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
A Mobile Suit Gundam SEED AU Novella
Written and brought to you,
by William R. Woods
aka "Deathzealot"
With input and ideas from SethMKlein
Author's Foreword:
Well I like to welcome everyone to the much-awaited sequel to Divergence, Gundam SEED Resolution which shall wrap up the rest of the First Bloody Valentine War and the events that happen right after the end of the war. Also strange enough this is my entry for the 2010 National Novel Writing Month, when Divergence was my winning entry for the 2009 NaNoWriMo. /shrug/
Before we get going and running along with the story I like to take some time to mention a few things. I hope not to make this Foreword as long as the one from Divergence, therefore I shall get right into the thick of it. First I like to mention that while Divergence was mainly from the POV of Captain Natarle Badgiruel and her crew of the Dominion, with a few looks over to the growing replacement TSA Force, however Resolution shall pan out a bit and focus mainly on the Peacekeeper Faction as a whole. Therefore some new characters shall be introduced into the story along side some of the veteran characters from Divergence. However many of these new characters like much of the characters from the crew of the Dominion shall remain in the background supporting the main cast. Meanwhile the main cast of the story shall be expanded to include not only a handful of new characters, but the other main characters from the rest of the Peacekeeper Faction. Secondly I would like to say that many are wondering about what happens with the characters from the Astray X manga with the Dreadnaught Gundam now in the hands of the Alliance. Well I shall say that Canard and his crew shall show up in the first few chapters of this story finally introducing them to the Peacekeeper Faction. Just a fair warning Canard shall be very different from the angst ridden young man he was in the Manga, for I have some plans for him. All I am going to say that he shall seem like a whole new character. However Prayer shall only make a very small appearance in the story, and that is about it. As for the rest of the Junk Guild crew, well they shall make their own overdue debut into the story as well.
Anyways that is about it folks, so please enjoy this new story from yours truly and I really hope to get back on track with Dawn if I can but no promises for NaNoWriMo is going take a lot out of me. Till then enjoy this new story from Deathzealot and thank you all for reading.
Story Opening is No More Lies by Krypteria
Chapter BGM is Tokihanate! Opening to the Blue Gender Anime
Prior Phase: The Wolfs Closing In
In late CE65 the Eurasian Federation secretly formed the Special Operations Unit X under the command of Commodore, later Rear Admiral, Emile Delancy whose mission was to serve as a first-strike unit in case of any war with their long-time rivals and political enemy the Atlantic Federation. However when the Earth Alliance was formed in late CE69 due to rising tensions between Earth and the PLANTs, Unit X was temporarily disbanded before being reformed in late CE70 when tensions once again emerged between the two of the Alliance's Super-Powers. This unit remained as a Dagger ready to strike when needed…
- Taken from Special Operation Units of the Cosmic Era
Circa. March, CE85
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ENS Ortigia
In Vicinity of L1
July 17, CE71
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In the region of space above the blue jewel that is the planet Earth known as the LaGrange Point One a pair of ships slowly moved on staying well away from the vast majority of space stations and other objects that took up the center of the large gravitational force that is the LaGrange Point. The lead ship of the two is one of the Earth Alliance's iconic Agamemnon Class Flagship/Carriers, though unlike many of its brethren this particular ship was painted in a very dark midnight blue, almost black, paintjob instead of the blue paintjob of the other ships. The second ship looked quite different from its compatriot for it was not a warship instead was a non-combat ship tender reasonable in keeping the other ship going. It was one of the Earth Alliance's brand new Cornelius Class Tender which already been made partly famous by the Class Prototype the ReHOME (formerly Cornelius) under the banner of the Junk Guild. Unlike its counterpart though it was still painted in the common paintjob of the Alliance's Cornelius Class mainly a dark orange with some white mixed in as well, though it did have a pair of dark midnight blue stripes along either side to show its affiliation with the other ship.
However standing in the Agamemnon's rear observation room is a uniformed young man who simply stared out at the stars through the room's very large view-port that nearly took up one wall of the room. This young man wore a uniform that look awfully similar to the normal Earth Alliance uniform just it was not white or light blue, instead it was the same color as the ship, a deep midnight blue. Not to mention while the coat did look similar to those on a normal Alliance uniform, it did not have the red, black or red shoulder panels instead like the side panels they where the blue similar to that of a the Alliance's Volunteer Uniform. Also the patch riding the uniform's right arm was not that of the Alliance or even any of its member states. Instead it was a simple patch that displayed a large midnight blue X that has what looks like a dagger jammed into the center, and a large shield displayed behind it which itself displayed the old crest of the Eurasian Federation.
The young man himself let out a soft sigh before shaking his long black ponytail, and continuing to look out the large view-port at the twinkling stars. He looked saddened and depressed over something. However he was soon surprised as the door behind him opened and a slightly older woman floated into the room thanks to the zero-gee atmosphere of the ship. This woman wore a similar uniform to the man, though instead of slacks she wore a long skirt of the same color. The woman looked completely different from the man for unlike the slight Japanese or Asian looks of the young man; the woman looked to be European instead. Also she wore her hair shorter almost a pixie cut, and wore a pair of glasses. The woman sighed when she saw the young man and brought herself to the floor behind him.
"You still miss him don't you Canard?" the woman asked the young man, who is known as Lieutenant Senior Grade Canard Pars, making him sigh and nod his head at her question.
"Yes he was only father figure I had, and if it wasn't for him I would be some sort of crazed killer or something," Canard responded with looking at the reflected image of the woman behind him in the glass of the view-port. The woman smiled slightly at his comment but sighed and set a hand on his shoulder silently supporting him.
"True but the Admiral would not want you to dwell on it," the woman mentioned with a nod of her head, mentioning Rear Admiral Emile Delancy their commander and friend who had died at JOSH-A where he had been commanding much of the Eurasian Defense Forces there. The Admiral had also been not only just a friend to the young man but a much needed father-figure who managed to calm him down and directing his anger elsewhere to the Atlantic Federation and their Blue Cosmos Masters.
"I know Meriol that in my head, but in my heart does not," Canard responded with a soft sadness filled sigh as he finally turned around to look at his companion, Captain Meriol Pristis the commander of their little group, who only smiled sadly knowing what he was trying to say.
"Anyways enough of this moodiness, Emile would want me to get on with my life and that is want I shall do," Canard finally said after a few moments of drawn out silence between the two of them. Meriol blinked before finally smiling at this and could only shake her head.
"Alright then with that out of way, I need to say that I was sent to find you by Lieutenant Purplton she wanted to talk to you about some new additions she added to the Hyperions," she said with a smile and a shake of her head, mentioning Nina Purplton a former civilian mechanical engineer who had worked for Actaeon Industries before joining the military for some reason all her own. Canard however could only roll his eyes in annoyance before starting towards the door, with Meriol following behind him chuckling lightly for the two where not all on the best terms with one another.
"Speaking of the lovely Lieutenant Purplton how is she taken to being command of the Altair?" he asked as he started to float towards the bridge of the ship, mentioning the Cornilius Class Tender they had hijacked when they left Artemis Base when they decided to defect from the Alliance after they received the true story behind what happened at Battle of JOSH-A. After they left Artemis and L3 behind Meriol had the Lieutenant placed in command of the ship for some strange reason.
"Besides complaining about her being an engineer not a ship-driver she is doing very good," Meriol said with a small snicker behind her hand while Canard chuckled in response to this.
"Let's go see what she wants now…" Canard started to say but was stopped as another officer appeared in front of them and stopped saluting the two of them, which the two officers responded in kind.
"Yes Crewman?" Meriol asked with a frown looking over at Canard wondering what was going on here.
"Ma'am Lieutenant Commander Schmitz sent me to notify who that we received another report from our contact about another convoy moving out towards the moon from Orbit," the man reported, mentioning the ship's combat commander and the officer now in command of the bridge with Meriol on her little search for Canard and her XO elsewhere most likely sleeping, before with another round of salutes left. The two officers simply smiled at this information before looking at each other.
"Well let's not keep our good-old supply officer waiting for us," Canard said with an evil grin on his face, mentioning the nickname he started to call the Alliance by since they got the majority of their supplies from raiding Alliance supply ships. Meriol only chuckled in response to his statement.
"Yes let's get going," she said as the two continued on towards the bridge, neither officer aware that this new convoy was in fact a trap waiting for them.
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Unknown Location
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Elsewhere a single man looked out a similar view-port that Canard had been looking through, though unlike Canard who was looking out trying to find some peace this man was grinning evilly looking at small convoy his ship was part of while he petted the pommel of a wicked looking knife. Every single ship in this convoy was a disguised warship, a perfect sitting for a trap for a pirate. However unlike any of the other ships in the small fleet, which either had some sort of elaborate disguise to fool enemy forces, the ship the unknown man was on was by far different. It was a ship that while it did look like a Fleet Tender or Supply Ship, it was built to serve as a warship and carrier. In other words it was a Q-Ship using old terminology.
"Yes it is almost time to unleash my anger and rage at my enemies, a little more," the man said with an evil cackle before turning around from the view to get himself ready for the battle ahead of him.
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Deep L4 Zone
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Cruising through the debris filled Deep L4 Zone towards the supporting base of the newly formed Peacekeeper Faction, where a small fleet of ships. Unlike any ship before it these ships where heading towards The Factory to destroy it and the Peacekeeper Faction itself. On the bridge of the lead vessel a white uniformed officer of a ZAFT Commander watched as his fleet slowly made their way through the thick debris field towards his target. The man really liked having this mission and he showed it by the evil grin on his face that he had not dropped since they entered L4. For his force was quite powerful compared to any other ZAFT Force before it, maybe even the most powerful force that ZAFT had ever deployed from the Homeland since the first few months of the war. With the fleet numbering twelve ships in total almost matching the force they where about to face. The Commander was sure he was going to win thanks to several reasons, not to mention he was not making the same mistake that fools in the Alliance made when they attacked the same group.
"Commander we are now about fifteen minutes away from the target," the Captain of the command ship reported looking over at the commander after being told by his own sensor officer. The Commander only nodded at him before turning away from the bridge's view-port and started to walk out of the bridge to get ready.
"Yes it is time for me to once again return to the battlefield," the Commander said with a smile, while his ships continued onwards to their objective. The war would for the first time come to the front step of the Factory and the wolves where now closing in on the unknowing Peacekeeper Faction. Yet even the wolves would be surprised by ferocity of their enemy.
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Post-Chapter Notes:
Whew! There is the first chapter of Resolution and I hope you all enjoy it, not to mention my new version of Canard Pars. He is quite different from what we see him as in the X Astray. Like mentioned here it is thanks to this Rear Admiral, who instead of Garcia takes command of Canard where he takes the young Ultimate Coordinator under his wing. With the tutelage and example of this Admiral Canard is no longer an angry young man that we know him as.
Also we see that the Alliance is closing in on Canard and his group while ZAFT is closing in on the Peacekeeper Faction. We do not who are these two commanders, and they shall remain a mystery till when they make their debut in the coming chapters.
Hopefully I can get my buffer for Dawn back on track, but like mentioned before I make no promises, but hopefully once this first week of November is over I perhaps may have the time to get a buffer going. Till then enjoy Resolution.
Anyways before I leave you with a new Omake I like to mention that I am accepting Omakes from everyone. Basically write out a small omake that either explores my own characters, explore your own character in the world of Divergence or it could just be for laughs like some of my other Omakes. Just have fun writing them. Thank you in advance!
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Omake #1
I am a Gundam Pilot not a Babysitter!
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In one of the many rooms of the large Mobile Dock that is as The Factory, Kira Yamato famed pilot of the Strike Gundam and now the Freedom Gundam could look around at the room he was in almost comical disbelieve at what occupied said room before looking over at his companion.
"Come on Lacus I am a Gundam Pilot not a Babysitter!" he said with whine in his voice that made his girlfriend chuckle in response at this response to the various young kids that ran around the room in front of them.
"Everyone else is busy with something therefore you are the only one you can watch these kids," she replied with a hidden smile before ducking out of the room leaving the poor Gundam Pilot at the mercy of the kids he found he was in charge of. Kira could only look around in horror and knew it was not going to be a good day for him.
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