Part 86: Mission 35 - Choice ~ Decision - Part 2
Now you only have to beat Katou to end the mission but, of course, we want all those kills and moneys.
Canon’s Mark Drei is a bit different from Sakura, as you can see by the new Luger Lance. It’s about a little bit stronger overall, though it no longer has the Piram, so it loses a bit of utility. On the other hand, it now has a lot more range since the Lance can be used to shoot stuff down.
Tsukuyomi (Hisataka Katou)
Pilot Skills:
Factor – Only his Machina’s the Shangri-La and he pilots an Arma… so he doesn’t regen anything!
Prevail L7
Support Attack L3
All-Attack L2
Command L4
Mech Features:
Sword
All Canceller
Katou’s voice actor: Jun Fukuyama
Katou’s Arma may look a bit gangly but he’s anything but with 50k HP and that L7 Prevail. His attacks are all high-powered and his stats, as you might expect, are pretty good overall (though nowhere as high as Amagatsu’s).
Best attack is range 1-3, though, so either hit from outside of that or bring defensive spirits. By himself he won’t be a problem, but you might be somewhat threatened if you haven’t shaved off a decent number of the original troops/bosses since that Command L4’ll give them all a major boost.
All that said, he’d be a lot more intimidating if we hadn’t just dealt with Amagatsu.
SRW UX - Linebarrel
: Hmph, never did I expect you to turn traitor! You will pay for your deceit…!
: Hmhmhm… All women have layers they don’t show everyone – especially good women!
Yulianne attacking: “Not even your feet can match my Tsubaki-hime, Jack.”
: You again, Mister Samurai? Has it still not sunken in that you’re not good enough to face me?: I’ll concede that you’ve the strength to match your arrogance.: However, I cannot step aside! The souls of my dead subordinates demand I claim your head!
Made me waste an attack!
: S-Such strength… Can not even my Arma body challenge them anymore?!
SRW UX - Obelisk
: Goddamn it! Our Aura Machines just can’t handle them?!: How the hell did they get such a leg up on us?!
SRW UX - Dunbine Flies
: Tsk, we can ill afford a display of weakness right before our new allies… but I also cannot overextend on the eve of our assault of the Overworld!
SRW UX - Tales of Mirisha ~ The Brave Legend
: Hrk… They are even stronger than our last encounter.: Was allying with this Katou Organization truly the right decision to make?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTZ7HzHLImc
And here’s the Apparition best trick, plus Michel’s Reactive Munitions.
SRW UX - Shangri-La
: I’ll keep them all safe, and then we’ll head home together!: That’s the decision I’ve made!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjrn8OlpGRU
And we might as well get Athrun’s best solo attack plus DK out of the way too.
SRW UX - Sublimation of a Destroyer
SRW UX - A Bird’s Song
: How unfortunate. Were you still an inciter of war, you could’ve been an asset to us. 
: Pass. That kind of gig really doesn’t click with us anymore – quite the opposite, actually.
: Now, we don’t really know why you care so much about nabbing the Linebarrel…
: But that doesn’t mean we’re just going to let you get your hands on it or on Kouichi!
: This might be your grand entry on stage, Hisataka Katou, but we’re about to bring the curtains down on you…!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmbPS1cx-w8
As you can see, he hurts plenty.
SRW UX - Tales of Mirisha ~ The Brave Legend
: Sakomizu has not taken to the field… What are you truly after in the shadows of this assault?!
: It’s that man from before…! Is he coming to assault the king again?!
: Rrgh, fire! Fire! Do not let him near His Majesty!
SRW UX - Dunbine Flies
: Use Aura Machines to wage war in the Overworld and there’ll be no undoing the destruction you’ll cause! Why can’t you see that?!: We must showcase our might to the people of this land! Holy Warrior or not, oppose us and death will take you!
SRW UX - My Fate
: King Sakomizu, why did you ally with the Katou Organization?! What’re you trying to accomplish with this?!: Look at the present Japan! Don’t you understand that it has no room for your ideology?!
: That is not for you to decide, young Aesap Suzuki…!
: Father, why on Earth would you cast your lot with such villains as the Katou Organization?!: …: Why won’t you answer me?! Father…!: Silence! The king seeks to understand the inner workings of this world! Your opinion is neither wanted nor needed, girl!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhdNeDhASyo
And we’ll take them out in style with Alto’s best Valkyrie attack.
: …: Sound the retreat, Codour. There is no point in continuing this battle.: But, Your Majesty, if we do not claim victory here and now, we…!: Insolence! Know when to still your tongue!: …?!: K-Kotto, sound the retreat…: Y-Yes! All troops, fall back!*Were there any Hojo troops alive, they’d leave.*
: (I have seen all I needed to see in this battle. What I must do here, on the surface, is…)
: (Father… just what are you thinking?) SRW UX - Tales of Mirisha ~ The Brave Legend
: A full assault at JUDA, is it? Then, come! I’ll end every last one of you!
: Rather than your usual protective stance, now you take a purely offensive one?: You may not be gripped by fear, but something else clearly has its bindings around you…
: Something binds me…?!
SRW UX - Linebarrel: You really were a JUDA spy, I see…: By your attitude, I presume you already had some suspicions? But just because the cat’s out of the bag doesn’t mean we can’t have some fun, right?: You’re well aware of the Glain-Neidr’s power. There’ll be no fun for you if you insist on doing this …!
: Apparition… I imagined you’d already produced yourself a Factor.
: He’s clearly got the upper hand in terms of size…: But I’m not throwing in the towel! I’m sure he wouldn’t, were he here!
: (Mr. Ishigami… What are you planning that you’d gather a force as powerful as this…?)
SRW UX - Lion
: Our battle with the Katou Organization’ll be over once you’re history!: I see uncertainty in those wings of yours. Do you mean to strike me down with a spirit as weak as that?: I’ve already made up my mind to keep on flying – and I won’t stop, with or without uncertainty holding me back!: Because I know it’ll eventually lead me to finding the role I’m truly meant to play!
SRW UX - Believe ver. HD: Whatever spirit has found its way inside you, you’ll still be unable to stop me.
: Sorry, but you’ve got it the wrong way around.: Whatever is up with you, I’ll just keep on fighting and singing with everything I have! And you can’t stop that!
: It’s possible your way could eventually help people survive hardship…: Why do you oppose me if you think so?: Because you’re too ruthless! Not everyone’s as strong as you want them to be and you can’t just throw them away!
SRW UX - Tobikage Appears!
: So, your obsession isn’t with the Linebarrel but with Kizaki’s dad…?: You got history with the guy, don’t you?! What’s the deal between you two?!: I admit I underestimated you, Joe Maya… I thought you were a simple man, but you’re surprisingly sharp!
SRW UX - The Will of Man Awakens
: Why have you taken the to field now, of all times, Katou Hisataka?!: Because I chose to do so, pure and simple. To see that it’s not the future Ishigami sees that is realized, but the future I… or, rather, the future he sees!: (Maj. Richard said he saw Hell when he traveled into the future…): (But what about Katou and Ishigami? What kind of future do they see waiting for us…?)
SRW UX - Tales of Mirisha ~ The Brave Legend: Do you even have a reason to meddle in this world’s affairs? I don’t see any.
: I shall take up arms wherever I see suffering people!: Such is the essence of my justice, Hisataka Katou!
SRW UX - Roulette: I know of you: swept away by the circumstances around you, too young to tell right from wrong… You have no right to be here.
: Maybe, but at least I don’t try and force what I think is right onto others!: We think things through together, and fight as best we can to let people live their lives in peace!: (“Peace”, you say…? Ignorance is bliss…)
SRW UX - Linebarrel: You had left this stage once before, and ghosts have no place upon the battlefield. : That’s how I looked at it at first.: But now I’m here because I want to be! Not to fight as a ghost, but as a CHAMPION OF JUSTICE!
SRW UX - Shangri-La
: Why’re you only interested in taking the Linebarrel, Hisataka Katou?!: Because the Linebarrel is not something that can be left in the hands of the ignorant! Accept that fact!
SRW UX - Linebarrel: So, this is where your loyalties truly lie, Yulianne…!: Sorry, commander. To tell the truth, I didn’t mind the time I spent with the Katou Organization.: But I was on Ishigami’s payroll first, and I don’t break contracts once they’re made. Think of how much my credibility would suffer!
Yulianne: “It’s nothing personal, commander.”
Katou: “Receive the punishment due to your treachery, Yulianne.”
: Hisataka Katou… What reason does the infamous leader have to come here in person?: Because the time for it had come. That’s all there is to it.
Katou taking big damage: “Indeed, you were the one we should’ve been wary of the most, Reiji Moritsugu…!”
SRW UX - LEGEND OF KAISER: I won’t suffer rabid beasts, lacking any and all ideals, getting in my way. Leave.
: Hah, and you think rabid beasts would listen to what you have to say?
: “Ideals”? Are you trying to bore me to death, guy? When you’re in a battle, you either live or you die – period!
Kaido attacking (he’ll say it for Sakomizu too): “Ya can stuff all them ‘just cause’ speeches! We fight ‘cause we want to, and that’s just how we like it!”
SRW UX - Shangri-La: A soldier that does nothing but follow orders cannot hope to oppose me. Leave now and I’ll spare you.: I’m no longer fighting because I was ordered to…: I am here, right now, because I chose this for myself!
Katou drops another Teachings of Jikishinkage-ryu Kenjutsu.
: Hrk… Blast you, Ishigami! I will not tolerate what you’re trying to accomplish…!
: Such a terrifying Aura Power…! Where in blazes does such tenacity stem from?!
: I dare say… it’s love that he feels!: If I have the Linebarrel… If I just have him, then the future—!
: I’m afraid not. The man you’re looking for is gone, Katou…: What…?!
SRW UX - Linebarrel (Full Intro)
: That’s enough out of you, Hisataka Katou.: …?! I-Impossible… How are you…?!: Why are you piloting the Linebarrel, Kouichi Hayase…?!
: That’s because… Mr. Amagatsu gave it to me.: What do you mean?!: Exactly what I said. He entrusted it to me before he passed on… : Amagatsu Kizaki isn’t with us anymore… he’s dead!
: (Hayase…): …: How… Why were you…: WHY?!*Katou charges after Kouichi!*
: Stabilize fields and then active Counter Nanomachines! : Engage real-time teleportation in response to target’s movements at intervals 6, 7, 2, 3, 5, 8!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDDCiBo0EB4
Captions are available.
: U-Uurgh…!: Kouichi activated the Counter Nanomachines…!: What’s going on?! I thought only Kizaki could do that…!: Why… Kouichi Hayase! You were supposed to be just an average kid! : You were never meant to be chosen for anything!: You got that right. I absolutely wasn’t chosen for this.: On the contrary: I chose this! I chose this fate, of my own free will!: …?!: You weren’t chosen… but, instead, chose this yourself?!*Beep.*
: Katou, the Linebarrel and Kouichi Hayase turning up wasn’t in the plan. We should retreat and reorganize for the moment!: Tch…!
: You understand now, don’t you, Katou?: So, what I say to you is this: imagine. That is, if you truly want to save humanity.: …: A man who’s a pawn for the Machinas has no place telling me to imagine…!
: (Hisataka Katou wishes to save humanity…?)
: No further signals on radar. Enemy forces are confirmed repelled.
: Phew, we cut it real close today… I don’t know what we would’ve done if the Linebarrel hadn’t turned up. 
: You’ve overcome that hurdle, huh, Kouichi…?: All thanks to yours and everyone’s help. I’m really grateful.: And there’s something else I forgot to say…: Welcome back, Yajima…: Glad to be here…
: I see… Then it really was The Advancers behind the Katou Organization and the Hojo Army’s alliance?
: I think so, yes. And this isn’t the first time they’ve meddled into things.: For instance, they often supported the Martian Development Bureau from the shadows and helped push that reform of the Federation Army…: The reform?! Then…!: Right, meaning they came this close to driving JUDA and Orb off the cliff. : I was also quite busy during that time, mind, finding and delivering that The Boom Army top secret footage to Agent Hughes.
: Then, our names being cleared with the Federation Government…: Is mostly because of me, yes. You may thank me later.: As for The Advancers, I really wish I could’ve figured out who they were sooner, but they’re a very careful, very secretive lot. It took a long time.
: And these Advancers are Hisataka Katou’s personal secret weapon?: I’m glad you’re quick on the take, Moritsugu.
: Wait, hold on! Who are these Advancers, then?! How are they Katou’s secret weapon?!: The Advancers are, put it simply, fixers that have been snuck into every nation. Through them, Katou manipulates the world and everyone’s none the wiser…: But what The Advancers really are is…
Location: New York – Rubens Foundation HQ
: It seems the Linebarrel has progressed to a new stage.: Nothing escapes your attention, hm? Though we’d expect no less from the heir apparent of the Rubens Foundation.: The entire world is keeping a very close eye on the UX’s actions. Of course I’d do the same.: But the question now is what will you and your fellows do?: The same we’d been doing before. Nothing has changed.: All we do is advance the schedule that has been given to us.: …: Despite the fact that your Original, Amagatsu Kizaki, is now dead…?
: That’s correct…: Th-The Advancers are all clones of my father…?!: What do you mean by that?!: I think I said it as clearly as could be. The Advancers are a group comprised entirely of Amagatsus. : And Hisataka manages them all. : But for what?!: You and Kouichi both contacted Prof. Kizaki’s mind, no? I’m certain you know the answer to that question. : …?!: Then, my father…: Correct. The Advancers are your father’s legacy for Katou. They were given to him so that he’d use them to influence the world out of sight.: All so he could choose his future…
: …: The dealings with the Martian Development Bureau, the treaty with the Frontier Government and the AEU, and, also, the hijacking of one of the Union’s most powerful weapons. All those were a result of The Advancers’ work.: And I’d wager Katou has been working nonstop to correct any eventualities that didn’t conform to his schedule.: Not so different from you, pushing for your chosen future to be realized through Judah’s guidelines…: Yes, but our perspectives are fundamentally different. : Where I see a desired outcome, he sees an irregularity to be fixed. : And now that Hayase’s inherited the Linebarrel, he’s likely getting ready to make his next move.: His next move…?: But, of course, I’m already taking steps to counter that.: Ms. Ogawa, I trust all preparations are complete?
: Yes, sir. All personnel have been reassigned to new posts and all projects have been passed along. : With this, the enterprise known as JUDA will cease to exist.: Whuh…?!: I’d rather say it’s just returning to the form it was always meant to have.: …: Wh-What’d you mean by JUDA’ll cease to exist…?!: Ensign Berge. I called you and Saya here so that you’d be the first to know.: JUDA’s Special Forces are breaking ties with Japan! We are officially an arm of the Ultimate Cross, effective immediately!: …?!: JUDA’s incorporated itself into the UX…?: No take-backsies, yes? We’re all at your service…
: The implanted genes are settling in just fine. There shouldn’t be any risk of rejection anymore.
: Thank goodness for that… but what you did was still too dangerous, Canon.
: Sorry. But I wanted…: I wanted to be like Kazuki and the others…
: If that’s what you decided, then I won’t say anything.: But you have to make it through this alive. Keep that in mind, please.: I say the same to you.
: The bond between those two has grown a lot stronger through this, huh.
: Eh. They still ain’t got nothing on the bond between us twins.
: Sis, please, this isn’t a competition…: Shouko and I’ll take you up on that challenge.: Ah…?: The two of us are no different from you…: We’re sisters, after all…: Canon…*Door opens.*
: Ah, here you are. Everyone’s being asked to gather at the president’s office.: Did something happen?
: Maybe Mr. Ishigami has some sort of major announcement to make…
: A major announcement…?:siren: SRW UX - Rebellion Against Fate
: W-We’ve been integrated into the UX…?: Katou’ll all but surely be making full use of The Advancers from now on.: And if he does, it wouldn’t be too difficult for them to turn the world against JUDA like they did before. In fact, I’d expect things to be even worse…: And, so, you’ve decided to preemptively dismantle JUDA before they tried anything of the sort.
: Well, it makes sense. The UX has been recognized by the Federation Government as an independent strike team, so they can’t exert any outside pressure on us.: I get it, but trashing the whole company…?
: And it’s not just JUDA’s Special Forces that are being relocated.: The Skull Force’s officially broken ties with the WSO not too long ago. : U-Us too…?!
: Nice. Now we don’t even gotta worry about the bigwigs getting pissy with us.
: And, of course, that also applies to the SMS.
: Even us?
: Ms. Yulianne’s information has made it clear that The Advancers have also infiltrated the Frontier government. We deemed it best to put ourselves as far out of their reach as possible.
: But there’s still the matter of Sheryl…: …
: Mind you, no one’s forced to go along with this.: A lot of you chose to join the UX, so this decision is entirely up to you. Will you stay? Will you leave? Your fate is yours to decide.
: Psh, you say that like anyone here’d start getting cold feet after everything we’d been through.: Ain’t that right, folks?
: Yeah, I’m not going anywhere until this is over!
: I’m coming along too!: We were always prepared to see this path through to the end.: Not only am I staying, I’ll be singing even harder for us!
: Hah, I suppose I now find myself in your shoes, Ensign.: Major…
: Well, looks like everyone’s okay with sticking around.
: But, if we’re breaking away from all those groups, then who’ll be our bosses?
: Well, why don’t we give Arnie and Saya that job?: U-Us…?!: N-Now wait just a minute! I’m still just an Ensign!: You want me to start giving orders to people that’re a bunch of ranks above me?! That’s insane…: Oh, then we now grant you a six-rank promotion! Should we start calling you “general” or something?: G-General…?!
: While that’s very unusual, it’s not without precedent. : Right, Kira?
: Heh, right.: N-No, please… just keep calling me Ensign…
: Always the humble man, eh?
: And don’t worry that you’re in over your head. You and Saya’ll just be deciding our overall policy.
: Hmhmm. Zhou Yu and the others will all be on hand to take care of our tactics. : You’re fine with that, yes, Zhou Yu?
: Absolutely. We shall strive to support the two of them to the utmost of our abilities.: Although, I trust you will continue your studies under me, hm?: Hahahah… Y-yes, sir.: Thank you so much, everyone…: And now… with that taken care of, I believe Hayase has something to tell us.
: He does…?: Yeah, it’s about the Linebarrel. About how I inherited it…: …: And, more importantly, I need to tell you guys what I learned from Mr. Amagatsu… about the future of mankind…
Fei learns her 2nd tactician bonus, and is now capable of immunizing our guys against spec debuffs as well – in other words, we can’t be debuffed when she’s leading our team (though it still doesn’t affect the Festum or ELS, so…).
Also, some convos we missed:
: How do you like this, Aesap?! Check out my real power! All it’ll take is a little show of force and we’ll have the rich and powerful panicking like ants!: You’re still going at it like this?! How do you figure you can change the world for the better by taking out your dissatisfaction on others?!--
: We’ll all back at the Overworld, Kanamoto! There’s absolutely no reason for us to be fighting each other!
: What, are you telling me to move back to that apartment, living off minimum wage again?! Get real!: If I prove myself with the Hojo Army, the King’ll make me a noble!: A “noble”?! And how many people’ll die because of that garbage?!Now, as you saw above, Shouko participates heavily in Canon’s events. But what if you didn’t save her? Well, then Soma is the one who tags along. The lines in the prologue are pretty much unchanged, except Soma words it differently, but here are the mid-battle scenes:
: Now I just have to inject myself with this and I’ll be able to pilot a Nothung Model…: Canon, stop! Think of what might happen! You might even die, remember?!*Door opens.*
: I thought you’d be here, Canon…: Peries…: Why are you doing this…?: …: When I tried to disappear along with the island, Kazuki said I had to make my own choices…: Youko also told me that I had to figure out how to live without orders…: They weren’t telling you to do something like this, though, right?: How do you think everyone would feel if lost your life?: I suppose… they’d be sad. As would Youko…: And it’d sadden you, too…: …: But I must still do this…!: … Okay.: Yumiko, please let her do as she wants.: Peries?!: When the HRL experimented on me for the Super Soldier Program… I was left completely paralyzed, stripped of all my senses. I was essentially a corpse. : But, with Allelujah’s help, I learned how to live as a person.: And I believe you feel the same way, right, Canon?: Peries…: Kazuki and your friends have taught you how to live.: And that’s what pushed you to make a decision… to answer all their feelings in kind and stand up to your destiny…: …: I have thought long and hard about this and so many things…: And there’s only one answer I found …!: Don’t! Canon, stop this!: I am here…: And I’ll continue to be, along with all my friends. That’s what I choose…!*Inject!*
When the Harute sets into battle with the Mark Drei, Soma’s lines are the same as Shouko’s, so that scene’s mostly unchanged. The epilogue one in the infirmary is different, mind, after Canon apologizes:
: I’m sure all this happened the way it did because of your resolve and your wish to stay with us. : It was that powerful will, those emotions, you showcased that brought this about.: Yeah, I think so too. That’s got to be it. : My emotions…?And then Luca calls everyone to Ishigami’s office.