SUPER ROBOT WARS ALPHA 2 ZENGAR ROUTE STAGE 26 ***STAGE 26*** Synapse: Pasarov, what's the progress on the ships' resupplying? Pasarov: It will be finished in 30 minutes. Simone: ...Captain Synapse, there's an incoming transmission from Chief Taiga of GGG. Synapse: Alright, patch it through. Taiga: Captain Synapse... Thanks to the actions of you and your crew, you've managed to achieve the first success of the operation to wipe out the underground forces. Synapse: However, the Mycene Empire still remains. You could say this is where the fighting with the underground forces gets really serious. And... about your business with me? Taiga: Right. The truth is, Orphan has begun to resurface. Synapse: What did you...!? Taiga: Though the rate of its surfacing is slow... we anticipate that Orphan's main section will breach the surface in a matter of days. Synapse: If that completely surfaces, then... Taiga: Yes... It would be a natural disaster greater than any we've faced up to this point. Even beyond that, there is also the possibility that the acceleration of Orphan's Organic Engine could affect living things... Synapse: ..... Taiga: Currently, the Novis Noah is in the process of devising a strategy to put a stop to Orphan's surfacing. If there's no activity from our other enemies at the moment, I'd like to ask for the Alpha Numbers to lend a hand as well, but... Synapse: Understood. At any rate, we'll meet up with Novis Noah. PACIFIC OCEAN, NOVIS NOAH Daimonji: Operation Vital Net? Anore: Yes. Using the resonance of the Novis Noah's Organic Engine and the Plates being carried on board... The plan would be to entrap Orphan with that. Daimonji: Is that even possible? Gaybridge: By placing the Plates and Novis Noah in strategic locations around Orphan's surface area... And resonating them with Orphan's own Organic Energy... It would create a "Net" that would push Orphan's head down. Leo: I see... trapping Orphan in a net, figuratively speaking? Anore: Yes. And more importantly, stopping Orphan. Synapse: But, actually managing to obstruct something over 150 kilometers long can't be any simple task... Gaybridge: If we push Orphan's head down with the resonance of the Plates... It should be pushed back from the counterforce of the energy it emits, and descend back into the ocean depths. Anore: It's just... the problem is the Reclaimers. I don't think they're going to sit back and allow us to carry out the operation. Gaybridge: ..... Anore: I know you all have your own matters to attend to, but if you could lend us your aid, it would be a great help. Synapse: So in short, you'd like us to act as the Novis Noah's support? Anore: Yes. Synapse: Understood. If no other pressing problems come up... we'll cooperate. Nanga: It's been a while since we came back here. Rasse: Yeah. ...by the way, isn't Kanan Gimos supposed to be here? Yuu: ...yeah. Hime: You aren't meeting her? Yuu: If we had the time. Hime: What's with that attitude. You really want to meet her, don't you? So, why not just go to her? Yuu: What are you talking about? Gaybridge: ...you all seem in good spirits. Hime: Gaybridge-san... Gaybridge: I've heard all about your exploits from Chief Taiga and Professor Daimonji. ...beyond that, Yuu Isami-kun... Yuu: What is it? Gaybridge: There's someone who wants to see you. Yuu: !? Naoko Isami: Yuu... You've grown so big... Yuu: Grandma...! Why are you here!? Naoko: I thought I might see you and Iiko here... Yuu: ..... Naoko: Did I upset you...? Yuu: That's not it, Grandma... I... I'm happy to see you, Grandma... Hime: What do you mean then...? Gaybridge: Until Yuu-kun moved to Orphan, he and his sister both lived with her. Rasse: Being Yuu's relative, that means... part of the Isami family? Gaybridge: Yes. She's the mother of Dr. Midori Isami. Nanga: And how come she's on board the Novis Noah? Gaybridge: After stopping at port with GGG, I personally invited her aboard. Nanga: Personally, meaning... she's an acquaintance of yours, Commander? Gaybridge: ...an old associate. Rasse: (I see, so she's a previous woman of his.) Amuro: ...what's wrong, Captain Synapse? Synapse: Though it's rather like grasping at clouds... if one were to believe in Organic power, Orphan could be stopped. Amuro: I see. Right now, we should use the method with the highest chance of working, even if it's just a small probability, right? Synapse: That's true. While we're here, it would be nice if no other enemies showed signs of movement, but... (Beep) Simone: Captain, incoming transmission from one Hayato Kobayashi of the Preventers. Synapse: Mm-hmm. Patch it through. Hayato: How do you do, Captain Synapse. I'm Hayato Kobayashi, with the Preventers. Synapse: I've heard of you through Commander Bright. You were there during the time of the White Base and Kalaba, weren't you? Hayato: It's a bit embarassing. Amuro: Hayato... Did you gain weight? Hayato: Hey now, is that how you greet a familiar face? Amuro: Just kidding. By the way, is Frau doing well? Hayato: Yeah, thank God. She sends her regards to you and Katsu. Synapse: I hate to change the subject, but... Hayato: Excuse me. The reason I contacted you is... I wanted to let you know Neo Zeon's mobile suit squad has been dispatched to North America. Amuro: What was that...!? Synapse: Neo Zeon...? Hayato: Yes. I can't judge the scale of their numbers, but... I think it's a portent of Char's next move. Amuro: ....! Hayato: In other words... It could be preliminary setup for a purge of Earthnoids. If possible, I'd like to ask the Alpha Numbers to intercept the descended units, but... If the operation with Novis Noah there has you too occupied, the Preventers team will head for North America. Synapse: ..... [Choosing Vital Net (first option)] Synapse: Sorry, but we want to give Operation Vital Net full priority. Hayato: Understood. Then, we'll try to do something about North America. Amuro: Hayato... If you see any sign of activity from Neo Zeon, contact us immediately, please. Hayato: Right. You take care too. Anore: ...even if the Alpha Numbers are agreeing to participate, we still can't give Yuu Isami our complete trust. He's a former Reclaimer, and Grandcher pilot. Gaybridge: And I'm saying that's no reason to exclude Yuu Isami-kun from the Vital Net operation. Naoko: ...I think that child has simply found a different path from that of his parents. ...he's that kind of boy. Anore: ...can one really cut parental bonds so easily? Gaybridge: Right now, we need him to oppose Orphan and the Reclaimers. Anore: Is that your intuition? Gaybridge: Well, yes. Anore: ...very well. If you say so, Commander... Gaybridge: Then, Captain Anore... I'll count on you to handle the resupplying and personnel supplementation. Anore: ...understood. Naoko: ..... Anore: (...Orphan and Grandchers... So to them, the Brain Powereds that oppose them are like children rebelling against parents or siblings...) (Though it's called Organic Material, it looks like metal...) (...and I with a flesh body look so helpless...) Higgins: As of today, I've been assigned to the Alpha Numbers as a Brain Powered pilot candidate... I'm Higgins Sas. Kanan: ...the same goes for me, I'm Kanan Gimos. Pleased to meet you. Burning: I'm Captain South Burning. Good to meet both of you as well. Higgins: ...by the way, this ship is carrying a Plate too, isn't it? Burning: Yeah, as part of Operation Vital Net. Higgins: ...That plate... I wonder if it could undergo Revival if it saw me... Hime: Ne, Yuu. How come you aren't talking with Grandma Naoko? You were so overjoyed when you met her... Yuu: It's got nothing to do with you. Hime: What's with that attitude of yours! I feel sorry for Grandma! Yuu: I'm telling you, it's got nothing to do with you! Hime: That way of talking is so mean! You jealous jerk! Yuu: What are you talking about! Hime: This must be because Kanan was too busy to be your partner! Yuu: Kanan's got nothing to do with it either! I'm not the pupil of some establishment! How come you're... Hime: Then, does that make you less than Kumazo!? Just because Kanan-san wouldn't look your way, you get all agitated! Yuu: Wh...! Hime: If you've got a problem with that, why don't you shut me up with a kiss or something like before!? Yuu: You think you can put me lower than Kumazo!? Hime: You O-R-P-H-A-N B-R-A-T! Mamoru: Hime-neechan... what's that? Hime: Eh? N, nothing. ...more than that, what are you doing here? Mamoru: We were called to the Novis Noah. Hime: We? Akari: Yup, me 'n Yukio, Kenta, Kumazo, Toppo, and Irui came. Hime: It's always the kids, isn't it... Gai: ...it was my father and Dr. Irene's idea. Hime: What for? Gai: It looks like with the children here, they can expect more of an effect from the Organic energy with the Vital Net operation. Hime: Is that... because children are more pure than adults? Gai: Sure seems that way, but... Especially Mamoru, who has that power. Mamoru: So, Gai-niichan... what should we do? Gai: There's really no need for you to do much. When Operation Vital Net gets underway, it'll be fine if you're on board the Novis Noah. Mamoru: Eh? Is that really all? Gai: Yeah. Instead, just try not to get in the way of the Alpha Numbers members who came here. Akari: Okay, I got it! Hime: (I get it... Having kids here might have a good effect on Orphan...) Anore: ...Komodo, how's the resupply progress? Komodo: Almost done. Anore: Alright. I'll count on you to take care of the personnel recruitment as quickly as possible. (Door slide) Irui: ..... Anore: This is the bridge. It's no place for children... Irui: I'm sorry... Anore: What...? ???: ...don't get so upset. These kids were kind enough to guide me here. Gaybridge: Who are-!? (Gunshot) Jonathan: Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Jonathan Glenn... A Reclaimer pilot. Anore: J, Jonathan...! Did you say Jonathan...!? Why is it, you're...! You said Reclaimer... since when!? Jonathan: Don't come any closer! I'm carrying enough explosives to blow this bridge sky-high! Anore: Jonathan...! You so-called...!! Jonathan: You don't want to see your own son beaten up, do you? Mama? Anore: ....! Jonathan: ...Surrender the Novis Noah's right to command. Anore: Jonathan... Jonathan: Don't put on those motherly airs now. You're a woman who threw away her own son, after all... Anore: ..... Jonathan: A woman who couldn't be bothered to nurture her love for a man, of course couldn't be bothered to nurture her own son! So you tossed me out! Ran off to your job! Anore: ...I love you... (Alarm sounds) Jonathan: What did you do just now!? Anore: I hit the emergency switch. With this, all operations on the entire ship require my voice confirmation... Jonathan: Not bad... Mama. In that case... Irui: Kyaa! Jonathan: Come on! I'll take the two of you as hostages! Kumazo: H, Hime-neechan...! Irui: ..... Jonathan: I apologize for dragging you two out like this. But just be patient a little longer. Anore: Jonathan, I'll be your hostage. Release those children! Jonathan: I know what you're thinking. As soon as I release the kids, you're gonna shoot me, right? Anore: I don't intend to shoot my own son... Jonathan: You've got impressive acting. But I'm not gonna fall for your ruse! You chased me up to the deck... if the explosives go off here, it'll just mean less damage! Anore: ..... Jonathan: That's the kind of woman you are! Even giving birth to a child, it was all part of your calculations! (Footsteps approach) Yuu: Jonathan!! Jonathan: Yuu, huh... I'm not like you. If it's for the sake of my goal, I'd shoot my own mother. Hime: Mother...!? Your mom!? Gaybridge: Yes. That man is the son of Captain Anore... Yuu: What'd you say...!? Anore: Jonathan... You've inherited the genes of an incredibly intelligent person. You must know just how foolish that kind of action is. Jonathan: You still believe more in genetics than you do in the love between a man and a woman...! And so you bought the sperm of a genius, and became a single mother! Isn't this temper of mine also due to inheriting that genius's genes? Hyahahahaha!! Anore: Th, that's...! That's a problem that comes from my genes! That's not from any sperm! Jonathan: If that's so, then don't have a kid! You have no right to act like a mother in front of me!! Naoko: Jonathan-san... Being able to lash out with such abusive language, isn't that due to the fact that your mother gave birth to you? Jonathan: How can you call that woman who couldn't even love a single man a mother!? Gaybridge: No, the Captain was thinking about you every day. Jonathan: Merely thinking on your own, that doesn't tell a child anything!! Irui: ..... Kumazo: Oniichan, you want your Mommy, right? Jonathan: What...!? Kumazo: You want your Mommy, so you came to see her! Jonathan: ! You little...! Don't spout that crap!! (Punch) Hime: Kumazo!! Jonathan: You brat, what the hell are you talking about!! I'll blow that face of yours away!! Anore: Don't lay a finger on that child!! Jonathan!! Jonathan: Shut up! What are you saying at a time like this!! Kumazo: If you did that, you couldn't have Mommy! Anore: Don't you know who you're dealing with!? If you don't stop, Mother will kill you! (Gunshot) Jonathan: Ugh-! Who was it!? Who fired!? Juuzou: It was me. It was arranged to hit just the pistol. Jonathan: There's still the bomb!! Zengar: I won't allow it!! Jonathan: !? Zengar: CHESUTOOOOOOO!! Jonathan: He got the fuse!? WHY YOOUU-!! Zengar: I'll be taking Irui and Kumazo!! Irui: Zengar...! Kumazo: Thank you! Jonathan: Khh-!! Zengar: If you still want more, I'll be your opponent...! Anore: Please surrender, Jonathan. If you do, it won't be that bad. Jonathan: Lies! Not being that bad, isn't that what you've always said!? But, always, every time, you were the one who betrayed me! Anore: That's not true! Jonathan: When I was 8, and 9, and 10! Even when I was 12, 13, I was always waiting!! Anore: F, for what... Jonathan: A Christmas present!! Anore: ....!! Jonathan: Even a card... I was waiting for Mama's Christmas break! Instead of a Christmas present, are you going to give your son a bullet from that pistol!? Anore: ....! Yuu: Jonathan! Give it up!! Jonathan: Unfortunately, I have no intention of that! Kumazo: You're going!? Jonathan: I know when it's time to salvage a situation and pull back, Kumazo. Kumazo: Yeah... Jonathan: ...you were pretty brave. You've earned my respect, boy. Fufufu... If you came to Orphan, we'd give you a Grandcher... Wanna come? Kumazo: Nope. Jonathan: Too bad. Sorry for this, and for giving you and that girl such a scary experience. Irui: ..... Yuu: You think you can flee! Jonathan!! EPISODE 26: INCOMPATIBLE EXISTENCES Simone: Captain! A Grandcher squad is en route! Synapse: Have the Novis Noah retreat! From here on, the main fleet will engage the enemy! (Enemy units appear) Yuu: Damned Jonathan, so you called for backup...! Jonathan: I always plan two or three moves ahead. Besides... It wouldn't be fun at all for Orphan to get trapped in the Vital Globe's Net! Yuu: Is this retaliation against Captain Anore? Jonathan: It's conceited to think that tiny vessel could stand a chance in Hell of stopping Orphan! Mamoru: !! Gai: What's wrong, Mamoru!? Mamoru: Gai-niichan... Zondar... Zondar are coming here! Gai: What'd you say!? Synapse: All units, sortie! Push back the Reclaimer squads! [Launch] Jonathan: Sirrah! Putting them aside, keep the Novis Noah in check! Sirrah: Right... Got it, Jonathan! [COMMENCE BATTLE] [Turn 2 Enemy Phase, or whenever Jonathan is attacked] Penchinon: Wheeeee! The humans and the good-for-nothing organic mechanical beings are gathering... Not only that... But those who wield energy which evolves organic life, and even the Relic of Cain are here. All of those eyesores... I will wipe out! Wheeeeeee!! (Zondar units appear) Hime Brain: ! Yuu Brain: ! Yuu: Kh-! Brain, calm down! Hime: Settle down, you! You're misbehaving more than before! Sirrah: Could those be... Jonathan: Yeah... So those are the Zondars from the Governor's report. Yuu: Stand down, Jonathan! Those guys are trouble! Jonathan: If the Zondar could be said to be Anti-Organic Machines, then... For the sake of Orphan, the ones to fight them should be the Reclaimers! Yuu: In that case, that's all the more reason! Withdraw from here! Jonathan: And I'm saying, that's no reason to let you all flee!! Penchinon: Wheeeee! Good, good... Kill each other, humans. After you interferences are gone, we'll help ourselves to Orphan... as a Zondar Plant, wheeeeee! [Resume battle] [Turn 3 Player Phase] (Enemy unit appears) Yuu: What, a Grandcher!? No, it's different!! Jonathan: Edgar!? Edgar: Fuhahaha! Outta the way, Jonathan! I'll skewer the traitor!! Prepare yourself! Yuu!! (Kiai) Rasse: What's that Chakra light!? Camille: It's not pressure!? Yuu: Is he even sane!? Jonathan: Egga! Control yourself!! Egga: You traitor! Treacherous parent-betraying brat! That's worse than just not showing filial piety!! Jonathan: He's...!? Kenta: N, no! Someone, stop that Grandcher! OVA: Settle down, Kenta-kun! What's the matter!? Kincaid: Has he gone nuts!? Penchinon: Wheeeee! It seems there is one more eager than us here. Hime: What should we do about it!? Edgar: Fuhahaha! Die! Break into pieces! Traitors!! DISAPPEAR FROM MY SIGHT!! Camille: Captain Amuro! At this rate! Amuro: I know! All units, focus on that Grandcher and the Zondars! [Resume battle] [Yuu vs Edgar] Yuu: Damn...! So this is the power of a Grandcher piloted by someone made completely into an Antibody! Edgar: That's right, Yuu! Me and my Grandcher were both chosen by Orphan! [Hime vs Edgar] Edgar: Quake with fear! Beg for forgiveness, Brain Powered! Hime: What are you saying!? This child won't lose to some out-of-control Grandcher like you! [Gai vs Edgar] Edgar: My Grandcher and I will soon be as one! When that happens, I won't lose to anyone! Gai: That's not fusion! That's just the Grandcher manipulating you! [Edgar defeated] Edgar: What's wrong, my Grandcher!! Don't you have power!? Don't you have enough power to not lose to Jonathan!? Isn't that what you told me!? You and I were supposed to crush them together, and then... ugh!! (Explosion) Yuu: What a phenomenon...! Camille: Is that what happens to those who are taken in by Grandchers...? Hime: He was sucked in...! Yuu: (Edgar's Grandcher... was that a rejection reaction...?) (Or... was it caused by the Zondar...?) [Yuu vs Jonathan] Yuu: Jonathan!! Jonathan: Do you really have no intention of going back to Orphan again, Yuu? The Isamis are waiting for you. Yuu: Unlike you, I don't have a mother complex! Jonathan: I denied my own mother! Unlike you, I don't whine and cling! [Jonathan defeated] Jonathan: Kh-! If you keep getting in our way, then...! Yuu: Jonathan..! [Yuu vs Sirrah] Yuu: Are you going to keep fighting no matter what, Sirrah!? Sirrah: Silence, you traitor! Yuu: If you haven't forgotten the way you felt when competing in the Olympics to feed your younger brothers... Sirrah! Leave Orphan! Sirrah: I don't want to hear any talk from someone contaminated by a Brain Powered! [Sirrah defeated] Sirrah: Oh no! Even a Grandcher can't take much more than this...! [Ryouma vs EI-07] Benkei: This Zondar thing, seems oddly drawn to fighting Getter! Hayato: As Dr. Saotome said, it's a being which acts as an antithesis to Getter. Ryouma: Then we should fight it! In order to keep the Earth from becoming a world of destruction! [EI-07 defeated] Penchinon: Wheeeeee! You interfered with us again!! (Remaining Zondar retreat) [Stage cleared] Simone: Enemy readings have vanished. The Novis Noah is safe as well. Synapse: Alright... give the order to recall all units. Mamoru: Ah...! Kenta: This is...! Irui: ...Plate...! OVA: What's the matter, everyone? Mamoru: OVA, it's a Brain! A Brain is nearby! Nanga: What'd he say!? Hime: You can't tell that, can you!? Yuu: Could... a Brain that went through Revival be nearby!? Higgins: This light... I've seen it before. Just like what I saw in Prague... Yuu: The amount of time it's taking... it's strange. Kanan: Will it undergo Revival? Yuu: Though to witnesses it looks like an Antibody... It's going to undergo Revival... into a Brain Powered. Brain Child: ..... Brain Child: ..... Hime: Two Brains...! Mamoru: They're twins...! Kanan: But even in Orphan, there weren't any twins...! Brain Child: ..... Kanan: Brain... Would you become my Brain Powered? Brain Child: ..... Higgins: This Brain is looking at me...! Hime: Did this kind of thing ever happen in Orphan? Twins or triplets... Yuu: This is the first time... Hime: So it's different than it was for me... Brain Child: ..... Brain Child: ..... Kenta: They're looking this way...! Irui: ..... Hime: They could be thanking you for noticing them. Mamoru: Uwa-ha! Nice to meet you, twin Brains! Brain Child: ..... Irui: The Brain is smiling... Yuu: (What Irene-san meant... is this the effect on Organic things that she was talking about...?) (Edgar's Grandcher having a rejection reaction... The children finding new Brains...) (...Antibodies not just being affected by Orphan and pilots, but reacting to other exterior factors as well...) (The very thing of Orphan could also be...) Kanan: ..... Yuu: You alright? You don't feel the Brain taking your body energy? Kanan: Nothing like that... It must be because I was the first one it met. It seems attached to me... I guess all that talk of Brains hardening immediately upon Revival, being incomplete Antibodies, was mistaken... Yuu: Yeah... Dad's theorems aren't necessarily right. That's why it's dangerous to leave Orphan in his hands... PACIFIC OCEAN, NOVIS NOAH Synapse: Come again...!? Operation Vital Net is being halted!? Vera: Is that true, Commander? Gaybridge: Yes. It seems the Federation Government has modified its stance on Orphan's level of danger. Daimonji: You don't mean to say they're taking a relaxed stance on this? Gaybridge: Unfortunately, that's seems to be the case for the administration. Leo: So they have a contact higher up in the administration bureau than GGG... The one who could do that would probably be the Governor. Vera: Governor? Yuu: The leader of the Reclaimers. But, his true form is shrouded in mystery... I've never met him myself. Leo: According to rumors, he holds a strong amount of influence within the military and government. Gaybridge: But, it's not that the Reclaimers have complete pull and say-so within the Federation government. They promised to send a representative to a conference set up by the Space Development Corporation to discuss how to deal with Orphan. Synapse: And that representative is...? Gaybridge: Yuu-kun's father, Dr. Kensaku Isami. Yuu: What'd you say!? The government's going to listen to my dad's talk!? Gaybridge: That's how it's turning out. Yuu: Dad's just trying to buy time! It's obvious that while that conference is going on, they'll be making preparations for Orphan's surfacing! Leo: Don't take such a negative view. This could be a chance for us as well. Yuu: Chance!? Leo: Yeah. To get some information on Orphan... [EYECATCH]