SEED - Artemis Shield

Fortunately, Kira Yamato had already completed the gear change and activated his Phase Shift Armor, so the grenade caused no damage to the Strike Gundam.

With his gear changed, the Strike Gundam fired a Hyper Impulse Cannon, directly destroying the Duel Gundam's weapon and right arm.

Infuriated by the loss of his weapon, Yzak Joule was not foolish. He immediately piloted the Duel Gundam and turned to escape.

After watching the Duel Gundam flee, Kira Yamato quickly piloted the Strike Gundam towards the airspace where the Moebius Zero was located.

He continuously fired Hyper Impulse Cannons at the four Gundams that had been stolen by ZAFT.

The Moebius Zero also seized the opportunity to attack, beating the fallen dogs and launching an assault on the four Gundams.

Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, the four ZAFT Gundams could only retreat shamefully.

"Enemy MS retreating," reported the radar operator on the Archangel's bridge.

Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. Murrue Ramius also relaxed, slumping onto the captain's chair.

Tolle Klune wiped a cold sweat from his brow. "It's finally over. Now I can legitimately go practice piloting the MA Moebius."

Meanwhile, Kira Yamato had returned but had not yet emerged from the Strike Gundam.

The mechanics nearby were anxious and had to forcibly open the Strike Gundam's cockpit.

They saw Kira Yamato inside, panting and dazed, clearly still recovering from the recent battle.

The recent war had also made Kira Yamato feel the terror and fear of combat.

It wasn't until Mu La Flaga stepped forward and pried his hand off the control stick that he spoke.

"Come out now. The battle is over. You and I are alive, the Archangel is unharmed, and you did well."

Only then did Kira Yamato dazed release the control stick and look at his hands.

Tolle Klune and his group also returned to the Archangel's rest quarters.

Frey Alsta saw Sai Argyle return and rushed over, hugging him tightly and crying out her fears and suffering.

She spoke of how scared she was, how much pain she was in, and so on.

Tolle Klune, hearing this, felt uncomfortable. Although he knew Frey Alsta had a spoiled temper, he really wanted to slap her and tell her to shut up when faced with it directly. As if we didn't go through the battle too. We were scared as well.

With that thought, Tolle Klune felt that his girlfriend, Miriallia Haw, also needed some comfort.

He decided to let Cagalli Yula Athha go eat dog food alone.

He then hugged Miriallia Haw beside him, comforting her.

"Miriallia, don't worry, I'll always protect you."

Miriallia Haw leaned into Tolle Klune's embrace and whispered, "Mhm, thank you, Tolle."

The comms officer's voice echoed from the bridge, "Artemis has accepted our request for docking. They say a survey ship will be sent immediately."

Murrue Ramius replied, "Understood, thank you."

On the other side, Mu La Flaga, upon receiving the news, was in the lounge with his arm around Kira Yamato's neck, whispering.

"There's something I forgot to tell you. I've locked the startup system for the Strike Gundam. No one but you can activate it."

Kira Yamato was astonished.

Soon, Artemis's survey ship docked with the Archangel, and two Artemis officials arrived at the hangar.

Murrue Ramius and Nataru Bagiruru quickly went to greet them.

After a thorough inspection, the Archangel was granted permission to enter the Artemis military base.

A gap opened in Artemis's wave defense barrier, and the Archangel, following the guidance, slowly flew into Artemis's interior.

Standing at the observation deck on the bridge, Tolle Klune gazed at Artemis's wave defense barrier system, his mouth watering.

I really want that. With this wave defense barrier system, my Gunpla could cosplay Hyperion Gundam. An impenetrable defense. I must get my hands on it.

Tolle Klune immediately contacted Nami in his mind.

"Nami, help me separate some new DG Cells from the Archangel and transfer them to this Artemis military base. Copy that entire wave defense barrier system for me. The Buster Gundam will attempt a surprise attack later, so use the chaos to collect some materials for building Satellite Xerxes. Also, secretly assimilate a Federation military fighter, the MA Moebius. Preferably equip it with four mechanical arms, load it with all the weapons it can carry, increase the number of thrusters, and fill the energy core. I'll find a chance to come out later, pilot this MA Moebius to leave, and collect resources along the way."

"As you command, Master. Nami guarantees mission completion!"

"Yo, Nami, I feel like you're getting smarter, even your tone is becoming a bit more human-like."

"Hee hee hee, Master noticed!

The core processing unit for Satellite Xerxes is complete.

This change happened after Nami developed the connection to Satellite Xerxes' processing power.

Master, you don't hate me like this, do you?"

"Hate you? I couldn't possibly. I like you more than enough.

Once Satellite Xerxes is built, I'll build a Humagear body for you first.

Then you'll be my first secretary and can help me with even more things, hee hee hee."

"Okay, Master. Nami looks forward to the day we stand together.

I have a lot of work to do now, Master. I'm going to work, bye-bye."

Before he could answer, Nami's voice vanished from Thor Klune's mind.

Thor Klune could only continue to hold Miriallia Haw, chatting and enjoying the scenery, leaving Cagalli Yula Athha to eat dog food alone on the side.

After all, Frey Alsta was leaning against Sai Argyle, also watching the scenery of the Artemis military base outside the observation window while chatting.

He had a girlfriend, so how could he possibly eat other people's dog food?

Seeing the scale of the Artemis Shield, they thought they were safe once they arrived and wouldn't have to worry anymore.

Thor Klune retorted internally.

[Heh, as if. The defense system here just looks good; it'll be gone soon.

Besides, the people at the Artemis military base won't do anything good for us.

They'll want to steal the Strike Gundam's data too, so once we're inside, we'll be thoroughly searched.

Not to mention, this place is about to blow up, thanks to the Buster Gundam that ZAFT stole.

Soon the Buster Gundam will arrive here, and this big umbrella will be smashed to smithereens...]

Before long, Sai Argyle took Frey Alsta away from the bridge, and they returned to the rest area to relax.

As soon as they left, Thor Klune saw from the observation window.

The Archangel, after entering the Artemis military base, was immobilized, with a large number of MA Moebius weapons aimed at it.

Moreover, an assault team, fully armed, boarded the Archangel's hangar directly.