Gundam:  Dragon Wars
Episode 4:  Rings of Fire
Just as the morning started to rise over the space station where last night, some of 
the servants of the New OZ started to distract us from our original goal to catch Dev, 
their leader.  But, happiness for saving the colony was not the only thing that I was 
feeling.  I also felt a joy inside of me that reconfirmed that I was a good pilot and I 
deserved to be the leader of this group, although I did have some doubts still, but they 
were normal.  Now I truly know what true leadership was all about.  I had to see my fears 
and confront them by overcoming them.  If I didn't do that, it meant the failure of a 
mission with the risk of having someone hurt, including my friends or me.
As we started to get ready to go out, we got a distress signal from a colony.  The 
colonist majority leader said over the intercom that they were under attack from a strange 
Gundam that dug into the ground.  Once he was down there, the volcanoes nearby the 
settlement were starting to become more active.  When I heard about this, I had to get 
everyone ready and plot a course out for Colony 1998.
Outside of the representative that each of the colonies, they also had majority 
leaders.  Although the majority leaders of the colonies had less power than the 
representatives, the majority leaders were the leaders of the colonies that were always 
there to guard over any actions that happen.  Then, if the problem was that large, they 
would relay the problem to the representative of their colony.  Which normally meant 
that we would have to go in and take care of it.  Well, at least they would contact us 
because of the things that have happened during this time.
We prepared for takeoff and just as we were about to leave, we seen an officer 
running over to us.  He said, "I have a message for you before you go."
I climbed out of my cockpit and went over to him.  "What does the message say?"
"The message from the colony majority leader that we heard from today was that 
they evacuated out to the space station nearby.  They also said that there will be some 
lava suited Maganac Advance out there.  You will be trained with these for about a few 
hours and then, hopefully, you will go down and get rid of this threat to them.  About 
then, the transmission ended.  I filled them in on the new details about your force and 
how you are the new leader, so there should be no confusion when you arrive there."
"Okay, thanks."  I gave the officer a salute and watched as he saluted back and 
walked off.  I got back into my cockpit and then relayed the information to the others 
before we took off.
Later on, when we landed over at the space station, the commander of the station 
and his second in command welcomed us.  They led us over to the secondary hanger to 
show us the new Maganac Advance that they fitted with heat-absorbing panels to power 
it and with only water jets mounted in the chestplate.  We were all pleased at the way that 
the fittings were set up to make them be used to our advantage.
Just as we were about to get a bite to eat, the major alarm went off and reported 
that the lava is starting to be exposed.  The Volcano did have a cavern that would be able 
to lead us to where the enemy probably was.  We got into the Maganac Advance Mobile 
Suits and flew down there.  While we were getting down there, the mechanic who 
developed these Maganac's showed us all of the controls and how to use them.  There 
were 3 major new controls than the normal Maganac Advance.  First, there was the 
Hydro Jet III System, which used a mixture of water and liquid nitrogen to create a 
freezing cold to stop lava flows.  Then, there was the switch that changed the mobile suit 
from generator power to Heat Panel power, which could prove very useful in the extreme 
heat.  Finally, there was the Nitrogen Target Missiles that could also do the same as the 
Hydro Jet III System, but it was more accurate and could also be used on the mobile suit 
that was causing the problem.
Once we landed near the volcano, I said, "Everyone, bring up the Heat Panel 
power source."  They all followed my order, so I told them, "Alright, we're going in.  No 
time to practice now.  This is an emergency."
We moved in to the volcano and seen the cavern that they were talking about.  
Lava was barely flowing out of it, so we knew that it was safe to enter.  The cavern 
stretched on for about a mile and a half when we seen the main problem.  It was a 
specially fitted Phoenix Mobile suit.  Although the Phoenix was a new design of mobile 
suit, it was very good in a hot place.  James started to talk to the mysterious pilot.  
"Listen, this is Gundam Force.  Stop your meddling and surrender yourself and your 
mobile suit."
The pilot said, "You really think I am going to listen to you.  The New OZ will 
avenge me."
Guy came on the line and said, "You really think that they will avenge you when 
they sent you on a suicide mission?"
The pilot replied, "Of course they will.  They'll believe that you destroyed me.  
You are fools to try and stop me.  Several other colonies will suffer, including the ones 
around the base."
I finally told the pilots, "Take him out.  He's a threat to the colony."
The pilot responded to my order by sending out a strange missile right at my feet.  
"You like that?  It's called a Ring of Fire Bomb.  Got to love that Napalm in it."
"Oh, yeah, how do you like this?"  I armed up my Nitrogen Target Missiles and 
fired at the pilot, which made his mobile suit freeze in place.
Andrea said, "Well, that should take care of that."  But, she was wrong.  The earth 
beneath us started to shake and more and more lava started to come out.
I came on the com and said, "Alright, activate your Hydro Jet III Systems.  Freeze 
up the lava."  They followed my orders and started to cool the lava and try to stop it's 
flow.  However, the lava just kept on coming and coming, more and more each time.  
I then said, "Everyone out of the cavern.  NOW!"  We exited the cavern making 
sure that no one would be left behind.  We even were able to take out the frozen Phoenix 
Mobile Suit so that we could get copies of it made for our force.  Once everyone was out, 
I armed up a special missile and fired it.  The special thing about the missile was that it 
was a heat-seeking missile and it would strike where the most heat was.  Once it struck, a 
cold white smoke came out of the cavern telling me it froze the lava in place.  We headed 
back up to the station to upgrade our Gundams and to get ready to start another day.
Once we arrived at the station, we were told that the earthquakes that the ground 
received heavily damaged the colony.  So, in our Gundams, we decided to help rebuild 
the colony and make sure that the people had a place to live again. After we repaired the 
colony, we went back up to the space station to finish off our day by getting something to 
eat and to also get ready to start another day.
End of Episode 4