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Langley Base – Hangar
Tasuku: Aw…C’mon Doc!
Marion: …Not a chance. How many times do I have to tell you? You’re…
Excellen: So doc, I heard my Gespy’s gonna be repainted for Russel…eh?
Tasuku: I’m telling you, I’d make full use of the secret weapon!
Marion: Ask me again when you’ve passed the PT pilot exam.
Tasuku: But it’s not a PT!
Marion: …..
Excellen: She’s quite busy, Tasuku.
Excellen: Knock it off before she gets mad and ties you to the Alt’s heat horm.
Tasuku: …That’s gotta burn.
Tasuku: Tell her, Lieutenant! You need more help, right!?
Excellen: Yeah, we could use a good looking guy or two.
Tasuku: Bingo! There you go! I’m good looking!
Excellen: The heat horn has your name written all over it.
Tasuku: N-Nooo…
Rishu: Tasuku! If you have nothing to do, will give me a hand?
Tasuku: What is it, Master? I’m kinda busy here…
Rishu: If you refuse, you’ll be my sparring partner tonight!
Tasuku: Why, I’d be happy to help you, sir.
Excellen: Hmm…He’s quite earnest all right.
Marion: He has his eye on the Gigan…even more than Lt. Katina.
Excellen: Gigan…you serious, doc? The shield of the Earth…that thing came here with the Hiryu?
Marion: I guess there’s no point in lying. Yes, it’s here…the mech that triggered the Hope Incident 16 years ago…
Excellen: …Can we still use it? I mean, it’s a bit outdated…
Marion: Well, we can’t operate it with the Tesla Drive as it is.
Marion: And…I’m hoping to keep it a secret…until the end of the war.
Elpis Space Colony – Briefing Room
Julia: Julia Heinkel of the Treue Unit, at your service.
Lily: Commander, Major Julia is here.
Maier: Let her in.
Lily: Go ahead, Major…
Julia: Thank you. You sent for me, Commander?
Maier: Yes. Thanks to your unit seizing Columna and the comm satellites, the DC now has a superior advantage in this war.
Maier: But, I’m afraid I’m overworking your officers…
Julia: Commander.
Maier: Hm…?
Lily: What’s wrong, Major? Do you disagree with the commander?
Julia: Yes. We have devoted our lives to serving you, with no regrets.
Maier: Thank you. But, don’t waste your lives.
Julia: Sir…we live to fight…but your kindness will make us weak…
Julia: So please, don’t worry about us…
Maier: Hm…Very well. Then let me give you your new orders.
Maier: Escort the DC reinforcements, and supervise the drop.
Maier: After that, bring Bian’s new AM back here safely.
Julia: Yes, sir.
Elpis – Command Center
Maier: The Treue Unit…they’ve proven to be very useful.
Lily: Yes…we chose the most loyal and exceptional female soldiers for it.
Maier: Heheheh…sometimes, humans can be very powerful weapons…
Maier: The Treue Unit and the DC’s Last Battalion will pose the greatest threat to the EFA.
Lily: …Then, just like the Treue Unit, Major Elzam is…?
Maier: Yes. He’s merely a pawn as well.
Lily: …..
Maier: Do you think I’m cold-blooded, Lily?
Lily: No…you carry the future of the colonists on your shoulders…
Lily: And the soft politics of President Brian Midcrid…
Lily: Will not allow us to achieve our goal of independence from the Earth.
Maier: Yes. We must be hardhearted to survive these times…
Langley Base – Briefing Room
Excellen: Hey, did you hear that, Kyosuke?
Kyosuke: …Yeah. DC soldiers…they’re landing again.
Excellen: Japan will be in danger. They’ll be targeted by subs.
Kyosuke: It’s worrisome. The UCC are still at large…they’ll also be making a move.
Excellen: …Soon?
Kyosuke: Yeah. This won’t be easy.
Excellen: Yikes, I’m scared. Hey, Kyosuke…will you protect me?
Kyosuke: Protect yourself.
Excellen: Ouuuuch. You’re cold.
Excellen: (He’s already protected me once. But it happened so long ago…I’m sure he doesn’t remember it.)
Langley Base – Command Center
Jonathan: It’s okay for now…a detailed tune-up can be done later.
Marion: Dr. Kazahara…what do you intend to do with the Grungust?
Jonathan: I have no reason to stay here, so I’m leaving. I’ll be taking the Grungust with me.
Marion: What…Where!?
Rishu: …You’re going to help out Project SRX, aren’t you?
Jonathan: Haha, the Master knows all!
Rishu: It’s a dangerous time to cross the pacific.
Marion: What are you planning to do, Dr. Kazahara?
Jonathan: …Project SRX doesn’t have an operational R-Series unit yet.
Jonathan: And they still need to get their other units up and running…so I’m going to help them.
Marion: You’re going to help our rivals?
Jonathan: Don’t bring your rivalry with Kirk into this.
Marion: I have no sympathy for him. He must pay the price for being blinded by EOT.
Jonathan: Don’t say that. We’ve got the Alt, the Weiss, the Type-0…even the Giganscudo.
Jonathan: We should at least give them the Grungust…
Marion: Did you say…Giganscudo!?
Marion: You mean…it’s operational!? That’s thing’s supposed to be sealed inside the Hiryu Custom…!
Jonathan: You’re face…I understand. You don’t want it to be used against humans.
Jonathan: Especially Colonists like yourself, Marion.
Marion: …..
Rishu: But we have no choice now.
Jonathan: Right. Because of its size, it’s easier to install the drive unit in it compared to the Weiss.
Marion: ! Jonathan…y-you fixed that thing!?
Jonathan: Yes. So I’ll take TLI’s precious Grungust in return.
Marion: You know full well what the Giganscudo did before!
Jonathan: Marion. In order to defuse the current situation…
Jonathan: Don’t you think we must do whatever it takes?
Rishu: I agree with Jonathan. We must do whatever it takes to stop the DC.
Rishu: That’s why he’s risking his life to go to Japan.
Marion: …..
Jonathan: And I must perform my parental duties as well.
Rishu: Oh yes…Irm is in also in Japan. Please give him my best.
Jonathan: Will do. Well, take care, sir…
*Jonathan departs*
Marion: …..
Chapter 7: Northern Lands Aflame
Langley Base Exterior
Jonathan: Thanks for bringing your ship to see me off…
Sean: Heh. Well, it’s not because you fixed Giganscudo…
Sean: We have to protect you until you clear the base. If I were an enemy…
Sean: I might seize this opportunity to…well, shoot down the carrier that contains our ace in the hole.
Jonathan: So, I’m a sitting duck…
Kyosuke: What’s the situation?
Eun:…It’s not clear.
Eun: It’s hard to determine the enemy’s movements since Columna fell to the UCC…
Bullet: Moreover, they destroyed our radar in the last attack…
Bullet: Not only can we not track them…they could “fall” on us from space at any moment…this base is no longer safe.
Excellen: I see. So they’ve laid the groundwork, huh?
Sanger: Yes. They planned this in case the MAPW failed.
Sanger: Tempest Hawker…there’s no doubt he’s a good commander.
Bullet: Well, he IS an ex-Aggressor just like you, sir…
Excellen: Flattering him will only get you into trouble.
Jonathan: I’d say we’re already in trouble.
Jonathan: We can’t allow the Grungust to fall into the hands of the DC…now, let’s get going.
*Thausendfessler moves*
Kyosuke: I have a bad feeling about this. Major, maybe we should escort the doctor…
*On-cue alarm*
Eun: Captain! Incoming contact, possibly AMs!
Lefina: !!
*Treue Unit appears*
Julia: (The Hiryu Custom…A battleship that was once a space expedition ship…)
Leona: Are you sure about this, Ma’am? We can’t delay here for too long…
Julia: Accoring to the report, the ATX Team is quite formidable.
Julia: If they’re as good as people say…I want to see it for myself.
Leona: Just like the Hagane?
Julia: Yes.
Leona: …Understood, Ma’am.
Jonathan: Oh boy…I just knew something would go wrong…
Kyosuke: Doctor! Come back!
Jonathan: No, I’ll break through! This is my chance to escape!
Marion: You moron…! Do you want to risk the Grungust falling into enemy hands!?
Jonathan: …Aren’t you worried about me too?
Lefina: XO, we’ll escort the doctor’s Taussendfussler out of here with the Hiryu Kai!
Sean: That’s a good idea…on your orders then, Captain.
Lefina: ATX Team, deploy!
*Preparations Screen, Units deploy*
Leona: Major, they’re deployed interceptors.
Julia: …So that’s the ATX Team.
Sanger: …That insignia isn’t a DC mark. They must belong to the UCC.
Bullet: UCC…The United Colony Corps…!
Katina: Tch…they came all this way here just to look for enemies!?
Julia: Let’s split into teams. One team attacks the carrier, the other holds off the enemy.
Julia: Try to capture the carrier intact.
Excellen: They’re separating into two teams.
Excellen: Go, Dr. Kazahara, go!
Jonathan: Hey, I thought you were escorting me!?
Excellen: Teehee, I was just expressing how I felt.
Sanger: Assault 1 here. Escort the doctor’s Taussendfussler out of the area.
Sanger: Remember, we don’t know if the enemy has more reinforcements. Don’t forget to protect the base!
Kyosuke: (For all we know, the enemies in front of us could be decoys…!)
*Conditions Shown, Battle starts*
*Shoot down Leona*
Leona: Agh, I’m not used to combat under the Earth’s gravity…
Leona: N-No excuses! I’m a Garstein, I must do better…!
*Lion F destroyed, Leona escapes*
*Julia shot down*
Julia: I lost…! So, the EFA has pilots with backbone.
Julia: …That’s enough cooperation. Let’s retreat.
*Guarlion destroyed, Julia escapes*
Bullet: They’re retreating…!?
Russel: She said cooperation…what did she mean!?
Lefina: Hiryu Kai to all units! Secure the area for the doctor’s departure!
Jonathan: Thanks for the cover! I’ll take you out to dinner next time, Skipper.
Lefina: Huh…? D-Dinner…?
Marion: Make sure you take care of the Grungust! And don’t you die either.
Jonathan: You got it. See you later.
*Taussendfussler departs, and the alarm sounds again*
Eun: Captain! Incoming DC mobile units!
Lefina: !
*Second Enemy Wave appears*
Sean: I see…so this is what they were planning.
Lefina: Th-The UCC AMs were decoys…!?
Sean: Hmm…not necessarily.
Thomas: …Frontal assault is for fools.
Thomas: You gotta do whatever you can to win…that’s my motto.
Bullet: Oh crud!
Kyosuke: So they’re here to take out the base. Not good…!
Katina: Don’t chicken out now! Just kill them all!
Sanger: With that number of enemies…Langley Base can’t survive an all-out offensive…!
Tasuku: We don’t have enough units!
Excellen: I wish we had, like, a hundred more Excellens…I mean, a hundred more PTs.
Sanger: Don’t wish for things we don’t have…Defensive positions!
Thomas: Looks like there’s a lot of good spoils left. This was worth the wait.
Sanger: Do not hesitate! We must take down whatever stands in our way!!
Lefina: Hiryu Custom to all units! Defend the base…!
*Base is highlighted*
Lefina: Don’t let a single enemy through!!
*Conditions Updates, Battle resumes*
*Shoot down Thomas*
Thomas: Ha, you left your headquarters to kill me…
Thomas: That makes this checkmate.
Kyosuke: What…!?
Thomas: Sorry, I’m just better than you guys. See ya!
*Guarlion explodes, Thomas escapes*
Kyosuke: Tch, he had one more card in his hand…!
Bullet: One more card…you don’t mean…!?
Eun: Captain, more DC forces at incoming! 3 o’Clock, range 3!
Katina: What the…!? There’re too many of ‘em…!
*Even more enemies appear*
Lefina: L-Look at them all…!
Bullet: M-Major…!
Sanger: Stay calm, Bullet! Don’t lose your cool!
Bullet: S-Sorry, sir!
Kyosuke: How long can we survive this onslaught…?
Excellen: C’mon Weiss, we need to think of something…oh, how about I go to the Far East Brigade and ask for back-up?
Kyosuke: …Stay right there or I’ll shoot you down myself.
Lefina: …We have nowhere to run. We…we must fight to the end!
Sanger: …We have no choice.
Kyosuke: Sir? We have to find their weak point. It might be the only…
Sanger: All units retreat.
Kyosuke: …!?
Katina: Whaddaya mean retreat!? This is our home!!
Sanger: I’ll cover your retreat. Now get out of here.
Greg: You go with them, Major.
Sanger: !
Greg: I’m going to use the HOS Jammer to blind the enemies.
Greg: You and the Hiryu Kai must leave this area..head for the Manhattan Crater.
Sanger: You must evacuate, Commander! If I stay, I can buy you some time!!
Greg: …The enemies will use an MAPW on us like last time.
Greg: Unfortunately….
Greg: We’re not the ones who have to evacuate, you are.
Sanger: But-!!
Greg: We’ll be defeated if we lose both the ATX Team and the Hiryu Kai here.
Sanger: You want me to flee and lose my honor!?
Greg: Yes. You’ll live to fight another day.
Greg: Now, go to the Manhattan Crater. The remaining EFA forces are gathering there.
Sanger: Commander!
Greg: That’s an order, Major Sanger!!
Sanger: !!
Greg: You are the commander of these soldiers…they can’t afford to lose you!
Sagner: Kh…!
Greg: Are we clear? I’m going to activate the HOS Jammer now.
Greg: Sanger Zonvolt, I wish you and the Hiryu Kai success on your future missions…!
Excellen: Kyosuke…
Kyosuke: We must go.
Sanger: …..
Katina: Kyosuke! Don’t…don’t leave the men in the base like this!
Kyosuke: …Lieutenant. We must leave. If you don’t, I’ll drag you out of here myself.
Bullet: Lieutenant! Why!?
Kyosuke: …This isn’t worth risking our lives for.
Kyosuke: We’re meant to fight bigger battles than this…
Kyosuke: The crew at Langley is counting on us…we can’t let them down…!
Bullet: …!
Rishu: Hm…Sanger…you have a good subordinate there.
Rishu: Now, you must dedicate your life to the cause.
Sanger: …Yes…Master…
Lefina: …All units…return to ship. We are…retreating…now…!
Sean: …You’ve made a wise decision, Captain…!
Bullet: B-Blast it!
Bullet: I’ll get you…I’ll get ALL OF YOU!!
Kyosuke: Swallow your anger, Bullet…you’ll get your chance to unleash it. Until then…don’t forget this…!
*All ally units retreat*
Greg: (…..)
Greg: ( My job is done. I leave the rest to you both, General Norman and Commander Laker.)
Greg: Very well! I’ll buy some time with the HOS Jammer and the anti-air guns!
Greg: All personnel! Evacuate!
Marion: If I ever see you again, I’ll be sure to equip you with new armaments…MK III, MK II Custom…
Marion: You too…Giganscudo…
Aidoneus Island
Elzam: Where’s the Hiryu Kai?
Julia: It escaped from Langley…we don’t know where it is now.
Elzam: …Doesn’t sound like a decision my friend Sanger would make.
Elzam: Perhaps he was convinced by someone to do it…
Julia: …..
Elzam: Langley…that base was a strongpoint in their defense plan.
Elzam: Such good people wiped out…it’s a shame.
Julia: But, they were the DC’s enemies…as well as ours, sir.
Elzam: Heh…You don’t fully understand the meaning of this war.
Elzam: Just like my brother, Raidiese.
Julia: The truth is…I fought with him before the Earth drop.
Elzam: Don’t worry…he’s cut himself off from the House of Branstein.
Elzam: In time…I must bring an end to it.
Julia: Sir…
Elzam: (Now, I must find out if the Hiryu Kai has what Commanders Bian and Maier need…)
Elzam: (And in order to do that…I must find a way to bring him over to our side…)
Northern Lands Aflame End
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