Mobile Suit Gundam Century's Dawn
The calendar of the Universal Century has reached the year 300. The Earth has fallen into a state of disarray due to a
war against an organization of countries who are seeking total world domination. Even though the Earth Federation has
numbers on their side, they are being overwhelmed by the battle-hardened soldiers of the Alliance of Middle-Eastern
Countries. This is because they had one advantage: strange humanoid machines that could devastate entire platoons
with a single strafe. To make matters worse, the Colonies have severed all diplomatic and economic ties.
Now, one ship will reawaken an ancient power that will turn the tides in this Century Dawn War.
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Koshiro and Lee were forced down near a large mountain. Once there, they discovered a hidden Earth Federation facility
housing two incredible Mobile Suits called Gundams. The Exalon arrived and started to look for them but they spotted
Mileena's Zaku heading towards them head on. Koshiro got inside the Gundam and is now heading towards the Exalon.
[Title: Gundam's Wraith]
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As Koshiro rode the Gundam up, he tried to remember what caused him to enter this thing in the first place. He wasn't a
military officer, he wasn't a technician, heck, he had trouble riding a bicycle. But here he was, in the cockpit of
a strange giant robot, over 200 years old. And he was about to go into battle against a battle-hardened soldier bent on
getting revenge for who knows what. And to make matters worse, he still couldn't find anything which looked like a
monitor. But... why did all this feel like it was something he had to do, like he knew it all along? That scared him
even more.
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Up on the surface, Commander Lucas along with Tasha Benson and Henry Kozuko were setting up some scanning
equipment. The scanner would use radar the same way bats would to find their way to see inside the mountain if there
was anything inside at all.
"Okay, Commander, we're ready on this end," Henry announced.
"All right. Tasha, let it rip."
From her remote station, Tasha activated the scanner. A faint thumping sound came from the machine. Tasha reported
what was on her display.
"Okay, let's see what we have here... Commander, there is... I think it's a mine shaft. It goes far into the mountain.
The scanner reads about two miles and that's the limit of the range of the scanner."
"All right. Henry, let's get some digging equipment and..."
It was then that the phone at Commander Lucas' belt rang. He picked it up. "Lucas."
"Commander," came the voice of Helm Officer Muro Okawa. "Sensors are detecting a Zaku Mobile Suit..."
Suddenly large bullets pierced the shell of the scanner and destroyed it sending Lucas, Tasha, and Henry diving for
cover from the exploding shrapnel.
"Commander, are you all right?" Muro asked over the phone.
"Fine, but I think your info has come a little too late. Activate all weapons."
"Sir, most of our weapons are still down."
"Well activate the ones that are still working. Shoot that Zaku down!"
Three cannons came out from the Exalon and tried firing but the Zaku was at a bad angle for them.
In the cockpit, Mileena exploded in a thunderous rage. She will avenge Naram by completely destroying the Feddy ship.
Any hope of logic or reasoning had long since gone from her mind. Now, only revenge remained.
"Die, you Feddy bastards!" She shouted in a war cry. She got her heat hawk out and looked around for a target.
She spotted Commander Lucas, separated from the others. Her first act of revenge, killing the captain of the ship
that killed Naram. She got ready to split the Commander into two.
"Commander, no!" Tasha called out.
"Noah, look out!" Muro warned abandoning all formalities.
Suddenly the ground around them started to shake. Everybody turned to see two slabs of rock in the side of the mountain
part open like elevator doors. Behind them was a large metal panel with the Earth Federation logo.
"There WAS a Federation base here!" Mileena deduced.
"What the hell is that?" Lucas asked.
"Oh my God!" Tasha gasped.
"That's the Federation symbol," Muro recognized.
The panel rose like a garage door. Inside, a panel clicked into place. The Gundam was on it. It slowly rose and walked
forward.
"I... I don't believe it!" Lucas stuttered. "It's a Gundam!"
"A what?" Henry asked.
"The Federation had been developing a Mobile Suit. How could our intelligence not know this? I must destroy it!"
Seeing the Mobile Suit seemed to ease the anger a little. Mileena rose her heat hawk again and charged the Gundam.
Koshiro grunted as the heat hawk struck against the Gundam's armor skin. "Great, I'm fighting blind."
"Koshiro, can you hear me?"
"Huh? Who's that?"
"It's me, Lee Moshiro."
"Lee? How are you...?"
"The control room has a communication program with the Gundam," Lee explained.
Lee was right. She had a headset and now had a visual on what's outside. "Koshiro, listen to me, I discovered that
there's a reason this Gundam has no monitors. It apparently has some sort of interface sequence. But until someone
can figure out how it works, I'll be your eyes. Now listen very carefully, imagine a clock, a giant clock and you're
at the center of it."
"O... okay."
"Now listen for my instructions." Lee began calling out numbers. "Koshiro, eleven o'clock, attack now!" Koshiro moved
the Gundam fist up and punched Mileena's Zaku. The Zaku stumbled back.
"How did he do that?" Mileena asked and moved to attack it from behind.
"Koshiro, six o'clock!" This time, the Gundam's foot met the chest of the Zaku.
"Incredible!" Henry commented. "It's like that Mobile Suit knows exactly when and where the Zaku is going to attack."
"Hand-to-hand combat," Commander Lucas muttered. "Grandpa never wrote about a Gundam doing that."
"Koshiro," Lee called. "I checked the computer files and the Gundam does have weapons. There are two vulcan cannons
in the head. Use them."
Koshiro spotted a button on the side of the handle on the left. He pushed it.
Outside, bullets lanced out from the Gundam and straifed the top of the Exalon.
"Koshiro, stop! You're going to hit the Exalon."
{And that's a bad thing?} Koshiro thought to himself. He was still upset that the Exalon had a hand in destroying
Scatterhaven.
"Koshiro, the Zaku is coming at nine o'clock, turn left and use the vulcans!" Koshiro complied with Lee's instructions.
The Zaku was thrown to the ground.
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The battle was not going unnoticed. High in the sky on board the Zeon, Captain Garrett watched along with Ben, Rashad,
and the Base Commander.
"So the Federation have been developing Mobile Suits of their own," Garrett mused.
"It doesn't look so tough. I could probably beat it with one hand tied behind my Mobile Suit's back," Ben bragged.
"Then why don't you?" Garrett asked.
"What the hey, sure."
"Ben, take Rashad and a some other Zakus. They'll make sure your battle with the Feddy's Mobile Suit is fair."
"Fairs are for tourist," Ben quipped. "But if they want to watch, go right ahead."
Rashad scowled. He didn't like being a spectator.
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Koshiro let loose with a one-two combo that made Mileena drop her heat hawk. Mileena quickly fired her machine gun.
"Lee, does this thing have any defenses?"
"According to the computer files, it does. A Beam Shield."
"Beam Shield? What's that?"
"Who knows, just activate it."
"Okay."
On the outside, a gauntlet on the Gundam's right forearm rose a little. A blue glow in the shape of a shield appeared.
The shield reflected most of the bullets.
Suddenly the Gundam reached behind him and pulled out one of the poles that was in its back. Holding it out vertically,
a beam of energy came out of it. It formed a sword-like weapon.
The Gundam charged forward. With one swing, it cut off Mileena's right arm, then did the same thing with her left arm.
It then went with a horizontal slice, separating the Zaku's legs from the rest of it.
Mileena felt herself plummet to the ground. She banged her head on the control panel.
"Ow," she moaned. Then sat up. Her cockpit was falling apart. Her controls weren't working, but miraculously, her
power was still connected to her scanners. Her view screen showed the Gundam standing over her, looking menacing.
For once in her life, Mileena was scared.
Suddenly the Gundam was strafed with lasers. Only a quick raise of his Beam Shield arm protected the Gundam.
Everybody turned to see several Zakus descend from the sky. These Zakus held beam pistols, not normal machine guns.
With them was a large black Zaku with spikes on its shoulder and forearm crescent-shaped blades.
"The Dark Messiah," Mileena recognized.
"Lee, what's going on? How about an update?" Koshiro asked.
"Several more Zakus just landed, and one of them looks pretty menacing. Hold your shield in front of you and brace for
anything."
Koshiro nodded and raised the beam shield.
Ben saw this. "Nice try, robot, but Archangel can more than take it. He strikes with the wraith of heaven." Suddenly the
spikes shot out at the Gundam. They were attached to large metal cables. They wrapped themselves around the Gundam's
leg and dragged it down. The Gundam lost its grip on the energy saber.
Koshiro grunted and fired the Vulcans again. This time, he didn't care who he hit. The bullets made their way up to
the mono eye of Ben's Zaku. A visor slid together to cover the eye.
"Ha!" Ben said harshly. "Is that the best you can do?"
The Gundam's hand reached out and gripped the cables and began pulling on them. Archangel fell on his butt.
The Gundam's other arm reached out and gripped the head of Ben's Zaku. It began squeezing it.
Monitors sparked and Ben covered his face to protect himself from them. "I guess I've underestimated this Federation
Mobile Suit."
Archangel reached out slugged the Gundam in the stomach. Koshiro grunted, it felt like he was getting punched and not
the Gundam. Archangel raised his fist again. Ben knew that if he could strike the chest region enough times, the Mobile
Suit would be done for. As he brought his fist down, the Gundam's hands reached up and stopped it. It actually
began crushing the hand.
Everybody couldn't believe what happened, especially Lee considering Koshiro had no window to the outside world.
"It seems that I'm going to need some strategy." The cables released the Gundam and took off. The other Zakus also
began taking off.
"Hey! What about me?" Mileena called out. "Hello! Someone pick me up here!"
One of the Zakus looked down at her. "Hey, what about Mileena?"
"Leave her," came the voice of Captain Garrett. "You'll just get caught by the Federation if you go back for her.
Return to base."
"Do it," echoed Ben. He was semi-worried for the deranged officer. The Zakus headed off into the horizon.
Koshiro pulled the Gundam back into its original position. The damage screens showed that the armor plating on the back
has been damaged but only minorly. Overall there was nothing major wrong with it.
The Gundam's chest hatch opened and Koshiro stepped out onto the Gundam's palm. The Gundam lowered its hand in front of
Commander Lucas, Tasha, and Henry.
"I am Commander Noah Lucas, commanding officer of the Exalon," he introduced.
"Koshiro Anaka. I should use this thing to stomp you flat for destroying my hometown."
"Oh no you won't," Henry said pulling his gun on Koshiro. Commander Lucas stretched out his arm signalling Henry to stop.
"You're right. You have every right to stomp on us. But are you aware that that Gundam you're in is Federation property?
You would've been branded a traitor and a force would've been sent to destroy you."
"What's a Gundam?" Tasha asked although she had a pretty good idea of what they were talking about.
"You want to destroy us yet you helped us," Lucas pointed out.
"I owe you guys for rescuing me. Now we are even."
"That's right. Now the question is... what do we do now?" Koshiro and Lucas stared at the Gundam as if it held all the
answers.
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Koshiro agrees to accompany Lucas and the Exalon to the Federation Military Headquarters in Washington. Captain Garrett
and the Zeon begin to pursue them. A spy on the Exalon steals the blueprints for the Gundam. And Paiyako returns
to the ruins of Scatterhaven and fears the worse.
Next episode: Rebellion and Deception.
Alliances will be formed... and tested.
The calendar of the Universal Century has reached the year 300. The Earth has fallen into a state of disarray due to a
war against an organization of countries who are seeking total world domination. Even though the Earth Federation has
numbers on their side, they are being overwhelmed by the battle-hardened soldiers of the Alliance of Middle-Eastern
Countries. This is because they had one advantage: strange humanoid machines that could devastate entire platoons
with a single strafe. To make matters worse, the Colonies have severed all diplomatic and economic ties.
Now, one ship will reawaken an ancient power that will turn the tides in this Century Dawn War.
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Koshiro and Lee were forced down near a large mountain. Once there, they discovered a hidden Earth Federation facility
housing two incredible Mobile Suits called Gundams. The Exalon arrived and started to look for them but they spotted
Mileena's Zaku heading towards them head on. Koshiro got inside the Gundam and is now heading towards the Exalon.
[Title: Gundam's Wraith]
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As Koshiro rode the Gundam up, he tried to remember what caused him to enter this thing in the first place. He wasn't a
military officer, he wasn't a technician, heck, he had trouble riding a bicycle. But here he was, in the cockpit of
a strange giant robot, over 200 years old. And he was about to go into battle against a battle-hardened soldier bent on
getting revenge for who knows what. And to make matters worse, he still couldn't find anything which looked like a
monitor. But... why did all this feel like it was something he had to do, like he knew it all along? That scared him
even more.
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Up on the surface, Commander Lucas along with Tasha Benson and Henry Kozuko were setting up some scanning
equipment. The scanner would use radar the same way bats would to find their way to see inside the mountain if there
was anything inside at all.
"Okay, Commander, we're ready on this end," Henry announced.
"All right. Tasha, let it rip."
From her remote station, Tasha activated the scanner. A faint thumping sound came from the machine. Tasha reported
what was on her display.
"Okay, let's see what we have here... Commander, there is... I think it's a mine shaft. It goes far into the mountain.
The scanner reads about two miles and that's the limit of the range of the scanner."
"All right. Henry, let's get some digging equipment and..."
It was then that the phone at Commander Lucas' belt rang. He picked it up. "Lucas."
"Commander," came the voice of Helm Officer Muro Okawa. "Sensors are detecting a Zaku Mobile Suit..."
Suddenly large bullets pierced the shell of the scanner and destroyed it sending Lucas, Tasha, and Henry diving for
cover from the exploding shrapnel.
"Commander, are you all right?" Muro asked over the phone.
"Fine, but I think your info has come a little too late. Activate all weapons."
"Sir, most of our weapons are still down."
"Well activate the ones that are still working. Shoot that Zaku down!"
Three cannons came out from the Exalon and tried firing but the Zaku was at a bad angle for them.
In the cockpit, Mileena exploded in a thunderous rage. She will avenge Naram by completely destroying the Feddy ship.
Any hope of logic or reasoning had long since gone from her mind. Now, only revenge remained.
"Die, you Feddy bastards!" She shouted in a war cry. She got her heat hawk out and looked around for a target.
She spotted Commander Lucas, separated from the others. Her first act of revenge, killing the captain of the ship
that killed Naram. She got ready to split the Commander into two.
"Commander, no!" Tasha called out.
"Noah, look out!" Muro warned abandoning all formalities.
Suddenly the ground around them started to shake. Everybody turned to see two slabs of rock in the side of the mountain
part open like elevator doors. Behind them was a large metal panel with the Earth Federation logo.
"There WAS a Federation base here!" Mileena deduced.
"What the hell is that?" Lucas asked.
"Oh my God!" Tasha gasped.
"That's the Federation symbol," Muro recognized.
The panel rose like a garage door. Inside, a panel clicked into place. The Gundam was on it. It slowly rose and walked
forward.
"I... I don't believe it!" Lucas stuttered. "It's a Gundam!"
"A what?" Henry asked.
"The Federation had been developing a Mobile Suit. How could our intelligence not know this? I must destroy it!"
Seeing the Mobile Suit seemed to ease the anger a little. Mileena rose her heat hawk again and charged the Gundam.
Koshiro grunted as the heat hawk struck against the Gundam's armor skin. "Great, I'm fighting blind."
"Koshiro, can you hear me?"
"Huh? Who's that?"
"It's me, Lee Moshiro."
"Lee? How are you...?"
"The control room has a communication program with the Gundam," Lee explained.
Lee was right. She had a headset and now had a visual on what's outside. "Koshiro, listen to me, I discovered that
there's a reason this Gundam has no monitors. It apparently has some sort of interface sequence. But until someone
can figure out how it works, I'll be your eyes. Now listen very carefully, imagine a clock, a giant clock and you're
at the center of it."
"O... okay."
"Now listen for my instructions." Lee began calling out numbers. "Koshiro, eleven o'clock, attack now!" Koshiro moved
the Gundam fist up and punched Mileena's Zaku. The Zaku stumbled back.
"How did he do that?" Mileena asked and moved to attack it from behind.
"Koshiro, six o'clock!" This time, the Gundam's foot met the chest of the Zaku.
"Incredible!" Henry commented. "It's like that Mobile Suit knows exactly when and where the Zaku is going to attack."
"Hand-to-hand combat," Commander Lucas muttered. "Grandpa never wrote about a Gundam doing that."
"Koshiro," Lee called. "I checked the computer files and the Gundam does have weapons. There are two vulcan cannons
in the head. Use them."
Koshiro spotted a button on the side of the handle on the left. He pushed it.
Outside, bullets lanced out from the Gundam and straifed the top of the Exalon.
"Koshiro, stop! You're going to hit the Exalon."
{And that's a bad thing?} Koshiro thought to himself. He was still upset that the Exalon had a hand in destroying
Scatterhaven.
"Koshiro, the Zaku is coming at nine o'clock, turn left and use the vulcans!" Koshiro complied with Lee's instructions.
The Zaku was thrown to the ground.
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The battle was not going unnoticed. High in the sky on board the Zeon, Captain Garrett watched along with Ben, Rashad,
and the Base Commander.
"So the Federation have been developing Mobile Suits of their own," Garrett mused.
"It doesn't look so tough. I could probably beat it with one hand tied behind my Mobile Suit's back," Ben bragged.
"Then why don't you?" Garrett asked.
"What the hey, sure."
"Ben, take Rashad and a some other Zakus. They'll make sure your battle with the Feddy's Mobile Suit is fair."
"Fairs are for tourist," Ben quipped. "But if they want to watch, go right ahead."
Rashad scowled. He didn't like being a spectator.
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Koshiro let loose with a one-two combo that made Mileena drop her heat hawk. Mileena quickly fired her machine gun.
"Lee, does this thing have any defenses?"
"According to the computer files, it does. A Beam Shield."
"Beam Shield? What's that?"
"Who knows, just activate it."
"Okay."
On the outside, a gauntlet on the Gundam's right forearm rose a little. A blue glow in the shape of a shield appeared.
The shield reflected most of the bullets.
Suddenly the Gundam reached behind him and pulled out one of the poles that was in its back. Holding it out vertically,
a beam of energy came out of it. It formed a sword-like weapon.
The Gundam charged forward. With one swing, it cut off Mileena's right arm, then did the same thing with her left arm.
It then went with a horizontal slice, separating the Zaku's legs from the rest of it.
Mileena felt herself plummet to the ground. She banged her head on the control panel.
"Ow," she moaned. Then sat up. Her cockpit was falling apart. Her controls weren't working, but miraculously, her
power was still connected to her scanners. Her view screen showed the Gundam standing over her, looking menacing.
For once in her life, Mileena was scared.
Suddenly the Gundam was strafed with lasers. Only a quick raise of his Beam Shield arm protected the Gundam.
Everybody turned to see several Zakus descend from the sky. These Zakus held beam pistols, not normal machine guns.
With them was a large black Zaku with spikes on its shoulder and forearm crescent-shaped blades.
"The Dark Messiah," Mileena recognized.
"Lee, what's going on? How about an update?" Koshiro asked.
"Several more Zakus just landed, and one of them looks pretty menacing. Hold your shield in front of you and brace for
anything."
Koshiro nodded and raised the beam shield.
Ben saw this. "Nice try, robot, but Archangel can more than take it. He strikes with the wraith of heaven." Suddenly the
spikes shot out at the Gundam. They were attached to large metal cables. They wrapped themselves around the Gundam's
leg and dragged it down. The Gundam lost its grip on the energy saber.
Koshiro grunted and fired the Vulcans again. This time, he didn't care who he hit. The bullets made their way up to
the mono eye of Ben's Zaku. A visor slid together to cover the eye.
"Ha!" Ben said harshly. "Is that the best you can do?"
The Gundam's hand reached out and gripped the cables and began pulling on them. Archangel fell on his butt.
The Gundam's other arm reached out and gripped the head of Ben's Zaku. It began squeezing it.
Monitors sparked and Ben covered his face to protect himself from them. "I guess I've underestimated this Federation
Mobile Suit."
Archangel reached out slugged the Gundam in the stomach. Koshiro grunted, it felt like he was getting punched and not
the Gundam. Archangel raised his fist again. Ben knew that if he could strike the chest region enough times, the Mobile
Suit would be done for. As he brought his fist down, the Gundam's hands reached up and stopped it. It actually
began crushing the hand.
Everybody couldn't believe what happened, especially Lee considering Koshiro had no window to the outside world.
"It seems that I'm going to need some strategy." The cables released the Gundam and took off. The other Zakus also
began taking off.
"Hey! What about me?" Mileena called out. "Hello! Someone pick me up here!"
One of the Zakus looked down at her. "Hey, what about Mileena?"
"Leave her," came the voice of Captain Garrett. "You'll just get caught by the Federation if you go back for her.
Return to base."
"Do it," echoed Ben. He was semi-worried for the deranged officer. The Zakus headed off into the horizon.
Koshiro pulled the Gundam back into its original position. The damage screens showed that the armor plating on the back
has been damaged but only minorly. Overall there was nothing major wrong with it.
The Gundam's chest hatch opened and Koshiro stepped out onto the Gundam's palm. The Gundam lowered its hand in front of
Commander Lucas, Tasha, and Henry.
"I am Commander Noah Lucas, commanding officer of the Exalon," he introduced.
"Koshiro Anaka. I should use this thing to stomp you flat for destroying my hometown."
"Oh no you won't," Henry said pulling his gun on Koshiro. Commander Lucas stretched out his arm signalling Henry to stop.
"You're right. You have every right to stomp on us. But are you aware that that Gundam you're in is Federation property?
You would've been branded a traitor and a force would've been sent to destroy you."
"What's a Gundam?" Tasha asked although she had a pretty good idea of what they were talking about.
"You want to destroy us yet you helped us," Lucas pointed out.
"I owe you guys for rescuing me. Now we are even."
"That's right. Now the question is... what do we do now?" Koshiro and Lucas stared at the Gundam as if it held all the
answers.
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Koshiro agrees to accompany Lucas and the Exalon to the Federation Military Headquarters in Washington. Captain Garrett
and the Zeon begin to pursue them. A spy on the Exalon steals the blueprints for the Gundam. And Paiyako returns
to the ruins of Scatterhaven and fears the worse.
Next episode: Rebellion and Deception.
Alliances will be formed... and tested.