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Earth, the Year? 2201. With the development of the advanced O'Neil Cylinder and Lunar colonies Early in the Twenty first Century, Humanity's problems of energy and overpopulation seemed over. Some experts said it was to be the start of a grand new Era of peace and harmony amongst people, and that time had finally brought about a new age of peace. However, man's nature did not change, and so, the Earth Government refused to change, each country oppressing their colonies in a special and unique way. This all came to a head, when the controversial leader of Shin New York, one Michael LaGuardia, ordered his own forces to refuse any contact with the Earth. The other colonies, each organized themselves into sides, and so, began the simple One Year Rebellion. To conclude a long story short, the Earth Forces lost, due to the development that they did not predict, the Mobile Weapon, called "Gundam" by some, "Valkyrie" by others, and "Personal Troopers" by the people.

This was not the end for the problems of man. Ten years before this date, a mysterious ship crash landed in the nation state of Micronesia, proving once and for all that man was not alone in this universe. The first victim of the Invader Wars was one Gai-Maito, the current Pilot of the Super Robot "GaoFighGar", but they were not known at the time. To add insult to injury, a mysterious explosion caused by secret research into Antarctic artifacts caused a massive explosion, killing 70% of the Earth bound population in one blow. This lead to the so called "Age of Super Technology" where great groups such as NERV, 3G, The Satome Research Group, and many others each vied to be the savior of Earth, offering greater robots, shielding, and defenses against the Invader's many forms, from the "Angels," to the "Zonders."

Another faction arose, the Escapist Faction, using the crashed ship, now renamed the "Macross" to leave the Earth behind, and this is where our story begins...

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"That's odd, why is NERV launching an EVA this late in the night, no condition red, and no test flight?" The whine of the electromagnetic elevator set her suspicions on high, as she remembered what the Union said. "Remember, you are not under NERV orders to sortie, although make it look like your are. Your mission is to prevent another Impact, because if the Satome foundation finds out the true reason, they will demand their Getter Rays research reinstated!"

"I will do it, I must!" she said, running to her fighter. "Hey Ander, why not finish your coffee before going on patrol", another officer suggested, as she tossed her helmet on. "No time, have to launch now, take it back to my room for me, Sergei?" The man nodded, shaking his head as he walked away. "VF-19 systems starting, let's wait until this big guy launches..."

This is Commander Asuka Soryu, and yes, Unit 001, you are cleared for testing. We will watch your readouts, so don't strain yourself too much, I still have to show the Parliament something left! Maya, prep the launchpad, Eva 001, Launch!" Asuka slumped down into her chair, exasperated at Sero's behavior. "Taking of, at this hour? I swear even that Baka never drove me this nuts..." she almost sobbed, before regaining her composure . "Mapping the Evas info now, Commander," Maya said, as the Eva's vitals came onto the massive display, while around the base, the scars of Third Impact were evident to all, the morbid tone a counter to the fresh coats of paint that seemed a light cover.
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"And miss out on bragging rights? Comrade Sero, I think you are crazy sometimes..." Ander adjusted the Valkyries' thrusters, the twin thermonuclear engines glowing brightly as the flaps pointed towards the ground. "Base, this is Lamina, taking off!" It seemed as if the night sky lit up with a bright spark for a moment as the fighter took off, heading towards the Eva's launching tower. "I will show you, Sister... I'm worthy of the Stas name!" The dark silver plane headed into a dive now, awaiting the arrival of the Evangelion.

The SDF-Macross, the first FTL capable ship in the United States Navy, and even she was not ready yet. "Hurry up, you two! Get the ARMD Bridges attached, and the carriers prepped for takeoff!" Captain Global was not a harsh taskmaster, but the delay after Delay had forced his own hand. There were now 24 hour shifts, and even then, he doubted they would be ready for the grand ceremony two months late already. The base was huge, almost 100 square miles of training fields, with army bases filling in the empty land. A city had somehow grew around the base, and in it, were pilots, of all sorts of mechs. Crew members lived off base in the city proper, as Edwardson, as it was called, seemed to thrive in the harsh desert flats.

"Heh," Ryand said, as he checked out the spec shet "The new R-Blade will be sweet when I finally get to pilot her, but I first have to wait, meet my fellow team members... I wonder who they are going to be...

Ryand laughed, as he turned to Zypher. "Please, The Gelgoog has much more armor than my Blade, so I have to serve as support, or hope the fields hold on this Robo!" He took a breath, before putting on the Aura of a commander. "And besides, ...Zypher is your name, if this sheet is correct," he said, looking up from his chart, "The R-Blade is some prototype that Team SRX sent our way, for some odd reason. Guess I'm supposed to get some test info. Let's not compare our mechs, because, the mech is only as good as his pilot, and if you are half as good as your charts say so, you will be able to push out those Terrorist forces from Africa at last!" Placing the datapad in his pocket, he turned to the hanga. "Now we just need to wait for the rest of our squad, so we can start our mission."

Ryand simply responded, "I was referring to the Titans in Africa, not the Zeon Revivalists, you know. Not every "Feddie" is mindlessly loyal to the Fed. I'm Liberty First, USA second, and EF third, but besides that, blame the extremists for what happened with the colonies, not me." He then gazed at the sky, his eyes glued to a drifting cloud. "I just want to make this taskforce work, regardless of the history between Zeon and the Federation. We are all from Earth, and with what happened in Antarctica with the Impact, our first concern should be on keeping the peace," Snapping back to attention, "And destroying any others who would dare endanger it!"

Auska adjusted her hat, the command uniform still something that, after the year of threating, screaming, and debating, the JDSF reluctantly handed over. "So, I'm here, leading this squad, to defeat Selee, after I couldn't even stand up against the Evas... but I must!" She brought herself together, turning to Maya, who projected images of an odd looking alien creature, it resembling a standard Zaku-I, but 4 times larger. "This is a Simulation of the Zonder El-13."
Maya said, before turning over the briefing to General Commander Soryu.

"Now where was.. Sero," she began, pointing to the datachart, "The Zonder is no regular Zaku. Its projection shielding gives it the ability like an Angel to resist long range weapons, so you will have to go in close. For you Sero, a Katana and a Mass Production Lance are waiting in the upper corner blocks." She turned towards Ander's command console, and said "Your FAST packs are in Block El-7, and use of the Pin Point weapons is approved. Good Hunting, and don't blow up the test site! Nerv Out!"

"Fast Packs... This is going to be a hard battle if I have a FAST pack pre-approved, but I will do it! Hell, if Sarah can fly through the Kessel Train in 30 seconds, than taking out a Zonder should be a snap!"
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"Zyper!" Ryand began, as he rushed towards the fallen man. "God dammit! Medic! Someone in this base get me a medic!" His emergency beacon gleamed as he instinctively slammed on it, the base's small medical alert alarms triggered. "God, this will put us back a bit, but the Titans will pay, for what they have turned us into..." he looked up as he heard two orderlies rush from the nearby nurse station, the wheels of the stretcher screaming as they rushed through the linoleum floors.

Eyes. Cold, Red, glowing, bright, eyes. The eyes of the Zaku tore through both pilots, each one seeming to message the others. Instead of pressing their attack, they retreated, leaving only a few nominal foes for the enraged Evangelion pilot to deal with. It seemed an easy victory, untill the massive Zaku turned, its huge feet making steps that shook the earth with each effort, the Herculean machine pointing its beam gun at the Madcat. The sound of the shell at first was silent, the particles easily exceeding the sound barrier, the field turning the air in front of it into a harsh, burning plasma. The plasma wave, the I Field, and the beam weapon itself would crash along the possible paths of the Madcat, the dangerous fire capable of wiping out lesser mechs in one mighty pulse.

On the other side, the smaller Zaku morphed together, their metal fusing, merging into an unholy blend of stealth and firepower. It was a mockery of the Eva Series, that somehow, a false Evangelion Unit 02 formed, in its hand a faked blade of Longinus. Auska shook at the horror, her mind flooded with images of the aborted Third Impact. "Stop the sim... stop IT!" Maya franticly typed at the computer, but the MAGI were powerless. Something had infected the target nanomachines, and they were a true threat not only to the nation of Japan, but the entire Earth Sphere. "Sero. Kill that false Eva, you have full authority to do so, NOW!" She shuddered, the cold, dead eyes of EVA unit 02 staring at her in the face, with a fury reserved for Traitors in the ninth circle of hell.

"Fast Pack, GATAII DA!" The quick shuffling of parts inside the hangar was what the VF-19 needed, the up-armoring process adding more weapons to the massive jet fighter. "Thank's Sharon, Now Launch!" The AI's appearance, a sprite like girl smiled as she signaled Ander to launch, saying, "Now kill those mean old nanites, and save the world!" The giggling was haunting, managing for a slight moment to over ride the entire com systems of NERV for a brief moment, before the MAGI gained control. "Sero, covering your six, weapons free!"

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"We know Zephyer, the pills that Zeon told us to give you, here!" The first Orderly managed to pull out a bag, with several pre-dosed versions of the combo, promptly handing them over to the fallen man. "Now just take these, and have some water!" the second kindly said, before turning to Ryand. "You call yourself a commander, and you don't even know your trooper's sicknesses? This poor man has PSTD, and without these, he would never be able to fight." The orderly, a young blonde woman, opened up a bottle of water, declaring, "Hell, he thinks he's a murder, when what we all did is much worse! Now Go, get out of here, before I slap you, you smug bastard!"

Ryand took her advise, leaving Zephyer with the nurses, his own thoughts haunting him as he walked . "You killed us! You destroyed our home, Psychodriver!" He placed his hand on his head, shaking off the vision. "Must be something I... saw on the Holonet! Yeah, the Holonet!"The justification pacified his brain, while he switchbacked to the role of the commander, like nothing had happened.