Chapter 2: The Cost of Defeat

The member 'RX-178' has done the following action : DICE ROLL

'Shooting' :

Sgt. Ferrell, the original pilot of the Gundam, had been sitting inside the 56th Hovertruck since he was injured. When he heard about Osmond and Katoma's death, he was terribly shaken.

He was communicating with the Kojima Battallion this time, through the internet. One of Kojima's men, a Lieutenant, issued the order for the Philippine teams to retreat to the shore at once.

"What! The Gundam Ground Type we sent you was defeated?" said the EFF Region Director. "And you lost 6 mobile suits prior to that. And, you lost a GM Cannon and the Guntank! Goddamn you incompetent fools! Retreat to the beach right now!"

Kirkland's GM Ground was the only remaining mobile suit in the 24th. The team was virtually wiped out within a matter of 2 days. Had it not been for the 56th, which was also a fairly inadequate team, they would be slaughtered by the Chief and the Aesir Wolves.

Rap barely evaded the GM Cannon's attack. As soon as he heard the Chief's order, the Z'Gok climbed out of the fakking hole and ejected colored gas from its vents, to allow it to escape unseen. "Maybe next time we can play, Feddie!" he said, before jumping into the plains below.

Kirkland was walking through the jungle, following close behind Mason, when they were ambushed. A Z'Gok came out of a hole in the ground and got ahold of the leg of Graham's GM Cannon. Daniel then recieved a radio transmission

RX-178 wrote:

“This is Vulture. One bandit, my location. Kirkland, if you’ve found Osmond, move forward and commence engagement.”

Graham aimed it's main cannon at the head of the Zeon MS and fired, but by some miracle, he missed. Daniel aimed his GM's beam rifle, ready to attack, when the Z'gok jumped out of it's hole and spewed a colored smokescreen; when the smoke cleared, it was gone. Kirkland pounded his fist on the dashboard in frustration. "DAMN IT!!" He then turned his attention to the peak of the mountain, to see how the battle was going.

The Gundam was on it's knees when the Gouf lashed off it's head with a whip from it's heat rod, then it picked up the head of the defeated mech and kicked it like a football; the Gundam's metal carcass was then pushed down the mountain, rolling all the way to the bottom. Ensign Sylvan Cruz...was defeated. Daniel lowered his head in humiliation and shame, knowing that his entire mission had been in vain. without any hesitation, he turned on the GM's thrusters to maximum capacity, headed to the mountain's peak with the intent of destroying Lt. Guerrero's unit. He hopped his way up the steep mountain side, but when he made it to the top, he saw the Gouf far off in the distance, riding on a Gaw, he was too late.

Kirkland set his GM on it's knee and opened up the cockpit and stepped out. He spotted Sylvan laying face down on the ground and ran over to him; he turned him over and checked his pulse to find that he was still alive, then laid him back down. Daniel also worried about the fate of the girl and looked around for any trace of her; he found her laying on the ground, seeing that she was still breathing but unconscious. Kirkland was baffled to find that she and Sylvan were here and alive, but thought about that later. He got to his MS and radioed the camp to request an evac, one for 2 injured people, and one to retrieve the remains of the Gundam. Today was the worst defeat in Warrant Officer Daniel Kirkland's military career, but at least it wasn't a complete failure.

"Touched Heartstrings"


The Boss' orders to eject from the battlefield were a welcome relief. More casualties will happen if the fight dragged on for much longer. As Aicelle retreated, she saw something tumbling down the mountain. It was the headless body of the Gundam, with sparks flying out of the cockpit area.

"The Boss made it..." she told herself. She nodded her head, as if acknowledging the Gundam's death. "Rest in peace soldier..." she said, unaware that the Chief had spared Sylvan out of mercy.

Aicelle wanted to check if Clara was okay, but there seemed to be no time for that. As she retreated, the Zaku opened a large container, ejecting smoke throughout the mountain pass so that they couldn't be followed. "Whiskey Delta. Mission completed..."

Mt. Mataligahan, the summit...

Clara opened her eyes... she was alive. She observed her surroundings, with hazy vision, and saw no trace of the Zeon mobile suits. Beside her lay a Federation soldier, who was still alive, but unconscious. Gathering all of her energy, Clara tried to stand, but she couldn't. She fell to her knees and looked at the Ensign who rescued her.

"Mister, mister, wake up..." she shook the Ensign. "I... gotta.. get help..." She then saw a Federation suit nearby, which belonged to Kirkland. "Sir! Help us please!" she waved at Kirkland, to get his attention.

Kirkland was sitting up against his GM, waiting for transport, when he heard someone nearby

KaraShiranui wrote:

"Sir! Help us please!" she waved at Kirkland, to get his attention.

He was relieved to see that she was okay. "Oh, so your awake, that's good to know. Don't worry, I've called for an evac, they should be here any time now. So miss, how are you feeling now, your not hurt badly are you?"

"Aesir Wolves let's head home! This White Devil was a pussy... Meet me by the lake, Tom, Aicelle, Rap. Fall back now!"


"Understood, will arrive at designated location as soon as I can. See you there, sir. Vanguard out."

After turning off his radio Tom commanded his Zaku II to move back to the lake, moving cautiously lest the girl behind him gets injured by moving too quickly, and in case the Feddies decided not to honor their agreement.

After a little while he arrived at the shore and proceeded to check on the girl again.

He checked her head wound and sighed in relief when he saw it had stopped bleeding and it looked like it was healing nicely. He just wished she would wake up and tell him how she got there.

Palawan Coast

The region commander’s ship was within the vicinity. When he heard that the 24th MS team had been wiped out, he was furious. Immediately, he contacted the 56th MS team and demanded that they rendezvous with his fleet immediately.

“56th MS team, this is the region commander. I am telling all of you to abandon the mission right now! You have wasted valuable resources! Bring Clara Del Valle along with you!” Having vented all of his anger, he smashed the satellite phone to the floor. “How incompetent can these fucktards get!?” he yelled, gnashing his teeth madly.

His assistant interrupted him. “Sir, are we going to send in others to do the job? What if we refit them with more advanced weapon—“ The commander punded his fist at the table.

“NO! They’ve had their chance! I want them aboard this ship within 6 hours! I shall personally slap ALL OF THEM for this. They even got a Colonel’s nephew killed due to their stupidity. How do we explain this to the Ensign Mundara’s uncle? What, that he had been stepped on by a Zaku? Fuck! According to his latest posts on Facebook, his teammates committed MUTINY against him! Thus he was forced to act on his own!”

(Feddies, return to the ship within six hours. I will implement the timeskip starting from this post. All of you, including Silvan and Clara should be at the ship.

Indicate that it is 6:00 PM in your next posts people

Also, Aicelle's request had been granted, That is, if Rap chooses to equip the GM Cannon's shield)