Gabriel spent the next five days between field work and making repairs on his suit. Luckily the scraps collected from the battles provided him with everything he needed to repair his suit along with the Sundown's engineers. The battles with strong opponents was something Gabriel had actually missed about real combat. Testing himself and pushing his newtype abilities it reminded him of the slight bit of joy he actually took out of combat. And the more Gabriel returned to the battlefield the more "rust" fell off and he began to live up to his real potential. In his down time Gabriel would try to socialize with the other pilots, but being the "old man" of the group he kinda stood out, although the girl Puru did stand out for him. The young Newtype was full of energy and did intrigue Gabriel. Something was different about her, but it wasn't exactly a bad thing.

Now dressed in a black tanktop and a pair of jeans, net exactly regulation, but it worked for repairs, Gabriel was working on his GX making sure it would be prepared for his next deployment.