Casting Hold Butt with maximize spell.

Proceed.

It is the aftermath of the training exercise between your team and the Midnight Fenrir.
Oh and there may have been some rookies in there as well, whatever.
Okay, to be fair, they did okay actually all things considering.

In anycase the team are currently dismounting and cleaning up. You have a couple of hours to waste before the big Soiree that you will all be attending later tonight.
It's a pretty big deal as pretty much all of the locals supporting the Zeon war effort here in the US will be there. The general theme is to give the impression that Zeon are going to win this war, and that the money isn't runnning, despite how much of theirs we're borrowing.

To be frank, you could do with Wyatt Bandit turning up in some ridiculous Waterproof Hyper Gundam-X or something, so that you could give it a miss.

Still, such are the downsides of rank.
So, you have a couple of free hours, anything you'd like to do?

YOUR ORDERS IF ANY?

... hmm. It's awfully quiet for a ZQ thread. Then again, it works for me, since I just finished 0079 and started to read the backlog starting from thread 1.

Apart from that, though, I just made a strange discovery. Watching Victory Gundam gives me migraines for some reason. I wonder if it's some sort of neurological reaction to the derp.

Are we still on namek?

>>9689449

Maybe it's the lack of shading? Maybe there's something not quite right with the frame rate or Aspect Ratio?

>>9689484

I'm pretty sure Canada would object to that description.

Can I get an update? What are we about to do? Attend some sort of ball?

>>9689513

Were on Episode 10 of the series essentially. Were in New York along with Garma, Char and some other aces called Midnight Fenrir along with a load of Zeon Collaborators that were trying to assure we can still win even though the Feds have gotten Mobile Suits now.

Char may or may not have a plan.
The plan may have a similar tone to this man's plan.
Who knows?

>>9689443

Brief Zolomon. Intensely. And have Jolyne threaten to kick his ass if he does something stupid.

>>9689505
Namek, Canada... meh.

Orders:
Take GLASS OF WHISKEY.
Use GLASS OF WHISKEY on Zolomon Ringo.

Y'know, take off the edge. Still, mind him closely enough not to allow him to get drunk and angry enough to pummel the parade units. You might suddenly get assigned to Kerguelen.

>>9689554
We should do this: >>9689548

Also, we should see what we can find out about the other guests. Part so that we know what subjects to bring up, what not to, and who is a potential security risk.

>And have Jolyne threaten to kick his ass if he does something stupid.

Don't forget to tell Zolom that we have instructed her to do it. Remind him of the Basketball-game.

>>9689548
I...don't know who that man is :/

In true Listerian paranoia fashion we should park our MS somewhere close to the venue.

Maybe we can hand them in together with our coats?

S'pose we could try to make acquintances with whomever are Char's current wingmen to fish for some details about what sort of madness he has planned for the feddie MS's.

Don't get too attached to them though, disposables as they are.

Also, see if any other interesting "hot shot ace" types show up.

>>9689595
Really? Only one person watching Zolomon? You sure?

Oh and don't worry these guys have been pretty well vetted, certainly you should be taking a Loose Lips Sink Ships policy as you can easily see them selling military secrets to the feds if offered a decent price.
But then again, the reverse is probably true as well.

I mean, how else do you think we even knew that Operation Elephant would work?

>>9689673
Say, that reminds me... are we approaching the "Garma falls!"-episode? Shadow Garma discreetly to see if he has any ladyfriends attending.

... and, uh, how much metagaming will we get away with, before rocks fall?

>>9689666

Really? You've never played Full Throttle? Shame, probably one of the last decent games of Lucasarts Adventure Games hayday.

>>9689715
>Say, that reminds me... are we approaching the "Garma falls!"-episode?

>This episode is titled "Mistakes of our Youth Pt2"

What do you think?

>Really? Only one person watching Zolomon? You sure?

That spy dude around? The one that'll shoot people in the kneecaps to find something?

I think he would sufficient.

>>9689715
Lets see...

>>9689548
>>Were on Episode 10 of the series essentially.
Which is...
>>Episode 10: Garma's Fate

Hmm.. I WONDER?

>>9689757

You don't know if he's around though, and in fact if you see him around it might be a sign that he's not doing his job as well as he's really required to.

>>9689548

OH GOD, I CAN HEAR MARK HAMILL'S VOICE! GET YOUR AWESOME VOICE OUT OF MY HEEEAAADDDDD!

>Shadow Garma discreetly to see if he has any ladyfriends attending.

I think I remember that he met that girl during our time as his Honour Guard. We're aware of his ladyfriend.

Maybe we should have Bernie tail Lister too, just for the fuck of it?

>>9689782

That was Mark Hamil!?

Fuck me, that guy is a GOD-TIER VA.

Background question, been nagging me since yesterday's discussion about neutrality:

How does this neutral colonies and regional governments thing work?

I thought the reasons for this entire war boiled down to the Federation - acting as a united world government - opposed Zeonic independence.

But now we are knee deep in 'neutral parties' and 'regional governments' and the Federation does jack all about that?

Why do we fight at all then?

>>9689807
The Earth Federation represents a union of major earth nations allied together. They don't represent the ENTIRE earth though. Also, after the colony drop, a lot of major governments have fractured.

Additionally, there are a number of neutral colonies in space that didn't want to get involved with all the fighting and didn't side with Zeon.

>>9689807

Because we mirror the second World War here to a degree. Of course without the colonial issue and all the other additional issues that made that war because Gundam's a show about children shooting people with robots.

>>9689807
>Why do we fight at all then?

Because the Zabi family went lolHitl0r, mostly. Rode the colonies' wish for self-governance rather than being Feddie patsies, and funneled the energy into blitzkrieg.

>>9689807

The only real neutral parties are ones that only were able to secure their neutrality at the start of the war. Plus, the only neutral sides in this are Von Braun City on the Moon (which supplies you both with much needed resources) and Side 6 (which acts like the IMF for both sides with is large scale trading contacts and strong banking sector).

Everyone else are simply people who used to bow and scrape (and bribe) the Feds, and who now do the same to you.
Remember, Zeon has fuck all manpower to ACTUALLY occupy and run the Earth if they win, they kind of need local help to do anything.

Okay so general idea is to have AT LEAST Jolyne watching Zolomon for incidents whilst the rest of you stay sober and probably more paranoid than you ever have been in actual combat?

Are we back to being the honour guard?

If not, we might want to chat them up and ask for assistance regarding Zolom. They have the ground here and the manpower, I suppose.

>>9690082
Pretty much this. Make sure at least two of our team members watch Garma like a HAWK. The last time he was in New York, he tied up one of our pilots and snuck out in a mobile suit. We're not letting him pull that kind of shenanigan again.

>>9690114

Basically inform the hangars that HE DOES NOT GET THE ROBOT BUT THE HOSE between whenever the party starts and the party ends.

Have Bernie and Jolyn watch him, Jolyin is in charge.
Ask the Honour Guard if they can at least keep an eye on him and give us a ring if he does *anything* stupid.

We might also want to call a callgirl or something and pay her to stick close to him. Get one with some edcuation and tell her that we'll pay her extra if she keeps him out of trouble. (also: There might be lulz in that)

>>9690114

Sure you all get into you Dress Uniforms.
You didn't think you all had quite this much Fruit Salad.
Plus, these capes are bitching, and you can see why Char is always wearing his.

Jolyne and Elaine decide to wear their uniforms as well, you find yourself thinking absently that the Feds might be onto something with their de-facto mini-skirt uniform for female officers. But no matter.

At 9pm the party starts.

Are we armed?

Pistol? Sabre? Anything like that part of the dress uniform for a knighted officer?

>>9690187
Garma has a girlfriend. We do not want him doing something stupid in order to make up for the misunderstanding a callgirl could cause.

You are all currently clustered around a decent table of finger foods. Zolomon is helping himself, somewhat reservedly thankfully.

Dignitaries are orbiting about Garma like planets, along with talking to themselves. Char is somewhere in a corner you suspect, possibly a good idea so he doesn't have to answer inane questions.

You see Icelina trying to get Garma's attention unssuccessfully as he is politely mobbed by dignitaries. If she want's to get a quiet moment you're going to have take a one for the team and distract the dignitaries somehow.

They might get tired and move on to hobnobbing with each other if you wait you suppose.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>9690348
Just a pistol, sword isn't really part of any militaries dress uniform anymore.

>>9690348
Armed? It's a soiree. We are quite literally dressed...

*sunglasses*

... to kill.

YYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHH!

Ahem. That reminds me, we could also try making female acquintances. It's a grand ball, there's bound to be young women with huge... tracts of land, whose parents are looking for an opportunity to get their daughter to ascend to future nobility.

On the other hand, my genre insticts tell that we'd be as good as dead the moment we start making romantic commitments of any sort.

>>9690429

No, we're the main character of this sidestory. SHE'd be the one biting the dust.

>>9690462
Oh hey! That means we should get a shotgun wedding too, for the sake of inheritance.

Hm, but that aside... maybe we should do the two lovebirds a favor and give Garma a break to spend time with Icelina by pretending to have something urgent to discuss with him. Maybe he'll act more reasonably if he gets enough quality time.

>>9689802
Mark Hamil has done voice acting stuff in like 200 different things. Check out his insane IMDB page.

Huh, I actually managed to watch most of Dr Who for a change. Nice.

Turns out the Vampires in the Vampire episode aren't actually vampires. In fact it's actually quite clever and working on previously established Who Lore.
Plus that running plot Moffats lined through this series continues to gain momentum, though I don't think there was quite as many clever bits as last episode.

>Maybe he'll act more reasonably if he gets enough quality time.

Did it work in Series? 'cause I think he went all: AAAA!!! I WILL JUMP WHITE BASE FOR YOU!!! there.

She's a hopelessly romantic woman who would not stop him from doing that sort of crap.

BRB Dinner.

>>9690567

That's what we're here for: Stopping him.

>>9690567
In that case, I cast my vote on orders as "chat up Icelina, discreetly ask her to do her best to curb Garma Zabi's tendency for reckless behavior, for the sake of the man's own security and the future of Zeon."

It might be a little desperate, but for all the timeline altering business, this is propably the most crucial moment for trying to make a split between whether our carreer will end with victory or tears.

Oh well let's take one for team maybe we could try to get info from said dignitaries.

On the other hand Oh god I suck at Girhen's Greed... why did I have to leave Jaburo without a single MS.

>>9690611

Do you always eat dinner promptly at seven?

>>9689326
Where are those sprites from?

With our knack for getting prototype machines and other cool things earlier than we should I think it'd be awesome if we got our hands on one of these.

Especially with the giant sword replaced by a Dozle-sized heat hawk.

>>9690700
It seems so, to me. Stable routines are the fixtures of life. I've come to expect to see the "brb dinner" at least once per thread. More if the day's slow enough.

I have to admit that I fairly enjoy the easy pace of these threads. The not-so-frantic feel lets you read or watch telly on the side, and still have a good idea of what's going on.

>>9690700
He's British.

We should probably be a bro for Garma and help him out but at some point, we really need to shoot the shit with our peeps. It's been awhile since we've relaxed and talked to them for awhile it seems.

>>9690843

...And so am I.

Doesn't exactly change the fact that it's one hell of a routine to stick to.

>>9690879
He's a Double Englishman. Even his name indicates that he's partaken in polite and proper behavior, on 4chan.

On 4chan.

>>9690879
He obviously got a maid to do the dinner for him, on time. Every day. Stiff upper lip and all that pip tot ho

>>9690700

To be fair, normally I eat at six. On sundays it's at seven because Roasts take longer. Or something.

I don't know, I just do the dishes.

Anyway, so what did we want to do? Fake an emergency, take this oppourtunity to talk to Icelina or distract the dignitaries hanging around Garma with tales of your MANLY PROWESS?

>>9691232
MANLY PROWESS is the way to go.

>>9691232

Nah, but it would probably be apt to remind him not to talk about that three White Base-class carrieres too much. Better not to scare the Investors with something they really can't do anything about.

Basically remind him to be mindful of his promises and employ that the people paying us are probably not aware of the other two carriers. And if the question comes up, only mention that - from what we know - those things are new and the crew's too. They're constantly loosing guns and shit after all.

>>9691305

You slide up and insert yourself into the swirling mass of chinless wonders and overweigh mountebankes and shake Garma's hand.

"Good to see you finally made it Lieutenant Commander! Have you met Mr Maynard of Maynard Petrochemicals?"
He then makes his discrete leave and you have to fend for yourself.

"So, Lieutenant Commander Lister? What have you been doing in the war?"

WITHOUT SPILLING STATE SECRETS, WHAT DO YOU SAY?

>>9691465
fighting my ass off

>>9691465

Tell him about the Mole-Machine and how that thing apparently's the most powerful digger imaginable. Ask him if they ever had any use for a machine that can drive under tons of earth with some speed in his business.

>>9691232

Oh god Sunday roasts? Damn straight you're proper English.

I'm going out for a curry with the missus myself..

>>9691465

"Fighting in North America, mostly in the south near the Rio Grande."

>>9691587

Good answer.

You first regale him about tales of fighting the enemy Drill Tanks and then you are able to change the subject to what he does for a living.
Transpires that his company switched to biofuels about 10 years ago as fossil fuel reserves became prohibitively expensive to drill for.
Probably a good thing he sold all of those Oil Rigs to various penitentiary services.

Bad luck for the Prisoners though.

Anyway, after managing to waste some time with him, some other guy you don't recognise asks you:

"So, Mr Lister? What are your opinions on the new Federal Mobile suits?"

OPTIMISTIC TRUTH OR OUTRIGHT LIES?

>>9691711
Optimistic Truth.
They have some excellent innovations in them, but it's meaningless when they simply do not have pilots capable of using them properly.

>>9691615
I had one of those yesterday. It wasn't bad, but a bit too spicy. What is it with Supermarket Chain readymeals and their mistaken belief that a Balti HAS to be really hot?

>>9691711
>>OPTIMISTIC TRUTH OR OUTRIGHT LIES?

Both.

"You have to understand sir, that the mobile suit is only one part of the equation. You also have to take in to account the pilots. It doesn't matter how good their suits are if they don't have the skilled pilots to pilot them. In that regard, they are no match."

>>9691735
Indeed. Not sure if it's something we shouldn't say, but we have beaten their suits so it's not like the Feds have instantly turned the war with them.

>>9691711
they are tough, but not invincible

>>9691754
Furthermore, the Federation Industrial advantage is focused on mass producing tanks and spaceships. These are the first Mobile Suits they are making and they are unlikely to be prepared to start mass producing them like Zeon can. By the time they are ready to do so, Zeon will have new suits that surpass them effortlessly.

>>9691844
Once the big zam is mass produced...

>>9691844
"Indeed, while we have come head to head with an increasing number of them lately, I would conjecture that these are being given to their most experienced pilots, and that we have, in dealing with this first wave, taken out a large portion of the Mobile Suits they have been able to produce thus far. I would hazard a guess that they are seeking to make us overestimate just how many they actually have currently."

Hm. What's the only thing that can make my hangover a non-issue?

Fucking Zeonquest is.

Optimistic truth.

>>9691735
>>9691844
Finally, the Federation leadership has yet to learn how to properly supply, deploy and maintain a large force of Mobile Suits.

>>9691749
>"You have to understand sir, that the mobile suit is only one part of the equation. You also have to take in to account the pilots. It doesn't matter how good their suits are if they don't have the skilled pilots to pilot them. In that regard, they are no match."

A nice reassuring answer that from your point of view at least it pretty much true.
You haven't seen Garma for a while presumably he's talking with Icelina.

"So Lieutenant Commander, I hear that you took part in an assault on Jaburo? What was that like?"

CAN YOU THINK OF ANYTHING NOT CLASSIFIED TO TELL HIM?

>>9691735
>>9691844
>>9691947

Second. This is all good stuff. It's perhaps painting things in an optimistic light, but these *are* all realistic problems the Feddies are going to have.

>>9691956
Windy.

>>9691987

... when? I don't remember that.

>>9691956
"My team and I are alive. Cant ask for more then that."

>>9692000
Well, it isn't classified, is it?

>>9691956
Come to think of it, what isn't classified? Could we tell him that that's where we were able to damage a part of their ship building infrastructure, and faced their first non-prototype Mobile Suit?

>>9692008
Little too negaitive. Maybe something like "We only lost a few men and did alot of damage to their main stronghold. I don't think it could have gone any better then it did"

Show some footage later

>>9691956

We're afraid we're not sure what we can tell him that isn't still classified, but the Jaburo defences are pretty tough, so we didn't manage to do as much as might have been hoped for. We feel confident that the damage we did before having to withdraw will cause a significant downturn in the Federation's manufacturing capabilities however.

>>9692034

You give a vague answer about what you did that seems to placate him.
To your left you see Icelina walking across the ballroom. Garma is nowhere to be seen.

Come to the think of it, you can't see Char anymore either. Or the Midnight Fenrir for that matter.

You are currently surrouned by Politicos and VIP's who you need to keep cushty with Zeon.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>9691956
Informative. Another hour may well have ended the war, but even so, we gained a great deal of information that will be very useful to the war effort. Specifics, are, of course, classified.

>>9692202
"Sig Zeon, gotta run" Dash so fast all they see is a vaper cloud

>>9692202
Spontaneously develop newtype telepathy and signal our wingmen to go find Garma and keep an eye on him.

>>9692202
must find garma asap

>To your left you see Icelina walking across the ballroom.

Grab somebody... and ask them what Zol is doing. Better be save than sorry.

Then chat up Icelina. Maybe do some smalltalk.

>>9692202
Keep talking to the dignitaries, call over to Zol and tell him to keep an eye on the rest of the team.

>>9692202
Sic em on Char. He is the one to first encounter the Gundam(lie), so he is an excellent source to ask about them.

Failing that, say that we should check up on our squad.

>>9692202

Try to signal someone from the team. Send them to find out what is going on.

Do not upset the politicians.

>>9692202
Gracefully bow out with a parting comment about how their support means a great deal to you and Zeon. Then get going and find Garma.

>>9692327

What a time to not have newtype telepathy. Now would be a great time for someone to come over and discreetly mutter something in our ear, after which we can politely smile and bow out claiming other responsibilities call.

We'll just have to hope Zoloman sets something on fire or starts trying to crowdsurf or something so we can get out.

>>9692306
>>9692250

You signal Elaine to intercept Icelina and she manages to do so, there is some frantic whispering and she seperates with Icelina before interjecting herself between you and the rest of dignitaries and whispers in your ear.

"It's here. The fucking Trojan Horse is fucking here and fucking Garma has fucking gone to fucking intercept it."

Fuck.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>9692410
>>WORST CASE SCENARIO HAS OCCURRED.

FUCK.

Politely bow out of the conversation with the nobles (maybe have one of our NOT ZOL teammates stay with them) and have the team go help Garma NOW.

>>9692410
FUCKING FUCK! GET EVERYONE MOBALISED AND IN THEIR MS' EVEN THE FUCKING ROOKIES!

>>9692410
FFFFFFFFFF

>>9692410
grab the act-zaku and rescue the idiot

>>9692410
Scramble. Get our pilots in suits asap.

>>9692410
What the fuck are you doing standing around here! GET THE FUCK OUT THEIR AND SAVE GARMA!

>>9692410

Smile. Try not to look too much like a rictus.

Politely excuse ourselves. Tell Elaine to pull the rest of the Nachtmaren out of whatever they're doing and make for the hanger. Tell her don't tell Zol what's going on until he's out of the room, we could do without any "HE'S DOING WHAT?" type exclamations.

Walk away. WALK away. Calmly. Until we are out of the room.

Then run like the fucking hounds of hell are on our tail. Get the Dowadges ready to take out.

>>9692410

Make excuses to the dignitaries. Something about the burden of command. Again, do not upset them.

Then head out, contact Fontaine to get the Outer Heaven in the air.

Have Elaine tell the team to filter out. Meet up at the suits. Go rescue Garma.

>>9692410
Get in the fastest suit we have and get out their!

>>9692491
A THOUSAND times this! We need to cause as little panic as possible while saving garma's ass as soon as possible.

>>9692491

Thirded.

Try and contact him while we're getting ready. Tell him to fucking get out of their or at least wait until we arrive.

>>9692410
Ok, so we run out, grab the OH, and get moving.

Loadout:
Pezun Dowadge: David: 330mm 'zook, 90mm w/ GL, Heat Saber, Panzerfausts/Crackers, Reloads.
Pezun Dowadge: Elaine: 440mm Missile Launcher, 90mm w/ GL, Panzerfausts/Crackers, reloads.
Pezun Dowadge: Zol: 330mm 'zook, 90mm w/ GL, Twin Heat Hawks, Panzerfausts/Crackers, Reloads.
Flipper Zaku: Calvin: On Dodai
Rhino: Hovis: Rhino
Gigan (UnlesswecangrabsomethingbetterwhichIdoubt): Jolyne: Gigan
El Muerto Gigante: Bernie: Zaku Zook, 90mm w/ GL, Heat Hawk, Cracker/Panzerfaust, Reloads.

>>9692529

Give Jol the Act Zaku.

It may even be able to keep up with her.

>>9692545
Is the Act with us? I thought it wasn't.

If it is, then replace the Gigan with

Act Zaku: Jolyne: 330mm 'Zook, Bullpup, Heat Saber, Panzerfaust/Crackers, Reloads

In: >>9692529

>>9692529

Stop putting Zolomon in the Dowdage. He cannot handle that suit correctly and has shown it more than once.

Zolomon in his Gouf.
Jolyne in the Dowdage.

The Outer Heaven for aircover.

Commandeer any forces we come across. Especially MS and trained infantry (we are in an urban setting!).

>>9692598
We definitely DON'T have the Gouf here. And that is true. Jol has more training on Dom type suits. So...

Pezun Dowadge: David: 330mm 'zook, 90mm w/ GL, Heat Saber, Panzerfausts/Crackers, Reloads.
Pezun Dowadge: Elaine: 440mm Missile Launcher, 90mm w/ GL, Panzerfausts/Crackers, reloads.
Pezun Dowadge: Jolyne: 330mm 'zook, 90mm w/ GL, Heat Saber, Panzerfausts/Crackers, Reloads.
Flipper Zaku: Calvin: On Dodai
Rhino: Hovis: Rhino
Act Zaku: Zol: 330mm 'Zook, Bullpup, Twin Heathawks, Panzerfaust/Crackers, Reloads
El Muerto Gigante: Bernie: Zaku Zook, 90mm w/ GL, Heat Hawk, Cracker/Panzerfaust, Reloads.

>>9692598

Fairly sure we don't have the Zoloman Custom with us.

>>9692629
OH! And both the Act and El Muerto Gigante are on Dodais!

>Act Zaku: Jolyne: 330mm 'Zook

Wasn't there something about the Act Zaku not being able to handle that? Or had he just to remain immobile?

Put either Jolyne or us in the Act Zaku, whatever its armarments. I would rather have ourselves in it, we are more used to it. (Jolyne has Dom experience, she hasn't Act experience if I remeber correctly?)

>>9692629

That'll do.

>>9692665
Jolyne, David, and Elaine all have the most Dom experience. So unless we want Bernie in the Act, that's where Zol goes. He's got plenty of Zaku sticktime to his name, and he's used to High Performance, non-Dom style suits. Thus it suits him best. Especially since we don't have the Beam Rifle.

And the Act can use the 330mm, it just has to be stationary when firing.

>>9692441
>>9692449

With a debonair declaration that duty calls you sweep out with the rest of your squad behind you. You see Icelina moving towards a pair of double doors with a small private plane behind it.

"Where's she going?" You ask.

"She says she's worried about Garma and says she's going to join him."

"Not in that dinky plane she's not, grab her, we'll take her with us on the Outer Heaven. Someone grab me a comm line with Airport, get them to meet us here."

"Is that really a good idea boss?" Jolyne asks.

"If we don't bring her with us, she'll just go by herself. SOMEONE GET ME A COMMLINE, I want to know what force Garma's taking, and where he'll be in the battleline. NOW!"

Zolomon runs off towards an aide whilst Elaine goes looking for a hardline phone to use.

Minutes later you get a direct link up with Mauser, who is now the 1st Mate of the Outer Heaven (and occaisionally pilots to keep his hand in.)

"I've got bad news David, the Outer Heavens reactors offline for the night, we developed a worrying niggle on the trip over and we were forced to replace it. We can't get to you, and Garma just took all of the air transport options so we can't get the Mobile Suits to you."

"Fuck sake, what can you do?" You ask frustratedly.

"The Mobile Suits we used for the excercise haven't been transferred back yet, they're still on the test area, which is what? Walking distance from you? Along with a Gallop Cruiser which you can exchange your guns for live ammo. I'll make the call after this to wake them up. Anything else you need to know?"

YOUR QUESTIONS?

>>9692410
"Gentlemen, it seems that we have an opportunity to demonstrate to you Zeon's superiority compared to the Federation. I've just received word of Federation forces having been spotted, and will be moving to engage them."

>>9692633

Didn't we bring the spares in one of the Gaws? Or where those completely filled out with Garma's honour guard?

If we couldn't cram in the replacements then Zolomon will have to do with the Act Zaku or an F2 (or a standard Gouf if we can grab one from somewhere).

>>9692410
... well, tits. We failed the primary objective: keep Garma from going pants-on-head retarded.

Considering it's THE Trojan Horse, the best that can propably be done is to screen Garma from attempting that idiotic suicide run, and send him back to his daddy hog-tied instead of in a match box.

>>9692733
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!

Yeah, I've got a question. Which Gods wife did we fuck in a past life to deserve this shit?

Get everyone available out their now.

>>9692733

Motherfucker.

Okay, the ones we had for the exercise were an F2, the Act and a Gouf, right?

We'll take the Act, Zol the Gouf. Give the F2 to... Hm. Jol.

I assume the other exercise machines (Presumably standard Zaku F2s) that the rookies were using are still available? Get Elaine/Hovis/Bernie in those. Having Hovis in a MS rather than a MA is not ideal, but he can still at least provide fire support.

>>9692789

Oh, and our ninja Recon dude who never gets remembered, too!

>>9692733
So El Muerto Gigante, a Gouf B and the Act? Not terrible, but remember this the next time its argued that we shouldn't use our best suits for shit like exercises. Anyway, so going with what we've got...

Act Zaku: David: Bullpup (If possible), 90mm w/ GL if not. 330mm 'zook (Zaku 'zook if 330 is impossible), Heat Saber, Panzerfausts/Crackers, Reloads
Gouf B: Zolomon: Twin Heathawks, 90mm w/ GL, standard Gouf B weapons, Panzerfausts/Crackers, Reloads.
El Muerto Gigante: Elaine: Zaku 'zook, 90mm w/ GL, Heat Hawk, Panzerfausts/Crackers, Reloads.

>>9692789

You dash to the imposing figure of the left over mobile suits. You take the Act Zaku, Zolomon retrieves the Gouf and Jolyne takes El Muerto Grande. Elaine, Calvin and Bernard take the rookies J types. Start up takes 30 seconds, and the tactical data on the Gallops locations appears in the HUD.

"Sir? What do you want me to do?" asks Hovis.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>9692733

David, Zolomon and Jolyne grab the exercise MS and head out with the Gallop in tow.

The rest of the team is to head for the airport and the Outer Heaven there, to mount up in the Dowdages (have them ready for them when they get there) and then hoverjet over to the battleline.

That way we get out best pilots stuck in immediately, and have a second wave/reinforcements with superior suits.

>>9692861
Hmmm.... See if he can appropriate a vehicle to try and drive to the Outer Heaven to get to the Rhino.

>>9692861

"See if we have any artillery assets in the area. Kick them out of bed and get them laying down fire on the goddamn Trojan Horse. If anyone asks, I'll take full responsibility for it. I doubt there are any Mobile Armours you could use personally, but if so, all the better."

>>9692861
If we can't get the Rhino, put Hovis in charge of the Gallop's Main Guns. It's a different kind of Arty, but he can still drop it on folks for us.

>>9692861

This:

>The rest of the team is to head for the airport and the Outer Heaven there, to mount up in the Dowdages (have them ready for them when they get there) and then hoverjet over to the battleline.

Hovis gets the Rhino there, of course.

>>9692733
Ah. Damn you, plot armor!

Now, just how screwed are we? I think we might want to play very safe and passive on this one, unless it starts to look like Garma's going to splash. I wonder if we're beyond salvage already. What a worrying situation.

>>9692886

You order Hovis to get his hands on a vehicle and try and get back to the Outer Heaven and start up the Rhino.

Meanwhile you all manage to reach the Gallop, you can hear the nuclear fanjets spooling up.
The face of a somewhat haggard land cruiser captain, obviously only just woken up appears on your screen.

"We're going to get moving in seconds. 3 of you get inside. The rest will have to ride on the sides. After they've been rearmed you swap. Understood?"
Icelina has already reached the Cruiser it appears and you can see her in the background.

"Once you're aboard I'll give further tactical information on the situation as I've been given from Acting Captain Mauser."

WHICH 3 MS WILL GO IN FIRST, AND WHAT WILL BE THEIR LOADOUT?

>>9692861
"Pray."

Garma is a bit of an asshole to not mention any of this to us. Does he think we are overprotective or something? WHY DOES HE DO THAT?!!!? GET TO THE FUCKING DOMS GO GO GO FULL BOOST - oh wait.

Hmm. Yeah. That might be it.

I suggest Hovis plays artillery gunner on the Gallop, Calvin can spot for him.

>>9693012
The three regular suits ride inside.

US BADASSES RIDE ON THE OUTSIDE, READY TO DEAL WITH SHIT FIRST!

>>9693012

Us, Zol, Jol.

That gets our three best Mobile Suits armed up first. J-types with 120 mils aren't going to be doing all that much against White Base or a Gundam anyway.

>>9689443
>Waterproof Hyper Gundam-X

Sure, here you go Apologised.

>>9693012
David, Zol and Jol first, running on the assumption that we won't make contact before the first group is done arming.

Why do I get a feeling that we are going to die in a spectacularly epic way, inspiring Garma to truly become GARma? If Lister dies Garma better grow a beard to remeber us.

>>9693077

A fabulously lustrous and silky beard?

>>9693088
A full, thick, well groomed beard.

>>9693046
Why not have them load up with bazookas, then?

>>9693119

Man... That would almost make it worth it.

>>9693055
I upgraded it for you.

>>9693088
>>9693119
If that comes to pass, the bugger better man up enough to live old. And maybe school Gihren with fisticuffs and take the throne to avoid even further genocide.

>>9693088
>>9693119
It's obviously going to be a full, thick, lusterous silky and well groomed beard. Centuries after his death it will still be perfectly preserved in a museum, hailed as the pinnacle of human achivement.

>>9693030

Be fair, he did take all of the Midnight Fenrir and Char Aznable. With him, plus he may have been under the impression that time is of the essence. You'll need more tactical information.

"Okay, here's the lowdown as I understand. Intelligence elements in NY discovered the Trojan Horse in the ruined parts of the city undergoing critical repairs and completely immobile. Garma mobilised everything we had for a rapid strike. That consisted of 2 Gaws filled with F2's and his Honor Guard, along with Char Fucking Aznable himself and a Shitton of Dopps. "

"Why didn't he call us."

"Probably because last time we had a soiree with nothing but wet behind the ears Aides attending, 2 days later the Battle of Midway occured JUST when most of our wolfpacks were out to sea. Besides, the Midnight Fenrir have more experience in urban combat than you are. These are the guys who took California remember?"

>>9693055

>>9693170
>Be fair, he did take all of the Midnight Fenrir and Char Aznable
>Char

Oh, lovely.

>>9693170
>Intelligence elements in NY discovered the Trojan Horse in the ruined parts of the city undergoing critical repairs and completely immobile. ..along with Char Fucking Aznable

Yeah, no. The Trojan horse is anything BUT disabled in the middle of New fucking Yark.

Only reason for them to even be here is to fuck with Garma.

>>9693170
Oh fuck, this is an obvious trap, and we're flying right into it.

>>9693227

Char is TECHNICALLY Zeon's best Newtype Ace.

>>9693264

That'd be great, but stepping outside what we know as a character for a second, he *also* wants Garma dead.

>>9693170
I bet Twenty units of currency that Char goaded him into it and when we turn up Char is going to have had "mysterious mechanical failures" and has withdrawn.

>>9693264
His skill we don't question. Much. Just, you know, his general nefariousness.

>>9693286
I bet fifty bucks that this is exactly what it seems and isn't a trap or Char's doing. Just to play devil's advocate.

>>9693264
he is aslo backstabing bastard
we must hurry

>>9693331
I counter your bet and claim that this is nothing, a false lead. Then the whole Federation Atlantic fleet shows up and nukes New Yark because we weren't there.

So, what was your loadout then?

>>9693311
Too bad Char never met Quattro. He would have taught Char how to be a Loyal and Upstanding officer of his faction. Also, I bet Quattro's hair is much prettier and better smelling then Char's.

>>9693403
Bazookas panzerfausts and lots of ammo?

>>9693403

Heaviest weapons we can reasonably use. Zooks, most likely. MGs are gonna be too plinky to be much use, but if there's room, take one anyway. Focus on the Bazookas for reloads though.

Zol, of course, gets two Heat Hawks.

>>9693403

Act Zaku: David: Bullpup (If possible), 90mm w/ GL if not. 330mm 'zook (Zaku 'zook if 330 is impossible), Heat Saber, Panzerfausts/Crackers, Reloads
Gouf B: Zolomon: Twin Heathawks, 90mm w/ GL, standard Gouf B weapons, Panzerfausts/Crackers, Reloads.
El Muerto Gigante: Elaine: Zaku 'zook, 90mm w/ GL, Heat Hawk, Panzerfausts/Crackers, Reloads.

>>9693410

I see what you did there.

>>9693435
>Act Zaku: David: 90mm w/ GL if not. Zaku 'zook, Heat Saber, Panzerfausts/Crackers, Reloads
>Gouf B: Zolomon: Twin Heathawks, 90mm w/ GL, standard Gouf B weapons, Panzerfausts/Crackers, Reloads.
>El Muerto Gigante: Elaine: Zaku 'zook, 90mm w/ GL, Heat Hawk, Panzerfausts/Crackers, Reloads.

And the other 3 in their J types?

(Note, you CAN take a 330, but you will have to plant yourself in a stable firing position and can't fire it on the move if you do. You still want to risk it?)

>>9693435

Jolyne is in the F2 I think?

Elaine is in one of the J types (which should get the same loadout as the F2, though).

>>9693473

Hn.

Only for the J-types. The rest of us, load up with the ligher, firable-while-mobile ones. They hang back and provide fire support, we knife fight.

>>9693473

J-Type Zaku Loadout: 330 mil Bazooka. 90 mil MG (with GL if possible). Panzerfausts, Crackers. Reloads.

>>9693473
If it's really immobile, then having to stand still shouldn't be too bad. On the other hand, that makes us sitting ducks for the enemy MS and stuff. On the other other hand, the regular zook might not even be able to hurt the Gundam.

Hmm. All this hassle, and we'll propably get there just in time to see his Gaw go critical.

>>9693541

No GL's for the J types. Sources of those are scarce after all. But okay.

You finish loading up as you begin to approach the scene. Overhead you can see the two Gaw's soaring overhead.
You can hear broken comms chatter, it sounds like Char and a couple of wingmen are trying to pin down the Trojan Horses location whilst Garma hangs back on the Gaw directing.

"Garma!" You hear Icelina call out over the military commline. Man, you know they probably only just woke up, but damn, that's some sloppy securty.

"Icelina?" You hear Garma's confused reply. 45 seconds later the second Gaw begins to open it's doors.

YOUR ORDERS?

JUST TAKE THE MOST DAMAGING STUFF WE CAN AND GTFO

>>9693686
"GARMA, GET ICELINA AND YOU TWO GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE, RIGHT FUCKING NOW! I AM NOT FUCKING KIDDING! YOU GET HER AND GET OUT OF HERE OR I WILL KICK YOUR FUCKING ASS, PRETTY BOY!"

>>9693708
THIS

>>9693708

2nding, but remember that he's the commanding officer, so something a tad bit more respectful, but still really forceful.

>>9693686
Deploy the J Type team, and have them bodyguard Garma. Just stick with his Gaw, and cover it.

Then the other Team moves to 'assist' Char, keeping a close eye on him.

>>9693732
NO, FUCK RESPECTFUL, HE'S ACTING LIKE A FUCKING DUMBASS, DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE TOLD HIM NOT TO.

"YOU HEAR ME, YOU ASSHOLE! GET YOURSELF AND YOUR GIRL OUT OF HERE BEFORE YOU GET KILLED AND ZEON'S MOMENTUM GOES SOUTH! I SWEAR, IF YOU FUCKING DIE, MY GHOST WILL FUCKING FUCK YOUR GHOST'S SHIT UP! I AM NOT FUCKING AROUND HERE!

FUCK!"

>>9693686
Garma. I want you to know that you have my utmost respect, both as a leader and as my friend. So I hope you take me completely seriously when I say WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING RUNNING INTO A TRAP HEAD FIRST! DO YOU WANT TO DIE?!

>>9693708
>>9693750
Lister just took another level in Badass.

Oh Jesus. We're going to get shot for talking smack to the Zeon ruling family.

>>9693805
If Garma lives our death will be worth it.

Damn but we are going to have to Listerslap him if we survive this.

>>9693805
I wonder if we need a brief recap on who exactly Garma Zabi is...

Ah, well. Icelina's presence hopefully contains Garma's suicidial tendencies. That aside, we still need to tactfully contain Char's nefarious schemes. As such, we are propably going to need to act as the buffer between the Trojan Horse and the Wonderfagbot - I mean, Gundam.

So instead of chewing Garma out, we should radio in that we couldn't keep Icelina from reaching the front, but that we'll do our best to keep the enemy at bay while his highness takes positions at distance.

While keeping in mind that we have no fucking chance at winning.

>>9693775
No, he took a level in dumbass. He tries that shit, he'll get himself executed. Some loud words may be called for, to get Garma's attention and hopefully get him to listen, but this is just overkill and insulting. Hell, if someone was talking to me liek that, I'd keep on going just to spite them.

>>9693871
Er... fixing that a bit - "Act as a buffer between Trojan Horse and Gundam, and Garma."

I mean to say, just keep the creampuff from squashing himself in White Base's windshields.

>>9693708
>>9693750
>>9693775
Terribad fucking Idea.

>>9693762
Do this but thrown in the bit about Icelina.

>>9693929

Second.

>>9693750
>>9693708
>>9693837

"Garma, your my CO, and I have nothing but respect for you, but get your ass down here, this leading from the front shit is EXACTLY the sort of thing we agreed you WOULDN'T be doing now? ESPECIALLY with the Trojan Horse!"

"I'm on my way down to you now. Give me a minute."

Thirty seconds later you see a pair of F2's and Garma's Efreet depart out of the back of the Gaw.

It's good timing as this is the point the skies light up with AA fire, explosions rock the Gaw as it takes heavy fire.

You track the line of fire coming from what looks like an abandoned sports stadium behind them.
How the fuck did the recon squad miss that?

YOUR ORDERS?

>>9694083

"See? SEE?"

>>9694083
Get Garma in the back of the group. See if we can get any artillary fire into the stadium.

esa>>9694083

Mark the stadium. Let our transport pick up garma and get him out of here. Time to take out white base.

>>9694083
BTW Apologized, Madison Square Garden isn't an open air arena like for soccer (football) stadiums. It's got a roof and everything.

>>9694200
The Stadium has been wrecked.

>>9694200

I assume the roof may have been shot off when Zeon took New York or something?

>>9694083
Tell Garma to cover the land carrier (and his girl) while we move in. Artillery/air support hits the stadium to cover our approach.

Keep back for now. Let the artillery do the work. Shell them with the Gallop. And add to that additional artillery assets as they come online.

The suits on the ground merely try and prevent enemy suits/personnel from escaping.

>>9694200
I remember the episode quite well, I just watched it this week. The stadium's bombed to half, with half of it's roofing still there. Thus enough to hide the White Base.

Seems we got a step ahead of the original storyline, but none to spare really. We'll have to cup our balls with one hand, and Garma's with the other, until either White Base or Garma decide things are getting too hairy.

Can we get someone from the garrison to transfer our more advanced suits to the front?

Ideally we just pin the Trojan Horse/lay siege to the stadium, until we have all our best equipment in place.

In the mean time: Artillery, artillery, artillery, and some more artillery for good measure.

>>9694200
>BTW Apologized, Madison Square Garden isn't an open air arena like for soccer (football) stadiums. It's got a roof and everything.

IT IS THE FUTURE DAMMIT.

You howl at all units to mark that stadium and pour fire at it. The Gaws, now in flames begin to loop around as the 9 of you begin to move towards the stadium.

"No, not you Garma, stay in the back protect Icelina in the Gallop, they might have launched their Mobile Suits already."

"Understood." He replies.

The six of you continue running towards the location as you see the Trojan Horse, numerous giant unpainted patches over damage your pretty sure you gave them dotted all over their hull.

"Fucks sake, I thought this thing was supposed to be immobile. Keep your eyes open guys, that Gundam could be out there."

The Gaws are still taking damage, but they're keeping dangerously low to try and deflect the worst of the fire from the Trojan Horse.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>9694416
Tear a hole in that bitch with concentrated fire, then climb in and fuck shit up. Bonus points if we burst out of the bridge covered in bloody limbs squealing like a chest burster.

>>9694448
Seconded.

>>9694416
Wow. I guess he came to realize it might be better to listen to the more experienced and genre-savvy pilots after seeing the Gaws go.

But I'd advise against cornering White Base. The thought of getting into a last man standing-fight with it is a bit... frightening. Contain and engage the mobile suits with ours in a careful fashion, while treating the battleship as a target of opportunity.

>>9694448
This, but make sure to do it from underneath so we don't get blasted to hell with artillary or incoming fire.

Who's guarding Garma right now?

>>9694416

Range to target?

If it's close enough, seconding
>>9694448

If not, close with it, fire and movement. David on point. Keep the J-types back, they don't have the same sort of performance as the Act and the Gouf, and if they get caught in melee with a Gundam, they are fucked. Have 'em act as rearguard and keep an eye on our flanks.

In the event of a boarding action with mobile suits, they pull back and maintain suppressive fire.

>>9694448

Make sure it can't get back in the air. Long as it's stuck there, we can call down enough boom to reduce this Trojan Horse to glue from every unit in town.

Same game plan. Aim for the engines, wreck em, then get out of direct line-of-sight and shell this fucker to the hell it deserves. There's no second Trojan to save it's ass HERE.

>>9694571

I'd assume his two honorguard. So long as he's standing off, that should be sufficient. The Gundam's priority is going to be the guys getting up in white base's grill.

>>9694607
On that note, keep an eye out for the Stallion. If we had no idea the White Base was here, it stands to reason that we don't know for sure if Trojan Horse Numero Dos isn't in the area.

>>9694607
And then, since you guys seem so adamant about screwing up canon, the Blanc Rival and Thoroughbred shows up with the 78-4 and 78-5 and a compliment of Sniper SP.

>>9694571
>Who's guarding Garma right now?

His 2 man Honour Guard, plus the Gallop.

Whilst technically you are in range with the 330's, there's a lot of intervening terrain from ruined buildings and rebar.

You might want to get close to get a clean shot.

>>9694679

I say we send Elaine or Jol to keep an eye on him. I don't trust CHAR.

>>9694698

Actually, where the hell *is* Char?

He's supposed to be doing something. Have we seen any evidence of his doing something?

>>9694679
Close in while watching out for inbound hostiles, if we get close enough proceed with operation "Tear White base a new hole and rape it."

If we get sidetracked we'll dal with it when it comes up.

Tell Garma to call for us if a Gundam even LOOKS like it's heading in his direction.

>>9694679

>You might want to get close to get a clean shot.

We might want to leave this to the artillery.

No need to get fucked up yet again! by insisting on going toe to toe with a clearly superior capital ship plus its MS complement. (In second line suits!)

>Make sure it can't get back in the air.

Dropp the roof on it?

>>9695007
I like this idea.

>>9694735
>>9694790
>>9694718
>Actually, where the hell *is* Char?

You finally get crackly signal over the radio as you carefully close in on the Trojan Horse, which continues to pour fire into the Gaws.

"This is Aznable, I've encountered the Gundam and I've lost both my wingmen, can anyone assist?"

YOUR ORDERS?

>Actually, where the hell *is* Char?

WHERE IS THAT CHAR.

AND THAT OTHER DUDES?

WHERE IS EVERYONE AS THEIR GAWDDAMN COMMANDER'S GOING DOWN IN A BURNING PLANE?

>>9695041

Tell him to hold that thing where it is. Then send in those city fighters.

Tell the city fighters to call arty on the fucker. We've got A Garma on our hands.

>>9695037
Fucking Char. Right, Lets go back him up. Have the three in the shitty suits help attack white base. The three of us in good suits will help Char.

>>9695037
Try to clear a path for the Zaku Js, so that they can pout bazooka and leg rockets onto the trojan horse.

Why can't gundam use modern weaponry. Just get a laser on the stadium and drop a few dozen JDAM's and a MOAB on the fucker. but nooooo minovsky particles.

That being said, get a cordon around the stadium then level the thing with artillery, Gigante, ACT, and the Gouf go save Char's skinny ass.

>>9695037
Where are Midnight Fenrir? Can we have them help mount the attack on white base with our original plan and the three older suits while we go save Char and maybe help bring down the Gundam?

>>9695037

Nnngh...

If the signal's that poor, he's probably too far away to get to without exposing ourselves to fire from the White Base defensive turrets.

... But...

Okay. Thinking about this, our J-Type crew are best equipped for anti-White Base work. Their heavier zooks will stand a good chance of doing some damage. If the Gundam is accounted for, they aren't at nearly as much risk on their own, taking shots at it.

Okay...

"Zolomon, with me. We're going to bail out the Red Comet. Jol, you have command of the White Base strike squad. Do as much damage as you can, but get out if it looks like you're in trouble."

We take the Act and Zol's Gouf and go after Char's reported position. Jolyne in the F2 and the rest of our squad in the J-types continue advancing towards White Base until the guys with 330s feel confident they can get good shots. Jol watches their backs while they do that.

>>9695037

TRAP SENSES TINGLING

I say we send Midnight Fenrir to back him up while we deal with White Base. Char knows we have the most high tech suits and experience vs. the gundam and might be trying to lure us away from Garma for a "Blame the misfortune of your birth". If we send fenrir, it'll keep us near to Garma and away from Char.

Plus if he dies, we might be able to score the Nightengale :o

>>9695170
>>9695166
A mix of these would be best I think.

>>9695170

>Midnight Fenrir

Have them attack the other suits of the White base and generally strafe it 'till we can bring down that stadium.

>>9695194

I'll go with this too. I mean, shooting at Garma's a pretty clear sign as to what they're after. Tell him to keep his girl save.
Send the Midnight Fenrir to help Garma with the option to call arty on that White Bastard.
Take the Js and hit that stadium. Try to bring it down on the Base. If they're locked we can pound em some and withdraw as they call their suits back.

Don't do too much, make certain that Garma gets out of this mess and not too many people die.

>>9695067

You relay a signal back to him as you try to call in the Midnight Fenrir.
They're almost out of the combat zone, but luckily they are nearer to him than you and you're able to give his co-ordinates to the team.

Meanwhile you see one of the Gaws plow into a ruined building and explode. The other manages to loop around towards the Trojan Horse, it's beam cannons lance out, and an explosion blossoms on the Trojan Horses portside missile launchers.

The enemy vessel returns fire, you all dash forwards to try and draw it's fire at close range but it's only response is to try and move away from you like a scalded cat.
You see explosions from the Gaw, it loses some of it's control surfaces and starts to fall apart as what was a close assault run turns into a suicide charge.
Towards the Trojan Horse... and you.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>9695287

I mean Char, Garma should GTF out the Midnight Fenrir are for Char.

If that thing can't move, you've got it's six wide open, save for it's aft missile launchers and defense turrets- and any suits, of course.

You know what to hit.

>>9695295

"Ohshit. DOWN!"

And then we run away and do the dramatic jumping away from explosion thing.

>>9695295

Where is that Garma?

If he's in A GAW tell him that we'll fucking shoot his girl if he does not GTF out.

>>9695352

FInally! It's been a while

>>9695295
Get out of the fucking way! If we survive concentrate fire on where the Gaw hit the Trojan horse.

>>9695295
Oh fuck. Do we have any way to confirm Garma got the hell out of that Gaw?

>>9695339

>>9695379

If the Trojan Horse gets hit by a kamikaze Gaw, I do not think there is likely to be a whole lot left of it still functional enough to be a threat.

>>9695295
Fall back! Have the Gallop and the Zaku team give us covering fire so the Trojan Horse doesn't put beam fire up our ass.

>>9695379
Zog that. Get as close to the Gaw as we can without getting Ground Zero'd by the inevitable explosion. The Gaw's the biggest "weapon" we've got, let's hope it makes a decent sized hole and exploit the fuck out of that.

>>9695431
Yes, but then we may never know the secret of Garma's fabulous hair.

>>9695454

A Gaw weights seven hundred tons. It has eighteen engines and a pretty fucking ridiculous top speed.

I'm telling you, if White Base gets hit by that? We do not need to keep shooting it.

I feel stupid for asking this but was Garma retarded enough to actually get on another Gaw.

My trap sense is tingling.

>>9695431

One down, two to go. Three Gaws for a single, damage and hastily repaired ship. Fuck, why don't we simply bribe the crew into surrendering? That would probably be cheapter.

>>9695379
>>9695352

You order your team to GTFO, the Gaw continues to fall to pieces as it decends. Whilst you all dive away from the crash site, the Gaw still firing at the Trojan Horse as it scrambles out of the way you get yet more crackled sounds from the comms.

Mouser this time.

"David! It's [krshh!]aine! He's in tha[krshh!] He went with Gar[krshh!]-ause he was afraid [krshh!] to get into trouble!"

You don't have time to analyse the call however you dive out of the way, a giant explosion blooms behind you as the main wingless body of the Gaw slams into the ground and the pressure wave blows you all sky high.

>>9695532
That does not sound good at all.

>>9695532
>>9695532
>>9695532

Shit. FIND ELAINE. NOW

>>9695532

What? Who was that and who is that person?

Also: Is Garma save?

>>9695532
Well, fuck.

>>9695532
Oh god. Someone important just died.

Gah! I couldn't find the thread either yesterday OR today, had to have someone else link it.

>>9695532
I see it's close to business as usual except this time the explosion isnt ending the battle for us. Take stock of the unit and begin persuit of the Trojan Horse.

Fontaine?

>>9695532
>>9695532

GODDAMNIT GARMA! YOU WENT IN THAT GAW DIDN'T YOU. AM DISAPPOINT

>>9695532
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

>>9695532

Garma had best not to be there... because I was sure we got him on the damn fucking Gallop!

>>9695532
...don't tell me Garma's Efreet was actually piloted by Elaine and he stayed behind in the Gaw. No.

>>9695532
What's with the "he" when referring to Elaine?

>>9695668

It can't be Elaine. Elaine is about forty yards away from us in a J-type.

Fontaine?

>>9695664
I will rage if that is true.

>>9695668
She IS wearing a moustache, last time I checked.

Oh.

Oh dear.

As the dust clears and you pick yourself up from the ground, you see the Trojan Horse rising up, it's on fire, covered in dust and dirt, but it seems to have managed to dodge the main explosion. It must have been when the plane lost both of it's wings.

You fire a shot at it with your Bazooka out of defiance, it doesn't seem to do much though.

Garma comes up behind you and lends his fire as well, the Trojan Horse seems unwilling to fire back and continues to try and retreat as fast as possible.

"Damn. They look like they're making for the coast, heading for Dublin. Damn. I thought this was our big chance to put an end to it. I'd mobilise the rest of the Mobile Suit force, but by the time they get here the Trojan Horse will have put out to see."

"I thought I respectfully told you to wait back in the Gallop, sir?"

"This battle is over Lieutenant Commander. Another win for that blasted Trojan Horse! I've got the Mad Angler team arriving in the morning, I'll redirect them to pursue and have Char do the recon mission in Jaburo. Also, that was Fontaine in that Gaw, he was the one who suggested I command from my Mobile Suit. If it wasn;t for you and him, I'd probably be dead right now."

"Captain Fontaine was...?"

CAPTAIN FONTAINE HAS DIED

>>9695693
Elaine has plot armor. She's Tobia's grandmother.

YOU LIVE FOR NOW GARMA

I'LL GET YOU

>>9695716
FONTAINE, NOOOOOO!!!

Well, we've kept Garma alive folks. We are AWESOME.

>>9695716

A Bittersweet Victory. Poor Fontaine D:

>>9695716

ACHIEVEMENT FUCKING UNLOCKED

>>9695716

We are going to make sure his funeral is fucking epic.

We *liked* Fontaine.

>>9695756

>>9695756
Gentlemen. We have derailed canon completely. Methinks the plot armour on white base and the gundam may not be as big as it once was.

>>9695756
I'm glad

>>9695727
That's a relief. And mildly hilarious.
>>9695716
"With all due respect Captain, if you hadn't rushed out like this in the first place Fontaine might still be alive too, along with the crews on the Gaws."

>>9695716
Fontaine! I SWEAR I'LL CARVE YOUR NAME INTO THE WRECKAGE OF THAT DAMN TROJAN HORSE!

>>9695716

FOOKIN' SPLOICERS

>>9695687
Ah, that makes sense.

>>9695716
Wait, didn't the initial report say that Garma took a shitload of Dopps with him? Why not have those follow and harass it?

>>9695802
They probably all got shot down, they are pretty shitty fighters, at least by real life standards.

AFTERMATH.

In a tense battle, the Gundam managed to outmaneouver Char and the Midnight Fenrir, neither side took losses, and Midnight Fenrir inflicted punishing damages to the Gundam before Trojan Horse came to it's rescue and retreated out to sea.
It looks like whilst you may be the best overall ace team in this war, Midnight Fenrir are the masters of urban warfare at this point. Using a combination of minovsky emitters and smoke grenades they poured on enough fire to shred a company of Zaku's without killing it.
Nevertheless, it put the pilot heavily on the defensive, which gave Char plenty of oppoutunities to get hit's of his own in.
A normal MS would be in the shop for a week, the Gundam's modular nature means that wont be the case.

Captain Fontaine's military funeral is scheduled for when you return to California tommorow. Acting CAptain Mauser is promoted to full captain. Garma nominates you and him for the Zeon Cross for helping save his life. Fontaine also get's a posthumous promotion to Rear Admiral as well.

Where do we go from here though?
Who knows? WELCOME TO THE REAL AU TERRITORY NOW GENTLEMEN.

TO BE CONTINUED...

>>9695786

I for one surely do not care one bit about ablating the plot armour on that thing.

We have our own main antagonist to defeat plus we have a war to win.

Neither is being achieved by going full on retarded and throwing us again and again against White Base, and getting horribly raped every time.

>We are going to make sure his funeral is fucking epic.

Steal Ghirens "Today we lost a hero.."-speech

>>9695912
Watch Garma's death fuck us, because his brother never gets the vengeance-filled Sieg Zeon speech, so the Zeon movement is never solidified strongly enough, so it eventually all collapses as support for the violent revolution fades.

>>9695912
Awesome.

>>9695952
I hope this never comes to pass.

>>9695946
THIS
THIS
THIS!

Have Garma deliver the speech!

>>9695912
If you don't mind me asking, what makes this so AU? I mean, is it just the fact that Garma is alive, or did the Trojan Horse not go out to sea in the anime?

>>9695976
The solution to
>>9695952
is
>>9695946

Apologised, what became of Soldiers of Sorrow? You still interested in that conversion or have you dropped it?

>>9695982
Garma living is one of the most obvious changes, but far from the only one. Zeon has superior technology and tactics thanks to our efforts, to say nothing of all the ways we have harmed the Federation.

>>9695912

Nice to know that we actually have some good people. At least drop a thank you note to the Midnight Fenrir.

And ask them for the source of their shit. We gotta get Smoke&Flashbags too and try to learn from them ASAP. Not being seen will be the only thing that'll keep people alive once Beam Rifles come around.

>WELCOME TO THE REAL AU TERRITORY NOW GENTLEMEN.

WELCOME TO EVERYONE'S BONED BECAUSE OF BEAM RIFLES, BUT AT LEAST GARMA'S STILL NOT DEAD YET.

>>9696035

We're doing well enough on Earth. They might still break the blockade and fuck us over in space. The place where everyone could be busy building colony lazors, silly MAs and carriers that are too huge to work.

>>9695982
White Base went west in the main timeline. They travled through Asia where Ramba Ral fucked with them for quite awhile and then took part in operation Odessa.

Hey! This means the Adzam prototype wont be destroyed right? What sort of diffrience will that make?

>>9696035
Oh, I know about the change in technology, that's been mentioned. It's just that the all caps bit of Apologized's last post made me think maybe there was more to it than that and Garma living.

>Have Garma deliver the speech!

YES!

>>9696066
With a proper development cycle on the Gouf, Ramba Ral might make a real difference in our battle with White Base.

And yes, Gundam has plot armor, but we have advancing technology. It's their only significant prototype weapon right now - if we can hold on long enough, we can get some superior weaponry and find a way to destroy it before the Federation makes significant advances in its technology.

>>9696072

If Garma lives, Zeon's military is run by an actually competent dude, i.e. His non genocidal brother. Not Ghiren.

>>9696066
IIRC that was canceled by Garma.
>>9696061
True, but we have no real reason to believe that more of that crap is happening than in canon. Overall, Zeon is in a much firmer position.

So, who is all up for beginning training of a whole batch of recruits that will be used in the next assault on Jaburo?

I figure Goufs modified to look like GM's would work well as agressor units.

>>9695756
That... feels good. Breaking off the canon by force feels good. It's a little bit like getting to tell gravity to go suck an egg by sheer effort. Yeah. Breaking Gundam canon is magical.

>>9695802
>Wait, didn't the initial report say that Garma took a shitload of Dopps with him? Why not have those follow and harass it?

They got shot down trying to cover the Gaws. A lot got taken out in the initial suprise attack too.

OMAKE

The captain of this Zanzibar is not old. He is experienced. That is the important distinction between him and other people with as many wrinkles and a mustache in the Zeonic Military.
Plus his wife is hot, so he must be doing something right.

He picked up the printed missive from the earth-war and reads it. His eyes widen in shock.

"Adrian Fontaine is...!?"

"Not Fontaine?!" he wife comments beside him.
In front, the pilots whisper to each other:
"Who's Fontaine?"
"He was with the Captain through the Academy, I hear they were old drinking buddies right up until the start of the war. Who do you think taught him how to Captain a Ship?"

Not hearing this discussion, Ramba Ral crushes the paper in his fist.
"Adrian! I will avenge your death!"

>>9696107
Don't forget the fact that he's almost certain to get the Doms he asks for due to them entering mass production.

...Guys
I just realized our real problem.

Having another Zabi alive means...

Char has one more target. The more it becomes apparent we're protecting the Zabi, the more we foil his plans to get the Zabi into suicide assignments, the faster we'll make an enemy of Lieutenant Char.

>>9696138
JUST AS PLANNED.

ANOTHER OMAKE

"May I have some water please?" Degwin Zabi asks his son as his cough persists.

"Of course father."
Gihren pours another glass and hands it to him. He gulps it down quickly and continues his discussion.

"I hear brother Garma had another close call with the Federations Trojan Horse." Gihren comments.

"He's been putting himself on the front [cough!] more than he should[cough!] I feel."

"I rather think it's the front coming to him. As a member of the glorious Zabi family, he is of course a priority target by the federation."

Degwin continues to cough. He pours himself another drink.

"Is your health, not as good as it was Father? Perhaps it is the strain of these wartime duties? Perhaps you should delegate it to younger hands?"

"I'm not [cough!] so old that I have [cough!] to hand [cough!] you the [cough!] the [cough!] the reins just..." the rest of the sentence is drowned in yet more coughing. He grasps out at the pitcher but Gihren snatches it from him.

"It probably would be best if you didn't take any more of this father, we don't want you to suffer something permanent now."

"The water!? [cough!] Giren! [cough!] You..."

"It seems that all of this stress and strain has made you quite unwell, it would be best if you were given time to relax, away from ALL distractions for a while I think... But don't worry, I'm sure I'll muddle by."

Degwin collapses unconcious. Gihren checks his fathers pulse and breathing and only after making sure, calls for a doctor.

>>9696138
THE PLOT THICKENS

>>9696138
White Base, I could say it was nice knowing you, but I'd be lying.

>>9696003

I'm still interested, but I've been sick and ill, and tired with god knows what for a while now and it sort of ended up on the back burner.
I remember getting all of the early war stats listed out.

>>9696170
OSHI---

>>9696170

... that bastard!

Of course! Change one thing... and something else will change!

The saving of Garma's life is a domino effect!

>>9696170
Gihren!

Ansother option: since we're already on the east coast why not finish up the last of the Federal forces in the area? I remember someone mentioning Maine was still held by the Feddies.

>>9696170
Man, this Gihren guy really sounds like a douche.

>>9696207

Nice! (The listing bit, not you being sick.)

I tried my hand at some early war organisation charts some weeks ago, but not at unit stats.

Would be nice to have another thread on the project (or general Zeonquest meta). Maybe next week?

>>9696274
That's because this Gihren Guy, IS a collossal douche.

Also: Space Hitler.

>>9696170
A son of a bitch.

Next on schedule: Inciting the Zeonic Civil War: Garma vs. Gihren!

>>9696288

Maybe. We'll see what I feel like doing tommorow.

>>9696148
Char will be far less pissed about our saving Garma than if we saved a different Zabi. Remember, he really did think of Garma as a friend, it's just that his desire for revenge outweighed his friendship.
We've already changed a lot, though. We may be able to change Char's target to the Zabi that deserve it.

>>9696170
Fucking Gihren!
You want Zeon?!
Fuck you!
Have justice!

>Not hearing this discussion, Ramba Ral crushes the paper in his fist.
>"Adrian! I will avenge your death!"

OH YEAH!

>Fucking Gihren!
>You want Zeon?!
>Fuck you!
>Have justice!

Also: GODDAMN FUCK GHIREN. GET AWAY FROM THAT COOKIE JAR OR I'LL FUCKING BEAT YOUR ASS!

I wouldn't mind Ghiren going pew pew with his space laser on Jaburo or Luna II.

The justice bit could wait for after that if you ask me.

>>9696479
. . .
. . .
. . . Or . . . We could just kill him and take the Space Laser.

>>9696340

If Gihren is about to become the big man at the top, and Garma is still kicking... we need to get Garma to his father, assuming he's still able to do anything.

>>9696585
That would be too Meta. We have to play along for the moment. Then we'll help Char rape him.

Oh shit, something else I was hoping to mention but never found the thread yesterday.

I still have to read yesterday's thread, did we do a sweep of the battle area where we shot White Base's engine with the beam rifle? If so we might have been able to recover the remains of some beam chaff and work that into an anti-beam coating.

>>9696619
...shit.

>>9696619

Problem with that would have been the hurricane force sandstorm that was raging over the battlesite, don't you agree?

>. . . Or . . . We could just kill him and take the Space Laser.

Colonydrop

advicelister

a Colonylaser shooting lasers

>>9696644
I'll take that as a no.

I had a backup plan incase that didnt work out. We know that a Dom heat saber will hold up against a beam saber for a little under 2 seconds. I propose we raid Zol's Heat Hawk storage bay, strap some of them together side by side so that the outer 'blade' sides will form a solid plate.

Fire our beam rifle into it to see how well that deflects it or slows it down.

>>9696138

I know who we need to get advice about Jaburo from, and dealing with White Base for that matter. And, very quietly, who to talk to about propelling Garma to the apex of Zeon's leadership, if we can produce enough victories.

>>9696805

Checking the current battlefield for any of that anti-beam chaff, on the other hand....say, the stadium?

>anti-beam chaff
>chaff

oinments

BUMP, I SAY

>>9697383
Well if you're going to bump I might as well continue.

Von Braun. This is the place where the Feddies are getting their Luna Titanium. As long as we dont have the stuff the Federation can start equipping their MS with cheaper weapons like MG's and bazookas. With it we'll be forcing the feddies to commit resources to building more beam weapons. (Maybe not a good thing, it might force them to equip the mass prduction GM lines with something better than a beam spray gun.)

Either way someone of importance needs to visit Von Braun and open negotiations for the titanium. They're neutral, we're not unreasonable. LET'S. MAKE. A DEAL.

What can the Feddies do about it? Not much other than 1) try and kill the ambassador we send, 2) blockade the city (pissing them off) or 3) invade and take over, stomping all over their neutrality.

If we cant convince them to deal we send in special forces and neutralise the production lines. Doesnt make us look any nicer but meh.

>>9697872

Hmm, the production angle again?

>>9698767
I just read the other thread. The Lunarians arent manufacturing luna titanium, just selling the raw materials to the Federation.

God dammit.