The Earth Alliance's main headquarters in New York City, was hard to ignore because of its towering height and impressive artwork which surrounded the exterior of the building. Inside the center chamber sat the ten members of the Alliance Inner Council. Among its number were the head of the main Alliance fleet, Admiral Sutherland who had taken over after the death of Admiral Halberton some five months before. In the middle of the group stood Murata Azrael, the head of Blue Cosmos.
"You people have no idea how lucky we were to have gotten away with Alaska," said the head of the Air Force, General Draven Corsig. "Just the fact that some of our forces escaped is a miracle."
"Yes, but we all know how completely in the dark the survivors are," Azrael reminded him.
Sutherland was more than happy to agree. "The highest ranking official, besides myself, to escape was la Flaga and now we've got him training pilots in California. Believe me, we have nothing to worry about."
"I concur, however la Flaga is very crafty, he could bring about the downfall of our plans should he discover our true objectives. I propose we have him eliminated," Azrael added.
"Is that such a good idea?" Corsig asked. "Mwu la Flaga is one of the most popular members of the Alliance. Should he be eliminated, others will come looking for those responsible, mainly those aboard the Archangel."
"Captain Ramius is not smart enough to unravel this type of action. In fact, I have a proposal to make to the rest of you. One that if successful will not only result in la Flaga's death, but the deaths of all our other main opponents, mainly Kira Yamato and Athrun Zala, those blasted Coordinators."
"Go on..." Sutherland was more than eager to listen, since he'd had his beef with la Flaga and Ramius back at Alaska.
"Basically it is a simple task. We instruct one of our main air operation officers to embark on a mission extremely dangerous. You all are aware of ZAFT's main shipyards and factories on the island of Cuba, and the fact that they are virtually impenetrable from land or air. We will instruct this officer to train a group of pilots, we will select, to fly bombers into Cuba and destroy the shipyards and factories."
"Who in their right mind would think he would be capable of something like that?!" Corsig exclaimed.
"Oh you know very well who would, you just don't see it. With some manipulation, those planes will not even make it out of Cuba before they are destroyed. Better yet, if they were to originate from a certain...battleship, it would also put that ship's crew in certain danger, eliminating our main opponents once and for all."
"I see," Sutherland hissed "With them out of the way no one will stand in our way and we will exterminate the Coordinators once and for all!! Azrael we really need more people like you in the Alliance."
Azrael smiled his usual evil smile. "Thank you Admiral. With the rest of your permission I would like to conduct this objective immediately."
Ten hands immediately rose in favor of the operation.
"Excellent" Sutherland hissed, "Now, are you thinking of who I'm thinking should lead this 'raid', Azrael?"
"The Thunderbird."
"The Thunderbird."
Azrael then began laughing hysterically. Not only would his plans succeed, but Mwu la Flaga, Kira Yamato, Athrun Zala, and all the other people who had stood in his way, would be destroyed.
"You people have no idea how lucky we were to have gotten away with Alaska," said the head of the Air Force, General Draven Corsig. "Just the fact that some of our forces escaped is a miracle."
"Yes, but we all know how completely in the dark the survivors are," Azrael reminded him.
Sutherland was more than happy to agree. "The highest ranking official, besides myself, to escape was la Flaga and now we've got him training pilots in California. Believe me, we have nothing to worry about."
"I concur, however la Flaga is very crafty, he could bring about the downfall of our plans should he discover our true objectives. I propose we have him eliminated," Azrael added.
"Is that such a good idea?" Corsig asked. "Mwu la Flaga is one of the most popular members of the Alliance. Should he be eliminated, others will come looking for those responsible, mainly those aboard the Archangel."
"Captain Ramius is not smart enough to unravel this type of action. In fact, I have a proposal to make to the rest of you. One that if successful will not only result in la Flaga's death, but the deaths of all our other main opponents, mainly Kira Yamato and Athrun Zala, those blasted Coordinators."
"Go on..." Sutherland was more than eager to listen, since he'd had his beef with la Flaga and Ramius back at Alaska.
"Basically it is a simple task. We instruct one of our main air operation officers to embark on a mission extremely dangerous. You all are aware of ZAFT's main shipyards and factories on the island of Cuba, and the fact that they are virtually impenetrable from land or air. We will instruct this officer to train a group of pilots, we will select, to fly bombers into Cuba and destroy the shipyards and factories."
"Who in their right mind would think he would be capable of something like that?!" Corsig exclaimed.
"Oh you know very well who would, you just don't see it. With some manipulation, those planes will not even make it out of Cuba before they are destroyed. Better yet, if they were to originate from a certain...battleship, it would also put that ship's crew in certain danger, eliminating our main opponents once and for all."
"I see," Sutherland hissed "With them out of the way no one will stand in our way and we will exterminate the Coordinators once and for all!! Azrael we really need more people like you in the Alliance."
Azrael smiled his usual evil smile. "Thank you Admiral. With the rest of your permission I would like to conduct this objective immediately."
Ten hands immediately rose in favor of the operation.
"Excellent" Sutherland hissed, "Now, are you thinking of who I'm thinking should lead this 'raid', Azrael?"
"The Thunderbird."
"The Thunderbird."
Azrael then began laughing hysterically. Not only would his plans succeed, but Mwu la Flaga, Kira Yamato, Athrun Zala, and all the other people who had stood in his way, would be destroyed.