Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Si vis Pacem, Para Bellum

Written by,

William R. Woods

Aka Deathzealot, or

deathzealotzero

Military Bunker
Outskirts of Peacecraft Estate
Sanc Kingdom, Northern Europe
June 20, AC 195

In the large military bunker turned underground mobile suit hanger the normal noises of a mobile suit hangar in use could be heard as various mechanics and technicians went about their various jobs maintaining the various mobile suits that called the huge hangar home. Into this symphony of noise four new figures entered the hangar with two of them freezing in sheer amazement and shock at the entrance at the appearance of the numerous mobile suits. While the remaining figures looked on in sheer pride and satisfaction at the sight of the hangered mobile suits.

"As you can see My Queen we are not going to be caught unaware by the Romefeller Foundation again," the first figure mentioned with quiet pride in his voice as he waved his hand at the busy hangar.

"How is this possible Chief Representative Rex?" the shocked figure of newly installed Queen Relena Peacecraft of the Sanc Kingdom managed to ask the first figure, Chief Representative Vingt Rex of the Sanc Kingdom's Parliament. The middle-aged man only chuckled before looking over at the hangar with a proud look on his face.

"Well your majesty this complex was first built around AC 155 by your Grandmother Katrina Peacecraft after she took part in the First Lunar Resource War as a teenager to serve as the main base of the Kingdom's small but dedicated Defense Force. It was converted into a mobile suit hanger and vastly expanded in AC 178 about two years after the Leo was first introduced," the Chief Representative explained to his new queen.

"It was around that time that Queen Katrina and my father entered a deal that would have us buying heavily damaged Leos from the Alliance through various cutouts and such. It was far cheaper for the Alliance to simply replace a Leo with a brand-new machine instead of repairing a damaged mobile suit therefore we got them for pretty much dirt cheap. The Alliance believed that we were scrapping them which we were but one in five machines were moved here and fully repaired. The money we made from scrapping the other machines and selling off the parts allowed us to quite easily repair them. Over time we gave them a few modifications," the man concluded his explanation with a wave at the many like new OZ-06MS Leo mobile suits that were now standing in front of them safely in their hanger racks. Each Leo was painted in a white and silver scheme that made them pretty much stand out compared to the drab olive green paint job the Alliance gave their machines.

"What sort of modifications did you make Chief Representative?" the second figure asked with a frown eying the lines of white-painted Leos before the Queen could continue asking her questions to the man.

"Well, Lieutenant Noin the first of course was bringing them up to modern specs for more than a few of these machines are over a decade old, the second was adding a new generator, then thanks to the extra power we gave them a pair of beam sabers, then a beam rifle, and finally a new shield replacing the older one," the surprised man answered to the figure of Lieutenant Lucrezia Noin, the Queen's new Knight and bodyguard making the veteran mobile suit pilot eye the nearest mobile suit and seeing the differences from the Leos she was used to. She could clearly see the new beam sabers stored on the Leo's waist, similar to the few custom Taurus prototypes she had seen during her time working with them at the Lake Victoria Base. She could also see the various modified Mark V Beam Rifles stored next to individual Leo mobile suits, along with a larger Heater-type Shield instead the standard circular shields used, but what really drew her attention was a weird looking rifle stored next to the beam rifles.

"If the Kingdom had all of these mobile suits why weren't they used during the Alliance Invasion in 182?" Queen Relena asked with a frown looking over at the older man and was surprised to see the mixed anger and sorrow on his face.

"Two things my Queen. The first being not having the pilots for all of the mobile suits and your father's Total Pacifism ideals saw him ordering what units we did have not to launch. Not that we have time to do anything for the Alliance stroke fast," the Chief Representative explained with a sigh looking up at the mobile suits.

"I take it then Chief Representative you were not all that happy with my father then?" Relena finally asked after several moments of mournful silence.

"Honestly I was quite angry with him at the time but with his death due to the attack and what followed I can't really stay angry at him," he replied after another moment of silence.

"Your father my Queen had only taken the throne about five years previously thanks to the death of your Grandmother. We showed him what his mother had built here soon after that and he wasn't all that impressed. For like I mentioned he had been a longtime follower of Heero Yuy's Total Pacifism idea and really didn't like us stockpiling mobile suits like this. He never ordered us to dismantle these machines true but he never did anything else with it. He pretty much acted like this didn't exist at all," he continued on with a sorrowful look on his face as he looked over the still bustling hangar before he suddenly looked up and over at his new queen with a panicked look on his face.

"Are you going to follow your father's policies?" he asked with almost pleading eyes making Relena chuckled slightly at the man's expression breaking the solemn air from the earlier explanation. Noin smirked slightly at man's look and her lady's response to it for she knew that while Relena was her own person she was still the younger sister to Zechs Marquise.

"No Chief Representative I am not going to ignore having a suitable Defense Force for this nation that I found myself leading. Granted yes I do still believe in Total Pacifism but you forget your older brother here pretty much helped raise me after all," Relena mentioned with a nod to hereby silent fourth figure, one Pagan Rex, Relena's overworked butler and manservant who was also the Chief Representative's older brother who nodded his head at his lady's attention.

"No Pagan has explained to me the weakness of the Total Pacifism idea in that it does not prevent that single mad man or woman from coming in and destroying everything thanks to no weapons being created to defend the people from such people. I still like to see it coming to pass but I am not a naïve little girl anymore sadly. That girl is no longer me," Relena mentioned with a sigh and a shadowed look on her face as she finished her explanation. The Chief Representative blinked at this before straightened up in attention before bowing towards the young woman he was finding himself respecting immensely. Noin followed behind pleased that Relena was not going to fight them in creating a true defense for the Sanc Kingdom.

"What are your orders then My Queen?" the man asked as he rose from his bow and looking over at her.

"Si vis pacem, para bellum. Want Peace, Prepare for war," Relena replied as she stared up at the rows of white painted Leos as with a sigh.

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