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The Red Comet; Episode 2
Topic Started: Oct 9 2011, 03:12 AM (454 Views)
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Something launched from the Musai, Allen saw two trails of light. Although there were two units launched, Allen could not take his eyes off from that one unit. It was a Zaku, however there were two aspects different. One it had a horn, any beginner can tell that this is a faster and more powerful unit designed for ace pilots and commanders, but that was not the only thing. The second fact that it was red, so very very easily spotted. The red contrasted the dark space black, Allen knew immediately, the pilot inside was not someone ordinary for being confident enough to use such a color on the battlefield.

However, unlike Allen that was far outside, the crew of the Argama could only detect the fact that there are MS launched from the ship. "Captain, MS are launched from the enemy's ship. Two Zakus...but, why..." Taures looked at the radar, one MS was normal, but the other that that he assumed was a MS is not moving at the right speed. Noa asked whats wrong, but no matter how Taures thought about it, it cannot be possible. "No, probably CRADLE is fielding a new weapon, this other Zaku is strange. Its moving 3x faster than normal, this cant be..." he wondered.

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"Full Frontal...a Zaku moving at 3x speed, it must be that man! I heard rumors, he singlehandedly destroyed 5 Federation Salamis class without one step of retreat during the Battle of Loum. Call Allen to return, this is impossible to defeat! The Red Comet is coming...!!" Noa panicked, although he did not participate in that battle, it was where Full Frontal gained his reputation, and now he is one of the most feared pilots of CRADLE. Noa finally knew who was in command of the enemy forces now.

Allen however, did not know what his opponent was. He believe the power of his new weapon, the power beam rifle. He took aim at the red Zaku approaching. The Zaku was coming in a straight course, it was very fast, but Allen still got enough time to lock onto it. Allen was about to fire, the red Zaku zoomed out of his sight. Allen could not stop his fingers and pressed down fire. The trail of beam got nothing in its path. Allen quickly pushed the periscope away to get a better sight in the big screen. However it was already too late, Full Frontal's superior piloting skills overwhelmed Allen totally.

"An attack that doesnt hit is nothing!" Full Frontal smiled, he took aim and circled around the Gundam. His Zaku pulled the trigger, and the bullets begin to bash the Gundam from all angles as he moved in circles. As he thought, the shells of the Zaku's 60 mm machine gun will do no good against Gundam's armor. Charging forward, he attempted to point the gun towards the white MS' head, trying to destroy its cameras at least. Allen wanted to prevent Full Frontal from inching any closer, he lifted up his beam rifle and tried to aim once again. However Full Frontal did not slow down at all. Stopping fire, he performed a feat that is much unlike MS combat. Allen never thought that a MS could actually do this, but he indeed saw it with his very eyes. The moment Full Frontal's Zaku rammed his feet against the Gundam.

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Xanavi and Cara launched off the Radish with the Musha Gundam and silver MS. Oddly, the silver MS left a faint silver trail wherever it went, just substantial enough to see in the darkness of space. The two MS zoomed over the outer colony walls and set down on top of it. Although their MS were indeed very heavy, they were but an ant when compared to a colony, its sheer weight and build easily allowing the two to stand there without falling through.

"Looks like they have thrown themselves into another battle then, hmm?" Lilium sarcastically asked Xanavi, who gritted his teeth at what he saw on the screen. He wasn't concerned about Frontal's Zaku, but if this machine was kicking around a Gundam like it was nothing, imagine what he'd do if he was actually using his weapons seriously.

"Damnit.... Thermidor, this is Krieger, requesting permission to intervene." Xanavi requested on the radio. Thermidor shook his head and joined the radio channel. "Negative. Stay where you are. Even if it would be 3 on 2, that red Zaku isn't something to be taken lightly. Have you ever heard of the rumors of stuff painted in red being 3x better at everything?" Thermidor asked Xanavi, who in didn't respond for a moment, before answering back with "Yeah? Tell that to my little brother, would you....?" in frustration.
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Sunrise

"Ahh!! Ahhhhh!!" Allen screamed and panicked, the impact rocked the Gundam's cockpit hard. He would be thrown off his seat if it was not the seatbelts that held him back. Allen calmed down as the Gundam floated in space from the imact, he readjusted the position of his MS, but saw another barrage of shells coming at him. Although the Gundam's armor is strong, he does not know how much more damage it can take. "...this guy...!!" he clenched his fists and took aim again, but before he can properly point his powerful beam rifle, the red Zaku once again disappeared from his sight.

From a far, another Zaku flew over to Frontal's assistance. "Colonel, I will cover!" the pilot communicated, Full Frontal nodded. He then turned his screen again, due to the Zaku's monoeye system, there was a huge pole-like structure down the middle of the screen, while he rotated the camera, the scenery moved. Once again catching sight of the Gundam, he smiled. However the most fundamental problem was not solved, how will they defeat this MS. He was still in his neat but unique uniform. Unlike the others, he was in a red sort of army suit, white pants and long white boots. The collar had the sign of an eagle, while he was not decorated with badges, only the badge that represents his rank was pinned neatly on the right shoulder of his red suit. A fashion too unsuitable for combat, let alone piloting a MS. But he has one motto in his life, it is the moment he goes out to battle in a MS, he will return for sure. Therefore there is no need for any normal suit, because it is unthinkable that he will be shot down by any means.

The other Zaku charged up at the Gundam. Pushing forward with its boosters, it went under the sight of Allen's camera and suddenly appeared in front. Due to Allen's inexperience, he could not react to such movement just yet. The Zaku came up, maybe it was because the pilot was a fan of Full Frontal, he attempted empty handed melee as well. Rising up with a underarm hook, the metallic fist of the Zaku rammed into the Gundam's cockpit. Allen was worried, the screen can smash anytime and a huge metallic fist will come in and crush him into mincemeat. Even if he survives, he was not in a normal suit, being thrown out in space would kill him. Pulling some distance, the Zaku zig-zagged and approached again. Allen this time was careful, he somewhat can sense the timing when to shoot. Obviously this Zaku is painted green, with not much difference than the two that attacked the Colony. He believed that this Zaku is just an ordinary pilot, not like the "monster" painted in red. The zig-zagging movement was somewhat dull, Allen this time locked completely onto the Zaku. "This guy, youre not getting away!!" he shouted, pulling the trigger the beam rifle speared through the Zaku. One shot was all it took, the powerless and deactivated machine flopped back into the empty space and exploded in a pure white flash.

"One hit...?! Was one hit all it take to destroy a Zaku?!" Full Frontal's jaws dropped, he couldnt take his eyes off the screen that was flashing white. Unbelievable power, the Gundam's beam rifle stunned even one of the most feared pilots in CRADLE. "What a terrible thing, does that MS hold a weapon that even surpasses a battleship's beam cannon?!" he asked.
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"Xanavi...Did you see that...? That Gundam's got a battleship cannon mounted into its rifle...!" Lilium reacted as anyone else would to seeing such a powerful weapon on the battlefield. It was another thing that Xanavi could add to his list of things that were making his jaw drop. Before he could get any ideas about his Gundam doing such a thing though, Cara contacted him over the radio.

"That beam weapon you just saw from that MS? Don't bother hoping you've got one of your own. Out of all the things Project Musha replicated that thing and its beam saber were the things we couldn't replicate properly." Cara grimly explained to him. Although his much more advanced looking MS seemed to contradict his words, its appearance was something of a lie. "Just sit back for now. We're doing detective work at this moment, no need to go charging in and risking getting what that Zaku just got." Cara sat back in his pilots chair and waited.
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Full Frontal broke a stream of cold sweat, he havent had this sort of feeling for quite a while. Even if he can ensure that he will not be hit, there was no way he can destroy the Gundam right now. Allen managed to get a narrow lock on Frontal's unit, but the accuracy was of course a 0% hit. Allen readjusted his aim, but he could not fire anymore. Looking at the energy bar on the side of his screen, the remaining energy his hitting the red zone. "...out of energy...damn, what should I do...?!" he panicked, Allen wondered should he pull the beam saber from just now and continue charging. No, that will definitely not work, if that red Zaku can avoid hits like that and even return with a kick, then Allen approaching will just throw himself in a death pit.

Suddenly there was an incoming connection from the Musai, Frontal turned the radio on. However there was no screen, only sound came out. Frontal recognized that voice was Raul's. "Colonel, we have just detected that the Federation fleet has launched from Luna 2, they are heading this way. What should we do?" the Minovsky particles in this area was still fairly thin enough for radio waves to reach. While he was still communicating, Allen did not stop his movement. The distance was short, Allen screamed with all his might and pushed the controls forward. The Gundam charged up to Frontal's Zaku with a punch. "Chii!! Is the Federation's MS a monster?!" he cursed and somehow managed to get away from the attack.

"Hmm, what a trojan horse. Pull back, we will have to reset our strategies. I found it hard to believe that the Federation's MS had such a high performance when it was rumored, but seems like I was wrong..." Full Frontal decided to change his mind. The situation has changed, it would be difficult to continue fighting if the tabled are turned around. Turning and boosted back towards the Musai, Allen was still panting.

Seeing this, Allen dropped the tight force he had up his shoulders. Sweat was dropping all over and floating in empty space. He tried to catch a breath in this thin oxygen cockpit, that would of became his coffin anytime. Slowly he turned and piloted his Gundam back to the Argama. Time have passed too quickly, even he did not know what was what, in just a few hours, his days were flipped upside down, and his life was basically thrown out the window. Looking at his watch, the hands pointed 7:00 straight. He thought, normally by now he would of been outside searching for dinner. But this was not the case, now that the battle has calmed down, he can hear his stomach growling a bit.

When the Gundam landed, this time the others gathered around him did not look at him like how they saw him at the beginning. They were all stunned to see an inexperienced civilian student that fought against, and even forced the powerful CRADLE pilot, the Red Comet to retreat...
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Once the battle was over, Cara immediately sat back up and took control of his MS again. "Alright, time to go. Try not to use excessive force, I'm doubting these people would be too happy if we made a hostage situation out of this...." Cara pointed out to Xanavi. The silver MS took off from the colony wall and made its way towards the Argama with the Radish following from a much further distance.

"Hmph, and two Mobile Suits and a battleship isn't considered "excessive" around here...?" Lilium asked herself, pondering what an "excessive force" might mean to those in ORCA. Xanavi pushed the Musha Gundam's feet off the colony wall and ignited the thrusters, launching himself much quicker than Cara's MS.

"What's the problem with our own beam rifle development anyways? Judging by our own suits we should be several steps ahead of what the others can do..." Xanavi asked Cara. There was no way he could avoid answering the question, what with a beam rifle of his own wired onto the side skirt of the suit.

"It's not that we can't make one, per se. It's the fact that we can't develop one that is detached from the suit. Firing the beam rifle from this Jinx costs energy, something of which it draws from the MS' main generator. Firing too many times means it loses its source of energy, and thus all functions, making it widely impractical to use as recklessly as that Gundam can." Cara neared the Argama and slowed himself down, but he had no way of getting in contact with the crew to land.

"Hmm...That's something we'll need to look into; Landing on other battleships...." Cara grabbed hold of the Jinx's beam rifle and fired it upwards to grab the Argama's attention. As he did so, the purple eyes blinked a little...
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The hatch for the Gundam opened, Allen jumped out and slowly floated down to the metallic ground. Drops of sweat floated out along with him, looking at his surroundings, even he did not believe he made it back alive. The others were silent, but Mu was the only one that went up to him. "Hey kid, youre amazing! Surviving against the Red Comet isnt something anyone can do! Regardless of what your machine may be, I need to look at you with another set of eyes. Oh, let me introduce myself first. My name is Mu La Flaga, well lets all work hard enough so we dont die at least!" he smiled and offered a handshake.

Allen's eyes was still blurring, but still conscious enough to take the hand. He gave a weak smile and wobbled away. Mu sighed and looked up at the Gundam, although it was battered so hard, he did not see any plates on the snow white armor having any dents too deep, nor any obvious marks of damage. He jumped up and grabbed the rope hanging down, the automatic pulley slowly reeled in and pulled Mu up to the cockpit. Looking inside, he saw the pages of the instruction manual flapping around in empty space. Then he smiled and shook his head. "Heh kid, you might be better than me in this. But dont think too much about war, its something you better not get use to..." he muttered to himself.

On the bridge, Noa relaxed a bit seeing the Red Comet's ship pulling back. Then looking up towards the short celling, though there was not much to see. After hearing the fact that the Federation's reinforcements are coming from Luna 2, he finally felt that there was hope. However there was a spark of light from a far that caught his eyes. "Hmm? Taures, what was that spark over there just now?" he suddenly sat up straight, this shocked the entire crew on the bridge. If it was another enemy force, the ship is done for.

"Please hold on for a while, I am checking this signal...this is...not an enemy force, but our radars do not recognize this as well. What can it be? Do we go in contact with them?" Taures reported, Noa was in deep thinking. However he will not take that risk right now.

"No, stay away from it. The Argama will now set sail towards the Federation's fleet, we need to reach them quick, otherwise we will be exposing ourselves..." Noa added.
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"Mmm, they're not responding...." Xanavi muttered to himself a took a deep sigh. Although he was given orders not to use excessive force, if he was going to get anywhere, he knew he would have to go and do so anyways. The Musha Gundam pulled its rifle off its back and took aim at the side of the Argama. "Lilium, get on the radio and contact them. I don't want this to take any longer than it has to." Xanavi kept his aim firmly on the side of the ship. He kept his finger hovering over the trigger, ready to fire if anything was to go wrong.

"This is the operator of Project Musha. Whoever is in charge of the white battleship, please respond, we wish to ask any Federation personnel some questions that you may be able to help us with." Lilium spoke calmly and firmly over the radio. If the Argama was to lose them now, then their only lead would be lost. "Repeat, we only wish to ask any Federation personnel some questions you may be able to help us with. We will let you continue on your way once you've helped us." Lilium repeated the request.
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"Captain, we have an incoming connection. Possibly from the direction where the spark came from. What should we do?" Taures repeated again, Noa was thinking. Even if he was in charge of the ship, it was all because he is the oldest and highest ranking officer on board. But he knows he is just a small lieutenant, he will have no authority whatsoever when they join back with the Federation. However, thinking of what happened to Side 7, it might be another ship that have lost its way in space.

"There is no choice, maintain distance and connect it. We do not know what their intentions may be, so keep cautious. Maintenance, is the Moebius Zero repaired? If so deploy lieutenant Flaga to scout the surroundings." Noa checked, there was naturally a negative reply from the hanger. He did not want to make Allen deploy again at a time like this. Hayate and Sayla looked at each other worried about where Allen went. Scanning through the map of the ship, they found one room in the living quarters was unlocked and occupied. Noa saw this as well, but he decided to let Allen rest for today. So much has happened, for a normal, civilian student like him, this was certainly not the days that would be considered life.

In the meantime, CRADLE's Musai ship...

Full Frontal floated back inside the bridge, the other crew members quickly stood up and saluted. Raul got off the captain's seat and saluted as well, with a simple welcome back. The masked commander nodded and had a seat on his original place. Fastening the seatbelts with a click, so he would not be floating around in space without gravity. "Whats the situation?" he questioned. Seeing several sparks far in space, he assumed it was the Federation's fleet. The Papua class ship seems to have finished resupplying the Musai, it slowly broke away and turned. Full Frontal ordered the resupplying to continue during battle, absolutely confident that the Argama nor Gundam will be good enough to attack their ships behind.

"That MS, that ship...no matter what we do, we must force it to stay in space. It would become troublesome if the Federation begins to mass produce something like that. If we cannot get our hands on it, then there is only destruction and the absolute massacre of every crew member on board." the masked man let out a sinister and sly smile.
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"First question; Does anyone have any information on a Federation scheme called "Project Nova" Lilium politely put the question to those on the bridge, unaware there might be civilians overhearing what was being said. We've been sent by orders of our superiors to question anyone we come across in the Federation that might be able to give us a lead as to what they might be doing with such a thing." Lilium explained the situation further, tapping Xanavi on the shoulder to lower his weapon as she did so. There was no point in keeping a weapon ready to fire at them, especially if they were able to provide them with useful information.

"Secondly, where would be an ideal place to question more Federation personnel while we're out here? Although we've also been given orders to assist whoever we can in any way possible, our primary objective is to gain information on Project Nova." Lilium let out a frustrated look in her eyes. Like the man sat in front of her, she couldn't understand why the order was given to assist their true enemy in winning the war.
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