All Hail the Conquering Heroes! [OPEN]

[cityship]

((Takes place several hours after the conclusion of this))

They survived. More than that, it seemed as if they actually won; the Ohm had successfully been driven away from their location. The fight hadn't been easy, which one could easily tell just by looking at the Quarter as it docked in back in Stacy's Hangar.

It had a number of dents, dings, and scorch marks where the Ohm had made their presence felt. Thankfully, there was no obvious serious damage. Still, though every crew member who went out was coming back, one had to wonder about their condition, particularly since they sent ahead a request for medics to be on standby.

But now that the ship was fully docked, and the main hatch opened, it was time to find out.

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[governmentninja]

Leon looked at the Quarter as it arrived. It was only a surface examination, but the damage told him more than enough. When he found the General, he only had one question for her.

"What the hell happened out there?"

[fieldpromoted]

Trudy couldn't help it - she stood at attention and saluted, then stood at parade rest to deliver her report.

"We picked up enemy Shrikes on the sensors shortly after entering the asteroid field," she began, and continued detailing the battle from its beginning, to the appearance of the Firebugs - her distinct grin lit up her face when she described the Quarter in action against the Leviathan, Serpentera and the Rangers got special mention - then to...

"Setsuna took Councilor Dhianelia with him when he launched," she said. "She wanted to try and communicate with the Ohm, to see if we could find out why they were destroying everything." Trudy shrugged. She hadn't condemned the idea when it was had and she wasn't sure she condemned it now. Anything was worth a try against an enemy you knew nothing about. "She sensed what I think was a node. Setsuna flew straight into the Leviathan and ordered everyone back - I thought he was going to use his beam saber again. The Councilor did something... psychic."

Forgive her, Kennedy, this psychic stuff doesn't make sense.

[governmentninja]

"At ease."

Firebugs? Leviathans? None of that was in the information that they were given. So either they were given shit intel, or the GIA knew and intentionally set them up.

And either answer pissed him off.

"How is the Councilor?" Leon didn't really understand this psychic crap any better than Trudy did, so he'd have to talk with the source. If that was even possible after trying to mind read the Ohm, or whatever she did.

[fieldpromoted]

"Neither of them were very conscious when we pulled them out of Setsuna's Gundam - which is a heap of twisted metal right now, the Ohm really did a number on it. They dogpiled on it once the Councilor was done with her psychic thing. I'm surprised they didn't completely obliterate it, but thank God for small blessings. The Quarter is a thing of beauty to see in action, sir, I'm sorry you missed it - she took out the Leviathan, and the rest of the frigates got caught in the explosion."

Trudy was grinning again. Leon had said 'at ease' and that meant she was free to celebrate how good her pilots were. She could hardly believe they'd won, but there it was. They'd won.