Heaven and Hell
Chapter 7: Death of Celestial Being
Designs for a new GN drive-power suit were deployed throughout the three blocs.
Graham Aker, however, thought that the Flag was superior.
"You hate the GN-X."
He turned to see the man who gave the GN drives to the three blocs: Colonel Ronald Pinkerton.
"You. You made my Flag-"
"The normal Flag is obsolete."
"What?"
Ron smirked.
"Join me. Leave the Union. I have a better use for you."
"And what would take be?"
"As a GN Flag Fighter."
Graham gasped.
"A GN Flag Fighter?"
"The GN-X Mk I is a good suit because it has a GN drive. Give it a battery and the Flag will destroy it 99 out of 100 times. Give the Flag a GN drive and it becomes 10 times deadlier."
"And you would know this?"
"The simulations I've done tell me this. I've already told the heads of government that a Flag and GN drive are like icing on a cake: you can have both apart, but it's just not the same as when they're together; not as good."
Graham smiled.
The GN Flag, the deadliest Mobile Suit ever built?
How could he resist that?
"What's my job?"
"You are to be my eyes, ears, shield and sword of this world. There's something you should know: I'm a pilot of one of Celestial Being's Gundams."
"What?"
"The one that no one can touch: the second fighter, the white one. I designed it. It's called the ADF-X01 Morgan."
Graham pointed an M92F at Ron's head and fired.
The 9X19mm round bounced off.
"Titanium skull. I'm telling you this because I like the design of the Flag. In the right hands, it can best a Gundam. I'm not a member of Celestial Being, so even if you report me, you can't confirm it. I don't exist."
Graham dropped the gun.
"So, I'm your sword?"
"One of many. You are just the commander of my swords: the Katana, if you will."
As a practitioner of bushido, Graham smirked at the honor of being named after the sword of the Samurai.
"The Dagger and Gladius, Rapier and Claymore: all are below the Katana. But know this: you are extensions of my will, like the Katana." Graham saluted.
"I will be your sword and shield, sir!"
Ron chuckled.
"Colonel will do."
CBS-70 Ptolemaeus
"Colonel Pinkerton's Morgan is returning to the ship. Hold on...It's under attack by Mobile Suits using pseudo GN drives!"
They saw the attack on the Thrones by a 10-man squadron of GN-X Mk Is, and the Thrones had to fall back after they discovered they were heavily out-classed by them.
"Put it up!"
The image shown on the screen was that the Morgan was holding its' hold against the GN Strike Daggers, which used batteries and Mk I pseudo GN drives: easier to make, less station time.
"This is ridiculous! When the hell did they get the time to make these things?" (AN: to quote Simmons: "You backstabbing cockbite!")
Ron shot one down, crippled another, and decided to just say 'screw it'.
"FULL BURST!"
Five were destroyed; the sixth was damaged beyond repair; the four remaining GN Strike Daggers fell back.
"I'm getting really pissed off! Who the hell gave these bastards GN drives?" (Cough-you-did-cough)
"Open the hatch, I'm landing!"
The launcher bay door opened and the Gundam landed on the Ptolemaeus.
Battlestar Yashuman
Graham looked at the new GN Flag.
It was his, but the Colonel had modified it heavily. Machines seemed to be his forte, but if you engaged him in combat, somebody was screwed...normally Ron's opponent.
He was actually afraid of Ronald Pinkerton.
Back with the Meisters
Ian looked at the remains of the GN Strike Dagger.
"The drive's based on your Mk II GN drive, minus the TD Blanket."
Ron looked at the Celestial Being engineer.
"So what? I'm not the only person who can see the stealth issues with the Mk I. It's not impossible that someone saw my GN drive and based their design on it."
"We can't argue with that logic. But the fact of the matter is that they have Mobile Suits with capabilities akin to Second Generation Gundams."
"And mine's 6th Generation. All I need to do is get into a good position and one Full Burst is all I need."
"I thought it was 5th Generation."
"I upgraded it: Better weapons, the Mk II GN drive, upgraded DRAGOONs."
"We'll need you to defend the ship. They will attack."
"Does it take a tactical forecaster to figure that out? First rule of war: always assume you'll be under attack, all the time."
Before Setsuna and Tieria could rebuke, Ron gave them a glare.
"Just because you're trying to end war does not make the rules and the art of war obsolete. Besides, technically, we are at war: a war of attrition. We attack areas of warfare, destroying all the attacking targets."
"Since when do did you join us?"
"Blame the UN. They saw my Morgan and grouped me with you."
Sumeragi sighed.
He didn't believe in tactical forecasts, relying more on recon Intel, which was more accurate.
And a number of her plans went down the gutter more then once, and it took Ron and the Morgan to bail the Meisters out of trouble.
"There are a number of contacts on the E-sensor!"
"Now, do I really have to say 'I told you so'?"
Enemy GN-X formation
Patrick Colasour was #3 in a formation of 26 GN-X Mk Is, and his target was one of the Gundams.
Then a flurry of green and marbleized red shots nearly hit the formation, but his GN-X was hit. (AN: What? You think I'd let him engage the Meisters? Be serious! Colasour may be the first MS pilot we see in the series actually piloting a Mobile Suit, but he has such bad luck, black cats avoid him!)
Back with the CB carrier, Ron took aim at the enemy formation again.
He missed on purpose the first time, but now he meant business.
Thankfully for him, the plan (his, at least) was to let the Gundams engage the GN-X squad.
But they were equipped with the antigen of the Gundam's weapons: for the Exia, a beam saber and anti-beam saber coating, making them cut-proof against the Exia's weapons, but not Ron's: his were CE-designed, and more powerful.
The physical shields could, in theory, block a shot from Lockon, but Ron's sniper rifle, the combined form of the twin rifles, could break through.
The GN shields could stop shots from the GN-005 Virtue, but his beam rifle could go through with ease.
And the claws of Kyrios couldn't cut it in half, but the beam saber of Ron's Morgan could.
Why?
They were designed against units using GN drives, not batteries or nuclear reactors, and Ron rarely used his GN drive, using the nuclear reactor or the battery.
The leader of the formation engaged Ron, but Smirnov didn't stand a chance.
The four cannons blasted the legs and arms off, and Ron kicked the suit away.
'Second Gen Gundams are nothing to the Morgan, no, nothing to me!'
They were nothing to the more powerful Morgan, or the skilled Colonel.
But the Ptolemaeus was screwed nonetheless.
Lockon was dead, Tieria had his ass kicked, Allelujah was captured, and Setsuna was fighting his lesser lieutenant, Alejandro Corner.
Ron saw no purpose to staying.
In the end, Celestial Being was dead.
2312 A.D: 4 years later
The 00 Gundam was almost ready.
Ron looked at the Gundam with disdain.
He saw no purpose to Celestial Being creating another Gundam, nor this Twin Drive system: the system was too flawed to work; as they wanted two Mk I drives to power it instead of the easier to sync Mk IIs.
It was easier to damage then the Morgan, now 13 years old.
Season 2, anyone?
At any rate, most of what happened during the final battle was shown in canon, just with more GN-Xs getting blown up.
It's my birthday, so please review. I'll consider it a birthday present. And this is my birthday present to you readers out there!
Adama: "Why'd he skip a lot?" Setsuna: "It was the Season 1 finale and he was getting tired of being in Season 1." Athrun: "News from the Author: The Galactica Task Force-the Galactica, Pegasus, Macon, Archangel and Minerva-will appear during the battle for the CBS Celestial Being. God, that sounded like a CBS special." Setsuna: "Celestial Being Ship or Canadian Broadcasting Station?" "Athrun: "The latter."
Bad joke, but it works.
Next time on Heaven and Hell: Episodes 1-4 of Season 2 and the true leader of A-LAWS is revealed to be our favorite Colonel.
Ja Ne!