Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam SEED series, Star Wars, Macross Frontier and any associated intellectual property mentioned within. This fiction is AU crossover also inspired by various facts altered to suit author need. Thus, I only claim plot creativity and various OC introduce in this fiction. Any plagiarism barring Wiki are not intend or at least was inform first to the involving party.
Spoil: When I realise this chapter exceed more than 6K words (exclude bold paragraphs and glossary) and never reach the plotted ending, I decide to move the chapter next chapter. I hope that 6K per chapter is a new maintain format.
"Normal Speech"
'Inner Speech/Thoughts'
"Comm. Channel/ Telepathic"
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Kagari, age 14
Cagalli Yula no Atha knows something is wrong with Yamato. No, she not talking about her new found uncle and aunt. Haruma and Caridad are as normal as they come. They lead a normal life even after they adopted they nephew. Live they life at Hibiki's Dōjō after Dr Hibiki (her biological father) give up swordsmanship to pursue his careers as genetics expert. Okay, calling them normal may don't do them justice; her uncle and aunt live a relatively normal life when Kira was involve.
Yamato Kira, born Hibiki Kira matures beyond his age. Though no one ever mentions it, Cagalli suspect his brother is a First Generation Coordinator. He is faster, smarter, and stronger than any student at the dojo is. All those are the clear sign as Coordinator known to be. Because she is a Natural, Kira must be a First Generation. She questioning her biological father wisdom to altering Kira's genetic. Researcher of the field such as himself must know genetic crisis of all the Coordinator earlier than any governments.
The crisis being discovered when the second pure blood generation coordinator was old enough to bear children. Some of DNA deteriorates to prevent their offspring to bear children. By forth generation, pureblood Coordinator may become extinct.
This is not a general knowledge, she only knows about it by proxy of her father. This crisis does not affect Orb because of non-racial stand her great nation employs since great exodus from motherland. Coordinator and Natural couple is a norm in this country; In Orb this crisis is non-immitigable.
Whether or not he is, it is not an issue. She is not a racial Blue Cosmos as most of Atlantic Federation Government is. She does not hate nor envies them for that matter. What is on her mind right now is her brother oddness that she cannot put her finger to.
He is well behave, cultured young man and active with sport especially with kendo. He act with dignity and respect when it due and comfortable with opposite gender. Give it a year or two; he'd be a heartbreaker for sure.
His interaction with peoples was normal enough. The time like this gives Cagalli the gut twist, Kira is meditating right now. Meditating is a common practice for kendōka. They are techniques designed to promote relaxation, build internal energy (chi, ki, prana, etc.), and develop compassion, love, patience, generosity and forgiveness.
However, most meditation is a way to calm the nerve before a fight. Kira's meditation is unusual. There is some unknown quantity in his meditation. Her guts tell her otherworldly sensation that stirs her instinct off the chart. This was not your normal meditation. She almost can feel her brother calm and serene, she feels connected somehow; and that perturb her immensely.
We always fear what we don't know
If the meditation is not telling enough, his training routine take turn from rigorous to crazy. As a kendōka herself, she knows his style is non-orthodox that sometime she got a problem to ascertain whether he is a kendōka or a fencing practitioner. She once caught his brother with three baseballs pitching machine, programme to shot at random interval at the backyard... with his eyes close.
He holding the baseball bat like it was a shinai and evading or batting all of it without a protective gear whatsoever.
"Kagari!" Her muse was interrupt by a laud call, more started by the hands on her shook shoulder than the yelling. She almost gives him an 'Eep' but restrain herself as quick as her could.
"Are you alright?" apparently not fast enough as Kira's worry bleed through his voice.
"Yes!" her desperately trying to ensure Kira, the blatant disregard of her personal space makes her uncomfortable.
"Are you sure? I call you more than three times"
"Yes" 'that many?' "Something on my mind; and it not my fault I don't associate myself with that name". Although she knew, she was adopt early in her childhood, Cagalli never bother to wonder if any of her relative survive in this curse wanton world.
She just assumes she was a war orphan.
His eyes soften, his hands off her shoulders, "I know" in his gentle voice," That why I call you Kagari, it's my way to tell you I'm your brother, no matter who you are, or what you become. You will always be my sister".
He doing it again, I know he'll be a heartbreaker someday. Woman out there, whichever you are, you have my pity. He smirked, by now he can see me blushing clearly. It irks her, so Kagari change the subject "Why you want me here".
Both of them at the dōjō with their hakama (Kendo uniform) minus the armour, two Daito(long) shinai on the left site of the brother, unless he using two shinai it was obvious what he want, but I indulge him anyway.
Likely caught my meaning, he merely give her eat-shitting grin "I think you know, Youngling"
"Youngling?" That it, one minute older does not mean he can tell me youngling. 'You're going down' she beat down 3-dan kendōka in practice session. She may not be able to attend a ranking exam, but she quite good. 'Uhuhuhu'*Smack*
"Aw!" a shinai was toss to her head. She almost feels the bum on her forehead. If look could kill, the culprit is dead already. "What was that for?"
"You're start laughing manically, it creep me out. Pickup that shinai and try hitting me once"
"Oh you're going down, I'll enjoy hitting you on Full Contact" it going hurt a lot more so, without body armour, no one hit Cagalli Yula no Atha; and get away with it. 'Besides, hitting him once' she scoff 'how hard can it be?'
Famous last word.
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Kira
Five minute has already pass, it quite difficult to use Soresu in swordfight. The original purpose of the Soresu form was to counter beam rifle-wielding opponents, as the other combat styles focused on lightsaber duelling. This style becoming the most defensive of the seven forms, Soresu utilized tight moves, subtle dodges, and short sweeps designed to provide maximum defensive coverage, leaving the duellist less exposed to range fire.
In this occasion, it is a perfect opportunity to calm the raging beast without harming it... Kagari! It is a perfect opportunity to calm her sister without harming her.
Calling her, a raging beast seems closer to the truth though. She breathe heavily, her blond hair is a mess. In addition, her style resembles more towards unruly child on temper tantrum than an effective duellist supposes to be.
"Why... don't ... you... take ... you're... punishment... like... man" each words she spoke when greedy taking the air with great difficulty.
Time to put an end to this, "That is all for today".
"What?" coming from the ground, her exhaustion forces her to take harbour on a cold hard wooden floor.
She must be quite upset to end this without ever hitting him once or twice, her must control her anger or- "What you mean for today? Are we gonna do this often?" She catching her breathes fast.
"You're technique was sloppy, unrefined, unsuitable for more civilise time. You're are easy to manipulate, undisciplined and need I say more?" That shut her up; for a proud, competitive royal House of Atha like her, that must cut deeper than katana. The realization must have sink in, all the anger seep out of her mind, it that... a tear?
"I never see those styles before" she asked that instead, likely an attempt to cover her tears. Kira gladly took it to quench his guilt.
"It is call, Jedi's lightsaber combat style," Kira said with consternation; this is a first time he talks about it, Uzumi-sama already knew about it thanks to Ani-shishō.
"Never heard of it"
"Jedi are the guardian of peace," he continued.
"Now you just make that up" still sceptical.
Oh~ this is getting fun, "The Jedi was establish almost thirty millennia ago in the other galaxy"
"Stop it, it don't funny anymore! If you don't want to tell me just say so" she never going to except this without some evident of neither validity nor does he expects her to. This is quite a lot to take in one day. 'Be like a turtle not a hare; Slow and steady Kira... slow and steady'.
"There is much to learn about the universe my cute Youngling" that inflame her anger anew.
"You're just a minute older than me! You have no right to call me youngling"
"I'd stop call you youngling as long as you pass my basic form style"
"Wait, you'd teach me that?"
"Yes"
"You still not telling me its name"
"All in due time to my youngling, all in due time" without ever look back, Kira go to wash himself , he knew she gritting her teeth, the twins bond are quite a strong one, less only to marital force bond. Because Ashla is the essence of life, the bonds thrive and enhance the user. Whoever tells that Jedi must not get attach yet comparison at the same time must be a colossal idiot. It might take a while, but he is positive they'll be like what sibling should be. 'Who knows, maybe someday she call me Onii-sama... or... or onii-chan? That must be sweet'
If Kagari follow Kira longer, she must have heard her brother giggling... like an old pervert.
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Phase 03: The (Not) Collapsing Land
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Present day
A large beam of light and Earthquake that followed after, shock everybody in vicinity. A large white paint, larger modified version of Izumo-class ORB's Modular Carrier Battleship, come out from the obliterate mountain.
That ship can be their salvation, the location of the entry must be from the dry dock. Kira don't know that for sure, if ZAFT manage to hijack that ship, he didn't sense anything from the Force; at least they are not hostile. In this state of emergency, this is more than enough.
He has to take that gamble.
"Kagari!" His brother call her, his silent, unspoken order ignored. Not until she looks at his face, she knew what he wants. She grasps the comm. "GAT-X105 Strike to friendly ship. GAT-X105 Strike to friendly ship. Please respond" all she get was static.
"What happen?" he asked, "I don't know. Everything should work perfectly". She does not understand what happen.
"Then it must be at their end" as if fate working against them a white GINN came out of nowhere seem to exchange shot with OMNI's Moebius.
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Rau Le Creuset exited from the smog while firing a couple of shot at his enemy last knows location. He flies further into the colony habitual zone. When he realize the gravity pull he in, he readjust his thrusters. By then, Flaga was nowhere in sight. Then he sees it, the smog that produces by Archangel in her wake. "They have failed" Its looks like the sabotage team has fail, time to bring the cavalry then.
A red TS-MA2mod.00Moebius Zero emerges from the haze. The space fighter was once the pride of OMNI, its design for quick, versatility of space manoeuvring. Abandoning aerodynamics in its design makes speed and manoeuvrability in faux atmosphere infeasible. This was a prototype developed into TS-MA2 Moebius, took advantage of vacuum to strike PLANT where there least expected it, their home. TS-MA2 Moebius was the same unit was the ones that launched nuclear bomb to PLANT.
It was before Gundam.
It was before the creation of ZAFT.
It was before any mobile suit and thus, its terror known as Mobile Suit.
Now, the sole predecessor of the Moebius had seen better days. All its quads gun-barrels become a Heliopolis's space junk. Lieutenant Mu La Flaga sits in the cockpit and the first thing he says when he looks at Archangel is "A warship, in the colony?" Forgive his scepticism; He is glad he'll get some naval support out here but... How are they going to escape from the colony without making a huge hole? 'The captain must be an idiot'
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Archangel Actual
Acting Captain, Ensign Natarle Badgiruel
On Archangel's bridge, the crew is flabbergasting by a single white ZGMF-1017 GINN directly in front of them. 'Shit!' Natarle cursed, outside from the outside of frying fan, jump into the fire. The GINN fires at them but a quick reflex by Arnold steer to dodges the bullets literally. Without even a second further, the White's GINN flies away.
She tracing his trajectory, if she where they come she can know the location of enemy carrier. 'I see it!' The white GINN heading toward our...'Shit, toward our G-weapon!' she thought of the reason why ZAFT would attack Heliopolis, destroying OMNI G-weapon project would one of them.
The chaos of battlefield occupy attention her so greatly. Is a wonder why she does not notice three more crewmembers entering the bridge?
The white GINN flies toward OMNI new weapon 'They probably intent to destroy the MS. The GINN fires at the Gundam, in response; the Gundam get its knees down to block the bullets from hitting civilians. The bullets hit Strike, but it may as well be a pebble thrown at it because the bullet did no harm. She don't know if she shoot feel relieve and angry for the stunts that the pilot pull.
"Target lock!" that voice nearly gives her a heart attack, she didn't aware she no longer alone with Neumann 'No matter' she need to get a grip "Prepare the Helldart, open starboard missile 1 through 3. When I give the fire signal, try not to hit the colony shaft above...FIRE! "
Petty Officer First Class Romano Pal does as told, but it proves useless and the enemy shoots two down and dodges the other one with ease. Like an insult to injury, the dodged missile flied straight until its hits the core shaft above breaking the large cable wire.
She more that anyone want to get the ship out this hell hole, but to destroy the colony even to save her own skin... that where she draw the line.
Strike then pulls out the cannon part, fuses them together, and targets the attacking GINN. A red beam of light reaps a hole enough to obliterate the GINN whole if it connected.
In his cockpit, Murrue's tries to tell him (he assume the pilot is a he) to stop, but the pilot fires anyway. The powerful cannon hits the bastard Rau's GINN arm and burns it into ashes, all was good in his opinion, and it would be perfect; that bile creature deserve to die. No one commit a massacre while laughing can ever consider human. This person is bad news and pure evil. However, the beam cannon were to strong and the left of the beam hit the colony's wall and made a big hole. Big enough for eighteen-something meters tall humanoid machine goes through. Of cause that exactly the bastard do.
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Making an escape of this dangerous situation, Rau flies away to the hole made by Strike. Somehow, with the help of Orb, this pest manages to pack potable beam cannon into a Mobile Suit. To thinks that Earth possessing that much firepower. If ZAFT can duplicate the four other of this machine brethren…
In the hand of the likes of Patrick Zala, the world will burn; the human will slaughtering each other, they will know grief, they will know despair, and their anger will burn themselves to the ground. He will accompany them each step of their destruction. Killing them slowly, and when they're no longer feel hope, he will destroy them.
End them all; kill every last of humanity; and he will enjoy every moment of it.
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"Enemy's escaping!" Petty Officer 2nd Class Tonomura Jackie, works in the ship's Combat Information Centre (CIC), he specializing in enemy search and detection. In the wake of Heliopolis attack, he was one of the few lucky enough on the shift for Archangel's shakedown crew. If the attack commence a half hour later, he would dead like any others on the dock. How the Ensign and CPO survive the attack still confounded him.
"Someone is hailing us!" Chandra shouts; the whole bridge crew shared the native India form Eurasian Federation blatant surprise.
"Who it is?" the captain asked.
"It's GAT-X1O5 Strike"
"Triangulate its position!" the Gundam weapons and the ship itself did not have the IFF. Earth new MS is not ready for deployment. Gundam and Archangel technically is Morgenroete Inc. property. It may take another 6 months before it can be use by Natural. Archangel is a secret project on also her first mission to transport the weapons out of Heliopolis. It looks like out of five, only one unit survive.
"Confirm. There is one unidentified IFF signal, one Orbs VF25-Messiah and our own Moebius Zero... We receive docking request from Zero ma'am!" the unidentified signal must be from the Gundam then.
"Granted, order Strike to dock as well"
"What about the Messiah Ma'am?" Petty Officer 2nd Class, Dalida Lolaha Chandra II asked at his CIC console. If this is a trap, gunfight might happen. They don't even have any security detail; this will be a huge risk to take.
"He is docile so far, let's see to what end. Mr Neumann, matching centrifuge rotation before landing"
If she knew Kira at all, 'docile' is not described how Kira's was.
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Nazca-class ship, Vesalius
Athrun
On Vesalius MS carrier, inside the Gundam he just stole, Athrun press the keyboard rapidly. GAT-X303 Aegis is a marvel of robotic and weaponry, were if not because of the poor OS, it could be a formidable weapon, and that precisely what he doing right now. This thing needs real programming. He then thinks about that blonde girl he meets on Heliopolis. He never meets her before in his live, but somehow he recognize something about her that felt similar to his best friend aura…he doing it again, he don't know what and how; he have the ability to sense people's aura, like a sixth sense. Nothing in the medical record have any explanation or indication of his ability. Only he and his best friend, Kira know about this. In fact, Kira was the ones discover his psychic ability.
'That girl, is she related to Kira? It's a slim possibility they related, they both from Orb and that it'
"Prepare for emergency landing… Prepare for emergency landing… Net deploying complete…Fire team on standby"
It was the last thing he expecting to see. Commander Cruset's GINN drifting before it slam onto the catching net. Commander Rau Le Creuset is a decorated officer with great piloting skill. Nevertheless, here it was, his GINN left hand and leg gone, scorch marks and scratches everywhere.
Athrun couldn't believe what happened, 'Who could do something like this?'
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Two giant humanoid machine lands on Archangel Starboard's launching deck, while a Moebius Zero lands on S/VTOL pad at the middle top between two launching pads. In each of their hands, carry Kira's friends. Ms Ramius who in Force-induce healing trance was place at Messiah WSO seat.
'Say something' Kagari said telepathically to her brother. From the moment, she accidently made that big hole on Heliopolis. Her brother did not say a word to her.
'What?'
'I mess up; I should listen to you, I was careless and stupid and-'
'I'm not mad Kagari'
'You always say that'
'No I mean it, I really do; it something else'
'What?'
'Force sensitive Kagari, I sense three of them' that really shock Kagari, force sensitive was supposed to be rare. To find three of them this close from a million of Heliopolis populations is astounding indeed.
'I'll tell you later, our welcoming party getting anxious'
True to his words a young woman in her early 20's was accompanies by two men in stiff position wearing a NCO insignia while the woman insignia denote her as Ensign Badgiruel. PO2nd Chandra and PO2nd Tonomura at her right and left only arm with a sidearm each.
It was only when Kira open his cockpit they aim their gun at him. Murdock then asks, "He just saved us, isn't he just a kid?" Everybody tense, Mir once again in the brick of losing her nerve while Tolle trying to calm her from hyperventilation. Sai and Kuzzey stay close to the couple, ready grasp them at first sign of trouble. More to the gun than the guns aim.
"Calm down, we come in peace" Kira said as he put up his hand, away from his lightsaber. This people don't know about it yet, he intent to stay that way.
'You watch Star Trek too much' Kagari jest 'Need my help?'
'Let me imitate Spock first, get out of the MS when I give the signal. No sudden move'
Natarle is getting nervous; this petit pilot is excessively calm. This child is still wearing his tinted visor helmet. His insignia on his collar denote him as Lieutenant Commander, it tells her this kid is dangerous and a Coordinator. ZAFT officer can be as young as 15 years old, and despite Orb not known to support child solder; legal age of Orbs citizen is 14 as result of traditional samurai believes they inherit. She didn't see any sidearm beside a black holstered adult sized ... expandable baton...or... torchlight?
"Unmask, identified yourself and you're intention" Natarle ordered.
No choice then, Kira would like to compartmentalize his social and Jedi live as long as possible, but it was not to be. As his back facing his friends and sister, he depressurizes his helmet with a button below his left ear. Thus, the visor opens to reveal his face, "I'm Lt. CDR Yamato Kira from Royal Orbs Knight"
Shock and disbelieve colouring all his friends face, he can feel it.
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Lt. Mu La Flaga
Before Strikes and Orb's VF-25 lands on Archangels dock, the crew of Archangel greeted him. The Ensign and her subordinate had expressed her they gratitude and relieve that his safe; it seem he the highest-ranking officer. Great, what he knew about a ship, taking over command is the last thing he wanted. He merely thanks them for the good work for what they done so far. They deserve it, this crew was the only survival of the attack that he was sends to escort and protect.
The involvement of Orbs Knight was unexpected. The Messiah is a new Command Unit Fighter. Intel suggest that only the most decorated and skill pilot being chosen to pilot the first batch. The pilot skill is undisputable, he seen it himself. Obviously not the most decorated, he seemly too young to be one. He is likely a coordinator, not as if he has anything against them. He simply doesn't give a damn.
CMDR Yamato seems eerie calm despite be held at gunpoint by the crew. He didn't see carry any weapon, that expandable baton don't count. They call Orbs 'The Nation of Piece', but who in their right mind equip a baton instead of old trusty gun? There can spend money on their new Messiah but not on a gun? It that a conviction or stupidity, in light of recent event, his money on the later.
"Put down your weapon ma'am, let talk like a civilize people" asked the young commander; he quietude, whereas a facade or pure bravado impress him. 'This kid got guts'
That gets the opposite reaction from the young Ensign
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Natarle
'This is getting ridiculous!' every times he open his mouth she get confuse more and more. Not to mention frustrated, she put down her weapon first and the others followed through. The absent of tension and the relieved her men and Lt. Flaga transmit when guns no longer aims at anyone changed like a switch.
'Look like the other kids knew this Yamato' it obviously so, the children quickly demand his attention, everyone start talking simultaneously, it easy to deduct they were his friends and now piss at him because their friend have this side of him. 'Seriously...Lieutenant Commander at sixteen, how mess-up is that' this is her honest, responsible, adult opinion. She certainly not feels jealous of his advancement, not at all.
She turns her attention to the Gundam. The coloured armour she glimpsed on the battleground is now grey from top to bottom. 'Let's take a closer look shall we', the Messiah is a transformable fighter mobile suit (No way she calls that thing a fighter). When pilots around the globe and space favour the Mobile Armour for more versatile flight from space to atmosphere; When the only trade-off is maximum high-speed in atmosphere is about March 1, it is thought inconsequential as PLANT is situate at Langrage 5, far from atmosphere and thus negate any need for archaic dogfight. We leave that to Next-Gen Aerodynamic Fighter call, the Skygrasper.
ORSDF took the less travelled path; Messiah is lithe and aerodynamic in design. It seems Orbs military doctrine reflects its fleet through and through. Its variable vector thrusters now became its foot, her whole gun pod, right and left section of the MS is now its limb and rifle; the lack of additional load extension suggest this is a lightly arms weapon. Only the middle, double-seated cockpit and the nose still resemble a fighter, his WSO at reasonable age though...wait... it is that. "Lt. Ramius!"
A certain NCO must love seeing her loose her compulsion. Not that she care at the time.
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Lt. Murrue Ramius
It seems like ages ago Murrue felt this; calming bliss lets her heart soaring higher above the ground. In her half-awake mind brought her back to her half forgotten memory; lie deep in her sub-consciousness.
[Flashback]
"As we take our virgin steps into space, there is one thing that could always put a cap on our ambitions."
"Ah~" a child of seven years old will get sleepy early at night. That exactly happens to Murrue as she yawning at 10 o'clock.
"Despite our desire to explore the stars, we are limited by travelling at less than light speed - and even if we managed to match that pace, we would still be listing our voyages from star to star in years, centuries or millennia."
Murrue wiping her watered eyelid, her unruly brunet hair block her view along with a tear.
"But, in what could be a huge breakthrough, theorists from NASA, a predecessor of FASA; say there is 'hope' that we can achieve faster-than-light travel, after physicists found a theoretical possibility for warp speed travel."
She has to watch this, the TV shown a fascinate documentary about a theory scientist of 21st century about Faster-Than-Light.
"Rue, it times to go to sleep" her father gentle voice interrupts her attention away from the TV. Her father is in his dress uniform; his coat already discards as he ready to do his hygienic routine.
"But daddy *yawn* the show getting *yawn*the best part" this cool thing to watch. The idea of reaching the star has always excited her. Alas, the mystical of space has diminished by the space colony. It did not deter her spirit a little bit.
"I'll record it, you can watch it tomorrow"
"But"
"You need to sleep now" his voice demand no argument, he already programme the TV to record the documentary. "Ups you go~" he lift Murrue and carry her like a princess.
In her drowsiness mind, she only remembers little of the night. She remembers the sound of his father footsteps when carried he to her bed. The softness of her mattress sooth her tied mind, going a good job changing her brainwave to theta. "How about give daddy a goodnight kiss on the cheek hmm"
What else a good little girl like her does other than complying.
[End Flashback]
In hers drowsiness, Murrue's brain higher function begin to reassert itself. Cheek doesn't have a soft, movable part attach to it. Her father was already dead, then who...
Murrue open her eyes only to see a pair of midnight blue eyes staring back at her
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Kagari
It took a lot more time than she thought, she navigate through the corridor to the infirmary. Here she at door engraves a bastard sword tip pointing downward with two serpents coiling upward. The symbols differ from standard western for medicine replacing the pole. Royal Orb Medical Corp retain its serpent but instead of pole or sword, ROMC coat of arms using a katana sheath.
"KYAAAA"
Kagari art appreciation hastily stops by that shrieking and a smacking sound. She push the button; when the door opens she grasp at scene. Ms Ramius and Mr Flaga are in suggestive position. Ramius is on top of Flaga while her ass is on his crotch. Both of them inflame with blushing face, and heavy breathing as their look at her with mortification.
'I'm sure I look the same', she thought morbidly. With a precision of a waitress at a ryōkan (traditional Japanese inn), she bow with a obviously fake smile, an attempt doom to fail with her awkwardness, "S-sorry for the intrusion"
"IT NOT LIKES THAT", a synchronous reply, 'Right~, they all say that'
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Archangel's starboard hanger bay
Sai Argyle
When Sai Argyle thought he has his live figure out, fate deem it's worthy to stamp on him, spit on his face, shove his sorry ass to fire-spit lava. Let him melt in the pitfall of hell. If someone looks at Heliopolis as a 'pitfall' and the war as 'hell' then, his ranting is an aptly put.
He has a stellar record, great parents, wealthy, flying colours grades, got a pose as trainee at the prestige Morgenroete Industry and betroth to a school idol Flay Allster. 'He is set for live' so the speak.
All that in jeopardy when ZAFT raids the colony in search of prototype EA mobile suits which secretly produced here.
He just a sixteen-years-old regular kid (by today standard); who trying to graduate on a robotics engineering course at the local college. War don't excite him, he abhor it. The world had enough world wars or Reconstruct War or whatever historian calls it. When military power does not recognise neutral territory, all other neutral countries get nervous. He never knew Political Science crap he took in high school be so useful now.
How do he gets involve in this? Right, EA's new weapon; they want to destroy EA mobile suit program. He and his friends was the poor bloke unlucky enough to be at the wrong place and at wrong time. Kira's internship posting must be a cover story. He certainly doesn't need it.
Lieutenant Commander at a tender age of 16, he will not believe it if he did not see what he saw.
[Flashback]
"Lt. Ramius!" the woman in front of them is extremely shock. It quite clear, the woman at Messiah 2nd cockpit is not Morgenroete Industry worker. Kira caught that too and the implication of it. "Badgiruel-san, Ramius-san need to be put at infirmary"
"I'm volunteering" A blond man around 20s with the French accent friendly answering. He comes close to shake Kira's hand "Lt. Mu La Flaga, 7th Orbital Fleet, OMNI Enforcer" while he climb the rope to cockpit and help Kira.
"Lt. Cmdr Yamato Kira. Are you the captain of this ship?"
"Nah, I give that responsibility to the Ensign. I just a pilot, what do I know anything about captainship" they looked at Ms. Ramius, the blood on her cloth and her pale complexion was the only tale sign of her misfortune.
"Ah. Do you need help?" Flaga politely refuse, he joke something about becoming prince of the shining armour.
As the lieutenant go to infirmary Kira eyed us, each and everyone was dying to get the answer.
"Later"
"You owe us and explanation Kira", Tolle spoken. He merely gets a nodded for his trouble.
EA's new weapon open it torso hatch; that seem to shock every OMNI personnel. Kira's sister, Kagari step out of the cockpit. Her emotionless face boring right to the woman whilst waiting to her brother next move.
"Badgiruel-san this is my sister, Kagari. She is a train medic, she need to check up with " no one misses the honorific, as she about to form a word; "We need to talk"
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Vesalius Debriefing Chamber
Athrun
Athrun, Cmdr. Creuset, Miguel, Captain Ades, and a few others of his friends from Le Creuset Team are in a briefing. They see the footage of what Miguel captured on Strike, how well it moves. Strike movement was not perfect. Far from it, too much opening, but it well timed, execute and accurate. The stab on the main hydraulic control unit was a shock, that implies the intimate knowledge of GINN or just extremely lucky. The movement of the MS is awkward, no doubt about that, can it be purely luck?
"I'll be the laughing stock because an Earth mobile suit defeated us; it's that right Mr. Aiman?" Laughter fill the room, the mood around Nicol lighten; Dearka and Yzak seem to find this funny on Miguel expense. The all laugh except me.
The joke seems unnerve Athrun somehow. White Coat Cmdr. Rau Le Creuset is his team leader, highly decorated, charismatic war hero. As a White Coat, he rank supersedes Purple Coat Captain Ades; it makes him the one who run the show in this mission. All the people and records say that he could trust him; but he guts telling him otherwise.
After what happened to his mother, his guts take precedence.
"Look at the pilot's movement, with assumption the pilot using the original OS system; it puzzling how a Natural could handle so well. Intel suggests OMNI OS development is still not ready for Natural user. Obviously they further along than we thought"
'Could that girl possibly piloting that thing? If that the case, she might be a Coordinator too' could it possible if she got connection with his childhood friend.
"Or, it could be a coordinator" say Miguel. "Don't be ridiculous Miguel" Yzak counter faster than Athrun could "That move was sloppy even for a newbie!"
"You expect me to believe a Natural can piloting a Mobile Suit". Argument in the dawn of the heat, admitting inferior to a Natural almost consider blasphemous to a pureblood Coordinator like him.
'Since when this neo-racism took hold in our society, I wonder? '
"Enough, we have a bigger problem". Creuset's low volume voice gives the impression of eternal pain, the Shut-up-now-or-toilet-duty-for-a-week kind of voice.
'What more pressing than this?' was Athrun intended question until Creuset play the recording.
["Attention to all ZAFT force, this is Lt. Cmdr. Yamato of Orbs Knight. Turn away your vessel or be fired upon!"]
"Kira?" everyone watching with rapt attention, Nicol or Dearka may heard of his mumbling and think nothing of it, but he still feel a pair of eyes on his self.
...
"Did you see how he moves, his swordfight, his machines? I thought we are looking at Messiah?"
"Quite the understatement Mr. Elsman" Le Creuset mocked, "That is the Messiah, it appear they love for VF series was not unfounded." Everyone of this room now confuse.
"Why it so commander, that thing have less armour compare to our GINN. It nothing more a high skill piloting"
"Very observant Mr. Joule" As Yzak clenching his fist at Cmdr. Creuset sarcasm the Commander continued, "Notice the time it took to transform, and notice the weapon it using"
It took a second, and it click to him "it can change another form, a hybrid of some kind and the beamsaber stability is absurdly in perfect cylindrical shape"
"Exactly Mr. Zala, Aegis only has two modes and one Attack mode. In attack mode, it cannot defend itself. When you took 3 seconds to transform, Messiah only took 1.5 seconds"
"His beamsaber last more than 2 minute, not to mention the blade in perfect solid cylinder compare to our tear shape blade."
"Who care about that? Aegis and all G-weapon pack more juice than the VF!"
"While that true Mr. Joule, you don't taking the fact that their weapon technologies are far superior that what they makes for EA. The way its pilot fight was also peculiar yet effective" finish the commander.
That silent everyone; the aerodynamic design, and three modes of smooth transformation, suggest multirole and multipurpose capability both air and space combat; hence the aptly named Variable Fighter. When PLANT revolutionise modern warfare with humanoid weapon, Orb took a step further adding spaceflight into their fighter.
"We cannot let Strike and Messiah fall into enemy hands. If we cannot capture it, then we will destroy it along with Archangel."
"Alright" Captain Ades take command, "We continue our operation as plan." He tells them that, then orders Miguel and Aurol to launch, and authorizes them with the D-equipment.
'Using D-equipment? He is serious.' "I'm going!"
"No you're not Mr. Zala. No other GINN available for you"
"But Aegis-"
"Is not ready, we need more time to glean all it secretes"
"Stay out of it son, you get your turn some other time" It look like commander and captain in this together.
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Archangel Infirmary
Murrue
Murrue never felt this perplex in her entire life, not even when her parent pass away.
Let us see, today a routine mission gone wrong, being shot in the stomach, and kissing a stranger. That little thing compare to creature in front of her.
The 'creature' is not a monster, Murrue only call her that because she do not know what to makes of her. She can do wonders with her hands... the healing I mean... they call it 'Regenerative treatment', she rather married the guy she kissed earlier than believing this girls cover story. Last time she check regenerative medicine is more like a salve or injection, not a white-glowed healing hand manage to shorten recuperate from two months to days.
This brings her to current predicaments.
Here she is, prodded several times to her not-so-wounded abdomen as she lies down on the chair. Keep asking which part is still hurt, all whilst pinching a man right cuff...
'Wait... what was the last part... pinching a man's right cuff?'
She looks at a blushing lieutenant who seems in lost of the situation. She just wants he stay if Ms. Yamato does anything weird; now she look like a needy, clingy wife on her obstetrician checkups with her husband.
As soon as the girl, Kagari finish check her 'wound', she smile so warmly and said," Nothing to worry, you and the baby is in good health Mrs. Flaga"
*Gasp* Natarle and a boy she never meet stand at the door, the first in mortification whilst the later in amusement.
Only one thought in Murrue mind besides searching a hole to hide was,
'This girl is evil'
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Vesalius Main Hangar
Red Coat Yzak Joule
Yzak, Nicol, and Dreaka are in pilot's waiting room analysing the GINNs getting their D-class equipment through the window. D-Class equipment is an assault weapons consisting of heavy arm/leg-mounted missile launchers, a recoilless cannon and a heavy particle cannon. The GINN can also be equipped with a three-round missile launcher on each leg
The GINN is a durable, basic mobile suit design and manufacture by Asimov Design Bureau. Basic loads consist of two large, thrusters-filled "wings" on its back and carries basic, dependable weapons - a 76mm machine gun and a 10-meter-long sword form its primary armament.
With basic load supplement by D-class equipment, Yzak wonders if they are going to storm a fort.
"If they are, then Heliopolis is going to be destroy"
Nicol answer his not so silent monologue with poignant statement. 'Damn!' his mother always told him to control his impulsiveness is he ever wants to be a White Coat. He would somehow be; as he quote his mother, 'extremely impulsive' when she not around. He blamed his teenager hormone. Yeah, it must be the so-called Rebellious Stage. As if joining the military mean he being 'rebellious', thanks god he did not start acting weird around girls, who have time for that right now anyway?
A sudden sneezing epidemic occurs on the Vesalius.
He joins military because of his father death. His mother is in PLANT Supreme Council, the true target of Junius 7 incident.
Orbs Union is not innocent in this conflict. How does a country famous for peace and anti neo-racism developing advance weapon for Earth Alliance? They claim to be the last bastion of Geneva Conventions but still supporting EA war effort. The attack of Junius 7 was nothing more than a massacre aim to cripple PLANT food production, they just a bunch of farmer for god sake! 'If Heliopolis destroys by my hand', "it's their fault for calling themselves neutral"
He must have spoken the last part out laud judging by Nicol's guardedness around him.
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Heliopolis
Morgenroete Inc.
Morgenroete Inc. Warehouse crowded with worker getting supplies to Archangel. That includes various things; water, food, ammunition, spares part for Gundams mostly, only one item escapes Chief Mechanic, PO1 Kojiro Murdoch comprehension. It looks like and armour of some kind, black steel armour with various rocket launcher or a mini missiles. This thing is a lot, definitely not in OMNI standard ammunition. Oh well... they were in hurry; just classify it as miscellaneous item. Some extra firepower couldn't hurt.
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Archangel Pilot Waiting room
Kuzzey Buskirk
Kuzzey Buskirk, a practical student at Morgenroete Industry is born, grown and lives at Heliopolis all his live. His family, his friend, his whole world is in shamble. The comfort of the peace this little world brought known as home now in flame, ruins, body of OMNI and ZAFT alike, devoid of any live. All Orb Union authorities have left consist of Yamato sibling as personals. He wonder is what meagre security detail at the dock left, they probably already dead.
The only sign of life on Heliopolis probably survival Morgenroete engineers and Mr. Murdoch men working relentlessly to take whatever supply they can to get out of this war zone... never in his short live Kuzzey ever dreams referring his home a war zone. "What's going to happen to us now?"
"Kuzzey?" Tolle asking him in confusing, he, Mir, together with Sai left alone in this room.
"Right now, they don't know what they gonna do to us. I don't blame them, I don't know what to myself either "
"You worrying too hard Kuzzey" assured Sai,
"Yeah Kira and will working this out, he in military after all" Mir, always to optimistic.
"I don't know, ZAFT attack us, EA have been war with these guys longer than us, they have resource a third of the world, and we all know their losing"
"You don't give us enough credit Kuzzey" Tolle interrupted, "You've seen what Kira and his sister in battle. I trust my live with them" Oh Tolle, always so trusting; because he has a good sense of character, which serves him well so far, still is.
"I always knew Kira was a coordinator... people with their genes modify, impossible for us is tough for them, can Earth could win against people like coordinators? I am not a bigot, racism Blue Cosmos, if people like Blue Cosmos exist. It not so farfetched to assume similar ideology exists on PLANT. War on genocide never stops with treaty. It continues, consume, until one side dead"
He turns around to glace at his friends, at he got is blank; until someone reply.
"Whoa, I don't know you're this deep" Sai cannot help himself to comment.
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Infirmary
Kira
"L-Lt. Ramius... is this true? Could you possibly..." Badgiruel-san don't have to speak more. The accuse inflection was clear as any to everyone. Ramius-san and Flaga-san quickly trying hard to denied it, too hard. It only makes the woman disbelieve more. One glimpse at shivering Kagari is all he need to makes an accurate deduction.
She a real fox I tell you, she probably teases her new victims for they're wrongdoing. "That's okay both of you, I believe my sister just joking for your apparent intimacy" pointing at Ramius-san finger attach to Flaga-san cuff.
'Mou~ they deserve that' *Ehem* Kira ignoring the telepathic comm., "For Lt. Ramius benefit lets reintroduce ourselves, my name Honorary Lt.-"
"Honorary?" asked Badgiruel-san, Ramius-san, and La Flaga-san in confusion. "How can an Honorary piloting a MA"
"It's complicated, my name Honorary Lt. Cdmr Yamato Kira of Orbs Royal Knight Corp,"
Taking his cue, "Honorary Ensign Yamato Kagari of Orbs Royal Medical Corp"
As his thought overcoming his embarrassment and confusion, "Lt. Mu La Flaga 7th Orbital Fleet"
"Ensign Natarle Badgiruel, Sector 2 Specialist Division"
"Lt. Murrue Ramius, also from Sector 2 Specialist Division"
"Now we know each other, I will brief you our current situation" Kira take lead, Badgiruel-san unsatisfied visage drown by solemn tone he carry himself. The remaining OMNI officer cannot help but hanging to his every word. "As of this moment, Heliopolis is in state of emergency. When words get to mainland, the whole situation might drag Orb into war", he pause; actually saying it now feel bitter in his mouth.
"Let me be blunt. All of you have been drafted to Orbs Royal Self Defend Force"
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Next Chapter Phase 03b: The Collapsing Land
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Kendōka: Practitioners of kendo are called kendōka, meaning "someone who practices kendo", or occasionally kenshi, meaning "swordsman". The old term of kendoists is sometimes used.
Ryōkan: A ryōkan (旅館) is a type of traditional Japanese inn that originated in the Edo period (1603–1868), when such inns served travellers along Japan's highways. They typically feature tatami-matted rooms, communal baths, and other public areas where visitors may wear yukata and talk with the owner
Glossary of the fictional term you may or not know:
Ashla: The light side of the Force, also commonly known as the Ashla or simply the Force, was the side of the Force aligned with honesty, compassion, mercy, self-sacrifice, and other positive emotions. For the most part, the Jedi simply referred to this as the Force.
Form III Soresu: Truly focused masters of Soresu were very formidable due to their strong defence technique. Form III merely facilitated survival rather than victory. Form III initiates was more than capable of defending themselves from attack, but they needed a large amount of experience to learn how to effectively counter-attack and entrap opponents. Masters had to maintain an incredibly strong focus on the centre of the combat circle, since the defensive tactics of the form included guards and parries engaged very close to the body. Jedi who left small lapses in their otherwise strong defence left little room to avoid injury.
Helldart: The lighter missiles, such as "Helldart" anti-aircraft missiles are loaded into and stored on tubes on the bridge tower. The light Helldart missiles primarily used as their classification suggests, in an anti-air role, however they are generally ineffective at damaging targets with phase-shift armour.
FASA: Atlantic Federation's Federal Aeronautics and Space Administration