"They will pay for their inhumane acts of-" The EMF President's speech was cut short by a wrench being thrown into the projection screen.
"OUR inhumane acts, those bastards attacked us first!" screamed an enraged Lt. Rush McKenny, retrieving the wrench from the shattered screen.
"Take it easy, Rush," said one of the mechanics helping him make the final adjustments to his mobile suit, Gundam Dreadnought.
"Yeah, we will all get our revenge soon enough," replied another mechanic, as he replaced a circuit board in the cockpit.
"I can't stand those war mongerers, calling us barbaric, when they first killed nearly 5,000 civilians stationed on Mars, then opened fire on our blockade fleet, eliminating countless numbers of soldiers, including my friends aboard the Armedia," informed Rush, handing one of the mechanics a piece of metal plating.
"That is why we, the colonies, have designed these," said one of the mechanics, knocking on the Gundam's armor, echoing throughout the suit.
"This suit is more than a match at any range against everything in the EMF's arsenal," stated the mechanic, connecting wires in the cockpit.
"The projectile from the Twin Dober Gun will penetrate any armor the EMF has, so this suit could probably hold its own against scores of mobile suits," commented the other mechanic, pointing to the massive, 2 barreled weapon that was located on either shoulder, nearly touching the deckhead below, almost 60 feet below.
"Well, everything is complete here in the cockpit," said the mechanic, cleaning up his mess, "Are you sure you can handle this variation of the Zero System?"
"I have used it in the simulators with no problems, so why couldn't I?" replied Rush, stepping into the pilot's seat, "Why do you ask?"
"The Zero System is dangerous, and if you aren't prepar-"
"What, you don't think I'm capable of piloting this mobile suit?" said Rush, with a cocky attitude about his voice.
"I didn't say that, just that it is still experimental technology and it hasn't been tested in a combat situation, and we didn't use the original plans from the archives," replied the mechanic, packing up his tools.
Rush strapped himself in and begun activating Dreadnought.
"Well, we are about to find out," stated Rush, "Get off the suit and activate the captured suits that were turned into drones for these training sessions," he commanded.
"Yes, Lieutenant," replied both of them, drifting over to the door in the zero-g environment.
"Now," Rush said to himself, "lets see what this suit is made of."
The Gundam came to life, the eyes engulfed with green as the activated against the black coloring of the armor around the eyes, and the suit powered up. He tested the motors in the suit, moving the arms, opening and closing the hands, and lifting each leg up and down.
"Everything seems to be in order," stated Rush, "Begin test in 3, 2, 1..."
He threw the thruster lever forward, blasting the suit out of the hanger into the test range. His sensors picked up 3 enemy mobile suits.
"Only 3 suits?" he questioned, jokingly, "well, it is only a test, so here we go."
He targeted the nearest of the 3, which all had seen him and begun evasive actions. He increased thruster output to counter for the force of the Twin Dober Gun. He fired, putting a round clean through the chest section of the mobile suit, causing it to explode.
"Recoil isn't too bad for a weapon this size," commented Rush, as he targeted the enemy MS on his left.
Rush pushed the button on his control stick and used the gattling cannons mounted in the chest. The immense volley of 60mm rounds tore the enemy ms to shreds, then exploding just as the last.
"I like my guns, I really do," he said playfully.
The third mobile suit hit its thrusters and lunged at the Gundam, catching Rush off guard. It struck the Gundam, knocking into the ground. The enemy MS took out its beam saber and lunged for Rush. Rush countered by using the twin heat rods that are stored in the shield. He threw them out in a lateral motion, cutting the enemy mobile suit into 3 different sections.
"Test complete," Rush announced, "Which one of you engineers up there decided to give the last suit more AI than normal? He questioned, using the suit to look at the control deck.
"You said you could handle it, did you not?" said an engineer, into Rush's communications system, "Our analysis is that the suit is just as we designed it and you are too cocky."
"I got the job done, didn't I?" replied Rush, maneuvering the Gundam back to the hanger.
"Yes, but now we have to make repairs to the dented armor and clean the suit, again," said the engineer, irritated by Rush
"I'll help clean it up and get it ready for deployment, ok?" He said, putting the suit into its original position in the hangar, "Besides, the EMF won't know what hit them, because they will be blinded by a glare, coming off of the polished armor," he added, in his normal manner.
"Just get out of the suit and clean up," said the engineer, "You will be deployed in a day, maybe 2, so you need rest."
"Gotcha," replied Rush, walking onto the deck, headed for the hatch to the hallway.