Mobile Future U-Gundam
By Seraphilim
In Solar Year 2300, overpopulation threatened the future of humanity on Earth, and people moved to space to live in "colonies" that orbit the Earth. Humanity thrived for over a hundred years before tensions arose between colonists and mother Earth. A radical space group, called the Neo Combine, has rallied support and pledges of allegiance from numerous colonies. Within two decades, the Combine had grown to a formidable nation, holding over half of the colonial population in its grasp. The Earth Republic, having attempted non-violent resolutions to the Combine's rebellious activities, began to use decisive force to combat the colonial revolutionaries. Within a month, half of the space colonies had been ravaged or destroyed, numerous cities on Earth had been demolished, and over five billion people killed in the name of "revolution" or "unity". The war continued on into the new century, with both sides unwilling to give any ground. In the minds of some of the leaders of the two factions, there was no neutral ground. You were either with, or against, the revolution.
It is now Solar Year 2421. The farthest colony from Earth, New Geneva, is about to become a historical event in the history of this war…
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"Rachel."
"…"
"Rachel. Wake up."
"…"
"Rachel! It's eleven o'clock in the morning! Wake UP!"
Light filtered through the window. In the small room, a young girl sleepily awoke to find her mother standing over her, a cross look on her face.
"Rachel. Just because you are a teenager, doesn't mean you have to act like one and sleep in all the time! You have many more useful things you could be doing instead. Now get up, and get dressed. You missed breakfast, so you'll have to settle for cereal."
Rachel Lanson stared blankly at her mother, not registering what she was saying immediately. Once it clicked, she nodded.
"'Kay, Mom."
Her mother gave her a little smile, and then left the room. Alone, the dark-skinned teenager swung her legs out from under the sheets, and sat up on the side of the bed. She rubbed her eyes with one hand to get the sleep out from them. Yawning, she stood and let the blue and white blanket fall to the bed. Still tired, Rachel shuffled to the bathroom and took a brief shower.
Feeling more awake, she brushed her teeth, combed her hair, and went through all the things a normal girl at her age would do. Returning to her room, she tossed the pink pajamas she was wearing into the hamper, and dressed herself in a set of pink underwear, a v-cut white shirt, long black shorts that reached her shins, and a black sweater with a white hood. Going to her dresser, she retrieved her pink hairclip from it, and pinned up her hair into a ponytail. Finally, she donned a pair of white socks, and then pulled on a pair of black and white sneakers. After fastening the straps on her shoes, she headed downstairs for breakfast, her usual bowl of corn/wheat cereal.
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A mile outside of the colony, a medium-sized warship floated in the darkness of space. It was a dark gray color, with a long main hull and two engines placed to the sides and back of the main part of the ship. A hatch on the nose of the ship opened, and five large objects were shot forth from the depths of the ship in the direction of New Geneva. The objects, which now resembled mobile suits, slowed down as they neared the colony, and continued the rest of their trip at a much lower pace. Each mobile suits was somewhat tall and thin, with rounded shoulder armor and a noticeable thruster-pack mounted on their backs. They each carried a sizable 100mm primer-based rifle. On each MS's head, there was a visor where eyes would be on a person, and two long horns jutted back from the sides of the heads where ears normally would be. Below the visor-sensors, the mouth area was flat, yet with a single pointed extrusion in the chin area.
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They arrived alongside the colony and found an airlock. The leader began to cut it open with a large blowtorch-type of tool.
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An hour later, Rachel found herself walking down the street towards the space docks. She'd heard yesterday from a friend of hers from high school that a new ship was coming in. Odd for a teenaged girl, Rachel was fascinated by spaceships and other spacecraft, including the recent "mobile suit". That especially interested her. Being a science genius at school, the fact that these machines were so human-like in appearance and movement, and managed to perform tasks that normal machines couldn't, intrigued her greatly. She wished she was a few years older, so she could get into the military or a flight school to pilot one, just once, to experience it first-hand.
As she neared the docks, Rachel stumbled across two of her friends from high school: Gustav Stephens and Emiko Mitsuishi. Both were standing by the gates leading to the docks. Gustav was the first to speak, as he ran a hand through his short blond hair.
"Hey, Rachel. I was wondering when you'd show up."
Rachel gave a little wave as she neared them.
"Hi guys. What're you doing here?"
Emi placed a hand on her hip, and cocked her head, allowing her long and luxurious blue hair to fall over her shoulder.
"Well, we know you well enough to know you'd come here today, after Gus here told you that the new ship his father's on was coming in."
Rachel rubbed the back of her head.
"Ehehehe… I'm that predictable?"
Both Gustav and Emi looked at each other, then back at Rachel.
"Yup."
Rachel held up both hands in defeat. Laughing, Gustav walked through the open gate, showing the guard his pass.
"These two are with me, Max."
The guard looked the trio over, and tipped his helmet up and smiled.
"No problem, Gus. Say hi to your pops for me."
"Will do, Max. See you later."
The trio of teenagers continued on into the docks themselves, where several commercial ships were, well, docked. On the far side, Rachel could see two distinctly military ships had just arrived, judging by the activity near them.
One she recognized as an Earth Republic Tendra-class warship, but the second was a new line of warship that she'd never seen before. It was larger than the Tendra, and was also longer. It was colored gray and blue, and the main hull had a small control tower centered on top. Two smaller hulls extended back from the sides, with engines on the rear ends. The main hull was wider in the back, where a lot of the activity was going on. Gustav whistled.
"Whoa. Dad described the thing to me, but I didn't picture THIS."
Emi folding her arms across her ample chest and frowned.
"It looks like just another warship, or something."
Gustav pointed at a particular part of the ship; though neither of the girls could figure exactly what it was he was he was trying to point out.
"Well, it's a warship alright. But, this one is different. It has a much larger hangar than others, so it's more like a carrier than a battleship. Those engines, according to Dad, are supposedly powerful enough to let this thing exit Earth's gravity on it's own, which is pretty impressive. The Tendras can't do that. They need a booster to escape gravity. There was a bunch of other stuff Dad told me, but I don't remember too much of it. I'll ask when we see him."
The three teens continued their wanderings around the ship, until Rachel heard a familiar voice.
"Rachel! What are you doing here?"
Rachel turned to see her mother, Westa Lanson, decked out in a Republic uniform, with a clipboard in hand. Westa was surprised that her daughter would be here; nobody was allowed into the docks without a special pass.
Rachel gave a little wave.
"Hi, Mom."
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The airlock was finally opened. Opening his comm line, the lead pilot gave his orders.
"Gates, you stay here. The others will come with me. Understood?"
A chorus of acknowledgements responded.
"Right. Let's go."
Four of the red MS entered the airlock, and the last took a guard position nearby.
Within a few minutes, all four had entered the colony through the other end of the airlock. Landing in a forest area, the leader was happy to note that he could see the docks from where they were. Lifting his rifle to the MS's "face", he peered through the scope towards the docks. He spotted both the Tendra and the new warship.
"Bingo."
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"How did you get… oh, I see."
Westa recognized Rachel's friend, Gustav, as the son of Lieutenant Hal Stephens. Westa sighed and crossed her arms, tapping the clipboard against her side.
"Rachel, I don't mind you coming here, but next time, mind telling me first?"
Rachel grinned sheepishly.
"Yeah, sorry Mom. I'll remember that."
"Good. Well, we're pretty much finished with the loading, so I guess I could give you three a little tour aboard the Unity."
Gustav's eyes shined in delight.
"Really, Mrs. Lanson!?"
Westa turned and began walking towards the ship's hangar.
"Sure. Come on, kids."
The three trailed after her. Emiko called out a question to Westa.
"What's Unity?"
"It's this ship. First of its kind."
The four of them entered the Unity's hangar. Inside, Rachel immediately noticed something: mobile suits. Four. She recognized two as the Republic's mainstay Dray mass-production mobile suits, but the other two were distinctly different. Gustav made his amazement vocal.
"Wow."
Westa grinned as she hooked a thumb towards the two special MS.
"What do you think? These are prototypes of our new weapon to defeat those Combine rebels. It's called Gundam."
Rachel stared silently at the white and purple MS on the right.
"Gundam…"
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Episode One, Complete
By Seraphilim
In Solar Year 2300, overpopulation threatened the future of humanity on Earth, and people moved to space to live in "colonies" that orbit the Earth. Humanity thrived for over a hundred years before tensions arose between colonists and mother Earth. A radical space group, called the Neo Combine, has rallied support and pledges of allegiance from numerous colonies. Within two decades, the Combine had grown to a formidable nation, holding over half of the colonial population in its grasp. The Earth Republic, having attempted non-violent resolutions to the Combine's rebellious activities, began to use decisive force to combat the colonial revolutionaries. Within a month, half of the space colonies had been ravaged or destroyed, numerous cities on Earth had been demolished, and over five billion people killed in the name of "revolution" or "unity". The war continued on into the new century, with both sides unwilling to give any ground. In the minds of some of the leaders of the two factions, there was no neutral ground. You were either with, or against, the revolution.
It is now Solar Year 2421. The farthest colony from Earth, New Geneva, is about to become a historical event in the history of this war…
---
"Rachel."
"…"
"Rachel. Wake up."
"…"
"Rachel! It's eleven o'clock in the morning! Wake UP!"
Light filtered through the window. In the small room, a young girl sleepily awoke to find her mother standing over her, a cross look on her face.
"Rachel. Just because you are a teenager, doesn't mean you have to act like one and sleep in all the time! You have many more useful things you could be doing instead. Now get up, and get dressed. You missed breakfast, so you'll have to settle for cereal."
Rachel Lanson stared blankly at her mother, not registering what she was saying immediately. Once it clicked, she nodded.
"'Kay, Mom."
Her mother gave her a little smile, and then left the room. Alone, the dark-skinned teenager swung her legs out from under the sheets, and sat up on the side of the bed. She rubbed her eyes with one hand to get the sleep out from them. Yawning, she stood and let the blue and white blanket fall to the bed. Still tired, Rachel shuffled to the bathroom and took a brief shower.
Feeling more awake, she brushed her teeth, combed her hair, and went through all the things a normal girl at her age would do. Returning to her room, she tossed the pink pajamas she was wearing into the hamper, and dressed herself in a set of pink underwear, a v-cut white shirt, long black shorts that reached her shins, and a black sweater with a white hood. Going to her dresser, she retrieved her pink hairclip from it, and pinned up her hair into a ponytail. Finally, she donned a pair of white socks, and then pulled on a pair of black and white sneakers. After fastening the straps on her shoes, she headed downstairs for breakfast, her usual bowl of corn/wheat cereal.
---
A mile outside of the colony, a medium-sized warship floated in the darkness of space. It was a dark gray color, with a long main hull and two engines placed to the sides and back of the main part of the ship. A hatch on the nose of the ship opened, and five large objects were shot forth from the depths of the ship in the direction of New Geneva. The objects, which now resembled mobile suits, slowed down as they neared the colony, and continued the rest of their trip at a much lower pace. Each mobile suits was somewhat tall and thin, with rounded shoulder armor and a noticeable thruster-pack mounted on their backs. They each carried a sizable 100mm primer-based rifle. On each MS's head, there was a visor where eyes would be on a person, and two long horns jutted back from the sides of the heads where ears normally would be. Below the visor-sensors, the mouth area was flat, yet with a single pointed extrusion in the chin area.
---
They arrived alongside the colony and found an airlock. The leader began to cut it open with a large blowtorch-type of tool.
---
An hour later, Rachel found herself walking down the street towards the space docks. She'd heard yesterday from a friend of hers from high school that a new ship was coming in. Odd for a teenaged girl, Rachel was fascinated by spaceships and other spacecraft, including the recent "mobile suit". That especially interested her. Being a science genius at school, the fact that these machines were so human-like in appearance and movement, and managed to perform tasks that normal machines couldn't, intrigued her greatly. She wished she was a few years older, so she could get into the military or a flight school to pilot one, just once, to experience it first-hand.
As she neared the docks, Rachel stumbled across two of her friends from high school: Gustav Stephens and Emiko Mitsuishi. Both were standing by the gates leading to the docks. Gustav was the first to speak, as he ran a hand through his short blond hair.
"Hey, Rachel. I was wondering when you'd show up."
Rachel gave a little wave as she neared them.
"Hi guys. What're you doing here?"
Emi placed a hand on her hip, and cocked her head, allowing her long and luxurious blue hair to fall over her shoulder.
"Well, we know you well enough to know you'd come here today, after Gus here told you that the new ship his father's on was coming in."
Rachel rubbed the back of her head.
"Ehehehe… I'm that predictable?"
Both Gustav and Emi looked at each other, then back at Rachel.
"Yup."
Rachel held up both hands in defeat. Laughing, Gustav walked through the open gate, showing the guard his pass.
"These two are with me, Max."
The guard looked the trio over, and tipped his helmet up and smiled.
"No problem, Gus. Say hi to your pops for me."
"Will do, Max. See you later."
The trio of teenagers continued on into the docks themselves, where several commercial ships were, well, docked. On the far side, Rachel could see two distinctly military ships had just arrived, judging by the activity near them.
One she recognized as an Earth Republic Tendra-class warship, but the second was a new line of warship that she'd never seen before. It was larger than the Tendra, and was also longer. It was colored gray and blue, and the main hull had a small control tower centered on top. Two smaller hulls extended back from the sides, with engines on the rear ends. The main hull was wider in the back, where a lot of the activity was going on. Gustav whistled.
"Whoa. Dad described the thing to me, but I didn't picture THIS."
Emi folding her arms across her ample chest and frowned.
"It looks like just another warship, or something."
Gustav pointed at a particular part of the ship; though neither of the girls could figure exactly what it was he was he was trying to point out.
"Well, it's a warship alright. But, this one is different. It has a much larger hangar than others, so it's more like a carrier than a battleship. Those engines, according to Dad, are supposedly powerful enough to let this thing exit Earth's gravity on it's own, which is pretty impressive. The Tendras can't do that. They need a booster to escape gravity. There was a bunch of other stuff Dad told me, but I don't remember too much of it. I'll ask when we see him."
The three teens continued their wanderings around the ship, until Rachel heard a familiar voice.
"Rachel! What are you doing here?"
Rachel turned to see her mother, Westa Lanson, decked out in a Republic uniform, with a clipboard in hand. Westa was surprised that her daughter would be here; nobody was allowed into the docks without a special pass.
Rachel gave a little wave.
"Hi, Mom."
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The airlock was finally opened. Opening his comm line, the lead pilot gave his orders.
"Gates, you stay here. The others will come with me. Understood?"
A chorus of acknowledgements responded.
"Right. Let's go."
Four of the red MS entered the airlock, and the last took a guard position nearby.
Within a few minutes, all four had entered the colony through the other end of the airlock. Landing in a forest area, the leader was happy to note that he could see the docks from where they were. Lifting his rifle to the MS's "face", he peered through the scope towards the docks. He spotted both the Tendra and the new warship.
"Bingo."
---
"How did you get… oh, I see."
Westa recognized Rachel's friend, Gustav, as the son of Lieutenant Hal Stephens. Westa sighed and crossed her arms, tapping the clipboard against her side.
"Rachel, I don't mind you coming here, but next time, mind telling me first?"
Rachel grinned sheepishly.
"Yeah, sorry Mom. I'll remember that."
"Good. Well, we're pretty much finished with the loading, so I guess I could give you three a little tour aboard the Unity."
Gustav's eyes shined in delight.
"Really, Mrs. Lanson!?"
Westa turned and began walking towards the ship's hangar.
"Sure. Come on, kids."
The three trailed after her. Emiko called out a question to Westa.
"What's Unity?"
"It's this ship. First of its kind."
The four of them entered the Unity's hangar. Inside, Rachel immediately noticed something: mobile suits. Four. She recognized two as the Republic's mainstay Dray mass-production mobile suits, but the other two were distinctly different. Gustav made his amazement vocal.
"Wow."
Westa grinned as she hooked a thumb towards the two special MS.
"What do you think? These are prototypes of our new weapon to defeat those Combine rebels. It's called Gundam."
Rachel stared silently at the white and purple MS on the right.
"Gundam…"
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Episode One, Complete