Freezing (フリージング)

Chevalier Alaska Control.

This is Osprey Double-Z Zero One.

Maintaining flight level 9000.

[FEMALE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER 1A] Osprey Double-Z Zero One.

The cold is unbearable.

Hold me. Please!

What are you doing? Uh, you're really close.

Perhaps proximity will engender warmth!

Oh no, that's okay.

I mean, I feel warm enough 'cause of my jacket.

But I bet it is cold in that uniform.

All the more reason to embrace!

Shall we then?

Back off! You're suffocating me!

I must stave off this frigidness.

If I don't snuggle up next to you immediately,

I'm likely to turn into a popsicle!

Here, feel for yourself!

Hold on a second,

what exactly are you making me touch?

Is it not obvious?

Okay. Enough of that!

I beg you, keep not the warmth of your flesh from me.

But instead, enfold your arms in mine,

so this winter chill might go away!

Let go of me!

I see now you will abandon me

to the despair of my wintry fate.

Volt Textures do have cold protection

and heat retention capabilities.

Oh, yes.

Why, of course. Must have escaped my mind.

We're picking up a distress signal.

Changing course now and headed to site.

Distress Signal? I wonder what that's all about.

I don't know.

Never mind that no one has shared with us

the purpose of the expedition to begin with.

We're closing in,

the distress signal's coming from right below us.

Snow's really coming down out here,

we've got zero visibility.

[FEMALE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER 1A] Osprey Double Z Zero One.

Proceed with caution.

Do not attempt to engage.

I repeat: until you have visual confirmation,

do not attempt to engage.

We have a visual on a Nova Type S!

I don't understand,

what's a Nova doing all the way out here?

This is Kazuya, did you guys pick up

its dimensional vibrations when it appeared?

This blizzard is hell!

None of our equipment is functioning properly!

Don't worry. I've got this under control.

Is someone else on this line?

About three kilometers ahead of your location

is a Chevalier petroleum storage base.

Your priority is to stop the Type S

and defend the base at all costs.

You're not serious, are you?

There's only two Pandora here!

Relax; reinforcements are on the way.

They'd better be.

If that location is compromised,

the environmental impact will be catastrophic.

The petroleum spills will result in

widespread seawater contamination.

You're the only ones who can stop that from happening.

The wind is way too choppy

to make a safe landing.

Once the hatch is open, commence combat operations immediately.

Umm. Would someone care to translate please?

When the hatch opens up, we jump out and start fighting.

Huh?

Are you ready?

Do I have a choice?

Right. Let's go!

Good luck down there.

Now what?

You tell me.

How'm I supposed to know?

The reinforcements are here already?

All units. This is mission control.

Proceed to combat area.

Target is in sight. I repeat: target is in sight.

It's about to start.

We'll be there right away, Doctor.

What a tremendous success!

Yeah.

They deployed cruise missiles?

It's almost like they're too prepared.

Now the real show begins.

Pay attention, ladies.

That's her.

She's The Pandora who protected West Genetics in Japan

during the infamous Tenth Nova Clash.

Volt weapon. Deploy!

Volt weapon, deploy!

Attention Pandora ground team!

It's too risky to face that Nova head on.

Tracking marker enabled!

Warning: point five miles to glacier terminus

from present location.

Pandora Ground Team. Proceed with caution.

I'll draw the Nova out into the open.

And once I do. Rana?

I will bury the evil machine alive!

If anything goes haywire, I've got your back!

Right.

Aaahh!

A member of the Pandora Ground Team

is currently in flight.

Identity confirmed.

It's Satellizer el Bridget, the Untouchable Queen.

Scanning for Volt Texture index.

Yah!

Sacred extremities fist. Flame fang!

Compared to other occasions,

this victory was quite easy to achieve.

Way too easy, if you ask me.

You guys!

Hey!

There you are!

Is that Chiffon Fairchild?

And Elizabeth Mably is here too.

You're not injured, are you?

What are you doing here?

Hey, Andrei. Take good care of him, will ya?

Whatever you say, my lady.

Satellizer and Rana, you're on decoy duty.

All right, I'll serve as the striker.

Elizabeth, you're the Finisher. Let's put an end to this thing!

Yujin. Get ready!

You can always count on me, ma'am!

Ereinbar Set!

This Nova, I should've known!

West Genetics' Pandora

are even stronger than the rumors say.

Japan is Doctor Gengo Aoi's native land.

And the remains of Maria Lancelot

are still in the Ravensbourne Nucleochede.

That's why so many prestigious debutantes

from all over the world have gathered there.

Prestigious debutantes, huh?

More like spoiled brats.

It's a bit strange.

So you noticed too, Elizabeth?

Yes.

Rumor has it, they've been developing

these Nova dummies here in Alaska.

If you look at this whole ordeal

as basically a test run,

it makes sense they would be so overly prepared.

That's standard test procedure.

So, you're saying they went to all this trouble

to send us down here, keep us completely in the dark,

and fake a distress call just to involve us in an exercise?

Actually, Elizabeth and I were told

this thing was related to disaster relief.

Whatever the reason, this much is clear.

Somebody's trying to test us.

And my gut tells me this was only the beginning.

Kindly avert your eyes!

Huh? Aah!

You could always use your Volt Texture

to cover yourself up, ya know?

Kazuya, are you in pain?

Huh?

Miss Satellizer all but accosted you, did she not?

You're overreacting, Rana.

No, I am only concerned for your well-being.

Besides, is it not my duty given that you are my Limiter?

Wait a second, since when is Kazuya your Limiter?

He's already mine!

I was under the impression you have yet to hold

a baptism with Kazuya therefore rendering your claim obsolete.

But--

She is conceited, pious and quite prudish

when it comes to contact of the physical variety.

As a result, I believe she would be far more effective

in the role of a helper.

Ah! What?! A helper? Get real!

Aah!

Will you please stop acting like children?!

Yes, ma'am.

Seriously, this is no time to joke around;

we're here to help the E-Pandora Lab

by providing them with critical info, remember?

Yes, I suppose you are correct.

Wait, what is an E-Pandora?

E-Pandora are artificial Pandora.

As directly evidenced in the recent

Tenth Nova Clash, these Nova appearances are widespread,

becoming more and more frequent with each new occurrence.

In an attempt to counter this,

Chevalier General Command has just announced

its adoption of a brand new Pandora initiative.

Doctor Scarlet Ohara spearheads this cutting edge effort

known as the E-Pandora Project.