Chapter 4: Aftermath

The internal crew of the Lorelei was baffled on some of the mobile suits complex interior systems. Kei had done a good job putting the unit to the limit on his first run with it. The shield was completely gone and now floating some where in space and the prototype beam rifle is now in two pieces. When the crew was about to give up, Fare Demwel stepped out into the light.

"Guess you guys weren't informed."

"Guess your right. Now who the heck are you?"

"My name is Fare Demwel. I was assigned to this ship as the main mechanic for the Gundam."

"Gundam? So is that what the Federation is calling this machine?"

"Yup that's it, so gather round. We need to assess the problem."

Fare and the rest of the team began their work. Mean while Kei was back in his room taking a little nap. The main officers on deck had called a meeting to try and see what new advantage the Gundam could offer them. Lorelei had been set on a course to Granada.

Lorelei was directed into the main hanger and a priority service. The Gundam had been taken to the top of almost all lists. The senior officer held at Granada had a special crew come up with some new weaponry and a better shield. They had also begun a second prototype Gundam unit numbered RX-78-2.

The new prototype gave Kei new advantages. There would be new weaponry to try out and anything that would enhance the performance would be put to test on his machine. The first of witch was a brand new shield. It was made of a new gundanium alloy supposedly 50 times as strong as his previous shield. This new armor would alloy Kei to hold off one enemy while taking out another at the same time.

Kei had a major dilemma. There was no long range weapon now. Kei still had the Zaku machine gun he confiscated; however, there were so few remaining bullets left.

Fortunately, one of the engineers realized that the machine gun used the same 120mm rounds that were used on the Lorelei's anti-air guns.

The final enhancement of the day was a brand new side unit, the prototype Guncannon unit, RX-77-1. It was painted green and came with a new pilot, Akia Tomboka. She was a tall, lean, red haired young woman. She was a rookie pilot with little experience of real combat. But, her aid would be welcome none the less.

Just as all the preparations were complete; Granada immediately kicked the Lorelei out the door.

"All hands report to the bridge. On the double people!"

Kei sighed and put down the engineer's report on the upgrades. He knew that the only reason the entire crew would be called to the bridge was that their new mission was of the utmost importance. There had to be something extremely wrong about this one.

Kei's new Captain Flank Bernarl was extremely nervous. Kei new that there was something wrong.