-The end of Marcus' shift was coming near but he was not called in, because the proximity alarms went off and the radar and sonar showed one mobile suit hidden in the darkness before first light of the day-
Marcus: Where is it?
MSOS: From current position 2 km north of us. By the way it is shaped we believe it to be one of the gundams that went crazy and went rogue, it's more than likely one of Anaheim Electronics mobile suits.
Marcus: I hope it isn't what I think it is.
MSOS: Huh? GET DOWN, INCOMING!
-All the units outside the ship duck down and beam magnum rounds streak by and one of the Reginlaze lancers railgun backpacks takes a hit and explodes damaging the Reginlaze and knocking the pilot unconscious, a frigate with only its turrets exposed that is returning fire is hit in its ammo rack and it explodes, the whole ship from bow to stern explodes and it rains shrapnel everywhere blinding a Reginlaze paladin and killing a pilot of a Reginlaze Recon type by a piece of the turret penetrating the pilots cabin-
Marcus: Sound off, who's alive out there?
-All squads check in and account for damaged and disabled units as well as pilots who are considered dead-
Carter: on scene and responding to attack.
Marcus: Return fire, full volley...FIRE!
-A volley of cannon rounds and machine gun fire streaks in the direction of the shot and they get no explosion in response-
Marcus: MSOS, the target moved again track it down!
MSOS: 10 seconds until detection...target detected it is now on the move circling the main battle groups form current reference point to the northeast.
Marcus: All units track and lead the target open fire!
Carter: For the distance the target is at aim 2 pips up on the digital sight and to the left, open fire!
-The mobile suit teams follow his lead and in response they got 1 confirmed hit and the mobile suit fires back the remaining rounds in the clip of the beam magnum and one shot hits the building covering the durandal and it chips the wall, the second shot hits the arm of Marcus' mobile suit and he detached the arm as the power in it is cut-
Marcus: Where is he?
MSOS: Enemy unit leaving the battle area stand down, do not pursue.
Marcus: Your serious? Don't pursue?
MSOS: That is a direct order from the ships Captain.
Marcus: Understood...standing down.
Carter: Roger command...pursuing the enemy.
Marcus: But!
MSOS: He is licensed to be a one man army let him go.
Marcus: Roger.
-Carter and Liz go after the retreating unit and then an attack from the opposite side en masse occurred 100s of GMs, Guncannons, and Grazes attack and it turns into a firefight-
Marcus: Proto 4 and 5, take command of nearest units that have had their commander downed we need to get ourselves together and strike back at this rate we will be overrun.
Killjoy: Fuck, where did they get so many units from, this is definitely more than what was in the scrapyard they have to be manufacturing new ones.
Cyclops: Probably, but we need to hold them back, if we don't then there will continue to be issues all around the system especially with well coordinated gangs like this one.
Marcus: Focus team...engage!
-Then Layla and her unit as well as Proto 2 and 6 deploy and take positions reinforcing the position then command comes in over the main radio channel-
Command: This is the peacekeeping command center to all units in the field, this is their strongest strike force if you beat them back we can go on the offensive and end this conflict, fight to the last breath trying to survive, survive so that those at home will see you again and so your future will be put into your hands, do this and victory is yours take it!
-This increases morale and the units start fighting back harder than before and even the infantry come out with their anti-mobile suit weaponry and start fighting back-
4th Regiment Commander: This is the 4th regiment engaging incoming enemy units, ALL MEN TO THE TRENCHES AND OPEN FIRE!
1-3 Regiment Commanders: Engage engage, all units open fire!
-A stream of bullets and cannon fire goes out towards the enemy and enemy units start dropping and when their pilots try to escape some end up wounded and others killed-
4th Regiment Commander: Artillery hit target grid e225 by f172, danger close fire!
Artillery: Firing rounds out. Incoming danger close over.
Marcus: Go down you bastards...
-The steel rain falls all around him and 15 rounds slam into the enemy units and they explode and the debris is sprayed everywhere-
4th Regiment Commander: Hell yeah, direct hits cease fire artillery retask over.
Artillery officer: Copy that commander MSOS need an immediate retask.
-Then 4 ace units one way ahead leading the charge attacks them-
Marcus: Take down those 4, the quicker they are taken down the quicker we can end this.
-At this time the sun is up and the waves of enemies seem endless, but they continue to fight back regardless then the garrison of new lancer types was deployed-
Atlas Leader: Atlas actual to Ascalon launching Helios.
Ascalon ship Captain: Roger commence Helios.
-4 missiles launch and they deploy thousands of cluster bombs peppering the remaining enemies and destroying most of the enemies machines-
Layla: We need to finish them off, don't let them escape!
-Layla charges and Marcus follows, two enemy RX-78-8MkIVB one painted red and another painted blue appear amidst the smoke and they charge Layla and Marcus as well-
???: Look what they have done to our army brother shall we kill them?
???: Yes...yes we shall!
-Layla and Marcus clash with these 2 enemies and one has a shock rifle and a heavy warhead missile launcher and the other a railgun and an assault rifle-
Marcus: Layla, I will take the blue one that shock rifle could be dangerous.
Layla: I have him, back off.
-Layla starts fighting the blue Gundam and it strikes back with the missile launcher blowing the unicorn backwards and the shock rifle puts her into a state of heavy damage and unconscious-
Marcus: I guess I will have to take both of you on myself!
-Marcus draws the frame sword and levels his lance and charges, the red RX-78 fires his assault rifle and the rounds bounce off his armor, the blue one fires the heavy warheads and the shrapnel scratches his paint and puts scratches in his armor, he gets close to the red one and swings the frame sword and cuts into the red enemy Gundam, the blue one retaliates and shocks Marcus, the Red one fires the railgun and before the round is fired he ejects just in time to see his suit have a hole shot into its chest, he lands next to Layla's mobile suit and gets in-
Marcus: Come on power up.
-He slams the console and it won't wake up, the enemy gundams charge the base location and they start firing taking down units left and right, Proto 6 was killed by a railgun round to the chest, and Proto 3s unit lost an arm as the enemy had caught it and ripped it off-
Marcus: Wake up Dammit...I have people I need to protect you are my only hope.
-Layla lies across his lap unconscious and struggling to breathe-
Marcus: Wake up!
-The unit powers up and its NT-D activates and he charges the enemy units-
MSOS: Layla, stay down you are unfit for combat. Wait...MARCUS!? What are you doing!?
Marcus: I'm finishing this fight!
-Marcus swings the claw from the Unicorn Plan B and cuts off one of the blue units arms, he then goes over to the other one and destroys the red ones railgun-
???: Brother fall back we can't take these guys with damaged suits.
???: (Sighs) Fine then.
-The 2 units along with any survivors fall back and Marcus's mobile suit is brought back to be repaired and Marcus docks the plan b in the docking bay and opens the hatch and hastily gets the control centers attention-
Marcus: I need a corpsman over here!
-A medic comes along and by now she is conscious but she has minor internal damage from the shock but it was nothing that would affect her piloting and she would be able to get back to it the next day-
Deployment Officer: Prototype units pilots, you have the day off, you guys worked extremely hard today, enjoy your time off. And here's your next announcement, your units are to be replaced, the units we have now are to be scrapped and replaced by Hekajas and your Hekajas are to be replaced by transformable mobile suits they are from Celstial being and Laguna, Marcus your unit is to replaced by an Arios with energy machine gun pods, missiles and a large railgun type sniper rifle, the plan B will remain here and Layla will continue to use it. And I have to say, despite it not being your usual mobile suit you piloted it very well Marcus Fox. They should arrive in 1 weeks time, in the meantime mourn your dead and have your units repaired, the ones that were damaged that is.