2024-04-28: ZAFT Prototype Gundams Stolen!
- Log: 2024-04-28: ZAFT Prototype Gundams Stolen!
- Cast: Stella Loussier
- Where: Armory One
- Date: U.C. 0099 04 28
- Summary: News report detailing three new prototype Gundams stolen from ZAFT!
A news report coming out of the PLANTs starts to play, showing a beautiful
coordinator woman standing in frame with a backdrop of rubble behind her.
After a few moments she starts up:
"This is Avery Reed with PLANT NEWS, reporting from the site of the recent
incident within the Armory One PLANT."
"It's only been a few days since a group of unidentified individuals
infiltrated the restricted military sector of the PLANT and stole three new
prototype mobile weapons that had been developed by ZAFT. The resulting battle
as defense forces engaged the stolen units led to numerous casualties amongst
ZAFT personnel as well as damage to the PLANT's interior. Including a breach
in its shell."
The camera turns away and upwards, zooming in to show a specific section of the
PLANT's shell. There are clear signs of a hole, roughly a few times larger
than a mobile suit, blasted outwards but now covered up with an emergency
patch. Avery Reed's voice continues, "The colony's life support systems
suffered significant losses as a result of the breach, but now remain stable
after being restored from emergency stockpiles."
The feed now switches to some rather shakey camera footage of a battle taking
place. Numerous ZAFT mass production mobile suits fight amongst the various
warehouses against three new designs. Though the ZAFT regular units are
clearly overwhelmed by both the power of the new units and the skill of their
pilots who are dispatching them quickly and in many cases, lethally. The three
prototypes, one varying shades of green, another shades of blue with some
white, and the last black with red and yellow highlights, all have very
distinct V shaped crests on their heads, along with some other design shapes
which declare their type:
Gundams.
As if to confirm this, Avery Reed's voice continues, "Some nations have been
calling the PLANTs out for their development of next generation Gundams.
However, PLANT leadership have countered this saying that they are simply test
beds for future technologies of a conventional nature that do not breach the
restrictions of mobile weapon development as outlined by the Cathedra
organization."
"The three new units, codenamed Chaos Gundam, Abyss Gundam and Gaia Gundam,
proceeded to blow an opening into the colony shell and escape into space.
Where a stealth warship of unknown affiliation collected them and proceeded to
escape pursuit by a new ZAFT battleship. Sources tell us that the identity of
the thieves remain a mystery. The base's computer network suffered a breach
during the attack, erasing security footage and stealing significant amounts
of design data and blueprints related to the construction of the new Gundams."
"Is this an isolated incident perpetrated by a small group looking to
capitalize on new mobile weapons designs? Or is this the start of a new
conflict within the Earth Sphere? Either way, the Space Assembly League is on
alert for any reappearance of the stolen prototypes or those who took them."
"I am Avery Reed, reporting for PLANT NEWS, your trusted source for noteworthy
events and worldwide scoops!"