By the time the Allies had rolled out their first line of mobile suits, the Earthsphere War had been raging for almost a full year. But in the dawn of the second year, the ZAFT forces soon had a new threat to contend with; the First Allied Mobile Suit Squadron. They called themselves Mjolnir, after the legendary weapon used by Thor. And like Mjolnir, they would break ZAFT for their crimes against the people of the Earthsphere.

Their commanding officer was Captain Katiana Pravda, a veteran of several air battles in not only the ES War but several small-scale battles before the war. She was the first pilot that brought out the full potential of the NMS-063 Minuteman. The first Allied pilot to be granted the title of ace due to her part in the battle of Yggdrasil.

Under Pravda's command, Mjolnir Squadron proved to be a bane to ZAFT's space forces, their Minuteman Astros easily being on par with ZAFT's GINN and CGUE mobile suits. The enemy even gave Pravda a name out of fear; The Emerald Valkyrie, as the sight of her emerald mobile suit would usually lead to massive casualties on their side.

However, this is not Katiana's story. This is our story. Mu La Flaga, Gaius Ismail, Kira Yamato, Flay Allister, Takashi Ikari, Mikeva Solum, Gail Rodriguez, Erika Hawkins, and myself. This how we survived.

August 15th, C.E. 72…

'Shit!' Ensign Veronica Hendrickson cursed as she maneuvered her mobile suit to evade machine gun fire from an approaching GINN. As soon as the one-eyed MS was in her sight, she pulled the trigger, blasting the cockpit with her Minuteman Astro's Machine Gun.

A small victory in what was becoming a losing battle. For the past month, the combined forces of ZAFT's 3rd, 8th, and 12th Space Fleets had been attacking the Allies-controlled Nova base in a series of raids. And the defense fleet stationed there (including her squad) was tired, so very tired of fighting.

"Mjolnir 4, 7, and 10! Commence bombing run on the seven o'clock Laurasia-Class!" Their squad commander ordered. Her voice was an anchor for the soldiers as ships and mobile weapons fought all around them.

"Roger that!" Mjolnir 10 replied.

"Loud and clear!" Mjolnir 4 chimed in.

"Copy!" Veronica replied as she blasted down towards her target, her wingsmate's Soldat's flanking her.

"I got the bridge in sight." Mjolnir 4 stated, aiming her 6-Tube Missile Launchers at the ship's bridge. "Firing!"

"Same!" Mjolnir 7 replied, aiming his Rocket Launcher.

"Let's blow them the fuck up!" Veronica replied. The three blasting the bridge apart in a barrage of rockets and bullets, leaving the ship to flounder without a bridge crew to guide it. But before they could celebrate, their alarms blared and saw a nearby Drake-Class bridge getting blown up by a broad orange beam.

"Oh crap!" Veronica cried out as her alarms blared. On her screen, she saw an approaching mobile weapon and instantly froze when she saw it.

A dark purple machine that dwarfed any mobile suit and shared the same singular eye as ZAFT's mobile suits. This machine was responsible for sinking four Nelson-class ships single-handedly during the last month alongside over thirty Moebius IIs and ten Minutemen. And it was blasting towards them at speeds far exceeding any mobile suit.

"That's the bastard who killed Luke!" Mjolnir 7 proclaimed as he blasted ahead, unloading an entire clip of rockets at the mobile armor. The purple mobile armor retaliated with eight missiles from the eight tubes on its body. The projectiles met in a massive explosion, obscuring the mobile armor from Mjolnir 7's sights. Suddenly, the mobile armor fired an orange beam through the cloud, vaporizing the Minuteman Astro and its pilot.

"YOU COLONIST FUCK!" Mjolnir 4 screamed in righteous anger as she unloaded her missiles at the one-eyed mobile armor. But, true its reputation, the purple mobile armor effortlessly shot the missiles down with its claw guns. It blasted towards Mjolnir 4, elegantly evading the barrage of machine gun fire and CIWS before grabbing the Minuteman. It tore the mobile suit in half, killing the pilot, her last scream never reaching her lips.

"Helena…" Veronica whimpered before the purple mobile armor set its single eye on her. However, her salvation came in a barrage of bullets that forced the mobile armor to evade. Sure enough, another Minuteman Astro armed with a 5-barrel Gatling Gun appeared, Mjolnir Squad's insignia on its right shoulder.

"Get it together, Mjolnir 10." The calm voice of Katiana Pravda spoke over the comms as her mobile suit replaced its clip. "The Galero is under fire by a flight of GINNs. I need you on your A-Game and keep that ship from sinking."

"But... the mobile armor..."

"Don't worry. I'll take care of that overgrown clunker."

"But captain... that thing... it's a monster." The younger woman stated as her screen displayed the mobile armor vaporizing a flight of Moebius IIs.

"No, it's a mobile weapon." The Emerald Valkyrie stated, determination evident in her voice. "Listen closely, Veronica. If there's one thing I've learned in this war, it's this; a mobile weapon is useless without the right pilot."

And with that, the Minuteman Astro blasted towards the enemy mobile armor; her Gatling gun letting loose a storm of metal. The purple armor evaded the bulletstorm before turning and opening its front, revealing a giant circular beam cannon. The monstrous machine unleashed the orange stream of death, but with the skill honed through years of combat, Pravda spun and evaded the blast with only the half of her right shield being melted. It then fired another round of bullets, this time hitting paydirt and shredding the mobile armors' left claw to shreds.

Inspired by her captain's display, Veronica ironed her resolve and blasted to her destination. As she approached the Galero, she aimed her machine gun at the nearest GINN and fired, shredding the suit and killing the pilot. Another GINN attempted to attack with its sword, but Veronica managed to block the attack with her shield before kicking it right into the path of Galero's beam cannons.

For the next minutes, Veronica joined a squad of Minuteman Astros and Moebius II's in defending the Galero from any mobile suit that attempted to sink it. And for a moment, she felt reassured, that they would turn this battle around and drive ZAFT back. But that all came crashing down as her onboard computer beeped. She looked and read something that shattered any sense of hope she had.

Katiana's IFF was terminated.

A few minutes later, command gave the order for all Allied Forces to retreat, realizing that Nova was a lost cause.

And so, the Allied Forces were dealt a substantial loss that day. Hundreds of their brothers and sisters had been killed. And Katiana Pravda was one of the many. A shining star that violently flickered before being snuffed out.

Year 70 of the Cosmic Era. Tensions were mounting between the nations of Earth and the ZAFT Organization. Due to the Bloody Valentine Tragedy and the April Fools Crisis, these tensions suddenly escalated into a full-scale war. It seemed a foregone conclusion that the Allied Forces, with their superior numbers, would be victorious. But these initial assessments proved to be false. Almost four years have passed since the conflict began, with seemingly no end in sight.

Navek presents

A Gundam SEED fanfic

A Soldier's Will

Author's Note: They say you never forget your first love. And while that usually refers to romance or sex, I've recently learned that it can have another meaning.

Those who have followed me since the beginning of my profile know that wrote a story called Gundam SEED: Tales of Mjolnir. It was my first foray into Gundam fanfiction, and I remember having a tone of fun writing it. However, I soon ran into some major problems with that story.

The cast was oversaturated. The plot was idiotically simplistic and flawed. And my interest in Gundam waned a bit as I moved onto other stories.

But recently, I watched the ONA series Gundam Thunderbolt. And like just like a bolt of lightning, my love for the Gundam series was sparked once more.

Since working on the Fairy Mythos Series and meeting xpegasus, I believe I've grown as a writer and that I'm more than ready to write a Gundam fanfic that lives up to the franchise. More than that, I'm going to make my own unique mark on Gundam SEED fanfiction. And it starts with this declaration;

Don't expect to see any Newtypes or SEED factors in this story. Because this is not the Cosmic Era you know.

See ya next time!