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It was… messy. The EFA was hard-pressed to deal with the sudden uprising of the Divine Crusaders, who employed weaponry beyond what they had at the moment, and who were aided by a distressing number of EFA traitors.
And so it was that Yang and Blake found themselves assisting in the defence of another military base in the region, aiding the local garrison, or what was left of it anyways, in driving off the Divine Crusaders.
Which wasn't easy when their opponents were all airborne, while they only had the fighter jets from the local garrison. And even then, the enemy employed the supposedly yet to be completed next generation fighter jets.
Luckily, the remaining squadron of three on their side was quite competent. One especially skilfully took out several of the supposedly superior fighter jets alone. But fighter jets were mostly worthless against the Armoured Modules, and while their allies pulled their own weight, it was ultimately up to them in their PTs to drive them off.
Still, it was going well, and when the enemy retreated it seemed they had succeeded, until it turned out the enemy had launched an HMAPW at them.
At first Blake and Yang had been confused as to why they were ordered to leave the area immediately.
The answer came in the form of a massive explosion that tore the base they had been defending apart. To say they were upset was… a massive understatement.
How was that any fair! They had been defending that place with their all! And then it just gets blown up from afar?!
Ryusei was of a similar mind, although, somewhat unsurprisingly, they were the only. The rest were prepared for that type of unfairness, for that was war.
And boy was it ugly.
With nowhere to return to the garrison squadron came with them, which meant they got to meet the people in it.
The first member they noticed was the tall, dark-skinned man known as Giado Venerdi with long braided black hair. And it was all braided, not just one or two braids, but several.
Next they noticed the shorter, yet still kind of tall woman, Garnet Sunday, with fair, light skin, and long pinkish-red hair with two curls framing her face.
And then came their little ace pilot, as Yang had jokingly said before she actually saw her… and immediately got kind of flustered as it turned out it was a young girl, possibly around Ruby's age, if not younger.
She had wavy, light-purple hair that stretched down to about her shoulders and her eyes were hidden by a pair of tinted glasses. She was introduced to them as Latune Subbota by Garnet, as the girl herself was too shy to introduce herself.
They were all wearing the same standard issue EFA uniforms, although Giado had his jacket open.
They were a lively and nice enough bunch, although Latune mostly remained stoic and drawn-back.
Blake was certain that the girl had not had a nice childhood, and Yang was inclined to agree. People her age should be more lively. Maybe not as much as Ruby, but still.
-Break—
Weiss was unhappy about their current situation.
First Major Sänger had gone AWOL after encountering an old acquaintance amongst their enemies, then their base had been blown up with a powerful long range weapon…
And now they were struggling to defend a launch pad for a really big rocket meant to go into space from the Divine Crusaders.
On the upside they had help in the form of a Gespenst and a Schutzwald, piloted by Major Gilliam Yeager and… Radha Bairaban, respectively. The latter had no rank, and seemed to be more of an attaché from Mao Industries, who were the people who wanted the package they were trying to send to begin with.
Well, struggling might have been too harsh of a way of putting it, as with both the Alteisen and the new Weißritter, they were tearing through any Armoured Modules that got close.
It was just as they were heaving a sigh of relief as it seemed they had succeeded, that disaster struck.
Or more exactly, a Lion just as all the others struck, piloted with great skill, and destroyed the launch pad, preventing the rocket from launching.
The way the Lion was piloted struck Eis as familiar… and Will agreed. It reminded them of both the Major, and their Leader.
Probably because they were both adept at going forwards quickly.
Neither was sure who they would prefer it be, since either way wasn't reassuring in the least.
It meant they would come to fight someone they knew personally after all.
Maybe it was preferable if it was the Major, as they didn't know him all that well…
'But he was… kind of… a nice guy…' Will quipped unhelpfully.
It didn't help that the man was really frightening in a fight. And in a rare moment she had actually witnessed the man tear apart a training dummy… with a wooden sword.
So now, it was decided that the Hiryu would take the package into space. Which meant they would be heading into space as well. More precisely, to the Moon.
That was a prospect that interested Weiss, as she had mused what the Moon actually looked like. And this one wasn't a shattered mess like the one back on Remnant, so it would be really interesting to see how it looked.
Maybe she would even encounter someone she knew there, although the chances were pretty slim.
Her musings were cut short when Excellen decided to embrace her with a grin and a luminous blush.
"And how about our little Snow Princess? Are you excited to return to space? Or do you want big sis to comfort you?" The last line was delivered with not a little bit of suggestiveness in her voice as the buxom orange-haired woman ran a finger along her cheek.
But before Weiss could angrily retort at the madwoman the cool, calm voice of Kyousuke cut in.
"Excellen, don't bother her. She clearly doesn't care for your advances." There was a certain part of his voice that hinted that he had somewhat gotten the wrong idea, something which the person clinging on to her picked up.
And became flustered about.
"Ho- Hold on! Kyousuke! It's not like that!" She shouted as she rushed off after him.
Weiss just prayed to whatever powers might hear that this woman and Yang never met. It seemed to her like it would end in disaster.
-Break—
In a corner of the fabric of the space between dimensions the figure grinned malevolently.
Those two would meet… after all, it was inevitable the moment the blonde teen was drafted into the SRX-team.
Besides, it wouldn't be any fun otherwise, and screwing over the icy heiress was more amusing than it had expected…
-Break—
Ruby had been somewhat surprised. She had expected the EFA as a whole to put up a better fight really, but so far any real challenges had been far and few between.
It might have helped Ruby that she had become really adept at using the Lion, abusing it superior speed and manoeuvrability to its full extent as she ran circles around the PTs and fighter jets of the EFA.
She had been surprised then to find that they had been completely driven away from the launch pad they were attacking to aid their allies, the United Colony Corps, by denying the Federation loyalists remaining in space supplies.
It probably helped the defenders that they had the famous Hiryu as part of their force, as well as the newly formed ATX-team and their concept machines which were of far better quality, both in pilots and in actual machine performance, on top of the presence of a member of the famed Aggressors, Major Gilliam Yeager, who proved a dangerous adversary indeed, able to exchange long range fire with her and keep up with the Lions great speed.
Then some new guy came and finished the mission with a sudden blitz from an unexpected direction, bypassing the defenders and destroying the launch pad.
She later found out that the pilot was the former Aggressors member, Major Sänger Zonvolt, who had agreed to join their cause after a discussion with Bian and his fellow friend Major Elzam V. Branstein.
Where they all Majors or something?
Actually, wasn't Major Tempest Hawker, one of their commanders also a former member of that team?
"Ruby. A moment of your time perhaps?" The dark voice of Bian broke her out of her thoughts.
"Yes?" She replied simply. For some reason she couldn't quite bring herself to call the man commander, instead speaking to him in a casual manner most of the time.
It had almost gotten her into trouble, but Bian had shown that he didn't mind.
"We have a gift for you, something to truly make use of your skills." The older man chuckled slightly.
"I thought you were still struggling with some details?" Ruby asked curiously.
She had already been aware that they had been trying to prepare her something more suited to her personally, although last she had heard they had been stuck on some details.
"Yes, well, Dr Shirakawa provided the assistance needed to finish… as well as a small gift of his own." Bian said as he opened a pair of large bay doors, revealing a large Armoured Module.
She recognized it as the Guarlion, a new model of the Armoured Module that sported a more humanoid appearance, with a sleek torso with a wedge shape sticking out the front, long arms with wicked clawed hands and a pair of large bulky legs with fins by the knee joints.
Its shoulders were a pair of large wedges with fins attached to the sides, attached to the torso by smaller, aircraft wing like lengths. The head was similarly wedged, but unlike the standard model lacked the long wedge, which was instead shorter, and the fin on top, which was completely gone.
It looked like if some mad scientist had tried to cross a person with a plane.
But what really drew her attention were a few small details. One, it was in almost equal measures red and black, similar to how her usual outfit looked, two, it sported a rose design by the pelvic region…
And maybe most noticeably, it sported a red box attached to the small of the back in a manner suspiciously similar to her Crescent Rose… as a matter of fact, it was just the right dimensions.
"I thought it would be too difficult to properly replicate Crescent Rose." She simply stated, her voice quivering with excitement and wonderment.
"That is where I come in. I have access to rare materials and methods that makes it possible, and as such I took the liberty of preparing it, as a gift." The cool and smooth voice of Shu Shirakawa rung out behind her as she heard footsteps approach. "I also provided with some extra parts… to help it better match your capabilities."
Ruby almost shuddered, but her excitement won out, and she practically glomped the man in her joy.
"Thanks! Although… what do you mean 'extra parts'?" She asked after calming down a little.
"You will just have to find out. I assure you that once you have mastered this machine you will gain quite a bit of strength on the battlefield… perhaps even enough to tip the scale in coming conflicts." The purple-haired genius said as he chuckled ominously.
This time Ruby did shudder, and she was almost hesitant to use the unit now, although ultimately she was certain the man meant no harm, and she felt that he was more eager for her to gain strength than he let on…
Actually, she suspected the man was keeping quite a few secrets from them…
Author's notes: And that was like three or four missions for each route just glossed over... sorry about that. Not to mention I probably completely messed up the order everything was in. As for everyone expecting something ridiculous for Ruby... No. She will have a custom machine from the Lion series... although with a few extra features, courtesy of a certain genius scientist and alchemist. Seriously though, Crescent Rose should in no way be a functional weapon, so it would take some messing about with special alloys and technologies.
Please tell me if you spot any glaring mistakes, or less obvious mistakes. Really, either works. And don't feel shy to tell me how you feel about the chapter or story in general, it would be real nice.
As for the possibility of Gundam appearing... I have no intention, although being Super Robot Wars it would be kind of reasonable. But I intend to stick with the Originals only, but references can and will be made if I feel like it (and already have).
Oh, and Weiss and Sänger sparring? Not happening. Weiss is something akin to a fencer, while Sänger uses Rishu's style, which can be glimpsed in the way the Grungusts use their swords as well as in the Shishiou blade attacks. Not compatible at all. Either Sänger would wreck her or she would be forced to use her Aura and Semblance. I hope I don't need to say what is wrong with this prospect.
Anyway I'm rambling, so I hope you enjoyed and that you have a nice day.