Prologue
"GET OVER HERE RAOUL!!!" 'Tenor' screamed as the missiles began raining down. The battlefield rocked as warheads began exploding around the tanks and mobile suits. There they were fighting in what was a total wreck.
"Commander, parameter checks and scans show breaches in the colony main structure as well as some holes in the first level of the atmospheric generator. We're losing oxygen to space as we speak. We need to get all the civilians off of here." 'Soprano' member of the MS Team Choir reported.
"Alright, Bass, get back here, you're needed. We have to get civilians off. Alto, you're in charge of the armored vehicles. Get as many civilians out as you can. Get out of the suit to coordinate if you have to" 'Tenor' was becoming agitated.
'Bass' came on the line. "Yeah boss, just give me a second. There's still three more Leios in the area, I just have to check. Around that building maybe…" Raoul moved his heavy fire type MS a couple hundred meters to the right to get a better perspective. He spotted his prey, and unleashed his beam gattling to the enemy. "Scratch three Leios".
Suddenly, a missile falling hit 'Bass'. All his movement systems were cut off. He was paralyzed. At that instant, a surprise flank attack came. Raoul was trapped.
"Dammit, I told you to get out of there." Takato (Tenor) took out his thermal blade and helped 'Bass' fend off the attack for awhile.
"Alright Commander, we're having serious trouble. We've only got half of the population into space, and this thing is going to blow in about 4 minutes at the most. We have to move out NOW." Cid (Soprano) reported, quite anxiously while firing away at heavy fire Scorpio MS suits with his dinky D3 Pistol. Amazing thing was he actually took some down.
Takato hit his timer set at four minutes. He ordered all Korps units out of the colony as well as ordering the release of the emergency evacuation pods and transports with the civilians inside. Takato tried to get his cockpit open, but there was too much debris and enemy fire to do so safely.
"Get out of here man, I'll hold them off." 'Bass' said as he regained movement to his MS' upper torso.
"NO, I won't leave you behind." Takato took down two more suits.
"You know you have to. People need you. Go on, this place is going to blow, and I don't want you to die. You've got a girl to take care of"
"To hell with that, c'mon…how much can you move?"
"Just the upper torso. Dammit, don't be stubborn. Lead the men. If you don't, I'll have to force you to." 'Bass' pointed his gatling right at Tenor's cockpit.
Takato sped off, turning back to fire at Dragon Army fighters, vainly believing that Raoul/Bass could still be saved. Damn…
Half of the civilians in the colony had died. Raoul didn't make it out. The colony exploded in an awesome fireball. Authorities decided to keep the incident under wraps. Officially, the colony explosion was a defect in the oxygen mixer for the atmospheric generator in the colony. The civilians were paid to keep quiet, and some were even detained.
Takato and his unit went to normal life for the most part. Normalcy was easy to attain then. History and fate have dealt humanity an unlucky hand.
Humanity just needs to stop gambling.
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