17.1

Athrun knew it had been coming. He had specifically worked up the courage to ask Kira to do as close to a baseline run as possible for him just for this moment. The result of Operation Angel Down and his confrontation with Shinn that lead the ZAFT Ace to defect back to ORB where he belonged. Time and again, Athrun's attempts at gently guiding Shinn onto a positive path failed as Ray Za Burrel consistently kept his friend from recovering. After all, if someone is constantly encouraged to rely on their anger while also being let off the hook for their actions, why wouldn't you side with the people who praise you?

Even if it all resets at the end of the loop, Athrun wanted to do this one moment right. No more subtly, no more heart to hearts, no more pure attempts to reason with him. The ZAFT Ace was going to pound the lesson into Shinn's thick skull. And here comes the smug little jackass.

There he was, walking over while waving to get Athrun's attention; all happy that he just tried to kill someone who wasn't trying to kill anyone. He was boasting and receiving praise for his brutality. Athrun had to admit that he was holding his anger towards Shinn in check rather well, at least, until the red-eyed orphan opened his mouth and said that fateful phrase.

"I got revenge, for you too."

Shinn didn't even realize Athrun had moved until he was already laid out by a punch to the jaw. He could only stare up in shock at his fellow pilot's reaction.

"Let me tell you what you just did, you little shit." Despite his previous action, the azure-haired Coordinator had no venom in his voice... Instead, it was colder than Pluto at the furthest point of its revolution. He walked closer to the young man he just decked and pulled him back to standing so they were looking each other straight in the eyes. "You just killed someone's best friend, walked up to said person while boasting about this deed and then asked him to praise you."

Everyone in the hangar that could hear the FAITH member froze at the sheer implications of that statement. Even Shinn, the reason for it in the first place.

"Revenge?! What did he do to me that deserved it? What did he do to you that deserved it?" The tone was hard and piercing, yet never raised beyond its normal volume levels. When Shinn didn't immediately answer, Athrun demanded, "Answer me, Shinn!"

The red-eyed pilot seemed to regain himself after that, pushing away from Athrun. "I don't have to answer to you!"

Shinn was knocked flat about another punch he hadn't seen coming, "Insubordination. I am your superior officer, Shinn, and a member of FAITH. So yes, you do have to answer to me."

"That's enough, Athrun Zala!" Ray Za Burrel stepped in. "He doesn't deserve this."

The blonde friend of Shinn was decked too, his eyes widening with pure shock. "Insubordination. I don't care if you're the Chairman's yes-man butt-buddy, you are not my superior officer. If I judge it reasonable, then it's within my right to invoke punitive measures."

"Now answer the questions, Shinn." Athrun said to the pilot who was starting to recover his wits.

"He kept butting into our battles, throwing it all into confusion! He got Heine killed!"

"With the express purpose of getting ORB forces to stand down and return home, under the command of the ORB Chief Representative, and then fought back when attacked." Athrun ticked off a finger. Everyone in the hangar was watching to see what was going to happen. "Heine's death was unfortunate, but even ace pilots can slip up or even just get plain unlucky."

Shinn was starting to look a bit confused, like he hadn't ever thought this deep about his motivations.

"He destroyed the Savior, nearly killed you!"

"We fought and he proved the superior pilot that day. Also, other than some small bruises, I was fine after being recovered from the wreckage. So I don't see how I was 'nearly killed'."

After a few moments of silence, Shinn looked angry as he said his next answer, "...He killed Stella!"

All Athrun did next was ask, "Who is Stella?"

That shut Shinn up; his expression becoming one of confusion and disbelief. How could Athrun not know?

"The girl who had been in the med bay..."

"You mean the dying Extended who you attacked other people to get off the Minerva and didn't get court martialed for? The girl who you've only met two or three times total? The girl you gave back to the Earth Alliance, extracted a promise from the guy who picked her up to get her away from the war and then was surprised when that was ignored in favor of putting her in a walking weapon of mass destruction that killed hundreds of thousands of civilians and ZAFT personnel while on a rampage that flattened at least three cities and as many of our battalions?!"

Lunamaria Hawk, a fellow Red-Suit pilot, blinked in realization along with many other crewmen, "Well, when you put it that way..."

17.2a

Gundam SEED/Jurassic World

Kira Yamato was used to waking up as many things, but as a giant dinosaur was new. It took a few moments for him to get used to moving with the non-humanoid body structure, standing up from where he had been sleeping. Looking over himself, he tried to figure out what dinosaur he was.

What I wouldn't give for a gigantic mirror right now. Even my biggest one wouldn't be enough for this job. Perhaps I should look for a window or lake? He thought as he craned his head this way and that to inspect himself. From what he could tell, he had a Tyrannosaurus Rex body structure, but there were features that weren't supposed to be there if so. What the heck was he supposed to be?

The Looper stopped focusing on himself and started inspecting his surroundings. He was in a top open cage hundreds of square feet in size with some trees here and there along the ground. Surrounding the perimeter were security guards, who were looking at him funny.

Oh right, he was supposed to be some wild animal to them so him inspecting himself like he didn't know what he looked like was probably confusing.

Kira felt a Ping. Responding in kind, he briefly wondered what the native Loopers were like. Deciding that he'd find out eventually, the Rex Looper stomped off in search of a good napping spot. He didn't really feel like doing anything else right now.

"And he's been like this for hours?" Owen asked from the monitor room. He was honestly bewildered by this sudden change.

"Yes. Also, there were some reports of odd behavior before it decided to... nap, I guess."

That interested him, "What sort of behavior?"

"Apparently, it had appeared dazed for a few moments before inspecting itself in a confused manner. As one guard put it, it was like it had never seen itself before."

That made him pause. Did a new Looper take the 's place?

Well, better figure out a way to make sure.

17.3

Gundam SEED/Marvel Comics

"I have an army."

"We have a Gundam."

Loki had to pause in confusion. "What's a Gundam?"

The billionaire playboy philanthropist nodded to behind Loki. Out the window was a giant, white robot head. It had two connected v-fins, a white one and a gold one, around a red forehead piece, yellow optical lens for eyes and a small vent where the nose would be on a plate over the mouth area. Finally, on each side under the white v-fin was a hole with what looked like a cannon shell inside it.

Speaking of which, before Loki could recover from the shock, the Gundam opened fire with its head-mounted vulcan guns. When it stopped a second later, Tony stepped out from behind his bar.

"Well you certainly made a mess there, Kira."

"Nothing important was damaged, right?" A young man's voice came from the machine.

"Not really. So... Tech swap?"

"Sure."

17.4

Miriallia entered the Archangel's gym, having finally tracked down her target after several minutes of searching.

"Hey, Kira! I was wondering if..." She paused as the sight before her registered. Kira and Cagalli were currently in the middle of martial arts practice...with lightsabers. Cagalli was dual-wielding a pair with golden yellow blades while Kira had a single violet one in a double-handed grip. The blonde twin was breathing heavily from exertion while her brother was barely winded, as expected of the Anchor. After a few moments of the only sounds being Cagalli's breathing and the low hum of the weapons, the Natural twin charged at her brother.

The Looper watched in awe as the pair fought; the crackle of electricity filled the air with each clash of plasma blade. Cagalli was energy incarnate as she slashed, thrust, weaved and danced around Kira to try and find or make an opening. Her brother, on the other hand, went the path of conservation by moving as little as possible to block or dodge the strikes. Then, as she continued observing, Cagalli stepped back and then connected her lightsabers at the pommels before pressing the assault once more.

After another minute of furious blows, Kira made an opening and ended the battle with a single strike. Miriallia was afraid that the attack was fatal, but Cagalli rolled up and moaned in pain to show she was alright.

"Ow, damn that hurts," the blonde stated as she sat up.

With the lightsabers turned off, Kira offered a hand down to his twin. She huffed, but accepted the hand up.

"So, what'd you want Miri?" Kira asked nonchalantly as Cagalli looked surprised that they had a visitor.

"Er... I." Miriallia shook herself back to reality. "I was wondering if you wanted to join in on the Pathfinder game I'm working on."

"That Dungeons and Dragons spinoff?" Cagalli asked from where she was busy toweling her sweat off.

"Yeah. So, do you guys want in?"

Kira and Cagalli exchanged a look before nodding.

"Sure, we'll be there. What time do you want to start?"

"The first actual game won't be for awhile, since everyone has to make their characters for the campaign. So tonight's just going to be for setup. Meet us at the galley at 1900 hours."

"Got it. See you there." Kira declared as he moved away from Miriallia. Cagalli only shrugged as she headed towards the showers. Miri was about to leave herself when she saw what Kira had set up for his next workout. Hundreds of baseball-sized spherical robots with tiny gunports along their surface were floating around the lone Coordinator. He pulled out the lightsaber she saw him use during his spar with Cagalli... and then he pulled out a second one and activated it; revealing a blue blade.

"Alright. Do your worst!"

17.5

Gundam SEED/Lyrical Nanoha

"You want to learn to be a Device Meister?" Nanoha asked Kira Yamato, the Looper replacing Yuuno Scrya this time around. He was currently a ferret on her dresser, much like baseline; his eyes a striking violet to contrast Yuuno's green ones. At her question, he nodded.

"My girlfriends, Lacus and Flay, looped here in place of you and Fate respectively awhile ago and acquired copies of Raising Heart and Bardiche." His voice sounded funny to his ears, since it wasn't often he ended up so young during a Loop. "Recently, we've been having some Fused Loops with the Ar Tonelico Branch. They have a form of magitech like you do, except it uses music as the base instead of mathematics. In addition to other forms of magic that we've all been acquiring over the Loops, I was thinking of making some Devices that can combine them."

"Hmm. I know how to make devices, but I mostly just dabble these days. If you really want to learn everything about being a Device Meister, then you'll want to talk with Hayate, Mariel and Shario." The Ace of Aces replied from her bed. They were both ready for sleep after the day they had doing a speed run of the Jewel Seeds, but sometimes you just can't fall asleep immediately.

"Oh right, now I remember," Kira said, embarrassed by his slip. "I had just skimmed my loop memories for the immediately important stuff."

"It's okay," Nanoha giggled at his embarrassment. "I've had a few incidents like that before."

At that moment, the person turned ferret yawned heavily. The magical girl followed a couple seconds later.

"Well, it's really late. Let's get some sleep and get in contact with the TSAB in the morning," Nanoha suggested.

"Sounds good," Kira mumbled as he curled up in his makeshift bed. "Good night, Nanoha."

The Ace of Aces pulled up the covers on herself. "Good night, Kira."

17.6

Gundam SEED/Winx Club

Flora Woke up to find a new face replacing Musa. Taking the few moments it took for her Loop memories to come, the plant fairy inspected the music fairy. Said replacement was very different from her friend; long pink hair instead of short and black and a preference for more formal dresses than Musa's hip styles. She also focused more on a classic singing style compared to Musa's DJ beats. Flora's loop memories came and revealed her name to be Lacus.

The Winx Anchor let out a ping, getting three responses. However, Flora knew that Techna and Bloom weren't Awake yet this Loop. So, she asked Lacus when she came out of her bedroom in the morning.

"Hello Lacus, are you Awake?"

"Yes," the pinkette answered with a smile. "though, I am feeling a bit Loopy."

"That's good," Flora said. Then she frowned a bit in thought. "My friends aren't Awake right now, but there were two other Pings."

"Oh, my boyfriend and girlfriend!" Lacus exclaimed in understanding before continuing in a calmer tone. "I'm talking with them right now. Apparently, they're both in the other schools of this world."

Flora paused at the implication. She frowned when she spoke a moment later, "You're talking to them right now? You guys have telepathy?"

The pinkette frowned in thought, "I guess you could say that, but that doesn't quite convey the full sense of communication. Oh, and they say hello."

"Tell them I say hello back..." The Winx Anchor replied, a bit flatfooted. She hadn't really encountered this kind of scenario before. She then inquired, "So, I understand your... boyfriend winding up in the Red Fountain school for Specialists, but why did your girlfriend end up in the Cloud Tower school for Witches?"

"In-loop reason, her father pushed her towards dark arts from a young age, which was helped by her having a higher aptitude for negative energy than positive. Out-of-loop reason, she ended up going crazy in our baseline and thus Yggdrasil seems to like putting her into darker roles," Lacus stated casually, but then shrugged. "At least, that's what it feels like to us."

Flora looked sympathetic, "That doesn't sound very nice of Yggdrasil."

"We're used to it," Lacus shrugged again. "And if it hadn't been for the Loops, we wouldn't have this bond now."

17.7

"You're going to experience a series of baseline Safe-Mode loops until they've finished bringing the Mitakihara Branch back?" Miriallia asked after Kira had explained what was happening to everyone who was Looping in the Cosmic Era. They has silently allowed him to explain the circumstances after calming them down from the news of the attempt to restore the branch.

"From what all the Anchors were told, it's to free up the processing power necessary to make a safe attempt and shouldn't last more than a handful of Loops." Kira then shrugged, "Sure, I won't have access to anything from my Pocket, but at this point, my skill alone can carry me through with a bare Strike."

"It's great that a Branch long thought to have been lost will come back," Natarle toasted with the beer can in her hand. She had finished maintenance on some handguns a few minutes ago.

"Well, I'm not going to worry too much about you. You lasted hundreds of years alone before Natarle joined you, so what's another decade or two?" Mu La Flaga stated confidently. "Just be sure to knock around Rau Le Creuset for me during each loop or any appropriate vengeance of your choice really."

"Roger that," Kira smiled with a salute at the request.

"And make sure to slap some sense into me as early as you can," Athrun stated with a wince from his spot beside Cagalli. "Will probably help you in the long run."

"And give me a boot in the ass too after I become Chief Representative," Cagalli declared. "That's when I need it most."

"Okay okay! Calm down with the requests." Kira made a calm down gesture with his hands. "It's not like I'm not going to see you guys again... Besides, that's all standard procedure for me by now."

"Right! Well, let's just enjoy our remaining time until we next start Looping again." Lacus stood up as she said that.

Murrue then smirked, "Beach party?"

"Beach party!" Came the unanimous response.

17.8

Gundam SEED/Lyrical Nanoha

"That's not a good idea," the young Nanoha Takamachi stated to an equally young Lacus Clyne and Flay Allster, who had replaced her friends Suzuka Tsukimura and Arisa Bunnings respectively. They were all dressed in their school uniforms as they were walking home for more private conversation. "The training method you're asking about does more harm than good in the long run."

"We know the risks, but perhaps in moderation?" Flay asked, somewhat desperately. She and Lacus, once they were Awake and realized they were in Nanoha's branch again, had approached their friend and inquired about training methods they could use to catch up with their boyfriend. Since he was also their Anchor, they were asking for the impossible.

"While yes, it's an easy training method when you follow baseline enough to still know how it'll go so you'll know when not to do it; these are the Infinite Loops. Loops can change or be revealed as Variants or Fused Loops in an instant." The far older Anchor lectured. Her time as an instructor served her well for times like this. "Plus, trying to match an Anchor that actively trains himself is foolhardy at best and self-destructive at worst. Trust me, the feeling of being left behind is not uncommon in non-Anchors, but taking extreme methods to try and catch up isn't the answer."

"It's not just about being left behind," Lacus stated quietly, but firmly. Her expression was serious and determined. "It's about being able to defend ourselves when Kira isn't there or when he can't reach us in time. It's about the worst case scenarios and getting out of them with our lives..."

She paused, sharing a significant glance with Flay, then said, "It's about being able to secure happiness when the Loops seem to want to tear you down."

Nanoha looked between the pinkette and the redhead. Seeing their resolve, she sighed before shrugging in defeat, "Okay, you've got me there. That particular training method still isn't a good idea, but I can instruct you on ones you can do on your own for almost as good results."

17.2b

Roxanne huffed as she was allowed into the cage. She knew that she was the best choice in case the wasn't a fellow Looper, but why didn't they just wait until the park was closed for the day and no one else was around to watch? Shaking her head, she plodded up to the sleeping dino and nudged him.

"Hey, get up," Roxy said in a way non-looping humans couldn't understand. When he didn't do much except turn over and mumble something about it being too early for his duty shift, she groaned, "Great, he's still half asleep... Wait, duty shift? He's some kind of military?"

She nudged him harder. He completed the transition to wakefulness with a start. The hybrid dino stood up with a yawn and some stretching.

"You Awake now, lazy bones?" The female asked teasingly. He turned to look at her after finishing his stretches, blinking in confusion for a moment.

"I must be feeling Loopy. A dinosaur's talking to me," He answered with a straight face. Then he snorted, letting her know he was joking. "But I'm well Anchored."

"Oh, you're an Anchor?" Roxy questioned curiously.

"Yes. My name is Kira Yamato, from the Cosmic Era Branch." He identified himself.

"Cosmic Era? Sounds kind of lofty, doesn't it?" She responded.

He did the best he could to shrug, but it felt very weird in the dino body he current possessed, "I didn't name it."

"Anyway, I'm Roxanne, Roxy to my friends."

"Nice to meet you..." Kira reflexively started to hold out a hand for shaking, but then realized that he didn't the reach. Roxy just did the equivalent to a giggle. "This is going to take some getting used to."

"How about I introduce you to the others?" She began to turn towards the gate, but then paused. "Er, do you have a way to assume human form?"

"Nope. Don't have much experience with shapeshifting magic or the like yet, though I do know magic."

Roxanne nodded, finishing the turn she had started. "Okay, I can teach you what I know if you want."

Kira moved to follow after her. "I'd like that."

17.9

Gundam SEED/Final Fantasy 9 - Continued

After the group had recovered from the defeat, they made their way to the maniacal's Queen's next target, the giant tree city of Cleyra. Normally, it was protected by a devastatingly powerful sandstorm that could abrade exposed flesh in seconds. However, it seemed like the sandstorm had gotten weak enough that Kira and his friends could enter it without much protection required.

It took all day, but eventually the group of four made it passed the sand and monsters to reach the city in the massive tree's canopy. They were greeted kindly by the inhabitants and were directed to the inn where they got food to eat and a place to sleep for the night. In the morning, the Burmecian Murrue went to the King to inform him of the impending attack by the Alexandrian Forces. Everyone else went about trying to find things to do while there: Viva sat down by the city's small lake and its waterfall, Quina went looking for more food... and Kira had to rescue Quina when s/he jumped into the swirling sandpit near the entrance of the city.

So yeah, he found some treasure thanks to that, but it was just him and the strange glutton had to fight their way back up the trunk again. By the time they made it back, the Antlion whose pit Quina jumped into was agitated something fierce by something. Kira wasn't sure what was going on, but he fought back when it attacked everyone present. Defeating that beast caused it to sink back into the sandy hole it lived in.

"This is an ill omen indeed," The Burmecian King worriedly stated. "The Antlion is a peaceful creature. For it to get so aggressive as to attack people..."

He let the implication hang in the silent air. Kira stepped forward a moment later.

"Alexandria's attack will be imminent. Is there any way to enhance the defense?"

The King looked to a giant harp with a glimmering red stone suspended over it.

"The Desert Star powers the sandstorm, which weakens overtime. To restore the flow of power, we shall perform the dance ritual that first called the swirling sands forth."

Several Cleyran maidens dressed in matching pink dresses entered the room, one of which took position by the harp.

"Lady Murrue, please join in the ritual," the King asked Murrue. "The power of a Dragon Knight added to the ritual will make the sandstorm stronger than ever."

Murrue nodded her consent at the request. Everyone else walked off to the left side of the room to avoid getting in the dancers' way. The replaced Burmecian took the position in front of the dancing formation, looking out of place in her red armor but obviously familiar with what she had to do. Then the music started.

Kira was blown away at the sheer skill of the dance and how easily the Sleeping Murrue integrated herself into the routine despite having never trained with the other dancers. With how close they had to get, any mistake could easily involve more than just the one who tripped yet despite the last minute replacement, they moved like they had trained together for years.

However, in the middle of the breathtaking ritual, the harp's strings abruptly snapped and the music stopped. The sandstorm outside disappeared in streams of bright light. As Kira watched, he had a very bad feeling about the situation.

17.10

Gundam SEED/Turn A Gundam/Black Lagoon

Kira and Flay privately mused over their mental connection about the mission briefing they had received from Dutch and Benny. A very rare kind of Mountain Cycle was their objective. Normally, Mountain Cycles contained a scant amount of advanced, humanoid machines under a kind of nanomachine cocoon. Occasionally, there was the odd spaceship among the discoveries. However, this was the second one out of hundreds discovered that had a near fully untouched military base inside it.

Why it was so close to Roanapur? They didn't know, but apparently the first base discovered in a Mountain Cycle specifically listed that location as home to some world changing project. Lagoon Company had been hired to find the specific piece of technology that was said to be inside that Mountain Cycle or if they could not find it, then either find information as to its current whereabouts or secure the database. Hence, why they were given a card key.

"Our client offered a sum that made our last five jobs look like pocket change," Benny stated. "We were given half the payment upfront. He even gave reasons for why he did so."

Dutch took over for explaining that. "To cut it short; by paying half upfront, he proves that he does have the money to pay us while also giving us an incentive to do the job. Probably had a number of mercenaries who cut out after being paid or betrayed him before he could pay them because they didn't believe he'd actually pay up."

Well, when all you fight for is money... Flay snarked across the mental connection. Kira snickered back over the same line. Out loud, she said, "Okay, so we're getting paid to get something from an ancient military base before anyone else can. What exactly is our target?"

"A Mobile Suit equipped with a nanomachine production system," Benny stated, pulling something from a pocket. It was a photograph of a Mobile Suit that Kira really wished was no longer there. "Called the Turn-A."

17.11

Another day, another loop for Kira. Natarle and Mu La Flaga Woke up around the time they were supposed to be transfered over to other posts, but no one else did. Now things were gearing up for the final battle as normal and Kira could only sigh. There was only so many ways to make a climatic battle between three opposing forces challenging before it just became droll. It has also been a couple dozen loops since the last Variant, much less Fused Loop.

So, the battle plan hashed out by Cagalli, Lacus, Murrue and Natarle was for Natarle's Dominion to take Mu's Lightning Strike and Kira's Freedom and spearhead the Four Ships Alliance's thrust into the enemy forces. Now, Kira sat in his cockpit and waited for the signal to launch. Mu came in over the radio.

"Hey Kid, got a moment?" He started jovially. Then he got more serious as he continued. "I wanted to know, just when was the last time you really cut loose in a battle?"

Kira just looked at him mildly confused. The "older" man shook his head warily.

"Seriously, Kid. You need to look out for yourself more often. I've noticed how stressed and meloncholy you've been acting lately. You're like a tightly wound spring in need of some tension relief. Go ahead and blow off some steam, it'll do you good."

The Anchor sat there in silent contemplation. After several seconds, the Dominion's captain spoke up over the comm.

"Kira, as your commanding officer, I order you to hold nothing back. Go all out and give them hell." She sounded like she'd raise her beer can in cheer if she had one in her hand, which she didn't because she was on duty.

Taking a deep breath, Kira let a sigh of release. With a look of fierce determination, he took hold of the controls.

"Alright then. Kira Yamato, heading to catapult!"

The elite Gundam unit marched with purpose. All before him would fall.

"Hey, Captain... are you getting the feeling that everyone else in the Four Ships Alliance is suddenly redundant?"

The Freedom was secured to the Dominion's catapult. Its Phase Shift Armor flared to life.

"Kira Yamato, Freedom, LAUNCHING!"

The pilot was pressed into his seat from the g-forces of his Mobile Suit being flung from the ship. Then suddenly, hundreds of feet from the ship, he vanished. Almost everyone watching became confused and concerned. Moments later, however, he re-emerged... they think. It looked like the Freedom, but it had different wings and gold, glowing joints. The surprises didn't stop there, however.

More Mobile Suits began to appear seemingly out of nothing. Hundreds of Strikes, Strike Rouges, what looked like knockoffs of the Strike and a few dozen white and grey MS with a gold crown-like antenna, all equipped with a variety of Striker Packs. Speaking of Striker Packs; for every MS wearing a one, there seemed to be three Gunbarrel and/or Ootori Strikers flying around in autonomous mode. Then there was several dozens of a similar MS with their own style of Pack and with them were their own remote delivery system flying around with beam guns ready. On top of all that were still more; hundreds of green MS with one or two shoulder shields, blue MS that looked similar to the green except with some additional spikes and mostly black MS with more bulk. They were all cycloptic and shared a style of Pack also different from the Strike and the other MS's line. As if an afterthought, a few dozen Freedoms finished the lineup.

Natarle sat slack-jawed in her Captain's chair on the bridge of the Dominion as she watched the display. She opened up a comm-link to Mu La Flaga's Strike.

"Were you watching that?!"

"I did more than watch," The Commander stated with awe in his voice. "He's making my ability to use Gunbarrel Pods look like something a toddler could do."

"Wait... You mean, he's controlling all of those with his mind?!" Natarle was flabbergasted.

"Captain, you've known him the longest... Why is this a surprise to you?" Mu asked curiously, his mind starting to recover from the overwhelming power before him.

"Other than his Strike Freedom, I've never seen him USE remote weapons! Has he been practicing this kind of thing during his many Loops alone? How many MS are there, anyway?"

Mu was silent for a second, replying in a bewildered tone, "Okay, he just told me that there's around eight hundred Bit Mobile Suits alone and over two thousand, six hundred of the autonomous Striker Packs and DRAGOON Flyers... I need a freaking drink."

"Looks like you were right, Commander. He did make the Four Ships Alliance redundant. Hop over to my ready room, I need a drink myself and we suddenly have some free time."

As she got out of her chair and left the room unnoticed due to all eyes on the massive one man army, Flay Allster Woke up. When her mind adjusted to the shift, she looked out at Kira's remote controlled regiment.

Aw, there's not going to be any left for me by the time you're done, She sent over the mental connection.

Stress relief, Captain Natarle's orders, the mental equivalent of a shrug was her answer. A moment later, a phantom kiss caressed her cheek.

Fine... But I call dibs on the next big battle.

Yes, dear.

Kira Yamato lead the charge of his remote controlled army. It was the largest massacre that included no loss of life in the history of the World.