Kain
Lurker
The Jupiter Frontier, it was the colony cluster furthest from earth and because of it Earth had very little control over it. Put simply the only law out here was those who controlled the Jupiter Frontier colonies, and unfortuneatly that was the Jupiter Ascendancy. With no one else to oppose them their wordwas law, and with how they suppressed those below them and managed to keep only a small group of modern day noble families in power, thus creating a nice and easy life for themselves while profiting off the work of those below. Until now they had gone unopposed that was until one man chose to defy them, he gathered allies and prepared to strike back, and thus the Crossbone Vanguard was formed.
An operation like the Vanguard's was effective, but highly illegal as well without a main supply chain to keep themselves going. The Caladrius was the biggest battleship known to man in these parts and consumed lots of fuel and energy. The ship had onboard mobile weapon construction facilities requiring materials to keep a steady supply of mobile suits. Those same mobile suits needed maintenance and repairs due to their combat minded mission. And of course there was the ship's massive crew. It wasnt just a huge battleship it was home to all those on board as once joiningthe vanguard returning home to the Jupiter Frontier or Earth was no longer an option. All of those people needed to eat. It just so happened the needs that needed to be filled also coincided with their goals. The Ascendancy managed several supply lines which they used to transport stuff like that from the central colony of Divinidad to the smaller ones. As the home of the nobility Divinidad horded most for themselves but they still had to keep their workers fed, and likely wouldnt even bother if they didnt want to do any work themselves.
Luke was sitting in the cockpit of the Crossbone X-1, watching a video feed from the Caladrius' bridge. The ship had been hiding out on the edge of one such supply line. With it's postioning near some debris and it's dark colors the ship wasnt easily spotted all it had to to was wait for one of those supply ships to come along. The Ascendancy operated like a well regulated and maintained machine. It was efficient but very predictable too, and Luke preferred to capitalize on that fact. Finally a supply ship came into view on the monitor, it was big and bulky, not that agile at all as well as slow, which made sense that it was loaded with cargo. Around it were squads of mobile suits sticking closely to it four groups of eight mobile suits, made up mostly of Soldado class with a few Soldado Mejor class mobile suits.. "Even more than last time, im flattered." Luke said to himself with a laugh. Ever since the Vanguard begin their opoerations the Ascendancy began giving supply ships armed escorts, stepping it up more and more each time. At first they escorts were light with arrogance clouding their judgement, but with consitent defeats they were forced to increase the amount of mobile suits that accompanied them. Luke and the other pilots all waited anxiously getting ready to launch at a moment's notice. Naturally Luke was scheduled to launch first, the Vanguard's aggressive tactics meant sending out their iconic member in his easily recognizable mobile suit out first.
"..............NOW!" suddenly Luke engaged the thrusters on the X-1 and shot out of the Caladrius and toward the the supply ship, behind him was a small squad of Vandal and Libertad class mobile suits, weapons varying from unit to unit according to the pilot's taste, most of them sporting the equally iconic anti-beam cloaks which the X-1 itself naturally had equipped as well. The X-1 zigged and zagged through the open space, moving like lighting because of the powerful X thruster mounted on it's back. Built for operating near Jupiter's intense gravity and atmosphere it allowed the Crossbone Gundams to easily move within Juptier's atmosphere, but further away like this it made them incredibly acrobatic and agile adding even more to the Gundam's fierce reputation. Luke allowd the cloak to fly backwards, momentarily revealing the black and white mobile suit underneath immidiately attracting the attention of the Ascendancy pilots.
Immidiately they focused on him, firing their beam rifles before the Gundam spun around, causing the shots to disperse against the cloak before he rocketed towards them, planting the Gundam's big metal foot into a Soldado's head unit and flying straight upwards. Suddenly two beam rifle blasts hit that same Soldado , blasts originally meant for the Gundam that ended up falling prey to it's pilots quick reflexes. "You fight like sloths!" Luke taunted as he shot back down, beam zanber in one hand and buster gun in the other, spinning as he fired and slashed at them.
An operation like the Vanguard's was effective, but highly illegal as well without a main supply chain to keep themselves going. The Caladrius was the biggest battleship known to man in these parts and consumed lots of fuel and energy. The ship had onboard mobile weapon construction facilities requiring materials to keep a steady supply of mobile suits. Those same mobile suits needed maintenance and repairs due to their combat minded mission. And of course there was the ship's massive crew. It wasnt just a huge battleship it was home to all those on board as once joiningthe vanguard returning home to the Jupiter Frontier or Earth was no longer an option. All of those people needed to eat. It just so happened the needs that needed to be filled also coincided with their goals. The Ascendancy managed several supply lines which they used to transport stuff like that from the central colony of Divinidad to the smaller ones. As the home of the nobility Divinidad horded most for themselves but they still had to keep their workers fed, and likely wouldnt even bother if they didnt want to do any work themselves.
Luke was sitting in the cockpit of the Crossbone X-1, watching a video feed from the Caladrius' bridge. The ship had been hiding out on the edge of one such supply line. With it's postioning near some debris and it's dark colors the ship wasnt easily spotted all it had to to was wait for one of those supply ships to come along. The Ascendancy operated like a well regulated and maintained machine. It was efficient but very predictable too, and Luke preferred to capitalize on that fact. Finally a supply ship came into view on the monitor, it was big and bulky, not that agile at all as well as slow, which made sense that it was loaded with cargo. Around it were squads of mobile suits sticking closely to it four groups of eight mobile suits, made up mostly of Soldado class with a few Soldado Mejor class mobile suits.. "Even more than last time, im flattered." Luke said to himself with a laugh. Ever since the Vanguard begin their opoerations the Ascendancy began giving supply ships armed escorts, stepping it up more and more each time. At first they escorts were light with arrogance clouding their judgement, but with consitent defeats they were forced to increase the amount of mobile suits that accompanied them. Luke and the other pilots all waited anxiously getting ready to launch at a moment's notice. Naturally Luke was scheduled to launch first, the Vanguard's aggressive tactics meant sending out their iconic member in his easily recognizable mobile suit out first.
"..............NOW!" suddenly Luke engaged the thrusters on the X-1 and shot out of the Caladrius and toward the the supply ship, behind him was a small squad of Vandal and Libertad class mobile suits, weapons varying from unit to unit according to the pilot's taste, most of them sporting the equally iconic anti-beam cloaks which the X-1 itself naturally had equipped as well. The X-1 zigged and zagged through the open space, moving like lighting because of the powerful X thruster mounted on it's back. Built for operating near Jupiter's intense gravity and atmosphere it allowed the Crossbone Gundams to easily move within Juptier's atmosphere, but further away like this it made them incredibly acrobatic and agile adding even more to the Gundam's fierce reputation. Luke allowd the cloak to fly backwards, momentarily revealing the black and white mobile suit underneath immidiately attracting the attention of the Ascendancy pilots.
Immidiately they focused on him, firing their beam rifles before the Gundam spun around, causing the shots to disperse against the cloak before he rocketed towards them, planting the Gundam's big metal foot into a Soldado's head unit and flying straight upwards. Suddenly two beam rifle blasts hit that same Soldado , blasts originally meant for the Gundam that ended up falling prey to it's pilots quick reflexes. "You fight like sloths!" Luke taunted as he shot back down, beam zanber in one hand and buster gun in the other, spinning as he fired and slashed at them.
