Gundam - Those Who Wonder (IC)

[Agent B52]

"Captain Hiyan, we have an accord. May it be a pleasure working with you." Matthias said, shaking the offered hand. "I'll get to work on getting you that manifest straight away so you know what resources we have to work with."

Matthias sat back down again, and looked pointedly at Julian.

"Kid, if you're interested in having that history chat, now is the time. As stated I'm going to be swamped with work soon, so as the good captain put it, speak now or forever hold your peace." he said.

[OkamiKing]

"I'm 28. The hell are you calling a young kid?" Julian shrugged the remark off, "I'm rather hesitant to inform you of what actually happens. If it turns out that this whole dimensional gate way crap is real and that you ARE from the past, I don't know how that'll affect my future. So until then I'll just inform of you certain events if you don't mind. " Julian glared back at the Matthias, he had to confirm something. " Its been awhile.... But you give off weird vibes..... Its been bugging me since I've seen you in person." Julian wanted to confirm his suspicions and lay them to rest. But on bright side, he got a bed.... For the cost of being a soldier. Again. After years of complaining about it in his head. I just keep on going from one job to the next don't I?

[VanceXentan]

"Well what is your answer Julian? I am not sure if I should call you private now or not. If you do please note you will be under the rules as all my crew is but do not worry I will give you a hand book to study, like I will if Desil agrees to my deal, for you to study before you go to sleep tonight. You have the choice of bunking with the men or sleeping in a small singular room. I would reccomend bunking with the men because it gives you a chance to meet them all. I will expect that same of you as I would have any Earth Alliance soldier. Respect your fellow man and show your will and determination but above all else? Protect your brothers in arms." Jason said confidently to Julian and then went over and offer his hand to him personally with a confident fatherly smile on his face. "By the way I am willing to offer you the rank of First Lieutenant/Lt. Junior Grade also known as Chu-i if you wish. You will be an official soldier under my command like all the others and your people treated as citizens of Earth or OMNI Enforcer soldiers if they wish to accept my offer to accept new temporary private rank soldiers into my command. Note you will be below Black Star as well though as he has the rank of Captain or Lieutenant. Quite impressive for a man his age to reach the rank of Tai-i however I can't speak for him nor many of my crew or yourself for that matter. Everyone here is an equal under my command you have the same rights as I but in the end anyway you look at it I still will hold authority over my subordinates when need be. This offer is more or less for solidarity AND to get us all into one figurative unit. Paul will not order you around I will see to that. However if you accept this offer you will answer to me which I don't think you are willing to do. I see a man before me who is more than willing to die for his freedom plus his family. In other words I see a reflection of myself..." Jason said kindly.

[BradaoOfCartha]

Desil had been lost in thought. "I'm sorry, I was lost in thought." He said coming to when his name was mentioned. He waited until Julian was done with his offer and then spoke up, "Yes sir, I accept your offer, and I will do my best to protect everyone within the unit, that way, we can all get back to our places, safe and sound."

[Agent B52]

"I'm 33 and higher ranked, that makes you a kid. Also, think of it as a chance to change the past for the better. I don't think anyone here never wondered, what if it's possible to turn back the clock? Well now you have that chance. What you do with it is up to you, but I'll be waiting for you should you decide to take it." Matthias answered. "Anyway, I'm beginning to get overdue to return. Captain Hiyan, permission to leave the ship?"

[OkamiKing]

Julian thought for awhile, this guy wasn't bullshitting himself. Ignoring's Matthias's sly remark out of his head and focused on the problem at hand. The Pros were a bed. The Cons were becoming a soldier, meeting up with an annoying pirate, and possibly dealing with combat.... He really wanted that bed, "....Sure I'll take up that offer sir. But if you don't mind, I'd rather stay as a private. If anything should my ship comes back at any point in time, I would have to go back to them, and having a ranked soldier leave a force could have mixed effects..... Besides, I do owe them my life." Technically speaking, they own him. They also have things he wouldn't want coming out in the light should he ever return to his home galaxy or whatever. "As long as the occasion calls for it. I'm there."

[VanceXentan]

"Actually I was talking to Mr. Mattias, no offense to you Private Julian, with that offer but then again I should apologize for my eye sight that has been somewhat poor as of late. To be honest I have not slept in four days. However I will say very well all of you are dismissed go get outfitted at the barracks, room six on the eight floor which is the top, see Quarter Master Takami Washington to get your uniforms." Jason said politely and then pulled out a pen and pencil then wrote down a slip of paper handed it over to both of the men who would be joining him. "Now that I made my mistake clear would you like to accept my offer Mr. Mattias? I don't think you will since you, like all of us, value your freedom but I must try or I wouldn't be the scheming master mind I think myself to be." Jason joked and chuckled. He had been keeping himself in a polite manner for days now he needed rest soon....He wanted to just slump over on the floor and sleep but he had a duty to his men. He would pass on command to one of the Ensign seniors and then he would go to bed for the night. However he turned on the map and showed them the ship's layout. The core reactor was in the middle of the ship on the seventh of eight floors. The front of the ship was used as a mobile suit docking bay for the first few floors and was designated as a gray area while the back of the ship was shown in various areas including officer bed rooms, bathrooms and the open kitchens on the third and fourth floor. They were on the fifth floor right now and the bridge was its own room and not designated with a floor as an elevator connected it to the bottom of the ship. However there was an emergency hatch for men to climb up and down to the eighth floor which is where the spare beds were located at. The main barracks was on the sixth floor near the hangers themselves.

[Agent B52]

Matthias laughed jovially at Jason.

"You're selling yourself short there. Anyway, you are correct. An official alliance, of course, but I would indeed prefer to keep my own council for now. Both you and your men are welcome aboard any time though." he said.

Matthias then remembered an interesting tidbit, turning his attention to the entire group present. "In fact, there was a wedding in the works on the Sic Semper before this whole thing got started, if we're forced to have it here consider yourselves all invited."

He turned back to Jason. "Now, if that will be all... ?"

[VanceXentan]

"I'm afraid me and the crew will be pre-occupied with our duties someone has to keep us safe. I would reccomend post-poning the wedding until we get back home from this whole mess..." Jason said before turning around and leaving the room. The guards saluted him as he left and waited for the others to leave the room before closing it and going back to their stations. One of them was told to go inform the Ensign named Axer Carlos that he would be temporarily put in charge of the ship along with Petty Officer 1st Class John Calhone. Jason then opted to take the small spiraling staircase, which were needed incase of space travel where elevators where impractical, and proceeded to walk to his room. On the way there he saw a group of engineers pass by on their way to their room near the officer's quarters one of which nervously avoided his sight and noticed she was only a first year intern. He laughed quietly to himself as he passed by and saluted them before opening the door to his room. On the side it said "Captain Jason Hiyan, Ensign George Kyleson, and the final slide had the name of Leiutenant Paul Lyons He said hello to Paul as he opened the door and proceeded to pass by onto the other side of the room. which was cut in half by a wall for privacy reasons, and opened the door. He and Paul had to share a room due to the lack of officer's rooming on the ship and it had become a norm for them to say a simple hello before going to their side of the room. Jason closed the door as he went inside and closed it before collapsing on his bed from exhaustion.

[Agent B52]

"That's why I added 'if' onto it." Matthias muttered, leaving the room. Hopefully nothing overtly eventful happened before he could return to the Sic Semper.

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Date unknown - Location unknown - 5km south of the Zanzibar class Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus

Steadfast footsteps were muted by the tall grass. Occasionally a snapping twig or uncomfortable squelch supplemented the steady beat. To his men's credit, none of them uttered so much as a single curse in the unknown, harsh surroundings. Phillip Stoker knew they were itching to. He was itching to, and he had enjoyed the training courses so much people suspected him masochistic. He wasn't, he just enjoyed measuring himself against something greater. In this case though, the planet was far, far beyond anything he had ever experienced. Aside from the sheer impossibility of not having a roof overhead, there was also the odd curve of the planet's surface that meant viewing beyond the horizon impossible. Added to that came the wildlife. Originally he had thought the artificial animals Zeon had installed in infantry training grounds had been excessively noisy and unrealistically active. His opinion had changed after the fifth disturbed bird in as many minutes. In a reportedly inhospitable area like this!

As he began climbing another hill, Stoker wondered how the other squads were doing. The men were spread out in four squads of eight, with another three back on the Sic Semper for emergencies. Now that Matthias and Oriko were off investigating the confirmed radio signals and Vladimir guarding the Sic Semper, it had fallen to him and his infantry to take a good look around their local surroundings. It was also a simple economy of force: Not only were his troopers the stealthiest unit available, when it came down to it they were also the most expendable. Their group could afford to lose one or two infantry, but not the same could be said about their Mobile Suits.

His radio crackled to life, prompting him to order the squad on defensive.

"Come in Prowler one, this is Lighthouse, repeat, Prowler one come in over." the operator, Firsh Takei called out.

"Prowler one reads you Lighthouse. What's the matter, over?" Stoker whispered back.

"Just got word, possible relocation imminent, return immediately. Full briefing on return over." Takei said.

"Copy that, we're inbound. ETA around... twenty minutes, give or take." Stoker replied, and turned to his troops.

"We're going to take one peek around this hill, then we're double-timing it home. Let's move boys." he ordered. Quickly, the men rounded the massive earthen mound, carefully covering each other as-

"Well fuck me sideways. Sir. We got ourselves a Suit here." the lead trooper said, dropping to a knee. Stoker snuck up to the man's side, taking a look for himself. He quietly whistled in appreciation.

"Man, and I though our Zaku's were getting old and battered. Don't look like a Zeon design to me though." Stoker commented. "Alright, let's see if anyone's home. Team two, cover us."

The other infantry looked at him like he was crazy. Phillips felt like slapping them.

"Come on guys, we all ran the simulations, just aim for the optics, exposed power-feeds, that sort of shit." he growled at them. For the moment he choose to conveniently ignore the statistic that in simulations 90% of the time infantry went 'crunch' when they went up against Mobile Suits. The reminder served to get them moving and setting up though.

Stoker descended down the hill with his arms raised, waving at the suit. "OY! YOU! OVER HERE!" he called out.

((For added clarity, Durandal this is Taito Phillips is shouting at.))