Disclaimer: I do not own After War Gundam X, nor do I claim to.

It's time for chapter 2, and a little fun in the 7th space war. Because of a lack of a serious amount of information dealing with the middle months of the war, the first chapter was just before the outbreak. As I said, this will help give a little information as to major events that have gone down during the A.W. Timeline that lead up to A.W. 0015 and the series, this is my take on these major events, and a little glimpse into a few of the characters pasts. As always please read and review!

Enjoy…

"HEY! When you gonna put me in?" Garrod blinked as he poked Ald.

You aren't even born yet Garrod… give it a little time…

*THWAM*

"But I wanna pilot the Gundam X!" Garrod cracked Ald over the head with a book.

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Ch. 2

"Today marks the eighth month of the Seventh Space War between the U.N.E. and the Colonies. There has been…" Jamil glared at the radio as he shut it off.

"It's all the same…" Jamil groaned "Cant they just find something else to report about other than the war…" he let his head fall and hit the desk.

"Well sounds like you're all happy go lucky Mr. Top pilot…" A voice came from behind him.

"Not now Kai…" Jamil groaned.

"You're just angry that you weren't selected for Operation L." Kai smiled as he continued packing his things.

"I still don't get it…" Jamil shook his head as he leaned back in his chair "Why in the world did they pick you?"
"Not sure… don't care… all I know is I finally beat you in something." Kai smiled.

"Yeah… sure…" Jamil smiled "So were the rumors true?"

"About?" Kai pushed the last bit of his gear down into his duffle bag.

"That you're piloting the other Gundam X unit?" Jamil looked over his shoulder at him.

"Would only make sense… seeing as I'm the second most qualified with the Flash System." Kai finished tying the straps to close the bag and hefted it onto his shoulder.

"So was the other rumor true?" Jamil got up and started following him out.

"About the Lieutenant?" Kai asked looking at Jamil.

"Yeah… is it true that she's being deployed as part of the Operation L force?" Jamil looked at him.

"Yeah it's true… so if you want to say goodbye lover boy, I'd hurry up." Kai smirked as he sidestepped Jamil's punch.

"I swear when this is over I'm gonna lay you out!" Jamil glared at him as they exited the barracks.

"Oh sure you will…" Kai grinned.

"There you boys are." Lucille smiled at the two as they made their way over.

"So I heard you're taking part in Operation L?" Jamil looked at Lucille.

"Yes, we'll be heading over to the Asian theater of operations to confront the small pockets of the S.R.A. that have gained a foothold." Lucille smiled at him.

Jamil blinked as he felt Kai nudge him "He's just jealous that I was the one picked to go with you Lieutenant." Kai grinned.

"KAI!" Jamil grabbed him and forced him into a headlock.

Lucille giggled as she watched the two boys "Know what… why don't we take a photograph?" she smiled at the two who stopped, and stood blinking at her as she held a camera before them.

"I don't like pictures…" Kai grimaced at the prospect.

"Fine then, you take it, and Jamil and I will be in it." Lucille smiled as Jamil released Kai and walked over next to her.

Kai sighed and took the camera "Alright… umm… dang this is one old camera…" he blinked at the relatively outdated Polaroid instant photograph camera.

Lucille smiled as Jamil stood next to her the clock tower of the town hall could be seen in the distance behind them as Kai lined up the photograph "Alright… on three. One, two, three, ATTENTION!" he yelled causing Jamil to act on instinct and snap to a salute as he snapped the photograph.

Lucille giggled lightly as Kai grinned like a fiend "Oh come on Jamil I think it's cute…" she nudged him as the photograph developed.

Jamil sighed as he looked at the photograph "It's not half bad…"

"Do me a favor Jamil, make a copy of it for me." Lucille smiled as she picked up her duffle bag.

"Sure thing." Jamil smiled as she and Kai made their way towards the awaiting jeep.

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"Operation Lilac." General Nada El stood at the head of the briefing room "The objective of this operation is simple, to cut off the head of the U.N.E. To do that, we will be deploying the MAN-003 Patulia along with the five RMSN-008 Bertigos' in support of the operation. This will be a direct strike against the U.N.E. headquarters in North America. The main objective is getting to the surface safely, after that is accomplished the war will be won."

"Sir, who will be amongst the members of the descent operation?" Lancerow asked.

"Ah… Captain Dawell, it will be carried out by the Polar Bear team." General El smiled "It's a bit of a surprise to see you here…"

"I was hoping I could be on the descent team." Lancerow smiled.

"Ah… You wish to return to the surface to fight that new model U.N.E. suit… We cannot afford to risk not being able to retrieve you Captain… however I will allow you to be on the guard unit to defend it from the U.N.E. space forces while it begins its descent."

"Thank you General." Lancerow smiled "On the topic, is the new model completed yet?"

"There are still a few minor issues with the MAN-002 Febral's armament control systems…" General El sighed "Though… they have completed the first of the RMS-014 Octape."

Lancerow smiled "I will be glad to perform its field trials against the U.N.E. personally."

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"Jeez they just had to pick now of all times to send me to space…" Jamil sighed as he climbed into his seat aboard the Aoyagi-Class battleship as it readied to launch.

"Hey… you're that hot shot Newtype pilot right?" Another pilot looked at him.

"Yeah… why?" Jamil blinked.

"We're countin on ya man… hear you're pretty handy with that Gundam type…" The other pilot smiled "You guys are almost single handedly winning the war for us."

Jamil smiled "Yeah… thanks." He leaned back in his seat as the shuttle launched.

The pilot blinked "So what's the operation we're supposed to take part in? They wouldn't give us any details on it…"

Jamil blinked "They didn't tell you guys?"

"We weren't briefed on why. All the C.O. said was to get on this ship, your suits are already loaded, and you're going to space." The pilot shrugged.

"They said we're going up to counter a S.R.A. operation targeted at the North American continent." Jamil spoke as he was forced back in his seat as the ship hurtled skyward down the mass driver heading to space.

Xxx

"Damn… that thing's huge…" One of the pilots spoke over the frequency as the Patulia flew alongside the S.R.A. Astrarza-Class as the small fleet closed on the descent point.

"The Patulia is six hundred and seventeen meters long… and has the firepower nearly four times that of a battleship." Professor Dorat smiled as he spoke from the massive mobile armor as they reached the descent point.

"Good luck Professor." Lancerow flew out around the end of the descent equipped Bertigo's in his personally colored Octape, a light tan and dark navy blue in color.

"INCOMING U.N.E. FORCES!" the controller from one of the battleships warned the pilot's "Begin the descent now!"

"Good luck Professor, we'll guard your descent!" Lancerow smiled "Come out and fight so called Gundam Type…" "All defense forces, form on me, if the Gundam type is present, it's mine!" He rolled and charged the incoming U.N.E. Aoyagi-Class battleship.

"Yes sir!" The pilots replied as the force of RMS-009 Septem, and RMS-006 Jenice type mobile suits formed on the Octape.

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"Incoming S.R.A. mobile suits! All units our target is the mobile armor!" The captain of the battleship announced over the frequency. "Let our ace take on their defense unit!"

Jamil smiled "Roger that, Jamil Neate, GX-9900, launching!" he was forced back in his seat as the Gundam X launched followed by the GX bit mobile suits.

"Use conventional weapons, the satellite cannon is still classified top secret. Use of beam rifles and beam sabers is authorized only." The captain ordered.

"Understood sir." Jamil came again over the frequency and looked at the twenty closing suits.

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Lancerow smiled "There you are Gundam Type!" he opened fire with the giant bazooka on the Gundam X.

"Captain, these suits they're moving too fast!" A Septum pilot screamed as a GX- Bit flew towards him firing on him with its beam rifle ripping through it.

"These are the same as those suits from that moon base!" Another pilot yelled as he circled back trying to dodge the beam rifle shots.

Lancerow glared "The Gundam must be commanding them!" he charged throwing away the bazooka drawing a beam saber as he fired on the Gundam with the beam rifle.

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Jamil glared as he watched the Octape roll through the shots closing "This guy must be that ace… yeah his colors are the same as that one from the surface! Lancerow Dawell, the top S.R.A. ace!" he fired on the suit with the shield buster rifle.

The Octape rolled narrowly avoiding the shot "That thing's not a Septum!"

Xxx

"You'll have to do better than that!" Lancerow returned fire forcing the GX-9900 to dodge the shots as he followed its movements "The pilot's good… but how is he up close!" he punched his thrusters and charged Jamil.

Xxx

"Think you can win in close combat huh… WELL THINK AGAIN!" Jamil drew the Gundam X's beam saber clashing with the Octape as he ordered the bits to continue picking off the Septums' and Janices' that were attempting to break away and go after the other forces, or break through to the battleship.

Xxx

Lancerow parried another slash from the GX-9900 as he rolled around it "His suit what kind of thing is that on the back of it?" he looked at the cannon as it remained un-deployed.

Xxx

"I won't let you get behind me!" Jamil spun and fired near point blank at the Octape only to narrowly graze one of the legs "What is this guy… is he a Newtype?" he took control of the bit's directly giving the mental commands to the suits controlling them finishing off the last of the defense forces, leaving only the Octape, and the battleships.

Xxx

"Damn!" Lancerow glared as he fired on the bits his shots ripping through one of them before he punched his thrusters flying away from the now amassed Gundam X and it's GX-Bit mobile suits.

Xxx

"How's the attack on the mobile armor progressing?" Jamil asked.

"We cant hold them, they're beginning their descent!" a pilot yelled over the frequency.

"We've just received orders from headquarters! We're allowed to deploy the satellite cannon to stop it!"

"Roger!" Jamil smiled as he flicked the switch on the right control stick activating the satellite cannon.

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Lancerow watched as a thin light white beam streaked past his suit only to turn and look at the now deployed cannon of the Gundam X "What in the… GET THEM DOWN FASTER!" he yelled over the frequency as he readied to charge back only to have the thrusters on the right leg explode from the damage they had received.

"Return Captain, we've been ordered to fall back, Operation Lilac is being aborted!" The captain of the Astrarza ordered.

Xxx

Professor Dorat glared "Absolutely not! Proceed with the descent, we've come too far to turn back!" he yelled.

The Bertigo's fell back to the rear of the Patulia as they began entering the atmosphere.

Xxx

Jamil lined up the mobile suits and the mobile armor in the targeting sight and fired. Instantly a massive white particle beam erupted from the cannon striking the center of the formation of Bertigo's narrowly missing one on the very end vaporizing them in the blink of an eye. "Damn… the targeting alignment isn't calibrated for the cannon!" he glared as the last suit and the Patulia started to descend.

"Don't worry, the ground forces are responding with intercept missiles. They'll knock it out of the sky before it even reaches headquarters." The captain smiled as the two battleships retreated at full speed heading towards the colonies.

"Roger that sir…" Jamil watched as the mobile armor flew downward before being struck in the center by an intercept missile heavily damaging it sending it into near freefall towards the northern part of the continent.

Xxx

"Daddy where are we going?" Ennil asked as they boarded a shuttle.

"Don't ask questions dear…" Her mother pulled her into a hug "We're going away for a while… think of it as a vacation." She smiled at her.

"Yay!" Ennil cheered.

"That's my girl." General El smiled as he piloted the shuttle out "Seidel's really planning on issuing that ultimatum… and has the nerve of blaming Operation Lilac's failure on me! I've got to get away, hopefully the war will end and we can start over on Earth…" he looked at his daughter and smiled, as he flew away from the colonies towards Earth.

Xxxxxx

And that's all for this chapter, like I said they're short. This time we got a little glimpse of the two "Ace" pilots of the 7th war going at it, Lancerow and Jamil. As well as the infamous Operation Lilac, and the biggest mobile armor to ever grace a Gundam series the Patulia which is freaking huge! The statistics on it are it is as I said 615 Meters in length, 105 meters in height, and it does make an appearance in the series. It is a total monster of a weapon!

Operation L also turns up during the series… so I'll leave that for a little surprise as to what's happened to Lucille and Kai (Kai is a character from the After War Gundam X: Under the Moonlight manga and pilots a black GX-9900)

I'll see you guys in the next chapter!

"Hey!"

*THWACK!*

"When you gonna put us in?" Witz glared as he dropped a rather ugly looking bronze statue of a bear on Ald's head.

Ugh…

"I think you knocked the writer out…" Roybea poked Ald "is he alive?"

Witz shrugged "Who knows… Hey Dr. Tex, is he gonna be alright?"

"He'll be fine…" Dr. Tex leaned back in his chair and took another drag on his cigarette.

"Awww… I wanna be in the story!" Garrod complained.

"QUIET GUNDAM BOY!" Kid Salsamille shouted as he threw a wrench at Garrod.