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Mikazuki arrived at the top floor of the building, gazing at the distant crisscrossing roads, eating a date, and looking towards Factory 37, which Olga had mentioned.
That was where Morgenroete, Inc. and the Earth Alliance jointly manufactured and concealed the Gundams.
From this vantage point, a long convoy of vehicles could easily be seen stopped on the road, which was devoid of other vehicles, clearly indicating a blockade.
Mikazuki looked at the artificial sky of the colony, and a certain intuition arose as he murmured softly,
"It's coming…"
In the outer space of Heliopolis, two ZAFT warships that had been lurking suddenly attacked.
Alarms blared continuously in the colony's port control room.
"This is Heliopolis, approaching ZAFT vessel please respond.
ZAFT vessel, please respond…"
The port's control chief floated over, his face grim, but he spoke calmly,
"Calm down, stop the alarm first…"
Then he snatched the staff member's headset and shouted into it,
"Inform the approaching ZAFT vessel that your actions infringe upon our nation's sovereignty. Please cease your advance immediately…"
Only static came through the headset. The staff member at the console said to the control chief,
"There's strong electromagnetic interference. The source is the approaching ZAFT vessel. We've lost contact with Heliopolis internally.
This is a clear act of war."
"What?"
The control chief's feigned composure finally shattered at this moment, his mouth agape.
A golden-haired soldier wearing a mask and a ZAFT white commander's uniform, aboard a ZAFT Nazca-class high-speed combat ship, smiled faintly and waved his right hand.
Seeing this, the deputy commander sitting in the captain's chair waved his hand.
"Operation start! Electromagnetic interference deployed! Detonate the explosives! MS teams launch while this vessel advances! Notify Yzak and the others who infiltrated to speed up finding a way to seize the mobile suits!"
"Yes!"
"Everyone move!"
The Vesalius, deploying its MS launch deck, rushed towards Heliopolis's docking port with another Laurasia-class battleship, the Gamow.
Rau Le Creuset, the white-clad commander whose expression was hidden, maintained a smile throughout, remaining silent. He had confidence in his subordinates; this operation was a sure success.
Of course, this certainty was predicated on no unforeseen circumstances occurring.
Deep within Heliopolis's Area 7, a hidden factory housed a white battleship, nearly four hundred meters long, with a twin-hull wide structure – simply put, it had two pairs of long legs.
This battleship, codenamed Archangel-class, was a new type of warship developed concurrently with the Gundam mobile suits by the Earth Alliance, specifically designed to support the Gundams.
The captain and crew of the Archangel were busily preparing for the mobile suit launch.
"Archangel fuel filling, 20% complete!"
The captain nodded.
"Good, speed it up!"
At this, an intelligence officer reported,
"Report, Captain! External forces are attacking from ZAFT. They also seem to have deployed MS."
"ZAFT? Damn it, so they got the intel after all. No matter, leave it to Heliopolis to deal with them."
Then, turning to a female Ensign behind him, he said,
"Ensign Natarle Badgiruel, please oversee the Archangel's rotation axis operations and inform Lieutenant Commander Ramius to hasten preparations for boarding.
Tell her that if anything unexpected happens, and the MS fall into enemy hands, it's alright to destroy them. Understood?"
"Yes!"
After a crisp salute, Natarle, without any hesitation, left the maintenance room with a sergeant.
However, not long after Natarle left, a sudden change occurred. Explosions erupted in the maintenance bay. Before the captain and other high-ranking officers in the factory control room could react, the flames of the explosion burst through the windows and engulfed them.
The explosions in the mountains and underground caused a strong earthquake throughout Area 7. But this wasn't Earth; it was an artificial colony. How could an earthquake occur except from a meteorite impact?
But a meteorite was absolutely impossible; Heliopolis's space defenses would shatter any incoming meteorites.
At the same moment the tremor occurred, alarms blared throughout Heliopolis.
"Heliopolis is under attack by ZAFT forces. All civilians, please proceed to the shelters immediately. Repeat…."
People heard the alarms, looked up at the sky, and saw several black dots falling from the artificial heavens: ZAFT's GINNs.
"Those are MS! ZAFT really attacked! Quick, run!"
"Damn it, why is ZAFT in Orb territory?!"
"What are Heliopolis's soldiers doing?! Why are MS getting in?"
"Stop talking, let's get to the shelter! Those Coordinators are starting a war!"
The people of Heliopolis only then realized that the tremors were caused by ZAFT's attack, and everyone frantically rushed to the nearest shelter.
And what was Mikazuki doing at this moment? He stood calmly atop the building, looking down at the unfolding scene, slowly putting a date into his mouth, and speaking into the headset pressed against his cheek,
"Olga, they've started."
"Ah, the explosion happened right below you. So, since they've made their move here, the Gundam convoy should also be taking action, right?
Mikazuki, should we send Barbatos over now?"
"Mm."
Mikazuki nodded, raised his wrist, and pressed the launch button displayed on his watch screen.
Hidden in the mountain, Barbatos deactivated its camouflage, its green eyes blazing with shining light.