Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam Vol. 1 Episode 3 Translator: Kazunori Kushida Proof and rewrite: Evan Miller Artist: Yuuichi Hasegawa Author: Yoshiyuki Tomino ISBN: 4-04-713103-2 This script is © 1998 Evan Miller and Kazunori Kushida. This translation is meant for free public use and is in no way meant to turn a profit or violate any copyrights. It's intended to further the popularity and understanding of the targeted comic and artist, not to infringe on them. If at any time a US company translates this comic into english, this script will be removed from the web when said portion is published. The reposting of this translation on the web or any other medium, electronic or hardcopy, is allowed only with the express written consent of the copyright holders. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 94-95 Episode 3: The Trap Within the Attack ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 96 Caption: Jupiter Colonies Voice: And that completes my report on the invasion plans for earth. Voice 2: Next on the agenda is... the Space Pirates... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 97 Admiral: My apologies Lord! The installation at meteor 202 was destroyed. However, human casualties were low... Cracks Do'gach: I don't care about casualties! When we lost meteor 202 we lost 30% of our missile supplies! Admiral: B...but... Cracks: I hold you personally responsible for this Admiral! Admiral: My lord! Please give me a chnce to redeem myself! Cracks: Heh... heh, heh, heh........ ?! Cracks: You're lucky Admiral... we now have some new guinea pigs to test our new weapons on. Admiral: Y... yes sir! That's right, sir! Admiral: Pezu-Patara and Kantarijo are ready for a real world test... we should use them... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 98 Cracks: Damn space pirates... I'll teach you to vandalize my home! Caption: Mother Vanguad: In orbit around Jupiter Tobia: Auuuugggh!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 99 Gramps: Tobia! Don't worry about Jupiter's gravity! You're out far enough that it's not a factor! Tobia: Easy for you to say! Tobia: Auugh! Thought Caption: It's been almost a week... Left and Right Thought Caption: Since I left the Space Cruiser Smashion as an exchange student and joined the Crossbone Vanguard. Kincade: You shouldn't have maxed out your throttle like that... Tobia: ugh... I think I'm sick... Bernadette: Hi everyone! I brought lunch for you all! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 100 Pirate 1: Thank You! Pirate 2: Thanks lady! Thought Caption: Bernadette was assigned to distribute food to the crew Bernadette: Here you go, Tobia! Bernadette: You look a little tired... Tobia: I didn't think I would be training to pilot a mobile suit... Tobia: But don't worry about me, I'm alright. Tobia: See! Bernadette: Wow! Underwriting: They're actually in a zero-G area Tobia: Are you getting used to the ship? Bernadette: Yeah. Bernadette: At first I was scared being with pirates... but they're all so nice to me. I feel right at home. Tobia: That's good. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 101 Tobia: I was a little worried about you... you look better with a smile on your face. Kincade: Hello princess! Bernadette: Kincade! Kincade: I'm going to have a juice. Bernadette: Oh yes! Please take another! Tobia: Kincade, you're not into little girls are you? Kincade: What? Why? Thought Caption: I practice piloting by day... Kincade: This special cape dissipates the energy of a beam by refracting the energy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 102 Kincade: It functions as reactive armor against beams. It usually lasts for about five hits. Kincade: When compared to a beam shield it has several advantages: It's not as easy to spot. Kincade: Since it doesn't use any energy the range of the suit increases. Thought Caption: By night I get lectures on the machines... This has gone on for for several days now. Sound of an alarm Kincade: What's wrong Captain? Vera: We received an SOS from a transport. Tobia: SOS? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 103 Kincade: It might be a trap. Hello: Hello Kincade... Hello! Vera: I agree. Kincade: Their orbit is very low. It'll be dangerous. Vera: We can't just abandon them... we must go! Vera: We will use mobile suit X-1 and three Zondo-Gays. How's Tobia coming along? Can we use him? Hello: Kincade: What about X-2? You're leaving Zabine here? Vera: For backup... we shouldn't use both our aces for this. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 104 Tobia: You mean to tell me that you and Zabine used to be enemies? Kincade: Yep, during the Cosmo Babylonia War... Kincade: I was the ace for the resistance and he was the ace for Cosmo Babylonia. We fought several times during that war. Kincade: Yesterdays enemy is todays ally. Tobia: I guess that's true in some cases... Kincade: Right now he's an ally, but we're lifelong rivals. Kincade: Hey Tobia, why don't you come with me? We'll make it your first mission! Tobia: Alright! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 105 Tobia: I told myself I'd be good enough to fly the Gundam someday. Kincade: Hm? Kincade: You want to pilot her? Tobia: What? Announcement: We have the transport in visual. Announcement: All suits prepare to launch! Announcement: Zabine, be prepared to launch X-2 in case of emergency! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 106 Zabine: So... Kincade has left the ship. That just leaves me and Vera... All I have to worry about is three Zondo-Gay pilots... Zabine: What to do... Now would be the perfect time to... Kincade: Yo! Want a bite? Zabine: Kincade? Then who... Who's piloting the Gundam?! Vera: What's wrong X-1? You're wobbling! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 107 Vera: Kincade, what are you doing?! Tobia: Auugh! I shouldn't have gotten in this thing! Woman: Gramps, if the Captain finds out, we're dead! Gramps: It's not my problem... We're already out here, we'll just have to deal with it. Gramps: Kincade has his ways. We'll just have to trust him on this. Let's follow what he said... Zabine: What's the meaning of this, Kincade? Kincade: I don't trust you enough to leave you alone in this ship! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 108 Zabine: Is that so? Zabine: Hahaha... well, what do you want me to do to earn your trust? Zabine: I didn't like the savage ways of Cosmo Babylonia, and have since abandoned that way of thinking and doing things... Kincade: Yeah, I understand that... Kincade: But you only opposed their barbaric methodology... Kincade: You still haven't given up on the ideology of a noble ruling class! Kincade: And you're here on this ship... why do you stay here Zabine? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 109 Tobia: Phew! I made it! Gramps: Damn! Tobia! Get away from the ship! Tobia: Huh? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 110 Tobia screams in bloody terror Gramps: Damn! It was a trap! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 111 Gramps: Shit! These guys are anti-ship suits! Their target is the Mother Vanguard! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 112 Gramps: We have to get back to the ship! Tobia screams Damaged Pilot: There's another type of unit here! It's a... mobile armor?! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 113 MA Pilot: Heheheh... we know about those reactive capes... but... MA Pilot: The mobile armor Kangglu can rip through the hull of a battleship! Can you block that? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 114 Bernadette screams Vera: B... beam shields! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 115 Vera: Deploy Zondo-Gay and destroy the suit caught within the shields! Shoot the others down! Bernadette: Wow! This ship is completely protected by shields! Hello: I will punish those that are wrong! Vera: Yes... Vera: But we can only maintain shields for 20 minutes. Then our engines burn out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 116 Vera: If we can't defeat our enemy by then, we'll sink into Jupiter's athmosphere! Vera: Kincade! Return immediately! We're in trouble! Kincade: Vera! It's me! I'm in the hangar! Vera: Wh... WHAT?! Vera: Why aren't you out there! Kincade: I'll explain later! Open the shield! Kincade: I'm going out in a core fighter! Vera: Understood! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 117 Voice: Zabine X-2 and Kincade Core Fighter have launched! Kincade: Hang in there Tobia! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 118 Zabine: DIE!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 119 Vera: You must not kill anyone! Zabine: Shit! Zabine: Things would be so much easier if I could kill! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 120 Zabine: This guys beam axe is designed to cut through a battleship's hull! I can't attack him from the front! Zabine: I'll just have to attack him from the side! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 121 Zabine: I can't have you destroying the ship! At least not for now... Zabine: All units! Attack from their side! It's where they're vulnerable! Tobia lets fly a viscious battle cry! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 122-123 Tobia: Closer! Get closer Tobia! Kincade: In modern day mobile suit combat... Kincade: Both you and the enemy have shields. That's why it's difficult to score a hit from a distance. Kincade: That is why you close in and get past their shield, right in their face! This is the more effective tactic! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 124 Kincade: The Crossbone Gundam was made for infighting! Don't be afraid! Tobia: It... it's huge! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 125 MA Pilot: Fool! Tobia: Shit! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 126 Tobia screams in terror Kincade: Tobia! Undock your core fighter! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 130 MA Pilot: He's f... fast! What's going on?! His movements are completely different now! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 131 MA Pilot: Arrgh! I can't beat him! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 133 Bernadette: Look! They're running away! The mobile suits are running away! Vera: It's probably because they lost their mobile armor... we should be safe now. Tobia: I guess int he end it's the pilot that makes the difference... Zabine: Now do you trust me... Kincade? Kincade: Ooohhh... I don't know... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 134 Vera: Jupiter grows stronger everyday... attacking them base by base just isn't working anymore... Vera: I still have some doubts, but I can't delay any longer. We'll have to launch the "Operation." Vera: We're lucky we didn't suffer any casualties but... you disregarded my orders. That's a serious crime! Kincade: It's your fault. You shouldn't have said you wanted to pilot the Gundam! Tobia: You're the one who insisted on it, Kincade! Vera: KINCADE NOU!! TOBIA ARONACKS!! Both: Yes Ma'm!! Vera: I'm giving you two new orders! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 135 Vera: You two will perform an undercover recon operation into the Jupiter Empire to find of their main military base... as well as the location of their leader Cracks Do'gach! Vera: DISMISSED!! Tobia: I'm... what?! Vera: As as punishment you will have toilet cleaning duty for the next week! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ End Episode 3