*beep*
Great, an e-mail... They sure didn't waste any time...
*beep*
And another one... that's probably a bad sign.
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I guess I oughta open 'em.
*skims recon report*
*sighs, looks at second mail*
We should deal with the La Gias issue soon, so we can move onto the next big thing. This report's not making me happy.
There ARE Big Zam Kais near Jupiter.
3 complete, 1 under construction.
They're mining resources from Jupiter's moons and the asteroid belt and shipping them to a massive orbital station for processing and assembly.
They have a large cargo shuttle that's currently being heavily reinforced. It looks like they intend to take this thing down into Jupiter's atmosphere, and it's large enough to carry 4 BZKs.
The reinforcing of the shuttle and completion of the fourth BZK are both expected to be finished in about a month.
It looks like they ARE intending to harness The Power. There's no other explanation for why you'd want to fly a cargo shuttle into Jupiter's atmosphere.
UNSpacy, in an unusual example of clear thinking, views this as a serious threat to the known galaxy.
While I'd like to tell you that a large fleet was folding towards Jupiter as we speak to dump a metric butt-ton of reaction warheads into the station and every related facility in the system... Given the political situation right now, that just ain't happenin'.
What UNS HAS done is formally request the AGGF's assistance in dealing with the issue. That's not really surprising. We're a skilled force with the experience and guns needed to deal with a large problem, we're already aware of the situation, we're in the area, and there's not exactly any love lost between us and anyone else in the Sol system anyways.
What IS surprising is that this is an official UNS request. It's from the top brass, not the Phantoms. For them to buck their own system like that... it's completely unheard of. They're scared, and bureaucrats halfway across the galaxy usually aren't afraid of anything that isn't at their front door. Hell, they didn't even wanna authorize reaction weaponry for the Protodevlin...
Certainly, our current situation makes it difficult to deal with the Jupiter crisis in a timely manner. It'd take us more than a month to get there if we left now, and we'd just run into a shuttle full of The Power'ed mechs.
BUT...
As it happens, the Focker, a Uraga-class stealth carrier, was damaged in a border skirmish and sent back to a colonial port for repairs 6 weeks ago. They're putting the finishing touches on her right now.
She's going to be "stolen by terrorists" some time in the next 4 days. If we accept, the crew will hold it in a safe location until we're ready to strike.
I'm just going to assume we accept the offer and lay out the rest of the details now.
When we're ready, the Focker will defold on the far side of the moon to mask the fold reaction, rapidly descend to Earth, and land in the ocean, all under full stealth.
From there, we run out in our mechs and hop aboard, ride back to orbit, and fold to the asteroid belt. Then crack some skulls.
Simple, right?
As for base defenses...
They have a moderate defense fleet, consisting primarily of zentradi mercs. Good mix of full-size and micloned.
All male, so there's no crazy special-ops bitches to worry about.
But don't forget that these guys were genetically engineered to be the ultimate soldier. And they were fighting interstellar wars millennia before homo sapiens beat it's first animal to death with a heavy stick.
It's nothing we can't handle, but don't get cocky.
There's 200 mercenary grandes. They're riding classic zentradi mecha. Looks like 60 Regulds, 40 Glaugs, 100 Gnerls. They may look silly, but don't let the Space War holodramas fool you. They're deadly in a dogfight.
There's also 220 micronized zents in human mecha, along with another 130 or so human pilots.
The miclone and humans are sharing 120 Gelgoog-Js and 110 Gaza-Ds, with 80 Ga-Zowmns and 40 ReGelgs mixed in. It's believed that the zentradi miclones got dibs on the Ga-Zowmns and ReGelgs.
Mech and merc counts are approximate. Lacking direct computer access, the recon team had to estimate.
The station itself is studded with anti-mech weaponry. It's gonna be exciting getting close to it without cover. Recommend you bring your dogfights in close. It's harder for them to blast you if they're worried about hitting their own guys.
And of course, there's Jupiter's gravity well to worry about.
So it's not gonna be a pretty fight. But letting them start pumping mechs full of The Power is gonna be a lot uglier.
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I'd also really like to convince them once and for all that BZK is NOT a viable superweapon. I mean, it IS, but I'm sick of seeing them. Especially after they actually got one operational last time. Let's try and make this a conclusive and thorough victory, so they're convinced of the need to start in on a NEW superweapon.
And I managed to get the AGGF access to the UNS mech database recently, so I've got some hard info for you.
First, our good ship, the Focker:
http://www.new-un-spacy.com/macross7/uraga-escortbattlecarrier.htmI'm sorry about the limited specs, but she's classified and I can't talk anyone into giving us the higher security clearance levels. I have personal clearance, but it's tied to a biometric scanner so I can't share.
Rest assured she'll fit us comfortably.
The Zentradi mechs are here, though I'm sure you've seen a few of them in museums before...
http://www.new-un-spacy.com/sdfmacross/sdfmacross-index.htmlSadly, the Regulds are modular. We're not sure how many missile launchers they have ready to equip, so we're not bothering to differentiate the 3 classes.
The tactical Regulds have a different frame, though. We know they don't have any of those, thank goodness. Recon and ECM capabilities would make things a lot harder for us.
And the mobile suits are here:
http://mahq.net/mecha/gundam/zz/index.htmExcept for Gelgoog-J. It's an older design, and you can find him here:
http://mahq.net/mecha/gundam/0080/ms-14jg.htmSo...
Any questions?
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