Super Robot Wars UX Part #96 - Mission 40 - Tempest of Cherry Blossoms

Part 96: Mission 40 - Tempest of Cherry Blossoms - Part 1

And we are back, having successfully taught the Festum about emotion and individuality, paving the way for effective peace… until Hazard and Hester nuked them. Piss. But work carries on, with Lux launching as an event unit today. Here’s how we’re going:
Joe/Canon
Kazuki/Domyoji
Kouichi/Kiki
Maya/Mike
Heroman/Shouko
Liu Bei/Rennie
Burn/Marvel
Shou/Tsubasa
Cao Cao/Moritsugu
Mazinkaiser/Soubi
Fei-Yen/Lockon
Dancouga/Canaria
Kurou/Deceive
Shinn/Lunamaria
Sun Quan/Eida
Alto/Yajima
Athrun/Amalgan
Setsuna/Yulianne
Arnie/Saya
Michel/Kenji
Tactician: Erebos (if you’re on track for the Wings of Rean secret, set her in.)

Off we go.

: …

: Is something the matter? Do take a seat, Col. Alex.

: What did you call me here for? I believe I’ve made my opinion of you perfectly clear.

: My, so hostile. I called you just to say that I’m going to let bygones be bygones and forget your behavior during Operation Heaven’s Door.

: Excuse me…?

: Of course, that’s presuming I’ll have your help for a future plan…

: Well, you will not! Court martial me, gun me down – do your worst! I’ll never capitulate to you!

: Hmhmm…

: I guess that’s that, then. Dog Tack, did The Advancers send that little something we requested?

: Yes, Director. A full dossier detailing Toshiko Suzuki’s address, as well as her daily schedule…

: Y-You… Have you done something to my wife?!

: Oh, no, absolutely nothing.

: At least not yet, that is…

: Kch… Hazard, you…!

: Will you help us, Col. Alex Glem?

: …

: (My son risked his life in battle, and I failed him …)

: (Protecting the woman that I love from this fiend is all I have left…)

: We’re getting reports that the Festum have started to reappear all over the world.

: And I’m willing to bet the reason for it is the nuclear attack at the North Pole.

: We have no conclusive evidence… but I believe you are correct.

: Goddamn it, we were so close! Coexistence with the Festum was right around the corner!

: Was all that fighting we did for nothing…?

: …

: No… this isn’t over yet.

: How do you figure?

: I can still hear Soushi’s voice within me…

: Meaning he still exists, somewhere, beside the Festum.

: And if he’s there with them, then I’m positive that…

: That the road leading to coexistence with the Festum can be reopened…?

: Well, our choices are resulting in countless new divergences to emerge. It’s not impossible that one of those would lead to mutual understanding.

: Yeah, and we’ll keep trying to make it happen as many times as needed.

: I’ll keep on fighting too. It’s how I’ll honor Soushi’s wish…

: But, your eyes are…

: Don’t worry about me. I can see just fine when I’m with the Mark Sein.

: But…

: I made a promise to him that I’d stay here until he came back…

: That I’d be here, waiting, for as long as it took…

: Kazuki…

: …

: (Aesap… You’ll also find your way back to us, right?)

: Wh-Where… Are we inside the Aura Road…?

: Where are you taking us, Wings of Rean?!

: I see light…!

: Graaaaaaaaah!

: Hrm… We’re out of the Aura Road?

: This is not Byston Well, though. Where in blazes…?

: Look! That’s the Tokyo Tower!

: Tokyo?! We’re in Japan, then?!

: …

: N-No… something’s wrong! This doesn’t look like the Tokyo I know at all…

*Boom!*

: Whoa! Wh-What was that?!

: …! Those are Vardants?! And a bunch of other Machinas…!

*Clash! Slash!*

: What is the meaning of this?! Why are the UX machines fighting one another?!

: I-I know why…!

: This is the future!

: The future…?!

: Kouichi told us that the Machinas started fighting each other after mankind went extinct…!

: What…? Then, the Wings of Rean are showing us the future of Japan?!

*Swooooosh!*

: W-Waaaaaaah!

: The Aura Road is opening again…!

: H-rrgh… Where are we now?!

: Aah… Aaaah! That’s the Sumida River! This is Tokyo – the Tokyo I knew!

: But the city… the whole city’s on fire!

: Hm, yes… you would not remember! This is that fateful day in the 20th year of the Showa Period (1945)!

: It is the day of the Bombing of Tokyo by American forces!

: The… The Bombing of Tokyo?!

: S-Stop! Y-You’re going to burn down the city! You’ll kill everyone!

: And they did! Hundreds of American B-29 bombers were sent to raze Tokyo to the ground!

: There are elderly, children, babies down there…! This is not a battlefield, but our home!

: Can’t we stop them?!

: I’m sure the Nanajin and the Oukaou are strong enough to take down those bombers…!

*Aesap flies after.*

: Young Aesap…!

*Whoosh.*

: Wh-Why…! Why can’t I even touch the B-29s?!

: You waste your time…! Not even the Wings of Rean are capable of erasing the past!

: Indeed, the past is immutable!

: King Sakomizu…

: Th-The world…

: The world itself has taken a wrong turn…!

: (He’s crying…?!)

: Rrgh… Aaaaargh! Wings of Rean!

: You brought us here, did you not?!

: I’m honored to make your acquaintance, Your Majesty.

: Shot has sent word of you. You wish to collaborate with the Hojo Army?

: I couldn’t help but be in awe by the power of Aura Machines ever since I saw them in battle.

: Why, if you put that power to good use, it’d be simplicity itself to take over Japan, no?

: Japan…?

: JUDA is gone, and the reform of the Federation Army has caused most of the Union’s forces to be withdrawn from Japanese shores.

: You couldn’t ask for a better opportunity to invade.

: The King had always sought to conquer and restore the nation of Japan to how it was meant to be.

: That being said, isn’t your Army of Mankind with the Earth Federation Army?

: What reason would you have to turn the other cheek to our invasion?

: Because it’s all but sure that when you attack…

: The UX will be sent to deal with you.

: Hmph, I see… that is what this is about.

: You’ll accept our conquest of Japan, but, in exchange, you want us to eliminate the UX…?

: And Director Hazard has already agreed to provide us with weapons and ammunition to see that accomplished.

: What do you say, Your Majesty?

: …

: I see The Advancers were not exaggerating: you are quite the schemer, indeed.

: However, in the eventuality that you get any ideas of wiping out both us and the UX at the same time, you should know that we are well equipped to destroy you ourselves. Is that clear?

: Hahahaha! Of course, it’s because I respect your strength so that I’m looking to form this alliance!

: Hmhmhm, very well. Then this arrangement may just be mutually beneficial to our causes.

: I dare say that we are kindred spirits.

: I humbly thank you for your kindness.

: (Keheheheh. ‘Well equipped to destroy us’, my foot. If your Oukaou climbs out of whatever hole its hidden in, it’ll just be another wreck alongside the UX’s pile…)

: (Hmph… You believe yourself capable of manipulating us, filthy Garow Ran…?!)

: The Hojo Army is attacking Tokyo?!

: The SDF is currently engaging them, but the situation looks bleak.

: The Japanese Government has already sent a request for help! Everyone get ready to launch!

: Let us be off, Your Highness. The war of Herikon has seeped into the Overworld and it’s our duty to bring it to a close.

: Hm, absolutely!

: (I’ll defend your home until your return just as Kazuki and his friends are doing, Aesap…!)

Mission 40 – Tempest of Cherry Blossoms

: Ahahahaha! Our patience has finally been rewarded, Rouri!

: Hell, yeah! Now we can really get to work! Come on!

: Double…!

: DISPATCH!

: Gwaaaaaaargh!

: Aahahahaha! You hear this, Japanese?! It’s your wake-up call, you peaceniks!

: C-Captain… we can’t win this!

: Grr, don’t let them through! There’re a ton of civs right behind us! Failure is not an option! (Igarashi)

: Well, look at that hotshot over there!

: You’ve been doing nothing but relying on the foreigners to sort your problems. What do you think can do against us, eh?!

: Hmhmhm, and once you’re gone, we’ll trample Tokyo under our bootheels!

: Rrrgh…!

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: It’s…!

: Deploy all troops!

: The UX have arrived!

: Aesap worked so hard to try and stop my father… Why did you still open fire on this city?!

: Because command of our forces does not presently reside with the king!

: Her Majesty the Queen leads us, and it’s by her command that the Hojo Army moves to conquer Tokyo!

: Wh-What?!

: Looks like losing Sakomizu didn’t change their plans to attack the Overworld!

: You can’t really hope to talk down guys like those. A swift punch to the jaw’s the best way to put them in their place!

: We’ll handle this bunch. Recall your troops and evacuate the civilians.

: Copy that! Good luck, UX!

: This is awful… they’ve trashed so much of the city!

: And it’s only going to get worse if we don’t stop the Hojo Army right now! Got it, guys?!

Destroy everything, don’t lose your ships or Lux. Same fight we had during mission 38, only the Fugaku isn’t here yet. Downing either Rouri or Kanamoto’ll get the plot going, so do what we did last mission and save them for last (if you can catch them both in a MAPW, so much the better), clearing out all other units before.
If you haven’t been using Lux, take very good care of her since she’s never been the most evasive unit around. FYI, for this mission, much more than the last one, you’ll want to conserve a decent amount of SP for the later part; try to cast Strike only for the midbosses to get around their Double Image skills. Your regular guys should be capable of easily dispatching the mooks with help from just our command auras.

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