I DON'T OWN ZOIDS OR GUNDAM WING. IF I DID THEN I'D BE FILTHY RICH! SO
DON'T SUE ME NOW.
RECIEVING MESSAGE...
. . .
MESSAGE RECIEVED!
. . .
NOW OPPENING...
. . .
Peacemillion 2 crew: The Gundams as well as Tallgeese 3 have been fully repaired. This will be the perfect time to test the ship's sub-space engines. Good luck. -Preventer HQ
. . .
END OF MESSAGE...
. . .
Heero sighed as he turned away from his computer in his room aboard the Earth's only battle-equipped star-ship, the Peacemillion 2. It was also the first starship to have a sub-space engine. This ship could easily travel five hours worth of normal travel in less than an hour.
Apparently Heero wasn't the only one to receive the message as the rest of the crew, the five Gundam pilots with Miliardo, who went by Zechs for short, Noin as well as Howard were in the crew lounge with expectant looks on their faces.
:::: NOTE: I'm sure that some of you are wondering how a ship crew can be that small, huh? Well, the upgraded Peacemillion 2 has a very advanced 'living' super-computer as well as more weaponry. The ship can pretty much fly itself and talk to the crew to relay info. Think OUTLAW STAR. ::::
"Zero." Heero whispered as the memories of his old mobile suit. How many times has it been that you've been destroyed now? I still can't believe that after you were destroyed in the Mariemaia incident, you were still needed. It was just unfortunate that the ZERO was the only suit that couldn't have been rebuilt in its custom mode. It would have taken too long to balance out the four giant wings. At least he had the bird mode now.
Maybe it's a good thing that the ZERO custom couldn't be rebuilt. The kind of power like that simply wasn't needed. . .
But right now, the Gundams were being repaired after another armed uprising, this one by only a few people, but they had very powerful mobile suits. The kind of weapons that could cause severe damage to even a Gundam with a single hit. Relena still had trouble coping with just how right Mariemaia was. There could be no permanent peace. This just proved it and was the reason why the Gundams weren't destroyed again and for the construction of the Peacemillion 2.
"So. Ready to go retrieve a few MS's?" Howard asked the pilots.
"Guess so." Wufei replied.
Heero shrugged.
"Sure." Duo said excitedly.
The rest nodded with sweatdrops on their heads at Duo's response, but went to find seats to hold onto while Howard gave the order to the ship.
"Computer. Jump to sub-space with a location of the Side 1 Colony." Howard commanded.
A charging sound could be heard from the engines before the entire ship lurched forward. They could look out the windows and watch as the stars and planets seemed to stretch before just looking like a stream of light.
--Two and a half hour later. . .--
Duo watched the stars fly by like beams of light. Yea, he was excited to get his old buddy back, but his being a Gundam pilot was beginning to feel like a curse. After the Mari Mae incident, he thought he could enjoy his life. Tough luck on him. It wasn't even a year before the Gundams were needed to save the day again. There were also too many risks in being a Gundam pilot now; he had a lot to lose. With that his mind trailed off to Hilde who wasn't able to come with them on this mission. He was already missing her. She was helping out in the Preventer office when there was nothing to do in their little 'junk-heap' job (think the end of Endless Waltz).
*Warning. The Peacemillion 2 is now approaching its destination. Preparing to disengage the sub-space engines. Repeat, prepare for disengage of sub-space engines.* the computer said over the speakers.
Duo held onto one of the railings as everything seemed to slow down and be pulled forward as the ship lost its momentum, and let go when everything went back to normal. The ship was slowly heading toward the huge form of the Side 1 colony.
Ten minutes later, the locks of the holding bay of the side 1 colony locked on to the hull of the triangular starship. The gates into the far reaches of space closed with what would normally be a hiss, if there could be sound in space. Then the ship's air-locks opened.
Duo stepped out and saw Heero and Howard conversing with some of the side 1 personnel. He also saw that the ship was not the only thing in that particular holding bay. Lined up against the far wall were four custom Gundams, a Wing Zero and a Tallgeese 3.
The staff members walked away with Heero and Howard, heading toward the six mobile suits lined up against the wall.
Quatre started to walk out of the hanger with Trowa.
"Hey Quatre! Where are you going?" Duo yelled to the pair.
"Just going to look around. It'll be a while before the Gundams are loaded and I've never been here before." Quatre yelled back.
"Hey! Wait up!" Duo replied before running after them.
"Trowa, just be back within an hour, and watch your sanity, I wouldn't want to be you with those two in sightseer mode." Heero advised Trowa who turned to walk away. However, on the outside, he looked calm, cool and collected, but on the inside, his mental jaw was on the ground. It was very rare for Heero to actually prove there was a bit of a sense of humor in him. Very, very rare. . .
Heero turned to the Gundams and sighed. He was becoming too attached to his comrades. It would be too distracting for him should anything happen to any of them. He was opening up too much.
However, he went back to his current pithy mission, and that was to get the Gundams on board the ship.
Forty minutes later, all six mobile suits were aboard the Peacemillion 2. Trowa, Duo and Quatre hadn't come back yet, that left Heero with his usual pass-time: Fiddling with the Wing Zero's systems. Pure joy. . .
Twenty minutes later, Duo closed the hatch of the Peacemillion 2 behind him. Trowa and Quatre were already inside.
The Peacemillion 2's engines were already activated and the ship was preparing for launch. Small ships could just pick up and go, but for a massive ship like the Peacemillion 2, it took about twenty minutes.
As soon as Duo got into the control room, he sat down at his designated seat and started typing on the control panel. Fun-time was over, it was time to get down to business. He glanced up at Heero who was in the commander's seat, having the best computer skills and Howard who stood next to him overseeing the launch process and giving orders to the ship's computer while the others did the rest.
"System firewall active. Engines are full. Power is full. Peacemillion 2 is ready for launch." Heero told Howard.
*Opening colony hatch. Sub engines are standby. Ready for launch.* the computer announced in an electronic woman's voice.
"Side 1 hatch 4, this is Peacemillion 2. Requesting launch permission." Quatre said into the mic in front of him.
-This is side 1, permission granted. Have a good flight.- With that, the main doors opened and a turntable under the Peacemillion 2 rotated the ship so it was facing outward.
"Activating engines. Landing gear up." Duo said as he pushed a few buttons on his control panel. Heero might have been at the main control panel due to his computer skills, but Duo was at the pilot's panel in the front of the ship. His panel controlled most of the flight mechanisms.
The ship started to rise off the hanger surface, the huge ski-like landing gear returned to their places within the hull of the ship.
A tracker beam guided the ship out of the colony, then the engines activated and the Peacemillion 2 started to move away from the side 1 colony.
Heero sighed as he got up from his control panel. Everything that concerned him was done. He didn't feel like watching any more images of his home colony. He didn't want to look around the place to see if there were any changes. He never wanted to see that accursed heap of metal again. It brought up too many unwanted memories about his training, which his training had taught him to hold back and to hide. He still remembered that little girl and her dog. It was his fault. He as good as murdered her. It was hard enough of him to remember her, if he went out, he'd see place where it happened again. He'd killed hundreds of people, mostly soldiers, but this girl was a civilian. One who'd shown him compassion. He'd killed her, accidentally, yes, but she was still dead because of his mistake.
*Preparing for sub-space engine activation. Sub-space engines are charging.* the computer said.
Heero was used to this. He just grabbed onto one of the railings and waited for the imminent lurch that marked the boost in flight speed to sub- space level.
But the silence was broken as red sirens began flashing. Something was very wrong.
Heero cursed as he made his way back into the control room.
Heero got back to his panel in the control room and watched as the energy levels around the ship rose as the ship charged for its sub-space engine activation.
"Heero! There's an abnormally strong wave of solar wind coming at us. We can't dodge it!" Quatre yelled to him, updating the 'perfect soldier' on their current standings.
But it was Duo's news that caused the most panic. "This ship wasn't made for that kind of thing! If it side checks us, were done for!"
Suddenly, Duo's steering controls died as the energy charge neared completion and the ship prepared itself for the jump in acceleration.
*Warning: Prepare for sub-space engine activation.* the ship said.
The pilots could only watch as the clock to the sub-space boost counted down and the wave of solar wind on the sensors neared the ship. It would be close, very close.
---------------------------------------------------------------
AN: As much as I'd love to end this here, I'm not that evil!
---------------------------------------------------------------
It was too late. . .
The ship started to rock as the first bits of the wave collided with the ship's hull. The entire ship was thrown like a triangular baseball. Then the sub-space engines activated.
The ship gave a mighty lurch as it accelerated to sub-space level. The wave was gone, but it had knocked them off course. There was no idea where they'd end up. The distance was already inputted in the computer which was now damaged and was auto-repairing itself, making it impossible to input new coordinates. Wherever the ship would stop when the set distance was made, was completely random. They could just hope it wasn't close to a star.
RECIEVING MESSAGE...
. . .
MESSAGE RECIEVED!
. . .
NOW OPPENING...
. . .
Peacemillion 2 crew: The Gundams as well as Tallgeese 3 have been fully repaired. This will be the perfect time to test the ship's sub-space engines. Good luck. -Preventer HQ
. . .
END OF MESSAGE...
. . .
Heero sighed as he turned away from his computer in his room aboard the Earth's only battle-equipped star-ship, the Peacemillion 2. It was also the first starship to have a sub-space engine. This ship could easily travel five hours worth of normal travel in less than an hour.
Apparently Heero wasn't the only one to receive the message as the rest of the crew, the five Gundam pilots with Miliardo, who went by Zechs for short, Noin as well as Howard were in the crew lounge with expectant looks on their faces.
:::: NOTE: I'm sure that some of you are wondering how a ship crew can be that small, huh? Well, the upgraded Peacemillion 2 has a very advanced 'living' super-computer as well as more weaponry. The ship can pretty much fly itself and talk to the crew to relay info. Think OUTLAW STAR. ::::
"Zero." Heero whispered as the memories of his old mobile suit. How many times has it been that you've been destroyed now? I still can't believe that after you were destroyed in the Mariemaia incident, you were still needed. It was just unfortunate that the ZERO was the only suit that couldn't have been rebuilt in its custom mode. It would have taken too long to balance out the four giant wings. At least he had the bird mode now.
Maybe it's a good thing that the ZERO custom couldn't be rebuilt. The kind of power like that simply wasn't needed. . .
But right now, the Gundams were being repaired after another armed uprising, this one by only a few people, but they had very powerful mobile suits. The kind of weapons that could cause severe damage to even a Gundam with a single hit. Relena still had trouble coping with just how right Mariemaia was. There could be no permanent peace. This just proved it and was the reason why the Gundams weren't destroyed again and for the construction of the Peacemillion 2.
"So. Ready to go retrieve a few MS's?" Howard asked the pilots.
"Guess so." Wufei replied.
Heero shrugged.
"Sure." Duo said excitedly.
The rest nodded with sweatdrops on their heads at Duo's response, but went to find seats to hold onto while Howard gave the order to the ship.
"Computer. Jump to sub-space with a location of the Side 1 Colony." Howard commanded.
A charging sound could be heard from the engines before the entire ship lurched forward. They could look out the windows and watch as the stars and planets seemed to stretch before just looking like a stream of light.
--Two and a half hour later. . .--
Duo watched the stars fly by like beams of light. Yea, he was excited to get his old buddy back, but his being a Gundam pilot was beginning to feel like a curse. After the Mari Mae incident, he thought he could enjoy his life. Tough luck on him. It wasn't even a year before the Gundams were needed to save the day again. There were also too many risks in being a Gundam pilot now; he had a lot to lose. With that his mind trailed off to Hilde who wasn't able to come with them on this mission. He was already missing her. She was helping out in the Preventer office when there was nothing to do in their little 'junk-heap' job (think the end of Endless Waltz).
*Warning. The Peacemillion 2 is now approaching its destination. Preparing to disengage the sub-space engines. Repeat, prepare for disengage of sub-space engines.* the computer said over the speakers.
Duo held onto one of the railings as everything seemed to slow down and be pulled forward as the ship lost its momentum, and let go when everything went back to normal. The ship was slowly heading toward the huge form of the Side 1 colony.
Ten minutes later, the locks of the holding bay of the side 1 colony locked on to the hull of the triangular starship. The gates into the far reaches of space closed with what would normally be a hiss, if there could be sound in space. Then the ship's air-locks opened.
Duo stepped out and saw Heero and Howard conversing with some of the side 1 personnel. He also saw that the ship was not the only thing in that particular holding bay. Lined up against the far wall were four custom Gundams, a Wing Zero and a Tallgeese 3.
The staff members walked away with Heero and Howard, heading toward the six mobile suits lined up against the wall.
Quatre started to walk out of the hanger with Trowa.
"Hey Quatre! Where are you going?" Duo yelled to the pair.
"Just going to look around. It'll be a while before the Gundams are loaded and I've never been here before." Quatre yelled back.
"Hey! Wait up!" Duo replied before running after them.
"Trowa, just be back within an hour, and watch your sanity, I wouldn't want to be you with those two in sightseer mode." Heero advised Trowa who turned to walk away. However, on the outside, he looked calm, cool and collected, but on the inside, his mental jaw was on the ground. It was very rare for Heero to actually prove there was a bit of a sense of humor in him. Very, very rare. . .
Heero turned to the Gundams and sighed. He was becoming too attached to his comrades. It would be too distracting for him should anything happen to any of them. He was opening up too much.
However, he went back to his current pithy mission, and that was to get the Gundams on board the ship.
Forty minutes later, all six mobile suits were aboard the Peacemillion 2. Trowa, Duo and Quatre hadn't come back yet, that left Heero with his usual pass-time: Fiddling with the Wing Zero's systems. Pure joy. . .
Twenty minutes later, Duo closed the hatch of the Peacemillion 2 behind him. Trowa and Quatre were already inside.
The Peacemillion 2's engines were already activated and the ship was preparing for launch. Small ships could just pick up and go, but for a massive ship like the Peacemillion 2, it took about twenty minutes.
As soon as Duo got into the control room, he sat down at his designated seat and started typing on the control panel. Fun-time was over, it was time to get down to business. He glanced up at Heero who was in the commander's seat, having the best computer skills and Howard who stood next to him overseeing the launch process and giving orders to the ship's computer while the others did the rest.
"System firewall active. Engines are full. Power is full. Peacemillion 2 is ready for launch." Heero told Howard.
*Opening colony hatch. Sub engines are standby. Ready for launch.* the computer announced in an electronic woman's voice.
"Side 1 hatch 4, this is Peacemillion 2. Requesting launch permission." Quatre said into the mic in front of him.
-This is side 1, permission granted. Have a good flight.- With that, the main doors opened and a turntable under the Peacemillion 2 rotated the ship so it was facing outward.
"Activating engines. Landing gear up." Duo said as he pushed a few buttons on his control panel. Heero might have been at the main control panel due to his computer skills, but Duo was at the pilot's panel in the front of the ship. His panel controlled most of the flight mechanisms.
The ship started to rise off the hanger surface, the huge ski-like landing gear returned to their places within the hull of the ship.
A tracker beam guided the ship out of the colony, then the engines activated and the Peacemillion 2 started to move away from the side 1 colony.
Heero sighed as he got up from his control panel. Everything that concerned him was done. He didn't feel like watching any more images of his home colony. He didn't want to look around the place to see if there were any changes. He never wanted to see that accursed heap of metal again. It brought up too many unwanted memories about his training, which his training had taught him to hold back and to hide. He still remembered that little girl and her dog. It was his fault. He as good as murdered her. It was hard enough of him to remember her, if he went out, he'd see place where it happened again. He'd killed hundreds of people, mostly soldiers, but this girl was a civilian. One who'd shown him compassion. He'd killed her, accidentally, yes, but she was still dead because of his mistake.
*Preparing for sub-space engine activation. Sub-space engines are charging.* the computer said.
Heero was used to this. He just grabbed onto one of the railings and waited for the imminent lurch that marked the boost in flight speed to sub- space level.
But the silence was broken as red sirens began flashing. Something was very wrong.
Heero cursed as he made his way back into the control room.
Heero got back to his panel in the control room and watched as the energy levels around the ship rose as the ship charged for its sub-space engine activation.
"Heero! There's an abnormally strong wave of solar wind coming at us. We can't dodge it!" Quatre yelled to him, updating the 'perfect soldier' on their current standings.
But it was Duo's news that caused the most panic. "This ship wasn't made for that kind of thing! If it side checks us, were done for!"
Suddenly, Duo's steering controls died as the energy charge neared completion and the ship prepared itself for the jump in acceleration.
*Warning: Prepare for sub-space engine activation.* the ship said.
The pilots could only watch as the clock to the sub-space boost counted down and the wave of solar wind on the sensors neared the ship. It would be close, very close.
---------------------------------------------------------------
AN: As much as I'd love to end this here, I'm not that evil!
---------------------------------------------------------------
It was too late. . .
The ship started to rock as the first bits of the wave collided with the ship's hull. The entire ship was thrown like a triangular baseball. Then the sub-space engines activated.
The ship gave a mighty lurch as it accelerated to sub-space level. The wave was gone, but it had knocked them off course. There was no idea where they'd end up. The distance was already inputted in the computer which was now damaged and was auto-repairing itself, making it impossible to input new coordinates. Wherever the ship would stop when the set distance was made, was completely random. They could just hope it wasn't close to a star.