I.C.U.

0061

Doctor Yanlış Vaha had just made tenure at Zimmad University. Together with his colleague Mr. Murasame, they finished a three volume series on the future of super soldiers. With funding lavishly dished out by Degwin Zabi himself, they operated an orbital research facility in Side 3 dedicated to the experimentation. The laboratory floated in orbit around Zum City, defended by a small fleet of state of the art FF-4 Toriares purchased off the EFSF at substantial cost to themselves.

Approaching from the dark side of Zum City Colony, the stolen Columbus class Saviour crawled silently in the dark. At the helm, Lieutenant James Goliath guided the craft gracefully towards to satellite. Dispatched by Premier Zeon Zum Deikun himself, the Colony Republican Guard's Goliath Squadron was to conduct an investigation into the research laboratory and shut it down if necessary. There were reports of horrific human experiments being taken place, people with mystical powers, and more than 30 missing persons being held inside.

"We'll first radio with our intentions, but if there's any problem we'll deploy in our fighters and secure the zone. Eyes open boys, it could be a bumpy ride."

James hit the thrusters and left the safety of the shadow. The siren broadcasted a frequency on all channels, summarily jamming and advertising their position to the floating lab.

"Attention, attention, this is James Goliath of the Colony Republican Guard. You are surrounded. Please prepare for docking and cooperate, or we will be forced to use deadly force. I repeat, prepare for docking or you will be fired upon."

He brushed a lock of brown hair back from his eyes. To this day, Goliath Squadron had smuggled Helium 3 from JDEG ships to Side 3 since the beginning of the Bardot plan. In a daring raid, he had seized this Columbus while it was still in dry dock at Luna II. It was one of the most famous raids ever done in the history of the Colony Republican Guard, and ever since then he had rarely been a few months without promotion. So why was he getting a beat cop job like this? Maybe it's Mr. Deikun's idea of a vacation.

"James, this is Doctor Yanlış Vaha. We accept your demands and will cooperate whole heartedly."

And with that, the Columbus stared down an entire squadron of FF-4 Toriares. The supply ship rumbled with vulcan fire as James jumped down into his FF-S3 Saberfish. This would be the first recorded use of them in combat, as well as the first recorded space dogfight in recorded history. The cargo bay opened and James came storming out.