how long until I fuck it up

Chances are you already have

Don't get too cocky

Let us not let this distract is from the fact that the original plan to capture the RX-0 Phoenix was actually to deploy the RX-0 Banshee Norn and Unicorn Gundams. However, this plan quickly fell apart as right before deployment Princess Mineva Zabi gave a good luck kiss to pilot Banagher Links which greatly upset Pilot Riddhe Marcenes.

Ensign Riddhe who was in the Banshee unit at the time proceeded to use his NewType time-warping powers to deconstruct the right legs of all of the Mobile Suits on the Nahel Argama including those of the two Gundams and refused to fix them unless Mineva agreed to marry him.
 
After enduring several hours of Riddhe's rants about living in a society the mission was canceled by Commanding Officer Captain Bright Noa and the two RX-0 units were ordered to be scrapped, now being considered too much of a liability given the recent incident.
And yet despite this outburst, Ensign Riddhe has been allowed continued his military service  and keep his rank with no disciplinary actions. Furthermore there has been no word on the whereabouts of Banagher Links Visit, who disappeared shortly after the incident which ended with the government confiscating his personal property and last heirloom of his late father. Unsubstantiated rumors claim the boy has secretly married Ms Zabi and joined Zeon seeking revenge, but can we really trust mere federation rumors? After all it is widley known now that  the pilot of the Phoenix was, like Banagher, a newtype of conciderable power, and she was kidnapped and experimented on by the federation in order to exploit her powers.
And lastly, all there has been zero legislative measures regarding the revelations of Laplace. Just who can we trust anymore?