Gundam SEED: The Final Haven
Chapter 38

Captain Mu La Flaga, Noer on the Run

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At the same time, on the main street of Heliopolis.

Noer, trembling with fear, was walking towards the emergency shelter locations marked on the bulletin board. He didn't know if Cruze would actually attack Heliopolis today.

But whether it was today or not, he would attack sooner or later. Without a shuttle, Noer could only choose to enter the escape pod.

He also wanted to seize those five new MS to save his life, but having become familiar with MS, he had to abandon this tempting idea.

Because these new MS must have self-destruct devices installed, they would detonate immediately if the identity verification failed.

If you don't find a way to solve this problem, you'll die even if you get in. Once the MS's built-in power pack explodes, even if you have a body of steel, you'll turn to dust.

There was a way to disarm the self-destruct device, but it required the specific parameters set when the MS self-destruct code was created.

And that kind of code would definitely be highly classified, which Noer didn't have at all.

It was strange, why would Cruze have the self-destruct code for Earth's new MS?

"Forget it, why think so much? I'll just focus on escaping honestly. A child with a bitter fate like mine can't handle this~~~~"

Noer kept wailing as he walked.

Looking back at the year he had been in SEED, it was truly a year of bitter tears with nowhere to shed them.

First, he was hit by a car right after transmigrating. Of course, it's possible he transmigrated after being hit by a car, but it didn't matter, he had experienced the pain of being hit by a car.

Compared to those who transmigrated without any issues, he was miserably unlucky.

Then, after finally being discharged from the hospital, his body hadn't fully recovered yet.

He inexplicably took some Gene Potion No. 4, and the once healthy and robust youth directly became a sickly person who needed to take medicine daily just to survive.

Of course, thanks to this, he managed to save his life.

Later, he was inexplicably attacked by an MS piloted by an employee of a ZAFT school, which further worsened his already unhealthy body and left him with a mountain of debt.

Now that he had finally graduated from the ZAFT school and was just biding his time at Cruze's place, he got possessed and accepted a mission, which turned out to be the starting point of the SEED anime plot.

Truly...

"Sigh~"

"So unlucky~~"

Noer thought about his own experiences and then compared them to the experiences of other protagonists. His unworthy eyes quietly welled up with tears.

Meanwhile, outside Heliopolis, a cargo ship was entering the port.

The same urgent message was being relayed on the ship's bridge as in the Heliopolis command center.

"Who are the enemies?"

"Two ZAFT warships! A Nassau-class and a La'Lia-class. MS were deployed before the radio interference was confirmed!"

"What about those rookie pilots of the Gs?"

"They should have arrived at Akatsuki Industries by now."

"That's good. Luke and Gale, go to the Moebius and stand by! Don't deploy yet, and wait for me! Otherwise, be careful you don't get shot down!"

A tall, thin blonde man, around thirty years old, gave instructions over the ship's intercom.

His words carried a hint of nonchalance. Despite the urgent wartime situation, the slightly upturned corners of his lips, like a smirk, indicated that he was not nervous.

After speaking, the man immediately turned and headed for the hangar. Inside, rows of space fighters – MAs – were neatly arranged, inconsistent with the cargo ship.

"Eagle of Endymion," Captain Mu La Flaga, that was his name.

On June 2nd, during the offensive and defensive battle at the Endymion crater, a joint resource supply base on the Grimaldi front.

He piloted the space fighter MA Moebius Zero, successfully destroying four MS and tying down the MS piloted by Cruze, thus earning him the title Eagle of Endymion.

(Moebius Zero: A space combat MA developed by the Earth Alliance Military, primarily assigned to special forces including Mu La Flaga. Its performance is roughly equivalent to one-fifth of an MS.)

(In other words, five MAs could barely match one MS. This comparison shows how impressive his combat record was.)

(Moebius Unit Configuration: Yellow paint scheme, possesses some radar jamming capabilities, equipped with 4 wired guided pods that can detach from the unit for all-around attacks. The linear gun mounted under the nose is the main attack weapon, possessing attack power comparable to ZAFT MS.)

(However, this unit has extremely high operational requirements for its pilot, especially the wired guided attack pods. Even ace pilots cannot use them flexibly. Currently, only Flaga in the Earth Alliance can flexibly use all four simultaneously.)

(PS: As it is a space fighter, it cannot be used within Earth's sphere.)

"Boom~"

Captain Flaga had just entered the cockpit of his dedicated MA, the Moebius Zero.

The ZAFT MS 'Ginn' had already rushed to the port. With a violent tremor, a piercing alarm instantly echoed throughout the port.

In fact, the reason PLANT could stalemate with the Earth Alliance was largely due to the existence of the Ginn.

"Please set sail immediately! The port is being suppressed, and I'll go out to tie down the Ginns!"

"But the Archangel's energy replenishment isn't finished yet!"

Confirming the 'Ginn's' assault, Captain Flaga sent a message to the captain, proposing.

On average, one Ginn required at least three MAs to barely hold it off. Based on the information just received, there were at least a dozen Ginns outside. In this situation, if the Ginns were allowed to break through the port.

Let alone transporting the Archangel away, it's questionable whether we can even save it!

"Then let's make the most of our time!"

"Depart immediately once preparations are complete!"

Captain Mu La Flaga donned his combat suit and leaped into the Moebius Zero. As he activated the MA, he spoke to the command room.

With the roar of the engines starting up, Captain Mu La Flaga piloted the Moebius directly out of the port.

However, as soon as he emerged, he was met with a vast number of Ginn units.

"This situation isn't looking good!"

Seeing the Ginn units before him and the destroyed MAs, Mu La Flaga immediately activated four wired guided pods.

Soon, the four guided attack pods separated from the Moebius and charged towards the distant Ginn units.

"Chirp chirp~"

"Boom~"

Several green laser beams flashed, accompanied by intense explosions. One Ginn, with its back to Mu La Flaga, had no chance to react before being reduced to wreckage.

The remaining Ginn units, seeing this, ceased their attacks on the other MAs and turned to fire on the Moebius.

Instantly, several laser beams shot towards the Moebius.

"There are quite a few of them..."

Mu La Flaga quickly turned the machine's head. With immense centrifugal force, the Moebius spun, dodging the attacks.

He was also able to control the four guided attack pods to attack the Ginn units from all sides, forcing back three Ginn units directly.

"This guy..."

The Ginn pilots were stunned by the Moebius's maneuvers. Was this human operation?

"Hm?"

At the same time, inside the space battleship, Cruze seemed to sense something and let out a surprised sound.

"What is it?" Addis tilted his head to look at Cruze.

"Nothing."

Cruze finished speaking and crossed his arms over his chest, his expression slightly grave.

Mu La Flaga also seemed to sense something. He even paused his attack, looking towards the distant space battleship with a look of surprise and uncertainty.

However, as a soldier, and an exceptionally skilled professional soldier at that, he quickly cast this moment of hesitation aside and began to deal with the Ginn units that were eyeing him menacingly.

"Beep~!"

"Beep~!"

"Beep~!"

"Boom~!"

Inside the pipeline, as the countdown reached zero, the timed bombs planted by Athrun and the others at the port exploded instantly.

Flames erupted everywhere, accompanied by screams from the command center.

The command center turned to ash in the inferno, and even the hangar where the Archangel was docked was affected. Dozens of operators rushing towards the Archangel were engulfed by the flames.

Simultaneously, two MS units broke through the Earth Alliance MA's defense perimeter and charged into the port.

"What?"

The sudden explosion tightened Mu La Flaga's heart. Seeing the disappearing smoke trails of the Ginn, he hurriedly turned his direction to prepare for reinforcement.

But before he could fully turn, several laser beams shot towards him rapidly from the direction of the Ginn.

Due to his moment of distraction, Mu La Flaga had no chance to dodge. In desperation, he had no choice but to sacrifice one guided attack pod, letting it take the fatal blow.

The moment they collided, the guided pod exploded violently.

However, it bought him a moment of respite.

Then, under the Ginn's gaze, he recalled the remaining three guided pods and flew towards the port at full throttle.

"You think you can just kill people and run away! It's not that simple!"

"Chase after him!"

Inside a Ginn, a Coordinator cursed and piloted the Ginn in pursuit, with the other Ginn units following closely behind.

Green laser beams rained down on the Moebius.

Speaking of which... what about the unit data.

The aerial combat descriptions are also problematic, I feel like I can't write them well, I can't capture that feeling.

I just wrote something casually, what do you guys think?

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