Chapter 7: Couruscant, the Gundams?? Naaaaaaaaaa
Dark had been the one to bring up the thought of taking the Gundams to Couruscant and liberating it from Vong control. Tank and Aslan didn't say anything on the matter, but Goku , Razen and Snoopy chimed right in.
"Well, we could probably take down the shield generators without to much difficulty. I could just blow a big hole in the shields and we could go through and hit the Vong bases." Goku said.
"Nah, that'd never work. There are to many Vong on Couruscant to get all of them with just the five of us." Snoopy said matter-of factly.
"Ah, you guys worry to much. Like The High Council (makes a coment real quick about the council being "high") would really send us to re-take it. They've got bigger fish to fry right now." Razen took a careful sip of his Juri juice, making sure that it wasn't tainted with PEE tree oils.
"I guess both Snoop and Raisen, er, Razen, have good points." Dark looked over his shoulder to where Aslan and Tank sat talking about some Admin stuff.
After the victory party was over, pilots filed out to go get some well deserved sleep. It was close to 2300 when the only two people left in the bar where Tank and Aslan. They'd been deep in converation for hours.
"So, taking in all we've discussed, do you think we'll be making our move anytime soon? I mean, it's no good to show our trump card if the enemy is just going to pounce on it again. Admiral Ackbar's fleet got hit pretty hard in that last engagement, do you really think that one ship will make the difference?" Tank asked. His eye brows where knitted in concentration and thought on the matter.
"Yub yub, I don't know my friend. All the things I've heard about the Bulwark Battle cruiser give it a really high mark in my book. When General Solo defeated Warlord Zsinj, he had to use a Bulwark to defeat the Iron Fist, and it worked marvelously. The Bulwark should be more than a match for any of the Vong cruisers we've seen so far." Aslan popped the top off of another rootie while he clipped and trimmed his beloved PEE tree.
"Anyhow, the Gundams performed better then I expected. We may just be able to take back Couruscant from the Vong with them, provided they have the right weapons. Snoopy made a good point, we couldn't possibly wipe out all of the Vong, there are to many of them on planet. The only way I see to do it is with biological weapons. Infect the planet with the Krytos virus by using the micro rocket and missle launchers on the Heavy Arms custom. Since the planet was evacuated , there are no friendly life forms on the planet, so we could infect the world, then let the virus die and have the people re- take it. That's the only way I see of doing it."
"Tank, I agree that using bio weapons are the only way to wipe out the Vong on Couruscant, but the Krytos virus? That's a bit extreme don't you think?"
"No, I don't think it's extreme at all. If we can manage to snatch Couruscant back from the Vong, the New Republic would have a new faith in it's military."
"Ok Tank. One thing. How do you plan on getting past the defeneses? There are bound to be millions of Vong that are ready to fight on Couruscant by now."
"That's the trick. If you noticed during this last battle, none of the Gundams got hit until they started having to hack at the hull of the Vong cruisers to get at the core of them. This is a good indication that any of these Gundams would be able to survive the battle that would insue over Couruscant. I plan to send them all in, and have the Wing Zero Custom carry extra charges for it's Twin Buster rifles. The Heavy Arms will be loaded with the Krytos virus in it's missles and can fire them down onto the planet."
"Not a bad plan. I'll sleep on it tonight, yub." Aslan stood up, picking up his beloved PEE tree as he did, and mad ehis way to his quarters.
Tank stood and followed suit.
The next morning, Goku woke up and went to the Wraith lounge for some breakfast. Out through the transparasteel plate that separated the hangar from the lounge, Goku saw that the repairs to his buddy had been completed, and the Wing Zero stood there gleaming in the light from the glowrods in the ceiling about it.
After a breakfast that could have fed 20 others, Goku entered the hanger and ran his hand along the sleek lines of his Jedi Starfighter, then moved on the where the Wing Zero stood on the other side of the hangar. He hopped into the cockpit and ran a systems check to make sure everything was in order. In running the check for the twin buster cannons, he saw that they now had 18 mega blasts instead of just 3. After finishing the check, he shut the Gundam down and dropped to the deck where he was met by Tank.
"Good morning Tank. Did you get any sleep? You look awefull. You know, I probably would be as strong as I am if I didn't get a full 8 hours of sleep." Goku cocked his head in his usual manner and saluted Tank.
Tank wearily returned Goku's salute and walked sleepily over to the bas the of his Gundam. The Deathscythe H gleamed from where the Verpine techs had polished its dark hull.
"Goodmorning to you too Goku. You're right , I didn't get much sleep last night. I was up with the Verpine crews working on the Gundams, yours especially. Have you noticed any modifiactions?"
"Yes, the twin buster rifles have been upgraded. They can now fire those mega blasts 18 times instead of just 3. Ho'd you manage that?"
"Wellllllllll, that was kinda tricky. We installed a new micro-fusion reactor under the main one so it could provide power for the rifles. Once those 18 charges are depleted, you'll only have to wait half an hour before you can use them again."
"Thanks Tank!! I'm sure the Wing Zero apricieates that a lot!! So why are al of the Gundams being upgraded?"
"I can't tell you right now, it's classified. You'll find out in 3 days. I'll catch you later Goku." Tank spun on his heel and walked out of the hangar.
Goku watched as the Jedi walked out, then turned and began running diagnositics on all of the Gundams. Each of the computers on the Gundams reported back that each of the Gundams was opperating at 120% efficiancy.
'That's those Verpine's work. How do they manage to do it?' Goku thought.
The next few days where pretty uneventfull. Goku's usual training sesions went uniterupted and his usual chaos of meal time went smoothly.
After lunch, Goku walked down the waxed hallway where the "Slide the Big Blue Ewok" contest would soon take place. Trying not to slip, he looked out the viewports and out into space. Repairs had been completed on the Intrepid a couple days earlier, and it was now on it's usual partol 50 klicks out from the base.
A bleep came over Goku's comlink, followed by a voice.
"Goku, this is Tank, please report to the Special forces briefing room. Have the Wing Gundam team assemble there as well. Aslan out."
Goku summoned each of the Gundam pilots and made his way to the briefing room. At the front of the room was a holoprojector and a big blue Ewok beside it. Once all of the pilots where seated, he bagen. The lights dimmed as the holodisplay flared to life. I planet began rotating in front of them.
"This, as you all know, is Couruscant. Six montsh ago, the Vong launched a huge assault on it and tore it from the New Republic's possesion. Today, we plan a way to take it back and wipe out a good portion of the Vong in the procces."
Razen's hand shot up.
"Sir, how are we involved in this?"
"You, the Wing Gundam team, will be the force we send to re-claim the planet. You will be working alone for this operation."
Blank and terrified stares where afixed on the Ewok.
"I know, you think you'll be slaughtered, but our Intel reports that right now, Couruscant is being defended by only 1,000 starfighters. That's the good news, for you can take on this many at least in those Gundams of yours. The bad news is that Couruscant is being guarded by a fleet of 20 Vong cruisers."
Snoopy's ears drop.
"Aslan, how are we going to do this?"
"Well Snoopy, that's what we're here to work out. Right now, this is our gameplan as of now. You five will hyper in and try to sneek your way to the shield grid. Once there, the Nataku and Heavy Arms custom will slip in while the Wing Zero custom, Deathscythe H and Sandrock custom ward off any attack to prevent you from doing so. Once the Heavy Arms and Nataku are completely through, the other Gundams will engage the enemy, drwing their attention away from the Heavy Arms and Nataku.
Goku, you and the Wing Zero will take down the cruisers with your Twin Buster rifles. When you run out of shots, join the Deathscyhe H and Sandrock in fighting the starfighter swarm that's sure to attack them. Once you've got a full charge again, take out the remaining cruisers.
Dark this is where you get to play the role of Death. The Heavy arms has been loaded with Bio weapons. Inside those weapons lay the Krytos virus. You will launch the missles and rockets all over the planets surface. This will infect and kill off all of the Vong. Snoopy, it's going to be your job to make sure that Dark can pull it off. If the Heavy Arms gets into a sticky situation, get out of there. Now, lets see if we can't mold this plan into something that will make the Vong think twice before messing with us again."
After several hours of exahsting planning, the pilots had worked out a plan that should work in bringing Corouscant back into ownership of the New Republic.
Days later, while preparation was still taking place for the Corouscant mission, which only the pilots and officers knew about, a very disturbing news report came in over the holonet. A scared looking news ancor was speaking.
"This just in. A strange, devilish looking Gundam has been jumping from system to system wreaking havok with New Republic defenses. We now belive that this Gundam, an advanced type of mobile suit, is under Vong control. The latest sighting has been near Corouscant, but that was a day ago. We have no way to tell where it is at this moment, so may the Force be with us all. This is Ilike Totalkalot reporting."
Once again, the Wing Gundam team was summoned to the special forces breifing room. Admiral Azis stood before them, flanked by Aslan.
Azis spoke. "Pilots, as I'm sure you've already heard, it appears that our enemy is now trying to develop mobile suits and they apparently have a Gundam. This cannot be allowed. The Corouscant mission will be delayed until these new threats are taken care of. You have been assigned to hunt down and destroy the Vong mobile suit facility. You have also been tasked with bringing down this Gundam. Goku, you've gone through all of the memory files of the Wing Gundam Zero Custom, so you should know something about this Gundam. Please, enlighten us."
Goku thought for a moment, then it hit him smack in the nose.
"Yes sir, I do know of this Gundam. It has extensive records in the memory of my Gundam. Battle simulations, technical data, everything. The name of this enemy Gundam is Epyon. The former pilot of my Gundam, Heero Yui, had several incounters with it. At that time, the Wing Zero custom was simply the Wing Zero and had not yet been upgraded to the state that it is now in. The Epyon was a fierce opponent, and it's pilot was ruthless. As for the Epyon itself, it has no long range weapons. Instead, it was created for close range combat, and it's extremely good at it. According to records, it was eventually defeated by the Wing Zero. One of the most deadly things about the Epyon is that it uses a system called the Zero system, similar to the system on the Wing Zero Custom. The Zero system allows the pilot to have a direct mental link to the Gundam. The pilot recives battle simulations, data, and can controll the movments to some extent just by using his mind. This is all I can tell you about it."
"That does indeed help us Goku, thank you. Now , Intellegence oppratives have located what they belive to be the mobile suit facility that the Vong have created. As you saw in the last encounter with them, they have already developed the Serpent moblie suit. These are about as close to being a Gundam as a mobile suit can get, so be carefull. The facility is located on the 7th moon of the 4th planet of the Talsea system. For our purposes, this moon will be designated as Mobile 1. You will be leaving immediately. You will load into the Intrepid and it will deliver you 1 lightyeear from your target. Good luck, and may the Force be with you."
Azis and Aslan both spun on their heels and walked out. Tank stood and streched while the others sat there.
"Well, you heard the man people. Let's move."
The pilots scrambled out the door and came back to the hangar a couple of minutes later with small sachals of personal gear that they quickly stowed on their Gundams. The pilots loaded up.
"Wing Zero, set and ready. Wing Team, report."
"Deathscythe Hell Custom, here and ready to fly."
"Sandrock Custom, ready to kick some ass."
"Nataku, ready to go."
"Heavy Arms, loaded and ready for action."
"Ok team, lets head out and dock with the Intrepid. Upon reversion, We launch from the fighter bay in this order, Me, Tank, Dark, Snoopy, then Razen, got that?"
Goku was met with comm clicks. He gently moved the Wing Zero Custom out through the magcon field and waited until the others where out, then they sped off and landed in the Intrepid's main fighter bay.
A day later, Goku, Tank, Snoopy, Dark, and Razen where back in the cockpits of their Gundams and waiting for the Intrpid to revert to normal space.
"Ok team, once we're out, form up on me and we'll make our jump in-system. Be prepaired for anything. Reversion in 5..4..3..2..1.. launch now. Wing Zero away."
Tank shot out, "Deathscythe, all clear."
The Heavy Arms jumped down through the magcon field into space, "Heavy Arms, ready to go."
"Nataku is green." Goku almost started laughing at Snoopy's last words. He though to himself, ' Of cours the Nataku's green, it's green everywhere!!!'
"Sandrock here and ready."
"Ok, form up on me and we'll jump. We go on my mark, 3...2..1..mark!!"
The fives Gundams plunged into hyperspace and reverted mere seconds later. The Talsea system lay dead ahead of them. The moon Mobile 1 was just 100 klicks off to port. The Gundams turned and began heading for Mobile 1. Just seconds into their flight twords the moon, and the sensors lit up. Three dozen Vong starfighters where heading for them, flanked by 8 Serpent mobile suits.
At 10 klicks to target, The Wing Zero and the Heavy Arms let loose with their long range weapons, whiping out all but 6 of the Vong starfighters.
Goku piped up on the comm. "Ok guys, this is it. Draw melee weapons and prep for close range combat."
With that, the Nataku pulled out it's double beam triton, the Deathscythe H withdrew it's beam scythe, the Sandrock hefted it's heat shotles, and the Wing Zero withdrew it's two beam sabers.
At 3 klicks, the Serpents began firing blast from their shoulder mounted bazzoka's, but to no effect, for the Gundams just dodged them left and right. The distance closed, and the two forces met. The Wing Zero cleaved into a Serpent that was stupid enough to come at it from the left side, slicing it from shoulder to waist with both it's beam sabers.
The Heavy Arms took down the remaining fighters and began pouring rounds into an unlucky pair of Serpents that exploded with a brilliant flash.
The Deathscythe H swung it's beam scythe and two more Serpents bit the dust.
The Sandrock began spinning in space, and just as a duo of Serpents came at it from the front and rear, lowered it's heat shotles and diced both of them to chunks.
The last Serpent caught a blast from one of the Wing Zero's buster rifles in the chest and blew to kingdom kum.
"Tank, you take Dark and Razen and head twords the factory and blow it into next week while Snoopy and I clear out any defenses they may have left."
"Gotcha Goku. Dark, Razen, follow me."
The Deathscythe, Heavy Arms, and Sandrock took off of a heading that would take them straight into the heart of the factory. Goku and Snoopy sat and scanned the area. So far it looked good. It appeared as though the force they'd just defeated had been the only defense of the base. Things where looking very good.
Dark had been the one to bring up the thought of taking the Gundams to Couruscant and liberating it from Vong control. Tank and Aslan didn't say anything on the matter, but Goku , Razen and Snoopy chimed right in.
"Well, we could probably take down the shield generators without to much difficulty. I could just blow a big hole in the shields and we could go through and hit the Vong bases." Goku said.
"Nah, that'd never work. There are to many Vong on Couruscant to get all of them with just the five of us." Snoopy said matter-of factly.
"Ah, you guys worry to much. Like The High Council (makes a coment real quick about the council being "high") would really send us to re-take it. They've got bigger fish to fry right now." Razen took a careful sip of his Juri juice, making sure that it wasn't tainted with PEE tree oils.
"I guess both Snoop and Raisen, er, Razen, have good points." Dark looked over his shoulder to where Aslan and Tank sat talking about some Admin stuff.
After the victory party was over, pilots filed out to go get some well deserved sleep. It was close to 2300 when the only two people left in the bar where Tank and Aslan. They'd been deep in converation for hours.
"So, taking in all we've discussed, do you think we'll be making our move anytime soon? I mean, it's no good to show our trump card if the enemy is just going to pounce on it again. Admiral Ackbar's fleet got hit pretty hard in that last engagement, do you really think that one ship will make the difference?" Tank asked. His eye brows where knitted in concentration and thought on the matter.
"Yub yub, I don't know my friend. All the things I've heard about the Bulwark Battle cruiser give it a really high mark in my book. When General Solo defeated Warlord Zsinj, he had to use a Bulwark to defeat the Iron Fist, and it worked marvelously. The Bulwark should be more than a match for any of the Vong cruisers we've seen so far." Aslan popped the top off of another rootie while he clipped and trimmed his beloved PEE tree.
"Anyhow, the Gundams performed better then I expected. We may just be able to take back Couruscant from the Vong with them, provided they have the right weapons. Snoopy made a good point, we couldn't possibly wipe out all of the Vong, there are to many of them on planet. The only way I see to do it is with biological weapons. Infect the planet with the Krytos virus by using the micro rocket and missle launchers on the Heavy Arms custom. Since the planet was evacuated , there are no friendly life forms on the planet, so we could infect the world, then let the virus die and have the people re- take it. That's the only way I see of doing it."
"Tank, I agree that using bio weapons are the only way to wipe out the Vong on Couruscant, but the Krytos virus? That's a bit extreme don't you think?"
"No, I don't think it's extreme at all. If we can manage to snatch Couruscant back from the Vong, the New Republic would have a new faith in it's military."
"Ok Tank. One thing. How do you plan on getting past the defeneses? There are bound to be millions of Vong that are ready to fight on Couruscant by now."
"That's the trick. If you noticed during this last battle, none of the Gundams got hit until they started having to hack at the hull of the Vong cruisers to get at the core of them. This is a good indication that any of these Gundams would be able to survive the battle that would insue over Couruscant. I plan to send them all in, and have the Wing Zero Custom carry extra charges for it's Twin Buster rifles. The Heavy Arms will be loaded with the Krytos virus in it's missles and can fire them down onto the planet."
"Not a bad plan. I'll sleep on it tonight, yub." Aslan stood up, picking up his beloved PEE tree as he did, and mad ehis way to his quarters.
Tank stood and followed suit.
The next morning, Goku woke up and went to the Wraith lounge for some breakfast. Out through the transparasteel plate that separated the hangar from the lounge, Goku saw that the repairs to his buddy had been completed, and the Wing Zero stood there gleaming in the light from the glowrods in the ceiling about it.
After a breakfast that could have fed 20 others, Goku entered the hanger and ran his hand along the sleek lines of his Jedi Starfighter, then moved on the where the Wing Zero stood on the other side of the hangar. He hopped into the cockpit and ran a systems check to make sure everything was in order. In running the check for the twin buster cannons, he saw that they now had 18 mega blasts instead of just 3. After finishing the check, he shut the Gundam down and dropped to the deck where he was met by Tank.
"Good morning Tank. Did you get any sleep? You look awefull. You know, I probably would be as strong as I am if I didn't get a full 8 hours of sleep." Goku cocked his head in his usual manner and saluted Tank.
Tank wearily returned Goku's salute and walked sleepily over to the bas the of his Gundam. The Deathscythe H gleamed from where the Verpine techs had polished its dark hull.
"Goodmorning to you too Goku. You're right , I didn't get much sleep last night. I was up with the Verpine crews working on the Gundams, yours especially. Have you noticed any modifiactions?"
"Yes, the twin buster rifles have been upgraded. They can now fire those mega blasts 18 times instead of just 3. Ho'd you manage that?"
"Wellllllllll, that was kinda tricky. We installed a new micro-fusion reactor under the main one so it could provide power for the rifles. Once those 18 charges are depleted, you'll only have to wait half an hour before you can use them again."
"Thanks Tank!! I'm sure the Wing Zero apricieates that a lot!! So why are al of the Gundams being upgraded?"
"I can't tell you right now, it's classified. You'll find out in 3 days. I'll catch you later Goku." Tank spun on his heel and walked out of the hangar.
Goku watched as the Jedi walked out, then turned and began running diagnositics on all of the Gundams. Each of the computers on the Gundams reported back that each of the Gundams was opperating at 120% efficiancy.
'That's those Verpine's work. How do they manage to do it?' Goku thought.
The next few days where pretty uneventfull. Goku's usual training sesions went uniterupted and his usual chaos of meal time went smoothly.
After lunch, Goku walked down the waxed hallway where the "Slide the Big Blue Ewok" contest would soon take place. Trying not to slip, he looked out the viewports and out into space. Repairs had been completed on the Intrepid a couple days earlier, and it was now on it's usual partol 50 klicks out from the base.
A bleep came over Goku's comlink, followed by a voice.
"Goku, this is Tank, please report to the Special forces briefing room. Have the Wing Gundam team assemble there as well. Aslan out."
Goku summoned each of the Gundam pilots and made his way to the briefing room. At the front of the room was a holoprojector and a big blue Ewok beside it. Once all of the pilots where seated, he bagen. The lights dimmed as the holodisplay flared to life. I planet began rotating in front of them.
"This, as you all know, is Couruscant. Six montsh ago, the Vong launched a huge assault on it and tore it from the New Republic's possesion. Today, we plan a way to take it back and wipe out a good portion of the Vong in the procces."
Razen's hand shot up.
"Sir, how are we involved in this?"
"You, the Wing Gundam team, will be the force we send to re-claim the planet. You will be working alone for this operation."
Blank and terrified stares where afixed on the Ewok.
"I know, you think you'll be slaughtered, but our Intel reports that right now, Couruscant is being defended by only 1,000 starfighters. That's the good news, for you can take on this many at least in those Gundams of yours. The bad news is that Couruscant is being guarded by a fleet of 20 Vong cruisers."
Snoopy's ears drop.
"Aslan, how are we going to do this?"
"Well Snoopy, that's what we're here to work out. Right now, this is our gameplan as of now. You five will hyper in and try to sneek your way to the shield grid. Once there, the Nataku and Heavy Arms custom will slip in while the Wing Zero custom, Deathscythe H and Sandrock custom ward off any attack to prevent you from doing so. Once the Heavy Arms and Nataku are completely through, the other Gundams will engage the enemy, drwing their attention away from the Heavy Arms and Nataku.
Goku, you and the Wing Zero will take down the cruisers with your Twin Buster rifles. When you run out of shots, join the Deathscyhe H and Sandrock in fighting the starfighter swarm that's sure to attack them. Once you've got a full charge again, take out the remaining cruisers.
Dark this is where you get to play the role of Death. The Heavy arms has been loaded with Bio weapons. Inside those weapons lay the Krytos virus. You will launch the missles and rockets all over the planets surface. This will infect and kill off all of the Vong. Snoopy, it's going to be your job to make sure that Dark can pull it off. If the Heavy Arms gets into a sticky situation, get out of there. Now, lets see if we can't mold this plan into something that will make the Vong think twice before messing with us again."
After several hours of exahsting planning, the pilots had worked out a plan that should work in bringing Corouscant back into ownership of the New Republic.
Days later, while preparation was still taking place for the Corouscant mission, which only the pilots and officers knew about, a very disturbing news report came in over the holonet. A scared looking news ancor was speaking.
"This just in. A strange, devilish looking Gundam has been jumping from system to system wreaking havok with New Republic defenses. We now belive that this Gundam, an advanced type of mobile suit, is under Vong control. The latest sighting has been near Corouscant, but that was a day ago. We have no way to tell where it is at this moment, so may the Force be with us all. This is Ilike Totalkalot reporting."
Once again, the Wing Gundam team was summoned to the special forces breifing room. Admiral Azis stood before them, flanked by Aslan.
Azis spoke. "Pilots, as I'm sure you've already heard, it appears that our enemy is now trying to develop mobile suits and they apparently have a Gundam. This cannot be allowed. The Corouscant mission will be delayed until these new threats are taken care of. You have been assigned to hunt down and destroy the Vong mobile suit facility. You have also been tasked with bringing down this Gundam. Goku, you've gone through all of the memory files of the Wing Gundam Zero Custom, so you should know something about this Gundam. Please, enlighten us."
Goku thought for a moment, then it hit him smack in the nose.
"Yes sir, I do know of this Gundam. It has extensive records in the memory of my Gundam. Battle simulations, technical data, everything. The name of this enemy Gundam is Epyon. The former pilot of my Gundam, Heero Yui, had several incounters with it. At that time, the Wing Zero custom was simply the Wing Zero and had not yet been upgraded to the state that it is now in. The Epyon was a fierce opponent, and it's pilot was ruthless. As for the Epyon itself, it has no long range weapons. Instead, it was created for close range combat, and it's extremely good at it. According to records, it was eventually defeated by the Wing Zero. One of the most deadly things about the Epyon is that it uses a system called the Zero system, similar to the system on the Wing Zero Custom. The Zero system allows the pilot to have a direct mental link to the Gundam. The pilot recives battle simulations, data, and can controll the movments to some extent just by using his mind. This is all I can tell you about it."
"That does indeed help us Goku, thank you. Now , Intellegence oppratives have located what they belive to be the mobile suit facility that the Vong have created. As you saw in the last encounter with them, they have already developed the Serpent moblie suit. These are about as close to being a Gundam as a mobile suit can get, so be carefull. The facility is located on the 7th moon of the 4th planet of the Talsea system. For our purposes, this moon will be designated as Mobile 1. You will be leaving immediately. You will load into the Intrepid and it will deliver you 1 lightyeear from your target. Good luck, and may the Force be with you."
Azis and Aslan both spun on their heels and walked out. Tank stood and streched while the others sat there.
"Well, you heard the man people. Let's move."
The pilots scrambled out the door and came back to the hangar a couple of minutes later with small sachals of personal gear that they quickly stowed on their Gundams. The pilots loaded up.
"Wing Zero, set and ready. Wing Team, report."
"Deathscythe Hell Custom, here and ready to fly."
"Sandrock Custom, ready to kick some ass."
"Nataku, ready to go."
"Heavy Arms, loaded and ready for action."
"Ok team, lets head out and dock with the Intrepid. Upon reversion, We launch from the fighter bay in this order, Me, Tank, Dark, Snoopy, then Razen, got that?"
Goku was met with comm clicks. He gently moved the Wing Zero Custom out through the magcon field and waited until the others where out, then they sped off and landed in the Intrepid's main fighter bay.
A day later, Goku, Tank, Snoopy, Dark, and Razen where back in the cockpits of their Gundams and waiting for the Intrpid to revert to normal space.
"Ok team, once we're out, form up on me and we'll make our jump in-system. Be prepaired for anything. Reversion in 5..4..3..2..1.. launch now. Wing Zero away."
Tank shot out, "Deathscythe, all clear."
The Heavy Arms jumped down through the magcon field into space, "Heavy Arms, ready to go."
"Nataku is green." Goku almost started laughing at Snoopy's last words. He though to himself, ' Of cours the Nataku's green, it's green everywhere!!!'
"Sandrock here and ready."
"Ok, form up on me and we'll jump. We go on my mark, 3...2..1..mark!!"
The fives Gundams plunged into hyperspace and reverted mere seconds later. The Talsea system lay dead ahead of them. The moon Mobile 1 was just 100 klicks off to port. The Gundams turned and began heading for Mobile 1. Just seconds into their flight twords the moon, and the sensors lit up. Three dozen Vong starfighters where heading for them, flanked by 8 Serpent mobile suits.
At 10 klicks to target, The Wing Zero and the Heavy Arms let loose with their long range weapons, whiping out all but 6 of the Vong starfighters.
Goku piped up on the comm. "Ok guys, this is it. Draw melee weapons and prep for close range combat."
With that, the Nataku pulled out it's double beam triton, the Deathscythe H withdrew it's beam scythe, the Sandrock hefted it's heat shotles, and the Wing Zero withdrew it's two beam sabers.
At 3 klicks, the Serpents began firing blast from their shoulder mounted bazzoka's, but to no effect, for the Gundams just dodged them left and right. The distance closed, and the two forces met. The Wing Zero cleaved into a Serpent that was stupid enough to come at it from the left side, slicing it from shoulder to waist with both it's beam sabers.
The Heavy Arms took down the remaining fighters and began pouring rounds into an unlucky pair of Serpents that exploded with a brilliant flash.
The Deathscythe H swung it's beam scythe and two more Serpents bit the dust.
The Sandrock began spinning in space, and just as a duo of Serpents came at it from the front and rear, lowered it's heat shotles and diced both of them to chunks.
The last Serpent caught a blast from one of the Wing Zero's buster rifles in the chest and blew to kingdom kum.
"Tank, you take Dark and Razen and head twords the factory and blow it into next week while Snoopy and I clear out any defenses they may have left."
"Gotcha Goku. Dark, Razen, follow me."
The Deathscythe, Heavy Arms, and Sandrock took off of a heading that would take them straight into the heart of the factory. Goku and Snoopy sat and scanned the area. So far it looked good. It appeared as though the force they'd just defeated had been the only defense of the base. Things where looking very good.
