Not Jetting Alone: Chapter 2
Standard Disclaimer: I swear on the smufs, THE SMURFS!!! That I don't own Evangelion or Gundam. Really I mean it!!
Thanks for the encouraging reviews so far. Lets see what this next chapter brings.
The events of A HUMAN WORK to the point of the premiere of the Jet Alone
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The JSSDF
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The chairman for the exposition walked onto a short stage built for the event smirking slightly. He would enjoy the stunned faces of the crowd, and the two officials NERV had sent, they had received data on the Jet Alone not the real project. And it was likely that the Jet had been sabotaged, either by NERV or his superiors in SEELE. When the jet went out of control he would have the 'real' focus of the event step in, with those thoughts in mind he began speaking.
"Ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for attending this exhibition by Nippon Heavy Industry Solidarity. You will be observing the official demonstration from the control room. Are there any questions?"
As he expected NERV's top scientist was first to raise her hand.
"Yes!"
" Ah, the famous Dr. Akagi Ritsuko! I am very glad to see you here."
"May I ask a question?"
"Absolutely."
"According to the explanation, the unit is equipped with an internal combustion engine.
"Yes. It's a big feature of this unit--continuous operation for 150 days is assured."
"But looking at it from a safety perspective, you risk too much using an internal reactor in a land-battle weapon."
"It's more useful than a weapon which lasts less than 5 minutes without its power cord."
"But there would be problems with remote-control in an emergency situation."
"Our system is more humane--it doesn't cause mental illness in pilots simply from the stress."
"Stop, Ritsu. This is childish."
That was unexpected the chairman thought, he didn't expect that captain Katsuragi wouldn't support her colleague
"Your human interface system also has problems."
Not that it stopped the good doctor regardless of her friend's intervention.
"It's safer than your system--yours can allow a dangerous weapon to go wild. A weapon without control is insane. It's like a woman in hysterics-- nobody can deal with one."
That barb got to her he saw. Although she didn't dwell on it for long and moved on to defend her organization.
"Our technology and pilots are ready for such a situation."
"Do you really think that science and the human mind are able to control those monsters? Are you serious?"
"Yes, I am absolutely serious."
"Because you trust such unreliable minds, NERV allowed that loss of control to happen. As the result, the United Nations was forced to supplement your already huge budget. Do you know that there are more than 20 thousand starving people in some countries? The cause of that incident is still under investigation--you're lucky you're protected by a super-legal act."
"Say anything you want, but except for NERV's primary weapon, nothing can defeat those enemies."
"You mean the AT-field? That's only a matter of time. NERV's epoch will not last forever."
The chairman smirked arrogantly; this was too funny he would review the tapes later to see the expressions of the other 'guests' after the event. At the moment however most of his attention was focused on the two NERV officials.
"At that, you can consider it ending as of today."
Behind him the screen flared to life showing the unit JA rising from the ground. The chairman walked to the side of the screen to allow the entire crowd to view the battle mecha. In his own opinion however the Jet Alone was by no means a pretty machine.
"We're about to start the demonstration of the JA. There's nothing to worry about. No danger at all. Please watch from that window there."
A staff member who would be helping to control the JA stood up.
"Ready to start.
"Start the test!"
He replied, turning to watch the JA's control crew toss notifications to one another.
"Release all engine units."
"Pressure is regular."
"Circulation in the cooling system, no problem."
"Control rods, full release."
"Engine going through critical point."
"Power, no problem."
"Start walking."
"Walk. Move ahead slowly. Raise right foot ahead."
"Roger. Walk. Move ahead slowly. Raise right foot ahead."
"Balance is nominal."
"Engine is nominal."
"Roger. Next stage. Raise left foot ahead."
"Go ahead."
"Ah, walking normally. That's something to be proud of."
He looked poignantly at Captain Katsuragi for a moment, but his focus of attention suddenly changed when he heard a few of the control crew gasp fearfully.
"What's wrong?"
"The reactor pressure is increasing!"
"The temperature of the first level cooling liquid is also rising."
"Open the release valve! Pump in the neutron-deceleration liquid!"
"Negative! The pumps are not responding."
"Stop power. Emergency halt!"
"Transmission of the halt signal verified."
"It was not accepted."
"The wireless connection isn't carrying through."
"It's out of control!"
The chairman couldn't help grinning.
"Then lets call down our real test subject."
The communications officer quickly saluted and immediately went to work.
"Nippon Base calling Star one release Unit Wing!"
"Roger that."
High above the building in orbit a jet like craft was released from where it had been waiting peacefully in the arms of docking clamps that had held it securely in place. It quickly entered the atmosphere, as it broke through the upper levels the seams of an outer shell glowing a bright cherry red before it broke away revealing a form that was slightly smaller.
Back in the Nippon Industries base, the crowd was anxiously looking between the rapidly approaching JA and the fighter that was being shown on another large screen that had descended next to the original one and was capturing video of Unit Wing from a convenient satellite as it efficiently sped through the ozone layer and homed in on the rampaging JA.
Suddenly a horrified gasp raced through the crowd as the front of Unit wing seemed to fold down as if the fighter were collapsing in on itself. Ritsuko would have pointed this out immediately in a fit of triumph of NERV's technology if she hadn't been staring at the JA at the time.
The view on the second screen shifted to a ground point of view and the crowd was able to grasp what had happened to Unit wing.
"It changed!"
The chairman rolled his eyes at the obvious comment by some rich man's escort but turned back to the screen to see the newly arrived mecha land lightly between the JA and the building.
"Inform Unit Wing that he is to proceed with caution as there is a possibility of a nuclear explosion."
"Roger"
"Sir! Auto defense programming coming online in Unit JA!"
The chairman swore for effect and continued to watch.
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Outside
----------
The Jet Alone hunched forward in a pail imitation of the Third Angel and swung a lengthy arm at the smaller Unit Wing, who ducked under it and dropped the Buster rifle to the ground drawing its beam saber from the storage compartment within the shield.
At the same time the Jet Alone raised it's arm again and brought it down on Unit Wing's shoulder. It flexed it's knees to absorb the impact of the blow but the heavily reinforced concrete was given imprints of the mecha's feet as it buckled slightly under the force of incredible pressure.
Unit Wing almost casually lopped the arm off at the shoulder with its weapon, sending the other machine reeling off its center of balance greatly disturbed by the loss of the limb. The smaller unit spun about to bring it's beam saber through the Jet Alone's waist causing the larger unit to fall to the pavement, it's remaining arm flopping uselessly as it tried to right itself.
----------
Inside
----------
The chairman was smiling broadly but he was quickly able to school his features into a grave mask as he turned to a somber control crew.
"The Jet Alone project is a loss, have Unit Wing brought to the display area after it finishes disabling the JA and have repair teams get that reactor offline."
Chapter two!!
What are the JSSDF and Nippon Heavy Industries planning? You'll have to find out. R&R
~Rohan5
Standard Disclaimer: I swear on the smufs, THE SMURFS!!! That I don't own Evangelion or Gundam. Really I mean it!!
Thanks for the encouraging reviews so far. Lets see what this next chapter brings.
The events of A HUMAN WORK to the point of the premiere of the Jet Alone
---------
The JSSDF
---------
The chairman for the exposition walked onto a short stage built for the event smirking slightly. He would enjoy the stunned faces of the crowd, and the two officials NERV had sent, they had received data on the Jet Alone not the real project. And it was likely that the Jet had been sabotaged, either by NERV or his superiors in SEELE. When the jet went out of control he would have the 'real' focus of the event step in, with those thoughts in mind he began speaking.
"Ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for attending this exhibition by Nippon Heavy Industry Solidarity. You will be observing the official demonstration from the control room. Are there any questions?"
As he expected NERV's top scientist was first to raise her hand.
"Yes!"
" Ah, the famous Dr. Akagi Ritsuko! I am very glad to see you here."
"May I ask a question?"
"Absolutely."
"According to the explanation, the unit is equipped with an internal combustion engine.
"Yes. It's a big feature of this unit--continuous operation for 150 days is assured."
"But looking at it from a safety perspective, you risk too much using an internal reactor in a land-battle weapon."
"It's more useful than a weapon which lasts less than 5 minutes without its power cord."
"But there would be problems with remote-control in an emergency situation."
"Our system is more humane--it doesn't cause mental illness in pilots simply from the stress."
"Stop, Ritsu. This is childish."
That was unexpected the chairman thought, he didn't expect that captain Katsuragi wouldn't support her colleague
"Your human interface system also has problems."
Not that it stopped the good doctor regardless of her friend's intervention.
"It's safer than your system--yours can allow a dangerous weapon to go wild. A weapon without control is insane. It's like a woman in hysterics-- nobody can deal with one."
That barb got to her he saw. Although she didn't dwell on it for long and moved on to defend her organization.
"Our technology and pilots are ready for such a situation."
"Do you really think that science and the human mind are able to control those monsters? Are you serious?"
"Yes, I am absolutely serious."
"Because you trust such unreliable minds, NERV allowed that loss of control to happen. As the result, the United Nations was forced to supplement your already huge budget. Do you know that there are more than 20 thousand starving people in some countries? The cause of that incident is still under investigation--you're lucky you're protected by a super-legal act."
"Say anything you want, but except for NERV's primary weapon, nothing can defeat those enemies."
"You mean the AT-field? That's only a matter of time. NERV's epoch will not last forever."
The chairman smirked arrogantly; this was too funny he would review the tapes later to see the expressions of the other 'guests' after the event. At the moment however most of his attention was focused on the two NERV officials.
"At that, you can consider it ending as of today."
Behind him the screen flared to life showing the unit JA rising from the ground. The chairman walked to the side of the screen to allow the entire crowd to view the battle mecha. In his own opinion however the Jet Alone was by no means a pretty machine.
"We're about to start the demonstration of the JA. There's nothing to worry about. No danger at all. Please watch from that window there."
A staff member who would be helping to control the JA stood up.
"Ready to start.
"Start the test!"
He replied, turning to watch the JA's control crew toss notifications to one another.
"Release all engine units."
"Pressure is regular."
"Circulation in the cooling system, no problem."
"Control rods, full release."
"Engine going through critical point."
"Power, no problem."
"Start walking."
"Walk. Move ahead slowly. Raise right foot ahead."
"Roger. Walk. Move ahead slowly. Raise right foot ahead."
"Balance is nominal."
"Engine is nominal."
"Roger. Next stage. Raise left foot ahead."
"Go ahead."
"Ah, walking normally. That's something to be proud of."
He looked poignantly at Captain Katsuragi for a moment, but his focus of attention suddenly changed when he heard a few of the control crew gasp fearfully.
"What's wrong?"
"The reactor pressure is increasing!"
"The temperature of the first level cooling liquid is also rising."
"Open the release valve! Pump in the neutron-deceleration liquid!"
"Negative! The pumps are not responding."
"Stop power. Emergency halt!"
"Transmission of the halt signal verified."
"It was not accepted."
"The wireless connection isn't carrying through."
"It's out of control!"
The chairman couldn't help grinning.
"Then lets call down our real test subject."
The communications officer quickly saluted and immediately went to work.
"Nippon Base calling Star one release Unit Wing!"
"Roger that."
High above the building in orbit a jet like craft was released from where it had been waiting peacefully in the arms of docking clamps that had held it securely in place. It quickly entered the atmosphere, as it broke through the upper levels the seams of an outer shell glowing a bright cherry red before it broke away revealing a form that was slightly smaller.
Back in the Nippon Industries base, the crowd was anxiously looking between the rapidly approaching JA and the fighter that was being shown on another large screen that had descended next to the original one and was capturing video of Unit Wing from a convenient satellite as it efficiently sped through the ozone layer and homed in on the rampaging JA.
Suddenly a horrified gasp raced through the crowd as the front of Unit wing seemed to fold down as if the fighter were collapsing in on itself. Ritsuko would have pointed this out immediately in a fit of triumph of NERV's technology if she hadn't been staring at the JA at the time.
The view on the second screen shifted to a ground point of view and the crowd was able to grasp what had happened to Unit wing.
"It changed!"
The chairman rolled his eyes at the obvious comment by some rich man's escort but turned back to the screen to see the newly arrived mecha land lightly between the JA and the building.
"Inform Unit Wing that he is to proceed with caution as there is a possibility of a nuclear explosion."
"Roger"
"Sir! Auto defense programming coming online in Unit JA!"
The chairman swore for effect and continued to watch.
----------
Outside
----------
The Jet Alone hunched forward in a pail imitation of the Third Angel and swung a lengthy arm at the smaller Unit Wing, who ducked under it and dropped the Buster rifle to the ground drawing its beam saber from the storage compartment within the shield.
At the same time the Jet Alone raised it's arm again and brought it down on Unit Wing's shoulder. It flexed it's knees to absorb the impact of the blow but the heavily reinforced concrete was given imprints of the mecha's feet as it buckled slightly under the force of incredible pressure.
Unit Wing almost casually lopped the arm off at the shoulder with its weapon, sending the other machine reeling off its center of balance greatly disturbed by the loss of the limb. The smaller unit spun about to bring it's beam saber through the Jet Alone's waist causing the larger unit to fall to the pavement, it's remaining arm flopping uselessly as it tried to right itself.
----------
Inside
----------
The chairman was smiling broadly but he was quickly able to school his features into a grave mask as he turned to a somber control crew.
"The Jet Alone project is a loss, have Unit Wing brought to the display area after it finishes disabling the JA and have repair teams get that reactor offline."
Chapter two!!
What are the JSSDF and Nippon Heavy Industries planning? You'll have to find out. R&R
~Rohan5
