Part 10
The entire planet was in an uproar. It has been a week since the war has been declared and already the U.N. Federation and her allies are mounting heavy losses and casualties. The Venusian Vanguard Corps had the element of surprise with them and advanced weaponry that gave them their seemingly unlimited victories over the Earth. The mission of the Venusian Vanguard Corps was to first occupy the Lunar Air Space, capture the new orbital colony and keep the military of the U.N. Federation upon their toes until the main forces of the PRV are mobilized and arrive at the construction site. Venusian Military Leaders chose the construction site as the Venusian Expeditionary Headquarters. The construction site was code-named the "Alpha Platform" to coordinate PRV military operations against the Earth and to provide a foot hold within the Earth Sphere. Military Planners have also sent construction ships and crews to rapidly complete construction of the new Expeditionary Headquarters in which, upon completion, will be able to house millions of soldiers, dock hundreds of thousands of ships, and become a factory for their massive military war machine. The mines upon the moon and the orbital Natural Resources Satellites that had once been used by the U.N. Federation for the construction of the orbital colony, was now under PRV control for use in their operation. This first strike warfare operation was called "Operation Spearhead" for it was consequently made up of roughly half of the PRV military, with the other half in use for home world security. The events that lasted for a week had been known infamously as the "One Week War".
The military of the U.N. Federation is straining itself to try and counteract the PRV invasion of the Earth Sphere, but to no avail as the Venusian Vanguard Corps defeated the Federal Forces time and time again. Their only chance now was to move up Gundam Production into the creation of Massed Produced Gundams, unlike the currently in use GM Mobile Suits. And if not, try to simplify the weaponry used by the prototype Gundams to be used by any of the U.N. Federation's front line and Special Forces Mobile Suits. There were numerous reports of Prototype Gundams that were put into military service were beginning to push back the Venusian Vanguard Corps in small battles and giving the U.N. Federation a little taste of victory. There were also independent nations upon the Earth who are also counteracting the attacks of the Venusian Vanguard Corps from attacking their homelands and giving a sense of hope to their people. But even these small victorious battles were insignificant compared to the number of victories the PRV has been gaining for about a week since initial fighting began in the war. Moral was slipping within the ranks of the Federal Forces.
In the San Francisco Base, the Gundam Factory was in full rush development. They had to get their newest weapons upon the field for trials and afterwards, simplify them for mass productions and mass distribution to U.N. Federal Forces Mobile Suits. The only weapons that were already tested and ready for mass production by the start of the war were the Beam Sword, Beam Shield, the 120 mm Auto Cannon Assault Pack, limited VSBR weaponry, the new Gatling Shield Pod, The Beam Launcher, Heat Rod weaponry and Heat wires. These weapons had a slight impact upon the war, but not enough. The Beam Sword was an effective weapon, but used twice the energy of a beam Saber and takes twice as long to recharge, although it has been developed to have longer time duration then even heat weaponry. The Beam shield was revolutionary, but did not change the tide of battle in favor of the U.N. Federation. The Venusian Vanguard Corps also had Beam Shields, and no doubt that a majority of PRV Mobile Suits have Beam Shields, though the beam shields of the U.N. Federation can be used as a large beam blade weapon. The 120 mm Auto Cannon Assault Pack was very useful in counterattacking enemy units, but it uses up its ammo supply. The limited VSBR weaponry also had the same defect, since the VEBR is not connected to the Mobile Suit's Minovski Reactor and also true to the Gatling Shield Pod, which uses up its ammo supply rather quickly and limits maneuverability to low skill pilots. The Beam Launcher is more or less a beam bazooka, but more powerful then either beam rifles and normal bazookas, but have a limited ammo supply to effectively use in heavy combat. Heat Rods and Heat Wires are too difficult to control and use effectively and so used only by aces.
The San Francisco Base has recently created new Gundams for their resident newtypes before the war. The Gundam Wing Zero, which uses the same ZERO system as the Epyon, an experimental Twin Buster Cannon in which has enough power to destroy a torus colony with one attack and rip through the hull of an Island-3 colony. A Buster Shield that has a jabbing head and a large Beam Shield Emitter atop of it, armed also with vulcan cannons. There were also small gatling pods built into the Wing Zero's shoulders that are quite capable of penetrating the armor of most Mobile Suits. Beam Shields were also built into the forearms of the Wing Zero as an emergency. Beam Sabers stored in its shoulders and Beam Swords stored in its wings. The wings look like a mix of angel wings and space boosters, no one could really tell what it looked like, but it gave the Wing Zero excellent maneuverability in space and on Earth.
The Gundam Double X was more like a sopped upgrade of the Gundam X, with two satellite cannons. But it is also armed with six vulcans; two in the head and four near the ventilation grill. The new Hyper Beam Swords, which had even more power and duration time then the Beam Swords were stored in the hip armor and a variety of other weapons can be used upon it. Beam shields were impossible to use upon the forearms of the Double X, so it carries a beam shield by hand. The Double X is also armed with a specialized beam rifle that can be used as a sniper rifle to take out enemy targets. The Double X uses the FLASH system like that of its predecessor, and can dock with the experimental space fighter, the G-Falcon.
The Gundam F-91, which is the prototype gundam that was being tested with the VSRB weaponry, is also being modified for combat and uses a Psycommu system similar to the Gundam Double Zeta, but can work backwards as well. It has a beam shield in the left fore arm and an emergency beam shield stored on the right hip armor. The VSBRs are built into the backpack of the F-91 and can swing into an underarm firing position quickly, but is also armed with a beam rifle since VEBRs can drain much energy from the reactor. The Beam Sabers are stored in the left hip armor and can be modified to have either the new Hyper beam sword or a beam sword similar to the one found on the Epyon Gundam. The Gundam F-91 is slightly smaller then standard Gundams and so has heat radiators in strategic locations and armor that can melt off by thin layers to radiate heat from the reactor. But can be modified to use microwaves like the Gundam X to either power up the VSBRs or to boost up the energy of the Gundam.
The Gundam G-4 "Alex" was, in essence, a direct descendant to the first Gundam, the RX-78. The basic frame of the Alex was based upon the RX-78, but then there were several other differences that made the Alex superior to the first Gundam. For instance the beam sabers have a higher energy output then the original RX-78's beam sabers. The Alex had more verniers across the framework of the Gundam and the armor is made of Gundanium instead of the outdated Lunar Titanium and the Vulcans were slightly larger then the RX-78. The Alex had a spherical cockpit design with a linear seat that was far superior then the old core block design of the RX-78 and can be used as an escape pod for emergencies. The fore arms are armed with Gatling pods that are capable of putting holes into many mobile suits and can be outfitted with a specialized external chobham armor that is useful from surviving enemy bombardment and a high powered beam rifle along with other weapons.
These Gundams had to be upgraded quickly to combat because of a threat of Vanguard Corps attacks. There were also programs to create massed produced Gundams. One Gundam design was based upon the U.S. Army's Land GM, but designed differently. The Ground Gundam had a storage rack and container that can carry its weapons and relief the strain of the supply corps and, in emergencies, carry personnel. The Ground Gundam also has a vulcan and multi-launcher on the left side of the chest area and beam sabers stored in its legs and other special modifications. Though one ventilation grill makes the Ground Gundam threatened of overheating, plans are now being made to give the Ground Gundam two ventilation grills. There were also the simplified Gundam mobile suits that would be used by the Space Forces. It looked like a Gundam, with the same large shoulder armor housing either the side verniers or some other equipment, the antenna crest upon its forehead and slim design, but it had several hard points for other equipment and weaponry. This first simplified space Gundam was to be code named "G- Savior" to delude Venusian Spies. There were also plans on an aquatic Gundam and aerial Gundams, but the U.N. Federal Forces high command didn't think that it would be necessary for specialized Gundams for defense upon the Earth's Surface.
Heero Yuy was sitting upon the shoulder of the Wing Zero, overlooking the Gundam Factory. His thoughts were occupied by many things, the war, being a newtype, and Relena, his first love.
'Relena…..'
Heero-sama? Garrod popped right in front of Heero.
Garrod-san, what are you doing?
Aren't you concerned about this war Heero-sama?
Hn……somewhat.
What do you mean somewhat?! We're at war with probably the most dangerous and devious enemy ever faced-
What about the Space Pirates of the Asteroid Belt?
Besides them. Look Heero-sama we- Hey what's that? Garrod spies a picture of Relena that Heero was holding. Heero quickly hid the picture, but Garrod already has an idea of what was actually on his mind. Oh………..so you were thinking of her huh Heero-sama?
Look Garrod-san, I am not-
Naw it's okay. I'm not going to make fun of you Heero-sama. Actually I'm kind of jealous of you.
Jealous?
Yah, jealous because you got someone to fall in love with? I, in the other hand-
So you don't have a girlfriend Garrod-san?
Nope, still looking for one.
Well obviously I can't help you there Garrod-san.
True, but still….having someone love you, care for you deeply and all that seems kind of ………oh I don't know, nice.
So then, you have someone in mind?
No, none really. Guess it's because of father that I don't see much of anyone. He is overprotective if you remember correctly.
Yah, either that or he already has someone in mind?
Like who?
From what I can remember about our family's traditions, Ojisan's probably betrothed you to some daughter of some business partner of his or something like that.
Probably……but there's always that one chance right?
Maybe…..so how goes your training as the Double X's pilot? Heh, why should I even ask? You're a newtype that can pilot almost anything.
Yah well that's the problem. I can pilot the Double X, piloting it well is a totally different subject. And you?
Well the Wing Zero responds rather well, and I basically know most of the basic operations of the Zero, but there's that one thing that I can't get used to.
The Gundam AI?
Yah, I'm not used to pilot something that can talk back.
True, especially if it sounds like it was trying to get fresh with you.
Yours does?
Doesn't your?
No, just talks like a regular computer voice.
Hn….maybe it's just me.
Probably. Then a mechanic approaches them.
"Hey you two, the boss says that you are going out on shorte in five!"
"Right!" Heero turns to Garrod. Garrod-san, we have to go in five minutes.
Right, lets see who gets the most enemy units, eh Heero-sama! Garrod puts on the flight helmet.
Hey Garrod-san, do me a favor and don't call me Heero-sama alright?
Huh? Okay, as long as you don't call me Garrod-san, okay.
Right. Heero goes into the cockpit of the Wing Zero and starts up the Gundam's computer.
"All. Systems. Are. In. Full. Operations." The Zero Computer replied.
"Right. This is Heero Yuy in the Gundam Wing Zero, ready for shorte."
"Roger that Wing Zero, you are cleared for launch." The Wing Zero goes into the catapult bay and launches into the sky. A few minutes later joined by Garrod in the Double X. Heero then activate weapon systems and set them to stand by mode, ready to attack. His knuckles go white as he clutches the control sticks, his index finger itching to pull the trigger button.
Heero! Three Ebirhu-Ss and a single Dahgi Iris heading our way!
I see them Garrod! I'll take the leader, you'll handle the other three! Then Heero flies off and uses his vulcans at the Dahgi Iris.
Hey! No fair! Garrod pulls out the Hyper Beam Swords and accelerated towards the three Ebirhu-Ss. The Ebirhu-Ss fired their shot claws, vulcans and Beam Spray discharges at Garrod, but the mulbiple verniars allows the Double X to avoid the enemy fire and get close enough to the Vanguard Mobile Suits to slice them in half.
Meanwhile, the Dahgi Iris is using its torso mounted beam gun and beam rifle to shake off the perusing Wing Zero, but to no avail. Not only is the wing/boosters giving the Wing Zero extreme maneuverability but the beam shields are being used to reflect the beam discharges near the Dahgi Iris. The Wing Zero is close enough to the Dahgi Iris for close hand-to-hand combat. The Dahgi Iris pilot reacts quickly and unsheathes the beam saber and block the attack from the Wing Zero's Beam Swords. But the pilot falls for the ruse and Heero uses the jabbing head of the Buster Shield and aims it into the cockpit of the Dahgi Iris, killing the pilot.
Pretty good Heero, you really showed that Vanguard how to fight!
Yah well knocking out three mobile suits with one sword swipe is rather impressive too yah know.
We'd better get back to base, I'm hungry!
Right. Heero then turns on the communications channel to the San Francisco Base. "This is Wing Zero to base. Enemy Reconnaissance Mobile Suits are out of commission. Repeat, enemy reconnaissance mobile Suits are out of commission."
"Roger that Wing Zero. Kill is confirmed. You may return to base."
"Roger that base." The Wing Zero and Double X then accelerated towards the San Francisco Base. But neither of them realizes that there was a second Dahgi Iris hiding in the ruins of southern San Francisco, observing their shorte with the Reconnaissance group. The pilot of the second Dahgi Iris then sets up laser communications with the capitol ship hiding under the stealth sphere of the PRV's newest weapon, the cloaking devise.
"This is Viper 7 to Vionna, I have spotted two of the U.N. Federation's experimental anti-capitol ship Mobile Suits."
"This is the Vionna, are you able to confirm what type of weapons these mobile suits have?"
"Not yet, but I have observed that the two mobile suits have excellent mobile suit combat skills. The pilots may be new types."
"I see. Continue monitoring, I will see if we can find a way to find out what kind of weapon these 'Anti-Capitol ship Mobile Suits' actually have."
"Roger, over and out."
~*~
Garrod and Heero exit their Gundams and walk down the catwalk that leads out of the Gundam Hangar bay.
What I wouldn't do for a milkshake! The junk they serve on this base tastes terrible!
Now you know why the soldiers seem gloomy and itching for a fight Garrod. Heero commented to his cousin.
Yah….you got a point there- Hey look! Newbies! Garrod points at two young Asian descents escorted by soldiers. One was a female with brown hair in a Chinese Bun and the other was a male with his hair dyed blue.
Hn…looks like they're drafting newtypes again. Heero noted from previous activities made by the U.N. Federation.
Yah…it does seem like that. We should welcome them and-
I don't think so. Motions at the new newtypes' faces. I think that they'd rather be alone.
Oh…..maybe later then. Heero sweatdrops at that moment. Garrod never seems to feel negative about anything, always the happy-go-lucky guy. You know, that girl seems kinda cute.
Whatever you're planning, leave me out of it.
Aw come on! It'll be fun!
I said no.
Pleeeese!
I said no! Then they noticed that the two new newtypes were walking towards them.
Hello there sweetie- Then Heero hits Garrod on his head rather hard. ITAIIIIIIIII!!!! What was that for?!?!
What did I say about not everyone speaks Japanese-
Actually I'm quite fluent in Japanese. I'm rather not very good at English. The girl interrupted Heero.
Really? Oh good, finally someone else to talk to, no offense Heero.
None taken.
"Um….what did you three say?" The blue dyed boy asked Heero, obvious that he does not know the Asian dialect.
"We're just saying hellos. I am Heero, and this is my cousin Garrod."
"Oh, well my name is Seabook Arno and this is Miaka Yuuki. We just met." Miaka bows at Garrod and Heero.
"I can see that." Heero commented.
"Do you two want to go to the break room and get to know one another more?" Seabook asked.
"Sure, but aren't the two of you going somewhere?"
"Not really, they were just showing us where our rooms are." Soon the four newtypes walked towards the break room, a rare opportunity for newtypes to get to know newtypes.
~*~
Atop of a large and distant hill in southern San Francisco, a Venusian Vanguard Corps officer uses his binoculars to observe the San Francisco Base. The officer was wearing ragged clothing that would befit a bandit and he had blond hair that reached the middle of his back and deep blue eyes. Several moments later, a female Vanguard Corps officer walked up to him and saluted, he saluted back. The female officer had her hair dyed light purple and reached to her thighs and had and odd iris coloring of what seemed to be purple.
"Sir, when will we be attacking the Base?"
"Patience Major Kaen Haku, we will strike soon. But right now we must follow orders and wait for our action signal."
"Yes but Colonel Nakago, the rest of us are wondering why we are using these outdated Bipedal Locomotion Tank Mechs."
"As we all know Captain, the Earth is riddled with Bandits who possess these outdated Mechs. High Command wants us to use them as a distraction so that we can get to the newtypes within the facility and maybe if we're lucky, take pictures of the U.N. Federation's new models. We may have the largest percentage of newtypes in the military, but we still have the smallest number of newtypes compared to the U.N. Federation."
"I understand Colonel, but don't you think that it is risky if we fight against Mobile Suits?"
"I know that too, but you must remember the old Earthor saying 'All things do not appear as they seem'. Now then, make sure that no one jumps the gun prematurely, understood?"
"Understood." Captain Kaen Haku saluted and left for the other five soldiers in the operation.
The Bipedal Locomotive Armored Mechanized Tank Units (BLAMTU), or Mechs as they were commonly called, were the forerunner and ancestor of the Mobile Suit and had served in the Earth Military and some off-world colonies since long before the outbreak of World War III in 2089. The Mechs were considered walking battleships for they have massive amounts of fire power and armor, enough to rival even artillery type Gundams, but due to the weight in fire power and armor makes them bulky and slow, nothing like the able agility of the Mobile Suits. There were even Mechs that were so heavy that they needed four legs to carry themselves and even rumors of Mechs that can launch nuclear warheads and they were code named Ballistic Panzer Mechs.
The Mechs first started as Bipedal Locomotive Mechanized Construction and Mining Units (BLMCMU), or Laborers as they were sometimes nicknamed, for commercial construction and mining. The first prototype model was built and tested in 2054 and mass production of the BLMCMU and became commonplace by 2064. But then they evolved to have weaponry in 2069 and soon they grew in size from the mere 4 meter tall BLMCMU to the standard 10-meter tall military war machines. The locomotion of the earlier models had the reversed joint form that was design to hold their weight efficiently and theoretically improve their speed. The crude manipulator claws were poor in hand-to-hand combat. But then improved into larger claws with attached laser, machine gun and beam weaponry and even had weaponry pods to replace the manipulator forearm of the Mechs as well as an assortment of cannons and missile batteries upon the dorsal back of the Mechs.
Then in 2084, the Mechs evolved into a humanoid appearance and had more human looking manipulator hands, but they were still clumsy and slow in speed. In time these Mechs helped the development of the Mobile Suits. Some would argue that the Mobile Suits are just a new evolution to the Mechs but there is a clear difference between Mechs and Mobile Suits. The Mechs were developed primarily for Land Warfare, nothing else while the Mobile Suits can be designed to operate on land, sea, air and space. These roles left empty by the advent of the Mechs were filled by the Submersible Combat Fighter Craft, the Space Combat Fighter Craft and the ancient but reliable Air Combat Fighter Craft. Though there were some developments in creating jump jets or rockets to give the Mechs the limited ability of flight and some were modified to have arc jets and resistojets along their body frame and magnetic binder devices for work on micro gravity construction and mining projects.
After the advent of the Mobile Suits, Mechs almost disappeared from the military of all Nations on the Earth and off. Many of them became targets for test firing while some were the first line of defense for most colonists and even returned to the original purpose of construction and off- world mining, but a few were sold on the black market, making them available to robbers, bandits, and rebel armies.
As the Vanguard Corps Soldiers looked over their mechs, Colonel Nakago looks over the base one more time and makes a sinister smirk.
~*~
In one of the many break rooms, Seabook, Miaka, Garrod and Heero were talking. The break room that they were in has a view of the Gundam Factory. Outside they can see the new NRX-018-2 Daughtress Neo being manufactured.
"So you're from the Torus colony number 100489 right Seabrook?" Heero asked the blue hair Asian decent.
"Yes, my father's a micro-g metal welder on the colony. Though he used to develop metal alloys and composites for the military. He's the one who first refined Gundarium and Gundanium."
"Interesting….."
"Yah..but my father couldn't stand his accomplishments be used in warfare…."
"Yah…well it would happen sooner or later right?"
"I guess so…" Then he turns towards Miaka and Garrod talking in Japanese. "Wonder what they're talking about?"
"I'll translate if you want."
"Really? Thanks!" Heero starts translating what Miaka and Garrod are talking about.
..And in the spring everything seems to come alive with beauty once the cherry blossoms bloom. The air filled with sweet fragrance. Miaka finishes.
Wow…..I'd like to visit Japan. I've always heard about it, but never got the chance to go there.
Why don't you're family go to Japan for a vacation?
I don't know. They never give me the details. So then, how's about we have dinner and- Garrod's invitation was interrupted by Miaka's sudden outburst.
Oh, I'm sorry. But I already have a boyfriend. Garrod face faults from what she has just said.
"Self explanatory." Heero comments to Seabrook.
"Yes, I can see that…"
Geeze….every single time… Garrod mumbles as another attempt to gain a girlfriend back fired.
He's so kind to me and he loves me as much as I love him…….we would spend so much together going out to the shopping centers and go on sunset drives, see movies, just have fun… Miaka starts to describe her boyfriend.
Geeze, first rejection and now this…..? Garrod mumbles to himself.
Huh? Did you say something?
What? Oh nothing! Nothing at all! Please continue.
Oh there's so much to say! He's so wonderful!
Great, now I'll have to hear as to how wonderful-hey, what's his name anyway? Garrod though before he begins to ask. Say, what's his name anyway?
His name is Sou, Sou Kishuku…. Miaka said dreamily….
"Sou Kishuku? I know the guy!" Seabook exclaimed. Miaka and Garrod looked at him strangly.
"You do?"
"Yah, we grew up together. Last I've heard of him, he was enlisting in the U.N. Federal Forces and that was weeks ago."
What did he just say Heero? Miaka asked.
Oh, Seabook said that he knows your boyfriend and the last time he saw him, he was going to be enlisted. It took Miaka a few minutes for the information to sink into her mind before-
WHAT!?!?!?! THAT LYING SON OF A BITCH!! HE PROMISED ME!!!
"Uh oh…"
"This won't be good…." Then suddenly another Asian decent in a U.N. Federal Forces uniform walked passed the door. But then walked back and saw Miaka having a fit.
Miaka?
SOU YOU FUCKING LIER!
"EEP!!" But before he was able to escape, Miaka jumped on him and starts to beat him up badly. "Somebody help!!!"
"I'm not that stupid. You're on your own Sou." Seabook said, unable to save his childhood friend because of an angry girlfriend.
"Hn…maybe we should go somewhere else more quiet…"
I think now is a good time to leave. The three newtypes leave the breakroom, leaving Sou to deal with his angry girlfriend.
"SOMBODY HELP!!!!"
~*~
Night has befallen the base and the stars begin to appear as the night shift guards report their positions to make sure that no one gets into the base without permission and, if the situation demands it, call out the MPs. One guard is reporting to the Western Gate of the base where a previous guard begins to yawn and salutes.
"Sir, Sergeant Marcus Oppenheimer reporting for guard duty sir!" The young Army Sergeant reported, almost giving the old guard near deaths experience.
"Yah Yah, I hear yah." He saluted back. "Let me guess, this is your time huh slick?"
"Sir, yes sir."
"Well all I can tell you is that this is the most boring shift in the entire book of shit ass boring-" Then suddenly the old guard sees a large Mech foot descending upon the gate-house. "Holy shit get out of the way!!" The two guards jumped out of the way as the Mech crushed the gate-house and fired missiles from its dorsal silos.
The missiles flew towards the direction of the nearest guard tower and, from a proximity fuse, destroyed the tower. An alarm then sounded and platoons of soldier rushed out of their garrisons only to find a 13 meter tall Mech aiming its anti-personnel cannon straight at them. The bullets of the cannon ripped through the soldiers like they were nothing and used its manipulator claw to grab onto a jeep and threw it towards another building where it crashed and burned.
"This is Lieutenant Koutu Bu, code named Amiboshi, I have entered the base's inner parameter and now firing inferno missiles. " The Mech fires rather large missiles from secret pop up silos and into a warehouse where it released its napalm weaponry and started a fire. Another Mech similar to the first one appeared from the air with the use of its jump jets and used the weapon pod upon its arm to fire pulse lasers and create more damage and chaos.
"This is Lieutenant Shunkaku Bu, code named Suboshi, I have also entered the base." Just then a GM Custom appeared from an elevator and it oddly had two GM Rifles instead of the usual single issue.
"Enemy Suit!" Both Mechs fired their pulse lasers at the GM and the helpless mobile suit exploded into a fiery ball of twisted metal and smoke.
"Suboshi! That was my target!"
"No little brother, that was my target!"
"Would the two of you quit arguing! This is an important mission!" Captain Kaen Haku called out over the com system from her Mech. It was rather huge, over 18 meters tall, and had a quadrapedal locomotion to support its weight. Upon its back were two turrets, one was a small two-barrel turret that fired small beams and a larger, more heavier turret that fired battleship sized beam discharges along side with missiles. Along the sides were small laser turrets that fired upon mobile suits that came to close to it along with an assault turret that fired both beams and bullets underneath the "head" unit of the Mech and machine guns on the forelegs for use in close quarters combat. On the undercarriage of the Mech was another turret that fired beam pulses and also towards the rear was what seems to be the doorway to a personnel carrier deck.
A Daughtless suit charged at the huge Mech with a beam saber, but the beam dissipated as it found out that the Mech had a beam disperser field and used its forelegs to force down the Daughtless. The Mech used its machine guns, riddling it with holes until it was weak enough to be crushed by the Mech's weight.
"This is Major Kaen Haku, code name Soi, I have entered the Mobile Suit Garrison and now attacking the enemy Mobile Suits." In the Personnel carrier of the Mech, the Vanguard Soldiers were holding onto anything within reach of their restraints as the Mech shook with each step.
"Hey! Easy up there! We're down here too you know!" A man wearing face painting and a rather odd attire that looked like it was suited for a Chinese Sorcerer then a soldier yelled into the com system.
"Calm down Captain Ruo Chuin, I'll let you off soon with the rest of the guys." Captain Kaen Haku said from the view screen.
"Not soon enough!" Then what appeared to be a young child floating went towards Ruo and rested a hand upon his shoulder.
"Calm yourself Tomo, we will be off of this blasted thing."
"Thanks Major Miboshi." Then Ruo looked at Miboshi and shivered slightly. "You know, I'm never going to get used to you in that body."
"Well this wouldn't have happened if a certain wolf-man used the bloody bazooka the right way!" The wolf-man, Miboshi was talking of, was appearing in his Mech. The Mech had its legs attached to its back in an odd fashion and looked as if it had a reversed joint configuration but actually has a humanoid leg fashion. The manipulator arms were human like and had a weapon pod and a beam saber unit preeminently attached to the forearm on the right arm and a beam shield unit on the left. The Mech also features an anti- personnel weapon pod as a heavy assault machine gun and a missile pod on its legs. But the Mech's true weapon was its unusual agility and speed for a Mech as it sliced up groups of Mobile Suits at a time.
"This is Captain Ashitare, I have broken through the second defense line, now approaching the third!" Ashitare fired missiles at a mobile turret and destroying it as he sliced up two mobile suits in one swipe. "Area now clear Colonel Nakago."
"Thank you Ashitare." Nakago arrived on jump jet into the base. The Mech had a humanoid frame in a cold blue color scheme. It had humanoid Manipulator arms as well as weapon pods in its fore arms and chest cavity and missile silo in the shoulders and legs. On the back were high thrust jump jets as well as a flip over shoulder cannon that has the same fire power as a low grade patrol ship's main cannons. It has an anti- aircraft/mobile suit radar controlled turret that looked like a head unit and vulcans on either side of the cockpit.
The attack force then closes in on one of the secret factories building advanced Gundams and other types of mobile suits. Ashitare enters the building first and sees the new Daughtless Neos as well as an improved GM Land based Mobile Suit, and transformable Mobile Suits.
"This is Ashitare, I have located new types of Mobile suits, looks like mass produced versions."
"Do you see any of the Anti-Capital Ship Gundams anywhere?"
"That is a negative Colonel Nakago, there are no Anti-Capital Ship Gundams. But it seems as if they were developing space modified Daughtless suits."
"Then take care of them, we have to hold our advantage of space for as long as we can."
"Affirmative Colonel." Ashitare fires his missiles and destroys the Mobile Suits within his sites. Explosions rocked the facility as fire raged throughout the framework of the building. The suits being built within the building and the spare parts were destroyed as the flames licked all that they touch them. Ashitare rips through a hole in the weakened wall and exits the building while firing at Daughtless and Serpent Mobile suits.
Meanwhile Amiboshi enters a building and unknown to him, this was an elevator to the bases subterranean levels for large vehicles and mobile suits.
"Colonel Nakago, I am unable to locate any of the U.N. Federation's Anti- Capital Ship Gundams. What should I do?"
"Where are you?" Colonel Nagako asked as he fired missiles at the enemy.
"I'm in an empty building, there's nothing in here." The colonel thought for a moment before he comes up with a suggestion.
"This building may have some significance to this base. Take as many pictures as possible as a precautionary and get out of there. We already have a few newtypes!"
"A few sir?"
"Yes, it seems that Intelligence has underestimated the number and efficiency of the soldiers that would come and protect their precious Newtypes. Everyone! Fall back immediately!" The Mechs soon exited the base as quickly as possible, leaving a burning heap of rubble of a base in their wake.
~*~
Morning came and all the personnel that have survived the attack prepared to salvage all the equipment they can and place them into VTOL Cargo Jet Aircraft to be moved to another feasible location, the Travis Aerospace Force and Mobile Suit Training Base in the Solano county. They were lucky that most of the base was subterranean and that most of their important Mobile Suits, weaponry, and vehicles have been stored in these levels, but the last raid may reveal to the Vanguard Corps that there are subterranean levels to the base. The transport must be made quickly before another attack by the Vanguard could be made.
Heero, in the mean time, makes a phone call with one of the only phones still connected to a phone line on the surface. He dials a number and waits for the connection.
Hey Heero! What'cha doing?
I'm just making a call, that's all. Heero said as he can hear the rings on the other line.
And I guess that you're calling Relena right?
Would you just stay out of it?
Okay, okay, okay. I'll see you later, Romeo! Garrod runs off before Heero could react.
"Hello?" Heero can hear Relena's voice on the phone.
"Relena-" Heero was interrupted by Relena's sudden outburst.
"Oh god Heero are you all right?! I just heard on the news about the base being attacked! I've been so worried that you would have been-"
"It's all right Relena, I'm fine. Anyway, we're being relocated because of threat of attack. I would tell you where, but we may be attacked. We have to keep it secret until we are able to protect ourselves from Vanguard attack and keep the Gundams safe until we ship out to space. Don't worry I'll go to the mansion as soon as we are settled enough to go off base."
"Oh Heero….." Relena breathed a sigh of relief. "I love you.."
"I love you too Relena." He cuffed the mouth peace so that he can make that last sentence a secret since Heero fully didn't feel like being joked at right at the moment. "I'll see you soon Relena."
Heero hangs up the phone and he grabs his belongings for the flight to Travis. Miaka walks up to Heero with a phone card for long distance in her hand.
Are you done? May I use the phone now? Heero nods. But as he was about to leave, Miaka said something. I think it's sweet what you said to Relena. She smiles at him.
"Ugh…I'll never get used to this Newtype idea…" Heero shivered as he exited. Miaka picks up the phone and dials a number on her phone card, waits and listens for a bit, then dials a number. Then she hears some ringing on the pone and finally a reciever being picked up.
Hello, this is the Hongo residence. May I ask why are you calling in long distance-
Yui! Yui it's me, Miaka!
Miaka? Miaka is it you? It is you! Oh god it's been such a long time! How come you didn't call me sooner?
Well the U.N. Federation needed newtypes so-
Let me guess, they drafted you didn't they? The two Asian decents talked about just about everything from what was going on at either side of the Pacific to how family was handling amist the angry stares and comments that Miaka hears as they wait impatiently for the past hour.
..and to think that the sons of the famous Ran and Yuy family are here also!
I know, you have got to tell me more of this!
I will soon. Bye Yui!
Bye Miaka! Yui hangs up the phone and Miaka skips away with her phone card. Meanwhile at the Hongo residence, the Hongo family members were held hostage at gunpoint by the Venusian Vanguard. Leading the Vanguard soldiers were the top officers of the famed Vanguard Squadron, Ice Cold Dragons.
"So, did she tell you where their new base will be located?" Yui shakes her head, she is already influent in English. "Hn…I guess we should send out Recon suits." Colonel Nakago nods to some of the Vanguard Soldiers and they head off towards the covert van. "You, however are coming with us. It will be helpful if there will be no resistance."
Head bowed in shame, Yui walks with Nakago to the van and she hopes that she will be able to see her family again soon.
~*~
Several days have past since the survivors of the San Francisco Base attack have occupied the Travis Base by the Venusian Vanguard. The Travis Base is now using all of the secret underground levels that had been build since before World War III, when the threat of a nuclear attack was very apparent. Now the subterranian levels are being used for the Gundam Corps Development Team for the research and development of weapons to be used against the Venusian Vanguard.
There is a rumor being spread around all U.N. Federation Bases and Allied Armed Forces upon the Planet Earth. The Joint Generals of the U.N. Federation Military Council have devised a plan, an operation to turn back the Venusian Vanguard and regain control of the Earth Sphere. They say that new fleets are being constructed as of this moment and will soon join the battle torn Earth Space Navies for this operation. The Soldiers needed the hope of an offensive operation for the Venusian Vanguard are pushing the U.N. Federal Forces out of Space which is currently a vital link to resources needed to maintain their military might. Morale between the Fedral Forces is also extremely low from the constant defeats and raids made by the Venusian Vanguard.
Those rumors were true, that the Federal Forces is massing for a major offensive against the Venusian Vanguard. Mobile Suits and Spaceships are being constructed even at this moment at the Shipyards of Mars. Data from the Gundam Corps Team have been sent via laser transmissions update the Martian Shipyards of new Mobile Suit Technologies and new designs constantly made and remade as several new models are put into full production. The Daughtless Neo was the first of these new Mobile Suit Designs. Soon they will create the new GMs and Gundam Designs that will ultimately be superior then the Venusian Vanguard Forces.
The G-Falcon being developed by the Gundam Corps Team is the prototype for the future development of the revolutionary G-Boosters. The G-Boosters is somewhat different to the G-Falcon but similar in purpose. The G-Boosters are unmanned Artilary Support for the Gundams and other Space Warfare Mobile Suits in which they connect to the backpack port of the Mobile Suit and can also provide the Mobile Suits with uncanny speed and agility. Armed with large Beam Cannons and a battery of missiles and Mobile Suit Weapons in Pods and having claws for close range combat, they will be more then a match for the lightly armed Venusian Vanguard Mobile Suits and even capable of taking out a Capital Ship. This was a secret weapon developed in total secret as soon as the war started. TheVenusian Vanguard Corps had heard rumors of a new secret U.N. Federation Weapon so powerful that it could destroy a Capital Ship with one shot and cappable of attacking and desimating an entire fleet. The Venusian High Command had sent word from this and assumed that it was a mobile suit developed for that soul purpose but they have not antipated that it would not only be mass-produced but also constructed at another site.
~*~
At the construction site of the Venusian Expeditionary Headquarters of Alpha Platform, General Deikun Barton was speaking to the Commander and Chief of the Venusian Armed Forces and second most important figure in the PRV, Sky Marshal Aiguille Delaz.
"Marshal, we have secured our position here at Alpha Platform. The U.N. Federation is unable to strike back currently and construction of Alpha Platform is going as scheduled. In fact it shall be ready by the end of the month." Deikun Barton reported.
"Exelent. The council shall be pleased as to the development on the Earth Front." Marshal Delaz leaned back against his leather chair.
"Marshal, permission to speak freely."
"You may."
"When will the first Expeditionary Fleet be ariving to Alpha Platform?"
"Very soon General, very soon. I would like to disclose the information, but you know how paranoid the Council is. All I can tell you that the 7th Space Fleet will arrive shortly."
"The 7th Space Fleet sir?" Deikun is very familiar with that fleet. Especially their fleet commander, Admiral Cima Garahau. She is the most unprincipled and moraly lacked military officer in the entire PRV Military and she had the fortunate luck, and unfortunate luck to the lower ranks, to be the next Sky Marshal.
"Yes General, my successor. The fleet is being mobilied and shall meet you soon enough. I will have to end our transmission unfortunately. It's been too long since we had last talked."
"Indeed Marshal. Long live Venus."
"Long may Mother Venus protect us." The transmission ends.
~*~
Well I hope you people like this chapter, I really worked hard on it. Well maybe a bit, but I promise you that Heero's secret will be revealed soon in part 11. Well I'll see you all soon, bye.
The entire planet was in an uproar. It has been a week since the war has been declared and already the U.N. Federation and her allies are mounting heavy losses and casualties. The Venusian Vanguard Corps had the element of surprise with them and advanced weaponry that gave them their seemingly unlimited victories over the Earth. The mission of the Venusian Vanguard Corps was to first occupy the Lunar Air Space, capture the new orbital colony and keep the military of the U.N. Federation upon their toes until the main forces of the PRV are mobilized and arrive at the construction site. Venusian Military Leaders chose the construction site as the Venusian Expeditionary Headquarters. The construction site was code-named the "Alpha Platform" to coordinate PRV military operations against the Earth and to provide a foot hold within the Earth Sphere. Military Planners have also sent construction ships and crews to rapidly complete construction of the new Expeditionary Headquarters in which, upon completion, will be able to house millions of soldiers, dock hundreds of thousands of ships, and become a factory for their massive military war machine. The mines upon the moon and the orbital Natural Resources Satellites that had once been used by the U.N. Federation for the construction of the orbital colony, was now under PRV control for use in their operation. This first strike warfare operation was called "Operation Spearhead" for it was consequently made up of roughly half of the PRV military, with the other half in use for home world security. The events that lasted for a week had been known infamously as the "One Week War".
The military of the U.N. Federation is straining itself to try and counteract the PRV invasion of the Earth Sphere, but to no avail as the Venusian Vanguard Corps defeated the Federal Forces time and time again. Their only chance now was to move up Gundam Production into the creation of Massed Produced Gundams, unlike the currently in use GM Mobile Suits. And if not, try to simplify the weaponry used by the prototype Gundams to be used by any of the U.N. Federation's front line and Special Forces Mobile Suits. There were numerous reports of Prototype Gundams that were put into military service were beginning to push back the Venusian Vanguard Corps in small battles and giving the U.N. Federation a little taste of victory. There were also independent nations upon the Earth who are also counteracting the attacks of the Venusian Vanguard Corps from attacking their homelands and giving a sense of hope to their people. But even these small victorious battles were insignificant compared to the number of victories the PRV has been gaining for about a week since initial fighting began in the war. Moral was slipping within the ranks of the Federal Forces.
In the San Francisco Base, the Gundam Factory was in full rush development. They had to get their newest weapons upon the field for trials and afterwards, simplify them for mass productions and mass distribution to U.N. Federal Forces Mobile Suits. The only weapons that were already tested and ready for mass production by the start of the war were the Beam Sword, Beam Shield, the 120 mm Auto Cannon Assault Pack, limited VSBR weaponry, the new Gatling Shield Pod, The Beam Launcher, Heat Rod weaponry and Heat wires. These weapons had a slight impact upon the war, but not enough. The Beam Sword was an effective weapon, but used twice the energy of a beam Saber and takes twice as long to recharge, although it has been developed to have longer time duration then even heat weaponry. The Beam shield was revolutionary, but did not change the tide of battle in favor of the U.N. Federation. The Venusian Vanguard Corps also had Beam Shields, and no doubt that a majority of PRV Mobile Suits have Beam Shields, though the beam shields of the U.N. Federation can be used as a large beam blade weapon. The 120 mm Auto Cannon Assault Pack was very useful in counterattacking enemy units, but it uses up its ammo supply. The limited VSBR weaponry also had the same defect, since the VEBR is not connected to the Mobile Suit's Minovski Reactor and also true to the Gatling Shield Pod, which uses up its ammo supply rather quickly and limits maneuverability to low skill pilots. The Beam Launcher is more or less a beam bazooka, but more powerful then either beam rifles and normal bazookas, but have a limited ammo supply to effectively use in heavy combat. Heat Rods and Heat Wires are too difficult to control and use effectively and so used only by aces.
The San Francisco Base has recently created new Gundams for their resident newtypes before the war. The Gundam Wing Zero, which uses the same ZERO system as the Epyon, an experimental Twin Buster Cannon in which has enough power to destroy a torus colony with one attack and rip through the hull of an Island-3 colony. A Buster Shield that has a jabbing head and a large Beam Shield Emitter atop of it, armed also with vulcan cannons. There were also small gatling pods built into the Wing Zero's shoulders that are quite capable of penetrating the armor of most Mobile Suits. Beam Shields were also built into the forearms of the Wing Zero as an emergency. Beam Sabers stored in its shoulders and Beam Swords stored in its wings. The wings look like a mix of angel wings and space boosters, no one could really tell what it looked like, but it gave the Wing Zero excellent maneuverability in space and on Earth.
The Gundam Double X was more like a sopped upgrade of the Gundam X, with two satellite cannons. But it is also armed with six vulcans; two in the head and four near the ventilation grill. The new Hyper Beam Swords, which had even more power and duration time then the Beam Swords were stored in the hip armor and a variety of other weapons can be used upon it. Beam shields were impossible to use upon the forearms of the Double X, so it carries a beam shield by hand. The Double X is also armed with a specialized beam rifle that can be used as a sniper rifle to take out enemy targets. The Double X uses the FLASH system like that of its predecessor, and can dock with the experimental space fighter, the G-Falcon.
The Gundam F-91, which is the prototype gundam that was being tested with the VSRB weaponry, is also being modified for combat and uses a Psycommu system similar to the Gundam Double Zeta, but can work backwards as well. It has a beam shield in the left fore arm and an emergency beam shield stored on the right hip armor. The VSBRs are built into the backpack of the F-91 and can swing into an underarm firing position quickly, but is also armed with a beam rifle since VEBRs can drain much energy from the reactor. The Beam Sabers are stored in the left hip armor and can be modified to have either the new Hyper beam sword or a beam sword similar to the one found on the Epyon Gundam. The Gundam F-91 is slightly smaller then standard Gundams and so has heat radiators in strategic locations and armor that can melt off by thin layers to radiate heat from the reactor. But can be modified to use microwaves like the Gundam X to either power up the VSBRs or to boost up the energy of the Gundam.
The Gundam G-4 "Alex" was, in essence, a direct descendant to the first Gundam, the RX-78. The basic frame of the Alex was based upon the RX-78, but then there were several other differences that made the Alex superior to the first Gundam. For instance the beam sabers have a higher energy output then the original RX-78's beam sabers. The Alex had more verniers across the framework of the Gundam and the armor is made of Gundanium instead of the outdated Lunar Titanium and the Vulcans were slightly larger then the RX-78. The Alex had a spherical cockpit design with a linear seat that was far superior then the old core block design of the RX-78 and can be used as an escape pod for emergencies. The fore arms are armed with Gatling pods that are capable of putting holes into many mobile suits and can be outfitted with a specialized external chobham armor that is useful from surviving enemy bombardment and a high powered beam rifle along with other weapons.
These Gundams had to be upgraded quickly to combat because of a threat of Vanguard Corps attacks. There were also programs to create massed produced Gundams. One Gundam design was based upon the U.S. Army's Land GM, but designed differently. The Ground Gundam had a storage rack and container that can carry its weapons and relief the strain of the supply corps and, in emergencies, carry personnel. The Ground Gundam also has a vulcan and multi-launcher on the left side of the chest area and beam sabers stored in its legs and other special modifications. Though one ventilation grill makes the Ground Gundam threatened of overheating, plans are now being made to give the Ground Gundam two ventilation grills. There were also the simplified Gundam mobile suits that would be used by the Space Forces. It looked like a Gundam, with the same large shoulder armor housing either the side verniers or some other equipment, the antenna crest upon its forehead and slim design, but it had several hard points for other equipment and weaponry. This first simplified space Gundam was to be code named "G- Savior" to delude Venusian Spies. There were also plans on an aquatic Gundam and aerial Gundams, but the U.N. Federal Forces high command didn't think that it would be necessary for specialized Gundams for defense upon the Earth's Surface.
Heero Yuy was sitting upon the shoulder of the Wing Zero, overlooking the Gundam Factory. His thoughts were occupied by many things, the war, being a newtype, and Relena, his first love.
'Relena…..'
Heero-sama? Garrod popped right in front of Heero.
Garrod-san, what are you doing?
Aren't you concerned about this war Heero-sama?
Hn……somewhat.
What do you mean somewhat?! We're at war with probably the most dangerous and devious enemy ever faced-
What about the Space Pirates of the Asteroid Belt?
Besides them. Look Heero-sama we- Hey what's that? Garrod spies a picture of Relena that Heero was holding. Heero quickly hid the picture, but Garrod already has an idea of what was actually on his mind. Oh………..so you were thinking of her huh Heero-sama?
Look Garrod-san, I am not-
Naw it's okay. I'm not going to make fun of you Heero-sama. Actually I'm kind of jealous of you.
Jealous?
Yah, jealous because you got someone to fall in love with? I, in the other hand-
So you don't have a girlfriend Garrod-san?
Nope, still looking for one.
Well obviously I can't help you there Garrod-san.
True, but still….having someone love you, care for you deeply and all that seems kind of ………oh I don't know, nice.
So then, you have someone in mind?
No, none really. Guess it's because of father that I don't see much of anyone. He is overprotective if you remember correctly.
Yah, either that or he already has someone in mind?
Like who?
From what I can remember about our family's traditions, Ojisan's probably betrothed you to some daughter of some business partner of his or something like that.
Probably……but there's always that one chance right?
Maybe…..so how goes your training as the Double X's pilot? Heh, why should I even ask? You're a newtype that can pilot almost anything.
Yah well that's the problem. I can pilot the Double X, piloting it well is a totally different subject. And you?
Well the Wing Zero responds rather well, and I basically know most of the basic operations of the Zero, but there's that one thing that I can't get used to.
The Gundam AI?
Yah, I'm not used to pilot something that can talk back.
True, especially if it sounds like it was trying to get fresh with you.
Yours does?
Doesn't your?
No, just talks like a regular computer voice.
Hn….maybe it's just me.
Probably. Then a mechanic approaches them.
"Hey you two, the boss says that you are going out on shorte in five!"
"Right!" Heero turns to Garrod. Garrod-san, we have to go in five minutes.
Right, lets see who gets the most enemy units, eh Heero-sama! Garrod puts on the flight helmet.
Hey Garrod-san, do me a favor and don't call me Heero-sama alright?
Huh? Okay, as long as you don't call me Garrod-san, okay.
Right. Heero goes into the cockpit of the Wing Zero and starts up the Gundam's computer.
"All. Systems. Are. In. Full. Operations." The Zero Computer replied.
"Right. This is Heero Yuy in the Gundam Wing Zero, ready for shorte."
"Roger that Wing Zero, you are cleared for launch." The Wing Zero goes into the catapult bay and launches into the sky. A few minutes later joined by Garrod in the Double X. Heero then activate weapon systems and set them to stand by mode, ready to attack. His knuckles go white as he clutches the control sticks, his index finger itching to pull the trigger button.
Heero! Three Ebirhu-Ss and a single Dahgi Iris heading our way!
I see them Garrod! I'll take the leader, you'll handle the other three! Then Heero flies off and uses his vulcans at the Dahgi Iris.
Hey! No fair! Garrod pulls out the Hyper Beam Swords and accelerated towards the three Ebirhu-Ss. The Ebirhu-Ss fired their shot claws, vulcans and Beam Spray discharges at Garrod, but the mulbiple verniars allows the Double X to avoid the enemy fire and get close enough to the Vanguard Mobile Suits to slice them in half.
Meanwhile, the Dahgi Iris is using its torso mounted beam gun and beam rifle to shake off the perusing Wing Zero, but to no avail. Not only is the wing/boosters giving the Wing Zero extreme maneuverability but the beam shields are being used to reflect the beam discharges near the Dahgi Iris. The Wing Zero is close enough to the Dahgi Iris for close hand-to-hand combat. The Dahgi Iris pilot reacts quickly and unsheathes the beam saber and block the attack from the Wing Zero's Beam Swords. But the pilot falls for the ruse and Heero uses the jabbing head of the Buster Shield and aims it into the cockpit of the Dahgi Iris, killing the pilot.
Pretty good Heero, you really showed that Vanguard how to fight!
Yah well knocking out three mobile suits with one sword swipe is rather impressive too yah know.
We'd better get back to base, I'm hungry!
Right. Heero then turns on the communications channel to the San Francisco Base. "This is Wing Zero to base. Enemy Reconnaissance Mobile Suits are out of commission. Repeat, enemy reconnaissance mobile Suits are out of commission."
"Roger that Wing Zero. Kill is confirmed. You may return to base."
"Roger that base." The Wing Zero and Double X then accelerated towards the San Francisco Base. But neither of them realizes that there was a second Dahgi Iris hiding in the ruins of southern San Francisco, observing their shorte with the Reconnaissance group. The pilot of the second Dahgi Iris then sets up laser communications with the capitol ship hiding under the stealth sphere of the PRV's newest weapon, the cloaking devise.
"This is Viper 7 to Vionna, I have spotted two of the U.N. Federation's experimental anti-capitol ship Mobile Suits."
"This is the Vionna, are you able to confirm what type of weapons these mobile suits have?"
"Not yet, but I have observed that the two mobile suits have excellent mobile suit combat skills. The pilots may be new types."
"I see. Continue monitoring, I will see if we can find a way to find out what kind of weapon these 'Anti-Capitol ship Mobile Suits' actually have."
"Roger, over and out."
~*~
Garrod and Heero exit their Gundams and walk down the catwalk that leads out of the Gundam Hangar bay.
What I wouldn't do for a milkshake! The junk they serve on this base tastes terrible!
Now you know why the soldiers seem gloomy and itching for a fight Garrod. Heero commented to his cousin.
Yah….you got a point there- Hey look! Newbies! Garrod points at two young Asian descents escorted by soldiers. One was a female with brown hair in a Chinese Bun and the other was a male with his hair dyed blue.
Hn…looks like they're drafting newtypes again. Heero noted from previous activities made by the U.N. Federation.
Yah…it does seem like that. We should welcome them and-
I don't think so. Motions at the new newtypes' faces. I think that they'd rather be alone.
Oh…..maybe later then. Heero sweatdrops at that moment. Garrod never seems to feel negative about anything, always the happy-go-lucky guy. You know, that girl seems kinda cute.
Whatever you're planning, leave me out of it.
Aw come on! It'll be fun!
I said no.
Pleeeese!
I said no! Then they noticed that the two new newtypes were walking towards them.
Hello there sweetie- Then Heero hits Garrod on his head rather hard. ITAIIIIIIIII!!!! What was that for?!?!
What did I say about not everyone speaks Japanese-
Actually I'm quite fluent in Japanese. I'm rather not very good at English. The girl interrupted Heero.
Really? Oh good, finally someone else to talk to, no offense Heero.
None taken.
"Um….what did you three say?" The blue dyed boy asked Heero, obvious that he does not know the Asian dialect.
"We're just saying hellos. I am Heero, and this is my cousin Garrod."
"Oh, well my name is Seabook Arno and this is Miaka Yuuki. We just met." Miaka bows at Garrod and Heero.
"I can see that." Heero commented.
"Do you two want to go to the break room and get to know one another more?" Seabook asked.
"Sure, but aren't the two of you going somewhere?"
"Not really, they were just showing us where our rooms are." Soon the four newtypes walked towards the break room, a rare opportunity for newtypes to get to know newtypes.
~*~
Atop of a large and distant hill in southern San Francisco, a Venusian Vanguard Corps officer uses his binoculars to observe the San Francisco Base. The officer was wearing ragged clothing that would befit a bandit and he had blond hair that reached the middle of his back and deep blue eyes. Several moments later, a female Vanguard Corps officer walked up to him and saluted, he saluted back. The female officer had her hair dyed light purple and reached to her thighs and had and odd iris coloring of what seemed to be purple.
"Sir, when will we be attacking the Base?"
"Patience Major Kaen Haku, we will strike soon. But right now we must follow orders and wait for our action signal."
"Yes but Colonel Nakago, the rest of us are wondering why we are using these outdated Bipedal Locomotion Tank Mechs."
"As we all know Captain, the Earth is riddled with Bandits who possess these outdated Mechs. High Command wants us to use them as a distraction so that we can get to the newtypes within the facility and maybe if we're lucky, take pictures of the U.N. Federation's new models. We may have the largest percentage of newtypes in the military, but we still have the smallest number of newtypes compared to the U.N. Federation."
"I understand Colonel, but don't you think that it is risky if we fight against Mobile Suits?"
"I know that too, but you must remember the old Earthor saying 'All things do not appear as they seem'. Now then, make sure that no one jumps the gun prematurely, understood?"
"Understood." Captain Kaen Haku saluted and left for the other five soldiers in the operation.
The Bipedal Locomotive Armored Mechanized Tank Units (BLAMTU), or Mechs as they were commonly called, were the forerunner and ancestor of the Mobile Suit and had served in the Earth Military and some off-world colonies since long before the outbreak of World War III in 2089. The Mechs were considered walking battleships for they have massive amounts of fire power and armor, enough to rival even artillery type Gundams, but due to the weight in fire power and armor makes them bulky and slow, nothing like the able agility of the Mobile Suits. There were even Mechs that were so heavy that they needed four legs to carry themselves and even rumors of Mechs that can launch nuclear warheads and they were code named Ballistic Panzer Mechs.
The Mechs first started as Bipedal Locomotive Mechanized Construction and Mining Units (BLMCMU), or Laborers as they were sometimes nicknamed, for commercial construction and mining. The first prototype model was built and tested in 2054 and mass production of the BLMCMU and became commonplace by 2064. But then they evolved to have weaponry in 2069 and soon they grew in size from the mere 4 meter tall BLMCMU to the standard 10-meter tall military war machines. The locomotion of the earlier models had the reversed joint form that was design to hold their weight efficiently and theoretically improve their speed. The crude manipulator claws were poor in hand-to-hand combat. But then improved into larger claws with attached laser, machine gun and beam weaponry and even had weaponry pods to replace the manipulator forearm of the Mechs as well as an assortment of cannons and missile batteries upon the dorsal back of the Mechs.
Then in 2084, the Mechs evolved into a humanoid appearance and had more human looking manipulator hands, but they were still clumsy and slow in speed. In time these Mechs helped the development of the Mobile Suits. Some would argue that the Mobile Suits are just a new evolution to the Mechs but there is a clear difference between Mechs and Mobile Suits. The Mechs were developed primarily for Land Warfare, nothing else while the Mobile Suits can be designed to operate on land, sea, air and space. These roles left empty by the advent of the Mechs were filled by the Submersible Combat Fighter Craft, the Space Combat Fighter Craft and the ancient but reliable Air Combat Fighter Craft. Though there were some developments in creating jump jets or rockets to give the Mechs the limited ability of flight and some were modified to have arc jets and resistojets along their body frame and magnetic binder devices for work on micro gravity construction and mining projects.
After the advent of the Mobile Suits, Mechs almost disappeared from the military of all Nations on the Earth and off. Many of them became targets for test firing while some were the first line of defense for most colonists and even returned to the original purpose of construction and off- world mining, but a few were sold on the black market, making them available to robbers, bandits, and rebel armies.
As the Vanguard Corps Soldiers looked over their mechs, Colonel Nakago looks over the base one more time and makes a sinister smirk.
~*~
In one of the many break rooms, Seabook, Miaka, Garrod and Heero were talking. The break room that they were in has a view of the Gundam Factory. Outside they can see the new NRX-018-2 Daughtress Neo being manufactured.
"So you're from the Torus colony number 100489 right Seabrook?" Heero asked the blue hair Asian decent.
"Yes, my father's a micro-g metal welder on the colony. Though he used to develop metal alloys and composites for the military. He's the one who first refined Gundarium and Gundanium."
"Interesting….."
"Yah..but my father couldn't stand his accomplishments be used in warfare…."
"Yah…well it would happen sooner or later right?"
"I guess so…" Then he turns towards Miaka and Garrod talking in Japanese. "Wonder what they're talking about?"
"I'll translate if you want."
"Really? Thanks!" Heero starts translating what Miaka and Garrod are talking about.
..And in the spring everything seems to come alive with beauty once the cherry blossoms bloom. The air filled with sweet fragrance. Miaka finishes.
Wow…..I'd like to visit Japan. I've always heard about it, but never got the chance to go there.
Why don't you're family go to Japan for a vacation?
I don't know. They never give me the details. So then, how's about we have dinner and- Garrod's invitation was interrupted by Miaka's sudden outburst.
Oh, I'm sorry. But I already have a boyfriend. Garrod face faults from what she has just said.
"Self explanatory." Heero comments to Seabrook.
"Yes, I can see that…"
Geeze….every single time… Garrod mumbles as another attempt to gain a girlfriend back fired.
He's so kind to me and he loves me as much as I love him…….we would spend so much together going out to the shopping centers and go on sunset drives, see movies, just have fun… Miaka starts to describe her boyfriend.
Geeze, first rejection and now this…..? Garrod mumbles to himself.
Huh? Did you say something?
What? Oh nothing! Nothing at all! Please continue.
Oh there's so much to say! He's so wonderful!
Great, now I'll have to hear as to how wonderful-hey, what's his name anyway? Garrod though before he begins to ask. Say, what's his name anyway?
His name is Sou, Sou Kishuku…. Miaka said dreamily….
"Sou Kishuku? I know the guy!" Seabook exclaimed. Miaka and Garrod looked at him strangly.
"You do?"
"Yah, we grew up together. Last I've heard of him, he was enlisting in the U.N. Federal Forces and that was weeks ago."
What did he just say Heero? Miaka asked.
Oh, Seabook said that he knows your boyfriend and the last time he saw him, he was going to be enlisted. It took Miaka a few minutes for the information to sink into her mind before-
WHAT!?!?!?! THAT LYING SON OF A BITCH!! HE PROMISED ME!!!
"Uh oh…"
"This won't be good…." Then suddenly another Asian decent in a U.N. Federal Forces uniform walked passed the door. But then walked back and saw Miaka having a fit.
Miaka?
SOU YOU FUCKING LIER!
"EEP!!" But before he was able to escape, Miaka jumped on him and starts to beat him up badly. "Somebody help!!!"
"I'm not that stupid. You're on your own Sou." Seabook said, unable to save his childhood friend because of an angry girlfriend.
"Hn…maybe we should go somewhere else more quiet…"
I think now is a good time to leave. The three newtypes leave the breakroom, leaving Sou to deal with his angry girlfriend.
"SOMBODY HELP!!!!"
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Night has befallen the base and the stars begin to appear as the night shift guards report their positions to make sure that no one gets into the base without permission and, if the situation demands it, call out the MPs. One guard is reporting to the Western Gate of the base where a previous guard begins to yawn and salutes.
"Sir, Sergeant Marcus Oppenheimer reporting for guard duty sir!" The young Army Sergeant reported, almost giving the old guard near deaths experience.
"Yah Yah, I hear yah." He saluted back. "Let me guess, this is your time huh slick?"
"Sir, yes sir."
"Well all I can tell you is that this is the most boring shift in the entire book of shit ass boring-" Then suddenly the old guard sees a large Mech foot descending upon the gate-house. "Holy shit get out of the way!!" The two guards jumped out of the way as the Mech crushed the gate-house and fired missiles from its dorsal silos.
The missiles flew towards the direction of the nearest guard tower and, from a proximity fuse, destroyed the tower. An alarm then sounded and platoons of soldier rushed out of their garrisons only to find a 13 meter tall Mech aiming its anti-personnel cannon straight at them. The bullets of the cannon ripped through the soldiers like they were nothing and used its manipulator claw to grab onto a jeep and threw it towards another building where it crashed and burned.
"This is Lieutenant Koutu Bu, code named Amiboshi, I have entered the base's inner parameter and now firing inferno missiles. " The Mech fires rather large missiles from secret pop up silos and into a warehouse where it released its napalm weaponry and started a fire. Another Mech similar to the first one appeared from the air with the use of its jump jets and used the weapon pod upon its arm to fire pulse lasers and create more damage and chaos.
"This is Lieutenant Shunkaku Bu, code named Suboshi, I have also entered the base." Just then a GM Custom appeared from an elevator and it oddly had two GM Rifles instead of the usual single issue.
"Enemy Suit!" Both Mechs fired their pulse lasers at the GM and the helpless mobile suit exploded into a fiery ball of twisted metal and smoke.
"Suboshi! That was my target!"
"No little brother, that was my target!"
"Would the two of you quit arguing! This is an important mission!" Captain Kaen Haku called out over the com system from her Mech. It was rather huge, over 18 meters tall, and had a quadrapedal locomotion to support its weight. Upon its back were two turrets, one was a small two-barrel turret that fired small beams and a larger, more heavier turret that fired battleship sized beam discharges along side with missiles. Along the sides were small laser turrets that fired upon mobile suits that came to close to it along with an assault turret that fired both beams and bullets underneath the "head" unit of the Mech and machine guns on the forelegs for use in close quarters combat. On the undercarriage of the Mech was another turret that fired beam pulses and also towards the rear was what seems to be the doorway to a personnel carrier deck.
A Daughtless suit charged at the huge Mech with a beam saber, but the beam dissipated as it found out that the Mech had a beam disperser field and used its forelegs to force down the Daughtless. The Mech used its machine guns, riddling it with holes until it was weak enough to be crushed by the Mech's weight.
"This is Major Kaen Haku, code name Soi, I have entered the Mobile Suit Garrison and now attacking the enemy Mobile Suits." In the Personnel carrier of the Mech, the Vanguard Soldiers were holding onto anything within reach of their restraints as the Mech shook with each step.
"Hey! Easy up there! We're down here too you know!" A man wearing face painting and a rather odd attire that looked like it was suited for a Chinese Sorcerer then a soldier yelled into the com system.
"Calm down Captain Ruo Chuin, I'll let you off soon with the rest of the guys." Captain Kaen Haku said from the view screen.
"Not soon enough!" Then what appeared to be a young child floating went towards Ruo and rested a hand upon his shoulder.
"Calm yourself Tomo, we will be off of this blasted thing."
"Thanks Major Miboshi." Then Ruo looked at Miboshi and shivered slightly. "You know, I'm never going to get used to you in that body."
"Well this wouldn't have happened if a certain wolf-man used the bloody bazooka the right way!" The wolf-man, Miboshi was talking of, was appearing in his Mech. The Mech had its legs attached to its back in an odd fashion and looked as if it had a reversed joint configuration but actually has a humanoid leg fashion. The manipulator arms were human like and had a weapon pod and a beam saber unit preeminently attached to the forearm on the right arm and a beam shield unit on the left. The Mech also features an anti- personnel weapon pod as a heavy assault machine gun and a missile pod on its legs. But the Mech's true weapon was its unusual agility and speed for a Mech as it sliced up groups of Mobile Suits at a time.
"This is Captain Ashitare, I have broken through the second defense line, now approaching the third!" Ashitare fired missiles at a mobile turret and destroying it as he sliced up two mobile suits in one swipe. "Area now clear Colonel Nakago."
"Thank you Ashitare." Nakago arrived on jump jet into the base. The Mech had a humanoid frame in a cold blue color scheme. It had humanoid Manipulator arms as well as weapon pods in its fore arms and chest cavity and missile silo in the shoulders and legs. On the back were high thrust jump jets as well as a flip over shoulder cannon that has the same fire power as a low grade patrol ship's main cannons. It has an anti- aircraft/mobile suit radar controlled turret that looked like a head unit and vulcans on either side of the cockpit.
The attack force then closes in on one of the secret factories building advanced Gundams and other types of mobile suits. Ashitare enters the building first and sees the new Daughtless Neos as well as an improved GM Land based Mobile Suit, and transformable Mobile Suits.
"This is Ashitare, I have located new types of Mobile suits, looks like mass produced versions."
"Do you see any of the Anti-Capital Ship Gundams anywhere?"
"That is a negative Colonel Nakago, there are no Anti-Capital Ship Gundams. But it seems as if they were developing space modified Daughtless suits."
"Then take care of them, we have to hold our advantage of space for as long as we can."
"Affirmative Colonel." Ashitare fires his missiles and destroys the Mobile Suits within his sites. Explosions rocked the facility as fire raged throughout the framework of the building. The suits being built within the building and the spare parts were destroyed as the flames licked all that they touch them. Ashitare rips through a hole in the weakened wall and exits the building while firing at Daughtless and Serpent Mobile suits.
Meanwhile Amiboshi enters a building and unknown to him, this was an elevator to the bases subterranean levels for large vehicles and mobile suits.
"Colonel Nakago, I am unable to locate any of the U.N. Federation's Anti- Capital Ship Gundams. What should I do?"
"Where are you?" Colonel Nagako asked as he fired missiles at the enemy.
"I'm in an empty building, there's nothing in here." The colonel thought for a moment before he comes up with a suggestion.
"This building may have some significance to this base. Take as many pictures as possible as a precautionary and get out of there. We already have a few newtypes!"
"A few sir?"
"Yes, it seems that Intelligence has underestimated the number and efficiency of the soldiers that would come and protect their precious Newtypes. Everyone! Fall back immediately!" The Mechs soon exited the base as quickly as possible, leaving a burning heap of rubble of a base in their wake.
~*~
Morning came and all the personnel that have survived the attack prepared to salvage all the equipment they can and place them into VTOL Cargo Jet Aircraft to be moved to another feasible location, the Travis Aerospace Force and Mobile Suit Training Base in the Solano county. They were lucky that most of the base was subterranean and that most of their important Mobile Suits, weaponry, and vehicles have been stored in these levels, but the last raid may reveal to the Vanguard Corps that there are subterranean levels to the base. The transport must be made quickly before another attack by the Vanguard could be made.
Heero, in the mean time, makes a phone call with one of the only phones still connected to a phone line on the surface. He dials a number and waits for the connection.
Hey Heero! What'cha doing?
I'm just making a call, that's all. Heero said as he can hear the rings on the other line.
And I guess that you're calling Relena right?
Would you just stay out of it?
Okay, okay, okay. I'll see you later, Romeo! Garrod runs off before Heero could react.
"Hello?" Heero can hear Relena's voice on the phone.
"Relena-" Heero was interrupted by Relena's sudden outburst.
"Oh god Heero are you all right?! I just heard on the news about the base being attacked! I've been so worried that you would have been-"
"It's all right Relena, I'm fine. Anyway, we're being relocated because of threat of attack. I would tell you where, but we may be attacked. We have to keep it secret until we are able to protect ourselves from Vanguard attack and keep the Gundams safe until we ship out to space. Don't worry I'll go to the mansion as soon as we are settled enough to go off base."
"Oh Heero….." Relena breathed a sigh of relief. "I love you.."
"I love you too Relena." He cuffed the mouth peace so that he can make that last sentence a secret since Heero fully didn't feel like being joked at right at the moment. "I'll see you soon Relena."
Heero hangs up the phone and he grabs his belongings for the flight to Travis. Miaka walks up to Heero with a phone card for long distance in her hand.
Are you done? May I use the phone now? Heero nods. But as he was about to leave, Miaka said something. I think it's sweet what you said to Relena. She smiles at him.
"Ugh…I'll never get used to this Newtype idea…" Heero shivered as he exited. Miaka picks up the phone and dials a number on her phone card, waits and listens for a bit, then dials a number. Then she hears some ringing on the pone and finally a reciever being picked up.
Hello, this is the Hongo residence. May I ask why are you calling in long distance-
Yui! Yui it's me, Miaka!
Miaka? Miaka is it you? It is you! Oh god it's been such a long time! How come you didn't call me sooner?
Well the U.N. Federation needed newtypes so-
Let me guess, they drafted you didn't they? The two Asian decents talked about just about everything from what was going on at either side of the Pacific to how family was handling amist the angry stares and comments that Miaka hears as they wait impatiently for the past hour.
..and to think that the sons of the famous Ran and Yuy family are here also!
I know, you have got to tell me more of this!
I will soon. Bye Yui!
Bye Miaka! Yui hangs up the phone and Miaka skips away with her phone card. Meanwhile at the Hongo residence, the Hongo family members were held hostage at gunpoint by the Venusian Vanguard. Leading the Vanguard soldiers were the top officers of the famed Vanguard Squadron, Ice Cold Dragons.
"So, did she tell you where their new base will be located?" Yui shakes her head, she is already influent in English. "Hn…I guess we should send out Recon suits." Colonel Nakago nods to some of the Vanguard Soldiers and they head off towards the covert van. "You, however are coming with us. It will be helpful if there will be no resistance."
Head bowed in shame, Yui walks with Nakago to the van and she hopes that she will be able to see her family again soon.
~*~
Several days have past since the survivors of the San Francisco Base attack have occupied the Travis Base by the Venusian Vanguard. The Travis Base is now using all of the secret underground levels that had been build since before World War III, when the threat of a nuclear attack was very apparent. Now the subterranian levels are being used for the Gundam Corps Development Team for the research and development of weapons to be used against the Venusian Vanguard.
There is a rumor being spread around all U.N. Federation Bases and Allied Armed Forces upon the Planet Earth. The Joint Generals of the U.N. Federation Military Council have devised a plan, an operation to turn back the Venusian Vanguard and regain control of the Earth Sphere. They say that new fleets are being constructed as of this moment and will soon join the battle torn Earth Space Navies for this operation. The Soldiers needed the hope of an offensive operation for the Venusian Vanguard are pushing the U.N. Federal Forces out of Space which is currently a vital link to resources needed to maintain their military might. Morale between the Fedral Forces is also extremely low from the constant defeats and raids made by the Venusian Vanguard.
Those rumors were true, that the Federal Forces is massing for a major offensive against the Venusian Vanguard. Mobile Suits and Spaceships are being constructed even at this moment at the Shipyards of Mars. Data from the Gundam Corps Team have been sent via laser transmissions update the Martian Shipyards of new Mobile Suit Technologies and new designs constantly made and remade as several new models are put into full production. The Daughtless Neo was the first of these new Mobile Suit Designs. Soon they will create the new GMs and Gundam Designs that will ultimately be superior then the Venusian Vanguard Forces.
The G-Falcon being developed by the Gundam Corps Team is the prototype for the future development of the revolutionary G-Boosters. The G-Boosters is somewhat different to the G-Falcon but similar in purpose. The G-Boosters are unmanned Artilary Support for the Gundams and other Space Warfare Mobile Suits in which they connect to the backpack port of the Mobile Suit and can also provide the Mobile Suits with uncanny speed and agility. Armed with large Beam Cannons and a battery of missiles and Mobile Suit Weapons in Pods and having claws for close range combat, they will be more then a match for the lightly armed Venusian Vanguard Mobile Suits and even capable of taking out a Capital Ship. This was a secret weapon developed in total secret as soon as the war started. TheVenusian Vanguard Corps had heard rumors of a new secret U.N. Federation Weapon so powerful that it could destroy a Capital Ship with one shot and cappable of attacking and desimating an entire fleet. The Venusian High Command had sent word from this and assumed that it was a mobile suit developed for that soul purpose but they have not antipated that it would not only be mass-produced but also constructed at another site.
~*~
At the construction site of the Venusian Expeditionary Headquarters of Alpha Platform, General Deikun Barton was speaking to the Commander and Chief of the Venusian Armed Forces and second most important figure in the PRV, Sky Marshal Aiguille Delaz.
"Marshal, we have secured our position here at Alpha Platform. The U.N. Federation is unable to strike back currently and construction of Alpha Platform is going as scheduled. In fact it shall be ready by the end of the month." Deikun Barton reported.
"Exelent. The council shall be pleased as to the development on the Earth Front." Marshal Delaz leaned back against his leather chair.
"Marshal, permission to speak freely."
"You may."
"When will the first Expeditionary Fleet be ariving to Alpha Platform?"
"Very soon General, very soon. I would like to disclose the information, but you know how paranoid the Council is. All I can tell you that the 7th Space Fleet will arrive shortly."
"The 7th Space Fleet sir?" Deikun is very familiar with that fleet. Especially their fleet commander, Admiral Cima Garahau. She is the most unprincipled and moraly lacked military officer in the entire PRV Military and she had the fortunate luck, and unfortunate luck to the lower ranks, to be the next Sky Marshal.
"Yes General, my successor. The fleet is being mobilied and shall meet you soon enough. I will have to end our transmission unfortunately. It's been too long since we had last talked."
"Indeed Marshal. Long live Venus."
"Long may Mother Venus protect us." The transmission ends.
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Well I hope you people like this chapter, I really worked hard on it. Well maybe a bit, but I promise you that Heero's secret will be revealed soon in part 11. Well I'll see you all soon, bye.