>>34978746
“I mean to address your superiors, Ensign,” Om replies with a frown.

“And what, may we ask, is the point of this 'Titans' group of yours?” Karen repeats loudly, glaring daggers and drawing confused looks from the other Denny's patrons.

“It will be an offensive counterinsurgency and counter-terror unit,” he explains coolly, “with greater political independence and better funding than Federation Special Operations could ever dream of.”

“So you intend to pay us more, is what you're trying to say,” Carya translates. “And not just in money, but in authority.”

“A blunt way to phrase it, but essentially. Yes.”

You shovel a forkload of pancake into your mouth and chew in silence, making Om wait before you speak your mind. “Why us?” you finally ask.

Om, who seems somewhat put off that you've made him wait so long for two words, turns to face you. “We've approached all of the units which distinguished themselves in the recent... incident. Lieutenant Burning took a position at the Woomera Range as an instructor, and Lieutenant Uraki took his promotion and followed Burning. He's now chief of base security there.” You know that already: supposedly Nina went with them as well as Anaheim's representative at the proving grounds there. “The other members of the Immortal Fourth joined us, as did Kajima. We've also got the Killer First to join, and sadly miss Kar will be spending the next eleven months in recovery... which leaves the Valkyrie.”

“And the benefits would be?” Karen presses.

Om nods. “A two-rank virtual promotion for each member of your team, and commissions for those bridge crew who are currently enlisted. You'll also be given access to the latest equipment for the purposes of evaluation, and will have near unlimited tactical authority.”
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>>34978793
“And our machine roster?” Audrey asks. “We tend to make unannounced upgrades and refits. We would need unconditional permission to alter our MS compliment in the field.”

“That could be arranged.”

Karen sits for several long seconds, thinking to herself in silence. “We'll discuss the matter as a unit. I'll get back to you when we've reached an agreement.”

“That won't be necessary,” Om tells you with a dismissive wave of his hand. “All you need to do is report to the recruitment depot in San Diego and explain to our representative there who you are and what your intention is. Then you'll be given orders to report to Londenion so the Valkyrie may be overhauled and refit with new mobile suits. I would also advise you decide on a team name... 18th Special Operations Group doesn't have a ring at all.”

When Bask Om finally leaves, Karen breaths a sigh of relief. “Okay,” she mutters, “is it just me, or is that guy a fucking grade-A creep?”

>Argue for joining Titans
>Argue against joining Titans
>Listen to everyone else's reasoning first

>>34978746
>those goddamned goggles.
I thought I was the only one...

>>34978820
>Listen to everyone else's reasoning first

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I'd just like to point out that the Trafalgar class and the Pegasus class have roughly the same space for storage.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/34702819/#p34707801
>Your alternative would be the Valkyrie: a third-flight Pegasus class that's yet to be commissioned. She'd be brand new, and would have similar space
The decision was apprently an obsolete ship with a prexisting crew immediately, or waiting a bit for a superior ship with a rookie crew. IIRC we just transferred a bunch of the crew from the Trafalgar class to the Valkryie, since it was going to be decomissioned, anyways.
Seems like we made the best of both worlds.

>>34978820
>Listen to everyone else's reasoning first

>>34978820
>Listen to everyone else's reasoning first

The way I see it, even if its a little metagamey is either we join the Titans, manipulate them from within to be better than they are in the canon or rip them apart from the inside when it starts hitting the fan.

Alternatively we can not join and possibly join one of the many factions that will be working against the Titans like the newly reinforced Republic of Zeon.

This is all assuming the Titans are going to be grade A assholes like in canon.

>>34978820
>Listen to everyone else's reasoning first
We listen to our team it's what we usually do.

>>34978820
>Listen to everyone else's reasoning first
"Yes, very much so. Makes me wonder why they're using him as a recruiter. So, thoughts?"

>>34978912
Yeah I think we join Titans and do that.

>>34978820
>Listen to everyone else's reasoning first
I'm against it personally but lets see what everyone else thinks first

So, Hearts made this Twitter post:
>Planning plot/tech advancements for 0084. So far you can look forward to: Α, Δ, γ, Ζ, 'Dragonfly', 'Red Snake', 'Ramiel'.

Anyone's thoughts on what they're going to be? Δ, γ, Ζ are all the designations of suits made by Anaheim in canon, so they might be them. "Red Snake" is the code name of a Zeta derivative intended for Newtype use, seen in Gundam Evolve, so it might be that. No idea what A, "Dragonfly" or "Ramiel" would be.

>>34978820
>Listen to everyone else's reasoning first

Frankly i believe joining them can only go wrong, but we don't really know the full extent of this force at the moment, unlike canon, there's more military around, so their power reach may not be quite so long.

>>34978912
>The way I see it, even if its a little metagamey is either we join the Titans, manipulate them from within to be better than they are in the canon or rip them apart from the inside when it starts hitting the fan.
The way I see it, just because this guy is a bit creepy, doesn't mean that we shouldn't join. Remember that one of the reasons that the fleet got hit so hard was that Admiral Fuckwad decided to ignore our warnings.

That said, if his group turns out to not be above the level, we take as much shit as we can before we leave. It's stated goal as "offensive counterinsurgency and counter-terror unit" is quite reasonable, since we're pretty much doing it already, we shouldn't disregard them because their recruiter is a bit of a dick. I mean hell, we're working for the feds and one of their admirals was a *colossal* dick.

Actually turning Bask down seems because the Titans are evil is pretty metagame-y. Hopefully Dom can bring some reasonableness to this new group.

>>34978820
>Listen to everyone else's reasoning first

Axis is on the move, We may have beaten back their vanguard, but we have yet to even see their main forces... The tactical freedom we could obtain via the Titans group, would allow us to more readily react to, and counter any offensive planned by Axis, Not to mention how much easier it will be to keep in contact with Cima and the sensible remnants of the Mars Zeon Advance Forces...

Also, Keep your friends close... and Yazan on the other side of the Earth Sphere...

>>34978989
I found a more appropriate project name than Dragonfly. Same content, better name.

>>34978989
One of them is probably the Qubeley.

Maybe if I keep hoping, it'll come true...

>>34979014
As a followup, if we *don't* joing, we're going to lose a bunch of operational controll, since fucking Kou would outrank us.

>>34978961
I genuinely don't see the downside of joining we get lots of free stuff and more authority. Also if they start being sketchy being on the inside would put us in a good position to tear it down.

>>34979081
And if that fails, we can just fucking leave and join the AEUG/found the Earth Reformation League.

>>34978989

Red Snake is Proto-Psyco-frame mixed with a hint of Anti-Newtype equipment designed to neutralise, and even take control of, newtype controled systems (i.e. Bits or our Psycommu Val Varo...

>>34979113
federation Reformation League

>>34978820
“Kind of sad about Defrah,” Reiko comments.

You shake your head and laugh. “Nah. We'll meet up with her in eleven days.”

“Days?” Catherine asks.

“She's a Trekkie, and she's lazy,” you explain. “So she exaggerated. Months instead of days.”

“Wish I'd thought of that years ago,” Carya mutters bitterly.

“I'm not sure why, but I hate this setup,” Karen sighs. “I'm staying with you all regardless of what we decide though.”

Audrey seems a bit more positive. “It'd be a chance to shape the organization from the inside,” she explains. “If we want it to be a good thing, we should be the ones MAKING it a good thing.”

“An organization like this will attract the worst of the Federation,” Haman counters. “All they'll end up caring about is power... but their power could also be ours. Working with them for now allows us to pursue our own agendas for as long as that association remains tolerable.”

Rossweisse frowns, resting her chin on the table. “I'm not going back,” she says quietly.

“True, if we're more independent there's less of a chance of Rosse being reassigned to the Newtype labs,” you agree.

“Or rather, there's less a chance that one of us would have to go on a fragging spree to prevent it,” Catrina adds.

“Also true.”

“I can't believe they had a hand in Operation Stardust,” Noel mutters. “But I suppose I'll have to see the answer for myself. I'm with you, Dominic, Captain. Whatever you decide.”

Catherine seems of a mind with Karen. “That Bask guy gives me the creeps... but then again, the goal of Titans seems noble enough. Maybe it'll turn out okay?”

“I don't know,” Miyu admits. “I just don't know.”

“If it turns out okay, we'd be making it even better by joining...” Carya muses.

Catrina's eyes flash red as she adds the inevitable 'but'.
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>>34978820
>Listen to everyone else's reasoning first

I also support the intention of joining the Titans (sexy uniforms when!?) and doing what must be done if they start going a little crazy with their oppression and genocide.

>>34979081
My only worry would be that we'd get handed over to Newtype research. We already stole Rossweisse from one of the Titans' labs, joining up with them could end badly. Especially if they decide they want to figure out what Carya and Catrina are.

>>34979127
Thanks for explaining more. I realized after I posted it that "Newtype use" is a redundant descriptor to give to a Zeta-derivative, since the base suit is already equipped with a biosensor. Good job on filling in the details.

>>34979162
“... but if it all goes to hell, it positions us well to take out the Titans leadership ourselves and minimize the damage.”

Your Zeon captive, Ilia Pazom, remains silent, though she's quietly nervous at this change in events.

“You okay?” Carya asks her, noticing her discomfort.

She shakes her head. “You'll be facing my former comrades: I have no incentive to help, and you have no reason to trust me. But I can't help being nervous about becoming the responsibility of these “Titans”.”

>What say you? It seems people in your squad are leaning Titans, if for no other reason than the possibility of shutting them down yourselves later

>>34979188
"We will join. Pazom you'll stay in our personal custody, its not like they can argue about taking ex Zeon forces off of us when weve had you this long already"

>>34979188
I like it lest joining the Titans.
Maybe no civil war huh?

>>34979188
I say we go for it. It's a risk, a big one. But it's honestly better than our alternatives right now. We'll have to be careful to keep them as far away from Rossweisse as possible, but I think we can manage it.

>>34979188
"It looks like we're in agreement then. Hey if anything, maybe we could look into shutting down those bastards who keep trying to make cyber-newtypes."

>>34979287
this

>>34979238
We have another three zeons right?

>>34979188

Join the Titans, radiate swagger.

>>34979188
Lets join

>>34979338
More like two and a half Zeons, but yeah.

>>34979188
seconding >>34979238

>>34979287
We clearly need to take one of the Newtype labs for ourselves, get them working on that mind-broken Axis Test Pilot who we captured. See if we can't get some form of research from what they did to her while they try to give her some semblance of a life back...

>>34979378
Axis Test Pilot and Ilia Pazom who are the other two?

>>34979455
Oh, I thought you meant Zeons, not Zeon citizens. I was referring to the Republic, Axis, and the various Zeon Remnants (sadly, not all of them joined Delaz. There are others out there). But if you're going by members of Zeon, we've also got Catherine Blitzen and Rebecca Fanning.

>>34979188

Let's go Titans, then. If everything goes to hell in a basket and they end up as corrupt as they do in Zeta, we can just desert. We'd have to if we refuse, anyway, considering the Titans also end up in charge or at least heavily involved with the Newtype labs if left unchecked, if we're going by canon. And then they'll want every test subject they can get their hands on, failed or not.

>>34979517
O no I meant our POW.

>>34979517
Speaking of Catharine Blitzen, I wonder if she's going to be officially made part of the crew. Blitzen did help us a bunch during Operation Stardust.

>>34978746
>Riddick

Thank you for using my suggestion.

>>34979549

Forgot to add, if we do desert, we might want to have an out. So either wait until they start the AEUG, or side with the not-retarded part of Zeon.

Or wait until Char-- I mean Ridden, makes his bid for leadership, and then support him.

That's about all the ways I can think of making it through the following political climate.

>>34979584
Yeah Catharine great! Right?

>>34979597
No I do not what us to join Zeon.

>>34979659

I'm not saying we join the evil mustache-twirlingly evil part of Zeon, the one Bernin-- bernen-- Panini. The one Panini is running. We don't join that one, but should it come to having to join a Zeon, we pick the faction split that isn't that one.

>>34979188
"So it seems we're pretty much agreed," you conclude. "Join Titans... for now, at least. But if things turn sour, we defect."

Karen nods. "Seems pretty risky, joining a group we're planning to defect from, but it seems like the best of several bad options. I'll authorize it."

"Don't worry," you reassure Pazom, placing a hand on her shoulder. "You'll remain our prisoner. You won't be free, but better the devil you know, right?"

Pazom sighs in relief. "I'll hold you to it, Commander."

Your team stays around at the Denny's long enough to pay the bill before returning to the Valkyrie to inform your new crew of the change in affiliation from EFSF to Titans. Among your crew, however, there are three people who deserve a more personal explanation: Emary Ounce, your new Assistant Chief Engineer, Sayla Mass, ship's physician, and Doctor Jay Null, who's been 'incognito' aboard your new ship for some time now.

"So, I assume you heard the announcement, Doctor?" you ask as Ward joins you.

The old man sighs, frustrated that you've refused to play along with his spygames. "Yes, I heard, young man. I think I speak for all three of us when I tell you you've got some explaining to do."

"Leave me out of it, you old coot," Emary mutters.

"We're not happy about it either," you explain. "But we haven't got much choice now, do we? Sticking with them now is the safe play, and it lets us monitor their activities."

"You're sure it has nothing to do with the pay?"

"None whatsoever," you swear. "And if it all goes to hell we can still probably join the Republic. Cima would put in a good word."

At the mention of the newly resurgent Republican forces, Sayla seems uneasy.
>Ask her why? (d100)
>Overlook it for now, head to San Diego

A note: all of your combat pilots and Karen are required to go to San Diego for a quick examination. Anyone else you wish to bring should be specified now.

>>34979704
Federation for life, yo! We can start the Federation Reformation League. But No Zeon of any kind.

>>34979614
Now that you're joining Titans, she'll be an Ensign.

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>34979740
>Ask her why? (d100)

Rolled 60 (1d100)

>>34979740
>Ask her why? (d100)

Rolled 37 (1d100)

>>34979740
>Ask her why? (d100)

>>34979740
>Overlook it for now, head to San Diego
We can guess without asking her directly. Official story is that Sayla is Don Teablo Mass' daughter, and he was known to have significant dealings with Zeon(both the man and the country) before the war. Dom could infer that she knows some people in the Republic that she's worried about. Anything more than that she's unlikely to tell us even if we roll well, so I'd rather not bother.

As for who we bring, I vote for "guns". Lots of them. Just in case.

>>34979831
Do we gat a Peaked cap too?

>>34979771

Don't be that guy. You know, that one guy. The one who always has his soul bound by Earth's gravity. Don't be him.

>>34980088
What?

>>34979740
“Is something wrong?” you ask Sayla innocently. “Penny for your thoughts?”

“Hm? Oh, sorry,” she apologizes. “It's nothing, really...”

Your stare forces her to relent. “It's just that Zeon rearming itself brings back memories.”

“You served on the White Base,” you think to yourself aloud, “so you probably faced the Red Bolt, Usain Aznable, fairly often?”

“That's... not what his name was, but yes. We faced Char Aznable many times.”

Noting a strange sentiment there, you press on. “Sounds like you almost remember him fondly... like a brother.”

Unexpectedly, the mention of the word “brother” sends a jolt through the young woman. She quickly tries to hide the fact that you've startled her, to no avail. Now that you think of it, you can really see the resemblance. It's mostly in the chin, and in their hair.

“Your secret is safe here, Miss Mass,” you tell her. “As is your brother's. You have my word. But instead of trying to hide things from me, I'd hope next time you'll open up a bit.”

Again, you sense some unease. “You're still hiding something?” you ask.

“... yes,” she admits. “But it's not something I want to discuss... I'm sorry. It'd put my brother and I in too bad a position if anyone else knew.”
>Press (d100, write-in required)
>Leave it be

>>34980234
>Leave it be

>>34980234
>Leave it be
"Well, so long as it's not anything heinous I don't see any reason to pry further. But fell free tell us if there's anything we can do to help without having to actually know the details."

Rolled 37 (1d100)

>>34980234
Lean in closely and whisper, "Quattro Bajeena."

>>34980234
>>Leave it be

>>34980234

Let it go, it's really not our business.

>>34980234
>Leave it be

"That's fine. I'd like you to tell me one day, but I won't press it."

>>34980234
>Leave it be
Might as well tell her if she ever needs someone to talk to she can come to us.

>>34980234
>Red Bolt, Usain Aznable
10/10

Rolled 48 (1d100)

>>34980234
>Leave it be

If she wants to share later, she will.

>>34980234
Lean over to Haman and remark that this puts her interactions with Char in a new light. Of course he wouldn't reciprocate romantic feelings for a younger Newtype girl with a bob cut. It would be like kissing his own sister.

>>34980427
*slow clap*

>>34980234
"That's fine. But if you want to tell me at some point, you know where to find me." Sayla seems immensely relieved, which makes you wonder exactly how big a secret she's keeping from you. Then a thought occurs to you.

"Actually, I don't know where my office is now," you admit. "But hey, you can ask around and people will probably know where I am."

The Doctor gives you an approving nod as Sayla mutters "yeah, I'll do that."
(1/2)

>>34980528
>Later that day...
The recruitment depot's main office is busier than you'd expected: at the front desk you see a tall, trim Asian Lieutenant arguing with the receptionist over paint schemes. He's got a shaved head and no facial hair, with a mole under his left eye, and he's wearing sunglasses despite being inside. With him stands a sleek-haired junior Lieutenant with a similar complexion, who seems to be trying to smooth over any friction caused by his superior. Another junior officer sits nearby: an unkempt-looking man who spins a pen between his fingers as he reads over a manifest of some sort. Next to him sits a fair-skinned Ensign with short hair, a neatly trimmed beard, and angular, half-framed glasses. The Ensign has headphones on, and is currently banging his head gently to loud rocks only he can hear.

“The Killer First?” Audrey asks, nodding in their direction. Karen nods in confirmation.

Also in the room are several officers in Titans uniforms: two Lieutenants and an Ensign, who stand near an EFSF regular officer. Only the male Lieutenant, a slightly heavy-set man, looks to be much older than you or the Sisters. He seems preoccupied with something, though the stern-faced regular seems like she's in charge here. The Ensign looks like a little shit, with his blonde hair pushed up in something resembling a pompadour. You can see he's looking at Haman with some interest. The last Titans officer's green eyes catch yours for a second, and she gives you a curt nod of acknowledgment.

In one corner, you also spot a young boy sitting quietly on a couch. He looks to be about the same age you were when you first strapped into a mobile suit.

Karen pulls a ticket from a nearby machine, and your team takes over some of the benches in preparation for a long wait: right now it's just you, Karen, Reiko, Audrey, the Sisters, Haman, and Rossweisse, as nobody else really needs to be here.
(2/3)

>>34980593
Quickly folding under the weight of the SHEER BOREDOM, you decide to go investigate
>The Titans
>The Kid
>The Killers
>Take someone with you?

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>>34980593
Also, pic related: it's the senior Lieutenant of the "Killer First".

>>34980593
Who's the Ensign with the pompadour? Is that supposed to be Jerid? I was under the impression that he was still new to the Titans at the start of Zeta. Or did we just alter the timeline so that he joined earlier?

>>34980610
I don't know who the hell any of these people are...

*sits back and waits for more meta knowledge anons to speak*

>>34980657
A little of both. This is prior to his first assignment with Titans, and the events of the alternate-Stardust affected how early he went in for mobile suit service.

>>34980610
>The Titans

Jerrid Messa that you?

>>34980593
>The Titans
>Reiko and Audrey
Need more screen teen.

>>34980610
>The Titans

>>34980637
Yoshiyuki Tomino is in this? Spiritually?

>>34980610

>Titans

What up Gerry Dough?

>>34980610
>The Titans
>Take someone with you?
Karen and Aubrey.

>>34980762
The "Killer First" is comprised of:
Lieutenant Hajime Tomino
LtJg Toshizō Itano
LtJg Sōji Yasuhiko
Ensign Iòna Gordon

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>>34980835

>>34980835
As long as we don't have to deal with Ensign Fukui.

>>34980593
>the kid
Say hi to Kamille.

>>34980835
O good Lord who are these people?!

>>34981026
Their last names are all references to influential people in Gundam. Yoshiuki Tomino is the creator of the series. Ichiro Itano is an animator who worked on the first series. Yoshikazu Yasuhiko did many of the character designs for several Gundam series. The last one I don't get, though.

>the kid
ooh we gonna meet kid kamille

>>34980707
Hmm I think the titan group is made up of
Jamaican Daninghan, Emma Sheen, and Jerrid Messa.

>the kid
who else wanna mentor kamille

>>34980610
"Hey, Audrey?" you ask loudly.

"Yeah, Dominic?"

"Let's go for a walk," you offer. "You seem almost as bored as I am."

The Lieutenant suddenly flips off the chair and onto her feet, clearly desperate to do something. "You're not bringing one of your girlfriends?"

"We see each other plenty," you tell her. "The two of us, on the other hand, don't hang out as much as we should."

"True enough."

Ignoring the Killer First for now and setting a brisk pace towards the Titans officers, you notice them salute you as you close... except the blonde kid with the big hair.

"I take it you're running the show?" you ask the stern-looking woman. "Any chance you could expedite the process at all?"

"Lieutenant Rira," she tells you stiffly. "And no, I can't expedite the process at all... namely because the simulator is finally ready for your team, Commander."

"I see we were expected. And the rest of you?"

The large Titans Lieutenant salutes again. "Cacooler, sir. I'm here scouting talent, as it were. Picking up two likely pilots."

The green-eyed woman is next to salute you. "A pleasure, sir. I'm Lieutenant Junior-Grade Sheen. And... you are?" she asks, looking at Audrey interestedly.

Audrey returns the salute. "Audrey April, Lieutenant, 18th MS."

"Ah, the techncial expert," Lieutenant Sheen replies. "I've had the chance to see your work first hand on a modified GM QUEL. First-rate design on those boosters."

"The first ones were made out of scraps and nearly killed Dominic here," Audrey admits, "but I appreciate the sentiment."

"It wasn't THAT bad," you tell her. "Just a little spinny, you know?" With one finger you trace a few circles through the air, simulating the arc of the Lilium as it spun out of control during the trial run of the shield boosters.

"Like that, but full-body, and faster, and in space, and with thousands of pounds of rocket fuel under my butt."
(1/?)

>>34980835
>>34980937
>>34980972

Could be worse. Could've had Anno in there.

>Don't worry, you'll be getting your Galbady Beta soon!

Several months pass, and then

>AND HERE IS YOUR GELGOOG JAGER, WITH EXTRA SYMBOLISM AND UNEXPLAINED BUTTONS

>>34981280
The Lieutenants each try and stifle a snort of laughter with varying degrees of success. "Sounds like fun," Rira tells you.

The Ensign still seems more interested in Haman than your stories, and briefly introduces himself. "Jerid Messa," he tells you. "Who is that over there, with the red hair?"

"A member of my team," you tell him as Rira walks over to let your team know the simulation chamber is ready.

First up is Haman, who climbs into the chamber and closes the hatch.

"The simulation replicates the interior of the GM QUEL," Cacooler explains to you. "It spawns ten Zakus with varying loadouts, and a trainee is meant to see how many..."

"Done," Haman reports from inside the mock-up cockpit. "I'm ready for the test now."

Lieutenant Rira stares at the chamber aghast as she keys the mic. "That... was... the test..."

"I know that," Haman replies. "And frankly? It was pathetic."

"Twenty-seven seconds," Cacooler tells you, his face pale as a sheet. "That's inside the margin of error. It's literally impossible to compare that result to anything else..."

Jerid Messa finally seems to have been impressed by something. "It took me five and a half minutes, and I only got eight."

"Yeah, well you kind of suck," Lieutenant Rira tells him, her eyes still fixed on Haman as she steps out of the machine and gives you a wave.
>Go in next
>Tell Jerid not to waste his time/get hurt chasing Haman's skirt
>Other?

>>34981355
Oh, the worst of the lot is Gordon

OMG Jerrid is gonna hate us, and it will be glorious

>>34981452
>Go in next

If Jerid gets burned that's his own damn fault.

>>34981452
>Go in next

>>34981452

>Go in next

The ride never ends

>>34981452
>Go in next

>Go in next
we want to see Jerrid crash and burn

>>34981452
>Go in next
Looks like Jerrid will be our new Monsha

>>34981452
>Tell Jerid not to waste his time/get hurt chasing Haman's skirt
Don't reveal that she's with us, though. Just advise him that she's already taken, and that she doesn't respond well to guys that don't respect that. Trust us, we've seen what she's like when she's angry. She once convinced a man to kill himself because he offended her. That is not a joke, Jerid, she is a very scary girl when she wants to be.

>>34981452
>Go in next

I almost feel bad for the fact we're going to be making Jerid look like shit. It'll also motivate him, so he won't be shit when he fights Kamille, and he might actually win

He won't

>>34981452
>Go in next
Now I'm starting to wonder if we, as a team, should hide/lower our power levels, lest we inadvertently give potential Titans pilots a competitive motivation to improve their skills and competence.

I wonder who the kid is. Couldn't have been Kamille, he's not supposed to be at that age until another three or four years.

>>34981649
Consider what would happen if the kid on the couch is Kamille, as we suspect. What happens if he and Jerid meet early?

>>34981452
>>Go in next

Let's see how well we do.

>>34981649
He will I have fate in him.

>>34981689
>looks like
Remember, Gundam protags never look their age.

>>34981689
It's probably Kamille, though right now he should be around 14 years old. Kamille's parents worked on the Gundam Mk.II project for the titans.

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>>34981705

Ideally, this will happen.

>>34981689
It might be. Kamille was 17 in Zeta, and this is three years before then. Dom had just turned 16 when he started piloting, so if Kamille was an early bloomer he could look roughly that age. I got confused for a college student once when I was 14, it's not impossible that Dom's reading his age wrong.

>>34981756

Yeah, but I was wondering because KOH mentioned him being about the same age as Dom was when he first got into an MS. That'd mean the ages wouldn't match up, unless our year of dicking around with canon somehow retroactively made Kamille get born several years earlier.

>>34981834
Or it could be a classic case of NOBODY LOOKS THEIR AGE WHAT THE SHIT JAPAN

>>34981452
"You ready, Dom?" Haman asks as you walk past, giving her a high-five.

"Sure," you reply casually. "I've had harder tests. The one for the EFSF used to have live fire drills back in the war."

With a little flourish, you seat yourself in the mockup cockpit. The controls are different, but workable, with nothing located in too far-fetched a place on your consoles.

"It may take some getting used-to sir," Rira tells you over the intercom. "So just tell me when you're..."

"Let's go," you tell her. "I'm ready."

With a flicker, the screens around you show a simulated battlefield. Two or three at a time, your virtual enemies spawn in...
>Roll me a d20, best of three

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>34981989
Let's do it.

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>34981989

>>34981860
Kamille doesn't even look 16 in Zeta, and he's 17 then, I think it unlikely that he age-regresses.

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>34981989

>>34982005
Will a 13 not bad. Right?

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>34981989

>>34982068
>>34982118
We didn't want to be a pilot anyway

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>34982118
fuck me

>>34982133
>>34982118

Just be glad for best of three

>>34982166
thank god

Rolled 13, 18, 15 = 46 (3d20)

>>34982020
... and go down almost as quickly as they can spawn. The GM QUEL doesn't seem to want to move quite like your own machine, but the attitude control is enough to keep up with the simple, tame movements of the simulated Zakus. You sense utter shock from the Oldtypes watching your performance, along with some mild annoyance from Haman and immense distress from Ensign Messa.

"Rounds complete," you inform your supervisor after a mere seventeen seconds. "All hostiles are down."

You then step out to find Karen nervously eying the Titans officers from across the room... probably because Ensign Messa is staring ashen-faced at the nearest wall. None of your future Titans colleagues even have words for what they just saw, though Lieutenant Sheen manages a heartfelt salute, which the others follow.

"At least you got shot down quickly that time," you tell Messa before returning to the rest of your team.
(1/2)

>>34982203
And we did that well with a 13? I'm scared to ask what a 20 would have gotten us.

>>34982203
>"At least you got shot down quickly that time," you tell Messa before returning to the rest of your team.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUdDcw2Bg3I

>>34982203
It takes Carya and Catrina twenty-eight seconds to complete their test thanks to two of their Zakus splitting in exactly opposite directions, making it take a little longer to hit them all, and Rossweisse takes just twenty-five.

Impressively, it takes Audrey a mere thirty-three seconds to down her ten Zakus.

"They were using textbook maneuvers," she explains, "so they weren't all that tough to hit."

"Seventeen seconds?" you ask Haman incredulously. "The hell did you say to that poor guy in seventeen seconds?"

"Nothing that wasn't true," she replies simply, rubbing her shoulder against your arm.

Lieutenant Rira is completely stunned. "And I thought the thirteen year old who beat it in less than three minutes was impressive..."

Suddenly, the kid over on the couch stands up and walks over to your group.

"I want to try," he announces. "Come on, my dad won't be back for like another hour. It's okay, right?"

Rira looks over at Karen. "You're the senior officer here."

Karen looks at you pleadingly. "You usually make the decisions here."

Messa recovers slightly. "He's just a stupid kid. Let him embarrass himself."

"Speaking of which..." Sheen mutters.
>Sure, let the kid have some fun
>This isn't a toy

>>34982398
Under 27 seconds, machine breaks, we laugh maniacally.

>>34982398
Computer couldn't keep up with us. ERROR.

>>34982398
Low rolls were better. The time was added to the 10 second minimum for firing ten aimed shots.

>>34982415
>Sure, let the kid have some fun

So, if we use Haman's alias in introducing her with the other pilots present, would Jerid's own thoughts betray him and subsequently garner him a punch in lieu of that scene with Kamille?

Oh God, is this gonna end up like that situation with Glemy and Roux in ZZ?

>>34982415
>Sure, let the kid have some fun
If he beats Jerrid's time all the better I say.

>>34982415
>Sure, let the kid have some fun

Damn, does seem like Kamille, that's a shame, he should be busy, being bullies by Fa

>>34982415
>>Sure, let the kid have some fun

"Put Jerrid's money where his mouth is kid."

>>34982415
>Sure, let the kid have some fun
"Why not? What's your name, kid?"

>>34982415
>Sure, let the kid have some fun

>Sure, let the kid have some fun
we are soo gonna be kamille suragate father figure when things go south

>>34982415
> Sure, let the kid have some fun
"What's your name, kid?"

>>34982415

>Sure, let the kid have some fun
>Remind him that it isn't a toy, though

>>34982544
I'd rather be his brother.

>>34982544
or at least cool older brother figure

>>34982544
Or have him under the tutelage of Audrey for that matter. She still needs to fine tune that wave-rider design anyway.

>>34982618
>>34982608
imagine us giving him pointers with girls

>>34982544
>>34982608
Either way, we're taking Quattro's place. It's like Dom's mission in life is to slowly wear away at Char's relevance to the world.

>>34982676

When did we ever talk to Char?

>>34982709
Nah just Johnny.

>>34982676
So, that must meant that we're going to sling Europa into Dogatie's palace in lieu of Axis.

>>34982709
I didn't say we did. Just that we're making him irrelevant. Maybe our friend Johnny will be able to take up the slack.

>>34982709
When Haman's father called us after we captured haman. My favorite quote from Char in that conversation is "that's DOUBLY WRONG!"

>>34982771
I think you're confused friend.

It was Johnny Ridden that said that.

>>34982771
I want to raise the bar and have him say "Three times. That's THREE TIMES you it got wrong!"

>>34982833
Speaking of names, Flemish Mantra said that we should come up with a name for our team before all the good ones get taken. Anyone have any preferences?

>>34982894
The Cherrypickers

>>34982869
THAT'S TRIPALLY WRONG

>>34982415
>>Sure, let the kid have some fun
I missed the beginning ;_;

>>34982894
Domnic's Valkyrie

>>34982894
Valkyrie squad, and we could call our personal MS the Odin

>>34982894
The Dominators.

Succubus Squadron going with Doms Devil theme

>>34982894

18th Independent SOG, 'Valkyries'

>>34982415
"Yeah, sure," you tell the kid lazily. "What's your name?"

"Kamille," he replies excitedly before dashing off to run the sim.

Messa scoffs. "Kamille? Isn't that a girl's name?"

"Isn't yours by default?" Catrina retorts, prompting a snicker from Haman.

Reiko shakes her head. "It's from an old unisex name in French, actually."

"The more you know," you reply loudly. "So, any bets that he beats it?"

"I'll take that action," Rira replies immediately. "Five bucks?"

"I'll make it ten, Commander," Sheen adds, much to her own apparent surprise.

"Dominic," you reply, "and you've got a bet."

"Emma," the green-eyed Titan replies, offering a handshake.

"Lila," the regular Lieutenant offers her hand in turn.

Three and a half minutes later, Lila announces that the simulation is over.

"Ha!" Messa laughs. "Only three minutes, what a joke. How many shootdowns did he get?"

"Ten," Lila tells him honestly.

"Damn it all..." Messa moans. "Not the kid, too?"

As fun as torturing the poor kid is, you really have no reason to linger here.

"What do you think of these lot?" Karen asks you quietly.
>I want one (specify: note that Kamille is off-limits for now, and Lila is outside your chain of command)
>They're okay, mostly
>If any more of the Titans are like Messa, they're boned
>Other

>>34982987
Nah, we need to name our suit Einherjar, at least if we're going to be the Valkyries

>>34982894
The Laughing Devils or Devil Squad

>>34983058
> They're okay, mostly
> If any more of the Titans are like Messa, they're boned

>>34983058
>I'm going to have to beat the stupid out of the rich ones.

>>34983058
>If any more of the Titans are like Messa, they're boned

Let's give Messa some advice, about not being a douchebag.

>>34983060
i could go with that

>>34983058
>They're okay, mostly
>Other
"Emma seems OK, but that's the way these things go. The road to hell is paved with good intentions and all that crap."

>>34983058
>>I want one (specify: note that Kamille is off-limits for now, and Lila is outside your chain of command)
>>They're okay, mostly

Shall we get messa?

Get some humility drilled into him. Reform him.

>>34983058
>They're okay, mostly

>>34983058
>They're okay, mostly
>Other
"I like them, for the most part, but that doesn't really tell us anything about the organization as a whole. We'll see."

>>34983058
>If any more of the Titans are like Messa, they're boned

>>34983058
>Ask how did they get into the Titans.

We may as well get some more info about recruiting.

>>34983058

>I want one

We must turn Jerid into the Titan they needed but didn't deserve.

>>34983058
"I never thought I'd say this, but I want to put a 13 year old kid in a giant robot."

That said, I hope we might need to revamp the academy, the Zeke remnants have years of combat experience, and such textbook maneuvers will be futile against them."

>>34983198
But who will be Kamilles living stressball

>>34983272
Kamille can still kill all the people he did in canon, they just won't have Jerid around to mourn them.

>>34983272
Katz, obviously.

>>34983317
but then it wont be as fun

>>34983058
>They're okay, mostly
>Other
About as expected for new bloods with little to no field experience. Might be a different case with The Killer First team though.

>>34983058
>>They're okay, mostly

Emma seems cool, Jerrid could use more discipline, neutral about the others

>>34983319
Yes. I support this. Because fuck Katz. Fuck all the Kobayashi kids. Frau and Hayato had a bright future ahead of them, but then they had to take care of three utterly awful children. All the stress of being a teen parent without any of the fun that leads up to it.

>>34983233

Burnings an instructors under the titans.

If anyone could do it, it'll be him and hrs got uraki there too.

I think we need to be on the front to affect frontline policy and stop the excesses of other titans.

>>34983396
>Burnings an instructors under the titans.
We know that, they don't. I want to tell them that their skills aren't up to snuff, without being confrontational about it.

>>34983375
Also this, I'd be cool chilling out with Emma. Jerid's a bit of a twat ATM, like Monsha, only without the skills to back it up.

>>34983058
"Hit or miss," you reply truthfully. "That Ensign seems like a real shitter."

Catrina steps into the conversation. "The green-eyed one? Emma? She seems like she could turn out to be one of the good ones."

"A little stiff," Karen admits, "but she seems honest. Like she'd have a tough time hiding dissent in the future."

"We'll keep an eye on them" you conclude. "When the time comes, we might need some allies."

Looking around, you see that the Killer First has moved on, so you and Karen agree that now is about the right time to return to the ship.
(1/2)

>>34983396
Watch as Jerid turns into the asshole prized kung-fu pupil who's only weakness is a fellow student that learned how to become the heart of space.

>>34983481

Recruitment?

>>34983481
Aboard-ship, Audrey, Haman, and Rossweisse pull you aside. With a knowing look, Carya nods at them and excuses herself.

"Dominic, we need to talk about something," Audrey tells you, holding out some files for you to look over.

"What about?"

"The future of our ship, our Gundams, and our team," Haman replies.

You shake your head. "I take it there's trouble."

"Always," Rossweisse replies quietly.

>Lay it on me
>If the Gundams are involved, it may be prudent to get Nina on the line
>Other

>>34983592
>Lay it on me

>>34983579
He's still typing the following post, note the '(1/2)' at the bottom, signifing how he's not finished.

>>34983592
>Lay it on me

>>34983592
>>Lay it on me

>>34983592
>>Lay it on me

>>34983592
>Lay it on me

>>34983579
None. There was only minor support for Jerid: not enough popular support to warrant inflicting him on you.

Had it been some interest in Emma I may have put it to a vote. Her character would be much more tolerable.

>>34983592
>Lay it on me
>If the Gundams are involved, it may be prudent to get Nina on the line

>>34983592
>Lay it on me

>>34983629
>>34983638
>>34983640
>>34983649
>Passing up free information

>>34983592
>Get Nina on the line

>>34983592
>Lay it on me

>>34983656
We need Emma around anyways if Kamille ends up joining.

>>34983656
Fuck. We missed out on the machine?

>>34983714
... no? We went 17 seconds, top score.

Long enough for Haman to push Jerid nearly to tears.

>>34983751
Not that machine.
Emma Sheen.

>>34983656

Ah. So jerrids an unreformable asshole.

>>34983866
If by "missed out" you mean "missed the first, best chance to recruit her", yes. You did.

>>34983877
Nah, he's redeemable.

It's just that women needs to do it. Which means keeping Lila alive while she continues beating morals into Jerid.

>>34983904
O-oh...

>>34983951

I was hoping that might have happened if he joined our team.

I mean we have alot of unattached women on board. Including ex zeonics.

>>34984020
Go back to sleep.

>>34983904
we can still get her when canon kicks in

>>34984020
No we don't they're all on the Dom train.

>>34984020
He lost his appetite for our team in 17 seconds. I'm not sure if blasting Mulan 24/7 would be able to fix Jerid's self-worth after a day with Haman.

>>34984109
Yes! Your a good man!

>>34984109
audrey, karen, our secretary and both zeon defector girls.

>>34984204
Dom train has no breaks.

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>>34983592
"Gimme a second..." you tell them before taking a deep, calming breath.

"... proceed."

"Take a look at these schematics and tell me what stands out," Audrey tells you.

It takes no time at all to tell what's wrong with the Valkyrie here. "There's only one hangar!"

"Exactly," Haman tells you. "They're cutting our MS compliment in half, ostensibly to improve the line of sight for the much greater number of cannons and AA turrets."

"Is there room for the Val Varo?" you ask nervously.

"Barely," Rossweisse replies.

"... the problem is that mobile suits come in teams of four," Audrey explains, "and I doubt Titans will leave empty space aboard a ship for very long."

"They may end up trying to split some of us off by assigning us a full support team we have no room for," Haman finishes.

You blink once. "... which two of you?"

"Me and Audrey," Rossweisse replies quietly.

"We have no ability to use remote weapons," Audrey explains. "We've been falling behind in terms of ability, so it'd make sense that we'd be the ones reassigned."

"And we can't turn down the orders NOW," Haman adds. "First thing after we signed up, too... Reiko handed in the paperwork not more than an hour ago."
>Reaction? You get the feeling there's some plan between Haman and Audrey, but still... that seems scummy.

>>34984109

I think it's better this way. Lila and Emma can shape him up since there's no war going on at the moment. Why, this business with Haman and Kamille might even mellow him out.

>>34984235
first thing that happens after we sign up is the Titans pullings some bullshit. why am i not surprised

>>34984204
>implying Karen has the patience
>Implying Audrey has the time to babysit
>implying Reiko or Catherine care
>implying the Operators don't have standards, or else sweethearts they're away from already
>implying he wouldn't cry himself to sleep every night in his own quarters surrounded by things he knows he can't have

>>34984235
>>Reaction? You get the feeling there's some plan between Haman and Audrey, but still... that seems scummy.
"Can't we protest the remodification of the valk? That'll put us out of commission for awhile."

>>34984235
I have to admit, that ship is sexy.
On the other hand, fucking Titans.

>>34984235
I'm not seeing the problem. We only have four mobile suits. Six people, but two of the Liliums have two pilots each. Us and Haman in the Lilium-II, Carya and Catrina sharing a body piloting the Viola. Adding on a support team to fill hangar space wouldn't change anything for us.

Wait, we couldn't recruited Emma? Fuck I thought she was also outside the chain of command or something. I thought that the option for recruitment was pretty much limited to that fuckwit Jerid.

Goddammit, if I knew that, I'd've tried to get Emma on the ship.

Wait a fucking second, since our ship is practically new, we can put in some transfer requests for personell!

>>34984235
Why are they wanting to re modify it anyway? It has been widely shown that ship based weaponry is inferior to mobile suits.

>>34984323
now i almost wish we had recruited him

>>34984235
I definitely feel angry, like hell do I want to see any of the girls go away and be sent to some crappy team. Rossweisse has been surviving her bad headaches cause she has Haman, the twins, and Dom around.

>>34984235
>Reaction? You get the feeling there's some plan between Haman and Audrey, but still... that seems scummy.
O good Lord what the fuck!

>>34984333
yea i mean.

hasn't it been obvious that ms win fights and not more guns on a ship?

the battle of loum showed that very nicely.

>>34984235
They want to take away Rossweisse? NO GODDAMNIT!

>Protest the changes... Ask if they've got any plans?

>>34984333
This, we can cite the Battle of Loum, where MS's vastly outpreform battleship guns.

>>34984377
Mostly it's because the Pegasus class were entirely too anemic. Most Titans ships seem designed to hold their own in a fight... and the lines of sight WOULD be much improved by removing a hangar and moving the single remaining hangar block to the centerline.

>>34984361
You have space for six mobile suits post-refit. Mobile suits come in teams of four.

>>34984370
You could have. The only ones I mentioned being off limits were Lila Milla Rira and Kamille.

You could still requisition her, if as nothing else but a stopgap measure against Titans pulling dickery.

>>34984377
Pretty much.

Besides, our strength so far lied in the suits themselves (which are still AE, so we might get Nina to help us out here) and using psycomines. And Audrey's engineering.

Maybe we can get Karen to sign a protest claiming how this new remodeling will not only lower our performance, but also put us out of commission for a while?

>>34984412
They are not take Rossweisse and Audrey!

>>34984454
>You have space for six mobile suits post-refit. Mobile suits come in teams of four.
Okay, then, let's just put the Val Varo in there. We can cite it's importance during our last battle if they question our use of the space.

>>34984436
To be clear, the refit gives you 8 mega particle cannons and 18 laser AA turrets.

It's designed to seem perfectly reasonable on the surface, and really would improve performance of your AA/Anti-Shipping capabilities. It's just it comes with an ulterior motive.

>Giving you an extra 10 minutes to come up with something approaching a plan

>>34984436
Hell we can cite *every* single engagement our unit's had, pretty much ZERO of our sucess has come down to ship-board MPC's and have relied instead on MS's and MA's. Fuck we can publish a treatise on the effectiveness and necessity of Mobile Weapons in Combat.

>>34984454
This too, our unit specilses in high-spec MS combat, limiting our MS compliment is kinda defeating the point of our fucking unit.

>>34984454
I say go for it, she's the chillest person there we could recruit. Also her honesty is going to get her killed in this nest of fucking vipers.

>>34984531
Can the girl's give us their ideas on a plan as well?

>>34984531

To bug our ship completely.

>>34984531
I've got nothing better other than going with the supposed goddamn liberty we're supposed to have. Citing combat data showing Battleship guns are useless compared to MS should be good.

If they want to split us up I'm willing to go full on batshit run from the federation.

>>34984539
We should argue against the MPC's. AA is useful, but we should point out that our unit has had ZERO usage for MPC's on ships. Then we cite the casualty rate of the Magellan and the OYW.

Battleships are bad doctrine, I say we should write a paper stating that conventional warships are obsolete, and argue in favour of dedicated carriers. Cite the success of White Base, and the success of Aircraft Carriers pre-UC.

>>34984531
>Refuse
"We're the Prototype MS testing team, we need space, MS, and pilots on our ship."

Of course, this gets us away from politics or the frontline somewhat.

>>34984622
The thing is, this is the worst time to break. Hell, they're probably expecting us to try and break right now. This is a goddamn test.

>>34984680
Supporting

>>34984680
Fucking this.

>>34984728
>>34984742
I am the originator of this vote, and again, I would like to remind you guys that this severely cuts down on the politics we can play.

However, it grants us plenty of cool toys to steal and defect with.

What is up with the Federation's obsession with Battleships. They're fucking garbage, but they always try to make as many of them as possible, only to be suprised for the 9 billionth time when they're taken out by a single MS.

Seriously, stop humping your toy battleships, guys.

>>34984712
probably the best option

>>34984531
>>34984680
supporting.

>>34984794
The alternative is losing a good chunk of our crew and having a shittier ship, or breaking away and geting ZERO politics we can play as a fringe group.

>>34984794
I'm aware. I have a distaste for politicking.

>>34984803
The General Revil was pretty beastly, and so was Zeon's Gwandan series.

That being said, they're no good when they're piloted by political appointees with less skill than Riddhe.

>>34984803
Carriers are the future.

Especially if we make them filled with psyco-controlled bit mobile suits.

>>34984897
Gundam X

>>34984803
I can't get hard without looking at one of those Sexy, Sexy Magellans.

Time to cut carrier production and funnel the resources into more battleship production!

>>34984803

The problem is when they make pure battleships like the Magaellan or the Birmingham since they don't have the defenses to really deal with a MS rush down. Assault Carriers like the Pegasus-class, Alexandria, Argama/Radish, Ra Cailum, or Dogos Gier are what's really wanted and where they actually do head towards. The new Valkyrie is more or less a proto-Alexandria that can go on Earth. At least that's how I see it.

>>34984974
Denied. Your taste is shit. We will be producing Biringhams, which sport far more Mega Particle cannons than Magellans and still carry no MS at double the cost.

>>34985006
See, I totally get that. The Pegasus is useful as fuck. What I *don't* get is why the fuck you'd want to ruin some like that by trying to turn it into some kind of crappy half-carrier half ace fodder/Magellan.

>>34985096
...It all makes sense when you figure they're trying to get us killed

>>34984235
"We're not breaking yet," you mutter. "We're taking this to Karen."

After finding Karen in her office, showing her the planned modifications and explaining what you think Titans are up to with your crew, you watch your Captain lay her head on her desk in frustration.

"I've heard rumors about this shit," she mutters. "The EFSF is working on revamping the fleet: adding escort carriers and crossing cruisers with carriers to combine their roles and cut down on hull counts."

"But why HERE?" you ask pointedly. "We're partly an evaluation unit, where do they get off trying to cut our hangar space AT ALL, let alone as part of some bullshit scheme to get their filthy claws on two of our team?"

"I'll do what I can on my end," Karen resolves. "I can't guarantee you anything... this goes way above even my paygrade, Dom."

"All I ask is that you try," you tell her.

"I assume you also have plans?" Karen asks wearily.

Audrey nods. "I contacted Nina about an upgrade I had planned... we're calling it 'Ikebana" for now."

"What, like flower-arranging?"

"Exactly. It'd involve only operating two Lilium-type machines, but with two cockpits each," Audrey explains.

Karen's head lifts off the desk. "Explain."

"The core block construction method allows a Gundam to break into modular components, yes?"

You nod. "Expensive, and finicky, but yeah. I've seen the specs. Why?"

"Put cockpits in the torso and around the waist," Audrey continues, "and allow the two halves to reconfigure slightly to make use of waverider principles, and pow. You get two machines for the space of one, which operate in sync."

"That's nuts," you tell her. "Where'd you come up with this?"

"It was Rossweisse's idea," Audrey tells you, "and Carya helped me run the calculations. It SHOULD work."

"It lets us full use of our best resources," Haman concludes. "Our pilots, and the close bonds between them."

"And the pilot of the lower machine?" you ask. "What role do they serve?"
(1/2)

>>34985121
>"What role do they serve?"
>"I call it, the G-Missile."

>>34985121
>"what role do they serve?"
They're the dick.

Have Nina recall the Val Varro for whatever reason. We now have room

>>34985121
Rossweisse holds out a mechanical drawing of an arm that folds into itself. "Subarms," she explains.

"They would go on the hips," Haman explains. "The main pilot, the psycommu operator, and the 'bomber pilot'... each has a near-equal role in making the machine function at peak."

"Keep looking into it," Karen orders. "Is there anything else we can do?"

You nod to yourself. "What did you think of Lieutenant Emma Sheen?"

Haman nods. "She was okay, I guess."

"Tolerable," Audrey agrees.

>Call the base in San Diego, try to get Emma Sheen transferred in (d100)
>Other?

>>34985188

I hope the reconfiguration of the Val Varros complete.

We could put Haman properly in its cockpit.

Rolled 79 (1d100)

>>34985213
>>Call the base in San Diego, try to get Emma Sheen transferred in (d100)

Hell, lets try it

Rolled 7 (1d100)

>>34985213
>Call the base in San Diego, try to get Emma Sheen transferred in (d100)

Rolled 84 (1d100)

>>34985213
"The thing is, I don't like the way these Titans operatate, and someone with her character would have a hard time."

>>34985241
Nice!

Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>34985213
>>Call the base in San Diego, try to get Emma Sheen transferred in (d100)

>>34985213
I don't really like Emma that much.

Rolled 66 (1d100)

>>34985213

>Call the base in San Diego, try to get Emma Sheen transferred in (d100)

>>34985269
>94
What would a 94 have gotten us?
Emma and a new mobile suit?

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>>34985271
Wrong Emma, I'm referring to the Gundam character, not ur mum.

I keed, I keeed.

>>34985297
>>34985269
>>34985241
you guys realise we may already have an issue with to many pilots

>>34985304
he never said best of three

>>34985347
If we raise it from four machines in our hangar to five it will be harder for them to justify adding on a support team.

>>34985347

Actually, with the new arrangement, we have too few.

The single hanger bay will fit 4 MSs. That means 8 possible pilots when we have 6.

We also can fit someone into the Val Varro for a total of 9.

>>34985372
THERE IT IS! THE LOOPHOLE WE MUST USE!

>>34985347
We just give everyone nominal jobs as other things.
What are you talking about? Rosswiess is the ship chef, and Haman is a mechanic. Last time I checked, Emma's our new 'Navigational Supervisor."

>>34985372
Best of three is default unless stated otherwise, stop being intionally dense.

Can we please

for the love of god

not waifu Emma, please?

>>34985213
"Hello, this is the San Diego recruitment depot, how may I transfer your call?" the operator asks in a pleasant tone that completely misses the pressing need you have for a quick turnaround.

"Get me Lieutenant Emma Sheen, Titans."

"One moment..." the operator begins, but you cut her off.

"No TIME!" you shout. "NOW! THIS IS ON URGENT BUSINESS FROM THE ADMIRALTY!"

"I'llseeifIcangether!!!" the panicking operator shouts. "Patchingyouthroughsirhaveaniceday!!!"

"Hello, Miss Sheen?" you ask, your voice suddenly calm again.

"Commander O'Hara?" she asks. "To what do I owe the pleasure?"

"You seem too nice to be with Titans. How about you hang out with my crew? I'll get you transferred onto our ship, and it'll be great."

There's a pause. "That seems like it's a breach of regulations."

"Ensign Messa," you point out.

"... I'll be there in twenty minutes, start the car running," she replies immediately. "Besides, this Yazan guy showed up, seems like he'll be a better fit for Jerid's unit anyway. Hard-looking bastard. Probably good to whip his ass into gear."

"That's great. See, everyone wins," you tell her. "See you in twenty minutes."
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>>34985490
OH GOD WHAT HAVE WE DONE? Jerid trained by Yazan. Fuck. Either he'll kill the guy or turn him into an absolute nightmare.

>>34985527
God fucking damanit, Yazan better give him five across the face if he considers the colony gassing, because the only bright side I can see from this.

KoH, what does our knowledge base know of Yazan?

>>34985490
Nineteen minutes later, Lieutenant Emma Sheen and her meager possessions are aboard the Valkyrie.

"Nice ship," she comments. "But why did you need me so bad?"
>Full truth?
>Half truth?
>Bold-faced lie?

Write ins, of course, encouraged.

>>34985466
It'd be a very hard sell. She's straight-laced, and there's no NEWTYPE UNDERSTANDING in effect.

Odds are better she'll be a good friend.

>>34985589
>Full truth?
We don't lie to our crew.

>>34985589
>>Half truth?

Kinda want to make a joking comment about Dom eventually crewing the entire ship with attractive women.

>>34985589
>>Full truth?

>>34985589
>>Full truth
>>34985631
This

>>34985589
>Full truth?
>Odds are better she'll be a good friend.
I am ok with this.

>>34985589
>>Full truth?
We don't BS our crew.

>>34985589
>Bold-faced lie?
>Full truth?

>>34985589
>Full truth?
"It's largely political, though we do like you. The proposed refit for the Valkyrie would reduce its complement from eight suits to six, and we're worried that if they transferred in a support team it would result in some of us being split off to free the space. We've all gotten pretty close as a team, so we'd prefer to avoid that. Filling the remaining slots on our own seems like a better option than risking anyone getting transferred."

>>34985796
this is good.

>>34985796
Fuck, why don't we just transfer a bunch of other people then, too!

Let's ask Emma if she has any reccomendations.
>"... I'll be there in twenty minutes, start the car running,"
Funny, she seemed *real* eager to leave.

>>34986039
It was that or stay on Jerid Messa's team. I understand her decision.

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>>34985589
You sigh, scratching idly at your hair as Carya walks up behind you. She seems to read the tone quickly, and simply stands near you as you begin to explain to Lieutenant Sheen the reasons you called her here.

"We're going to probably undergo a refit that will cut our MS compliment in half, and I believe Titans will use that opportunity to post a support team aboard the Valkyrie to split our team up," you explain.

Emma frowns. "That's low. Why would they want to do a thing like that, though?"

"High concentration of Newtypes, and one truly multi-talented Oldtype," Carya explains. "They want what we scraped together through trust and teamwork."

"And how do I factor in?"

"An extra pilot makes it extremely awkward to post a four-man team here," you explain. "If we can't stop the refit from going forward, the least we can do is either dissuade them from making a transfer, or make it much more difficult to sort out."

"Or at least give us time to come up with another alternative," Catrina adds.

"... so I'm a means to an end?" Emma asks, a note of bitterness creeping into her voice.

"Starting today, you're a member of my crew," you tell her. "And I don't lie to my crew... bringing you here serves a purpose, but remember I still chose you."

"... what is THAT supposed to mean, sir?" the Lieutenant asks warily.

"It means that out of all the Titans we've seen so far you're the only one that seems likely to turn out better than tolerable," you tell her. "You seem like a decent person: someone we can trust. And that's why you're here."

Emma Sheen's frown eases. "I think I can live with that," she tells you.

Carya gives you an approving nod as you show the Lieutenant to her quarters in the port gravity block.
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>>34986098
That evening the Valkyrie broke orbit for Londenion: your home and native land, so to speak.

It's been a long time since you've seen it.

"As angry as I am about those Titans imbeciles and their refits," Haman tells you, "I'm excited to meet your family, Dominic. We'll have to meet them after our business is taken care of." Rossweisse nods emphatically, clearly thrilled and terrified at the prospect.

"What business in particular?"

"I've contacted someone in the Zeon Republican Guard," Haman explains. "Commander Monique Cadillac. I've wanted to talk to her about funding, and possibly having them build us a new ship-of-the-line."

"You think they'd do it?" Karen asks incredulously.

Haman nods. "Once they know who I am, and who my family is."

>Ask about people's families: it's only fair, they'll be meeting yours soon
>Other

Next update will be the last of the session due to the fact that I can barely keep my eyes open.

>>34986330
>Ask about people's families: it's only fair, they'll be meeting yours soon

>>34986330
>Ask about people's families: it's only fair, they'll be meeting yours soon

>>34986330
>>Ask about people's families: it's only fair, they'll be meeting yours soon
Also, another alternative would be to have the doctor propose an alternative refit that would increase our hanger space. I'm sure he can do it.

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>>34986330
>Ask about people's families: it's only fair, they'll be meeting yours soon


>Next update will be the last of the session due to the fact that I can barely keep my eyes open.
Nuuuuuuuuuuu-

>>34986330
>>Ask about people's families: it's only fair, they'll be meeting yours soon

>>34986330
>>Ask about people's families: it's only fair, they'll be meeting yours soon

This quest is so fun

>>34986330
>ask about families.

>>34986330
>Ask about people's families: it's only fair, they'll be meeting yours soon
We know about our core team's families, so let's ask the relative newcomers first.

>>34986330
>Ask about people's families: it's only fair, they'll be meeting yours soon
Speaking of families, is Haman gonna try to look for her sister at some point?

>>34986775
She's probably got someone looking into it but isn't talking about it because she doesn't want to get her hopes up.

>>34986330
I'm gonna have to pick this up again tomorrow, I nearly passed out at the keyboard.

TOMORROW'S EPISODE: Guess who's coming to dinner?

Thanks for playing, and good night. Feel free to discuss/plot/etc.

>>34986927

Ai.

What are the parents like?

What are they going to say when 3 girls turn up?

>>34986927
That's fine, Hearts. Get some rest, we'd rather have an awake QM tomorrow than a sleepy one now. Thanks for running.

>>34986927
Thanks for running. Yeah see you tomorrow.

>>34986927
Night Dude. Thanks for running.

>>34986927
Thanks for the run, don't kill yourself.

>>34986982
No all of the girls from our ship.

>>34986927
Archive is up, QM is horizontal.

Same time tomorrow.

>>34987064

They'll be wondering about the 3 specifically.

>>34985589
>It'd be a very hard sell. She's straight-laced, and there's no NEWTYPE UNDERSTANDING in effect.
I gotta disagree with this in some ways, I mean, Emaa did go for Scirocco despite the fact that that his harem gathering antics were probably the worst kept secret of the Titans. After she joins him she eventually gets disillusioned because he's a manipulative dickbag, but she never seemed angry at him for his harem building tendancies. Heck, she and Sarah had a decently cordial relationship. Though I don't support seducing her.

>>34988100
Wut, I thought that was fucking Reccoa.
IIRC Reccoa joined the Teetans, and Emma stayed with the AEUG.