SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 2 out, this is Chapter 3 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?
Pairings: Officially, Allelujah/Marie in Season Two. Tieria gains a somewhat romantic attraction to Anina/Sasha between Season One and Season Two.
Standard BS Disclaimers: I do not own Sailor Moon, Gundam 00 or the pairings. If I did, the other Senshi would be as powerful as Sailor Moon and kicking MOTD ass more often and VEDA would have least an anti-hacker program installed. The only thing I do own is the plot.
Chapter 3: The Aim of Peacemaker's Intents
Sometime later, above the airspace of AEU of Northern Italy...
After issuing an evacuation warning to their targeted area two hours prior, The Gundam Thrones coordinated their attack on the air and land forces of the military base, shooting down the the Flag unit attacking them by taking out its jet engines and disabling the ground Hellion forces by taking out their linear rifles. Gundam Eins then ended the armed intervention back destroying every armory warehouse in the base.
Outside the base's safety area...
"Those things..." one of the soldiers gaped at the speed the Gundam Thrones executed their mission. "They're demons!"
In a forest somewhere...
"This makes it their seventh armed intervention." Lockon reviewed the latest news update. "They keep attacking military bases for no good reason. And they're only annihilating the armories. I'm not Allelujah, but it's as if I can hear all the evil intents in the world."
"Any word from the Ptolemy?" Setsuna asked.
"They say to remain on standby." Lockon responded. "Thanks to those guys, our operation plans have been completely ruined. I assume Sumeragi-san is busy furiously altering all her mission plans."
"Are those the kind of things Gundams should be doing?" Setsuna wondered, looking at the repair bots that were fixing the Exia.
"Total disarmament, huh?" Lockon mused. "Now I see, this is how it is."
"Lockon?" Setsuna turned to their unofficial team leader.
"I'm just remembering the ideology of the Peacecrafts." Lockon explained. "They've always advocated total pacifism. Perhaps this is the Thrones' way to remind the masses that the Peacecraft ideals still lives."
On the Ptolemaios...
"About those Thrones," Ian started his report. "Their systems and armor are the same technology that ours do."
"So, they're the same type." Allelujah noted.
"But their GN Drives are different." Christina pointed out.
"They're factually identical." Ian corrected. "But the reactor core doesn't use a TD blanket. So, the operating time of the drive is limited. In other words, these are pseudo-solar reactors. But after the time limit runs out, they are able to switch to a secondary power source; two nuclear-fission drives, giving them close to four times the endurance of the solar reactors. Seriously, if it isn't because Tieria was given access to the restricted levels of VEDA, I won't have found out this much. The Throne's blueprints are located on Level Nine of VEDA."
In the Ptolemaios VEDA Terminal...
Level Three clear. Tieria was accessing VEDA via the Terminal. Level Four, Level Five. Some of the data from Level Seven has been altered. He realized. I wonder what that data covered... "VEDA, connect me to Anina Levin." he opened a communication window on the screen interface.
"Tieria Erde," said blond girl drawled when her side of the communication screen came up. "I'd assume this isn't a social call. If this is about the data in Level Seven, I was the one who updated that. You do realize you have access to the history log, right?"
"It'll take too long..." the purple-haired Innovator voiced.
"That's why I installed a filter program." Anina deathpanned. "Use that. For the love of..." she bit back a curse and disconnected.
In the Infinity's VEDA Terminal...
"Taka, Tsuru." Anina contacted two of her operatives. "I'm temporarily putting the two of you on protection detail."
"Who's the target?" Tsuru's modified voice asked.
"Kinue Crossroad." Anina replied. "I know she's been investigating into Aeolia Schenberg, but there are hints that she has suspicions about Laguna Harvey's involvement. Shadow her and protect her to your best ability."
"Understood." both Taka and Tsuru responded and ended the connection.
On the Ptolemaios...
"So, what do we do now?" Ian asked after the meeting.
"We need to keep an eye on them while we learn as much as we can about them before we can determine their real intentions." Sumeragi answered. "Then, we can devise a response."
"Because their methods are different from ours, so we can't trust them entirely, huh?" Ian concluded.
In the Iowa munitions factory...
As per standard procedure, Gundam Eins had issued a two-hour evacuation warning to the Iris munitions factory before bombarding the manufacturing plants with its GN Beam Rifle. "An incoming machine." Johann's radar indicated Graham's incoming Custom Flag. "And it's a fast one."
"So, it is one of the new models." Graham closed in and fired on Gundam Eins.
"He's good." Johann admitted, dodging the rapid fire.
"I don't care if your machine is better." Graham sneered, pulling out one of his two sonic blades. "Today, I am beyond that."
"What?" Johann was knocked back by the persistent Graham, who used the opening to pull out his second sonic blade. Johann blocked off the twin blades with his GN Shield, Graham using his sonic blade to swat away Johann's Bean Saber. Johann quickly retrieved his beam weapon and engaged Graham again. "That's impossible." he gasped when Graham sliced off Gundam Eins' right arm. Leaving the detached arm and rifle to self-destruct, the eldest Trinity sibling retreated.
"What in the world..." Graham's attention was diverted to the civilian workers gathered on the outer boundaries of the destroyed munitions factory. "The workers... they're all safe? But why? What are your motives, Gundam?"
By a beach...
"Setsuna." Lockon voiced. "It's Team Trinity. They went and did it again. They hit an Iris Corporation factory and as always, there are zero civilian causalities. Setsuna!" he called out to the Exia pilot who was striding back to the containment units.
Over the sea...
"I never thought there will be anybody out there who could possibly give you trouble." Micheal was surprised, the Gundam Thrones were heading back to their relay point.
"Carelessness is the real enemy." Nena chided.
"I'll take that to heart." Johann spoke when his radar picked up a fast moving object heading towards them. "It's Gundam Exia." he frowned when Exia came into view.
"Exia has located the targets." Setsuna droned. "Proceeding to determine the three Gundam Throne units' true objective."
SailorStar9: Any OOC-ness is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just love plot bunnies sometimes? Read and review.