Mission 498: Sub Mission 3: Into the Bloody Valentine War

Roux Louka

"We were going to fight the new faction until we were sent to another time and encountered another war, known as the Bloody Valentine War. I barely remember that we met four young mobile suit pilots and then heard about Coordinators and Naturals. I was surprised that no one had heard about Newtypes or even Cyber-Newtypes for that matter."

Strike Force Commander Neyla Kaiou

En route to Orb Union Colony, Heliopolis C.E. 71

The AEUG and temporary help we were able to recruit were in route to L3X81999 because we had received a report about a new faction surfacing in the L3 sector from Black Reaper Intelligence. Just yesterday, we had heard that Duke Durmel was killed by a ship known as the Libra. We were going in to engage and neutralize the threat before anymore damage was caused to the fragile state of affairs. I had been rather restless after returning to Neptune and having to thwart an attempt to overthrow my mother by a traitorous Psychic general. (sigh) Bastard! But now that the battle is over for now, we had returned and focused on taking out the faction. By the time we got to the L5 Sector, we noticed there were colonies that looked like hourglasses. I was very confused and I had to scout out a nearby colony that didn't look like an hourglass. Roux felt I shouldn't go alone without backup and volunteered to accompany me to the colony. I knew Roux was right… that and she wanted to hangout with me more since I've been busy helping Relena get into place with the Romafeller Foundation and dealing so… many… battles.

Roux Louka

I'll take over for Neyla; she's been pretty stressed since we had to storm into the palace in Atlantica two days ago. Neyla and I went into the colony hoping to get information on what was going on here. I went ahead into the colony and Neyla left in the Zeta Rouge while I got some information. It turned out the colony was owned by a nation called the Orb Union and the colony was known as Heliopolis. The colony had factories owned by a company called Morgenroete. I made my report to Neyla in the Zeta Rouge and continued to explore the colony. In the course of time, I met a girl named Cagalli Athha and learned a bit more about the colony and what was going on here at the colony. I asked her if she had seen any mobile dolls at colony L3X81999. She was confused about what I asked her; she had never even heard of mobile dolls nor Colony L3X81999. Cagalli told me that PLANTS were in the L5 sector and something about Coordinators. I was confused about what she meant by PLANTS and Coordinators. She had to explain the difference between Naturals and Coordinators; then she asked me if I was a Natural or Coordinator. I answered Cagalli that I was neither a Natural or Coordinator, that I was a Newtype. Cagalli was confused by I meant by Newtype; so it was my turn to explain what a Newtype was. After we had cleared things up, Cagali took me with her to Morgenroete, a company based in the country she was from; a nation called the Orb Union.

Lieutenant Emma Sheen

Deployed near Orb Union Colony, Heliopolis

Loran, Puru Two and I waited for Zeta Rouge to appear from the colony; in the mean time I kept an eye for a possible attack of mobile dolls and even tried to search for L3X81999 with radar. Loran and Puru Two quietly napped in their cockpits; we had been waiting for five hours. It usually doesn't take that long for Commander Kaiou to gather information. I began to worry when neither Roux nor the Commander had radioed in to give us a progress report; so I tried to use the COM to contact the Zeta Rouge but met with static from the radio frequencies being jammed. I clicked my COM to Loran and Puru Two to wake them up on our private COM line. They both woke up and I remarked to them, "Neither the Commander nor Roux have reported in at the Colony. I think we should go in there and see if they're okay."

Puru Two yawned and replied, "I'm sure Roux and Neyla went shopping together at some gigantic mall. You know Neyla, she likes to do shopping here and there at times."

"Yes, but the Commander always checks in before going on a recreation break or pleasure," I countered back.

Loran sighed as he heard Puru Two and me arguing about the Commander and just said, "Lets just get close to the colony and see if we can contact Neyla."

I liked the idea; but as we were about to take off, several mobile suits passed us without noticing us and headed into the colony.

"We've got to stop those guys from fighting in the colony," Loran said urgently. "People will die if a battle starts in that colony."

Puru Two was a little upset with Loran and snarled in response, "So let's stop talking about it and go already!" Puru Two charged towards the colony as we followed behind her trying to keep up her.

Puru Two

Orb Union Colony, Heliopolis

Engaged in Battle with unknown enemy

I felt a little bad about snapping at Loran but actions speak louder than words and I couldn't just sit there while Neyla was getting attacked without protection. Don't get me wrong about Roux, she'd gladly give her life to keep Neyla safe and Neyla is the only person she trusts completely; but I wouldn't consider Roux by herself a bodyguard for Neyla. My mind had to be in the battle with unknown mobile suits or dolls… whatever they were; and I really couldn't worry about Neyla either. The mobile suits looked like old Zeon ZAKU mobile suits except they were made for space combat and built well. Neyla always commented that she thought ZAKUs were old Zeon trash. But my Qubeley was more than a match against those Zeon wannabes, except for one mobile suit that looked like a Gundam. So I engaged it in battle using the funnels hoping it would quickly be destroyed but I underestimated it when it charged at me without a scratch. It charged at me with sharp claws poised to ensnare me. I deployed my funnels and fired at it in a vain attempt to get to back off. The bastard was good and I tried everything to shake it off until Loran attacked the Gundam and got it away from me.

"Stop this fighting now," Loran pleaded with the pilot of the Gundam. "Must people die while we're fighting?"

"We don't have time for your anti-war ideals, Loran," I said as he pushed me away from the enemy Gundam.

"Our priority is to find Neyla and Roux," interjected Loran. "We can't go and fight whomever while they could be under attack."

I huffed in frustration as I turned my Qubeley and followed Loran and Lieutenant Emma.

Loran Cehack

Orb Union Colony, Heliopolis

Puru Two was reluctant to break off her battle with the enemy doll and follow us to help find the Commander. Emma managed to find Roux with some civilians and a handful of military personnel on a ship we'd never seen. I was glad to see Roux was safe but I was worried about Neyla and the fact she was piloting the Zeta Doll Rouge. I'm sorry I mean Zeta Rouge Gundam; I usually get the name wrong because I think of mobile suits as dolls. The three of us landed on the unusual ship with permission from the commanding officer and we offered our assistance to her. She gladly accepted our help but before we could get inside the ship, a squad of Zeon dolls attacked the ship and we had to take point and defend the ship while it escaped from Heliopolis. Unfortunately, we were outnumbered and it seemed that we were going to die until Neyla arrived in the Zeta Rouge and helped us out in driving away the enemy dolls and escape the colony. The pilot of the top secret G-Weapon also joined in the battle and helped in the escape, even though he was forced to fight a friend of his. I thought it was sad and I felt sorry for him; but the pilot, Kira Yamato, had other friends he wanted to protect. After all the Gundams were retrieved, along with a lifeboat full of refugees, the Archangel headed for a place called Artemis.

Captain Bright Noa

(Code RED MISSION CLOCK -71:53:19)

En route L3 Eurasian Defense Station, Artemis

We didn't hear from Lieutenant Emma since she launched with Loran and Puru Two to the recently destroyed colony. We thought about taking in some of the escape pods with refugees inside of them but ships entered the area of the destroyed colony and started picking up escape pods. So we moved away and began thinking about our next move until we discovered a heat trail leading two different directions. Captain Henkinsen and I lead our ships toward the L3 region while Vice Admiral Whitcomb and Captain Novak headed the other way toward the Moon after they relinquished Commander Kaiou's mobile suit that was controlled by her Sonic Diver. Lt. Commander Sakurano was uneasy about not going to find Commander Kaiou but she had her duties to think about and Lt. Commander Ichijo wouldn't allow her to leave the Tiger Roger. I promised Lt. Commander Sakurano that I would find Commander Kaiou. After parting ways, the Radish and my ship followed the heat trail that lead toward an unknown area of the L3 Region.

An hour later

In battle with unidentified ships, in proximity to Artemis

We followed the heat trial as it ended in view of a military base with a large powerful shield. I noticed the flashes of red, yellow and orange that indicated a battle was taking place. I turned to Torres and said, "Have all our mobile suit pilots ready to launch; we're jumping into the battle." Before I could finish giving orders, Torres interrupted me and reported, "Captain, thermal patterns indicate that Gundam Mk II, Qubeley Mk II, Turn A and Zeta Rouge are in battle with two unknown ships and four unidentified mobile suits. Our mobile suits are fighting alongside one unidentified mobile suit and an unidentified ship. I'm also detecting the Sonic Diver Sokatashi is also in battle as well."

I took a deep breath and said, "All hands, Level One Battle Stations, launch our mobile suits and support recon force and launch the Sokatashi mobile suit as well."

Torres went straight to work and sounded general quarters and got our mobile suit pilots moving quickly as possible.

Fu Yuri

In battle with unknown forces

Most of us mobile suit pilots rushed to get our mobile suits and provide support for Neyla. Up first to launch were the Gundams on board the Argama and Radish. Epyon, Wing ZERO, ZZ, Hyaku Shiki and Z Gundam launched from the Argama before the Nemos and Rick Diaz mobile suits could launch. The Radish had Altron, Qubeley Mk II Black, Sazabi and another Gundam Mk II piloted by Elle Vianno launch before they sent out their non-Gundam mobile suits. We formed into a tight formation as we headed toward the ensuing battle.

Strike Force Commander Neyla Kaiou

In battle with ZAFT Forces outside Artemis

The ZAFT forces were definitely tough opponents since they were piloting four stolen Gundams that were originally intended for use in the Orb military. During the battle, I noticed many stars approaching the battle at a fast pace.

"Commander Kaiou, we've got incoming unidentified objects approaching us at high speeds," Sai warned me over visual COM. "We've also detected two ship silhouettes, however there's no match to any known thermal patterns."

"Do you have any visuals on the unknowns?" I asked Sai as I dodged a shot from the Duel and switched my Sonic Diver into it's A mode.

"Sending you visuals now," answered Sai as he furiously typed in commands to send me the images. "There you go."

I took a look at the visuals sent to me. The visuals were at maximum magnification and surprised me. The images showed nine Gundams belonging the AEUG along with fifty-nine Nemos and thirty seven Rick Diaz mobile suits.

"It's alright Sai, they're allies," I told him and those on the bridge of the Archangel. "The two ships are the Argama and Radish. The mobile suits are Nemo and Rick Diaz mobile suits along with nine Gundams that are with AEUG."

"Are you sure?" asked Captain Ramius.

"Yeah I'm positive," I answered Captain Ramius. "They're allies alright."

I took a deep breath and switched to the AEUG's COM frequency, "Torres, launch my mobile suit!"

"You got!" exclaimed Torres. "Sokatashi, launching now!"

My mobile suit launched from the Argama with quick speed and raced towards me. I quickly changed my Sonic Diver to it's G mode and bolted away from the battle with quick speed. Unfortunately, the Duel pursued me and was intent on killing me. Luckily for me, Fa came and engaged the Duel while I moved into position to link my Sonic Diver with my mobile suit. I hoped that Fa would hold out against the Duel and make it out alive. I didn't want Kamille to get pissed off and go on another revenge crusade like he did for Four and Rosamia during the Gryps Conflict. Fa actually held her own against Duel. When the connection was complete, I rejoined the battle and helped Fa overpower the Duel into draining all it's power. Then I had an idea and passed my plan onto the other Gundam pilots.

"All Gundam pilots are to force the enemy mobile suits to run out of power," I ordered the pilots. I received acknowledgement lights from the Gundam pilots as they began targeting the enemy Gundams.

Within fifteen minutes the other enemy mobile suits were out of power and the Strike had it's Agni cannon pointed at them. So I came on the COM and contacted the four pilots.

"I am Strike Force Commander Neyla Kaiou, leader of the AEUG," I introduce myself to the enemy pilots. "I am prepared to offer you a choice, considering your machines are out of power. Surrender peacefully and cooperate with the AEUG and you have my word that you will not be prisoners."

"And if we don't surrender peacefully?" challenged one of the pilots. "Are you gonna take our machines and kill us?"

"Yszak that's enough," ordered another ZAFT pilot, "let's at least hear them out. Besides they might not be with the Earth Forces and ZAFT could possibly have an ally against the Naturals." The pilot of the Duel, Yszak Joule shut his mouth and silently in his head agreed with the pilot of the Aegis.

"To answer the person that asked me the last question," I answered the ZAFT pilots, "the AEUG doesn't stoop low and kill enemy combatants for technology. No, we would like to examine and study your machines and ask for help in building replacement machines for us to deliver to the Orb military, considering that the Earth Forces blackmailed Morgenroete into giving the machines as well as the Archangel to them."

The ZAFT pilots were stunned to hear that they had stolen Orb property, I also laid out that they would be on the Archangel instead of the Argama or the Radish for security purposes and because both ships couldn't take in the four machines. The lead pilot, Athrun Zala accepted the terms and headed to the Archangel with the other three machines following him. As they made their way to the Archangel, I gave Captain Ramius instructions not to detain the ZAFT pilots because I gave them my word that they wouldn't be prisoners. Natarile was uneasy about allowing the four stolen machines boarding the Archangel and being allowed to roam the ship freely but she knew acting Captain Ramius would override her and since the AEUG Gundams were aboard. Natarile sighed and asked the security teams to stand ready in case the ZAFT pilots were intending to try and overtake the ship.

Archangel Briefing Room, inside Eurasian Federation Defense Station, Artemis

After all five Gundams and the AEUG Gundams were retrieved, the Argama and Radish took defensive positions around the Archangel causing the Nazca and Laurasia-class vessels to retreat. The ZAFT pilots seemed hostile at first; I take that back only Yszak was hostile to the crew and the other three pilots were friendly. I gathered them in the briefing room and prepared to present my Intel on the Earth Alliance's threat to Morgenroete.

"You said we stole Orb property," Yszak challenged me, "it's time for you to prove it."

I sighed and began with the e-mails sent in Admiral Halliburton's name; the e-mails said that the National Defense Ministry had gotten word through their agents inside Morgenroete that Orb was building five new mobile suits. The ZAFT pilots looked interested in my presentation and paid close attention, while the pilot of the Blitz took notes of my presentation. I guess once he returned to the PLANTS, he was going to report this to the PLANT Supreme Council, ZAFT's governing body.

"If ZAFT's intelligence is correct," interjected Athrun Zala, "I believe that the Earth Alliance's National Defense Ministry is currently controlled by the group known as Blue Cosmos."

"Our Black Reaper Intelligence Group has confirmed it," I agreed with Athrun.

Dearka's eyes widened when I mentioned the Black Reapers; I guess he had heard of the Black Reapers, since Mother made the Black Reapers feared throughout the universe.

"Oh man, we should definitely ally ourselves with the AEUG if they've got the Black Reapers working for them," Dearka said with enthusiasm.

"Hey shut up and pay attention," snarled Yszak.

"Ahem, we have reason to believe that Blue Cosmos has a spy within ZAFT and is also moving to eliminate any officers within the Earth Forces that they consider a threat," I said getting the ZAFT pilots attention. This caught Lieutenant Ramius' attention, let alone she was shocked to hear that Admiral Halliburton would contact Morgenroete and threaten them to build mobile suits for the Earth Forces.

"But Admiral Halliburton would never threaten or blackmail anyone to do something for the Earth Forces," Lieutenant Ramius said as she slammed her fist against the wall.

"I know that," Shelke said to Lieutenant Ramius, "and we've traced the e-mail to a one Murata Azarael, head of the National Defense Ministry.

"We also believe that this Murata Azrael planted a spy in ZAFT forces," continued Shelke. "However we have yet to determine who the spy is but we can't reveal who we believe the spy is until we have concrete evidence."

"Aren't you a little too…" Athrun began to ask before getting cut off by Shelke.

"I am the unit commander of the 387th Black Reaper Unit," Shelke said in her proud like stance, "Colonel Shelke Ruri, formally of the Deepground Tsviets unit, Shinra Army."

I grunted when Shelke mentioned those monsters of the Shinra Corporation and Shelke apologized for mentioning Shinra. We spent an hour and a half briefing the ZAFT pilots and the officers of the Archangel then the ZAFT pilots looked at each other.

"Hey, Does the AEUG have any mobile suits they could spare to help in building replacement mobile suits for Orb?" asked Athrun.

"Uh, yeah but the mobile suits don't have adequate armor," I answered Athrun.

Yszak looked at me and then calmly asked, "What kind of armor does it have?"

"The Nemos have Gundarium Alpha alloy and it's not that effective for the protecting mobile suit's pilot," I answered Yszak.

"Let's test out one of them before jumping to conclusions," said Yszak as he began to stand up.

Kamille Baden

Outside Artemis Defense Station, conducting tests

"Alright, launch the Nemo mobile doll and Rick Diaz mobile suit," ordered Yszak before he launched from the catapult of the Archangel.

"Roger that," acknowledged Torres as he typed in commands to upload the programs to one empty Nemo and Rick Diaz mobile suit each. "Mobile doll program uploaded to a Nemo suit. Have fun Yszak."

Yszak just smiled as I watched the Duel launch before the two mobile dolls launched.

"Alright Kamille," Captain Noa chimed in, "Commander Kaiou wants you to fight with the Duel in the Z Gundam. Give this ZAFT pilot everything you've got."

"Roger that," I acknowledged to Captain Noa as I turned my attention to launching in Z Gundam. "Kamille, Zeta, let's do it."

As I launched from the Argama, I saw the tests had already commenced. The pilot of the Duel Gundam was fighting one of our Nemos first before turning his attention to the Rick Diaz. Yszak destroyed the Nemo with relative ease. Then proceeded to fight Fa who was piloting the Rick Diaz suit. Yszak fired his beam rifle at the Rick Diaz and found that it was more durable then the Nemo's armor.

"Hmm, it seems that your Rick Diaz mobile suit has better durability," observed Yszak as he dodged a shot from Fa's Rick Diaz but couldn't dodge another shot from it's bazooka. Nghh, what kind of armor material is that Rick Diaz suit made with?"

"The original materials were Gundarium Gamma alloy," I answered Yszak. "The Rick Diaz suits now have Gundanium Beta Armor. It's lightweight, durable and it makes the mobile suit more maneuverable."

"Not bad for armor," said Yszak as he turned his attention to me and charged at me to fight.

"There's a problem though," Neyla said as she came on the visual COM of the Duel. "The Gundanium alloy has to be manufactured in zero gravity otherwise it will be useless."

"Man, that sucks," said Dearka over the Archangel's visual COM.

"What are you talking about Dearka?" Yszak challenged. "We could easily produce this Gundanium alloy no problem."

"We'd need support, a laboratory and secret facility to produce the Gundanium alloy," added Neyla.

Then Athrun came on the visual COM and said, "There are some functioning facilities in the L4 Colony region. ZAFT did an investigation based on suspicions of a group hold up there."

My eyes lit up as I said, "That's perfect! My mother is in Crystal Tokyo and I'll contact her right away; she'll be thrilled to have another facility." Athrun was confused and asked, "What's your mother's name?"

"Relena Kaiou, the Negotiator," I answered Athrun. Athrun's mouth fell open when I told him that my mother was the Negotiator. I think everyone on the Archangel was surprised to hear who my mother was; but I was really concerned that Blue Cosmos would have an agent on board with us. I thought about doing a background check on all non-ZAFT personnel once I contacted my mother.

Later once the test was completed, all mobile suits were retrieved and I contacted my mother about the good news. We found out that the Eurasian Federation were going to hold us as hostages, so we had no choice but to fight our way out of the station. Nicol launched in the Blitz and went to work destroying the generators keeping the Umbrella of Artemis activated. I didn't like this plan but we had no choice and we needed to keep the AEUG's mobile suits out of the Earth Alliance's hands. After rescuing Captain Ramius and the bridge crew, we made our move and escaped from Artemis. After leaving Artemis in ruins, the ZAFT pilots suggested that we head to the Debris Belt so we could undertake three projects: 1. Build replacement Gundams for us to deliver to Morgenroete in Orb. 2. Expand the Archangel's mobile suit capacity to ten mobile suits and three fighters. 3. Gather much needed supplies.

Elle Vianno

Debris Belt around Earth's orbit

Neyla received word from her mother that one of the colonies in the L4 Colony Region had been set up as a production facility and we had received a shipment Gundanium Beta armor. Neyla smiled as she saw the shipment and along with five unfinished mobile suits from the Royal Tsunami Defense Force's top secret project, Project Adamant ZERO.

"Why did Mother send these unfinished units?" Neyla said aloud. "They're supposed to be for the mass production units Aqua Defense and Triton Industries are developing for the Army and Marines."

The ZAFT pilots took notice at what Neyla said and just went back to unpacking the unfinished mobile suits.

"So these were going to be Gundams?" asked Nicol.

"Uh, yeah that was idea," answered Neyla. "Then the next step was going to be mass production. I think that the Earth Alliance was going to do that once the Gundams you stole were handed over to them."

"You mean they going to make mass produced versions of our machines?" asked Athrun.

"Yeah," answered Neyla. "You guys should know that the Storm Alliance is helping out the AEUG and just their Intelligence agencies. So once we get the Archangel to Earth I can begin dispatching Black Reaper agents to economic blocs of the Earth Alliance and get more Intel."

"Once we get back to the PLANTS, I think I could talk to the PLANT Supreme Chairman about helping you out with Intel," said Athrun as he heard me mention gathering Intel from sources within the Storm Alliance.

Work began on the replacement Gundams to deliver to Morgenroete smoothly as well the work on expanding the Archangel's mobile suit capacity to 10 mobile suits. We used hull sections from Earth Alliance Agamemnon and ZAFT Nazca class vessels. Much of the hull sections were from the Earth Alliance vessels. Since we had help from the ZAFT pilots as well as the Archangel's crew, work on the hull took first priority over the replacement mobile suits. Some of the civilians even volunteered to help us with work on the Archangel's hull. Within seven hours, the Archangel's hull was extended for our intended accommodations and then work shifted to working on the mobile suits. But we could begin work on the mobile suits, we had to get supplies from the remains of Junius Seven. Only the Archangel went into the Debris Belt while the Argama held a defensive position and the Radish went off to find the rest of the AEUG fleet. The Strike, along with two Mistral pods heading towards a series of buildings to gather necessary supplies. Miriallia and much of the people helping to gather supplies were appalled by the destruction caused by one nuclear missile. Neyla's eyes went from being a gentle human to a raging tiger. Lieutenant Ramius and Ensign Badgeral were disturbed by what they saw.

"It makes me sick to think about all the destruction caused by man nowadays," Neyla said in a calm yet disgusted tone. She then held her head as she got a headache from hearing the souls of the people who died in the Bloody Valentine tragedy. Some of us wondered how she could hear the souls but went back to work gathering supplies. While some of the workers went back to gathering, Flay and Miriallia went around asked the children on board to help make a bouquet of paper flowers to release as a way to remember the innocent people that died in the heartless attack that the Earth Forces committed. The ZAFT pilots were astounded but I think they saw that not everyone in the Earth Forces were heartless and hated Coordinators like most people on Earth did. We all took a break and the Argama entered the Debris Belt and launched the Z, ZZ, Hyaku Shiki, a Rick Diaz and five Nemos for a ten gun salute; Kira and the Strike joined the ten gun salute. Other Gundams launched from their carriers and gave a salute as Miriallia released the large bouquet of paper flowers to scatter for the each of the souls that were killed. I think the ZAFT pilots were pleased with the memorial service even though it was small and we didn't have much of anything else for any kind of memorial. Athrun and Nicol said not to mention anything about it; that just releasing the bouquet of paper flowers and the ten gun salute was a good enough memorial. After the memorial service was completed, we went back to work and Kira went back to his perimeter sweeps of the area. As he swept the area, Kira came across a ship that was deserted. He was about to go search the ship until he saw a ZAFT mobile suit approaching the ship.

"Huh, it's a two seat GINN Reconnaissance type," observed Kira as he kept an eye on the mobile suit. "If he calls for back up then we're in trouble. I could ask one of Athrun's friends to lure him away."

Kira obtained a weapon's lock on the GINN if he decided to snoop around longer than they had to. The GINN at first left but then noticed two Mistrals transporting supplies and was about to fire when Neyla broadcasted a message on FLEETCOM. "If there are any ZAFT or Earth Alliance forces in the Debris Belt, please steer clear of two ships and a large group of mobile suits. We are only salvaging useful non-military supplies and we have no intention fighting in Debris Belt.

"If you decide to attack our worker pods and mobile suits then we will respond and counterattack," finished Neyla. The GINN then backed away from the pods and left the area without question. Those in the worker pod breathed a sigh of relief as did Kira because he didn't have to shoot the GINN and more lives were spared. As the GINN left the area, Kira detected an escape pod and moved to secure it. As Kira was bringing the escape pod to the Archangel, he then detected a mobile suit. He moved to where he detected the mobile suit and spotted four people gathered around it. Kira thought about approaching it but decided against it.

"Lieutenant Ramius, I've detected a mobile suit floating around the Debris Belt," reported Kira. "I've also found a life pod and am bringing it back."

"Hold on, Kira," interjected Ensign Badgeral. "the mobile suit, is it ZAFT?"

"I don't think so," answered Kira. "But someone should come retrieve the mobile suit and it's occupants."

"Roger that Kira," acknowledged Neyla before turning Sai. "Have Athrun Zala launch in the Aegis and recover the mobile suit.

"Kira hold your position so the Aegis can find the mobile suit."

"Roger that," acknowledged Kira.

Once the mobile suit had been recovered we had occupants go the briefing room and Neyla and acting Captain Ramius talked with them. The occupants of the mobile suit Seabook Arno, his little sister Reese, their mother Monica and a childhood friend Cecily Fairchild. The mobile suit they came in was apparently called Gundam F91. Seabook said the mobile suit was a mobile suit of the Earthsphere Federation. Neyla and acting Captain Ramius tried to confirm Seabook's story with Captain Noa and he couldn't confirm it because he had never heard of Gundam F91. Neyla however said that she believed them and asked them to join the AEUG until they could return back to the Universal Century. Personally I like it here in Cosmic Era, but I do miss being back in the Universal Century. We've been learning a lot about why this war in the Cosmic Era was being fought about. Apparently this war is between Naturals and Coordinators. Roux told us that Coordinators were people like Kira, the ZAFT pilots and our latest refugee Lacus Clyne. Nicol, Dearka and Yszak were shocked to hear Athrun tell them that Kira was a Coordinator like them. Yszak seemed to take it the hardest when Athrun told them that Kira was a Coordinator.

"Wait, so you're telling me that I've fighting against a fellow Coordinator?" demanded Yszak as he grabbed Athrun's shirt collar. "Why the hell didn't you tell us sooner; we would've tried to help talk him into coming to ZAFT with us."

"He won't join ZAFT," Athrun said to Yszak as he looked away from Yszak. Just then Kira walked in and Yszak turned and walked toward Kira after letting go of Athrun.

"Why the hell are you fighting with the Earth Forces?" asked Yszak as he grabbed Kira's shirt collar. "What's so great about the Earth Forces?"

"I'm not with the Earth Forces," answered Kira, "I'm only helping them temporarily to deliver the Strike to the Earth Forces. Once that's done, my friends and I are out of here."

"Huh? Your… friends?" asked Yszak confused. "Who are your friends?"

"Hey Kira," called Tolle, "Mr. Murdoch needs some help with the Strike unit we're delivering to Morgenroete. He said something about needing to install an OS and he'd have use the OS from Lieutenant Sheen's Gundam Mk II."

"That OS is okay but it needs adjustment," Kira said to Tolle as he freed himself from Yszak's grip. "I'll be down in a little bit."

"Eh? What OS are you using?" asked Athrun.

"We're using the OS from Lieutenant Sheen's Gundam Mk II," answered Tolle. "Kira has been trying to modify it for use on the replacement mobile suits."

"Let me come with you guys and help with work on the OS," offered Nicol.

"Come on we've got to do our part and help finish the replacement Gundams," said Athrun as he walked away to join Kira.

"I just hope that these don't get in the hands of the Earth Forces," Yszak said to himself before joining the others.