The Coalition pilots had a chance to talk among themselves as soon as the Admiral and Earth Sphere pilots made their way to the halls. Cao was among the pilots who had a chance to see the Earth Sphere crew make their way through the Executor Rising. She was among the first to voice the group’s greatest concern, “Do you think they’ll be able to offer a decent fight against the Sol Theros?”
One of the pilots reminded, “We did only get a chance to see them in action while basically just slaughtering us at Luna. Although it seems like they’re having as much trouble with their new tech as we did with their policies before the war.”
Another pilot cast out the need for a debate when he answered, “Do you think anyone really cares about who has the moral high ground at this point though? If the Sol Theros will destroy everything regardless of nationality then we probably don’t have time to find out who’s right and who isn’t.”
Cao questioned the sentimentality when she asked herself, “Have we really been so jaded by war that it has become common place for us?”
No one answered the question when someone pointed out, “We have almost the entirety of the Coalition Space Forces with us and seven specified mobile suits on our side. If we aren’t able to do anything after that we may as well go extinct.”
Another pilot provided agreement, “As much as that’s a lousy idea, we should take that to heart. It’s pretty much just a question of how many of those things will be waiting for us when we get to those coordinates.”

"Mercurio Yuy." Mercurio introduced to the others. The Coalition pilots were all new to him but thankfully didn’t seem to have any intention of souring a beneficial relationship. He heard Tano point out his mobile suit and found one connection that neither saw just yet. 
At the mention of the Anaconda from earlier Dana realized where Tano went after his mission on Mars.
"I guess I could have anticipated something like this." Dana remembered her last encounter with the Anaconda while she introduced, "I guess it hasn't been so long since Brussels has it? Full name is Dana Houston."
Oleg briefly commented on the affair, "I say fair's fair. Makes sense Milou would get the scraps of a victory. Not really possible to pilot two mobile suits at the same kind." He saluted in a proper introduction, "Oleg Tsubarov." When he saw Naina among them he only remembered her previous alias, "Ah greets Agent. They decided to spare you I take it?"
Naina corrected his greeting, "If it hadn't been for my status with Mercurio I would have been a more likely casualty. Seeing I no longer work for the Coalition now you can call me Naina."
Oleg was visibly curious when he heard the correction asking, "I see. So what brought you in for our side originally?"
"I was only trying to see Franz Kecker brought to justice along with anyone who started this war. Unfortunately it may become more difficult than before."
Mercurio added to the sentiment when he added, "Removing the cause of any war is difficult. If Goslin was telling the truth we might not even have any organization to identify him with."
"A retired old man was in on it too?"
Dana confirmed the confusion when she pointed out, "Possibly one of the first to plan it."
Mercurio summed up the unfortunate circumstances when he evaluated, "If anything it seems that the Coalition's reasons for correcting the Earth Sphere weren't unfounded. Kecker and Goslin both seemed to be prepared for any obstacles that would prevent the Sol Invictus from being used."
Dana cast out the possibility of despair when she said, "We aren't going to achieve anything until we get to the Invictus. Until then we have to be ready to get in this operation to succeed."
Among the conversation the Admiral’s voice echoed through the halls of the ship when she ordered, "Attention all personnel. Prepare for jump to cruise speed. Beginning in sixty seconds."
Mercurio headed for the nearest wall to brace against. “Time to prepare for the jump.”
Dana waited for the ship to make its sudden acceleration when she suggested, “After the jump I think hitting the sims might be a good idea.”

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Malcolm looked over a holographic map of Quebec City within his new office. “Have our forces been accounted for General?”
General Neustadt adjusted the map to show the waiting Earth Sphere mobile suits. “Yes Mr. President. We have thirteen squadrons on standby prepared for our land defense. A squad of Spinosissimus units is based along the St. Lawrence River prepared to report on any enemy activity.”
Malcolm gave his approval of the size when he commented, “I hope it remains to be enough. If the enemy has mobile armor prepared to bombard us we will be pushing our luck in surviving another attack.”
Devine was next to remind them of their situation, “At most we should be worried about the Sol Thero units. We may have enough numbers to stand on our own and properly adjusted weaponry could help us. If we are to hold ourselves together we must be able to stand against them.”
General Neustadt reminded the men of a prior encounter, “From previous reports seven squadrons were supposed to be enough to hold their own against two Coalition fleets. We may have an even playing field in a case such as this one.”
Maclolm turned to the General when he ordered, “Focus our resources on intensifying our weapons. If possible gather what resources we have to build more mobile suits and recruit more pilots. We will need as many of them as possible.”
The General saluted before he left, “I shall see the order is given to the mechanics sir. We will not be shorthanded.”
“There will be a point when we should consider the way of living for our people won’t there Mr. President?” Relena asked.
Malcolm turned to his Vice President confirming, “Of course. However our safety must be the foremost concern for now considering the threat that awaits us. We cannot rest until we are absolutely certain there won’t be any more attacks from the Sol Theros.”
Relena couldn’t bring herself to question the situation any further when she agreed, “I must admit there is truth to that sentiment. At the same time I am concerned about how much this will affect our future policies.”
Malcolm saw Relena’s concern before he continued, “Trust me. I have no intention of militarizing the entire city or anything of the like. For right now we have to remain realistic and prepare for worst case scenarios.”

The patrol of Leo III and Sagittarius mobile suits outside Edmundston waited for the enemy to appear while the base was silent from the recent abandoning of its forces. The remaining Captain contacted his furthest unit asking, “How are things looking out there Unit 5?”
“Pretty calm sir. We still haven’t got any signs of enemy activity.”
Another pilot entered on the conversation asking, “Has the General really got an idea of the enemy making its way here?”
The Captain affirmed Edward’s order when he reminded, “He should be correct if he was using the enemy intelligence.”
A more cynical pilot warned on the line, “Keep your eyes open. The enemy waits for sudden opportunities such as these.” Seconds passed while the Unit 5 Leo III made its way across the base keeping search for enemy units. For what came next luck was necessary to survive.
The Leo III turned to notice a warning signal while the pilot tried to warn, “Captain! I’ve got missiles!”
The Captain turned his unit asking, “What?! Where?!”
“They’re headed this way fr- AHHH!!!” Unit 5 was destroyed in an instant.
“Unit 5 report!” The Captain tried to make sense of the disappearance when the unit’s signal went dead only to conclude the worst had happened. “What the hell?” The Captain didn’t try to make sense of the situation when he warned, “The enemy is making its way here! Don’t let them through!!”
“Captain! I don’t thi-“ The Captain heard another unit go down.
The Captain saw a volley of fire blindside a nearby unit. “How the hell is this happening? Are the Gundams out here?” He asked no one in particular.
One of the Sagittarius units observed the recent destruction warning, “Captain, the enemy is picking us off too fast!”
“Get it together! They can-“ The rest of the units were destroyed as before the order could be given or any warning sent. The six Sol Thero units swiped simultaneously with their beam sabers without a scratch on them.
The units processed their programming to determine, ‘Targets eliminated. Proceed to destination.’ With the course set the squad of Sol Theros began to make their way to the nearest military installment. The emergency capital awaited them.