisen from the needs of living (and particularly fighting) in space. Essentially, their brains work differently, even to the point of being able to control weaponry from a distance or (like Scirocco) damage people's minds directly.

Best place to get a feel for the UC timeline are the original three: Mobile Suit Gundam, Zeta, and ZZ. 08th MS and War in the Pocket are nonessential, but interesting depictions of the One Year War from alternate perspectives. Stardust Memory is pretty to look at, but none of the events, machines, or characters matter in the long run aside from the very end.

>>33075893
>Stardust Memory is pretty to look at, but none of the events, machines, or characters matter in the long run aside from the very end.
Sad but true. People claim that Stardust Memory is important for setting the stage for the Titans to rise to power, but honestly they had such momentum that they would have managed that even without Operation Stardust panicking the Federation leadership. No matter how much we derail the plot, we're still probably going to have to deal with the Titans eventually.

>>33075493
Alright, calling it a night. It seems the agreement is somewhere along the needs of "take as much as you need, but see if you can't find more things to need".

Archive will go up momentarily. Thanks for playing, and I'll be back tomorrow at the same time.

>>33075959
That's fine. See you tomorrow, Hearts. Thanks for running.

>>33075959
Good thread, had fun!

So, as an aside, what do we want to upgrade? I'd be interested in rigging together a Base Jabber out of the thrusters on the Schnee Weiss's funnel pack.

>>33076072

>gut the psycommu system
>stick in Twins' MS
>enjoy beam spam

>afroengineer a dock for our arm hard points for the bits
>have flashlights that pop out of the forearms

>gut the generator from the Dom
>use it to keep the beer in our minifridge cool.

>strip Dom down to frame
>bolt armor onto Gundam
>infiltrate Axis

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>>33068161
Goddammit, I've been looking for some Gundam Questan, so how the fuck did I miss 6 goddamn threads.

Time to archive binge, I guess.

>>33078098
You'll have fun with it. We're doing our best to take the story into novel directions. Also to troll Char. Oh, we've done such delightful things to infuriate him. I really hope this quest advances all the way to the Gryps Conflict, because if he adopts the Quattro Bajeena identity he'll have no choice but to go along with our mockery of him. It'll actually help preserve his cover, so he'll cooperate with it. It'll be delightful.

>>33078098

There's only a handful of Gendum related quests. Which is probably a good thing.

>>33078264

Patiently waiting for shit to hit the fan when we make it back to Earth. That's going to be fun.

>>33078645
I was actually looking for something to tide over waiting for Bright Quest to update, but I know that'll take ages, since Char delays his quests 3x more often than normal QM's.

>>33075712
The one thing nobody else covered is that most easily pinned down definition of Newtype is space psychic, the term originally got coined by Char's papa Zeon Deikum, who used it describe the next stage of human evolution who'd bring in an era of peace and prosperity for mankind through their inherent understanding of one another. It hasn't exactly panned out that way yet. It's also worth noting that Gihren Zabi, the guy whose own dad compared him to Hitler, hijacked the Newtype philosophy to justify the inherent superiority of Zeon.

>>33080926
I've always thought it'd be interesting to play a Feddie MS pilot during the OYW who laments the hijacking of Zeonic philosophy.

>>33076297
The psycommu system for Schnee Weiss is still rather massive. Its next generation replacement, Tusche Schwarz, would have used a smaller psycommu system, but Axis was doing their program on a shoestring budget so producing said system was going to take a while. The operating system being tested in Schnee Weiss when you captured it would have helped allow for the final miniaturization.

>>33076072
You'll have four 2,000kg thrusters, nine 1,000kg thrusters, and two 22,000kg thrusters to work with. We'll get into that later today.

>>33083120

Hmmm.... depending on the power requirements for the thrusters, there is a potential for massive single direction movement, or omni-directional thrusters allowing for massive jinks in attack runs...

>>33084642
I won't say anything about possible future developments until later tonight, but the Lilium already has four 20,000kg thrusters on its back positioned in an X, which allow for very quick maneuvers.

>>33084769
Remember the trip next time.