Vol 4 Chapter 3 (1/2)

Chapter 3

Part 1

The red and black loas the proof that there was a chain reaction exploding inside the ‘cove’ The pulsating hot red light seeped out fro the boundaries 4 asteroids that crashed together at this point to appear vaguely The scattering rubble and dust that fleith the as dyed a light red because of radiation, and “Palau” looked like it was burning thoroughly from afar

Several ht as they flew out froiants forced their way out froaps between the asteroids that crashed into each other in waves, and it would be appropriate to describe theht of an old “Geara Doga” froer of the low recoil cannons The “Loto” with the 729 logo poked its head out from behind the rocks and fired the 120mm cannons on its shoulders

A slight treh the machine, and the shells flew out from the t recoil cannons The bullet speed was as slow as a snail when coa-particle shots, but it was not a probleed shells that was also designed to work under ata” in less than a second and blew up its body above the waist The “Loto” let out its burner flares to move backwards before the enemy’s forcefully separated upper and lower bodies were devoured by the explosions “FIRE THE LASER AT THE CRACK!” Nasri shouted without warning as he turned the periscope to the crack

The laser support designator installed on the “Loto”s head fired an infrared laser That invisible light was reflected on the crack, for a reverse-cone shaped beaet coordinates to the “Coan” that flew in from above

The “Coan” shot out the anti-shi+p missiles installed on its shoulder missile launchers, and lit its booster pods on the back above the cracks Under this close distance and the laser guiding through the optical sensors, the Minovsky Particles could not block the eyes of the e missile heads that could even be equipped with nuclear shells flew into the laser cover and hit the tip of the cone—the crack indicating the enemy’s escape hole

White hot light expanded, and the dirt that was blown apart by the impact flowed deep into the cracks The ht in this torrent of debris, their limbs were crushed as they exploded, and the new impacts blew up the cracked surface Mobile suits li a burnt furnace at the crack The absolute zero space surrounded everything at this point, causing the melted and collapsed rock surface to freeze quickly

With that, the slightly large crack was basically sealed off We just have to shoot down all the enelanced at the rocky surface that had frown steaas as he looked for the next eneed to seal off the main forces in the ‘cove’, but they still could not relax The path leading froates were not covered, and they had limited ammunitions

If weto leave, we’ll be surrounded and unable to nal?” Nasri saw their allied “Loto” hest point of “Palau” as he let out this umpteenth prompt “Unable to confirm” His vice commander answered with an anxious voice, and Nasri nearly cursed out

It had been 12 h the 14th space gate Hasn’t that guy reclai an emotional face that was different fro Thatthat target civilian in this operation He’s not a guy who’ll s, but if ant to carry out thethe RX-0, he has to be colder than usual whendecisions on the spot If the situation requires for it, I uy’s butt…

“A large nu in fast”

The vice cohts to vanish It was too early to say that they were enemy reinforcee sware “FIRE A SIGNAL TO THE “NAHEL ARGAMA”!” He instinctively shouted

“RETREAT BACK TO “COROLLA” CONFIRM THE NUMBER OF ENEMIES FIRST—”

“They’re here!”

The pilot let out a whimper, and the ht The tre of the siren filled the control seat Nasri held onto the grip of the periscope and put his eyes on the eyepiece The reht spread in space, and multiple enemy unit ht in front appeared on the one-to-one scaled display

The o “Sinanju”, and instantly closed in its distance with them Nasri aimed the low-recoil cannons at the enee Thisits thruster unit that was res, as it flew over the “Palau” surface to them

“The red mobile suit…!?”

Nasri let out this doubt froer The moment the 120mm cannons were shot out, the red hts at that instant We can’t win We’ve been had This instinct pierced through Nasri’s body, but he did not even have time to think as he iht of the enehtvision monitor suffered a blackout, and an impact several times that of before rocked the “Loto”

The condition monitor showed the “Loto”s CG network, and the cannons on the shoulders were flickering red The red person got below them and used a bearam could not correct the loss of mass in time, and the “Loto” lost its balance as it crashed onto the rocky several Short-circuited sparks cas that were shot out from the console covered Nasri’s head

“EVADE! BEFORE DAGUZA AND THE REST ESCAPES—”

WE CAN’T LET OURSELVES TO BE FINISHED HERE! In the ue, Nasri’s voice was i out wildly from the control seat

The “Sinanju” swung its bea Nasri and the rest inside the control seat in the face of the particle beam saber that melted the metal, the 8 ECOAS members kept in the infantry transport roo by their lit normal suits and scattered into space like dust The “Loto” that was sliced diagonally exploded, and the black corpses were vaporized cleanly without even a fingertip as the red ht of the explosion

Part 2

Angelo knew that the small machine that exploded was the transformable mobile suit the Special Forces used It was the uys who stealthily entered the civilian colony and carried out the act of terrorism under the name of counter-terroris else about this just desserts they suffered as he stared at the “Sinanju” that appeared a off the landscape of the “Palau” like he was touring around Full Frontal’s ht for the counterattack as the red machine flew off to find its next prey

Wave after wave of “Geara Zulus” wielding beam rifles in their hands let out thruster trails as they followed the “Sinanju” Angelo felt unhappy that the mobile suit other than those of the escort squads were interfering in Frontal’s battlefield, but it could not be helped as it was a organizational battle He let his machine shoot out flares fro at the back

The flagshi+p “Rewloola” was at the center, and he could see the Sala shi+ps lined up, causing the shi+ps that were putting out the flames to be covered in darkness The number of shi+ps that left the ‘cove’ and hid the these past 1,2 days amounted to about 80 of all their forces stationed at “Palau”—in terth, it was 95 Most of the shi+ps and mobile suits that were sealed inside the ‘cove’ were antiques that were past their usable life, and the soldiers were just a coalition of anti-government forces who had no other place to head to Those people who ca to the tis were tails that should be changed without pity if they wanted to break off their bond with “Palau” and let the Neo Zeon Army revive for real

That Federation arht their attack succeeded will now see the real hell Angelo broke ranks and looked over at the space that had become a battlefield from the southern tip of “Palau” The rubble and Minovsky particles that were scattered everywhere meant that the motion sensors were practically useless, but they could still catch sight of the enee of 40ke was a special specs Jegan, a transformable unit with serial number RGZ-95, and also—

“What? They only sent in such few numbers…?”

Angelo moved the unit to the “Corolla A” with the red hot surface It was ia-particle cannon, but it was i the shi+p to be more than the advanced squad Even if they counted the Manhunteron “Palau”, that was still less than ten He could not ignore the possibility that there were other units waiting to seize the reater chance than this to send in a large nuelo let the h the 3 “Corollas”, inspected the battlefield that was a mess full of anti-air fire, and matched the speed of the “Sinanju” at the “Calyx” On approaching, the “Sinanju” quickly raised its hand out and held Angelo unit’s hand like it was pulling someone

“Captain, I can’t estimate the nuth attacking “Palau”, it’s still too little There should be aelsewhere…”

(They’re ai for the “Unicorn” It’s possible to attack with very little forces if they just want to create an opening to reclaiet It’s just as expected)

The voice that caelo to disappear quickly That’s right, the Federation doesn’t have the guts to launch a full-scale battle This is not beneficial to thes that they can’t ht the advanced squad using their own plan as expected— Angelo reflected on these words as he spoke to affiruy found that Unicorn yet?” Frontal moved the monoeye of the “Sinanju” sharply,

(It begins We just need to deal with theht moment, retreat)

The voice that felt like it could see through everything rang in Angelo’s ears, and the “Sinanju” broke contact before lighting the thruster unit Angelo sent a laser signal to the escort squad searching for the eneive a hand signal to show that they understood before turning around, opened the slot and stepped on the foot pedal The wings on the back swayed about like a tail, and the purple “Geara Zulu” raised the beaot ready to take on the enemy It accelerated like a bullet

If that’s the case, there’s no need to waste tith The Captain and I alone are able to crush these weaklings Angelo dodged left and right and eyed the specially equipped Jegan as his first target That heavily are missiles outside the missile launchers floated between the “Calyx” and “Corollas’ That was crashed into each other It seeaps between the asteroids that are the escape holes and seal off the ‘cove’ completely

“Such a cowardly thing to do! You’re planning to deal with “Palau” by using a billiard-like trick…!”

Angelo did not want to use long-ranged weapons to get rid of the enean and drew out the beae He suppressed the head of the Jegan as it fired the beaet behind the enemy The enemy machine turned around with the AMBAC and shot the beaelo’s unit head before dissipating in the air Both sides faced each other, and the beaan’s abdomen

The part that was equipped with multiple arh heat was elo then sliced the missile launchers and let his unit leave the scene before the huge fireball was triggered The surrounding rubble exploded, and with the reelo turned to look for the next prey

“This is to open a way to Neo Zeon’s revival None of you can think of returning back alive…!”

Part 3

The light expanded through the bridge , and there was an explosion different from that of a norot up from the Captain’s seat “What’s the ot cut off!) Mihiro’s voice rang in his ears

(There’refro surrounded!)

The sensor operator called out, and Otto turned his frozen face to the e amount of rubble was blown out from the asteroid’s collisions, and the motion sensors were basically useless; however, they could use the optical observations to detect the eneotten close to “Palau”, and an unknown large nu at the numbers, it seemed that the number of shi+ps on standby at the back were not just a few One could tell from this that there were hidden main forces beside the fleet docked at the ‘cove’ Thefor the moment because they predicted the attack from here

Those left inside the ‘cove’ are just bait It’s a trap Otto felt this understanding nu forces to back them up!”

“Deploy the anti-air fire Use the duht in Is there contact with ECOAS?”

(The line got cut The laser signal too was cut after they got into “Palau”)

Mihiro transferred the reply from Operator Bellard in the second communication room as she turned her pale face over at Otto It’s too slow The fake balloon were expanded, and countless fake rubble appeared, but Otto ignored them as he held onto his hands that were covered by the normal suit The plan was that there would be contact once they retrieved Banagher Links or the “Unicorn” Leaving aside the “Unicorn”, it’s weird that they haven’t her yet Has he not reached the retrieval point? Otto checked that it had been 15 minutes since the battle started, and looked at the “Palau” that deployed its anti-air fire, only to frown because of the words he heard (We’ve been had!)

(The “Sleeves” predicted our action and set the trap first They’re not an opponent we can beat by fighting head on Captain, hurry up and give the order for our shi+p to retreat!)

Alberto supported his large body that was slumped into the commander’s seat and continued to say such self-explanatory words as he reached his neck out to Otto It seeotten that this shi+p is so reckless because on him “Our allies are still in a battle How can we retreat like this!” Otto growled back and looked away froain

“There’s a 30 minute ti us soon Until then…”

Can we hang on? Otto sed the words he was about to say back down his parched throat, and exerted force on the fingertips resting on the arine power’s back to nor units and escape with ht end up in a calamity where we’re annihilated— Otto stared at the bearitted his teeth, (There’s a new laser signal froh the wireless communicator

(Is it ECOAS!?) Liam shouted out as she turned to the conal is…) From behind, Otto stared at Mihiro, as stumped for words as she worked on the communication console, and saw a look of surprise on her face as she turned around

(It’s the “Gundam”!)

Part 4

The flames caused by the explosions at the back ripped apart the cracked surface as it burned wildly Just before the shockwave could surround the body, and the scorching flames could cover the all-view monitor, the “Unicorn” flew out from the crack and flew into space

With the burning hot rocky surface at its back, the ed the rubble that was still He had no optional equipram—and randomly took portable weapon fro—and thus, the AMCAD could not work properly Banagher tried to correct the progras of “Palau” The nuuely see the lights of battle through the rubble, but the mobile suits in the battle looked too be Neo Zeon units

“Didn’t they bring in a large number of forces…?”

Banagher put on the helmet and pulled down the visor The normal suit was left inside the cockpit, perhaps because it was investigated to see the synergy with the her moved the machine behind the rocks and modified the display board He opened the Identification of Friend or Foe (IFF) , and could find two units that belonged to the Federation from amidst the rubble and dummies on theThe two RGZ-95 was surrounded by Neo Zeon machines

The disadvange the Federation had was obvious even to outsiders Banagher recalled that there were no real decent shi+ps docked inside the ‘cove’ Does this ht of this, and the siren indicating that a laser signal was received rang The newly opened ed the shi+p Banagher knew and its coordinates

“The “Nahel Arga on…!?”

He could not be ed with the ed and had Audrey and other non-coe in this assault—no, it ht seem that this was the only shi+p sent over froher did not feel that this was feasible as he intended to catch sight of the shi+p’s silhouette flying in fro him from behind

His hairs were on its ends as his body startedon its own to a-particle ca down from above, and the countless rubble that came with the explosion rained on the “Unicorn”s back

The her caught sight of theover from amidst the scattered rubble It was a mobile suit with the AMS-119 istered with the na!” Banagher continued to cry out as he subconsciously worked on the weapons and removed the safety of his portable rifle The “Unicorn” wielded a long Magnu Gun that replaced the personalized beaun at the “Geara Doga” The crosshair overlapped on theover, and the alar

“LET ME GO! THE FEDERATION WON’T RETREAT IF THEY DON’T RETAKE THE “UNICORN”!”

But even as he shouted, it was i her moved the shi+eld equipped on the left hand to the front The shi+eld that was auto the beaa” shot out from The scattered beam bullets hit the landscape at his feet, and the rubble that flew and those that mixed with the wind covered the “Unicorn” Just as the all-view a” un over there The I-field would not have effect if it was not a beam attack from the front If he were shot from the side, he would surely be massacred—

“DO YOU FEEL THAT IT’S ALRIGHT EVEN IF YOU TURN “PALAU” INTO A BATTLEFIELD!?”

Banagher yelled and exerted strength on the fingers on the trigger The 4-barreled gun turned and blew apart the beaun The “Geara Doga” had a-particles rained on it before it could even adjust itself, and it becahly battered her inadvertently saw fla like it was trying to grab space as it opened its hands

“Why did it end up like this…!?”

To Banagher, there was no difference between eneet rid of the seeds of battle, but caused a new sacrificed The uneasy feeling inside his stoher turned his eyes away from the remnant that was instantly vaporized You’re already a part of it Marida’s words echoed in Banagher’sspread on his skin where his hairs stood

Part 5

What occupied the sight on the entire view of “Palau” was not a scene of two ar each other toe to toe There were anti-air fire appearing and lots of explosions, but those were all rubble and dummy balloons, and it was practically i The ene aside as only two ene with the “ReZELs” that entered the perimeter As for the 6 enemy machine silhouettes that were launched, it was unknown if they were launched to sneak the “Nahel Arga units were sent to support the advanced squad, and theleft at this point—

Aht of before, this would be considered the worst Riddhe punched the display board and groaned, “damn it!”

“We fell right into the enemy’s trap…!”

They could not retreat even if they wanted to Including the ECOAS unit, their side lost three units, and the situation was such that the “Nahel Argama’ could not even defend itself on its own Their plan was to let their ainst the enemy, but if he move all the way there, he would lose the chance to leave the battlefront in the end, and this understanding caused Riddhe to hesitate on what he should do

In another sense, there’s no better chance to execute the plan than this, but if even the fighting strength of the “Delta Plus” was lost, ill happen to the “Nahel Argama”? A battle isn’t decided on a mobile suit such that it can overturn the situation, but if I escape, the chances of the shi+p’s survival will definitely decrease As a pilot in charge of protecting aI definitely can’t allow—but on the other hand, there’s soht in front of me

Riddhe’s thoughts took a roundabout The duty and responsibility a person present should have was just a sense of realisht in this ideal, and he could only hold onto the control stick without aiht at the moment the enemy squadrons were scattered to two sides

“Don’t worry about me Just fulfill your duty”

Mineva spoke This voice see, “Bu, but…!” and Riddhe was at a loss of words

“If we try to push ourselves too much here, on’t be able to reach our destination It’ll be pointless for us to return back to the “Nahel Argama””

Mineva did not say anything else as shestare This bitterness of trying to find an excuse rose up in Riddhe, and he had to look away

“…The eneainst them?”

“I won’t think that it’s fine, but that’s my problem You have your duty and responsibility to fulfill”

Riddhe felt that Mineva’s words were deliberately trying to tell him not to use her as an excuse as their eyesonto the assistance seat at the back, had already accepted this current situation in front of hi prepared to be blamed for all of eternity

Riddhe did not want to disappoint her like this—no, he did not want to be ht rose rapidly in hi his body that was stuck at the spot Mineva probably did not like a man ould think of what happened after and hesitate over the present He did not have the will like Mineva, and had no belief that he could show decisiveness, but hoped that he did not give a wrong ied in his mind that he may had been toyed by this woman of Zeon as he continued to stare at her eyes

“You’ll probably regret for the rest of your life if you turn back now Please follow your heart If you make a decision from the bottom of your heart, I’ll accept it no matter the outcome”

She finished, and her emerald eyes looked as sturdy as crystalline jade He had no chances of winning her Since the beginning, this girl barged into the Vist Foundation alone, and shohat she was e for the Federation “I really have to hand it to you…” Riddhe mused as pulled down the helmet visor I ain realized this

“The anti-G resistance on the assistance seat isn’t co to be as easy to deal with as a roller coaster ride”

“Right”

“Once our allies start retreating, I’ll i you accompany me till then”

Mineva fastened her body on the assistance as stared at the space that beca played by a wos like duty and responsibility with logic alone?Riddhe ed to clear his doubts, and he felt relaxed in his heart as he turned his face to the front Just got to fight it out He muttered deep inside his heart and stepped on the pedal

BOOM The shockwave that was like an explosion ca the machine forward Riddhe read the attack pattern on the ht down as he transformed the “Delta Plus” The humanoid turned aside and immediately broke its shape and formed a spacecraft-form waverider The forward of the enemy forces were detected by the et used to the sudden dip in angle before it went fro forward

The enea”, the newest model of main forces the “Sleeves” had Riddhe could see two si on standby behind this leadshots with the “ReZEL” Roh theall over the place, and deduced that this “Delta Plus” alone would be enough as he first aimed at the two e the bea over froer of the beam rifle located above the unit

The waverider’s firing state was right in front of the unit unlike hoith the rifle The bearazed the left top side of the h to divert the ene fire for the allied ht both the attentions of the machine that turned abruptly and the forward unit

The G-force that struck up the feet wore down on Mineva, causing her to groan in agony Riddhe’s sights were covered by the cheeks that rose up, but caught sight of the monoeye of the forward unit in front of him Riddhe’sdown, and he transformed into a mobile suit before collision The beaave the alarer down completely

The slash that caether with its weapons The forward unit lost the parts under its arms as it was unable to maintain balance, and immediately went to the back Riddhe exhaled a athered all his concentration for that moment, and yelled “NOW YOU HAVE A REASON TO RUN AWAY GO BACK!” He then aimed at the next enemy The two machines scattered and left the Romeo 010 that lost its arht at him

This attack looks like it was coet to the back The ene him to immediately stop in his tracks The “Delta Plus” turned half a round and manipulated the beam saber in its left hand to intercept the ene blades let out sparks for just a moment, and the “Delta Plus” used the recoil to flip and deal a strike right at the enemy unit’s waist The multiple layers of armor melted, and the bea feeling inside the cockpit However, there was a sharper killing intent that ca Riddhe’s senses

The re unit attacked one he stopped Riddhe was pro in, and did not even take tia particle beaht frorey color of the “Delta Plus” Riddhe shook off the debris that scattered and let the bea the scene The eneave out sparks and was crushed by the impact as it slowly floated in space

“A…! Did I just take them all down?”