History Fanfic / AFeddieStory

* ActionGirl: Jeannette for the Federation, to the point that General Revil gently pokes at the failure of her male counterparts when he congratulates her for the six Zaku kills her tank got during the retreat across the US.
--> "The Federation has need of women of your caliber. Men too, if any happen to turn up."

* AntiAir: The Federation uses the Talon man-portable missile system. Also of note is the [=SkyWatcher=] AA vehicle, a Type 61 tank chassis repurposed to mount a high-speed turret with two 60mm cannon and several Talon missile tubes.

* [[AFatherToHisMen A Father To Her Men]]: Cima, weirdly enough. She can't be described as motherly in any way, and she can be harsh when major breaches of discipline occur. But they're ''her'' Marines and she means to get them out alive if she can.
** With an element of PragmaticVillainy as well: Cima at one point thinks to herself that her unit was all recruited from the same colony, and if she leads them into a bloodbath she'll never be able to go home again. [[DramaticIrony This has an element of irony for those who know Mahal's eventual fate in the Gundam canon.]]

* BoyishShortHair: Jeannette wears a pixie cut that's completely hidden by her helmet usually. Considering her near-total lack of traditionally feminine interests...
** It's actually required for armor crew: long hair is a safety hazard when dealing with the Turret Monster's tendency to grab things and pull them into the moving parts of the tank. Jeannette's first thought, when she sees Cima Garahau's long hair, is that it means there are no moving parts inside a Zaku cockpit.

* CombatPragmatist: Federation tanks ''never'' willingly attack Zakus in the open field. They'll dig in and wait for the enemy to come to them, set up ambushes, rush in to hit them before they can disembark and then conduct a fighting withdrawal, use line-of-sight blocking terrain like forests or towns or cities to cover their movements, deploy smoke to hide themselves, and hide in parking garages or storefronts or under highway bridges where the tall Zakus can't see them well.

* CurbStompBattle: The 211th Armored's first meeting with a Zaku team is strongly implied to have been against elements of [[Roleplay/ZeonQuest the Mastodon Battalion]], with Zolomon Ringo and David Lister having destroyed at least a company of tanks on their own. It's implied, from [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks the signature move]], that bit characters' Chan and Gutierrez tank was taken out by Zolomon himself. Only five tanks of forty-eight survived, and only Jeannette's actually brought down a Zaku.

* NonuniformUniform: Jeannette is usually described as wearing a tank top, with her uniform shirt tied around her waist by the arms. This a concession to fact that her tank's air-conditioning isn't run much because it makes the tank stand out more in thermal viewers. She wears her hair cut short in a pixie cut and the regular uniform pants and helmet, though, as normally required.
** The New York campaign sees everyone in standard cold-weather gear, including Jeannette. This is pretty much the only time she wears the uniform perfectly as regulations intended.
* [[OnceAnEpisode Once A Chapter]]: Ritchie says Professor Minovsky managed to ruin something. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Jeannette at one point, who comments she's glad Minovsky is dead or how much Ritchie hates the guy would be worrisome.
* PragmaticVillainy: One of the recurring themes on the Zeon side is that extreme ruthlessness and brutality towards their enemies or conquered peoples isn't going to help Zeon win the war, and often actually hurts them. Cima Garahau and Garma Zabi are obviously ''willing'' to be ruthless. They just use it on people who don't toe the line when it comes to being nice to the Earthnoids.

* TankGoodness: The story is essentially the last stand of the tanks against the encroaching HumongousMecha. As the author is fond of pointing out, in the knock-down drag-out between Zeon's mobile suits and the Federation's tanks during the Odessa Campaign...''the tanks won''.

It is UC 0097, early February, and Zeon forces have landed in Mexico and are pushing up towards Texas. Federation mobile suits are but a dream. It's up to the Federation's tankers to hold the line against Zeon's Zakus now.

** Garma Zabi orders the evacuation of New York rather than letting Gihren kill the people as well as destroy the city, justifying it arguing it will make the Federation fight harder and his forces are already stretched.

** It's actually required for armor crew: long hair is a safety hazard when dealing with the Turret Monster's tendency to grab things and pull them into the moving parts of the tank.

** Zeon ''does not'' have a dedicated AA vehicle. Zakus are able to defend themselves against relatively slow-moving and unmanueverable aircraft like the Federation's dedicated close-air-support Mongoose...but against high-performance aircraft like Tin Cod heavy fighters or Don tactical bombers armed with heavy guided missiles, a Zaku caught in the open is depicted as being almost helpless. Their only defense is to hide in tall buildings, deep canyons, or under a rainforest canopy.

** Zeon ''does not'' have a dedicated AA vehicle. Zakus are able to defend themselves against relatively slow-moving and unmanueverable aircraft like the Federation's dedicated close-air-support Mongoose...but against high-performance aircraft like Tin Cod heavy fighters or Don tactical bombers armed with heavy guided missiles, a Zaku is depicted as being almost helpless.

* AntiAir: The Federation uses the Talon man-portable missile system. Also of note is the SkyWatcher AA vehicle, a Type 61 tank chassis repurposed to mount a high-speed turret with two 60mm cannon and several Talon missile tubes.

** The New York campaign sees everyone in standard cold-weather gear, including Jeannette. This pretty much the only time.