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>>23320164 (OP)
Which timezone are you in btw copy?

>>23320287

(Eastern Standard. Had to delay the start today due to flash storms in my area knocking out power so often. Can't afford to let my CPU or GPU get destroyed in a power surge. Likely will start back up at 4:00 PM EST)

>>23320164 (OP)

While the Argama reorganizes from its descent to Africa, AEUG begins to reinforce Karaba forces on Earth with new, modernized Mobile Suits to prepare for a campaign of containment warfare to limit Neo Zeon forces to the holdings they have firmly occupied. Arriving from North America to the European battlefront, Katz meets with his father, now sporting a new mechanical arm and leg that had been slightly indoctrinated into accepting as his regular limbs to phase out the risks of Phantom Pain.

>Hayato: Katz! They...really got you back on your feet.
>Katz: Well, both of them. Dad, the labs told me they could improve me even more so. Enough that I could match Amuro in-
>Hayato: Don't compare yourself to Amuro. You are Katz Kobayashi. Never live your life in another mans shadow...but I will admit, your mother is still terrified of you being hurt again.
>Katz: I can't accept being put on the sidelines!
>Hayato: Which is why I want you to pilot a new model. If I can't keep you off the battlefield, I can at least make sure your the most armed on it.

Leading Katz to the hangar aboard his Garuda-class air carrier, Hayato reveals a Zeta Plus A2-type, equipped with a prototype High Mega Cannon on its head.

>Katz: A Gundam...!
>Hayato: If you can't handle it, i'll be taking it out. Treat it like you would the old family car. You put a dent on it, your fixing it. You put a dent on yourself, your banned from it. You got it?
>Katz:...Yes, dad!

Meanwhile in Eurasia, M'quve remains unaware of his families situation as a Dijeh SE-R is readied for his use.

>M'quve:...A kind gift from Luio and Company. Give my regards to your stepdaughter.
>Wong: Don't make me regret allowing you back out there, "Mister Sazaki".

>>23320332

Sleighed by the AEUG and Karaba's refusal to show submission to their demands, Neo Zeon forces mount multiple minor offensive across the Earth and a two major fleet offensives on Side 4 and Side 5. With the Intelligence Agency beginning to fully rebuild itself, Kai is able to ready to transfer Neo Zeon's general movements to the AEUG's forces in space, allowing for John Kowen and Mulligan to ready defensive efforts to slow Neo Zeon.

>Anaheim Technician: And...there we are! Just enough parts left over from those Methuss II's to complete this baby!
>Bernie: Never thought i'd have a Gundam of my own. The sacrifices that went into capturing that one from Side 6...it just feels so empty now.

Across space, the AEUG's defensive efforts a great success as even with Neo Zeon's use of Big Zams, they struggle against to make any substantial gains.

>>23320356

>Big Zam pilot: Colonel Gato, we can not breach their defenses! The enemy force is just a single vessel, but its Mobile Suit escorts are-
>Anavel: The Supreme Commanders orders are final. Side 4 is to be taken by any means necessary.

Neo Zeon's brutish advance leads to them sustaining heavy losses across Earth and space. For every AEUG casualty, they are forced to accept more than five of their very own. At Side 5, the defense garrison left to guard the colony initially struggles against Neo Zeon's attack forces, only to be granted a swift rebound as Amuro and his squadron arrive.

>Yuri Hassler: (So these are the Newtypes that have been spoken of...perhaps our time has already passed as soldiers.)

>>23320365

>Neo Zeon Politician 1: He was laughed out of the room?! The impudence of those Federation dogs...!
>Neo Zeon Politician 2: The Federation Senate has issued demands for Neo Zeon to fund the reconstruction efforts on Earth, under threat of retaliation and forced reclamation of funds should we decline.
>Neo Zeon Politician 3: What is that ingrate Elran even doing?! AEUG barely has any military presence on the planet and he can not even make any further gains?! This is an outrage! An absolute outrage!
>Zabist Councilman: Then perhaps the time has come for a proper message of our power needs to be sent. Before you is an authorization plan for an operation that will bring this war to an end in our favor.

While the Political leaders of Side 3 are presented with a decisive plan that promises to guarantee the surrender of the Federation, Mashymre Cello is given his new orders as Supreme Commander of Neo Zeon's military.

>Mashymre: A direct offensive...why has Lord Dozle not approached me about this?
>Nanai: Unfortunately he has been occupied with another matter, especially with the return of his daughter. Before you depart for Earth though, his Excellency has asked that we properly inoculate you against any potential biological threats the Federation may use against you. Once we are finished, you will be immune to any of their underhanded methods to defeat you.
>Mashymre:...Nanai, was it? Forgive my comment, but...something about you troubles me greatly.
>Nanai: That is very unfortunate to hear.

Preparing multiple vials of modified blood to be transfused into Mashymre, Nanai also unveils a new prototype from Neo Zeon's Newtype labs.

>Mashymre: Bawoo...?
>Nanai: They have already been approved for mass production, but this model has been equipped with a special system suited for you. By our estimations, it will perform nearly 400% above the Zaku III series with this new system.

[Bawoo has been equipped with a Biosensor and data on Kamille's Zeta.]

>>23320408
>with the return of his daughter
ENTER Ple Two

>>23320408
Mashymre is going to become a Cyber Bloodtype?

>>23320408

>Karahan: Sir, I can not force them to deploy.
>Rommel: They do understand the price of defying their duty, do they not?
>Karahan: Yes sir. Some of them have claimed they can not open fire on those who had armed them before and liberated their lands. It would be the same as if firing on you.
>Rommel:...Rally those who will sortie against the Argama.

Bursting into the home of one of his younger soldiers, Niki, Rommel finds the young man moving to his feet to salute to him.

>Rommel: I understand you started this sentiment.
>Niki's wife: You must forgive him! Please, has he not served loyally enough to-
>Rommel: I have learned enough of these lands to know a man should be strong enough to speak for himself, rather than allowing his woman to do ti for him. Why should I not have you executed for treason?
>Niki: Sir, my loyalty has always been to those who protected our lands from occupation! I would give my life for you...but I can not fight against the AEUG or Karaba. They have done just as much to bring peace back to our homes as you have.
>Rommel: Is that right? You would cower while your comrades sortie to fight for their lives?
>Niki:...If you must shoot me, go ahead. For my loyalty though, you will leave my family be-
>Niki's wife: Niki, don't say that! Rommel, this is-

Rommel brandishes his sidearm, firing a shot into Niki's foot.

>Rommel: Your a disgrace to the Rommel Corp. You and every other coward who shares your sentiment. You are hereby dismissed from our forces.

Stepping out from Niki's home, Rommel prepares to partially cripple the other soldiers unwilling to fight, sparing them from the suicide attack his forces have been ordered to undertake by Elran. Meanwhile aboard the Argama, Bright is confined to solitary confinement while Glemy is placed back into the brig for his attempt to escape yet again.

>>23320474
God damn it with the stubborn honourable types. Why can't you just switch sides like a good little snake, Rommel?

>>23320485

Rommel is a Zabi boot licker it was why I was against the hire zeon remnants option in the first place. All we have to show for it is fucking Bernie.

>>23320487
Actually what we have to show for it is winning the battle of Earth at all against the Titans, during a period when we were massively out-resourced and needed to win fast or win never.

>>23320487
>All we have to show for it is fucking Bernie.
I will not tolerate Bernie and M'Qve slander.

>>23320422
>ENTER Ple Two
You know, I just had a horrifying thought. What if Mecha-Dozle can't actually tell one Ple from another? What if the reason why the Zabist council let Ple impersonate Minerva isn't just to keep a Zabi on the throne but also because Ple(s) are fundamentally expendable? What happens when Dozle is lucid enough to know that Ple isn't Minerva because the real Minerva is dead? Just how many Ple(s) could they have gone through before the current one?

>>23320494

Implying it wasn't the Jovian spies and rushing Scirocco's death that saved our asses during the fight with the Titans.

>>23320497
M'Qve actually did shit, Bernie on the other hand got a child killed and by extension all his friends died for Christina's revenge.

>>23320502
If Dozle ever concludes that Mineva is dead he will have a catastrophic breakdown and probably die of shock or s heart attack or something
I really don't think he would even make it to the "maelstrom of rage" part. He'd just crack in terror.

>>23320487
Yeah, and we didn't even scoop up the ALF who weren't even on the Titans hit-list and generally only join Zeon because they gave them any support.

>>23320474

Tired and demoralized from Bright's display from the previous battle and yet another escape attempt, much of the Argama's crew sluggishly go about their duties. Emma, while originally intent on staying true to her promise to fully rear Elpeo for such a severe act of defiance, finds herself trying to console Bright as he begins to break down into an intense grief, while his daughter slips away back into the depths of the ship to be alone and away from others over being called a parasite. With much of the crew disgusted in Elpeo's actions, she is left to her temporary quarters with no running water and with her food being brought by volunteers willing to deal with her. Having made a near-full recovery, and being mostly unaware of Elpeo's antics, Judau makes his way to her room to check on her. Upon opening the automatic door, Judau finds Elpeo in a makeshift bath prepared from stolen water.

>Elpeo: Judau~!
>Judau: You really are looking to get on Emma's worst side. Here, I brought a pudding for you from my ration-

Leaping out from the bath, Elpeo pounces her naked body onto Judau's chest, nuzzling herself against him.

>Judau: Cut it out, will ya?! People are going to start thinking I am some sort of pedo-
>Elpeo: Who cares what they think? When we get back to Axis, daddy will make you his successor! You can do whatever you want and nobody will question you~!
>Judau: Sounds like a real crappy system to me. Your soaking my clothes-
>Elpeo: Want to get in the bath with me? I'll even let you blow on my tummy like daddy does when we-
>Judau: You know, I think I might have done you a real favor getting you away from that...thing.
>Elpeo: Hmph! I bet you and daddy would be good friends if you stopped denying you want me~.

Plopping herself back into the makeshift bath, Elpeo draws a small heart in the steam coming from the tub with her foot. As an alarm blares from the Argama, Judau finds his excuse to slip away from Elpeo.

>>23320547
Puru I am afraid that axis are currently getting their fucking dicks crushed by our vastly superior strategy of not building a single god damn big zam waste of space. As a result your chances of using a royal proclamation to excuse Judau of any such crimes are slim to none, and frankly you will be lucky if this bizarre newtype virus that seems to be propagating throughout the Argama's crew does not turn you into a mindless battle thrall to find a busted up old psycho gundam to die in fighting against vastly superior forces

>>23320547
Judau you are like 2-3 years older than her at max
you are a literal child yourself under most country's definitions of one.

>>23320583
he's like 3 and a half. later 14-early 11 is hella creepy at least to me.

Out of curiosity, Copy X, what date is it? that's always something i've been curious about with these games.

>>23320547

>Karahan: More than half of the Zaku's have been destroyed! Sir, we can not approach the Argama any further without risk of being-
>Rommel: Focus on the Argama's engines! So long as we can trap it here, reinforcements can finish it off! I...will face them myself!

Trusting the Shangri-La kid with engaging Rommel's forces, the Argama runs without proper leadership as Emma still finds herself trying to calm Bright degeneration.

>Emma: Captain, she did save us. Even if you believe she is trying to hurt us, I saw someone desperate just to-
>Bright: You aren't listening. Just like her mother, that child is far more dangerous when she is actively trying to help others than if she were just maliciously attempting to hurt us. She...is just a danger to everyone on this ship.

Feeling yet another rumble, Emma prepares to make her way to the bridge, only to stop as Bright reaches for her hand.

>Bright: You must contain her.
>Emma: She...appears to be hiding from us-
>Bright: She can't stop from clinging onto others. Its...the same as how Kuzco was.

As Judau arrives in the ZZ Gundam to take pressure off of Roux and his other friends, Elpeo stares down at the cooled bathwater in front of her, feeling a pang of sadness at not being doted on like she had been in the homeland. With Glemy now under full surveillance from a full-time guard and even Judau appearing to dislike her, Elpeo quietly begins to hope for any sort of attention or company, even should it come from Emma's correction of her. Hearing her rooms door being accessed, Elpeo lets out a shaky breath as she awaits Emma's hand.

>Elpeo: F-fine, you hag! Give me your best...huh?

Shuffling into the room, Asherah locks eyes with Elpeo, her eyes looking over Elpeo's bare features.

>Elpeo:...What, you want to take a picture or something? Aren't you the crybaby everyone said was hiding on the-
>Asherah: I...dislike feeling lonely too.
>Elpeo:...Your really weird, you know that?

>>23320487
>. All we have to show for it is fucking Bernie.
We recruited decent aces that turned the tide like Norris and more ship commanders(some of which unfortunately died) when AEUG barely has any, it was a good choiice

>>23320620

Still maintaining eye contact with one another, Elpeo begins to feel goosebumps rising on her skin as Asherah starts to lift her dirtied shirt away.

>Elpeo: H-hey! I didn't invite you to take a bath with me! Its already cold, so you can have that if you-
>Asherah: I am not a parasite. When I would feel really lonely, I just wanted to listen to the most pleasant sound in the whole universe...a heartbeat.

Unlike the others aboard the ship, Elpeo feels a great uneasiness by being around Asherah.

>Asherah: Its all going to be ok.
>Elpeo: Your creeping me out! W-why don't you just crawl back where ever you were hiding and-
>Asherah: T-take as much as you want.

Without any hesitation, Asherah tries move her arm behind Elpeo's head into a cradling motion. Unable to understand what is happening, Elpeo starts to flap her hands to free herself, only to be gently tripped over as Asherah pulls her head back to lay on her lap.

>Elpeo: J-Judau?! Someone?! Emma?! A-aaah!

Meanwhile outside the Argama, Rommel's crippled Dwadge Custom slumps over from the damage done to it.

>Rommel: In the end...I died serving loyally...
>Judau: You moron! Why throw your lives away like this?! If you haven't of come, you would still be-

Before Judau can finish, Rommel's machine detonates.

[Desert Rommel and Karahan have died. All pilots aboard the Argama have gained +50 EXP]

>Elle: Judau, you alright?
>Judau:...Something feel wrong to you? Almost like-
>Emma: Good work out there. We are not detecting any further signals.
>Judau: Emma, can you check on that Mineva girl for me? Just, uh...take it easy on her.
>Emma: Did she do something again? That child is testing everyone's patience.

Entering into Elpeo's temporary room, Emma prepares to scold the girl at the sight of the makeshift bath, just to gasp at the sight of Elpeo sitting naked on the floor, a small trickle of blood dried on her lip.

>Emma: Did you hurt yourself? Show me where you-
>Elpeo: I'm sorry...!

I love Mom/Big Sis Emma.

>>23320593
>Out of curiosity, Copy X, what date is it?

(About roughly late 0088. Closer to September/October)

1

>>23320661

Immediately seeing Elpeo's usually bratty and defiant attitude crushed, Emma brushes off her skirt as she sits down in front of Elpeo to look over her face and mouth.

>Emma: What happened here? You tell me exactly what happened-
>Elpeo: Or what? Are you going threaten to hurt me? D-did you tell her to do that to punish me...?
>Emma:...Did Asherah try to put her mouth or hands on your body?

Elpeo begins to move her hands for her face to cover it, just for Emma to gently move them aside as she looks to the little girls face. Slowly wiping the blood away from her lip, Emma gulps slowly.

>Emma: Where did that come from?

Pressing her face against Emma's chest, Elpeo erupts into a continuous, tortured scream. Wrapping her arms around Elpeo, Emma holds onto her as Elpeo's pained scream quiets into a quiet, defeated sob. Realizing where her face is, Elpeo pushes herself away from Emma's breasts, shaking her head in disgust.

>Emma:...Oh, no. She wouldn't have...is that blood from-
>Elpeo: I hate it! I hate it!! I hate that sound so much!! S-so why did she...force me to listen to that terrible sound in her chest...making me have to keep my mouth on her-

Emma lifts up Elpeo, laying her onto the nearby bed as she pulls a blanket over her body.

>Emma: You just rest, ok?

Moving to the phone in Elpeo's room, Emma contacts the bridge for all camera's be on the lookout for where Asherah is to have her found and detained. Ending the call, Emma returns to Elpeo's room to gently rub her hair.

>Elpeo: Uuu...you...hag...! Stupid...I hate you so-
>Emma: Its ok...let it all out now. Say everything you need to help you sleep.

Meanwhile in the Argama's engine section, Asherah silently cries to herself as she holds her bitten chest, the guilt of what she had planned to be a chance to comfort someone becoming a terrible violation of another's dignity.

>Asherah: (Mommy...why is the world so different from your stories? I...I am just a parasite...!)

>>23320748
Lord knows what Asherah was taught because she doesn't know how to socialize at all, and it seems whatever her mother did to her makes even her heartbeat a nightmare to other newtypes

>>23320752
I'm starting to think she was experimented on as a baby

>>23320756
Potentially, that being said it might just be me pulling a Tomino but she genuinely just needs someone to talk to her and guide her through life

>>23320758
I agree with you. Kid clearly needs some guidance and help with whatever Newtype stuff she has going on

>Newtype leeches
Who said the future was going to be sunny?

>>23320748
Of course this is all Kuzco's fault

>>23320748

By the next day, the crew of the Argama begin a mass combing of the vessel in an effort to find and restraint Asherah from acting freely any further. Panicking from the punishment that awaits her, Ashera uses the knowledge that she had gained from Emary's technical knowledge of the Argama to cause to temporary blackout of its systems. With the vessel crashed into the North African desert, along with the security locks across the vessel malfunctioning from the total system reset, Beecha uses the opportunity to escape from his confinement. While Beecha attempts to convince Mondo to join him, the young man finally chooses to abandon joining his old friend for any further debacles that could further endanger him. Glemy, now fully heart broken from nearly being killed by Emma and failing to "save" Roux and "Mineva" from the AEUG, accepts Beecha's offer to be released. In Glemy's naive trust however, he is used as a decoy to mask Beecha's escape from the Argama. Finding the route Beecha had used to escape, Asherah follows him out into the vast desert to find a place to exile herself to. Arming himself, Glemy survives the Argama's attempts to gun him down as he is tries to find "Mineva" to liberate her, only to be left with no other choice but to escape in shame.

>Roux: He's going for the ZZ's Core Fighter!
>Iino: The Agama's hangar won't close! The program is still rebooting!

Leaping onto the Core Fighter as it prepares to lift off, Roux trains her sidearm on Glemy to shoot him...only to hesitate upon seeing the fear on his face.

>Roux: Y-you absolutely stupid-

*BANG*

Still in a state of panic, Glemy accidentally fires his stolen pistol at Roux, causing her to tumble into the open canopy of the Core Fighter as she clutches her waist.

>Glemy: No, no ,no...!
>Judau: Roux!
>Glemy: What have I done?!

Boosting the Core Fighter out from the Argama, Glemy flies aimlessly into the desert in search of anyone that could provide medical assistance for Roux.

>>23320921
Okay whoa jeez wow, so in summary: BAD!

This crew is filled with retards

>>23320921
Demon Child

>>23320921
>While Beecha attempts to convince Mondo to join him, the young man finally chooses to abandon joining his old friend for any further debacles that could further endanger him.
Finally some sense. I think we've found our new captain.

>>23320921

>Beecha: Haha~! I am finally free~! You all can kiss my-aaa...so...hot...!

Not used to the African heat, Beecha feels his flesh burning from the intensity of the sun. Asherah, still struggling with the sensation of gravity and the heat bombarding her body, pants and whimpers as the burning sand scorches through her clothes. Observing Beecha's movements, a survivor of Rakan's crashed vessel drives out to recover him for questioning, while an African local hidden nearby clutches a Zeon helmet as she observes the chaotic symphony of alarms from the Argama.

>Masai: Why would their kind come to a place like this? Tag, those monsters will soon be gone from...huh?

Peering out from behind a rock, Masai's eyes widen at the sight and sounds of Asherah's struggle. With her heart overriding her rationality, Masai mounts onto her camel, riding out Asherah's body and scooping the crying child into the shroud of her cloak as she rides off for her village.

>Emma: Get a lock on the ZZ's Core Fighter! Judau, I want you to launch in the Zeta to pursue it! Everyone else-
>Torres: Emma, I just caught footage of Beecha and...Brights kid! They were both outside the Argama!
>Emma: Ready Elle and Iino to recover them both from-
>Torres: They were just taken! One by a hovercraft, the other someone on a Camel!

Keeping Asherah close to her, Masai feels a conflict raging in her thoughts as she looks down to the chubby, pale skinned child shielded against her chest.

>Masai: (What am I even doing? The village will think I kidnapped this little white girl...and yet, you wouldn't leave her to the harshness of the desert, would you Tag? Please, just give me some guidance-)
>Asherah: Mommy...it burns, mommy...

Stopping her Camel, Masai fumbles through her supplies for a canteen of water. Planting the opening of the container onto Asherah's mouth, Masai slowly wipes away layers of sweat form on the childs head with her cloak.

>>23321003
>>Torres: They were just taken! One by a hovercraft, the other someone on a Camel!
if its a choice we go for the child

>>23321006
I think we should leave Asherah here, but only after admitting to her that we don't know how to be a parent.

>>23321012
I don't think staying with Masai is a good idea since she's perfectly willing to die in Tag's name, maybe if she proves herself to put Asherah over her

but on the other hand if the ALF is still around I don't want to leave her there either, all I know is that Beecha is somehow worse, I don't care to rescue him at all and he's probably going to help Rakan

>>23321003

>Glemy: (S-she's going into shock. What the hell is wrong with me?! Oh all the people I could have harmed, it had to be such a beautiful angel of a woman...! God, if your listening...any god who is listening...I will offer you anything in return for saving her! My blood, my family's title, my very soul...anything to-)

A rocket fires out a nearby canyon. To distracted to see it coming, Glemy allows the Core Fighter to be struck as it spirals to the ground below, where a modified Zaku Tanker carrying blue coated Mobile Suits disperses Minovsky Particle canisters to mask their escape as they drag the downed Core Fighter away.

>Judau: I lost their signal! Damn! Roux!
>Torres: Judau, can you read me?! We are under fire from a Neo Zeon force! We need you back here, right now!
>Judau: I can't just leave Roux-
>Emma: We have...no other choice! Return immediately!

While the Argama struggles to survive against the survivors of Rakan's crew launching a joint marine infiltration operation and Mobile Suit attacks, Masai arrives back in her nearby village with Asherah, much to the cold and hate filled eyes of the people of Oasis Village. Silently carrying Asherah back into her silent, empty home, Masai tries to cool the girl down to the best of her abilities. Hallucinating and seeking the only comfort she knows that can truly calm her, Asherah forces herself under Masai's garb, planting her lips onto her nipple. Rather than pulling away, Masai feels her body relaxing as she allows Asherah to continue, envisioning a future where Tag had survived to give her a child of her own. Driven only by her feral urges and the intense emotions flowing from Masai, Asherah forms an unintentional psychic bond with her mind, causing the woman to experience an intense pain as her most prominent thoughts are assimilated by Asherah.

"Tag".

To Masai, this man represented the true beginning and end of her life.

>>23321088
>My blood, my family's title, my very soul...anything to-
Deja vu.

>>23321088

>Elo: Why should we waste any supplies on these invaders?!
>Dido: Look at that aircraft. It is not of Neo Zeon origin, so that only leaves these two being of the Federation or Karaba.
>Elo: All I see are two Franks. One that might live through the night.
>Glemy: Roux...save...

Pulling Glemy out from the Core Fighter, Dido moves his scimitar for his neck.

>Dido: Your companion will not survive the night with her wounds. If you comply with us, we will assist you in saving her life-
>Elo: Commander, what are you thinking?!
>Dido: We are out of options! Gadeb has lost any and all sense in his crusade!
>Elo: Anything is worth seeing the Franks removed from our sacred lands!
>Dido: He has spilled more blood of the rightful natives of these lands! That Neo Zeon ship that crashed has only emboldened him to expand his brutality!
>Elo: They would gladly give their lives knowing these devils have been removed!
>Dido: Enough! Listen to me, boy of Karaba. You will assist us in locating your peoples base of operations in Africa. Agree and comply with our demands, and we will save the life of your woman.
>Glemy: Y-yes! Anything! Just...save her! I beg of you!

While Elo views Glemy as human filth in his moment of weakness, Dido gives a brief nod of respect for the young man's complete openness to save his companions life. Slowly opening her eyes, Roux finds a chance to escape back to the Argama with the ZZ's Core Fighter, though her bleeding continues to worsen from the severed artery from Glemy's shot.

Meanwhile in Oasis Village, Asherah rubs Masai's head to help relax her migrane, only to learn of her plans to sortie in a Gelgoog to attack the Argama to bring what she believes will be peace to Tag's tormented soul. Having felt the deepest recesses of Masai's memories of her lover, Asherah feels a cold sensation within her as she believes she could convince Masai that she is a messenger of her dead lover's wishes.

>>23321127

>Asherah: (T-that would be wrong. I...she has been so kind to me. Why...why do I always feel this need to be with others? When I hear how they think, I can't just...)

Seeing Asherah crying, Masai wipes away the fresh layer of tears from her face. Reaching for her clothes, Masai sets her container of water and a few strips of dried, cut meat for Asherah.

>Masai: Make these last. When the others ask, tell them I took you from that ship. They will find a way to get you back to your people, one way or another...
>Asherah: Your coming back...right?
>Masai:...Thank you, child. I am ready for what is to come.

>Will Roux trust Glemy?
https://strawpoll.com/GJn44aWNQnz

>Will Asherah manipulate Masai's by using her memories of Tag?
https://strawpoll.com/Dwyo35BRXyA

>>23321148
I'm thinking trust Glemy and yes to manipulating Masai. Glemy has literally done nothing wrong so far and has actually saved Roux's life once already, and she's saved his. So there has to be some trust built up here. And if Masai isn't manipulated she's just going to die a pointless death that's practically suicide. That'd also leave Asherah alone in a desert town were everyone hates her and she'd likely have to take even more drastic measures to survive.

>>23321148

The fucked thing about the Masai decision is that Asherah would have to do something kind of awful to keep her from going out on a suicide run. Doing it might help the Argama and save Masais life bug at what cost?

>>23321156
>>23321160
I'm worried if this is a character building choice, Asherah could fall victim to a slippery slope of manipulation if it 'helps' people

>>23321148
If we want Asherah to not be purely hell for us she's going to need to stop doing evil through her own action.

>>23321164
Not even for us, but for herself.

Also Masai might NOT die out there regardless

>>23321160
>>23321161
It might also be a decision that gives Asherah experience and helps her learn how to understand others, but you do have a point.
Whatever the case though if Masai isn't manipulated she's going to get herself killed and everyone tied to the Argama will be worse off for it. Masai being manipulated into being a ally might be key to recruiting the Blue Team or at least convincing other zeonic elements to stop fighting for Axis, we don't need any more Rommel's in this war.

>>23321169
Masai isn't zeonic though, and she at least in ZZ was unrelated to the Blue Team, but if by chance anyone did know her I'd think randomly popping up with the Argama with new claims of what Tag wants would be suspicious

>>23321148
Went no on both
No to Gelmy since he is incompetent and a moron that will get killed by blue team when they find out he is not from Karaba.
No since Asherah needs to stop trying fix everything by newtype controlling them.

>>23321156
Glemy feels incredibly delusional and it feel like he will accidentally get Roux killed because of it. We need to get rid of him soon since he is a pain in the ass to have as a prisoner.

>>23321209
Roux is right now bleeding out and the Core Fighter was shot down. Attempting to leave right now seems like suicide.

>>23321148

Canonically Masai lost against Judau and ended up alone and hated by her people. Would it not be more merciful to give her a new purpose to live with by getting her to fight for the Argama? Asherah has a talent that needs to be trained and nurtured not a source of self hate.

>>23321262
Using her newtype powers to "help"/control people is what we are trying to wean her from doing. Its obvious that her crazy mom's bad ideas were fed to her and we need to not encourage that type of behavior.

>>23321209
It says escape in the core fighter so it must be functioning right. Glemy is a mess and getting Roux away from her should be one of our priorities if possible.

>>23321148
I don't think Asherah is capable of learning the right lessons from this encounter on her own regardless of what we pick here
Whar might actually help her is encountering a more powerful NT that she can't assert any control over, who then gives her some proper guidance. But we don't have anyone that strong right now, Judau isn't there yet for example.
Still I'm gonna say yes to both of these. It makes sense in-character for Roux to trust Glemy, and Asherah might end up being a nightmare for us but she already kinda is (shutting down the Argama's electronics on a whim is ridiculous) and this at least has a small chance to push her in the right direction.

>>23321148

Struggling against her instinct to use such an opportunity to escape, Roux settles back into the Core Fighter's seat, closing her eyes again as she awaits any sort of aid Glemy will be able to provide for her. Asherah, unable to bring herself to use Masai's own perception of Tag, silently allows for her savior to follow her own beliefs.

Meanwhile, the Argama is attacked from multiple positions by Neo Zeon forces under the command of Rakan, forcing Judau, Elle and Iino into yet another battle so soon after their engagement against Rommel's battalion. While Elle is able to hold her own with the Mark II, Judau begins to severely struggle as yet another mental shock affects him during the battle, while Rakan himself proves to be to much for Iino to handle as the Hyaku Shiki is forced to return to the Argama for emergency repairs.

>Astionage: We don't have time to replace the entire arm! Iino, can you hear me buddy?! Damn, that is a severe concussion...!

Sensing the tide of emotions flowing throughout the Argama, Elpeo slips out from Emma's room to the Argama's hangar. As she stares upon the damaged Hyaku Shiki and Iino's injured state, she is reminded of her own duty on Axis...

>Neo Zeon Researcher memory: (You are greatly improving, Ple model one. I know it hurts, but one day you will have to defend Dozle Zabi's life...until you can assume the throne in his place. Prove yourself, and one day you will never have to return to cold sleep again.)

Sprinting towards the damaged Hyaku Shiki, Elpeo quickly readies the Mobile Suit for launch as she deploys to assist Elle and Judau.

>Rakan: Ho~? The gold one is already back?
>Elpeo: (Judau...Judau is in so much pain. Everyone is going to die unless I can be strong enough to stop this...!)

Taking aim with the Hyaku's beam rifle, Elpeo begins to fire through multiple Neo Zeon Mobile Suits cockpits, freeing Elle and Judau from their oppressive attack.

>Elle: Is that Iino? No, he could never aim like that...

>>23322016

>Rakan: Ngh...! What is taking the infiltration team so long?!

Swinging his Zaku III's saber at the Hyaku Shiki, Rakan grows increasingly frustrated at the golden Mobile Suits rapid increase in performance. Even so, he recognizes his enemies reluctance to rely on close combat compared to keeping its distance. Meanwhile aboard the Argama, a group of soldiers keep Beecha bound to metal plate, using him as a shield as they make their way to the Argama's reactor to destroy it with bombs.

>Beecha: Listen! You don't have to-
>Neo Zeon Soldier: Shut up, before we snap your jaw to keep you quiet! All we need is your body, nothing else!
>Argama Soldier 1: Damned cowards...I can't shoot a kid!
>Argama Soldier 2: Are all the security locks still down?! If we stop them from-

Grabbing the soldiers rifle, Bright's naked body steps forward as he fires shots at the Neo Zeon Marine team, his shots just narrowly missing Beecha.

>Neo Zeon Soldier: That lunatic doesn't even care if he hits the kid! We are so close to the reactor now...just push forward and-

Running forward, Bright uses the butt of the rifle to club one of the Neo Zeon soldiers, before gunning down any survivors to stunned by his brazen attack.

>Beecha:...Holy shit. Ha...haha...! Could do with not seeing your junk, but I guess I owe you a-

Bright presses the rifle to Beecha's forehead, pressing its trigger as a click rings out.

>Bright:...Someone get me a new magazine-
>Argama Soldier 2: Captain, you nearly shot a-
>Bright: An enemy.

Meanwhile, Judau begins to regain his sanity as the pain assaulting his mind begins to fade away.

>>23322028
I love this Bright so much. Beecha really is terminally retarded and (almost) got what he deserved

>>23322039
it is based to a degree, but this lack of tact is a morale drainer

>>23322028

Slicing an opening into the Hyaku Shiki's cockpit, Rakan readies a killing blow on the Mobile Suit.

>Rakan: I have you now!
>Elpeo: You...are a monster! Just like the Werewolf that comes from Daddy!
>Rakan: Wait, aren't you...?!

Boosting back from the Hyaku Shiki, Rakan recoils in confusion at the Princess of Neo Zeon being on the battlefield. Out of a twisted sense of loyalty to Dozle, Rakan recalls the remainder of his forces to rally with the African Liberation Front, leaving the damaged Hyaku Shiki to slump down from damage.

>Elpeo: He...just left?
>Judau: Mineva!
>Elpeo: Oh, Judau! Your feeling bett-
>Masai: For Tag!! With this Gelgoog, I will finally lay his tormented soul to rest!!

Hovering towards the Argama, Masai readies a set of makeshift weapons to push past the Mark II and Hyaku Shiki as she prepares the cut off the Argama's bridge. Before she can arrive, Judau crashes the Zeta into her Mobile Suit, leaving both Mobile Suit to strike one another with their fist. Feeling Masai's pain from his growing Newtype potential, along with the lingering influence of Asherah still on her spirit, Judau attempts to pull Masai from the cockpit.

>Judau: Stop struggling!
>Masai: Another child?! Is this what the Federation have been reduced to?! Even that little girl that left your ship was...!
>Judau: Little girl? Bright's kid...!
>Masai: Tag...Tag is saying I have to do this! No matter the cost, he can not rest until-
>Judau: Just stop already! The battle is over!

Just as the Zeta begins to reach for Masai's body, Elpeo fires a shot through her cockpit.

>Judau: Mineva?! Why did you-
>Elpeo: I could feel that girl on her! She...was far to dangerous!

[Masai has died, +50 EXP to all Argama crew]

Feeling Masai's death from Oasis Village, Asherah collapses onto the floor of her saviors home, releasing a tortured wail at having lost someone she had had forged a bond with in such a short period of time.

>>23322065
Told you guys that Masai was going to die

>>23322091
Ah, she's going to learn the wrong lesson from this...

>>23322096
Yes now Asherah is going to go all in on manipulating people to prevent them from getting themselves killed

>>23322065

As the shroud of night begins to approach, two African Elders enter into Masai's home, finding Asherah still quietly crying.

>Elder 1: Your people have come for you. Come.

Landing outside the village in the Zeta Gundam, Judau steps out with a box of food and medical supplies from the Argama.

>Judau: Emma wanted your people to have this in return for-
>Elder 2: We just want your kind to leave. Keep your "gifts" and leave us to our lives. Child, go to your people.

Collapsing onto the sand below, Asherah's body locks up from the guilt of failing to save Masai, along with the punishment that awaits her on the Argama. Leaning down, Judau scoops the girl into his arms as he carries her back to the Zeta. Asherah's eyes look to Judau's lips, only for her to try and push against the young man's chest.

>Asherah: I did something...that nobody will ever-
>Judau: I told Emma you will be staying with me from now on. Whatever you deal is, I am not going to let those adults touch you. Elpeo told me what happened between you both...so your going to do what I say until I can find my sister.
>Asherah:...You love your sister more than anything in the whole world, don't you?
>Judau: Don't make it sound so weird.

Looking back to Judau's lips, Asherah feels her body and spirit crying out to feel his emotions flowing through her. To feel the same kind of love he has for his sister...and yet, she restrains herself.

>Elpeo memory: (No! Judau, just leave her in that-)
>Emma: (Hush. Judau, we need to keep her contained once she is brought back. I know you believe that-)
>Judau: (That little kid should have never been here in the first place, just like Leina should not have been. From now on, i'll keep her under control.)
>Elpeo: (Judau! If you do, i'll...i'll never let you become my husband! I'll hate you forever! Please...I don't want her to make you hear that terrible sound...!)

>>23322111

>Side 3 Politician: Minister Bakharov, these terms will not be acceptable to the Zabi-
>Monaghan: The corpse currently sitting on the throne is little more than a showpiece. His handlers will understand that what we were able to negotiate will work in our favor in the long run. The Federation will turn its attention to the AEUG, and our military will have the time it needs to recuperate.
>Side 3 Politician: That Federal Defector has already left Dakar. Could they be planning to attack?
>Monaghan: And throw away the mother of all bluffs? Have faith, wiser minds will prevail in this age of madness. A shame my father could not live to see the future of Zeon being secured.

Entering into the Dakar Conference Hall, Monaghan Bakharov prepares to finalize an arrangement that would guarantee the space holdings of Neo Zeon to remain independent in return for an end to hostilities. Just as he prepares to speak however, a rumble begins to shake the city of Dakar.

>Monaghan:...No! Not when it is right in front of our-

In a single flash, the city of Dakar is struck by a nuclear warhead fired from Luna II's Mass Driver, eradicating the majority of the Federation Senate and the representatives sent by Side 3.

>>23322145
Okay, so Luna II is still controlled by Axis.

Is Elran up to his old tricks?

>>23322145

>Neo Zeon Officer: Dakar has been completely destroyed. The attack was a complete success, Colonel Gato.
>Anavel: Comrades! Give a salute to our brothers who gave their lives to deal such a tremendous blow to the Federation! May they find eternal peace in the Valhalla that awaits them in death!
>Kelley:...Why there? We could have opened fire on a Federation base or even on one of the AEUG's fleets!
>Anavel: The people of Earth need to realize that their government can not protect them. Only Zeon has the power to maintain authority and control in this new age of-
>Kelley: We still representatives there!
>Anavel: Men that continued talks that no longer needed to happen. Zeon will win this war, and this time it will be through the zeal of our soldiers.
>Kelley: (Gato...what happened to you? There is pride and honor, and then there is just madness.)

With this nuclear attack, the Federations military leadership abandons any and all peace negotiations with Neo Zeon, instead taking a stance of total war. While they still refuse to directly support the AEUG out of fear of a coup, the Federations remaining leaders grant their blessings for the AEUG to act freely in engaging Neo Zeon from this point forward.]

>Katz: Neo Zeons...! Nemo III team, on me! We will destroy every last one of their forces in Europe!

>>23322157

All safeguards against the AEUG's retaliatory efforts have been removed, along with the Federation stepping aside given their own losses. Having already held back multiple Neo Zeon advances, Karaba begins a major counter offensive operation under the command of Hayato Kobayashi and M'quve to finally remove their threat from the Earth. In space, Amuro Ray's squadron is reassigned to join a fleet mobilizing to capture Luna II before yet another nuclear attack can be enacted.

>Kai:...Its a fitting machine for a coward like me. Armored to the brim and plenty of guns.
>Anaheim Technician: Chairman Wong has already begun plans for these to be mass produced. All of the firepower makes it a one machine army.

While Kai looks over the FAZZ's specs, he is informed by an agent of his new Intelligence agency of Luna II's nukes being transported to Axis directly.

>Kai: Continue to trace them. Axis lacks any kind of long range Mass Drivers, so they must have other intentions...

>>23322171
Has A Boa Que been destroyed yet? I remember it getting captured by Axis, but not destroyed.

Don't tell me they're going to drop A Boa Que loaded with nukes.

>>23322171

Europe, Russia, India, Madagascar, Africa as a whole...all of these territories find themselves under an intense attack from Karaba's forces in an effort to break the spine of Neo Zeon's Earth occupation force. Unable to respond to such an incredible number of attacks, Elran retreats to Odessa while the forces assigned to him struggle against the overwhelming power of Anaheim's newest machines. GM III's crush outdated Zeon remnants in Russia. Guncannon Detectors rain intense barrages onto the weakened African Liberation Front armies in South Africa. Kou Uraki, fueled by rage by his best friends betrayal, emerges from the Atlantic Ocean with a Hyaku Shiki Ground Combat variant to attack any surviving Neo Zeon soldiers near the wastelands near Dakar.

>Katz: You want to see something exciting, you Zeon bastard?! Try this on for size! High Mega Cannon, fire!!

Boosting in front of a platoon of Dreissen's, Katz unleashes a massive beam on them at point blank range, reducing them to cinders within seconds.

>Katz: Get the stragglers! Don't let them escape to harm even one other person! This is the last time Zeon is ever setting a foot on Earth!
>Nemo III pilot: You got it, little boss!

In Russia, M'quve cuts through Neo Zeon battalions alongside those following beneath his banner.

>M'quve: Ah~Dijeh. If only you had a proper shield, you would be a worthy successor to the Gyan.

[Neo Zeon has suffered heinous losses on Earth]

>>23322215
We're doing good here but I'm worried about whatever they're cooking up at Axis. We'll probably be facing Mass Produced Bawoos and Bawoos equipped with biosensors soon enough. And whatever the hell the Psycho Casket is.

>>23322111
>Looking back to Judau's lips, Asherah feels her body and spirit crying out to feel his emotions flowing through her. To feel the same kind of love he has for his sister...and yet, she restrains herself.
This is ideal, she can earn that love the correct way, I think if we let her brainwash Masai sure we might get another pilot and she COULD calm down that way but she would be open to doing exactly this instead of showing restraint

>>23322215
>Katz actually doing something cool

What is Char up to?

>>23322215

While the war between Karaba and Neo Zeon intensifies yet again, Glemy assists the Blue Unit' forces by combing through the ZZ's Core Fighter for saved communication codes with Karaba forces. Having successfully isolated where Karaba is likely functioning out of Africa, Dido stands by his promise of assisting Roux as her wound is sealed and disinfected.

>Dido:...You aren't of the AEUG or Karaba, are you?
>Glemy: I...would it make any difference who I fight for at this point?
>Dido: I have no intention of holding you as a prisoner. Once Karaba has been removed from this region, you can return to whoever you serve with that woman. AEUG, Neo Zeon...perhaps you may even take your woman away from this fighting.
>Glemy:...I am a noble of Neo Zeon.
>Dido: I had a feeling. The longer we spoke, I could tell you felt different from the men of Karaba or AEUG. If you truly believe you are of nobility, then will you call for Neo Zeon to leave our lands as well?
>Glemy: With the upmost respect, would we not bring prosperity to your people? With the technology Neo Zeon has, we could assist in restoring where you live to-
>Dido: A promise we have heard countless times from the Whites. Africa has historically been defiled for its resources since humanity had scattered to the globe. Even as mankind escapes into the void of space, we continue to watch as what remains of our homeland must suffer for the needs of others. All I desire is a day I can look upon our ruined land...and to know will have the chance to live in it without interference.
>Glemy: Sir Dido...
>Elo: Commander, its Gadeb's forces! They are mobilizing all forces to attack Ghardaïa alongside Neo Zeon!
>Dido: Damn him! We already confirmed Karaba has no influence there, and yet...ready for battle! We have to stop them! Glemy, if you truly believe Neo Zeon will support our freedom, then aid us in stopping this insanity!
>Elo: Commander, your trusting a Frank?! An Aryan Frank at that?!

>>23322272

On the outskirts of the city of Ghardaïa, Gadeb Jasin and his army mass together with Rakan's recently repaired Mindra to launch a genocidal attack on those he considers traitors to the African Race. While not part of his orders, Rakan agrees to assist in this attack out of his deep-rooted hatred of the people of Earth, along with satisfying his bloodlust. Having entered Ghardaïa for supplies, Judau, Elle, Iino and Elpeo are caught in the chaotic attack as hundreds of innocents are slaughtered.

>Judau: This is...this is just evil!
>Elle: Why are they even attacking this place?!
>Iino: The underground complex. They must be trying to attack them.

As the kids move to escape for the Argama, Rakan contacts an agent of Neo Zeon over his discovery of "Mineva", with his order being adjusted for him to find and eliminate the girl before she can be used against them. While loyal to Dozle, Rakan believes her death being reported as an act done by Karaba will fully unleash the Zabi into a genocidal uproar as well. Meanwhile aboard the African Liberation Fronts Zaku Tanker, Glemy holds onto Roux's hand as she begins to stir awake.

>Glemy: Ah~your looking so much better! Again, thank you all for helping her-

Roux slams her open palm against Glemy's cheek.

>Roux: If you expect any thanks from me, you can blow it out your ass.
>Glemy: R-Roux! That kind of vulgarity is-
>Roux: You shot me! You deserve so much worse than just a slap, you absolutely stupid-

Feeling his arm being grabbed, Glemy is left stunned as Dido forces him to slap Roux across the face.

>Dido: God granted us the gift to discipline a woman in a state of hysteria. Do not insult our creator by refusing to use the tools he bestowed upon us.
>Glemy: A-A man should never lay a hand upon a woman! Ever!
>Dido: There are times it is the only option. One a woman will one day thank you for when they are truly calmed.

Looking back to Roux, Glemy blushes as he finds Roux blushing from the strike.

>>23322293
>Looking back to Roux, Glemy blushes as he finds Roux blushing from the strike.
Why are all the women and girls on the Argama completely crazy?

>>23322293

>Torres: Emma, we have a situation! Zeon forces appear to be engaging one another at Ghardaïa!
>Emma: Infighting? Are even they beginning to break down from how far their leadership is going in this war...?

Refusing to allow the genocide of Ghardaïa to continue, Dido, Elo and the other members of the Blue Unit deploy to stop Gadeb's heinous attack.

>Gadeb: Those blue Mobile Suits...Dido, what is the meaning of this?!
>Dido: You know damn well this place is harboring no resistance against us, and yet you continue to focus on attacking our own-
>Gadeb: The infidels that would dare harbor the filth of the White Race deserves worse than death! Their blood will sanctify our conquest across the White's lands as we eradicate them for good and all!
>Dido: Freedom for Africa by murdering the very people who yearn for it...your nothing but a feral butcher, Gadeb Jasin!

While both sides engage one another, the Argama receives a notice of the ZZ's Core Fighter being detected.

>Emma: Core Fighter, respond immediately!
>Roux: E-Emma...! Glemy is with me...!
>Emma: Glemy? What is he-
>Glemy: Miss Emma, I know you have every reason to despise me. I know...that I have done things that are unforgivable. Because of me, both of you were nearly killed. I beg of you though...let me prove the true values of what my family name means! Let me show you that Neo Zeon are not here to harm humanity!
>Emma: What are you asking for?
>Glemy: Send the other components of the ZZ to me! If I don't act now, Ghardaïa and the people in it will be murdered!
>Torres: Has he lost it?! Wait, if Roux is with him as well, is she also-
>Emma: Mute the transmission. Give me a moment to think...

>Send Glemy the ZZ's other components?
https://strawpoll.com/1MnwkWpJAn7

>>23322309
Judaubros, are we getting cucked by Glemy?

>>23322319
I'm voting yes. Glemy's done good this run protecting others whether they're friend or foe, and he has Roux with him. Let's send him the ZZ and give him the power to stop the slaughter of Ghardaia.

>>23322319
unlike normal ZZ he IS against this genocide instead of using it to fight the ZZ(ironicially) and it will burn Glemy and Rakan I think if they fight each other so you know what fuck it send him the ZZ

>>23322330
wait, didnt rakan die?

>>23322331
No, but he has orders to kill Puru

>>23322331 (me)
I realized it was Desert Rommel I was thinking of. Whoops, both names started with an R.

>>23322330
There's also that Glemy is genuinely a noble soul, he's perfectly fulfilling the knightly ideas that Mashymre imparted onto him.
>>23322331
No he's still alive he even helped plan this attack >>23322293 . Giving Glemy the ZZ parts will probably give him the strength to strike down Rakan. And be a metaphor for nobility striking down brutality or something.

>>23322319
Why would we allow a massacre to take place before our very eyes and not do something to help the less worse party?

>>23322341
Perhaps the other question to be asked is if we think Glemy can actually handle the power of the ZZ. It's a complete mobile suit that's armed to the teeth and even the head.
Having recently read the Lou Galter run, I wouldn't be surprised if Glemy accidentally fires the Hi-Mega Cannon on Ghardaïa.
At the same time, I believe he would try to engage Neo Zeon with nothing but the Core Fighter if refused.

>>23322341
I'm willing to accept some civilian losses if it gets Glemy killed

>>23322347
Glemy shouldn't have to much of a issue piloting the ZZ, he has Roux with him whose been the main pilot of the machine this run. So if there's any problems he can rely on her.
>>23322360
What is the deal with your Glemy hatred? He's done literally nothing wrong and this runs version is one of the best we've experienced.

if nothing else Glemy could replace Beecha if it works out of course

>>23322367
He keeps fucking up and getting other people injured during his escape attempts on top of being delusional Zabist retard. I don't want to see him getting someone else killed because of his stupidity

i don't care which choice wins but i'm going with glemy on the off chance this is his redemption and he manages to do good.
otherwise it's no skin off my nose, it'll be neo zeon fucking things up.

>>23322374
The only time he ever got someone killed was during the first attempt when Mashymre snapped a guards neck, arguably not his fault. Second attempt he and Mineva attempted to escape and steal the Zeta, where he ended up saving Roux from Rakan and helping the Argama descend to Earth.
Third attempt he accidentally shot Roux and escaped in a core fighter, but he got her medical attention and made it up to her.

So Glemy's actions have generally been a benefit for us despite his naive and somewhat delusional outlook. And here he's genuinely apologizing to Emma and asking for the power to stop a massacre.

>>23322309

Elle seems a little bratty from being a teen but she is mostly sane. Emma is just full ship mom right now. Elpeo is being a clone and Roux seems to like Glemy but is being Tsundere about it.

>>23322319

>Emma:...Prepare to launch the remaining components of the ZZ Gundam!
>Torres: Emma, can we afford to trust that guy?! We have no idea if he is working with those Neo Zeon's who are-
>Emma: Unmute the communication as well. Roux, can you hear me? Walk Glemy through the combination sequence and limit the destruction as much as possible until reinforcements can arrive.

Meanwhile, Judau and the others finally arrive at their hidden jeeps in the desert.

>Judau: There will be nothing left to save at this rate!
>Elpeo: Judau, I can sense something! Its...the ZZ Gundam!
>Judau: The ZZ? Did Mondo deploy in the upper section or-
>Elpeo: No, the whole Mobile Suit! Its coming!

Combining above the city of Ghardaïa, Glemy seeks out Dido's Gelgoog, finding it still being engaged by Gadeb.

>Gadeb: The Gundam, huh? All forces, finish cleansing this mistake of a city and focus on the-

Breaking off from his engagement with Gadeb, Dido destroy's four Desert Zaku's moving to attack the ZZ while it is still in the air. Finding an opening in Dido's movements, Gadeb fires a bazooka round into the Gelgoogs back, fatally wounding Dido.

>Elo: Dido!!
>Gadeb: Fall in line! Do you fools not see that this is the only way we can cleanse our lands of these traitors?!
>Elo: Gadeb Jasin!!

>>23322392
As >>23322374 says Glemy hate comes from his inability see the consequences of his actions and unintended general harm to others around him. Also he is messing with our pilot sortie by constantly helping hijack our mobile suits. Beecha is still much worse though. Dido might rub off something good unto Glemy.

>>23322508

>Glemy: Elo, get Dido to safety! This bloodshed ends here and now!
>Elo: Y-you?! You actually came back for us...despite being a Frank?
>Gadeb: How pathetic. In the end, you people lack the resolve to change anything in this world!
>Glemy: People like you are just perpetuation of what twist the nobility of mankind! Turning your weapons on the unarmed, all while crying out about the greater good...!

Thinking back to what Axis had become under Dozle's rule and the even his own perception of people under the beliefs of nobility, Glemy feels an intense sorrow washing over him, only for it to subside as he feels Roux's hand against his.

>Roux: Whatever you do...don't use the High Mega Cannon unless it is a last resort.

Engaging in battle against Gadeb, Glemy and Roux are able to gain an upper hand, forcing Gadeb's Dwadge to jump as it is placed into the ZZ's sights to be fired on.

>Gadeb: D-damn you all! Africa will be free, and the Whites will be eradicated from every part of the world by our-

[Gadeb has died]

>Rakan: Worthless ape. Ready the Mobile Suits for launch! Today, that Gundam will be-
>Mindra Officer: Sir, the Gundam is moving towards our flank!

Panting intensely from the G-Forces against his body, Glemy attempts to place both the Mindra and Gadeb's army in the line of fire of the High Mega Cannon.

>Glemy: I get one shot, right? Will it be enough to-
>Roux: If you miss, we are both dead. Honestly...your not the worst person i'd want to go out with.

Placing her hand to the switch to fire the High Mega Cannon, Roux waits for Glemy to grab the back of her hand to confirm he is ready to fire. In a massive flash, multiple Zaku Tankers, Mobile Suits and even the Mindra are struck by the massive blast, forcing Rakan to make an emergency retreat due to damage while the majority of the African Liberation Front is destroyed.

>>23322510
I hope Beecha can get some redemption moving forward. Sure he's a giant jackass, but being shoved into the brig for all time while all his friends become pilots can't be an enjoyable experience.
>>23322521
Holy shit this Glemy is amazing.

>>23322521
Superb!
Glemy and Roux always seem to make a good team after they get through the first impressions.

>>23322521

Awakening in the underground complex of Ghardaïa, Roux finds herself being tended to by medical personnel for her previous wound.

>Emma: Finally. Roux, how are you feeling?
>Roux:...Oooh, what the heck is wrong with me? Look Glemy, your going to have a hell of a lot to answer for making me-

Looking around the Medical section, Roux grows confused at not seeing him in the room.

>Roux: What, he doesn't even have the class to see how I am after-
>Emma: The villagers informed us that he was taken by a Mobile Suit shortly after the battle ended.
>Roux: He left? Just...like that? Where did he go then? With those "Blue" guys or whatever they were calling themselves? They can't have gotten very far from-
>Emma: We don't have time to pursue them. Whatever he does now, he is out of our hands.

Meanwhile, far from Ghardaïa, Dido's injuries are deemed to be beyond healing. Rather than dying in the cold interior of the Zaku Tanker, Dido requests to pass on the sands of his homeland.

>Elo:...You Frankish son of a bitch! What is even left for us now?! You destroy everything the Liberation Front had left to fight with! If we hadn't of found you, Dido would still be-
>Dido: Elo...act like a man and...realize the reality you are living in...!
>Elo: Commander...
>Dido: Glemy...you had said that...your blood, and your very...soul would be mine in...return for saving your woman.
>Glemy: I intend to honor what I promised you.
>Dido: I...fought alongside Franks that once sought to see our lands freed...when the city of Dakar was wiped away...I knew the time for our true freedom will come. Elo, so long as this man fights...for Africa...I ask that you fight at his side...*gasp*, as you fought at mine...!
>Elo:...So long as he fights for Africa's freedom. I swear on it.
>Dido: Glemy Toto...may you stand with our people...in a truly liberated Africa...

[Dido has died. Glemy and Elo are now MIA]

>>23322544
So, Africa is neutral ground, unless you Blues and Glemy to fuck around. Alright.

>>23322544

Karaba has reported that the Argama unit has begun to deploy to meet them in Europe to assist in the final removal of Neo Zeon from the planet. While this is occurring, AEUG forces ready for an assault to recapture Luna II and to remove the threat of yet another nuclear attack.

>Amuro: Sounds like they wasted many of their troops trying to retake Side 4.
>Sayla: The entire Senate is gone. Whatever will try to take their place is going to be born from reactionary ideals, not anything rational to end this.
>Beltorchika: If they try to form another Titans movement, we will be here to shut it down immediately!
>Sayla: I just fear this will destroy any further talks of allowing the colonies to have any semblance of independence. Just an endless cycle of both Earth and space fighting one another-
>Amuro: All we can do is try to keep the peace.

With Neo Zeon's holdings on Earth rapidly shrinking, Mashymre Cello arrives on the planet with the Sadalahn, his body and mind upgraded exceedingly through Nanai's experimentation. With special orders assigned to him, Mashymre waits for his signal to hunt down the true leaders of the Federation and to bring about the end of the war to finally ensure Zeon's victory.

>Newtype Researcher: Admiral, your medication-
>Mashymre: Leave it. This is the first time I have been on the surface of Earth...I want the memory to be pure and untainted.

>>23322576

Looking out towards the lush greenery before him, Mashymre remains transfixed on what had been denied to his people by the Federation.
>Newtype Researcher: Y-you both, stop immediately! Neither of you are supposed to be out of containment-
>Mashymre: I released them myself. No soldier who willing to sacrifice his life for freedom should be treated as a monster, regardless of what has become of them. Have I earned the right to learn your names, before you agreed to become what you are now?

The two extensively modified figures remain mostly silent, the only noise emerging from either being the forced injection of air into their artificial lungs.

>Mashymre:...You wish to deploy into battle already, do you? Such a lust for battle...allow them both to depart in the new models.
>Newtype Researcher: Admiral, they are not meant to be allowed to roam freely-
>Mashymre: Am I not the Royal High Admiral of Neo Zeon?! If you will not comply, you will be removed from this ship! These men may as well be my kin, my blood brothers...I will not deny them the honor they wish to earn.

>>23322588

[Cyber-Reborn 1 (Jerid) and 2 (Shiro) have spawned on Earth. Their combat stats have been drastically increased through inhuman cybernetic and biochemical enhancements.]

>>23322588
That better not be Aina and Norris. Norris should enough sense to fuck off to someplace safe.

My guess is Shiro and Jerid.

>>23322544
>jihadist Glemy
I did not expect that.
>>23322591
Jesus Christ how horrifying.

>>23322591
Damn, what on earth is that sprite? curious to see how it's in the game.

>>23322591

>Katz: Get a taste of the High Mega Cannon!! Path is clear, flush them out!

Battalions of Nemo III's flood into Odessa, annihilating anything that stands in their way as Elran desperately tries to contact his allies to confirm if the crew of the White Base had been found and executed. Even a single member of the crew having their life stolen away from them would give him the encouragement to continue living, just to know he had lived while they had not.

>Elran Aide: General, the second line has fallen!
>Elran: Then tell the final line to fight even harder! I...I waited so long for my revenge, and yet this happens?! I will not die here! Not until those damned devils Revil had sired are all destroyed!!

[AEUG losses: 4%]
[Neo Zeon losses: 92%]

Learning of Katz's numerous victories across Europe, Hayato can't help but feel a genuine, unending pride for his sons recovery.

>>23322636

>Neo Zeon Officer: Sir Gato, the AEUG have begun to mobilize on Luna II! Big Zam's are already taking up firing positions to repel them!
>Anavel: Victory is ours. Soon, nothing will remain on the Earth to resist us.
>Kelley: Gato, listen to me! Even if we continued to fire on Earth, all we are doing now is delaying the inevitable! We should fall back for the homeland and ready for whatever is being-
>Anavel: We must hold the line here. Even if we fail, there is no longer anything the Federation or AEUG have that can stop it from annihilating their armies on the Earth.
>Kelley: Is that why the nuclear arsenal was taken from this base? Even if we fired every single one of them at the planet, it would not be anywhere near enough to-
>Anavel: The colonies that the Federation once shackled shall carry soon carry their end within one.

Mass Nuke + Colony Drop combo attack, eh?

>>23322591
Cripes, how many of these are around, I wonder?

>>23322645
I see we're in the Gundam X era.

>>23322645

>Nemo III pilot: All that is left is the primary Mining Base. Katz, how about you take a load off? Whatever stragglers that are left we can take from here.
>Katz: No way. If you plan on bombarding that place, just give me a little time to recharge to take a shot at myself.
>Nemo III pilot: Easy there, trigger finger. Command wants the base intact to continue using it. You'll get your medal from you dad, don't you worry about-
>Elran: Get out of Odessa! I will not be humiliated here again! Not again! Not again!!

Launching into battle with an experimental Geara Doga, two additional units land at Elran's side to guard him.

>Elran Aide: General, the base will not hold! We need to retreat for-
>Elran: You...Gundam pilot...!
>Elran Aide: Sir, he isn't worth it!
>Elran: You share the name of one of the bastards aboard the White Base! Eight years I had to suffer in shame because of that ship...i'll slaughter you, then find that boy to kill with my own two hands!!
>Katz:...Who are you?
>Elran: Kill the white one! If the pilot survives, let me be the one to squeeze the life out from him!
>Katz: If you have an issue with my dad, you can take it up with me! Squadron, advance!!

>>23322591
what the fuck is that

>>23322682

To the absolute surprise of both sides, Elran performs far above what they would expect from a disgraced General of the Federation. Even with his allies, Katz finds his Zeta Plus suffering heavily against Neo Zeon's newest model.

>Nemo III pilot: Kid, get your ass outta here! He is after you!
>Katz: I can't just run from him! I still have enough power for another shot with the High Mega Cannon-
>Nemo III pilot: You'd hit the base with it as well! We can handle him, just leave!!
>Elran: You aren't going to escape from me, White Base spawn!

>What will Katz do?
https://strawpoll.com/Dwyo35NqXyA

>>23322705
Agree to retreat, we got Katz cyber legs to not be crippled. Let's not have get fucked up again at Odessa and have that put to waste.

>>23322705
I'm inclined to suggest a full retreat since this is an equal fight but with higher tech versus lower.

>>23322705
We don't have to retreat, just send Katz to the rear of the line-up, he'll hold up pretty well; Elran's range is shit.

>>23322705
Katz is almost dead, get him the fuck out of there

>>23322705

Katz swallows his pride as a pilot and accepts his wingmen finishing the battle for him.

>Katz: My dad won't let me drink yet, but at least let me buy you all one when you take that geezer out!
>Nemo III pilot: Can do, kid. Alright, keep your distance and take those new models down!
>Elran: Get back here, Kobayashi!! Kobayashi!!!

Transforming his Zeta Plus, Katz falls back from the Mining Base as his comrades begin an intense bombardment on the Geara Doga's position.

>Nemo III pilot: Armor on those things can take a real pounding. Not like it matter though, they will go down eventually-
>Elran: Get out of my way!!

As one of the Geara Doga's explode, Elran charges forward in his machine to begin assaulting the Nemo squadron, destroying five of them in his intense attack.

>Nemo III pilot: H-how the hell did it go so close-
>Elran: Think you fuck with me?! With General Elran?!

Seeing the signals of his comrades vanishing one after another, Katz feels his nerves burning from the stress of losing so many of those he had fought alongside in an instant. Landing at a supply base, Katz waits for repairs while one thought burns through his mind...

"I will kill that man myself."

[All Nemo III's destroyed, Katz is repairing]

>>23322785
Wait I just realized they're up to GEARA DOGA

I still think we made the right choice, Katz definitely would have just died with them.

>>23322785

>Big Zam pilot: Generator has failed! Big Zam 3 here, I am going down!
>Gaza-D pilot: How could a single Mobile Suit destroy five Big Zams alone?! This is...its a night terror! All those years we spent constructing them...!
>Anavel: Keep fighting! Never stop until total victory is achieved! Neue Ziel, launching now!

Crashing through the wreckage of his fifth Big Zam kill, Amuro signals for Beltorchika and Sayla to finish mopping up any remaining Neo Zeon forces as he moves to engage Gato's Mobile Armor.

>Anavel: Those movements...your the White Devil, aren't you?! I remember the carnage you caused at Solomon. Now, feel the anger and wrath of those who's futures you stole-
>Amuro: Be quiet! Anger and wrath...its all you Zeon's know how to project! How much destruction will you people cause until your satisfied?! It'll never end with you people. That is why I am going to finish the job this time. I'll destroy everything about Zeon until the world can regain some sense!

Avoiding all of Gato's attacks with ease, Amuro's Newtype potential causes the Zeta's Biosensor to enter its near-full potential.

>Beltorchika: Do it, Amuro!
>Sayla: That glow...is this what a Newtype truly is? Father...is Amuro the kind of man you spoke of in your lectures to Side 3?
>Anavel: Someone like you can never stop a true follower of Ze-

Ramming the Zeta's fist into the Neue Ziel's cockpit, Amuro rips Anavel Gato into open space as brings him to the Zeta's head.

>Anavel: Sieg...Zeon...!

*CRUNCH*

[Gato has died]

>>23322803
>muh zeon
lmao, get fucked el cato

>>23322803

Some runs Gato is a fucking menace, but this run he is a clown.

>>23322803
Now Char is going to show up out of nowhere and poach Sayla.

>>23322803
Kou robbed of his duel. Again.

>>23322803

Departing from Luna II as one of the only survivors of the AEUG's attack, Kelley clutches his broken prosthetic arm.

>Kelley:...Who else survived?
>Injured Neo Zeon soldier: Just us. AEUG...hunted everyone else down.
>Kelley: The Zeon I fought for has been dead for years. Whatever we are fighting for now is just its corpse.
>Injured Neo Zeon soldier: You can't say-
>Kelley: Its done. Over. Perhaps...it is time for us to walk away now. Leave it to the AEUG to see space freed.
>Injured Neo Zeon soldier: You expect us to just run?!
>Kelley: My wages are abysmal and I don't offer any benefits. Feel like a job working scrap?

[Kelley Layzner has gone MIA]

Luna II has fallen. Neo Zeon's once definative advantage in space has all but crumbled as their support line to Earth is completely broken. Now with the AEUG rapidly rebuilding and rearming, victory on Earth is all but assured...however, a disturbing revelation arrives to Kai regarding Neo Zeon's ultimate goal to win in such a desperate situation.

>Kai:...Goddamned Zeons! Goddamn them all!

This run has been crazy we went from being Char's Neo Zero to White Base and friends.

>>23322807
>all these years of hating gato only for some guy who doesnt even know who gato was to just punch gato in the face

>>23322820

>Wong:...What am I looking at here?
>Intelligence Officer: Given the schematics, a plan for a planetary scale destruction weapon. Neo Zeon appears to have taken the shell of the abandoned Solar Ray and has reinforced its exterior shell to be all but impregnable to anything other than a direct nuclear strike or a focused laser.
>Wong: So they intend to drop a colony onto the Earth? Typical of those animals...what is their target-
>Intelligence Officer: That is the problem we have found. They are attempting what has been coined "Britishing" the colony above the Earths orbit. On paper, the colony would be directed at Dublin Ireland, where they seem to believe the Federations leadership is in hiding...however, their true goal appears to be detonating nuclear warhead within the colony, causing it to break into multiple sections. Those reinforced plates on the colony will survive reentry, and will collide with the planet at such intense speeds and velocity that damage would be beyond even Operation British's effects.
>Wong: Good god...!

Reading through the estimated damage reports if such an operation were a success, Wong's eyes widen at the possibility of more than 80% of the entire planets population being annihilated, along with ecologically destroying beyond recovery.

>Wong: If we know where the Colony is, can't we send an infiltration team to stop them?!
>Intelligence Agent: We have verified its location, but Neo Zeon has prepared some sort of reflector defense system on it. A direct attack would be pointless. Our only chance to stopping this would be for the nuclear warheads within the colony to be detonated before it can arrive above the Earth's orbit. Otherwise, it would not matter what we do.

Leaning back in his seat, Wong feels the weight of the human race on his shoulders with the only hope of stopping such an inhuman attacking being his actions.

>Intelligence Agent: Chairman, we have already drafted a potential plan to stop the attack.

>>23322868
>The suicide mission part 1
Time to shine Bernie

>>23322876
We're going to get the Mass Effect 2 Suicide Mission and like that game we're going to get half the team killed by our own choices.

>>23322879
Do we ask Copy X for a series of side quests/narratives to gain characters' loyalty to make sure they won't die (or at least less of them)?
captcha:MSGMG. Is this a sign of some sort?

>>23322879
This looks more like the Steel 7 to me.

>>23322868
Holy fuck, we're gonna get CCA Axis drop on steroids

>>23322868

>AEUG Commander: Tell us exactly what happened here.
>Loren: I already told you everything. We were attacked by an unknown party that breached our labs and stole our research materials. What more is there to say?
>AEUG Commander: We intercepted encrypted communications from a data line on one of your computers. Do you want to confess now, or would you rather we go through back channels of getting what we-
>Loren: I am already a dead man walking. That soulless bitch stole our research regardless...

Retelling what had occured, Loren explains of a special project he had been given untold amounts of research data and resources for his own uses in return for converting a Newtype girl into a perfect copy of a deceased ace pilot from the AEUG. Just the day before though, a strike team had infiltrated the lab just as the final adjustments to this subject were being completed...

>Loren: No! Just a few more adjustments and she will be complete! You can't-
>Proto-Zero: I won't wait a second longer. Every last one of you monsters who created Cyber Newtypes deserves death!
>Led: We have orders to take this guy with us. Once the big man gives you the A-Ok, you can do as you like with him-
>Proto-Zero: Just so the fat bastard can have him produce more subservient slaves for his amusement? Like hell I am taking that chance-
>???: I believe you gentlemen were sent by someone within the Federations inner Council, correct?
>Proto-Zero: T-this pressure is...!
>Led:...M-my head is...!

Stepping into the light, the masked woman is guarded by her own personal Cyber Newtypes.

>???: Doctor Nakamoto, I will take her now.
>Loren: B-but we still haven't covered the scarring from-
>???: It will be satisfactory. She is the perfect shadow of that woman now...oh? I see, you feel an attraction to me, do you?
>Led:...Kycilia. Why...do I know-
>???: Come to me. I may yet have use for you both.
>Proto-Zero: Y-you...won't control me-
>???: I already do, poor weapon without a name.

>>23322898

>???: Awaken now. Awaken, and carry out what she had failed to do before...Haman Karn.

[Led Wayline, Proto-Zero, Sarah (Haman) are now MIA]

>>23322902
What in the fuck is going on.

>>23322902

>Wong:...Even this plan does not even guarantee the colony will be stopped!
>Intelligence Agent: Those who we have been listed here have the highest potential for being able to pull off the infiltration.
>Wong: Bah! This is nothing but an insane suicide mission!
>Intelligence Agent:...It breaks our heart that your absolutely right to call it that. We need approval of who to call upon this.
>Wong: What am I, the Grim Reaper? Sending these men and women off to an inescapable oblivion? This is bullshit! Do we not have any nuclear weapons or-
>Intelligence Agent: Chairman! We have already accepted will not be returning from this ourselves. Just...make the decision. Do whatever it takes to stop this travesty.

Being given a list of pilots and staff capable of stopping Neo Zeon's heinous plan to destroy the Earth's population, Wong takes a deep breath as he reads over his options.

[MAJOR DECISION]

>Who will be assigned to the Suicide mission to stop the "Echo of Oshun" from impacting Earth?
https://strawpoll.com/e2naXlazAyB

>>23322920
I voted for everyone but Kai and his intelligence agency as we need them to determine Axis numbers and troop movements.

>>23322922

Did the same, we invested too much into Kai. I wonder what happens if we fumble here are we going to play the next part as a random grunt.

>>23322920
i picked about half of the pilots there, there's afew guys i don't wanna risk the lives for...i also picked the deal because i have a dreadful feeling about this not working and i want an out, alignment be damned.

>>23322922
I'll vote the same way.
RNGesus is with our aces.

>>23322920
How is our alignment looking?

>80% chance we fail anyways

i have megaman x5 flashbacks...

>>23322920
Throw them all in
https://youtu.be/Yks_P0NDCFQ?si=OH1G1KadtFjVr83q&t=54

>>23322934

If we bring everyone we have a 1 in 5 chance of this still failing. I’ll take those odds. (Why the fuck are you not taking Kai? 15% here is massive!)

>>23322920
Oh this is gonna be a corpse grinder, man. That said, 75 percent ain't bad. I just hope Axis doesn't eat our entire ass with most of our aces out of action.

>>23322920
The theme of this arc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eTOr1NRcyE
>>23322939
Taking Kai kills all agents, we'll be walking blind for the first few turns.

>>23322939
Because we don't want to have to rebuild our intelligence agency from scratch a second time, which reads like it's guaranteed if we take them.

>>23322898
>>23322902
The one run where Sarah doesn't die as an afterthought while pointlessly following Scirocco to her death... and this is the shit that happens to her. It's as depressing as what happened to Fa last run.

>>23322943
>>23322944

We have the money to do it. If this operation fails then it sounds like we are getting a planet death scenario. (Also the thing is named after Kuzco’s fucked up Newtype genocide making machine so even more of a reason to stop it)

On the off-chance that every single character dies, who's left? Just Argama mode?

>>23322945
it's really our fault for bringing the Argama to the zeta finale

>>23322948
Alright, fine. Let's hope that Kai survives or the Agency is permanently crippled.

>>23322948
Right, but this is more just hedging our bets. Everyone's gonna have a chance to die here and we still need knowledge on Axis' movements afterwards in case they have something else up their sleeve. If everyone dies stopping this thing, we'll at least have that.

>>23322920
I just know that Bernie will die in this mission to make up for everything he did to Al and Christina. It will be his finest hour.

>>23322920
Can we get all the pilots endurance stats?

Why isn't Kai getting more votes? Have you considered that the better the operation goes, the less deadly the dice roll might be? Without the agency on the ground, we only have a 65% chance of success.

>>23322898
So someone from the Feds inner circle sent Johnny Ridden and the first Murasame clone to shut down the cyber newtype labs (I agree with them). But then Haman, who has been posing as Kycilia, interrupted this and seems to have "recruited" (newtype mind control) both while also taking her 'product' Sarah, who has been killed and turned into another Haman. And now Loren is just seething and shitting himself because he doesn't get to jump ship again and run away with his research material when it's all said and done.

>>23322920
I'm going all in. If we succeed the sacrifices were worth it to save the Earth. If we fail, at least we know that we threw our all at being heroes.

i just hope if we fail despite throwing everyone at it we'll have SOMETHING left,

>>23322981
I want to say that Gopp is the one from the Federation inner circle since Johnny Ridden and Proto-Zero have worked for him both in a manga side-story and in previous runs. As for why he's doing this...

>>23322984
Yeah Gopp makes the most sense, but I can't think of an answer why either
>>23315675
Shakily handing his half drunken glass of wine to Gopp, the Federation Official immediately moves behind the pale servant, sniffing alongside their hair. Stepping outside the hidden estate, Gopp sends out a private communication to an agent under his command.

>Gopp: It will only be a matter of time until they begin their little gamble. You have my permission to act freely. Oh yes, please do try to keep the damage to the environment to a minimum. Oh no, feel free to wipe that awful eyesore away.

Maybe that was the eyesore. Hopefully he decides to go against Deeproots or just get some friction going in the future

>>23322972

John: 10/20
Amuro: 11/20
M'quve: 10/20
Bernie: 13/20
Roberto: 11/20
Sayla: 10/20
Yu: 11/20
Philip: 12/20
Mezun: 12/20
Kou: 11/20
Katz: 7/20
Beltorchika: 9/20
Kai: 6/20

>>23322993
>6 for kai
he's so fucking dead if we send him.

>>23322993
Alright, keep Kai the fuck away, holy shit.
Maybe Cyber-Katz was unironically correct, I voted for Cyber-Katz.

>>23322993
How do you calculate the outcome for each one?

>>23322998

That or its a trap and he dies on the operating table so they can repeat what they did with Sarah.

>>23322993
So basically a 50% chance of dying, a 45% chance of dying a 50% chance of dying a 35% chance of dying, a 45% chance of dying, a 50% chance of dying a 45% chance of dying, a 40% hance of dying a 40% chance of dying, a 45% chance of dying, a 65% chance of dying, a 55% chance of dying and a 70% chance of dying.

>>23322999
A single D20 roll

>>23322998
Nope because Cyberization always lowers endurance

>>23322975 (me)
>>23323002
Forget it. Don't throw Kai to his dead, holy shit.

>>23323004
It raised it for Jerid in the last run. So if anything, someone who's pushing to become a cyber would have gotten their endurance raised.

>Everyone has the requisite votes except for Kai
Stop the count!

>>23323011

Decided to test this, rolled:
Kowen: 1 (DEAD)
Amuro: 11
M'quve: 19
Bernie: 5 (DEAD)
Roberto: 12
Sayla: 8 (DEAD)
Yuu: 3 (DEAD)
Philip: 14
Mexun: 17
Kou: 8 (DEAD)
Katz: 11 (DEAD)
Beltorchika: 20
The Mission: 2 (FAILED, but would have failed even with Kai)

...It'll be fine.

>>23323020
>2
lmao
bros i don't FEEL so good

>>23323020
/m/ezun /m/ex plot armor is insane.

>>23322920
While there is no way the vote would have ended that way I honestly think the best option would have just been to send no one and let it happen we're going to lose like half our aces here for a 65% chance of stopping it, if that 35% chance gets rolled sending everyone to die was pointless anyway.

>>23323037
Virtue's Last Reward.

>>23323039
Virtue is its own reward.
the reward is death.

>>23323048
Yes that is the idea of Virtue's Last Reward. The last reward is dying. We have the option to not be virtuous, to I'm assuming, take in Deeproots and let the earth Burn. Set out alignment to 500, get paid, and we're Grey once more.

We chose not to, this is Virtue's Last Reward. We win or we die. And after that we fight the next life or death situation.

>>23323058
>Set out alignment to 500, get paid, and we're Grey once more.
We don't have 1000 alignment. Last I checked we have 800

>>23323037
>send no one
>moral dips and they desert or defect
Ugh.

Wait.

>>23322993
Where the hell is Hayato?

>>23323061
My bad set it to 300. Point is that's how I'm seeing our choices, either way if we let earth get destroyed, somehow I think we'll lose the Argama and the ZZ troop.

>>23323020
>Kowen: 16
>Amuro: 15
>M'quve: 18
>Bernie: 14
>Roberto: 13
>Sayla: 1 (DEAD)
>Yuu: 5 (DEAD)
>Philip: 14
>Mexun: 6 (DEAD)
>Kou: 2 (DEAD)
>Katz: 18
>Beltorchika: 1 (DEAD)
>The Mission: 13 (MISSION SUCCESS)

5 dead and Amuro broken by his lose loves I guess?

>>23323078

Its fine he has Chan for the rebound.

>>23323078
>Kowen: 17
>Amuro: 12
>M'quve: 15
>Bernie: 2 (DEAD)
>Roberto: 2 (DEAD)
>Sayla: 11
>Yuu: 15
>Philip: 11
>Mezun: 2 (DEAD)
>Kou: 20
>Katz: 1 (DEAD)
>Beltorchika: 5 (DEAD)
>The Mission: 10 (MISSION SUCCESS)

Seems like on average, 5 people die?

>>23323098
>Kowen: 14
>Amuro: 14
>M'quve: 14
>Bernie: 19
>Roberto: 14
>Sayla: 14
>Yuu: 14
>Philip: 11
>Mexun: 12
>Kou: 2 (DEAD)
>Katz: 3 (DEAD)
>Beltorchika: 10 (DEAD)
>The Mission: 9 (MISSION SUCCESS)

This was an insane series of rolls, only 3 deaths and a Mission clear. If you could like assign rolls you could save one of them by giving Bel's 10 to like Philip and then her Philips roll. But two super dead.

>>23322898
>my boy zero shows up
>done literally nothing wrong
>gonna get his balls crushed by kycilia-larping haman for char's mistakes

>>23323124

Proto Zero is basically the most cursed character in these runs. Jobs just as hard as Katz and only in the old Revil's run did he amount to anything.

>>23323126
>Last run he just dies immediately after hes built up as a threat

poor guy gets fucked

>>23323133

To be fair him and Katz dying early on is why they never end up fucked up like Fa last run or Sarah this run. So silver lining.

>>23323126

There are some certainties that come with CX running these games.

1: Lots of death
2: Certain characters being turned into the universes punching bags
3:If there is a cute girl in the game, Copy is going to find a way to ram invasive robotic parts into her.

Guy really likes to go full Robotnik of the cast of Gundam.

>>23322920
You guys are crazy for not accepting the intel agency dying as a good price for +15% chance to avoid what is basically planetary annihilation
ALL IN and THE DEAL are the only options that make sense. You're either serious about stopping this thing or not.
And let's be honest, we aren't doing THE DEAL.
Send everyone in, and if all that's left of our faction afterwards is a few Earth aces and Hayato, so be it to prevent this.
If it happens anyway, we are officially locked into the bad endings.
Given that Neo-Zeon are calling this their last throw of the dice, I think they're gonna have very little left to fight us with after this operation. So poor intel is something we can survive just by sheer numbers afterwards.

>>23323176
This is Neo Zeon's last Hurrah but it is not our FINAL ENEMY.

>>23323176
Don't worry friend, my vote got Kai up to the needed 15 :)

>>23323185
Huh. Next you're going to tell me someone has arranged to bot or collect a pack of friends to vote for The Deal with the remaining vote time.

>>23322920
>The deal
Can't believe that we can actually let get Earth nuked. Who are we negotiating with? Char?

>>23323188
Post >>23323058 suspect Deeproots.

>>23323187
Fuck no, The Deal is straight retarded

Okay so, Kai's dead and we're at 80% means we only lose on a 1, 2 or 3.

>>23323020
So if this was what we'd rolled we'd be dead anyway. We need to roll 14 dice. Let's say that Copy is nice and rather than individual rolls for each character it's grouped and assigned.

We need, Minimum.

>A 4+ for the mission
>A 7+ for Bernie
>Two 8+ for Philip and Mezun
>Four 9+ for Amuro, Roberto, Kou and Yu
>Three 10+ for John Kowen, Sayla, and M'quve
>A 11+ for Beltorchika
>A 13+ for Katz
>A 14+ for Kai

That is, approximately 0.00012677%

So again let's do a few dice samplings

On set 1, we have 5 deaths. Due to 1/1/1/2/3
Spend the 8 for the mission, and everyone lives.
If used in Sequence (With John as the first and the mission as last): John, Sayla, Yu, Katz, and Kai would die, and the Mission would fail.

On set 2 we have 2 deaths due to 2/5
Spend the 5 on the mission, the 8's on Bernie and Philip/Mezun and the rest of the rolls can be distributed for keeping the rest alive.
If used in Sequence: Amuro, Roberto, Yu and Kou would die, and the Mission would succeed.

On set 3 we have 4 Deaths due to 4/5/5/6
Spend the 6 on the mission and everyone else lives.
If used in Sequence: Bernie, Philip, Mezun, Kou, Katz, and Kai would die, and the Mission would succeed.

On set 4 we have 3 deaths due to 1/2/4
Spend the 4 on the other mission, the 7 on Bernie and the 8 oh Philip/Mezun
If used in Sequence: John, Mezun, Beltorchika, and Kai would die, and the Mission would succeed.

On set 5 we have 3 deaths due to the 1/1/4
Spend the 6 on the mission, the 7 on Bernie the 8 on Philip/Mezun and the 9 on Philip/Mezun/Amuro/Roberto/Kou/Yu
If used in Sequence: John, Roberto, Kou and Katz would die, and the Mission would succeed.

On set 6 we have 2 deaths from 2/4
Spend the 6 on the mission the 8 on Philip/Mezun, and everyone else lives.
If used in Sequence: Bernie, Philip and Katz would die, and the Mission would succeed.

>>23323254
On average if we use the pool, it's an average of 3 deaths, but if we use sequence it's an average of 4

If using a pool I guess the way to view it is to Assign Priority:

The Mission (NUMBER ONE PRIORITY)
Amuro
M'quve
Kowen
Bernie
Roberto
Sayla
Yuu
Philip
Mezun
Kou
Katz
Beltorchika
Kai

So... what's your personal priority, /m/?

>>23323124
>>23323126
>>23323133

Bro has like 4 endurance. The issue is he's a glass cannon.

>>23323254
All this does is make me wish for fate points or willpower to burn. Safety nets good.

Got a friend to make this because I can't get the suicide mission out of my head, I gave her pics of everyone going but she fucking put the zaku head on Legion and it made me fucking die laughing so instead y'all get this

>>23322920
remember we have to not get our asses completely kicked while the mission is ongoing.

Also, i'm susprised John Kowen is 10%. I thought he at this point had just been a desk job admiral for years, compared to a guy who's been doing hard on-the-front mercenary fighting for the past 7 years like Bernard.

>>23323375
>Kai dies
>"My agency, my plan, my responsibility. Had to be me, someone else might've gotten it wrong."

>>23322920
Shit, Kai already has 16 votes. I just hope Copy goes easy on us retards and there's a cowardice modifier that allows him to survive like in A Baoa Qu.

>>23323470
Kowen has legitimately gotten a lot of action plus, he's kind of our last major ship captain.

We didn't hesitate to go full retard with Argama at Gryps so might as well go all in on this one as well

/m/ezunbros, I don't feel so good...

>>23323670

He was honestly lucky to just survive fighting the Titans. So its not bad for him to go out in something crazy like this.

>>23323670
>>23323674
With 12 endurance he has a better chance than most to survive the Suicide Mission.

>>23323375

>Roberto as Sheppard

Roberto’s AEUG incoming.

>>23323689
That's as Garrus. there's no image with Shepard (That didn't obscure the others)

So we are just at the mercy of RNG on this? What the fuck Copy? I know you like Mega Man but why replicate the worst part of X5 for something that could ruin this whole run? Could you not just let us have 100% for sending everyone?

>>23323719
Leaving it to the RNG makes it more exciting to be honest. If we go all in and still fumble it, its going to be just as entertaining as sending 1 character to solo it and somehow succeeding

>>23323719
Can't blame him after all our prior actions we've put ourselves into a shitty spot, we wouldn't need to worry about the colony drop nearly as much if we weren't either in Argama mode still or if we didn't bungle shit nearly as hard at Gryps 2.

Where are those last two Kai votes?

>>23322803

I like that this is essentially Sayla and Beltorchikas relationship in this timeline.

>>23323799
The requirement is 15, he's passed it already.
Barring a sudden massive obvious bot spike for The Deal, we're done here.

It would be a real good time for Char to return from getting milk.

>>23323979

>Man is probably getting milked in Kycilia-Hamommys dungeon for the shit he pulled at Gryps.

Hope we can at least get Great value-Haman from all of this madness. Sarah deserves something better.

>>23322920

[Staff have been chosen for the suicide mission. General John Kowen has been selected to lead a group of highly talented AEUG and Karaba staff to begin an attack on the "Echo of Oshun" before Neo Zeon's plan can be fulfilled. John Kowen, Amuro, Sayla, Beltorcika, Katz, Mezun, Roberto, Yu, Philip, Kou, Bernard, M'quve, Kai are now on a mission]

Meanwhile on Earth, Karaba forces mount an offensive on Neo Zeon's naval base in Madras India. While they initially face minimal resistance from outdated Dwadges and Desert Zaku's, an enhanced Zaku III deploys among their forces, inflicting horrifying losses to the invading forces while sustaining only minimal damage to itself.

>GM III pilot: M-monster...! It's as if...it was predicting all of our movements-

Landing atop the wreckage of the GM III, the Cyber Reborn pierces its cockpit with a single, ruthless strike. As the only survivor of defense forces guarding the base, the Cyber Reborn returns to resupply itself, the inhuman, artificial breathing apparatus pumping air into their cockpit being the only noise coming from the terrifying spawn of the "Psycho-Casket" project.

[AEUG losses: 72%]
[Neo Zeon losses: 90% (Zaku III Kai is the only remaining machine guarding the area)

>>23324292
BROS
I DON'T FEEL SO GOOD

>>23324316
It'll just have to be map attacked to death

>>23324318
How do you do that?

>>23324319
Well I guess technically it's just using anything with more range than it like the FAZZ, just get a bunch of longer ranged suits and spam it to death

>>23324292
Where are those god damned Hyaku Shiki ground types we spent good money researching? We can do better than fucking GM IIIs and Nemos. The whole point of researching that HS was to have the perfect tool to deal with whatever bullshit Axis would throw at us on Earth.

>>23324366
Nowhere, and that's great. Throwing them at Caskets without pilots is an awful idea.

>>23324292

>Yuri Hassler: I implore you to listen! This maneuver will pull away the last safeguards we have for defending Axis! Even Solomon lacks the defenses to stave off a full-scale offensive!
>Zabist Councilman: We are past the point of negotiating with the Federation. Once the attack on the Earth is a success-
>Yuri Hassler: Anaheim is the lifeblood of the AEUG and Karaba! I implore you attack Granada instead!
>Zabist Councilman: Denied. Return the Gwaley and ensure it is ready for departure.

As Yuri Hassler is left with the knowledge his orders will only bring about a genocidal retaliation from Earth and AEUG, his faith in Neo Zeon's "righteous" war begins to fade away. Within the heart of Axis's Newtype Labs, multiple pods containing young girls resembling Elpeo perfectly are observed by the leadership of the Zabist Council.

>Zabist Councilman: Losing one to chance is tragic, but not unrecoverable. Even if Rakan failed to eliminate it, the colony will cleanse the planet of all life. Soon, all of us shall be ready to join the Zabi family through the blood of these clones. A pure, worthy bloodline to guide mankind into the future. A shame we will have to share it with those...ingrates of the Federations Elites, but all shall be right with the world soon enough. Glemy Toto...had you simply followed our will, you could have been the one to inherit the throne first.

Silently listening to her handlers voices, an awoken clone's hand tightens as her thoughts turn to Dozle's gentle love of her, along with a manic desire to be the only one to continue the Zabi Bloodline, not those who have used her cloned sisters for their own depraved desires to become a part of such a "holy" bloodline.

Wait
Wait wait wait
Kamille is going to get Psycho-Casketed
We're going to have to fight super Kamille
Fuck fuck fuck fuck

>>23324445
We'll have super Judau and honrable Glemy to deal with it, but it will be a tough battle.

>>23324442

>Federation Minister of Immigration: So Dublin is their target? The refugee camps across the city have already grown far past capacity with all of those funneled there.
>Federation Minister of Agriculture: We have already prepared ample supplies to ensure they are fed until the inevitable. Without the Senate to interfere, this will finally allow for stability to return. The fallout of such an incident will also give us the excuse to pull out of feeding those across Europe.
>Federation Vice Admiral: Supreme Commander Tianem will be ready to take full control back over the Federation soon enough. Our futures will be well secured once Neo Zeon is destroyed in his Counter Offensive.
>Federation Minister of finance: All that leaves is Anaheim's capitulation to our demands. Have drafts been made for the AEUG to be reabsorbed into the Federation?
>Federation Vice Admiral: "Londo Bell." is what we have coined their new peace keeping force. We can keep tabs on their forces while ensuring Anaheim will be forced to comply. Should they decline, we will know who to brand as enemies of the state. Revil's "Newtype" death cultist will be put in their place, I assure you.

Sitting at the end of the dining table, Gene Coliny smirks as he awaits for the true purpose of the Colony Drop to begin.

>Gene: (There will not a survivor who not yearn for the death of the colonies after this. No matter how much chaff is swept away from this calamity, I will remain as the only true victor.)

>>23324464
These guys have no idea about the colony-sized grapeshot that's possibly coming, do they? Well, except maybe Gene down there.

>>23324464

>AEUG Captain: Chairman, the infiltration unit has just departed to intercept Neo Zeon's Colony.
>Wong: All we can do now is wait...hm?

Seeing a hidden communication line he had once used to arrange meetings with other members of Anaheim outside of the Titans surveillance flashing, Wong motions out the AEUG soldier as he takes the call.

>Wong: Who is this?
>Distorted voice: [Chairman Lee, Karaba must be contained from acting on their own.]
>Wong: I asked who this is! There are only a few men who know of this line...so just tell me and-
>Distorted voice: [We know of your plans to stop the colony drop attack.]
>Wong: (Was Kai's organization already compromised? Wait...this must be M'quve. He is the only one who has one of these and is part of-)
>Distorted voice: [Even should it be stopped, a fail safe will ensure a section of the colony will still impact Dublin. The life of everyone in that city is already forfeit. Karaba will still be needed for now...along with the Argama. Should Karaba attempt to disobey your orders, deploy the Argama to stop them.]
>Wong: Dammit, identify yourself already!
>Distorted voice: [No matter what happens, something shall awaken in humanity. Pray you are part of such an awakening, Wong Lee...]

As the call ends, Wong rams his fist in to the communication device.

>Wong: (Just what the hell was that?!)

>>23324490
Wong's no good, very bad day.

>>23324490

>John: So...this truly is the point of no return now. Do we have any openings to infiltrate this monstrosity?
>Kai: There is a cluster of reflectors that if destroyed, should give us an opening into the colony. If you can get us into position, my team can take it from there. As for the assault team-
>John: I will put that in the hands of Captain Ray.
>Kai:...Guess it can't be helped. Good luck.
>John: As to you, Kai Shiden.

Mingling with one another, those selected for the suicide mission prepare for battle as the Proto-Nahel Argama enters into range of Neo Zeon's horrifying weapon of planetary destruction.

>Philip: Yu, you ain't scared are ya?
>Yu:...Actually, I am terrified.
>Philip: Tch, don't say that! Come on, this will be a piece of-
>Yu: Don't take this lightly. No matter what, we have to survive this...we owe that to those we are doing this for.

Looking out to the reinforced colony, Amuro and Sayla feel an intense uneasiness the longer they stare upon the structure.

>Sayla:...Amuro, is there something more to this than what we were told?
>Amuro: It feels so much like that monstrosity Kuzco had constructed. Oshun...why can I feel the same sensation from that awful construct within that colony?
>John: Operation will begin shortly. Everyone...may god protect you all.

Knowing that this battle may claim their lives, those selected for the battle take a moment to quietly reflect.

>John: (Not another colony will ever land upon Earth, I swear on it.)
>Amuro: (Lalah, if your watching...you may have your wish soon. Even so, I have a place to truly return to now.)
>Sayla: (Brother...do you have a hand in this as well?)
>Beltorchika: (Everyone seems so intense...there is no way we can fail! No way at all!)
>Katz: (Mom, dad, Kikka, Letz...look out to the stars. There will be a shining one once I blow this thing up.)
>Mezun: (First this colony, then Axis.)
>Kou: (Kelley...you couldn't have wanted this.)
>Yu: (Marion...)

>>23324490
If I had to guess, the In Game version of this is "If you don't deploy Karaba to assist the Argama, then it's destroyed and the ZZ mode ends, you get the pilots, and keep Hayato and Ple." Meanwhile if you do it follows the TV show and Hayato and Ple die.

So... who even knows if that's what'll happen now, Since Hayato died in ZZ due to wanting to be with Katz, but Katz is alive (You know until his Inevitable Death)

>>23324530

[ORDER OF CHARACTERS AFFECTED BY RESULTS]

John Kowen
Amuro Ray
Sayla Mass
Beltorchika Irma
Kai Shiden and Intelligence Agency:
Katz Kobayashi
Mezun Mex
Roberto
Bernard Wiseman
Yu Kajima
Philip
Kou Uraki
M'quve

[MISSION RESULTS WILL BE POSTED SHORTLY]

>>23324541
Those are some low ass rolls if I'm reading this right. Yeesh.

>>23324541

>>23324541
oh my god thats not good.

>>23324541
I'm going to laugh if it's Kai that rolled the 19.

>>23324541
IF that last roll is for the mission itself at an 80% success rate we fucking failed we needed at 5+

>>23324553
Nope. Thirteen names, thirteen numbers. Looks like the mission roll will come in a later post.

>>23324552
Bernie rolled that 19. Kai is pretty much cooked

>>23324541
Wait Copy normally uses a Roll under or equal to pass checks like this so all these low numbers are actually a good thing if he stuck to that.

>>23324541
So Kowen is alive, Amuro is alive, Sayla is alive, Bel is dead, Kai is dead, Katz is dead, Mezun is alive, Roberto is dead, Bernie is alive, Yu, Philip Kou and M'quve are all dead.

8 fucking corpses.

>>23324567
Well, assuming that (and after rearranging >>23322993 to match >>23324541)
John: 10/20 - Dead 12
Amuro: 11/20 - Alive 11
Sayla: 10/20 - Dead 12
Beltorchika: 9/20 - Alive 7
Kai: 6/20 - Dead 7
Katz: 7/20 - Dead 11
Mezun: 12/20 - Alive 9
Roberto: 11/20 - Alive 2
Bernie: 13/20 - Dead 19
Yu: 11/20 - Alive 7
Philip: 12/20 - Alive 8
Kou: 11/20 - Alive 7
M'quve: 10/20 - Alive 4
But, as you say, that's ONLY if under-or-equal is in effect.

>>23324576
Even that is SO MANY CORPSES.

Was it worth it?

>>23324578
I KNOW, I HATE IT. I hate that ANYONE died. There's so much about this run I hate.
>>23324581
Only if it succeeded. And even then, ZZ canon inbound on Dublin.

>>23324581
No, we should have let the Earth die

>>23324581
It wouldn't have been worth it to not at least try.

>>23324541

>John: [Successfully was able to penetrate into the Closed-Type colonies defenses and escaped by shuttle prior to the Proto-Argama being destroyed] ALIVE
>Amuro: [Fought off both Neo Zeon's main pursuit force and the reflector bits guarding the colony. Made landing within and has begun efforts to stop the colony.] ALIVE
>Sayla: [Shot down 6 Mobile Suits before ejecting into the colony without injury. Was saved from death due to Beltorchika's sacrifice.] ALIVE
>Beltorchika: [Shot down 5 Mobile Suits alongside Sayla. Having sustain to much damage, Beltorchika uses herself as a shield to save Sayla from being cut down. In her final moments, Beltorchika pleads for Sayla to make Amuro a happy man.] DEAD
>Kai: [Infiltrating the colony, Kai and his agents heavily damage the interior of the colony before being intercepted by specialized Neo Zeon troops who had desired to die with the colony drop as it detonates above orbit] DEAD
>Katz: [Fought desperately to ensure the nukes within the colony could be detonated, only to be gutted by a Neo Zeon zealot. Died back to back with M'quve as they guarded a door which their allies had used to escape deeper into the colony.] DEAD
>Mezun: [Barely survived the infiltration on the colony and was pulled out to safety by Bernard Wiseman] ALIVE
>Roberto: [Killed instantly by a a Reflector Bit as he launched]
>Bernard: [Guarded the opening of the colony from Neo Zeon entering, with him destroying over 29 Mobile Suits before extracting Mezun to safety]
>Yu: [Fatally wounded by a Hamma-Hamma while battling within the colony. In death, he felt his soul truly connecting with Marions to find peace.]
>Philip: [Killed in a suicide attack by a Gaza-D pilot outside the colony]
>Kou: [Fatally wounded by a Reflector Bit, causing him to crash into a nuclear warhead within the colony with the intent of detonating it. Due to a malfunction in his suit, the crash failed to cause an explosion]
>M'quve: [Stabbed in the heart during a duel]

>>23324541
If it's calculated by average and under-or-equal, EVERYONE LIVES.
Endurance Scores: 10.231 (rounding up)
Rolls: 8.923 (rounding down)
I laugh and cry now.

>>23324588
Oh. Well then. Pour eight out, fellas.

>>23324588
>Kou: [Fatally wounded by a Reflector Bit, causing him to crash into a nuclear warhead within the colony with the intent of detonating it. Due to a malfunction in his suit, the crash failed to cause an explosion]
COME ON
>M'quve: [Stabbed in the heart during a duel]
The vase has stopped ringing.

>>23324588
Wait,
>landing within
>ejecting into the colony
Shit, they're on foot. Death's spectre yet looms for the rest of them except John Kowen.

>>23324588

[Going to let the dice roller spin until 11:30. Roll must be above 20 to 100 to destroy the colony. Any lower will result in the operation failing]

>>23324588
>>23324598
I think I'll play Maxiboost for a while...

>>23324588
Honestly, feels like Katz went out well this time. Poor Hayato and Fraw though.

>>23324601
Oof, probably going to regeet not getting the Cyber-Surgery.

...Hayato's going to go under the knife and become a schizo, isn't he?

>>23324588
This run is fucked.

>>23324588
I wanted to take the plan.
why didn't anyone else want to take the plan?
i know why honestly but yeah i had no good feelings about this.
I can't believe Mezun survived
Lmao Roberto, why the fuck was he even fucking here?

>>23324611
At the very least, none of them would've wanted to sit out if it meant saving the planet, as for the plan we weren't even told what it meant other than zeroing out victory so nobody voted for it

>>23324588
>>Mezun: [Barely survived the infiltration on the colony and was pulled out to safety by Bernard Wiseman] ALIVE
>>Bernard: [Guarded the opening of the colony from Neo Zeon entering, with him destroying over 29 Mobile Suits before extracting Mezun to safety]
Holy fuck

4chan's having an issue can't post an image.

>>23324608
>>23324611

We put all of those pilots out there to give us a better chance of stopping this. There is only a 20% chance the plan can fail so luck is our side. At least those who died can be remembered as heroes for stopping the end of the world.

>>23324618
iirc in menace of axis once bernie gains levels he actually becomes anavel gato statistically from what ive seen

>>23324611
>take the plan
>our bases get destroyed, leaving only 100k gold/resources for further battles
>Deeproots/Kuzco cultists gets it's tentacles into the organization
>pilot morale crashes and they decide to leave anyways
It is what it is.

Char? Kamille? Amuro? Judau? None of them. /M/ezun /M/ex is the true protagonist of this run.

>>23324646
how good is he anyways?
why is he this decent?
why the fuck did the base game of this put him as a pilot?

>>23324657
He has high endurance and melee
He was supposed to join AEUG in Zeta iirc, things changed but the game kept that

>>23324657
Because the thing that keeps you alive is the Endurance stat.

>>23324618
>>23324626
Holy shit what a badass

>>23324611
I'll never forget how much work Roberto put in for us at Granada, he earned his spot

>>23324674
bro he died as soon as he launched, if we won't win the rng by the extra 3 percent he contributed it'd be a total waste of his life lol.

>>23324605
Well, the Cyber Surgery was also a gamble anyway. Katz accomplished a lot (relatively) this time so I'm content with that.

>>23324598
Imagine if AEUG failed even after we sent 9 people to die

im fully prepared for the rng to fuck us over honestly

>>23324681
We'll win it and he'll be a hero

>>23324699
>>23324697
If it all fails then it was meant to fail

>>23324702
dont get me wrong i dont regret sending everyone, even if we fail, but i have a sinking feeling that luck wont be on our side either

>>23324588

[The Operation to stop the "Echo of Oshun" has failed...]

>Amuro: That isn't...after everyone who just...!
>Sayla: Amuro!! There is nothing more we can do here!
>Amuro: I can't let this happen! There still has to be a way to-
>Sayla: The colony has just passed the point of no return! We can still escape if we-

Releasing a scream of sheer despair and rage, Amuro pushes out from the chamber he is trapped within alongside Sayla, firing wildly into the Neo Zeon soldiers ready to die with the colony. As he continues to fight, the walls of the control chamber of the colony begin to whisper into his mind.

>??? 1: [UTOPIA~UTOPIA~UTOPIA~UTOPIA~]
>??? 2: [ALL THOSE WHO STOLE OUR LIVES SHALL JOIN US...AND THOSE WHO REMAIN SHALL INHERIT A NEW WORLD]
>??? 3: [COME JOIN US...IT WILL BE FUN-]
>Amuro: Aaaaah!!!!

The Psychommu relays woven into the control chamber of colony begin to resonate with Amuro, flowing onto him as he attempts to pour his very essence into diverting the colony...yet no matter how hard he screams, no matter his struggle...all he can hear is laughter. Not mocking, not cruel...just hopeful, twisted laughter of forces beyond his understanding preparing for redemption. Running to Amuro's side, Sayla holds onto him as she buries her face into his chest.

>Sayla: Whatever happens now, I want it to be with you. Don't give up...someway, somehow, the world will survive this! We will survive-

The howls of joyous laughter grows louder in Amuro's mind as they feel the last shreds of hope vanishing from the powerful Newtype. Bursting back into the colony, Bernard takes hold of Amuro and Sayla, escaping back into space with them as the colony prepares to explode in orbit. Shielding the survivors of the battle from the nuclear explosions, Bernie's Mobile Suit spirals through space as thousands of super heated, super-sonic shards blaze towards the Earth.

[Time to Earth destruction: 2 turns]

>>23324714
>7
Damn we never had a chance

>>23324714
WHAT WAS IT ALL FOR?!

>>23324714
>[The Operation to stop the "Echo of Oshun" has failed...]
Gentlemen, it has been a privilege playing with you tonight...

>>23324714
should've taken the deal, ah well it's what it is.
good luck faggots!
I've played too much xcom to bet on an 80 percent success chance, so what's the play now, assuming earth's destruction can still be prevented since we haven't lost yet?

>>23324714
It was not worth it!

>>23324722
Earth's destruction cannot be prevented. All we can do is hope the Argama and karaba can get off earth, otherwise we lose the ZZ troops to.

>>23324722
If you wanted the deal so badly you should've argued for it

>>23324725
i assume they're making it off solely because if they don't we literally run out of dudes to represent the AEUG.
>>23324727
Let's be honest, we were never going to pick the deal no matter how much i argued for it, i just voiced that i was picking it because i didn't have confidence in the plan working, what more did you want me to say?

>>23324714
No offense Copy X but are you in your Victory era of writing? Your story's have gotten much darker and in general more fucked up shit happens happens, like Fa last run or Dozle's existence in this run.

>>23324710
I hate how much I'm right

>>23324714
Gundam X arc next?

>>23324729
>Let's be honest, we were never going to pick the deal no matter how much i argued for it,
Yeah, /m/ (/m/yself included) wanted to be heroes of justice but that doesn't work out when RNGesus is the final boss

>>23324714

>Wong: Dear god, no!! The entire Earth is going to be destroyed!!
>AEUG Commander: Chairman, planetside panic has begun! Federation Security Forces are breaking down across the cities trying to quell looting and insurrectionist!
>Wong:...Damn it all! Send a message to Karaba to ready for an evacuation immediately! Get Stephanie Luio and her father to safety! M-M'quve's wife and children! I multiple names that need to be-

Realizing there will not be enough time to save everyone on his mind, Wong breaks at the prospect of having to carry the burden of failing to save billions of lives on the planet. Meanwhile on Earth, Karaba learns of the impending horror approaching the planet, including the front of the colony projected to impact and destroy Dublin and the millions funneled into it.

>Federation Vice Admiral: W-what is going on here?! The colony was never meant to-aaaah!!

The smallest, yet fastest shards of colony begin to impact the Earth, annihilating city after city in seconds, along with key Federation installations and hidden factories.

at least deeproots is gone

>>23324749
GOD FUCKING DAMMIT THIS IS JUST LIKE THAT ONE RUN WHERE THE JOVIANS ACCIDENTALLY BLEW UP EARTH

WE SPACE/m/EN NOW

Well, this run had potential. At least I can make jokes about where it's going now.

Nooo Judau is still on earth...

>>23324763
>WE SPACE/m/EN NOW
I hate how much I laughed at that. We did it boys! Total Contolist Spacenoid victory! All it cost was the entire FUCKING EARTH! and we still haven't dealt with Dozle and Dreadnaught-Kamille yet

>>23324749

Stationed at Karaba's primary base of operations in France, the Argama's crew watch in horror as countless lights flicker across the skies, with monitors reading population centers across the planet vanishing by the second. Collapsing to his knees, Bright feels the weights of the Federation failing to save so many lives. The budding Newtypes of the Argama, their psyche's still not prepared for such a horrifying loss of life of this scale, turn ill at the destruction occurring.

>Elpeo: It hurts...the entire world is screaming in pain!!
>Judau: How could...how Neo Zeon...how could anyone justify this?!
>Asherah:...Its beautiful.
>Judau:...What?
>Asherah: W-was that wrong to say?
>Judau: Do you even realize what is happening right now?! People are dying! Thousands...m-millions...!!
>Asherah: Judau...

Meanwhile aboard the Sadalahn, Mashymre turns pale as the scope of destruction Neo Zeon had resorted to finally dawns on him, with him being forced to bare witness to the deaths of countless as his vessel ascends into space to avoid the chaos.

>Sadalahn Officer: Royal High Admiral, we will be returning planet side once the impacts cease. S-sir, your looking-

Falling to his knees, Mashymre feels his sanity crumbling as his soul feels the weight of the millions dying on the planet.

>>23324763
>>23324770
Qrd? That sounds insane.

>>23324766
i am a little annoyed that such a pivotal moment was so reliant on rng, especially since so many likeable characters were flat out on earth. Deal was bad too since said characters would DESPISE us if we took it. Just feels a bit unfair that we lost everyone and the entire run was for nothing.

>>23324777
Hey I said I didn't feel so good about our chances and said to take the deal, can't be helped.

>>23324770
Kinda funny how in a way the contolist spacenoids that hijacked the run for a time got what they wanted.

>>23324774
Titans Amuro run. A LOT of crazy shit happens. Several Psycho Gundams active, Newtype shenanigans, Jovians, and the ending/epilogue…

https://desuarchive.org/m/thread/19475429/

>>23324779
Nobody wanted an outcome like this except for the apocalypse-voters.

>>23324779
>>23324770
This isn't really what newtype path was though, it was never the destruction of earth as the goal

>>23324779
Deal was just not the right play regardless. We would have turned our back on Char's decision and MANY of our important characters would have hated us. I just feel frustrated knowing that we lost a lot of potential arcs and it was all for nothing.

I'm still enjoying the run but honestly I'll be frustrated if we lose glemy or the argama crew.

>>23324777
>Reliant on RNG
That's the fun of it though if Copy didn't include mechanics like that we can easily steam roll every campaign just by mass producing hyaku shiki.

>>23324786
'Shadow of Oshun' indeed. If the Newtype awakening still occurs, this seems relatively far cruder than what Char or Kuzco had in mind.

>>23324787
I'll disagree on that, those that turn their backs to us can always turn around, those that cease to exist can never exist again.
But that's how I see it, and I'm always willing to cut losses and compromise, but i know as i result i often tend to vote for the losing choice because /m/ is greedy lol.

>>23324788
Fair enough. I just would have preferred if we fucked ourselves because of events. At least us doing something horrifically stupid would have been funny but here it just feels like the trumpet deflating.

Personally the greatest lost for me was M’Quve. Hopefully his family is okay and Haman kept her word…

>>23324779
As someone who wanted a newtype future I didn't want a future caused like this either. I wanted the newtype awakening just like Char saw it this run no earth's destruction just a massive, forced, awakening.

>>23324739
To be honest I bet this would have been avoidable if we didn't intentionally fuck over Char AND Haman in two votes back to back, either have Haman stay at Granada which would have left us Kamille, Sarah, Haman and others or don't force char to fumble his choice, I bet either path would have left a way to avoid this

>>23324795
She already scooped them up right before the hitmen got to them. I doubt she'd keep them on Earth after all that.

>>23324801
We really were just in a dead man walking state after fumbling Gryps 2 huh.

>>23324801
i never would've voted for a positive char choice either way but I was advocating for Haman to stay at Granada back when that was a choice, so perhaps? but that's way too far in the past now to even be able to calculate.

>>23324801
I wonder. Kamille's presence at Oshun stopped the laser entirely thanks to Newtype magic.
Char and Amuro working together had noted, if I recall correctly, that they weren't doing enough damage to Oshun quickly enough.
Man, I'm super curious what would have happened if the Argama headed to the moon now back then.

>>23324777 (me)

in retrospect i guess it really is just these runs summed up thanks to the combat sections, but I am just a little frustrated if none of the earth characters make it out of this. Hopefully they do and the story can continue.

>>23324801
I fucking hated all the Char and newtype bullshit so even if that vote went through I would've voted the other way every single time after.

>>23324772

>Wong: Evacuate! Goddammit, get off the planet immediately!
>Hayato: I refuse! If that entire section of the colony is expected to impact Dublin, an evacuation of its people needs to-
>Wong: You aren't listening to me! Neo Zeon will use this momentum to destroy any resistance that remains! We need you in space to-
>Hayato: I intend to return...but with as many of the innocent as I can. Demote me if you must, but I will not leave anyone behind.
>Wong: Kobayashi, you damned fool-

Refusing to accept Wong's order to evacuate, Hayato readies his forces to evacuate whatever they can of the refugees in Dublin...though Hayato feels a tear run down his cheek as he hears the whisper of Katz's voice.

>Hayato:...Katz. No...!

Meanwhile, Emma finds Fa serving as a nurse for the injured at the Karaba base, along with her being removed from investigating Sarah's fate by the Neo Augusta labs. As she pleads to be allowed to rejoin the Argama to help whoever she can, Bright is ordered to remove Hayato from his position and to begin a mass evacuation into space by the Gibraltar Mass Driver.

>Bright: Chairman, I am not going to-
>Wong: Listen to me! For once, listen!! We just lost so many men trying to prevent this...we can't afford to lose any more!
>Bright: We would be leaving countless to die-
>Wong: They are already dead!

>Allow Fa to rejoin the Argama?
https://strawpoll.com/QrgewqDpQyp

>Will the Argama comply with Wong's orders to force Hayato to stand down?
https://strawpoll.com/3RnYXmNO9ye

>>23324817
If not for Karaba's sake for the Argama's we need to get out of there helping Civilians is just going to result in everyone on the Argama also dying.

>>23324817
WELCOME BACK FA, WE NEED ALL THE PILOTS WE CAN GET NOW THAT WE'VE LOST SO MANY
FUCK YOU HAYATO YOU FAT KEKOLD, ABANDON HIS ASS AND FORCE KARABA TO GET OUT OF HERE
WE NEED ALL THE FORCES WE CAN GET NOW, BEING NICE HASN'T GOTTEN US ANYWHERE RECENTLY AND IT WON'T HELP US NOW.

I woke up to some pretty crazy shit, I kind of expected our bad luck to bite us in the ass. But Amuro and Sayla suriving was beyond my expectations.

>>23324817
I see no benefit in going to Dublin. Hayato and Ple will die, just like in canon at MINIMUM. There is NOTHING we can do anymore for the planet.

>>23324817
Yes to both. We need as much help as we can get on the Argama and Hayato needs help. Shit is absolutely fucked and we need to give as much help as we can.

>>23324772
Mashy. I don't care how good zabi blood doping feels. If you can't see that Neo Zeon is beyond redemption you're living in a dreamworld.

>>23324826
There's nothing we can do right now. We need to get the fuck out of here and prepare for the late phases of the war.

DOUBLEPOSTING
I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME ALIGNMENT KEKS OUT THERE INSISTING WE HAVE TO STILL BE THE GOOD GUYS
BRO THE WORLD IS ENDING
WE'RE MEANT TO PLAY AS GREY AEUG IN THE FIRST PLACE
I WANT TO KEEP PLAYING THIS RUN IN SPITE OF THE LOSSES, I AIN'T THROWING IN THE TOWEL JUST BECAUSE OF BAD DICE ROLLS, FUCK MORALITY IN THIS CASE, EVEN AT -100 WE'LL BE WE'LL BE AT 700

>>23324829
Yeah, basically.

I'm still a bit salty about the outcome but that doesn't mean I'm throwing in the towel. We gotta get out of here and prepare to stop Zeon at ALL costs.

>>23324829
We can no longer save the world but we can still be the spear of vengeance driven into the heart of the dragon.

>>23324834
I agree, we just need to make sure our spear is better than the one that Sir Jobst tried to use to slay the dragon Mitchell, lmao.

>>23324837
No I'm in agreement we can do nothing in Dublin except lose people. Hayato's watch has not yet ended, so we'll drag him kicking and screaming back to space. We can't afford to lose our forces fighting a lost cause. We have ONE cause now, there is ONE goal, and it is to kill the Zeon Beast

>>23324817
Hayato, don't leave Fraw alone.

>"Oh yeah, I forgot about the run, I wonder how it's goi-"
>Many of our aces, including M'quve and the actual badass Katz fucking died and the suicide mission failed
I didn't want to go to sleep like this.

for any anons wanting to vote yes, keep in mind
>>23324490
Even if the voice is untrustworthy, I really, REALLY doubt they are lying about this part. It's a deathtrap alongside the other stuff.

>>23324817
The situation is fucked and we can't play hero anymore. Bring everyone kicking and screaming if need be. We have zeeks to kill for everything they have done. Our vengeance on those motherfuckers will be so thorough that we're gonna make the Titans look like an even bigger fucking joke.

This run is wild we went from being Neo Zeon to basically being the Neo Titans with a blood vendetta against Zeon

>>23324868
We are reborn as Londo Bell, we are the death knell of the Earth, slaughtered by the demon, and we will ring until all those responsible have been cast into the void.

>>23324779
I could have been convinced to take the deal if we still had a shady ass character in AEUG but we don't.

>>23324872
No thanks, Londo Bell is a shitty Earth Federation puppet

>>23324875
Well we're hardly the ANTI EARTH UNION GROUP

>>23324873
Cima has a psychotic break and disappeared.

>>23324878
I mainly meant our decision makers and the only guy left is Wong who 100% would've said no. The only ones who could've said yes in character were Char and Blex if he lived and we made him more selfish

>>23324881
I hadn't even considered it yeah, this run is so fucked that Wong is basically our main character now.

Honestly I was only salty about the RNG earlier cause I thought the Argama wouldn't survive and we'd lose a HUGE chunk of the plot but since it's surviving I'm a lot more okay with this.

>>23324875
I don't think there's going to be any EF left after this.

>>23324884
>We went from Blex to Char to Kowen to fucking Wong as main characters throughout this run
What an insane run.
At this point I have no fucking idea of what is going to happen next. Char is MIA but he can't pull CCA anymore because nothing he can do can top this anymore, this is probably the absolute worst case scenario. The Earth is completely fucked and we're only left with the Moon and whatever colonies are left.

Wasn't there an ending in the actual Gihren's Greed where the Earth Sphere fucked itself over so hard that Scirocco came back with a Jovian fleet, ready to rebuild in his image?
Or did I dream that?
Anyway, I'm imagining Char coming back with Jovians for whatever crazy reason.

At this rate we need to go full Battleship Yamato and travel to Iscander for the Cosmo Reverse

>>23324714
It is so completely and utterly over

>>23324817
Get the fuck off of Earth, everyone. It's been good. But we have to go.

New Primary Directive for Voting:

There Is Only The Mission. Does this choice help us kill Zeon more? That's the one we do. Does this choice help Zeon in any way? No.

>>23324895
Char is going to get to see what humanity being freed from Earth's gravity really looks like.

>>23324900
At this point Char is going to CCA the Jovians in (misguided) revenge for fucking up the Earth if he has any agency left at all. It's a very big if since I don't see this Haman letting Char run around freely after his last stunt with Amuro. Speaking of Haman, I can't wait to see what she has in store to fuck over Dozle and Neo Zeon

>>23324978
Mezun Mex...

>>23324868
Instead of the Bawoo now I wonder when we'll start getting Xekus.

>>23325058

Is Amuro going to get his MKV back? lol

>>23324714
What the fuck have you all been doing with this run jesus

>>23325118
WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD! EVERYTHING WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO! AND STILL! STILL IT CAME TO THIS!

>>23325120
Last time I was here we were voting on letting the Titans kill AE, you miss a few threads while at work and everything escalated hard, why is the earth dying holy

I for one accept the Chaos AEUG

>>23325133
We're basically beating Axis, this is their hail mary, and we rolled like shit to stop it. That's all there is to it.
We probably still have enough to not get outright conquered by Axis unless these freaky new cyber abominations wipe the floor with us, but we are in a fail state regardless due to Earth becoming almost uninhabitable

>>23324978
>We were the real Titans all along
What a tweest

>>23325190
No the Titans were an excuse of a mad contolist to trigger the Newtype by forcing the Earthnoid to become the Spacenoid. WE have simply reached the ontological end. Our goal was to protect earth, Neo Zeon has taken that goal from us. We were too lenient, too willing to abide ceasefires. We were too willing to settle this the normal way. Well, that's over now. They got what they wanted, Earth is nothing but a dead rock. Now they, and anyone who ever attempts to fly their flag, or fight for their cause, or use their name, dies.

>>23325196
Can't wait to see Glemy and Elo again.
>Actually, Neo Zeon were the Franks after all

>>23325160

Gotta be honest it sucks ass that we still failed. Not cause of the sacrifices in the attempt (even if they hurt) but because we were otherwise crushing it on Earth and Space only for an unavoidable catastrophe to occur.

>>23325206
If Glemy and Mashy still pull the "muh noble Neo Zeon" bullshit or refuse to denounce Zeon after witnessing this shit with their own eyes then I won't show any mercy to them whenever given a chance. I want every single zigger dead before the end of this campaign.

>>23325207
It ruins the narrative a bit but it makes the war more compelling, like we need to lock in with the strategic decisions. We are probably going to have our income and most of our military gutted (Anaheim is okay at least) AND we lost like half the aces who went on the mission including our intel agency, at the same time as Axis are using these fucked up experimental aces and probably have zombie Kamille waiting as a final boss for us (plus Dozle himself ofc who probably has a meme ace Big Zam that will die in seconds).
We might get to skip CCA under the logic that there's literally no point dropping Axis on Earth any more. Unless it's like they're gonna colony drop the Moon instead for some godforsaken reason.
Anyway, my point is, steamrolling Axis and then just getting a regular CCA but maybe swapping some characters is not as interesting as this is, even if we are absolutely locked out of anything you could call a "good ending" at this point

With the way the plot is shaping up, I think we can reasonably predict "Kycillia" is going to stage a coup against Dozle since it seems everything's run it's course there plus everyone else notable is away from Axis. This'll allow Char and Haman to swoop in and take control of Zeon, the only real force of power left in the sphere, and wash their hands of the horrid shit Dozle's done and happily bring about their newtype utopia. That is of course assuming the remnants of the Federation and AEUG don't strap themselves to rockets to launch themselves at them first.

>>23324817

Believing it would be safer for Fa to return to the Argama than to attempt an evacuation on her own, Emma allows the young woman to return to the vessel...however, the situation soon degenerates as Bright Noa carries out his orders to detain Hayato and to force Karaba to evacuate the planet.

>Hayato: Captain Bright, what are you doing?!
>Bright: There is nothing more we can do here. Hayato, I have been asked to relieve you of your position until you are returned to space-
>Hayato: You actually are taking Wong's side on this...anyone that wishes to leave, you are free to do so.
>Bright: You are to come as well-
>Hayato: I would rather die than know I left innocents behind to save myself.
>Bright: Hayato...

Neither Karaba or Bright refuse to change their positions, leading to a stand off as the Gundam Team can't bring themselves to fight who they believe are doing the correct thing in saving what lives they can.

>Karaba Officer: Admiral Kobayashi, something is approaching us from upper orbit! Its a Neo Zeon craft!
>Hayato: They are coming back to the planet now? Why would they-

Onboard the Argama, Elpeo feels an intense sickness as she collapses outside of the medical section, why Asherah feels an intense pain in her chest as her heart increases in pace.

>Asherah: (I-it feels...just like you said it would...mommy...!)

Boosting in front of the Argama with the Zeta Gundam, Judau damns Bright's refusal to aid in the evacuation effort, scorning him as a coward.

>Bright: You...foolish child...
>Torres: Captain, unknown Mobile Suit signal from above! Its heading for the Zeta!

Without warning, the Zeta's Biosensor activates as a wave of Psychic energy envelops the Mobile Suit. Acting on its own, the Zeta blocks a strike from Mashymre's orbit dropped Bawoo.

>Mashymre: Is it you?! Are you the one calling me a devil?!
>Judau: Y-you...! That guy from-
>Mashymre: Zeta Gundam!! Tell me...tell me why these voices will not leave me! I...this is for...!!

>>23325680
Dammit Judau, now is NOT the time to play hero. That time is GONE.

>>23325680

[Time to Earth destruction: 1 turns]

With only a brief window of time to evacuate, the remaining forces of Karaba not engaged in combat across the planet begin to evacuate to what spaceports they can. Observing the destruction from their secluded bunkers, the heads of the Deep Roots view the destruction as an act of purity. One that will cleanse the planet of those who would deny them the world they had believe themselves to be the center of. In South East Asia, a group of Titan remnants attempting to gain control over a village of guerilla's throw down their weapons as they bare witness to the planets destruction around them, the forests they had fought in for months being reduced to a blazing hell scape. At the heart of the village, a survivor of the One Year War panics as he holds his children close to him within a makeshift panic bunker.

>Michel: Anyone that is listening, a god, a devil, anything that will save us...please don't-
>Kiki: Michel. Your scaring the kids...calm down, will ya?
>Michel: How can you be so calm at a time like this?!
>Kiki: Because I know we are going to make it through this. If not...then you should have gone a couple inches deeper with your mole hole.

Laying onto his back with his two red-haired children still clinging to his side, Michel breaks down into a manic laugh as Kiki lays her head onto his chest, waiting for whatever fate awaits them.

>Norris: It'll hold. What comes next...that will be the hard part.
>Aina: Papa...
>Norris: Its all just a bad dream.

Arriving above Dublin, the detached front section of the colony detonates, setting the population of the city ablaze as the majority of Ireland's surface is boiled in a whirlwind of nuclear fire and impact detonations. Observing the destruction from an observation camera in orbit, Nanai raises her arms towards the screen, her eyes fluttering with joy at the destruction.

>Nanai: (At long last, your dream is about to become a reality...Char.)

>>23325753
I blitzed through the entirety of the previous threads after I learned Copy X wasn't dead. Good fucking LORD.

>>23325753
Doan may have dodged the last two bullets but let's see him try and dodge this one on his shitty island hideout. I can't believe Copy X's hatred for Doan was so much he had Axis destroy the fucking earth to kill him.

>>23325774
Welcome to hell, we've officially begun the Neo Titans run

>>23325753
>your dream is about to become a reality, Char
See I fucking knew Char wanted to genocide the earth, I was right yet again and yet Char Simps still insisted he didn't.

>>23325818
>see this character THINKs she knew what Char wanted because she said so see I was right!
I've no horse in this race but surely you don't see how flawed this logic is

Char's dick looks like this after a role play with his Kycillia-sama~

Now I will drop a colony on the Earth and make it as flat as my balls muwahahahahahaha~

Motherfucker.

I knew many of our guys would die trying to stop the colony, but I genuinely thought we had a good chance of stopping it. I thought we could turn this shit around even with our aces gutted.
Now what? Do we have any actual hope of salvaging this shitfest? Because I don't think we've had a run go this badly in a long while.

>>23325753

In the moment of the reinforced tip of the colony detonating above Dublin, both the Zeta Gundam and Bawoo cease function as they crash to the burning surface of the planet below.

>Fa: Her vitals are spiking! Doctor Hassan, we need to restrain her jaw from-

Grasping onto Fa's hands, Elpeo gasps in agony as she yelps out a plea for the screams of the universe to cease. While keeping hold of the girls hands however, Fa feels her perception shifting as she finds Kamille's and Sarah's essences clashing against one another.

>Fa: K-Kamille?! Sarah?!

As a shockwave casts Hayato's Garuda and the Argama to the surface, the Gundam Team's pilots are forced to abandon their crippled Mobile Suits, while Judau watches as a massive burst of energy erupts from Mashymre's Bawoo, his agonizing screams filling his thoughts as the energy begins to manifest into the shape of a man, its size towering above the clouds as the Newtype energy flowing from Mashymre begins to distort Judau's perception of reality.

>Mashymre: (W-what is happening to me? Am I...am I dying? Is this my punishment for allowing for this...how could I let this-)
>Kamille?: (I am truly sorry, Mashymre Cello.)
>Mashymre: (Kamille?! What is the meaning of this?! Why are you here before-)
>Kamille?: (Look. To Axis...)
>Mashymre?: (What...what is that? A demon? Why is such an awful thing coming from-)

As Kamille's phantom fades, Mashymre feels countless memories flowing onto him, along with a great shift in his state of the universe as the energy flowing around the Bawoo begins to stabilize into a constant, everlasting glow.

[Mashymre has formed a corrupted soul merging with Kamille Bidan. Stats drastically increased. NT5 potential unlocked]

As Judau attempts to regain his barrings, he finds Sarah's phantom floating before him.

>Judau: The girl from...
>Sarah?: (Your time has come. Now...come to me. Come to me, and embrace the Utopia that is soon to be born.)

>>23325818
>actually thinking Char wanted this in this particular run
You are officially more retarded than Char himself

Mashmyre's going Beyond the Time? Incredible

>>23325899

Judau is torn from the cockpit of the Zeta Gundam, his injured body being cast out into the deathly wastes burning around him. Looking up from the surface, Judau watches as the Zeta's Gundam's reactor is torn from the suit, with the lingering energy of Kamille's influence on the machine flowing back upon Mashymre. Arriving in an retrofitted launch craft, Elle and Iino rush out to drag Judau onto the shuttle as it escapes for Gibraltar.

[Argama and all suits aboard it have been destroyed. Judau, Iino, Elle, Elpeo, Mondo, Bright,Roux, Astionage, Emma and Asherah have escaped safely. Beecha is now MIA. Mashymre has evolved further and is now on a mission to Axis.]

[Time to Earth destruction: 0 turns]

The remaining shards of colony finally make impact with the Earth, obliterating entire quadrants of civilization across the planet in an instant. From the impacts and shockwaves alone, it is estimated for than 90% of the entire planets population have been destroyed...and yet, the environment has survived. Even through this heinous destruction, the planet's biosphere survives.

[Beijing, Kilimanjaro, Madras, Belfast, New Yark, California, Hawaii have all had their ecnomic values reduced to 0. Jaburo, California Base, Odessa and Torrington have survived without no damage. 90% of all AEUG troops on Earth have been destroyed]

>>23325976
Alright so Argama mode is off, which is honestly probably for the best because we need people like Puru to be actual pilots now

>>23325976
At least the planet is not DEAD dead, just very fucked up.
Neo Zeon WILL pay in blood for this atrocity.

>>23325680
I wonder if Hayato would have been more willing to evacuate if Katz were still alive.
>>23325861
We did have a good chance, but unfortunately, the dice simply did not fall that way.

>>23325976
New main character dropped this is an ascended Mashymre run now guys.

>>23325861

If you didn't want a tragedy, why the fuck would you gamble in the first place?

>>23326042
The mission had an 80% success chance. It's a very good odds. We also have Amuro so I thought we can at worst rely on him going beyond the time at last.

>>23326065

Good odds means there is still a chance of failing, Also Amuro isn't a fucking get out of jail free card. People like you are why obvious scams like Casinos will always make money.

>>23326073
Anon, It's the end of the world scenario. Everyone especially Wong know this is the only choice because it's their mission to protect Earth. Now that the Earth is ruined beyond hope for ages to come, it's time for vengeance.

>>23326073
>>23326085
Only other choice was a deal that would have resulted in the nightmare anyway. Though I suppose the guarantee of that option would make it 'not gambling' technically.

Total Zabi Death is back on the menu boys

>>23325976

>Bright:...What happened to Fa?
>Hassan: I tried to stop her from rushing off on her own, but she vanished just as the Argama was shot down. I just...hope she did not suffer.
>Bright: And the Beecha kid?
>Argama soldier: Hope he died alone and afraid in that brig.
>Emma: H-he was just a child! That is going to far-
>Argama soldier: If we had not been delayed because of him, we could have at least saved more lives! He got what he-
>Judau: Just shut up already! Yeah, your probably right...the last thing we need right now is anyone wanting to see another dead!

Crawling over to Emma, Elpeo lays her head against her stomach for comfort.

>Emma:...Captain Bright, have they not done enough? With your permission, I would like to help these children with living accommodations on a new colony to-
>Elle: We aren't going anywhere.
>Iino: Leina is still on that Zeon rock.
>Mondo: I wouldn't mind a soldiers pension to live off of either...so i'll keep sticking around.
>Emma: I can't accept that! All of you still have your own lives to live-
>Elpeo: Your...not going to stop fighting yourself, are you?
>Emma: Its different with me. I have an obligation to-
>Elpeo: If my da...Dozle Zabi caused this, I can't stop either!
>Judau: None of us are walking away. Not until Leina is safe. Not until Neo Zeon is defeated. Not until-

Judau halts as he finds Asherah facing the ravaged Earth, her arms extended as she allows the souls of the billions of slain to pass through her, yet she does not attempt to assimilate any of them into herself.

>Asherah:...Father, everything will heal. Both the Earth and those who were taken from it are scared...but both will return one day. So...don't be sad. Be happy that a Utopia is awaiting-

As Bright swings his fist at Asherah, Judau tanks the impact with his chest.

>Bright:...You actually found joy in this.
>Asherah: N-no! Father, I just-
>Judau: You bastard...you were going to strike your own daughter...?!

>>23326100
Asherah only knows how to talk in newtype and Bright is literally too dense to get what she means

>>23326100
>As Bright swings his fist at Asherah, Judau tanks the impact with his chest.
In all fairness, I don't think having a gestalt newtype pseudo-messiah with an oppai addiction is a problem we can Brightslap our way through

>>23326106
Has Bright's head had ANY time to cool down? Seems like he's always just on the verge of exploding into explosions repeatedly.

>>23326135
He never truly recovered from getting cucked AND mindfucked in the OYW

>>23326100

>Bright: That "thing" isn't my daughter. Its just something that wanted to twist me, just like her mother! "Love?" "Wanting what was best for me?"

Breaking down into a broken laugh, Bright collapses to his knees, he begins to slam his fist into metal blow, bloodying his hand with each strike.

>Emma: Captain! Someone, you have to-
>Hassan: Just let him have this. He...told me what this was about.
>Emma: What do you mean?
>Bright: After the One Year War, my career was being constantly monitored. Any attempt to advance, controlled from outside my sight. Trying to form a new relationship with a woman...ruined by forces outside my control. She told me that we could not be together, and yet she continued to keep me from having a life of my own...and then she saddles me with a child that only intends to control me further...?!
>Asherah:...Daddy~...!! I...I love-
>Bright: No you don't. You never knew me. You were taught to make me love you...just to appease the insanity of monster of a mother of yours. Newtypes...all your kind know is how to rip away the futures of others for yourselves! My duty...my duty was to the Earth Federation! I failed that duty...!
>Judau: You done...old man?
>Bright:...Just about.

Grabbing for a pistol from his coat, Bright places the gun to his head.

>Bright:...I'm sorry, Asherah. I can't do this any-

Clinging her face against Bright's stomach, Asherah gently cries as Bright begins to lower the gun.

>Asherah:...I will never be a parasite again! No matter how much you hate me...I will never, ever take from another again! Not like mommy did!
>Bright:...I wish I could believe you. I just...wish I could believe-

Judau pulls the gun from Brights hand, before knocking him out cold with a strike to his head.

>Judau: Go home and be a family man, Bright.

[Asherah has planned to joined the AEUG]

>>23326146
this is probably the best solution to this

>>23326135
>>23326140
Not to mention Bright is constantly experiencing the worst possible thing happening constantly. And now the world just ended with billions dead, the man must be at risk of a heart attack with how high his blood pressure is.

>>23326146
>Judau-knockout replacing the Bright-slap as therapy tool
I'm fine with this

>>23325793
In spite of my fervent Zeonic loyalties, yeah this incarnation of Neo-Zeon is too fucked to be permitted to live.

Also, where the FUCK did Casval go? He can't pull his suicide by Amuro plan now, so what will he do?

>>23326181
He might actually just be dead.

>>23325976
holy fuck that mashymre is busted
>>23326146
Holy fuck her stats are busted for her rank.

>>23326146
I wonder how many child soldiers are gonna enlist in the AEUG now like the ZZ Team and Asherah

>>23326186
How old is the latter again? She doesn't seem much larger than the Letz, Katz, and Kikka in 0079 at a glance.

>>23326181
>Also, where the FUCK did Casval go?
Abducted by Haman.
>what will he do
Gets buckbroken by "Kycilia" for daring to kirakira-cuck her with Amuro and Lalah at Ozun

>>23326146
>replacing marion

man i remembered that yu died, fuck man...

>>23326196
Asherah can't be older than 8 right now given she was conceived near the end of 0079
I guess we Tekkaden now.

>>23326212
well as long as we don't desire to become king of mars or trust in a blond pedophile we should be alright.

>>23326221
What could Char even do to ruin this any further? Earth had it's population shredded and unless literally every Deeprootiuminati happened to be at Jaburo, even their organization is gutted so Earth wouldn't on his hit-list. At this point I'd see him chucking asteroids at Axis to sate his murderboner for Zabis, but I don't think any of us would have problem with that

>>23326197
>Abducted by Haman.
Ah yes, Casval "The Raped" Deikun.

>>23326181
im like 99% sure hes the guy warning wong to get the argama crew off of earth

>>23326146
>>Judau: Go home and be a family man, Bright.
Guile's theme has taken over this run

>>23325976
These stats are fucking disgusting
If Mashy gets a good suit he is gonna take so many of our guys down
Him and the freaks are basically what Axis has instead of a functioning military. Just a handful of god-tier aces.

>>23326234
I'm 100% anti-Zabi and anti-Neo Zeon at this point, anything that brings us closer to the complete and utter eradication of both of those groups is a net positive in my book. A complete purge and restructuring of the EFF remnants that let this happen is also in order.

>>23326334
To be fair, until we see otherwise, I would guess that Dozle had little to do with this attack. It's his handlers that have set it up.
That's not to redeem Dozle or anything, he needs to be put down for a variety of reasons, I just think he's a complete figurehead for the Zabists that they keep coked up all the time to keep would-be opposition in line and claim "legitimacy".

I need to see these two dysfunction together and the world dragged down kicking and screaming with them. I also want to see Char as a stay at home Dad for some reason.

>>23326355
And he's an unfortunately excellent attack dog too, don't forget that.

>>23326146
>8 year old autistic soul eater with no training is a better leader than a 40 year military veteran like John Kowen

Brights DNA really is something. Also she’s cute. I can see she wasn’t being fought off while molesting anyone other that Puru.

>>23326383
I mean how many different people did she eat the skills of at this point? At the very least I wouldn't be surprised if Bright's stats are in the gutter because she stole them back before she learned stealing people's skills is wrong.

>>23326383
Despite having the worst background possible, a batshit insane mother, an increasingly unstable father, crazy newtype vampire senses, having gone through multiple traumatic events and being in an absolute shithole of a setting, Asherah is doing pretty damn good, all things considered. She's already running circles around Hathaway and she's not even 10 yet.

>>23326146

[SPECIAL LEVEL UP RULES FOR ASHERA]

"Ashera will suffer negative level ups per level unless she Soul merges with other allied aces or soul steals from slain aces. Can have a max of +3 level up for a stat depending on how she is managed."

>>23326433
Got it so she either needs to understand her allies or we can turn her into a blood thirsty beast by feeding her our enemies.

>>23326433
>"Ashera will suffer negative level ups per level unless she Soul merges with other allied aces or soul steals from slain aces.
I heard women were soul stealing demons but this is ridiculous.

>>23326454
Asherah is a good girl, she dindu nuffin

>>23326146

Humanity has suffered a catastrophic loss of life yet again at the hand of Neo Zeon. Earth's ecology, while it had survive, teeters on the verge of a total collapse from the shower of Luna-Titanium reinforced shards that had bombarded the planet. In response to this attack, the remnants of the Federation government have announced the formation of a new Anti-Zeon task force comprised of volunteers from the AEUG who shall staunchly hunt down Zeon radicals on behalf of the Federation.

[Londo Bell has formed]
>Amuro [Londo Bell]
>Sayla [Londo Bell]
>Mezun Mex
>Richard Dockery (Broken Scirocco)
>Chan
>Mirai Yashima
>Kayra

Have all joined Londo Bell and will be monitoring AEUG activity for pro-Zeon elements. Nahel Argama-class vessels are being readied at the Luna II shipyards to spearhead a retaliatory offensive against Neo Zeon, with AEUG being ordered to immediately ready for the offensive as well. While the crew of the Argama arriving at the La Vi En Rose to discuss Bright Noa's new assignment, Leina Ashta tends to Dozle as his favored servant as his delusions worsen.

>Dozle:...Have I ruined Mineva?
>Leina: Excellency, we have talked about this-
>Dozle: Not spoiled her, of course. Mineva deserves the world...but I fear she will...will always look for a man like me to fill her heart. She deserves better...someone like Garma...like that adorable young man from before. Leina, has she ever discussed with you? I know young girls enjoy such gossip...even little Kycilia did when she was but a child.
>Leina:...Lord Zabi, would you ever consider just leaving all of this?
>Dozle:...So many nights, I have. I want Mineva to have a proper mother though. Marlene...she was the only woman besides Zenna who truly touched me...! That...poor Marlene...born desiring a child, yet rendered sterile...its cruel! The universe it-

Placing her hand to the back of Dozles, Leina gently attempts to reassure the demented giant.

>>23326484
mezun really has been rad this whole run huh

>>23326484

As Leina feels the cold metal of Dozles prosthetic hand moving to the tops hers, she reflects on a request made by the girl she had tasked to become friends with, "Mineva".

>Leina: (W-what is this? Mineva, is this-)
>Ple 2: (Your thoughts are far to open, Leina. It is not poison. I would never seek to see my beloved father harmed...but he deserves more. Having to allow those fools in the Council to treat him as if he were a puppet...i've had it.)
>Leina: (If Lord Dozle is being controlled, should the people of Axis not be told of it? Princess, what his advisors are planning...its evil. So many innocent people will be-)
>Ple 2: (Earth deserves so much worse, but this will have to do for now. The Council considers us as disposal. A means to an end to allow them into the Zabi bloodline. I am the only one worthy of continuing the Zabi Bloodline alongside my father.)
>Leina: (...Why trust me with this? I could tell the guards of your intentions and-)

Laying her head against Leina's, Ple 2 slowly looks into Leina's eyes.

>Ple 2: (Father considers you almost as a sister to me. I want you to prove your loyalty to us by setting him free with this. Just like me, you don't look upon him in fear...or rather, you have learned to look past the fear.)
>Leina: (...What will happen if his Excellency ingests this?)
>Ple 2: (The filth the Council have forced into his body will be neutralized. That "beast" people have spoken of about him will be awakened without restriction...and I will turn that Werewolf on the Council. Then, Neo Zeon will belong to us.)
>Leina: (Princess Mineva...!)
>Ple 2: (You are either my enemy...or my closest friend. Don't make me have to choose, Leina.)

Feeling the neutralizing canister to remove the sedation from Dozle's mind, Leina looks back to the Zabi dictator, his mechanical sensor eye unfocused from the sensation of her warmth.

>Will Leina work with Ple 2?
https://strawpoll.com/e6Z2AmYe5gN

>>23326558
I think it'll result in a weaker Axis overall if Dozle were to wipe the Councilmen, but then someone's gonna have to deal with that thing in the end. Besides isn't it possible Leina just gets munched right now if it gets administered?

>>23326558
what leads to total zeon death (without compromising our guys)

>>23326558
Work with Ple 2, Dozle is practically a dog on a leash for the council. Even if he goes completely insane at least he'll be himself.

>>23326558
I have a hunch that doing anything but working with Ple 2 will not work out for Leina. Ple can just read her mind if she lies, and Dozle probably won't believe her at best, and get upset at worst if she tells him what she's planning.

>>23326572
I think Ple 2 would protect her at least. Besides seeing Dozle nom on some fat Zeeks would be a funny sight.

>>23326558
Dozle is just a rabid dog, so having him get rid of the treacherous snakes that are the council and putting him in charge will make Neo Zeon a bit easier to deal with. Honestly, I'm mostly worried about Leina's fate, but I think working with Puru 2 gives her the best chances of survival.

>>23326704
Best chances? There's a reason why Puru 2 isn't directly doing this.

If Leina gets eaten or raped, Puru 2 is on the list.

>>23326558

Placing her faith into Ple 2, Leina arranges for the unknown substance to be laced into Dozle's medicine, neutralizing the sedative agents usually provided to keep Dozle's mind from fully returning.

>Leina: (Now he can finally be free from those people. Is awakening this "beast" truly the best way to help him though...?)

Meanwhile aboard the Sadalahn, Mashymre orders for the vessel to begin its return to Axis, regardless of orders from High Commander for him to head a counter offensive to recapture Luna II. As he holds onto a plant taken from the Earth, Mashymre feels as if his very touch has begun to siphon the life of everything he comes into contact with.

>Mashymre: (Is this my punishment for presiding over the death of the world that had given humanity life? All around this universe, evil has taken root. Evil that must be pulled out by its root...first Axis shall be made clean, then the colonies, then what remains of the blight on the celestial bodies. Only once this world has been returned to true nobility, where lies no longer exist, can I end my own life with honor...!)

Unable to control his newfound power, Mashymre's psychic force passively leeches the life of the crew of the Sadalahn, only further empowering him as a new, twisted belief of justice flows through his mind. Meanwhile within the secret containment labs at Axis, the last surviving member of the Zabist Council cowers as his fellow Councilors and a representative from the Jupiter Energy Fleet lay torn apart by Dozle's hands and mechanical jaw.

>Zabist Councilman: E-Excellency! We served you loyally! This was all for sake the Zabi families survi-

*CRUNCH*

His mind no longer clouded by drug-induced delusions, Dozle learns of being used as a pawn by the Council that had preserved his life to strong arm the Jupiter Energy Fleet into obedience, along with using clones of his beloved daughter to sire new heirs to the Zabi bloodline from their loins.

>>23327213
>Only once this world has been returned to true nobility, where lies no longer exist, can I end my own life with honor...!
Darth Nihlus has become Charles zi Brittania.

>>23327213
ah good, now we can just let zeon self destruct and infight then we kill whoever is left

>>23327213

Having been unable to directly harm the Zabist Council by her own hands from her mental programming, Ple 2 feels a pang of satisfaction of seeing the men who had shackled Dozle to their will being slaughtered. Arranging for Dozle to be detained by the Secret Police following the slaughter, along with her Cloned sisters to be disposed of to remove any competition in monopolizing Dozles affections for herself, Ple 2 is left with only one remain obstacle as she waits for the Secret Police lead by Henry Boone to eliminate Leina Ashta.

>Ple 2: (I will never forget what you have done for me, Leina. You were indeed a very good friend to me...but I will not let you steal Dozle away from me.)

Before Leina can be captured and killed by the Secret Police however, the young girl is abducted from the Zabi palace by an unknown party, much to Ple 2's demented paranoia at still having a competitor to Dozle's love.

[Leina is now MIA. Ple 2 has spawned at Axis with the Psycho Gundam Mark II. Henry Boone has spawned with a Doven Wolf]

>>23326629
>I have a hunch that doing anything but working with Ple 2 will not work out for Leina.
HMMMM.

>>23327336
the fuck happened to you Boone?

>>23327336
imagine if its char

>>23327336
Was that Dozle himself?

>>23327342
HMMMM indeed.
>>23326558
So... These were all bad choices, I suppose. I'm not even thinking about any possible nebulous benefit out of them but just the idea that each choice is a different degree of 'How much does Ple 2 mess with Leina?'

>>23327336
a little sad all the other ples are just killed off screen their life fucking sucked

>>23327426
It's for the best. They were made to be breeding stock and due to their heritage the entire world (or what's left of it) would've hated them.

>>23327336

>Wong: Londo Bell, huh? Amuro Ray and those who followed with him were far to anxious to return to the Federations embrace rather than helping us to negotiate.
>AEUG Officer: Chairman, do you really intend to directly fight on the battlefield?
>Wong: We need the Federation to see that we have our act together. Otherwise they will simply try to overshadow the AEUG into being reabsorbed. Despite the damage to the planet, we still have many cards to play of our own.

Looking through his list of propaganda campaigns to bolster public faith in the AEUG, Wong considers which projects and proposed plans would benefit the AEUG the most.

>Wong: (The Argama performed surprisingly well, despite being manned by a bunch of kids...what is this? Data from the strategic simulator from the La Vi En Rose? Impossible...a child produced these results? Interesting...)

>Which propaganda campaigns/projects will be enacted by the AEUG while its Intelligence Agency is rebuilt from scratch?
https://strawpoll.com/w4nWWEaMqnA

>>23327475
I think
>EX-S
>Gundam Team
>Miracle child
seems like good choices to me

>>23327475
>0 end
no wonder he always dies the moment he sees combat.

>>23327487
>>Miracle child
to add on to this, Asherah is basically the only other person we have left who can be a competent admiral besides Bright and John, plus being a idol probably could help with her character gimmick

EX-S is good all around and we obviously need Gundam Team to come back

>>23327475
>Next generation of Self-learning Mobile Suit warfare! Machines are fighting for our homelands!
The Nero will be obsoleted by the Jegan, but we can still get use out of it for a while. The EX-S Gundam is simply an upgrade on the S Gundam, good for aces that don't want a FAZZ.
>Legendary, unstoppable "Gundam Team!" Super Elites stronger than all of Zeon!
"make as many zeta project ms as we can and shove the ZZ cast into them"
This is more important than anything else because we are stupidly low on good aces.
>Miracle child rises from the ashes to lead humanity to victory!! She is fighting for our prayers!
Fuuuck no, this is the path to newtype vampirism.
>Hand-in-hand, Anaheim and the Colony Company are building a better home for you in space!
Getting rid of our income for ten turns? If we don't win in the first five we're fucked, fuck this.
>Anaheim Chairman leads war effort personally?! Who is Wong Lee?!
As hilarious as AUEG of Wong is, that'll just result in his death.

Guys we have put Wong in a Mobile Suit before, every time he has died, PLEASE don't waste a suit and kill our current faction leader I'm not sure who we have left after him.

>>23327495
>>Miracle child rises from the ashes to lead humanity to victory!! She is fighting for our prayers!
>Fuuuck no, this is the path to newtype vampirism.
How so? This is only propaganda, she's just going to be a ship captain and raise morale.

>>23327501
She'll be a Rear Admiral with negative level ups without absorbing people, when our morale gain is based on how well she does.
Either she turns into a mediocre unit from victory or she starts to eat brains.

>>23327498

The loli will suffice as our new leader. Humanity needs a Newtype to remind them of what Contolonism can bring them in this brave new age.

>>23327501
>How So
May I direct you to >>23327505

>>23327504
>She'll be a Rear Admiral with negative level ups without absorbing people,
She can gain level ups just by bonding with people, being a idol makes sense for that if she can connect with others. For all we know she'll just be leading the Gundam Team and can just bond with those kids in a positive manner

>>23327508
That's for killing Wong, that's irrelevant to making use of a good captain right now

>>23327505
That puts forth the question of her possible crew though. She needs to be near aces, allied or enemy. Will she have a crew to bond with or a pack of generics to hold down enemies to devour?

Let's turn her into an idol earth's fucked let's turn this into Macross.

>>23327504
>Either she turns into a mediocre unit from victory or she starts to eat brains.
Basically, she needs to eat dead Zeeks or our own dead aces. We bring her in when our own aces are in danger of dying so they get recycled. Give her a Nahel Argama named the Valkyrie.

I'd normally consider building more colonies but:
>Have all joined Londo Bell and will be monitoring AEUG activity for pro-Zeon elements
Nope.

>>23327475
I want to go with bowing down to our ai overlords.
So voting for 1, 2, and 4
EX-S Mommy will guide the future of humanity not some short sighted Newtypes supremacists.

>>23327525
>Basically, she needs to eat dead Zeeks or our own dead aces
She doesn't need to kill allied aces, she can just merge with them without force

>>23327535
>spend all our budget on colonies
>not short sighted

>>23327475
I voted for Self-Learning machines with the S-Gundam stuff, Neo Gundam team because honestly that sounds like a good idea, and colony redevelopment since Earth has literally been destroyed beyond repair.

Promoting Asherah or Wong to a military leadership position just sounds like a horrible idea.

>>23327547
Do not do that. Empowering the colonies before the Zeeks are all dead is not a good idea when Londo Bell is doing extra scrutiny on us. We don't need Amuro and co turning on us when we find Magellanic is a front for Gryps 3.

>>23327547
I don't see how using a character with good stats in a role we're lacking as a bad idea, I DO see issue with using all our funds on colony development immediately however

>>23327487
Same here. Promoting Asherah is the only choice that seems like a wild card, but I believe that she can pull through without discarding her humanity if we play our cards right. Developing more colonies at this point in time just doesn't sound like a good idea, we need to get rid of the threat that Neo Zeon represents first, and sending Wong out to die is just completely retarded.

>>23327475
Remember the image and file name is literally telling you not to vote for Wong (but it would be funny)

>>23327475
Idol Asherah is great, maybe that will be enough to give Bright an aneurysm so he can finally die

>>23327617
wong jobs even in the penelope i cant imagine him in first neo zeon era tech

>>23327561
Billions are dead and all of Earth is a wasteland. People are gonna need a nice place to live and the +200 Alignment would be nice. But I understand not wanting to do that and stay as the Grey AEUG.
>>23327577
Ideally we use up all our money on this development and propaganda leaving just a little bit for the colony redevelopment. Then we blitz Axis which is already in a purity spiral with leadership killing each other.

>>23327709
Kind of just like when M'Quve made that suggestion to blow all the cash before Anaheim could claim it, eh? Much more straightforward back then, since there wasn't an income halt with that choice.

>>23326433
>finale
>seemingly unbeatable foe like, idk, giga-Scirocco back from the dead merged with Kamille
>get Ashera to soul merge with our entire ace roster
>all stats instantly shoot up into the 30s

>>23326484
>Richard Dockery (Broken Scirocco)
???

>>23327475
Kinda wanna vote 1, 2, 3, 4
1 and 2 are just plain good
3 is a gamble depending on what exactly is meant by Asherah being able to power up via "soul merge". If it's literally just talking to people and making friends then that's awesome. If it's doing vampire stuff then it's bad. I'm voting for it bc it seems fun.
4 is practically necessary to save millions of lives. The question is, can we put civilian needs ahead of military ones right now? One might argue that putting military needs first is exactly what the Titans did. But the situation is so, so much worse now then it was then.
I think I'll vote for it just bc we will have already spent most of our money on the other projects, so we don't have an imminent need for them. Still, this is a big risk.
Leader Wong is a meme option

>>23327931

Even if the loli has to eat some souls to power up it would be well worth it to have a character capable of breaking the base game 20 max level. Also personally the idea of Bright still being a Captain after everything he went through and his bastard daughter becomes an Admiral because of Wong playing “politics” is funny to me.

>>23327475
Hey, Copy for polls like this one in the future rather than having it be get at least X votes can it be scaled based on percentage of voters approve of each choice? For ones like the colony drop mission the poll was so active basically everyone was going to be sent every time, having it be say 50% of voters must vote yes would help make it so such choices aren't just drowned in having a lot of voters.

>>23327475
Loli Admiral is the most funny and fitting as the last hope. Every pragmatic choices fail and this is the end so let put our future into a soul eater I mean a shining star that consumes Zeon.

>>23328184
Agreed. A percentage threshold rather than an absolute figure makes not voting for something while voting for other things a meaningful decision as well.

>>23327948
>>23328228
>>23327931
I hope this doesn't turn out like Bright HUNGER. I've only read the archived threads but it feels like Ashera is going to be voted into every opportunity to merge or consume regardless of consequences.
I mean, this is probably her version of a mortality meter going here.

>>23328349
This is the fate of Neo-Zeon this run. Even their souls will be consume to avenge Earth and our allies. We shouldn't vote her to merge with our allies because she is a good girl and this is a Grey AEUG.

>>23328356
when has anything resembling a soul absorbtion worked out for us? thats psycho gundam shit and that NEVER works out long term

>>23328464
As long as Asherah only consumes our enemies and fallen allies, it will be okay. Remember the world is ending, nothing can be worse aside from our lost against Neo-Zeon. It's time to be the true Grey AEUG.

>>23328562
"Consumes our enemies"

ah yes im sure that wont lead to her just adopting zeon ideals from all the fallen zeeks

>>23328566
What ideas? They are just food source. Asherah will consume them and destroy Neo-Zeon for Bright because she is a good girl. Asherah is the hope of AEUG, an idol who will lead us to victory against Neo-Zeon and avenge the Earth.

>>23328579
id trust that more if copy didnt consistently write souls being absorbed into shit like the psycho gundam as being insane tormentors. "They are just a food source" is just too optimistic for what'll undoubtably be a bad idea. It isn't like ship captains need good stats either

>>23328586
You know, if Bright supports Asherah like a good father then I believe a miracle will occur.

>>23328591
Yeah but Bright doesn't want anything to do with soul absorbtion bs. Best to just not do anything with that so Bright doesn't look for the nearest Drano

>>23328597
Bright should accept that as a way for AEUG to obtain a flawless victory. But I guess he will never accept that after everything has happened

>Dozle: She... was to be Queen and rule the world as she deserves! But you crushed that dream! Ground it to dust! HEAR ME FEDERATION DOG! YOU WILL PAY FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE! I'LL TEAR YOU APART WITH MY BARE HANDS!
>Amuro: And what of you? How many people have you killed? How many dreams have you crushed? You're not the only one who's seen their world fall apart around them! You'll get no pity from me, Zabi! NO PITY! AND NO MERCY!
>Now DIE!

>>23328643
Very rich coming from Amuro in this run when his own hands are flowing from the blood of the innocents Titans killed

>>23328798
I think that is the point, Dozle going on about how Mineva was meant to rule the world as it's queen isn't going to get any sympathy from Amuro "Not to fond of the greeks" Ray

>>23328798
He didn't kill innocents. He stayed out of it.

>>23327475
I think you should really do these multi-choice things as "what percentage voted for this out of all the options", not an absolute number. cause absolute number is too dependent on how many people happen to vote.

>>23328856
doesn't matter too much I think, I feel like the three that won was gonna win regardless

New thread:
>>23329003

>>23327886
Broken people need time to heal, therapy animals can help with that. Just give Scirocco a free Fou.