Also: If anybody actually ever USES that image as a wallpaper... don't expect to EVER find your icons again.

Unless you have a Mac.

Incidentially, if you want any of my old wallpapers for Zeonquest, you can ask.

I am proud that we have been kicking the Federation's ass, and would have given Amuro and the White Base the spanking they so richly deserve, if not for plot armor.
I can't complain too much, since it's that very same plot armor that's kept us alive so far.

So let's get out there and start some shit and fuck up the Federation's day again.

I've been doing the same thing I've been doing, sitting in front of the computer idly watching the hours slip by.

Also I had a landscaping job for about 5 months before they laid me off.

>>12373425

I'd say the biggest thing for me would be keeping Garma alive!

Of course, we did also manage to start a Zeon civil war at the beginning of the main Feddie counterattack...

>>12373425
Talk to Garma. Does he have any immediate missions for us to do? Should we start planning for a sneak attack on Luna II, preceded by a commando raid to sabotage their life-support and space defense systems? Or should we get ready to be orbitally inserted into the Rio Grande Defense Line to tear the Federation buildup there a new asshole?

Other than that, get our suits repaired, give the unit some downtime, and write up commendations for our infantry. Oh, and put in promotions for most of our unit. I think Jolyne, Elain, Zolomon, and Bernie needed promotions, and commendations for Calvin and Hovis.

>>12373495
>Of course, we did also manage to start a Zeon civil war at the beginning of the main Feddie counterattack...

In the long run that's probably to your benefit, as it cleany divides Zeon into - Gihren's faction & Everybody else. So when things finally finish, you've got a way of escaping a fair few of those warcrimes charges.

As long as you win this Civil war.

>>12373515

Yeah, but just thinking about how Odessa or Jaburo could have gone with another few dozen Gelgoogs on our side...

Ah well, no fate but what we make, right? It's not over yet.

I am proud to have been here for most of Zeonquest's life. Sieg Zeon!

>>12373495
>I'd say the biggest thing for me would be keeping Garma alive!
That and keeping Ramba Ral alive.


I've gotta rush to work so I dont have much time. Once things get rolling can we talk to Garma about us taking a side trip to Pezun. I'm sure they'd like to get our combat data after all of the fighting we've been through.
The Mashiba Team, us and our mechanized infantry team should be debriefed on what we know about Fed Assault Carriers.

If/ when we get to Pezun ask them about the following:
-Gelgoog upgrade packages including magnetic coated joints
-Kampher Flight type with Gouf flight type legs
-Beam Sniper MS to counter GM sniper

-A UMP compatable fighter that could be armed with beam weapons to counter the Federation Core Booster.

I've been working on fighers on /m/ for the past week and eventually came up with pic related.

>>12373570
Ramba Ral could have won against the white base with doms and resupply... That's what happened to me in gihren's greed at least...

>>12373515
I just realized that we haven't been unlocking very many achievements...

>>12373570
>-Beam Sniper MS to counter GM sniper
The Gelgoog Jaeger already does that, now that we have it. Apparently its beam machinegun has a sniper mode.

And wow, has it really been one whole year? To think in that timeframe, Zeon got its shit kicked in, but they weren't just waging war on the weekends only. Hopefully doing that will change things for us. Congratulations, Apologized.

>>12373570
>>12373513

Well, after the battle for the orbital zones is finished. Garma begins organising the forces and resources that managed to make it up here. He's ordered several Pazock Cargo ships to begin transferring the resources and forces to the nearest friendly base.

Which in this case, is Pezun. Which in the aftermath of what Gihren tried last time, has now largely thrown in with the Legitimacy.
Even Garma's beginning to acknowledge that something more definate has to be done about Gihren sooner rather than later. Although no specific orders from him yet.

Anyway, given the badly mauled nature of the Outer Heaven, you've been ordered to limp your way there and get repairs.

-----

One of the things I'm most proud of was Elaine. Seriously, she was supposed to be just a throwaway namedrop character to make up your numbers whilst you were in the Deep South for the Hildolfr Campaign, and also a man.
You lot however, were not having any of it, and seven, eight months on, she's one of the principal members of the team, and if we ever get as far she's probably going to have her own Quest for Double Zeta.

Pretty sure we've managed to keep Ryu Jose and Matilda alive too. Possibly Miharu, but that won't happen for a few days yet anyway

>>12373613

That's because I haven't been railroading you so hard that I can make them before the thread starts and use them when it comes up.

I've got to run so I'll drop off my 2 cents. We've done a good job excuting the combat part but it's time we become political animals.

IC:
Zeon is currently in turmoil due to the civil war and now the feds know this. One way we can help even out this disadvantage would be to inflict something similar on the feds.

Thus while we rest and refit, we begin studying the history of the Federation and its charter for any chinks in its armour.

OOC:
This really means finding out about the Visk Foundation and the lost charter. We'll probably have to find incognito to help out.

>>12373656
Matilda yes as she's currently Synapse's Exo.

Her fiance however you personally swatted during the Jaburo mission.

As for Ryu, remind me, didn't he die trying to kill the Black Tristars?

>>12373653
.....did you really think the mustache would fool us Apologized? Really?

>>12373682
We could have at least got an achievement for those 4 pegasus... just sayin

>>12373673
Well with what Gihren has pulled at Odessa, we should try to focus on the political ramifications on that. If we spin it well enough, only the most zealous of his followers should keep following him since he's potentially cost us this war.

>>12373682
Honestly, I can't rermember if we ever faced Ryu at all. Given how much time Ral and the Madagascar spent with us, he probably did though.

>>12373682
Ryu Kamikazed against Ramba Ral's girlfriend's battleship, IIRC.

>>12373682

He died jihading rambal's wife.

>This really means finding out about the Visk Foundation and the lost charter.

That will be difficult as I have no fucking clue what that is.

>>12373690
It was just supposed to be a throwaway character. Plus she looked a hell of a lot more manly the male leads of the last two Gundam shows we've gotten.

>>12373692
I suppose. It's just one of those things I got out of the habit of doing. Like meticulously counting your kills, suit condition, and ammo.
Although I do still keep a idea of how many shots you're Beam Carbine has left admittedly.

>>12373725

But will it do us any good? It's not like the EF has anything to win from drawing a line between the Zeon forces other than to set them up against each other. They're at war with both of them anyway.

>>12373725
>Well with what Gihren has pulled at Odessa, we should try to focus on the political ramifications on that. If we spin it well enough, only the most zealous of his followers should keep following him since he's potentially cost us this war.

Yes because this is MUCH worse than drugging, kidnapping and threatening to kill his own father the current POTAS and CiC. Yes, clearly THIS is what will turn his legion of idiotic fanatics in the Gato mould against him.

>>12373734
>>12373743
>>12373745

That PROBABLY still happened in some form then. Remember, White Base still had an Africa arc, but instead of Ramba Ral, you had Char hounding them all the way backed up with the antagonists from Gundam: Cross Dimension on the SNES.
IE: The crazy psychopathic penal troopers in Efreets and Zaku's with Flamethrowers.

I mean, you already know that they lost their Guntank somehow.

Of course, by having the Wulfgar Team assigned to Char, they weren't able to stop the delivery of the Pixy Gundam to the federal forces, hence you having to face 4 of the buggers in Odessa.

>>12373749

According to gundam unicorn, the start of the UC era was marked by a terroist attack, killing its sec-general and losing the original charter.

The charter which guaranteed independence for spacenoids.

The vist foundation is the current keeper of the original charter.

>>12373825

I dunno man, I wouldn't want to use stuff from Unicorn until it's definately finished. Same as SRW does.

>>12373843

The series of light novels has already concluded. Its only the anime that has not ended.

And this takes place when minera is in her late teens. The characters involved are probably not around or gathered yet.

>>12373810
I figured a lot of people wouldn't believe the other claims of his crimes against his father unless his father himself spoke out, which I don't think has happened yet. The nuke fiasco is a little harder to disbelieve at this point but I suppose you are right.

>>12373864

True enough, but has the identity of the terrorists been revealed yet? Why the Vist Foundation kept the charter secret?
Plus, how likely is the federation politico to buy that Zeon just happened to find this? Especially now?

Plus, I'm not comfortable in inserting stuff that I'm not familiar with.

>>12373653
Alright, let's our asses to Pezun.
Go with >>12373570
And now we finally have the time to catch up on all of the administrative work we've been putting off, like getting promotions for everyone and putting our infantry up for the Zeon Victoria Cross.

>>12373891

The other question is: How much would either side care? The political instruments that should guarantee Spacenoid independance probably were blown up together with the charta and current-day spacenoid politics are based on what Zeon zum Daikun said anyway.

That while the EF seems to have no other political stance than: "You guys are shooting at people IN MY HOUSE. I don't like that." in general.

>>12373882
>I figured a lot of people wouldn't believe the other claims of his crimes against his father unless his father himself spoke out, which I don't think has happened yet.

He did. First damn thing Degwin did the moment he was well enough at Grenada was to a make live statement to all of Zeon saying what happened. Gihren claimed that he'd been drugged to say that.

>>12373916
I wonder if we should stop by the newtype scientist boys at some point. I forgot if they concluded we might be newtypes or not... Been forever since that segment of the quest. Regardless, we've definitely faced new types right? They might want some of that footage for their research. That and I still want to find out what the hell that one new type girl (Nel was it?) was going on about the time we faced her in the mock combat.

>>12373925
My bad. Guess we're forced to crush them as they are then. I hope at least all Gihren has left is his super zealous followers. It'd make me sad otherwise...

>>12373916
Okay. But first a simple question...

Does anybody remember what the teams current ranks are?
I may have lost track at some point...

We all know that David's a Commander, Zolomon is either an Ensign or Lieutenant JG. Elaine's probably one of the Petty Officer ranks still, as is Hovis. I think Jolyne might have made Ensign though, and I think Calvin's only a 1st Class Private, and Bernie has had a promotion since joining us a Private.

Does this sound right?

>>12373933
Well if I remember newtype can only see each other naked while in "transe"? But somehow we are THE KNIGHT OF SKULL or something. does that mean that our newtype power is minrape?

>>12373971
Well there was that but prior to combat when we saw her outside of her suit, she made some comment on "she not being here" or something along those lines when she examined us. I was wondering more on what the hell she meant by that.

>>12373965
Seems about correct, judging by how long we've had each of them.

Though Bernie deserves at least a special commendation for all the crazy shit he's pulled in Jaburo and Odessa over the past few days.

>>12374023

Okay then. One last thing. Remind me what the plan with Calvin and Hovis was? They were to stay and defend the starport until they came up in the final wave right?

Also before we forget:

1) Natchmaren Companion Calvary!

2) 3 black bands on our ride. Or 3 black stars.

>>12374072

How about a single black band with two thin purple stripes to give the impression of 3 black bands?

>1) Natchmaren Companion Calvary!

You mean the Wappa Soldiers or the guys who we painted in Honourary Nachtmaren Colours as part of the "Nachtmaren Nachtmaren Nachtmaren" Plan?

Apologized, I haven't been in a single one of your threads due to having no knowledge of Gundam growing up. Congrats on making it a whole year and keeping (at least by sup/tg/ indications) things excellent. I do hope the health degradation wasn't from running this.

>>12374113
I've had some hiccups. But overall I seem to do okay.

>>12374055
Yes. Also, there was going to be some trickery with false HLVs and having them blow up to trick the Federation.

>>12374110

Our wappa dragoons.

But we mustn't forget our honourary natchmaren either.

>>12374125
Don't forget the Zaku suits with reactors set to overload with the safeties all off, taking advantage of loopholes in the Antarctic Treaty.

>>12374134

It wouldn't suprise me if come Zeta all of those Honourary Nachtmaren's get put into a single squadron ALA the last mission of Ace Combat 4.

As for the Dragoons, how about we give all of the survivors two rank promotions. Then give everybody who didn't make it three or maybe even 4 rank promotions as per their commanding officers (at least those who survived anyway) see fit.
Plus we cosign against any commendation reccomendations their CO makes.

Sounds fair?

As for the rest of the party, you reccommend a full rank increase for all Nachtmaren members, plus a badge of merit for Bernie, as well for Medals of the Knights Cross (or upgrades to pre-existing ones) for everybody. You'll post the paperwork when you finally get to Pezun.

>>12374247
The Outer Heaven, following the trail of cargo vessels and Escorts, makes Pezun in 18 hours. The engines are struggling with all of the extra work you've had to do. Plus large sections of the ship have had to be sealed as they're open to deep space.

Eventually however you make inside. The docks of Pezun aren't the best for dockwork, and the sealed drydocks of Solomon or Grenada would have been better, but not even Mauser was sure if you could make that far.

As you dock, all non-essential crew are promptly kicked off into the station itself.
Waiting for you at the end of the umbelical tube is your old CO: Wolfgang Strauss, now sporting the markings of Captain. Looks like he's managed to stay ahead of you in rank yet again.
He greets you happily and shakes your hand, and then greets Zolomon as well.

"It's great to see you all made it out of Odessa alive. When we heard the news we all feared the worst."

"It could have gone better, and we were hours away from taking Jaburo." You tell him.
He ushers you inside the station, and tells you to find some accomodation whilst your here, and to then come find him in the Officers mess, where you can swap news and stories.
Pezun's administration desk is swamped with the extra influx of work, but they manage to secure you rooms and offices in the habitation areas.

You take about 15 minutes to settle in.

YOUR ORDERS?

ALSO BRB DINNER.

Hey, which numbered Gundams have we killed so far? Also, how many [G]s and secondary Gundams have we killed?

List of THINGS TO DO:
[ ] Stop being awesome.
[x] Get to space.
[x] Contact Flannagan Institute.
[ ] Fully unlock NT powers.
[ ] Meet Kycillia "Hotness" Zabi.
[?] Incite romantic feelings in Elaine.
[ ] HAREM END
[ ] Get Jolyne with Zoloman. (?)
[ ] Show that A00ro kid what-for.
[x, ] Help Garma, Ramba Ral survive Gundam.
[x] Man Garma up. (Ponytail FTW)
[x] Get our essays out to interested parties
[ ] Sign up for donor registry once NT powers awaken. ([-]Plan B=we become the EXAM system)
[x,x, ] FUCK JABURO THE FUCK UP.
[x] Help Bernard Wiseman along / not die.
[ ] STEAL GUNDAM ALEX.
[ ] Tell Gato to be in a better OVA. (possible?)
[ ] Run fingers through Garma's hair
[ ] Get rid of Gihren
[x?] Discontinue the Aspalus Project
[ ] Prevent our teammates' deaths
[ ] End Zeonic Civil War
[ ] Discover Char's true identity
[x] Tell a certain surviving member of the Zeon family exactly who killed Zeon
[ ] Figure out what's up with Nell
[ ] Add Nell to harem(?)
[ ] Kill Bandit
Destroy the Gundams
[ ] 01
[ ] 02
[ ] 03
[ ] 04
[ ] 05
[ ] 06
[ ] Others
[ ] Get Legitimacy to MP Gelgoog
[ ] Unlock the secret to godly hair (ex. The Garma Effect)

>>12374265
01 (Prototype) was destroyed in Canada. Amuro's in the 02, and from the sound of it it's about to give out any day now between Char hounding it across Africa and Amuro's own abilities. Bandit is currently in posession of the 03, we just encountered 05, and the Mudrock, 06, was destroyed in the second Jaburo raid.

So, only 01 and 06 have been destroyed so far.

>>12374255
Make sure our pilots are getting rest. They need it. Then give our combat data to the techs. The sooner they have it, the better the chances it might end up being useful.

List of THINGS TO DO:
Destroy the Gundams
[x] 01
[ ] 02
[ ] 03
[ ] 04
[ ] 05
[x] 06
[xxxxxxxxxxx] Others
[ ] Get Legitimacy to MP Gelgoog
[ ] Unlock the secret to godly hair (ex. The Garma Effect)

Of the top of my head, about 6 or 7 [G] Type Gundams AT LEAST, and 2 Pixy Gundams. Plus the Prototype, and the Mudrock. Although Midnight Fenrir helped.

>>12374322
I'm not picky. A dead Gundam is a good Gundam, and vice versa.

Also, let's get a handle on our situation in space, and file paperwork if we have the time for it.

>Make sure our pilots are getting rest.

This. We've been in constant frontline combat for a week or more.

>>12374366
Not to mention morale might be low after recent events. We're gonna need to find a way to boost it.

We should probably check up on the Mashiba team, and see if Ramba Ral is around.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc4TH0w91bM&feature=related

>>12374566

Man, if we got our hands on the God Gundam... The Federation would be finished in no time.

>>12374598
Zeon has plenty enough crazy powerful weird units to throw out. A squad of Gromlins led by a Grand Zeong would be hilariously awesome to watch.

>>12374638

Yeah, but the God Gundam is just on another level. A really, really silly level. One way or another I'm sure Zolomon would have a blast in it.

>>12374450
This, also we haven't gotten our mack on Cima yet.

Gentlemen, this simulation should show a potential course of action:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEiai0z-qTw&feature=related

>>12374765
steal a gundam and use it against the fed? I'm fine with this.noko

>>12374598
In a flash, you could say?

Anyway. You do the paperwork and put the rest of the team on leave. Although you're dog tired, you did still promise to talk with Strauss in the mess hall before the end of the day.
You page him and make your way there.

In the mess hall you don't spot anyone famous like last time. Which is probably a good thing, it was pretty noisy when Dozle had been there, what with his wife about to give birth an all.
You find Strauss and settle down at a table with a drink. You don't take anything alcoholic, you don't think you'd be able to stay awake if you did, and talk about what's been happening.

You trade stories about Jaburo and Odessa with his stories about how the Civil war's going.

Apparently things are still rumbling on. Neither side so far has been willing to start a pitched battle the size of the one that started it near A-Boa-Qu, and even small scale battles like the one you had here at Pezun when the Loyalists wrecked the Gelgoog labs are pretty rare.
It's mostly been small scale skirmishes, often only ending in one or two casualties as one side realises it's got the losing hand and backs down.
Neither has made any big pushes to take rival territory yet. It's been mostly subterfuge and politics. Which is what Ramba Ral and his team are doing now, in some Loyalist Side, trying to get them to switch over some way.
Strauss confesses he's not sure how long you've got until somebody flinches and things get really bloody.

We should check in with the team. Go around and have a bunch of one-on-ones to see how everyone's holding up.

>>12375061
After that we should sleep before we pass out.

Anyway. so you trade small talk about things back on earth vs here in space for about an hour longer before you're able to make your excuses and drag yourself back to your bunk. Where you promptly crash.

When you wake up, 12 hours have passed, and your necks stiff, but that's nothing a pressure shower on a high heat can't handle.
You've got mail on your electronic station confirming a one rank increase for everybody, and a cosign for multiple Medals of the Knights Cross (in service of defending this great nation against odds thought impossible. Exact words.)
There's going to be an awards ceremony in what looks like about 5 hours or so. Luckily your dress uniform survived all of the combat you've been doing.
Still no word from the Outer Heaven about repairs yet.

YOUR ORDERS?

I repeat my previous point. Check in with everyone we know.

>>12375095
Contact Mauser, ask how long we can expect to be staying here. If it's a good amount of time, we may want to shoot off mails to the various department heads informing them of our presence in case they have any new toys they want us to play with.

>>12375095
Did our Dragoons get anything? Those guys deserve some medals.

>>12375095
Send combat data to the techs.

>>12375095
Look for Cima and give her our thanks for Jaburo and Odessa, offer drinks on us anytime.

>>12375095
Check in on Garma and the other commanders. See if we can schedule a meeting sometime over the next day or two.

>>12375136

You see if you can spot anyone familiar aboard from the roster and incoming ships manifests. No names immiediately pop out at you, but you see Katoki is still alive and well.

>>12375144

You contact Mauser, to ask how repairs to the ship are going. He say's that the techs still haven't come back with a time estimate, which is pretty telling in and of itself.
You call up Ookawara and have him send the Pezun techs all of your combat data. Every little helps after all.

>>12375178

Yes, a further check reveals that the Dragoons are getting a wide band of decorations and promotions. This now actually makes them the most decorated infantry unit in the war. The unit CO is now a fully ranked Colonel, and has been awarded the Zeon Cross.

>>12375226
>>12375243

Garma and his ship returned to California since they weren't so badly damaged as you, hell, they were amazed that the ship actually managed to make exit velocity.
A trip back, would not have been sensible, or survivable.
Given that there are holes in her heat sheilding big enough to drive a truck through.
And since the Mashiba team was attatched to Garma's ship at the time they went with him. Cima in the medbay getting treated for whiplash.

So let's go hang with the team, make some small talk, be sure nobody's cracking under the stress, you know.

>>12375352
Agreed
btw, do we have a romantic interest?

Anyway, you make a call to the local techs to see how things are going, they seem pretty busy. Things apparently have been pretty slow for them once the UMP manufacture started to hit it's stride. Although all of the extra parts is encouraging them to think up new ways of using it.
On the whole you supposes it's probably a good thing, constantly producing prototype after prototype was probably not going to end well...

You scan the list of combat testing exercises that are currently going on. you spot the following.
- Gyan Variant testing
- Final stress testing on EMS-10r Zudah (with help from the 603rd)
- Anti Mobile Armour tactics VIII

ANY THOUGHTS?

>>12375332
Nice to see that our High-risk Infantry Recon Ops buddies are getting the recognition they deserve.

Best wishes for Cima, that woman deserves it.

Now, lets see if there's a bunk with our name on it...

>>12375405
Which Gyan variants?

>>12375405
A variant for the Gyan might be a good idea to have available. It's the best we've got so far, until we can get the Gelgoog to MP.

I wonder why there's anti-mobile armor testing, though. Isn't Zeon the party that manufactures those?

>>12375396
No

>>12375396btw, do we have a romantic interest?


Garma or Ramba

WHO WILL SURVIVE?

>>12375446
>>12375453

Gyan Variants listed are the Mass Production Gyan, whose designation appears to have settled on GMS-14, the G probably standing for Granada, where most of the work on the Gyan was done before final testing in Texas Colony, and so you don't confuse it with the Gelgoog.
Anyway, aside from the MP variants, the High Mobilty, Cannon, Marine and Kreiger variants are all listed as being tested. There's also a blanket call for any Gyan pilots to donate their combat recordings for further study.
The purpose of the test seems to be a) to test out the Gyan Cannon, and b) Hash out a clearly defined tactical role for all of these variants.
You DON'T see Cima's apparently custom model listed.

>I wonder why there's anti-mobile armor testing, though. Isn't Zeon the party that manufactures those?

Civil war most likely. Plus you can't know for sure if the Feds wont start producing their own Mobile Armours.

>>12375505
We should send them the data from Zolomon's Krieger and see if he wants to come with us to show the rest of the testers how it's done.

>>12375505
We should probably have Zolomon gives his combat recordings to the Gyan guys if he hasn't already.

I would suggest going over the anti-MA training since Gihren is certain to throw some MAs at us later in the war.

>>12375532
At least we won't have to deal with the big zam since dolze is on our side... I guess we'll also have to save him/it from the gundam.

>>12375505

Tactics, tactics, tactics. We should help with that test and get things straightened out. Also, where's Char. Can't let that slippery bastard out of our sight.

>>12375589
>Also, where's Char.

Downstairs with Garma.
Probably.
You heard that M'Quve transferred onto a ship and had himself transferred to Grenada, but you don't know what exactly happened to Char.

>>12375528
>>12375532

All of your combat recordings have been put up in the central Pezun Database already.

>>12375505
I say we split up. Zolomon obviously sends his Gyan data to that team, and we can probably second him to them for testing purposes. Everyone else should probably go check out the anti-MA trials since it could be a valuable learning experience, we've never really faced a true MA before. The Zudah isn't really anything groundbreaking, but putting it in limited production on the space front could give us a cheap grunt suit to throw out in droves while we reassemble the Gelgoog.

>>12375505
Anti-MA training. We already sent all of the team's combat data to the techs, right? If we haven't, send our Gyan data in.

>>12375639
>>12375640

So, most of you want the Anti-MA training. You could if you want send Zolomon to take part directly in the Gyan Trials, but you have already uploaded his combat data to where they can see it already.

As for the Zudah tests, I may have been disingenous, they've GOT pilots for the Zudah, they're looking for people to fly against them.
So, if the guys pushing the Zudah know what's good for them, they'll probably refuse you out of hand. No offence, but you ARE basically Baron Von Richtoffen, but without the dying like a bitch.

>>12375732
Ah. Well we could volunteer a couple people as aggressors against the 603rd. Would be nice to see what Oliver and Monique are made up of.

>>12375820

Okay so. Who do you want to do the following

MA-Training?

and

Zudah Agressor Squadron?

Also, you see that the MA pilot slot for the former is currently up for grabs, so your could put Hovis up for it if you really want a challenge.

WHO'S DOING WHAT?

Let's take on Hovis. Also, what happened to the Val Varo?

>>12375861

Nothing according to the A-MA training scenario your reading.
What did YOU think you were going up against?

This?

>>12375841
Hovis for the MA pilot slot, and why not have everyone in our squad who's free take part in it? There might not be enough slots for everyone to go at once, but I think everyone should have at least one go to get the basics of fighting MAs.

>>12375879
Do it.

>>12375879
>Hovis for the MA pilot slot, and why not have everyone in our squad who's free take part in it?

I'd honestly appreciate it if we could team up with other people. Knowledge transfer goes both ways after all.

Just stopping in. Zol has already been a full Lt since September I think and I'd reccomend promoting Hovis to MCPO since he's been an MA pilot longer than the rest of our people have been piloting combined.

>>12375732
Let's take us, Zolomon, and Elain to the anti-MA training and Jolyne, Calvin, and Bernie aggress the Zudah's. Or alternately, we can have Jolyne test the Gyan Cannon.

>>12375916
Good point. No need for all of use to go at once. Maybe us, Jolyne and Calvin plus 3 other pilots in one group, Bernie Zol Elaine and 3 other pilots at another time?

>>12375917
Are you sure? I don't think he made full Lt. Just the JG. I mean we both started at Corporal, David got a full promotion to Lt JG after you got put in command of your own squad. But they couldn't justify promoting Zolomon quite as much as this and only bumped him up to PO 1st Class. He then made Ensign, and then Lt JG. So he's probably now LT.
We can't promote him any higher than that though, since Commander (our rank is just above his)
Unless somebody was to upgrade you to Lt. But that letter appears to have been lost in the post.
It might make a suprise showing during the awards ceremony later today though.

Okay: The test shows that with Hovis in the Val Valo, the excercise calls for a three man team, swapping out with two others from other units (who have already booked.) So three people for this test seems to be all you can spare.
They'll be a joint excercise with all three squad as a company level operation at the end.

>>12375927

This would be fine. As for Jolyne, from the looks of the specs, the Gelgoog Cannon is superior. It's just that they have the parts to rebuild the Gyan if they have to.

The techs can assure you that the UMP and non-UMP parts can be jury rigged together with no problems all they like, you still have reservation about running into battle with frankenmechs.

>>12376065

But she is good enough with the cannon types that she should oversee the test.

rolled 31839 = 31839

WHOOO! ZEONQUEST!

>>12376065
Seconding having Jolyne oversee the Cannon test.

Also, we need to upgrade the Act Zaku. It's getting old and I think we need it pimped out a bit. Perhaps some kind of Quebly Commander Type?

rolled 6558 = 6558

>>12376191

Its kind of a weird state of affairs when we're considering equipment state of the art a few weeks ago game time as old hahahaha.

>>12376191

Whoa there, the Qubely is like, seven years in the future.

I guess you could say, that you guys have been fighting in "A one year war"
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>>12376207

Just saying that a few new toys might be good. Science is advancing fast and with stuff like the G3 running around, I'd like to have some kind of trump card.

Also, status on Mag Joints on Doms/Geloogs? Limited production of Bullpups for commando teams/elite units?

>>12376191

The Quebely wont even be a glint in the eye of the mad zeonic psycommu expert for AT LEAST 3 years yet.
Hell, people won't even have begun work on the Weiss Dom yet.

As for pimping the suit out. You could see what you could do, but ultimately, it's main advantage is it's light armour and magnetic coating, which gives you a really ferocious level of mobility. If you were to improve anything, it would have to be largely internal.

Alternatively keep pitching ideas at me, maybe you'll get one that sticks.

>>12376207
You really have tested it to destruction almost. If it weren't for the magnetic coating the sheer wear and tear on the frame would have caused it to break down round about just after Jaburo.
Hell, you WERE seeing some signs of it even then.
You know Jolynes suits keep getting overstrain on their actuators a lot as well, but that's a different discussion entirely.

rolled 4957 = 4957

>>12376250

>>12376259
oh shit Lista'.

rolled 18431 = 18431

>>12376269

My one regret is I didn't have time to make a few more.

>>12376258

We need to address that wear-and-tear. Maybe some internal workings from a Gelgoog or Gyan?

>>12376258
In that case, see if we can get some kind of magnetic coating for our teams suits. Also, could we get the actuators or powerplant on the Act Zaku beefed up a little? Or perhaps microthrusters or something like on the Kampfer.

>>12376287

Seconding this. iirc correctly, the Gyan might be better as it's focused on mobility which is what the Act Zaku is about.

rolled 6548 = 6548

:D

>>12376293
>>12376312

You've kind of got it backwards, most of the internals from the Act Zaku project made their way into the UMP and the Gyan and Gelgoog in the first place. Plus theirs an uncomaptible size difference.

As for getting everyone else's suits and/or joints magnetised, Ookawara and the team say that they'll try to fit it in in between repairing the ship.

Now.

Onto the combat test.

>>12376293
Ah, missed your post somehow.
An enhanced reactor is probably possible, as your's was always a little tempermental with it being so bleeding edge at the time. But since the Gelgoog and you capturing that Trojan Horse, things have progressed a little. A more conventional (although still top-tier) reactor could probably be fitted quite easily.
As for maneouvability verniers, the techs say that again, they'll see what they can do. They probably won't add any new ones, just try to increase the Ooomph (it's a technical term) of the ones you have.

>>12376258
Perhaps we could strip down a Mag-coated Gelgoog or Gyan, then calibrate the carbine to it. And beef up the thrusters. This does carry the key problem of it not being a Zaku. Zakus are sexy.

>>12376389
Yeah, I think a better reactor should be quite doable.

Any chance of mentioning something like this picture to the techs here?

>>12373570

Approximately how many Pegasus class carriers have the Feds made now? I assume they have grossly exceeded canon numbers by now since they switched their production priorities.

Hey I was wondering, since we're on Pezun is that one little newtype girl from Flanagan around? And is there any way we can some how use our pull combined with Garma's ponytail to get her into our unit? I liked her.

Anyway. You, Zolomon and Elaine decide to take the role as squad 3. This means that you'll be going last in the exercise. Jolyne opts to take part in Gyan tactical exercises, as does Calvin, who's probably board if having to pilot second string Mobile Suits all the time (well, excepting the Pezun Dowdage.)
You see Hovis suit up for combat in the Val Valo and head off.

For the purposes of a fair test, you've all been given MS-07FZ Zaku Kai's to pilot.
From what you can tell the general brief of the mission is to find a way to defeat the mobile armour. Then discuss tactics with the other two teams and try to has something superior out.

On the plus side, going third gives you the best oppourtunity to watch the other two teams first, plus you get time to pick your weapons loadout.

You play close attention to the Val Valo, it appears to be probably the pinnacle of the Bigro's evolution. Fast, agile and heavily armoured and armed. The curved armour smacks heavily of a design still not adapted to a beam rifle warfare world, but it's speed and several of it's weapon systems should negate that.
Your primary worry is the lightning emitter pods that it's using (on a low power setting so as not to damage anybody) to stun it's targets. Plus it has a massive amount of attack vulcans, and the Mega Particle Cannon is EASILY the largest you've seen fitted onto an MA.

ANY INITIAL THOUGHTS?

Since we're on Pezun I have to ask. What ever became of those essays we were working on?

I imagine the one about policing and controlling the parts of Earth Zeon occupies isn't really important anymore, what with us slowly losing ground. But the one about combined arms would probably still be useful in space, and because the Earth front will definitely need to make the most of everything we got to keep the Feddies at bay.

>>12376493
The best approach vector for attacking it is going to be the upper rear or front arcs. The majority of the Val Varo's weapons are built for attacking head-on, and it's bottom is guarded by those massive battle claws it has. Coming in from behind may open us up to leader attacks, but we should be able to spot those beforehand. Unless Hovis gets tricky.

The problem will be coordinating an attack run. Val Varos are stupid fast, so you'd have to be extremely precise to intercept it like this, otherwise it just blows past you and you fly right into the cloud of leaders it just dumped in your face, or you come in too soon and get a mega particle cannon blast for lunch.

>>12376493
Let's watch how the others do their attack runs, though I agree with >>12376515
We should talk with our team about coordinating such a strike.
I'm thinking a beam heavy loadout; what about other people?

>>12376515
How flexible are the claws? Could they rip a MS that is hanging on top of it from an embedded heat axe or two?

>>12376505

Well, considering that you just tried to take Jaburo using a massive combined arms strategy that used Infantry, Airforces, Mobile Suits and Intelligence assets in a giant overaching plan then I think we can make some assumptions that people higher up on the food chain are seeing them.

Unfortuntely not all of them are on the same side.

>>12376545
>How flexible are the claws? Could they rip a MS that is hanging on top of it from an embedded heat axe or two?

It could scratch it's own arse with them if needed, and if it had an arse.

>>12376545
Possible. They're definitely long enough, the art in >>12376493 shows that well. I'm not sure if their vertical traverse can go that high, but I'm going to bet yes. Even if Hovis can't get a grip, the pincers themselves are huge and sturdy enough that he can just bash it off.

>>12376583
YES.

Wait....

>>12376600
>>12376583

I'm kinda confused. How did Revil get a copy of our book? I mean, did we seriously just have copies handed out to anyone that asked? Why would Zeon let something valuable like that fall into enemy hands?

>>12376674
We aren't the only team that has guys like Incognito.

>>12376674
OMAKE SOON FELLOW ANONYMOUS

>>12376674

Can only assume it's due to Feddie intel department. We were emailing it around a fair bit, and presumably so were a lot of people in Zeonic command. Probably not terribly hard to get a hold of. Not like we were treating it as sensitive information. Sensitive information doesn't get PUBLISHED.

>>12376694
Oh really? When?

>>12376674
This isn't like highly sensitive info, where only a handful of people can know it. The point of tactics is to use them, which means people have to know them. Which means that there are many, many ways that it can leak out. There is a silver lining in that fact, as it will likely add to our respect in the eyes of some of the Federations leadership, which could help with a peace deal or at least a cease fire.

>>12376692
>>12376700
>>12376712
*facepalm* I honestly hadn't thought of that. Right, that makes sense.

Okay, so whilst you're going through your weapons options you watch the first team give it a go.
Since you'll be piloting Zaku Kai's you don't have any beam options, you'll have to use a more standard bullets and explosives lineup.

None of the other Teams are from companies or divisions that you're familiar with. This is not usual, a lot of mixed companies, battalions and even individual squads and MS were thrown together after Odessa, and these exercises are (you suspect) as much for merging these disparate forces into a cohesive force again as they are for testing out new tech.

The first squad attempts a bait and ambush technique, using wide looping attack runs to try and attack on the flanks whilst one guy with an 880 barely supported by his Zaku's frame to try and keep Hovis's attention.
In theory it's a good plan, but you've seen Hovis multi-task four gun turrets against enemy tanks and whilst engaging in an over the horizon artillery duel in his Rhino.
As you expected when the flanking units appear he disrupts them with a swarm of mini-missiles before stunning them in place with two sets of Plasma Leaders. This gives him the time he needs to finally push forwards and peg the decoy with his particle cannon.
He then loops around and finishes the immobilised MS with his claws.
First round to Hovis.

>>12376742
Hrm..... Maybe some det packs? If all three of us come in from different sides, hopefully one of us will make it through and can slap on some explosives. Then boom.

>>12376742
David: Bullpup, if we can take it. MMP-80s if not. Grenades, panzerfausts, maybe a bazooka if we can fit it on. Chain mine, definately.
Zolomon: Hawks, grenades, MMP-80. Chain mine.
Elaine: Bazookas, panzerfausts, grenades. Chain mine. Can the FZ take the 360mm? Stick that on there if possible.

Chain mines for everybody. Get it on there and it ought to really screw Hovis up.

The second team seems to lack subtlety, although you have to admire their bravey (or stupidity whichever) as they attempt to charge the Val Valo so as to put themselves outside of the effective range of it's gun.

Problem is then that you're in range of the claws. Computerised pressure systems measure the Mobile Armour take out two of them fairly quickly, the third takes longer to dispatch as it trys to hack its way into the cockpit, but he's eventually able to swat him off with his claws.
Nevertheless, you see that the MA registered some damage this time. Last time the Decoy couldn't even shoot straight.

Looks like it's your go.

YOUR ORDERS?

>Bullpup, if we can take it. MMP-80s if not. Grenades, panzerfausts, maybe a bazooka if we can fit it on. Chain mine, definately.

Bullpup is fine. But remember the MMP-80 comes with a GL launcher underslung.

>Elaine: Bazookas, panzerfausts, grenades. Chain mine. Can the FZ take the 360mm? Stick that on there if possible.

Probably, accuracy might suffer a little. The first team tried using a Raketen 880mm Bazooka, and they couldn't hit a fucking thing with it.

>>12376833
I'm up for combining these two:
>>12376819
>>12376760

>>12376819
You could string together some panzerfausts and have a lure drop them while Hovis is chasing him. That will be a lot harder to see than the chainmines. When those go off in the Val Varo's face have Zol dive in and slap some chainmines on the top rear of the Val.

We should probably have David pretend to be the reckless Zol so that Hovis is expecting him to rush in to melee instead of the actual Zol. Elaine can be the bait. David should look for openings while Zol rushes in when the fausts go off.

I don't know if that counts as cheating though since we are utilizing Hovis' knowledge of his teammates against him.

>>12376871

Charge it and use the chainmines to try and take it out?

>>12376833
So, with 3 people all coming from different sides, it *is* harder to get them all and keep at least one person from latching on! While a plan that basically calls for the sacrifice of two squad members isn't a pretty one, I think the idea of going in and having everyone try to slap on a det pack is the best way to go, given the limitations of these suits.

>>12376907

Oh, try to focus some fire on the claws beforehand, see if we can't at least slow them down so getting in close won't be suicide.

>>12376907
>>12376923
These.

>>12376900

Do you mean grenades or Panzerfausts? PZF's are hand-held rockets, if you leave them dangling they'll just fly off wherever.

But otherwise, the decoy uses these to keep the Val Valo distracted (maybe even damage it a little) whilst you come in as a second distraction from the bottom, looking to melee with it, whilst Zolomon comes in from the top and applies the Chain Mines.
If this provides an opening the rest of you do as well.

Sounds good?

>>12376907
No, I only meant in terms of weapons loadout.
For actual tactics, can we string together some det packs or the panzerfausts as suggested here >>12376900
Some kind of trap maneuver, but the apparent trap (getting the MA to follow the decoy with the det packs) is just a distraction for the others to line up shots with panzerfausts. If the MA sees through it and goes after the other two, then the third can go after the MA with chain mines.

>>12376940
Sounds good.
A three-pronged attack, with the decoy turning into a real attack if the MA ignores it in favor of the other attacks.

>>12376900
It's sound, but the problem is can David successfully emulate Zolomon's whattheshitcrazy combat style?

Anyway, I say we take the MMP-80, since it's probably going to last us longer, and the extra punch will help against MA. Take the accuracy hit and give Elaine the 360, since probably won't affect us as badly as the Rakaten did the other team.

And use the chainmines if we get the chance, but don't rush in. Team 2 tried that and got steamrolled. It's inevitable that we'll get in range anyway, especially Zolomon, so we should use them as weapons of opportunity.

>>12376940

Don't forget distraction grenades, whatever flash-bang style ones that'd be useful in space.

>>12376940
Yeah I meant to so grenades.

How much weight would some det packs add though? If we could have to bait or David drop some of those in the Vals path as well we could set them off when it past. Or even set them off on our MS itself if we get grabbed by its claws.

If det packs are going to add too much weight to the bait though then forget about them.

>>12376949
Okay fine 90mm SMG with underslung GL then.

>>12376968
Chain mines pretty much ARE Det Packs though.

Your plan hashed out between the three of you, you take up starting positions and begin. Taking a looping path, you give the impression of trying to flank along the sides like team 1, but then quickly alternate with a vertical movement instead.
Meanwhile with her Dom Bazooka, Elaine keeps the pressure on the Val Valo, the accuracy is better as you notice Hovis having to take blasts on the claws to try and keep his main body safe. He's returning fire with vulcan array's and megaparticle shots but's he's not hit anything yet.
On the other-hand according to your readouts his claws heavy armour is still holding.
Intent on giving him something else to worry about you ramp your thrusters to maximum output and charge from underneath him your Heat Hawk prepared, you fire one handed with your SMG. Some shots go wide but you get his attention and he manages to blunder into a Stickbomb Grenades as he does so. Damage register tell you his left hemisphere sensors have been damaged. A lucky hit, but you aren't complaining.
The large form swoops around with obscene grace and brackets you with bullets, mindful of a third opponent it launches a web of crackling lightning behind it to deter Zolomon.
It then fires it's beam cannon at you.

Risking the bullet damage, you dodge out of the way, the Zaku Kai doesn't have the speed you've gome to expect from the Act Zaku however, and you're leg is bathed in green light. Simulated warning signals and overload failures follow, but you manage to keep the suit's reactor from quenching, or exploding.
Bullets pang of your heavy armour as well. But don't penetrate.

You see Zolomon, having finally gone around the Plasma Leaders move in on his own attack, unfortunately, with your attack stalled he spots Zolomon and fires a salvo of ventral rockets at him, Zolomon responds as usual.
By throwing a heat hawk at them.
The spinning blade flies through the small munitions, detoating enough to cause a sympathic chain reaction that takes them all out. The hawk itself flies out of the other side of the paintcloud and heavily bounces off the side armour of the Mobile Armour, leaving a great shocking pink line across it's dorsal armour.
The data feeds report a simulated engine power reduction of 20% to you.

Using one leg you push yourself backwards, trying to get some distance, and also trying to keep Hovis off balance with renewed fire from your SMG.
Zolomon continues to charge the Val Valo, now bearing the Chain Mine. The MA's crab like pincers lash out and Zolomon entangles them with the Chain-Mine. They grab his left leg before he is able to detonate them. You reports tell you Zolomon's leg below the knee has been "destroyed".
Pink explosions engulf the Val Velo's left arm...

>>12377162

Before the paint clears your data-feeds are already telling you that the arm has been completely destroyed, and the explosions have reduced the armour of the cockpit area down to 70%.
Now legged however, Zolomon's maneouvability is reduced and Hovis closes in again to try and finish the job with his vulcans and beam guns.

Then out of seemingly nowhere, Elaine makes her comeback. Hovis spots her as she closes and swings the Val Valo around and brings his last Pincer arm up to face her, still spewing bullets. She fires her Bazooka at it at point blank. Already weakened by her previous shots, this time the arm damage registers as total, and the Val Valo discovers itself in close combat without any close combat weapons.

To his credit, Hovis reacts well, and tries to scare her off by alpha-striking everything he has in her direction, and gunning his thrusters to maximum to try and get so close that he can't miss.
All however this actually results in however is him ramming his cockpit into a brace of 4 grenades.
Which go off right in his face.

MA KILL CONFIRMED reports the Exercise Control Station.

>>12377225
>MA KILL CONFIRMED
Who's da Man?! Who's da Man?! Elaine's da Man!

>>Zolomon responds as usual.
>>By throwing a heat hawk at them.

God dammit I love Zeonquest.

>>12373425
>Elaine's a man.

FTFY

This concludes your first sortie. you check the time. You still have about two or three hours before you need to accept your medals.
You have a sneaking suspicion that your getting a little blase over receiving these things, perhaps you should try to kick ass and save the Principality less?

Nah.

The teams get back together and "trade tactics" although it's patently obvious that you took both team 1 and team 2's plans and combined them into something that worked.
Luckily though they don't mind so bad, since they know who you are.
You talk them through the practicalities of fighting on a three dimensional plane, and also in the vital importance of killing the target as quickly as possible, especially when it's as lethal as a Mobile Armour. But also in not rushing your assault or not taking care.
You ask Pezun Control to reset the exercise.
Maybe the other teams will do better now.
You doubt it though, Hovis is probably learning from this as well...

You realise somewhat belatedly that you're actually enjoying yourself for a change. Best enjoy it whilst it lasts you guess.

TO BE CONTINUED...
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY EVERYONE.

>>12377254

>>12377302
So. How 'bout that omake?

OMAKE

"The Federations dramatic turn of fortune in the later months of the war have been attributed to several things. A larger manpower base, the creation of MS Scale Beam weapons by Dr Minovsky, The Gundam, and also the tactical treatise Mobile Suits in Action, by David Lister, the famous Zeon ace.

It was this treatise that showed Revil a way to make use of their vast older Tank armour reserves in concert with their fledgling Mobile Suit divisions, something that had been eluding them until that point.
It was these tactics, as well as Listers discussions on Mobile Suit mobility and the tactical function of the Dodai Flying Platform in particular which would enable the federation to win the battle of Odessa when it seemed as if Zeon had stalled their advance.

>>12377448
How such a work made it's way to the Federation is actually a tale in and of itself. The Musai Cruiser Zasaramel after leaving Pezun for a refit and to take on new mobile suits was ambushed by a federation patrol group along the skirmish zone of Luna II. Both escorting Mobile Suits were destroyed by a clever use of local terrain by several squads of the relatively new Ball.
Rather than face destruction the Captain of the ship surrendered, and the ship was boarded. Whilst the captain had time to purge the central database. Several stray files that he happened to be reading at the time survived.
One of these was a rough draft of a combined arms strategy that had been making the round in Pezun whilst he was there. It was of course the MSiA doctrines. Which, were then transmitted to General Revil, presumably as a gift rather than a document of vital import. It's believed that the Captain of the leading Salamis thought it would make an interesting curio for the General.
He was more right that he realised, and the book quickly began making the rounds amongst the top echelons of the Federation GHQ thanks to Revil. From that point on, General Revil would have a deep respect for David Lister, and the Nachtmaren.
- Professor Intz Lensman

>>12377452
>>12377448

When we find out who did this IC, we're gonna find that captain and ram a 90mm shell up his ass.

>>12377480
The Zeon Captain, the Federation Captain of the Salamis, or both?

rolled 28161 = 28161

>>12377452
>>12377448

>>12377512

The Zeon Captain.

Apparently lost his balls when faced with titanium ones so we'll relive him of those too.

>General Revil would have a deep respect for David Lister, and the Nachtmaren.
Well, on the bright side, he might actually listen to us if we bring an offer of a cease-fire.

Oh good the thread didnt 404, now to spend an hour catching up.
Did we end up making any thof these suggestions? >>12373570

I just realized that we don't know where Char is.
We need to find out where that slippery fucker is, and make sure that he doesn't cause any trouble. Just because he knows that it was Gihren that killed Zeon, doesn't mean that he won't still go after the rest of the Zabi family and destroy Zeon in the process.

>>12378483
I still want to know what happened with the fight between him and Sayla in the Gundam.

Bah, i'm late.

No-one remembered my suggestion of Getting a Gelgoog Jager mag-coated and outfitted with a beam lance as ot personal ride? no-one?

>>12379454
Well it looks like we've asked the techs about giving most of the suits in our unit magnetic coating, but no they didnt get down to anything like that today.

We really should take the opportunity to try out the various Gelgoog types before we ask to get a custom one fitted out. Talk to the techs in charge of rebuilding the MS-14 program and ask how it's going.
Worst comes to worst we can have Elaine's High Mobility Type modified into a Jaeger before we leave.

>>12377448
>>12377452
THAT'S RIGHT, LISTER. I READ YOUR BOOK AND LEARNED YOUR MOVES AND TONIGHT, I AM TAKING THE TITLE BACK

>>12380063
I really hope that everything culminates in a cease-fire and peace treaty being signed rather than a surrender, and that David meets Revil face-to-face at the talks. Both have a book written by the other to be signed by their respective authors.

>>12380119I really hope that everything culminates in a cease-fire and peace treaty being signed rather than a surrender, and that David meets Revil face-to-face at the talks. Both have a book written by the other to be signed by their respective authors.

"I really enjoyed your book"
"yes, me too"
"hey what's that light out there?"
But the future refused to change...

>>12380383

That assumes we haven't already gently ass-fisted Ghiren with a spiked Zaku Boxer Shield by that point.

>>12380402


[spoiler]GARMA[/spoiler] does it :o!

whens are next mission, i cant wait to get into some action

I think that first we need to keep tabs on Char, and we can keep it IC by checking if he went with Garma, and what Garma wants us to do. After our R&R and Repair and Refit at Pezun is completed, we should really take out Gihren. The faster that his faction is neutralized as a major threat, the faster Zeon can concentrate on forcing the Federation to a standstill and getting a cease-fire signed.

>>12373425

>>12380063
"Lister you magnificent bastard, I READ YOUR BOOOOOOK!!!"

>>12380418
whoa... that just blew my goddamn mind. what have we created?

>>12380418
>[spoiler]GARMA[/spoiler] does it whilst trying get Gihren.

Because let's face it, a Colony sized laser has got to be a bitch to aim properly.

>>12381787

....ya know, you'd think you wouldn't have to actually AIM something that big.

just, ya know, get it in the general vicinity of the target.

>>12381847

Problem is, Space is also big. Very, very big.

>>12381873

Point.