Super Robot Wars: Alpha Gaiden Part #154

Part 154: Post-Intermission

: Urgh...

: Cotset, are you awake?

: Ugh... What was I doing...?

: Thank goodness... You're back to normal, right?

: Normal...?

: Er, well... You did, actually...

: I'm a technician! Why would I do that!? Gawd, who do they think fixes this stuff!?

: (.........)

: Aw, man, listen to this guy. He did all of that himself!

: But, it's nice to see that he's looking better again...

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: Looks like he's completely back to normal.

: And the vaccine's gotten everyone's fever down, so that's two less things to worry about.

: The problem now is Elche...

: Blast those Innocent! What the heck did they do to Elche!?

: (.........)

: She was like a completely different person, wasn't she...

: And she even had a ship like the Iron Gear...

: (.........)

: It looked like she was viewing us as the enemy. Don't tell me...

: Yes... the Innocent have probably tampered with her mind.

: Tampered with her mind...!? They can DO that?

: Forcing people to fight by artificially inducing strong feelings of hatred... That was something done even back in our time.

: Yes... I was like that once.

: (.........)

: I don't think so... Elche wasn't using Newtype equipment. So destroying her machine is no guarantee that you could break their hold on her mind. In a worst-case scenario, her entire personality could be altered...

: Curse those Innocent! What do they take us for!?

: It might not sound nice, but they probably think of you guys as test subjects.

: That's like what that Biel guy was talking about...

: Yeah, they did repeated live subject experiments to create the Civilians. It's no wonder they're capable of mental conditioning or artificial Newtype research.

: (.........) Was it Kashim King who did all that to Elche!?

: Probably. He really, really doesn't want us anywhere near Jop Point.

: Playing around with people's hearts... Kashim King's got to pay!

: Yeah...!

: (.........)

: (...Rosamy could turn out to be in Jop, too...)

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: (.........)

: ...You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to...

: Eh...!?

: I used to be part of her Breaker team, but I left them when I wanted to test my own strength.

: That's when you started acting against the Innocent?

: Yes...

: Is that why you're hostile now?

: ...Sis used to only care about fighting and profits, but now she's become an Innocent follower...

: What will you do now? If you keep this up, you might wind up having to fight her...

: ...That's my intent. If Sis is going to walk her own path... Then I'm walking mine. ...Otherwise, there would be no point in separating at all...

: Birin...

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: Right. There's the matter of Elche Cargo to consider, for one... It's believed that the Innocent at Jop have a serious amount of firepower at their disposal.

: (.........)

: And they're the type of people who exploit people's hearts with no hesitation... It's possible that they have plenty more artificial Newtypes like Caris, ready to use at a moment's notice.

: So you want to give up on capturing Jop?

: No, that's not it. I'm saying we need more time to investigate exactly what the enemy has.

: I get you. Since Jop is more or less the Innocent's main stronghold... Attacking it head-on could be a pretty bad idea.

: What do you think, Lieutenant Commander Fokker?

: The issue's not the Walker Machines, it's that they've mass produced Iron Gear-class landships. So I'm with Jamil on this one...

Someone enters the room.