Not to interrupt or anything, but I had an idea.
Unfortunately, Yuku ate the first attempt at posting it, so this one might not be quite as good.
In F.C. 64, the governments of the world have a problem. Six months before, eight percent of the economy- not just one nation, one continent, or the world's economy, but the economy of all humanity- vanished in two weeks of chaos. Nobody's quite sure where the economic collapse started, but they all know the result. The Great Collapse- a worldwide recession to beggar the Great Depression itself.
Over those few months, things settled down a bit. The human economy has stabilized at a mere 90% of its pre-Collapse worth... leaving its governments up a creek without a paddle.
See, the next Gundam Fight is supposed to start in two months, and no nation on Earth can afford to participate.
Gundams are expensive beasts, but that's only half the problem. According to the rules of the Gundam Fight (Article 7), the entire Earth is the ring. Property damage is not only permitted, but expected to happen. In happier times, the wealthy nations could afford to rebuild. Now, they can't even afford to keep their courts running, much less have a Gundam Fight. Every bureaucrat in the solar system has been running around like so many headless chickens, trying to find enough money to make ends meet.
Eventually, somebody had an idea. The 14th Gundam Fight was canceled, and a new Courtroom Fight was announced in its place. Participants would take the roles of prosecutors and defense attorneys, and conduct real trials in courtrooms across the world. The judge's verdict would determine who advanced to the next round; if the accused was found guilty, the prosecutor would move on. Otherwise, the defense would go on to the next round. Trials would be conducted until there was but one participant remaining- the "Lawyer of Lawyers"- whose sponsoring nation would rule the Earth and its colonies for the next four years. It was assumed that, by then, the economy would recover enough to support the Gundam Fights, so that everything could return to normal.
Preparations for the Courtroom Fight are proceeding apace. While technically legal, many nations have violated the spirit of the Fight, sending their best and brightest lawyers to the tournament instead of the Gundam pilots that were supposed to participate. Neo-Germany sent the young von Karma, for one, only for America to counter with the world-renowned Miles Edgeworth. Dozens of other countries, though, entrust their fate to the Gundam pilots that have served them in the past- chief among them Neo-Japan and its champion, Domon Kasshu.
The bureaucrats don't care. They're too busy spending the billions that pay-per-view trial coverage will bring them.
The trials are about to begin. The fate of the world- and hundreds of potential criminals- hangs in the balance.
"ERUPTING... BURNING... OBJECTION!!!"
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.
Unfortunately, Yuku ate the first attempt at posting it, so this one might not be quite as good.
In F.C. 64, the governments of the world have a problem. Six months before, eight percent of the economy- not just one nation, one continent, or the world's economy, but the economy of all humanity- vanished in two weeks of chaos. Nobody's quite sure where the economic collapse started, but they all know the result. The Great Collapse- a worldwide recession to beggar the Great Depression itself.
Over those few months, things settled down a bit. The human economy has stabilized at a mere 90% of its pre-Collapse worth... leaving its governments up a creek without a paddle.
See, the next Gundam Fight is supposed to start in two months, and no nation on Earth can afford to participate.
Gundams are expensive beasts, but that's only half the problem. According to the rules of the Gundam Fight (Article 7), the entire Earth is the ring. Property damage is not only permitted, but expected to happen. In happier times, the wealthy nations could afford to rebuild. Now, they can't even afford to keep their courts running, much less have a Gundam Fight. Every bureaucrat in the solar system has been running around like so many headless chickens, trying to find enough money to make ends meet.
Eventually, somebody had an idea. The 14th Gundam Fight was canceled, and a new Courtroom Fight was announced in its place. Participants would take the roles of prosecutors and defense attorneys, and conduct real trials in courtrooms across the world. The judge's verdict would determine who advanced to the next round; if the accused was found guilty, the prosecutor would move on. Otherwise, the defense would go on to the next round. Trials would be conducted until there was but one participant remaining- the "Lawyer of Lawyers"- whose sponsoring nation would rule the Earth and its colonies for the next four years. It was assumed that, by then, the economy would recover enough to support the Gundam Fights, so that everything could return to normal.
Preparations for the Courtroom Fight are proceeding apace. While technically legal, many nations have violated the spirit of the Fight, sending their best and brightest lawyers to the tournament instead of the Gundam pilots that were supposed to participate. Neo-Germany sent the young von Karma, for one, only for America to counter with the world-renowned Miles Edgeworth. Dozens of other countries, though, entrust their fate to the Gundam pilots that have served them in the past- chief among them Neo-Japan and its champion, Domon Kasshu.
The bureaucrats don't care. They're too busy spending the billions that pay-per-view trial coverage will bring them.
The trials are about to begin. The fate of the world- and hundreds of potential criminals- hangs in the balance.
"ERUPTING... BURNING... OBJECTION!!!"
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.