Stardust Frontier
Macross Frontier / Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Author's Notes:
- Well, this is my first Yu-Gi-Oh! piece in quite a while. I am more familiar with the show in English rather than in Japanese, so as a forewarning, I'll be using all the English names for the 5D's portion of this. On the other side, Macross Frontier was never released in English, so I'll be using the Japanese names as I foresee them translated. (There's a bit of a debate whether it's Mikhail or Michael when translated and so on.)
- Any cards that I created or were created by some of my friends for this piece will be posted at the end of the chapter of which they first appear.
- I will be disposing of any sorts of banlists, but it won't be broken at the same time. No one's gonna be activating Mirror Force in three consecutive turns, etc.
- I'm not much of a fan of Turbo Duels, but it's kinda slowly growing on me. For now, there will not be any Turbo Duels in this piece, but I'm not going to say there won't be any at all.
- Character's decks format will have similar feel to those in the show, where they may only have one copy of most cards.
- Another note on Decks. I plan to make a few altercations to a few characters' Decks, notibly Akiza. Her general strategy of "Summon Black Rose Dragon. Find way to keep it on field or bring it back constantly" lacks variety. (It'll still hold the Plant-type theme, obviously)
- I'll be using the show version of many cards. Notable off the top of my head is Hyper Synchron.
- To the Macross Frontier fans out there: Yes, the Ranka/Alto/Sheryl love triangle will be addressed. In short, don't expect to see Sheryl at all (AruRan FTW :P).
-In terms of where this takes place in the series' timelimes, this will be post-series for Macross Frontier. For YGO 5D's, I'm not 100% sure, but it is sometime after Season 2.
- Rating is for coarse language. (Subject to change.)
- Updates will be made as my schedule allows.
Chapter 1: Defold
"... And have you and your brother been doing your homework?"
"Yes, mum," Luna cheerfully lied, seeing as Leo was too busy watching TV or dueling to do his homwork. Luna just relished these moments when her parents called home once every 2 weeks.
"Good, good... Oh, hold on. Your father wants to say something." Luna watched as her mother stepped away from the screen, being replaced by the more gruff appearance of her father.
"Luna, dear, I need you to inist your brother keeps on his best behavior... I know how he gets any time there's another duelist around... Hopefully enrolling you two in the local Duel Academia is keeping him satisfied... Anyways, point being, you two will be having visitors."
"Visitors?"
"Yes. We were recently contacted by some of our recent business partners, the Angelloni brothers from the L.A.I. corporation. You remember them, right? We had them over for dinner last time we were home. Well, there's a third brother; the youngest, Luca. He works for another company... "SMS" or something like that... Well, he and some his associates are coming into town to do some investigating about the incidents that New Domino City was having with its Momentum a while back and they are also interested in acquiring the technology for creating a Momentum of their own to power something they refered to as "The Quarter". We told the Angelloni's that their younger brother and his associates could stay at our place since we have the room. They should be there later today, so make sure everything's tidy as your mother would want it. Well, the meeting is about to get started, so we have to get going. Love you. Bye"
"Bye." Luna clicked off the video phone and sighed. "Tidy" seemed to be a word her brother, Leo, was almost allergic to. Morphtronic cards were scattered all about the living room table as he worked on a new build for his deck which he claimed to be "unbeatable", but this remained to be tested.
"Soooo... what'd mum and pops want?" Leo inquired, not looking up from the mess he'd made.
"Picked up your cards... We're gonna have visitors apparently..."
"Eh?! Vistors?!"
"Yes, Leo... Visitors... Now pick up your cards... Everything needs to be as mum would want it..."
"Awe, but I'm not done!"
"Leo, listen, we were told they were going to be here today. I don't know if that's later tonight or thirty seconds from now. Point is, we have to make a good impression, and your cards spread all over the table won't help that matter. At least, stack them neatly."
"Awright, awr-" Leo was cut off as there was a loud thud from outside, as if someone slammed a sledgehammer down on their patio, followed by a second thud, and finally a third sound, but this was more of a splash. "What the hell?"
"Never you mind. Pick up your cards. I'll check it out..."
'Awe, bu-"
"Cards. Now."
Leo grumbled as he stacked up the scattered cards while Luna made her way over towards the sliding glass door. She froze, taken aback by the fact that 3 fighters were now parked ovn the patio. Well, calling them "fighters" was kind of pushing it, seeing as they appeared to have hinged down their engines and were now using them as legs.
"Leo... Nevermind the cards... Come look at this..."
"Pick up this... Do that... Come here... Gah, all kinds of orders today out of y- ... OOOooo..."
"Dad never mentioned something like this when he said visitors..."
"Yeah... but he also never said they wouldn't be like this. Come on! Let's go meet 'em!"
"Now who's giving the orders..."
- - - - - - - - - -
"Luca, come on, just jump."
"Easy for you to say, Alto. You didn't have to land in the pool."
"Did you have to?"
"Well, you and Klan took up all the room on the patio, so the pool was the only place left!"
"Then don't be last, next time," Klan added.
Luca didn't bother to respond as he slowly inched his way along the nose of his mint-green RVF-25. One wrong move, and he'd be in the drink.
"... That's Luca? I thought he'd be older..."
"Well, dad did say he was the younger brother..."
"Huh?" Alto looked over his shoulder, noticing the two adolescents, no older than 12 years old, talking about his friend. Klan, noticing the same, began rifling through the operational report.
"We're looking for a Luanda and Leonard..." she began, adressing the twins. "Are those your parents?"
Luna visibly cringed at the sound of her real first name that she was not at all fond of. "No... that's us... our parents are always away on business trips..."
"Oh... didn't see that coming..."
"Well, just call me Luna, please."
"And just Leo for me."
"Leo and Luna, gotcha." Klan turned her attention to Alto. "You know, we've just landed on a new planet, met some new people, and Luca tied up with something... yet, it seems so- ... I dunno... Sometimes... I just want to ask myself... what would Michael do in this situation?"
"I think I know..." Alto commented. He quickly glanced at Luna, then turned to Luca, who was now precariously balanced on the tip of the nose of his RVF-25. "Yo, Luca! This Luna here... she your girlfriend?"
"What?! No- AGHHH!" There was a large splash of water as Luca lost his balance in his frustation and fell into the pool, covering the rest of the SMS crew in a shower of chlorinated water.
"Alto... That's just cruel..." Ranka commented, speaking up for the first time since they had landed. She had been riding in the back seat of Alto's VF-25F.
"You know what, she's right!" Leo activated his duel disk. "No one says anything like that about my sister... I challenge you to a duel!"
"Quick to jump to things, aren't ya, kid? I apologize to you and Luna both, but you have to realize the fact that our friend Michael just died a few months ago. A little part of him lives on in all of us, and it occasionally tends to slip out from time to time... but if it's a duel you want, it's a duel you got."
Alto quickly jogged over to his VF-25, fishing through the cargo compartment for this duel disk and deck that Capt. Wilder had issued him for this operation. It was all easy to find, but when he laid his hand upon his deck, he suddenly remembered, he had never actually looked at the contents of the deck, since it wasn't the same one he did is duel training with. All he could remember about it was what Capt. Wilder said when he first handed it to Alto:
"May all of SMS be at your side as you surge forth to victory..."
Alto turned back to face Leo, activating his own duel disk. By this time. Luca had managed to crawl out of the pool, and now lay sprawled out hap-hazardly on the patio, a few feet away from the pool, completely drenched from head to toe.
"Duel!"
[Alto : 4000 / Leo : 4000]
Alto drew his five cards and stared blankly at his hand. Some cards he recognized, such a 'Limiter Removal'... Wait... What the hell? Was that a VF-25S?
"SMS - Skull Leader" Alto read to himself. He smiled to himself, now fully understanding what Capt. Wilder had meant when he gave Alto the deck. SMS was at his side because SMS wasthe basis of the deck. How Capt. Wilder had managed to pull that off, Alto had yet to figure out, but he decided to leave it at the old man always had a trick or two up his sleeve.
"I'll start!" Leo announced as he drew a card. "I summon Morphtronic Radion in attack mode (Lv 4; ATK 1000)." The radio appeared, then quickly morphed into a humanoid robot. "Now, my Morphtronics effects are based upon their battle position, and while Radion is in Attack mode, all of my Morphtronics gain 800 ATK! (LATK 1000 1800). I set 2 cards face-down and end my turn."
"Transformers, huh? Well, I'll show you some real transformations... Draw!... I summon SMS - Skull Leader in attack position. (Lv. 4; ATK 1900)" A grey and gold fighter appeared above Alto's left shoulder. Much like the 3 real valkyries present, it extended its engine to utilize as legs, but then it's body broke upon multiple line, folding , creating a body torso and allowing the head unit to be released from the fuselage, arraging itself ontop on it's shoulders. In a matter of 1 second, the fighter jet had completely transformed it shape into a humanoid robot as well, instantly reminding Leo of his Morphtronics.
"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god! Do the real ones do that transformation too?!"
"Yeah..."
"I wanna add a new condition onto this duel! If I win, you have to take me for a ride in one of them and transform it!"
"Uhh, alright... and if I win?"
"Umm..."
Alto chuckled. "Nevermind. I agree without adding any conditions on my end... Mostly because I didn't know we had any conditions in the first place... Carrying on with my turn... When Skull Leader is summoned, he calls upon an SMS unit in my deck, and adds it to my hand. So, I choose myself, SMS - Alto the Messiah. Now... Skull Leader, attack Morphtronic Radion!" The valkyrie pulled out a combat knife from the shield block mounted to it's left arm and lunged at Radion.
"Activate Trap Card, Morphtransition! It negates an attack against one of my Morphtronics, and then I can change the battle position of the monster that was selected as an attack target, so I change Radionto Defense Mode. And now, since Radion is in Defense Mode, it increases the DEF of all Morphtronics I control by 1000. (DEF 900 1900)" Radion transformed back into a rado.
"Well, well, looks like you've evaded for now. I set one card face-down and end my turn."
"Alright, my turn. Draw! I summon Morphtronic Boarden is Defense Mode."(DEF 1800 2800) The rocket-powered skateboard appeared next to the radio, having the slight blue tinge signifying that it was in Defense Mode. "Now, activate Trap Card, Morphtronic Mix-up. When I have 2 or more Morphtronic monsters, I select 2 cards you control, then you choose 1 of those 2 and destroy it, so I obviously choose Skull Leader and your face-down card."
"I choose to destroy the face-down..." Alto responded as he moved Limiter Removal from his field to the Graveyard slot on the duel disk.
"Alright, and with that, I end my turn."
"About time... My draw! I summon SMS - Alto the Messiah in Attacks Mode. (Lv 6; ATK 2200)" A second valkyrie, this one white with black and red highlights appeared next to Skull Leader.
"Wha?! That's a level 6! How'd you do that?!"
"Simple with Alto the Messiah's effect. When you control a monster, and I have another SMS unit in my side of the field, he can join the battle without Tribute. Now, Alto the Messiah, attack Morphtronic Radion!" The white valkyrie leveled it's gun pod at Radion and let off a burst of armor-piercing rounds.
'Ha! While Morphtronic Boarden is in Defense Mode, all of my other Morphtronic monsters cannot be destroyed by battle!"
"Interesting move... but Battle Damage will still be applied with my monster's pierce damage effect."
[Leo -300 LP 3700 LP] [Alto: 4000 LP]
"I set one card, and end my turn."
"My turn! ... You're in trouble now,I summon Morphtronic Remoten in Attack Mode!Now, I tune my Lv 3 Morphtronic Remoten with my Lv 4 Morphtronic Radion!" Remoten dissolved into three green rings, through which Radion flew, dissolving itself into 4 sparkles of light. "Docking strength with courage to protect world peace! Synchro Summon! Envoy of love and justice, Power Tool Dragon!" (Lv 7; ATK 2300) The gold mechanical dragon roared, smashing it's shovel tail against the ground and spinning it's left arm drill. "Now I activate Power Tool Dragon's effect, which will added a random Equip Spell from my deck to my hand." A random card partially ejected itself from Leo's Deck, which he snatched up and placed in his hand. "I activate the Equip Spell Break Draw and equip it to my Power Tool Dragon. When a monster equipped with Break Draw destroys a monster by battle, I can draw one card from my Deck. Now, Power Tool Dragon, attack Skull Leader! Crafty Break!"
Power Tool Dragon let off a mechanized roar, then slammed the power drill it wielded as a left arm into Skull Leader. [Alto - 400 LP 3600 LP] Leo drew his card.
"Activate Trap, Damage Condenser," Alto announced. "When I take Battle Damage, I can discard one card and then Special Summon 1 monster from my Deck whose ATK is lower than the damage I received, so I Special Summon SMS - Armored Pack! (Lv 4; 0 ATK)" A collection of missile pods and anti-ship lasers appeared aside Alto the Messiah.
"Huh, looks like thinks are about to get really intersting," Klan mused from the sidelines.
"Whaddya mean?" Luna inquired.
"A valkyrie is quite powerful on its own, but when authorization is granted for the use of a supplemental armor system, such as the Armored Pack, it's true destructive nature is released... It took only two valkyries, one of which was Alto using the Armored Pack, that defeated the Vajra Queen... If the card-versions are anywhere near their real-life counterparts, Leo better hold nothing back..."
"It's now my turn... Draw!" Alto gave a small smile. "It's time... Alto the Messiah, use of the Armored Pack has been authorized! Unveil the power that truly earned you the title Messiah!" The Armored Pack, broke apart into individual pieces, which began attaching themselves across the valkyrie's hull. "Fusion Summon! Appear now, SMS - Armored Messiah! (Lv 8; 3000 ATK)"
End Chapter. :P I'm quite fond of cliffhangers and such. Appearing soon, Chapter 2:
Fusion vs. Synchro; Clash of the Machine Dreadnoughts!
Introduced Cards:
"SMS - Skull Leader"
Machine/Light/Lv 4/ATK 1900/DEF 1300
When this card is Normal or Special Summoned, you can add 1 "SMS" monster (except "SMS - Skull Leader") from your Deck to your hand.
"SMS - Alto the Messiah"
Machine/Light/Lv 6/ATK 2200/DEF 1400
If your opponent controls a monster and you control a face-up "SMS" monster, you can Normal Summon this card without Tribute. During battle between this attacking card and a Defense Position monster whose DEF is lower than the ATK of this card, inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your opponent. When this card destroys a monster by battle, increase the level of this card by 2. (Max. Level of 12)
"SMS - Armored Pack"
Machine/Union/Light/Lv 4/ATK 0/DEF 1000
Once per turn, during your Main Phase, if you control this card on the field, you can equip it to your "SMS - Alto the Messiah", "SMS - Skull Leader" or "SMS - Michael the Sharpshooter" as an Equip Card, OR unequip the Union equipment and Special Summon this card in face-up Defense Position. While equipped to a monster by this card's effect, increase the ATK/DEF of the equipped monster by 200 x its own Level. (1 monster can only be equipped with 1 Union Monster at a time. If the equipped monster is destroyed, destroy this card instead.)
"SMS - Armored Messiah"
Machine/Fusion/Light/Lv 8/ATK 3000/DEF 2800
"SMS - Alto the Messiah" + "SMS - Armored Pack"
This card can only be Special Summoned from your Extra Deck by sending the above cards on your side of the field to the Graveyard. (You do not use "Polymerization") While attacking, this card is not destroyed by battle and any Battle Damage you receive is reduced to 0. A monster attacked by this card is destroyed at the end of the Damage Step. When this card destroys a monster whose ATK is higher than the ATK of this card, your opponent draws 2 cards. When this card is removed from the field, by removing from play 1 "SMS - Armored Pack" in your Graveyard, you can Special Summon 1 "SMS - Alto the Messiah" from your Graveyard to your side fo the field.