Gundam SEED: The Fallen

by DreamersLTD

If you can dream, then anything is possible. – DreamersLTD Motto


Chapter 3: Contact

Disclaimer: I own nothing here except for the storyline, my custom characters and mechas, and my account.


July 4, C.E. 75: Day after the complete and utter annihilation of the Orb Island Nation

"Attention, all ZAFT and allied forces! The war against those who continued to bring accusations against our peaceful resolution to unite humanity under our Destiny Plan is now over! By uniting under the Destiny Plan, the need for war will be eliminated, and peace will reign for many centuries to come! To this end, I hereby declare the ZAFT Armed Forces to become the police force of this new, peaceful era! Also, I hereby declare that all single citizens within the PLANTs, allied territories, and cleansed regions to undergo complete screening for the Destiny Plan! Glory to eternal peace! Mercy on us all!"

Everyone onboard various ZAFT vessels and units began to cheer loudly as the Chairman finished his speech. Many citizens, enraptured by the promise of eternal peace and happiness, began to march towards hospitals and genetic testing centers. Single citizens were praised and cheered on by other singles as well as couples as they entered the respective facility.

However, the nations that had fallen to the ZAFT war machine were a different story. Single, unattached people were forced to undergo testing or suffer a beating. Worse still, unconfirmed reports by escapees and spies from the affected areas reported brutal beatings as well as behind-the-door raping of single and/or attached females (as well as an occasional report of some males getting raped by cruel and unusual women). Unfortunately for those, nothing could be done. The media were practically under the control of ZAFT agents. Many only saw the good deeds that were done by the PLANTs and allied nations.


July 11, C.E. 75: Europe – Week after the vicious fight to protect incoming Orb Transports; coastal area near Rome

"Evan! Burton! Lloyd! Vika! Don't let any ZAFT bastards through! We can't allow them to raze Rome!"

"We know, Leonhardt!" Evan stated through clenched teeth as he sniped down dozens of unmanned bombers and fighters. "But these unmanned flies keep coming!"

A lone, upgraded Destroy was kept busy with shooting down any enemy transport, MS, and aircraft that managed to cross the primary and secondary defense lines. "Vika to 7th Sword of Light Battalion! I'm having to deal with an ever increasing amount of baddies! What's going on!?"

A custom Jet Windam was quickly and evasively slicing through hordes of unmanned GINNs while attempting to shoot down one of the real threats, transports containing the controls to some unmanned units. "They just keep coming! I can't stop them all!" Burton hissed. "The rest of the line is also collapsing under the pressure!"

"Grrr... Damn you! Go to hell!" roared Lloyd as he unleashed a wall of beam fire into a group of ZAFT MS and aircraft. He got lucky with the bonus destruction of a control transport. "Snagged a control ship!"

Taking a look at his display, the situation was looking very grim. Leonhardt took a moment to look at the picture nestled in the console, and made a choice. "I guess I have no choice! I'm going in!" roared Leonhardt as he charged the ZAFT lines.

"Wait! It's too dangerous!" yelled Vika.

"And I thought I was the psycho!" muttered Lloyd.

"Stop! Leonhardt! We can't cover you at that range! Stop!" commanded Evan.

"I can't– get through– to him! Too–! Many–! Enemies–!" muttered Burton as he tried to slash his way towards their commander.

Leonhardt, on the other hand, knew what he was risking. Grimly, he activated his Armore Lumiere system and continued to break through the heavy ZAFT fire, and towards the primary control vehicles. He unleashed his beam SMGs upon any ZAFT unit that was in his way, and like a demon possessed, managed to down 42 aircraft and MS. Despite his unit's upgraded generator, he was nearing the redzone as a result of non-stop firing.

"There you are! You'll pay for fighting like a coward!" he roared as he began to tear up as many control vehicles and aircraft as he could. The results were almost immediate; many ZAFT units began to fight as individuals instead of as a group, and they were relying on the basic programming now that their control centers have been destroyed. Fighter aircraft flew in figure-8s, only attacking what was within their immediate range, bombers just flew straight towards their last programmed bombing route, not dodging the AA fire coming at them, all airborne MS automatically landed and began to function like regular ground MS, and all ground units either stood still and attacked whatever enemy was nearby, or just took a simple movement pattern and fired at whatever enemy was nearby. The Eurasian Forces in the area began to cheer as they renewed their fighting morale and charged the now ineffective ZAFT units.

The 7th Sword of Light Battalion, with the exception of Vika, began to make their way towards their commander's location, until a fresh group of advanced, ZAFT MS busted out of the ocean and charged them.

"Commander! Watch out!" warned Evan, though it was too late.

Leonhardt, distracted by the warning, found his victory short-lived as manned Zakus and Goufs surrounded him... and stabbed anti-beam coated longswords through his shielding and straight into his unit. In his last moments, Leonhardt clutched the picture tightly, before losing consciousness. "Ka... sumi... So... rry...!"

"COMMANDER!!" they wailed, as the Hyperion Gundam Leonhardt Custom fell towards the ocean, sank beneath the waves... then exploded. "COOOMMMAAANNNDEEERRR!!" they all cried out in grief.

"D–Damn it! You'll pay!! You ZAFT bastards!!" Lloyd recklessly fired upon the ZAKUs and GOUFs without giving a second thought to the situation he was in. "Hahaha ha ha! Fall! Fall like a bunch of rocks!" He was going berserk. "Hahahaha! You'll all die at my hands! HAHAHAHA!!"

"Lloyd! Damn it! Pull back! You'll be surrounded at this rate!" warned Burton. "Lloyd!!"

"Ha ha, they can't stop me! I'm invincible! Ha ha ha! They will all– Ha ha ha! Perish!" Lloyd kept up the very heavy barrage, crippling a couple more ZAFT MS.

As Burton was about to boost back for Lloyd, he was held back by an aggressive pair of GOUFs. "Shit! Lloyd! Retreat now! We need to reform the line!"

"Ha ha ha ha! I'll hold them over here!" he manically said. "After all, I'm–! URK!" he looked down in his cockpit, and found a blade separating his body horizontally.

"LLOYD!!"

Lloyd began to lose consciousness. "I'm... invincible...!" he managed to activate the self-destruct and roared. "You... Hear... Me! I... am... legend!!" his final act resulted in a massive explosion claiming the lives of the ZAFT MS immediately nearby as well as his own.

"Damn it, Lloyd!!" wailed Burton and Evan. They had no choice but to slowly fall back and help reform the defense line. A fresh wave of manned and unmanned ZAFT MS made their way towards the line, hoping to break it and allow the rest of their forces entrance into the aggressively defended European continent.

At this point, the battle situation for Eurasia seemed bleak. Their defense line was faltering, primarily due to attrition. "Evan! This is Vika! What's happening!? I'm now picking up allied units in retreat! I'm also picking up new enemies! What's going on!?"

"The destruction of the ZAFT control units triggered the real attack! Manned GOUFs, ZAKUs, ASHs, and Geo-GOOhNs, are now among the unmanned GINNs, DINNs, ZuOOTs, GAZuOOTs, and GOOhNs! We've lost Commander Leonhardt and Lloyd!"

"What are we going to do then!? We're losing the line, and I can't hold off all the attackers at this rate!"

"I honestly don't know!" Evan then switched lines. "Burton! We have to start retreating back to help Vika! We can't lose Rome!"

"Damn it! And we had the advantage too!" Burton began to slowly retreat back along with Evan. Soon, it was them, Vika, and some surviving allies that were the final defense line. The situation had turned bleak and any surviving pilots had a darkened expression on their faces as they readied themselves for the next wave; possibly their last.

The ZAFT forces, however, began to taunt the survivors by beginning a slow but unified death march; which, according to the Eurasians, was very eerily similar to the Nazi's. As they halted just out of Vika's maximum firing range, both sides primed their weapons and readied their shields, for the final battle of Rome was about to begin. The whole battlefield was still, and deathly silent; until a raven took off and cried out. That was the signal, and the line of ZAFT forces began their rapid approach towards the surviving Roman defenders. Vika was the only one to fire off her Destroy's massive cannons when a thin, blue laser razored an S-pattern through the oncoming ZAFT forces, and sliced several units into pieces.

"What the–!?" exclaimed Vika. "Wha... What is that!? Is it an enemy!?" She wasn't the only one thinking that. Everyone, ZAFT included, were echoing the same thoughts as a giant... superstructure slowly rose out of the water. ZAFT ships and subs that were unfortunate enough to be right above it were momentarily lifted out of the water... only to fall back and split upon impact with the surface. Along one of its pointed ends, and along a primary seam, energy began to build up, turning the charging area a bright bluish white.

Even though both sides knew that it would fire the beam again, they were frozen in place due to a horrified fascination as the light got brighter. A moment later, there was a flash, followed by another blue laser raking through more of the ZAFT line and taking out a couple more units. That galvanized the ZAFT warriors, and half of them turned to deal with the new threat while the rest continued to try and finish off the weakened defenders of Rome. The group that turned to attack the floating superstructure thought it would have been an easy win. Never have they been more wrong.

As they closed in, multiple banks of solid and energy weapons appeared across the massive unit's hull, then opened fire. Almost instantly, half of the attacking force was literally vaporized; there were hardly any scrap metal that could identify a former mech. Soon, the superstructure was slowly moving over the ZAFT force that dared to take it on. It then ignored them as it opened fire on the ZAFT units that were trying to push their way through the surviving Eurasians.

"My god... such power...!" murmured Evan as he watched the destruction with morbid rapture. Unfortunately for him, he was brought out of his reverie when Vika brought something important to his attention.

"Evan! The ZAFT ships are simply, I don't know, exploding! Something is destroying them as we speak!" Vika exclaimed as she zoomed in on some distant explosions.

"What!? What else could possibly sink ships as fast as this behemoth!?" Evan got his answer when he, as well as the other Eurasian survivors, picked up a fast moving unknown on their semi-jammed scanners. They looked on their screens as red dots disappeared before the incoming gray one. ZAFT was now in full retreat. As one of the ZAKUs began crossing past Evan's field, a sleek, finned MS impaled the ZAKU with what seemed to be a large energy blade, before it abruptly jumped, twirled, and sliced through two GOUFs with another large energy blade added to help the first. As it landed, all three ZAFT MS exploded.

"Soldats d'Eurasien d'attention. Je suis Aaliyah Anjou Falkner. Qui est responsable ici?" questioned a beautiful French voice.

"Um, I'm sorry, but... parlez-vous... l'anglais?" timidly asked Burton. His french was not even basic.

"Oh! Oui! Yes! I'm sorry. Let me repeat myself. I said, 'Attention Eurasian Soldiers. I am Aaliyah Anjou Falkner. Who is responsible here?'" replied the alluring French voice.

"At this moment, it probably would be me, as we lost our commander as well as communication with our command center. We fear the worst," replied Evan. "But before that, just which force are you from? Are you with that massive vessel hovering over us?"

"Mmm... I'm with Morgenroete REION. That superfortress right above us is Morgenroete REION, the mobile armed and armored factory and research station."

"That thing, is a massive research facility and factory!? Armed to the teeth with weapons!?"

"Oui... Why? Is that unusual?" Aaliyah asked. "Didn't you have the construction capability to create the Destroy? That is also a large undertaking. And you also managed to create Artemis."

"Yeah, but Destroy is nowhere near that large and Artemis is nothing more than an immobile, hollow rock! That thing is huge! I mean, look at us! We're completely shaded, the thing is still a bit high, and the nearest shadow-free area is about 100 meters away!"

"Hmm... you do have a point. But now is not the time to discuss it. If you wish, you and your immediate team may come aboard REION. But be warned, if you try anything stupid, you will be shot first, then questioned later if you survive. Maintenant, suivez-moi. Now, follow me." The unknown unit signaled for them to follow as it jetted upwards towards the massive fortress. As they closed, they noticed some of the turrets tracking them.

"I don't like this... I feel very vulnerable..." murmured Vika as her Destroy followed the rest of the group up. Soon, the group approached an opening hangar bay, where several unidentified MS stood with their weapons armed. The unknown unit that carried the French woman gave a unique signal, and the other units lowered the weapons... just a bit. Evan then entered first, followed by Burton, then finally, Vika. As soon as they landed, the massive bay doors began to close while the other units moved to fully encircle them.

"Hey! What's going on!? What's with the doors closing and us being surrounded!?" demanded Burton.

The unit that led them in then turned. "After Orb's destruction, we can't fully trust anyone, even those that gave shelter to our citizens. And besides, we can't let there be even a slight chance that this fortress could be captured. But I trust you, on word from someone who said they knew you. And that person couldn't tell a lie in the state they were in. Now, come out of your units and I'll meet with you all shortly." The unit then made its way towards a docking scaffold and powered down. After they saw the pilot leave, the unit was then raised through the hangar's ceiling to places unknown while another scaffold took its place.

"Well, let's go meet her," sighed Evan. He, Burton, and Vika powered down their units and stood together in front of the Destroy.

A pretty blonde wearing blue short-shorts, a blue high-necked sleeveless top, blue boots, and two blue wristbands came towards them. "Bon jour! I am Aaliyah, the one that led you here. Now follow me, s'il vous plaît," she turned and led them towards a small, 6 person tram. A worker was already waiting in the driver's seat. "Take us to the T-Port."

"Very well. Now hold on," said the driver as he turned and began to speed a bit. Evan, Vika, and Burton noticed that the unknown units were still watching them up to the point when they left the hangar and entered a tunnel. "As you can see, this station needs a miniature road system in order to get from place to place," stated the driver when he noticed the confused Eurasian pilots look around and at other mini-vehicles that passed. He then turned right and stopped before a station labeled, T-Port H1: B Wing-Lower Personnel Access Point.

"What does all that stand for?" questioned Vika.

"H1 means that it is one of several ports that allow for the most direct access to, and from, the hangar. B Wing is the name of this section of the fortress. And the rest basically mean that this is one of many lower level transporters that only support personnel, not trams such as this one. Now come on, we have to get to the meeting room." Aaliyah thanked the driver and led the group into the building. Upon entering, they saw a reception desk and three personnel manning it, as well as two large doors, one on either side of the desk. People were going in and out. Aaliyah waved as they passed by several people who acknowledged her, then stopped at the counter. "I have three Eurasian pilots that need to meet with the Director. Please allow them access to Primary Observation Room B."

"Oh, alright. Just wait one moment..." The receptionist keyed in several forms. "I'll need them to fill this out and then give me a palm print on the scanner there." She pointed to a pad. "Just fill it out, and when it prompts you for a hand scan, do so."

Evan took a deep breath, then began to fill out the digital forms. Vika, wasn't exactly sure. "Evan, are you sure about this? What if this is a trap?"

"Vi, there's nothing to worry about. If they were going to kill us, they would've done it already."

"I want to disagree, but he is right. Just look around us. Didn't you notice that all of the personnel are armed?" added Burton.

"I'm sorry. I'm just nervous."

"When you're the pilot of a massive MS?" he asked skeptically.

"Yes! Being a pilot outside of her massive MS!"

"Vika, Burton. Please stop arguing. I just filled out the forms and provided my handprint. If you want to follow along, then please fill them out also." Evan then went up to Vika and cut off any possible argument with a short but passionate kiss. "Relax. I promised to protect you, didn't I?"

Vika could only nod while Burton, who knew without looking that Evan kissed Vika, just shook his head and finished off the forms and gave his handprint. "Vika, your turn." She silently filled out the forms while Aaliyah, who had been witness to the whole conversation (as well as the desk clerks), just smiled. 'This is a funny group,' she thought.

After that was all said and done, Aaliyah spoke once more. "Please follow me." She led them past three sets of armored double doors (and defenses) and into a room surrounded with circular, blue, glowing pads. But that wasn't what surprised them. What surprised them was the fact that every so often, humans flashed into existence in one while in others, they flashed out. "Wait a second. Don't tell me that those are actually..."

"Oui. They are," answered Aaliyah.

"So the T-Port actually stood for..."

"Teleport."

"My god. But... how!?"

"Now's not the time for stories. Come on." Aaliyah dragged them towards one and keyed in a location. "As you step in, have your hand scanned." The three Eurasian pilots reluctantly stepped in and pressed their hands to the scanner. Aaliyah was the last to enter. "Brace yourselves, the first time is always the killer!"

"Whaaat!?" Vika cried out.

The teleport closed its doors as light began to gather around the group. "On second thought, I don't want to go with thiiis!!" wailed Burton as they hovered a moment, then flashed out of existence.


July 11, C.E. 75 Same day. Location: Unknown.

"How is she doing?" questioned a female voice.

"Her vitals have stabilized if that's what you mean. Consciously, she is still in a coma," answered a male one.

"How much longer do you think it will be?"

"Judging by her amazing recovery rate, I would give her about 7 days, 15 hours, 23 minutes, and 37.1 seconds."

"Is that based on your estimated calculation?"

"Yes."

"We shall see. Now then, onto another topic. How is her warriors?"

"They have already been chosen and are nearly ready. I would give them about 2 days, 9 hours, 43 minutes, and 57.9 seconds before they reawaken."

"That's better than initially estimated."

"Indeed."

"What about those new units? What is with the dark and sinister aura I have felt being near them?"

"Those units are the physical manifestation of her chaotic emotions. Those that shall attempt to face them shall be shown a true Nightmare..."

"A true Nightmare indeed."


July 12, C.E. 75 Location: Europe – Onboard Battle Fortress REION.

"Do you think that the Eurasians will accept our proposal?" questioned Aaliyah as she quietly watched the building of a firebase from one of the REION's observation decks.

"They should. Or we can't help rebuild their forces," replied an older female voice.

"But your proposal was really meant to work in our favor. By asking them to give you their blueprints, you're also basically asking them to hand over technology that they've jealously guarded."

"So it is. But on the same token, we can't build Murasames and Astrays and just hand it over to them. If they want us to build them replacements, they will have to give us their blueprints. The nanolathe systems can't build what isn't in the data banks."

"Chief-Commander, you are very manipulative. We already have our own designs based off of their shielding tech, and we have detailed scans of their Hyperion Gundams." Aaliyah turned to the woman she was talking to.

"I need to be, in order to revive our nation. I already lost my husband, and I don't want my child growing up according to the traditions and customs of a different country. I'll do whatever it takes to help revive Orb." The woman walked towards the viewing glass. "We have to stop ZAFT. They have gone out of control."

"If that is your wish, then I, Aaliyah Anjou Falkner shall assist you in any way possible, Chief-Commander Erica Simmons."

"That's all I ask."

Same day. Location: Eurasian Headquarters in Rome.

The base has been heavily damaged and most of the high-ranking officers of the area have been killed. With the aid of Construction Murasames and Astrays, they were able to repair most of the damaged areas and rebuild the buildings completely flattened during the assault. The prefabricated buildings designed by Orb were already fully functional and connected to the nearby power grid and pipe system. All that was left was to replace the units lost. Surprisingly, many pilots survived the ZAFT onslaught, and after some rest, were ready to retaliate against ZAFT.

Inside one of the pre-made buildings, Evan, along with all surviving unit commanders or captains, were currently discussing the terms set by REION's Director with several surviving Eurasian Admirals and Generals.

"Agreeing to this is ridiculous! If we hand over our blueprints, then they well have access to some of our most advanced technology! And they don't even want to share something in return! What kind of a deal is that!?" roared a General on the Virtual Meeting screen.

"Calm down, General Nivon! We have to lay out the facts. First, many of our major factories are either damaged or completely demolished during the recent ZAFT assaults. And the factories capable of producing more units are low on resources as well as time. Second, replacement parts are being burned through like a beam through butter. That, along with producing new units, is almost impossible at this point. And third, we definitely don't have the time and resources available to reconstruct damaged bases and help set up fresh defenses," calmly stated another General.

"Grrr... But they should offer some technology in return!"

"General Nivon. They offer us fast building and rebuilding of bases, defenses, and units. All in return for some of our unit and weapon blueprints. I believe that this is a far better deal, as they are not charging us anything. Besides, we are always researching new military technology to use in the future. They probably already have data on several unit designs, whether they be tank, fighter, or MS. Given their advanced technology base, I wouldn't be surprised if they already managed to take deep, detailed scans of our Umbrella system as well as our Hyperion G-Weapons. So the sharing of current technology is of little worry," finished yet another General.

"Grrr... Very well. I will recant my earlier statement." General Nivon turned to Evan. "As one of the highest ranked Commanders in your region, as well as becoming the Ambassador to Morgenroete, I would like your opinion regarding the terms they have set."

"Sir. Though I hate to admit it, we have no real choice regarding the revealing of some of our technology. And I must agree with General Pierce in that we don't have the resources and time to rebuild against another ZAFT assault. And I must also agree with General Vladimir. They probably already have the knowledge of some of our most advanced systems to date, but are not using it either due to the fact that they have some superior versions, or, they simply do not find our designs effective for their purpose."

Several other squad leaders that were with Evan also murmured their assent.

The Eurasian Grand Admiral, Grand Admiral Paxxon, finally spoke up. "Upon hearing the facts and opinions presented by our Ambassador, several of our Generals, and many of our squad captains and commanders, I feel that in the best interest of continued survival, we shall agree to the terms set forth by Chief-Commander Simmons of the Morgenroete battle fortress. If anyone objects to this arrangement, then please state so now." After a long pause, the admiral continued. "Very well then. Commander Evan of the 7th Sword of Light Battalion, I trust you will deliver our decision to Morgenroete."

Evan saluted. "Sir, yes sir!"

"Good. Everyone else, make the necessary preparations. Rest up and rest well. The battles are only going to get tougher. Dismissed!"

Everyone who were sitting stood and with the ones already standing, saluted at once. "Sir, yes sir!"


July 13, C.E. 75 Location: Unknown.

"They are ready. I was within a timing error of .09 seconds," stated a male voice.

"Well then, let us awaken them," responded a female voice.

Seven glass pods surrounding a covered eighth were giving off a soft blue luminescence. Their inhabitants were serenely sleeping, just waiting for the signal. "Time to awaken, warriors." Suddenly, bubbles began to disturb the serene tranquility of the fluids within the pods, and on several monitors that winked on, the blood pressure, heart rate, temperature, and brain activity were displayed for the seven pods. One by one, the occupants gave their first sigh as they began to regain full consciousness.

The moment their pods fully drained and opened, cables that were attached to metal sections covering sections of the inhabitants' bodies broke off (the metal coverings are similar to the ones that covered Tsubaki Minashiro from FAFNER). The beings just stood there, semi-nude, waiting. "Come forth. It is time to remember who you are; what your goals are." Commanded the female voice.

As each came off their pod's pedestal, the metal coverings broke off as they recalled their names, or at least, the name's that were given to them.

The first one on the left stepped down. "Bryseis Yuta." Her coverings fell off, and once the ones covering her red eyes fell, she looked up. Her piercing gaze fell upon the shadows where two individuals were standing.

One by one, they followed the pattern.

"Chryseis Yuta."

"Hikaru Alusca."

"Xian Wu Kobashi."

"Stellar Loussier."

"Sinistra."

"Dextra."

To the two unknowns, here were her warriors, standing in their gloriously flawless, and beautifully nude bodies. (That description taken from an artist's description of the human body.)

"Just out of curiosity, why was most of the warriors on the list female?" questioned the female voice.

"A result of her cruel fate with that man," came the male voice's response. "And besides, according to her new order, women will be the leaders, since most women naturally do not have the aggressive tendencies of the men and are normally smarter. Or so I have read."

"Ah. Poor you. I will have more authority than you."

"Enough. We shall argue this later."

Both voices spoke to the warriors at the same time. "Warriors. You all know your ranks, codenames, goals, and purposes. Get ready, for soon it will be time for an intervention."

"Understood!" chorused the warriors.


July 14, C.E. 75 Location: REION

In a darkened room, an unconscious person was floating within a stasis tank, and had hoses and wiring linked to his body. The only lights were the blue luminescence from the tank, as well as the lights of the computer screens. Several scientists were monitoring his vitals. A person then entered the darkened room.

"So how is our cyborg doing?" questioned the newcomer.

"He's stable, and will be back in action shortly. There is just one thing that he keeps murmuring at certain times and thinks of constantly though."

"And what would that be?"

"Just one word: 'Kasumi'."

"Any idea who he is referring to?"

"Yes. And what we found was rather interesting. Here's the woman's file. I think that she would be the perfect candidate for the SFF-END-02. She has the right amount of skill and training, and we can add the EX Parts to match her unit's battle style."

The newcomer skimmed through the files. "Interesting. An Imaginary Number? She'll work perfectly. Now we just need to get her to join us somehow." The newcomer then browsed through the other pilots that worked with this 'Kasumi'. Another one caught her eye. "This unit... This system... That's what we need to complete the SFF-END-04. And this girl will be its next pilot. Find out where they are. We'll need those who have the power."

"Understood."


July 14, C.E. 75 Same Day. Location: ?

That day was the day that ZAFT experienced several surprise attacks. At Carpentaria, three units tore through critical base defenses, such as the radar systems, control towers, and of course, MS, before quickly retreating. One soldier there swore that one of the units was a Destiny. Another swore that she saw a sea serpent attack. And yet another swore that he saw DRAGOON units actually functioning within the Earth's atmosphere and tearing up multiple base defenses.

In Libya, two more MS were spotted tearing through the former Desert Tiger's base before retreating. Eyewitnesses reported seeing what looked like the Freedom and Justice.

In Japan, now under ZAFT control, two bizarre units were seen tearing through a ZAFT Occupation Base before disappearing.

Attacks such as these occurred in various ZAFT-controlled regions. And all the reports stated the same thing. As a result, of persisted sightings, especially the Destiny and the supposed Legion unit, Shinn and Rey were temporarily suspended. But when the attacks continued throughout the day, those two were found innocent. But one question remained. Who were the attackers, and what nation were they from?


July 15, C.E. 75 Location: Somewhere near Ballikaya, Turkey; now under ZAFT control.

"Shinji!! Shinji!! Respond!!"

His dark green Delta Plus reeled back from a heavy missile strike and hit the ground hard. There was no response. Nearby, Captain Wernke of the 1st Imaginary Number Division just finished slicing up two GINNs with D-Type Equipment, then made his way over. "Wernke here! Shinji's unit seems intact! I'm attempting to pull him back! Cover me!"

The 1st and 2nd Imaginary Number Divisions were the only two divisions to make for Eurasia. Unfortunately, most of the 1st Division had fallen during the heavy fighting with ZAFT or ZAFT allied forces. China was the one responsible for some of the heavy attacks, as they had embraced the Destiny Plan and allied themselves with ZAFT. Only Captain Wernke and six others from the 1st Division were left.

As for the 2nd Imaginary Number Division, they suffered no casualties, until now. Both divisions lost their transports during the heavy fighting in the mountainous regions in Turkey. They were low on spare parts and well as ammunition.

"Cover him! We can't afford to leave anyone behind if at all possible!" commanded Kasumi as she aggressively used her surviving funnels to deadly effect. Many Chinese GuAIZs and Windams were converging on the Imaginary Numbers, while mobile long-range artillery units presented an additional danger of unexpected firing intervals.

Aiko was having a hard time sniping off the incoming units, primarily due to the fact that she had to constantly switch her firing position to avoid aircraft, missile, and artillery fire. Compounding to the trouble was that her unit's left arm was a bit sluggish, a result of an earlier battle. "Shit! I can't provide effective cover at this rate!" It took a quite a bit to piss off Aiko, and with all the trouble she was having, it wasn't a surprise at this point.

Sara, Yuriko, and Sumi were constantly performing different variations of the original Jetstream Attack in order to do as much damage as possible while fighting at such close ranges. Unfortunately, they had to keep withdrawing in order to cool off their units' thrusters. Those moments allowed the Chinese units to slowly press in. "They just keep coming!" cried out Yuriko.

Suki and Hiroshi, the long range specialists, had pretty much blazed through all their ammo reserves and were only surviving off of their energy weapons. "This is just too much! I can't keep up this continuous firing! My weapons will melt or overheat!" roared an aggravated Hiroshi.

"Sorry...! We can't provide cover... right now!" muttered Kain as he and Kei were busy dealing with multiple aircraft and missiles.

"There's just... too many!" added Kei.

Takai and Youske were unleashing whatever they had, but unfortunately, their EX components were either damaged or missing a section. "Fckin' bastards!! Just die already!!" roared Takai.

Wernke managed to fight his way back to the main force. "Still no response from Shinji!"

"Then pull back and provide cover! We have to make it to the Mediterranean! If we make it, we should be able to try for Greece from there!" Kasumi was alternating fire with her unit's mega beam cannons, and managing to destroy several incoming MS.

"Artillery shells incoming!!" wailed Suki as she picked them up on her radar.

"SCATTER!!" Everyone immediately retreated in a random pattern, in an attempt to evade both incoming fire and the shells. Unfortunately, another pilot from Wernke's division went down when a leg was blown off by an incoming beam.

"AAAAAAHHH!!" her piercing scream echoed through the group's radio as her unit suffered a direct hit by an artillery shell to the cockpit.

"ENNA!!" wailed Wernke and his squad mates as their team screens displayed red on Enna's unit display, followed by a momentarily continuous beep and the words; Contact Lost.

This was pretty much how the Imaginary Numbers fought and suffered. Eventually, they managed to come within sight of the Mediterranean. Unfortunately, they were nearly surrounded. The artillery had stopped firing, but the MS kept coming. "Kasumi! ZAFT subs detected nearby! They're deploying ZAKUs and GOUFs!!" warned Suki.

"NO! Damn it... no...!" Kasumi pounded her fist on her console several times. She did something that she had tried hard not to do within the past several days. She cried. "So close... Why...? WHY!?" she then lost control. "RRRAAAHHH!!" she charged the incoming ZAFT MS, hell-bent on making an escape route.

"Kasumi! Wait!" Aiko called. "Damn it! At this rate, she'll kill herself!" Aiko then attempted to snipe the ZAFT units as fast as, and as well as she could. She also momentarily took command. "Aiko to all units! Hold off the incoming Chinese units! Suki! Sumi! I need you two!" she commanded.

"What is it?" "Awaiting command!" both sisters replied.

"Suki! I need you and your advanced electronics and radar systems! Link my systems to yours! We'll use our combined targeting and tracking systems to cover Kasumi!"

"On it!"

"Sumi! Link you unit's systems to your sister's also! It will boost your targeting and tracking rate and help you in close combat! Help Kasumi!"

"Understood!"

It was not often that any member of the group linked their systems together, as all the systems could crash if one of them fell, especially Suki, as her unit was effectively the central processor.

As the surviving units covered them, Aiko sniped the ZAFT units with 175 percent increased accuracy and prediction thanks to the linked systems. Sumi on the other hand, aggressively charged and thanks to the enhanced prediction and early warning systems, was able to get near Kasumi's side without a single scratch. Suki stayed back and took cover as best as she could while providing some long-range cover, as she was the critical link.

Kasumi however, was on a killing high. She mercilessly tore through several ZAFT MS as she fought her way towards the enemy subs. "DIIIEEE!!" she roared as she opened fire with all her chest mega beam cannons, and successfully sinking two subs. As some ZAFT units attempted to slice her from behind, she activated her unit's wingtip beam sabers and rapidly spun, forming a bladed tornado that sliced through the incoming units like a million scalpels through meat. Afterwards, she fired everything she could into any and all ZAFT ships that had attempted to blockade them in.

Sumi had a tough time keeping up; she was nearly overpowered at one point. Luckily, Aiko was able to down enough to give her some breathing room. "Sheesh! Would Kasumi get back to her senses already!? I'm having a hard enough time as it is trying to keep ZAFT units off of her!" she complained as she sliced through five MS.

"I don't know if she will get back to her senses anytime soon. This is the first time in a long time that she had fallen to depression. The only other time that this happened, it took a very powerful tranquilizer to calm her down!" muttered Aiko.

"But she's recklessly attacking! Oh no! She's turning towards the Chinese!" Suki warned as Kasumi turned and charged the Chinese. "All allied units! Pull back a bit!"

The surviving Imaginary Numbers pulled back in time as Kasumi unleashed all her surviving funnels as well as all her mega beam cannons at the nearby Chinese. "All units!! Head to the sea! Make for Greece!" commanded Kasumi.

"But, Kasumi! We can't leave without–!" Yuriko was cut off by a warning shot fired from Kasumi.

"DO NOT ARGUE WITH ME!! The next person to argue will be shot!" She didn't turn, but her unit's eye gave a momentary glare back. "Now."

The surviving Imaginary Numbers reluctantly began their retreat, minus one person. Kasumi then planted herself between the incoming Chinese and her friends. She narrowed her eyes. "None of you shall pass." Several daring Chinese attempted to jet past her, but were immediately silenced by a fusillade of beams emanating from her funnels. That caused the rest of them to charge her, weapons blazing.

Aiko and Suki were the last ones to retreat, as they covered Kasumi as long as they could before the fighting got too heavy. Eventually though, Kasumi was surrounded. Despite the fact that she put up a very aggressive offense, the Chinese were slowly closing in. Kasumi had a half-crazed smile on her face as she was about to charge, but two high speed heat signatures warned her of two incoming units.

"Kasumi you idiot! Pull out!!" A metallic orange and white Zanspine EX unit fired its Crossbow-Lancer and impaled several units with its seven Lancer Rockets. Captain Wernke then used the Crossbow as a pickaxe and bashed in the heads of several more MS. "Snap out of it! We need you alive, not dead!"

A black and blue Unicorn Gundam with its limiter released was tearing a path through many Chinese MS before jumping and slicing off the jet packs of the aerial ones. "Kasumi! Why!? Why do you plan on throwing your life away!?" Sara wasn't normally one to show emotion nor act out of line, but this was one of those times, especially when her secret idol has gone berserk.

Kasumi, still not in the right frame of mind, was angry. "Why the hell did you two not leave!? Even Aiko and Suki has left!" She sliced through two MS before taking a moment to survey the area for her next prey.

"Because you're our leader! You have managed to lead this far without a single casualty, unlike Captain Wernke!" responded Sara. "And we need you to continue leading us!"

"Damn it! I was trying to buy you all some time! Just leave me be! Get out of here!" Kasumi continued her berserker rage, but began to show signs of stress. "Please...! Leave...!!" She sliced through several more MS.

"Not...! Without...! You...!" grunted Wernke as he held off two blades with his unit's own. "We need– AARRGGHH!!" He was brutally kicked by a ZAFT ZAKU, and landed hard on his unit's side. He narrowly evaded two blades from a Chinese GuAIZ. "We need you to lead us to... victory!!" He managed to slice the GuAIZ apart.

"Captain Wernke! Behind you!!" warned Sara.

"Wha–?" he turned around in time... to receive a beam glaive right through his cockpit; severing his right arm. "AAAAAAHHH!!"

Kasumi froze at his scream. As a result, she was tackled hard by two daring Chinese Windams. "Captain Wernke!" she called out.

"Don't...! Worry...! About...! Me...!" He managed to use what he had left to stab his left beam saber into the ZAKU. "DIIIEEE!!" Using the last of his strengh, Wernke aggressively fought his way to Kasumi. "I...! Won't...! Go...! Easily...!" His unit, with the Beam Glaive still jammed inside, turned and charged the incoming Chinese MS... only to have four more Beam Glaives jammed into his unit.

"CAPTAIN WERNKE!!" screamed Kasumi, who witnessed this right in front of her.

Wernke, bleeding and dying from multiple beams in the cockpit, gave one final smile. "R-ru-run..." His unit then exploded.

That froze Kasumi even more. She began to cry uncontrollably. "W-why...! I-I s-said n-not to-to follow...!"

"Get ahold of your self, Commander!" cried out Sara. She was the only one fighting now. "Fight your way out of here!" The severe strain brought on by her unit's NT-D System was clearly showing. Sara was weakening. It took her more energy to hold off the intense and renewed assault from the incoming MS. "You... must... live...!"

"Sara... Just leave me...!" Kasumi's unit wouldn't respond. Her mentality was very unstable, and as a result, she couldn't synchronize with her unit. "I'm a failure..."

"That's... not... UGH! True...!" Sara had just lost her unit's right arm, and was down to defending Kasumi's unit with the shield. She too, began to cry. "We need you... I need you... You were the only one who cared for us! Who called us by our real names! You took good care of me when I was injured! You did all these and more for me and the rest of the Division! It didn't matter what happened! You told us, 'No one will be left behind!' Now it's my turn to help you!" Sara's unit began to shut off the NT-D, but she focused her mentality on holding the damaged shield together. As a result, all but her unit's shield reverted back to Normal Mode.

"Please... Kasumi. My friend. My Commander. My Rolemodel. My... sister...!" Sara then collapsed, her unit resting back-to-back with Kasumi's, and with her shield resting over her unit's chest, like a knight being put to rest. "I... can't... sustain... my strength... Ooh..." Sara then went unconscious.

"Sara? Sara!? NOOO!!" Kasumi cried fresh tears. She looked at her monitor. The ZAFT and Chinese MS were cautiously approaching their downed MS. As she frantically looked around for something, something to comfort her, something to give her a final, happy memory, she spotted a picture. In it, was an man holding a young girl. She shakily grasped it and held it close. "I just want to be with him..." She let the tears flow freely. "I just wanted to protect others... just like him..." She curled up into the fetal position as her monitors showed a ZAFT unit raise its sword over her unit's cockpit. "It's over..." The sword began to fall. "LEEEOOONNNHHHAAARRRTTT!!"

To Be Continued...


To clarify some things now, the Morgenroete Super Battle Factory, REION, is based off of Gundam Wing's Space Station Libra. The only difference is size and a cleaner look. It's smaller and none of the block structures (except the fin-like structures) seen on its hull is visible. It is the result of years of research and fusion of various systems either created or reverse-engineered by Morgenroete. Each diamond section, as well as the core section, is a fully functional factory and military base. In case of an extreme emergency, the vessel can split into five sections.

Each section uses experimental manufacturing techniques, such as nanolathing (building something starting at the molecular level), along with modular assembly lines to quickly produce up to 60 standard MS in an hour. The reason for the modular assembly lines is so that when larger units, such as heavy transports or battleships, need to be produced, the lines can be quickly and efficiently altered so that they can support construction of the larger unit. The same is true for the reverse. They can rearrange the lines so that they can produce vehicles and fighter aircraft, though in a larger number. In other words, the lines' default settings is MS production, but the more lines required to build something (large vessels), the longer it takes to produce en masse. And the less lines required to build something (regular vehicles), the less time it takes to produce en masse. The larger the planned vessel, the less lines available for mass production. The smaller the planned vessel, the more lines available for mass production. The storage and launch facilities for any and all units are equally modular and efficient. Repairs are a cinch thanks to nanolathing devices. They can coat a damaged area with nanites and let the nanites fix up the damage from the inside out, without ever having to remove armor and frame. Ammo replenishing systems for the unit it serves produce the ammunition on the spot utilizing the nanolathe system. That way, space can be conserved. The storage for all the atomic elements needed by the nanolathe system is stored in honeycombed layers underneath the fortress's armor, to serve as a rudimentary last armor should something with enough force manage to actually penetrate. To replenish the stores, useless material (such as waste), or scrap (such as ruined MS), must be taken and "reclaimed" by the nearest nanolathe system. (And yes, this system is based off of the one in Total Annihilation and its spiritual successor, Supreme Commander.) And since the vessel was meant to operate as a mobile base, in order to prevent possible retaking of an area, the external nanolathe systems can actually build pre-designed structures and defenses (a la Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander), that can either be manned, controlled by Advanced AIs, or remotely controlled.

As for active defense, each section has a flexible mini-superweapon (a Charged Particle Beam Cannon; CPBC for short). It charges energy along the horizontal "seam", similar to the Octahedral Angel in Evangelion, before firing off a burst of energy. The firing rate, beam density, beam range, beam width, and beam duration are all variable. To support the main weapons, hundreds of solid and beam weapon turrets are symmetrically scattered all over. There is no blind spot for the enemy to attack. The real weapon of this unit is mounted in and under the central section (Codenamed: Wrath of Haumea). It is basically a massive superlaser (think Independence Day superlaser). Like the CPBCs mounted, the Wrath of Haumea's power can be adjusted.

For passive defense, the unit uses multiple layers of Armore Lumiere emitters (built deep into the hull so that another Artemis Incident won't happen) that can project three Umbrella of Artemis (the Orb version is now called Shield of Haumea) shields around the unit at once, with a two-meter gap between each layer. To make up for the fact that the Umbrella can still be penetrated by anti-beam coated projectiles and missiles, there are regular energy shield emitters, like the ones mounted on the Strike Freedom, mounted on the hull. The emitters pop out of the hull to project the shielding. There are two energy shield layers, each with a meter long gap between the two and with the hull. Like all energy-based shielding systems, they need to cool down either after suffering too many hits, or after extended use. Even though all the shield emitters are built into the hull, they can still be damaged. The outer armor of the unit uses VPS Armor and the Geschmeidig Panzer beam deflection system as the regular defenses against opposition, but if an opponent were to somehow break through the outer armor, they would be hard-pressed in trying to penetrate a strengthened version of the Yata-no-Kagami beam reflection system. But unlike the one mounted on Cagalli's unit, it can also reflect light, allowing the entire vessel to visually disappear. Another function added is its ability to channel energy via the mirrors to give it a psudo-energy barrier. The color of the second armor layer is a Dark Silver color. The emitters for both shielding systems are actually installed within this layer. However, if the emitters, or portions of the hull itself sustains a certain amount of damage, nanolathing mechanisms will automatically kick in and start the repair process. The longer the battle, the more draining on the element reserves.


New/Updated Personnel

Name: Aaliyah Anjou Falkner

Call Sign: Moonlit Blade

Age: 20

Characteristics: Green-eyed, sisterly, French (both good and bad), and slightly flirtatious. She looks like Samus Aran from the perfect score ending of the American version of Metroid Fusion (can be seen at www . thisischris . com/ feature/ 2005/ samus.html). It's the one with the 1:40 Clear Time and 100 percent Item Collection Rate). It's the one where she's wearing blue short-shorts and a high-necked sleeveless top.

Bio: Aaliyah is a Natural that is very skilled in close combat and can keep up with a Coordinator, whether in an MS or in hand to hand combat. Her intelligence and mental abilities is almost on par with a regular Coordinator. She is one of those oddities whose abilities can't really be explained. Aaliyah was discovered by a ZAFT scientist passing through the debris field (in its early life before the wars) in search of some salvageable tech. Aaliyah was young then, and was the only remaining survivor of a shuttle accident. She was weak, and on the verge of death when she was saved. The scientist, not caring whether or not she was a Natural, took care of her and slowly nursed her back to health. Aaliyah took the last name of the scientist that saved her as her middle name, and began training to become an MS research scientist and future test pilot. It was during this training that her abilities were revealed, and as a result, became a full fledged MS test pilot for ZAFT (when it was still in its early stages). By the time the Bloody Valentine Incident occurred, she was a firm sympathizer with the Coordinators, and understood their plight. But because of her genetic status, the scientist (along with the other scientists that she grew up with,) had to send her to Orb so that any Anti-Natural lynch mobs wouldn't attack her. In Orb, where the ideals of the scientists that raised her were the same, in that it didn't matter if you were a Natural or a Coordinator, you were human, Aaliyah quickly grew to love the nation. She joined Morgenroete as a scientist and helped with their development of an Orb MS. She was one of the defenders of Orb in the first Battle of Orb, against the EA. But when Chairman Zala ordered the firing of Genesis, she was abhorred by his Natural Extermination Campaign and decided to help the Three Ships Alliance in stopping Zala's insane scheme. After the war ended, she moved back to her home with the scientists and hoped to live a peaceful life there. But when ZAFT began their Destiny Plan, and fired Requiem on Orb, she once again took up the sword to put a stop to ZAFT's oppressive ideas.

Name: Bryseis Yuta

Call Sign: Dark Phoenix of the Burning South

Age: 21

Characteristics: Long, purple hair, styled like bikini-wearing Rider (from Fate/Hollow Ataraxia), red eyes, quiet and reserved, even in battle.

Bio: Bryseis is the near-identical twin of Chryseis. They share a telepathic bond with each other and they have their own language and gestures. She and her sister have been longtime friends with Cagalli. Both sisters are relatives of one of the Orb Noble Houses and, upon the loss of many of them during the first Fall of Orb, ended up taking their relatives' place as a Noble Family. When Orb fell the second time to the Requiem lunar superlaser, they both promised to one day avenge Orb and make any enemy, namely ZAFT, wish that they never turned on Orb. Bryseis prefers to fight long-range battles, and with powerful weapons that can bring a quick end to the fight. If needed though, she can handle close range almost as well as, if not the same as, her sister.

Name: Chryseis Yuta

Call Sign: Shadow Dragon of the Tempestuous East

Age: 21

Characteristics: Long, purple hair, styled like bikini-wearing Rider (from Fate/Hollow Ataraxia), blue eyes, quiet and reserved, even in battle.

Bio: Chryseis is the near-identical twin of Bryseis. They share a telepathic bond with each other and they have their own language and gestures. She and her sister have been longtime friends with Cagalli. Both sisters are relatives of one of the Orb Noble Houses and, upon the loss of many of them during the first Fall of Orb, ended up taking their relatives' place as a Noble Family. When Orb fell the second time to the Requiem lunar superlaser, they both promised to one day avenge Orb and make any enemy, namely ZAFT, wish that they never turned on Orb. Chryseis prefers to fight close-range battles, and with enhanced/hardened close combat weapons that can slice through almost anything. If needed though, she can handle long range almost as well as, if not the same as, her sister.

Name: Hikaru Alucsa

Call Sign: Demon Tiger of the Frozen West

Age: 19

Characteristics: Long, brown hair, styled almost like Shiho's, but with uneven bangs, lavender-eyed, sisterly, calm and collected, rarely shows emotion.

Bio: Hikaru was an elite pilot and commander of Orb's Special Forces Military. She doesn't completely remember who she is. All she remembers is waking up in a hospital and a vicious battle with the EA. As that was all she could remember, she believed that she was a soldier of Orb and that she was supposedly gravely injured during the fight. Though she was told of her name and who she was, she instead chose a new name and enrolled herself into the Orb military. In truth, she awoke about two years after the events in her memories and met a girl in the military named Xian, who claims to have known her from school. Her combat skills in an MS as well as out of one are very high, though she is slightly better in medium to close range than she is in long range.

Name: Xian Wu Kobashi

Call Sign: Onyx Warrior of the Earthen North

Age: 20

Characteristics: Waist-length black hair (just past her rear-end) w/ blood-red streaks, purple eyes, very quiet and gentle, sometimes flirtatious and seductive, but hides great anger against ZAFT and the EA.

Bio: Xian was once a transfer student from China. She came to Orb to further her education, as Orb had one of the best schooling systems in the world. During her time there, she befriended a young Coordinator girl named Mayu Asuka. Upon hearing that the EA assaulted Orb and in the process killed Mayu, as well as several other friends, Xian was filled with rage at the EA. She and a group of discontented Orb evacuees who had friends and family that were lost to the EA war machine began guerrilla strikes within various EA bases and outposts using a commandeered EA Battlesub. She and her team were credited with the destruction of 5 bases, 13 outposts, and many small battlegroups, with some 'connections' providing support, either directly, or indirectly. After the war ended, she moved back to the rebuilt Orb and joined the military. It was during this time that she found out that a friends of hers had somehow survived and had also joined the military. When Cagalli was taken by the Archangel, Xian once again rounded up several Athha Loyalists and began construction on several new naval ships and MS, thanks to the Loyalist Morgenroete facilities. That build up helped turn the tide of war against ZAFT when Cagalli returned. Upon the firing of Requiem onto Orb, Xian vowed that she would take revenge for all the innocents that lost their lives that day. She can be quickly recognized by the blood-red streaks in her hair. She has one, visible, inch wide streak going from the left of her bangs all the way back and down to just below her rear-end. She also has several thin (less than half a centimeter wide) streaks hidden under her hair, visible only if you were facing her directly when she occasionally tossed her hair to fix it (unless you could see through her thick, black, and healthy hair). Finally, the tips of her hair are red (not the bangs). She tends to wear form-fitting Chinese dresses, but her favorite one is an all black dress with red edging and a cross cut out of the chest area (Similar to Clone Eclair's attire from Kiddy Grade, but longer front and back skirt sections). It also has a larger cut-out cross on the back as well as a small, diamond-shaped cut in the midriff, revealing Xion's well-toned abdomen. She wears 'hooker' boots and a garter, both equipped with throwing knives and the boots also equipped with a pair of custom designed Desert Eagle handguns and a pair of Beam Combat Blades (beam blade shape is similar to Stellar's during the Gundam Raid; beam tech provided by the Scion).

Name: Stellar Loussier

Call Sign: Envoy of the Apocalypse

Age: 21

Characteristics: Pretty much the same, just older and with longer hair. She also wears two earrings on the right ear and one on the left. The earring pair are small, silver seashells and the single earring is a 2/5 cm long and 1 cm thick Zuphiroude Crystal icicle with ultra-pure water in the very center.

Bio: Stellar was supposed to have died. But Kira, realizing that he had killed a young girl who didn't know right from wrong, had the body of Stellar recovered and taken to Orb to be revived. The only way that Morgenroete could revive her was by using alien crystals that seemed to revive dead matter. She had successfully revived from death right before the ZAFT battle for Orb. Further DNA testing resulted in the startling revelation that Stellar was actually a distant cousin of Cagalli. With Kira as her only other relative, Cagalli willingly took care of Stellar when her brother left for space in an attempt to stop the ZAFT controlled superweapons. She has since recovered all her memories, but her time with Cagalli has made her decide to stay in Orb. She now acts almost like a normal woman her age, though at certain times, she may revert to third person if stressed. The crystalline earring that she wears is a remnant of the crystalline 'bath' that she was subjected to in order to revive her. She wears a modified version of Xion's favorite China dress that instead has no cut-outs and is not as form fitting. It is basically her old purple, blue, and white dress redone as a slightly more formal, and slimmer, china dress. She also wears some blue leggings as well as boots that are similar to her old uniform version, but store two of her favorite Combat Blades, which she has nicknamed Black Joker and White Trick, after their blade colors. Both blades have a wave and dolphin engraving on them, as well as the name of the blades. An alternate version of her regular attire has her wearing the purple ankle bands and short, white heel-boots with or without white stockings/leggings in addition to her aforementioned dress. A third variant is based off of the dress she wore under her pink and white EA uniform. It's almost exactly the same, but with simple yet elegant sky-blue tribal designs in the center of the white portions on the front, back, and sides while the skirt has sky-blue edging. She also wears some sky-blue leggings as well as nearly identical blade holding boots (they have a single tribal stripe pattern going down the center of the outward facing sides).

Name: Sinistra

Age: ??

Characteristics: Wears battle armor reminiscent of the Temjin 747 Type A8 VR from Virtual On Marz, but Black and Red in color.

Bio: All that is known about this being is that he (or she, gender is unknown) is a loyal General to Cagalli. He works alongside Dextra.

Name: Dextra

Age: ??

Characteristics: Wears battle armor reminiscent of the Temjin 747 Type A8 VR from Virtual On Marz, and with the same color as the game's.

Bio: All that is known about this being is that he (or she, gender is unknown) is a loyal General to Cagalli. He works alongside Sinistra.

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Name: Kasumi Sumika

Call Sign: Sakura Typhoon; Leader X1 (project code)

Age: 18

Characteristics: Moderately long, brown hair, similar to Katsumi's (DOA series), lavender-eyed, shy, normally modest, and gets touchy on a certain subject.

Bio: Kasumi is one of Japan's best warriors, and one of the Zero (or Lost) Generation X3 (eXtremely eXperimental X-weapon) class pilots of Japan's experimental supersoldier/superpilot program. The program searched for 14 year olds with psychic abilities, and she was one of those that passed. She was conscripted into the military's experimental combat unit squadron and was forced to endure unbearable and agonizing pain from the extensive and intensive procedures to maximize her abilities. She endured it all, with the goal to become strong enough to someday help a person torn from her due to war. Her unit isn't very different from the Gundam Unicorn version of the NS-666 unit. It just adds shield emitters to the binders and an additional cannon in place of the binder's manipulator tips.

Name: Sara Lancecrow

Call Sign: Lancer; Assault 1 (project code); Poledancer (a running joke; much to her dismay, it sticks)

Age: 14

Characteristics: Long, light brown hair, styled almost like Shiho's, but with uneven bangs, sea green-eyed, sisterly, calm and collected, rarely shows emotion.

Bio: Sara Lancecrow is one of the fourth generation CC (Close Combat) class pilots of Japan's experimental supersoldier/superpilot program. She is the youngest person in Kasumi's group, and is very skilled in Lance/Polearm/Spear combat. Her unit is a black variant of the Unicorn Gundam. It has blue energy lines when in Destroy Mode, and the wings of the Wing Gundam Ver. Ka., which also extends and reveals blue energy lines when in Destroy mode. The unit carries several variations of a standard pole-like weapon.


New Units

Mobile Suit Name: Hartzenen

Model Number: SFF-END-01

Codename:

Unit Type: MS Hunter

Manufacturer: Morgenroete REION

Constructor: Morgenroete REION

Operator: Leonhardt

Accommodation: One Pilot Only, Semi-Panoramic Cockpit in Torso

Power Source: 1 GN Drive (primary), 1 Nuclear Fusion Reactor (secondary).

Head Height: 30.4 meters

Maximum Gross Weight: 93.4 metric tons (estimated)

Equipment / Design: 1 Adv. Targeting Computer, 1 Battle AI, Variable Phase-Shift (VPS) Armor, armor plates made of Zol-Oricalcon, RED Field, EMES, NES, Bio-Neural Gelpacks, Neurosystem, Full NBC Protection System, DML System, and an Advanced Sensor Suite.

Fixed Armament: 2x "Basilisk Eye" Eye Beam Lasers, 1x "Karasawa Mk. X" Plasma/Laser Rifle (similar to the Kronus Energy Rifle from Armored Core 4), 1x "Moonlight" Laser Blade (similar to the Moonlight Laser Blade in Armored Core 4; beam shape is similar to the Grand Slam Blade), and 2x EC-0307AB Triple High Energy Laser Cannon Wings (weapon fires like the 'wings' that the AC in Armored Core 4's opening has; 'wings' look like, and can wrap around the unit like, Magashi's from Phantasy Star Universe).

Optional Hand Armament: Anything that can be wielded and used as a weapon, but it doesn't need them.

Mobile Suit Description: This unit is part of an experimental series created by surviving Morgenroete personnel aboard their equally experimental floating facility, REION. It has a sleek, curved/angular design meant for high speed operation. The head is also sleek and has a retractable visor and a large command antenna/fin mounted and angled towards the front. It still retains the small, V-shaped Gundam fins, though they are angled sharply back. The unit doesn't mount many weapons since the ones equipped are already powerful and due to the fact that the unit was meant to be a speedy MS killer. The 'wings' are 6 High Energy Laser Cannons whose barrels unfold to become wings when not in use. There are also multiple GN particle emitters all around the unit, allowing the unit to create a near-impenetrable shield as well as providing a host of other uses. Leonhardt's personal insignia is painted on the left shoulder of his unit.

Mobile Suit Name: Aaliyah

Model Number: SFF-END-03

Codename:

Unit Type: MS Hunter

Manufacturer: Morgenroete REION

Constructor: Morgenroete REION

Operator: Aaliyah Anjou Falkner

Accommodation: One Pilot Only, Semi-Panoramic Cockpit in Torso

Power Source: 1 GN Drive (primary), 1 Nuclear Fusion Reactor (secondary).

Head Height: 28.9 meters

Maximum Gross Weight: 69.1 metric tons (estimated)

Equipment / Design: 1 Adv. Targeting Computer, 1 Battle AI, Variable Phase-Shift (VPS) Armor, armor plates made of Zol-Oricalcon, RED Field, EMES, NES, Bio-Neural Gelpacks, Neurosystem, Full NBC Protection System, DML System, and an Advanced Sensor Suite.

Fixed Armament: 2x "Basilisk Eye" Eye Beam Lasers, 2x "Moonlight" Laser Blades (similar to the Moonlight Laser Blade in Armored Core 4; beam shape is similar to the Grand Slam Blade), and 2x S04-VIRTUE Booster Wings ('wings' look like, and can wrap around the unit like, Magashi's from Phantasy Star Universe)

Optional Hand Armament: Anything that can be wielded and used as a weapon.

Mobile Suit Description: This unit is part of an experimental series created by surviving Morgenroete personnel aboard their equally experimental floating facility, REION. The unit is based off the AC of the same name from Armored Core 4. It is sleek and very angular, and built for ultra-fast close combat. The head is a sleek, Gundam head with a retractable eye visor, and has six sleek antenna/fins angled towards the back. It still retains the small, V-shaped Gundam fins, though they are angled sharply back. The Moonlights are highly experimental laser based blades, and are very powerful, but the energy requirements prevent all but any advanced units from equipping them. There are also multiple GN particle emitters all around the unit, allowing the unit to create a near-impenetrable shield as well as providing a host of other uses.


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