Vol 3 Chapter 3 (1/2)

Chapter 3

Part 1

(The boill be directed in a new direction Opening the hatches for the 1st to 4th catapult Mobile suit squadron, get into launching position)

The voice of Operator Bellard could be heard as the catapult hatches opened Riddhe moved the “ReZEL” unit 008 forward, let the machine step on the catapult, and could not help but let out a call of amazement as he looked at the scene outside

“This is…!?”

The 3rd catapult deck was extend out into the vacuuaht foreleg would be the exposed catapult A large a them in the midst of the current, as blocks of all sizes floated towards the stern of the shi+p Occasionally, debris the size of a raze past the catapult It felt like swia forward, and the reason why this ht of was because they were leaving the collapsed colony remains, and the scattered rubble flow looked like they werefrom the back to the front

If we moved in the same direction as the debris, the relative velocity on both sides will be negated, and the surface area of the shi+p being hit could be reduced to the sement for the mobile suit that would be shot out from the bow, but can we leave the shi+p safely? If we slam into a debris that comes from behind e fly out, we’ll be squashed immediately…no, before I even worry about that, let’s think; how aht of the enemy in this messy space? Riddhe sed his saliva as he looked around the debris that kept floating around (We chose a very bad time to launch), the voice from the wireless communicator caused him to close his mouth It was Lieutenant Commader Homare of Romeo 004

“It’s rare that you can reht, young lord?”

“I’uys handle this, Lieutenant Commander”

He answered this dig with a dig back It was soave him a peace of mind (Oh, you sure dare to answer back) Riddhe heard the Lieutenant Commander as he felt that he could finally be alone (That’s all for chit-chat) Squad leader Norm’s voice interrupted

(All units are to for the shi+p Juliet 2 with Romeo 004 Romeo 008, follow me)

The ele the s teams, active teams of 2s Norm was the attack unit, and Riddhe was the defense unit Thus, Riddhe’s unit had a long-distance support beam launcher equipped Everyone was launched out, but it was unexpected that they would only have 2 elements “Understood” Riddhe suppressed the timidity that crept up in him as he answered

(There are 4 ene in We have si)

Squad Leader Norhts, and behind hi Riddhe stared at the torrent of debris that showed no signs of stopping, and grumbled “What path clear…?” (I can hear you, Ro Riddhe to cringe “Got it!” Riddhe gru that it would be great if Mihiro was the operator

Looks like she’s still not released fro of which, I asked her out to see a movie What was the type of ht in an absent-minded manner He intended to think of that mini-tank’s round eyes in hisabout another pair of eyes, and was shocked by it

Those emerald-colored eyes that looked like they were about to suck him in; those eyes that did not look like they could relax and look at hi face overpowered the rest as it appeared in Riddhe’sof hisof her face when I —

“What the heck aht?”

He unwittingly said it out Are you serious? Riddhe asked hiustedcould be heard, “Ah, no, I don’t intend that…” Riddhe was frantically trying to explain, but was shut up by a boo!)

One could see Squad Leader Norlide up from the 1st open-air catapult deck that foran” unit 2 then shot out frorabbed onto the control stick Letabout the rest later I won’t die, and I definitely can’t die I must come back and meet Audrey If I’o

The countdown tiht, I’ll definitely survive Riddhe ot ready to launch At this moment, he suddenly remembered Is that letter to my father sent out yet?

Part 2

(Riddhe Marcenas Ro!)

The vague voice through the wireless speaker rang “Ah, it’s Ensign reading” Banagher heard Takuya say this as he stared at thethe blue lide on the catapult and fly into vacuum

“Someone you know?”

“It’s the Ensign who had the ain after this”

The biplane model that was fastened on the table with tape could be seen in the direction Takuya was pointing That was sohtly in thefroher answered he turned his eyes back to thepilot as chasing the model on the mobile suit deck He sure feels like he will doubt easily As he thought, Riddhe’sbehind the blueish-white thruster jets on the monitor

Thatthe shi+p like floater, and gradually disappeared from the screen His movements compared to the previous ones were not lackluster…or rather, it felt like that course he chose was the one that would use less effort Banagher brought his face closer to the visual presented by the cauys can watch this later!” Mihiro growled, causing Banagher to cringe

“Hurry here and put on the normal suits”

Mihiro carried in 4 normal suits from the locker room and said to them with a sharp voice She herself was covered in the whitea look of a soldier ould not have tiher answered Mihiro as he looked back at Audrey and Micott

Both of them had been in 2 corners of the wide room ever since they returned back to the recreational room, and they never intended to look at each other as they silently put on the normal suits even in this situation The way they deliberately changed into the norave an ominous vibe While it was okay on Audrey’s side, it would not be weird for Micott to explode anytime soon—

“Try and hold yourself down and don’t leave this place I’ outside to check on the situation”

Mihiro probably was not in the mood to notice the at tripped by the trays on the floor Banagher looked at the normal suits that were left on the table, stared at the backs of the girls ere hesitantly changing, and was really not o to them as he decided to stay in front of the monitor panel “Oh, this launched from the 2nd catapult” Takuya switched the channel of the her and he watched the back of the transforot ready to launch

It was not a ment this time The shi+p was attacked by the ene a real battle It’s the eneain? “Leave this place with lanced at Audrey Her expression was stiff, but there was no sign of anxiety or fear on her face as she inspected the nor each other in the die room, the stare that refused fro other than this place Those e it one thing at a time, her e may be her allies—

The reports announcing that they were leaving the shi+p were buzzing “Please, you guys…” Banagher was prompted by Takuya’s earnest voice as he stared at the transforure on the catapult deck looked to be smaller, and just when it was about to reach the end of the catapult deck, a pink beaonal direction At that ht was emitted from the mobile suit that was about to leave the shi+p, and the monitor suddenly turned black

The rooht at the same time, and the noise of an explosion that rocked the air within the shi+p surrounded hiher was knocked into the ceiling for so sound of soh the shi+p; the noises of breaking glass and coh the roo the walls and the floor without grabbing anyone At this her’s nerves were all nu Suddenly, the e in the room dyed the dark room red

The le as before was shown on a corner The ie of the catapult deck, stretched into space, was captured by the camera—but the runway that should appear there disappeared What appeared there was a dark void with debris that wereThe pink beaain left sohts of explosions

We got sniped…? Banagher stared at this pink beaa-particle cannon, took what he deduced and tried to let his aching body stand up He looked around the rooht, and checked the locations of the other 3 that were collapsed in the different corners of the roo; Takuya had his head stuffed into the flower bed, and Micott, who had her lower body inside the norher saw that the trio seemed to have escaped fatal injuries, and he was about topre

Soe was etched in Banagher’s eyes That was not the vestige of a bea that ith physicalintent to cause goosebu off a heavy presence, arriving here with killing intent that went through several layers of armor

Banagher tried to look for the red vestige on the ain as a new explosion appeared, creating a dazzling white light in the vacuum

Part 3

Even though the light filter took effect, the flashes that i the bridge hs Otto collided into the nored to climb onto the captain’s seat rest, and shouted with all his strength, “WHAT’S THE SITUATION!?”

“it seeot sniped The left catapult deck took severe dae

Operator Bellard growled back as he gave a brief dae control room The peripheral view of the shi+p was shown on the ed parts were blinking red The portside catapult deck of the Nahel Argaht in the explosion of the sniped ReZEL It lost the left foreleg of a sphinx Otto saw that his shi+p looked like it was half blown off, and felt that what he saas a mohtly, and raised his volu, “EVERYONE, CHECK FOR DAMAGES!”

“WHAT’S THE ANTI-AIR DEFENSE DOING! WE GOT AN ENEMY ON US!”

The 2,600 close-ranged defense artillery, and the e than the enerily told off the cannon operator, who answered with a bone-chilling reply They were trying to estih at thisto hold off the ene was common sense in actual battle

“NOW’S NOT THE TIME TO BE AIMING! KEEP FIRING!”

Otto let out a roar through the wireless network to all the units in the shi+p Hethe cannon operator, but that was all Anyone would lose functionality after being trained in precision and co for it Otto reflected on the time when he viewed shi+p efficiency as the ret over it at this moment, countless inception fire let out flashes outside the

The 60mm machine cannon that was ht bullets Also, there were 2 main cannons equipped on the shi+p, one about and one below—the 2 twin-barrel ht beam bullets The secondary cannons hidden within the two doama shot out a screen of fire all over the place, but this was already a slow reaction The debris that got hit exploded, and as countless bits of light were flickering around the shi+p, new direct hits rocked the inside of the shi+p Otto got back to the captain’s seat, and several seconds later, he was bue As Daguza used his injured left ar h to match the impact noises, “THERE’S ONLY ONE UNIT! KEEP FIRING!”

There was only one enee as the other 3 units were outside the attack range, intending to watch the battle from the sidelines What enee, seeing this before returning back to the captain seat and fastened himself with the attach it can’t even match its movements The re hot debris, and the eneh the fire Such excellent reflexes—no, this was not a skill a human could pull off It was like the mobile suit knows all the blind spots of the shi+p without any data help, dealing da

“Who in the world is that guy…” As he unwittingly ain The body of the shi+p was rocked by several meters, and the G-force hit the body that was on the Captain’s body (The rear e) Before the voice of the report rang, Daguza ine roorabbed onto the captain seat’s arht outside

“That guy wants to neutralize us before taking the Box”

Daguza did not look away fro to wear down our shi+p’s fighting strength to ine room thatOtto felt his face turn pale, and argued back, “Idiot, how can such a stupid thing happen! We’re talking about a single ht of Alberto, who rushed into the bridge, froerous!” He ignored Lia that was earlier than Otto’s, and pulled the chair of the sensor He handed a record card to the sensor operator and turned to Otto, saying, “Use the data inside to check” Otto was overwhelhly fearful face as he gave an expression allowing them to do so The sensor operator then took the record card he received and put it into the console’s slot Soon, the data that was read was shown on the sensor visual, and it started

In less than two seconds, a match was indicated, and the photo of the unidentified ram The 3-dimensional picture and the data was shown Otto silently watched the sensor ie It was a mobile suit that had the smart body line of a Federation unit and also the curves of a Zeon-type mobile suit It had a one-eyed head, a thruster unit on the back that looked like wings, and thered—

“So it’s the “Sinanju” The enemy’s the “Red Comet” here…”

Alberto backed away fro voice Otto felt the wavering air of uneasiness inside the bridge, and parroted back, “The Red Comet…?”

“It o year ago Our company developed a prototypetransport” Alberto’s eyes could not remain focused as they moved, and he continued, “The Federation units that were sent to track it down came back in defeat, and the one viewed as the mastermind behind it was Full Frontal, that person called the second co of the Red Comet—Char Aznable”

Lia eyelids and looked over “I heard of it before That red le-handedly took doo Clop shi+ps, called the pioneer of the “Sleeves”

“That one called “The Lingering Soul of Char” who created a commotion that time, huh? But…”

Impossible No, Otto himself wished that this situation did not happen The redexplosions of light in space, and Otto cla of the old Zeon E the second Neo Zeon War as the heir of Zeon Deikun He was the man at the center of the conflict called “Char’s Counterattack” Even if it were a joke, that Red Co that final battle could not have survived till now So that he ht not have been shot down

But if that’s the case, what’s with the overwhel prowess of this enemy in front of us— “The color is different, but this machine is one of the two that were stolen” Alberto’s next words caused Otto to s his stone-like heavy saliva

“The RX-0 is designed fro’s data! This isn’t a mobile suit that can be taken doith some half-baked mobile suits! Hurry up and run away!”

Alberto’s pale face was dyed with the explosion of light outside theat the next e, and the bodies that were held down by the chair attachrabbed onto Alberto’s nored hiot, and yelled, “SEND THE RELEVANT DATA TO ALL UNITS!” The echo and the voices of da that the ene in sounded even more rushed

“THE ENEMY’S NOT SOME DEAD PERSON OR ANY damnED THING! IT’S JUST A MACHINE THAT COMES FROM SOMEWHERE! WE’LL DEFINITELY HIT IT IF WE CALM DOWN AND AIM! TELL THE MOBILE SUIT SQUAD THIS!”

Even If ant to run ae’ll just be hit fros in his heart that were overwhel of Char”, and stared at the beauza seeht as he passed by Otto, while the explosions showed hie silently

Part 4

The combat data was immediately sent out, and the h the radar The unknown CG irasp the shape of the enemy mobile suit However, the situation did not improve in this situation

Even after knowing the shape, it was ht of the enemy The “Sinanju” continued to fly behind the arazed past the dead angle—it was too late when everyone realized this, and broke through the defense lines, and shot a new beam at the shi+p

The Nahel Arga off a white-hot fireball The pure white shi+p that lost its left catapult was tilted largely to the side The anti-air fire continued on, ripping through the torrent of debris to bits The red mobile suit, which was not even equipped with a shi+eld, hts The ars that looked like some crustacean shell, the two propeller tanks on the back all help guide the Active Mass Balance Auto-Control rotor, allowing the red giant to move amidst the vacuum on its own

No enerator was, mobile suits of the same size should not have a difference in output The “Sinanju” continued to toy with shi+p with hit and run tactics, while the Nahel Argama pilots did not break formation as it insisted on basic tactics and continuous suppression of the eneot shot doith the catapult jet, and the rean” These three machines all started to search out the ene the redin the midst of the torrent of debris The movement courses of the enemy suit would naturally be liama’s fire The pilots believed that they had a chance since there was no attacks from any Psycommu weapons

The one in charge of tracking down the enean”, while the attacker Romeo 001 started to double team it The defender, Romeo 008, was equipped with a beam rifle as it remained in a position where it could see the three e the debris that was ular directions as they waited at the opening where the ene AMBAC capabilities, but there had to be a lih e attacks that would have nor for this ama took a direct hit The “Sinanju” was slowed down a little, perhaps because the debris floated in its path The pursuing “Jegan” used this chance to rain fire, and the “ReZEL” 011 got right in front of the “Sinanju” before shooting a a-particle from the beam rifle The ”Sinanju” was restrained by the front as it stopped Riddhe, as piloting the “ReZEL” 008, squeezed the trigger

“Got you!”

The power generator hidden inside the beaa-particle beam that could match a battleshi+p ht line, vaporizing through space dust as it rushed at the enee that attack at the criticalthe other two ht beam that came from somewhere else

The burning debris was scattered all over the lace, having taken the direct hit The “Sinanju” kicked at one of theh the perimeter at an abnor fire, and then hid its own heat source ast the hot debris

The beam rifle lacked a consecutive fire function It would need ten seconds to recharge for the next shot Riddhe’s “ReZEL” had to back away, and the “Sinanju” snuck below the “Jegan” that was closing in on it The “Jegan” could not use the heat sensor and rely on the visuals, but the enerees all view ht below the linear seat

“Is this guy a Newtype too!?”

This is an eneed, and without openings The voice of the “Jegan” pilot was drowned out by Squad Leader Noran” pilot wanted to step on the pedal, but the beam rifle in the “Sinanju”s hand let out a flash, and the pilot’s consciousness faded

The beaan” fro, another crushed the hand, and the “Jegan” limbs that were hit seemed to dance in space like a spoilt puppet The head was crushed by the internal pressure, and the core reactor was ignited The arh the metal skeleton inside as the now deforht

The light of explosion that expanded lit up the surrounding debris, causing the “Sinanju” red fraed pasted Norst the torrent of debris Noroosebumps as his impression of other unique mobile suits he saw on the battlefield before was ” and the “Sazabi”, the endary Red Comet—

“Is that the real Char…!?”

He felt tense after feeling that si hit behind the two “ReZELs” that were trying to regroup

Part 5

The light of explosions that happened ht-colored illumination The cold flashes that were sharper than the stars appeared for a shortaround the shoal space region to appear for the tihts passed by, and the bright pink light that cut through the blueish-white ring of light was shot through, followed by an expanding orange fireball that signaled an enemy mobile suit’s explosion

“I said it before, didn’t I? There’s no need for us to get involved”

It’s ielo Sauper said as he saw the in Sergi, as approxihtly as he watched the battle with the rest of the escort squad, answering somewhat hesitantly, (Yes…)

(But is this really okay? There’s not just one ene fire, shouldn’t we…?)

“That’ll just be a nuisance We just need to stay here and clean up any enemies the Captain missed”

Even so, there’re only two enemy suits left There’s no rooelo raised the long-distance beahtweapon on the ot rid of the instantaneous fireto watch the battle from afar, and wryly added, “But the Captain sure is evil for not leaving such small work to us”

“I never squeezed the trigger once ever since I followed the Captain into the battlefield”

(Not even once…?)

Sergi’s e of thefor an expression or so Angelo looked at Lieutenant Cuarón in the opposite direction and saw that he was intending to just watch as he put the cannon on his shoulder Angelo answered ‘yeah’ as he put his hand on the helmet

“I feel that this is an honor of us, the Escort Squad”

Angelo took off the helht that this was too much, but he did not care about it any further At this distance, the beam that would be fired here would either be a shi+p cannon or a high-energy launcher cannon It would be instant death if any of thei’s machine showed a puzzled attitude as it turned its ain Angelo looked over from the corner of his eye and continued in his heart: You’ll understand later

There won’t be any wild ene to set a firing range Anyone who’s trying to snipe us frons of it Soht think that there’s no need for an escort squad, but that’s not true There arethe battlefield the Captain is on, or watching out for any reinforce trusted that allows us to be able to deal with any eneed that we’re the fighting strength supporting him on the battlefield

Leaving our lives to each other and gaining unsurpassed happiness and absent-ined seeing the “Sinanju” in the midst of the crossfire of beams The enemy mobile suits will be immediately dealt with, the shi+p cannon will be taken down The eneo, and they have to hand over the Laplace Box soon No h for the shi+p to hold Once we reclaim it, we’ll just put it back on the “Rewloola” at the back

I can still enjoy this nu about the battlefield the Red Coe ball of explosion shown there, and Angelo muttered: I’ll enjoy this even if I die

Part 6

The urabbed onto the foot of the table that was creaking The falling rocks-like noises rang, and the sounds of floating bodies crashi+ng the floor could be heard as the red lights shi+ning inside the roohtly

(Third Ventral Fin on the right took heavy dae!)

(Enment on C block!)

(It’s the 4th VLS! A ot a staff crushed down there…! OI! KIkumASA, KIkumASA!!)

What could only be heard from the open speakers in the shi+p were cries and roars “Is this shi+p…going to be alright…” Takuya her did not rely as he looked around the recreational roos that were not held doere scattered all over the place, and thecracks He spent all his concentration on guarding hiainst the tremors He and everyone else had not put on their nor at all, and on the opposite side, Banagher saw that Audrey was intending to carry the spacesuit He intended to move there when the treht ould be broken through if this kept up They had to make sure they had their air

Banagher gathered up 2 normal suits that were scattered tucked the the sa The shocks that happened next forcefully made them look away from each other It seemed that the fixators were spoilt as the flower pots were tumbled, the dirt and the lids that was pried open by the shock landed on the floor, and the bits of dirt were scattered on the floor Banagher’s vision was blocked by the dirt that went flying with the iain, and shouted, “HURRY UP AND PUT THE NORMAL SUITS UP!”

Micott lifted her head from the sofa, and Takuya snuck out fro over to Micott, and intended toopened behind

He looked back, and saodeep beige spacesuits that were sticking onto theher was shocked that the twofrom the shi+p’s crew for a short moment, only to realize that the face under the helmet was a familiar one as he shut hissuppressed by that sharp stare

Daguza’s eyes did not show any signs of cordial he had with others for a her’s move this tirabbed Audrey’s upper man

That person intended to bring Audrey right in front of Daguza as he pulled her with enough force that did not allow for any arguroaned as she wanted to shake off the hand, but her face could not be seen as her left arher was shocked for several seconds and hurriedly tried to get in front of Daguza, only to be i man in front of him

Banagher could see the side of Audrey’s face behind the hulkingHe saw her shocked expression, and all signs of resistance on her iuza with a silent expression Daguza looked back at Audrey’s angry or re on as he could only watching their faces Daguza ignored hi out Audrey moved the arm that touched her away and went towards the door on her own

“Excuse uza stopped to glance at her, and then looked away to continue walking Banagher saw Micott lowly her pale face, and turned his eyes back at Daguza, as passing through the door with Audrey and shouted, “Wait!”

“Why are you doing this? Where are you intending to bring Audrey to?”

Daguza ed Audrey on the back lightly just when she was about to stop, and both of theher’s head immediately felt hot as he stamped on the floor

“Wait…!” Banagher angrily reached his arht that his fingers reached the norht arher’s forehead, and the force that pushed hi

“Do not leave this place until you’re order to Got it?’

The hulkingexpression as he looked back and used his hand to feel the hand to feel the head that took heavy dauza and the rest Banagher, Takuya and Micott were the only three left inside the rooain caused the silent uneasiness to be broken up