>>35284814
The Sisters' eyes glint as you both sense something coming towards you, and your GM's sensors sound the alarm at a large inbound heat signature. Carrina gives you a curt nod before leaping back onto her Hizack's cockpit hatch and clambering inside.

“It's our reinforcements from Titans,” Lieutenant Takisawa's voice announces as you strap into your own seat and wipe some of the rapidly drying blood off your console. “One Garuda, seems like it's got eight m-particle sources on board. Likely mobile suits.”

“Eight?” You hear a note of skepticism in Haman's voice. “That seems excessive, given that we already secured the objective.”

“It is,” Audrey agrees, moving her Hizack into a defensive posture. “I don't like where this is going.”

“What's with all the concern? They're on our side, right?” Emma asks you. She still hasn't moved her own mobile suit to prepare for a possible skirmish, and it strikes you that she's the only one of your pilots who's not mentally prepared to defend herself.

Carrina seems to notice it as well. “Keep your guard up, Lieutenant Sheen. Just because they wear the same uniform as us doesn't mean they're friendly.”

Karen, who's been listening in on your conversations, finally decides to weigh in. “Hold your fire for now,” she orders, though her voice tells you she already considers the Garuda a possible threat. “We're all one big, happy Federation family here.”

High above the rolling Tajik highlands, the Garuda banks away to the left and disgorges its mobile suits out the back hatch, one at a time, with parachutes deployed behind them. Each GM falls under its canopy before retro-rockets fire and halt their descent a few meters off the ground, from which point they simply detach the chutes and drop to the dirt.

The lead GM surveys the scene, its rifle in a low-ready position, before its pilot hails the Valkyrie.
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>>35284839
The lead GM surveys the scene, its rifle in a low-ready position, before its pilot hails the Valkyrie.

“This is Lieutenant Thomas Strayer, Titans 10th MS,” a deep male voice growls, though his words at least have the veneer of politeness. “Am I speaking to Captain Joshua?”

“You are,” Karen replies tersely.

The other Quels sweep the surrendered Principality forces, including their remaining tanks, with what you recognize are standard-issue 90mm GM rifles. Two of the new machines heft rocket launchers, probably loaded with scattering rounds for anti-personnel or anti-tank use. Something about their attitude seems a bit too aggressive given the circumstances, as if the pilots are itching for a fight that simply doesn't exist.

“We're here to clear up the leftovers,” Strayer continues, his voice dripping with disdain towards the defeated enemy. “Your orders from Commodore Om are to let us deal with the situation from here.”

“How long till the EFF can get here?” Karen asks Reiko quietly. Apparently she managed to arrange something with the captains of the Ayanami and the Roberts before ordering the Valkyrie to descend. Good on her.

Reiko's news isn't as heartening. “They're thirty minutes out and closing.”

“Damn,” Karen hisses over a private channel. “We were too quick.”

“I'm holding her steady,” Defrah adds in low voice. “Waiting on a firing solution and your word, ma'am.”

>Tell Lt. Strayer to back off. Your crew will process the prisoners for transport by the EFF regulars while you confirm your orders.
>Let Strayer handle things, but let him know your team will stay on site to ensure the prisoners are treated humanely.
>So far as Titans is concerned this is Strayer's show now. Give them a chance and take the Valkyrie north to take on fresh supplies before its next mission.
>Other

>>35284870
>>Let Strayer handle things, but let him know your team will stay on site to ensure the prisoners are treated humanely.

Do we still have the psychommu for the psychomine launch system or was that cannabalized for the Slattern/Titanjacked? 'Cause, if that's still kicking around, then get on installing that into the Valkyrie when we have the time.

Oh, did Quattro conveniently forget to tell us where Miss Karn and Mineva are or did he tell Sayla?

>>35284870
Let Strayer handle things for now. We'll board the Valkyrie for resupply and leave Haman and Carya here in a Gundam and Hizack while we get new orders. The incoming Federation forces can rendezvous with them.

>>35284870
>>Let Strayer handle things, but let him know your team will stay on site
Feed him a line about a suit issue which means we can't move it until we've fixed the problem with it... should take about... 30mins?

>>35284870
>>Let Strayer handle things, but let him know your team will stay on site to ensure the prisoners are treated humanely.

>>35284870
>Let Strayer handle things, but let him know your team will stay on site to ensure the prisoners are treated humanely.
Make up some story about need in to secure our drop zone, and recover fragments of our retro rockets. Thing didn't work properly, need to ensure we have all the evidence. Should only take 30 minutes or so.

>>35284870
>Let Strayer handle things, but let him know your team will stay on site to ensure the prisoners are treated humanely.
Also ask him if his team has experienced any problems with the landing systems on the Quel, just to keep up appearances of this being something friendly.

>>35284870
We have our suspicions, but nothing concrete as of yet. Follow Riddick's orders and let the incoming Titans' deal with mop-up. Stay under Jamitov's radar and low on his shitlist for now. If we start bulking at direct orders, that's a sure-fire way to draw fire.

>>35285046
This.

>>35284870
“We've got no evidence they'll do anything... unsavory...” Audrey reminds you quietly. “We can't really act just yet without making our own situation untenable.”

Finally, you sigh, having made up your mind. “Let them know that my machine is damaged, so we'll be staying in the area until I can be recovered.”

“Right.”

“Lieutenant,” Karen continues, re-establishing a comm link with the Titans team leader, “we've got a badly damaged machine here that we have to check out before recovering. Wouldn't want it blowing up on us as we try and bring it in.”

“How long will that take, Captain?” the pilot growls back.

“About half an hour.”

There's a noticeable pause. “Very well,” Strayer replies. “But know that our mission does not include prisoners of war.”

“You're in luck,” you reply. “There's an EFF convoy en route at this very moment. They'll be here right around the time we shuld be ready to move out.”

“Convenient indeed. It would be easier to let us kill them.” Strayer levels his Quel's rifle at a truck loaded up with maybe a dozen or so prisoners. Some of them cower and others glare at him stubbornly as your teammates ready their own weapons.

In a splintered second, you find yourself ejecting the e-pac on your own beam rifle and slapping a replacement in place with a dull thump and a loud click. The weapon is trained on Strayer's machine before he has a chance to react.

“Not acceptable,” you tell him. “While I'm around, you WILL observe the rules of war.”

“Why are you so willing to treat them like soldiers?” Strayer hisses. “These fucks are still pledging themselves to the state that dropped a fucking colony on Sydney. Or have you somehow FORGOTTEN that?”

Seems he's pretty upset about that colony drop...
>Confront him head-on
>Ignore him
>Write-in

>>35285403
"Lieutenant, killing POWs in cold-blood is no different than what they did during the War. We're better men than that."

I take it we don't have the psychommu from the psychomine system and Char forgot to inform us Mineva's and Selena's location?

>>35285566
this, tentatively.

>>35285248
Because we are better than Zeon. We do not hurt the defenseless.

>>35285403
>Confront him head-on

>>35285566
This
+
"Also to note, foes who know they can surrender are much more likely not to fight to the last man, which helps keep our casualty's to a minimum, and gives us possible interrogation and information gathering opportunity, it is in our interests to keep them alive"

>>35285566
You do. There are no mines for it though, and Char left the information with his sister before going off to do BROODY SPACE PRINCE THINGS.

Like neglecting the woman who nearly had his child, and abandoning his various personal responsibilities.

>>35285403
>Write-in
"Of course not. But why give them an easy way out? Killing them here and now plays into the narrative they've been telling themselves about being noble warriors for the Principality. They don't deserve to die thinking they're the heroes. Taking them in and giving them proper justice lets us prove to them that they're the villains of this story. They'll still pay for their crimes, but they'll go to their graves knowing what monsters they are. Isn't that more satisfying?"

>>35285731
They all get kangaroo court justice and are all strung up. Good job.

>>35285763
I'm just trying to appeal to his desire for vengeance. Offering him the chance to not just kill them but also break their spirits first.

>>35285403

>>35285566
>>35285675
>>35285731
These are good.

>>35285800
Right. But you're wording may just lead to summary trial and execution. Our squad may also misinterpret what we're saying.

>>35285403

>Confront him head-on
"If we ignore the rules of war on this, what is to stop us from ignoring the risk of civilian casualties? what is to stop us from using poison gas to kill tens of thousands? What will stop us from deploying nuclear weapons again? What will stop us from using the colonies to ram into other colonies? Ignoring the rules of war will set you on a slippery slope which results in you becoming that which you despise...

>>35285403
You quickly hit the stud to open external comms. "Lieutenant, these aren't the people who dropped a colony on civilians, and killing them in cold blood would make us no better than the ones who did."

Haman quickly catches on and mimics you, raising the Lilium's Hyper Rifles and speaking over an open comm. “Such pointless brutality... it would dishonor us, and it would debase the sacrifice of those who fought and died before us. I won't allow it.”

"You two really believe that, don't you?" Strayer asks, a mixture of dismay, disbelief, and even a trace of awe creeping into his voice.

>D100, best of three

>>35285403
>>35285566
seconding.

>>35285729
>You do

Oh neat. I figured Nina or the Titans would have taken it when we had our timeskip. Would it be possible to slave the Schwarz's and Slattern package Funnels to it or is that a no-go?

And damnit Cinco de Mayo. Why would you do that. I'd bet five shekels he specifically gave Sayla orders not to reveal their locations until he's had time to move them.

>>35285834
I guess you're right. Do you have any suggestions on how to edit it?

Rolled 26 (1d100)

>>35285858
Heh.

>>35285867
It appears we've most past it.

Rolled 55 (1d100)

>>35285858

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>35285858
"All good men must be ready to take the harder path"

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>35285858

Rolled 100 (1d100)

>>35285858

>>35285729
good ol' Johnny Ridden

Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>35285858
I've seen the best and worst of humanity, and they don't all live in space.

>>35285883
>>35285888
>>35285890
Well... We're better at combat usually...

>>35285903
GODDAMMIT

Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>35285903
ROLL SOONER YOU FUCK

>>35285903
O you.

>>35285883
Delay on the updating confused me.

>>35285926
And you too

Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>35285954
No.

>>35286035
Okay, you're doing it intentionally, somehow. That is the only explanation I am willing to accept.

>>35285926
blame the people that rolled before me

>>35285858
>55+5
>Success... barely
Strayer's Quel turns away. "Fine. You win, sir. The next Zeek I see dies, though... and I suggest you stay out of my way if you happen to be there."

You sigh loudly. That wasn't the answer you were looking for, but you suppose it'll have to do. Defrah brings the Valkyrie in close to begin recovering your team, who leap one at a time onto the launch ramp and walk into the single midline hangar. You stay on the ground with Carya for a while and keep an eye on the prisoners, making sure that Strayer's team follows their leader's example.

Finally, when the EFF convoy arrives and begins taking in the Principality prisoners, many of whom offer grateful salutes in your direction before being loaded into trucks, you turn and make the leap up onto the Valkyrie... and your Quel's left knee gives out entirely.

"Piece of shit..."

Around the hangar you can see your team are already hard at work dealing with the damage done during the orbital drop: Audrey starts a team into cutting damaged sections of titanium off Emma's Quel, and Carya is taking the opportunity to run Emma through basic maintenance of the Lilium machines with Haman and Rossweisse.

Emary is running around in circles shouting orders to five different work crews at once, just trying to manage not mixing their orders up in the process.
>Dismount, head to Karen to debrief, then bed
>File a report to Titans and go to bed, you've still got a concussion
>Help someone in the hangar (who?)
>Other

>>35286164
>>Help someone in the hangar (who?)
Emary.

>>35286164
Head for the medbay. Delegate command off to our subordinates. Get that concussion looked at and talk to Artesia in private.

>>35286220
This

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>>35286164
The next update may be delayed. I find myself obliged to run the rest of the quest out of the office/lab.

Have one of the few non-porno pics of Miyu and Noel I could find as an apology.

>Dismount, head to Karen to debrief, then bed
Karen will file a report to the Titans

>>35286164
>Other
Get treatment for the concussion. You never want to sleep a concussion off if you don't know how bad it is.

>>35286247
Yeah, they're surprisingly hard to find wearing clothes, aren't they?

>>35286164
>Other
Medbay.

>>35285729
Char was pretty vague on the details, but I'm willing to bet that the Riah Republic is the most likely place for them to go to ground.

>>35285862
Or yeah, Sayla might know. Or Char at least dropped some hints that she may have picked up on.

>>35286247
Nice.

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>>35286164
>Dismount, head to Karen to debrief, then bed
Shouldn't see the Doc before heading to bed though?

>>35286220
This

>>35285729
So an ordinary Tuesday for Char, then?

>>35286542
You're not going to die from going to sleep with a concussion.
>writing

>>35286164
> Dismout, head to Karen and debrief, then head to sickbay to get something for our nose and concussion

>>35286164
"Medbay. You. Go." Catrina insists as you pass behind her.

"Yes ma'am."

She nods. "Good boy."

You find that the medbay, thankfully, is empty aside from Artesia.

"Ah," she greets cheerfully. "I was hoping you'd have the sense to come down here."

"Yeah, I figured there's no sense not being careful."

Artesia nods with a smile, and sets to work looking at your eyes. "Don't blink," she instructs, immediately making you aware that you NEED to blink... why does that always happen?

"Pupils are fine, you're not hemorrhaging," she eventually concludes.

"Good. That's good, right?"

"Quite. The alternative would be rather less comfortable."

"So, Artesia," you venture, "did your brother tell you where Haman's sister and Miss Mineva were?"

The young woman has to counter her own initial shock at hearing her own name aloud, no doubt having to remind herself that she requested you use it in private. "He did, actually. They're in an apartment in New Manhattan colony, Side 4. A hotbed of Zeon sympathy."

"So nobody will take any note of a few newcomers whose stories don't quite add up," you conclude, seeing the reasons behind Char's selection.

Artesia nods. "Probably, yes. So, I heard there was some tension between you and Captain Joshua?"

You turn to raise an eyebrow at her apparent lack of discretion.

"I'll be asking her to come down here so I can tell her my little secret as well... she's been too busy lately and I haven't gotten around to it. So if you two wanted some privacy I could arrange it... or you could confide in me this time?"
>Not your business
>No fucking clue
>Come clean, but no need to talk to Karen just now
>Go ahead and call her down here, no sense beating around the bush
>Other?

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>>35286998
"She's been under a lot of strain dealing with the refit and Titan politics. That's about the most if it."

>>35286998
>>Come clean, but no need to talk to Karen just now

>>35286998
>>Come clean, but no need to talk to Karen just now

>>35286998
>No fucking clue
I'd like to talk this out with the Sisters, Haman, and Rossweise some more.
Just to get an idea of how we should handle this.

>>35286998
>Come clean, but no need to talk to Karen just now
"The least I could do is be honest with you..."
Tell her that we were planning on talking about it with Karen once things had settled down and we weren't in the middle of an operation.
However, she is the professional and Doctors Orders are Doctors Orders. If she feels like it needs to be dealt with now, then now is when we will deal with it.

>>35286998
>Dismount, head to Karen to debrief, then bed

>>35286998
"You know you have really pretty eyes."

>Don't change the subject Dominic.

"But it's true! I bet it runs in the family."

>Well, yes it does...

"Could you tell me about your family?"

And thus Dominic avoids the subject entirely while leaking spaghetti and sweating profusely.

>>35286998
>Come clean, but no need to talk to Karen just now
I don't see a need to make a big thing of this. Karen has some emotional issues to sort through, but they're not ones that can be solved through one emotionally-charged talk. Not even if said talk ends in making out. I think we should just maintain our friendly attitude and not act uncomfortable around her. Show her we're her friend, we care about her, and we're not going to go anywhere. And yes, we know a lot of people have said that before, but we're the protagonist. She's more likely to die than we are.

>>35286998
>Come clean, but no need to talk to Karen just now
Confide in the Doc, feel better about it.

>>35287239
this

>>35286998
"You know you have really pretty eyes,” you say, trying to deflect.

“Don't change the subject, Commander.”

"But it's true!” you insist. “I bet it runs in the family."

“Well, yes it does...” Artesia admits.

"Could you tell me about your family?"

She sighs. “My parents are dead and my brother is a massive asshole. Now tell me about Karen.”

You sigh loudly, realising that you're not going to get away without putting up some effort to answer her question. So, you decide to tell her the truth. “Well, I jokingly hit on her, and then it suddenly stopped being a joke, and now I have no idea what to do because while I AM surrounded by women constantly I really have no idea how to deal with them when the inexplicable Newtype connections aren't at work in my favor. And that's because I stopped having 'normal' relationships with people my own age when I was sixteen.”

“... wow. That's rough.”

“Tell me about it.”

“Can't say I have any real advice for your specific case,” Artesia admits, “but as I recently discovered, 'the truth will set you free.' Think about it some more.”
>Thank her, go debrief with Karen. Don't bring up anything else.
>Thank her, go debrief with Karen, offer to work through the awkward bullshit somehow.
>Thank her, go to your room and collapse.
>Thank her, go to the Sisters' room and collapse. They DID say something about violating you later.
>Other

>>35287438
>>Thank her, go debrief with Karen, offer to work through the awkward bullshit somehow.

>>35287438
>>Thank her, go debrief with Karen. Don't bring up anything else.

>>35287438
>>Thank her, go debrief with Karen. Don't bring up anything else.
then go get violated by sisters.

>>35287438
>Thank her, go debrief with Karen. Don't bring up anything else.

Then
go to the Sisters' room and collapse. They DID say something about violating you later.

>>35287438
>Thank her, go debrief with Karen, offer to work through the awkward bullshit somehow.
Wasn't it the Sisters who said we need to work this out with Karen?

>>35287438
>Thank her, go debrief with Karen. Don't bring up anything else.
+
> go to the Sisters' room and collapse. They DID say something about violating you later.

>>35287438
Tease her about Amuro

>>35287438
"Yeah.. I expected as much. The truth is not always what people want to hear, though even if 'it sets them free'. I could really use some painkillers. Or dad's Gin."

>>35287598
Changing my vote to >>35287567

>>35287438
>Thank her, go debrief with Karen. Don't bring up anything else.
>Then, go to the Sisters' room and collapse. They DID say something about violating you later.

Deal with Karen once the ship and crew have settled... there will be time between missions... Axis can't be THAT fast between operations...

>>35287438
Just give her a hug and say thanks I guess. Wipe the dried blood we'll most likely smear on her uniform. And get some painkillers for the headache we'll be experiencing.

>>35287567
This has my support.

>>35287567
OK.

>>35287700
Calling it here.

>>35287438
>>Thank her, go debrief with Karen, offer to work through the awkward bullshit somehow.
Seems counter-intuitive to return to the previous stance of staying at arms length. Sayla trusts her enough to divulge her identity to her, why not give her some credit as well?
I think Dom and Karen should trust each other that things will never get out of hand once they initiate their banter. Both seems mature enough to be capable of that.

Proceed with having her around as a drinking buddy who we can be relaxed with or something. Otherwise, we're gonna have to find some other bros.

>>35287838
Phhf No One can resist the Dom. She'll drag us off to bed at some point.

>>35287943
>no one can resist the D

Waiting to get Sayla into the harem. We'll drive Cinco off the deep end and drop Axis on Earth one way or another.

>>35288000
Yeah, but I want to be friends with Amuro some day, and being with his ex could make things all weird with him. The Devil's Jester and the White Devil have to team up at some point, it's just not right otherwise.

>>35287438
"I guess you've got a point," you admit, giving Artesia a quick hug. "Thanks for the advice."

She returns the gesture with one arm, using the other to keep your face clear of her uniform. "Any time, Dominic. But let me get you a bandage for your face before you go... it'd be rude to keep bleeding on people."

Several minutes later you find yourself stepping onto the bridge, greeted by a wave from Defrah as she puts the Valkyrie on a course for the Tajiik capitol Dushanbe.

"Sup," she greets you casually. "I just had to dodge a yak."

"Careful, that's probabyl someone's livestock," you taunt her. "It'd come outta your paycheck."

"You pay me?"

Karen tears her eyes from the paperwork in front of her as you approach the chart table. "Debriefing, I assume?" she asks.

You shrug. "Among other things."

Karen nods her head in the direction of the captain's ready room. "Step into my office."

As the door slides shut behind you, Karen settles into her chair. You follow her example and take a seat across the desk from her.

"So," she begins. "Tell me about all this crap the Titans had us test."

"Well, Audrey's writing a report on the Hizacks. The GM Quels were a bit of a disappointment. They were slow, a bit fragile in the knees, and underpowered for a postwar machine. The joints weren't even magnet-coated... which isn't surprising, seeing how long they've been sitting on them before getting the chance to roll them out."

"And the ballute system?"

"Mine failed," you tell her. "Broke my nose and rattled my brain around a bit. Emma's seemed fine, but then again she used hers to stay in the air, then came down on top of a tall building. So she probably came down slower and lighter."

Karen flips open the manual for the ballute system installed on your Quel. "I had Reiko and Catharine take a look. You see thsi figure for the Quel's loaded weight?"

You nod in affirmation.
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>>35288081
Hayato and like Red Wolf Better.

>>35288126
The best would be if we could get Kai. We even have an excuse to meet up with him. We want to get the Cyber-Newtype labs shut down, he's investigating them, it would be natural for us to work together. And maybe we could save his girlfriend's little brother from being tortured.

>>35288081
I fully expect Amuro and us to end up on opposite teams. We stay in the Titan's running damage control and keeping the atrocities to reasonable, one colony incidents while Amuro and Tres go off on adventure.

>>35288185
implying we wont play a pivotal part i forming the AUEG and mentoring Kamille

>>35288181
I like Kai Look at the that manga he in.

>>35288231
Federation Reformation League is a better name than Anti Earth..

>>35288297
then if we paly a part in its founding we can choose a that name instead.
its all falling in place

>>35288185
Shit, I just realized that we're Char. Not the actual one, but how he's usually portrayed and reflected in the Gundam AUs. The honorable enemy commander who joined the villains so he could attempt to change them from within, and agrees with the protagonist's ideals but thinks they're too undisciplined to cause real change. We even had an establishing moment in Kamille's backstory as "that one decent Titans officer".

>>35288323
I hope it not come to that.

>>35288233
We'll haft to recruit Nina and her pet gopher, Uraki, when she eventually gets shitcanned like our Magical Hobo was.

>>35288118
"It's off by seven tons of fuel," Karen tells you. "It wasn't a mistake you made. The eggheads working for Titans just got your suit's weight wrong."

"That's a relief," you tell her, leaning back into the chair in an attempt to get comfortable. "I was afraid I might be losing my touch."

"Nope," Karen grins. "We saw what you did with that tank... you've still fucking got it."

You can't help but grin and chuckle to yourself. "That's good. I'm too young to be losing it already."

"So, you said 'among other things' a minute ago," Karen continues. "I assume you meant to bring up yesterday?"

"Yeah, I hate making things awkward," you admit to her, causing her to lean forward in her seat ever so slightly. "The worst thing would be to do something stupid and ruin a perfectly good friendship, and there's no reason to rush anyway. So let's just make it a point to not let it make either of us feel awkward. If it's a month or two down the road and we want to see more of each other, cool. If not, that's cool too: we'll still be close friends and teammates."

Karen leans back again, seemingly satisfied. "Alright. Neither of us are going anywhere any time soon, so I guess it makes sense. Seems you really do have a way with the ladies..."

Something about that statement seems to bother Karen, but she doesn't speak up about it right away. She Karen frowns at you, less in genuine disapproval and more in sheer confusion at the series of events that have unfolded since your unit's inception. Finally, she puts a voice to the thoughts that have clearly been on her mind for months.

“Why've you filled our whole crew with women, anyway? Something tells me it's not just your libido has a mind of its own and it's secretly running the ship.”
>Write it off with a quick joke
>You can account for each of them, and they're actually not bad reasons
>You're not really sure you even understand how it happened that way
>Nope. It's just your libido.
>Other

>>35288378
>You can account for each of them, and they're actually not bad reasons
>You're not really sure you even understand how it happened that way

>>35288378
>You can account for each of them, and they're actually not bad reasons..
>You're not really sure you even understand how it happened that way

>>35288378
>>You can account for each of them, and they're actually not bad reasons
>>You're not really sure you even understand how it happened that way

...Oh god we're Dom's libido.

>>35288378
>>You can account for each of them, and they're actually not bad reasons
>You're not really sure you even understand how it happened that way
>Nope. It's just your libido.

>>35288378
"If I didn't, some, evil unscrupulous, mustachio twirling individual would have. Plus I like looking at butts."

>>35288378
>You can account for each of them, and they're actually not bad reasons
>You're not really sure you even understand how it happened that way
>Libido may have helped.

>You can account for each of them, and they're actually not bad reasons

>>35288443
Was there every any doubt?

>>35288467
Nope. It's just weird basically having it affirmed.

>>35288378
>You're not really sure you even understand how it happened that way
If even a warship A.I. identified mostly as female still ended up being here, then there's really no point in seeing reason all together.

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>>35288378
>why

"Why indeed."

>>35288500
Just to add.

>Other
"Doc Ward is most assuredly not female, so you gotta give me credit for that at least."

>>35288500
We are in a harem novel.

>>35288378
"Are you implying we should acquire some male crew members and stop filling the ship with estrogen?"

"Commander Joshua, you've read my mine. Are you sure you're not a Newtype?"

>>35288557
No.

>>35288378
>Other
"The only ones I actually recruited were Miyu, Noel and Emma. Miyu and Noel both had prior experience with Gundam teams, and since Noel expressed interest in working with Miyu I thought they might make a good team. And Emma was because we needed the manpower and she was the only one of the Titans we met that our team actually liked. Everything else is coincidence. I've stopped questioning it by now. Hell, even the ship's AI is female, what are the odds I'd meet a lady computer?"

>>35288557
You should put the keyboard down.

>>35288552
As some anon said a few threads ago, we've reached self parody status.

>>35288579
>>35288596
We should recruit Sander's.

I want some guy friends for Dominic damnit.

>>35288599
at least we're not as much of a parody as Zeonquest yet

>>35288599
When you see Dominic's explanation, it may make a surprising amount of sense.

>>35288627
I agree that we need some guys on the ship. It'd be nice to have a bro or two on the ship.

>>35288627
I don't.

>>35288552
So our Newtype power isn't Scirocco's, but Usso's?
I don't think I can handle any character as unhinged as Katejina appearing in here.
I'm hoping that her level of crazy diffused into the various love interests to keep it in manageable levels.

>>35288378
>You can account for each of them, and they're actually not bad reasons
>You're not really sure you even understand how it happened that way

Open with "Newtype Space Magic?"
but really it is a combination of circumstance and each recruit having something which would benefit the team and themselves by joining us. Haman would have been put in charge of Axis and would have had a tremendous burden put upon her and we needed her experience with the Psycommune system.
Rossweisse was facing a short life as nothing but a laboratory lab mouse, but with us she helps provide a different view on strategies.
Blitzen provided information integral to our investigations regarding Delaz, and If she had not joined us, she would likely be dead along with the rest of the Delaz Fleet...
Defrah Is someone whom we had already formed a bond of trust with and had we not recruited her as a helmsman, she would likely be removed from the EFF due to her inability to pilot an MS due to her injury...

>>35288378
"NEWTYPE SPAAACE MAAAGIC!" you shout, waving your hands for emphasis. Seeing Karen's confused look, you decide to take it seriously.

“I've wondered that myself. We've basically decided to take in Newtypes for safety, right? Theirs and ours?”

“I remember that, yeah,” Karen nods to herself, recalling the events at the Oakland research lab where you met Rossweisse and grinning in spite of the memory. “Same day you stopped me beating Dr. Loki to death.”

Laughing, you recall exactly how worked up Karen got when she started to piece together what had been going on at Oakland. It was probably the first moment you saw your Captain really open up about her own thoughts. “Right, same day. Well, I know of eleven Newtypes worth mentioning, myself included. The men are me, Amuro, Char, and “Zero” from the Murasame labs. The ladies are Lalah Sune, who died in the war, and Carya, Catrina, Haman, Rossweisse, Sayla, who wants to talk to you later, and Rebecca Fanning, who are all on our ship. That's nearly a two to one majority, and I suspect most Cyber-Newtypes will be teenaged girls as well.”

“The hell would you expect that for?” Karen puzzles over the declaration, realizing that you wouldn't have made it without reason but not quite keeping up with that reason. And it's understandable that she wouldn't, after all: Newtypes are still fairly misunderstood among most people.

“Emotional awareness is just as much a part of being a Newtype as spatial awareness,” you explain, a big, goofy grin already tugging at the corners of your mouth. “And have you seen anyone more emotional than a teenaged girl? My guess is it's just easier for them to fully awaken their potential than boys, or adults.”

Your hands find their way into your pockets as you lean back into the chair and spin. “So that's six of our 'permanent' members accounted for.”

“Permanent?” Karen muses. “What about Miss Sheen? You counting her as 'permanent'?”
>Yes
>No

>>35288788
"That's up to her, Commander. For now, she's a permanent member of the team."

>>35288788
>>Yes
Fuck why not?

>>35288627
Why? QUICK WE NEED ONE GUY WE CAN SAY HI TO EVERY OTHER THREAD!

>>35288788
>Yes
but obviously its partly her choice

>>35288872
No.

>>35288788
>yes

>>35288788
>Yes
She's filling up the straight-laced, disciplinarian type role rather well. At least Karen would have one less thing to worry about in case the pilot roster is ever expanded. Emma could handle all the disciplinary corrections.

>>35288909
Nah, that's Haman. She could make a drill sergeant cry.

>>35288788

Seconding Mr Smooth here >>35288836

Reason;
We all know what kind of Organisation Titans would end up being, and sometimes Good people get dragged into the darkness by those who want there skills. Since we are attempting to act as the Arbiters to Titans, it is clear we would need more than just our current pilot roster...
Besides, it would be favouritism is we only took in Newtypes...

>>35288938
Gato?

>>35288952
Stop the civil war be for it even start.

>>35288938
That's interrogation tier meant for breaking people down into blubbering messes. Toughening them up requires another approach.

>>35288788
> Yes

Nobody deserves to be stuck on a team with Jerid forever.

>>35288984
Not just him. She also worked her magic on another dude. Can't remember who though, he probably wasn't important.

>>35288872
This sounds like a job for Kai Shiden.

>>35288836
This

>>35289046
The doctor is a guy.

>>35289019
Looks like Cock Recon is gonna have to live a bit longer to put up with Jerid's shit then.

>>35289043
Jerid. Seventeen seconds.

>>35289003
not as long as Jamitov and Bask are calling the shots

>>35289046
I was being sarcastic I think it's stupid that a few anons are advocating for another guy because...."DOM NEEDS FRIEND" He's got a great relationship with his crew...

Why is there an assumption that one needs to be a guy?

>>35288788
“I think her heart and head are in the right place, but it's up to her. I consider her part of the team, though. As for choosing her? Cacooler seemed like he was already assigned, and the other choice was that little fuck Messa.”

Karen sticks her tongue out at the notion. “Point taken. And the rest of our team?”

“Most secretaries in the Federation armed services are female, correct?” you ask, already suspecting the answer.

“Almost all. It's a little like nursing, with its 'male nurses'. Finding one's like finding a damn unicorn.” That's right, Karen was a medical student before the war, wasn't she? Unlike Artesia, though, her life seems to have taken a turn away from that goal. Part of you wonders if she even really wants to be here.

“So that's Catherine and Reiko's story,” you tell her. “Fact is there just aren't that many male secretaries to choose from. You and Audrey were assigned by Doc Null, so that's you two explained as well.”

“Why us, though?”

“No clue,” you admit. “I expect he vetted us all, but you'd have to ask him about it. Oh, and he's not a woman either, so there's that too.”

“And Defrah and Emary? Seem to have explanations for everything else you do, so let's hear theirs.”

You can't help but laugh at the very question: it's not surprising that you'd notice the pattern where your CO failed to. “How many men did you see on that space station in ANY position of responsibility?”
(1/2)

>>35289074
Jerid who? Isn't that a girls name?

>>35289107
Karen's brow furrows as she tries to recall. “Their station director... woman. Two head designers... two crew chiefs... test pilot... all women. Well, fuck me.”

You nod to her. “Exactly. Either their CEO is a total creep, or he just didn't have any other options... so many men either KIA or still deployed and all. Either way, it's obvious skimming the top technical personnel off Anaheim's staff would net us a lot of women.”

“So that leaves Miyu and Noel... why'd you pick them? There were other choices, you know.”

>They had experience working together already, and they had the best individual qualifications.
>You really think most men could deal so many female officers? Why risk it?
>I like surrounding myself with nice 'assets'.
>Other

>>35289137
>>They had experience working together already, and they had the best individual qualifications.>You really think most men could deal so many female officers? Why risk it?>I like surrounding myself with nice 'assets'.

>>35289104
Why is there an assumption that everyone Dom associates with has to be a woman?

>>35289176
There isn't... that's just how it worked out.. as we're literally explaining in character right now.

>>35289137
>>They had experience working together already, and they had the best individual qualifications.

>>35289137
>Other
"Oh, that was me acknowledging the trend and submitting to it. Clearly there's some spooky force at work trying to get this team filled with female officers, I'm smart enough not to defy it. I'm just glad it's okay with me and the Doctor staying onboard."

>>35289137
"I picked the first two on the list, nothing special about that. Each person was labeled to have 'exemplary' skill, thus they were interchangeable. Plus those two had a working relationship in the past, which I figured would go a long way."

>>35289137
>They had experience working together already, and they had the best individual qualifications.

>>35289137
>They had experience working together already, and they had the best individual qualifications.

Admiral Kowen is a real bro for providing that candidate list for us. Newtype high five!
I wonder if Blex is gonna rope him in at some point in the future in the founding of the group in the eventual fight against the Titans?

>>35289090
So we kill them?

>>35289398
and how are we supposed to do that without becoming outlaws or making Jamitov a martyr and proving that spacenoids/newtypes within the federation military cant be trusted.

>>35289398
I think that would make us way too close to Papsmear Morocco for comfort.

>>35289137
>I like surrounding myself with nice 'assets'.
Mimic the fonz, then

>They had experience working together already, and they had the best individual qualifications.

>>35289529
So what do we do than?

>>35289571
>>35289571
The same thing we do every night, Dominic. Try to take over the world!

>>35289219
This

>>35289248
And then this.

>>35289596
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_mPrhwpZ-8

>>35289137
"Well, off the list Kowen sent me they were the only ones who had worked together, and both had worked with Gundam pilots in the past."

Karen flips her pen into the air and catches it. "Alright, that makes sense too. I guess shit just kinda worked out this way."

You shrug. "Or it could just be my libido, fucked if I know."

Karen laughs as you stand. "That's cool too," she tells you. "At least you have good taste in 'assets."

It takes you a second or two to catch her drift. "Aaaahhh!!!"

"Aaaaahh!!!" she joins you as you share a moment.

"The Sisters have a bunch of booze," Karen finally informs you, putting an end to your bro-moment. "Go help yourself and knock off for a while. We'll report to Titans tomorrow morning."
>Follow her orders
>Go do something else
>Just fuck off and go to sleep, it's been a long day

>>35289571
meet Blex, join the AUEG(or wathever we will call it) and try to make the best of a bad situation and try to show the Federation the Titans true color

>>35289661
>Follow her orders

>>35289661
>Follow her orders
YES SIRE!

>>35289661
>>Follow her orders
Aye aye, cap'n

>>35289694
Make our own faction within the Titans it might work.

>>35289661
"Yes, ma'am. I will proceed to get drunk with my squadmates."

Hit the hot springs and play truth-or-dare. Grab the spare bottle of Gin, grab Sayla on the way if she wants to get sloshed in mineral water and tell the others regarding her sekrit. We can be sure the Twins will have grabbed Haman and Rosse.

>>35289661
>Follow her orders
Reduce the current headache to a mild, dull throbbing with judicious application of booze, and get a different kind of headache the following morning. Sounds like a plan to me.

>>35289571
Unravel more information on Cyber-Newtype research, connect some dots until it reaches the point where Jamitov's hand in these projects can be reliably pinned to him, leak it to the media and drag his name through mud.

Arrange for Cima and her commandos to do a Mossad style hit on him later, once he's placed away from his support base.

I'm still thinking of other possible motivations to get our asses into gear that won't involve a colony being gassed.

>>35289661
>" Sir, I Commander Dominic will go back to my room, get drunk and fuck the Sisters with the wrath of an angry God."
> Bust out the best damn salute ever and march off.

>>35289661
> Other
"Can I get that in writing? Because I think it would be hilarious to tell them I've been ordered to confiscate their booze by way of drinking it and be able to back that statement up"

Then follow her orders.

>>35289769
we would need some Divine rolls to convince the diehard earth supremacists that make up most of the-titans

>>35289781
Don’t forget that Jamitov's actual motivation is to destroy the Federation by way of tying it to the actions of Space Nazis, forcing the Earthnoids (who he hates) to either migrate into space or die.

>>35289815
The big bad Axis/Mars Zero is coming!

>>35289851
That made up.

>>35289867
even more fuel for the Titans anti spacenoid sentiment

>>35289851
source?

>>35289896
Do you have any ideas?

>>35289867
> Mars Zero

So we getting the Hime to join the Harem and getting shot by Saline fag cause we NTR'd him?

I'm down.

>>35289915
Ghiren's Greed, normal Titans ending. Or Zeta Gundam novels.

>>35289974
i dont think there really is anything we can do to prevent the civil war at this point, only try to reduce the damage

>>35289890
>>35289915
Looking it up now. I think it was something Tomino said, but can't remember where.

>>35290025
by normal do you mean Law alignment ending? also the novels are not really canon,

>>35289851
Because it's just not Gundam if someone isn't using a ridiculously convoluted plan to force mankind to evolve. Pardon me, that should be "evolve". Are there any timelines where that isn't at least one major villain's motivation? And Build Fighters doesn't count.

>>35290069
Because if they did, Amuro would be dead and Sayla would be raising his child right now.

>>35290035
We got to try.

>>35290098
After war I think.

>>35290132
Oh yeah, that's right. It was a theme, but more part of the backstory than something the villains were working towards.

>>35290123
at best we might convince more of the reasonable titans to jump ship when shit hits the fan

>>35290179
Even if just a little, I hope we will not see it.
With Zeon out and about.

>>35289661
You snap Karen a crisp salute. "Yes, ma'am. But if you don't mind, can I get that prescription in writing?"

"Sure," Karen laughs, waving you off. "I'll have Sayla write one up later. Until then feel free to self-medicate."

The Sisters' room is next to yours in the gravity block, which has stopped rotating under Earth-normal gravity. So instead of having to negotiate the rotating ring to get into the appropriate color-coded hallway, it's a simple matter of taking a step up and walking straight.

When Haman's design is complete, you muse silently to yourself, that's one of the first inconveniences you WON'T be missing.

You can tell the room is unoccupied, since most of your crew are scattered around the hangar completing various post-mission tasks, so you let yourself in. One of the Sisters' cabinets is ajar, probably having slid open as the Valkyrie fell backwards into the Earth's atmosphere.

Taking a peek inside, you spy no less than seven bottles of whiskey and three of Cognac: Auchentoshan Valinch, Laprhoaig 12, Yamazaki 18, Hakushu 18, Jura Superstition, Glen Scotia 12, a bottle of sherried Wolfburn 10, a bottle each of Remy Martin Grand Cru and their XO, and a bottle of Delamain Tres Vénérable. The lattermost, as well as two of the Scotches, are unopened.

Well, you suppose you know where most of their first Titans paycheck went.
>Help yourself, then rest while you wait
>One glass, rest
>Resist the temptation

>>35290284
>>Resist the temptation

>>35290284
>One glass, rest
Give a silent salute with the glass before downing. To all those homies who died at your side.

>>35290284
>One glass, rest
Show moderation. We're disoriented enough from the concussion, let's not make it worse.

>>35290284
>Help yourself, then rest while you wait
cheers

>>35290284
>>Help yourself, then rest while you wait
in moderation.

>>35290284
>One glass, rest

>>35290317
One too many.

>>35290284
"Amateur hour here."

Look for the Good Stuff. She's got a bottle stashed here somewhere. Take a bracing shot of that.

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>>35290338

>>35290284
Make a note to get ourselves some Oban. We can afford the good shit now.

Anyway, just one glass. We want to be in good condition for the main event.

>>35290343
>>35290368
If you were curious the average price there, not counting the Delamain, is in the neighborhood of $100.

The Delamain runs about $450.

>>35290413
It's not our pop's Gin so it's not the Good Stuff.

>>35290413
Too much money!

>>35290368
Also make a note to get some Obari, because he makes everything better. Seriously, we need to find an excuse to do the Obari pose. Provided we haven't done it already. Hearts, has Dominic gone Obari at any point?

>>35290482
He Gainaxes on occasion.

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>>35290536
Not good enough. Masami Obari makes every mecha series he works on better. Though I suppose that if it were animated the punch that drove a tank barrel through that Dom last thread would have been shot from an Obari angle. So I guess I can at least take that as a win.

>>35290284
Looking over the selection, you settle on the Valinch: it's already open, and cask-strength. No ice, of course, but a small splash of cool water from the tap should do.

You then pour a second glass, and settle in. It's 52.7% ABV, but you'd never know from how smooth it is. The nice caramel and vanilla notes fill it out nicely, and you find yourself practically melting into Carya and Catrina's bunk as you drink it.

In fact you hardly notice it when the Sisters return and find you on their bed, totally relaxed, sipping their whiskey.

"I see you found my stash," Catrina quips, letting you know they're there. "I trust it meets your approval?"

You nod and take another sip. "The cabinet was partway open, so I poured a glass for each of us."

"Sweet of you," Carya replies, taking hold of the crystal tumbler and laying down next to you against the headboard.

You've just about polished your own glass off, so you slow down to let the Sisters catch up. When you're done they take the glasses over to the desk and set them down before returning. One leg goes over you and they settle in on your lap... and frown.

“I would personally burn the entire Titans fleet out of the sky for you, and bring you Enzo Bernini's head on a spike if you asked... you know that, right?” they ask, their violet eyes glowing warmly as they gaze into your own.

"Yeah," you tell them with a kiss. "I know."

Carrina carries on, her eyes glistening a little. "I'll always be with you, Dom. Just keep moving forward, and keep coming back alive. Don't ever stop, and you can count on me to always keep up."

The mood suddenly changes as she grins, tears still pooling in the corners of her eyes. "But enough of that shit. You got me all hot and bothered, so now you've got to help me work it off."
(1/2)

>>35290867
aww she must have been worried during our last fight

>>35290867
"Be gentle, I'm wounded."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id_UYLPSn6U semi-appropriate

>>35290867
>hot-and-bothered

"Grab the bottle. We're going for a bath."

>>35290945
I kinda like this idea

>>35291001
I don't. Other people use that, it's not sanitary for us to get boning in there.

>>35290867
Today is December 13th, UC 0083. Your face feels a little better by the time your eyes open. Carya and Catrina have been snoozing at your side for some time, waiting for you to wake up. They stir briefly and shift their weight against you as they stretch.

"Mornin'," one of them mutters, you're not really sure which. It could be either, honestly.

"Morning," you reply with a kiss... then you get a look at the clock. "I've got to go have a meeting with Karen in about a half hour."

Carya quickly rolls over top of you, and looks you dead in the eye. "Before then, you need to think about where we go from here."

You laugh softly to yourself. "And why aren't you telling Karen this?"

Catrina shakes her head. “Karen's got her hands full with politics, and with keeping the Valkyrie from getting shot out from under us," she tells you. Carya picks up where she left off.

"In the end you're the one we'll all follow, against Titans," she mutters, pointing a fingerpistol at your uniform as it hangs on the doorknob to her bathroom.

"...the Principality," she continues, pointing the fingerpistol at herself.

"... or Mars," she concludes, pointing the fingerpistol into the air... you have no idea where Mars actually is right now, but whatever.

"But as the Earth Sphere comes apart at the seams, we're going to look to you more and more for that guidance.”
>Response>

>>35291040
Guys help me out my memory and lore is shakey. Which group is that Cima chick in? She'd back us up.

>>35291073
None of the above. She's the Republic of Zeon. Which is distinct from the Principality of Zeon and Mars Zeon. Say what you will about the Zabis, but they certainly made sure Zeon Zum Deikun's legacy would endure.

>>35291040
"That's a lot of responsibility you're heaping on me. I suppose I should expect it. I'll promise you this, I'll try my damn best to make sure we survive the coming days. All of us. But I'll need all of your help. I'm a bad-ass, but I still need support." Cue the jabbing and winking.

>>35291040
I won't let the Federation fall into civil war and I will protect all of you. Be it the Titans, Principality and Mars.

>>35291040
>Response?
"We're a crew with a bond almost as close as family. And I always take care of my own, I can promise you that much."

>>35291073
She's currently working for the Republic of Zeon (relatively moderate by comparison with Mars Zeon or the Titans), improving on designs for the GP-04, and hopefully giving approval for Haman's ship design to be built

>>35291040

"Making grand long term plans has never been my forte... All I can say is that we will face whatever is thrown at us together, as a team...

>>35291073
Cima's fleet joined the Republic of Zeon Defence Forces.

>>35291040
"You don't ask for much, do you?"

"I can't promise the world, but I'll try my damnedest so long as there's people out there worth protecting."

>>35291073
I do not trust her.

>>35291170
This

>>35291040
"We stay the course, find the people within Titans that can be reasoned with and form a network to curb the more radical elements from the inside. Try to direct all that pent up rage towards less destructive efforts. If we could find a way to do the same thing with all the forces out there that'd be just grand. If we just go with the flow all the sane people are going to end up dead, so we had better join forces with what voices of reason we can find."

>>35291073
The Republic I think. From the gist of conversations from the beginning of the quest we may just end up there depending on how this situation plays out.

>>35291040
Thanks for responding guys. It may be obvious... but I vote the republic.

>>35291205
Federation for life!

>>35291236
Please come up with better arguments, or stop talking.

I also want to see if we can find a way to weasel Amuro into our crew or at least get him out of house arrest somehow.

>>35291255
What arguments? It just my opinion.

>>35291177
I trust that her agenda involves getting revenge on those who used her as a scapegoat (and by extension Axis/Mars Zeon harboring them) aligns with Haman's own possible agenda against Bernini and taking back Axis in the future.

>>35291236
There'll only be a Federation in name only if Jewmitov secures emergency powers Assembly. When he does, that's pretty much no way we'll be able to stay on the Titans.

For those advocating joining the Republic, keep in mind we may end up having a civil war on our hands if Char and Artesia both out themselves as the heirs to Zeon.

>>35291040
"I don't know. There are too many variables involved at the moment. Our job is to guarantee that when it does come time to make that choice, we make the right one. For now we stick to our current agenda. Gather information, acquire resources and contacts, and do our best to keep the conflicts from escalating. You've all put a lot of trust into me, and I'm going to do my damnedest to ensure it wasn't misplaced. Whoever it is we wind up fighting, we're going to do it for the right reasons."

>>35291313
Than we start the Federation Reformation League.

>>35291352
we gotta meet Blex first

>>35291338
I'm not sure Char will, though. We've changed things considerably. If anything, we've somehow made him a more broken shell of a man than he canonically is. I don't think he has it in him to pull a Counterattack. I

>>35291338
>Char
I don't see it unless Amuro/Blex/Bright convinces him it's a good idea.

>Artesia
Nope.

>>35291370
Why? We know other people like Kowen.

>>35291393
Sayla would do it if we convinced her probably. A figurehead to rally the Republic to our cause and to stop the Titans.

>>35291338
Why do they want that?

>>35291413
we dont have the clout to start our own Faction Blex has both the rank and reputation needed. and Kowen is in house arrest indefinetly

>>35291040
"You don't ask very much, do you?" you laugh.

Catrina plants a light kiss on your forehead. "Nope."

"I tried making a plan once," you tell the Sisters earnestly. "It didn't go so well, because I'm not very good at planning. Shit just starts going wrong immediately, and it all kinda goes downhill. So I decided a long time ago: fuck it."

"Let the assholes in charge of Titans and the Principality remnants and Mars make their schemes, because that's all they have: scheming and plotting. I figure all we need to do is keep our little family alive and well until they make that one mistake that gives us an opportunity. And when that opportunity comes? When we get that shot? Nothing short of an act of God is gonna stop us."

You pull Carya down into your arms and kiss her again, passion and energy flowing thickly from the two of you in almost palpable waves. "So we bide our time in Titans. We wait, and gather strength and intel. We weaken the foundations underneath the scheming bastards who'd plunge the whole human race back into another war, build up our own allies and materiel, and then we take them all out at the climax."

Carrina grins wildly at you. "Did I ever mention? Seeing you work like this? Fucking MASSIVE turn on..."
(1/2)

>>35291452
Not them personally. The two heirs would generate a power vacuum and those whom support one or the other would fight over which to place in power.

>>35291459
Eh, he'll get out by UC 0096. And he'll have a secretary that /m/ will just go crazy over, that was a weirdly strong response for one nameless character.

>>35291481
>For those advocating joining the Republic
Is what I'm talking about.

>>35291475
About twenty minutes later you find yourself standing on the bridge next to Karen and Audrey, preparing to give your report to Commodore Om.

The projected image of Riddick really doesn't look happy to see you. There's a brief stutter as the framerate drops... probably something being downloaded aboard the ship somewhere. Must be a big file... you make a mental note to ask ALICE later.

"I see you failed to wipe out the Principality base," he says sternly, looking over a small file on his own desk. "Did you at least gather passable data on the machines we sent you?"
>Response?

>>35291551
"You'll have the Zeke's thanks as soon as you start fielding them." proceed to tear the machine apart.

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>>35291497
The man knows a great asset when he sees it.

>>35291551
"I apologize that we seem to have differing interpretations of the term "wiping out". The base is no longer a threat and all surviving personnel are in Federation custody."

>>35291579
i think i know who we should recruit for our crew next

>>35291551

>Well, the Hizacks are fine from what I've seen. The Quels have some serious issues that could end up crippling your average pilot's performance in battle. You'll want to start by going over the specs again, because if the weight's off by the amount we figure it was, I don't want to know what else the eggheads fudged to make it look better. Magnetic coating might also be a thing we'll want to be looking into to standardize, it makes a lot of difference to experienced pilots and Newtypes.

>>35291551
"Lieutenant Strayer specified that he and his team was to deal with the situation, Sir. He said you gave the order for him to 'mop-up' the Zeon remnants. That was no failing upon my part, Sir."

"As for the Hizacks and Quels? I cannot tell you the performance regarding the Hizacks, but the Quels could use some serious reworking. Those machines are an absolute embarrassment. No magnetic coating? Terrible knee joints."

>>35291551
>"Yeah, they fucking suck. I'd rather pilot a damn early type GM I with no weapons."

>>35291551
getting real tired of your shit Bask

>>35291551
"Not sure what Titan's were thinking with these "new" GM's, but they're crap so far."

>>35291551
>>35291615
>>35291630

These look good.
Let not make mad.

>>35291634
Fuck that, I’d rather pilot a Ball.

>>35291551
DO NOT ANTAGONIZE FUCKING RIDDICK.

"I apologize, sir. I will try to live up to the Titans standards in the future. The ballut systems propellant was over the Quel's shock absorbers maximum weight. The knee joints failed. You could do with reinforcing the hands for future production runs."

>>35291692
>DO NOT ANTAGONIZE FUCKING RIDDICK
Yes this.

>>35291630
No airbags too.
Seriously, even the Core Fighter Nina had a hand in designing had one.

>>35291551
"I believe there must have been an omission in our orders, Captain Om. We received no instruction to destroy the base, merely neutralize the threat it posed. Any orders to "wipe out" the facilities and personnel that you may have sent were not received. I apologize for the mistake, but I don't think we can really be faulted for it. Perhaps you should look into your administrative offices, see who made that error.

"As for the new machines, they had mixed performance. The Hizacks worked quite well, but the Quels had potentially serious issues. The joints suffered extreme stress during landing procedures, and whoever calculated the mass of fuel needed for disengaging from the ballute at altitude was off by several tons. That said, the new joint design did allow for some quite impressive control over the Quel's movements. I would advise adding magnetic coating technology so as to reduce wear, but otherwise they worked well."

>>35291690
Instead of a Ball, a B Gundam!

>>35291717
And this look good too.

>>35291551
So it's pretty obvious Bask had someone sabatoge our machine, right. Can we New type mindrape him to confirm that fact?

>>35291717
this

>>35291717
This seems good.

>>35291766
Maybe though that's pretty proactive since we hadn't even bothered pissing in his cheerios yet.

>>35291717
Don't forget Luna Titanium fists. We don't want to lose another hand while punching a tank.

>>35291766
I do not think so. Why just one Quel?

>>35291801
We did debug the ship. So he's probably pissed he can't keep tabs on the Newtypes.

>>35291600
Fat chance, Kowen has dibs, and I don't begrudge him for it.

>>35291886
Kowen a cool guy a real bro.

>>35291886
>>35291913
implying she wont fall for Dom if he makes sure to visit kowen frequently

>>35291826
Come on. We were told that the enginners fucked up our landing and Bask was surprised/unhappy to see us. Plus he just downloaded a file to boot. As for motive...Come on, we're the most active New type in the field. Wouldn't it be a pretty good argument against the existence of New types if a prolific ace got Merced by a fucking Zaku during a bad landing?

>>35291551
"Our orders said 'neutralize', sir," Karen tells him coyly. "We cratered the runway and destroyed all their war materiel with no losses of our own, so I'd call it a success."

Om frowns, but seems to let the point drop. "And the new machines?"

“Well, sir... the Zeeks are going to be the first to thank you when these see a real fight,” you tell him. “No magnetically-coated joints? Substandard build quality? Vastly underpowered thrusters? Did you even READ my Christmas list? The ONLY upside is that it's closer to a 1:1 range of movement, which let me pull off some cool shit like beating a Dom to death with a tank. Otherwise, it's a deathtrap, and the ballutes were calibrated incorrectly to boot.”

Bask Om, who's been growing increasingly frustrated at your tone, remains silent. The only outward sign that you're getting to him is that his forehead is furrowed so hard it's almost like he's trying to pop his goofy-ass goggles off with his eyebrows.

“As for the trial-type Hizack,” Audrey adds, “Lieutenant Marseille and I found them underpowered and sluggish, but still better than the GM Quel. The number of verniers is fine for a mass-production machine though, and their Gundarium armor makes them almost as tough as a Gundam. Call it a saving grace.” The unspoken conclusion was that if Titans mass-produced the Hizack as-is, it could be bad for you in the long run.

"Those were quite expensive machines," Riddick informs you. "I trust that we will be getting them back?"

"... mostly?" you offer.

Riddick sighs loudly, almost visibly deflating. "Very well. I suppose that is the best I can hope to expect."

"Our next mission, sir?" Karen prompts the man, trying to get him to quit brooding over the fact that you refused to kill unarmed prisoners for him... seriously, what's his fucking problem, anyway?
(1/2)

>>35292036
im actualy wondering how Dom would react to Basks backstory as pow

>>35292089
"If even the Principality had the decency not to shoot unarmed soldiers, what's your excuse?"

>>35292089
Is he? I did not know that.

Is 4chan shitting itself for anyone else?

>>35292036
"Well, there are a few issues which may demand a degree of... discretion..." Commodore Om tells you, his tone clearly communicating a certain disdain for anything that doesn't involve brute force.

The Commodore sends a brief data transmission, which decodes on your end.

"Putting it up on screen for you," Catharine announces as she presses a few buttons. The data scrolls across the largest terminal, thankfully replacing Bask Om's freaky face: most of them seem major. You'll likely be able to focus on only one at a time.
>Members of the National Socialist Party at Side 2 are planning to make a move on Earth. Initial evidence suggests it will take place in Austria, but don't specify further. Investigation will be required.
>A casino in New Manhattan has been identified as a major repository for funding aimed at Zeon groups. Titans wants to conduct a raid that could claim a high civilian death toll. The Federation wants a lower-impact alternative.
>ADDENDUM: the Casino is near where Char reported he left his 'guests' - ALICE
>The Jupiter Empire is supplying fuel to Mars, and possibly other materiel not covered under the current trade agreements. A massive degree of investigation is required, and direct conflict with Mars is likely.
>I have also found rumors that an illegal black project has resumed: a Federation 'penal brigade' now under the Titans banner. Take your time on this one while I gather more intelligence - ALICE

>>35292182
>>A casino in New Manhattan has been identified as a major repository for funding aimed at Zeon groups. Titans wants to conduct a raid that could claim a high civilian death toll. The Federation wants a lower-impact alternative.
>>ADDENDUM: the Casino is near where Char reported he left his 'guests' - ALICE

oh man, that appendum

>>35292182
Can we cover more ground by splitting ourselves into two, three man teams?

>>35292182
>A casino in New Manhattan has been identified as a major repository for funding aimed at Zeon groups. Titans wants to conduct a raid that could claim a high civilian death toll. The Federation wants a lower-impact alternative.
We're most needed to prevent important civilian casualties.

>>35292182
>>Members of the National Socialist Party at Side 2 are planning to make a move on Earth. Initial evidence suggests it will take place in Austria, but don't specify further. Investigation will be required.
ZEPPLINS!

>>A casino in New Manhattan has been identified as a major repository for funding aimed at Zeon groups. Titans wants to conduct a raid that could claim a high civilian death toll. The Federation wants a lower-impact alternative.
>>ADDENDUM: the Casino is near where Char reported he left his 'guests' - ALICE
Oh fuck us all. We need to go or have Kai perform extraction.

>>The Jupiter Empire is supplying fuel to Mars, and possibly other materiel not covered under the current trade agreements. A massive degree of investigation is required, and direct conflict with Mars is likely.
Sirrocco's syrup!

>>I have also found rumors that an illegal black project has resumed: a Federation 'penal brigade' now under the Titans banner. Take your time on this one while I gather more intelligence - ALICE
?

>>35292161
He spent most of the war i Zeon prison. when the war ended a part of him never left that prison

>>35292182
>A casino in New Manhattan has been identified as a major repository for funding aimed at Zeon groups. Titans wants to conduct a raid that could claim a high civilian death toll. The Federation wants a lower-impact alternative.
>ADDENDUM: the Casino is near where Char reported he left his 'guests' - ALICE
"Not much point in conducting a raid to disrupt their funding if the bad press causes people to donate more to them."

>>35292182
>A casino in New Manhattan has been identified as a major repository for funding aimed at Zeon groups. Titans wants to conduct a raid that could claim a high civilian death toll. The Federation wants a lower-impact alternative.
we need to find that lower impact alternative

>>35292182
>A casino in New Manhattan has been identified as a major repository for funding aimed at Zeon groups. Titans wants to conduct a raid that could claim a high civilian death toll. The Federation wants a lower-impact alternative.

>>35292182
>>A casino in New Manhattan has been identified as a major repository for funding aimed at Zeon groups. Titans wants to conduct a raid that could claim a high civilian death toll. The Federation wants a lower-impact alternative.
This one first.

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>>35292264
>we need to find that lower impact alternative
We bankrupt D'Arby we our Newtype powers.

>>35292261
>a part of him never left that prison
he dropped the soap?

>>35292182
>>A casino in New Manhattan has been identified as a major repository for funding aimed at Zeon groups. Titans wants to conduct a raid that could claim a high civilian death toll. The Federation wants a lower-impact alternative.

the nazis can wait

> casino time

This one is the best intersection of "shit we need to handle personally" and "shit where the standard Titan approach would be catastrophically bad.

The Nazis we can always butcher when they do something stupid. Because Nazis are always in season, and there’s never a bag limit.

Jupiter would take us out of play in the Earth Sphere for the next few years, which would be a bad idea.

>>35292182
>A casino in New Manhattan has been identified as a major repository for funding aimed at Zeon groups. Titans wants to conduct a raid that could claim a high civilian death toll. The Federation wants a lower-impact alternative.
>ADDENDUM: the Casino is near where Char reported he left his 'guests' - ALICE

Can't let them important characters become extra casualties.

>>35292182
Whichever we pick, inform Cinco de Mayo to move the girls. Or don't and we kidnap them in the confusion.

If we can go as two teams of three, we could cover the New Manhattan and the National Socialist Party ones easily.

>>35292261
His left testicle?

>>35292261
Man that war it take and take and it and it stays with you.

>>35292325
whatever happened within those walls warped his view of spacenoids forever.
kinda tragic really, for all we know he might have been a good man once

>>35292367
a part of him never left figuratively

Dealing with the Nazis is easy: charter a spaceplane for them (so that no non-Nazis are on board), then arrange for it to have an unfortunate accident during re-entry.

>>35292382
kinda of a theme in UC, the one year war created monters on both sides

>>35292243
>penal legion
Slave Wraith?

>>35292400
And in the case of his eyes, literally.

>>35292421
All too real.

>>35292432
wut, he acually lost his eyes? scource?

>>35292243
Do we have the balls to recruit Papsmere? We take him under our command and nullify his Charisma with our Charisma. Then we'd only haft to worry about him stabbing us in the back while we dealt with Jamitov. Or we team up and have him killed off quietly after we've pulled a coup and taken over Titans.

>>35292243
Actually, could we get Kai to do this? We should ask Sayla what he's up to.

>>35292525
Lets not. It did not work out for Jamitov.

>>35292463
He doesn't wear the stupidest eyepiece this side of Geordi LaForge just for shits and giggles, anon.

>>35292525
implying a charisma of wouldn't end in hot sweaty
newtype sex, while the girls watch

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>>35292563
We'd both be working for the same goals. In a manner of speaking. He'd get the Titans (then we off him) and we'd keep the atrocities from piling up into another shoah.

>>35292575
>pic related

>>35292572
i dont think they have that tech in early UC

>>35292607
That just ask for trouble.

>>35292575
the question is who would top

>>35292627
Better to have the snake where you can see it than not.

>>35292637
They'd be in space. Would it matter?

>>35292182
You and Karen exchange a glance, realizing that out of these there's a more pressing concern.

"We'll take the mission in New Manhattan," Karen informs Om. "Gives us a chance to stretch our legs, get some fresh air. But we'll need to blend in with the crowd. Basically, we need new clothes."

"Can't go in with just our Titans uniforms," you add.

Noel moves to clear the screen so you can see Riddick's face again, but you subtly wave her off.

"Very well," the Commodore eventually replies, sounding very reluctant. "We already set aside one million for ammunition for a direct assault. You may use half."

The whole bridge crew exchange confused looks, but are in no apparent rush to talk him down.

"We'll leave Earth in two days," Karen announces. "Valkyrie out."

The screen goes into idle as the connection cuts.

"What was up with those addendums?" Defrah asks, turning to face you.

"For that matter, ALICE?" you ask loudly. "Can you hear me? What was that stutter?"

"I was downloading a few programs for my own usage," says a sweet voice with a distinctly synthetic edge to it, coming from all around. On the screen you see a 3d-rendered character appear, who curtseys.

"I am Advanced Logistic and Inconsequence Cognizing Equipment. You may call me 'ALICE'... it is a pleasure to meet you."

"Did... the computer of this ship just introduce itself?" Defrah asks incredulously. "Too early to be drunk, so it must be real."

"Not another one," Karen groans.

>>35292656
And that's it for tonight. Hope you managed to enjoy yourselves despite this being a slow thread plotwise. Starting with tomorrow's heist and rescue mission, things should start picking up again.

Thanks for playing, and see you tomorrow. Same time, same channel.

>>35292525
>>35292575
>implying they could tolerate each other's presence for sixty seconds before trying to murder each other
They may have similar force of personality, but their personalities are almost opposite.

>>35292656
Alright, whoever has the Newtype powers best suited to cheating at poker gets a quarter of a million and orders to make a profit on this op.

>>35292656
>We'll take the mission in New Manhattan
Oh boy. I guess Mineva in incognito will have to move somewhere else after this.
Industrial 7 is in the same colony cluster as New Manhattan. It might be worth checking out, ya know.

>>35292717
I did enjoy. Especially the crew's response to seeing that we weren't making the AI up.

>>35292717
Thanks for running.

>>35292656
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=impqqmVBrtk