The homestretch in fixing this dang errors in these timelines. The last battle to find the root of these errors.
And God I'm so fucking boned.
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Th first thing that is wrong in this timeline is that the Diva is assaulting the Space Fortress on their lonesome. They had failed to mount support from the Zalam-Euba alliance, whose forces are supposed to join and support the Diva in the assault.
Now alone, the Diva will be sunk and destroyed in this timeline.
That cannot happen. This is a crucial moment in the timeline and must go right.
But...
This would be the very first large scale battle I would be joining. The biggest battle I had taken part of since I started this job is the G Gundam timeline with Domon and Master Asia but those two simply carried the mission and the enemy units are far inferior compared to my forces.
But here, against the UE? My team will find it's match against the Gafran and Baqto. The Gafran aren't as powerful as a Gundam in terms of output but they do have armor and numbers. Meanwhile, the Baqto will be problematic due to the their Anti-Beam coating, something that would be very effective against my units.
Meanwhile, the assault on Ambat is practically suicide in the original timeline but with only the Diva and maybe my assistance? That's a guaranteed death sentence. Not to mention, the Fa Bose is a super Mothership. On its own, it's already a super carrier and battleship with enough firepower and MS units to drown an entire fleet by it's own.
And that's what me and Diva are supposed to take out.
It's an impossible task in hindsight but there's probably way.
A very risky plan.
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On the Diva's command bridge, Grodek Ainoa sat on his command, overseeing the preparation of the assault against the elusive UE Space Fortress. They have located the enemy's homebase, Ambat. They have been preparing this attack since the UE declared war against Earth. Since then, the UE has been attacking and taking down colony after colony, casualties mounting up and the Federation's will crumbling at the powerful enemy.
But today, Earth launches their first counterattack!
With the discovery of UE's occupation on the abandoned space station Ambat, it's the perfect time to attack and repay the UE properly after years of torment underneath their shadow.
Unfortunately, the Federation forces are too spread out and paranoid to leave earth and the other colonies in fear of UE attacks. Meanwhile, the new Zalam and Euba alliance had taken too many losses in the machinations of the UE. They're unable to send help, not without exposing their respective colony's to UE attacks.
Grodek had acknowledged their reasons but he's frustrated at the lack of support against the UE!
They have the enemy right in front of them! The time to strike has to be now!
"Captain, I'm receiving a hail! Someone's following us! It's on Morse codes."
"Morse?" Grodek frowned, who's still using that outdated communication relay?
"Yes sir! They'll be coming up at our left next to us in a few moments by their speed." Grodek turned his head at the direction to see out in the window, in the deep void of space, a speck of orange began to grew larger as it drew near.
"A ship? Who are they?" Grodek ordered to the officers.
"I don't know sir, they're not answering the hail and only repeating the same message over and over."
"What is it then, the message?"
"It said; Friendly. Don't. Fire. Join. You."
Grodek blinked at the rather bare message.
"Friendly? Why would they join us and who are they? Any ping on the database?" He asks to the crew.
"No such luck sir." The officer shook their head. "We might be looking at an independent force." They said, looking at the ship.
"Hmm, this is troublesome. Hail them, see if we can make contact to their captain." Grodek orders.
"...No use. They're simply repeating the Morse Codes." The officer replied, shaking his head.
"Captain! They're sending something! You have to see this!" Another officer said before bringing up something on the main display.
Grodek's widen in alarm at the displayed images.
It's the Space Fortress Ambat and more. Coordinates, asteroid mapping, routes, blueprints and more. Basically all they need to know before assaulting the fortress.
With this, they can make a faster route towards the fortress to hit them hard!
"How... How do they have this?" He asks to no one.
"There's another message! It said;"
"Junker. Old ship. Watched. UE. Build. Scrapper. Waiting. Prepared. Today. Weapons. Mobile Suits. Ready."
Grodek blinked at the message. He remembered that the abandoned space fortress is home to many left behind tech and scrap, perfect for junker pirates and such to collect and sell to colonies. To think one of those people would actually know what's been happening here all along. But why? Why did they never brought this information to the Federation?
The answer to that question struck him as the ship finally drew close to them. It's definitely a junker. It's battered and damaged, it's launchpad unusable at a certain margin and it's weapon installation are less than the average battleship.
If they have been scrapping the area, the UE would have known of their presence yet they're still alive. That meant a deal was struck, the junkers lives over silence to the UE's whereabouts. With the UE's tech, it's plausible for them to bully said junkers into cheap labor to develop the old fortress for their own use.
That's Grodek's hypothesis.
"Let them be. Their cooperation is unneeded but appreciated." Grodek said to the bridge.
"But sir? They could be UE! They might just lead us to a trap!" One of the officers cried for caution.
Grodek is about to open his mouth, explaining how could a junker ship could possibly take down a Battleship such as the Diva, but was interrupted by another screen display.
Grodek's eyes widen in shock.
"This is?!"
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In the Space Fortress Ambat, a couple of figures gathered around the holographic display of the approaching Diva.
"On battleship? How arrogant! Typical Earthlings!" One of them sneered in disgust and arrogance.
"They really think they could defeat us with that battleship? How dull." Another spoke.
"Hmm, what's that ship following besides them?"
"An ugly ship, that's what. Where did they found this one? On a junker station?" One laughs.
Then something happened that they didn't expect. The scrappy looking ship sped up, taking the lead from the Diva. The bigger ship meanwhile followed closely behind, hiding behind the smaller ship. It looked comical from an outsider's perspective and downright laughable if not for the fact that the Diva is transforming in their very eyes.
The Battleship unfolded, folding it's frontal edge into two launch bays. It's main engines realigned, optimizing it's speed, power and thrust. It's command bridge rose up, overseeing the closing battlefield. Finally, it revealed it's main weapon, a massive cannon deeply nestled in the Diva!
Then the two ship began to speed up towards the UE space station.
They know!!!
"Launch the Fa Bose! Destroy that ship!" The leader of the figures ordered.
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Back on the approaching ships, Grodek grimaced as the colossal mothership of the UE emerged out of the cloaked space station. So the junkers Intel are right!
"So here you are all along, Damned UE bats!" He growled at the monitor displaying the UE Mothership.
"Sir, our ETA at effective range is about 5 minutes!" That's bad. That's far too long and enough time for the enemy Mothership to swarm them with Mobile Suits.
"Flit, Woolf, Largan! Follow the plan! The operation starts now!"
With this, the battle begins.
He just hoped they could make it with their new ally.
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"I don't like this." Flit gritted his teeth as he approached the junker ship leading the charged towards Ambat and the UE Mothership in his Gundam Age-Spallow.
"I know, Flit. But orders are orders." Largan replied in the comms but his tone agrees with Flit's frustration and anger.
"They're gonna throw away their lives, Largan." Flit practically snarled, teeth grinding in his mouth in frustration.
Frustrated at the lack of support in the attack, frustration at the many unnecessary deaths, frustration at the his weakness and deep burning hate to the UE!
"It can't be helped. This is war." Largan replied.
"Oh will you both cut it out and respect these guys resolve." Woolf butted in the conversation.
"Woolf!" Largan exclaimed, aghast at the man's callousness.
"Shut it, four-eyes! Flit, stop brooding and whining and do your job." Woolf continued.
"But we're throwing their lives away! This is a suicidal plan!" Flit roared in the comms.
"And our own assault on Ambat alone is not suicide too?!" Woolf roared back.
"Grodek's plan hinges on the Photon Blaster Cannon destroying the entire UE forces defending the base, allowing us to board the space station. How do you think we can do that? The cannons has to be fired in an effective range to get a margin of results we needed. Do you really think the UE would just let us fire the cannon?! No! They're gonna swarm and kill us all first! With the Diva alone and only the three of us, that's not enough to fight back an entire space station. I hate it too, Flit, but we needed their help. Their leading the charge, protecting the Diva till the last second. They know they're throwing the lives into an early grave but that's their resolve. Think about, Flit. How many colonies was destroyed in their silence? How many human lives are lost to their silence? Why do you think they're using outdated Morse codes? It's because UE has them on a tight grip! And this is their only chance of striking back! This is their chance of redeeming themselves after all the UE did! This is their resolve."
"Respect it, Flit." Woolf finished, his G-exes moving to land on the junker ship, taking position to defend it.
Flit and Largan was stunned at the man's words. Even Woolf didn't like the plan but the do really have no choice. Alone, the Diva will fall against the insurmountable swarm of UE MS and UE Mothership attacks. The junker ship's arrival and Intel was a blessing. But now? They have to risk said new ally.
"Let's go, Flit." Largan's Genoace followed Woolf's example, landing on the junker ship. Biting back his frustration, Flit followed.
Soon, the three of them are positioned on the junker ship's bow. Flit took position on the front, resting on the damaged front while using the torn metal as temporary cover if needed. Woolf and Largan took position on opposites of the launch rail.
Their formation is simple. Flit takes the Frontline, he would cut down any boarding MS units with the Gundam. Meanwhile, Woolf and Largan would provide fire support to Flit and the ship, defending it from incoming swarms.
Suddenly, the hangar bay opened as multiple MS emerged. Flit gasped as the first one revealed itself, a shock mirrored by the rest of the trio.
"A red Gundam?!" Largan voiced out their collective surprise.
"Well things got just interesting!" Woolf smirked as the Gundam was followed by more of it's kind. There's a total of four Gundams. A red and blue Gundam that looked like sister units and a pair of purple twin sister units.
The red and blue units took flight, their wing-like installments unfolding to reveal them as cannons while the twin units settled on the center of the launch rail, dual Gatling guns emerging from their wrists and spinning in preparation.
"How?"
"No time to ask, Flit! The enemy is coming!" Largan interrupted Flit's question, pointing at the incoming UE forces.
It's a whole legion of them, blotting out the space between them and the space station by sheer numbers.
Behind them, the Mothership kept on deploying more and more MS to add to the swarm.
It's trying to drown them on numbers.
Suddenly, the junker ship groaned as it's main cannons installed on the sides align, aiming at the incoming wave.
With a great shudder, the ship fired.
The Battle of Ambat begins!
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Author'snotes:
Damn, this segment would need a multi chapters to unfold.
Cya later this week. Will be busy.