Valkyrie's Flight: The Lost Sagas: Mobile Suit Gundam Double Zeta
The Year is Cosmic Era 88. The Colonial Fleet and her Terran allies begin a long recovery from the Colonial Civil War, but Ronald Pinkerton, the great enemy of the Fleet, continues to fight against Neo-Zeon with the Anti-Earth Union Group in another Universal Century, reconned year UC 0088, soon to be renamed as a member of the Earth Federation Space Forces. With the Argama crippled, Ron modifies a shuttle with two GN Tau drives two get the crew of the Argama into space to take over the newest ship built by Londo Bell: SCVA-76 Nahel Argama
Norway: just before launch
"Colonel, I'm not sure the shuttle will survive Trans-Am."
"That, Bright, is why you always wear a normal suit. Besides, the Morgan will be flying escort and used as a take-off booster."
Judau looked at Ron from the cockpit of Double Zeta.
"What's going to happen to the Argama?"
"Karaba'll repair it, and after the war, it'll join our space fleet along with the new ship being designed by Anaheim: the SCVA-77 Ra-Cailum. These three ships will serve as the flagships of Londo Bell's fleet."
Judau saw the smirk on Ron's face when he said that.
It was basically saying 'The Titans were idiots, but we'll do the job they were meant to do. And do it better.'
It scared him.
"Taking off now. Morgan engaging Trans-Am!"
The shuttle took off, with Ron struggling to get the 150 ton shuttle, plus the 50 ton Morgan, into the air. "Looks like one drive isn't enough. Trans-Am Raiser!"
All three drives went at full force, rocking the shuttle into space.
"I'll have to do some heavy-duty work on the GN drives. Shuttle drives, Trans-Am now!"
Bright activated the switch, and the Tau drives activated their Trans-Am feature. Within seconds, they were in orbit, but Ron detected something on DRADIS.
"It's an ex-AEUG Brave. The specs are off. In fact, it's three times faster then normal. And it's not using Trans-Am."
Ron knew that unit, and if he was right...
"What is it, Colonel?"
"It's Char's Brave. And it's not transmitting a Londo Bell IFF. In fact, it's transmitting an old Principality of Zeon IFF. What the hell?"
"Judau in Double Zeta. Ready to launch!"
"No! I'll handle it."
He launched his GN Sword Bits and created a Quantum Portal.
The Morgan went through, and Ron saw the GNX-903VSC/CARPC Brave he created for Char, in all it's blood red glory.
"Attention pilot of the Brave! This is Colonel Ronald Pinkerton, commander of Peace Keeping Force Londo Bell. Slow your unit-"
The Brave transformed and fired it's Drake Howling beam rifle at the Morgan.
"What the fuck?"
"Nice try, Colonel, but I don't answer to Londo Bell."
Ron knew his voice. It couldn't be anyone else.
"You cocksucker! It seems the the old axiom 'Once a Zeon, always a Zeon' comes to mind, Char!"
The Brave was just as fast as the Morgan, but wasn't as maneuverable, as Ron dodged the Drake Howling fire with ease.
That, and Ron was trained as a fighter pilot first and a Mobile Suit pilot second, rather then Char being an MS pilot first and trying to pilot a fighter now.
After all, Ron was good at both because he had experience doing both.
Char was a great pilot, but Ron had been doing this for over a decade.
He had the advantage.
The Brave drew a beam saber and swung, but Ron's GN Sword III Kai blocked the attack.
"You haven't had time to practice using a Brave, Char. Now, where have you been for the past year?"
"Healing my wounds. Axis will fall, Colonel, at your hands or mine. But so will the Federation!"
"Everyone keeps saying that, yet it hasn't happened. Now why is that? Zeon had Mobile Suits and used colonies on Earth, yet the Principality lost. Twice, if you count Operation Stardust."
"Yet they dropped a colony on North America!"
"The Delaz Fleet was destroyed, and a two year food shortage does not count as a victory. Pyrrhic at best, complete defeat at worst. Besides, there's been a Republic of Zeon since the end of the War. Total failure. By the way, noticed that the bitch is back?"
The 'bitch', as Ron put, was the AMX-004 Qubeley, piloted by Haman Karn.
And, by the look of things, the Qubeley had more, and smaller, Funnels.
Ron and Char put up a GN field, blocking the Funnel's attack.
"I'll deal with you later, Char! Bright, get your ass over here! If you've got the Nahel Argama, so much the better!"
"We're on our way, Colonel. What's happening?"
"I ran into Char and Haman! What the hell?"
Dozens of Qubeleys, Mk IIs, were advancing on Ron's position.
Ron had installed an I-field on the Morgan less then a day ago, and now it was being put to good use.
"Damned Funnels! DRAGOONs!"
The DRAGOONs launched, and Ron was pissed.
'Haman's a wily bitch-Wait, they're attacking her too!'
Ron figured it out quickly.
'Toto. That cockbite's just like Ghiren. Hell, he's a modified clone!'
Ron found the command ship, or rather fleet: it was a large force of Minotaurs, Nile-Class battleships and Volga-Class frigates were heading right at them.
"Nahel Argama! Deploy METEOR MR1!" "What?"
"MR1, NOW! We've got a huge force of Minotaurs, Nile-Class battleships and Volga-Class frigates heading right at you! Launch all Gundams with METEOR units!"
The Gundam Team launched, docked with their METEOR units and began their attack. Ron dueled with a Qubeley for a few seconds, then impaled the cockpit.
He left most of it intact, including the psycommu system, and attacked the original Qubeley.
"You're dead, Haman!"
Two High Mega Cannon shots from Double Zeta came in rapid succession-something that shouldn't be possible, I might add-and crippled the Qubeley.
Ron smirked.
Keeping Judau wasn't going to be a problem.
"Now, Haman-"
The cockpit was open, and Ron was gaping.
"Where'd she go?"
Then two GN beam rounds nearly it the Morgan.
Ron knew that unit; hell, he ordered it destroyed.
It was the back-up unit for Ribbons Almark: CB-0000G/C Reborns Cannon.
"You were saying, Colonel?"
Reborns rushed at Ron, GN cannons blazing.
"You're rushing me in a GN drive-powered version of the RX-77-2 Guncannon? That's stupid!" (AN: It does look like the RX-77-2 Guncannon when in Cannon Mode)
Ron got ready to destroy Reborns Cannon, but Haman had other plans.
She drew a beam saber and swung, but Ron's GN Sword III Kai blocked it Ron backed off and the suit began to transform.
"What the hell? This wasn't what I saw in AD 2312!" (AN: Cue MASURAO from Gundam 00, Season 2. Setsuna/00 Raiser faced Ribbons/Reborns Cannon/Gundam with the same tune. Now it's Ron's turn)
It turned around, showing a cruel mockery of the RX-78-2 Gundam.
With a Twin Drive System.
"Fuck."
"Don't think I chose this unit just to remind you of Ribbons Almark. This Suit will be your death!"
"Please. I'm the better pilot. The only one dying today is you!"
Ron rushed at Reborns, but Haman opened fire with her GN buster rifle.
He dodged the fire, but Axis Braves and Char were now shooting at him.
"Damn it!" Haman and Ron broke off to deal with the Braves, and Ron saw a way to get Haman on his side.
"You know, my family's got a saying: 'Idiots rule for 5 generations, but one smart man can change everything for the better on the 6th.'"
"So?" "It's been, what, 90 years since the beginning of the Universal Century? 5th Generation.
In ten years, someone smart will change this Universal Century, and you need to be around to see it!"
"So what?"
"Did you know-"
Ron cut a Tau Brave in half.
"That the Zabis you want to restore-sans Mineva, because she didn't even exist at the time-murdered Char's father?"
"What?"
"And did you also know that Char's real name is Casval Rem Deikun, son of the founder of the Republic of Zeon, Zeon Sum Deikun?"
Haman thought about it, then changed her IFF from Axis Zeon to Londo Bell.
"Thought you wouldn't like what I had to say."
"You have no reason to lie, Colonel, not like Ghiren and Degwin! All Axis forces, support Londo Bell! Glemy's forces are working to destroy the ideals of the true leader of Zeon, Zeon Sum Deikun! Take them out and follow Colonel Pinkerton's orders!"
"If you see a blood-red Brave, kill it! That's the unit of Char Aznable! He's working against the ideals of Zeon!"
'Two birds, one stone.'
Char, upon hearing Ron's order to kill him, sent a message to all Axis units, but he only got a few to listen, and to follow him.
The Braves and a few of the Zaku IIIs landed on a Musai-Class Late Type, and jumped away. Ron chuckled, as he wouldn't be dealing with the Red Comet anytime soon.
Then Glemy arrived with an artillery suit: GN-005 Gundam Virtue.
"Since when could you make actual GN drives?"
"We captured two of your Braves intact and we have two Titans ships orbiting Jupiter."
"Ah. Still doesn't explain why you still use Tau drive Braves."
"Easier to make."
"Die, Haman!"
Glemy fired the GN bazookas, but Ron put up a GN field, protecting Haman and himself from Virtue's attack.
"I have a plan. I have a GN Sword III, and he's targeting you."
"Your point, Colonel?"
"Do you have Trans-Am?"
"No; that was the only program we couldn't copy."
Ron uploaded the program into the Reborns' GN drives.
"Distract him. I'll kill him."
"Understood. Trans-Am!"
Reborns turned red and took fire for Ron as he closed in.
"After I destroy you, Haman, I'll be able to save Roux from Londo Bell, and the Principality of Zeon will return!"
"One: Roux ain't interested in you. You were played, retard. Two: you can't shoot me down because Colonel Pinkerton gave me Trans-Am, and you don't have it. And three: Look behind you."
Glemy turned and was impaled by Ron's GN Sword III Kai.
"That...wasn't...fair..."
"This is war, dumbass. Everything is fair."
Ron pulled the sword out and targeted the Gundam.
"Full Burst!"
Glemy was vaporized, and the battle was over.
"So, which jackass tried to drop that colony?"
"What colony?"
"Well, looks like the Fates have been sated. All Axis Zeon forces loyal to Haman, welcome to Londo Bell."
Ron landed on the Nahel Argama, followed by Haman. "I expect you to follow the rules." "Yes, I understand, Colonel."
Anaheim Electronics GHQ: two months after the end of the First Neo-Zeon War
Haman was kept under guard, but commonly stayed near Ron.
"What are we working on today, Colonel?"
"Artificial quantum singularities and their applications on power production."
Haman stared blankly.
"Making fake black holes power ships and Mobile Suits."
"Oh."
"I'm an engineer, Haman. It's something I'm used to."
"But don't black holes normally suck everything onto them, even light?"
"At least you're not completely stupid. Titanium-A, Diamond Carbon, Gundanium and Gundarium alloy can hold it in place with a special containment field installed in each layer, and the radiation it pumps out can be used to power the ship or MS, but Mobile Suits are tiny and to produce black hole powered MSs is too costly. In fact, I've got a prototype being built outside our solar system. It's called the SYSTEM Turn A-99. I'm thinking of calling it the Turn A Gundam."
"Why?"
Ron showed her the design.
It wasn't a normal Gundam, as the v fin was replaced with a mustache.
"That's...fucked up."
"I know. That was the point. It's the first black hole powered MS ever. Its' brother unit, the CONCEPT X or Turn X, will be the second unit. I've got a number of prototype MSs that use the Mobile Doll system as well, codename 'Bandit'. I'm refitting the Morgan with a black hole reactor after I finish testing with the Turn A's, and Anaheim's building a new Gundam for Amuro Ray."
"The White Devil?"
"Fitting name, and I'm designing the refit. It's called the RX-93. Nu Gundam."
"Nu?"
"It's a Greek letter. I used it once for a rebuild of the RX-78-2, but this is a new MS, more deserving of the name."
Ron chuckled.
"It'll take a few years to get the psycommu frame to work, even with your help. We're beginning tests on one of Londo Bell's Minotaurs using the black hole reactor."
Then Ron's voice sounded grim.
"Char Aznable will return soon. Universal Century 0092 will be the beginning of the Second Neo-Zeon War."
Sieg Zeon! Char's Counterattack begins soon!
Mobile suits of the Chapter
GNX-903VSC/CARPC Brave
General Characteristics
Overall Height: 20.2 meters
Max Weight: 20.5 metric tons
Power Plant: GN Drive x2
Propulsion: GN Vernier x 9
Accommodation: Pilot only, cockpit in chest
Armor: E-Carbon, GN Composite Armor
Armaments: 30mm Machine Gun x 2 (mounted on chest),
Chakram Grenade x 10(stored in legs) GN Beam Machinegun x 2(mounted on wrists), GN Beam Rifle (Drake Howling), GN Beam Saber x 2(stored in side binders), GN Cannon x 2 (mounted in side binders), GN Missile x 2(stored in legs), Tri-Punisher
Special Equipment and Features
Energy Cable
Side Binder x 2
Trans-Am System
Large GN Condenser
Char's Custom Brave-as stated by the CARPC(Char Aznable/Ronald Pinkerton Custom)-goes three times faster then the normal ones, mainly due to the fact that it's three times lighter and has 9, rather then 3, Verniers.
Just so you know, I won't update often, because I've got a few more things to work out with my computer, I.e, a massive cleaning plus defragging.
Next Time on Valkyrie's Flight: The Lost Sagas: Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack: Char takes over Sweetwater, and preps the drop of Fifth Luna.
Ja Ne!