Disclaimer: Gundam SEED does not belong to me.

Author's note: This is a corrected version; I made a mistake with Mwu's Ranking in the original one. I worked with his given rank near the end of the first season. To all those who noticed, my apologies.

Characters and Ships

With the Earth Alliance Forces (EAF)

Tyrell Barr, Colonel, Carrier Null Dividend

Edward Keyes, Colonel, Moebius Zero Corps 2nd squadron

Elsa Dupre, Lieutenant, Moebius Zero Corps 2nd squadron

Mwu La Flaga, Lieutenant, Moebius Zero Corps 2nd squadron

Ships:

Agamemmnon Class:

Null Dividend

Indomitable

Inexorable

Indomitable

Lunar Solstice

Relentless Dream

Nelson Class:

Sol Eclipse

Lunar Flash

With the Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty(ZAFT)

Rau Le Crueset, Commander, frigate Galvani

Ships:

Lauarsia Class:

Galvani

Arendt

Cervantes

PROLOUGE: INSTINCT IN THE VOID

May 28, Cosmic Era 70

Earth Alliance Carrier Null Dividend

En-route towards the Grimaldi Crater Base

Colonel Tyrell Barr watched as his crew moved into action. Within the bridge of his ship, the Null Dividend, the warning klaxons still rang out the alarm. The cause of the commotion was the faint exhaust trails of mobile suit verniers picked up by the Sol Eclipse, one of two Nelson class ships escorting the larger Agamemnon class vessel that was his ship.

Leaning on his command chair, he brought up the sensor read-outs fed by his forward ship. There was no doubt about it, beyond the range of his battle group's sensors lay a ZAFT Nazca class destroyer, and perhaps its own escort. He glanced at the ship's read-outs once again and sighed, there was no way to evade combat at this point.

The battle group Dividend was one of five battle groups that made up the Earth Alliance 3rd space fleet. His command just recently left the Ptolemeus Lunar base to help reinforce the 3rd fleet's four other battle groups. After a recent skirmish with ZAFT heavy scout force, his ship was forced to return to the more secure Ptolemeus base for needed repairs. He could not help but feel anxious that any of the next battles his group faced would be its last. Intelligence sources confirmed that ZAFT was gearing for a massive push to take out Grimaldi Firebase and then head towards Ptolemeus itself.

"Lieutenant Rose, what's the status of our cargo?" He requested from his CIC officer Lieutenant Eileen Rose, hopeful that she might give him some good news.

"None so far Sir. Though the Sol Eclipse has just sent us verification that there are close to ten Mobile GINNs moving towards our position." She responded in a formal military fashion.

Colonel Barr sighed yet again. The third fleet of the Alliance was known for another distinguishing factor, its elite forces. Just before leaving the base, his precious Dividend was tasked to bring into the Front the last of three squadrons that make up the 3rd's special squad. Though he was a friend with the commander of this particular squad, he was hoping that there wouldn't be a need for them to enter combat this soon.

"Lieutenant, inform the Lunar Flash to launch its interceptor wing, tell the Eclipse to prepare its assault wing. It seems that we have no choice but to engage."

"Sir, Colonel Keyes, wishes to confer with you" the Lieutenant informed him. "He says he has another course of action that we can take."

Opening his own command monitor, Colonel Barr faced a man of middle age, brown hair and a smile on his face. "What is it Ed? Eileen here says you have a plan."

Turning his face away from his watch, Colonel Edward Keyes smiled at his friend from the confines of his Mobile armor. " And to think I phrased it in a different way. But, yeah I have a plan."

"So spill it. We have less than three minutes before we're swarmed by several mobile suits." Colonel Barr said in an aggrieved tone. "This ship just got out of dry dock, and I have no intention of limping it back to Ptolemeus."

"I heard from the combat chatter that you're launching two wings of mobile armor. Belay that, instead have us launch."

"Your ten zeros against those M.S.? What about the Nazca?"

"We'll handle it" Colonel Keyes said with a smile, soon after the communication screen faded.

What are you up to Ed? Colonel Barr said to himself. Bringing his attention back to the bridge and his awaiting crew, he began giving a new set of orders and grinned. Hah, let's trust your insight then old friend.

Deep within the bowels of Agamemmnon ship, the Launch bays had their own activity. Fast-paced and focused, the tech crews aided the other pilots of the Moebius Zero Squadron into their mobile armor. Already inside the cockpit of his armor, Colonel Keyes looked again at his watch. He hated waiting in the cramp confines of a carrier. He felt most free in space. He, as well as the other pilots in his squad, had an uncanny sense of spatial awareness. In fact their mobile armor was tailored to take full advantage of this 'special sense'. He looked again at his watch. Less than a minute to go then instinct goes into play.

"Everyone, I told the boss upstairs that we'd handle this. CIC informs me that there are close to ten mobile GINNs." He spoke into his squad communication's frequency. "Major Dupre your wing's with me, we'll play with these moving coffins and give Lieutenant Flaga's wing enough time to hunt down that Nazca. Everyone else stick with your flight leaders. Let's show these Coordinators what instinct can do."

The carrier Null Dividend's launch bays opened up and one-by-one ten Mobile armors launched into space, illuminating the hull of the ship as their verniers lit the blackness of space.

Almost instantly, ten exhaust trails flared into life as the mobile GINN squad moved in to intercept the Moebius Zeros. Round upon round of Machine gun fire splashed across the space between the mobile armor and suits, with both sides evading. Before long, three of the Zeros peeled off from the formation, flashing past the combat zone. The remaining seven armors began dodging missile fire and explosive bullet rounds.

One GINN opened up at a bright Yellow Zero with its Canis short-ranged missile launcher, closing the gap with four explosive warheads. The Yellow Zero flared its side thrusters evading two of the missles. Moving into evasive maneuvers, the zero then detached its Gun barrels into four directions, its almost transparent wire hardly visible in the starlit sky. It then blazed away with its multiple linear guns at the missiles, engulfing the warheads in a halo of magnetically propelled rounds. Then dashing below the mobile suit, it shot a round at the GINN's legs, knocking the still aiming suit downwards while it flashed past. The suit then regained its momentum and chased after the zero, only to be gunned down from multiple directions by white, black and blue gun barrels.

Four GINNs then opened up with a focused barrage of machine gun rounds, clipping one of the Zeros on the edge of its retracted gunbarrel, spinning the armor around. One of the GINNs then rushed forward drawing its MA-M3 heavy blade and preparing to swing it at the out of control zero.

"Crudstunk !" Colonel Keyes cursed as his Zero went into an evasive barrel roll. While he was recalling one of his wired barrels, the quartet of GINNs opened up at his blue zero.

Adjusting his verniers and righting his zero back into a combat position, he spared a glance at his radar and saw that these GINNs were making it hard for his squad to contain them. Though his sensors told him that only six GINNs remained, these were not just ordinary pilots. "Probably Red coats." He said to himself. He maneuvered his zero back into a firing position and released his three remaining gun barrels, catching the lead GINN right behind its cockpit. "That leaves five GINNs now."

"Colonel Keyes!" a bass voice called to him from his communicator "this is Lieutenant Flaga, Nazca threat neutralized! Can we join the party?"

"Perfect timing Mwu. Pick a partner and take her for a spin!" He said while he gritted his teeth from an accelerated turn.

"Thanks a lot bossman!" Muw replied as his zero flew past Keyes' own.

Mwu's orange zero dashed madly to the right as the last four GINNs started moving towards his wing. Edward Keyes watched as the talented pilot and his wing surrounded the GINNs from multiple directions. Listening to the tactical frequency, he heard Mwu laugh as the GINNs tried to aim at his zero only to be blasted from behind by one of Mwu's gun barrels. "Call me ship killer Flaga!" Mwu jokingly announced as his wing made short work of the remaining mobile suits.

Within a scant three minutes all the GINNs were floating, dead in space, and the Zero squad headed back towards their carrier. Keyes watched proudly as the nine other zeros flew back. It's all with instinct. Hopefully that will get us through this war.