Gundam SEED Unlimited
The Second Bloody Valentine had crippled Earth Alliance, United Emirates of Orb and ZAFT in terms of human resources, economy and other vital factors to run a nation. The Clyne Faction mediated between EA and ZAFT and together with Orb; they form a new peace treaty to dissolve the differences between naturals and coordinators. However there are a few who oppose the proposal and refused to acknowledge each race as brethrens but contributed to effort in rebuilding Earth. One such nation is Central America where anti-coordinators sentiments still remain and threaten to be hostile to the new peace treaty.
Eventually, under the efforts of the Clyne Faction, United Emirates of Orb and the Kingdom of Scandinavia, the Triple Alliance came into being.
While Central America is reconstructing its military, another group of anti-natural activists are manufacturing weapons of war and training personnel for battle. This population belongs to the loyalist of the late Patrick Zala, they fled the PLANT to avoid persecution when Gilbert Durandal take over as Chairman. They reside in cluster of space colonies in between L3 and L5 (later known as "Genesis OMEGA"). The colonies are hidden well by large amount of debris but slowly revealing themselves as they recycle the debris for raw materials. They were declared hostile when they attacked Jule's fleet which trespassed the area. It was a clear message that not only naturals are their enemies but also those who are supporting and aiding them. This group of activists was later known as EXILER. Every now and then, there were crossfires between EXILER and the Triple Alliance. The Clyne Faction offered peace talk but was refused, the EXILER are hard-core loyalist of Patrick Zala. They also claimed Athrun Zala to be an unfilial son to his father.
Back in the Triple Alliance, weapons R&D resumed after the peace talks were unsuccessful. New mobile suits and assault ships were jointly created to serve the alliance if conflict arises. The PLANT also built new colonies in place of the ones destroyed in the past. Everyone waits for EXILER to make their move however the remnants of Blue Cosmos seem impatient.
Prologue
C.E. 75
Xin carefully maneuvered his Space Worker Pod through the debris, searching for valuable parts to sell for profits. At times when there's luck, he would find intact weapons, usable limbs and various parts of mobile weapons. Otherwise, he will just take large chunk of junk to sell. Junk… this person is from the Junk Guild and a genius behind machine repairs and modifications.
Only relying on the floodlights on his SWP to his find his way, he is very vulnerable to any kind of attacks. Something glittering caught his attention, upon deeper inspection it was fully intact Mobile Suit. After doing checks on his space suit, he opened the cockpit of his unit and propelled towards the menacing titan.
"Sweet…" he gasped. This is the best find he could get for sums of profits.
"Any collector will fork out big bucks for a fully complete Mobile Suit. Let's check if the cockpit hatch still opens."
Working with such machines throughout his career, this task is nothing to him. In a moment the hatch open and Xin hoped into the cockpit. He gaped at the clean interior; no bloods stains at all! It seemed as if someone just abandoned this excellent piece of engineering. The whole cockpit droned when its system started up.
"OK… It works… Time to load it into my pod… After I sell it, I'm gonna be RICH!!!"
Suddenly the sensor detected something, there's an assault ship approaching his direction. He immediately shut the machine down, hoping to avoid detection. Dreadfully, his SWP was still running; giving out signals to any nearby space craft. He tried to start up the Mobile Suit again but nothing was working for him.
"Damn it! Start up! Start up you dummy!!!" he frantically called as he kept pressing on the main power switch.
He heard a loud thunk and force as if a crane had caught the unit.
'I'm going to die!!!'
He dreaded for the worst when the movement stop. Suddenly the hatch open and lights flooded in. The next instant, he was pointed with guns.
"Step out of the cockpit with your hands behind your head. Failure to comply will result with immediate consequences," a firm yet feminine voice called out.
Scared for his life, he did what was told. Upon first glance of his space suit, anyone can tell he is from the Junk Guild.
"Oh? A Guild Tech. Didn't expect to you come across our GUNDAM. I'm Captain Tanakura. Welcome aboard my Valkyrie Vixen. If you have seen one, you can't find another."
That's how this young man started his first time as a pilot of a Mobile Suit and eventually joined the Triple Alliance in the effort to counter agressors.
Author's Note: This is not an OC fanfic. I am using more unique characters and unique Machines in this story although OC do make occasional appearances. Please skip the next few chapters to get to the main story as the next few are Character Bios, Ships information and Machine Specifications unless you want to know more about these. Warning as they may contain spoilers of this story.
This story is inspired by a Gundam SEED role play in a forum I used to lurk. And special thanks to Gary and Ah Poke who helped me a lot in creating this story.