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As you can expect, I put every cent of my current money into the Excellence’s weaponry.
If you want to invest money into these Prince of Darkness units, some of them do share upgrades with some other units later in the game, so it’s not like the money is entirely wasted. All Nadesicos share their upgrades throughout time. Saburouta’s Aesti goes into Gai’s Aesti. Akito, Ryoko, Hikaru, and Izumi’s units’ upgrades are shared between the same pilots.
Last time, we started to head to Mars to stop the Martian Successors from doing something very wicked. Also Gaizok were there too.
[Martian Polar Ruins, Command Room]
What’s Neo Zeon up to?
They’re dropping Axis on Earth. The New Federation’s Londo Bell unit is pursuing them, but it’s unclear whether or not it can be stopped.
Char, you’re doing something unnecessary… The operation to assault the New Federation HQ using Boson Jumps will be postponed until the results of Char’s Axis Drop are known.
So what will we do?
If the Axis Drop is prevented, we will assault the New Federation HQ using Boson Jumps as planned. If not, we’ll switch our target to Side 3’s Sweetwater!
It will take some time to gather data on Sweetwater, but that is the safest option.
It’s not the New Federation or Neo Zeon that will create a new world order. It’s us, the Martian Successors!
[Nadesico C, Bridge]
Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s been several years since we stood up with Lady Mariemaia, broke free from the false spell of Total Pacifism, and began to walk our glorious path. Even now, those who cannot understand true peace or freedom are baring their fangs at us. Possessed by the ghosts of Zeon, Neo Zeon attacks us like cowards. The Martian Successors are swayed by their words and good looks, and refuse to see the truth. They are pitiful. But we, the new human race, cannot stop moving forward because of that. We must cast aside Zeon and the Jovian Federation, who still cling to old ideals and systems, and move forward to the path of true awakening. We must pave the way. And then, we, the New Earth Federation, will seize true glory and become a symbol of hope!
(Dekim Barton) (He’s on TV)
Making himself seem brave as usual…
Who’s that?
Oh come on. He’s the New Federation Prime Minister, Dekim Barton! You don’t even know that?
I don’t really care.
No interest, no point. That makes me really unlucky.
Um, Captain.
What is it?
The New Federation contacted me to say that our Jovian crewmates are likely spies and should be replaced.
Are they talking about me and Major Tsukiomi?
It’s an emergency, so you’re fine.
But…
An emergency. Such a convenient phrase.
Well then, if I may be so bold as to explain the plan. Using Inez’s power, our Nadesico C will make a Boson Jump straight into the enemy’s heart, directly above the Martian Polar Ruins. At the same time, the Captain will hack and seize control of all of the enemy’s systems.
You can hack all of that!?
We have all the data needed on the enemy’s mobile weapons, so it’s possible.
So that combat data was useful.
But then we can’t move the ship. Hari, I’m leaving all of Nadesico C’s systems to you.
All of them!? Not just the backups?
No.
That’s right. Do your best, kid.
But there’s no guarantee that some of them have independent systems. Some can probably be switched to manual operation.
So our job will be to fight them.
At least if they come out.
Like Hokushin’s groupies.
They’ve been living in the shadows since the Lizard War. Don’t let your guard down.
(The Lizard War is the name of the war between the Earth and Jovians from the TV series)
Yea! Guys, let’s go!
[Nadesico C, Deck]
Excellence, Standby OK.
Ryoko Subaru, Aestivalis Custom. Ready at any time!
Hikaru Amano too. Let’s go. But not just this second.
Izumi Maki too. The wheel of reincarnation goes round and round…
(Joke involving onomatopoeia “makimaki”)
Saburota Takasugi. Super Aestivalis. Let’s finish this fast.
Genichiro Tsukiomi. Alstroemeria. Ready.
Akito Tenkawa, Black Sarena. OK. …Lapis, please support me.
Sure…
[Nadesico C, Bridge]
All OK. Inez, if you please.
Okay… JUMP!
Nadesico B Route Chapter 4: The Worst Battle
Boson reaction confirmed above the ruins. It’s the Nadesico!
What!?
Haaaaa. It’s exhausting to Jump an entire battleship.
Good job though.
I’ll take control of their systems now. Hari, the rest is yours.
So how many will be left?
Oh my, that’s quite a few.
You’ve come all this way to just Jump into our arms. That’s beyond foolish and pathetic.
That’s…
Their systems are still active.
…No… I can’t control it… Not even a single block…
Oh no!
Impossible! Ruri and Omoikane working together can’t even control a single thing?
This is your mistake. Your mistake.
That voice!?
Oh no. Since we can’t take control of their system, staying here is suicide.
We’ll Boson Jump again!
Oh no you don’t.
Who are you?
What? What was that?
What the heck! That block that just exploded… There’s no signs of life…
We’ve been deprived of our means of escape…
It’s nice to meet you, Ruri Hoshino.
The system’s been taken over…
I have taken control of all of Nadesico C’s systems, as well as Omoikane. The Nadesico C cannot move from this place. Try your best to fight off the Martian Successors.
Omoikane has been taken over…
Hey, what’s happening!?
Here they come!
Whelp, Inez is dead. We do get a single new unit, even though it’s crippled.
[Nadesico C]
It’s just better than the Nadesico B in every single way, but still has the same problem of being a gigantic EN hog. Nothing else to really say about it.
So the Nadesico C can’t move in this situation, but it can still shoot. Huddle up around the battleship and blast them all as they get close. Much like the last stage, it's only Hokushin and his cronies that’s any real threat. Everything else is just fodder.
Let’s settle this.
It’s a duel.
Remember to use Aim or lots of soft resetting to hit Hokushin through his Boson Jumps. He’s quite easy to kill.
You’ve come this far. I’ve seen human tenacity… It’s…splendid…
Everyone, return to the Nadesico. We have to get out of here.
These new enemies completely surround the Nadesico C.
This really isn’t good.
There’s no other option. I’ll surrender.
Wait a minute, Ruri!
We’re out of options.
Show yourself! I know this is your doing! What are you planning after what you did at the moon base!?
Fiona Gureden, it was my mistake that I let you live… I see, so this is what it means to make a mistake.
Wh-what’s with that voice?
I can’t believe I’m doing the same thing as my creator. But there’s nothing I can do about it now. It was my mistake.
Who…are you?
My name is “Duminas”
Super Robot Wars R - Original Sin
What the heck is that!?
What is that mecha?
I repeat. My name is Duminas…
So you’re the one behind the moon base!
Kyaaaaaaa!
Oh no! Frame damage rate is 77%!
Time Flow Engine output has dropped to 25%. Time particles are leaking!
Ugh…
I’ll retrieve her with the spare Excellence. Mizuho, please help me.
Yes!
This is a Frame for space, alright?
This isn’t the time for that.
Ugh…
Are you okay?
Treat her immediately!
The enemy’s second attack is incoming!
Kyaaaaaa!
You’re still alive… Attacking again.
The Phase Transition Engine has been hit!!
W-what’s this!?
The Time Flow Engine is acting on its own! The Time Turbine won’t stop spinning!
…It’s going berserk!? Oh no. We’ll get caught up in it too!
…What’s going on? I don’t understand…
Oh no. Captain, we can’t keep going like this.
Hari.
Eh?
Sorry…
W-what…
What’s going on…
The Time Flow Engine’s output is 120%, 150%... 200%... 300%... It’s still rising… Impossible. The engine itself shouldn’t be able to do this…
We have to…stop…the engine… AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
UUUUUUOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
[Fades to white]
Ugh…
W-what was that? Did anyone else hear a loud noise?
(Beautiful Tachibana)
Master Banjo, take a look at that.
(Garrison Tokita)
I see it. What is it?
(Banjo Haran)
We don’t have any data about it from the Unified Earth Sphere Nation.
(Reika Sanjo)
(I’m going to shorten Unified Earth Sphere Nation to UESN from now on)
Is it a Jovian Lizard or a Meganoid? Anyway, let’s retrieve it.
[Nadesico, Medical Office]
Where… I’m alive. Was I rescued?
Oh, you’re finally awake. This is Chinese rice porridge. Can you eat it?
(Akito Tenkawa)
Aki…to…
Sorry, Raji and Mizuho said that too. If we’ve met before, I’m sorry but I don’t remember.
Oh… You’re awake.
(Ruri Hoshino)
Captain Hoshino! …Right? Probably…
The other two said the same thing. I’m Ruri Hoshino. But I’m not a Captain. The Captain is this woman.
Nice to meet you. I’m Yurika Misumaru, captain of the mobile battleship Nadesico! V!
(Yurika Misumaru)
…
The same reaction as the other two.
Yurika Misumaru? …I remember, you’re Akito’s wife.
Oh my. His wife? It’s a bit too early for that, isn’t it, Akito?
Stop it. We’re not like that!
You don’t need to be so embarrassed.
Who’re you calling embarrassed?
Come on Captain. Stop abusing your authority!
(Megumi Reinard)
…Where’s Hari?
Who’s Hari?
There’s no one with that name on the Nadesico.
Hey, the third one’s alive, huh?
What is my name!?
(Gai Daigouji)
…Who?
Whaaaaaaaat!? Why? Why do you know Ryoko, Hikaru, and Izumi’s names but you don’t know the great Gai Daigouji!?
By the way, his real name is Jiro Yamada.
(Hikaru Amano)
Don’t call me Jiro Yamada! That’s just my temporary name. Gai Daigouji is my soul’s name! Just call me Gai.
Then you probably don’t know me either. I’m Banjo Haran. Nice to meet you.
N-nice to meet you…
Um, I heard Fiona’s awake.
Raji!?
Sorry, can the three of us talk?
Where’s Mizuho?
She’s with that mobile weapon on the deck. The Excellence I think? She’s repairing it.
[Nadesico, Deck]
What’s going on? Where are we? Mars? Where did everyone go? What’s with the Captain?
This is Mars, yes. Just stay calm. You’re the lucky one. I was the first one to wake up and it nearly drove me insane.
Wait, what’s with that giant robot?
Daitarn 3. It’s the mech for that man you just met, Banjo Haran.
Is he the one who saved us?
Yes, he’s the one who helped us. But…
Fiona! I’m so glad. Are you alright?
My body is fine, but my head is a mess. What’s going on? Captain Hoshino shrunk and Akito’s a single man.
I couldn’t believe it at first either. Fiona, what year is it now?
SC 141.
(SC is short for Space Century)
No. It’s SC 136.
Eh?
Please calm down and listen. This is Mars five years before we fought the Martian Successors! We’ve traveled back in time five years.
[Nadesico, Bridge]
What are those guys up to?
They’re in the library. They’re looking through news records.
[Nadesico, Cabin]
It’s true… It really is SC 136… Five years before our time.
…What was the world like around that time anyway? Mizuho, you probably know more than I do.
We were so busy with our research that we weren’t aware of the outside world.
I had no interest in the war, so I only know the rough outline.
That’s good enough. What’s the New Federation like now?
This is before Prime Minister Dekim’s coup d’etat, so it’s supposed to be the Unified Earth Sphere Nation that advocated Total Pacifism. Neo Zeon is formed, but I think the top dog is a woman called Haman. It’s certainly not Char.
What about the Earth? I recall something about an alien invasion.
Yes. Around that time, it was being invaded by a number of different aliens. Um, I think it was the Campbellians and the Boazians…
I remember the headline. “The Boazan Alien Invasion! Another Alien Following the Gaizok and the Campbells!”.
That seems to be the case too. “The Mycenaean Empire appears and Mazinger Z is defeated!?” “A new savior, Great Mazinger, appears!”.
Over here… “Is Emperor Gore still alive!? Has the Dinosaur Empire returned!?”...The UESN had a lot of enemies. The Mycenae, the Dinosaur Empire, the Campbellians, the Boazanians, the Gaizok… There’s also fellow humans in Neo Zeon… I wonder if Dekim is preparing the coup d’etat as we speak.
We’ve come to the worst possible time…
I reason the cause is…
It has to be the Time Flow Engine going out of control. It was originally developed to power a time machine after all. It probably resonated with the nuclear explosion and jumped through time.
And our Excellence got caught up in it?
…It’s just a theory.
By the way, is the Excellence alright?
We can somehow fix the Striker Frame that you were piloting. But the Cosmodriver Frame…
At least the Time Flow Engine is fine.
…So only the Striker frame can be used. Huh…
What’s with you guys? It’s night time. Let’s watch some Gekiganger together!
Gekiganger?
It’s an old mecha anime, but I’m sure you’ll like it. It’s really good.
Here we go. Video, switch on!
…He’s quite different from the Akito we knew.
There’s a lot going on. This Captain is before she married Akito and got kidnapped.
Right…
Are you liking it? Is it putting a fire in you?
Yeah. I can’t believe something this good exists in this world!
Huh…
[Nadesico, Bridge]
Yes, so you’ve already met some of them, but let’s do a round of introductions. These three are Fiona, Raji, and Mizuho. They suddenly fell from the sky with their mobile weapon, the Excellence, were saved by Banjo, and came aboard the Nadesico.
Nice to meet you.
Same here.
Um, I’m sure there’s some things I’m lacking, but I hope you’ll help me out.
I heard you made that Excellence thing. Nice to meet you. I’m Seiya Uribatake, the maintenance team leader. Let me know if you need anything to help repair it.
(Seiya Uribatake)
I’m Ryoko Subaru, a pilot. Nice to meet you
(Ryoko Subaru)
Hikaru Amano, the same.
Izumi Maki. Maki-ng the fireplace go Izumi-waka.
(Izumi Maki)
(I’ve met all three of them… But they’re all so young…)
You know me, Gai Daigouji.
Akito Tenkawa. A pilot and a cook.
You make Chinese food?
Why do you think that? Oh right, because I made you Chinese rice porridge when you woke up.
My name is Megumi Reinard. The radio operator.
I’m Minato Haruka, the helmsman. Nice to meet you.
(Minato Haruka)
I’m Prospector, dispatched from Nergal to handle accounting and clerical work.
…Is that your real name?
No no. It’s a stage name. Same as Gai.
And I’m the captain, Yurika Misumaru.
I’m the operator, Ruri Hoshino.
Now we’re up. Once again, I’m Banjo Haran. Nice to meet you.
Haran… I feel like I’ve heard that name before.
Banjo Haran is one of the richest men in the Earth Sphere after all. I’m Reija Sanjo, his assistant.
I’m Banjo’s number one assistant, Beautiful Tachibana. Call me Beauty.
What do you mean by number one? The only thing you don’t lack is sex appeal.
Huh? You were the one who got fired from the Preventers and came crying to Banjo.
How rude. I wasn’t fired, I quit the Preventers!
Yes yes, that’s enough arguing. You both are my capable assistants. Finally, here’s my butler.
I’m Garrison Tokita. Please keep me in mind.
You’re a butler? It’s nice to meet you.
He’s the first one who found you.
Thank you. You saved us.
No no. It was a coincidence.
Well, now that we’ve finished our introductions, let’s get going!
Going where?
To help the refugees in a Martian city.