>>5980958

The days of the Earth Federation trampling over humanity, the days of it stunting man’s progress into the stars and the expansion of human consciousness, will soon be at an end. You and your sister Artesia would prefer this end come peacefully, but you have aligned yourself with those who would cut a far bloodier path - the warmongering fiends who betrayed and slew your father, the Zabi family, have in the last two years become your closest allies. The relationship between your families, once friends, and then sworn enemies, and now ‘family’, has grown ever more complicated as time has marched on, but they remain the best hope for your family to regain control of and shepherd mankind, and also one of your most dire obstacles.

For now your older brother Casval plays the role of a spirited but loyal puppet of the Zabis, a useful tool, though you know he means none of it - ever has he plotted the deaths of the Zabis, the whole clan save your youngest sister, and he gathers his own power just as you do. A day of reckoning will come, a time when the knives will finally come out and every member of your two intermixed clans will be forced to pick sides - you know which one you will be on, but where the Zabis you care for will fall - Dozle, Garma, and Vivima - is up in the air.

Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer. Hmph, a bit trite, but there’s still a wisdom to those tired old words.

Sighing, you shake your head at the sight of more federation soldiers patrolling the exit of the space port, and begin to head down the textured steel steps leading into the occupied city. This city is not your final destination - you are headed to the linear rail station which connects directly to Guardian Military Academy, the premier - though far from only - military academy in all of Zeon. All of the Earth-sphere, if your step-father and superintendent of the academy Dozle Zabi is to be believed. He’s a big boaster, and very loud, but you agree with him on the academy - and his tastes in fencing and ship design as well, the giant Zabi and his love for the truly big have grown on you.

>>5980959

As you reach the bottom of the stairs, you’re greeted by your sister Artesia. She’s looking quite prim and proper in her well cut green second year cadet’s uniform, blonde hair worn in a tight bun and blue eyes twinkling at the sight of you. She missed you terribly, you can feel the welcoming press of her mind even before words are exchanged. Beside her stands your good friend Blare, one of the sharpest minds at the academy, but a worried look is cast over his soft features; Tiff, his fiery girlfriend and another of your close allies, is not here with him - usually they are inseparable.

“Welcome back, Felix.” Artesia greets you warmly with a hug, which you happily receive. Blare greets you next, with another hug, though much briefer.

“It’s good to be back!” Your smile matches your sister’s, you’ve only been gone for a weekend but with travel to and from other colonies becoming more and more frequent you haven’t seen each other as much as you’d like these last few months - especially with Artesia’s medical training ongoing, “…I rushed home as soon as the news reached Riah - I couldn’t stay away from Zeon at a time like this, not for a whole week. Is it as bad as the reports are saying?”

“It is.” Your sister confirms with a grim nod, her smile dying away, pain held deep in her blue eyes, “Rioting all over Zum city and the rest of the Side, there was even a big fight right outside the palace - Gihren’s really stoked the flames this time… I’m just glad Casval wasn’t there with him to do it. They spend too much time together.”

“Casval might say the same of you and Garma,” You reply, immediately regretting. Artesia understands though, such small missteps are readily forgiven between you, and she knows your concerns as few others can - both a sister and a fellow Newtype, “…I know it’s not the same. What’s the feeling here though? Blood in the water?”

“Everyone’s waiting for it to go hot again, word is that the Federation will be rolling in heavy armor later today.” Blare offers up, entering the discussion now, “They’re getting more aggressive, a junior officer is bound to slip up and panic - with that kind of firepower it’s going to be a bloodbath.”

“Tanks? On protestors? …And I thought Riah was getting its throat stepped on too, but they were just using rubber bullets when I left - had the generals all on edge still.” You speak more quietly as a pair of tan uniformed Federation soldiers patrol past, their visored gaze lingering on your group for a moment longer than you’d like - they surely recognize you, but there is no swarming press of onlookers here, this is a secured area for diplomats and VIPs. The true public areas lies just beyond another perimeter, and you will move quickly to avoid them - you’re very experienced at avoiding unwanted onlookers, years of living a double life have made sure of that.

>>5980961

“No, not on protestors - they’ll use tanks on ‘violent extremists’ - you should hear the spin the Star is putting on all of this.” Blare shakes his head and sighs, removing his glasses for a moment, “...It will be what it is though, we can’t change what’s already happened, only plan ahead. Where to, Felix? Back to the academy?”

“Yes…” You begin to answer, of course the academy is your destination, but there remains the matter of what you will do once you reach it - time is short at times like these, many pieces are moving about the board and they will not wait for you.

Vote:
>”...To my brother, I’m sure he’s gathered up the class with all this going on - I’m right, aren’t I?” Casval probably has the second and third year cadets organizing into squads and platoons already, you know him too well.

>”...We’re heading to the sim pods, we’ll call in all the others and discuss this together.” As Newtypes, you mean - Casval might show up on his own, he’s a part of that group - but these events must be discussed among those who are most aware of mankind’s coming destiny.

>”...Artesia and I will need to speak with Dozle when we arrive back at the academy, there are family matters to discuss. Blare, you should meet up with my brother. If he has a plan, listen, and help if you can.” Communications have been spotty with Federation interference, and you haven’t gotten word about your wife and children, or your mother, since this latest crisis began. Dozle will know the most of anyone save Vivima.

>Write-in.

>>5980962

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>>5980962
>”...To my brother, I’m sure he’s gathered up the class with all this going on - I’m right, aren’t I?” Casval probably has the second and third year cadets organizing into squads and platoons already, you know him too well.
Bros before step-bros.
Glad to see you back, you mutant spacenoid. I was two "Please wait a while before posting"s from running a Zeta Quest.

>>5980966
do it anyways you fuckin coward

>>5980962
>”...To my brother, I’m sure he’s gathered up the class with all this going on - I’m right, aren’t I?” Casval probably has the second and third year cadets organizing into squads and platoons already, you know him too well.

>>5980962
>”...To my brother, I’m sure he’s gathered up the class with all this going on - I’m right, aren’t I?” Casval probably has the second and third year cadets organizing into squads and platoons already, you know him too well.
We are so back bros!

>>5980962
>>”...We’re heading to the sim pods, we’ll call in all the others and discuss this together.” As Newtypes, you mean - Casval might show up on his own, he’s a part of that group - but these events must be discussed among those who are most aware of mankind’s coming destiny.
Sweet!

Some book keeping stuff: I just realized there is a typo in the OP, it should be UC 0077 for both dates given. I was considering setting things in January of 78 but went for a short time skip instead.

Assume things have been going largely according to plan with gathering up newtypes/pilot, working on Tryphosa's sisters, and guiding/growing Riah's Mobile Suit corps (which is helping lay the groundwork for Felix running his own Newtype MS corps back in Zeon, probably with pilots pulled from both Sides). Character relationships are largely the same, just more time has passed. Elena is off at Zeonic working as an engineer now and your kids are usually either with her or your mother in Zum city; your residence on Luna is usually left empty now and is being used by Kycilia as something of a spy nest - bit of a sad loss, but it isn't truly gone.

>>5980997
shorter*

>>5980962
>”...We’re heading to the sim pods, we’ll call in all the others and discuss this together.” As Newtypes, you mean - Casval might show up on his own, he’s a part of that group - but these events must be discussed among those who are most aware of mankind’s coming destiny.

Holy shit welcome back Contolist. Jump scared me with that qtg post.

>>5980962
>”...We’re heading to the sim pods, we’ll call in all the others and discuss this together.” As Newtypes, you mean - Casval might show up on his own, he’s a part of that group - but these events must be discussed among those who are most aware of mankind’s coming destiny.

Good to see you again Contolist!


Anyways, we should gather our group together and prepare ourselves in ways that only newtypes can.

>>5980962
>>”...To my brother, I’m sure he’s gathered up the class with all this going on - I’m right, aren’t I?” Casval probably has the second and third year cadets organizing into squads and platoons already, you know him too well.
Hell yeah, I love this quest. Glad to see it back.

>>5980962
>”...Artesia and I will need to speak with Dozle when we arrive back at the academy, there are family matters to discuss. Blare, you should meet up with my brother. If he has a plan, listen, and help if you can.” Communications have been spotty with Federation interference, and you haven’t gotten word about your wife and children, or your mother, since this latest crisis began. Dozle will know the most of anyone save Vivima.

WELCOME BACK CONTOLIST

>>5980958
HEY ITS BACK.

You've been missed.

>>5980962
>>”...To my brother, I’m sure he’s gathered up the class with all this going on - I’m right, aren’t I?” Casval probably has the second and third year cadets organizing into squads and platoons already, you know him too well.

Voting will be open until the morning, I think I'll have time to write around lunch. It's good to be back!

>>5980962
>>”...We’re heading to the sim pods, we’ll call in all the others and discuss this together.” As Newtypes, you mean - Casval might show up on his own, he’s a part of that group - but these events must be discussed among those who are most aware of mankind’s coming destiny.

One hour until voting closes.

>>5980966
>>5980971
>>5980987
>>5981029
>>5981113
To Casval.

>>5981273
>>5981015
>>5981002
>>5980990
Sim pods.

>>5981041
Dozle.

Going straight to Casval wins, writing.

“Yes, back to the academy, and to my brother. I’m sure he’s gathered up the class already with all this going on,” You reply to Blare and begin the walk toward the nearby rail station, “I’m right, aren’t I?”

Blare nods, “He’s held a few meetings, all the break rooms were packed before I got sent out here to watch Federation deployments. Exercises and classes were canceled, so there’s not much to do except watch the news, the little we get, and try to find out more… Do you think this will turn into something larger, Felix?”

“Larger?” You let the word hang in the air for a moment, silence falling around the three of you as you keep walking across the concrete sidewalk toward the glass and steel structure of the rail station. Waving to the Federation guards posted near its front, you’re waved through immediately - everyone knows who you and Artesia are, even in your cadet uniforms. As soon as you’re past the guards, the talk begins again.

“A real conflict, not just riots and skirmishes with security forces.” Blare clarifies, though of course you knew what he meant - some things are best left unsaid near Federation soldiers though.

“War.” Artesia frowns, always one to prefer peace, as you reach the platform and wait for the next train to arrive. It won’t take long, usually never more than a minute or two. “We’re not ready for it. …What a nightmare.”

“We’re more prepared now than we’ve ever been,” You cross your arms as the boxy white train slides smoothly to a stop, large plate glass windows revealing the almost totally empty interiors of its simple cars - not many riders at a time like this, “...But let’s hope it doesn’t come to that. We can’t let them roll over our people though.”

The train doors hiss open, and you step aboard - the three of you choose to stand despite the many empty seats, simply gripping onto the vertical steel poles within. Another hiss and the doors seal shut, and then a moment later there is a slight jolt as the train moves out of the station. The brick and plaster buildings of the city blur past as the train gains speed, a few of the taller Federation barracks and command posts interspersed here and there - soon you’re out and into the green of the colony, passing hills and forests on your way to the academy grounds.

“Unless you know something I don’t, ‘more prepared’ doesn’t change the balance of power nearly far enough, even with Riah. The Federation must know that.” Blare’s blue eyes flick between you and Artesia, taking in your reactions carefully, “...Is there something else, Felix?”

>>5981520

“...No, nothing that’s ready yet.” You grimace at the thought of what might come soon, an early war would be a disaster, even with a few thousand mobile suits prepared there aren’t enough skilled pilots to man them or ships to deploy from - and a purely nuclear exchange would only invite hell to the Sides, not liberation from Earth, “We have enough strength to make a bloody fight of it, and Federation politicians don’t have the stomach for those kinds of risks - they’re still reorganizing their command, and the fleet is scattered piecemeal, it would be a mess.”

“Casval said something about that too, that it might be a good chance to act while the Federation is flat-footed.” Artesia’s gaze is locked firmly on the hills and forests passing by outside the train’s large plate glass windows, her back turned to you and Blare, “He’s talked with Garma about it too.”

“And Vivima?” You question, more concerned about the craftier of the two young Zabis - Garma’s kept in check by Artesia, and despite occasional flare ups of Zabi arrogance and a lingering need to prove himself to his despicable elders, he is one of the few you mostly trust. Vivima, though a friend, even a close friend, as strange as that is to think, is far more dangerous in this kind of tense political atmosphere.

“She’s been with Tryphosa through all of this, they’re both still here… somewhere. I haven’t had a chance to talk with either of them, but I’m sure Viv isn’t happy with the Federation jamming communications.” Artesia grins ever so slightly at what must be the understatement of the decade - Vivima and cut communications go together about as well as Gihren and Earth day.

“...I saw some of that on the flight in, there was a cruiser sitting right over the colony’s main laser receiver, and troop and cargo ships docking - lots of them.” You recall the blue hulled warship loitering just above the main comms array, not only jamming radio signals but also physically blocking laser communications. “There still must be something getting through though. It’s like this everywhere?”

Blare shrugs slightly, “We cannot know for sure, but I would wager it is. They have the hulls for it but not enough boots to set down in every colony. They’re willing to spread out their ships, but they’re mustering forces here - I think they’re going to Zum soon, maybe in a few days, there’s more arriving all the time. If nothing else comes of this, I’m sure they will have to cycle back to Luna II. Most of the Feddies I’ve seen dock here aren’t well organized - they’re just piling them in at the barracks by the spaceport, that base has to be close to capacity…"

>>5981522

The rest of the train ride goes by without much in the way of important conversation, just a bit of idle chatter between you and Artesia - worries about Elena and your mother, and all the children, and the state of the wider crisis Gihren has stoked, but it comes to little. Neither of you know enough to do more than speculate and worry - It’s comforting to be with your sister again though.

When the train comes to a stop, the doors part and you step out onto the platform to find several cadets already waiting for you, a number of whom appear to be concealing handguns beneath their uniforms - you’ve got sharp enough eyes to immediately pick out the slight printing patterns under the stiff green material. A tall woman with long dark hair, right up to the very edge of regulation length, leads them. You know her at once; Izumi Fuchs. Behind her, almost blocked from sight by the other taller cadets and forced to push his way through the crowd with wide hands, stand your stocky red haired friend Rix. Greetings are exchanged quickly, as a Federation patrol is already on its way over to the small crowd gathered at the station.

“Move it along, ya Zeeks!” One of the tan uniformed soldiers shouts. He and his fellow Feddies are in full battle rattle, vests and helmets, plenty of magazines to spare, and bullpup rifles slung over their shoulders, “No gathering in public areas during a state of emergency! Go on, get! Damned Spacenoid trash, haven’t you seen the news?”

Not looking to start a fight here, you take your enlarged group out and away from the station and along the white footpaths leading across Guardian Academy’s garden-like grounds. A few of the other cadets with you shout back taunts and jeers at the Feddie guards, but there’s intent to follow through with any of it right now.

“Izumi,” You address the tall cadet directly, trusting she’ll have an excellent grip of the situation, “Where is Casval at? One of the break rooms?”

“Break room three… some of the others have started calling it ‘little Zeon’ already.” Izumi replies quite seriously, though with the faintest of grins gracing her fine features, “He sent us to fetch you, in case you tried running off to the pods.”

“I had considered it, but this is an all hands on deck kind of situation.” You reply while continuing the walk toward the main Academy building, passing by the ground’s large pond and the statue of your father you have spent so much time with in the past, “He’s getting ready to act?”

>>5981524

“I am, and the game is already on - there’s no decisions left to be made. Those animals back there feel it in the air too, the tension, the fear - their fear. They know what happens when you press something dangerous into a corner like this.” Izumi takes a quiet joy in times like this, she lives for competition and tension, though you know her well enough to understand she isn’t a true warmonger - just an exceedingly capable, cunning, and enthusiastic hunter.

“...Pessimistic outlook.” Artesia mutters to herself.

“Aye, bit it’s a real yin, isn’t it?” Rix growls out from nearby, tromping along a bit faster to keep up with everyone else, “‘Tis whit we've bin training fur.”

A few minutes later and you’re inside the main building of the academy, and within the dimly lit interior of break room three, ‘little Zeon’. It’s usually used as a film room, rows of chairs set up more like a cinema than a place to relax and chat, but instead of entertainment the projector atop the ceiling is displaying a live feed of rioting on Zum. It cuts away occasionally to show Federation warships holding positions close to the entrances of the capital colony’s primary spaceport.

Casval is sitting beside Garma, though other cadets are spread about here and there in the room, watching the news in silence. You and Artesia take a seat beside your brother. The rest of the cadets who escorted you here file out of the room, led by Izumi and Rix. Blare goes with them, and you just barely catch sight of him getting tackle-hugged by Tiff out in the hall before the door is shut and the dim half-dark of the room returns.

”...At least fifty eight are confirmed dead after the latest clash between Federation security forces and armed separatist protestors on Zum…” A newswoman’s disembodied voice narrates the scenes of violence as they flicker past on the screen, speaking far too calmly for what is being displayed. Burning buildings, lines of protestors crashing into soldiers and police in riot gear, armored cars with pressure hoses spraying down dozens of men at a time, and even exchanges of gunfire between a few Federation soldiers and a distant hotel that looks to have been shelled already.

>”So what’s the plan, Cas?” Casval is the eldest, defer. This is a crisis you need to act as one to address, no bickering - give him your support.
>”...If they keep their ships that close with traffic still moving through, there’s going to be a collision.” You’ve got a pilot’s eye, and those are very, very badly cluttered docking paths outside of Zum. It’s a disaster waiting to unfold.
>”The situation wasn’t too different in Riah when I left, not quite as many Feddies yet but it was moving that way.” Catch Garma and your brother up on the state of your tenuous allies on Side Six.
>Write-in.

>>5981526
>”So what’s the plan, Cas?” Casval is the eldest, defer. This is a crisis you need to act as one to address, no bickering - give him your support.

>>5981526
>”The situation wasn’t too different in Riah when I left, not quite as many Feddies yet but it was moving that way.” Catch Garma and your brother up on the state of your tenuous allies on Side Six.
The Titans were completely right, if anyone in the Federation had the balls to deploy nerve gas on and vent rebellious banchi, none of these problems would be happening.

>>5981526
>”So what’s the plan, Cas?” Casval is the eldest, defer. This is a crisis you need to act as one to address, no bickering - give him your support.
>”The situation wasn’t too different in Riah when I left, not quite as many Feddies yet but it was moving that way.” Catch Garma and your brother up on the state of your tenuous allies on Side Six.
Give them info then let's see what the plan is.

>>5981526
1.
>”The situation wasn’t too different in Riah when I left, not quite as many Feddies yet but it was moving that way.” Catch Garma and your brother up on the state of your tenuous allies on Side Six
>”So what’s the plan, Cas?” Casval is the eldest, defer. This is a crisis you need to act as one to address, no bickering - give him your support.
2.
>”So what’s the plan, Cas?” Casval is the eldest, defer. This is a crisis you need to act as one to address, no bickering - give him your support.

>>5981526
>>5981546
Supporting. Based Titans enjoyer.

>>5981526
>>”The situation wasn’t too different in Riah when I left, not quite as many Feddies yet but it was moving that way.” Catch Garma and your brother up on the state of your tenuous allies on Side Six.

>>5981526
Supporting >>5981549. This is not the time to withhold information from our siblings.

>>5981526
>>5981549
+1

>>5981546
>The Titans were completely right
Cringe.

>>5981526
>”So what’s the plan, Cas?” Casval is the eldest, defer. This is a crisis you need to act as one to address, no bickering - give him your support.

One hour until voting closes.

>>5981613
>Cringe
Cope more colonigger, everything the zeeks did before them justified their existence and everything the zeeks did after them vindicated them.

>>5981666
If your gonna be a titan fag, Why partake?

>>5981526
>”The situation wasn’t too different in Riah when I left, not quite as many Feddies yet but it was moving that way.” Catch Garma and your brother up on the state of your tenuous allies on Side Six.
>”So what’s the plan, Cas?” Casval is the eldest, defer. This is a crisis you need to act as one to address, no bickering - give him your support.
Great to have you back Contolist. What happened anyway, life come at ya hard?

>>5981671
Because it's a good and fun Gundam Quest and because everything after CCA proved Gihren right.

>>5981666
Spacenoids will forever mog you with newtype powers, seethe more titanfag.

>>5981526
>”The situation wasn’t too different in Riah when I left, not quite as many Feddies yet but it was moving that way.” Catch Garma and your brother up on the state of your tenuous allies on Side Six.

>>5981527
>>5981641
Defer.

>>5981546
>>5981565
>>5981683
>>5981575
Riah.

>>5981549
>>5981561
>>5981584
>>5981613
>>5981672
Riah+Defer. Wins, writing.

>>5981672
>what happened
A nasty mix of burnout and life getting much busier for a few months, but things have settled back down now. I missed writing the quest, it's good to be back at it again.

>>5981686
Glad to hear it amigo. Lets take it easy so we avoid that burnout in the future. And I hope life takes a break from throwing haymakers your way for the foreseeable (though if you have some socials to follow just in case...)

“The situation wasn’t too different in Riah when I left,” You speak quietly within the dim room, watching the images of protests riots play across the screen - It’s all coverage from Federation sources, probably the only thing they’re allowing to be piped into the colony with communications being locked down so tightly, “Not quite as many Feddies yet, but it was moving that way - and they weren’t policing communications like this.”

You gesture toward the screen with one hand, and ponder for a moment just how much of a greater mess the Federation has created by trying to clamp down so tightly - this is almost unprecedented, it’s bound to only provoke further riots and attacks. Can’t be popular on Earth either, not that people there really have much of a say - everything is crooked and rigged.

“What was the atmosphere like in Riah, brother?” Casval asks calmly, watching the screen intently just as you are - those are your people clashing with Federation soldiers and riot police, and not in some unfamiliar place but on the very streets of Zum. You recognize some of the more prominent buildings in the background, even catching glimpses of the distant and menacing palace at times.

“Tense.” You give the only answer you have - there’s no other word for it, “The generals placed portions of Riah’s reserves on stand-by notice, and mobile suit training was stopped so the pilots could prepare. A hundred suits wouldn’t do much across a whole Side though.”

“They’re preparing for war then? Over this?” Garma asks, half shocked by the news and turning to face you, the light from the screen playing across his soft features. He and Vivima really do favor one another in some light, their late mother shines through them far more clearly than Degwin ever has.

“Some are, but they know even together we’d lose as things stand. What they were doing when I left was preparing for a final stand before Earth’s boot crushes their neck.” You shake your head, disgusted by the reality of it - even with vastly increased ship and mobile suit production, both shepherded along by Dozle and Vivima, Zeon and Riah need more time to build up forces - not nearly enough men or machines are ready, “Ever since they put down those Federation loyalists months ago, the ones Ramba helped to clean up, some of Riah’s high command have felt they were living on borrowed time. They’re mistaken, of course, but I can hardly blame them. ...They won’t move unless we do, or the Federation forces their hand and hard.”

>>5981760

“That’s reassuring,” You brother’s eyes focus upon the face of a Federation official speaking on the screen - no one of great importance, just another late middle aged suit like so many of the other Earthnoid bureaucratic class that are so heavily entrenched in the Federation’s government, “They’re still predictable then, I was worrying some of them might have grown a spine. Hopefully they will before a real war starts.”

“Those that have them have brains as well, thankfully.” You chuckle, “I’d worry more that the Federation might have found some backbone instead, this crackdown seems worse than the others - The worst in years.”

“It’s all awful, none of it should be happening.” Artesia huffs unhappily in agreement as casualties figures scroll across the screen, growing ever more dire each time the news shows them, “Look at all those people… It’s madness to fight like this, we were getting so much already through the talks down on Earth.”

“It’s Gihren.” Garma replies a little too casually, too used to his family causing these kinds of crises, “The negotiations in Geneva were stalling. He does it all for Zeon - He knows things like this will happen. ‘It speeds up our people’s destiny,’ that’s what he’d say if he were here. …I don’t like how it looks either though, Artesia, but what’s the alternative, let them trample us forever? We’re a proud people, we can only take so much.”

“Pride can only be swallowed for so long before one is forced to act,” Casval agrees ominously, though Garma misses the weight of the words, “And the Federation could have chosen to respond less harshly - this just shows again what we all knew, they’re here to occupy Zeon, not protect it. There’s disagreement on Earth about how to do it, but the more heavy handed just need an excuse to show their true colors as tyrants.”

“...So what’s the plan then, Cas?” You ask, unsure of the direction your brother intends to take all of this, “I saw you’ve both been getting the class organized into units - Izumi had a gun on her, so did some of the others.”

“Ah, you saw that, did you?” Casval turns to face you, a mischievous grin appearing slowly, “It was my idea, things are moving fast and I wanted to keep ahead of events. We have men posted at the armories and the vehicle depot, Garma saw to that, in case the Feddies come knocking and ask for all of it - that can leave with our bullets, hahaha.”

“I made sure they knew they had the support of the Zabi clan.” Garma puffs up a little at the mention of his family - of your family, legally speaking, though in truth you’ve still not gotten used to that. His confidence fades quickly though, and he tugs a bit at his collar as he speaks further, “Uh… Dozle doesn't know though, he’s been in meetings with Federation officers all day - lots of shouting.”

>>5981763

“Sounds like Dozle.” You snort, know the big man’s fighting his own battle for Zeon, even if he has all the political subtlety and grace of a gorilla in plate armor rampaging through a particularly delicate china shop, “So we… watch and wait?”

“There was some talk that we might get deployed under Federation control. Technically under their control, at least.” Casval mentions offhandedly, as if it barely matters, but your eyes widen at the news - that would change everything, emergency activation would force some hard decisions political and fast. Degwin wouldn’t see two of his children and… they others added to his family moved about like pawns. And when the old prune moves, Zeon does - Gihren might sway the masses, but he is not yet fully in control of the Side.

“That’s a dangerous plan.” You reply, your nose wrinkled up in disgust at the idea of being commanded by whichever Federation officers commanded this crackdown, “The Federation doesn’t have the guts for that kind of move, they know Degwin would step in - and they we’d refuse regardless.”

“Did I sound worried?” Casval laughs, “We’d be pilots probably, if they have any sense left, not manning water cannons. Everyone here has basic piloting certification now, and a lot of traffic has been interrupted with workers on strike.”

“...Well, that’s not so bad then.” You fold your arms, considering the tedious but important work such relief efforts would be. That’s the kind of emergency measure you could actually support, working to keep the lights on for people who need it and ensure vital shipments still move about the Side while everything is so chaotic. It would be better to be activated by Zeon’s defense forces though, not the federation which controls them mostly on paper at this point, “...And I haven’t had a chance to fly a shuttle in a while.”

“Been sneaking off too much to fly Zakus in Riah, eh?” Your brother asks, “You should send me one of these weekends instead, the pods aren’t half as fun.”

>>5981766

You have been getting in lots of hours of flight time on Riah’s somewhat outdated Zaku I’s, though you know Casval - and Vivima for that matter - have developed quite a habit of flying their personal guard’s Royal Guard variant Zaku whenever they have the spare time. You have all improved, but the two of them remain just slightly ahead of you - You win a little less than half the time in the sim pods, but it’s a close fight now and on some days you come out ahead more than not. Not most days though. You suspect in a real battle your newtype senses would be more helpful, but they do far less in a simulation. Vivima, to your relief, still has not awakened despite many hours spent with Tryphosa and her sisters - but you have felt Viv teetering on the precipice of something for months now.

“After this is all over, brother…” You’d like to see him flying in Riah with you, Artesia as well - all of your Newtypes in fact, if you could manage it, but only family and perhaps Tryphosa are a realistic goal for now.

Felix will have a radio capable of mundane communications in all of these options, even just staying to watch the news.
>”But for now I suppose all we can do is wait. It sounds like you have things prepared.” Watch the news feed with your family, maybe there is something to be gleaned even through the Federation’s propagandistic spin. You’ll all be together if something happens.
>”But for now I think I need to find Tryphosa, just a feeling I’ve got. I’ll be back soon.” It won’t be hard to locate your bond, a few thoughts sent out across the colony and you should be pulled right to her… And Vivima.
>”But for now I need to speak with Dozle, he might have heard more about mother, or Elena.” The big Zabi’s a father as well, you’ve both grown closer because of it over the last half year; he’ll tell you everything he knows.
>Write-in.

>>5981768
>”But for now I think I need to find Tryphosa, just a feeling I’ve got. I’ll be back soon.” It won’t be hard to locate your bond, a few thoughts sent out across the colony and you should be pulled right to her… And Vivima.

>>5981768
>Felix will have a radio capable of mundane communications in all of these options, even just staying to watch the news.
Have the Feds not figured out Minovsky Scattering yet? Or are they just not using it for their own sake?

>”But for now I need to speak with Dozle, he might have heard more about mother, or Elena.” The big Zabi’s a father as well, you’ve both grown closer because of it over the last half year; he’ll tell you everything he knows.
We might get to hear more about what the Federations actual goals and next steps are by going to Dozle.

>>5981768
>”But for now I think I need to find Tryphosa, just a feeling I’ve got. I’ll be back soon.” It won’t be hard to locate your bond, a few thoughts sent out across the colony and you should be pulled right to her… And Vivima.

Time to find the one we need.

>>5981773
>Minovsky scattering
They have figured it out and adopted the practice, but haven't really adjusted their doctrine or platforms to account for it yet outside of updated ship reactors. Felix would probably suspect they're doing some of it to help jam up communications, but he doesn't know for sure.

>>5981781
>the one you need
Aww, that's a sweet thing to say about Vivima, anon.

>>5981783
NO, I AM ON TEAM TRYPHOSA. NOT VIVIMA.

i'll NEVER betray our true love.

>>5981768
>>”But for now I suppose all we can do is wait. It sounds like you have things prepared.” Watch the news feed with your family, maybe there is something to be gleaned even through the Federation’s propagandistic spin. You’ll all be together if something happens.

>>5981768
>”But for now I need to speak with Dozle, he might have heard more about mother, or Elena.” The big Zabi’s a father as well, you’ve both grown closer because of it over the last half year; he’ll tell you everything he knows.

>>5981768
>>”But for now I need to speak with Dozle, he might have heard more about mother, or Elena.” The big Zabi’s a father as well, you’ve both grown closer because of it over the last half year; he’ll tell you everything he knows.

>>5981768
>”But for now I think I need to find Tryphosa, just a feeling I’ve got. I’ll be back soon.” It won’t be hard to locate your bond, a few thoughts sent out across the colony and you should be pulled right to her… And Vivima.

>>5981794
>i'll NEVER betray our true love.
Elena?

>>5981768
>”But for now I think I need to find Tryphosa, just a feeling I’ve got. I’ll be back soon.” It won’t be hard to locate your bond, a few thoughts sent out across the colony and you should be pulled right to her… And Vivima.

Speaking of Minovsky, what's his status?

>>5981768
>>5981849
I'll change my vote to
>”But for now I need to speak with Dozle, he might have heard more about mother, or Elena.” The big Zabi’s a father as well, you’ve both grown closer because of it over the last half year; he’ll tell you everything he knows.

>>5981973
>Speaking of Minovsky, what's his status?
Likely getting tortured by Kycilia or house arrest. Shame we haven't been able to talk with him yet.

>>5981768
1.
>”But for now I need to speak with Dozle, he might have heard more about mother, or Elena.” The big Zabi’s a father as well, you’ve both grown closer because of it over the last half year; he’ll tell you everything he knows.
Big Zams and Dadzle seems good about now.
2.
>”But for now I suppose all we can do is wait. It sounds like you have things prepared.” Watch the news feed with your family, maybe there is something to be gleaned even through the Federation’s propagandistic spin. You’ll all be together if something happens.
Also good to talk with Cas more.

Voting will remain open until the morning.

>>5981974
>>5981973
Minovsky is currently a prisoner of the Zabis and alternating between working on projects for Zeonic and the Flanagan Institute. Elena sees Minovsky on an almost daily basis as part of Project K, he's the senior expert working on the new reactor design among other things. They get along well, and Minovsky is a good mentor, but he is absolutely miserable being forced to work as he is and gets a little less productive every day - the job is very slowly grinding him down. Or alternatively his soul was consumed by Kycilia's hair and a zombie-Minovsky now labors for the Zabis for all eternity. Felix has never met Minovsky, he spends his visits to Zeonic largely with Elena, Max, and Luna (or Vivima, she goes on production inspections somewhat regularly).

If you want short updates about any character, just ask. There's a lot of mundane stuff that happens in six months but almost all of it is just a continuation of trends that were set in the previous threads.

>>5981768
>”But for now I need to speak with Dozle, he might have heard more about mother, or Elena.” The big Zabi’s a father as well, you’ve both grown closer because of it over the last half year; he’ll tell you everything he knows.

One hour until voting closes.

>>5981772
>>5981781
>>5981912
>>5981957
Tryphosa.

>>5981773
>>5981857
>>5981882
>>5981973
>>5981976
>>5982157
BIG DOZLE. Wins, writing.

Beyond the important family matters, isn't this a good time to sway Dozle away from the Gihren axis permanently? Hes not a fool, he can see how much suffering this is bringing down on Zeon, endangering our family and others. And surely as a military man he can appreciate how much of a liability his brother is, bringing us so close to war when we aren't prepared. We should take this opportunity to drive the wedge in fully.

“But for now I need to speak with Dozle,” You continue, though it looks as if Casval expected that. His slight grin turns a shade more smug, though not in a bad way, he pulls it off, “He might have heard more about mother, or Elena and the kids.”

“Ever the family man, Felix.” Your brother chuckles lightly, but flashing images of explosions playing across the screen dampen his levity somewhat, “Bring back news. Mother should be safe at the palace but it’s better to be sure about these things, isn’t it?”

“So it is.” You agree with him, standing up from your seat before stopping to ask a further question to your three family members, “None of you have spoken with Dozle about what’s going on?”

“We thought it might be best to leave him out of our preparations for now, better to ask forgiveness than permission.” Garma says with a laugh, your brother giving the slightest nod of agreement and raising his drink a little. “...I did speak with him earlier, but he was shouting about Federation officers and meetings, you know how he gets sometimes.”

“Loud.” Artesia suppresses a laugh as she stands, “He cares though. Felix, I’ll come too. I can’t stand to see any more of this news.”

“He might not have anything better to say.” You warn her, but of course she must already know that; even among Newtypes, you’ve always felt Artesia to be particularly empathetic, and the scenes of destruction playing out across the screen unsettle her. It projects out from her, a ghostly tension a step removed from horror and fear, forcing her to turn cold. She hates it, and wants an escape.

“I’d rather hear it than see it.” Artesia sighs before turning back and leaning down for a moment to give Garma a quick kiss - which you are still not used to seeing, but less uncomfortable than things between Dozle and your mother. Ugh, Zabis. …It’s still sweet though, they’ve been good for each other. “I’ll be back later, Garma.”

Garma takes a moment to reboot, blinking and blushing and smiling like the softhearted dope you know him to be under a childhood’s worth of Zabi upbringing. Eventually he manages to speak, fumbling for something in one of his pockets, retrieving a small radio after a moment, “Here, take one - In case something happens.”

“Good idea.” Artesia takes the radio and immediately hands it off to you, which you then pocket, “We’ll keep together.”

>>5982322

With a few more parting words you’re both off, heading through the halls of the academy toward Dozle’s office. Oil paintings line the walls in this section, all of great battles and generals from history. Soon you have reached the great wooden doors of the office. Muffled shouting sounds from behind the doors, and after exchanging glances with your sister you both press closer to listen in. You’ve been in this position many times before, eavesdropping through a door - it almost makes you feel like a kid again.

“-A CRUISER CRASHED? JUST NOW?!” Dozle’s rumbles clearly even through the thick door. He’s probably shouting into his phone again, “FEDERATION FOOLS, THEY KNEW THIS COULD HAPPEN - IS A THERE A BREACH? …No? WHY DIDN’T YOU START WITH THAT?”

Your eyes widen as you hear the big man’s words - a crash and asking about a breach means something large must have hit a colony. Meeting Artesia’s worried gaze, you understand her perfectly - she intends to enter the room now, as do you. Pushing the doors open together, one on each, you find Dozle standing and leaning over his desk shouting down into a phone exactly as you’d expected. His broad, scarred face looks up to you, frustration and anger etched deep across it.

“...The AGRICULTURE section? You made it sound like it struck a habitation zone! …All hands then? Mm, those fools were playing with fire. How’s ours? Hm, I see.” Dozle’s thundering dies down after your unexpected entrance, but he looks no happier, “...Not enough pilots, eh? Well, we have plenty here. I’ll give the order before those tan dogs do. …Yes, we’ll speak later.”

“What happened?” You ask in unison with your sister as soon as Dozle has hung up the phone, “A crash?”

Standing back to his full height, arms crossed, Dozle delivers the news, “A Federation ship crashed into one of the farming Banchi near Zum, it collided with one of our unactivated Musais.”

“One of their cruisers rammed one of ours?” Artesia gasps, “How bad was it?”

“All hands lost on the Federation ship, the Musai lost an engine…” Dozle shakes his head, fists clenching tight, “Your class is going to be activated for emergency service. I’ll give the order in an hour… I doubt this will be the last collision.”

“We’d be glad to help our people, sir.” You adopt a little more formality at the mention of activation, but it isn’t really necessary, “...But we were coming to ask about mother, and Elena, and the kids. Have you gotten word from them?”

>>5982325

Dozle nods, “I did earlier. Astraea and Mineva are safe in the palace, Glemy as well. Elena and your twins are at Zeonic still - the Federation hasn’t set a single pair of boots on any of their factory Banchi. If only we could manage that everywhere…”

“Kycilia’s work, I’m sure. That’s a relief then.” Artesia comments without surprise, seeming to grasp things as soon as the words leave the big man’s mouth, and Dozle grunts loudly in confirmation.

You echo the sentiment, a wave of calm washing over you at the confirmation of the safety of your family, especially your children. Whenever anything happens these days you find yourself worrying for them. It’s hard to be gone from them so often, especially in this political atmosphere - even when they’re ‘safe’, you know many threats still remain.

>”So you have a line open still? I thought the Federation was blocking everything.” He must have to have been on the phone like that.
>”If we’re going to be activated then we’ll be working disaster relief, right? We could take out pods and some of the Mobile Workers to clear debris.” You happen to have a great deal of experience with both.
>”...Any word from the rest of the brass on everything that’s been going on? I just got back from Riah, the generals were all spooked by the intensity of the crackdown… The Feddies are overplaying their hand, Dozle, but we’re not ready for a fight yet either.” If this was baited by Gihren, he’s done it masterfully - with a big ship collision added to the news, and probably a spike in food prices for some Banchi, support for independence will only become fiercer.
>Write-in.

>>5982329
>”...Any word from the rest of the brass on everything that’s been going on? I just got back from Riah, the generals were all spooked by the intensity of the crackdown… The Feddies are overplaying their hand, Dozle, but we’re not ready for a fight yet either.” If this was baited by Gihren, he’s done it masterfully - with a big ship collision added to the news, and probably a spike in food prices for some Banchi, support for independence will only become fiercer.
Guessing this is the option that'll lead to putting a wedge between Dadzle and Geyhren

>>5982329
>”...Any word from the rest of the brass on everything that’s been going on? I just got back from Riah, the generals were all spooked by the intensity of the crackdown… The Feddies are overplaying their hand, Dozle, but we’re not ready for a fight yet either.” If this was baited by Gihren, he’s done it masterfully - with a big ship collision added to the news, and probably a spike in food prices for some Banchi, support for independence will only become fiercer.

>>5982329
>”If we’re going to be activated then we’ll be working disaster relief, right? We could take out pods and some of the Mobile Workers to clear debris.” You happen to have a great deal of experience with both.
>”...Any word from the rest of the brass on everything that’s been going on? I just got back from Riah, the generals were all spooked by the intensity of the crackdown… The Feddies are overplaying their hand, Dozle, but we’re not ready for a fight yet either.” If this was baited by Gihren, he’s done it masterfully - with a big ship collision added to the news, and probably a spike in food prices for some Banchi, support for independence will only become fiercer.
Mixing these two options is probably best. We don't gain much by fretting over Elena and the twins at the current moment since they're arguably the safest right now. Catching Dadzle up on the situation in Riah and driving the wedge between him and Ghiren, goes hand in hand emphasizing that we should focus on disaster relief rather than a direct response to the Feddies.

>>5981996
What's going on with Ramba? Is he still in Riah?

>>5982329
>”So you have a line open still? I thought the Federation was blocking everything.” He must have to have been on the phone like that.
>”...Any word from the rest of the brass on everything that’s been going on? I just got back from Riah, the generals were all spooked by the intensity of the crackdown… The Feddies are overplaying their hand, Dozle, but we’re not ready for a fight yet either.” If this was baited by Gihren, he’s done it masterfully - with a big ship collision added to the news, and probably a spike in food prices for some Banchi, support for independence will only become fiercer.

>”...Any word from the rest of the brass on everything that’s been going on? I just got back from Riah, the generals were all spooked by the intensity of the crackdown… The Feddies are overplaying their hand, Dozle, but we’re not ready for a fight yet either.” If this was baited by Gihren, he’s done it masterfully - with a big ship collision added to the news, and probably a spike in food prices for some Banchi, support for independence will only become fiercer.

>>5981996
>spoiler
I'm surprised Kycilia's hair hasn't zombified anyone else. Truly an emergency that surpasses the OYW.

>>5982329
>”So you have a line open still? I thought the Federation was blocking everything.” He must have to have been on the phone like that.
>”...Any word from the rest of the brass on everything that’s been going on? I just got back from Riah, the generals were all spooked by the intensity of the crackdown… The Feddies are overplaying their hand, Dozle, but we’re not ready for a fight yet either.” If this was baited by Gihren, he’s done it masterfully - with a big ship collision added to the news, and probably a spike in food prices for some Banchi, support for independence will only become fiercer.

One hour until voting closes.

>>5982352
Ramba has been cycling around between training pilots in Zeon and Riah, and occasional special assignments elsewhere. Most of his time is spent in Zeon. Felix has been able to see him a few times during training.

>>5982329
>”If we’re going to be activated then we’ll be working disaster relief, right? We could take out pods and some of the Mobile Workers to clear debris.” You happen to have a great deal of experience with both.
>”...Any word from the rest of the brass on everything that’s been going on? I just got back from Riah, the generals were all spooked by the intensity of the crackdown… The Feddies are overplaying their hand, Dozle, but we’re not ready for a fight yet either.” If this was baited by Gihren, he’s done it masterfully - with a big ship collision added to the news, and probably a spike in food prices for some Banchi, support for independence will only become fiercer.

>>5982329
>”...Any word from the rest of the brass on everything that’s been going on? I just got back from Riah, the generals were all spooked by the intensity of the crackdown… The Feddies are overplaying their hand, Dozle, but we’re not ready for a fight yet either.” If this was baited by Gihren, he’s done it masterfully - with a big ship collision added to the news, and probably a spike in food prices for some Banchi, support for independence will only become fiercer.

>>5982531
>>5982343
Mobile Workers+Brass.

>>5982491
>>5982352
Open line+Brass.

>>5982555
>>5982358
>>5982340
>>5982332
Brass. Wins, writing.

”...Any word from the rest of the brass on everything that’s been going on? I just got back from Riah, the generals were all spooked by the intensity of the crackdown…” You ask Dozle solemnly, laying out the situation as you see while doing so. You take a seat in front of his desk, as does Artesia. “The Federation are overplaying their hand, Dozle, but we’re not ready for a fight yet either.”

“Any word? The word is prepare. A general standby has been ordered, other units are being activated too, and not for debris cleanup.” Dozle rumbles out his response, taking a seat within his far larger high chair and letting out a frustrated growl, “That was Rugens on the phone just now, got caught out on vacation, ha. What a time to take a week off! The situation was the same in Riah?”

“Nervous generals, lots of confusion, reserves being prepared to be called up; I’d say that’s a match if I’ve ever heard one.” There’s little to add to the general picture, the more precise details you could give Dozle are likely already out of date, and certainly will be by the time anything further happens.

“Mm. We may not be ready for a war, but if these Federation fools keep acting this way they’re going to get a big surprise.” Dozle smashes one meaty hand into the palm of his other, “Someone will give them a black eye, I am certain of it.”

“Do you think that’s wise though?” Artesia questions quietly, her words cutting through the big man’s posturing as few can besides mother. She understood your intent as soon as you began, clueing in by feeling alone.

“...Mm.” Dozle strokes his scarred chin and considers the question. He might not be the most clever of the Zabis, especially politically, but he is actually quite intelligent - just very blunt and straightforward, “I think it is not worth finding out - And you know how I love a big fight. That die shouldn’t be cast. Not yet.”

“Oh, you’ve been reading Suetonius?” You question, surprised to hear something so old from Dozle.

“...Just bits and pieces, I try to read most of what is assigned to cadets. I’m glad you’re keeping up.” The huge Zabi seems quite pleased with your observation, but he’s wrong.

“I read most of the old histories years ago, when I was finishing my degree.” You correct him.

“So did I. We are keeping up though, don’t worry.” Artesia adds in. She never had as much of an appreciation for the humanities as you did, more interested in the physical sciences, but she also didn’t run off for hours shooting guns or fencing like you and Casval have. You’re all incredibly educated for your age, but Artesia's love for books and greater free time meant she covered more ground overall, and because of that little islands of unexpected knowledge still pop up here and there.

>>5982656

“Ah, yes, I do forget sometimes you were all so many years ahead. Fitting for your - for our - family!” Dozle grins wide, thoughts drifting away from the present for a few moments, “Simpler times! When we have finally dealt with the Federation, we’ll have made a world for little Mineva, Max, and Luna, where they have the time to do the same if they wish.”

“That’s the goal, isn’t it?” You find yourself agreeing easily, though your picture of an ideal world is probably quite a lot more complicated that Dozle’s - his thinking on Newtypes is still shaded heavily by Gihren. He probably isn’t thinking of Newtypes at all.

“So it is. Gihren wouldn’t agree. He never wants to stop, never takes time to let things rest.” Dozle frowns as he mutters the words, but eventually comes back around to a more intense and determined look, “That’s his strength. He does not lose sight of what we can make ours.”

“It can be a weakness just as easily.” Artesia is again the one to slide the blade in, something about her voice and kind smile making the half-insult go over easier, “These speeches he gives are provoking people too quickly, it isn’t controlled. He’s gambling with the future.”

Dozle grunts again in acknowledgement, popping the top off of one of the crystal decanters on his desk and pouring out a finger of dark liquid into a glass, “Everything in politics is a gamble. It’s beyond me.”

“But it can be controlled, prepared for, and built up to right until the moment that dice throw is necessary. You use weighted dice, if you’re not a fool.” Artesia continues, and understanding that you’re of the same mind on this you let her just go at it. It’s one of the subtler benefits of being newtypes, moments like this just happen on occasion. “Gihren’s only guiding the chaos around, hoping it rolls a face he’d like if he keeps slapping at it. A lot of people die every time he does. Children, Dozle.”

>>5981681
>Spacenoids will forever mog you with newtype powers
Maybe if we ignore the fact that all of the strongest newtypes either came out of the Murasame Institute or were born on Earth.

>>5982657

“...You have your mother’s heart.” Dozle’s shoulders slump, a lot of the anger he’s been holding in just melting away. For a moment you see a bit of Degwin’s tired old melancholy in him, but he’s far too young for such a look to settle for more than heartbeat. A sip of his drink banishes it entirely. “Would you like a drink?”

Drink?
>Yes
>No

Vote:
>”If we’re going to be activated then we’ll be working disaster relief, right? We could take out pods and some of the Mobile Workers to clear debris.” You happen to have a great deal of experience with both. A change of subject now that some seeds of doubt have been sown by Artesia.
>”...You know the Federation is using Guardian as a staging point for supplying their forces, don’t you? More than usual, the base is filled to capacity.” You’re trusting a lot in what Blare said earlier, but he’s reliable.
>”If a war did start, how’s the fleet looking? It’s been awhile since we’ve talked about it.” Dozle likes ships, you like ships, it’s an easy conversation even if there’s more tension around it than usual.
>Write-in.

>>5982659
>No
Nothing good comes of Felix drinking.
>”If a war did start, how’s the fleet looking? It’s been awhile since we’ve talked about it.” Dozle likes ships, you like ships, it’s an easy conversation even if there’s more tension around it than usual. (1)
>”If we’re going to be activated then we’ll be working disaster relief, right? We could take out pods and some of the Mobile Workers to clear debris.” You happen to have a great deal of experience with both. A change of subject now that some seeds of doubt have been sown by Artesia. (2)

>>5982659
>No
>”If we’re going to be activated then we’ll be working disaster relief, right? We could take out pods and some of the Mobile Workers to clear debris.” You happen to have a great deal of experience with both. A change of subject now that some seeds of doubt have been sown by Artesia.
Drink with Dadzle after this blows over.

>>5982659
>No
>”If we’re going to be activated then we’ll be working disaster relief, right? We could take out pods and some of the Mobile Workers to clear debris.” You happen to have a great deal of experience with both. A change of subject now that some seeds of doubt have been sown by Artesia.
>”If a war did start, how’s the fleet looking? It’s been awhile since we’ve talked about it.” Dozle likes ships, you like ships, it’s an easy conversation even if there’s more tension around it than usual.

>>5982659
>No
>”...You know the Federation is using Guardian as a staging point for supplying their forces, don’t you? More than usual, the base is filled to capacity.” You’re trusting a lot in what Blare said earlier, but he’s reliable.
I forget if this is accurate or not in canon.

>>5982658
Earthnoid cope.

>>5982659
>No
>”...You know the Federation is using Guardian as a staging point for supplying their forces, don’t you? More than usual, the base is filled to capacity.” You’re trusting a lot in what Blare said earlier, but he’s reliable.
>>5982658
Kamille and Judau.

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Voting will remain open until the morning.

>>5982680
>Kamille and Judau
Lalah and the Murasame Cybers.

>>5982659
>No
>”If we’re going to be activated then we’ll be working disaster relief, right? We could take out pods and some of the Mobile Workers to clear debris.” You happen to have a great deal of experience with both. A change of subject now that some seeds of doubt have been sown by Artesia.

One hour until voting closes.

>>5982661 (2nd)
>>5982668
>>5983071
Activated. Wins, writing.

>>5982677
>>5982680
Staging point.

>>5982673
Activated+naval warfare talk.

“I’ll pass for now,” You decline the offer of a drink, as does your sister, and continue to ponder the ongoing game of war chicken Gihren and the Federation seem to be playing. Neither wants a war to start now. Zeon and especially Riah aren’t ready, and the Federation is as fractured in its opinions as always. They’re only able to act with any unity when the situation forces it to stamp a boot down. As a Deikun-Zabi you have some influence, but even within Zeon it’s mostly your late father’s prestige that gets you things; you can’t really sway what’s going on short of putting a bullet in Gihren… Which you and Casval have both considered many times, but that would likely trigger a nasty civil war and a Federation intervention on unacceptably bad terms. Unable to think of any solutions save for pushing ahead, you continue with the conversation. “If we’re going to be activated then we’ll be working disaster relief, right? We could take out pods and some of the Mobile Workers to clear debris around that Banchi by Zum.”

“I was considering the same plan,” Dozle rumbles approvingly, “But you won’t be taking out Mobile Workers, it will be pods and shuttles only. We’ll have some of our more experienced pilots out in the Workers… You’re disappointed? Speak.”

“Yes, sir, I am.” You agree with a slight frown - you are disappointed, and don’t try to conceal it, but you still attempt to present your case as best you can, “Most of our class has qualified fully on the simulators, we could use the Workers to get more done than a pod. and it would do them all some good to get out and practice in the real thing. Caval, Vivima, and I are qualified to be flight leaders on everything but paper - I’ve even done it a few times out in Riah. There’s a training and propaganda opportunity here, we could come out of this looking stronger.”

Artesia adds on a little at the end, expanding on your point about propaganda, “Zeon’s united ruling family working with new technology to fix the mistakes of the federation - we’d be showing that we use our power for peace and the good of the Sides. The news stories write themselves.”

Dozle squints slightly as he thinks, as if he were watching the clean-up efforts even now, just very far off in the distance, “Mm. Perhaps there is a great opportunity here. This must be the kind of situation Gihren was hoping to create, I see now. …I will check if enough Mobile Workers can be mustered to outfit the more capable cadets.”

…That’s not the kind of situation he was hoping for at all, he’s too vicious to think like that - though of course he’ll take advantage of it, like everything and everyone else Gihren ever gets a hold of. Regardless, you’re glad to have gotten your idea through with Artesia’s help.

>>5983163

10:15, 10th December UC 0077
Agriculture Colony 17 ‘Zepila’, Side Three (Republic of Zeon)

Slight shifts of the control pedals coax your Mobile Worker forward through the dark of space, moving carefully through the debris floating all around the silver length of the damaged agricultural colony. Dull metal plates scorched blac by the detonation of the federation cruiser float almost invisible across the sea of stars, barely perceptible save for when they block the light of distant suns, while shinier sections of silvered steel rotate ends over end, slowly traveling further and further from the point of impact. Much of the debris has already scattered far, but this patch is still thick and dense. Squinting through the glass of your helmet, you check your Mobile Worker’s visual scanner readout. There’s no sophisticated heads up display, just green blips on a three dimensional monochrome grid. You’ve worked with less before though, and can make enough sense to plot out the course ahead. A few more taps of your Worker’s thrusters send you silently to where you need to be, right alongside a huge support beam that was torn free.

Crawling closer by verniers only, you open up your worker’s heavy hand clamps and get them around the bar. A loud clang reverberates through the interior of the cockpit as you tap a button and send them shutting tight, noise traveling up through the metal of the Worker’s arms clamps and arms.

Though there weren’t enough Mobile Workers able to be scrounged up for everyone, enough were found to give to promising pilots. Tapping at your radio controls with a gloved hand, you call out the successful capture to the other pilots you’re working with…

>”Got another support beam, Viv. Get over here with that cutting beam.” Tryph is your third pilot, flying a collector pod to gather the chopped debris.
>”Got another beam, Cas. Come slice it up.” Garma is here too, flying a collector pod.
>”Got another big one, Tiff. Try not to shred it like confetti this time, okay?” Blare is here too, flying the collector pod.

>>5983164
>”Got another support beam, Viv. Get over here with that cutting beam.” Tryph is your third pilot, flying a collector pod to gather the chopped debris.
Alright Anons, hear me out. We try and influence Vivima in a more positive way instead of just avoiding her.

>>5983164
>”Got another support beam, Viv. Get over here with that cutting beam.” Tryph is your third pilot, flying a collector pod to gather the chopped debris.

>>5983172
Only way to do that is Un-gay her.

>>5983177
>Only way to do that is Un-gay her.
We'll need a volunteer. Someone to take one for the team.

>>5983164
Supporting >>5983172. We've been a bit too gun-shy when it comes to talking to her.

>>5983164
>”Got another beam, Cas. Come slice it up.” Garma is here too, flying a collector pod.
We really haven't been interacting much with him.

>>5983164
>”Got another beam, Cas. Come slice it up.” Garma is here too, flying a collector pod.

>>5983172
>We try and influence Vivima in a more positive way
We should be doing that with Cas more. It's crazy that we have hardly done anything with him compared to Artesia.

>>5983205
I'm fine with Cas too, we really don't spend a lot of time with him. Saying that though we did put Tryph in a very precarious position by essentially being Viv's babysitter. And we've been outright avoiding her every time she comes up.

>>5983164
>”Got another support beam, Viv. Get over here with that cutting beam.” Tryph is your third pilot, flying a collector pod to gather the chopped debris.

It's time to man up and face Vivima down. Allowing a potential powerful newtype to be stuck in Kycilia and Gihren's collective pocket is an unacceptable risk.

>>5983164
1)
>”Got another big one, Tiff. Try not to shred it like confetti this time, okay?” Blare is here too, flying the collector pod.
He will die in the war almost guaranteed.
2)
>”Got another beam, Cas. Come slice it up.” Garma is here too, flying a collector pod.
Love me some Cas moments.

>>5983172
>influence Vivima
Bro we aren't gonna influence her, she will influence us. Felix just doesn't have the same willpower as she does, remember the ballroom?

>>5983164
>”Got another beam, Cas. Come slice it up.” Garma is here too, flying a collector pod.

>>5983213
>we did put Tryph in a very precarious position by essentially being Viv's babysitter
Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't we ask Tryphosa not to help Viv with her newtype awakening, but she still wanted to do it because of her beliefs about newtypes? I believe Tryph would be her "babysitter" either way.

>>5983252
>Tryphosa not to help Viv with her newtype awakening
Did we? I don't remember, but I do remember encouraging her to try and sway Viv more to our side.
>>5983226
>she will influence us.
Alright, better idea. We stick her with Cas. Surely nothing bad would happen there.

>>5983164
>”Got another beam, Cas. Come slice it up.” Garma is here too, flying a collector pod.

>>5983258
Maybe if Cas grows out his hair.

One hour until voting closes.

For what it matters, Felix usually sees Casval once a week or more often for pod training, as well as in exercises at the academy. He hasn't been able to spend much free time with them outside of that, but they're all very intwined in each others lives. Tryphosa is around somewhat frequently, as are her sisters sometimes. There has been no great progress to speak of on making her sisters less nutso, and Viv still has the hots for Tryph.

>>5983274
>>5983258
Pretty sure that has been discussed before, or at least is has been indirectly. I'd have to go dig through the old threads, but I think it was right before the party where Felix got zero-g leg wrapped by Elena while they were both drunk as space skunks..

>>5983294
>Pretty sure that has been discussed before
I was joking about setting her and Cas up. IIRC we told him to hold off on doing anything like that because we sort of found out about Lalah.

>>5983294
>Felix got zero-g leg wrapped by Elena while they were both drunk as space skunks
I remember this. Did Felix really knock her up from that?

>>5983164
1)
>”Got another beam, Cas. Come slice it up.” Garma is here too, flying a collector pod.
2)
>”Got another big one, Tiff. Try not to shred it like confetti this time, okay?” Blare is here too, flying the collector pod.
I think I'll go with this for now.

>>5983314
I can't believe Lalah is going to be a Gundam pilot.

>>5983164
>”Got another big one, Tiff. Try not to shred it like confetti this time, okay?” Blare is here too, flying the collector pod.
These two are funny and I'm still not fully convinced that Casval won't frag Vivima if the opportunity arises.

>>5983258
>Alright, better idea. We stick her with Cas
She's a little old for him. He either needs Lalah or maybe Haman if her father is already in charge of Axis.

>>5983319
inb4 everything is so butterflied that she's on Side 7 and instead of the RX-78-1 and RX-78-2 it's the RX-78-2 and the RX-78NT-1. Or worse Chlust Moses is there instead of Tem Ray.

Actually Contolist >>5983294, I know Flanagan is kicking around in his antisemitic caricature of an Origin portrayal, but is Dr. Moses still at the Flanagan Institute or has that body's new outlook driven him to Earth already?

>>5983316
Yes.

>>5983314
Yes, Felix told him to hold out for the right person after getting a weird newtype feeling about it.

>>5983356
Moses is still there. For now. Marion is off somewhere living a normal life still. As for the RX-78NT-1, the feddies will need to find a different test pilot because Christina is currently in Riah's mobile suit corps and one of its most promising junior officers. She's up for selection as a test pilot at Zeonic.

>>5983172
>>5983177
>>5983189
>>5983222
Viv.

>>5983203
>>5983205
>>5983226 (2nd)
>>5983252
>>5983274
>>5983318
Cas. Wins, writing.

>>5983356
Tiff.

>>5983226
Way I see things shaping up, we're either going to have to find some way to influence her, directly or otherwise, or we're going to end up having to kill her alongside Kycilia and Gihren.

Hopefully we can help Cas become a better newtype while we are both flying.

>>5983494
>Cas. Wins, writing.
Finally, a timeline where Casval always wins instead of one where he picks the underdog and loses even when he wins...

>As for the RX-78NT-1, the feddies will need to find a different test pilot because Christina is currently in Riah's mobile suit corps
If only there was another prominent Newtype pilot living on Earth. Hmm. Alternatively Tem Ray going full Gendo Ikari could be entertaining. Also at the very least there is an active Newtype lab on Earth, even if it is the worst one in existence for the time being. Pretty sure Felix & Co.'s more open and humanizing perspective on Newtypes will drive Moses off sooner rather than later, he didn't cause Marion's accident on purpose, but he's still very much fixated on cyber/forcibly evolved Newtypes or even just copying their abilities mechanically. Sort of a middle ground between Flanagan and Mursame.

I'll stop analyzing literally nothing though, I hate when anons do that.

Also I swear I didn't know Haman was currently only 11 years old officer, that was a mistake.

>>5983593
>11 years old
Like most Origin timeline characters she is slightly older, so she'd be thirteen currently.

“Got another beam, Cas.” You speak through your helmet’s radio, close enough still to Casval and Garma that they should be able to easily pick up the transmission even with so much debris and a low Minovsky count filling the void, “Come slice it up.”

Your brother’s red Mobile Worker - somehow he managed to get a red one - jets suddenly into view in front of you, coming up from below with its cutting torch already burning white hot. In a flash he’s at work chopping up the beam into fourths, quick sweeps to either side of your worker’s shut clamps cutting off even lengths of the twisted girder. He’s been trying to set a new record the whole flight, working faster and faster - there’s nothing wrong with a good work ethic, quite the opposite in fact, but you know he’s just doing it because he wants his name at the top of the Mobile Worker time records. He didn't even know records were kept until a few hours ago. Oh, Casval.

“...Thirteen that time, shaved off half a second.” Casval’s proud voice sounds through your helmet’s speaker, “Garma, we have more for the basket.”

While you wait for Garma to maneuver the comparatively sluggish salvage pod into position nearby, bumping and scraping into a few smaller pieces of debris and the bulbous craft presses forward, you round up the cut girder sections. With precision born from countless hours of practice, you manipulate the control levers of your mobile worker, thumbs carefully leaning the smaller side joysticks, until you have two cut girder sections held tightly in each clamp, perfectly in line with one another. Is it necessary to be so precise? Not at all, but it’s fun. Casval can’t be the only one showing off.

Garma’s pod is finally close enough, and you open one of the larger hatches on the simple cargo section attached to it and carefully lower the cut girders inside. Securing non-ferrous scrap is a trickier ordeal, but steel beams like these clamp right down onto magplates and are locked safely away for disposal elsewhere.

“...One down, several hundred to go…” Garma grumbles over the radio, unhappy with the cleanup detail - he’s cut out most of his complaining by now, but you know he doesn’t get the same joy from flying that you and Casval do, or Vivima or even Artesia for that matter. Not such mundane flying at least, put him in command of a ship and he’d probably be perfectly content, for a few weeks anyways. “Just how much of a mess can one exploding cruiser make? I keep getting frozen cabbage hitting the viewscreen.”

>>5983795

“I could cook some of it, if you’d prefer.” Casval flares the cutting torches at the end of his Mobile Worker’s arms to life, jets burning bright in the dark of space. You’re already scouting out the next heavy beam to cut up, working through the debris by type - these steel girders are the most dangerous to larger ships and will rip right through collector nets, not of the debris is moving at quite the same speed and it only takes the slightest difference to cause serious damage with masses this large.

“Ha, I’ll pass! I saw how you made your meal last exercise.” Garma laughs at your brother’s suggestion, the three of you already moving onto the next beam. Clamp, cut, stow - though mundane, it requires careful attention. The Mobile Workers aren’t at too great a risk from the debris, these ones are converted first production run Zaku and still have most of their super hardened steel armor. Garma's pod is reinforced, but still delicate in comparison. At times you have to help shepherd away torn plates and other scrap floating nearby so he can pass by it safely.

As you work, far off in the distance a pair of blue Federation Salamis-class cruisers are silhouetted against the inky black. There are even more further out, little lights burning in the dark as they move by distant silver cylinders you know to be the next closest Banchi of Side Three. One of those is Zum, just barely in sight - focusing your worker’s optics to their fullest, though limited, extent, you can see a haze of light around the closed-type colony’s spaceport. There must be a dozen Federation ships there.

“I don’t like them watching us like this.” You say over the radio to your brother and Garma while storing another pair of chopped beam sections in the pod’s bulky add-on cargo bay, “There was only one there half an hour ago.”

“...I hadn’t noticed. When did the second one arrive?” Garma questions. The maneuvering thrusters on his pod puff as he brings the cumbersome craft into a slow spin to face the ships and get a better view. Casval’s red Worker burns up alongside you as well, coming to a sudden stop.

“Ten minutes ago.” You answer, squinting as you examine the silhouettes of the cruisers - there's something off. “...Would you look at that - they’re different variants. The second one is newer, they put in a new point defense gun to cover the blind spot.”

“That won’t be enough to mean anything.” Casval doesn’t sound worried, “It’s a gesture to make themselves feel like they’re keeping up.”

>>5983796

“Someone is taking small vessels more seriously if they’re making those changes…” Your words taper off to nothing as you consider the odd vessel further, noting more oddities about its hull shape, “It has an expanded hangar bay as well, I bet they can fit another pair of saberfish in there. …Someone is definitely paying attention.”

“I haven’t heard anything about a fleet rearmament,” Garma sounds more confused than worried, clearly not taking it all that seriously either, “Shouldn’t we have heard of it if they were doing something like refitting their cruisers?”

“It might be a one off, they experiment just as much as we do… Usually it doesn’t make it out into field use though.” It doesn’t sit well with you. Revil might be pushing through design refits, or perhaps it was one of his more competent staff that’ve replaced some of the purged Federation commanders.

“Want to take a closer look?” Your brother asks in a mischievous tone.

>”I do… but we shouldn’t. They might get jumpy.” There are vessels broadcasting parts of your cleanup operation across the Side - Federation news mostly, but Kycilia and Gihren managed to get their own propagandists out as well despite the Federation crackdown.
>”...Let’s drop off the salvage first, we’ll swing by them on the way to another debris field.” It’s a good chance to get a closer look at the Federation’s newest ship upgrades, whether it’s a one off or not. You’re too curious to miss the chance.
>”...I have a better idea. It will piss them off, but I think they deserve it after causing this.” Once the scrap is dropped off, Garma’s pod will be loaded with frozen produce. It will then be accelerated to high speeds by its thrusters and the mobile workers, the cargo bay will be opened, and you will all burn hard in reverse. This will effectively launch several tons of frozen cabbage at the new Federation ship’s bridge at high speeds.
>Write-in.

>>5983798
>”...Let’s drop off the salvage first, we’ll swing by them on the way to another debris field.” It’s a good chance to get a closer look at the Federation’s newest ship upgrades, whether it’s a one off or not. You’re too curious to miss the chance.
Info is always good.

>>5983798
>”...Let’s drop off the salvage first, we’ll swing by them on the way to another debris field.” It’s a good chance to get a closer look at the Federation’s newest ship upgrades, whether it’s a one off or not. You’re too curious to miss the chance.

>>5983798
>”...Let’s drop off the salvage first, we’ll swing by them on the way to another debris field.” It’s a good chance to get a closer look at the Federation’s newest ship upgrades, whether it’s a one off or not. You’re too curious to miss the chance.

>>5983798
>>”...Let’s drop off the salvage first, we’ll swing by them on the way to another debris field.” It’s a good chance to get a closer look at the Federation’s newest ship upgrades, whether it’s a one off or not. You’re too curious to miss the chance.

If we swing by, we should match the speed of garma's pod to slowly look at the ship.

Though i'm tempted to Top Gun and Buzz its bridge.

>>5983694
Speaking of Haman where exactly is Axis before the Gryps conflict? It seems like it's on the edge of the Earth Sphere (outside of the Moon's orbit) but some statements put it outside the Earth Sphere, presumably in a co-orbital configuration with Earth.
>>5983795
>somehow he managed to get a red one
Red makes your kicks stronger.
>>5983798
>”...Let’s drop off the salvage first, we’ll swing by them on the way to another debris field.” It’s a good chance to get a closer look at the Federation’s newest ship upgrades, whether it’s a one off or not. You’re too curious to miss the chance.

>>5983816
Axis is out in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, well outside of the Earth Sphere. A lot of Zeon's fleet production is taking place out there, especially for the heaviest ship classes. Dozle knows much more and is heavily involved in fleet planning, Mink (currently with Elena) knows a surprising amount about the belt generally since asteroid mining and construction is her family's business, and Tryphosa has general knowledge of humanity's more remote settlements. Viv would know a fair amount as well, Axis recently got its mobile suit production into full swing and integrated her unified production standards.

>>5983798
>”...Let’s drop off the salvage first, we’ll swing by them on the way to another debris field.” It’s a good chance to get a closer look at the Federation’s newest ship upgrades, whether it’s a one off or not. You’re too curious to miss the chance.

>>5983798
>”...I have a better idea. It will piss them off, but I think they deserve it after causing this.” Once the scrap is dropped off, Garma’s pod will be loaded with frozen produce. It will then be accelerated to high speeds by its thrusters and the mobile workers, the cargo bay will be opened, and you will all burn hard in reverse. This will effectively launch several tons of frozen cabbage at the new Federation ship’s bridge at high speeds.

If Tiff were here you just know she'd be gunning for throwing shit at the Feddies. Frozen vegetables. Frozen fruit. COLONIES!

Voting will remain open until the morning.

>>5983798
>>”...Let’s drop off the salvage first, we’ll swing by them on the way to another debris field.” It’s a good chance to get a closer look at the Federation’s newest ship upgrades, whether it’s a one off or not. You’re too curious to miss the chance.

One hour until voting closes.

>>5984006
>>5983858
>>5983816
>>5983806
>>5983804
>>5983802
>>5983800
Drop off and fly by. Wins, writing.

>>5983879
Cabbage cannon.

>>5984002
>spoiler
Tiff is based confirmed?

>>5984242
Yeah but we already knew that. zeon womb tattoo

“...Let’s drop off the salvage first,” You reply over your helmet’s radio, turning your head slightly to check one of the readout screens and confirm you current coolant levels; still plenty of operating time left, “We’ll swing by them on the way to another debris field.”

“How close will we go?” Garma asks, his voice crackling a little more for a moment, the mild Minovsky interference growing somewhat rougher, “My pod is slow, even with the container empty.”

“As close as we can. They won’t fire.” Your brother answers confidently, “Would you prefer we push you, Garma? That would get you past them faster.”

“I’m not afraid of them,” Garma replies somewhat indignantly, “I’ll show you, Casval - I’ll go right past their bridge.”

“Felix, you heard Garma’s plan - Right past the bridge. You can swing below to see that new cannon - How’s that for a look?” Casval asks you. You can tell your brother is already enjoying this, and even find yourself smiling.

“Make sure to wave as you pass, Garma, they might want to take photos.” You laugh, thinking of the panicked bridge crew trying to figure out what to do about the three of you getting so close. It’s a military vessel, so you’d normally be wary of it firing out of self-defense, you do have clamps and cutters that could severely damage it if you got into a blind spot, but with news cameras watching from far off and your presence here widely known, you doubt they’d do anything half so brash. Maybe scramble a Saberfish or two to escort you past at the absolute most.

The scrap drop off back at the colony’s damaged spaceport goes by quickly and without any hitches, a quick stop inside one of its massive vacuum hangars and other soldiers of Zeon’s defense forces - combat engineers and logistics workers in normal suits - quickly swarm to unload everything and do quick maintenance checks on all three of your vessels. You’re back out in open space in just a few minutes, burning along a path charted by Casval which will take you extremely close to the upgraded Salamis’ bridge. Garma speaks over the radio, broadcasting a warning to the Federation of your flight path and requesting them to clear the way - which you all know they won’t - but you aren’t paying attention to the specific words. Your mind is both within the cockpit of your Mobile Worker, and elsewhere for a time, drifting out across the black of space to reach toward Tryphosa. You soon find her comforting presence in the dark; there is no exchange of words, but you can understand at once she is working and everything is alright on the far side of the colony. Good. Retreating back to a single awareness, you continue checking over the instruments within the cockpit, keeping a close eye on the three dimensional map of debris being charted on one screen. Lots of micro debris for magnets to grab after you’re done with the larger pieces, nothing dangerous.

>>5984267

The pair of Salamis-class cruisers grow quickly on your Worker’s forward view screens, slowly growing to fill the center screen, and then to stretch around to the two angled peripheral ones, parts of the image blocked by the bevel between screens. …A more seamless cockpit would be a great aid.

“...Reroute immediately…” You listen close to the Federation chatter directed back at Garma, but it’s little more than what you expected, ”...Or will be forced to intercept your craft…”

The cruisers grow closer still, and you can see clearly as a pair of Saberfish fighters slide smoothly out from the expanded hangar bay bulging oddly from the upgraded one’s underside. That’s a fast launch, they were ready for this. White puffs fire from their maneuvering thrusters as they bring their noses - and weapons - about to face your approaching flight.

“...say …again, Athens?” Garma’s voice is breaking up, and for a moment you think he’s faking the interference - but no, it isn’t a humorous fake radio error, the Minovsky count near the upgraded Salamis, the Athens, is rapidly increasing.

>“Howdy! Lovely day for flight, isn’t it?” Flip on your laser comms and manually track the intercepting Saberfish, talk to their pilots. How they respond might clue you into their intentions.
>Reach out across the void of space and try to feel the intent of the pilots and bridge crew - are they merely posturing, or actually dumb enough to try something?
>Just focus on your flying and keep your Worker’s cameras trained on points of interest - swing low, as planned, and take a look at the new point defenses and expanded hangar. There’s no chance these Feddies will try something.
>Write-in.

>>5984268
>Reach out across the void of space and try to feel the intent of the pilots and bridge crew - are they merely posturing, or actually dumb enough to try something?

>>5984268
1)
>“Howdy! Lovely day for flight, isn’t it?” Flip on your laser comms and manually track the intercepting Saberfish, talk to their pilots. How they respond might clue you into their intentions.
>Reach out across the void of space and try to feel the intent of the pilots and bridge crew - are they merely posturing, or actually dumb enough to try something?
2)
>Reach out across the void of space and try to feel the intent of the pilots and bridge crew - are they merely posturing, or actually dumb enough to try something?
3)
>“Howdy! Lovely day for flight, isn’t it?” Flip on your laser comms and manually track the intercepting Saberfish, talk to their pilots. How they respond might clue you into their intentions.

>>5984268
>“Howdy! Lovely day for flight, isn’t it?” Flip on your laser comms and manually track the intercepting Saberfish, talk to their pilots. How they respond might clue you into their intentions.
>Reach out across the void of space and try to feel the intent of the pilots and bridge crew - are they merely posturing, or actually dumb enough to try something?

>>5984268
>Just focus on your flying and keep your Worker’s cameras trained on points of interest - swing low, as planned, and take a look at the new point defenses and expanded hangar. There’s no chance these Feddies will try something.

>>5984268
>Just focus on your flying and keep your Worker’s cameras trained on points of interest - swing low, as planned, and take a look at the new point defenses and expanded hangar. There’s no chance these Feddies will try something.

>>5984268
>Just focus on your flying and keep your Worker’s cameras trained on points of interest - swing low, as planned, and take a look at the new point defenses and expanded hangar. There’s no chance these Feddies will try something.
>“Howdy! Lovely day for flight, isn’t it?” Flip on your laser comms and manually track the intercepting Saberfish, talk to their pilots. How they respond might clue you into their intentions.


The Salamis minovsky count is increasing, Oh? thats a neat little suprise.

One hour until voting closes.

>>5984268
>>“Howdy! Lovely day for flight, isn’t it?” Flip on your laser comms and manually track the intercepting Saberfish, talk to their pilots. How they respond might clue you into their intentions.

>>5984268
>“Howdy! Lovely day for flight, isn’t it?” Flip on your laser comms and manually track the intercepting Saberfish, talk to their pilots. How they respond might clue you into their intentions.
>Reach out across the void of space and try to feel the intent of the pilots and bridge crew - are they merely posturing, or actually dumb enough to try something?

>>5984269
Reach out.

>>5984274
>>5984279
>>5984350
>>5984431 (late but I'll take it since I was busy)
Howdy+Reach out. Wins, writing.

>>5984288
>>5984298
Focus.

>>5984398
Howdy.

Toggling on your laser comms with the flip of a switch, you coax the Worker-converted Zaku’s annoyingly touchy broadcast laser into position. Minovsky particles still distort visible light enough to baffle optical targeting systems and laser receivers, especially as densities get very high, but carefully directed line of sight based laser communication is mostly reliable at short to medium ranges. After a moment of fiddling with the control you get a steady track on the slowly approaching Saberfish, and auto-tracking takes over after another second. If they were moving at full speed then the computer couldn’t auto-track them like this, especially not two targets with micro debris all around and an increasing Minovsky count from the Salamis.

“Howdy! Lovely day for a flight, isn’t it?” You greet them cheerily - no one else can hear your conversation. Even before you get a response, you’re extending your awareness out beyond the confines of your Mobile Worker’s cockpit and into the void of space, the colors of human thought flowing distorted and difficult to interpret across the dark.

“Republic of Zeon Mobile Worker, alter your flight path…” Blah blah blah, that one’s no fun. There’s very little in the way of color in the space around his Saberfish either, very little or no newtype potential. You mute him and try the other pilot instead, letting Casval and Garma bicker with Mr. No-Nonsense and the Athens bridge crew. The other Saberfish is the flight leader anyway, you’re likely to get a better feel from them.

“Howdy!” You greet again, “Partner there’s a bit of a stick in the mud, isn’t he? We’re just trying to fly through here, clean up this mess.”

“And you thought buzzing a cruiser was the best path to debris? Idiot.” A woman’s voice snaps back immediately, haughty and a bit annoyed.

“It was the quickest route. We’re on the same side here, aren’t we?’ You ask innocently, able to feel at once that there’s something more about this pilot - far from a newtype, but still leaving faint streaks of color you can begin to perceive in the void of space. Odd reds and blues, all cold.

She doesn’t buy it, and the Saberfish are now nearly on top of you, “Don’t kid yourself. Change course immediately.”

“You’re not here for disaster relief? What else would the Federation be doing here?” You question, not making no attempt to hide that you’re messing with her. This interception is probably nothing more than an intimidation display, meant to send you cowering away.

“Of course we are, and you’re interfering.” Her response is immediate, voice raising slightly - still at a level speaking voice though. The Saberfish pass overhead now, and then flip about with puffs of their maneuvering thrusters and burn hard to reverse course and follow alongside Casval, Garma, and you.

>>5984493

“By cleaning up debris?” You poke again, know it’s not what the Salamis are doing at all. They’re not equipped to handle anything like this scale of a cleanup operation, only useful for battlefield recoveries of crew and supplies from other damaged ships, not gigantic pieces of metal debris.

“By flying within the self-protection radius of a warship!” As she speaks you feel the space around you grow colder, an icy chill radiating out as you perceive a blue so dark it begins to fade into the black of space, red flickering about it in a malevolent aura, “We’re authorized to use force if you don’t divert immediately. And yeah, I know who you spoiled brats are - stop screwing around and go clean up somewhere closer to the colony, or I’ll turn you into debris.”

Some people just don’t know when to stop running their mouth… And sometimes you’re one of them.

>”Sorry, I think the signal is breaking up, I’m getting a lot of bullshit from your end.” Cut the comms and just keep flying, she’s angry but there’s no way the Feddies are dumb enough to fire on the three of you.
>”Force? Well now, if it’s going to be like that, then don’t miss - you won’t get a second burst.” These pilots don’t seem to understand that by flying alongside they’ve put themselves well within range of getting clawed in half. These Workers are converted Zakus, but they’re still armored to resist light autocannon fire and have all the usual thrusters and verniers.
>”What’s your name, pilot? If you know mine, it’s only fair.” Nah, you’re not going to accept the escalation. You’re flying forward, and you’ll be cordial but stubborn.
>Write-in.

>>5984495
>”Sorry, I think the signal is breaking up, I’m getting a lot of bullshit from your end.” Cut the comms and just keep flying, she’s angry but there’s no way the Feddies are dumb enough to fire on the three of you.

>>5984495
>”What’s your name, pilot? If you know mine, it’s only fair.” Nah, you’re not going to accept the escalation. You’re flying forward, and you’ll be cordial but stubborn.

>>5984495
>>”What’s your name, pilot? If you know mine, it’s only fair.” Nah, you’re not going to accept the escalation. You’re flying forward, and you’ll be cordial but stubborn.

Can we angle a laser at the reporters craft so we can stream the voice data to them.

Just keep her talking.

>>5984506
You can, though it wouldn't be a great link. They're much further away, so the debris and Minovsky particles have more time to screw with the beam. It still would probably get most of it through though.

>>5984522
Lets do it. And visually signal to our fellows we're going on air.

>>5984495
>”Force? Well now, if it’s going to be like that, then don’t miss - you won’t get a second burst.” These pilots don’t seem to understand that by flying alongside they’ve put themselves well within range of getting clawed in half. These Workers are converted Zakus, but they’re still armored to resist light autocannon fire and have all the usual thrusters and verniers.

>>5984495
>>”What’s your name, pilot? If you know mine, it’s only fair.” Nah, you’re not going to accept the escalation. You’re flying forward, and you’ll be cordial but stubborn.

>>5984506
I'll support this

Yes I know I am playing right into the Zabis hands.

>>5984495
>”What’s your name, pilot? If you know mine, it’s only fair.” Nah, you’re not going to accept the escalation. You’re flying forward, and you’ll be cordial but stubborn.
But I'd rather not stream it or go on air since it's what the Zabis would want.

Voting will remain open until the morning.

>>5984495
>”What’s your name, pilot? If you know mine, it’s only fair.” Nah, you’re not going to accept the escalation. You’re flying forward, and you’ll be cordial but stubborn.
>>5984506
Supporting the laser to the news crew.

I do not like that Felix convinced Revil to tryhard in office politics. The vote might have just made the OYW harder on us. So better to avoid the second vote, if we win a fight here it might just cause the feddies to take zeon more seriosly as a military threat and prepare more.

One hour until voting closes.

>>5984495
>>5984674
+1
Don't escalate the situation, don't do a Gihren when we're not ready for it.

>>5984497
Bullshit beam.

>>5984551
This pilot clearly doesn't realize they're within clawing and (Casval's) kicking range.

>>5984505
>>5984506
>>5984629
>>5984656
>>5984779
>>5984674
>>5984922
Ask for their name, keep flying. Wins, but I won't start writing yet.

Mini-vote: Will you also try to broadcast the conversation to nearby news vessels? The beam connection will be spotty, but a lot of it would get through still.
>Yes.
>No.

>>5984950
>Yes.
It's good insurance

>>5984950
>No.

>>5984950
>No.

I'll give the mini-vote another hour.

>>5984950
>No.
Let's not escalate this too far, that plays into Gihren's hands.

>>5984960
>>5984968
>>5985236
No broadcast then, I'll get to writing.

The update is coming along nicely, should have time to finish it up later tonight.

“What’s your name, pilot? If you know mine then it’s only fair I know yours.” You keep your cool, choosing not to meet aggression with any more than you’re already showing - flying right past their ship is aggressive, harsher words would just add gas to an already lit flame.

“Pahlavi.” The female pilot replies at once, ”Captain Pahlavi. Which one are you?”

“Which one?” You almost feel a little offended being talked about like that, but you understand the question nonetheless - and you’re still moving forward, closer and closer to the cruiser. Soon it will be too late to meaningfully divert you, all this Federation posturing will amount to nothing and you’ll get a nice long look at the modified underside of the Athens, “My, that’s a way to ask, isn’t it?”

Pahlavi’s response comes back a bit amused, but increasingly annoyed, “One of the Deikuns, or the Zabi?”

“Felix Zos Deikun.” You answer with a smirk, not that she can see it, and decide to engage in a bit of banter. Just a few more seconds… “Do you have a first name, Captain Pahlavi? Pahlavi’s a very regal surname for a fighter pilot - Any relation?”

The answer you receive is a derisive snort, as if you’d asked her if she was part unicorn or something equally absurd, “Hah, maybe a long, long time ago - You’re not going to distract me with talk, cowboy, or get my name. Divert immediately.”

“Ah, hell. Can’t blame a guy for trying, can you?” You’ve got her now, you’re almost under the cruiser and none of its guns nor the fighters have opened up - this really must just by a bluff. There is anger in the space around you, but moreso a boiling frustration - no killing intent… it’s difficult to be sure though, your newtype awareness isn’t just some mind reading radar, far from it, and even after years you still struggle to use it willfully. There are no creeping feelings or flashes of warning insight though, so you’re confident - and the bottom of the ship is ever closer.

“No, but I can shoot you down for it.” Pahlavi growls back, and laser warning receivers begin to beep frantically in your ear as the Worker’s remaining defensive sensors pick up that you’re being targeted - normally even a beam riding weapon would suffer terrible inaccuracy in this level of Minovsky interference, but the Saberfish is at most a few dozen meters away, practically in spitting distance, and there’s no need for the laser besides intimidation, “Divert immediately, this is your final warning!”

“Now that’s a very serious threat, Captain Pahlavi.” Your voice grows a touch colder, harsh experience bleeding through, memories of burning guntanks and showers of flame high above Von Braun playing in your mind’s eye - the faces of soldiers in the villa, of the assassins at the announcement, all the men you’ve killed, “Have you ever shot down another pilot before?”

>>5985515

Silence fills the air for a full second, and Pahlavi’s missed her chance - if she fires now she’ll be strafing the more vulnerable underside of the Salamis, you’re coming right up under it while Garma and Casval are splitting off to go above, pursued by the other fighter.

“Because I don’t think you’re going to cross that line today - not with us.” You continue, certain she won’t be trying a damned thing. Shifting the camera controls, you light up the Worker’s primary sensor to begin gathering as much footage of the Salamis’ converted underside as possible.

“I have a lock on you.”

“I heard the receivers.” You laugh.

Pahlavi scoffs, “That peacock of a pod has warning receivers?”

Peacock of a pod? Damn, Federation pilots really don’t understand mobile suits, Worker or not, if she’s thinking of it as just a pod with arms and legs - they’re fundamentally different from the ground up, AMBAC is a hell of a game changer, and it’s simply more intuitive than a pod could ever be, “...If you were going to shoot, you’d have done it by now.”

A burst of autocannon tracer streams off to the side of your left peripheral screen’s view, the bright shells slipping silently off into space. You laugh harder, now you know for certain there’s no teeth to any of this - Pahlavi’s bolder than the average Feddie, so you keep a little wary of her, but if she must have orders to not fire on you. That many warnings and then a warning shot? No, that’s just not how an intercept like this works when it’s serious, the rear of your Worker should be thoroughly dented up - or ventilated - with autocannon fire now.

>”Mind if I take some photos? You can pull up in front and wave if you want.” Take your time, get a nice full picture of all these modifications.
>”So how do you like the Saberfish? I flew one of the old stealth variants of it a few years back, handled like a dream. Kind of a shame all those angles and black paint don’t mean anything anymore, isn’t it?” Not only do you not take this interception seriously, you’re going to make small talk while you gather your footage of the ship.
>Nah, you’re done talking now - the yapping worked as a distraction and you’re not sensing anything worse coming, just do the job and then go clear debris in the next field.
>Write-in.

>>5985518
>”So how do you like the Saberfish? I flew one of the old stealth variants of it a few years back, handled like a dream. Kind of a shame all those angles and black paint don’t mean anything anymore, isn’t it?” Not only do you not take this interception seriously, you’re going to make small talk while you gather your footage of the ship.

>>5985518
>”So how do you like the Saberfish? I flew one of the old stealth variants of it a few years back, handled like a dream. Kind of a shame all those angles and black paint don’t mean anything anymore, isn’t it?” Not only do you not take this interception seriously, you’re going to make small talk while you gather your footage of the ship.

>>5985518
>”So how do you like the Saberfish? I flew one of the old stealth variants of it a few years back, handled like a dream. Kind of a shame all those angles and black paint don’t mean anything anymore, isn’t it?” Not only do you not take this interception seriously, you’re going to make small talk while you gather your footage of the ship.

>>5985518
>>”So how do you like the Saberfish? I flew one of the old stealth variants of it a few years back, handled like a dream. Kind of a shame all those angles and black paint don’t mean anything anymore, isn’t it?” Not only do you not take this interception seriously, you’re going to make small talk while you gather your footage of the ship.

>>5985518
>”So how do you like the Saberfish? I flew one of the old stealth variants of it a few years back, handled like a dream. Kind of a shame all those angles and black paint don’t mean anything anymore, isn’t it?” Not only do you not take this interception seriously, you’re going to make small talk while you gather your footage of the ship.

Two more hours to vote.

>>5985535
>>5985541
>>5985544
>>5985613
>>5985641
Writing.

“So how do you like the Saberfish?” You ask casually, Pahlavi’s warning burst failing to ruffle your feathers, “I flew one of the old stealth variants of it a few years back, handled like a dream. Shame all those angles and black paint don’t mean anything anymore, isn’t it?”

“Divert immediately!” Pahlavi gives out a final exasperated warning, but you both know it’s far too late now.

“I’m already under the ship.” You chuckle while keeping the converted Zaku’s main camera trained on the expanded hangar bay as you pass by it, glimpsing the cramped interior for a few seconds - there are four more Saberfish in there, two more than you’d expected, someone figured out a pretty ingenious way to stack their catapults but it looks like a nightmare to rearm with all that junk in the way. “Come on, you’ve got to have an opinion about the bird you’re flying.”

“How do you feel about that flying forklift?” Pahlavi’s angry, which just makes you laugh harder - you don’t transmit that though, goading a furious woman with an autocannon isn’t the smartest thing you’ve ever done, and everyone has their limits.

“Think it’s pretty swell for a conversion, the claws throw it off balance slightly but it’s manageable. Come on, thoughts on your fighter; how’d you rate it?”

“...It’s fine.” Pahlavi’s saberfish flares its main engines for a moment and thrusts forward to block your view of the Salamis’ underside and new defenses, but it’s mostly too late for that kind of direct obstruction - the video won’t untake itself, you’ve got what you wanted.

“Fine? Just fine? Flown something else besides the trainer version?” You ask, now on the far side of the cruiser and quite pleased with the footage you’ve made off with before getting blocked.

“...I fly racers usually.” She sounds defeated, and you can feel the resignation emanating across space from her fighter, that cold blues and angry red both guttering out, “You flew a Saberfish a few years ago? Aren’t you only like… seventeen, or something?”

“Eighteen, and it was in Von Braun City, on Luna.” You see no reason not to tell the truth, censored slightly, especially since you doubt she’ll believe it for a second, “The Federation sold it to be scrapped, but Spacenoids are used to working with scraps from earth; we got it flying in no time.”

>>5985979

“Cut it with the Spacenoid ingenuity spiel. You really buy into that Gihrenist crap?” Pahlavi’s saberfish emits more maneuvering puffs and spins about, ending up beside your Worker as Casval and Garma rejoin the flight path from the top side of the Athens, the other Saberfish flying alongside them, “...Command said we’re to escort you out to your next debris field.”

“I appreciate the gesture.” You try not to laugh further, and take the pilot’s question about ‘Gihrenism’ as seriously as you always do - it’s a despicable perversion of your father's legacy, but one you’re having to learn to work around to get things done. For now. “I’m traveling the path my father foresaw, nothing less.”

“What, to some age of ‘Newtypes’ that solves everyone’s problems?” Pahlavi scoffs. That’s precisely what your intentions are, though stating it so bluntly does make it sound ridiculous - but any idea can be made to sound absurd with the right, or rather wrong, rhetoric.

“Have you ever read any of my father’s books, Captain Pahlavi, or have you only heard about his ideas second hand?” You ask while making the long burn toward the far off debris field - It was the best one to get a path past the pair of cruisers, but it puts you about a quarter of the way out to the nearest undamaged Banchi.

“No, why waste my time with some dead guy’s books?”

…You choose to ignore your father being addressed as ‘some dead guy’, and ask a simple question instead, “Do you love flying, Captain? What led you to be a pilot?”

There’s a delay before the response comes through over your helmet’s speaker, “...I do. There’s nothing quite like open space and a lot of zeroes of delta-v to burn off.”

“Then I think if you approach my father’s books with an open mind, you might find something of interest in them. They aren’t just for Spacenoids, he addressed all of mankind…”

>>5985980

The next few minutes pass by quickly, Pahlavi proving to be more receptive to your words than you’d expected, though you doubt you’ve really convinced her of anything. People tend to convince themselves, but maybe you’ve given her the nudge she’ll need to look into things herself. Once you’ve reached the debris fields, the two ‘escorting’ Saberfish peel off and head back to the Salamis, where you suspect Pahlavi is either going to get chewed out for firing her Saberfish’s guns while in view of news cameras, ro a pat on the back - really depends on the commander and their outlook.

Setting back to cleaning up debris, time passes quickly, and soon Garma’s pod is fully loaded again. The pair of Salamis have moved, and the debris field was drifting regardless, so you won’t be going past the ships again on the way back. What you will be going past is a Federation troop transport that is… you run a course calculation quickly… heading for Zum.

“I don’t like the look of that, it’s coming from Guardian.” Casval’s voice crackles through over the radio, most of the Minovsky interference having cleared now that the two cruisers aren’t dumping the gremlin-esque particles all over nearby space, “...And heading to Zum.”

“More Federation soldiers?” Garma asks, flipping his pod about slowly to get a better view of the bulbous ship. It’s a converted cargo vessel with a reinforced hull, one of the Federations countless support vessels of various types that have accumulated over the long decades - you don’t know the class name, but you know what it is.

“That’s a heavy transport. Tanks, guntanks, APCs - nothing good for riot control.” You set your Zaku’s monoeye to track the vessel, the main screen of your cockpit suddenly filled with the vessel as it zooms in upon it. Bendigo. The name means nothing to you, probably some place on Earth barely anyone knows exists. “There’s going to be more blood in the streets. Hundreds dead with that kind of firepower, thousands if they keep sending more - I don’t think anyone is going to back down, they’re going to turn half of Zum into a battlefield at this rate.”

>>5985981

“...We can’t let them keep getting away with it.” Casval’s voice is chillingly calm, you’ve heard him like this before when he’s talking about the Zabis, but rarely the Federation, “Something has to be done.”

“My father and Gihren are handling it.” Garma replies nervously - he’s been around Casval for long enough, and in enough field exercises, to recognize that tone as well, “What else can we do?”

“We can act, we’ll follow through with the plan we discussed at the academy.” Casval replies immediately, “The Federation is sending those tanks to kill our people - they’re defenseless if the Federation is giving up on peace entirely. We have to remind them that we’re not weak anymore.”

“They think we’re just here for decoration.” You find yourself feeling quite a lot like Pahlavi must have earlier when you ignored her interception - The Federation thinks of the entire Zeon Defense Force like that, they must. Or at least enough of the generals do; you have reason to believe Revil knows better, he left quite the impression even with a brief meeting. “What are you proposing?”

“We finish this cleanup today,” Casval answers, “And request Dozle deactivate our unit. Once the order goes through and we’re cadets again, we raid the armories and motor pool at the academy - at dawn, we take the space port and capture the Federation officers there.”

…Things were bound to come to a choice like this someday.

>[COMMENCE THE DAWN REBELLION]. There will be a brief planning step, adjustments can be made.
>[TRY TO STOP CASVAL]. Through talk, or an alternative plan.

>>5985983
Oof, this is gonna be a hard one. Feddies are already mobilized and suppressing the riot but the students are also already prepped for a fight. On one had it'll help galvanize our people against the federation, on the other it could spiral out of control and kick off the OYW before we're really ready. And I doubt it'll be strictly
>[COMMENCE THE DAWN REBELLION].
Fuck it, game time boys.

>>5985983
>[TRY TO STOP CASVAL]
>Suggest that instead of taking the offensive, we put ourselves in a self-defense situation. Something that's truly damning to the Federation as a whole and gives us reason to demand more Spacenoid freedom.
Given how Feddies like Pahlavi are around, I don't think it's impossible to find something or have the Federation overstep.

>>5985983
>[TRY TO STOP CASVAL].
Talk to him, it's still too early and we're trying to stay out of Gihren's way specifically. Doing this would both be seen as stepping on his toes and it might even piss off Degwin if he thinks that this runs counter to his interests.
And I might be jumping the gun or thinking too far forward/too pessimistically but one of the non-Gihren Zabis might have to die at some point in the future to get Degwin demoralized.

>>5986034
>one of the non-Gihren Zabis might have to die at some point in the future to get Degwin demoralized.
>only one
Total Zabi death.

>>5985983
>[TRY TO STOP CASVAL]
We’re not ready for a war the mobile armor isn’t done beam weapons aren’t fully figured out training isn’t fully finished etc it’s too early

>>5985983
Also we should imply about how an immediate war will help the Zabis' image.
Can we use our newtype powers to communicate with Cas more in detail? Since Garma is still around and such.

>>5986040
I agree, fellow Deikunist, I'm just trying to get inside Felix's head to keep him in character. To Eart- I mean Sieg Zeon!
>>5986051
>Also we should imply about how an immediate war will help the Zabis' image.
Maybe this is the way to go to dissuade Casval, either use this or getting in Degwin's way as the initial argument, and the other one as a back up. We know he doesn't care if Gihren alone looks bad.

>>5985983
>[COMMENCE THE DAWN REBELLION].

Fuck it, We ball.

Just as a reminder, since I know some anons aren't as familiar with the setting as others: In the Origin timeline, the Dawn Rebellion (in late 0077) does not actually trigger the One Year War. It is called the start of the war, but this is not meant literally - the war did not properly begin until slightly over one year after it the 'rebellion' occured, instead beginning with the massive fleet actions and nuclear/gas/colony exchanges of the one week battle in January of 0079. That's when the mutual multi-billion civilian kill counts get racked up by both sides, wiping out half the human population of the Earth Sphere.

>>5985983
>[TRY TO STOP CASVAL]
We want to try our hardest to NOT follow the train of events that leads to the OYW as much as possible. This won't be the spark that launches the war early, but the Dawn Rebellion is a critical stepping stone to it.
>>5986025
>Suggest that instead of taking the offensive, we put ourselves in a self-defense situation. Something that's truly damning to the Federation as a whole and gives us reason to demand more Spacenoid freedom.
And I'll put my vote behind this idea here. We need to engineer a scenario that places maximum blame against the Federation, and ensure we come out with a stronger footing than just having military forces removed from Guardian Banchi, something that allows us to increase our personal popularity with the people of Zeon without being a "glorious offensive action" that Gihren can use.

>>5985983
>[COMMENCE THE DAWN REBELLION].
C'mon lads it'll be fun.

>>5986062
>spoiler
based?
>Maybe this is the way to go to dissuade Casval, either use this or getting in Degwin's way as the initial argument, and the other one as a back up. We know he doesn't care if Gihren alone looks bad.
I'm not really sure if he cares about what Degwin or the rest of the Zabis think, other than in how it can help him kill them. I feel like mentioning about how this could go against Degwin's interests will dissuade Garma more than Casval, which could probably (hopefully) help.

>>5986080
I agree. And while doing something separate from the Gihren's and/or Kycillia's influence might be almost impossible, we could hopefully be able to pull something off if we play our cards right.

>>5985983
>>5986025
Also to add a bit more on what I was saying, we can't make it seem like we're disagreeing with Casval here if we're trying to dissuade him. Arguing with him won't get us anywhere.
Basically I think we should agree with Casval's end goal in this situation.

>>5986140
The key is that we, the Deikun side of the family and to a lesser extent our affiliated Zabi allies like Garma and Dozle, come out as the stars of a defensive action, as opposed to playing into Gihren's rhetoric by engaging in a preemptive offensive action.
I'm thinking we need to go to the defense of the rioters, and stand in the firing line for a while. If we can provoke the Federation into attacking us directly and forcefully, we'll give our little student rebellion a strong casus belli while also appearing as a more moderate, caring bloc in contrast to the warhawks.

>>5986169
>I'm thinking we need to go to the defense of the rioters, and stand in the firing line for a while. If we can provoke the Federation into attacking us directly and forcefully, we'll give our little student rebellion a strong casus belli while also appearing as a more moderate, caring bloc in contrast to the warhawks.
That's actually a really good idea.

>>5986169
>>5986170
We can still use parts of Casval's plan if we do this. I mean we could even have it done as soon as the Dawn Rebellion was meant to happen.

>>5986169
Yea, thats probably a good idea. A line of cadets to hold back the tide.

>>5986140
>I'm not really sure if he cares about what Degwin or the rest of the Zabis think
It's not about caring what Degwin thinks, it's about getting in the way of Degwin's plans when (we suspect) he's more than willing to snuff out a Deikun who gets in his way.
Speaking of family, it's been a bit since I read the other threads but Zenna is in our class right? >>5986169
This is a good idea for if this is going down.

I wonder what the real Quattro Bajeena is up to.

>>5985983
>[TRY TO STOP CASVAL].

>>5986080
>>5986169
+1, this plan may eventually lead to the revival of the Deikuns as a unique force in the public eye. If not precisely that, then this is still definitely a good step towards that in any case.

>>5985983
>>[TRY TO STOP CASVAL]. Through talk, or an alternative plan.

With this plan >>5986169

I'll leave voting open until the morning.

Just so you know, because Felix would be painfully aware of it: forcing yourself into a defensive fight is inviting MUCH greater risk to himself and the other cadets (and his siblings+newtype pilot candidates) since it would gives Federation forces time to prepare. A surprise attack gives your forces the initiative and would likely result in many Federation soldiers not even being awake or armed - forcing their hand is MUCH likelier to turn very bloody, wherever it is done. The optics of a defiant stand to protect civilians with the Federation as the (mostly) undisputed aggressor vs. pre-emptive defense of civilians (on another colony) is up for anons to debate.

I appreciate y'alls support of my idea, but as Contolist said : >>5986243
We could be sacrificing a lot with this plan. If we do decide to go for it, we're going to need to find some way to spring a trap on the Federation, or its going to be bloodbath. And as politically advantageous as it could be for us, its a moot point if we get too many of the cadet force killed.
Building on my idea of tricking the Federation into striking first, we need to find a way to bring some kind of force onto the Federation's flanks, or ideally, their rear, in order to hit them from behind before they savage our frontline too badly.
We should hold Casval back for now, and try to find a way to position some kind of heavy firepower, preferably mobile suits, somewhere out of the Federation's sights, so they can jump them once they fire the first shot. If that isn't possible, we'll have to rethink the plan.

>>5985983
>>[COMMENCE THE DAWN REBELLION].
The time for being peace loving fags has gone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuVnZZ1sFIc

>>5985983
Fuck it. This vote is brought to you by contolists lore clarification. I would love to create more support for zeon, but we are already improving our situation compared to canon by massively increasing BEAMU development with Gil, more streamlined war gear procurement and (potentially) more importantly curbing some of Garmas wunderwaffen autism. Wasting time chasing the Gundam gave feddies precious time to mass produce more gyms, instead now we might have him focused on crushing more important strategic targets. Gundam rampaging would be painful for our side but the damn thing can only be in one place at one time. And faster beam development combined with the fact that we low key have 2 chars AND an improved newtype core of pilots means we could get a chance to destroy it before Amuro gets enough time to grind XP for piloting without over investing man hours into chasing the white whale.
And risking a blood for our side sounds like massively increasing the chances for our fellow cadets dying. This is the worst because the best OYW result is zeon victory+Zabi death. And to achieve the latter we need a powerful inner circle to not only survive the OYW but also have the competence to ice the zabis when given the chance. So we need our team to get war XP and a good chunk of material improvement is already under way.

>>5986480
>>5985983
[COMMENCE THE DAWN REBELLION]
I forgot to paste the vote like a tard.

>>5985983
>>[COMMENCE THE DAWN REBELLION].
LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

>>5985983
After sleeping on my idea and considering this >>5986480
I've decided to rescind my previous >>5986080
and instead vote for >[COMMENCE THE DAWN REBELLION].
If we can adjust the Dawn Rebellion to be more heroic (and focused on ourselves instead of Garma), that would probably be a wiser choice than attempting my riskier plan from last night.

>>5986043
Since this won’t start the war and since our plan may put the cadets in to much danger I’ll change my vote to
>[COMMENCE THE DAWN REBELLION].

One more hour to vote.

You did ask to do more things with Casval. This is what you meant - right?

>>5986526
Based monkeys paw QM. The only thing i do not like here is the fact that after the rebellion there eill be a bunch of time spent moping about muh tragedy snd muh waste of human life in front of the press/normies for good boy points.

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>>5986514
>>5986508
>>5986492
>>5986481
>>5986469
>>5986090
>>5986065
>>5986017
Commence! Wins, writing.

>>5986034
>>5986211
>>5986214
Stop!

>>5985983
>>5986025
>>5986169
+1
Caution? Never heard of it.

>>5986526
>spoiler
YES!

>>5986570
Kek
Not like my vote changed the outcome lol

>>5986526
I like Casval if for no other reason than him helping us not be so scared of taking chances.
I still regret we didn't have a psychic detective episode on Luna.

>>5986612
It would have been very fun, but at least some spy stuff got to happen on Side Seven. And might happen again.

21:20, 10th December UC 0077
Zeon Military Academy on Guardian Banchi, Side Three (Republic of Zeon)

In the dark of one of the normally unused briefing rooms, freshly liberated from the clutches of a Federation instructor - who is on vacation, of all things - you have gathered the most leading cadets of all three class years. The only ones of import though are already well known to you, entirely from your own year and family - Yourself, Casval, Artesia, Vivima, and Garma. No one else will question a word of the plan that is being devised, if you speak it together. Standing around a table displaying a digital map of Guardian colony’s spaceport and the surrounding landscape, you have helped to draw up a battle plan over the last few hours - with some assistance from Blare.

In the broad strokes it is very simple. Weapons and equipment, including what heavy vehicles the academy possesses, will be seized from the armory and motor pool in a few hours. All cadets will form into their usual squads and platoons from field exercises, though the companies of each class year will be somewhat mixed - the first years are going to be predominantly manning crew served weapons and artillery, while the more experienced second and third years will press the attack into the spaceport. There are five targets within the spaceport city that must be seized or damaged beyond use; the spaceport itself, the Federation headquarters, the barracks, the armories, and the motor pool. Scouts observing the city right now are still confirming that there are few armed soldiers, despite the increased patrols and presence. Most of the Feddies are not expecting a fight, and are asleep already - they still should be when the attack is launched at dawn. Outside of the city, three more targets have been discussed but no firm plan has been agreed upon yet. If there are no convincing objections, they will be part of the plan.

>>5986668

The first is a Federation controlled communications station out in the countryside of the colony, Guardian colony’s most important radio and television broadcasting center. Vivima has proposed that a small team seize the station so that a message can be broadcast throughout the colony and hopefully beyond - something to let the colony, if not the wider Earth Sphere, know what is happening and to remain calm and indoors until control of the spaceport and city have been established. Casval and the others agreed this was prudent to help prevent widespread chaos across the colony when battle commences.

The second is the Federation Salamis-class cruiser Sybota, which is currently both jamming and physically blocking most communications to and from Guardian colony. This was also Vivima’s idea. Artesia was not fond of it, but Casval and then eventually Garma came around to the idea. Viv has proposed that a single pilot, or a pair, take a pod out to your unarmed and disguised Musai-class cruisers which are still near the colony, and sortie with your Zakus to engage the cruiser and any other ships that interfere. The intent is to force the ship away from the colony’s communications hub, not destroy it outright, so that the message from the seized communications station can reach out across the Earth Sphere, and footage of the fighting can be broadcast as well.

Third and finally, there is the matter of Dozle. He’s not a part of this plan - all of your family, Garma and Vivimia included, agreed that he would not approve of the plan. Though he deactivated the cadet units less than a day after pressing them into service to clear the debris, he has been too busy to ask in much detail as to why the request was made. High command is still abuzz with information about Federation movements and trying to organize a response. Dozle will still need to be distracted before and during the plan, his authority is great enough to risk dissuading the other cadets, and it is best that he is surprised. A high ranking officer in Zeon’s self defense force cannot be suspected of organizing this act of rebellion, he must be caught as unaware as the Federation instructors and officers surely will be.

Preparations for treatment of the wounded, Zeon, Federation, and civilians, are already being made by Artesia and the other cadets undergoing medical training. Many casualties are expected, on the Federation side especially, but she has made sure there is a commitment to halting egregious waste of life. You know even this doesn’t sit well with her, but she’ll go along with things.

>>5986669

But where will you be, Felix Zos Deikun, at this dawn of a new age for the Sides? And do you have any amendments to suggest to the plan?

Your place in the plan:
>You will fight beside Casval, leading other experienced cadets equipped with flight packs - your goal is nothing less than storming the Federation HQ and forcing a surrender. Fighting will be intense, you trust no one but yourself to watch his back.
>You will help seize the radio station, and make sure that whatever broadcast Vivima has concocted isn’t pure Gihrenism.
>You will make the arduous journey out to your ship in a normal suit with a flight pack, possibly with another pilot, sortie in the Zaku(s), and force the Sybota and any other Federation vessels out of position or destroy them if you absolutely must.
>Write-in. Is there some other way you would like to aid the plan?

Objections to parts of the plan:
>No, this is acceptable - get to it.
>Write-in. This will lead to discussion with other characters. Felix may not be successful in altering the plan.

Suggestions to add to the plan:
>No, this is acceptable - get to it.
>Write-in. This will lead to discussion with other characters. Felix may not be successful in altering the plan.

>>5986670
1st Preference
>You will make the arduous journey out to your ship in a normal suit with a flight pack, possibly with another pilot, sortie in the Zaku(s), and force the Sybota and any other Federation vessels out of position or destroy them if you absolutely must.
2nd Preference
>You will help seize the radio station, and make sure that whatever broadcast Vivima has concocted isn’t pure Gihrenism.

I'm not especially thrilled about using Zakus here as the feddies will probably take more interest in them but dealing with the cruiser is pretty important. Might as well go out ourselves and do it right.
Objections:
>No, this is acceptable - get to it.
Suggestions:
Whoever our own biggest kool-aid drinker is should be the one to do the broadcast. Doing it ourselves isn't preferential as it'll paint a target on our back from Girhen and Kycilia.

>>5986670
>You will help seize the radio station, and make sure that whatever broadcast Vivima has concocted isn’t pure Gihrenism. (1)
Something tells me that it's pure Gihrenism.

>You will make the arduous journey out to your ship in a normal suit with a flight pack, possibly with another pilot, sortie in the Zaku(s), and force the Sybota and any other Federation vessels out of position or destroy them if you absolutely must. (2)
Putting this one second because, besides Casval and Vivima, not sure what other pilots would be able to pull this off without being fried by the Salamis' mega particle battery.

Objections:
>No, this is acceptable - get to it.

Suggestions:
>Suggest Vivima be the one to sortie against the Sybota.

>>5986670
>You will fight beside Casval, leading other experienced cadets equipped with flight packs - your goal is nothing less than storming the Federation HQ and forcing a surrender. Fighting will be intense, you trust no one but yourself to watch his back.
>>Write-in. Send Garma and Artesia to the broadcast station and Vivima to sortie against the Sybota.

>>5986670
>>5986684
+1

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>>5986679
>other pilots.
Anavel or Izumi are the obvious non Deikun/Zabi choices and ridiculously talented. Tiff, Zenna, or Tryphosa could also probably do it, with wildly varying degrees TOTAL FEDDIE DEATH.

>>5986674
>biggest kool-aid drinker
Who do you think that would be? I'm curious to hear who players would trust (even if it doesn't happen).

A good way to persuade Viv to be flying instead of sitting on the radio is make the argument that's she's one of the best pilots around. Finally prove that a Zabi woman is just as capable to fight as any man.

>>5986759
>Who do you think that would be? I'm curious to hear who players would trust (even if it doesn't happen).
If it was just one person then maybe Blare? But Garma and Artesia would probably be good enough to cancel each other out and not let things get too Gihren-y, even if Artesia would like to be doing nurse work instead.
I might be forgetting someone.

>>5986670
1)
>You will fight beside Casval, leading other experienced cadets equipped with flight packs - your goal is nothing less than storming the Federation HQ and forcing a surrender. Fighting will be intense, you trust no one but yourself to watch his back.
2)
>You will help seize the radio station, and make sure that whatever broadcast Vivima has concocted isn’t pure Gihrenism.
Difficult to choose my preference with these two options.

Suggestions:
>Write-in:
>Suggest Vivima be the one to sortie against the Sybota.

>>5986759
Probably Blare. Maybe Rix as a co-host, sounds like fun.

>>5986778
>A good way to persuade Viv to be flying instead of sitting on the radio is make the argument that's she's one of the best pilots around. Finally prove that a Zabi woman is just as capable to fight as any man.
I was about to say that seizing the radio would also involve fighting, but compared to doing a sortie that's nothing. Honestly we could easily say Vivima would be putting herself as a 'support' role by just sitting on her ass in front of the radios when her flying leadership skills could help the Spacenoids more.

>>5986670
1)
>You will help seize the radio station, and make sure that whatever broadcast Vivima has concocted isn’t pure Gihrenism
2)
>You will make the arduous journey out to your ship in a normal suit with a flight pack, possibly with another pilot, sortie in the Zaku(s), and force the Sybota and any other Federation vessels out of position or destroy them if you absolutely must.
Suggestions
>Suggest Vivima be the one to sortie against the Sybota.

>>5986670
>>5986778
I'll change my vote to
1)
>You will fight beside Casval, leading other experienced cadets equipped with flight packs - your goal is nothing less than storming the Federation HQ and forcing a surrender. Fighting will be intense, you trust no one but yourself to watch his back.
2)
>You will help seize the radio station, and make sure that whatever broadcast Vivima has concocted isn’t pure Gihrenism.
-Suggestions
>Suggest Vivima be the one to sortie against the Sybota.
>Whoever our own biggest kool-aid drinker (or drinkers) is should be the one to do the broadcast.

>>5986793
Yeah, this is a big event and we need to make sure we don't bungle it up. She's honestly one of the best suited to do the sortie against the Sybota. I mean it was also her idea.

>>5986670
>>5986811
Dammit, didn't link the proper vote. I'm changing from >>5986695 to >>5986811

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>>5986670
>You will help seize the radio station, and make sure that whatever broadcast Vivima has concocted isn’t pure Gihrenism.

>Send Vivima and whoever else is our best pilots that aren't Tryphosa. Taking the Sybota out of the picture was her idea, and she's one of the best pilots here (and too Gihren-y to be manning the radio)
>Bring along Tryphosa and possibly Blare and Tif to the Radio Station, if they can be spared. Tryphosa is very convincing even when you don't hear her in person after all, and she has perfect knowledge of our plans and goals, and what should and should not be said.

>>5986759
>Who do you think that would be? I'm curious to hear who players would trust (even if it doesn't happen).
I'd absolutely trust Izumi or Blare to do it properly if we asked and I'm sure Tiff and Rix would at least give it their best shot. I just don't remember if we have any genuine Deikun ideologues in our camp or not.

>>5986670
>>5986793
Support.

>>5986832
Sorry to double post this but I'll clarify that the other pilot besides Vivima should be Izumi, or barring that, Anavel.
Also, suggestions:
>Taking the Sybota hostage should be priority. That means not blowing its bridge to pieces. A cruiser detonating next to the colony would be bad news bears. Retreating would be preferable.
>Under absolutely no circumstances should the enlisted Federation soldiers be mistreated in any capacity. Our beef has to be with their officers, not the rank and file.
>Can the worker zakus be commandeered?

>>5986670
>>You will help seize the radio station, and make sure that whatever broadcast Vivima has concocted isn’t pure Gihrenism.


Suggestions to add to the plan:
>Write-in. This will lead to discussion with other characters. Felix may not be successful in altering the plan.

Suggest Viv to lead the fight against the Salamis vessel. Let her know that trying to conceal the capabilities of the zaku is a pirority so direct action versus the ship should be a bad idea. Fortunately, we have been busy collect megatons of scrap from the collection recently. A big ball of scrap flying directly at them, either thrown with momentum or pushed by zakus from behind to keep it on target and get the ship to actually move should be sufficient for our purpose.

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Voting will be open until tomorrow morning. THE DAWN OF ZEON.

I'll try to make sense of everything then. Seems like almost everyone wants to push Viv towards direct violence so far. Not the choice I expected, but she's definitely more than qualified to fly the mission.

>>5986759
>Anavel
Oh yeah he's here too. Living in the Delaz Fleet aged that guy like milk, jeez. Speaking of Char-style aces I'm surprised Johnny Ridden hasn't shown up at one of the many Zabi-Deikun Family Picnics we've participated in yet. Once he gets on the simp grind we'll have four out of five top Zeon aces from the OYW... Then it's just a matter of pulling Shin Matsunaga out of the continuity paradox he lives in, I imagine it's agony.

>>5986946
Shin is around, the opportunity to have him be one of Felix's pilot bodyguards was passed up in thread five. Oguz even recommended him, though Felix had no idea who he was either. Johnny is already around and simping for Kycilia, Felix hasn't ever interacted with him.

Felix has a thing for redheads, and Kycilia likes younger blondes - absolute DISASTER was barely avoided in the early threads.

>>5986974
Interacted with him directly.* He is vaguely aware of his existence thanks to Viv.

>>5986974
Especially after the attempted flirtings. lmao.

>>5986980
>attempted
It was successful, she was amused but into it.

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>>5987050
I thought the stuff like her lying on the bed was to fuck with us.

Guess our actions to quickly prove to be a useful asset put a bullet into that pretty quickly.

>>5986935
Maybe she will be fried by the salami and a second pilot would get the kill.

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>>5986674 (2nd option)
>>5986679
>>5986798
>>5986832
>>5986893
Radio.

>>5986684
>>5986695
>>5986793 (Radio)
>>5986811 (Radio)
>>5986836 (Radio)
Casval.

We have a tie, I will give it two hours for a tie breaker.

>>5987056
It definitely was also that.