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			== CHAPTER 19. Everyone's Justice ==
			[I kept the covert route because I like Shin Getter Robo ^^;;;]

			Cue the typical "what was the other side up to" palaver. Interestingly enough,
			Sumeragi has been absent since Zexis rejoined, likely off on some private
			errand unrelated to the CBs. The CBs' presence on Zexis hits some of the
			people from 21st Century with renewed force, and tensions begin to rise once
			more. Yokozawa manages to extricate Akagi from an argument with Tielia via
			the promise of a little volunteer work for Dai Guard.

			The plan is passing out supplies for an area ravaged by the DBs, at ambassadors
			at the recommendation of the Japanese government (who, after all, are the ones
			who built Dai Guard in the first place). Ibuki is distracted though: she's
			gotten her head wrapped around the Colonial Gundams and the Black Knights, but
			not the enigmatic CBs. It would seem they plan to return to trashing the
			world's armies once mankind's common enemies are dealt with, and even before
			that there have been plenty of terrorists to tangle with. Ibuki has serious
			reservations about fighting mecha piloted by other people, which even the
			go-getting Akagi shares.

			The humanitarian aid is disrupted by reports of Heterodynes appearing in the
			area -- guess they appear other places beyond just Japan, huh? Know who else
			appears all over the place? The WLF, who are counting on Dai Guard to be
			tied up with the Heterodyne so they can take over the city. Since the rest of
			Zexis aren't around yet, Akagi exclaims that Dai Guard will have to stop both
			the Heterodyne _and_ the terrorists lest this conflict spread any farther.
			Dai Guard will do its level best to avoid shooting at its opponents' cockpits,
			but the terrorist rampage must cease!

			The terrorists get irate at Dai Guard interfering, and send their big
			Genocidron in to settle the score. In the process it nearly steps on a
			load of people, including 21st Century Employee Nakahara. Proving that
			Akagi isn't the only reckless one around, Lockon dashes to the rescue (since
			it wouldn't be safe to snipe with all the people under foot). He buys
			enough time for the rest of the team to show up, and after that both the
			terrorists and the monsters buy the farm in record time.

			The WLF continues to prove how assholic its "liberation" moniker really is,
			at least if the damage to the city and terrorized citizens are any indication.
			Few in Zexis would disagree with the team's next mission, which is striking
			down the WLF stronghold in the Takramakan Desert. The question is just how
			bad the world's dimensional instability must be if the Heterodynes could appear
			even here, far from Japan. In any case, Akagi's feeling great for all the
			heroism he got in today, and that's worth quite a bit.

			Tielia? Not so much. He claims that the CBs should have stayed out of this
			fight, as Sumeragi and indeed Veda itself hadn't specifically authorized
			participation. Lockon levelly tells Tielia that he judged it necessary to
			intervene, and gets increasingly aggravated at Tielia's implication that he
			should have left his comrades and indeed the common people to the tender
			mercies of the terrorists (in the interest of keeping himself and his mech
			from harm). Setsuna of all people points out that the WLF are practicing
			armed conflict, and that it's part of the CBs' job description to intervene
			directly. Tielia scowls that Setsuna is in no place to say that after all
			the times he's disobeyed orders and stalks off. Setsuna walks off too...
			surely not to go after Tielia, right? Allelujah shares some of Tielia's
			doubts, and Lockon asks him to let the matter drop: he's got his reasons for
			disliking terrorists.

			To Lockon's surprise, Nakahara comes and thanks him -- not in spite of his
			being a de facto terrorist, but as a comrade of hers via Zexis. Lockon
			protests lightly that his crew are hardly the Allies of Justice type that
			Akagi and friends are, but Aoyama tells him that everyone has their own brand
			of Justice. It's what you believe in, what makes you tick. The thought helps
			dispell Lockon's funk, which he shows by thanking the various 21st Century
			functionaries by name for the first time. He also thinks to his mother,
			father and "Amy" that he'll keep on fighting alongside these new comrades
			till judgement eventually finds him... as a Gundam Meister, as a Celestial
			Being, and as a Zexis.

			So what has Sumeragi been up to? Meeting someone named "Barry" in a nearby
			town. The occasion isn't exactly pleasant: Sumeragi's in quite a state after
			a certain dossier she's seen: a military simulation plan he's come by. He
			asks for her opinion as a strategist, coyly dancing around her actual day
			job. The plan amounts to an overwhelming barrage of firepower and troops,
			designed to tire a Gundam's pilot out and exhaust his weapons stores.
			Sumeragi cautions him that just driving the pilot unconscious might not be
			enough: what if the mecha are designed with capable autopilot, or even
			self-destruct mechanisms? He expected such a trenchant analysis from her,
			given her past role in the military. He's not exactly the model soldier for
			showing her (a civilian, as far as anyone knows) top-secret stuff like this,
			but she promises him she's not made any copies.

			He tells her that Eifmann would welcome her back to the Britannia Union
			army, but she tells him that she's got her own life to lead now. She's coy
			on whether she's got a romantic interest as well, in part to help him
			disengage from their conversation. Mentally though, she apologizes to him for
			no longer being the Lisa Kujou he used to know. In fact, as a CB, she's now
			one of his bitterest enemies...

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== CHAPTER 10A. Pierce the Heavens with Your Drill! == [I kept Chapter 9F.] Sumeragi is letting Shiroda have a seat on the bridge, as part of his duties as forward commander. The Ptolemeios still has many secrets, and Sumeragi knows that all the "keep out" signs and masking tape over bits of the control panels won't work if the tide of battle gets rough enough. After all, the ship is going to the DAAAAA~aark Continent! And it doesn't get much spookier than tha..."

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