Where are we now? Inside our MS? If so, let's read the HUD - I want to know the general state of our MS and the area around us.

this is no zaku, boy........

You are currently piloting a MS-06C Zaku II.

You have 3 Cruiser kills and 1 Battleship Kill assist.

You are currently part of the Space Attack Force MS Battalion under command of Admiral Dozle Zabi.

You are currently in the Musai class cruiser Neoptolemos in orbit over the Lunar city of Grenada.

A mission briefing has been called in half an hour.

Is there anything you wish to do before then?

>>7293115

Do we have enough time to detour by our room and pick up the picture of our wife and daughter that is pinned up above our bed?

>>7293133

> Implying that said picture does not in fact live in your cockpit.

Will that be everything?

You and the rest of your squad are shuffled into the Musai's briefing room.

"Gentlemen please be seated." speaks the briefing officer.

"First of all, the Principality of Zeon thanks you for your tireless efforts in the face of staunch resistance. It is down to your efforts that Operation Anchor is considered a success."

"However, despite our great advances, our holdings are tenuous. The Federation still vastly outnumber us, and High Command has come up with a plan to end the war quickly and favouribly within 6 days. They are calling this: Operation British."

He then goes on to outline the audiacious plan.

>>7293065

Is that some Strauss?

Mein Kaiser approves.

>>7293374

Operation British involved forcing a large space colony out of its orbit and making it fall on Earth. The target of the Colony would be Jaburo - Venzuala, the Federation HQ.

Having already proven their worth as a field-engineering platform, Multiple Zaku companies would be assigned to attatch Nuclear Pulse Thrusters to the colony, and then escort it to the drop zone.

Your squad and Musai would also be similarily assisted by the Cruisers, Achilleus, Hyloss and Duckbill.
The colony is from the lunar orbiting sides, and as a result will be shielded from enemy optical sensors by the moon for the early part of this operation.

You are all quickly dismissed and you move to meet back up with your squad.

FUCK YEAH ZEONQUEST!

I've been waiting for this man.

>>7293230
(I was assuming we'd accidentally forgotten it in our room, so you could then write some NPCs in on the way to said room.)

>>7293374

We listen carefully.

>>7293416
Make a bad joke: "What no tea and crumpets?"

>>7293416

OoC, I'm not sure I got that. Are we one of the squads designated to attach the thrusters to the colony, or are we providing an escort for the engineering detachment that is going to be doing that?

>>7293403

You are Wolfgang Strauss, Mobile Suit pilot for the Principality of Zeon.

You are married and have one daughter, and prior to the war you lived in Side 4.

You are one of the first Military Mobile Suit pilots to graduate from the Mobile Training Battalion, and you have prior MS experience from working in the Side 4 space Docks.

CURRENTLY PILOTING:
MS-06C Zaku II
1x 20kt Nuclear Bazooka
1x Heat Hawk

KILLS
3 Salamis Cruisers

>>7293434
>OoC, I'm not sure I got that. Are we one of the squads designated to attach the thrusters to the colony, or are we providing an escort for the engineering detachment that is going to be doing that?

Both. The advantages of using a mobile suit for this work is that after (about one or two squads) the Zaku's are done attatching the thrusters they can then rearm and escort the Colony in.

Extra reinforcements will no doubt be assigned once you clear the moon and the Fed see what you're doing.

This is your other wingman: Ensign Ricky

He has a love for red shirts, and often talks about his childhood fiance back home.

>>7293479
>He has a love for red shirts

Poor man.

>>7293479
>He has a love for red shirts, and often talks about his childhood fiance back home.

Guard this man with our life. If we can bring him home safely we will have destoryed narrative convention as we know it.

>>7293479

Lastly your CO: Sergeant Wilbur Khenni

He is a proud black man who has often bored you to tears with story about his wife, how he was three weeks until retirement, and how he just bought a civilian space yacht: "The Gonna live forever".

Might I suggest you don't get too attatched to them?

FIRST DECISION OF THE DAY: WHAT DO YOU WANT YOUR SQUAD TO DO?

ATTATCHED THE PULSE THRUSTERS OR COVER THEM INSTEAD?

>>7293500
A million times this

>>7293520
Drink tea and eat crumpets.

>>7293520
Attach pulse thrusters.

The faster we are done with this, the less time the feddies have to come around exploring OUR side of the moon.

>>7293526

FOOL! YOU ARE SPACE GERMANS NOT SPACE ENGLISH!

YOU HAVE A QUICK REPAST OF TEA AND STRUDEL INSTEAD.

It is DELICIOUS.

Seriously though, Escort or Engineering duty?

>FOOL! YOU ARE SPACE GERMANS NOT SPACE ENGLISH!

Some of us are space Texans while others are space Indians.

>YOU HAVE A QUICK REPAST OF COFFEE AND STRUDEL INSTEAD.

Nobody on the continent drinks tea.

>>7293534

Do we know anyone on the other squads? Do we have a way of figuring out who's better at installing thrusters and who's better at shooting Fed rats?

>>7293530

You and one other squad decide to make quick work of attatching the Nuclear Pulse rockets to the colony whilst the other two squads cover you.

Just as you finish attatching your boosters, you see a flare of light from the rough direction of the second squad.

You hear a cry from the Escort squad over the radio (you weren't operating in a minovsky field so as to aid the engineering effort.)
"It the enemy! An enemy light Recon force! It looks like one wing of Light Space Fighters and a single Salamis! We are moving to engage!"

You see your nearest escorts move off to attack.

Your weapons are nearby and you quickly rearm yourselves.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>7293569

Start those boosters and get the colony moving. If we can drop it, this war can end by next Christmas (since we already missed this one).

>>7293581
>Start those boosters and get the colony moving. If we can drop it, this war can end by next Christmas (since we already missed this one).

Uh if this works then the war will be over in less than a week.

You attempt to raise the second engineering group to see if they're finished attatching the Nuclear Pulse rockets yet.

All you get is static. It might just be Minovsky or radiation interference.

YOUR ORDERS?

Give those naughty Feddy pilots a good spanking from me boys, show them the Pride of Zeon!

>>7293604

Ask the Sergeant for permission to take Ensign Ricky and go check out the other team. If they're okay, we'll both come back. If not, Strauss will start attacking the boosters and Ricky will go back to warn the Sergeant.

>>7293621
>attacking

Er, that was supposed to be attaching.

>>7293604
check on the group that has gone dark

>>7293621

THe Sargeant agrees to your plan and hefts his 120mm Rifle (you are the designated Nuke Handler in the squad)

You and Ricky start travelling to the second booster attatchment zone.

"Come on Wolfy! Let's go show these feddies who's boss!" cajoles Ricky over the intercom.

"Damn it Ricky, comm silence you don't want to give away our posi-"

You see the first rocket impact onto Ricky's torso, the Zaku spins backwards in suprise, in time for a second shot to impact against the Mobile Suit causing it to explode.

You spot his 120mm Machine Gun spinning towards you and you are able to grasp it.

YOU ARE NOW ARMED WITH A 120MM MACHINE GUN.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>7293762
evasive maneuvers while screaming "ITS A TRAP"

scan the area looking for hostiles then shoot the fuck out of em

>>7293762

Poor ricky...

>>7293762

Well that was quick. Khenni's probably also about to die, so we can get back in time to hear his last words he wants us to relay to his hot teenage daughter.

Anyway, I say we stay low, and figure out were we are in relation to the nearest nuclear pulse engine: Don't want to accidentally shoot it, this is Gundam and all potential power sources can explode if you cough on them too hard.

>>7293840
>Anyway, I say we stay low, and figure out were we are in relation to the nearest nuclear pulse engine: Don't want to accidentally shoot it, this is Gundam and all potential power sources can explode if you cough on them too hard.

You Zip down to the colony surface. Narrowly missing a second pair of missiles sent your way.
You scan the area for your attackers, your IR sensors pick up a pair of heat blooms coming your way.
Looks like a pair of FF7 Light Fighters.
You swing up your 120mm and fire at them. The heavy shells make quick work of them and you proceed to leapfrog towards the second site.

You reach a scene of devestation. You can see the scorched at broken remnants of the Zaku squad. You've seen this before, it looks like the squad didn't catch the incoming Nuke in time although they shot it down, they still caught enough of the blast.

Luckily the Nuclear Pulse Engine appears not have been destroyed. Though it needs some repair work. With your limited engineering experience you could probably manage it in about five minutes.

Above you he see flashes of light as your forces clash with the recon team. There are streaks of purple as the Salamis begins to fire with it's Beam Cannons.
Mostly defensively, in order to try and prevent the Zaku's from getting a good fire lane with their nukes.

KILLS: 2 Space Fighters

YOUR ORDERS?

>>7293923
start the repair

Yeah, repair the engine, keeping an eye on your rear cameras.

>>7293961

You scan the area for any more hostiles and then set youself down to try and quickly perform the repairs.

Above you the fighting continues.

After five nerveous minutes you are able to complete your repairs. This Nuclear Pulse Thruster is now fully attatched and operational.

You rearm.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>7293983

Are comms still scrambled or can we get a message out to the other squads? Although if it's at the risk revealing our position, we should wait until we're done with the repairs.

>>7294021
go and join on in with the fighting

>>7294022

Comm's are a little fuzzy here due to the background radiation, but it seems pretty localised. That must have been a low yield nuke.

holy crap! It's the Zeon Christmas special! and I have company over in an hour or two so i'll miss most of it!

>>7294039

So, my vote is we either radio the sergeant and the other Zeon MS teams to notify them of the situation (that way if we die the operation doesn't fail) then fix the boosters, or we fix the boosters then radio them if using comms will reveal out position.

>>7294037

You pick up your guns and descend into the fray. You decide to concentrate on the fighters first and the the Cruiser.
You dodge past the Salami's slow moving Beam fire as you struggle to take them down without exposing yourself.

After three minutes you manage to clip one, leaving it to careen into open space, you are then rejoined by Khenni.
"Where's Ricky?"
"He didn't make it!"
"Damn."

You spot the beams and AA fire of the Cruiser take out a Zaku.

"We've got to take that Cruiser out! You still Nuclear?" Sargeant Khenni asks.

"Sir!"

"Good! I'll draw it's fire, you take the shot!"

He then dashes away, towards the ship, his fire largely bounces off the ships heavy armour, but it's enough to draw some of it's fire, you follow him in a little before setting up your Nuclear Bazooka.

You quickly type in the unlock codes for the warhead and the weapon blinks green.

"I have the shot Sergeant! Pull out!" You call.

"Roger thaARGH!"
A beam clips the zaku, taking out his left leg, the Mobile spins towards the ship, taking some extra damage as it goes and then collides with the vessel.

All of the guns on the vessel begin to rotate to face him as he grabs his way up, his Heat Hawk in hand.

"Strauss! Take the shot!"

"But sir!"

"TAKE. THE. SHOT!"

You pull the trigger, and there is a flare of light as the the high velocity rocket stabs towards the enemy ship.
Flak turrets try to reposition themselves to take the warhead down, but you know a good kill shot when you see it.

Segeant Khenni's last words were:
"MOTHERFUCKERS! I JUST BOUGHT A BOOOOOOAAAAAAAAT!!!!!"

KILLS: 1 CRUISER

>"MOTHERFUCKERS! I JUST BOUGHT A BOOOOOOAAAAAAAAT!!!!!"

Best deathscream ever.

>>7294111
take a sigh of relief and say "boats and hoes sir, boats and hoes" sorrowfully

scan the area and look for more shit to kill

>>7294160
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8T095mFdW8

The remaining forces quickly mop up the enemy forces.
Another squad then calls in that the engines are attatched and the area is secure. He then requests reinforcements.

You all rendezvous with the cruisers, as well as the Battleship Songoku, which supplies reinforcements of the new MS-06F type Zaku's.

A few minutes later, the thrusters are ignited and the largest weapon of mass destruction ever built begins it's 6 day long bombing run.

>>7294111
Quick question: Why are nukes so prolific now? I mean, nuclear bazooka? Why don't they use those in the other parts of Zeonquest?

Also, Merry Christmas.

>>7294216
two words

antartic treaty

it banned the use of nukes after operation british, so until then NUKE THE FUCKERS

>>7294216

The Antarctica Treaty, which will be signed at the end of this month in the aftermath of the Battle of Loum.
It basically forbids the use of certain weapons of mass destructon, including Nukes (but not nuclear power sources) Bio/Tox warfare and colony drops.
Both sides find various ways around this every now and again though.
The Federation created a giant mirror weapon and Zeon come up with turning a colony into a giant Laser.

>>7294230
>>7294266
Thanks.

>>7294280
no problem

SIEG ZEON!

You have been given the following field promotion:

You are now ranked Sargeant!

You have been appointed a new squad of rookies.
They're names are Private Abling and Private Johnson.

They are both piloting MS-06F's. You may upgrade your mobile suit to one of these, or you may keep your older C type model.
The F type is more agile, but the C type has slighlty more armour.

Also, choose your loadout (240mm Bazooka's are now available, Nuclear Bazooka's are also still available. Cracker grenades however, are not.)

You have been assigned escort duty to the "Colony Bomb"

>>7294355
take the f model and give one of the rookies the c model and put them up front, if anything hits you he will take the brunt of the attack and you will be able to respond faster, also take the normal bazooka the rest of the group can have zaku machine guns...

SIEG ZEON

ps is our zaku painted in our colors to show who is kicking there asses?

>>7294355
A few centimeters of armor won't help against a nuke. Dodging and avoiding attacks are key, so let's go for the upgrade.

>>7294397
Forgot to select weapon: Nuclear Bazooka.

>>7294382
>>7294397

You switch out your old C type for a new F type. You take a 240mm Bazooka whilst your wingmen have 120mm MG's.

You are in patrol around the Colony Bomb. I about an hour, it will past beyond the cover of the moon, and if they didn't know about it before, the feds will surely spot it then.

After that, they're going to throw everything they can at you.

Your forces have also been reinforced by an extra three cruisers and another company of Mobile Suits.

>>7294439
A company is 3 squads, right?

>>7294439
order your squad to spread out and keep scanners on the look out for any feddie units/ or any heat blooms to show that some thing is out there...

if we have any pull with the rest of the ms pilots tell them to spread out and prepare for an inevitable feddie attack while protecting the cruisers from smaller enemy units

>>7294439

Its Jormungand Time!

No Zeon! No!

>>7294490
Is that the colony laser?

>>7294517
no it is a rnd baby, its an experimental big ass gun

>>7294517

Nope

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Universal_Century_superweapons

Move between the colony and the moon, in case attack comes from there.

>>7294532
>>7294534
Again: thanks.

>>7294470

This. Also watch out for that big red show off.

You know him, gets drunk and makes passes at teenage spacenoids while on leave?

Yeah... <_<

>>7293115
WE WENT TO SPACE? What the fuck have I missed from Zeonquest. Did we see the Gundam?

>>7294582

i herd that...

>>7294582
Suppose we "accidentally" nuke the red comet....would our storyline change retroactively?

>>7294605
suddenly i feel no love in this thread

>>7294490

Not in this universe my friend. This is AU territory!

Also, that's not till Loum.

>A company is 3 squads, right?

Yep.

>order your squad to spread out and keep scanners on the look out for any feddie units/ or any heat blooms to show that some thing is out there...

You have your squad patrol on the outer ring, looking for the first signs of trouble.
After about an hour you spot it.

The heat flares of two Salamis Cruisers escorting a Magellan Battleship. Zooming in, you think you can spot several small fighters lashed to them, they'll be launching soon enough.

You are currently on your own.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>7294599
This is taking place before the main storyline, the Colony Drop. When Zeon said "Fuck You Venezue--...Australia...."

>>7294599

Welcome to ZEONQUEST CHRISTMAS SPECIAL!

A one off special adventure where we follow our former CO, Wolfgang Strauss during the one week war.

>>7294623
order the newbies to follow your lead and hit the enemy on 3 sides, hopefully the other ms and cruisers will spot the conflict and assist, but its best to keep them away from the colony, so my orders would be to attack from 3 fronts,

>>7294605

You can't accidentially nuke the red comet.

You can TRY.

But you'd have to go to a pretty alternate dimension to find one where the only guy capable of taking on Char isn't just Amuro.

Fuck yar, Zeonquest. I've been waiting for this all month.

>>7294623
Anyway, pincer attack. They don't have fighters up yet, so a single Zaku should be more then enough to take out each ship. Squaddies go for the cruisers, while we take on the Magellans.

>>7294623
About how tough are these cruisers/battleships? We don't have the Nuke Bazooka with us, so will 240" bazooka rounds and MG fire pose a threat to them? I mean, there's no point in engaging if we can't hurt them.

>>7294771
Our bazooka should be more then enough to take out at least a cruiser on its own, if we place our shots right.

>>7294771
observe the power of the MOBILE SUIT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTMn28vrcKA

You tell the rookies to conceal their approach by playing gentle on their thrusters and relying on the AMBAC programmes to keep yourselves on course. You then set up the ambush with them.

With a bit of luck they might actually get it right.

The attacking force is coming from the direction of the Luna 2 military base. You don't have too much time before they will probably be launching fighters, so you train your Bazooka on the Magellan's bridge.

There is a rapid flash of machine gun fire as your rookies break cover and fire early, their fire strafes the deck of the two cruisers, catching most of the fighters and obscuring the two cruisers from sight.

You say some choice words about overeager idiots and fire off your shot. The rocket flies true and impacts against the ships bridge. A tremenbdous plume of fire extends out of the back as your explosive shell explodes clean through.

The Magellelan fires erratically outwards with its guns, but the fire is uncoordinated and sporadic.

The Cruisers on the other hand, start firing back at their opponents with a bit more accuracy as they swoop through the smoke.

You see one of your wingmen lose an arm, you order him to retreat back whilst you two deal with the Cruisers.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>7294658
>But you'd have to go to a pretty alternate dimension to find one where the only guy capable of taking on Char isn't just Amuro.
He was doing so well against Haman and Paptimus at the end of Zeta. And it only took a vastly superior machine for Char to ultimately stalemate against Amuro, any other time he was in a roughly comparable machine he got his ass thoroughly handed to him once Amuro hit his stride... after a few months of combat.

>>7294812

Machine gun a heat hawk time! SIEG ZEON!

>>7294820

What are you talking about? that was clearly Lt Quattro.

When he switched back to being Char, look at how only Amuro could stand up to him in CCA.

>>7294812
CHARGE IN AND HEAT HAWK THE FUCKERS!!!

order the other rookie to continue straifing runs to keep there attention off of you as you charge straight in screaming!!! possibly pick up your fallen rookies heat hawk for DOUBLE THE FUN!

>>7294802
>>7294805
Well, we should be juuuuuuust fine if that clip was any indicator.

>>7294812
Put another bazooka round through the closest cruiser.

As much fun as HEAT HAWK TIME would be, let's empty any remaining shells we have onto the cruisers first, aiming for the bridges or engine block. Hopefully our dumbass wingmen managed to take out all the fighters lashed on before they got fragged.

>>7294812

Make sure the fighters don't launch, then concentrate on their bridge and sensors. The objective is to protect the colony, not to get kills.

!>>7294877
well we will compromise, well shoot the remaining shots off into one of the curisers, then CHARGE THE FUCK OUT OF THE REMAINING ONE... WITH TWO HEAT HAWKS!

>>7294877

... fine... Guns first smash later... <_<

>>7294896

So to confirm, charge forwards, targeting the Beam Cannons, with the other Zaku covering you?

>>7294926
correct sir

>>7294926

Nah... we got the guns then charge thing... should try and set a better example for the other pilots... <_<

>>7294941
killing feddies is good, that's the only example we need to set, plus there all ready engaged... we'll look like were charging into the fray to save them

>>7294926

If the fighters are disabled, yes.

Your wing man dashes in front of you, risks enemy fire a little longer than he should and then darts off, a cruisers turret's tracking to catch him in a crossfire.

You begin shooting whilst travelling at high speed. Your first shot takes out the main gun, you second takes out a second beam cannon. You then nearly overshoot your target but manage to flip yourself up and shoot at the bridge. The flak that was pepperring your suit becomes more disorganzied.

YOUR BAZOOKA IS NOW EMPTY.

You pull out your heat hawk and give a contemptous slash to the Salamis's engine block. It explodes behind you as you race up to support your wingman, who is getting boxed in by the second cruiser.

BRB, DINNER.

>>7295019
HEAT HAWK THE FUCK OUT OF THE OTHER FUCKER!

Dump the bazooka. Heat Hawk in one hand, machine gun in the other. Close to the hull so the flak guns can't target you. RIP AND TEAR.

>>7295195

You haven't got a spare machine gun.

You DO have four more reloads for your Bazooka however.

Do you still want to charge in, or do you want to reload the Zook first?

>>7295290
Decisions decisions... reload while taking cover behind some of the wreckage of the first cruiser.

>>7295314

We need to support our wingman. He's distracting them after all, we need to go in, or he's toast.

>>7295290
Reload the bazooka. Four shells are more then enough to take out a Salamis.

>>7295290
NO TIME TO RELOAD... charge the pig fucker and save your newbie!... SAVE HIM!

You take cover behind a wrecked engine block for a few seconds whilst you reload.
You return to the fray just in time to see your other wingman get cornered by the Salami's fore and aft beam cannons and take a missile to the face.
He should have thought laterally, and escaped up or down...

Using the wounded Magellan for cover (which is still firing wildly and ineffectively) for a few moments, you pop up and fire a pair of shots into the engine and bridge of the Salamis whilst coming at it from above. The entire vessel brews up in a large explosion and you send another couple of shots into the more heavily armoured Magellan, which sinks that.

KILLS: 2 Cruisers, 1 Battleship

Since it is currently quiet you decide to return to the Neoptolemy to rearm and repair, along with your remaining wingman.

>>7295355
WE COULD HAVE SAVED HIM!!!

fuuuuuuu~ we need a paint job
<----- is suggested

>>7295380
i like how that looks, i dont think there is any other ace with a paint job like that, so i mean it could work

>>7295355

It is the 6th of January. The main bulk of the enemy fleet has begun to attack. Luckily yet more reinforcements have arrived.

So far the battle appears to be going your way, you still have the technology advantage, and the heavy minovsky particle density is making it difficult for the enemy to coordinate itself.

However you are vastly outnumbered.

You spend the day with a new wingman in your squad, defending your mothership from enemy fighter attacks, and making strikes against clustered ship formations.

Around 8pm there is a lull in the fighting you all take the oppourtunity to take some chow and rest before the attacks begin again.

The Colony Bomb is relly beginning to pick up speed now.

>>7295446
have the engineers paint your suit after repairing it

>>7295446

Lets spend the afternoon discussing tactics with all the newbies and the niceites of zero-g combat...

>>7295466
seconded

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL YOU ZEON QUESTERS/ AND /m/

>>4307613

>>7295466

You have an hour.

You attempt to dum up some sort of team tactics as well as the some of the basics on MS vs Ship combat that the acadmy appears to be omitting to teach rookies.

YOUR ROOKIES ARE NOW SQUADDIES

>>7295461
>>7295380
>>7295472

Sorry, but he once had an interesting talk with Johnny Ridden about Char Aznable, and as a result he has no desire to get a custom colour scheme at this time.

The federation forces resume their attack at 9, you all quickly sortie to meet them.

Your Current loadout is
MS-06F: Nuclear Bazooka (For AS) and hip mounted 100mm MG (Zaku 1 type) in place of your hawk. (Combat hasn't been all that close lately)

MS-06F: Bazooka + Hawk
MS-06F: 120mm + Hawk

The Neoptolemos is currently engaging a Magellan and two wings of Saberfish Heavy Fighters.

The fighters will arrive first, but the Maggie will be in range shortly afterwards.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>7295549
http://boards.4chan.org/m/res/4307613

>>7295565
hide and let the fighters pass then ambush the larger vessels

>>7295466

This. 3d tactics are important.

>>7295580

You realise that a Musai class Cruiser doesn't have the AA to deal with two full flights of Saberfish right?
Besides it's good odds that they've seen you launch and are already tracking you.

>>7295605

Support the Musai. Lots of good Zeon troops there. Every zeon saved is another zeon that can fight.

Lets clear those enemy fighters.

>>7295605

we will deal with the smaller vessels while the mussi deal with the bigger ones

Take the fighters, don't let them through.

>>7295580
No, we should focus on the Saberfishes. Musais rely entirely on their MS for AA support, and we kind of need it to survive. It can hold its own against the Magellan for the little while it'll take us to frag some fighters.

>>7295631

For the record, you only have one nuke available. If you want to use it, you should say so, otherwise, I'll assume you to be using the 100mm at default.

You dash forwards and the three of you strafe away from the fighters opening salvo and rake them with your own fire. The five fighters are either destroyed or damaged sufficiently to make them easy pickings for the Musai.

The second wing is still heading towards the Neoptolemos, which is getting close to the Magellan and will start shooting soon.

KILLS: 2 HEAVY FIGHTERS

YOUR ORDERS?

>>7295723
go after the fighters and let the musi deal with the maggie

>>7295732

And if all is clear of fighters help out the Musai.

Afterwards we stand proudly on one of its engine housing waving an oversized Zeon flag.

>>7295723
Um, flank the fighters from below? If we can take them out, switch to the Nuke Bazooka and blow the enemy battleship away. I'm assuming we'll be able to get another reload after the fight; if that is not the case, then once the fighters are out of the fight start to strafe the battleship as a distracion so that the Neoptolemos can kill it.

>>7295732
>>7295723

You draw the attention of the fighters with a short burst from your machine guns. They swoop around to meet you.

In a stroke of good fortune the Neoptolemos and the Maggie open fire against each other at this point, catching one of the fighters in the opening exchange.

The remaining fighters scatter, making them harder to take down all at once. You stick together in a semi-loose formation, covering each other's backs whilst you use your suits improved agility to take out the fighters in several minutes worth of exchanges.

The fighters are now all gone.

The Musai is still fighting with the Magellan. It doesn't appear to be winning.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>7295829
HEAT HAWK THE FUCKIN MAGGIE, or just shoot the hell outa it with your mg

>>7295829
Nuke it. There aren't gonna be many more tempting targets then a Fed battleship.

>>7295829

Lets take out that Magellan

>>7295856
lets save the nuke for when a group of them appears.. no use wasting a good nuke on one ship when we can take it out normally

>>7295829
If we use the nuke now, will there be time to get a reload after the fight? If so, nuke the battleship.

>>7295873
>>7295856

So, use the Nuke or not?

>>7295884
if we can get another after the battle i say go for it, but i say its better to be prepared if a group of em shows up suddenly... i mean we have 3 ms that can easily talk out one of these /b/ tards

>>7295894
>>7295894
if we can get a reload immediately after use it... if not we'll save it

>>7295884

>If we use the nuke now, will there be time to get a reload after the fight? If so, nuke the battleship.

Assuming no hidden suprises, yes there should be time to reload.

>>7295920
use it

>>7295920
Then I say we use it.

inb4 surprise attack with 5 battleships flying in close formation.

>>7295920

Lets take it out normally.

Nukes dont grow on trees...

... or do they?

>>7295954
>>7295954
in space they do

>>7295976

Yeah, lets use the nuke

You check the Magellan and find a good angle of attack that's lost most of it's AA turrets and then prime, unlock and activate the nuke.

Once gain the High Velocity Munition streaks towards the target, Phalanx gear struggles to target it between all the other bullets and missile flying in it's direction and though it manages to clip it right at the death, it's far to close by that point.

A brilliant flash fills your viewscreen.

KILLS: 2 Heavy Fighters, 1 Battleship

I think if we can kill the Maggie without damaging the Musai, the nuke is the way to go.

>>7296028

Damn, I'm slow at this.

>>7296028
I think these are tactical nukes, rather then the strategic nukes that cover several miles in their blast radius. The Neoptolemos /should/ be fine.

You return to the Neoptolemos. It is damaged but still operational.

They quickly reload your nuke and patch up some small bullet holes and such.

You have a breif few minutes to drink some water when the another enemy probing attack is reported.

You quickly launch. Looks like it's going to be a long few days...

>>7296149
We sigh dramatically, then launch.

>>7296149
rinse and repeat well keep doing this all day

>>7296177
Well, this is the One-Week War. Be ready for nonstop fighting.

TWO DAY TIME SKIP FOLLOWS

It is currently the 8th of January. The Neoptolemos is currently being field repaired and rearmed by a Pazock class support ship. Allowing you some much needed rest.

You intercepted and enemy transmission today, stating a change in attack, instead of trying to punch through the escort fleet to attack the Colony directly, Federation forces are now under orders to destroy the Zeonic Fleet first.

As if you didn't have enough problems.

During the resupply, the engineers ask if you want to test out a new prototype from the R-Project.

What do you say?

>>7296228

yes

>>7296228
Ask about the specifications of the prototype. What does it offer over our current MS?

>>7296228
hell ya

>>7296228

Well, what could possibligh go wrong flying an untested prototype in the middle of one of the most intense battles in the war? Sure, we'll go for it.

>>7296290
that's the spirit

You agree to try out the new model and are presented with a brand new MS-06S

Whislt externally it looks the same, less than 30% of the MS's internals are the same as the F type.

Originally designed as the R-0 high mobility prototype, it proved too costly to mass produce, so it has been retooled as a Command Suit.

With the repairs finished as best they can be the Musai travels back to the front line.

>>7296328
this song suddenly comes to mind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIsv1YOFNys

>>7296080
>I think these are tactical nukes, rather then the strategic nukes that cover several miles in their blast radius.

In space with no atmosphere available for the bomb to compress nukes are actually way less dangerous. If one went off 100m off the surface of a ship only a very spall percentage of the bombs energy will be transmitted to the target. Optimally you want the weapon to go off on impact or inside an enemy ship where the energy isnt just radiated off into space.

You are sortied soon afterward, to aid a beleaguered Chivvay class Heavy Cruiser that's come under attack by a mixed fighter squadron.

The fighters supporting cruisers have already been taken out by the Chivvay, but it's taken heavy damage and it's AA defences are considered lacking even compared to the Musai.

CHOOSE YOUR LOADOUT.

>>7296389
Oh.

>>7296406

The nukes are still of a high enough mega/kilo-tonnage to take out a battleship with near misses though.

Also, this is a sci-fi setting with Giant Robots, it's suprisingly hard-sci-fi, but it's never going to be THAT hard.

>>7296393
us in our new zaku... with a 120mm zaku mg, and a heat hawk with a few reloads
one wing man in a f series with a normal bazooka
one wing man in a f series with a 120mm zaku mg and a heat hawk with a few reloads

>>7296436

Using this loadout you quickly depart from the Neoptolemos, itself now escorted by a spare squad of Zaku's from the Battleship Sengoku.

You quickly arrive on scene, the Chivvay is in a bad way, but still fighting.
Against it are about 8 FF7 Light Fighters and three Saberfish.
Surrounding the scene are the broken burning wrecks of a pair of Salamis Cruisers.

Time is of the essence, you will have to destroy or at least engage the enemy sufficiently to allow the Chivvay Heavy Cruiser "Digitalius" to make it's retreat to the inner zone for repairs, before it is destroyed, or enemy reinforcements arrive.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>7296506
charge in and attempt to get the planes attention... then start unloading when the ship is not in the firing lines... as in we don't any friendly fire...

>>7296506
LEROY JENKINS!!!

>>7296506
Let's make use of the 120mm MG. Try to target the heavy fighters first. Split up a bit to make the enemy split their fire between four targets instead of two.

The three of you charge into the their midst, firing as you go.

You cut a swathe of destruction through the enemy and burst out the other side.

You then turn around and make use of your momentum to fire facing backwards.
You managed to kit the Heavy Fighters and some of the Light fighters, but a few are still pressing the attack against the Digitalius.

You are currently being persued by 4 Light fighters and 2 Heavy fighters.

3 Light Fighters continue to attack the Heavy Cruiser.

KILLS: 1 Heavy Fighter, 2 Light Fighters.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>7296613
Another strafing run, targeting the three fighters still harassing the Digitalius.

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Gotta look out for ourselves first. Lead our pursuers on a chase through the debris of their ships, and shake them off before rejoining our wingmen about the chivvay.

>>7296647

Mission is to protect that ship.

Lets protect that ship. Have our wingmen engage those fighters pursueing us we'll clear up the fighters attacking the ship, then we mop up

>>7296804

Agreed

>>7296804
Woo! site is back up. Yes let's do this.

The fighters are relatively lightly armed when it comes to an MS fight; concentrate on defending the Digi, try and pull as many enemy planes off of it and onto your squad. If the fighters become too much of a problem, so for the Sabers first.

Okay.

I'm back. On the plus side the downside gave me the chance to plug in the new telly I got for christmas plugged in.

Decided to play some MW2 that I also got for christmas.

On the downside, I get motion sickness.
Also on the downside, I'm doing mission 4.
Somehow I also manage to reach a checkpoint with a pair of shotguns.
Still survive.

TL:DR. Gloop Burp Gloop I feel sick.

>Lets protect that ship. Have our wingmen engage those fighters pursueing us we'll clear up the fighters attacking the ship, then we mop up

How about this? Sounds good?

Protect the ship. Our lives are nothing when compared to the mission.

Take evasive action, chase down the fighters engaging the digi.

>>7296939
DO EET!

>>7296939

Lets do it

You spilit with your wingmen to protect the Digitalus whilst they keep your persuers occupied.
You zip past the ruins of a salamis cruiser, you grasp on and hide whilst the fighters rush past, you then set off after the Heavy Cruiser.

You take off at high speed, the new model is pretty damn impressive.
You carefully snipe on of the light fighters as you come in hard and fast and plant yourself on the hull of the Digitalus.

You begin firing bursts of your 120mm at the other two fighters. Stomping across the Chivvays surface using it for cover. You take out one and then clip another.

The FF7 careens erratically and loops back in towards you at the last second.

"Shit!" You exclaim as you only manage to half dodge the plane as it rams into you and the Chivvay.

You consoles explode violently in your face, and you are left momentarily blinded. Pain blossoms in your face and you are left to try and navigate by sound alone.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>7297138

Um... lets try and reboot our visual sensors?

>>7297164

You tentatively wipe at your eye's, and dimly your vision returns. Your primary monitors have all blown out. You activate the back up sensor monitor, which is kept on a seperate power circuit for such an eventuality.

"Note to self: MS-06S has explodey monitors. Talk to techs about surge protectors later..."

You begin a quick diagnostic. The primary mono-eye and rear view are still fully functioning, but you've lost sensor telemetry from most of the lower half. You are still getting active signals from those areas, so it looks like the micro cameras are out, nothing more.

Your torso armour is registering heavy damage, and you've sustained some structural damage as well. Left arm is at 70% functionality and has a severed arm cable.
Your 120mm is nowhere to be found.

You have lost communications with your squad, but can still talk to the retreating Digitalus through Contact Comms.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>7297207

Check their status, and ask about the other squaddies.

If able send a message to rendevouz at the Digitalis for the final leg of the journey.

>>7297207
Get an update from the Digitalus.

"So Uhhh, how are you guys doing?"

We're in no shape to be on the front lines. Stick with the Digitilia as an 'escort', and deliver this super-special-awesome suit back to the experimental unit and get a proper zaku.

>>7297240
>>7297230

You ask the Digitalus for an update on your squad and the ships status.

"Last we saw, they had reached a debris field. Hopefully they're using it to their advantage... We've take a hefty pounding, but thanks to you were all clear. I'd invite you in, but we've got no MS bay for you, plus I wouldn't want to risk you breaching your structural integrity. That last hit badly damaged your suit, I can see rents almost to the cockpit on it. We've nearly reached the internal zone. Hopefully we can get you transferred to a pressure dock, and we can get to a repair ship!"

You decide that since your suit is in such a bad shape, and that your own flight suit has several tears and breaches from flying glass and sparks, that you can't help your squadmates any further, and you take the Digitalus back to the inside zone.

Once you returned to the rear. It took the techs three whole hours to set up a pressure chamber so you could leave the cockpit.

After doing so you had to be bandaged up. Several pieces of glass from your pilot's helmet had lodged themselves dangerously close to your eyes, and the surgery took your out of the fight for two days.
You were also blind for those two days.

Let me just say that being blind on a ship in the middle of a warzone is not fun at all.

As for your wingmen, luckily enough, both returned with a proud list of kills for their name. Another pair of cruisers had blundered into the debris field after they had finished off the fighters and they'd managed to bag a Capital Ship kill apiece.
Hopefully this is the start of great military career for the newly minted Ensigns N. Packard and N. Schwarzen.

As for you, the first thing you saw, on January 10th was the colony drop.

Operation British was a huge gamble for the Zeon forces. The casualties sustained by the large fleet it assembled to escort the colony amounted to a far greater quantity of material resources and talented personnel than anticipated. The positioning of the escort fleets didn't allow them to leave the perimeter of the colony, so they became simply targets for a two-front attack from Earth and the Federation fleet. Operation British proved to be a brutal struggle for both sides.

The objective of the reckless Operation British was the destruction of Jaburo, the greatest stronghold of the Federation Forces. This was because the Jaburo base facilities, constructed beneath solid bedrock, couldn't be destroyed even by megaton-class bombs.

The loss of the Federation Forces' final refuge, and the physical and psychological aftereffects, would enable the Zeon forces to quickly bring the war to a victorious conclusion.

As the colony approached Earth, the Federation Forces halted their attacks. At this point, even if they destroyed the colony, fragments would fall across Earth's entire surface and the damage zone would be expanded. Both sides were now convinced that the success of the operation was assured.

However, an unexpected event occurred. Although the colony had been reinforced for the operation, it had been weakened by the fighting during its four-day journey to Earth. After entering the atmosphere at a speed of about 11 kilometers per second, the nearly ten-billion-ton colony collapsed over Arabia.

The colony's front section, which retained its original shape, impacted directly on Sydney, Australia and pierced the ten-kilometer-thick crust. As a result, it triggered the activity of the Pacific Rim volcanic belt and completely reshaped the eastern Australian continent.

The remaining fragments crossed the Pacific Ocean and fell across the northern hemisphere, chiefly on North America, and inflicted widespread casualties on civilians and Federation Forces soldiers alike.

Moreover, the shockwaves produced during the colony's passage through the atmosphere and at the moment of impact led to storms and tsunamis which raged across the whole world. These continued for more than a week, and resulted in the destruction of the Federation Forces' naval fleets.

The total energy released due to the colony drop was equal to 60,000 megatons of TNT (3 million times that of the Hiroshima explosion).

About one third of the Australian continent and one quarter of the North American continent were annihilated.

More than 320 million people were killed, injured, or missing as a result of the first wave of damage.

Climate changes and other secondary damage led to more than 2 billion killed, injured, and missing (estimated).

Earth's rotation speed was accelerated by 1.2 seconds for every hour.

>>7297459

You saw all of this, as the first things you saw after two days of darkness.

You witnesses what wasn't just a blow against the federation, but an attack against the earth itself.
It was more than just act of defiance against the federation, it was a proclaimation of denial against the planet. Against the cradle that made man and always sought to drag him back to within his stifled embrace.

It is January 10th 0079, and still they do not surrender.

ZEONQUEST CHRISTMAS SPECIAL - COMPLETE

MAYBE AT SOME OTHER LATER DATE, I'LL DO LOUM AS WELL.

GOOD JOB!

>>7297429

N.... Packard.

Manly tears were shed. D:

>>7297507

This get archived?

>>7297541

I probably didn't get Struasses sense of horror across too well.

He just help murder several billion civilians. He's not feeling to great about that.

CURRENTLY ARCHIVING!

And were up.

Again good game, I would have liked to have done Loum as well, but I have to get to bed, as I have grandparents to visit tommorow.

Normal service will be resumed next friday at the usual time and place.

>>7297590

Fun times Apologized, see yo then :D

Well, that was shorter than expected.

>N. Schwarzen

Who?

>>7297783
Tried looking him up but all I'm getting is information on the Kampher.

>>7297783
>>7297915
It's actually Nimbus Schtarzen, the guy who piloted the Efreet EXAM custom and later stole the Blue Destiny Unit 2.