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Post by HeadlessSeeker on Sept 23, 2019 11:12:02 GMT -6
Commodore Ekkehard Rosengarten sat quietly in the cockpit of his AMX-011S Zaku III Custom, his eyes locked on shimmer in the distance. Slowly he breathed out, making a manual adjustment to his course. He had decided to take it upon himself to investigate this Asteroid Base at the edge of Martian Space. With the Federation at one end of the Martian Sphere, and now rumors of a building force at the other. He had to make sure their flanks were covered, and if possible, take out threats before they could build. This mission was simple, gather intel on this Asteroid Base, and then bring it back to his ship.
The Federation's Taskforce had been delayed and was currently holding position and gathering their strength. A full-on attack at the moment would be suicide."But I can't leave them there forever..." he muttered before shaking his head."Unit 2! Is the scanner in range?" he asked the other pilot who was accompanying him. They had brought some extra equipment along to look at this thing from a distance. They had long-range tanks attached to their mobile suits. Base Jabbers would draw too much attention, and be a waste went momentum could do most of the job.
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Post by Knightcalibur on Sept 23, 2019 12:02:40 GMT -6
Lieutenant Luicus Smith was deployed from the Bayern's Main Hanger along with a detachment of his mercenaries hired by the Chairwoman. His eyes skim forward as his White-coloured Zaku 3 Custom flies through space towards the asteroid base. "You boys seem busy! Need a hand?" His tone carried a joking tone to his voice asked as the squad of Deara Doga followed him wearing the same logo as him. The 'Devils Raiders' a known Mercenary Corp, that was known for raiding Jupiter and Earth trade lines that also had signed a deal to ally with Mars Zeon.
The White Zaku 3 looked odd, it was an upgraded form of Zaku 3 with the words 'Sigvid' written alongside the shoulder of it. It had a massive greatsword on it's back and a Bazooka on the other shoulder of it.
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Post by HeadlessSeeker on Sept 23, 2019 18:23:55 GMT -6
Rosengarten glanced back, the mono eye of his own white Zaku III Custom flashing at picking them up. The Red Rose emblem on the arm shield of the Zaku was scratched and worn. He would say nothing for a moment, before replying via comms after that long moment of silence."Good to see that you showed up." he would say."We don't know what is inside that asteroid up ahead, but should anything come from it I would appreciate the backup. The plan, for now, is to hang back, and get a reading on it before anything else." the asteroid base twinkled in the distance, just at the edge of visual range."If it's a threat, we go in, smash the place up, and look good while doing it. Sound good to you?" he asked with a slight laugh before shaking his head a little."We believe they are from Jupiter. I am lead to believe you ave dealt with the Jovians before?"
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Post by Knightcalibur on Sept 23, 2019 18:51:41 GMT -6
The mano eye of the White Zaku was locked on the fellow before his face appeared on the screen. With a soft chuckle was heard from the coms before the Mercenary leader replied with a cheerful smile. "Wait you know who I am? Or is it the logo? Now then we here for Recon or here to bust down the walls" He remarked with a shy smile on his side as the 'Sigvid' flies alongside with his squad. The remaining 6 Geara Doga with the same skull and snake logo as the white Zaku remained still as they were looking around the area. He thinks for a moment before the Mad dog replied back via coms. "Jovians? Ah yes them I raided their trade lines long ago, they ain't the Titan but their still worth taking from, I suppose... Chairwoman's orders were to support you so I will." He shrugs indifferently about it as his suit kept its the combat-ready stance that it arrived in while floating behind him.
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Post by HeadlessSeeker on Sept 23, 2019 19:00:33 GMT -6
"Very little escapes my ears..." Rosengarten said a little mysteriously."But yes, it was the logo." he admitted with a chuckle."As for what we are here for." he glanced over the sensor array being pushed forward by the Geara Zulu."It entirely depends on two things. What they do, and what we find." he said with a smirk looking at the younger man in the screen. He was wearing his pilot helmet of course, but through the visor, Luicus would see an older man whose face was chiseled and worn by time.
"How do they fight?" he asked simply."Or prefer to fight I mean. I don't mean the Federation Garrison in the Jupiter Sphere. But their Energy Fleet. I don't think I have ever seen combat that far out." he would say though the Geara Zulu signaled him, and gave a thumbs up."Looks like we are in range, keep up a perimeter. We have a short window once the scan starts before they notice us." though the truth was, he was itching for a fight.
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Post by Oberst on Sept 23, 2019 19:31:24 GMT -6
This current base was indeed defended by a formation of three EWAC Jegans painted in some kind of Mustard yellow color scheme and markings that did not belong to the Federation. These were some of the men that had followed Commodore Marina Von Witzland rebellion. The former EFSF Commodore had tasked half of her forces to remain here and guard it from anyone who dared come knocking.
Four Gustav Karls remained on stand by armed with long beam smart guns deployed from around the mysterious asteroid, ready to be linked to the EWACs sensor feed in order to increase the range of their main armaments.
Their commander was none other than transformed Delta Kai painted in the same relatively drab color scheme. Behind it's chair sat one former Lt. Commander Lorena Seydlitz, once an EF special forces pilot she now worked for the rebels, having no issue whatsoever in giving these Martians a warm welcome.
At her sginal the Gustav Karls fired a volley aimed loosely to keep their Geara and Zaku III formations though they were mostly warning shots that didn't come close to hitting anyone.
" Gentlemen. I would advise you to turn around unless you want to proceed to the after life." She would warn them via coded message.
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Post by Knightcalibur on Sept 23, 2019 19:32:14 GMT -6
"Very well, I am LT Lucius Smith.. a pleasure to meet you, old fella. Also yes they do fight, they are my crewmates." Lucius said with a rather polite nod. The closest Geara Doga floats over with his rifle at the ready before moving behind the White Zaku 3. The visor of his mask revealed a blond male with cold black eyes as he studied the older man.
He thinks for a moment before slowly replying. "I won't know.. I mostly attacked Earth Forces ships or Cargo ships of Jupiter, we always cleared out when the Jovians forces rolled in on mass. My forces will be on standby until your rea- oh hey we got company." He was interpreted by the incoming force as he takes battle stance prepared for battle as he had beam rifle at the ready with his squad at the ready.
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Post by HeadlessSeeker on Sept 24, 2019 5:28:08 GMT -6
The Older Pilot closed his eyes and nodded his head thoughtfully. At the very least this LT Lucius Smith understood when to fight and when to run. Though, it seemed that whoever was here was ready for a fight. He weighed his options internally for a couple of moments, before gesturing to the Geara Zulu, giving them a thumbs up. An okay sign to keep going. The long-range sensor was shaped like a box, the sensitive equipment housed inside of a metal container, with two convenient handles on it. Normally he would have brought a dedicated sensor unit, but they didn't have the range or power he needed for this. The Asteroid would be able to tell they were being pinged by high power sensors.
However, then there was a flash, and at that, he tracked the movement with his eyes."Watch out! Seems they sent out a volley! Rapscallions!" he would say taking the controls of his mobile suit and using the maneuver thrusters to bring him out of the way. The force of his maneuver had pressed him firmly against his seat, and left him scratching his chin as the shots whizzed past them."Seems they sent out a warning shot, a dangerous one at that." he said before clearing his throat."This is Commodore Rosengarten. You are in Martian Territory, even if it is at the very edge. I recommend not firing anymore unless you wish to be seen as a threat. Otherwise, the Rozen Knight will be visiting you in full force in the future. We will complete our scan, and you will sit right there." he said not mincing his words. In his younger days, Rozen would have tried to dodge and weave his way entirely over. But now? He gripped his hand. He had doubts he could make it. He was getting old, and while the fire of battle had returned to him, his body was still this way.
"Lt Smith." he said over a short-range channel."If they fire again we have two options. Either pull back and then bring in a strike force. Or perform a strike here and now. You ever went up against beam smart guns?" he questioned, wanting to get all the pieces together before he tried anything else.
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Post by Oberst on Sept 24, 2019 6:46:32 GMT -6
Truth to be told Lorena had been expecting a fight. She'd opted to let them go peacefully but if challenged she wanted to make it clear to these martians it would be a costly affair for them. A reserve of Breda's was stationed in the asteroid to act as the defensive line while they took care of the outer perimeter.
" At times the orbit brings us closer to designated Martian airspace, ain't nothing we can do about that. Are you going to sacrifice the lives of a handful of your men over such a small matter?" The former special operations pilots taunted back, not bothering to be civil with the enemy she'd been fighting against her entire life.
" There's nothing here but a handful of MS which have never been used to attack Martian forces, at least not in their current form. We're Federation outlaws so unless you come to bring us in we might let you all leave in peace." Animosity towards the Zeon people aside she wanted to at least try to deter them from crashing against their defenses.
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Post by Knightcalibur on Sept 27, 2019 21:41:35 GMT -6
Gathering his thoughts on the subject, Lucius rubs his chin a moment before slowly replying. the "Beam Smart Gun" is said to be one of the toughest lasers around... I wanted my hands on one of those for years. Though it's power isn't as strong as a Mega Particle Cannon like in a Warship its strength comes from accuracy and rapid rate of fire, not just the higher power output." He recounts off the top his head while his hand slides from his compartment to go through his catalog of musical tapes before slowly pulling out one of them.
The tape slides into the cassette player at his side before returning his focus to Rosengarten. "Apologizes when it comes to technology I tend to ramble a bit when dealing with very powerful stuff. But the best option is to take out the Beam Smart Guns or disable the Mobile suits if you wish to press the attack. As mentioned, I'm not 100% fully attached to Mars Zeon officially right now that's about to be useful. For now, follow my lead for when things get dirty." He finished as the alluring sound of music begins to slow with some of his squad using it a signal to take positions to cover in the event of an attack as he playfully chuckles before clearing his voice.
He soon speaks up after a moment to Lorena. "My name is Lucius Smith... Leader of the "Devil's Raiders". I am a mercenary hired to check this colony as for beautiful and dangerous people, I am always looking for skilled pilots if they can keep up with me. If you yield your base, I will offer your bandits a spot to bolster my forces with a reasonable income but only if you don't mind which side you attack." He said with an indifferent tone to his voice, acting more like the outsider in this contest than anything with his MS floating there, though prepared for the worst not actively drawing it's weapon yet.
(Metallica: Master Of Puppets)
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Post by HeadlessSeeker on Sept 28, 2019 19:30:39 GMT -6
Rosengarten had been about to snap back with a retort when Lucius spoke up over comms. He quietly listened, and from the sounds of things he had an idea of the power of beam smart guns. That was good, because it meant they would have a healthy respect for the weapon. He himself had recognized them the moment he saw the glare of beams racing towards them twinkling through the void of space."I agree. Taking out the beam smart guns/their operators would be the best. However, at this range they do hold the advantage. Hmm... if only we had a M-Warhead..." he sigh rubbing his chin."Next best thing would to obscure their vision and sensors via another means."
However, Lucius then said he had an idea for how to proceed. Rosengarten was curious and so instead of entering a verbal engagement with the Federation Defector, he was going to see how Lucius did."Alright, take point on this one." he said before sitting back curiously.
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Post by Oberst on Sept 28, 2019 20:00:25 GMT -6
" I am sorry but we're not chained dogs after a paycheck. Not all of us at least." While it was true they had been offered spoils and riches if they joined Marina Von Witzland rebellion, Lorena was personally bound to her commodore.
One of the Gustav Karl's had been given the go ahead to open fire on Lucius leading Zaku III once it began playing music. Lorena suspected this was some sort of distraction, maybe even a code judging by the trash metal tune now being played. No one played old Metallica without expecting a fight. The heavy duty MS trained it's barrel on the Zaku III, letting out a single shot was ahead of it's advancing path, the barrel of the smart gun rotating forward allowing the beam to be bent just as it left towards it's intended target.
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Post by Knightcalibur on Sept 28, 2019 20:15:41 GMT -6
"H-Hey! I just liked listening to music. It helps my nerves during talks, Oh well! You drew first blood!" He retorted almost with a shrug with a frim as his mobile suit quickly sprang to life as it flies past as it goes for a spiral during a barrel roll attempting to evade the strike. His movement pattern's reacting to the path of the beam by seemly dancing around it as the mobile suit prepares its beam rifle at the ready as he returned fire with a series of shots back.
His squad of mobile suits sprang to life as one of the Geara Doga would unleash a spray of fire from their Beam Machine Gun as they kept their distance but moved to flanking wedge to defend their fearless leader as they formed up in a battle stance with shields out. When suddenly a massive "BOOM" was heard. As the sounds of the heavy Mega-Particle guns on the fired from the Bayern's Primary Cannon as it melts through a large portion of the debris in a single shot as the blast expelled liquid hot scrap-metal flying in all directions.
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Post by HeadlessSeeker on Sept 28, 2019 20:36:43 GMT -6
Rosengarten blinked at how quickly things had gone from 1 to 100 in what seemed like an instant. 'Seems his plan didn't go too well at all.' he would think to himself tapping at his control surfaces as he watched him rather expertly react to the incoming attack. Approaching directly would be suicide, they had prepared positions and could rain fire on them all the way up to their front door. He had come here to scout out the situation, but it seemed like his hand was before forced. However, as he pressed on, igniting his thrusters something rather interesting happened. The Bayern opened fire on the Asteroid with mega particle guns which beams streaked through the inky black void. Impacting the surface. Boiling away surface in massive globs, exploding craters into its surface. However, the asteroid while glowing red and having a number of new craters was rather durable. Suddenly the Bayern would receive a reply as a large salvo of anti ship missiles were launched streaking out from the base. The long range sensors of the ship and base no doubt able to get a lock on one another. But there was something else.
Regardles, the former Feddies seemed to have concentrated on the Merc, so The Rozen Knight struck forth blazing through the vacuum of space. The glare of his engines seeping out in light. Mono eye darting from side to side, from target to target. It then landed on a Gustav Karl with a beam smart gun. He would get in range for effect use of his beam machine gun. His twitchy hands ready to move the moment he saw it look towards him.
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Post by Oberst on Sept 29, 2019 17:47:21 GMT -6
The Gustav Karl's were previously scattered around to avoid barrages such as the one called forth by the lead element. The Asteroid was struck but it's reinforced rock outer walls held amazingly dissipating the intense heat once it had caused a quite large molten craters.
Not one of the mobile suits fell victim to the long range cannonade. These former EF pilots never remained still for too long. Rozengarten's had managed to get a lock on one but another one of it's comrades was already drawing a bead on the Commodore Zaku III's. It fired it's beam smart gun once, bending the beam in order to take a snapshot that much quicker.
Lorena's Delta Kai turned towards Lucius Zaku III, keeping him in front of her. She would set an attack vector but held fire since he was clearly too far away for her fire to be effective.
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The Bayern had already deployed several dummy balloons loaded with chaff. They had been deploying these shortly after witnessing the opening barrage earlier.
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