Hello there, everyone! I'm back with the second chapter of "As Big As A Battleship, Puru!" and thank you for the early reviews and support for this crossover story. After Ple Twelve had wiped out the Arianrhod Fleet, Gjallarhorn is caught off guard by the sudden appearance of the Mobile Armor and soon the news will reach not just Tekkadan and the Dort Colonies but Earth too as well.
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Chapter 2
At Vingólf, Earth Headquarters of Gjallarhorn
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN MY ARIANRHOD FLEET HAD BEEN WIPED OUT?!"
Every member of the Seven Stars in the meeting winced at the roaring anger from Brigadier General Rustal Elion who stood up from his seat to glare at the male messenger from the Regulatory Bureau who told him the sudden wham bomb of a report. The head of the Elion family rarely lost his temper and was known among his peers to be constantly smirking around whenever something good happens to him in his favor.
But now the news of the most powerful fleet in Gjallarhorn being wiped out had caught him and everyone else in the room off guard.
Who dares
destroy my fleet!? My pride and joy I spent years
to create and build up as the mightiest force to be reckoned with in Gjallarhorn! Whoever is behind this unforgivable act must pay! Thoroughly
and Mercilessly
!, the older man gritted his teeth in rage as his gloved fists gripped themselves hard and he was very tempted to smash them on the table of the Seven Stars.
No one would blame him for acting like that.
The unlucky Gjallarhorn messenger gulped at the face of a visibly and absolutely livid Rustal but he pressed on regardless, "R-right when the Arianrhod Fleet was about to conduct their operation to handle the Dort Colony workers' demonstration, an unknown ship had appeared in front of them and wiped them out with a massive beam weapon, Lord Elion."
"A beam weapon?! Wouldn't it be useless against Nanolaminate Armor?! All of Arianrhod Fleet's ships and mobile suits are supposed to be immune to it!", Colonel Iok Kujan questioned with an incredulous look on his face as he cannot comprehend that the mightiest fleet in Gjallarhorn had been destroyed by such ancient outdated weapon from the Calamity War.
Nemo Baklazan corrected his fellow Seven Star head of the family with a frown, "
Resistant, not immune, Lord Kujan. The purpose of Nanolaminate Armor is to diffuse
and deflect beam attacks away from a mobile suit or a ship if they're struck by it, minimizing the damage done. It does not absorb or weaken beam energy at all. ... However, the special metal paint coating would eventually be peeled off or burned away from prolonged combat, hence the need to re-paint again."
"That would mean the unknown ship must have built up its beam attack's energy to a critical point before firing it at the Arianrhod Fleet in one massive blast. Striking the enemy down with all its might.", Elek Falk commented with an unease look on his face.
Iok looked more offended at the older Falk indirectly quoting the Kujan family percept instead of listening to the explanation about how Nanolaminate Armor works from the elderly Baklazan.
An unnerved Iznario Fareed inquired for more information about the new enemy of Gjallarhorn, "And what does this unknown ship looked like, soldier?"
The Regulatory Bureau messenger complied as he showed the heads of the Seven Stars the captured pic of the assailant with a large frontal cannon nearby the Dort Colonies, "From what we managed to describe, it has two legs and a glowing cyclops eye, Lord Fareed."
Upon realizing what exactly the assailant's true nature was, Gallus Bauduin revealed with widened eyes of shock to his peers in the meeting room, "That's no ship! It's a Mobile Armor!"
That would mean Gaelio will be fighting it! No..., the older purple haired man with a beard thought in terror for his son's life as he remembered Gaelio wanting to bring out Gundam Kimaris from the vault and use it in the field.
This terrified the Seven Stars members as they remember about the horrors of the Calamity War perpetuated by the Mobile Armors that wiped out 1/4 of the world's total population, and their ancestors of Gjallarhorn led by Agnika Kaeiru had fought to defeat them at a great cost 300 years ago. Now it seemed that only one apparently survived and it has returned to claim its long-awaited vengeance by eliminating the most powerful fleet in existence before proceeding to attack the Dort Colonies and their inhabitants.
It was the usual modus operandi of the Mobile Armor to always target civilian populations.
Nemo Baklazan declared in a serious tone to the messenger, "Send immediate word to Colonel Carta Issue. She is to mobilize her fleet and rescue the survivors of the Arianrhod Fleet. That includes protecting the people of Dort Colonies evacuating from the Mobile Armor's rampage. Lethal force is authorized against it."
Iznario looked like he was about to protest but held back his tongue while the other Seven Stars agreed with Nemo.
"Yes sir!", the Regulatory Bureau member obeyed and left the meeting room as quickly as he can.
Without my Arianrhod Fleet, Gjallarhorn is now greatly weakened and all that opposed us will see it as opportunity to rise up and revolt! The four economic blocs would question our strength! I will never be able to recover from this humiliation!, Rustal thought in frustration after realizing the ramifications of his fleet's great loss thanks to that damned Mobile Armor as he ignored the other heads of the Seven Stars starting to talk about mobilizing other fleets.
Iok looked utterly confused and unable to contribute as he looked around like a useless peacock he was.
Meanwhile, Second Lieutenant Julieta Juris was sitting on the high walls of the Vingólf headquarters where she climbed around as part of her hobby which Iok Kujan had derogatorily called her
"a monkey" for it. She can't help but overhear the various members and officers of Gjallarhorn running around like headless chickens after hearing the bad news regarding the Arianrhod Fleet's demise nearby the Dort Colonies.
"A Mobile Armor?! Are you sure?!"
"Yes! It wiped out the Arianrhod Fleet with one massive beam attack!"
"Impossible! Nanolaminate Armor is supposed to be Fucking Invincible!"
"Apparently not! And Language!"
"Shut up Steve!"
"Oh my God!"
"Game over, man! Game over!"
The female blonde common-born Gjallarhorn mobile suit pilot frowned as she looked up to the high place where her adoptive father and superior officer is there with other heads of the families of the Seven Stars as she thought,
The entire fleet is gone?! By a Mobile Armor of all things? I thought Gjallarhorn had wiped them out during the Calamity War!
Worried, Julieta knew that Lord Rustal won't take it down lightly at all and there will be hell to pay.
On the other hand, Yamazin Toka was checking out the dormant ASW-G-01 Gundam Bael which was standing in the center of the ceremonial lake inside an altar deep within Vingólf. It is where the Seven Stars' respective Gundam Frames were stored inside and they were considerably better preserved behind the sealed thick steel doors with the designated mobile suit numbers that identified them.
ASW-G-04 Gundam Gamigin from House Falk.
ASW-G-05 Gundam Marbas from House Fareed.
ASW-G-07 Gundam Aamon from House Issue.
ASW-G-45 Gundam Viné from House Kujan.
ASW-G-48 Gundam Haagenti from House Elion.
ASW-G-55 Gundam Orobas from House Baklazan.
Except the one vault which formerly contained the ASW-G-66 Gundam Kimaris from House Bauduin after it had been brought out by Specialist-Major Gaelio Bauduin. The Arianrhod Fleet's gingerhead chief engineer had helped transfer the Seven Stars machine to the mobile suit hangar bays of
Sleipnir prior to its launch into space during her time at Vingólf.
Overhearing the members of Gjallarhorn panicking of the Mobile Armor's return echoing from outside, Toka grimly remarked to the First Gundam Frame as if it was a person than a machine, "I'm not sure if your soul is really inside Bael and you're hearing this, Agnika Kaeiru... But I'd say it is a damn shame that you couldn't be awakened right now at this time of need. Right when the Mobile Armor came back with a vengeance upon Gjallarhorn and humanity. Many pilots in the past had tried to wake you up but failed. Alaya-Vijnana System or not."
"And now it looks like Gundam Kimaris is probably already out there, fighting on its own.", she said while turning away from the white Gundam Frame.
Unbeknownst to her however, Bael's red optics glowed a bit red in response...
Within the Dort Colony 3
Things weren't going well for the Gjallarhorn Garrison of the Dort Colonies as an understatement.
When they receive news of the Arianrhod Fleet's sudden demise at the hands of an unknown ship with legs' massive beam weapon that left few survivors only to be picked off one by one, their superiors attempted to cover it up from being known to the public and keep everything under control as best as they could. Unfortunately for them, the people from the Dort Colony Network saw the Gjallarhorn's fleet being wiped out and had reported it with a live footage for all to see in Dort and also Earth.
As the Dort Colony reporters were tired of the one-sided bullshit narrative Gjallarhorn had to constantly give them, they decided to throw a middle finger back at them and damn the consequences!
"This is Nina Miyamori reporting live from Dort Colony Network! In the middle of the Workers' Union demonstration against the Dort Company, a massive ship of unknown designation with legs suddenly appeared out of nowhere in space nearby the Dort Colonies and indiscriminately attacked the Arianrhod Fleet patrolling the area! It appears to be using some sort of energy-type attack that wiped out the forces of Gjallarhorn in one blast!", a young woman with short brown hair stated on live tv in an area where there were no Gjallarhorn security guards nearby to silence her.
Her colleagues Saw Carre and Hajime Tsuji made sure of that the coast is clear.
She added with the footage of the carnage unfolding in the news, "That is before the unknown vessel started attacking the survivors with missile-like energy projectiles. Gjallarhorn was unable to respond to this sudden attack out of nowhere after the loss of the Arianrhod Fleet."
All hell broke loose as a result.
The citizens of Dort went into a mass hysteria after watching the footage of a gigantic assailant easily destroying Gjallarhorn's mightiest fleet like it was nothing. They feared that they might be next once it's done playing around with the helpless survivors of Arianrhod Fleet. Some fled to the colony shelters for safety, and others had tried to get to the space port in attempt to board the ships and escape from the Dort Colonies.
Although, the members of the Dort Workers' Union rejoiced to watch the Arianrhod Fleet destroyed and reduced to a few survivors on live tv, which they took it as a sign to attack the Gjallarhorn Garrison soldiers who now had lost their biggest stick on their side. They were the first to open fire and took down the security troops guarding the Dort Company's entrance before storming inside the corporation's building where their employers were hiding inside.
Along with starting their armed revolts and seizing military equipment on their hands across the Dort Colonies.
Navona Mingo was helpless to stop the violence as he was hoping for a peaceful resolution to the labor dispute between Dort Company and his fellow workers without any interference from Gjallarhorn. Recently, the leader of the Workers' Union had to ensure that the CEO and his board of directors were unharmed in their capture, following after his comrades inside the Dort Company HQ.
However, elements of the Gjallarhorn Garrison had somewhat managed to quell the riots and assuage the citizens with some measure of success.
"Well, that escalated quickly.", Orga Itsuka commented as he and fellow Tekkadan comrades were currently at the spaceport of Dort 3 where they see panicking people trying to get past Gjallarhorn garrison soldiers to board the ships. Because of the emergency lockdown, they now can't get to the NOA-0093
Isaribi and meet up with the rest of the crew along with getting into their mobile suits.
Norba Shino nodded in agreement with his leader, "No kidding, Orga! Especially when Gjallarhorn's fleet got taken out by that big battleship we saw in the news!"
"But is it friend or foe? Because I'm worried if it might turn its weapons on us and the Colonies after finishing off the fleet...", Biscuit Griffon wondered in worry as he watched how the remainder of Arianrhod Fleet got massacred in every direction on tv.
"Since it attacked Gjallarhorn and continued to do so, it might be an ally, Biscuit. Besides Gjallarhorn had it coming.", Eugene Sevenstark shrugged as it felt pretty cathartic to see them losing their high and mighty attitude after losing their fleet.
Yamagi Gilmerton said with an uncomfortable look on his face, "Uhhh, I don't think we should be enjoying the Schadenfreude, guys."
Mikazuki Augus can only stare in observation at the gigantic two-legged figure with a glowing eye as if it was looking at him appearing on the tv screen.
Even though I haven't reconnected myself back to Barbatos at the Isaribi, I can feel my Gundam Frame acting a bit off for some reason... It might have probably spooked Old Man Nadi and the others overseeing Barbatos' maintenance., he wondered as the three Alaya-Vijnana System implants on his back twitched a bit.
"Are you alright, Kudelia, Miss Fumitan?", Atra Mixta asked in concern to the two women older than her after narrowly escaping from the riot outbreak.
Kudelia Aina Bernstein replied to her friend, "I'm fine, thank you."
Fumitan Admoss nodded as she adjusted her glasses, "You should get yourself checked by Merribit Stapleton when we get back to the Isaribi."
"Okay.", Atra agreed as she still felt some pain from the Gjallarhorn soldiers punching her in the face during interrogation.
The only reason the assassins under Nobliss Gordon's employ didn't pull the trigger is because the Workers' Union attacked first and overwhelmed the Gjallarhorn Garrison soldiers guarding the Dort Company HQ. It ruined the narrative of turning Kudelia into a martyr figure of the revolution., Fumitan Admoss internally noted after remembering the panicking snipers withdrawing from the building nearby the demonstration.
No doubt the scumbag of a rich man would be upset and those agents will suffer from him in the aftermath.
On the bright side of things, Fumitan is with Tekkadan who brought her and Kudelia to safety and the lackeys of Nobliss Gordon won't come near her without giving themselves away.
The older black-haired woman with glasses was supposed to throw away her life to protect Kudelia from an assassination attempt as her way of repentance. But now, this unexpected turn of events had spared her life, and in turn Fumitan would have to come clean about everything to Kudelia after the masked man Montag had exposed her for being a secret agent of Nobliss Gordon all along.
At least the Bernstein heiress was willing to hear her out once they get out of the dangerous situation.
She added while looking at the live footage of the large entity with two legs attacking Gjallarhorn forces and knew what it is,
And it's all because of that Mobile Armor. The dreaded figure from the Calamity War...
Outside the Dort Colonies
Several ships and mobile suits of the decimated Arianrhod Fleet were picked off one by one from the Psycho Big Zam's Funnel attacks, their Nanolaminate Armor repeatedly worn off after multiple beam attacks in all directions and they explode in violent detonations. The Gjallarhorn members now know how the dissidents felt when they were rendered powerless after purposely sabotaging their ships and machines as part of Arianrhod Fleet's previous operations before the Mobile Armor suddenly showed up and singlehandedly destroyed them in one attack.
"Please, have mercy!"
"I don't want to die!"
"Mommy!"
"All hands abandon ship! Abandon s-AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"
"This can't be our end in Gjallarhorn!
"Forgive us, Lord Rustal Elion!"
"Back Up! We need Back U-AAAAAAHHHHH!"
"Broken Arrow! I say it again! Broken Ar-RRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Such variety of famous last words were a music to Ple Twelve's ears when hearing their voices through her Cyber Newtype powers as she continued tormenting the fleet's remnants. But there were some tidbits of information that confused the female clone of Elpeo Ple when reading from their minds before their undignified deaths by her Funnels.
Gjallarhorn? Arianrhod Fleet? Lord Rustal Elion? Odd that they never mentioned the Federation they're affiliated with for some reason, puru! Oh well, they're nothing to me anyway., she thought.
The pilot of Psycho Big Zam pouted in annoyance and disinterest as she noticed several smaller objects ejecting from the incapacitated ships, "Whelp, I'm bored. Time to finish the rest off, puru! Starting with their escape pods..."
Suddenly, Ple Twelve's Cyber Newtype senses flashed on her head, alarming her of a new foe entering the battlefield. In response, she looked up to see an incoming fast object displayed from her Psycho Big Zam's view screen. It is a purple-colored mobile suit with a familiar looking V-fin shaped forehead and yellow optics, and has two high output rocket boosters on its back. It also carried a large aristocratic jousting lance with gun attachments on its right hand.
And it's flying towards her at full speed!
It's a Gundam!
"Finally! A new toy to play, puru! Now activating Special I-Field Generators!", she gleefully stated by tapping into her Mobile Armor's console controls with intent to play a game with the new opponent advancing to her directly. And testing the Special I-Field, an experimental shield made by Axis Zeon that should theoretically be able to stand against beam and physical weapons.
As if that fancy lance could break through Psycho Big Zam's armor! But I'd like to see the look on the pilot's face when I do that, puru!, she thought in bemusement.
Just when the Gundam Frame was about to stab the Psycho Big Zam with Gungnir in a powerful joust lance thrusting attack, a glowing green energy field manifested and blocked its path!
It caused a clash of metal sparks and green lighting from the impact!
"What the?! A barrier!", a surprised Gaelio Bauduin said as his Gundam Kimaris' Gungnir Lance tried to break through the Mobile Armor's powerful green shield.
"Oooh, a Gundam! It's about time I get a real challenge around here, puru! I was hoping you would come out after I wiped out that poor pathetic excuse of a fleet and play around with them to pass the time. Thanks for that, puru!", Ple Twelve cheerfully said out loud through the Psycho Big Zam's speakers to interact with the pilot of the purple-colored Gundam with a jousting lance.
She was also pleased that the Special I-Field worked really well.
It shocked Gaelio Bauduin to hear that the Mobile Armor with a single glowing eye was directly
talking to him, and it had a voice of a ten year old girl. Reminding him of his little sister, Almiria Bauduin back at their family estate on Earth.
The Mobile Armor has a pilot?! Wait! No, it can't be! It must be an Artificial Intelligence mimicking a human voice! How despicable!, he thought in speculation as he gritted his teeth.
The purple haired Specialist-Major activated Kimaris' extra feet rocket thrusters to try push his Gungnir lance forward through the barrier as hard as he can with little success.
"You mean... you wiped out the Arianrhod Fleet and toyed with the survivors just to draw me out?! You vile monster!", the heir of House Bauduin yelled in outrage at the Mobile Armor's callous action.
Wow, what a drama queen, puru! He reminds me of Mashymre Cello, that pompous chivalrous knight wannabe who carries around that rose flower in his hand back at Axis., Ple Twelve rolled her eyes but continued to play along with her Gundam opponent for her own amusement. It looked like the pilot had fancied himself as a knight in shining armor, which would explain the theme of his mobile suit.
For some reason however, the orange haired girl had sensed something strange from the enemy machine and she could have sworn that the eyes of the purple-colored Gundam glow a bit red at Psycho Big Zam.
"Eh, I was expecting the White Devil to appear before me... Buuuuuuttttt I think you will do for now, puru! Maybe he will finally come out at last if I kill you!", she shrugged with a chuckle.
That brought cold chills down on Gaelio's spine after hearing his gigantic enemy's casual response to him as if it was talking about the weather.
Did that Mobile Armor refer to Gundam Bael?! Agnika Kaeiru's mobile suit and the first of the 72 Gundam Frames?! The symbol of Gjallarhorn! The White Devil!
As part of his noble upbringing in House Bauduin as its heir, Gaelio knew about the legend of Agnika Kaeiru, a topic that his best friend McGillis Fareed looked very interested to talk about when they're children. He remembered how McGillis was enamored about the tales of Gjallarhorn's founder from the book he read at the House Fareed manor and apparently aspired to be like the Bael's pilot one day.
On the other hand though, it has been confirmed to the Seven Stars heir of the Bauduin family from his point of view that the fearsome Mobile Armor truly hailed from the Calamity War it survived 300 years ago, and apparently it had a history with the founder of Gjallarhorn in battle. Now it wanted to have a rematch and settle the score once and for all.
Gaelio made a heroic declaration of resolve in response to the Mobile Armor, "The White Devil may have failed to kill you in the past, monster... But
I, Gaelio Bauduin, will do it in his place! I swear it in the name of the Seven Stars and House Bauduin!"
"Bring it on, puru! Fall before the power of Psycho Big Zam, Gali-Gali!
Funnels!", the Cyber Newtype clone of Elpeo Ple enthusiastically obliged while she doesn't know about these Seven Stars or House Bauduin but then just chalked it off as it's probably a Federation special forces of Gundam pilots like the knight-themed machine with a gun-lance weapon.
Through her control via Psycommu System, the 12 Funnels stopped harassing the dying Arianrhod Fleet remnants and flew their way back to Psycho Big Zam. They then began to open fire at the Gundam Kimaris from behind.
Immediately breaking off from the Mobile Armor's green barrier he failed to penetrate with Gungnir, Gaelio yelled as he quickly evade the so-called Funnels' beam attacks as best as he can with his Gundam Frame's speed, "Stop mocking me!"
He was annoyed that his inhuman opponent called him by such demeaning nickname!
What vulgarity and immaturity from the A.I. of the Mobile Armor!
"What's wrong, Gali-Gali? Can't take the heat, puru?", Ple Twelve mocked with amusement as she turned off the Special I-Field Generators from her Mobile Armor's fusion reactors to prevent overheating and noticed another new enemy showing up.
Hearing gunfire nearby, the purple haired young man looked aside to see the Schwalbe Graze trying to support him. But it got the Mobile Armor's attention to direct some of the Funnels to attack him in return. The beams assaulted Ein Dalton's mobile suit all at once, which its Nanolaminate Armor barely managed to protect him, suffering some damage as a result.
"Gaaah!", Ein Dalton yelled as his cockpit's system suffered damage from the brutal attack.
"Are you alright?!", Gaelio yelled in concern.
Ein tried to reassure his superior officer that he can still fight, "I'm fine sir! Let me help you!"
The Bauduin heir ordered his subordinate while maneuvering his family's Gundam Frame around the Psycho Big Zam's multi-directional beam attacks, "No, Ein! Help the survivors! Coordinate with Captain Daniel Woren! Get them to safety away from the Mobile Armor!"
"But sir!", the half-Martian soldier tried to protest, not wanting to see his superior die before his eyes like the late Crank Zent did.
"That's an order!", the pilot of Gundam Kimaris yelled.
A conflicted Ein gritted his teeth but complied, "Yes sir!"
The Schwalbe Graze turned around to help the Arianrhod Fleet remnants with the
Sleipnir ship moving in to assist.
The orange haired Cyber Newtype pilot nonchalantly commented as she let Ein get away as he's not worth her time compared to the knight-themed Gundam, "Sending your ally away instead of helping you. How gutless."
Gaelio retorted as he opened fire with Gungnir's gun attachment to try shoot down the Mobile Armor's Funnels with little success, "How's that gutless, monster!?"
"Because suicide is a coward's way out, puru.", Ple Twelve coldly replied.
Meanwhile, a red-colored Grimgerde is standing on one of the support structures of Dort Colony 3 to observe the raging battlefield after it was discreetly launched from the Montag Company ship's hangar bay to the spaceport pre-lockdown for its intended pilot to board inside. Within the cockpit of the Valkyrja Frame mobile suit, McGillis Fareed still in his Montag disguise, albeit removed his dark long coat, was able to hear the entire exchange between Gaelio and the Mobile Armor that appropriately called itself
"Psycho Big Zam".
"ASW-G-66. Gundam Kimaris. Gaelio, I'm glad you brought out the Bauduin family's prized machine to fight against the Mobile Armor. The Gundam Frames that once protected the world before fading into legends has arisen to do it again...", he commented with relief and awe.
While waiting for Tekkadan to find their way out of the locked down Dort 3 spaceport and engage the Mobile Armor in battle with Gundam Barbatos usually being the first into the fray of combat, the heir of the Fareed family noted, "Although I wouldn't be surprised if Gaelio had originally intended to use Kimaris against Tekkadan. Before the Psycho Big Zam suddenly showed up and attacked Arianrhod Fleet in its path."
He thought with a frown,
Psycho Big Zam, huh? How too on the nose
its name was. Quite unusual for a Mobile Armor as their names were angelic in contrast to the Gundam Frames' devil names. Especially when its psychopathic A.I. is acting like a 10 year old girl who thinks all of the death and destruction it had caused is just a game! Like it's a normal thing to do! Even worse, it dared use a voice similar with Almiria!
The disguised blonde man also heard that the Mobile Armor apparently knew Agnika Kaeiru during the Calamity War, and it was looking for a rematch against Gundam Bael after centuries of hiding from Gjallarhorn.
Watching his friend struggling to not get hit by the Mobile Armor's drone-like beam weapons with his Kimaris' maximum rocket thruster speed like several cats play-chasing after one mouse, McGillis was darkly tempted to not intervene and leave Gaelio to die. It would be a betrayal by inaction. At least Gaelio will have a hero's death here, going down fighting valiantly against the Mobile Armor.
When it happens, it will leaving McGillis' fiancé Almiria as the new heir of House Bauduin in her brother's place and he would control that family through her in their arranged marriage.
Carta Issue would soon be next later on when the opportunity to get her killed arises, depriving the pedophile of a "father" Iznario Fareed as her legal guardian to control the Issue family, which McGillis will gain the Outer Earth Orbit Regulatory Joint Fleet as Carta's successor as a result.
The disguised blonde man visibly winced at that overly-long name and he will have to find a shorter name for it later. Just like how Rustal Elion had given the name "Arianrhod" for his Outer Lunar Orbit Joint Fleet that no longer exists thanks to the Psycho Big Zam's surprise attack.
Regardless, it would have been a perfect opportunity to begin weakening the Seven Stars and have Gjallarhorn to eventually rally behind him as their new supreme leader with Gundam Bael once he had claimed and awaken it for himself.
To bring his ideal world that he desired into reality.
... But I won't be worthy of being Agnika Kaeiru's successor to pilot Gundam Bael one day if I don't do something to stop the Mobile Armor like he did in the Calamity War! My plans for my new world would be ruined if I let this monstrous machine run amok and destroy everything!, the disguised blonde man grimaced as he was thinking through the consequences if he pushed it through.
Taking off his long white spiky haired wig and mask from his face, McGillis took hold of the Grimgerde's cockpit controls and flew his mobile suit right into the raging battlefield! The Grimgerde opened fire with its 110mm Valkyrja Rifle at the Psycho Big Zam even if the bullets were ineffective, catching its immediate attention as its glowing eye swerved to notice another machine entering into the fray.
Because of that, the Mobile Armor's Funnels diverted their attention away from Kimaris and tried to shoot Grimgerde down in retaliation.
But the blonde man expertly dodged every single beam blast fired at him with his high mobility machine as the Valkyrja Frame he piloted was made to be lighter and more nimble especially in space. Although he tried to shoot down the Funnels but they're too fast for him to hit and so he put the rifle away, deploying the Valkyrja Blades from Grimgerde's Valkyrja Shields to deflect the beams away while dodging the enemy attacks at the same time.
"Need a hand, Gaelio?", McGillis asked as the Grimgerde fly towards Gundam Kimaris.
The two Specialist-Majors' machines were flying back-to-back with each other while subsequently evading the Funnels of the Mobile Armor.
Recognizing a familiar voice from the red mobile suit wielding two yellow blades coming to his aid, Gaelio said with a look of relief, "McGillis?! What are you doing here?! I thought you're on vacation!"
It was a surprise to be sure but a welcome one for the pilot of Gundam Kimaris and now he has his best friend fighting by his side.
"I was until the Mobile Armor showed up! Can't let you handle this alone!", the blonde Specialist-Major quipped as he knew that he had some explaining to do with his friend when it's over.
The single glowing eye of Psycho Big Zam glared at Grimgerde and Kimaris as its child-like voice of a girl noted with a verbal shrug, "Reinforcements? A bit better than the previous one. No matter, you're all dead men walking, puru!"
You and your friends better show up, Mikazuki Augus! We won't be able to hold out much longer at this rate!, McGillis hoped as he and Gaelio fought together to stay alive as best as they can.
Author's Note: Alright, Chapter 2 of "As Big As A Battleship, Puru!" is done and I hope you guys like it. Gaelio Bauduin has engaged the Psycho Big Zam in combat with Gundam Kimaris while Ple Twelve is playing along with his assumption, thinking it is all just a fun roleplaying game and gave him entertainingly wrong assumptions, lol. While McGillis Fareed, who had been observing the conversation before jumping into the battle, was wrong too as well.
Such as Gaelio and McGillis believing the "White Devil" that their Mobile Armor opponent was talking about is Gundam Bael since the 72 Gundam Frames were named after the Devils from the Ars Goetia of King Solomon. On the other hand, Ple Twelve was actually referring to Amuro Ray who was feared by Zeon as "The White Devil" as he had piloted the RX-78-2 Gundam and fought against them during the One Year War.
For clarification just in case you're confused, Mikazuki Augus' epithet was "The Devil of Tekkadan" due to his infamous reputation of fighting like a savage devil with Barbatos on the frontlines.
Anyways, I checked out the Gundam wiki about the ranks of Rustal Elion, Iok Kujan and Julieta Juris in Gjallarhorn, which is somewhat disappointing because in their profiles, it's more of an occupation like "Arianrhod Fleet Supreme Commander" for Rustal, "Arianrhod 2nd Fleet Commander" for Iok, and "Mobile Suit Pilot" for Julieta. Thankfully, there are proper military ranks revealed in Gjallarhorn article at the Gundam Wiki for both Inspection and Regulatory Bureaus that I can give to the three antagonist characters of IBO:
1. Rustal Elion - Brigadier General (just like McGillis Fareed who held that rank in Season 2 after taking over deceased Colonel Carta Issue's place as the leader of the Outer Earth Orbit Regulatory Joint Fleet pre-Coup D'état - a big shame that he should have given it a better name)
2. Iok Kujan - Colonel (just like Colonel Carta Issue even though he really doesn't deserve the rank given to him as he clearly got it through nepotism and that he is the worst IBO character ever in existence)
3. Julieta Juris - Second Lieutenant (that she managed to earn it by hard work and merit which Rustal had acknowledged it despite others who were prejudiced against her lowborn status claim otherwise)
Credits of some of the names of Seven Stars' Gundam Frames goes to Obsidian Nova Arc, and thank you very much! Don't worry, they will eventually make an appearance in the future. Recently on the other hand, the IBO game, Urdr's Hunt, had revealed the canon names of the Gundam Frames from House Falk and House Elion to be Gamigin and Haagenti.
Enjoy and don't forget to review.