Armored Core VI: Rubiconian Comet - [MS-06S Zaku II] Ch01 M01 - A Lost Zaku

Memories... people long gone. Yet their thoughts linger....
..."I fight for the one who saved me"...
..."What is our future reflecting on this tragic history?"...
..."Then tell me, how am i supposed to keep my idealism when I'm imprisoned like this?"...
Char Aznable: "Lalah...Amuro...ugh !?!?...this...burning..!!! What...?"
???: "This one is functional. But don't expect much more."
???: "I'm not here to talk. Wake it up."
???: " C4-621, your handler is here. I feel sorry for you, I really do. Probes removed. Let's keep those protective covers on just a moment longer. And let's see... Activating Cerebral Coral Control Device...wait. It's already online...? GAH!?"
Char Aznable: "I'm going to ask you some questions. You'll give me answers. If you refuse to talk or if I don't like the answers, I snap your neck."
???: "Not that I really care for him, but I don't want to attract any more attention than necessary. So please don't kill him atleast while I'm here."
Char Aznable: "Name."
Handler Walter: "Walter. I was going to have you be a mercenary in my service. But it seems you don't want that."
Char Aznable: "My body feels strange. There's something in my head. I'm seeing images like an interface before my eyes, yet I'm not in front of any computer console. Is this augmented reality? What did you put inside me? Explain. This time, I want to hear it from the doctor."
Doctor: "Please don't kill me! I'm asking very politely here. We found your battered body. Revived it and added in a few cybernetic devices to help heal as well as make you stronger than before. And a little bit of irradiation with Coral. You are an Augmented Human. New and improved."
Char Aznable: " 'Improved?' Somehow that's not the impression I got from your earlier words. Now what's it gonna take for you to undo what you did to me?"
Handler Walter: "A job for me."
Char Aznable: "I didn't ask you. And why would I let myself be ordered about like a dog when I can just kill you both?"
Handler Walter: "No idea. But the look in your eyes tell me you believe you should be dead and that there is no reason to continue living."
Char Aznable: "SHUT UP!"
Handler Walter: "...."
Char Aznable: ".........So that's how it's going to be, eh? I half-expected you to say something like no one can reverse what's been done to me other than you guys."
Handler Walter: "There's no shortage of people and medical facilities that can easily undo your augmentations. And you seem smart enough to eventually find out, so there's no use hiding it. In that same regard, you'd know that things like this not only can't be done for free but would also raise questions. About who you are and the circumstances you found yourself in."
Char Aznable: "Are you implying you know who I am?
Handler Walter: "No. I simply don't care. About who you are, what you'll do, where and how. Work with me or don't. Kill me or don't. At this point nothing matters."
Doctor: "It's getting hard to breathe. Would you mind? I would gladly undo the surgery in return. Probably best you remained a normal, weak huma-...URGGH!?! Sorry, I'll stay quiet! I'll stay quiet!!"
Char Aznable: "...So what's the job?"
Handler Walter: ".....621. I'll give you a reason to exist."
* * * * *
Handler Walter: "Time to get to work, 621. I'm powering down your entry capsule. On my signal."
Char Aznable: "Rubicon. Humanity has reached so far into space after a century. Spread throughout the galaxy. And yet this doesn't feel like the bright future we envisioned....is it, Amuro? Lalah?"
Handler Walter: "Now! Activate the AC."
Char Aznable: "Armored Core. A cold, colourless name for this machine. But the sheer number of options available to customize at one's whim through simple money transactions with corporations is something I haven't seen with Mobile Suits.'
COM: "Descent to ISB2262, "Rubicon 3", complete."
Char Aznable: "Not a bad landing for a knock-off. This has to be the smallest Zaku in history. Perhaps I shouldn't have been so insistent on my customization orders."
Handler Walter: "Clear out those guard mechs. Perfect chance to get used to an AC's controls until your real one arrives. Replicating that 'Zaku' and the 'Sazabi' was quite expensive. Don't make me regret it."
Char Aznable: "Even if this isn't a Mobile Suit, I'll show you all what it truly means to be the superior pilot!"

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[Mod links at the end of this comment]
If some of the dialogue in the video description seems familiar, that's because I took those from the early Armored Core VI story trailers and used it set up the first encounter between Handler Walter and Char Aznable.The setting for this fan-fiction story is as follows: Char Aznable finds himself alive, after being swallowed up by the Nu Gundam's Psycho-Frame's light as Amuro Ray prevented the fall of the Axis asteroid base and saved Earth. More than a century has passed since the end of the Second Neo-Zeon War. Now Char, who finds himself alive and alone in a distant part of the universe, must contemplate his reason for living as he struggles in the cruel world of mercenaries and greedy corporations.
Future uploads for my Armored Core VI: Rubiconian Comet playthrough using the Sazabi mod will be uploaded to the playlist below:
ruclips.net/p/PLIIGYMOfu3Ie66E301Prf9ZixSMmFGw9b
Mod:
- "Ac6 MobileSuit Mod " by Rebellion Silver (nmsl2018)
www.nexusmods.com/armoredcore6firesofrubicon/mods/165?tab=posts
- "ACVI HUD Palette" by TKGP. Comes in many colour varieties.
www.nexusmods.com/armoredcore6firesofrubicon/mods/202
- "Char's Zaku2" uploaded on Nexus by scheng52123
www.nexusmods.com/armoredcore6firesofrubicon/mods/102
- "AC6 BGM REPLACEMENT PACKET" by DarkFlameBlaze
www.nexusmods.com/armoredcore6firesofrubicon/mods/168

[@FlyingCIRCU175]

ALLMIND: [standard welcome message]
Char:
ALLMIND: [standard reminder message]
Char:
ALLMIND: [standard inquiry message]
Char:

[@Archerxtreme]

I almost forgot Megumi played Lalah-san in the Gundam parody. And Sayla in Cucuruz Doan's Island!

[@susz1448]

nice, it looks good. but, where rocket launcher :(

[@Archerxtreme]

I just replaced the LOADER 4 parts using parts from the mod. Can't change weapons in the prologue sadly. If i replaced the rifle with rocket launcher model, it would look weird firing bullets. For reasons like that, in the fan-fiction I've given a (sort of) explanation for the mobile suits not being completely lore accurate and just being "AC reproductions". Hence their being smaller, and less powerful compared to the real deal.