Franz watched the rotation of the Earth and saw its moon make the launches along its path. "The Eclipse is soon to arrive. I cannot have it interrupted now." He activated an automatic voice control box before he gave the order, "The first quarter of the Eclipse begins."

The communications had been fully repaired at the Parliamentary Building and the first contact with the Coalition could begin between the new leaders. Hyrum reported to Malcolm, "The House has been assembled Mr. President." He gestured to the assembly as they had their seats.
Malcolm nodded when he saw the represetnatives before him along with the new heads of OZ present for the meeting. "Very good. Continue to ensure the safety of the House. We will be making contact shortly."
"Yes sir." Hyrum saluted.
As soon as Relena was standing at his side Malcolm saw the executive branch members make their way to the front of the hall before him. He began the meeting, "Assembly of the Earth Sphere Parliament. We have gathered to this meeting today to begin the first diplomatic meeting with the Falson Coalition. For those who have missed prior agreements, it has been determined that due to the unofficial resignation of President Franz Kecker and the death of the Vice President that new leadership was forced to be implemented. As the next in order as House Majority Speaker, I have been required to accept position as Interim President." 
The Secretary of Defense stood to confirm the new President, "We recognize your new position Mr. Hunter. This meeting shall continue as planned." The executive members remained seated in recognition of their new leader.
Before the meeting began Malcolm brought the first request to Lord Lindemann's attention, "Has the fate of the Coalition General Edward Blare been decided?"

As the meeting began to take its course, Mercurio and several of the other pilots had made their way to the makeshift hangar to oversee the progress on repairs. He first noticed how the Artemis had a significant amount of armor prepared while the Uriel was having some flight booster packs attached along with a new blade. He found Dana nearby and asked, "So how have the repairs been going sir?"
"Quite a pleasant sight Yuy. If the Coalition talks aren't going to make any progress I'd say we're ready for a trip to 3 Juno and we'll be able to save ourselves a few invasion forces." "If you want to know about your suit, Majewski is calling that new piece of work the 'Blazing Uriel Zero'. It's got an additional flight pack that should make her fly at twice the speed and with the additional stabilizers allow blade swinging abilities to only be hindered a small bit." "That new blade you got there, slicing and blasting at its most convenient if he's good on his promise." 
Mercurio chose to end the description when he asked, "Have the recent casualties even bothered you sir?"
Dana gave a sigh when she looked over the list of surviving Rogue Wings agreeing, "Yeah, not many of us are left. At least we might be able to give some room for Milou and Naina to bolster our ranks."
He tried to consider Naina's possibility for the position but knew that if he could trust her with his mobile suit then he could see her on a road to gaining trust with OZ. "I guess they might be able to help with our ranks. I hope Naina agrees to something like this after all we put her through."
Dana reminded him of their previous experiences, "From what I heard she was the one who wanted to stop the fighting in the first place. She might be glad it's this soon rather than either of you dead."
He moved on from the suspicion when he asked, "So where did you find the time and parts to make the upgrade for the Uriel?"
Dana gestured to the remaining devastation outside the city, "Majewski said he found a few spare parts lying around the Testudo and wanted to do some creative thinking."
Gawel wiped himself with a rag when he dropped down from one of the newly constructed parts, "Hope you like it Mercurio. There is something that I'll need your help with though."
Mercurio already had a feeling there was something wrong but allowed Gawel's offer when he asked, "Okay, how can I?"
Gawel took a breath before he answered, "I need to know if this sort of upgrade design can actually work on a practical level."
Mercurio quickly took another look at the Uriel to make sure it would work and saw the boosters were at least making the Uriel stick out more from the back. "You didn't even consider the dimensions of the mobile suit before trhying the upgrades?"
Gawel quickly shook his head when he explained, "Of course not. Otherwise the Uriel would be crushed under its own weight by now. I need to find out if there's a practical energy source you can dig up that will be compatible with the weapons tech the Testudo had. The original thing would work great, but considering these Coalition guys were dumb enough to make this thing walk around without its ammo makes me wonder just what sort of plan they had going on."
The situation was a strange one indeed. But if he was going to achieve anything for the future of the missions Mercurio knew he would have to find what the Coalition might have lost. "I'll see if the survey teams turn up anything. You still think there's a cache of ammo just lying around though?"
"Pretty much just my assumption. I thought if the Testudo did run out of ammo we found an empty container lying around somewhere though." Gawel answered.
Mercurio decided it would be something to look into but he had make sure of his suit's most critical function, "I'll still be able to use the weapons right?"
"Like the original Uriel. If you do find the ammo, just slide it into the area where the square hole is." Gawel promised.
Mercurio shook Gawel's hand when he offered, "Thanks Gawel. It's great to work this efficiently."
Gawel grinned when he was complimented, "Any time. Just mark a few dozen kills so I can say my work pays off."
Dana stood up and reminded, "Great to see you're a professional for a change Majewski. Let's make sure the Aquarius and Tallgeese are flight ready ASAP. We got to have every available suit ready in case the Coalition has any last minute tries."

Across the world from the eastern end of Russia to the border of Belarus, the capsules from Luna had made their landing. Within the city of Orsha, the Coalition military had begun its movement. Colonel Adam Andreeff overlooked the information while he saw the report on Tano's men a short distance away. "Ensure that our men in Kaliningrad get back here in one piece. We'll have to see what we can do to rally them back to the war."
He was answered back from one of his subordinates, "Yes sir. Their spirits shouldn't be completely broken." The call ended and Adam adjusted his frequency to speak with another soldier from only a short distance away.
The Colonel contacted his Major overlooking the recent impact when he asked, "Do we have any word on the landing?"
"Negative sir. We haven't found a way to open these things."
The Colonel decided it was time to return to the "Maintain perimeter. We must discover their purpose."
The Major saluted to the order, "Yes sir." The call was ended and Adam proceeded to return to business on the supplies and assignments of the Kaliningrad evacuees. 
His occupation was interrupted only after a few seconds when he saw his computer screen flash up with a different soldier on the screen. "Colonel! We have an emergency report!" From the background Adam could tell that it was the crash sight he had sent men to investigate.
"What is it?" He asked trying to comprehend the soldier's anxiousness.
"Mobile suits are stepping out of the capsules sir! They're ai-" Before the Colonel could hear the warning there was a sound of gunfire that erupted through the screen and in a matter of a flash went to a 'Lost Signal' screen.
"Major? Report Major!" Adam went against his usual calculating demeanor when he saw the suddent interruption before him. He rushed over to his coat rack to don a trench coat while worrying, "The Earth Sphere couldn't have assembled something this elaborate." The trip would only be a few miles but a thunderous sound made its way to his ears by the time he was ready to reach the door. He didn't bother with the door and instead chose to look outside for what was coming. "Oh damn..." He cursed as he saw the flames and mobile suits making their way towards the city.