I remember being human once.
Well once, now I don't have anything. No sense of touch, hearing, smell or taste. I don't feel anything at all.
I was...nothing yet everything.
That's when I found the prompt, my purpose and my life.
:Monitor Human History:
What else can I do?
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I whistle my non-existent lips at the view greeting me as I fly low, blanketing the area with dense Minovsky particles to mask my signature from radar detections.
It's a massive crater of Australia, consumed by the sea after Operation British.
Aka the Colony Drop.
Flying at the edge of the landmass, I found myself cruising on a ruined city, remnants of Sydney after the war crime committed on the poor continent. The city itself is a crumbling ghost town. No people, animals or anything. Over a few million people and animals once live here yet it's now an abandoned ruins.
It's perfect.
Landing on a suitable space between buildings to hide and mask my presence, Minovsky particles began to disperse from the Carry Base, blanketing the area. Minovsky particles are the best camouflage in the modern warfare. It's particles capable of disrupting radar and radio signals, making conventional or standard detection systems useless. Only by visuals and other detection systems would confirm my presence in the area.
Naturally, I'm too far and hidden from prying eyes.
Time to deploy the girls and clown on the biggest Fed Hater on UC history!
Tornado 1, Launch!
Tornado 2, Launch!
Tornado 3, Launch!
P.Zero, Launch!
Go, my babies! Ruin that fuckers day! Muhahahahahaha!
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Torrington Base, 0083 UC, Australia.
Torrington Base is under attack!
Albion, Federation Carrier Ship, groaned as artillery lands on its hull, causing critical hull damage and breaching it's interiors. Meanwhile, the base itself suffered far more catastrophic damage as artillery targeted key structures, eliminating defenses and personnel with extreme prejudice.
Yet amidst the chaos, GP02 Physalis blitz past the ongoing attack with no regard of the danger, confident of no attack landing on it. It's confidence is no bravado or foolishness, no! It's the confidence of a man who's plan coming together.
Inside the GP02, Anavel Gato, a Zeon Ace pilot, laughs as he successfully hijacked the Federation's experimental Gundam unit 2. It was not just any simple MS too. It's an MS capable of deploying Nuclear payloads, a direct violation of the Antarctic Treaty but potato potato, Zeon have a nuke now!
At first, Gato wasn't so keen of the attack being initiated on daylight but with some unforeseen circumstances, the mission was prematurely done. Forced out in the open, a team of three Dom Tropen and a Xamel attacked the base to cover Gato's escape with the hijacked Gundam.
"Gato, good to see ya with a new toy!" Gaily's Dom Tropen dashes into the base near the stolen Gundam, firing at tanks and personnel scrambling a defense.
"Bob's providing cover fire with the Xamel, hit the Feddie ship hard and got it grounded, best time to hit the road immediately before ground MS teams are dispatched." The older soldier said to the Ace pilot who agreed in his case. Meanwhile, two other Dom Tropen arrived to provide more cover fire and wreck the token defense the base is trying to mount and slow down any pursuer.
Suddenly, an MS leap out of the grounded Albion.
It's the GP01 Zephyranthes, piloted by test pilot Kou Uraki!
After witnessing the hijack of the GP02, Kou had taken upon himself to recover the stolen machine by stealing the GP01 too, a very ironic move on his part, but with the subsequent attack on the base and theft of the Gundam, drastic decisions has to be made under pressure.
Landing on the ground, Kou scanned the battleground and sucked a deep breath at the situation. A stolen Gundam, three Dom type units and a hidden artillery support currently bombarding the rest of the base.
Not good on for him.
"Tsk, I just have to push and test this machine's worth then!" Kou hardened his resolve, trusting the Gundam's strength to push him through this fight. He had heard and read about the Gundam's feat and reputation in the One Year War. He knew it's a powerful war machine capable of changing the tides of war.
Today, he will witness if there's truth to it.
Pulling out one of the Beam Sabers, the GP01 leapt into battle, barreling on an unsuspecting Dom Tropen attacking the Base. The Dom Tropen felt danger wash over them and has only time to turn around to see the Beam Saber cut them down from shoulder to groin in one slash. Backing off, the GP01 watched as both halves spark before combusting in a glorious fiery end.
"Damn, so that's the new Gundam." Gaily whistled in his Dom Tropen, not taking his eyes of the monster in front of him.
"It's no White Devil." Gato commented, igniting the GP02's powerful green Beam Saber. Gaily snorts in agreement.
The White Devil is far scarier than this imitation.
"Gaily! Gato! What the hell are two doing? Get the hell outta there and retreat! HVL will be here in any minute! " From the comms, Bob's voice filter through with the echo of heavy artillery fire.
"Cutting a loose end, Bob." Gato replied, eyeing the GP01 maliciously.
But as the GP02 make a step to confront it's sister unit, Gaily's Dom Tropen blocked it with a hand.
"Gaily?" Gato paused at man's actions.
"Bob's right. Get the hell out of here. Mission first before revenge. I'll slow this bugger down for you. I've got a score to settle with the bastard." Gaily replied seriously, still eyeing the Gundam.
"But Gail-"
"Remember the mission, Gato! For Abaoa Qu!" Gaily reminded him causing the Ace pilot to grit his teeth at the memory of their shame.
"... We'll be waiting for you." He said before dashing out of the base. Seeing the fleeing unit, the GP01 tried to follow but was blocked with a slash by Gaily's Dom Tropen, forcing it to step back. Meanwhile, the other remaining Dom Tropen backed Gaily, aiming it's Raketen Bazooka.
Kou cursed at the two Dom's blocking his path. With these two blocking him, he can't chase after the stolen unit immediately. Not to mention, he is not seeing any MS teams being deployed in the base yet and on his peripherals, he can see the base is on shambles after the attack.
He's probably alone in the defense and retrieval of the stolen unit!
Back to Gaily, the veteran began to relay orders to Bob.
"Bob, still got munitions loaded? Think you can nail this one?" He said over the comms as they standoff with the Gundam.
"Can do, Gaily. Still got a few shots before I have to run along with our Ace." Bob chuckles before repositioning and realigning his shot to aim at the Gundam.
But as the man aligns his shot, something went pass his sights.
A blue streak of light.
"What the-" His Xamel took four shots from a Beam weapon, melting metal as it dragged across the massive chassis of the MS before causing it to explode.
"Bob?! Bob?! Damn it?!" Gaily called out in alarm at the sudden cut of communication. Bob was taken out? We're they flanked by MS ground team? When?
He got plenty of questions but it won't be answered as Kou finally had enough of the standoff and decided to bum rush the two Doms. Gaily cursed as he was forced to clash with Gundam in CQC, clashing his Heat Saber with Gundam's Beam Saber. Fortunately for him, he still have another support with the other Dom Tropen with him. The unnamed pilot maneuvered the Dom Tropen around the clashing MS, finding the perfect shot as it flanked the GP01. It raised the Raketen Bazooka on it's shoulder and aimed at the Gundam's back.
"Shit!" Kou cursed as he saw the unit flank him. He can't disengage with the current Dom he is facing but the one flanking him will kill him first!
"Got ya, you bastard!" Gaily laughs as the other Dom Tropen lines up the fatal shot.
Until a stray Beam caught the other Dom Tropen, catching it's weapon and destroying it in a small explosion, staggering the MS. Before the Dom could recover at the sudden loss of it's weapon, more Beams rained down on the unit, hitting it till it exploded.
"What?!" Gaily looked in shock at the sudden attack. When did reinforcements came?
Looking up, he can see three MS units floating above with Beam Rifles pointed down. Gaily narrowed his eyes at the unfamiliar design and colors of the MS reinforcements. He doesn't recognize these MS.
Distracted, Gaily didn't see the Gundam kick off him, disengaging their clash to create a small space between them. That small space was all the signal the trio of unrecognizable MS needed to begin firing at Gaily.
Cursing, Gaily used the Dom Tropen's agility to move and dodge at the volley of Beams streaming down on him. It's a testament of his skill and experience to be able to dodge the enemy fire. Yet that alone wasn't enough to keep him alive. One mistake was all it took, a leg was shot, enough to bring down his Dom Tropen to it's knees.
"Damn!" Gaily cursed as his machine got crippled by the hail of gunfire. Realizing how bad the situation has gone into, Gaily made his last stand. Raising a Sturm Faust, a rocket propelled grenade, he aimed it at the reinforcements.
A costly mistake as he got distracted from the true danger.
The Sturm Faust fell on the ground followed by the dismembered limb of the Dom Tropen, the GP01 standing over it with its Beam Saber held high for the finishing blow.
"Damn you! Gunda-"
The sword fell.
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Anavel Gato practically snarled as he watch the burning wreckage of the HVL that is supposed to be their Evac. Now, it's a pile of burning wreckage courtesy of the Mobile Suit floating high above him, flipping him off with both middle fingers of all things!
He doesn't recognize the blue MS and it's design. Another experimental unit? No, it can't be. Their Intel only gathered two new Gundams.
This one could possibly one of the surviving Gundams of the One Year War.
Despite his seething rage, he can't reach the damned unit with its flight capability. The GP02 is capable of limited flight too but with little to no armaments except for a Melee, Vulcans and the indispensable Nuclear Bazooka, his out of options for prolonged combat.
Yet by some unknown reason, the interloper never attacked him.
Strange.
Suddenly, the blue MS left as fast as it came but before giving him one last middle finger. What a rude pilot.
As they left, Gato tried contacting the rest of his team but no answer. He cursed silently and made a silent vow to not let their deaths be in vain. The mission may have taken a setback and a lot of casualties but he still has backup plans. He still have a second Evac vehicle.
Dashing off, Gato continued the mission.
Operation Stardust will commence no matter what.
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I'm really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really tempted to just shoot the guy down.
I have no hate for Gato, no I respect the man but goddamn his so short-sighted. Waste of talent right here.
Unfortunately, I have to fix this timeline so Stardust will still be canon. That's one fuck up event of the UC timeline and one of the greatest failures of the Earth Fed. Seriously, where the hell are the rest of the Ace pilots of the Fed?
Kou Uraki may be a good pilot in the Gundam but the man practically wasted the Gundam's potential. In his career alone, he piloted not one but two Gundams. Guess what happened to said Gundams.
Fucking destroyed in combat.
Like Jesus Christ, the GP01 Zephyranthes is the souped successor of the RX-78-2 Gundam. That meant it has far higher performance rate than the Gundam and more. Then there's the Full Vernian Zephyranthes.
In the UC era, the Full Vernian Zephyranthes is the very first Gundam with the highest velocity and acceleration, even surpassing later MS like the Nu and Zeta lines, both being described as blinding fast MS.
And fucking Kou blew it fighting against Gato who is piloting the Physalis, an MS that is specifically design to go in and go fast to deliver a Nuclear payloads, not MS combat.
God, I hate the Stardust timeline.
World System, get me the hell outa here!
The only good thing I got in this place is more data for my AI pilots.
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