Seiryu

Super Robot Wars SL

In the darkness of space

The shattered cockpit floated through space, brushing against the scout unit of the Mass Union Ship before being consumed and assimilated by it. Searching the pilot's memories a mecha was recreated around it, now under the scout's control. The unit slowly sped toward Earth.

Super Robot Wars SL

Outside Cluster 26, aboard Salamis One

“Salamis 4 is falling apart! Their radio is down!”

The commander couldn’t believe how the situation had escalated, culminating in a fellow Salamis’ bridge being blown apart.
“What about the mobile suits?! Any word from Yahagi?”

“We’ve confirmed Kerry and Yahagi’s units. One more is headed there way.”

‘Another suit?’
“Who is it?”

“Confirming… ID matches Trainee Shinn Barnack sir.”

‘I don’t have time to bother with an injured trainee’ the commander reasoned in light of Shinn’s recent hospitalization.
“Keep trying to contact the others! Send out our remaining mobile suits at once!”

“This is Salamis One. We need support!” The operator continually repeated, hoping any friendly mobile suit nearby would receive the message. To their joy someone had.

“Roger that.”

Outside Cluster 26, during the Skirmish at Side 3

‘Now it’s a little more interesting’ Akira escaped the explosion of the Salamis before reloading the bazookas, preparing for his next strike.

“Akira stop messing around!” Marie yelled at him over the comm, angry he hadn’t taken out the remaining Salamis yet.

“Marie?” Akira figured she would too busy taking out the Federation forces to notice.

“Shut up and join in!” She shouted back but Akira has stopped paying attention to her as he sensed impeding danger, quickly hitting his thrusters forcing the Kampfer upward as 2 shots passed below him.

“Again…!” Akira was rightfully pissed off by being interrupted by those 2 pests.
“I’ve had it up to here with you!” Akira fired the reloaded bazooka scoring a direct hit on Kerry’s unit before Erisia could bring his shield up to block it. Kerry couldn’t get a single word out as the cockpit exploded.

“… Kerry!” Erisia shouted too late, he was already gone. Erisia tried to hold back on mourning her fellow student’s death, there would be time for that later.

“This is bad…” Yahagi murmured, he didn’t even had the shield lost when Kerry’s exploded, his suit’s right arm and left leg were gone, and the Kampfer was still primed to take him out.

Akira simply smiled. ‘That’s enough fun for now. One more to go.’ Akira fired both bazookas at once, feeling confident this would be the last thing he would see.

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Outside Cluster 26, during the Skirmish at Side 3

Renewing their assault Erisia controlling Kerry’s suit began to fire at Akira’s Kampfer who swiftly dodged to the right to avoid his shots.
“Not bad!” Akira spat out before realizing someone was attempting to blindside him. Shifting the bazooka on his left Kira stopped Yahagi’s slice cold with the barrel blocking the GMs fist before blowing it off.
“It’s over.”
Akira bore down on Yahagi’s GM with the right bazooka but aborted his attack as Erisia attempted to flank him.

“I missed?!” Erisia was shocked at Akira’s skill; even with their successive attacks they still hadn’t managed to land a hit on him. Unperturbed Yahagi resumed shooting him with his remaining arm, but Akira had gotten slightly bored of them.

‘You really think you can take me on…?’ Weaving through the battlefield Akira used the fourth Salamis as cover from both of them before pointing his bazooka straight at the bridge.

Yahagi faltered realizing he held the bridge crew’s lives in his hand.
“That guy… despicable!”

The crew panicked and tried to vacate the bridge, except for the Captain, who remained in his seat and simply saluted, accepting his fate.

“Heh. How sweet.” Akira simply pushed downward, incinerating the bridge and its inhabitants. Wasting no time he fired 2 shots at the approaching GMs hitting Kerry’s shield and sending him screaming for his life, again.

“Yaah!”
“Is Kerry’s suit okay?”
“Yes, it’s still operational.”

Yahagi screened the aflame ship through his secondary cameras.
“The ship is gonna blow. We need to pull out before we’re caught in the blast-

“Look out!” Erisia cut him off as Akira charged them straight through the very wreckage he had caused. Akira tried an overhead cut which was parried by Kerry’s GM. Yahagi attempted to use this to cut him down but Akira simply ignited a second beam saber and parried his attack as well. It was then his senses warned him of impending danger from an approaching suit.

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Outside Cluster 26

“Asuna!”

“Forget it Erisia. Nothing we can do.”
‘And they say being sensitive is a virtue…’

“Erisia, we’re pulling out. Kerry, follow me.”

“Yes Sir!”

“All trainees, pay attention! This is not a drill! I repeat, this is not a drill!” Forma yells through the communicator.
All trainees on standby, prepare to launch immediately! Follow your orders closely and keep your eyes open!”

‘Launching the students in GM trainers... did he expect this would happen?” The second in command eyed Forma suspiciously, wondering what his agenda really was.

“This is Salamis 1. We’ve engaged enemy mobile suits. Please support as soon as possible!”

Diving through beam fire Marie swiftly cuts down 2 GMs spinning her naginata, laughing all the while.
“More lambs to the slaughter!”
Two other Rick Doms continued to fire bazooka rounds at the second Salamis.

Near the edge of the conflict a GM trainer pilot led a shuttle holding the rest of the academy students away from the battlefield.
“We’ll cover your retreat”

‘The Salamis… Where can we even retreat to?” Emilu pondered how far they would have to be to be ‘safe’ in a situation like this.
‘Asuna…’
Her thoughts for her friend were cruelly interrupted by a blast splitting the GM in half causing it to explode as Emilu watches in shock.
‘This … is war….’ Emilu trembles realizing the pilot she had just heard speaking to them had just been killed. To her horror a Rick Dom flies in front of the shuttle preparing to blast her and everyone else to bits.

“This is almost too easy!” Grins Thomas right before being cut off by Marie.

“Wait! We’re supposed to take out the Salamis and the mobile suits guarding them. Don’t waste ammo on an unarmed launch!”

“I got more than enough ammo right here!”

“Spare me your bullshit!” Marie yells back annoyed with the trigger happy pilot. “You waste all your ammo and we aren’t going to make any money on all this! Now go take out those Salamis’!”

Thomas pauses before grudgingly complying and speeding off back into the battle.

Yahagi: “Those two ships are in trouble!” Yahagi and the trainees with him began returning to support the ships under fire.

Erisia: “Launch sighted to starboard! Magnifying now”

“I’m moving in to support!” Kerry moved ahead of Yahagi’s GM to cover the shuttle launch. However Yahagi sensed danger as he moved closer.

“No! Pull out!”

A shot from below blew off the GMs leg while Yahagi cut the thrusters taking over with Synchro-Mode.

“Calm down! It wasn’t a direct hit!”

“R-Roger.”

“I’m switching controls to automatic, can you still move?”

Kerry failed to formulate a proper response, still panicking from his death flashing before his eyes. Yahagi quickly grew impatient considering the dire situation, which was only about to get worse.
“Hurry it up! And keep your damn mouth shout!”

‘If Yahagi hadn’t taken over by remote Kerry would have been killed just now!’
“Incoming!” Erisia relayed to Yahagi, Akira’s Kampfer closing in to finish Kerry off.

Akira grinned at the prospect of facing someone who could potentially match his skills.
‘Didn’t think he’d dodge… just who is this guy?’
“Now this looks like fun.” Akira fired a blast from his bazooka hitting the asteroid below them, the blast rocking both GMs from behind.

Yahagi cursed as he lost focus of the Kampfer.
“I can see it…!” Erisia moved quickly to counter Akira’s charge.
Kerry screamed ineffectually, too frightened of the Kampfer to even move before curling up waiting for death to claim him as Akira had both his bazookas aimed to take out both GMs at once.

‘Distracted by the debris? And now you’re too slow. Die!”
Right as Akira is about to blow them to smithereens a remote controlled GM trainer rams into him from behind, knock him off aim and both GMs out of his sights.
‘I couldn’t see it? Don’t get in my way!” Angrily Akira quickly turned and changed his target to the GM, blowing it back with one shot.

“Sorry! All I could do was ram him by remote!”

‘Is that Erisia? When did she learn to do that? Never mind that, it’ll have to do!’
“Erisia! Take over Kerry’s suit! Put it on your main viewer!”

“Instructor?”

“Switching to secondary monitor”
‘A modified Kampfer… is this guy supposed to be a Newtype? ‘
“We’ll distract him, then take him out with Kerry’s suit!”

Outside Cluster 26, aboard Salamis

“Give me a status report” Forma demanded to the operator on one of the remaining Salamis’.
“Yes Sir!”

“Asu… A… na… El… ma… What… emer…cy… Asu… Respond! Asuna! Em…ency!

Forma sighed before giving up on the hapless trainee.
‘This is pathetic… To think I got my hopes up for this…’

Other operators frantically reported the status of the battle to their respective commanders.
“This is Salamis One! We need backup right now!”

“One GM Trainer recovered. The student pilot is wounded.”

“It’s too risky to abandon ship right now!”

“Put everyone on standby!” Forma’s commander clenched his fist before striking his arm rest.
‘What kind of monster thought this up…!’

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Zeon Remnants (Marie faction) Pazock Class Supply Ship

“All mobile suits, launch!
“We’re beginning the operation!
“Doesn’t matter if it’s a trap or not… We’re still gonna sink that cruiser!
If the brat gets in the way again… don’t hold back! Understand?”

“Yes!” The chorus of soldiers yelled back at their leader's words.

Marie led from the front in her Gelgoog followed by Akira, with a multitude of F2 Type Zakus and Rick Doms launching from the Pazock in preparation for battle.

Aboard Salamis Class Battleship

The peace and quiet aboard the bridge was broken as an operator brought a suspicious shuttle up on screen.
“Unidentified Objects incoming!”

“Looks like a Federation Space launch, but I can’t get an ID!”

“Do we have confirmation?”

“No sir! We can’t establish radio contact!”

“Have one the instructors check, put other pilots on alert”

Outside Cluster 26

“This is Yahagi, I’m moving in to confirm.”
Yahagi broke off from the patrol squad before activating thrusters to slow his approach.
“It’s a launch. I’m moving in closer.”
A certain pilot felt a flash of emotions wash over them as the shuttle detonated upon Yahagi’s approach. If he had moved faster in his inspection he would have been caught in the blast as well.

“We’re reading an explosion!” The operator shouts out to the commander as the shuttle goes up in flames.

“Where’s Yahagi!? Is his suit still operational?” The commander yelled out in disbelief he was having to deal with this twice in as many days.

“We’re trying to confirm now sir! Communications are failing!”

“Particle density increasing! We’re losing communications!”

“Raise the alert level! All ships be vigilant! Contact the GMs on patrol! All hands to battle stations!”

A GM nearby received the alert and began to acknowledge the message,
“This is Petri One. Heading over to the training area-”

The message is abruptly cut off as a beam slices through the mobile suit killing the pilot instantly.

“Incoming fire from above! There’s more of them!”

A hail of fire rains down on a nearby Salamis, striking the bridge and engines before it’s consumed in the subsequent explosion.

The operator quickly shouted an update on the situation,
“Salamis 2 destroyed!”

The commander worriedly whispers to Forma behind his shoulder,
“They’re not really going to attack us are they?”

“That was the deal, but we’d better not make any assumptions when it comes to them” Forma quietly shot back, hoping the others didn’t hear.

“We’ve already lost two GMs!”

“Haven’t you figured out who’s shooting at us yet?!”

“We’ve confirmed the enemy! They’re coming in fast above us!”

Marie’s troops accelerated towards the battleships while three GMs moved to intercept.

“Hah! Where are you aiming?!” Marie taunted effortlessly dodging their fire. Marie raised her naginata preparing to cut them down once she was in range.
“Thomas! Francis! Cover me!”

Yahagi remained at his current location still attempting to contact the Salamis.
“This is Yahagi. What’s going on?”
Yahagi could just about make out the operator appearing on his screen due to the minovsky interference.

“We’ve engaged the enemy. You’ll have to wait for recovery.”

Yahagi’s brow furrowed at the instructions given. He was basically stranded while the battleships were under attack from rogue pirates.

Inside Cluster 26

“Yes, what is it” Meyer was annoyed that one of the fighter pilots was calling him while he was on break. The Culture Club had remained at the embassy until the UN director had approved them to leave for the final leg of the journey.

“A battle’s broken out near the debris field, all hands have been put on alert”

Meyer quickly started paying more attention upon hearing that an attack had begun.

“Is it the pirate’s from yesterday? I’m on my way”

“Is there a problem Lieutenant?” Meyer looked back to see the professor standing behind him leaning against the wall.

“Those pirates are back, I’m going to head out and assist them. Have the club members stay here for now.”

“Yes, I will go find them right now.”
‘They’ve come back and from the sound of it in greater force than before. I need to hurry if I’m going to bring them down this time!’

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Guy of Z said
Yahagi saluted back "I've heard reports of UFO's and an attack on Tokyo in the news reports, I hope nothing actually lives on Mars at least. Stay safe"

Meyer grimaced at his mention of the red planet.
'If there was aliens I'm sure that old hag would do anything to get her hands on them'
"I'll try my best, just send a call before the day after if those pirates attack again. The Culture Club is in a safer position than your school is right now even with only 2 fighters with them. At least I don't have to worry about them wandering off into battle in a mobile suit"

Somewhere in Cluster 26

"I've had it with your sarcastic little comments!" Alpa fumed through the screen at Forma, infuriated by his wisecracks while getting in the way of the information he felt he rightly deserved.
“I don’t have time for this stupidity!”

Forma tried to calm the man down. He certainly wasn't interested in dealing with this right now, especially from him.

“Come on, take a deep breath now. I assure you the next time our cute little students encounter them things will be far more serious. You’ll get the data you’re looking for.”

“You had better not be lying about this Forma.” The transmission abruptly ended, Alpa having enough of dealing with him for the day.

‘The results of the next encounter should be quite impressive…’

Zeon Remnants (Marie faction) Pazock Class Supply Ship

Francis maneuvered through the docking bay before reaching the cockpit of Akira’s Kampfer. “Should we pursue?”

“This whole thing feels a bit off.” Akira replied continuing to check the weapons system.

“Well, it’s a trap isn't it?”

“I've been looking around for any trace of those assholes from Side Seven. Couldn't find a thing.”

Thomas paled hearing Akira’s words, getting a bad feeling about their next job. “So it really is a trap? Yikes…”

“Thomas… you really are a coward aren't you?” Marie kicked the ground jumping up to where Akira and Thomas were talking.

“I’m just being cautious!” Thomas shot back at Marie.

“Well me too, but ya’ can’t get out of bed without taking a few risks now and again.
The Titans despise all spacenoids. It’d be nice if we could take ‘em all out at once but… Dammit! This job just smells rotten!”
Akira just smiled at his leader’s frustration. “Well, we’re still getting paid.”

“And we also got a job to do, any problems with that?”

“Not at all.”
‘I’m sure… it’ll be fun!’ Akira relished the chance to ‘play’ with Asuna again.

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Guy of Z said
"They've been raiding the area as soon as we showed up here. I have no idea what they would benefit from attacking training School. And Asuna was already punished with solitary confinement and was released during the day of the funeral. She's run off somewhere now."

"So this only started recently then? I don't understand the benefit in attacking a school either, unless it's a paid job of some sort. If they weren't so reckless they might just become a good pilot. I'll be returning to the UN Space Embassy, our own departure for Mars has been delayed because of this attack. I hope you find some solace before the end of the day instructor Yahagi" Meyer saluted to senior officer.

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Guy of Z said
Alexandria around Side 3 Cluster 26

Yahagi was still in his normal suit"Thank you. Linny was a good coworker and a friend, it's a tragedy that he was ambushed on a recovery mission. Now two families are in pain."Damn these Pirates what are they after?

"I'm sorry to hear that, had I known the pirates were responsible for his death I wouldn't have gone so easy on them. Do you normally have trouble with these pirates? And what became of the trainee?"
'Although I'd expect them to be thrown into the brig for disobeying orders'

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Alexandria around Side 3 Cluster 26

"You must be Instructor Yahagi, my condolences on your loss. I've come to pay my respects"

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TehChron said
"So...Did Azrael tell you about the meaty alien monsters?" Aaron asked, turning towards the Mercenary, a wild looking red haired man by the name of Ali-Al Saachez"Did I look like I saw that crap coming? First thing Im gonna do after I get back is to gut the smug bastard." The islamic bad ass muttered, tossing back a shot of whiskey. He turnes to look at the engineers liquor cabinet, his gaze softening in fondness."Well, I guess we're booking it."And so they did

"Dammit! Those bastards ran away! Oh you're not off the hook either Mina, wait until your Master gets a load of your failings today!"

Mina could only hang her head in shame and tremble at the thought of their leader learning of their loss of hundreds of soldiers and both machines escaping relatively intact.