[IC] Gundam Multiverse - Those Who Correct

[vancexentan]

The Start of Lieutenant Paul Lyons and Captain Jason Hiyan's story...Cosmic Era Alternate 1

Paul/Jason's Opening

It started about two days ago for OMNI Enforcer Lieutenant Paul Lyons, and Captain Jason Hiyan when they received word to report to the HQ of the Special Operations Units. The two men had just gotten back from subduing rebels, former members of ORB and ZAFT Radicals, who had made a base on the moon. The orders to come back to base came unexpectedly and without warning as they were supposed to be on shore leave for a couple of days after this mission was completed. Regardless the crew made their way back to base.

"Do you have any clue what is going on?" Paul asked Captain Jason who was wearing a fine gray and black uniform that was standard issue for most officers on it were two narrow yellow bands, and two blue tabs to identify him as a high ranking captain in the navy. Paul was also wearing one, the difference being that it had one narrow yellow band, two blue tabs showing that he was a lieutenant. it was rare for a man as young as Paul to be a Lieutenant in the army, But Paul was not just an ordinary soldier. He was the pilot of a Gundam. Though Paul's past remains classified for that very reason he himself carried himself just as well as most of the other twenty and thirty year olds around him. Paul and Jason walked down the sparkling clean hallway it was the middle of the day. Various staff and soldiers walked by and some saluted others went about their own business. The rebels on the moon were crushed without much effort thanks to the Raigo Gundam's amazing versatility in combat, Paul's natural talent and the skills of the pilots in the Daggers who fought in the battle were also great contributions. ZAFT was nowhere near as strong as they had been in previous years. It's own people didn't want to continue fighting for their cause now that Earth was more lenient towards coordinators with the hatred being condemned by the general masses. In all honesty the crew agreed that it was pathetic how easy their mission was and Paul Lyons himself found it rather more of annoyance than some plot to overthrow the government. Why would someone want to do it anyway? Was it that hard to live with an honest career? It (pirates, rebellions, ZAFT uprisings) hardly ever succeeded and when it did it nearly always crumbled in on itself. Even ZAFT was little more than an annoyance at this point with the gundams, they had captured back in London but they had not gotten Strike due to the fact that a man was responsible for gunning it down. He figured it was just a mindset of people and or their own personal choices however it was foolish of them to try anything in the first place. After the Four Month War which culminated in a ceasefire of ZAFT and OMNI Enforcer forces however it was an unsettling peace that woke up nastily in the Fractured Earth War which was solved when OMNI Rebels were defeated by Gundams Forbidden, and Duel.

Regardless Jason Hiyan was deep in thought so he missed the question. Jason was like this at times stern and brutal but also a thinker and was surprisingly clever. Which Paul respected of him for however, Jason was a veteran of the wars before and after the Four Month war with a lot of experience under his belt. There were rumors of how he fought and where he fought but in the end it was all classified and hidden by Jason's own request. There were rumors here and there about him being a former high ace pilot having received a record of kills in the hundreds some say it was 189+ kills and many battles. However even Jason balked at the number saying that there was no possible way he could have gunned down nearly 190 people. Others say Jason was originally supposed to be a gundam pilot but was reassigned after he punched a commanding officer, which is the most likely false from what Paul knew of the man, and many other rumors were sparkling around the Sundown and the base they called home . However it also annoyed Lyons greatly because whenever he thought about Jason's past it normally didn't go anywhere because even knowing the man for whom he was he never actually knew the man behind the man so to speak. Jason tended to block everything else out regarding it and he didn't tell anyone about it including his friends and officers. Captain Jason Hiyan also had a tendency to ignore things when in thought like he was now.

So Paul asked again slightly more louder and more sternly and then Captain Jason shook his head getting of his thoughts for the moment. He still was in his considering something as he looked down at his fellow colleague and sighed. Paul was always so impatient with things and it tired him to no end. The boy was a natural pilot without any doubt but in the end he was still a young man. Jason felt responsible for the guy and knew he was quite old for his age of twenty but that did not stop him from disliking the kid’s attitude at times. However after so many missions together and after meeting Miss Lacus, who he thought would even out Paul's darker attitude, he had learned to accept him for who he was. The two men had an older brother-younger brother relationship and he would hate to see Paul come into harm’s way even if Paul felt otherwise at times and insisted he got into danger. When Jason made a call that angered Paul for whatever reason he obeyed it but did so grudgingly which was rare as both of them got along notoriously well. "Yes...yes I'm sorry for being lost in thought. I was just trying to figure out what this mission is going to be and nothing came up in memory in terms of conflicts. So I would have to say no I don't, but it may have to do with the resurgence of ZAFT forces in the colonies. There also might be something down here on Earth that might need our attention." Jason said but it was more or less a mumble. Paul nodded agree with Jason's train of thought. Unless space had gotten riled up again in the time Paul and the crew left it meant Earth was the main target. Paul and Jason arrived at the meeting room at the end of the hallway and Paul opened it using a control pannel. As they walked in it was General Patrick Patton, Grand Commander of the EA (Earth Alliance) and OMNI Enforcer forces on the planet, who greeted them. He was wearing his full admiral suit and no one else was present in the room besides him. Strange indeed but not out of the norm for Patton whom generally kept to himself and was known for having private talks with people on a more person to person basis. Patton said it helped him pick out spies.

Confused Paul wondered what could bring such a high ranking official out to greet them however. After all the group had done nothing worth noting as of late to warrant the need for him to come to them so to speak. Their last missions were mundane rebels crushing runs and tracking down George Kyleson with no luck. He was suspicious now and curious of what this mission really was. Jason on the other hand saluted and greeted the man in the way officers normally did. Paul followed in suit to Jason and apologized for not doing so earlier. As they sat down General Patrick told them about a recent signal that was being reported by various captains and forces in the region. The nearest squadron had also vanished in an attempt to find out what it was. The commanders and generals believed that it was ZAFT forces making some sort of space station and there were also reports of odd signals going around that were heavy in static and could not be interpreted. Jason breathed in heavily as Paul looked at the screen intently memorizing the details as quick as he could.

"I see. So you want us to go and investigate this and report back to you on whatever we find correct? I will accept the mission." Paul said as he stood up and looked at the screen. Jason himself could only stare, brows furrowed, trying to get this whole thing in his head. There were also reports coming in from other captains of odd mobile suits signals in the area of unusual design and varying strength and numbers. It seemed ZAFT was at its job again and making more units despite the agreement made at the end of the Four Month War which made a certain ceasefire between the Earth Alliance and the ZAFT Colonial Forces.

"Will we be receiving reinforcements and will our suits be repaired? We just got back from a mission and our crew is tired. I will need fresh units and parts along with food, fuel, and munitions to cover the entire field General Patrick sir." Jason said formally but he knew Patrick did not get to be a general by dealing with political crap so he assumed that Patrick had indeed done so already. It was confirmed as the General informed him of the stolen ZAFT GINNs being all pulled out and replaced by the new modeled Slaughter Daggers designed after the Strike Gundam that was captured by ZAFT during the battle of London. They were also told of the ORB Union that was formed a year ago had finally made a deal with them. The Union had given them a handful of special units that were then mass produced in the short amount of time the Sundown had been gone and fighting at the moon. The Murasame was a special unit and had its own designated units and pilots. Indeed the general had thought of everything these were improvements over the GINNs but Jason requested that they leave a few on-board as auxiliaries just in case. Patrick was confused since the Sundown, an Arch-Angel Class ship that was made specifically for Jason's usage as a command ship, to which the General told them he would do what he could. He finished up by saying they would be receiving plenty of extra crew. Alpha Team led by Grant Nimitz a talented new cadet officer who had formerly served with Paul Lyons, Beta Team which would be staying with them, Omega Team which was Paul's personal team, and SIGMA team whom piloted the Murasame units sent by ORB. Paul thanked Patton and left with Jason after saluting the man.

Paul and Jason than said goodbye to the general and sent messages to the officers and staff of the Sundown before going to where the Slaughter Daggers being stored and moved to the ship. The Murasame units were also being brought onboard. The Paul looked at them as they were brought aboard the ship. He was thinking why such a huge military force was being made to combat a bunch of ZAFT lackeys and fools. He swore he caught a glimpse of an odd looking mobile suit being stored in a giant crate and brung aboard but he was not sure maybe it was just some sort of prototype Murasame unit. Regardless he looked around and saw a group of pilots in dark green jump suits walk up to Jason and introduced themselves as SIGMA squad and were being transferred to his command. Jason saluted them and told them where to go and who to report to before they returned the salute and went aboard the ship.
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However he heard a familiar female voice calling out to him and knew a who it was by Jason's grin. A pink haro unit was also with her Lacus Clyne, daughter of the former Chairman of the PLANT Siegel Clyne (who had sided with the EA during the Four Months War). Lacus herself was an occasional singer whom supported communities ravanged by war or whatever misfortunes fell upon them. Lacus ran up to him and hugged him tightly and pulled him close. Paul smiled and chuckled as he hugged her back tightly. He figured that she'd arrive soon after all even though he was a soldier and she a peace loving girl who was two years younger than him, they had a strong relationship due to their own senses of morality. Lacus hated war but understood that Paul was doing what he was doing for his family and the people of Earth. It was a necessity of the times to have soldiers like Paul and Jason. It was needed in order to make the universe a safer place for naturals and coordinators alike. Paul however inside was a soldier, a person brought up with the expectations that he thrived in battle, He was indeed full of hate and bitterness inside but that was a side he kept hidden very well and it was only brought out when certain individuals were around. This side of Paul Lyons was a side of him Paul hoped he never would need to show Lacus. He keeps his emotions away hidden and he was a killer, a glorified killer in the eyes of his superiors and government, but he was a killer none the less. She cared for him deeply regardless and when she could be she was an outlet for the young man. "I was hoping you weren't hurt and I'm glad you and Jason both returned safely. I told you stop fighting these wars they are wrong! Self defense is one thing but...I know that you know nothing else but fighting and I know that the people you hunt are normally pirates... but... but still I'm sure you can do anything you put your mind to. In fact I know you can! I worry about you when you go off and fight! Despite the fact that you insist on doing this job you've had for so long and defending the weak and those unable to defend themselves but still you ever think what I'd do if you died out there. It is selfish but it's how I feel. You are my soldier and I won't let you just throw away your life like that." Lacus in quiet pride making her worry for her future husband clear said as Haro looked up at them both saying its name over and over again and then Captain Hiyan walked off hiding a smile and muffling a chuckle he'd let them be alone for a few moments. It would be good for Paul to do in the end. Lacus was a beautiful, kind, and sincerely caring young woman. He smiled at the fact that she was with Paul who he had seen ruthlessly cut down the enemy soldiers in his Force Impulse days before hand.

"I told you Lacus I can't stop fighting like you said I know nothing else. There are very few people with my skills and I made a promise to my father to keep Earth safe...to keep you safe. I have to go to war Lacus if I don't who will protect those weaker or unable to protect themselves? If I don't who will? And don't say someone else will because you know that is not true. We, as humans, can't possibly stop fighting. I aim to change that or at the very least do something; so that others won't be crushed and that we can finally understand each other as hopelessly idealistic as that sounds." Paul said letting his gentle side sink out of him. However it was still bluntly honest of course he would never lie to Lacus but at this point in time he was still tired and he had to go back into the ship into space and fight again. It never seemed to end but he was glad she was here to help. But despite this he said it was a kind loving passion and let it show that he believed in what he said.

It was a rare moment for the man as he was normally stern and cold around most people whom weren't from his usual routine. He was also sarcastic and cruel at times but when he was with his family and friends he let that go for a moment. Paul almost always slipped off his mask to show the boy lost and killed at adolescent by circumstances beyond his control and the man who was born of those circumstances in return. Lacus meant a lot to him she was kind and caring where he was a brutal killer when in the cockpit. Even then Paul sometimes let things go and he took risks. It was the best he could do even as pitiful as it sounded. Lacus...she gave him the confidence he needed to move on with his life otherwise he'd be much worse off than he is now and ever since George fought him in the Aegis, a gundam that was a part of his Father's G project. he did not know what to think anymore. Lacus gave him the love he needed even though it was a very thin line that would shatter it like glass if the truth of the matter reared it's ugly head. Love...romance....trust....what were those concepts to a man like Paul. Paul depended on many things and his family was one of them even his guilt ridden father who had rejected the military and went into living alone until Lacus's father convinced him to move in with Paul and Lacus.

"I understand that Paul, I know you have your own battles to fight, but if I lose you...I...I don't know what I would do. I know about George, your friend from long ago who was with you up until a year ago. You may have forgotten but you told me about him when we first met and I know you've fought him before at least once. Maybe you can stop fighting and work things out with him! Please he is the closest thing to a brother you ever had surely he will listen to reason and to you!" She pleaded tempting Paul with sad eyes and her natural charismatic nature. She always knew that Paul Lyons's soft spot was his old friend whom he had nearly killed once before. However that soft spot was buried under many other emotions including a passionate flaming hatred that burned Paul's soul like a fire.

Paul got slightly angry at this but then was appalled at how he was about to react and calmed down. He loosened his tightening grip around her and sighed. He could never confront George again in civil terms unless he, George, truly wanted to make amends for their conflicts. However that was unlikely George was passionate man he (Paul) knew that he would have to fight him...and one of them would die otherwise the conflict would continue. However deep down in his heart Paul wished he could solve their problems and understood that it was a futile hope. The hatred was strong but...was the past stronger?

"Look Lacus...Please understand I need you to go home and keep things going there while I go on a mission. I should be back soon. You need to take care of my father and everyone else in the neighborhood. You are their friend and you are family to the whole community. I'm truly sorry but that's what will happen and I have no choice to go on the mission otherwise I'd be court marshaled understand? Please Lacus, I don't like it either but it's for the best at the moment. What if I lose you? What if I lose Jason as well who will be there for me then?" he said pulling away slowly from her reluctant to leave her side and then patted Lacus on the shoulder she kept his head down for a moment composing herself then looked up fiercely at him. "Promise me you'll come home and I'll leave now." Lacus said stubbornly she did not want him to go away on another month long mission on some war torn and bleak area again. It was too much to ask of him or any soldier to make such a promise however Paul did indeed promise her he would but it was rather unconvincing. Despite that she seemed satisfied enough and decided to leave and said good bye before picking up Haro and holding it in her arms. She did so and looked behind her back once As Paul walked up the ramp and entered the Sundown. The crew members did whatever they could to hurry up the launch and many outside where still getting ready. OMNI Enforcer was doing everything they could to prepare themselves for the flight. He also learned that there were extra medical supplies and ammo stored onto the ship's cargo bay. Paul was pleased about the progress the crew was making and was prepared for anything that may happen on the mission.

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Insider Sundown

As he entered he saw the familiar and new faces and saluted those who did it to him, which was nearly everyone since he outranked the majority of them even at his age, and entered the bridge. Captain Jason was sitting in his chair and confirmed to Paul everything was green except they were waiting on some people and that they were launching soon as well. Paul nodded "Good the sooner we get there the better. We need but Jason grabbed Paul's shoulder gently. "Did she take it hard again? She is a stubborn girl that one. Don't keep ignoring her feelings." Jason said in the way a best friend would speak to another as Paul faced away from him. "It hurts I won't lie I'll make it up to her though. I'm going to go run checks on the Raigo before we go there. Thanks for the concern though." Paul said as he pulled away from him. As the ship lifted off all the crew could think about was the journey they were about to go on. Paul sat down modifying the GAT-FJ108 Raigo Gundam. Captain Jason left the control room to take a look his normal priorities and as the last of the creates were set aboard after come hindrance by the apparent ineptitude of the supply officers. The Murasames were being loaded and SIGMA squad was settling in, roughly, with the rest of the crew. A repair group also came aboard but Jason had the second commanding officer to clear them before they came in. As the last of the shipments where brought aboard the Sundown took off. Paul was in his room and he would remain there until the time came. The Gundam was already tuned into his specs but he was not sure how much he trusted this new ORB Union. The ship rumbled as it tumbled into orbit and went on its course.

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Hitting the Signal and being Stranded...


As the Sundown approached the signal point two days later after they launched everything seemed fine. However they lost communications with Earth about an hour ago and were now on their own as far as they were concerned. There were no mysterious mobile suits or anything remotely suspicious however there were unknown communication lines surrounding it they were faint and unrecognizable but Jason was sure there was more to this place than meets the eye. SIGMA squad was convinced to enter into daggers meant for space flight instead of their Murasames who could not act properly in deep space yet. OMEGA squad, also set out as Paul got into his uniform and helmet. He walked into the meeting room and discussed the battle plans with SIGMA his wing men from OMEGA. They agreed, after some arguments, to go in slow and if any hostiles are there they are to be taken out. As the men launched in their Daggers, after rushing to the hanger, Paul entered his core splendor and put his helmet's face shield down and sealed it there. He turned on the Gundam and waited for the controls to become operation before launching. "This is Lieutenant Paul Lyons OMNI Enforcer launching in Raigo Gundam..." Paul said casually as the unit was cleared for launch by the captain's right hand girl Katherine Williams. However Jason himself contacted him after launching, "This is Jason, you and your men are clear to investigate the anomaly permission to kill granted if needed. Don't engage unless need be. Sundown out." Jason said as he sat back down on his chair. Paul went further ahead to investigate this strange occurrence and noticed his systems got a bit clunky as he approached it suddenly however one of his pilots complained about a head ache and SIGMA 3 told him to shut it and keep it clean. However soon after the dots on the radar vanished and before Paul understood what happened he was blacking out his last thought was of what was happening and of Sundown...

Later....

Paul woke up suddenly like he just got hit on the side of the head or had drunk to much like a sailor of old. He felt woozy and not in control of himself he looked around and remembered he was in Raigo gundam...however something seemed odd....He panicked for a moment and looked on his radar and noticed he was no longer in space after checking his main camera...everything was intact nothing was different...The Sundown itself was....landed nearby completely unharmed...What was going on here. He was in the middle of a military base on the top eastern side of the area. North east was a gigantic citadel...Where in the name of god was he at? He pushed the communications button to call Captain Hiyan. "This is Paul come in Sundown are you ok? I repeat: This is Paul come in Sundown are you ok?"

Jason woke up to the sound of Paul's voice calling out in a calm but slightly intense state as he inspected the cabin his crew was all unconscious he went over to the coms officer's chair and woke him up. Jason told him to go and tell everyone to wake up immediately. Paul's call came again and this time he was responded to. "This is Sundown please calm yourself my friend. "What is our situation?" We appear to be a fortress or citadel of some sort resembling ancient Japan." Jason said to Paul as he thought to himself Well then it seems we are also cut off from all OMNI forces and we're stranded somewhere as well...what is happening here? he said as he sat down and his crew started to wake up. Raigo gundam was now on its feet looking around.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXuvm93fgGk (location center field further north)

[Arthanus]

AW 0015
Ruins of London
921 hours.
"Point A is clear, Send in the scavengers." Gabriel reported after scouting an old section of London his people had yet to search. It was a foggy day, but his scanners didn't pick up anything out of the ordinary and the area had been clear of bandits for about a month now, so Gabriel didn't have any significant worries. "Rodger that X, moving to Point A now, head to Point B and we will catch up soon." One of the Scavengers, Alfred by the voice, replied to Gabriel. "Copy that moving to Point B, find us something useful these old ruins are still depressing and I would like to spend a few days out of them.," Gabriel replied before sighing, "God I hate that nickname, X.... Just because I use a GX doesn't mean I need to be reminded...." He said to himself knowing the comn was off, and even if it wasn't it was something they hadn't heard before. But with the all clear Gabriel moved forward deeper into the ruins toward the second Scavenge point for the day.

Everything was playing out just like a regular day, useful materials were being salvaged to help the community, The bandits seemed to be chased out of the area for now, and if things kept on going as they were, Gabriel would be able to call it quits soon. But just as he made it half way to Point B a distress signal appeared on his radar. "Hey Salvage team heads up, I just picked up a distress beacon up north. I am going to go check it out, Keep an eye out." He relayed back to the scavenge team before redirecting his course to investigate the beacon. Gabriel didn't even register a response before things started to get fuzzy and he blacked out.

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Unknown Location
Some time later

Gabriel awoke with a jump still inside his GX "What happened to me?" he asked out loud knowing no response would come. After shaking off the last remaining bits of drowsiness Gabriel's head started to clear up. It was then that he felt the presence of another Newtype somewhere near by. "Now that isn't good, I don't know of any Newtypes anywhere nearby us..." He continued talking to himself as he started to run a diagnostic check on his G-X. With everything still showing a green Gabriel readied himself before heading in the direction of the other Newtype. On the way it became obvious he wasn't in England anymore the buildings looked Japanese not English, and more even more surprising everything looked to intact to be from the Earth Gabriel knew. As he moved he didn't know weather of not to try and conceal his movements, eventually deciding to forgo it go in peacefully, but be ready to fight if needed. He had run into many more scavengers than bandits recently so odds were in his favor.

As he moved into what seemed to be a fortress Gabriel saw more strange things, A mobile suit design that he had never seen before, and some sort of flying fortress also very unfamiliar. As he approached weapons holstered Gabriel sent out an open comn line. "Hail over there, Could you possibly help a fellow out? I seem to be a bit lost." He said while moving forward. his hands gripping the controls of his suit in anticipation constantly surveying for something to go wrong.

[Rhona W]

Matt threw the RGZ-91 through another series of tight manoeuvers. Full throttle on all thrusters from the backpack, before abruptly flipping orientation and braking. He spun on the spot using AMBAC maneuvering, the suits' sensors easily locking onto the nearest stationary target and ripping off a burst of fire from the Re-GZ's head vulcans, tracers drawing vibrant lines through the darkness of space. A flick of the controls threw the mobile suit's left arm out and blasted off a pair of rocket-propelled grenades into another target, before he blasted away into a weaving, high-speed pattern of moves, rinsing the mobile suits' flight computers through a demanding routine.
"That looks good, Matt," the voice of the flight controller came through the speakers in his normal suits' helmet. "Telemetry from the latest set of manoeuvers looks good; tightening up the response time from the vernier thrusters in the right leg seems like it was a good call. You can head on back now".
"Roger that, control," he replied as he throttled back, letting the suit drift with its' momentum, spinning to face the distant gleam that marked the control ship. "I'm returning-" he cut off as a warbling chirp from the Re-GZ's sensors interrupted him. The machine had picked up something unusual, some kind of electromagnetic disturbance that was growing in intensity.
"Control, I'm picking up some unusual interference, some kind of signal. I'm moving to investigate, over"
The reply was muted and choppy with static, and he pressed one gloved hand to the side of his helmet with a frown, trying to pick out words as he spun to face the direction of the interference as it grew closer. He fed a little thrust into the RGX-91's engines and moved closer. At once, the suits' warnings sounded, warbling alerts flashing up. At the same instant, pressure grew in his head, a throbbing headache building from behind his eyes and pounding against his skull. His vision swam and he physically reeled, shuddering in his seat. Shimmering double vision clouded his sight and the speakers of his helmet blasted static, the displays of the suit throwing our alert after alert, as the pressure in his skull grew to a roaring pounding... and then blackness washed over him as a relief.

Some Time Later, Somewhere Else...

Consciousness returned with a jolt, and a brief shout of some unremembered dream or memory. Matt gasped in air, through the now-open shield of his helmet. The cockpit of the Re-GZ hummed comofortably around him, with no trace of the earlier signal. He rubbed one hand across his face, chasing away the last bits of drowsiness and disorientation before he turned his attention to the Re-GZ. The mobile suits' displays showed that he was no longer in space, something that he couldn't account for. He didn't recognise his surroundings either. In the distance, a tall building that looked Chinese or Japanese in origin rose, and closer by were what looked like the functional, drab shapes of military buildings and structures. More interesting still were the two mobile suits and a ship of some kind that showed up on the suits' sensors. None of them matched anything familiar enough to make an identification, but there was nothing else around to make contact with, no signs of any known frequencies or signals. With no signs of other life, Matt made the decision to head toward the other mobile suits.

[Shiyonichi]

The DSSR a neutral civilian research group dedicated to exploring the outer reaches of the stars. In one of their facilities they were working on a revolutionary new machine that would allow them to reach the stars outside the horizon, though it would appear this project would take an unexpected turn.

“Lieutenant, What is going on!? Why have you started your machine before the appointed time? What happened to your team!?”

Peace was disrupted as alarms blared out throughout the facility, and a black and white war machine threw off the cloth meant to conceal it’s form, before taking off into the void of space at blazing speeds from the furthest hanger where it was concealed.

“Lieutenant, I repeat status report, why have the alarms been raised and what happened to your team!?”

Within the cockpit of the mobile suit the coms would once again blazed to life as it repeated the same questions, only this time it was answered back by the mobile suit’s pilot.

“Oh, you see Captain, I killed them-“ “What!” The Captain interrupted in shock, but the pilot kept talking. “I have killed my entire team, I have also taken the mission objective, though I have decided not to hand it over.”

The DSSR sent out it’s own machines while the pilot was addressing his Captain. Their intent was to retrieve the “mission objective” the pilot had stolen as such they could not fire a single shot at the speeding Mobile Suit, which meant that they had no chance of catching the white and black mobile suit, especially with the head start it had on them.

“Lieutenant Arkwright, I’m going to ask, What. The. Hell. Are. You. Doing?” The Captain asked in disbelief and barely contained rage.

“Captain Maza, I’ll share with you a few words I wanted to say over these past few months, I believe it goes like this: fuck you, fuck Phantom Pain, fuck Blue Cosmos, fuck your all ideals and everything you all stand for. I am resigning my position.”

“I see... I hope you enjoy your short retirement, Benedict.” The grey haired Captain stated with a neutral expression and venom in his voice, before the line went blank.

In the period that the exchange took place, Benedict had flown far enough out that it would have been risky for the DSSR’s Astrays to follow. With this he allowed his Mobile Suit to stop and and used it’s wire to anchor onto a piece of space debris to conserve energy. He looked over his equipment. He had two beam sabers, two short range beam rifles, one long range beam rifle, one grenade, a couple of wire anchors, and a shield. Not much when he was up against the Estrella Newby, a Girty Lue class ship, it held a considerable amount of Mobile Suits, though it’s biggest danger was that it held 5 Gundam Units as Blue Cosmos was trying to secretly realize the old Archangel plan, with this mission meant to be a trial run.

Out of the five units he would be guaranteed to deal with two, the Verde Buster and Blu Duel, as their pilots were not among the operatives assigned with infiltrating the DSSR and were part of the ship’s crew with the duty to guard the ship. The Nero Blitz had several technical difficulties which left it out of commission for the past few days and with both it’s pilot and the intended pilot of the Rosso Aegis, Fredrick Hughes being poisoned, the former would likely not be able to join the battle and the later would have a less experienced pilot behind it’s wheel. Though that still meant Three Gundams, a squad of Slaughter Daggers, and an entire warship vs his own Mobile Suit, the final Gundam, the Strike E.

Benedict pulled out his employee card from the DSSR, he had signed up under the name of Albert Simons, an alias, though he was fond of the alias more than his own name. The operative opened his Mobile Suit’s hatch before tossing the card out into space and then closing the hatch back up. After this battle it would likely be the only thing remaining of him, as he didn’t intend to leave a body and if Phantom Pain decided to try and take him alive he would self detonate his suit. This would be how it ended, Benedict always new that, though he didn’t expect to be in this situation for a bunch of Coordinators and their coworkers, he also didn’t expect for Blue Cosmos to go after a civilian made AI.

The traitor also took out a data drive in it was the AI that DSSR had developed. He could guess it was for some kind of weapons development, it must have been quite valuable to them if they wanted to monopolize the AI by stealing from the DSSR rather than trying to use alternative methods such as offering to buy a copy of the AI. Though he could be overthinking things. After all he reveled in taking the bloodier plan. Benedict took a look at the clock. He estimated that he had about five minutes before Captain Maza and his ship arrived.

“Sorry guys it look like I won’t be joining you all for drinks.”

The spy readjusted his Mobile Suit’s shield, he decided to hide among the debris and try and ambush his enemy turned friends before firing his grenade into the ship’s gas tanks. He wasn’t expecting to survive, but he was going to go down swinging. Benedict readied his beam rifle as the ship came into view and started to deploy it’s Mobile Suits. Benedict even when facing almost certain death was still serene. He detached his anchor... and then a flash of lightning ran through his skull as a headache suddenly ran throughout his head.

“What’s?” Benedict fought to stay awake, but to no avail...

Sometime later...

Benedict woke up sometime later, he heavier than before, almost as if he was back on earth... Took a look outside and he realized that he was transported back on the surface of a planet. His hand immediately went to where he had stored the data disk. He didn’t know where or how, but he knew he had to take shelter. He looked around as and spotted a tower in the distance, it would provide cover and a vantage point, Benedict moved his machine towards the tower, though as he was doing so, he felt lightning flash through his mind, his “intuition” he called it. He had a feeling that he was being followed which put him on further guard than before, Benedict made an even greater effort of leaving a trace.

As the Spy piloted his machine towards the tower, he made sure he kept an eye out on his radar. He mostly stayed low to the ground though on occasion when the terrain could cover something taller than his suit, he took a stop and scouted his surroundings from a vantage point using the Strike’s thrusters and his wires. It was in one of these scouting he saw an Earth Alliance Mobile Suit and after that when he got closer, he spotted an Archangel class ship, though this one didn’t match with any he was aware of. While he didn’t expect his defection to be widely spread, he wasn’t the kind of person to throw caution to the wind. He kept his distance from the suit and watched as a Gundam unit with a L shaped backpack, which he never seen before come in contact with the EA Gundam. He would wait and see how the EA units would react to this new Gundam before deciding to take action, to give him a better idea of what he was dealing with.

[vancexentan]

"Heads up incoming multiple unknown signatures...and an OMNI one as well?" Jason says looking to his radar handlers for confirmation the men do indeed confirm that multiple Mobile suits were in coming. He prepares the man cannons as Paul looks to the incoming enemy pilot who approaches him he holds up his rifle and shield in a defensive stance. His head feeling strange as if he felt the incoming targets coming closer instinctively. It hurt a bit but he didn't let that stress him out he was combat tested after all. He raises his rifle towards...a gundam? As he sees it approach and signal him. "Who are you? I'm an OMNI Officer; Black Star is my code name. What kind of mobile suit is that?! Is that a gundam? I've never seen a design like that?" Paul asks him as he looks towards the stranger (Gabriel). "Are you ZAFT, or are you OMNI? Or some third party?" Paul's words are calm and simple once he starts to get his wits more about him. He looks around hoping SIGMA, and Beta are nearby.

Jason's men look on their scanners before finally getting a notice on radar and noted that they were missing OMEGA Team but Beta and SIGMA were nearby. "This is Jason we're fine but we won't be able to move to your location we're on a field just east of your location. Just make sure you gather the teams together Lieutenant. For now I'll work on getting this battleship of ours operational and then we will find Omega Team. I know how much of a boon they can be to us and we will need all our men to make sure our ship gets out of here." Jason stated plainly. "This is Beta leader I'm at some sort of base nearby and I have no idea what the hell is going on...we're missing some people! Captain orders sir?" Beta leader asked as Paul looked about with his gundam. "Form on the Lieutenant top center field by the large citadel!" Jason said over his communicator.

[Arthanus]

Things went just about how Gabriel had expected. the Mobile suit he had been approaching immediately went on the defensive. But thankfully instead of moving strait to shooting the pilot started asking questions. The bad thing was these questions didn't make sense the organizations of ZAFT and OMNI were new to Gabriel, and who didn't know what a GX was, they weren't exactly top secret anymore. But at least the pilot kind of introduced himself.

"The name's Gabriel, Some of my contacts call me X. Never heard of either OMNI or ZAFT before. Currently I guess you could say I'm affiliated with the Scavengers running out of London, my current contract is with a group called the "Purple Rhinos"... And before you say anything yeah its a stupid name, but I guess the guy let his kid pick the name so what can you do. Before being a scavenger I was an Officer in the UNE before it was disbanded. This suit is indeed a "Gundam" it is the Gundam X, A good machine. Now Mr. Black Star I don't mean you or your people any harm, I'm just a little lost and a bit on the confused side so how about your not point your weapons at me and I won't draw mine against you. We have a deal?" Gabriel answered the questions he was asked He had questions of his own, but that would have to wait for now. But there was one question he did want to ask. "Just so I know if I can let my guard down a bit, is that other Newtype over there one of yours? or are we being watched by a third party?" Gabriel asked and had his suit point in the general direction of Benedict. For the moment Gabriel still had not drawn his weapon, but he was more than ready to if the need arose.

[vancexentan]

Paul was confused had this man hit his head or something? There was no way he was serious but....was he? "I'm not sure if I believe you. There's only a handful of places gundams could come from. The Earth Federation, and the ZAFT Plants Union. The new generation of Earth's OMNI Gundams don't roll out until about a year from now and if what you're saying is true your a scavenger? But how? Junker guilds shouldn't have access to high tech like that machine of yours."

"However I feel....I feel confusion coming from you? I see you're like me I believe the scientists are phrasing the term Newtype now for people like us so if you're in the know about it that means you've got something working for you. Whatever I'll assume the UNE come from some sort of splinter group for now. But no I don't know whoever it is over there. Radar scan is picking it up, and I got the-" Paul stated before being interrupted rudely by BETA leader and SIGMA Teams members as they arrived from the western entrance that appeared to be of the only exits nearby. "Lieutenant sir we-What the blue bloody balls is that a....a gundam!? Sir that thing has to be a ZAFT make!" Beta Leader proclaimed as SIGMA team's sniper told him that they were missing their number 4 and 2.

Paul sighed as he wondered why the hell they had to appear just now..."No Beta Leader stand down. I don't need to get into an unneeded gun fight and if this guy was one of our captors he'd be stupid to try and kill us with the numbers on our side. Let's talk for now. Captain is the ship back in progress?" Paul asked as Communications Officer Williams replied to him but only somewhat because it was clear she was tired from just waking up, "Yes lieutenant but...it will take awhile for us to get weapons online to let you know." Williams replied as she looked around the bridge. Axel and Calhoun were just waking up now and were starting up the systems which had mysteriously powered down. Also it seemed that an extra crew member had arrived to take the place of Coms Officer Downey. The pink haired woman had identified herself as Cathy Baker but she looked familiar somehow.

Maybe she was an old student at the academy from back in his early OMNI days like he was. Meanwhile Paul turned back his attention to the 'scavenger', "I apologize for the insistence but it seems I must ask you to join us on our ship. My Captain is most likely going to want to talk to you however if you want to leave I'd like it if you did so quick. Before you ask no I just woke up in the middle of this god forsaken field only just now. I don't know anything about this place myself. If you're telling the truth, which is a bit of a stretch, it seems that we both fell victim to whatever brought us here." Paul stated rather bluntly. "And you over there! Next time maybe you shouldn't be moving with an OMNI code still active on your mobile suit."

[Shiyonichi]

“Well if I wanted my allies to find me, I would keep it active.” Benedict stated as he was forced to move out of the shadows, of course his statement was completely true except it was more for luring our allies turned enemy rather than just normal allies and afterwards, he really didn’t give a damn. “Besides if I tried to come close without identifying myself as OMNI, you and your team probably would have started shooting at me, wouldn’t you? That wouldn’t have been very pretty.”

Benedict looked upon the other Gundam pilots. He has never seen both units before, though he has heard of the one using a striker pack, the Raigo a prototype based off his own Strike E. Though last time he checked the Raigo was still in testing phase and shouldn’t be in a place like this, as a matter of fact, looking at the Raigo, it seemed that it was in combat use for a significant amount of time. There was something strange, but he needed a few more pieces to put it all together.

“My name is Richard Walker, I’m a mercenary hired by OMNI. Please call me Richie.” Benedict gave a polite hello to Paul, before introducing himself with an alias and a cover story which would explain how he legally obtained a OMNI Mobile Suit, something that was natural to him, to the point that his lies were indistinguishable from when he told the truth. “But, if you don’t what to get friendly with one of OMNI’s disposable for hires, that’s understandable.” Benedict Now Richard gave a small self deprecating joke, usual for mercenary of the so called handsome rouge type.

“Now that I’ve introduced myself, I believe it’s your turn to do the same, as well as your man of mystery. I was intending on hanging back and providing fire support if he had gotten a bit rowdy, though it would appear that would be rather unnecessary at this point in time.” Richard gave a lie to cover up his inaction, after all radars are more or less universal.

[Rhona W]

Matt had moved his mobile suit closer, getting within visual distance of the other mobile suits. As he'd kept watch on his sensors, closing the distance, he'd been alarmed to see another machine take the field. All of them had converged though there seemed to be no shooting going on. And there was a ship, too!
The closer he got, the more details he could make out. And to his eye, the suits looked... familiar. Not ones he recognised completely, but they had a certain Gundam-ness to them, but of no make nor model he recognised. And similarly, the ship reminded him of the Pegasus-class carriers from the One-Year War and after, but it was larger, sleeker, and looked more advanced. None of the mobile suits or the ship were transmitting any kind of IFF that he recognised either.
He drew himself to a stop within range of his weapons, but not so close that he couldn't move away should things go south; despite the fact they outnumbered him, and looked all-too well-armed. Radio chatter flew back and forth - and, surprisingly to him, there seemed to be no Minovsky Particle interference at all. Rolling the dice, he broadcast on an open frequency after listening for a few moments.
"Attention unidentified mobile suits," he said cautiously, but with a firm voice. "I am Major Matthew Fox of the Earth Federation Forces. I mean no harm or ill intent. Can you identify yourselves, or this place?"

[Arthanus]

Again what this man was saying made no sense to Gabriel Both of the faction names meant nothing to him, and calling his suit "High-Tech" Gabriel always did his best to keep the nearly ten year old hunk of metal looking its best, but that only hid the well aged machine under the hood. Then the kid not knowing really what a Newtype was threw him for a loop again. It was clear that this pilot was younger than Gabriel so how did he not know what he was? Gabriel had basically been abducted at the age of 16 when his abilities started to manifest and the UNE new very well how to train and hone Newtypes for battle. What made this kid different. Too many pieces weren't fitting into place and Gabriel had many questions, but when Black Star offered a meeting inside his ship with his commanding officer that seemed like more than a tempting offer. "A meeting sounds good, something is off here and sitting at a table to talk it out sounds much nicer than sitting in our suits unsure if the other will make an attack." he replied to Black Star agreeing to meet with the captain.

It wasn't long before two other mobile suits showed themselves, one another Newtype who seemed to know what Black Star was talking about and the other seemed to be a normal human, although he gave allegiance another faction Gabriel had never heard of. They both seemed just as confused as Gabriel and this Black Star person. After introducing himself Gabriel suggested Black Star lead the way so that introductions could be made in person.

[vancexentan]

@Shiyonichi@Silverwind Blade

"A pleasure 'Richie'. Strange they'd give a mercenary access to a Strike Model. I don't even recognize the thing with that build. Call me Black Star until we can get further acquainted. The Captain would probably like to have a word with you. If you got nothing to hide we're more than willing to help a fellow soldier." Paul stated as he lowered his rifle. He looked around, and on his radar popped up another mobile suit fast approaching. "Do we have a reading on the approaching unit? Does it have an OMNI Code, or a ZAFT?" Paul questions but the crew could not confirm a positive reading on the approaching Unit. He turns Raigo to look at the sky he had his main camera close into identify the other target. "Should we take him Lieutenant?" questioned Beta Leader where Paul shook his head. "No. Not until he proves himself to be a hostile. The chance of damage to the Sundown is risky but starting an unnecessary fight here would be fatal." Paul comments as he waits for the approaching unit to land when it does it identifies itself as a member of the Earth Federation as well...strange coincidences...was the Federation behind this? "I am a part of OMNI Enforcer under the Earth Federation Government. Gundam Pilot Lieutenant Black Star is my code name. I am second in command of that ship the Sundown is its designation. Its a super carrier made specifically to destroy Extremist groups, or to serve as a frontline operation base. Its basically a mobile fortress. Location...China? But I doubt it is actually China I was in space when I vanished a long way from the Earth Sphere. I'm inquiring that these two follow me aboard will you also comply?" Paul stated as shifted his shield protectively in front of him just in case.