The Road: Case 1 Philip Hughes
Prelude
By Talonblade
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam or any characters contained in this story.
The rays of the afternoon sun shined off the orange and white armor of two mechs as they made their way across a desert in southern California. These were mobile suits, or MS, giant humanoid shaped robots, the high-tech weapons of choice in the era. More specifically these two were Powered GMs, part of the Earth Federation's GM series of mobile suits. They each carried a 90mm machinegun in their right hand and had a large metal shield attached to their left forearm.
With great strides they moved quickly across the burning sands. In the distance the pilots could see the city that was their destination. As they got closer it was easy to tell no one had lived there for some time. Most of the buildings had been damaged, apparently by heavy weaponry, and many others were completely bombed out ruins. Abandoned cars littered the streets and trash blew around like tumbleweed.
As the two GMs reached the edge of the city the one in the lead slowed to a halt.
"Hold it Samana," the first pilot cautioned his partner. "Let me take a look around first."
"Go ahead Philip," Samana answered as he brought his own MS to a stop.
Using his mobile suit's thrusters Philip took to the sky, rising high into the air to get a better view of the city in front of them. Once airborne he used his GM's multiple cameras to scan the cities vacant streets. Suddenly movement on the other side of the city caught Philip's eye. It was two other mobile suits and they were heading his way fast. Philip recognized them as Zaku IIs, mobile suits used by the enemy, the Principality of Zeon.
Philip cut his thrusters letting his GM drop like a stone. His MS hit the ground hard but the shock-absorption system in its legs dealt with the impact pretty well. Philip just hoped they hadn't spotted him.
"What is it?!" Samana asked intently.
"There are two Zakus heading right toward us," Philip explained. "Now this is what we're going to do..."
Within minutes the Zakus were in the maze of skyscrapers that was the heart of the city. They were white and blue in color with metal shields attached to their right shoulders and they carried 120mm machineguns. The Zakus stopped when they entered a huge intersection near the center of the city and one of them prepared to go airborne so he would have a better vantage point.
Suddenly Philip and Samana's GMs exploded through the wall of a nearby building taking the Zakus completely by surprise. Philip and Samana opened up on them at point blank range and would have surely killed them both if they were firing real ammo. Instead they raked them with dozens of paint rounds.
"Aw shit! Not again!" one of the Zaku pilots shouted.
"Oh yeah! That's another fifty you owe me Jim," Philip gloated.
"Ok, that concludes today's testing, all mobile suits return to base," a voice said over all of their comm. systems.
They acknowledged and headed for home, one of the more than 20 military bases along the west coast of North America collectively called the California Base. After docking his mobile suit in the assigned hanger 2nd Lieutenant Philip Hughes climbed out of the cockpit and took off his helmet. He was a tall, well-built man with short spiky blond hair and a square jaw. Philip made his way to the ground and started walking toward the two gigantic doors that were open at the front of the hanger.
Samana finished docking his own mobile suit and caught up with Philip just as he reached the massive doors. Warrant Officer Samana Feuris was short with a slight build and a mop of shiny black hair that came down to his neck. They hopped in a jeep waiting for them outside and with Philip behind the wheel they headed for another part of the base.
"Are you excited about our next mission?" Samana asked as they drove.
"Hell yeah! All these simulations and war games with the Powered GMs can only go on so long before a guy starts itching for some real combat again!" Philip said as he gripped the wheel tighter with anticipation.
"But isn't it the job of us in the Experimental Corps to run tests and gather data?" Samana asked.
"Yeah, but it's also our job to give the newest mobile suit models their "trial by fire" by taking them into full-blown combat for the first time," Philip pointed out. "That's where the fun comes in!"
"You're right, but we don't even know what the new mission will be yet, all we've heard are rumors. How do you know we'll even see any combat?" Samana wondered.
"Aw man! Why you gotta bring me down?" Philip griped.
A minute later Philip pulled up to the base's officers' club. He parked their jeep in front alongside some others and they headed into the club. Inside several MS pilots sat at small tables or at the bar and a couple more were playing pool at a billiard table. Samana and Philip's eyes had to adjust as they went from the harsh light of the setting sun to the dimly lit interior of the club. When they could see again they walked over to the bar and sat down.
"Where's Yu?" Philip asked Samana after ordering a beer.
"He's running some last minute tests with the GP01, but he should meet us soon," Samana assured him after ordering himself a beer as well.
Philip and Samana drank their beers and talked at the bar for a few minutes before the door to the club opened again. This time 1st Lieutenant Yu Kajima walked in. Yu was average height with a medium build and a hairstyle that was both floppy and spiky, but his most striking feature was his blue hair color. Samana and Philip saw him and waved him over.
"Have a seat Yu," Philip offered.
"Thanks," Yu said as he sat down.
"So, have you heard anything else about our up coming mission?" Philip asked with an anticipating grin.
"Earlier today the colonel told me that the Pegasus-class assault carrier Albion is due to arrive here in two days. The Gundam Prototype Unit One is to be loaded on board and taken to Anaheim Electronics' Von Braun factory on the moon, where it will be upgraded for use in space. Our mission will be to make sure that it arrives safely. We will all be officially briefed tomorrow," Yu explained.
The smile left Philip's face and was replaced with a look of disappointment.
"Is something the matter?" Yu asked.
"Nothing...It's just...It's just that I was hoping it would be something a little more...you know...exciting..." Philip said.
Three days later he was thrown from his bed as a powerful explosion rocked the Albion. He had barely gotten to his feet before the voice of Jacqueline Smith, one of the ship's bridge officers, came over the intercom.
"All mobile suits scramble!" she shouted.
Philip's heart pounded as adrenaline pumped threw his veins. Quickly he suited up for space combat, grabbed his helmet, then rushed out of his quarters and down the corridor. When he got to the launch bays Yu and Samana were already getting into their mobile suits and Philip hurried to get aboard his own MS.
In another minute they were good to go. Philip and Yu were in GM Customs. Solid gray with numerous vernier thrusters imbedded in their armor they held 90mm rifles in their right hands and had large metal shields attached to their left forearms. Samana was in a GM Cannon II. Light and dark gray with extra heavy armor the GM Cannon had dual beam cannons mounted on its shoulders and carried a 90mm rifle in its right hand.
"Attention pilots, we are under attack by three Musai class cruisers and an unknown number of mobile suits. Prepare for immediate launch!" they heard Jacqueline say.
"Well Philip, you got your action," Philip thought to himself.
Within moments they had launched into the sea of stars. Philip looked around and could see the blue light from the thrusters of dozens of enemy mobile suits along with the Musai class cruisers. Almost immediately three Zeon mobile suits closed in on them, two Rick Dom IIs and a Zaku II Kai.
The Rick Dom II's were gray and blue with unique skirt like armor around their waists that protected multiple thrusters and they carried 360mm bazookas. The Zaku II Kai was all green and looked very similar to the standard Zaku II. It had a shield attached to its right shoulder and carried a low-caliber, high-velocity machinegun. Because it was easier to pilot than most other Zeon mobile suits the Kai was often assigned to novice pilots.
"Here they come!" Yu said pointing at them with his GM's hand.
"I'll take the rookie!" Philip yelled as he broke from formation and attacked.
Yu was about to say something about not being so rash but realizing it was pointless didn't bother. Instead he just muttered "baka" under his breath and told Samana to watch their backs as he jetted off after Philip. Samana followed them at a distance so he could provide covering fire.
The young pilot of the Zaku II turned out to be just as reckless as Philip, charging him head-on, his machinegun blazing. Punching the thrusters Philip pushed his GM Custom for all it was worth, avoiding as many of the high-velocity bullets as possible and absorbing the rest with his mobile suit's shield.
When the barrage ceased as the Zaku II roared past Philip turned his suit to face his enemy's exposed rear. Raising his 90mm Rifle he took aim and wasted the Zion from behind. He couldn't help but smile at the grotesque beauty of the Zaku's perfectly spherical explosion in zero gravity. It was things like this that kept him warm at night.
Yu went after one of the Rick Dom IIs. Taking full advantage of the speed and maneuverability provided by his GM Custom's vernier thrusters and apogee motor, he became a blur of motion as he zigzagged his way to his target, easily avoiding the rounds from the Dom's 360mm bazooka. Drawing his beam saber once in range, Yu sliced the Dom in half at the waist. It exploded a second later.
While all this was going on Samana was engaged in fierce combat with the second Dom. Samana had tried to hang back to provide cover for Philip and Yu, but one of the Doms had charged right past them and straight for him. Now they were locked in a heated dogfight. Samana fired his beam cannons over and over again and opened up with his 90mm rifle as the Dom fired round after round from its bazooka back at him but neither pilot could get an advantage when suddenly-
"Yeeeehaaaaaaaaa!!!!"
Philip came diving down from above them screaming like a madman and blazing away at the Dom with his 90mm rifle. The Rick Dom II was riddled with bullets and exploded almost instantly. Everything happened so fast that for a second Samana couldn't figure out why the Dom had suddenly exploded, then Philip flew right between him and the explosion and he realized what had happened.
"Thanks," Samana said.
"No Problemo!" Philip replied confidently as he removed the spent clip from his rifle and slapped in a fresh one.
"Don't get cocky!" Yu scolded Philip.
Meanwhile the Albion closed the gap between it and the nearest Musai class cruiser as power from its nuclear fusion reactor charged the assault carrier's mega particle cannons. Once in range massive beams of energy fired out across the vacuum of space and skewered the Zeon ship. Seconds later it was enveloped in a brilliant ball of light.
Around the Albion the mobile suit battle raged on. Even though the Zeons sorely outnumbered them the superior skills and experience of the three Federation pilots were making all the difference as Zeon MS were destroyed one by one.
Philip parried a Dom's heat saber with his beam saber and kicked the Dom in the midsection knocking it backwards. Then, while its pilot was stunned, he lunged forward and drove his energy blade through the Dom's cockpit. As he pulled his weapon out of the lifeless Dom Philip heard Yu's voice over his comm. system.
"Split up. Philip, Samana, you take the cruiser to the Albion's port side. I'll take the one to its starboard side," Yu ordered.
Philip put away the beam saber and moved the 90mm rifle to his GM's left hand. With the right hand grabbed a 360mm bazooka that was floating about with the wreckage of a Dom. Along with Samana he jetted off toward the cruiser on the Ablion's port side.
At the same time Yu closed in on the other Musai class cruiser. Destroying and dodging enemy MS along the way he finally reached the Zeon vessel. Nimbly dodging fire from the cruiser's lasers, Yu flew right up to the bridge and slashed it with his beam saber. Air and people were sucked out into space thought the massive rupture in the ship's haul.
With its bridge destroyed the Musai was practically dead in the water. Yu saw the Albion moving in for the kill and got out of the way. A moment later the assault carrier finished off the crippled vessel with a volley from its mega particle cannons.
Samana and Philip fought their way past the remaining Zeon mobile suits and began to rain fire down on the last enemy ship. The cruiser fired back but the MS were much too small and maneuverable for it to target successfully. Rounds from Philip's captured bazooka and shots from Samana's beam cannons ripped apart the vessel's haul until in was finally consumed in a massive explosion.
With the third Zeon ship destroyed the Federation pilots concentrated on mopping up any surviving enemy mobile suits. Within a few minutes they were all destroyed except for one. Yu chased the last of the Zeon MS and peppered it with fire from his 90mm rifle until it finally exploded.
"That was the last of them," Philip said.
"Ok, let's get back to the ship," Yu said.
Returning to the Albion Philip grinned as adrenaline still lingering in his system. This mission was turning out to be much more exciting than he expected. Yu, however, was less enthused. He knew that the Zions wouldn't have gone through all the trouble of tracking and laying an ambush for a lone Federation ship unless they thought there was something especially important about it. He had to assume that Zion knew about the GP01 and if they were after it you could bet that they wouldn't stop with just one attack. This was only the beginning
Somewhere in orbit around the earth's moon Commander Cima Garahau sat on the bridge of the Lili Marlene, a highly improved version of Zeon's Zanzibar class mobile cruiser. She was a tall, attractive woman with long raven black hair. The chair she sat in was more like a thrown with a large white tiger skin draped over it and combined with her elaborate dress uniform and the Japanese folding fan she held it gave her a dramatic aura.
"Those fools! There were only three Feddy mobile suits!" Cima said upon hearing of the defeat.
"Yes Ma'am. But our intelligence says these were no ordinary Fed pilots. They're the ones who wiped out Abraham's team. Plus their leader took out Nimbus Schtazen and his Ifreet Kai," Cima's deputy commander informed her.
"Hhmm...That changes things a bit. Have my personal Gelgoog prepped for battle. I will lead our assault personally. Fighting these pilots could prove...interesting," Cima said as an evil smile crossed her face.
Ok, there's the first chapter, I hope you enjoyed it. I can use all the help I can get so please leave a review. The more reviews I receive the faster I'll update.
Prelude
By Talonblade
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam or any characters contained in this story.
The rays of the afternoon sun shined off the orange and white armor of two mechs as they made their way across a desert in southern California. These were mobile suits, or MS, giant humanoid shaped robots, the high-tech weapons of choice in the era. More specifically these two were Powered GMs, part of the Earth Federation's GM series of mobile suits. They each carried a 90mm machinegun in their right hand and had a large metal shield attached to their left forearm.
With great strides they moved quickly across the burning sands. In the distance the pilots could see the city that was their destination. As they got closer it was easy to tell no one had lived there for some time. Most of the buildings had been damaged, apparently by heavy weaponry, and many others were completely bombed out ruins. Abandoned cars littered the streets and trash blew around like tumbleweed.
As the two GMs reached the edge of the city the one in the lead slowed to a halt.
"Hold it Samana," the first pilot cautioned his partner. "Let me take a look around first."
"Go ahead Philip," Samana answered as he brought his own MS to a stop.
Using his mobile suit's thrusters Philip took to the sky, rising high into the air to get a better view of the city in front of them. Once airborne he used his GM's multiple cameras to scan the cities vacant streets. Suddenly movement on the other side of the city caught Philip's eye. It was two other mobile suits and they were heading his way fast. Philip recognized them as Zaku IIs, mobile suits used by the enemy, the Principality of Zeon.
Philip cut his thrusters letting his GM drop like a stone. His MS hit the ground hard but the shock-absorption system in its legs dealt with the impact pretty well. Philip just hoped they hadn't spotted him.
"What is it?!" Samana asked intently.
"There are two Zakus heading right toward us," Philip explained. "Now this is what we're going to do..."
Within minutes the Zakus were in the maze of skyscrapers that was the heart of the city. They were white and blue in color with metal shields attached to their right shoulders and they carried 120mm machineguns. The Zakus stopped when they entered a huge intersection near the center of the city and one of them prepared to go airborne so he would have a better vantage point.
Suddenly Philip and Samana's GMs exploded through the wall of a nearby building taking the Zakus completely by surprise. Philip and Samana opened up on them at point blank range and would have surely killed them both if they were firing real ammo. Instead they raked them with dozens of paint rounds.
"Aw shit! Not again!" one of the Zaku pilots shouted.
"Oh yeah! That's another fifty you owe me Jim," Philip gloated.
"Ok, that concludes today's testing, all mobile suits return to base," a voice said over all of their comm. systems.
They acknowledged and headed for home, one of the more than 20 military bases along the west coast of North America collectively called the California Base. After docking his mobile suit in the assigned hanger 2nd Lieutenant Philip Hughes climbed out of the cockpit and took off his helmet. He was a tall, well-built man with short spiky blond hair and a square jaw. Philip made his way to the ground and started walking toward the two gigantic doors that were open at the front of the hanger.
Samana finished docking his own mobile suit and caught up with Philip just as he reached the massive doors. Warrant Officer Samana Feuris was short with a slight build and a mop of shiny black hair that came down to his neck. They hopped in a jeep waiting for them outside and with Philip behind the wheel they headed for another part of the base.
"Are you excited about our next mission?" Samana asked as they drove.
"Hell yeah! All these simulations and war games with the Powered GMs can only go on so long before a guy starts itching for some real combat again!" Philip said as he gripped the wheel tighter with anticipation.
"But isn't it the job of us in the Experimental Corps to run tests and gather data?" Samana asked.
"Yeah, but it's also our job to give the newest mobile suit models their "trial by fire" by taking them into full-blown combat for the first time," Philip pointed out. "That's where the fun comes in!"
"You're right, but we don't even know what the new mission will be yet, all we've heard are rumors. How do you know we'll even see any combat?" Samana wondered.
"Aw man! Why you gotta bring me down?" Philip griped.
A minute later Philip pulled up to the base's officers' club. He parked their jeep in front alongside some others and they headed into the club. Inside several MS pilots sat at small tables or at the bar and a couple more were playing pool at a billiard table. Samana and Philip's eyes had to adjust as they went from the harsh light of the setting sun to the dimly lit interior of the club. When they could see again they walked over to the bar and sat down.
"Where's Yu?" Philip asked Samana after ordering a beer.
"He's running some last minute tests with the GP01, but he should meet us soon," Samana assured him after ordering himself a beer as well.
Philip and Samana drank their beers and talked at the bar for a few minutes before the door to the club opened again. This time 1st Lieutenant Yu Kajima walked in. Yu was average height with a medium build and a hairstyle that was both floppy and spiky, but his most striking feature was his blue hair color. Samana and Philip saw him and waved him over.
"Have a seat Yu," Philip offered.
"Thanks," Yu said as he sat down.
"So, have you heard anything else about our up coming mission?" Philip asked with an anticipating grin.
"Earlier today the colonel told me that the Pegasus-class assault carrier Albion is due to arrive here in two days. The Gundam Prototype Unit One is to be loaded on board and taken to Anaheim Electronics' Von Braun factory on the moon, where it will be upgraded for use in space. Our mission will be to make sure that it arrives safely. We will all be officially briefed tomorrow," Yu explained.
The smile left Philip's face and was replaced with a look of disappointment.
"Is something the matter?" Yu asked.
"Nothing...It's just...It's just that I was hoping it would be something a little more...you know...exciting..." Philip said.
Three days later he was thrown from his bed as a powerful explosion rocked the Albion. He had barely gotten to his feet before the voice of Jacqueline Smith, one of the ship's bridge officers, came over the intercom.
"All mobile suits scramble!" she shouted.
Philip's heart pounded as adrenaline pumped threw his veins. Quickly he suited up for space combat, grabbed his helmet, then rushed out of his quarters and down the corridor. When he got to the launch bays Yu and Samana were already getting into their mobile suits and Philip hurried to get aboard his own MS.
In another minute they were good to go. Philip and Yu were in GM Customs. Solid gray with numerous vernier thrusters imbedded in their armor they held 90mm rifles in their right hands and had large metal shields attached to their left forearms. Samana was in a GM Cannon II. Light and dark gray with extra heavy armor the GM Cannon had dual beam cannons mounted on its shoulders and carried a 90mm rifle in its right hand.
"Attention pilots, we are under attack by three Musai class cruisers and an unknown number of mobile suits. Prepare for immediate launch!" they heard Jacqueline say.
"Well Philip, you got your action," Philip thought to himself.
Within moments they had launched into the sea of stars. Philip looked around and could see the blue light from the thrusters of dozens of enemy mobile suits along with the Musai class cruisers. Almost immediately three Zeon mobile suits closed in on them, two Rick Dom IIs and a Zaku II Kai.
The Rick Dom II's were gray and blue with unique skirt like armor around their waists that protected multiple thrusters and they carried 360mm bazookas. The Zaku II Kai was all green and looked very similar to the standard Zaku II. It had a shield attached to its right shoulder and carried a low-caliber, high-velocity machinegun. Because it was easier to pilot than most other Zeon mobile suits the Kai was often assigned to novice pilots.
"Here they come!" Yu said pointing at them with his GM's hand.
"I'll take the rookie!" Philip yelled as he broke from formation and attacked.
Yu was about to say something about not being so rash but realizing it was pointless didn't bother. Instead he just muttered "baka" under his breath and told Samana to watch their backs as he jetted off after Philip. Samana followed them at a distance so he could provide covering fire.
The young pilot of the Zaku II turned out to be just as reckless as Philip, charging him head-on, his machinegun blazing. Punching the thrusters Philip pushed his GM Custom for all it was worth, avoiding as many of the high-velocity bullets as possible and absorbing the rest with his mobile suit's shield.
When the barrage ceased as the Zaku II roared past Philip turned his suit to face his enemy's exposed rear. Raising his 90mm Rifle he took aim and wasted the Zion from behind. He couldn't help but smile at the grotesque beauty of the Zaku's perfectly spherical explosion in zero gravity. It was things like this that kept him warm at night.
Yu went after one of the Rick Dom IIs. Taking full advantage of the speed and maneuverability provided by his GM Custom's vernier thrusters and apogee motor, he became a blur of motion as he zigzagged his way to his target, easily avoiding the rounds from the Dom's 360mm bazooka. Drawing his beam saber once in range, Yu sliced the Dom in half at the waist. It exploded a second later.
While all this was going on Samana was engaged in fierce combat with the second Dom. Samana had tried to hang back to provide cover for Philip and Yu, but one of the Doms had charged right past them and straight for him. Now they were locked in a heated dogfight. Samana fired his beam cannons over and over again and opened up with his 90mm rifle as the Dom fired round after round from its bazooka back at him but neither pilot could get an advantage when suddenly-
"Yeeeehaaaaaaaaa!!!!"
Philip came diving down from above them screaming like a madman and blazing away at the Dom with his 90mm rifle. The Rick Dom II was riddled with bullets and exploded almost instantly. Everything happened so fast that for a second Samana couldn't figure out why the Dom had suddenly exploded, then Philip flew right between him and the explosion and he realized what had happened.
"Thanks," Samana said.
"No Problemo!" Philip replied confidently as he removed the spent clip from his rifle and slapped in a fresh one.
"Don't get cocky!" Yu scolded Philip.
Meanwhile the Albion closed the gap between it and the nearest Musai class cruiser as power from its nuclear fusion reactor charged the assault carrier's mega particle cannons. Once in range massive beams of energy fired out across the vacuum of space and skewered the Zeon ship. Seconds later it was enveloped in a brilliant ball of light.
Around the Albion the mobile suit battle raged on. Even though the Zeons sorely outnumbered them the superior skills and experience of the three Federation pilots were making all the difference as Zeon MS were destroyed one by one.
Philip parried a Dom's heat saber with his beam saber and kicked the Dom in the midsection knocking it backwards. Then, while its pilot was stunned, he lunged forward and drove his energy blade through the Dom's cockpit. As he pulled his weapon out of the lifeless Dom Philip heard Yu's voice over his comm. system.
"Split up. Philip, Samana, you take the cruiser to the Albion's port side. I'll take the one to its starboard side," Yu ordered.
Philip put away the beam saber and moved the 90mm rifle to his GM's left hand. With the right hand grabbed a 360mm bazooka that was floating about with the wreckage of a Dom. Along with Samana he jetted off toward the cruiser on the Ablion's port side.
At the same time Yu closed in on the other Musai class cruiser. Destroying and dodging enemy MS along the way he finally reached the Zeon vessel. Nimbly dodging fire from the cruiser's lasers, Yu flew right up to the bridge and slashed it with his beam saber. Air and people were sucked out into space thought the massive rupture in the ship's haul.
With its bridge destroyed the Musai was practically dead in the water. Yu saw the Albion moving in for the kill and got out of the way. A moment later the assault carrier finished off the crippled vessel with a volley from its mega particle cannons.
Samana and Philip fought their way past the remaining Zeon mobile suits and began to rain fire down on the last enemy ship. The cruiser fired back but the MS were much too small and maneuverable for it to target successfully. Rounds from Philip's captured bazooka and shots from Samana's beam cannons ripped apart the vessel's haul until in was finally consumed in a massive explosion.
With the third Zeon ship destroyed the Federation pilots concentrated on mopping up any surviving enemy mobile suits. Within a few minutes they were all destroyed except for one. Yu chased the last of the Zeon MS and peppered it with fire from his 90mm rifle until it finally exploded.
"That was the last of them," Philip said.
"Ok, let's get back to the ship," Yu said.
Returning to the Albion Philip grinned as adrenaline still lingering in his system. This mission was turning out to be much more exciting than he expected. Yu, however, was less enthused. He knew that the Zions wouldn't have gone through all the trouble of tracking and laying an ambush for a lone Federation ship unless they thought there was something especially important about it. He had to assume that Zion knew about the GP01 and if they were after it you could bet that they wouldn't stop with just one attack. This was only the beginning
Somewhere in orbit around the earth's moon Commander Cima Garahau sat on the bridge of the Lili Marlene, a highly improved version of Zeon's Zanzibar class mobile cruiser. She was a tall, attractive woman with long raven black hair. The chair she sat in was more like a thrown with a large white tiger skin draped over it and combined with her elaborate dress uniform and the Japanese folding fan she held it gave her a dramatic aura.
"Those fools! There were only three Feddy mobile suits!" Cima said upon hearing of the defeat.
"Yes Ma'am. But our intelligence says these were no ordinary Fed pilots. They're the ones who wiped out Abraham's team. Plus their leader took out Nimbus Schtazen and his Ifreet Kai," Cima's deputy commander informed her.
"Hhmm...That changes things a bit. Have my personal Gelgoog prepped for battle. I will lead our assault personally. Fighting these pilots could prove...interesting," Cima said as an evil smile crossed her face.
Ok, there's the first chapter, I hope you enjoyed it. I can use all the help I can get so please leave a review. The more reviews I receive the faster I'll update.