Year 93 of the Cosmic Era. This is a time of crisis for humanity.
The 1st Colonial Fleet had finally reached their destination, only to be cut off from landing on the habitable Terran-class planet they stumbled upon. Their alien enemy killed Lacus Clyne without even giving peace talks a chance, and the two massive fleets have since been locked in a stalemate. After the TF Sabre assault on a patrol fleet sent out by the ETs, the remnants of the task force returned to the fleet, minus many good mobile suit pilots. It was time to get replacements, and some new MS to fill the ranks again. As the supply convoy comes to a sudden halt in their hyperspace tunnel, the new people are greeted by three notable sights. The Colony Fleet, the ET Fleet visible only on scanners and zoomed-in video, and the Terran planet. The shuttles full of replacements head towards Cradle #2, 'Prosperity', while the ships carrying the spare mobile suits deploy their loads around the fleet.
"Hey, you two for the Minerva - you're getting off here." The shuttle captain said, two fingers pointed at Xanotos and Akira respectively as the shuttle docked at one of the many airlocks that would lead into the hulking colony ship. "I'm told you'll be meeting with the rest of the Aotisa Team once you're inside the main hangar here. Don't forget your luggage, and good hunting," the captain smirked as the shuttle jolted to a stop and the airlocks joined together. The blast doors opened up, and he gave the two ZAFT Reds a thumbs up.
The dock was a huge metallic structure, sealed from outer space's vacuum by two massive horizontal blast doors. There was indeed a ship docked here,
the Minerva - one of the finest builds among the ZAFT fleet. The battlecarrier was slightly damaged, peppered by small beam weaponry. Engineers crowded the ship's frame repairing the minor damages, enjoying the ease in the work thanks to this zero-gravity environment. There was only artificial gravity on the inside of the ship, where people went about their daily lives as if they were on a real planet.
And just as the shuttle captain had said, there was a few red-uniformed pilots just beginning to leave the ship. Two girls who looked far too young to be 'Red Aces', and there was a black-haired young man leading the way as they drifted away from the ship and towards the two new additions to the Aotisa Team...
The left sleeve of Izumi's uniform red coat was rolled up, a thick bandaging and a sling spanning all over her hand, forearm and elbow. The damage from two weeks back still hadn't healed well enough, but she was finally allowed to head back to the Minerva a few days ago. And now, there was a little leave time for the pilots whilst the battlecarrier was in repairs. This gave Izumi a little more time to heal and get her head straight after whatever caused her to fall comatose. Like a proper ZAFT Red, she wore the whole uniform - but with her injury she wore the coat open to reveal the light blue and black shirt underneath. Her friend Lucia didn't follow the proper dress code, deciding to wear a pink skirt and thighhigh socks with her uniform.
In zero gravity. It's a wonder the damn skirt stayed down! This totally went against Izzy's protests that it would backfire one day and be embarrassing, rather than hot-looking.
Izumi waved to the two who'd just stepped off the shuttle with her good arm, while Lucia stayed beside her in case she needed a hand. Being down one limb in zero grav' was harder than it looked. They would wait for Zerenis to introduce himself first, being that he was team leader and all.
"You guys had a nice flight?" Izumi called over to them as she landed on the metal floor with the other two, grabbing hold of a railing so as not to drift off.