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Gundam Wing: The Missing Chapter

Episode 3: Launching of Orion! Part 1

About 2 hours after Episode 2....

The Anti White Fang Millitia or the A.W.F Millitia for short. That's the new name for Captain Kyosuke's group. It's also the loga printed on the backmof the army's new uniform. At the moment because of lack of time, only a tenth of the group have these new uniforms, the rest will have to wait. The uniform consist of a green shirt covered by a green sleeveless jacket. The A.W.F is printed on the back. The army trousers were black in color. Complete this with a pair of fingerless gloves and a black cap and you have yourself a genuine A.W.F Millitia uniform.

Captain Kyo, who is wearing one of these new uniforms is sitting at the bridge.

"I remember passing through these buildings, so the captial should be on the left, or was it right?"

Kyo only had been to New Manchester once. And since he's only been in this new colony for about a day it's only natural for him to get lost a few times...

"Wait a second! I remember that sign! New Manchester is forward! Advance!"

"Yes Sir!"

Meanwhile in the recreation room Alec, also sporting the new uniform, except that he's spinning the cap on his hand, looks around him. He looks around the room. There are other officers there as well, chatting, drinking, playing on the pool table. He had gotten to know some of the crew. They too are all wearing the new uniform.

Reef he already knows from the beginning was looking at some papers in a corner. Then there's two people playing pool. One, a black man with long spiky brownish hair who goes by the name of Zan Mason. The other, a smaller blond haired man wearing glasses. His name is Liam Boro.

Alec continues his drink. Just then a young female officer came in. She is in uniform. She has long brown hair, blue eyes and was no older than 19. She looks around until she spots Alec. She smiled as she approaches to him and greeted him.

"Hi there!"

"Wha...oh hello miss..."

"My name's Uriko. You're Alec aren't you? The new guy?"

"Uh yeah."

"I heard you piloted a Gundam. That's very impressive."

"Uh.....thanks"

"Want me to get you a drink?"

"Uh....no thanks, I'm fine with this."

"Well do you mind if I sit next to you?"

"um..." Alec didn't really have to answer as Uriko was already sitting next to him and is actually getting pretty close to him. Then,

"Alec! Where are you?"

Alec responded immediatly. "That's Ellen! Um Uriko, it's been nice talking to you but I gotta go. See ya!" As he left, he let out a huge sigh of relief before thinking to himself,"What just happened?"

Back in the recreation room, Uriko just sits there all by herself, ignoring the others whilst looking down at her cup of tea with a sad expression. Then silently she said, "Already got one I see."

Back with Ellen and Alec. "What is it Ellen" Alec asked. Ellen pointed out towards the window. "Look, it's New Manchester! We're here!" Alec looked out. It was indeed the captial of New Earth. He hadn't been on a shuttle before so looking at New Manchester at this new height was a new experience for him. It looked beautiful. Then Alec remembers about White Fang's invaision. "I hope we're not too late!"

Suddenly, Kyo's voice called out on the radio.

"Attention. We'll be arriving in New Manchester shortly. All personel not on duty report to the bridge for instructions!"

Minutes later....

Everyboby was now at the bridge. Alec approaches Kyo.

"Captain, what do we do after we get there?"

"We'll try and convince the people of this colony to stand up to the White Fang. There are too few of us to take them on. We may have to recruit more people and train them."

"Train them?" Reef asked suprisingly after overhearing Kyo, "Captain how can we train civilians in such a short amount of time?"

"I don't know Reef. But, it's better than doing nothing."

Then Alec got an idea, "There's a computer game I've been playing called Mobile Suit: Virtual Battle. It's controls are very similar to that of a real mobile suit. My friend Thomas once told me that soldiers on Earth are encorouged to play this game. Perhaps we can use that."

Reef got confused, "Are you saying that we use video games for training? You can't be serious!"

"It's a ridiculous idea alright." Kyo agreed. "But....it's also the only real choice we have. Boro, Mason, Uriko, you three go to the main door and once we landed see if anyone's outside."

"Yes Sir."

Zan and Liam went away immediatly. Uriko however, stared at Alec for a bit, who in turn was staring at Uriko, then she left to catch up with the other two.

"Strange girl." Thought Alec.

Kyo notices Alec looking at the leaving Uriko, "I take it you've met my daughter."

"HUH?!" Alec spun right round and looked at Kyo with wide eyes.

"Uriko Mori. My daughter. She's a good girl."

Alec's heart raced, "(That was the captain's daughter?!)" Thought Alec, "(And I wasn't exactly nice to her when we first met!! Oh boy!!)"

"I also take it she tried to come on to you."

Alec's heart raced even faster, "(Oh man!! She told the captain?! I'm dead!)"

Kyo noticed Alec's shocked, wide eyes expression. He chuckled.

"Don't worry, she always acts like that."

"Huh" Alec turned around again to find Kyo with now a sad expression on his face.

"Actually." Kyo started, "She didn't always act like that. She and her boyfriend Carl were so happy together but, you know war, Carl was a soldier and well...he fought bravely but sometimes bravery isn't enough. And now her brother Shoji, my son...." Kyo looks at Alec. "Her mother died from cancer years ago, now I'm all the family she has left."

"Captain..."

"You can't blame her for the way she acts. She just....doesn't want to be alone I guess.."

A long pause follows. Then Zan came back to the bridge.

"Captain, there was a representative of the Prime Minister outside, he said the Prime Minister says he'll meet with us!"

"Excellent! You and Alec go ahead, I'll be there shortly."

Zan left. Alec follows at first but then stops and turns around facing the captain.

"Captain. If it's consolation. Uriko is lucky. At least, she still has a father." Then Alec ran to where Zan was."

After hearing what Alec said Kyo made a small smile, but that was quickly replaced by a painful expression and Kyo places his hand over on his chest.

Hadrian's forces are no getting closer and closer to New Manchester. Hadrian is watching his soldiers modify some of the Virgo Mobile Dolls into pilotable Mobile Suits. He does not however seem happy about it.

"When we will get the MD system working again? I don't like having to convert these perfect machines to mere MS."

He sighs as he watches pilots climbing into the now Virgo Mobile Suits.

"Once the capital falls, the rest of the colony will topple like dominoes. Then we shall take what has been denied to us! And then I shall be able to create the new suits and Earth will fall and....wait a minute."

Hadrian reached inside his pockets, trying to find the blueprints for the new MS designs. He found a few but some of them are missing. Hadrian searched in his quarters and had his men search the bridge but nothing. Hadrian soon became frustrated. He doesn't understand this. He had all the blueprints and puts them all in his right pocket the whole time and....suddenly, one name lodged itself in Hadrian's mind. Kyo. The only explanation for the blueprints dissappearence. Hadrian's temper went out of control as he let out a loud yell and starts to throw a fit. Trajan and Florian were about to speak to their father but when they saw that he was clearly in no mood to talk, decided to leave the bridge.

Inside Prime Minister Nemos' office.

Kyo, Alec, Reef, Uriko, Ellen, Zan and Liam and some more officers were standing in front of PM Nemos who was with some of his deputy ministers. Nemos then spoke.

"Well I never thought I'd see you here again captain Kyo. And in new suits as well."

"Prime Minister, as you may already know. Hadrian's White Fang forces have already started to attack this colony."

Nemos sighed, "Yes...That Hadrian, so blinded by the past. Our forces are doing there best to repel them but we aren't used to these unprovoked attacks."

"Let us help!" Kyo then said, "We can destroy the invaders for you but in turn we also need your and this entire colony's help!"

Nemos sighed again and shook his head as he replied, "What can we do? We are normal civilians, all our soldiers can do at best is pilot tanks and planes. We have very few mobile suits and even fewer experienced mobile suit pilots."

"With the materials this colony provides, we can build our own mobile suits, better ones and we can also train the people in this colony and we can beat Hadrian! You must trust us!"

Nemos turned to Kyo, "Trust you? You were with Hadrian a while ago were you not? And now you're telling us to use our resources to build mobile suits and train soldiers. Isn't that exactly what Hadrian wants."

Kyo just looked at Nemos, unable to find an answer for him. Nemos closed his eyes.

"As I thought, you're just like Hadrian after all. It's best if we just surrender this colony."

Kyo just looked down, defeated. Alec however looked enraged and slammed his hands on the table.

"SURRENDER?!! Are you serious?! You honestly thinks that bastard Hadrian is going give a damn whether you give up or not? He's just gonna kill you all anyway!!"

Everyone was suprised at Alec's outburst. Alec continued.

"Prime Minister, I witnessed and experienced first hand what these invaders are capable of. Apart from me and Ellen, No-one from our villages survived their attacks. I even met one of the pilots who killed my best friend and not only did he admit killing Thomas, he....he laughed! Damn him!"

Tears starts forming around Alec's eyes. Ellen wanted to comfort him but Alec motioned her to stop as he continued talking.

"If the White Fang continues to advance any further, they won't just take want they want and leave. They'll either kill us for supporting Earth or even worse, force us to fight for them against Earth! Prime Minister is that what you want? To turn this colony, our home in which our people worked so hard to create into a base for a group of monsters who desire nothing more than slaughtering everything in their path? Captain Kyo and his crew are the best chance that we have got to prevent this from happening! Please....Prime Minister.....do what you know is right!"

Alec finished his speech. Everyone just watched him, stunned and moved by his speech. Both Ellen and Uriko felt Alec's pain as he was speaking. Then Kyo spoke to Nemos," Prime Minister, I promise that once we have defeated the White Fang, we will destroy our own mobile suits and disband our own forces so that this colony may go back to the way it once was, but we can't do that unless we have your cooperation."

Nemos sat and thought for a moment. Then spoke, "I shall consult with my advisers. Give me a minute."

Nemos and his advisors left to the next room. They sat down on a round table.

Nemos then asked, "So what do you think of the situation?"

One of the advisors spoke, "Sir, the boy is right. If we don't do something, our way of life may never be the same again."

Another one spoke, "But can we really trust those people, they were once part of the White Fang!"

"Maybe so but they are our best hope. Our only hope".

"The White Fang does seem to be merciless. The envoy we sent to Hadrian never return. They have most likely been murdered."

Nemos looked out the window as his advisors debated. He looked at his beautiful city which he personally helped build. Then looked upwards towards the sky and see the metallic ceiling of the colony which also had fiited glass panels to see the out into space. New Earth rotates around a recently formed star, much smaller than the sun but was usable for the colony to mimic the Earth's daytime and nighttime. The Earth. Nemos was born on Earth, it's been a while since he has been on that planet but from what he could remember, it was beautifully. He remembers his Earth home was at a countryside with a beautiful scenary. The Earth cannot be destroyed. In turn this colony cannot be destroyed. But then he realises that being the Prime Minister doesn't help much if he's just sitting in an office whilst the fighting is outside.

"Prime Minister. What is your decision?"

This question snapped Nemos back to reality. He then stood up and said, "I've made up my mind. Let's go gentlemen."

Nemos went back to the room where the A.W.F Militia were. Then he spoke.

"After much thought. I have decided. The answer....is yes. We will cooperate and give you what you need."

Alec, Kyo and co were delighted apon hearing this but then Nemos spoke again.

"On one condition."

Kyo looked puzzled, "Uh yeah, this condition is."

Nemos then stood up as he said this, "Captain Kyosuke, you must allow me Tobias Nemos to be part of your Anti-White Fang Militia!"

"You What?!" were Kyo and Alec's reaction. The girls and the other officers just looked stunned. Nemos' advisor's even more stunned.

"Prime Minister what are you saying?!"

"You can't be serious sir! You can't fight! You're too important to this colony!"

But Nemos wouldn't have it any other way, "I am the Prime Minister of this colony. My job is to protect this colony. I can't do that just by sitting here doing nothing! And besides, I came from Earth too. I was once a soldier myself. Don't let this suit fool you, I am more than able to hold my own in battles. So captain Kyo, what do you say?"

Kyo paused for a minute, then smiled as he extended his hand, "Welcome to the team Prime Minister Nemos."

Nemos smiled back as he shook Kyo's hand, "Glad to be on board captain. Now how are we going to deal with those White Fang?"

"With these." Kyo then pulled out something from inside his jacket. They were blueprints.

"Whoa dad! Where did you get those?" Asked Uriko.

"Managed to swipe them off Hadrian during our confrontation. He was so busy punching my face in, he didn't notice my hand going inside his pocket and swiping these."

Alec studied the prints carefully, "These are designs for new mobile suits. And some new Gundams!"

"Yes, the Gundams can wait. I want you all to look at this print."

They all did so. The print was of a design of a grunt mobile suit. The basic design seems easy and quick to contruct."

"These will be our main attack force mobile suits. They are called Orion the Archer. They take the same design of the standard Leo suits but with butter power, agility and above all else a brand new weapon. The Titanium Crossbow. The White Fang, though brutal, were not stupid. They figured that if the Virgo mobile dolls ever fall into enemy hands, they would need to find someway to disable them. This is their solution. The Virgo's main advantage is their planet defensors, powerful force shield capable of withstanding almost any beam attacks including beam sabres. This crossbow fires a heated Titanium arrow which can pierce through the shields and impale the Virgo."

Nemos looked at the plan. "Hmm, ironic, it'll be the Orion which fell into the White Fang's enemy's hands."

"Indeed. Now we will need the resources to build these and we will need to recruit more people."

"Alright, leave that to me! There's a military base near here, I'll start evacuating the city and meet you all there! My advisors will show you the way!"

Then another assisstant comes bursting in the room and cried, "Sir! The White Fang, they're on the move! They'll be here in aprroxiamatly 3 hours!

"Then we have no time to lose! Captain, what are your orders."

Kyo still fels unsure about ordering the Prime Minister of New Manchester but Nemos nods to show that he is willing to follow. Kyo then gave his orders.

"Nemos, you go ahead and start the evacuation of the city! Alec, Ellen you two help since you are familiar with this city. Uriko contact our shuttle and tell them to prepare for lift off. Zan, Liam, escort the PM's advisors to the shuttle. It's time to begin the launching of Orion!

Back to the White Fang's shuttles a few Virgo MS, of which Lt Klein is in one are deployed and flys ahead. Meanwhile an angry Hadrian is looking on in the bridge.

"How dare he! I'll make sure he suffers for this. I'll make them all suffer!"

New Manchester is the next target. Will the A.W.F evacuate all the people in time?

Episode end

Next Episode: The launching of Orion part 2