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JANUARY 13th:
My first two turns or so of the stage are setting this up. I use Judau for this, since he could always use more kills. I move him into position near a bunch of enemies, and weaken them with everyone else nearby. Then I let loose - Rei needs to boost his morale. He actually gets five kills from this.
While this is going on, I move Boss towards the upper center of the map. Brocken summons Metal Beasts - Invaders fused with metallic parts - and Ryoma goes off near there to challenge one. However, dragons show up, leading our team to conclude this must actually be their home dimension. They somehow have the ability to weaken the Getter Rays, which translates to a huge loss of weapon power.
Because I misremembered, I manage to beat Brocken on turn 4. I wanted to get the kill with Amuro, but Fin Funnels weren't doing enough, so I used Banagher instead. This prompts an event where he goads the weakened Getter into fighting alone, but Ryoma, Hayato, and Benkei had realize the true power of Getter Rays when it was weakened. They then proceed to make him eat shit with the Stoner Sunshine. Brocken's ship explodes, and he somehow escapes.
All that's left to do is clean up. The dragons are third-party reinforcements, but prioritize Getter.
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The next chapter opens with the Ples celebrating Shinji and co's training by Ryoma with ice cream. The subject turns to Rei and how she never smiles. Nine was like that too (and never smiles around Soji). Soji did help her open up though, so maybe Shinji could do the same? But suddenly there's an alarm: NERV is under attack by G-Hound, led by Buran.
They're ordering them to surrender. Gendo and the rest of them play it calmly, asserting their right to operate independently, to which to reply comes the Federation is revoking that right. They want the Evas to fight Neo Zeon, the threat of Angels be damned. The team shows up right as they start to open fire.
DEPLOYMENT:
- Shinji, Rei: Both forced
- Sayaka: Support
- Hathaway, Amuro, Judau, Banagher, Nigel: Some UC Gundam characters. It's at this point where I've made the decision to ignore the ZZ kids and Unicorn extras besides Nigel.
- Soji, Lottie, Melda, Koji, Ryoma, Tobia: The rest.
The objective here is to defeat Buran. SR point is to do it in three turns; events will start on the fourth. TacP bonus is to defeat Lane.
The first turn is spent on approach. The second I start cutting into the enemy forces. Finally, by the time of the third turn, eveyone but the two bosses are down. I defeat Lane with Hathaway and have Rei defeat Buran.
Suddenly, NERV gets a Pattern Blue. Down comes the Sixth Angel, which starts shooting lasers at Buran. Lane reappears, saying he'll fight. He proposes an alliance with us to protect the Earth, which Bright accepts. Suddenly, Neo Zeon appears and starts attacking. Bright hails them to stand down due to the threat of Third Impact...and they reply they're well aware. They don't intend to survive this operation.
New objective is to defeat the Sixth Angel. Lane has temporarily joined me as a controllable ally unit. For points towards a secret, he needs to survive.
This goes amazingly fast. A few hits brings it to critical health. Rei in particular gets a bunch of kills helping fight Neo Zeon on the other side, after they try and fail to kill Banagher. I have Shinji get the experience from the kill. However, the Angel simply regenerates. To make matters worse, the Seventh Angel ALSO appears, along with more Neo Zeon reinforcements.
Thankfully, backup arrives! First comes Asuka Langley Shikinami herself (who in one of the more blatant mistakes in the otherwise decent translation, is referred to as a male by Amuro), followed by Jerid and Yazan who deliver the Positron Cannon to Shinji. Rei and the Yamato move into position to back Shinji up, the latter also acting as his power supply. Finally, even Tetsuya appears, simply saying he won't allow Earth to be destroyed.
Now I need to defeat the Seventh Angel, with the Sixth still around regenerating every time it's attacked. For further secret points, Jerid and Yazan each need a kill. The first turn after is spent setting up. The second is moving in to finish the stage. Many characters have quotes remarking about and cheering Shinji on. I can't stress how good Ryoma was here: Stoner Sunshines were doing 5-digit damage to the Angels. I let Asuka take the kill, because why not?
Plot kicks in as even more Zeon grunts show up. However, Judau yells at them, asking if they'd really sacrifice everyone they've ever met on Earth over a petty grudge. In reply, they move to defend Shinji from the still-moving Angel, allowing the Yamato to finish it off. That's when the Sixth Angel takes notice. Rei protects Shinji, who blows it away.
After the stage, we reflect that so many people showed up to protect the Earth. Perhaps there's hope for humanity to be at true peace after all. Mari has a brief cameo. Shinji and Rei have a moment under the moonlight, interrupted by Asuka's arrival. The latter is fine with being assigned to Londo Bell, as it'll give her a chance to show off her talent. The others show up to congratulate Shinji, in a non-cheesy way. Asuka reminds Hathaway of Quess, in some ways. However, the moment is cut short by Mao asking Amuro to return to the Ra Cailum. Mithril intelligence has revealed the next target of the Neo Zeon is Dakar.
---
The next stage opens with Shinji showing how much he has matured when Asuka asks why they're fighting for the Federation: he was born after the One Year War had ended, and he wants to see if he can make a difference.
Meanwhile, the Gundam characters are discussing the situation. Hathaway is starting to become disillusioned, openly saying he'd commit atrocities or acts of terrorism to end the war. Amuro accuses him of being no different than Char. Hathaway leaves to clear his head, and is followed by Banagher. However, they seem to catch sight of Kaname. They attempt to follow, only to be ambushed by Neo Zeon forces led by Zinnerman who incapacitate them. They ask for information about Marida's whereabouts. They comply, and are released, though some unpleasantries are exchanged. Among them is Loni, who says she'll be participating in the attack on Dakar tomorrow, hoping they don't have to fight.
DEPLOYMENT:
- Banagher, Hathaway: Both forced
- Mao, Kurz, Clouseau: FMP stuff is indeed happening
- Amuro, Kincade, Judau, Ple, Ple Two, Nigel: Some more Gundam.
- Koji, Ryoma, Asuka: Some Super Robots, Ryoma will be key in particular
- Soji, Melda: The rest.
Neo Zeon shows up, and some unpleasantries are exchanged. Also on some random building, Kaname is indeed there, watching with Leonard. She is irritated at the jerk and asks why they aren't taking shelter. He wants her to watch, you see. And then, she will come over to his side...
Objective is to bring Loni under 10000HP. SR Point is to bring her from 10001HP to defeated, using the Smash Hit (auto-crit) ExC action. TacP is to fight her with Banagher and Hathaway. There's no time limit, so I'm free to approach as I wish. The idea is hopefully to bring her down with a Stoner Sunshine supported by Soji or one of the Ples.
Desert Rommel is here for some reason, and has a conversation for fighting Judau. I defeat him with Amuro (he blows up and dies?), before pausing when my cat bothers me to take a bath. Not even halfway through the stage.
My first two turns or so of the stage are setting this up. I use Judau for this, since he could always use more kills. I move him into position near a bunch of enemies, and weaken them with everyone else nearby. Then I let loose - Rei needs to boost his morale. He actually gets five kills from this.
While this is going on, I move Boss towards the upper center of the map. Brocken summons Metal Beasts - Invaders fused with metallic parts - and Ryoma goes off near there to challenge one. However, dragons show up, leading our team to conclude this must actually be their home dimension. They somehow have the ability to weaken the Getter Rays, which translates to a huge loss of weapon power.
Because I misremembered, I manage to beat Brocken on turn 4. I wanted to get the kill with Amuro, but Fin Funnels weren't doing enough, so I used Banagher instead. This prompts an event where he goads the weakened Getter into fighting alone, but Ryoma, Hayato, and Benkei had realize the true power of Getter Rays when it was weakened. They then proceed to make him eat shit with the Stoner Sunshine. Brocken's ship explodes, and he somehow escapes.
All that's left to do is clean up. The dragons are third-party reinforcements, but prioritize Getter.
---
The next chapter opens with the Ples celebrating Shinji and co's training by Ryoma with ice cream. The subject turns to Rei and how she never smiles. Nine was like that too (and never smiles around Soji). Soji did help her open up though, so maybe Shinji could do the same? But suddenly there's an alarm: NERV is under attack by G-Hound, led by Buran.
They're ordering them to surrender. Gendo and the rest of them play it calmly, asserting their right to operate independently, to which to reply comes the Federation is revoking that right. They want the Evas to fight Neo Zeon, the threat of Angels be damned. The team shows up right as they start to open fire.
DEPLOYMENT:
- Shinji, Rei: Both forced
- Sayaka: Support
- Hathaway, Amuro, Judau, Banagher, Nigel: Some UC Gundam characters. It's at this point where I've made the decision to ignore the ZZ kids and Unicorn extras besides Nigel.
- Soji, Lottie, Melda, Koji, Ryoma, Tobia: The rest.
The objective here is to defeat Buran. SR point is to do it in three turns; events will start on the fourth. TacP bonus is to defeat Lane.
The first turn is spent on approach. The second I start cutting into the enemy forces. Finally, by the time of the third turn, eveyone but the two bosses are down. I defeat Lane with Hathaway and have Rei defeat Buran.
Suddenly, NERV gets a Pattern Blue. Down comes the Sixth Angel, which starts shooting lasers at Buran. Lane reappears, saying he'll fight. He proposes an alliance with us to protect the Earth, which Bright accepts. Suddenly, Neo Zeon appears and starts attacking. Bright hails them to stand down due to the threat of Third Impact...and they reply they're well aware. They don't intend to survive this operation.
New objective is to defeat the Sixth Angel. Lane has temporarily joined me as a controllable ally unit. For points towards a secret, he needs to survive.
This goes amazingly fast. A few hits brings it to critical health. Rei in particular gets a bunch of kills helping fight Neo Zeon on the other side, after they try and fail to kill Banagher. I have Shinji get the experience from the kill. However, the Angel simply regenerates. To make matters worse, the Seventh Angel ALSO appears, along with more Neo Zeon reinforcements.
Thankfully, backup arrives! First comes Asuka Langley Shikinami herself (who in one of the more blatant mistakes in the otherwise decent translation, is referred to as a male by Amuro), followed by Jerid and Yazan who deliver the Positron Cannon to Shinji. Rei and the Yamato move into position to back Shinji up, the latter also acting as his power supply. Finally, even Tetsuya appears, simply saying he won't allow Earth to be destroyed.
Now I need to defeat the Seventh Angel, with the Sixth still around regenerating every time it's attacked. For further secret points, Jerid and Yazan each need a kill. The first turn after is spent setting up. The second is moving in to finish the stage. Many characters have quotes remarking about and cheering Shinji on. I can't stress how good Ryoma was here: Stoner Sunshines were doing 5-digit damage to the Angels. I let Asuka take the kill, because why not?
Plot kicks in as even more Zeon grunts show up. However, Judau yells at them, asking if they'd really sacrifice everyone they've ever met on Earth over a petty grudge. In reply, they move to defend Shinji from the still-moving Angel, allowing the Yamato to finish it off. That's when the Sixth Angel takes notice. Rei protects Shinji, who blows it away.
After the stage, we reflect that so many people showed up to protect the Earth. Perhaps there's hope for humanity to be at true peace after all. Mari has a brief cameo. Shinji and Rei have a moment under the moonlight, interrupted by Asuka's arrival. The latter is fine with being assigned to Londo Bell, as it'll give her a chance to show off her talent. The others show up to congratulate Shinji, in a non-cheesy way. Asuka reminds Hathaway of Quess, in some ways. However, the moment is cut short by Mao asking Amuro to return to the Ra Cailum. Mithril intelligence has revealed the next target of the Neo Zeon is Dakar.
---
The next stage opens with Shinji showing how much he has matured when Asuka asks why they're fighting for the Federation: he was born after the One Year War had ended, and he wants to see if he can make a difference.
Meanwhile, the Gundam characters are discussing the situation. Hathaway is starting to become disillusioned, openly saying he'd commit atrocities or acts of terrorism to end the war. Amuro accuses him of being no different than Char. Hathaway leaves to clear his head, and is followed by Banagher. However, they seem to catch sight of Kaname. They attempt to follow, only to be ambushed by Neo Zeon forces led by Zinnerman who incapacitate them. They ask for information about Marida's whereabouts. They comply, and are released, though some unpleasantries are exchanged. Among them is Loni, who says she'll be participating in the attack on Dakar tomorrow, hoping they don't have to fight.
DEPLOYMENT:
- Banagher, Hathaway: Both forced
- Mao, Kurz, Clouseau: FMP stuff is indeed happening
- Amuro, Kincade, Judau, Ple, Ple Two, Nigel: Some more Gundam.
- Koji, Ryoma, Asuka: Some Super Robots, Ryoma will be key in particular
- Soji, Melda: The rest.
Neo Zeon shows up, and some unpleasantries are exchanged. Also on some random building, Kaname is indeed there, watching with Leonard. She is irritated at the jerk and asks why they aren't taking shelter. He wants her to watch, you see. And then, she will come over to his side...
Objective is to bring Loni under 10000HP. SR Point is to bring her from 10001HP to defeated, using the Smash Hit (auto-crit) ExC action. TacP is to fight her with Banagher and Hathaway. There's no time limit, so I'm free to approach as I wish. The idea is hopefully to bring her down with a Stoner Sunshine supported by Soji or one of the Ples.
Desert Rommel is here for some reason, and has a conversation for fighting Judau. I defeat him with Amuro (he blows up and dies?), before pausing when my cat bothers me to take a bath. Not even halfway through the stage.
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