First of all I would like to say that I really enjoyed Stargazer…not so much the action because it felt like there were allots of things that could have been developed more and frankly I would have seen this movie as a 13 episodes series not so short. It seems like the most mature in all the Gundam Series. The characters are very realistic which is a pleasant surprised. Then I really enjoyed the character Sven and I was really disappointed that I couldn't find more stories about him.
So I've decided to write my own story
It is not yaoi , not a comedy… a longer story later…but for now I'll start with something I thought about after seeing it.
The action takes place after the events in Stargazer and after the end of the Second Bloody Valentine War. It's a crossover between Seed Destiny and Stargazer.
Couple of info before we start
Sven agrees in joining the DSSD (read the manga) and together with Sol he is the test pilot for the experimental Mobile Suit GSX-401FW Stargazer.
Selene is in charge with the program. The DSSD base keeps it's neutrality amongst PLANT and Earth Alliance as an independent scientific base (although it keeps its connections with both PLANT and EA and there are several projects that are developing for them).
Although the EA and PLANT signed a peace treaty there are lots of factions that aren't exactly happy with this. Amongst them what remained of Blue Cosmos and the Coordinator faction that follow the direction of Patrick Zala. These act more like terrorist groups.
So let's start....
A ghost from the past
First Chapter
Space….the endless Universe was surrounding him. Endless ocean of deep blue darkness and incredible curtains of light and color engulfing him like a protective womb. The only sound he could hear…the small electric buzz …the only vibration …the gentle heart on the machine.
So …what do you say boys ….how's our baby doing?
Selene's voice sounded clear but faraway in the intercom
Everything looks ok Selene…we will start the sequence 9 –GX in …10 seconds…9 …8…7…6…5…4…3…2….1….engaging
As Sol gave the start Sven engaged the Stargazer's engine….slowly the machine started moving on the planned direction. They had to test the new engine batteries installed just the day before.
Although just a distant memory now, Sven recalled with clarity his past confrontation with the suit. Back then he had been distracted but that was a lousy excuse and as a soldier he had failed.
But the one piloting now the Stargazer wasn't a soldier anymore. Sven Cal Bayan, top pilot of the 81st Autonomous Mobile Grouphad died in the events that occurred two years back during the attach on the DSSD base. The primary test pilot for the Stargazer (and the only Natural employed in the DSSD although not officially) was just a 21 year old who had always dreamed of being an astronaut…or that is what he tried to convince himself.
-Sven …how does he move?
Selene voice sounded like a mother who wants to check on her kid's progress
-Nothing to report this time
-Sven…I told you…you don't have to report …just tell me…Selene was acting childish again.
Although a painful subject at the beginning Selene had talked with him several times about his army training. One of the things she insisted on was that Sven would adapt his speech to civilian life.
Sishh…what a drag-
-Women….without knowing he said it in a loud voice
-Hey… I've hear that …..
-Well you insisted that he acted like a civilian, Selene- Sol was making things worse and he knew it
-Sol....of so that's it…well you boys can act tough as much as you want when you're out there. You'll have to return to base eventually.
Sol was laughing now and he could imagine a Selene did the same but stopped the microphone (and probably the whole command deck)
How serene… how innocent…they acted like they were childhood friends. People that knew each other for they're entire life.
How could they act like this.
Sven felt every day the pain of remorse in his heart. Remorse for all the people he had killed, for attacking the base, for his fallen comrades, for surviving the war.
"In time"…she said…:in time it would fade away. Like a distant memory…an old nightmare that you can't remember". Piece by piece like a puzzle that is destroyed by a playful child…like an overexposed photograph…and so you will only remember the pain…and then after that the pain will be gone and you will smile again. He had said that to him and she was right. But for now Sven couldn't smile. It wasn't time yet
-Sequence number 9 –GX finished successfully. Sending the flight parameters…now
-Ok Sven receiving transmission. We will start analyzing them right away. Engage thrusters and return home.
-Ok Selene, we are returning ….Sol said before Sven could open his mouth with his all too military "Acknowledged base" and give Selene more ammunition for teasing him.
Sven engaged the thrusters and guided the suit for the DSSD base.
They were using the secondary engines instead of the Voiture Lumiere propulsion system. The propulsion system was only used when more complex test were conducted. The new batteries were something DSSD developed for PLANT. It was to be used in a new generation of Mobile Suited used mostly for search and rescue missions in space. They had to have extended life spam in order to be used for longer distances. At first Selene had been reluctant in testing anything that resembled like military technology. But after seeing the blueprints for the new suits she had been convinced. Plus the Stargazer Project required financing, as all the other projects developed by DSSD independently from PLANT or EA.
"How else to conduct your own research ". Although the mobile suit and its propulsion system were far off everything had been developed prior to it the AI development went really slow. Her baby was a slow learner and still needed the guidance of the two pilots' crew.
One to do the actual piloting and one to conduct the tests and monitor the suit's evolution.
After two years after its official launching the Stargazer's Ai system was at a small two year old level and definitely not ready to leave home just yet.
Suddenly the alarm when on. The radar showed a fast moving object going in the direction of the DSSD base
-Unidentified ship at six o'clock, the military man reported
-Selene we have company…Sol sounded concerned
From the imtercom her voice didn't sound surprised at all, just a little angry
-Looks like our visitors for PLANT couldn't wait to get their order, come back in the hangar bay six guys…we have to leave some space for our guests
-Acknowledged ..this time his military tone didn't receive any protests from the command center. She was worried and Sven knew he was the reason for it.
-This is transport ship Serenity, requesting permission to dock
-DSSD command deck, Serenity you have a go. Dock at hangar bay one, sending coordinates now. The voice of the operator was professional and although not military, Andrew Waltfeld knew what he had to expect from the DSSD specialists.
He turned the ship slowly following the operator commands. The small scientific facility had six hangar bay's each big enough to receive a small transport ship like theirs or couple of Mobile Suits for that matter , Andrew thought.
Now that the war was over the Desert Tiger was enjoying his retirement from the service, in a very active had still his connections with Supreme Councilor Lacus Clyne and conducted couple very special investigation mostly inside ZAFT. T
here were allot of unsatisfied people inside PLANT and ZAFT forces, not to mention the terrorist faction responsible for the Junius Seven incident and Andrew had his hands full. He and his EA counterpart his old friend Murrue Ramius were in charge with the largest deep cover antiterrorist organization that was monitoring both sides.
But now the tiger was not investigating anything. Actually his mission was a really boring one with the complicity of both Lacus and Murrue…he had to stay away from work for couple of days and monitor the developing of the new GSS batteries for which the Peacekeeping Force (his and Murrue own creation) United Universe (what on earth did those two think when choosing the name…he thought …only Lacus and Murrue could think of something like this) contracted DSSD. And so he had to take his toys and coffee flavours to this small facility lead by boring four eyes who could only think in numbers, functions, fractions and God knows what complicated language that a normal Coordinator could not even dream. But at least he wasn't alone in his forced vacation.
I think this turns into a multi chapter but oh well, just had lots to write
Next time…a strange encounter and how Sven gets a new name