1.1 Mobile Suit Gundam: Lives on the Line
Chapter 2
2 The Next Morning
"You wanted to see us sir?" asked Brian as innocently as he could while stile keeping a straight face. The Major however was not amused; at least Brian thought he didn't look like he was.
"Cut the crap CPO Nikolas." Fossey barked. "For the love of god couldn't you three at least attempt to stand at attention."? He sighed, something he had noticed that he was doing a lot more since lately, as he looked over the three young men standing in front of him. Brian was for once actually wearing his uniform instead of a pair of jeans, though his sleeves were rolled up and his collar undone. Rob was in a white tee shirt, his jacket slung over his shoulder and finally Pat whom, even in the intense heat was the only one out of the three in full uniform. Albeit with every button fastened, something even the Major himself didn't do.
"You boy's know that your new commander will be arriving here by this weekend, however there is something a little different about your new commander." Fossey said running his hand through his noticeably graying hair.
"What?" Brian asked, a grin spreading across his face. "Is it some naïve young newbie who needs to be show the ropes, or perhaps some hard-assed officer who needs to be taken down a peg?" The three laughed until the Major spoke again, his tone suggesting a surprise was in store.
"Well to be honest, you were correct in your first assumption Brian, except due to some recent regulation changes there has to be at least one woman in every typical MS team and since the 4th team doesn't, your new Commander will be a woman and she will be arriving soon."
"What did you say!"? The trio yelled unison. This surprised even them, sure there were women in the military, some were officers, and many were MS pilots, but as far as they knew none had ever been a team commander.
"You're serious so, I guess there's no way out of it, but we can't guarantee you we'll go easy on her." Brian said, the grin on his face slowly disappearing.
"I envisioned you'd say those exact words Nikolas, but I have faith that she'll be the one who finally works out."
"What's she like, what can you tell us about her"? Rob questioned his commander. Fossey stood up and took a small folder from the top of a filing cabinet he had in his office. He handed the file to Brian, and sat back down.
"What's in that file is all we have about her, you're free to look through if you want to" he said folding his hands and leaning over his desk." You are all dismissed." With confused looks on each of their faces they walked out of the office and into the very hot and very bright sunlight. Fossey shook his head, they didn't even bother saluting him, but at this point he had long since stopped trying to personally trying to get them to follow orders.
"C'mon Brian tell us what the file says." Pat said his voice in its usual slightly high-pitched state. Both he and Rob were standing on opposite sides of their friend and fellow soldier.
"Yeah, hurry up." Rob chimed in
"Alright, alright, it doesn't say much, uh, here we go, Ensign Eve Ketari, aged eighteen, born on side six, joined the military as soon as the war started, was at the top of her class in both strategy and piloting." Brian read from the file.
"Skip that stuff." An increasingly annoyed Pat said.
"Fine, it says here that she supposed to be a very upbeat, pleasant person with a sunny personality" Brian shook his head in disagreement with the information in the file. A person like this is usually so eager to prove themselves and their team that they get themselves killed, or at least they end up being really annoying. He pulled a picture of the Ensign out of a pocket on the folder. It showed a pretty young girl, with light brown hair, and bright eyes, naturally she had a big smile showing off white teeth.
"Wow" Rob whistled. "She's actually kinda pretty." Brian had to admit he was right, she was kinda cute.
"Is that all you care about Rob?" Pat accused. Brian had heard and been arguments before that started off like this before and decided to kill it before it started.
"Hold on, you two let's deal with her when she arrives, but right now we have other business" Before the three could say or do anything else, a fourth person approached them, clad in a uniform and carrying a black duffel bag.
"Are you Chief Petty Officer Nikolas"? He asked.
"Yes I am, and who are you, may I ask?"
"My name is Private Dustin Raj, and I'm the 4th team's replacement Hovertruck assistant, reporting for duty sir." Raj said straitening up and saluting. He looked to be a typical soldier, with black, short hair and a straight face.
"Whoa, no need for formalities Private, it looks like we have some things to teach you." Brian said smiling at the now nervous looking newcomer.
End of Chapter 2
Next Time- Well the team has its first new member and he looks to be the spitting image of a new soldier, but that won't be for long once the 4th team gets done with him!
Chapter 2
2 The Next Morning
"You wanted to see us sir?" asked Brian as innocently as he could while stile keeping a straight face. The Major however was not amused; at least Brian thought he didn't look like he was.
"Cut the crap CPO Nikolas." Fossey barked. "For the love of god couldn't you three at least attempt to stand at attention."? He sighed, something he had noticed that he was doing a lot more since lately, as he looked over the three young men standing in front of him. Brian was for once actually wearing his uniform instead of a pair of jeans, though his sleeves were rolled up and his collar undone. Rob was in a white tee shirt, his jacket slung over his shoulder and finally Pat whom, even in the intense heat was the only one out of the three in full uniform. Albeit with every button fastened, something even the Major himself didn't do.
"You boy's know that your new commander will be arriving here by this weekend, however there is something a little different about your new commander." Fossey said running his hand through his noticeably graying hair.
"What?" Brian asked, a grin spreading across his face. "Is it some naïve young newbie who needs to be show the ropes, or perhaps some hard-assed officer who needs to be taken down a peg?" The three laughed until the Major spoke again, his tone suggesting a surprise was in store.
"Well to be honest, you were correct in your first assumption Brian, except due to some recent regulation changes there has to be at least one woman in every typical MS team and since the 4th team doesn't, your new Commander will be a woman and she will be arriving soon."
"What did you say!"? The trio yelled unison. This surprised even them, sure there were women in the military, some were officers, and many were MS pilots, but as far as they knew none had ever been a team commander.
"You're serious so, I guess there's no way out of it, but we can't guarantee you we'll go easy on her." Brian said, the grin on his face slowly disappearing.
"I envisioned you'd say those exact words Nikolas, but I have faith that she'll be the one who finally works out."
"What's she like, what can you tell us about her"? Rob questioned his commander. Fossey stood up and took a small folder from the top of a filing cabinet he had in his office. He handed the file to Brian, and sat back down.
"What's in that file is all we have about her, you're free to look through if you want to" he said folding his hands and leaning over his desk." You are all dismissed." With confused looks on each of their faces they walked out of the office and into the very hot and very bright sunlight. Fossey shook his head, they didn't even bother saluting him, but at this point he had long since stopped trying to personally trying to get them to follow orders.
"C'mon Brian tell us what the file says." Pat said his voice in its usual slightly high-pitched state. Both he and Rob were standing on opposite sides of their friend and fellow soldier.
"Yeah, hurry up." Rob chimed in
"Alright, alright, it doesn't say much, uh, here we go, Ensign Eve Ketari, aged eighteen, born on side six, joined the military as soon as the war started, was at the top of her class in both strategy and piloting." Brian read from the file.
"Skip that stuff." An increasingly annoyed Pat said.
"Fine, it says here that she supposed to be a very upbeat, pleasant person with a sunny personality" Brian shook his head in disagreement with the information in the file. A person like this is usually so eager to prove themselves and their team that they get themselves killed, or at least they end up being really annoying. He pulled a picture of the Ensign out of a pocket on the folder. It showed a pretty young girl, with light brown hair, and bright eyes, naturally she had a big smile showing off white teeth.
"Wow" Rob whistled. "She's actually kinda pretty." Brian had to admit he was right, she was kinda cute.
"Is that all you care about Rob?" Pat accused. Brian had heard and been arguments before that started off like this before and decided to kill it before it started.
"Hold on, you two let's deal with her when she arrives, but right now we have other business" Before the three could say or do anything else, a fourth person approached them, clad in a uniform and carrying a black duffel bag.
"Are you Chief Petty Officer Nikolas"? He asked.
"Yes I am, and who are you, may I ask?"
"My name is Private Dustin Raj, and I'm the 4th team's replacement Hovertruck assistant, reporting for duty sir." Raj said straitening up and saluting. He looked to be a typical soldier, with black, short hair and a straight face.
"Whoa, no need for formalities Private, it looks like we have some things to teach you." Brian said smiling at the now nervous looking newcomer.
End of Chapter 2
Next Time- Well the team has its first new member and he looks to be the spitting image of a new soldier, but that won't be for long once the 4th team gets done with him!