Mobile Guardian Q Gundam: Revolution

At the Greater Imperial Development Yards, Delvis Zar watches as his Mobile Suit is being repaired. He is informed by one of the engineers that his suit is going to be upgraded with some new technology in the hopes that it will be able to counteract the Q Gundam. Still stinging from his previous defeat, he demands to know when it will be able to be used but is told that it will take some time. He also overhears talk by a few other pilots about the how they had hoped to have “Maris Dor” on their team but have to settle for Zar, causing Delvis to bristle with rage. He promises to himself that he will not be taken off guard again.

The TA Ship Valkyrie has landed on the colony world of Doras, one of the outer Colony Edges, due to the needs for new supplies. Lani and two others volunteer to go and gather supplies from the locals though due to the fact that even in the edges that the Empire soldiers are presence, they are told to be careful. Stopping only to say goodbye to the Q Gundam, Lani and the others head out into the city. Lani is amazed by the size of the city, having never seen anything larger than her village and soon becomes lost from her companions. Wandering into one of the more rough parts of town, Lani accidentally crosses paths with a group of Empire soldiers, who are bullying one of the locals. Lani, not willing to see others get hurt and ignoring the orders she had been given, tries to step in to stop them, only for them to try and physically harm her instead. Much to her surprise, a young man defends her, getting into a fist fight and then grabbing her by the hand and running off with her into the alleyways to get away from the soldiers. Taking her to an abandoned building, the young man introduces himself as Haruto Orino. He’s soon joined by a young girl, who apparently is named Kid and who berates Haruto for bringing her there. Haruto explains that his family was killed by Empire soldiers, who still hunt for him for some reason and that he has been hiding in the city ruins ever since, with only Kid to keep him company. Almost on cue, a large Empire Ship passes by and Lani learns from Kid that she had heard that part of the fleet was planning to refuel on the planet. Realizing her friends on the Valkyrie are in danger, Lani decides to trust Haruto and tells him that she’s a member of the Third Army and that she needs his help to get back to the ship. Haruto, wanting to be the dashing hero and against Kid’s warnings, decides to help her and takes her through the city sewers. The three emerge only to find out from her fellow crew members (who had been searching for her) that Empire MS have discovered the location of the Valkyrie and are heading their way. Haruto shows the others a short cut and manage to get to the ship. Lani and the others quickly get into their MS, though Haruto protests against Lani trying to go into battle. The Q Gundam manages to hold off the rest of the suits before the ship takes off, the Gundam following after it into the upper atmosphere, before re-entering the ship.

Lani is surprised to find both Haruto and Kid on board the ship, having snuck on board during the chaos. Haruto is eager to take up the fight against the Empire, though many of the other crew members are less than impressed by him. Kid immediately hits it off with Doc and though Haruto tries to stick with Lani, he is ordered to appear before the captain.

On the home world of the Empire, the Emperor has a meeting with his Imperial Military Commanders on the process of Operation Downcast. He is given an update on how while the Third Army still remains small, their popularity is starting to gain traction along the outer edges with the minority species. The commanders thus have a plan which they hope to wipe out the Third Army in one fell swoop. After giving a quick rundown of the plan, the Emperor gives permission to go ahead with it, giving further instructions that if the mysterious Mobile Suit is found it is to be destroyed and it’s pilot taken prisoner. As they leave, he mutters about how he hopes this will be the end of it all.

Leaving the showers, Lani accidentally bumps into Haruto, who tries to save face with the girl by telling her that the captain is letting him stay on board as a pilot to help them out. Lani suggests it was mostly for pity but Haruto tries to act hurt at the suggestion. He tries to ask Lani about her life story but she refuses to give it, still feeling haunted by her friend’s death. Before he can get any further, however, a ship is picked up approaching the Valkyrie, causing Lani and Haruto to ready themselves in their Mobile Suits. While at first the ship trains it’s guns on the smaller vessel, they soon receive code transmissions suggesting it to be a Third Army afflicted ship, though a few of the crew members remind the Captain of what happened with the merchant ship from before. However, the Captain decides to go with his gut feeling and has the ship brought aboard. The captain and a few of the choice members of the crew, including Lani and Haruto go to meet with the incoming pilot. The vessel’s pilot steps out and taking off his helmet, reveals himself to be a young man with almost fox like features, what the others recognize to be a Animon, a humanoid with animal like tendencies. However, Haruto recognizes him to be Siras, an old friend of his from the ghettos who escaped long ago. Siras is glad to see Haruto but reveals himself to be a courier for the Third Army HQ sent to deliver information to the Captain as well as instructions. Handing over his orders, Siras also reveals that he has been transferred to the ship to act as an additional pilot, something which annoys the rest of the crew. The captain, reading over the orders, reveals that they have been told to head to the planetoid Gyras, as something big is being held there that is important for the Third Army to get their hands on. Siras has additionally been put in charge of the operation, something again which bristles the rest of the team a bit though Haruto is pleased to be working alongside his old friend, while Kid almost immediately tackle-hugs him once she spots him. With little else to do, the group returns to their battle stations to begin the operation.

On Gyras, a small jungle planetoid, several soldiers sit bored at their stations. When one of them hears a noise, he goes to check it, only to be knocked out by Siras, with Haruto taking care of the other two. Siras works on breaking into Data Room, while Haruto tries to find out while he ran away from them years ago, though he seems to hit a nerve when he asks Siras if he’s still looking for his sister after all this time, reminding him that she was taken away by a hunter vessel to provide “sport”. Lani, listening in from her cockpit in the hidden Q Gundam, apologizes to Siras for what happened, but Siras reminds her that that is why they fight and that he can’t think about it now. Entering the room finally, Siras and Haruto manage to extract the needed data, but as they start to leave, the automatic defense warning is set off and the bases’ armored division is scrambled. Racing back towards their ship, Siras calls on Lani to give them covering fire, though he is forced to give the order several times, as she starts to freeze up when the soldiers start to fire on her without their Mobile Suits. Taking off, the group manages to escape away from the base, though Siras manages to set off a group of explosives , destroying the base, killing the personal in the process and horrifying Lani. None the less, the three manage to make it back to the Valkyrie, which escapes the planet before the Empire ships can arrive.

On board the ESS flagship Domination, the military commander receives reports of the stolen data and though at first his suboridents are horrified and fear being punished by the Emperor, word of the fact that the Q Gundam was spotted among the gurella team gives him an idea. Calling up Delvis Zor, he starts to lay out a plan to finally eliminate both the Third Army and the Q Gundam at the same time.

At the new HQ of the Third Army, the leader of the rebel group reveals the purpose of the data to the other members: information on Operation Downcast, the use of several reconstructed terraforming cannons to destroy several key Third Army bases on the outer edges of the empire. While the construction for much of the cannons have been finished, the data has revealed that the key energy vent that it cannot operate without has yet to be installed and that there is a good chance that if they attack now, they should be able to give the Empire a crippling defeat. The Valkyrie is put in charge of the counter-operation, with several other ships to follow their instructions. As the meeting breaks up, several of the leaders try and talk to Lani, trying to convince her to let them borrow her and the Q Gundam in order to use it to improve their cell’s specific needs, but Haruto comes to the defense of the confused girl, forcing them to back off. Lani confides in Haruto that she feels used by the Third Army and that they need her only for the machine and not herself, as well as her frustration at not knowing even why she was given the Mobile Suit, though Siras manages to tell her to not think about it and that what’s important is their future, not the past. Lani agrees with this and the three are told to return to the Valkyrie as they prepare to head out.

Lani finds herself in the middle of a glowing starry void. Looking around, she spots a female figure bathed in a glowing green light. Calling out to the person for help, she tries to reach out towards them, only to suddenly find herself falling through a vortex of stars and planets before crashing into the floor of her quarters. Exiting her room, she finds officers and crew running to their battle stations. Talking to one of the crew, she finds that they have arrived to the location of the the cannons. Heading to the bridge, she sees on the view screen the massive structure, which for a moment scares her, but Haruto manages to calm her. It becomes clear that the Empire’s operation is being guarded by a large but not terribly impressive fleet. Kid starts to have a bad feeling, as does Lani and though the Captain takes this information to heart, he is soon overruled by the higher ups of the Third Army, who demands a start to the attack. The Third Army spaceships begin to fire on the small fleet, trying to soften it up, while the mobile units launch to take on what few Empire suits try to fight back. After a short battle, much of the Empire’s vessels have been badly crippled with the enemy mobile suits retreating back towards what remains of their ships. Seeing this, the Third Army spaceships move forward, trying destroy the enemy structure while they can.

Lani, however, starts to get a terrible feeling and for the briefest moments, thinks she can hear someone calling out to her. As the first shots hit the cannons, it becomes clear that the structure in front of them is simply an empty shell, a fake meant to draw them in. As the captain becomes aware of this and tries to call a retreat, a massive fleet of Empire ships come into view and begins firing on the Third Army, sending out a flood of Mobile Units at the same time. The Valkyrie tries to get in the way of one of the larger ships and manages to block a large blast meant for the Third Army’s command vessel but takes heavy damage in the process. Haruto and Siras in their own mobile units manage to make short work out of a battalion of the Empire’s mobile suits, with Haruto managing to fly into one of small ships, damaging it enough to cause it to crash into another ship, destroying it. However, Haruto suddenly gets hit by a shot delivered by Delvis Zor, in a new prototype Mobile Suit. Lani comes to Haruto’s defense and manages to draw Zor off, forcing him into a fierce fire fight. While Lani blames Zor and the Empire for the destruction of her home, Zor accuses her of being a bringer of death and even if she does not meaning to, of destroying the lives of others like an uncaring weapon. This throws Lani off enough for Zor to nearly get a hit in on the girl, but Haruto and Siras both attack him, throwing off his aim and damaging both of their suits in the process. This sets Lani off and activates once more the Q Gundam’s secondary system. This time Zor’s prototype Suit manages to hold off on Lani’s attack, though he takes terrible damage in the process. The two manage to lock their weapons against each other and fire at the same time and though Zor manages to blast off one of the Gundam’s arms in the process, Lani’s attack finally distablizes her foe’s unit enough to cause it to explode, Zor calling out his friend’s name as he dies.

The Valkyrie, it’s hull badly damaged, decides to make a tactical retreat, covering for the rest of the Third Army. Recalling the rest of it’s forces, Lani tries to make her way back towards the ship but is caught in the sight of the Dominator’s guns, which fire against her. While her mobile suit’s superior speed and agility manage to avoid much of the power of the energy blast, it is still hit by the edge of the attack enough to cause a structural damage. Seeing this chance, a battalion of the Empire’s Mobile Suits rush the Q Gundam, attempting to take it down. Haruto tries to stop the attack but he gets hit by a stray shot from one of the Empire’s battleships, tearing off half of his mobile suit in the process. Siras, seeing his friend in danger, manages to drag the stricken unit back towards the Valkyrie, even as he cries out to Lani. Lani, meanwhile, tries to defend herself and though she is able to cripple several of the suits, she is soon overwhelmed and the Q Gundam is shattered almost completely by combined enemy fire, torn apart to scrape.

On the Valkyrie, Haruto sits in the corner of the bay, distraught. As Siras walks over to try and talk to him, he punches him, accusing him of abandoning her. Siras tells him that there was nothing they could do and that he would have been dead like her, if he hadn’t saved him. However, Kid walks in and tells them that Lani is not dead, something which surprises both of them. When Siras asks how she could know, Kid simply tells him that she doesn’t know how but that she knows that she’s still alive. Haruto walks over one of the ship’s windows and looks out into space, promising himself that they will rescue her, no matter what.

Onboard an Empire vessel, inside a hi-tech cell, an unconscious Lani lays on the floor. As it leaves behind the battle field, it passes by masses of destroyed mobile suits. Vanishing into the distance, neither ship sees the remains of the Q Gundam’s head, crushed and bullet ridden, float by, into the endless void.

The End