SCENE.2
SCENE.2
Concept Work: Yutaka Aida
Design: Kazumi Fujita
Modeling: Nobuo Chiba
NEOFALIA
The more common name for Anaheim Electronics think tank, the 13th Development Bureau. It is said that the 13th Development Bureau was formed for the purpose of developing and putting into practical use new-tech related to mobile suits, however the reality of such research was never disclosed. Nonetheless, the influence Neofalia had both internally and externally was by no means small and it is said that much of the new tech adopted in the Zeta Project of the 5th Development Bureau and the mobile suits of the various Newtype Labs was born here. Although shuttered in U.C.0088, there are a multitude of opinions regarding the reason but the truth remains unknown.
I felt the suit shaking while making a creaking sound. The anti-G system that should have been strengthened for such situations wasn’t in this case.
The indicator on the console was blinking, an indicator of danger. Perhaps my suit was a bit more reliable than a tossed-about rubber doll.
“I’ve gotta do something…”
My body didn’t listen despite what I thought in my head. The situation around me was changing at a dizzying rate above what I could process.
My piloting couldn’t keep up with my thoughts.
This and that, everything was wrong.
The unit attached to the back of the experimental unit based on the Nemo. The SE Generator.
“Keith! Purge the unit!”
The voice of Ms. Neina echoing inside my helmet was like a revelation from a goddess.
In the middle of losing consciousness, I followed the words of Ms. Neina and engaged the lever that would force-purge the unit.
* * *
After that I apparently reoriented the suit unconsciously. The recovery operations seemed to have progressed very smoothly.
I ended up in a room at Anaheim Electronics medical center and was forced to take my first vacation since being assigned to the 13th Development Bureau.
Two days later, Ms. Neina paid me a visit.
“How are you feeling?”
“I was thinking about retiring.”
“I brought along the recording tape from before.”
Ms. Neina turned on the monitor and inserted the tape…
(Excerpt from “Inside Neofalia” by Keith McGreggor)
