Disclaimer: I do not own anything that is related in anyway with the popular Japanese Anime known as Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, including its sequel Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny. I only own my own story, the plot of said story, and any characters that I have created. So please no lawyers I have no money to give them.
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Resolution: PART II
A Mobile Suit Gundam SEED AU Novella
Written and brought to you,
by William R. Woods
aka "Deathzealot"
With input and ideas from SethMKlein
Brief Foreword:
Hello everyone and welcome to Part Two of Resolution, like the Afterword of Part One mentioned this is basically the second part of the story. Since I have already mentioned this a few times I shall not say it again.
Therefore let's get to the fun stuff! Part Two will finish up the last bit of the storyline of the Bloody Valentine War and will also run into the aftermath of the War. I really hope this is worth fifty thousand words I need for the June Camp NaNoWriMo. That said like I have mentioned a few times already there have been a few changes and if you need to know them read the Part One Afterword. Even then there are a few more changes in the story that I have not mentioned just yet. These are basically minor, and not really need to be said but I thought I should mention that there will some changes.
Unlike Part One this part will not have a Prologue or Opening Phase due to it simply being the second half of a larger story and we shall get right into the action with this chapter. On that same thought in the previous part there is no real Epilogue, or After Phase, for the same reason. I could have whipped one up, but like mentioned I am a bit on the clock and needed to start writing. This had been a last minute decision when I decided to go through with Camp NaNoWriMo.
On that note, the fans of Dawn shall be excited to hear that I shall be seeing about finishing the story as my August Camp NaNoWriMo Story, or at least trying to get some work done during July in any case, for I happened to have some other plans for another story down the road.
With that said folks I do believe it is time to get to the main event! So I hope you all will enjoy this story!
- William R. Woods
June 1, 2012 AD
UPDATE: Well I decided to do something new this time and not post any of this story till the month of the Camp NaNoWriMo was over and done with. This would give time to speed write my story and later come back around to edit it for I often forgotten to that with my other NaNoWriMo Stories. Basically my update schedule is pretty much going to be quick and dirty. Basically I am going to be posting a chapter every other day. So for example this chapter is being posted on Sunday the First of July, the next chapter will be put up on Tuesday the Third of July, and some forth. This is thanks to pretty much completing the story just needing to finish up the last two chapters and the story is completed. That said hopefully I gotten all of the major goofs and such, but if I missed any call out so I can fix it pronto. Also this is might be a little rough still, and once I get someone else to look it over I will replace the chapter with a new version with the new edits. OH! And I need to mention that while I am posting this story expect Divergence and Resolution Part I to be updated as the story is posted. This comes about after I made some changes to the story, nothing major so if you have read both of the previous stories, you can read this without any trouble. Hopefully! The updates on those stories are just for future readers who seeing this story go over to read the previous stories. That said it is time for the story! So sit back and enjoy!
- William R. Woods
July 1, 2012 AD
Summary: Part Two of the Resolution story. The end of the Bloody Valentine War is growing nearer, but will humanity see the end of this war. For both sides are now on the path of genocide and only the Peacekeeper Faction stands in their way. Can these brave men and woman prevent the destruction of the entire human race, both Natural and Coordinator?
Chapter BGM is Archangel from Two Steps from Hell
Phase One: A Race to Action
The Fox Class Patrol Ship is an Earth Alliance produced warship developed to replace the aging Sentinel Class Patrol Ships. This new ship is built to be not only a command patrol ship but a light combatant as needed. Its sports the ability to carry four mobile suits and has the firepower to counter many pirates or commerce raiders. While small it was far superior to the slightly smaller Drake Class Escorts both in firepower and its ability to carry mobile suits. Sadly during the course of the war the majority of these ships would be destroyed, and after the war a new variant the Gale Class would be developed to replace the Fox Class. Eventually the Fox Class would also be used as a base for a new ship class to replace the Drake Class during the Earth Alliance Space Fleet Reorganization Plan in late CE72.
- Taken from The Ships of the First Bloody Valentine War
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Bridge
AFS Goshawk
Copernicus City, Luna
August 13, CE71
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On the bridge of the small Fox Class Patrol Frigate Goshawk the senior officers and crew of the ship watched as the approaching tidal wave of firepower approached their position above the peaceful form of Copernicus City. Surrounding the small form of their ship is the six ships of the Copernicus Guard. This force stood at four slightly modified Laurasia Class Frigates and a pair of old Washington Class Missile Frigates that unlike a few of its compatriots included in the fleet approaching the city had not been refitted to modern standards. Therefore it came to no surprise to anyone that the commander of the Guard had placed the smaller Goshawk back with the larger Frigates to try to help protect these ships which was a big part of his battle plan.
With a sigh the commander of the Goshawk watched the screens showing the various ships approaching the small fleet standing against them. Sitting beside him was another man who was making final adjustments to his borrowed Normal Suit. While a third man stood next to their two seats suited up in a skin-tight pilot suit with a blue-haired young woman standing behind him also in a pilot suit. Unlike the other pilot's suit this suit attracted the attention of a few of the members of the bridge crew thanks to the suit enhancing her body's features. A glare from the older male pilot made many of these crewmembers turn back to their duties.
"The Earth Alliance's Fifth Orbital Fleet," the ship's Captain, one Lieutenant Commander Eric Badgiruel mentioned with a shake of his head and a sigh before turning his attention to the other man sitting beside him.
"You know I never even imagined being on this end of the fight facing the Fifth, or even any other Alliance Fleet for that matter. Its nothing like I imagined it," he mused out load continuing his thought with a frown on his face to the other man who made his final adjustments before turning to look over at the younger man with a light chuckle.
"Same here Captain. If you told me seven months ago that I was going to be facing against a complete Earth Alliance Orbital Fleet, I would have said you were crazy and had you shot for treason," the man, Colonel Evan Maistroff, responded with a sigh and shake of his head. The Captain blinked at this before barking out a short laugh for it was quite true after all, thanks to the Colonel being in Alliance Intelligence.
"What about you Commander Chevalier? Have you ever imagined being in this situation?" the young Captain asked looking over his shoulder at the suited figure of Lieutenant Commander Morgan Chevalier. The man blinked in surprise at this before laughing slightly and taking his ever-present cigar out of his mouth before thinking about it for a moment. He quickly looked over his own shoulder at the young woman behind him who smiled slightly at his look before returning to an expressionless mask.
"Well Captain, that is quite a hard question, but I think I had some thoughts about standing on board a ship of the Eurasian Space Forces and facing against a fleet of the Atlantic Federation. Not on board an Atlantic Federation ship, well former anyways, and facing an Atlantic Federation Fleet," the man answered with a small smile on his face. The other two senior officers chuckled at this but could only nod in agreement for the two Federations never got along and were constantly testing one another both in the political and military arenas.
"You know sir it is not too late for you to stay at Copernicus?" Captain Badgiruel mentioned turning away from that subject before nodding towards the screens and the large lunar city displayed on one screen as they flew over it. The former Intelligence Officer smiled slightly at this before leaning back into the seat and staring at the approaching fleet.
"I would love to but since I got your ship and crew into this, Captain, I should ride it out with you all," he mentioned a sigh making the Captain and some members of his bridge blink in shock.
"Understood," Captain Badgiruel managed to reply before turning back to the screens and saw that the ships of the Earth Alliance Fifth Fleet had stopped at the edge of the Copernicus Crater.
"Captain, Admiral Jacques is starting to speak the rest of the Copernicus Guard. Should I put it up on the speakers?" the communication officer reported from her station making the three senior officers blinked at this before Captain Badgiruel looked over at one of the screens that showed the white and green form of the Laurasia Class Frigate Pegasus the Guard's flagship. He could vaguely see the forms of several mobile suits standing on the hull of the ship due to Guard sporting a larger number of mobile suits then could be carried in the hangers of the four frigates. Therefore several had to be carried on the hull of the four main ships of the Guard. While several others had been left on the ground surrounding the city itself to help protect it, these were mainly the old TSA-02S ZuOOT Space Types. With a shake of his the Captain turned away from the display before looking over at the communication tech.
"Yes Ensign put it up on the speakers, as well as the internal communication system," he ordered with a small smile on his face. He thought it would a good idea for his crew to listen to the Admiral's speech since they were about to follow behind the Guard in protecting the Lunar City.
"That said I believe I should get ready to launch. Let's go Rei," Commander Chevalier mentioned with a nod over to his fellow pilot who gave him that same smile once more before nodding. The captain turned his attention to the pilot and smiled at the man as he retrieved his helmet which had been floating next to him in the zero-gee environment.
"Good luck Commander," he mentioned with a nod of his head to the other man who only grinned at him before replacing his cigar in his mouth and turning away from the captain's chair before heading towards the bridge's lift to head for the hanger. As the two pilots left the bridge behind the bridge speakers started to turn on as the message from the Admiral started to play.
"Attention Copernicus Guard this is Admiral Jacques, I know many of you are afraid and unconfident of fighting an entire fleet like this. However I must remind you of your loved ones and friends who are now living their lives peacefully in Copernicus. The Earth Alliance would change that and for some of you kill them where they stand thanks to them being Coordinators. Therefore just look bellow you and reminder what will happen if we fall today. With the fall of Orb and, the subjection of the Kingdom of Scandinavia and the Equatorial Union we are the last bastion of peace in the Earth Sphere. Therefore we must hold today for those who run from this bloody war, and need a refuge to hide away from the perils of a war. Therefore with that mind Copernicus Guard stay strong and defend the city at all cost," the commander of the entire Copernicus Guard said to those in the Guard along with everyone onboard the rouge ship Goshawk. A few on the bridge of the ship blinked away a few tears while the Captain's jaw clinched as he remembered that the Guard where not the only ones who would be defending family for the entire Badgiruel family was now living in Copernicus.
"Captain! Fifth Fleet is now advancing over the Copernicus-B crater wall and launching mobile suits!" the ship's sensor officer reported mentioning the second satellite crater of the larger Copernicus Crater. The Captain only nodded in understanding for the battle had now started.
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Hanger
AFS Goshawk
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In the hanger of the Goshawk the ship's hanger techs swarmed over the only two mobile suits in the hanger. Both happened to be the new GAT-01A2 Dagger Kais, which were basically a straight copy of the famous GAT-X105 Strike G-Weapon unlike the previously Dagger which had been a mass produced version of the mobile suit. The Dagger Kai however was simply a straight copy of the G-Weapon, with a few minor differences. For one it sported the beam sabers of the original Dagger located at the wait of the machine, unlike the Strike sporting only the armor daggers. Basically the new Dagger Kai was summed up simply by a Dagger with the head of the Strike G-Weapon and the Phase Shift Armor, though in the case of the Dagger Kai it is the newer Tran-Phase Shift Armor. It also sported an inner layer of lamented armor around the cockpit block, increasing pilot survivability over many other mobile suits. This made the mobile suit far superior over the mass produced GAT-01 Strike Dagger and about far more high-spec then its predecessor the GAT-01A1 Dagger thanks to it being a straight copy of the G-Weapon. Some could argue that these new mobile suits where superior to the Strike itself thanks to the changes made to the design and the addition of the Beam Sabers along with the ability to use several new types of Strike Packs.
Like the packs currently equipped to the two Dagger Kais in the hanger of the Goshawk for they where quite different then any other pack before it. These packs happened to be the new Gunbarrel II Strike Packs. While the Alliance had long ago looked into moving its famous and legendary Gunbarrel System to a mobile suit platform in the form of the original Gunbarrel Strike Pack. It had tried to remove several problems that surrounded the system, like removing the wires controlling the deployed Barrels due to the ease of removing a unit from the system by simply cutting the control wire. However the new Strike Pack removed many of these problems and even made it far more powerful then the original. The Alliance designers and engineers simply merged the data from the capture of the ZAFT built YMF-X000A Dreadnaught prototype G-Weapon with their older System to create the new pack. This allowed a Gunbarrel II equipped mobile suit to send off its Barrels similar the ZAFT created DRAGOON units. The new pack even increased the amount of units carried from four to six thanks to the removal of the wires which would have tangled together if more then four Barrel pods where used at the same time. Each Pod of the system contained a single beam cannon and a pair of three-shot mini-missile launcher. Combined together these six pods gave a single mobile suit the firepower of a battleship, only the new ZAFT G-Weapons had more firepower.
Therefore having two of these mobile suits equipped with the Gunbarrel II Strike Pack gave the Goshawk and by extension the Copernicus Guard a pair of very powerful weapons to use against the approaching Alliance Fleet. Both of the pilots of these machines knew this and fully intended to use them against the Alliance. With this thought in mind Lieutenant Commander Morgan Chevalier floated into the hanger with his fellow pilot following behind him. Looking up at the two machines the pilot knew that the Alliance would not expect to face off against the power of these two mobile suits. As he looked up at the mobile suits he listened to the last part of the Admiral's speech before turning to nod to the chief hanger tech and kicking off from the deck to float towards his machine which sported the same colors he had on his previous Gunbarrel Dagger, and the same scheme used on many other Daggers. Behind him Ensign Rei Augusta kicked off herself before floating over to her machine in the blue and white colors she had chosen as her colors since the start of her so-called training. As he approached his mobile suit the older pilot put out his cigar before calmly putting the half-finished cigar into a small cigar case which he then placed into one of the few pockets on his pilot suit before turning his attention to form of his fellow pilot.
"Remember the battle-plan Rei and stay alive out there," he said giving his final orders to the young pilot who simply gave that same small smile before ducking into her mobile suit's cockpit. As he did the same the former Eurasian Lieutenant Commander thanked his lucky stars again that he treated her with respect and kindness when he first was brought in to train her. Since she had previously been treated very roughly and with resentment by the team training her, his attitude with her made the young mistreated girl to attach herself to him. With a shake of his head he slipped on his helmet before locking down to his collar and turned to speak to the tech reasonable for his machine, but before he could an alarm started to blare throughout the hanger.
"Alliance forces have launched their mobile suits! We are now at First Stage Alert, prepare the mobile suits for launch and all weapon crews prepare for battle," the voice of Lieutenant Samantha Alexander the ship's executive officer and combat commander blared over the speakers after the alarms. Morgan only nodded at this knowing that the battle had now begun.
"Alright time to get out there and show those rookies what a mobile suit battle really is," he mentioned with a light chuckle before strapping himself to the pilot's seat and started to secure the cockpit. A few moments later he rushed through the pre-flight checklist and started to power up the machine.
"This is Chevalier ready to launch," he said as his communication system started to come up and the power up just about finished.
"Augusta here ready as well," came the voice of Rei a moment later making Morgan smile in pride at her speed in getting her machine ready to launch.
"Understood Commander we are now transferring mobile suits to the flight deck! Hanger crews evacuate the hanger," the voice of the mobile suit controller calls out through both the radios of the mobile suits and the interior speakers in the hanger a few moments after Rei's report. As she did so Morgan felt the mobile suit being moved from its berth up to the ship's single catapult via the large elevator that brought up the mobile suits to the launch deck. As his mobile suit was connected to the catapult he looked out the main screen of his cockpit at the raising hanger door and the already deployed linear catapult. He looked beyond that at the distant shapes of the approaching Fifth Fleet and the drive flares he knew to be the deploying Alliance Mobile Suits.
"Morgan Chevalier, Gunbarrel Dagger Kai launching!" he cried out as the linear catapult sent his mobile suit flying and with a flare of his thrusters he cleared the ship's long catapult deck before on towards the enemy forces. Behind him the Dagger of Rei launched and joined up behind him. Around the Goshawk the ships of the Copernicus Guard started to launch their own mobile suits which soon joined up behind the pair of Dagger Kais. The First Battle of Copernicus had officially started!
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Flag Bridge
PKS Eternal
In-Route To Copernicus
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Elsewhere the Peacekeeper Faction rushed to Copernicus with its flagship leading the way with its three Sheppard Class Battlecruiser escorts trailing behind it. On the flag bridge of the mentioned ship Admiral Henry Gloval calmly stood as he watched the various screens around his position in the center of the flag bridge. All of which showed various readings on the ships of the fleet as well as direct video connections with their bridges so he could rapidly deliver orders to the ships, though at the moment these screen where dark as the battle has yet to start. Several technicians manned stations bellow these various screens gathering data and such to deliver to him so he could make the correct decisions during the battle ahead. While he had commanded the Faction from this position before at the Battle of the Factory, this would be the first time that he could use everything provided to him on the flag bridge for it hadn't been totally online during the earlier battle. Therefore it was the first time that so many screens where active showing him data that he didn't even know or needed to know at the moment. However he dragged from his overview of the flag bridge when one of the technicians looked up at him.
"Admiral we are now ten minutes from Copernicus and it looks like the battle has started already," the tech reported making the Admiral frown before he nodded and turned to a different tech.
"Very well signal the fleet, we shall go with Plan Able-Seven," he ordered as alarms started to go off around him as he turned to sit down in the chair at the center of the flag bridge. As he sat down several other screens started to flash on as the ship officially entered a battle state.
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Bridge
PKS Mediator
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On the bridge of the Sheppard Class Battlecruiser Mediator its Captain, one Commander Lisa Hayes, looked around for the twelfth time since she took command of the ship and could not imagine actually commanding such a powerful and graceful ship. Granted this wasn't her first command for Commander Hayes had commanded the Sentinel Class Patrol Ship Keeper previously before it was retired along with the rest of the aging Sentinel Class, however even then the Keeper didn't even have a third of the firepower of the Mediator. She had been the XO of the Archangel Class Mobile Assault Ship Dominion which sported twice the firepower of the Mediator thanks to its main guns, but she never was the commander of said ship therefore the idea of commanding such firepower was something of a head rush to the somewhat headstrong woman. She sighed as she rubbed the armrests of her command chair as she imagined using the firepower of this ship against the hated Blue Cosmos terrorist group who now had full control of the Earth Alliance. She was jolted from her latest head-rush by a chuckle from the form of her new executive officer who stood silently behind her command chair.
"You are doing it again ma'am," the mentioned XO, Major Edward Granger said with a small smile on his usual impassive face as he waved a hand towards the armrests. With a shake of her head the young Commander turned to give the white and silver uniformed form of Major Granger the evil-eye. Like the rest of the mixed crew of the Mediator both senior officers wore the new white and silver uniform of the Peacekeeper Faction. This was to symbolize the crew's gathered loyalty to the Faction as a whole since they had all come from the three main groups of the Peacekeeper Faction. Of the rest of the gathered ship crews of the Faction only the crew of the Medusa the rebuilt and repurposed Drake Class Escort wore the new uniform since their crew was the same way drawn from all three main groups. However once the Faction returned to the Factory after this battle it may change due to other crews due to moral issues and uniformity of the Faction as a whole.
"Yes I was but you don't need to bring it up every time I do it and I am sure you would do the same if you where in this seat," Lisa replied turning away from the man stating a part of her own argument with the former Orb officer who only laughed lightly in response. That said Lisa turned her attention to the ships that surrounded her own, for the entire strength of the Peacekeeper Faction was gathered for this operation. The first time the entire Faction had been deployed for an operation like this. There where the two Archangel Class Assault Ships, the flagship Eternal, the three former ZAFT ships, the two Izumo Class Battleships, the Special Operations Ship Loki, the newly launched Medusa, the modified Washington Class Frigate Gates, and finally the three powerful Sheppard Class Battlecruisers including the Mediator. While the Fifth Fleet outnumbered their force by a significant amount, it did not have the firepower represented with the Faction's full fleet.
"Captain, we are now ten minutes away from Copernicus City! According to our sensors the battle has already started. Orders from Flag is for Battle Plan Able-Seven," the ship's combat commander and third in command of the ship, one Lieutenant Commander Alia Thornberry, reported from her position in the ship's Combat Information Center. Lisa could only nod at this with a grim look on her face, all of the joking and such now aside in preparation of the battle ahead. In distant she could see the lights of a full fledged battle going on as the Peacekeeper Fleet started to cross over the lunar horizon.
"Very well First Stage Alert, prepare the ship for anti-ship and anti-mobile suit combat, prepare launch our mobile suits as we approach," she calmly started to order her crew to battle. Around her own ship the rest of the fleet started to do the same with weapons unlimbering from their storage positions with the Archangel and Izumo Class ships, as well as the various hanger doors opening in preparation to launch their mobile suits into battle. In the distant a large fireball announced the destruction of a ship and Lisa gritted her teeth as the ships of the Peacekeeper Faction entered the battle.
"Captain, Able-Seven is now starting," another member of her bridge crew reported as the Loki lead the Dominion, Archangel, Kusanagi, and Susanoo to the front of the fleet's formation, all five vessels charging their main weapon as they went. A few moments later the space outside their fleet lit up as nine Lohengrin Cannons went off at the same time launching a very large beam of positron laced energy at the distant enemy fleet. This beam smashed into the flank of the Fifth Fleet destroying several ships as they simply disappeared under the intense power of the combined positron beam. On her bridge Lisa only grimly nodded at this as the Peacekeeper Fleet started to fire their regular weapons as they continued to approach the enemy fleet. As they continued to advance mobile suits started to launch, before joining the growing mobile suit battle while their motherships continued their charge against the enemy fleet. It was time for the real battle to begin.
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Post Chapter Notes
Well we have the first chapter of this second part of the Resolution story. It also is basically a lead-up to the Battle of Copernicus, and a real introduction to the defectors mentioned in the final chapter of Part One. We get to see the ace pilot of defected Goshawk is actually Morgan Chevalier noted Gunbarrel Dagger Pilot. Here he is piloting the new Dagger Kai which is basically a real copy of the Strike making it a bit more high-spec then the vanilla Dagger. There is also the new Gunbarrel II Pack which takes the DRAGOON tech captured with the Dreadnaught mentioned in Chapter Six of Part One, and makes the mobile suit able to use several Gunbarrels at a time. This makes the Dagger Kai a real dangerous opponent for the pilots of the Earth Alliance Fifth Fleet due to having seven total beam emitters. Only the Freedom and Justice are more powerful then these new mobile suits and that's mainly thanks to their reactors.
Also we see that the captain of Goshawk is actually Natarle's brother Eric Badgiruel last mentioned during the first few chapters of Divergence. Therefore we now have two Captain Badgiruels in the story which maybe a bit confusing. Hopefully I can avoid confusing readers in the chapters ahead.
Moving on we get a brief look at the Copernicus Guard, and we will get an even better look in the next chapter but basically it is small but highly trained force. They won't have a big role in these few weeks of the war, but may have a role to play later on in the story or the sequel.
I believe that is about it for my notes and I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter for it had been a long time in coming. So thanks for waiting and I hope you aren't too disappointed with this chapter. We get the real Battle of Copernicus next chapter! So stay tuned.
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Technical File 01:
Fox Class Patrol Ship
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General and Technical Data
Class: Fox Class
Ships of the line: Fox, Goshawk, Greyhound, Stormhawk, Harrier, Harpy, Harris, Blackhawk, Kestrel, Cheetah, Peregrine, Zephyr, Osprey
Unit type: Patrol Ship
Classification: PS
Manufacturer: Earth Alliance – Ptolemaeus Lunar Base Shipyards
Operator(s): Earth Alliance; Peacekeeper Faction
First deployment: August CE71
Dimensions: 165 Meters Long
Wingspan: 55 Meters Wide
Weight: unknown
Propulsion: 3 x Main Propulsion Engines
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; 4 x Multi-Use Launchers, able to launch flares, anti-missile chaff, anti-beam depth charges
Fixed armaments: 2 x "Garland" 110cm Duel-Barrel High-Energy Beam Cannons; 8 x "Hermes" 35mm CIWS Cannons; 6 x Forward Torpedo Tubes
Mobile weapons: 4
Launch catapults: 1
Technical and Historical Notes
The Fox Class is the first of two similar classes of new Patrol Ships produced by the Earth Alliance to replace the aging Sentinel Class Patrol Corvette. It is produced around the time of the last months of the First War from the far smaller Shipyards located at Ptolemaeus Base and would see little action during this time. Several ships of this class would be produced before the slightly larger Gale Class and the even larger Salamis Class replaced it.
While the Fox Class at the time of its introduction to the Alliance Forces is the second smallest ship in its inventory with the various Sentinel Class ships having been finally retired. It would be one hundred sixty-five meters long, and fifty-five meters wide making it thirty-five meters long then the smallest ship in the Alliance inventory the Drake Class Escort. It would sport two double-barrel 110cm "Garland" Beam Cannons based heavily on the new, larger, "Godfrey" Beam Cannons which are based themselves on the "Gottfried" Cannons mounted on Archangel and Odin Class ships. However the main armament of the class would be its six forward torpedo tubes allowing it to have a heavy punch if needed against larger ships something its precursor lacked. Rounding up the ships armament would be eight small "Hermes" 35mm CIWS cannons a lighter alterative to larger Mark V 50mm CIWS Cannons, and "Igelstellung" 75mm CIWS Cannons.
The new Fox Class would like all new modern ships of the Earth Alliance sport the ability to carry and support mobile suits. In the case of the Fox Class it carries four machines in a newly design hanger bellow the equally new catapult. A mobile suit is brought up from the hanger by a large elevator and then connected to the large exterior catapult before being launched. The hanger elevator is large enough that two mobile suits can be brought up to the launch deck at the same time. The new catapult looks similar to some older magentic catapult designs that floated around before the introduction of the linear catapult system. However it is mostly based on the Nazca Class Catapult design and has two arms unfold from storage position along either side of the long run-way like catapult deck. This deck allows the ship to easily retrieve its mobile suits or even carry a few more machines by having them standing on the deck.
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Data File 01:
Peacekeeper Faction TO&E
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►Eternal – Commander Andrew Waltfield [Vice Admiral Henry Gloval]
MS CO: Hilda Harken
Black Tri-Star Team – ZGMF-600S GuAIZ Custom (3) [CO: Hilda Harken]
►Sheppard – Captain Alice Weaver
MS CO: Vincent Star
Star Team – ZGMF-600S GuAIZ Custom (6) [CO: Vincent Star]
►Vindicator – Unknown
MS CO: Unknown
ZGMF-600S GuAIZ Custom (6) [CO: Unknown]
►Mediator – Captain Lisa Hayes
MS CO: Unknown
MBF-01 Astrays (6) [CO: Unknown]
►Antonine – Captain Serena Maxwell
MS CO: Quatre Raberba Winner
Maganac Team – ZGMF-600S GuAIZ Custom (6) [Quatre Raberba Winner]
►Oberth – Captain Meifon Lei
MS CO: Quattro Bajeena
Comet Team - ZGMF-600S GuAIZ Custom (6) [CO: Quattro Bajeena
►Archangel – Captain Murrue Ramius
MS CO: Major Brian Carter
Omega Team – MBF-M1C Astray Commando (4) [CO: Major Brian Carter]
Guardian Team [CO: Lieutenant Lucrezia Noin]
Lieutenant Lucrezia Noin [MBF-M1C Astray Commando]
Lieutenant Odell Barnet [MBF-M1C Astray Commando]
Lieutenant Alex Sheppard [MBF-M1C Astray Commando]
MBF-02 Strike Rouge G-Weapon [Pilot: Princess Cagalli Yula Attha]
GAT-X105 Strike G-Weapon [Pilot: Lieutenant Commander Mu La Flagga]
GAT-X103 Buster G-Weapon [Pilot: Lieutenant Dearka Elsman]
ZGMF-X10A Freedom G-Weapon [Pilot: Lieutenant Kira Yamato]
ZGMF-X09A Justice G-Weapon [Pilot: Special Agent Athrun Zala]
►Kusanagi – Colonel Ledonir Kisaka
MS CO: Captain Samuel Archer
12th Mobile Suit Squadron (White Wolf Squadron) – MBF-M1 Astray (10) [CO: Captain Samuel Archer]
Strike Cobra Team – MBF-M1F Astray Cannon (4) [CO: Captain Logan Faust]
►Susanoo – Captain Nadia Links
MS CO: Major Milliardo Peacecraft
10th Mobile Suit Squadron (Lightning Squadron) – MBF-M1 Astray (12) [CO: Major Milliardo Peacecraft]
Link Team – MBF-M1C Astray Commando (2) [CO: David Links]
►Dominion – Captain Natarle Badgriuel
MS CO: Lieutenant Commander James Focker
Skull Squadron – GAT-01A1 Dagger (8) [CO: Lieutenant Commander James Focker
Buster Dagger Team - GAT/A-01E2 Buster Dagger (4) [CO: Lieutenant Commander Scott Bernard]
GAT-X298 Lightning Gundam [Pilot: Lieutenant Liam Muramasa]
►Loki – Captain Vincent Grant
MS CO: Lieutenant Commander Belfangan Clouseau
Dragoon Team - GAT/S-01R Blitz Dagger (6) [CO: Lieutenant Commander Belfangan Clouseau]
►Gates – Captain Adam Wells
MS CO: Lieutenant Commander William Sheppard
Hydra Team [CO: Lieutenant Commander William Sheppard]
GAT-01A1/TJ Dagger Juggler Prototype [Pilot: Lieutenant Commander William Sheppard]
GAT/A-01E2 Buster Dagger (2)
GAT-333 Raider Full Spec
►Medusa – Captain Jacob Drake
MS CO: Lieutenant Eric Anderson
Ghost Team – GAT-01/SR Strike Dagger Ghost (2) [CO: Lieutenant Eric Anderson]
►King Cobra – Captain Reed Wheeler
MS CO: Gai Murakumo
Serpent Tail Team
MBF-P03 Blue Frame Astray Prototype [Pilot: Gai Murakumo]
ZGMF-1017 GINN Elijah Kiel Custom [Pilot: Elijah Kiel]
ZGMF-600 GuAIZ Gemini Twins Custom 01 [Pilot: Elian Gemini]
ZGMF-600 GuAIZ Gemini Twins Custom 02 [Pilot: Elena Gemini]
ZGMF-1017AS Assault GINN Henderson Custom [Pilot: James Henderson]
►Ortiga – Captain Meriol Pistis
MS CO: Lieutenant Senior Grade Canard Pars
CAT1-X1/3 Hyperion Gundam [Pilot: Lieutenant Senior Grade Canard Pars]
CAT1-X2/3 Hyperion Gundam [Pilot: Ensign Kou Uraki]
Immortal Team – GAT-01D1/C Duel Cannon (2)/GAT-01A1 Dagger (3) [CO: Lieutenant Senior Grade South Burning)
Marmot Team – GAT-01E Strike Dagger E(4)[CO: Lieutenant Lieutenant Senior Grade Yuu Kajima]
Basically a small TO&E, or ORBAT for the Peacekeeper Faction Fleet at this point of the story, expect it get a bit larger before the end though. Now time for the Omake! Enjoy!
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Omake 01: Return To Port
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After running into the Federation Battleship Diva the Bisidian Pirate Ship Dukele returned to port due to them being at the end of a five-month deployment and needed the rest along with the supplies, especially after a few of their mobile suits getting damaged by the expertly piloted mobile suits off the Diva. Therefore they returned to Barnacle Dock the home of the Bisidan Pirates and several other minor such groups. With careful precession the large pirate ship slipped into its berth alongside its sister ship the Baronche. The two ships were nearly identical without an even a difference in color scheme telling them apart. Waiting for the ship at the dock was Wivik Lambro the overall leader of the Bisidian Pirates after the death of his father a few years before. As the man known as Captain Ash exited the ship the older Captain nodded down to the Bisidian Commander before coming up towards the younger man.
"Welcome back Ash," Wivik mentioned with a smile at the older man who he thought should have taken over the group instead of him but with him following his own plans it would have been impossible.
"Hello Wivik," Ash replied with a strained smile watching as his crew exited the ship to greet friends and family waiting for him. His recent meet-up with his father and son made him wish for the same.
"So it is done then Ash?" Wivik asked looking over at his friend who turned back to him and smiled sadly at him before sighing.
"Yes my father now knows about EXA-DB and hopefully he can do the right thing with that knowledge," he mentioned before turning away and leaving his friend behind as he headed for his on-base quarters. The woman many knew as Ceru Cobalt or better known as Arisa Gunhale wondered up to the pirate Commander with a frown looking at the retreating back of her best friend.
"This is tearing him up and the meeting with the Diva really shook him," she mentioned with a sigh while Wivik only nodded sadly in agreement.
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Basically this is the slight continuation of A Pirates Mission and a small introduction to the other half-half of the Bisidian Pirates. I hope everyone enjoyed this small nod to Gundam AGE and now we get back to SEED.
I believe that is about it for my notes and I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter for it had been a long time in coming. So thanks for waiting and I hope you aren't too disappointed with this chapter. We get the real Battle of Copernicus next chapter! So stay tuned.
Till then ciao!