Scirocco is a dumb nerd and we must take his lunch money to assert our dominance

Why does that one guy make slide threads for when threads aren't even at three digit images counts?

>>23888223
Scirocco will be embarrassed when those dreissens get demolished

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>>23888211

While the conflict rages on in space, the Earth finds itself embroiled its own ceaseless war. Striking out from Africa, the remnant armies of Zeon, along with the radicals of the African Liberation Front, hold out against the Titans unfathomable military resources. At the India Newtype Labs, Director Robins monitors the continued outbreaks of violence across the Earth, along with "assets" she had secretly driven into madness with her development of a forced evolution substance to force quadrants of the brain to simulate Newtype abilities.

>Director Robins:...In the end, inferior trash can only benefit so much from my work.

Director Robin's smirks as she listens into the speech being given from Side 5, deeply amused at the degenerating situation in space.

>Director Robins: (Not much longer now. Kamille Bidan...you silly little affront. Had you simply remained obedient, you would have been blessed with the mindless bliss befitting of your kind. At the very least, you gave mankind its future.)

Rubbing her finger over a liquid filled container, Director Robins quietly giggles at the stunted fetus within being probed for its spinal cord fluids.

[Every five turns a random Federation ace will be forcefully converted into a "Newtype" with boosted combat stats and degenerated social stats.]

Meanwhile on an island off the Eastern coast of North America, Chairman Gopp of the Earth Federation government convenes with other survivors of the political purges, readying themselves to align with whatever organization will guarantee their survival, and the preservation of the Earth for their own uses.

[EPISODE 23: WAR OF THE ROSE]

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>>23888351
My lord.

>>23888351
Unironically Gopp would be a good guy to keep around

>>23888351
Man how many aces do they even have? I'm also going to laugh when random rear admirals are turned into Newtypes and be extremely concerned when Bask is turned into a Newtype do to this.

>>23888368
Recruiting Gopp would be a huge win, there are so many great thing's he'd provide to our cause. He both gives us huge legitimacy points and has a valuable ace who's both a former Chimera Corp member and a Newtype.

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>>23888351

>Kamille: Have those two lost it?!

While relieved to learn of both Sarah and Four being alive, these emotions rapidly shift into a boundless anger from Kamille and the remainder of the Alexandria's crew as the propaganda piece being pushed by Side 5's leadership portrays the two young woman in a state of fully rewarded luxury.

>Alexandria Officer 1: They abandoned us for that?! That...that little bitch!
>Alexandria Officer 2: Are they trying to get us all killed?! We barely survived this last attack, and they are pushing Zeon to strike us even harder now?!
>Kamille: Enough!! We will have answers for why did as they have, but now is not the time for us to be...to be-damn them! Damn them both!!

Slapping his hand against a communications console, Kamille grows increasing unhinged as each attempted ping to the Byarlants is met not with a communication failure, but simply being unanswered.

>Anaheim Engineer:...Perhaps now would not be the best time, but we have come with a new weapon for your Mobile Suit. A beam launcher modified to feed off the Zeta Gundam's generator system. We are confident it can reach, if not surpass even the Mega Launcher system. D-did you want us to forward its details to your terminal for later, or rather-
>Kamille: Out!!

While Kamille resumes his attempts to contact Sarah and Four, the Engineers begin to make their way back to the Alexandria's hangar to begin their return to "Olympia". Just as they are about to depart however, they are stopped by a nervous, yet resolute Leila.

>Leila: D-do you need to leave immediately? If not, I have something very important I need made.
>Anaheim Engineer: We only came here to drop off that new weapon. We'll come back out here if we are asked, but not until we get a proper order from-

Leila passes over numerous sheets of paper to the younger Engineer, with him adjusting his glasses as he reads over the proposed design.

>Leila:...I beg you. Please. Um...pretty please?

>>23888375
I don't want to jinx it but we've already had Breniss Ox's cameo, so Tenneth and Lydo from MSV could be the first ones.

>>23888375
>>23888398
at least we know they DON'T have White Dingos and surely someone like Matt Healy went rogue as soon as the purge happened if he isn't already dead

>>23888398
Forget about Lydo, that guy died back in A Baoa Qu. Lon Kou is the other pilot I was thinking about.

>>23888351
>weaponized liquid autism
Well that'll be interesting to see who gets hit with that.
>>23888368
I dunno man. It's tempting, sure, but connections like that are a double edged sword for after the war. Maybe I'm just paranoid about the rot of the old Federation returning if we let even a single member survive. Maybe it won't even really matter if we establish Earth governments won't have reach beyond Earth, but if we get him in and allow him to network with us, someone may be able to pull strings through him. Maybe not during the war, but after.
>>23888396
Oh shit are we actually getting the Psycho like the anon last thread theorized?

>>23888429
Gopp is like the one federation guy left who was good friends with Revil if John Kowen is also dead(but if he is alive we could use him too), mind you this isn't to say he is always honest, but he himself is pretty much one of the guys who doesn't give a fuck about spacenoid or earthnoid divide, he just wants humanity to prosper which makes him a good enough fit.

You should be more worried about anyone around him besides Ingrid

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>>23888396

>Mashymre: How dare they?! First he spits upon the protection our forces selflessly gave to his people, and he has the absolute gall to-
>Illia: Mashymre, stop this! Have not already informed the Queen of our return to the homeland? Their punishment will be decided by the Queen. Now-
>Mashymre: Side 2, Side 5 and even Side 3 have been swindled into surrender and complacent acceptance of their subjugation! I can't contain it any longer!! The only way this will be resolved is through the ancient custom of-
>Illia: Don't you dare say it, Mashymre! We are an army, not-
>Mashymre: A single duel to the death! I will strike down this vile snake, this putrid liar with my blade! When I do-

Illia thrusts her body against Mashymre's, knocking him against his bed as she presses her head against his.

>Illia: You promised to listen to me from now on. Even with the stipulation you added, we will have them judged by Mineva. Do we understand one another?
>Mashymre:...I forget myself. Yes...the Queen is the only one with the right to call on us to defend her honor.
>Illia: Thank you...Mashymre.

Leaning down, Illia pecks a small kiss onto Mashymre's forehead.

>Illia: We are meant to look up to Haman, never to be at her side. Even so, she would want people like us to-
>Mashymre: Ah!

Springing to his feet, Mashymre appears deeply bothered by the affectionate display, causing Illia to become increasingly bothered by his panicked look.

>Illia: Are you that much of a fool, Mashymre?! Neither of us are worthy of her, so start being rational for once!
>Mashymre: I...can not be unfaithful to her! My life exists for-

Storming out from Mashymre's quarters, Illia slaps her face harshly to try and control the shame coursing through her. Looking down to her revealing attire, Illia lowers herself to the ground, closing her eyes and bumping the back of her head against a nearby wall.

>Elle: Hello~!

>>23888443
Ingrid too could be trouble considering she's someone who wants to get out there and fight the real fight while also being someone who's death would fuck us over and lose the support of Gopp. She's not someone we can park in a cushy position or put on PR tour she's going to need to fight and probably will have only fine stats since she's like Sarah's age if not younger right now. She'd probably get along well in a squad run by Four though teaching her the pinch would be terrible and Four would 100% do it if she asked.

>>23888457
Well, how we end up using Ingrid if shes even around(probably is considering the Chimera Corps plot thread) depends on her modded statline really, if shes any good then she could replace Leila's combat role on the Alexandria as it seems Leila is dabbling in MS design now.

I can't remember what stats she had the last time she was around, which I believe was the AEUG run

>>23888461
She did well during it but checking the archives I don't think Copy ever actually showed us her stats, we just saw her portrait during the last Titans run. I'm also expecting her stats to be a bit lower or at least her starting rank since she's like 2-3 years younger here even if she's a child trained for war.

>>23888451

Illia springs back to her senses as she finds the still mentally damaged Elle staring down at her in only a partially buttoned medical gown.

>Illia:...Just go back to your bed. If you won't, i'll have security take you by force. Can you even understand me?
>Elle: I want to be cool like you!
>Illia:...Huh?
>Elle: All the others here are really stuffy and dress all fancy-pants, but you are, like...really, really confident!
>Illia: You ignorant little girl. Are you doing this to mock me?

Elle tilts her head, the innocent smirk on her face never leaving as keeps her eyes fixed on Illia's attire.

>Illia:...I am not some vapid woman that needs to be complemented. I dress this way out of practicality, nothing more.
>Elle: Wow~! Can you show me the rest of your clothes?! I want to be popular with Judau~!
>Illia: Pah! Do yourself a favor and stop caring about what men want. That "Judau" boy is no different from most men who would ignore a womans overt wants.
>Elle:...Neat! Hey, it is kind of cold out here...can I try on some of your clothes?! Something really short and exciting?!
>Illia: Ugh...even if you are suffering from a brain injury, this is just embarrassing. I will...indulge you, just this once.
>Elle: Yay~!

Despite her outward aggression, Illia feels a slight pang of nostalgia over Elle's excitement, with her being reminded of her fanatical obsession and "love" for Haman in her youth. Meanwhile, Kamille is finally able to establish a communication with Side 5's Mayor regarding the propaganda being pushed of Four and Sarah.

>Side 5 Mayor: Young man, let me just say that you have given our people more hope than they have felt since the day Zeon ravaged our homes.
>Kamille: Sarah and Four, now.
>Side 5 Mayor: Ah, of course you would want them both back so soon. Know that we have treated them like royalty for what they did. Considering you sent them here to make an example, you deserve to be rewarded as well, my friend!

>>23888488

>Kamille: Damn it, this was not my decision! Just put me in contact with-
>Side 5 Mayor: Not your decision? You didn't send that war angel and her cute little companion out here to liberate us from the threat of Zeon?
>Kamille: We had every intention to come for your people's safety eventually, but-
>Side 5 Mayor: I am prepared to make you, and your friends, immensely wealthy. My people need to know that you sent them a guardian angel! That we will never again be threatened by Zeon!

Rubbing around his eye patch, Buffalo'O'Billion's hand twitches as he thinks of Four again.

>Side 5 Mayor: For the good of our people, I implore you to make a statement congratulating those two girls on-
>Kamille: That isn't you business!
>Side 5 Mayor: My people need to know that they have someone they can count on! I don't know the full story here, but I have a perfect ending already written for us. Assure my people you sent them a hero, and I will make sure your people are all well taken care of! I never forget a favor.

>What kind of public statement will be made on Four and Sarah's actions?
https://strawpoll.com/PKglebRJeZp

>>23888514
Yeah I'm going to refuse to make any statement. Sarah and Four are some of our best aces and despite their massive fuckup, they ARE our very loyal allies. I'm not going to congratulate them for getting 90% of our forces killed, and I'm not going to pull the nuclear option just yet.

>>23888514
What could be the catch here? I’m all for praising Sarah and Four for their achievement and gaining more legitimacy and troops for the Olympians, but a serious talk with our soldiers is unavoidable.

>>23888514
This mayor is exactly the kind of person who isn't worth negotiating with, we're not going to be used in his anti zeon propaganda

>>23888526
Let Scirocco continue to seethe with cuck rage; we’re going to keep attacking Axis because it’s a strategic necessity, so some anti-zeon propaganda never hurts.

>>23888529
Scirocco will attack regardless, Olympia needs to be better than fueling the spacenoid drama, we need to remain careful of how our other territories view this especially Side 3 and Granada

>>23888525
Agreed. Plus saying that our soldiers were allowed to just wander off and take over an entire side at random wouldn't NOT look good for our legitimacy.

>>23888534
Anon, if what the story itself says is right, the people of Side 3 only care that their colonies remain unharmed and that their tribute stays the same as before, any insult won’t be worse than what they’ve endured already for 8 years, and there’s already a larger Zeon that’s drawing all the hate and from which both Side 3 and 5 have just been liberated.

>>23888558
Anon, Side 3 is quite literally the Republic of Zeon.
They only consider Axis a illegitimate war state
>>???: Marauder of Granada, Butcher of Ayers, Betrayer of the Titans...I know of your titles. You have freed Side 3 from occupation by a foreign army. The citizens of Zum, and its sister Colonies did not willingly submit itself to the forces of AEUG, or the illegitimate war state of Axis. We shall not accept occupation

This does not mean we should go on TV supporting a mayor who's goal is to antagonist Zeon because of the OYW doing Side 5 dirty

Not sure which to vote for?
This is really hard one.
>[Praise Four and Sarah publically to bolster Side 5's public faith and to garner the Mayors favor]: Falsely claim credit for Sarah and Four's deployment, presenting both of them in the best light possible.
Gihren style, may be the best choice, it will help boosts Sarah mood and Jerid already approved of their action but will surely disappoints Leila and the crew of Alexandria. On the plus side, the Olympians will gain the trust of the space colonies since they just liberated Side 3 and pissing off Scirocco.
>[Refuse to make a public statement at all]: Ignore the Mayors request and wait for both girls to contact Kamille.
A neutral choice but the Axis is going to attack Side 5 anyway and it's better to choose others.
>[Publically call out Four and Sarah for disobeying orders]: Make a public statement addressing Sarah and Four's actions as being the cause of heavy losses at Side 2.
A law choice that won't do the Olympians much good and will cause Sarah feels really bad, hope it doesn't turn her into a death seeker, but hopefully it will earns trust of Leila and the crew of Alexandria even more.
>[Leave Sarah and Four unbothered]: Break communications and leave both girls to manage Side 5's affairs going forward.
The worst choice.
As for now, I lean toward punishing Four and Sarah due to Kamile literally orders them to the hold Side 2 and nothing else.

>>23888583
If you're going to punish them then the second choice makes more sense, there's little reason to let the world know your chain of command got broken

>>23888514
Call them out is the only real option. Doing what they did was bad enough, but living in the lap of luxury after overextending and leaving your comrades to fight on their own warrants some dire punishment. This is a military organization, and though we're dealing with autistic newtypes and should allow some degree of autonomy, this is a few bridges too far.
The only question is how public we'd wanna make it. I can hear an argument for not making a statement at all and just handling everything internally, but I think it probably nets us some legitimacy as an actual military to publicly denounce them after the broadcasts. The real problem is what happens to the girls after, being ripped from some of the best treatment they've ever experienced and suddenly being shouldered with all those lives and having to deal with the crew despising your asses. It'll be the cause for some precarious situations later, I'm certain. And that's not even mentioning the two stacks of Dreissens we know are on the way. All of which will still happen if we don't do a statement at all, but maybe it'll take just enough heat off the two and not let them be known as unreliable allies to the rest of our movement. It will however allow Side 5 to fill in the blanks, and I don't think a guy spitting this much venom against Zeon is gonna be hunky-dory with Side 3 regardless of their alignment with us.

>>23888525
The catch is that everyone at Side 2 saw how the girls were getting pampered while they were fighting for their fucking lives. Imagine seeing that and then having your CO who was gone for longer than he'd said came back and not only praised them, but claimed credit.

>>23888575
Isn't that obvious? Their politicians are smart enough to know that those who conjure up the specter of the One-Year War and the Principality is Axis, so they can turn a blind eye to many things as long as Side 3 isn't mentioned directly.

>As these preparations are made, Mike Saotome covertly intercepts pirate communications between the Colonies of Side 3 to determine the public perception of the situation. While many remain distrusting of the Olympian's, along with some outright believing Jerid's previous statements to be a prelude to an all-out occupation, he is surprised to find many other groups shifting their focus onto rebuilding Side 3's infrastructure and economy without the interference of a foreign entity.
>Mike: (This could be Side 3's last real chance to prosper...)

We don't even know what this governor of Side 5 is going on, all we know is that he's a patriot of the federal government. If anything, he's offered us wealth, from which we can invest through substantial tax revenues on our effort.

>>23888593
Now that’s a more interesting point. However, Side 2’s defense was fierce but successful. Despite the casualties, we kept our promise to the general public, and now more people want to join our mission with high spirits.

>>23888583
>Gihren Style
Gihren would have capitalized it from the get-go. We're just coming to terms with the fact that, despite how events unfolded, the outcome was ultimately positive.

>>23888592
I see, thank you for your insight.
>>23888593
Now that I think about call out Four and Sarah, it does feel like a Tomino prelude.
I think I get your point, punish them first and then have them prove themselves in battle, that way, the Olympians will win the confidence of Side 5, the mayor get what he wanted for his people Sarah get to show off to Kamile and Four gonna four, Leila and the crew of Alexandria won't be frustrated and we get to see Scirocco seething.
>>23888607
>Gihren would have capitalized it from the get-go.
That's why he is a genius.

>>23888605
Emotion vs Rationality again.
Cuss 'em out live or take advantage of a windfall of good press. Reminds of the last time Kamille and Sarah communicated over comms.

>>23888619
>>23888637
Isn't Kamille a genius, too? No wonder he gets more out of Sarah without even intending to, while Scirocco can only shed tears.

>>23888593
Expanding on this a little more, this really does just come down to a perception of our organization and the girls rather than something material. (I mean perceptions do lead to the change of the material in the future, but whatever)
Side 5 will likely capitalize on silence and put out more anti-"zeon" propaganda if not stamped out right now, which might stoke tensions with Side 3 depending on the direction (which we can handle) but will more importantly provoke more attacks from Axis, as seen. We probably shouldn't encourage these small governments we're stewarding to act in such ways that will disrupt our movements. We are the protectors, we do the provoking.
The big problem I have here is that it comes with the widespread humiliation of two of our best pilots, who yes, deserve punishment, but I'm worried about the consequences of it being made public to everyone tuning into the news and the two having to live with that. They're already going to have to contend with the remainder of the Alexandria crew hating them for a while, but the thought of also being known widely for doing what they did might fuck with Sarah at least. And that's not even factoring in how we're even gonna punish them. Maybe I'm paranoid and they'll both bounce back fine, or at least the same as if we just handled things quietly. It's worth remembering Scirocco punished Sarah by putting her under Jerid's command and even something like that ate at her quite a bit.
It's unequivocally the right thing to do, but I just wonder how the legitimacy balances out between undercutting and airing out our shoddy hold on our chain of command and the perceived legitimacy achieved by actually holding them to account for misbehavior.
And now that I'm thinking about it, a public denouncement of a 15 year old child soldier might reflect poorly on us? But conversely, that public denouncement might be seen by the Shangri-La kids? I dunno, but it was something that came across my mind as I wrote this.

>>23888637
>>23888650
Correction, I mean when Kamille and Sarah communicated with Scirocco over comms.

Until now, I still can't vote, this is way harder than that time in /m/SV Glemy speech.
>>23888650
>Isn't Kamille a genius, too?
I see this Kamile is a mix of Gihren and Garma, I mean Garma and Gihren both have a blonde girl by their side and respected by his troops.
Are you saying that Kamile and Jerid have indirectly become the new Zabi in a way in this run?
>>23888708
Depending on how Copy X writes, we only can guess until then.

>>23888514
We aren't going to be pushed around by this Doug Dimmadome motherfucker
Get them on the line, NOW.

>>23888721
You’re really causing a lot of confusion and commotion by talking about Axis attacks when our immediate strategy is to halt Axis’s advance toward Earth by striking their rear. Jerid is about to begin a blockade of the asteroid. Whether by besieging them directly or by taking Side 1 and Konpei Island. I think that’s enough pressure to completely throw them off balance, force them to retreat and launch desperate counterattacks against us.
If we were fast enough, we could intercept Scirocco and the Dreissen en route before they arrive.

>>23888721
>I see this Kamile is a mix of Gihren and Garma, I mean Garma and Gihren both have a blonde girl by their side and respected by his troops.
That's where the comparison ends. There's a Zabi on an asteroid, and our mission is to go and overthrow her; the more support we have to do so, the less likely they'll be to repeat the Principality's actions in a future.
I'd say Kamille knows how to bring out the best in others and help them achieve even greater success. We must be fair and not treat them with contempt.

>>23888583

My biggest concern with a public call-out is that Sarah is already mentally compromised by trying to exceed Kamille's expectations and Scirocco is coming to Side 5, regardless of what else happens on the war front. Scirocco will 100% take advantage of Sarah's already diminished mental state, likely pointing out that he alone would appreciate her initiative whereas Kamille would punish her for it.

Never mind that she and Four (Sarah more so) SHOULD be punished for their stunt but it shouldn't be done publicly like this.

>>23888514
Frankly, I'm surprised there isn't an option for Kamille to fly into a fury and zoom to Side Five to grab the girls by their ears.

>>23888514
I know some of you guys really wanted this man's money but something ain't right with this

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>>23888514

Refusing to be drawn into Side 5's political affairs in trying to antagonize Axis's forces, Kamille demands for Sarah and Four to be put in contact with him the moment they are available. In the moment the communication ends, Buffaolo'O'Billion makes his own decision in response to Kamille's lack of aid to his own cause. As Sarah finally awakens from her abnormally long slumber, she immediately enters into a defensive panic at her unknown surroundings.

>Sarah: F-Four?! Where are we?! Hello?!

Rushing out from the shower completely naked, Four's expression completely brightens at Sarah returning to a conscious state.

>Four: Sarah~!
>Sarah: H-how long was I-
>Four: You must have been really stressed. It has been about...uh,four days now-
>Sarah: Four days?! H-how-what-what-I-
>Four: There is so much we need to do! The gyms here are amazing! The food they have is just...oh~it is just the best! Since you were asleep, they had to feed you by bottle to keep your strength up-
>Sarah: Who?! Just...Side 5! Are we still at Side 5?!
>Four: Yep. They said since we saved them, we should be rewarded for it. Oh, there is this really cool slide they have where the water pulls you down this big tunnel, and then-

Just as Sarah rolls off from the bed, Four flings forward to catch her from fully impacting the ground.

>Four: Easy now.
>Sarah: Kamille and the others! D-did they send anyone?! If so...I need to be the one to explain myself! I just...I know it was reckless, but-

The Suite's doorbell suddenly dings out, prompting Four to hoist Sarah back into the bed to rest further.

>Four: I've got it!

Wrapping a towel around herself, Four makes her way to the entrance of the Suite to answer whoever has arrived.

>Side 5 Secret Service: Our apologies for the intrusion, ma'am.
>Four: Hey, is there more of those things with the really hard shell and the big claws?! I want Sarah to try them!
>Side 5 Secret Service: I am sure we can arrange for an order of Lobster.

>>23889208

>Four: Great! Did you manage to call our friends yet?
>Side 5 Secret Service: Mayor Billions had actually requested a private audience with you to discuss that.
>Four: Me? Sarah is actually the one who is calling the shots, at least by her "rank".
>Side 5 Secret Service:...As we said, Mayor Billions had requested you personally.
>Four: (Sarah did just wake up, and she hasn't even had any time to enjoy things here. I can take care of this for her...) Can you send that order of food for Sarah then? She needs lots of protein to stay healthy, so please give her lots of helpings of it! She'll absolutely love the gyms, so burning it off won't be a problem!
>Side 5 Secret Service 1: Our pleasure. Uh...my apologies ma'am, but it is rather difficult talking to you like this while you are...undressed.
>Four: Hm? Oh, right! I got it. Just give me a few minutes~!

Practically prancing back into the Suite, Four quickly dresses herself back into her modified body suit, with it suctioning onto her toned figure within seconds.

>Sarah: Where are you going?
>Four: The Mayor said he wanted to talk to me about something.
>Sarah: The Mayor? Then I should-
>Four: I will be back real soon! Seriously, you are going to love those..."Lub-steers" they serve here!
>Sarah: Huh? Wait, Four-

Four quickly departs from the Suite, hoping to give Sarah more time to relax as she attends to her duties. While Four stretches her muscles inside of limousine transporting her, she takes notice of apartments being broken into by armed security forces.

>Side 5 Secret Service: Sorry about all the commotion. Even with Zeon's fleet being pushed out, there are still some who are supporting them.

Sensing the whirlwind of twisted emotions around her, Four grows more guarded. Upon arriving at Mayor Billion's private dwelling, practically a fortress with its fencing and automated security guns, Four is escorted into a grand structure, where Mayor Billions waits for her at its entrance hall.

>>23889219
This better not be heading where I think it's heading, X.

>>23889220
If the fat pig even touches a hair on her the mission will become razing another colony fortress to the ground and let the civilians rebuild

>>23889219
>Four quickly departs from the Suite, hoping to give Sarah more time to relax as she attends to her duties. While Four stretches her muscles inside of limousine transporting her, she takes notice of apartments being broken into by armed security forces.
This is really who they are, they're just using Axis as a excuse to get rid of whoever they deem undesirable.

>>23889219

>Buffalo: There she is! The Angel of War sent to us in our darkest hour!
>Four: "Angel of War"? My name is Four.
>Buffalo: A truly lovely name! Exotic! You, my magnificent dear, have awoken the spirit of dignity and honor in our people yet again! A spirit that was suppressed for far to long now!
>Four: That was actually up to Sarah. I just came along to fight, and to make sure she didn't go totally crazy out there.
>Buffalo: Sarah? Oh, the cute little girl what was piloting alongside you? Know that we are equally thankful for her contributions, especially at such a young age.
>Four: So...did our friends hear about us? If so, I would like to talk to-

As Four moves closer to the beefy Mayor of Side 5, she feels a repulsion hitting her senses as she begins to step back from him. Slightly covering her nose, Four finds the terrible stench to be oddly bypassing her sense of smell and bombarding her other senses as well.

>Buffalo: I-Is there something bothering you?
>Four: You smell really bad.
>Buffalo:...You are a very blunt woman. We need more people like you. My apologies about that. Must have been the cologne I am using. Just a moment.

While Buffalo leaves temporarily to wash the substance off from his neck and arms, Four considers just what kind of an impact her actions had done for the people of Side 5, and how she had given many of them hope in such desperate times. As Buffalo steps out again, he pats his neck down with a dried towel.

>Buffalo: Is that better for you?
>Four:...Nope. Still really bad.
>Buffalo: Did it seep into my suit? Sorry it is bothering you so much. Come, let get you a proper meal. I'll keep my distance to keep that from bothering you. There is something we need to discuss...

what a greasy fuck

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>>23889228

>Jerid: No tricks from them?
>Olympia Officer: The data they brought us is all good quality stuff. Piggish fella leading them could use a beating, but that is your decision to make.
>Jerid: Damn right it is. Make sure their Engineers stay supervised at all times like the rest of Anaheim's people.
>Jerid Loyalist: Boss, we just caught an unmarked shuttle trying to pass our defenses! Thing looks like a real hunk of a junk, and its communications systems are archaic.
>Yazan: Bastards trying to slip under our radar now? Gah! I'll go clean it up!
>Jerid: If they are spies, take them in one piece.
>Yazan: Yeah, "one piece", hehehe...!

The shuttle from Shangri-La is tethered to a supply vessel from Zedan, where its passengers remain in a state of abject terror and confusion from lack of food, sleep and fresh oxygen.

>Beecha: Just act cool. If these dorks get themselves shot, we won't have to worry about them trying to get any refunds from us.
>Mondo: I just want some fresh air!

Breaching into the makeshift shuttle, Yazan's men enter with riot shields, readied for any attacks. As they only find hungry, panicked societal dregs huddled together in fear, they begin to lower their guards slightly.

>Yazan: Nothing but a bunch of scared mice on here. Make yourselves known, before I start filling in the blanks myself!
>Leina: We are from-*cough* Shangri-La! Side 1!
>Yazan: Side 1, huh? Who is command of this shuttle?!

Without even a moment of hesitation, the passengers all point back towards Beecha and Mondo, who both start trying to deflect attention away from themselves.

>Beecha: Y-yeah, this is our shuttle! They all knew the agreement when they boarded, and had they rationed accordingly-

Yazan pushes Leina aside gently with his cane as he swings it against Beecha.

>Yazan: You two sure don't look as hungry.
>Mondo: W-we were piloting the thing! We needed more to-
>Beecha: Shut your mouth, retard!!

>>23889265
30 units that's all we fucking have 30 units we need more mobile suits.

>>23889270
Don't worry, we can take Axis with 20 Good Men.

>>23889270
Kind of why it was tempting to give in for praise
But we just got on Mike's good side so allowing the propaganda further would've soured him

>>23889283
I still predict some free gibs in the future, we at least got one of those here >>23889208 >>23889265
with the free tech

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Kamille grows increasingly bothered by the lack of a response from Sarah or Four, with the crew of the Alexandria also beginning to feel his mental state crumbling from the anticipation.

>Kamille: (Something else has to be happened to them. Are they being held captive, or-)
>Anaheim Engineer: Mind forwarding us a bonus one of these days, Gundam boy?
>Kamille: Huh? Now isn't the time-
>Anaheim Engineer: Had to make a few compromises, but we got that Gundam Mark II of yours rebuilt how the girl wanted it.
>Kamille: The Mark II?

Having been so heavily focused on recovering Four and Sarah, Kamille had failed to realize a major reconstruction project had begun on the Gundam Mark II to convert it from a standard combat Mobile Suit into a heavily armored, immensely experimental data collection platform.

>Kamille: Who asked for this?
>Anaheim Engineer: Leila, I think he name is? We call it the Gundam "Eye-Spy". She insisted the weapon systems be mostly gutted to make room for the same EWAC systems as those EyeZacks. Personally, I think we did a real stand up job on it.

[Gundam Mark II has been upgraded into the Gundam "Eye-Spy"]

>>23889270
Remember all the shit we had got obliterated by Haman's shadows for daring to take in the Zedan survivors.

If it makes you feel any better though it looks like Axis and the Titans are going to start murdering eachother with prudence soon. Since Axis has developed a lot of new MS and the Titans are gonna start turning named pilots into lobotomized killing machines.

>>23889306
honestly pretty damn cool

>>23889306
Leila carries on the will of our EWAC bros

>>23889306
Leila wants to become a battlefield reporter, eh? And in a Gundam no less. Actually quite interesting, like the ZAKU Hospital in SEED's Destiny Astray novel.

>>23889306
Just as well I suppose if Leila is gonna be taking a back seat to fighting. Feels like a bit of a waste to gut the full armor system to do this, though. I get the idea of having a more durable unit capable of this kind of stuff, but it just feels counter-intuitive. Upgrading the G-Defenser would've made more sense and probably would have made it more agile, which i would assume would have been more beneficial to its role, especially since there was canonically a version that did have a radome. But I trust Leila's judgement, she knows damn well what the Mk-II is capable of.
And I cant help but notice its not black any more, that's a nice touch. The first Black Devil will be missed, but she's earned it.

>>23889348
for what she wants to use it for(likely protecting her EWAC squad) the armored version is probably superior

>>23889348
>>23889373
I hope it has more mobility than the Mk II base as well. Make it the most well armored, mobile EWAC unit there is. Better than yrup's Bollocks,

>>23889306
I thought that was a fucking psycho-gundam from the thumbnail
Good pickup

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>>23888451
Illia and Mashymre both love Haman-sama, but Illia is way more realistic, and she has a thing for Mashy. This is really adorable. Elle is going to start wearing some sexy clothing just in time for Judau to be groomed.

>>23889439
Good to see I'm not the only one. I was real scared that Leila had been repossessed.

>>23889439
>>23889477
well it would be very funny for them to be able to make a psycho on such short notice

>>23889219
So he was definitely going to try and use the reputation of our military strength to do whatever he wanted to people who didnt aged with him huh

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Arriving in the Alexandria's hangar bay, Kamille finds Leila floating in front of her recently reconstructed Mark II. Feeling Kamille's approach, Leila slowly spins around to face him.

>Leila: I made my decision of how I can still fight on the battlefield.
>Kamille: They said you came up with the design for this. Is that true?
>Leila: They worked really hard to complete it as quickly as they did, and...well, the design is a little different from what I had in mind, but it is just what I need. H-here.

Leila hands over her original design for the revised Gundam Mark II, with numerously cleanly written, yet confusing notes on how she wanted it designed with a more rabbit-like frame, with antenna's attached to the head rather than the makeshift, yet complex sensor pods on its shoulders.

>Kamille:...They were able to make this off of this scribble?
>Leila: Scribble?! SCRIBBLE?!
>Kamille: E-eh?
>Leila: I worked really hard on that, you dumbass! They even said if they had the right facilities, it would have looked much closer to what I had in mind!
>Kamille: The weapon system's were all downgraded though-
>Leila: It has enough power to defend itself, and to help the others. From now on, it will give everyone a better chance at surviving all of this. Oh, let me show something they added themselves!

Leila floats into the cockpit of the Gundam Eye-Spy, activating it partially to show off a cable-like device.

>Leila: If I can make contact with another Mobile Suit directly, it can take power from the generator to recharge more heavily depleted ones!
>Kamille: That armor looks completely welded on. How does it detach?
>Leila: It doesn't.

Having just awoken from her forcefully induced slumber, Ple secretly spies on the hangar of the Alexandria, setting her eyes on the Zeta Gundam.

>Ple: (I'll make you cry this time, Kamille! Just you wait!)

>>23889637
actually this thing is pretty cracked for something made for EWAC

>>23889637
>Leila hands over her original design for the revised Gundam Mark II, with numerously cleanly written, yet confusing notes on how she wanted it designed with a more rabbit-like frame, with antenna's attached to the head rather than the makeshift, yet complex sensor pods on its shoulders.
C-cute.
>Leila: If I can make contact with another Mobile Suit directly, it can take power from the generator to recharge more heavily depleted ones!
Resupply function, huh.
I like it more than the Bollocks Sammy. She can take a few hits, but don't use Leila as bait.

>>23889637
support unit Leila, this sounds far more useful than what she was before, and she already was pretty good.

>>23889644
with a 1-2 attack she's just gonna be behind frontliners like Kamille, so her formation doesn't change, she can just take a hit way better than before

>>23889637
>Ple attempts to prank Kamille arc
she couldn't even handle how fast the zeta goes

>>23889637
Alright, still has some good weapons left. No purge, it seems. I'm really curious about what the actual schematic looks like. Maybe we can refine it later.

>>23888396
>>23889637
>Kam gets his own map attack & charger for it
Well this can work out the numbers situation

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>Jerid: You absolutely sure none of them could be spies from Axis?
>Yazan: Just a gaggle of scared mice, with a couple diseased rats amongst them. First, get rid of the women and children. Ship em off anywhere else to keep them from being our problem. As for the men, either put them to work or chuck em out into space. None of them are worth wasting a loaf of bread on if they don't work for it.
>Jerid: The men viable for service?
>Yazan: A limbless Tard could be turned into a beast with the right conditioning. Run em through some pain, and those who come out of it can be made of some use. None of the women though. They can go cook and get pregnant somewhere out of sight.
>Jerid: We men have the natural advantage, but they can rise to be soldiers as well. I've seen plenty that have done so.
>Yazan: You know what? Go for it. When it comes crashing down on you, the clean up can be yours to take care of.

Just as Jerid prepares to inspect the civilians found aboard the shuttle, a wide spread communication is made from Side 5.

>Jerid Loyalist: Boss, Side 5 is-
>Jerid: They are bound and determined to get themselves into a fight. I'll have a ship sent that way to back them up. Oddly reckless of Kamille to send those two alone to-
>Jerid Loyalist: That blue haired chick is the one on screen right now talking!
>Jerid: What the hell?

Tuning into the transmission, Jerid tilts his head in bafflement at the sight of Four standing in front of a statue of General Revil, with a Federation Flag tied behind her back as a makeshift cape.

>Four: -the evils of the Principality of Zeon will be expunged from every Colony! Should the innocent come to harm from this day forward, an armed intervention will be initiated to punish all of those responsible! Soldiers, manufacturers, profiteers, investors and even advocates found to be guilty of this will be punished without mercy! For General Re..."Reeveel"! For the future he dreamed of! I am Four, the Angel of war!

>>23889687
Four you idiot...but also Sarah shouldn't have let her go anywhere on her own to begin with

>>23889687
>Being used as a propaganda piece
We're gonna have to punish Four extra hard for getting carried away like this. Being banned from the gym for a whole month seems like a good start.

>>23889687
Well just like with Mineva, she managed to stumble it. So hopefully that can be taken as her reading from a script. Comes into question what worth there was from just breaking off. But them trying to take care of side5 while abandoned in our eyes wouldn't have been good either. Public callout showing disorganize

>>23889691
I say we make a statement out of them by just killing the mayor and making a proper broadcast showing this shit ain't allowed

>>23889687
Jesus Christ, Four...
Still, I'm sure this will be perfectly managable when we actually get to the colony and perhaps make an example of the mayor to set the record straight. I just hope this doesn't lead to anything horrible in the future.

>>23889690
She'll get fat. ;_;

>>23889691
>>23889695
To be fair also, I don't think most people actually know who Four is, so we can cover this up

>>23889691
>>23889699
Claim it was under duress from a hostage situation. It might even be true. Sarah is under armed guard after all.

Still bad though.

I hope when Four and Sarah get back to their mobile suits, it says like 653 missed calls or some other dumb number, and it goes up one as they stare at it.

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>Kamille: Four!!

Learning of the proclamation being given by Four, Kamille nearly enters into an uncontrolled rage at her display.

>Kamille: Deploy the Alexandria to Side 5!! We are getting to the bottom of this, right now!!
>Alexandria Officer: Sir, please allow me to speak! If we leave now, Side 2 will be left completely naked! We already other fleets are still waiting on the edge of detection range. Fleets that would not hesitate to attack should they learn of our departure. We...we all ask that you not leave us again. If you do, there is no telling what will happen to us.
>Kamille: Goddamn it...! How long until reinforcements will be here?!
>Alexandria Officer: Another two days, at the very least.
>Kamille: (Why would she ever agree to this?! There has to be a...even Sarah was stupid enough to agree to this?!)

While the majority of the crew of the Alexandria are distracted, Ple readies her childish plan to steal the Zeta Gundam. Crawling around in a large container used for storing oranges, Ple waits for her opportunity to take control of the Zeta. Just as she is about to enter into the nearly empty hangar bay, a Security Officer plants his foot onto the back of box, tilting it up to fully expose Ple.

>Alexandria Security:Going somewhere?
>Ple:...No~.
>Alexandria Security: Come on kid, on your feet. I'll let the Colonel know you are getting restless-

Out of logical options, Ple springs up towards the burly soldier, hugging onto him.

>Ple: You caught me~! Ha-ha-ha!
>Alexandria Security: This isn't a place to be playing.
>Ple: I know. I am soooo~sorry, big brother. I just get really, really, reaaaally lonely...
>Alexandria Security: Will you get off me?
>Ple: What are you, some kind of little girl hater?! I bet you think about men at night!
>Alexandria Security: You brat...

>>23889768
did she really try the solid snake box?

>>23889768
At least, jerid is going to send a ship over there as well

>>23889768

Realizing that her plan to disarm the guard with her charm had failed, Ple breaks her hug from the Security Officer, her body floating awkwardly towards the hangar. Taking hold of Ple's leg, the now irritated Officer pulls her away from entering hangar. Flailing in his grip, Ple kicks away his hand as she floats into Leila's side as she makes her way out from the levels elevator.

>Alexandria Security: Hold her! She's trying to stir up trouble!
>Ple: Eeee!

Pressing her foot onto one of the elevators buttons, the doors to it seal before the Security Officer can stop them.

>Leila: Are you already starting trouble?
>Ple: Who the heck are you supposed to...huh?

Ple gives Leila a confused blink, before pressing her nose to Leila's neck to sniff at her.

>Leila: W-what are you doing?
>Ple:...Ah! She sent someone for me!

Hugging onto Leila, Ple affectionately nuzzles her cheek against Leila's.

>Ple: How did you sneak on here so easily? Miss Haman is so clever, so you must have followed her plan, right?!
>Leila: I don't-

Feeling her mind connecting with Ple's, their shared experience of being held in specialized containment pods causes a short panic in Leila as she hugs onto Ple protectively.

>Leila: I...don't want to go back...!
>Ple: Huh? You...Haman sent you, right? You smell just like like me...just like that wonderful bath she used to give me.

[Ple has become confused and has cancelled her attempt to escape. (Zeta pursuit event prevented)]

>>23889834
That... helps?
What a strange benefit to not sending Leila back to Granada...

>>23889864
There's been so much net positives(even on Fa's side of things where she pressed Mike into self reflecting) that the only way you'd regret that choice is if you hyper focused on Fa's state of living over everything else that's happened

>>23889886
Copy likes to reward us picking in character and consistent choices. Telling Leila that hating war is ok is an extremely consistent choice with Kamille's character and handling of Leila after we broke her out of the Psycho Gundam's control so we're being rewarded with fate lining up so that's a great choice.
It's part of what made the Grey AEUG run go to shit as hard as it did. We had a bunch of choices in a row during an extremely important part of the campaign where we steered from the course the campaign and past votes were going (even if some of them were sketchily rigged) into a completely way of handling things like 3 times in a row. We flew headfirst into a battle we weren't even meant to be at to disrupt the plans of our faction's head and ended up creating a worse apocalyptic scenario than what he was trying to do and created a dead man walking situation where Axis could fuck the earth unopposed. Which I'll admit I'm still worried about happening this run since Bask's a fucking idiot and we're nowhere near earth to try and prevent Axis from dropping a colony or asteroid or whatever on earth thankfully they seem to at least care about optics so far so that's not in their playbook (yet).

>>23889914
Grey AEUG was the biggest example of going against our own faction I've seen, poor Blex didn't deserve what happened to him just so we could Larp as Char, but not really.

>>23889834
>Ple having a sense of camaraderie with Leila, likely due to CyberNT stuff going on with latter
I fear that Robins' experiment is actually in line with Haman's desires & those two sides are somehow going to unite against us as a means of "evolution"

>>23889926
>>23889914
Reminder that geniuses thought that if we killed Blex we wouldn't have to fight Char, actually retarded logic because killing Blex would actually just end the run in actual GG

>>23889928
Leila isn't from Robin's NT lab, they couldn't figure out what to do with her, Leila is from Flanagan Institute so whatever they did is likely just the methods Axis adopted

>>23889926
>>23889929
Even then I still hold by if we stuck with Char's plan things would have ended significantly less shit in that timeline than they were. The concept of every single living human (except maybe some the people all the way on Axis) being forcibly awakened Newtypes and the consequences of it would have been very interesting to see play out over the rest of a run, but instead the icecaps just got melted flooding the Earth.

The problem wasn't we killed Blex it was we killed Blex and had Char preaching for a Newtype utopia, refused to investigate him early to try and stop it if we wanted to stop it, only tried to attempt to stop it at the last second after we lost any chance to convince him to back out, and ran head first into a massacre of a battle mentally breaking the backbone of our army turning half of them against us. If we didn't do even just one of these stupid actions things wouldn't have gone nearly as bad for that fucking cursed timeline.

>>23889941
The run was going in a very interesting path up until Blex got killed because of stupidity, we even had Juptier in our pockets, main cast bias led to the most retarded votes in history and I'm glad this is mostly avoided here(e.g Fa votes would win way more often)

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>Illia:...They actually fit you rather well.

Having meticulously applied her own personal grooming to Elle, Illia steps back to look at the teenager wearing her spare attire.

>Elle: Can I look at myself yet, Miss Illia?
>Illia: Not just yet. A deep red wouldn't suit you properly...a lighter shade though...

Pressing a pinkish shaded lips stick against Elle's lips, Illia feels a smile creeping onto her face as she looks upon the young woman.

>Illia: You may look at yourself now.

As Elle looks upon herself in the mirror, Illia becomes anxious as she recognizes the shock on Elle's face.

>Illia:...Of course someone like you wouldn't properly understand why I do as I-

Elle gives a small hop to her side as she looks over the frame of her figure. Sticking her bottom out, Elle giggles at the outline of it peeking through the short skirt provided to her.

>Elle: Ahyaha! I feel like such a rebel!
>Illia: It is meant to feel liberating. To live a life of such restricted, conservative dogma is a self-inflicted hell that truly drains the spirit of its luster. I can tell...you were never that sort. To be bound by those who would take away that freedom is...is...

Illia clutches the cross necklace around her neck, with her thoughts returning to her younger days on Axis as part of the lowest rungs of its society. Illia is snapped out of these thoughts as Elle hugs onto her.

>Illia: Y-you-
>Elle: I look like one of those pretty girls in the magazines Judau would hide behind school to look at. He'll want to play with me more now. Thank you very much~!

Just as Elle prepare to prance off to find Judau, Illia pulls her back by the waist of her skirt.

>Illia:...You aren't ready yet. If this about that loud mouthed boy, then...you need more than looks. If you miss your shot, you'll regret it for the rest of your life. Do you understand me?

Elle moves onto her knees, looking up expectantly at Illia to instruct her further.

>>23889941
as a side note, poor Wong didn't deserve what happened to him as well, by far the most blunt "pick this and he dies" choice other than Blex and it was still taken other

>>23889946
The run had like 3 different very interesting directions it could have gone, and we steered away from all of them. The fact that the run went so far into the shitty that we voted to end the run early because Amuro, the leader of the enemy faction drowned in the fucking ocean still has me look back at that run and chuckle. I'm still convinced that this run and the Ral run's case of Amuro being unhinged and a bit of an idiot is at least partially because Amuro fucking up so hard Copy had to end the campaign early since the plot could not be resolved with AI Amuro fucking up as hard as he had. I'm going to be surprised if we ever see Amuro act like a normal good guy in a Copy X run after the Grey AEUG run.

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Having docked at the "Neo Dolos" Mammoth Carrier, the majority of the crew of Mashymre's Endra find themselves enraged by Fours speech, viewing her proclamation a the most egregious insult to the honor of their cause, and to their Queen. Reduced to a water bearing servant as part of his initial punishment for his part in the devastation consuming Shangri-la, Iino feels oddly content with such menial duties, with him receiving more food and medical care than he had as a junker back at his home.

>Iino: Lord Cello? Where is Sir Mashymre?
>Endra Officer 1: He chose to isolate himself to restrict his anger. Completely understandable with the rot this wench is spewing...is that water cold?
>Iino: Sure is~!
>Endra Officer 2: Yeah, let me get a cup of that. Air conditioning on this ship just can't keep up with all these bodies.

Meanwhile in private section of the Endra containing the urns of the fallen, the "Knight of Endra" calls upon the dead to give him guidance.

>Mashymre: For this grave insult, is it not my duty to restore the honor of our great nation?! Give me a sign! If it is not my destiny to challenge this false champion in single combat, then stop me now! Gottn, my friends...speak now, or may your silence grant me consent to do this holy duty!

An intense impact strikes against Mashymre's Endra, causing many of the contained urns to break free from their binds. Sprinting to find the source of the collision, Mashymre stares upon the experimental "Bawoo" that had originally been planned for "Char" prior to the fall of Side 3.

>Mashymre:...I finally understand. My friends...I shall not fail you!

Judau, having been granted partial freedom, moves out from his temporary quarters to find the source of the crash that had cast him from his bed. As he looks upon the Bawoo that had crashed against the Endra, he finds Mashymre floating towards the Mobile Suit.

>Judau: Oi, Mashymre! The heck are you doing?!

>>23889914
>>23889926
The botched runs always hurt more because we'll never be able to go back and make things right. If there's ever another attempt at a Grey AEUG, it won't be the same setup. One of the flags that stuck out for me early on, before we nosedived into Char and Haman wankery was snubbing the Africa dudes, which were like, THE guys that would've come to mind when we made the decision to fund insurgencies on Earth, but we were just like "Mm, no. We're not gonna get involved in Africa's politics and kill this dude in Europe (who turned out to also be a Zeon supporter iirc) and grant a big boon to our Earthside operations even temporarily." It ended up nice for smaller characters, though. Even if we ended up killing off half of them to try and stop the destruction of Earth. M'Quve was a standout all around, but my favorite moment was him telling us to spend all our money so AE can't pull our funding.
The Glemy run hurt as well, but it least it was clear from the get that we weren't gonna go all in on the Purus and Cyber Newtypes. Still unfortunate, but at least my hopes weren't built up too tall.

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>>23889988
I'll be honest if Copy ever put us continuing from certain key moments in the Grey AEUG run as a choice for a future run those would be some of my top votes, only behind like Part 2 of the Quess fucked the UC timeline run because seeing failed girlboss Quess larping as a Quattro using meta knowledge of the timeline to try and make things slightly less worse would be amazing in my mind.

>>23889953
That one was actually kinda funny tho
>>23889988
>M'Quve was a standout all around, but my favorite moment was him telling us to spend all our money so AE can't pull our funding.
That was an absolutely fantastic moment.

>>23889984
Mashymre better not try to fight Four hand to hand, or maybe he should that would be...interesting

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>Mashymre: Destiny! Honor!
>Judau: Hold on!

Mashymre floats against the cockpit of the Bawoo, unlocking it to find a technician still dazed from the crash.

>Axis technician: D-don't send me back to the mines over this-
>Mashymre: My deepest apologies, friend!

Tossing the dazed Technician out from the Bawoo's cockpit, Mashymre floats inside to take control over the experimental Mobile Suit. Reactivating the Mobile Suit properly, Mashymre gazes runs a quick diagnostic on the Bawoo's systems, his eyes glowing with pure adoration as he compares it against the Gallus-J prototype he had been assigned.

>Mashymre: Amazing...it has five time the power of even the Gallus! With this, I will restore the honor of-

An emergency warning alarm flashes, indicating an inability for the "ζ Psychommu" to synchronize with the current pilot. Ignoring these warnings, Mashymre readies the Bawoo for launch, intent on drawing out Four to a duel to the death. Just as he readies the Bawoo to launch into space, he takes notice of Judau pounding his fist against the head of the Bawoo.

>Judau: You seriously planning on bailing on us?! There is no way I am taking my chances with your people without some backup!
>Mashymre: Another matter has arisen! When I return, I shall-
>Judau: Not good enough!
>Mashymre:...Very well!

Grabbing onto Judau with the Bawoo's hand, Mashymre chucks Judau into the Mobile Suits cockpit alongside him, intent on having the young man join him in his battle to restore Mineva's honor.

>Illia: Mashymre, no! Noooo~!!

Launching into space, Mashymre takes hold of a Shackle being stored on the outside of the Neo Dolos, readying it for travel to Side 5.

>Judau: Hey, I never agreed to whatever the hell this is!
>Mashymre: Rejoice, my friend! You shall also share in the honor of protecting our Queens dignity! When we succeed, we shall return to the homeland as heroes!
>Judau: You are a freaking nutcase!

[Mashymre and Bawoo are now on route to Side 5]

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>[Mashymre and Bawoo are now on route to Side 5]
>Scirocco, Mashymre and Waku Waku Four will all be in the same location
>Kamille will likely join in as well

>>23890072
somebody is going to die, it's just a matter of who.
I just hope it's either scirocco, mashymre, or judau.

>>23890072
Don't forget Judau. We're gonna string up that motherfucking mayor when this fight is over, I swear to god. I'm sorry Side 2, you're gonna have to be on your own again against the Titans if Kamille cannot go it alone. He HAS to be there at the very least to see that the Zeta's Psycommu has survived and have a huge Newtype orgy with the people arriving.

>>23890072
It's gonna be such a goddamn shitshow. I can't wait.

>>23890089
A shitshow that we do, or rather, will have a choice to participate in or not.
Join the 3-way(?) crossfire clusterfuck at side 5 and have side 2 decimated or staying put, defending the latter at the risk of potentially losing Sarah and/or Four. Fucking great.

>>23890092
I wish it was a 3 way fight, unless Scirocco or Mashymre betray one another they're both fighting for Axis, If Scirocco comes with an army or even just the O things are going to get harsh for us fast.

>>23890111
>Axis may now produce the Dreissen. 18 spawn
>Pap: "A chance to demonstrate"
He was forced to work on that so no O yet

>>23890118
You bring up a good point he's going out here to show off the Dreissen, unless Copy makes him a special ace version this might be a good chance to try and shoot down Scirocco the Dreissen only has a 150 limit normally and it's a squad unit so that weakens his influence on the battle further. Shooting him down here could be huge for us long term as it removes the most dangerous anti-Kamille actor from the board before he gains momentum.

>>23889687
Four has been more or less like this from the start. I would really prefer if she didn't do this but it's only a few months since she was trying to punch out a mobile suit, we can't expect her to understand politics.
Sarah is the one who really needs to get her shit together here. How has she not made a call to Kamille yet? What is she doing?

I'm not sure Scirocco is showing up, actually. He's worth more to Axis locked up working on mobile suits. Honestly, it might be better for us if he did come. Pride could throw a wrench in the cooperation between the two, with Scirocco needing to prove his Dreissens and Mashymre's need to duel someone. This thing will be a shitshow regardless. Mashy might still call off the Dreissens, which would be good, but he'd demand to fight Four, which I don't think shakes out in her favor, even if we lend her the Zeta probably. Judau being there also runs the risk of activating that psycommu they got in that Bawoo and him being possessed or something.

>>23890128
To be fair, she just woke up after a couple days long rest and Four ditched her at their room as she went off to film this

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>>23890064
>we gain the upper hand against Mashymre
>Judau ends up tossed into the pilot seat during battle
>psycommu suddenly boots up
I have a really bad feeling bros

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>>23890064
>Mashymre and Judau inside a suit intended for a fake Char
Well played.