Post by Chan on Nov 8, 2009 22:12:03 GMT -5
3 Days from Earth, L3
401(K) Zeon Space Fortress + Mine
Erinyes, Musai-class, Docked
The door to the commander’s office of the new space fortress 401(K) opens as Captain Jeanne Schwert exits with her first officer. They both turn around and salute the senior officer within as the doors closed. Once the doors close however, Schwert lets out a big sigh before pushing off down the hallway.
Her first officer follows her. “Are you okay, ma’am?”
“I’m just fine,” replies Schwert,” it’s just that…”
“You’re worried about 2nd Lieutenant Jinyuan, captain?”
“Worried? Damn straight I have the right to be worried!” hisses Schwert as they round a corner.
“Ever since the MAF appointed me in charge of this Mr. Jinyuan,” exclaims Schwert,” we became less of a fighting unit and more of an asset sold to a civilian company!”
The captain points at palettes of supplies waiting to be moved to different parts of the space fortress. Each one of them is labeled with the Jinyuan corporation logo with the appropriate paperwork numbers.
“It would normally take the Mobile Assault Force or even the Space Assault Force months to cumulate the supplies needed to build a base like this,” she explains,” never mind the appropriate paperwork. But then out of nowhere, one little man waves his hand and a full blown installation is in control of L3 within a week.”
“Not to mention construction activity at Side 2 and Side 4,” adds the first officer,” the garrisons at Pezun and Solomon raised quite an alarm when MAF asteroid mines appear in Space Assault Force territory."
"Who are the people responsible for that anyway?”
“Let’s see,” says the first officer while opening a dossier file,” that would be Seaman Caleb DeGrau and Ensign Richard Banks of the Space Assault Force. Then there is Specialist E1 Florian Cuyler of the NT Korp and… Unterscharfuhrer Laredo Veil of the Schuzstaffel.”
That last name and rank came out as a low whisper such as the reputation of Gihren Zabi’s troops is.
After a moment of silence, Schwert spoke. “He has reached across the entire Zeon military command and found followers in every branch save for the Terrestrial Assault Force… He even got a Flanagan Agency pilot asset and a damn Schuzstaffel working for him!”
The first officer kept quiet as Captain Schwert went on.
“I don’t know how the lieutenant is pushing this much weight around. There is nothing from Lady Kycilia or any senior officers of the MAF that approves such radical and sudden use of resources. But what worries the most is why is he doing this?”
“Captain, have you heard the rumors?”
“What rumors?”
“The commander of this space fortress may have once been a manager in Jinyuan’s defense company.”
They stop in front of an elevator alcove. The captain of the Erinyes slams her fist on the button to call for the lift and turns to face her first officer. “A coincidence,” insists Schwert,” besides, there is no way that Jinyuan can have this much material stockpiled as INSURANCE. If he did, the Zabi family would have confiscated, taxed, or whatever they do and would have used it already to wipe out the Earth Federal Forces in the Earth Sphere.”
The first officer cautiously hesitated before speaking. “What if all of this is part of Jinyuan’s plan? What if he wanted this to happen? The whole thing with Lady Kycilia and this?”
“Pfft,” snorts Schwert as she felt the elevator approach though the vibrations in the deck plating,” that man can barely plan what he is going to have for lunch. I have a hard time believing that he arranged for himself to be convicted, sent to war like a penal soldier on death’s row, but only to use his resources to help the Duchy of Zeon for what purpose? He’s a businessman. There is no profit in this.”
“What if all he wants to do is prove that the Zabi family needs him?”
“As if that’s the case,” denies Schwert,” the Zabis are not one to be messed with. Whatever it is that Jinyuan is doing, the Zabis is letting him do it only because they want him to do it, not because they can’t stop him.”
“Still I…. Captain? Do you hear music?” The first officer is looking at the ceiling. Schwert notices it too. It was faint but grew louder. Then the music became overbearing as the elevator doors open.
2nd Lieutenant Wu Jinyan stood in front of an enormous boombox set in the elevator with his back facing them. With the rap music going full speed, he spun around to face Captain Schwert and her first officer. Jinyuan began dancing to the music like Less Grossman from the ending of the movie “Tropic Thunder” (see youtube link above). His expression is stoic behind the purple tinted aviation glasses as he reaches into his unbuttoned red MAF dress uniform complete with gold decorations and starts proudly displaying gold chains with the Zeonic emblem on them.
The performance continues until the last stanza. Then Jinyuan tosses an official memo at them just as he does a finishing pose in the elevator. Schwert’s first officer caught the memo on reflex. Just as the music ends, the door closes and Jinyuan looks at them. He pulls the tip of his purple aviator glasses down and winks at Schwert just as the elevator doors shuts.
Silence hung like a deep fog around the two Erinyes officers. Then the first officer remembers the memo. Unfolding it, the first officer reads it outloud to the captain.
“‘The Tivvay-class Lucifer’s Fury has arrived in the L3 sector to be the start of a new fleet buildup under the guidance and command of 2nd Lieutenant Wu Jinyuan. The Erinyes is to continue supervision and assistance to the Lieutenant. End.’”
The first officer looks up from the communications memo. “Ma’am… he knows.”
Captain Jeanne Schwert is shaking. Whether it is because of her anger or disbelief, even she doesn’t know.
“I’m going to kill him,” she promises.
Her first officer looks at her. “He knows that too.”
401(K) Zeon Space Fortress + Mine
Erinyes, Musai-class, Docked
The door to the commander’s office of the new space fortress 401(K) opens as Captain Jeanne Schwert exits with her first officer. They both turn around and salute the senior officer within as the doors closed. Once the doors close however, Schwert lets out a big sigh before pushing off down the hallway.
Her first officer follows her. “Are you okay, ma’am?”
“I’m just fine,” replies Schwert,” it’s just that…”
“You’re worried about 2nd Lieutenant Jinyuan, captain?”
“Worried? Damn straight I have the right to be worried!” hisses Schwert as they round a corner.
“Ever since the MAF appointed me in charge of this Mr. Jinyuan,” exclaims Schwert,” we became less of a fighting unit and more of an asset sold to a civilian company!”
The captain points at palettes of supplies waiting to be moved to different parts of the space fortress. Each one of them is labeled with the Jinyuan corporation logo with the appropriate paperwork numbers.
“It would normally take the Mobile Assault Force or even the Space Assault Force months to cumulate the supplies needed to build a base like this,” she explains,” never mind the appropriate paperwork. But then out of nowhere, one little man waves his hand and a full blown installation is in control of L3 within a week.”
“Not to mention construction activity at Side 2 and Side 4,” adds the first officer,” the garrisons at Pezun and Solomon raised quite an alarm when MAF asteroid mines appear in Space Assault Force territory."
"Who are the people responsible for that anyway?”
“Let’s see,” says the first officer while opening a dossier file,” that would be Seaman Caleb DeGrau and Ensign Richard Banks of the Space Assault Force. Then there is Specialist E1 Florian Cuyler of the NT Korp and… Unterscharfuhrer Laredo Veil of the Schuzstaffel.”
That last name and rank came out as a low whisper such as the reputation of Gihren Zabi’s troops is.
After a moment of silence, Schwert spoke. “He has reached across the entire Zeon military command and found followers in every branch save for the Terrestrial Assault Force… He even got a Flanagan Agency pilot asset and a damn Schuzstaffel working for him!”
The first officer kept quiet as Captain Schwert went on.
“I don’t know how the lieutenant is pushing this much weight around. There is nothing from Lady Kycilia or any senior officers of the MAF that approves such radical and sudden use of resources. But what worries the most is why is he doing this?”
“Captain, have you heard the rumors?”
“What rumors?”
“The commander of this space fortress may have once been a manager in Jinyuan’s defense company.”
They stop in front of an elevator alcove. The captain of the Erinyes slams her fist on the button to call for the lift and turns to face her first officer. “A coincidence,” insists Schwert,” besides, there is no way that Jinyuan can have this much material stockpiled as INSURANCE. If he did, the Zabi family would have confiscated, taxed, or whatever they do and would have used it already to wipe out the Earth Federal Forces in the Earth Sphere.”
The first officer cautiously hesitated before speaking. “What if all of this is part of Jinyuan’s plan? What if he wanted this to happen? The whole thing with Lady Kycilia and this?”
“Pfft,” snorts Schwert as she felt the elevator approach though the vibrations in the deck plating,” that man can barely plan what he is going to have for lunch. I have a hard time believing that he arranged for himself to be convicted, sent to war like a penal soldier on death’s row, but only to use his resources to help the Duchy of Zeon for what purpose? He’s a businessman. There is no profit in this.”
“What if all he wants to do is prove that the Zabi family needs him?”
“As if that’s the case,” denies Schwert,” the Zabis are not one to be messed with. Whatever it is that Jinyuan is doing, the Zabis is letting him do it only because they want him to do it, not because they can’t stop him.”
“Still I…. Captain? Do you hear music?” The first officer is looking at the ceiling. Schwert notices it too. It was faint but grew louder. Then the music became overbearing as the elevator doors open.
2nd Lieutenant Wu Jinyan stood in front of an enormous boombox set in the elevator with his back facing them. With the rap music going full speed, he spun around to face Captain Schwert and her first officer. Jinyuan began dancing to the music like Less Grossman from the ending of the movie “Tropic Thunder” (see youtube link above). His expression is stoic behind the purple tinted aviation glasses as he reaches into his unbuttoned red MAF dress uniform complete with gold decorations and starts proudly displaying gold chains with the Zeonic emblem on them.
The performance continues until the last stanza. Then Jinyuan tosses an official memo at them just as he does a finishing pose in the elevator. Schwert’s first officer caught the memo on reflex. Just as the music ends, the door closes and Jinyuan looks at them. He pulls the tip of his purple aviator glasses down and winks at Schwert just as the elevator doors shuts.
Silence hung like a deep fog around the two Erinyes officers. Then the first officer remembers the memo. Unfolding it, the first officer reads it outloud to the captain.
“‘The Tivvay-class Lucifer’s Fury has arrived in the L3 sector to be the start of a new fleet buildup under the guidance and command of 2nd Lieutenant Wu Jinyuan. The Erinyes is to continue supervision and assistance to the Lieutenant. End.’”
The first officer looks up from the communications memo. “Ma’am… he knows.”
Captain Jeanne Schwert is shaking. Whether it is because of her anger or disbelief, even she doesn’t know.
“I’m going to kill him,” she promises.
Her first officer looks at her. “He knows that too.”