Me: Hello every one.
Trin: First every GATE fic for him.
Me: It's AU with normal Earth being in the year 3185.
Ami: Most of the JSDF forces are changed…and there are only two governments on Earth.
Sarah: The Terra Luna Republic, TLR, and the United Terra Federation, UTF.
Me: That being said…most of RCT3 is being replaced…only five of the canon characters remain on the team.
Trin: Itami, Tomita, Shino, Kurakawa, and Pops are the JSDF soldiers that stay the same.
Me: I've got ideas for four OCs.
Ami, Sarah, Trin: What!?
Luna: Please step away from the commander.
Me: …On with the story! Luna, buy me time! +Runs out door+
Taking the Hill
"Talking" "Thinking" "[Electronic communication]"
Yoji Itami was an…interesting man, to say the least. An average looking Japanese man of 33 years, considered a slacker and an otaku, both of which he admitted to proudly, and only thought of his job as a way to pay for his hobby. He sighed as he rode the maglev train towards Ginza Station. He looked back at his phone and smiled at the item on the small screen. His attention was brought away from it when the train stopped and the doors opened. He walked out, still looking at his phone with a goofy smile as he rammed head first into a pillar.
Several nearby people turned to look at the dazed man who was slightly twitching from the impact. He got up, shock his head, and picked his phone back up before continuing on.
"This event only happens once a year, I can't miss it." Itami said to himself as he walked up the stairs.
The crowded stairway was filled with people chatting away without a care in the world…until they all realized that there were screams coming from outside. The voices stopped immediately, catching Itami's attention. He looked out the window and went wide eyed.
"Is that a dragon!?" Someone shouted as they watched the winged beast with a lance man riding it dive towards the streets.
Itami went wide eyed as the beast and its rider flew back up, and towards the building he was in. People began running and screaming as he turned and ran also…but unlike the others around him, he was running for a weapon. Even if he was a slacker, even if he only considered his job as a way to pay for his hobby, it was still his job and, if he was to be honest with himself, he would always try to help others if he could.
"Everyone stay calm, panicking will just make it worse!" Itami shouted.
"How could it get worse?" One person shouted.
"The TLR could use this as an opportunity to attack." Another said.
"Oh merciful gods, please don't let them have jinxed us." Someone else said.
"Everyone just shut the fuck up and get to a shelter!" Another person shouted.
Itami ignored it all as he ran past all of them, making it to the stairs. He ran down them until he reach the ground floor and left, trying to find anyone leading a form of resistance against this group. Itami didn't want to think of it as an army since it seemed like something out of history books.
"Or really a fairy tale." Itami said to himself quietly as a dragon fly past his makeshift hiding place.
Several gunshots alerted him of a police officer not too far from him. Itami ran to the location to find an officer looking over the bodies of the few men he had just shot. The officer was clad in police grad combat armor. To someone of the 21st century, it looked like SWAT Riot Gear, to someone of the 32nd century, it was just standard tier two police gear [1].
"What the fuck is this shit?" The officer stated.
"Officer!" Itami called, getting the man's attention. "I need you to get me to your CO."
"I'm a bit busy keeping these civilians safe son…I don't have time for some kid to-…"
"I'm UTF Planetary Army, Second Lieutenant."
"…Alright, but the civies are coming with…sir." The man said with a smile beneath his helmet.
Half an hour of hiding and running later, Itami was standing outside the gates of the imperial palace, trying to get officers to let people inside for shelter.
"Sir, this was made to withstand an assault from Feudal Japan forces. Not things out of a medieval fairy tale." The officer said.
"…It's close enough." Itami said.
"Boy…that's fucking stupid…but it's all we got."
"Hey! Word came in from command, have civilians hold up in the palace while the Army deals with these assholes." A random officer said.
"Alright, get them inside now!" The officer in charge shouted.
At that, officers began directing civilians into the palace. The charging mass of bodies would've been pure chaos if the officers didn't keep everyone calm. A few minutes later and the gates were closing. The remaining officers, now in riot gear, formed a wall with riot shields and SMGs as they waited for the enemy to approach. Less than five minutes later, the shouts of horse riding lance men announced the arrival of the 'Romans' as several people had started calling them. They waited until the Romans were closer before unleashing a hailstorm of bullets onto the enemy
The legion of warriors fell before the squads of Officers as they continuously fired round after round of bullets towards the legion. Lancers, Shield bearers, mounted Romans and their mounts, and the monsters that also made up their ranks all fell before the Officers. But even with that, it wasn't as though they had infinite ammo. They eventually began to run low, and the Legion took advantage of this…only to be cut down by much higher velocity and caliber rounds tearing them to shreds from above.
"ARMY'S HERE!" One Officer shouted as men and women in digital pattern, urban (various shades of grey) camo colored high-tech armor fast roped out of the various VTOLs hovering there.
"Rangers, rock and roll!" An Army Sergeant with blue accents on her armor shouted.
"Sergeant. The enemy's forces are coming from the central market street of Ginza." Itami shouted.
"We're on it sir." The woman shouted before leaving with her team.
"Marines, we gonna let the Rangers have all the fun?" A Marine Sergeant shouted to his own soldiers.
"Hell no sir."
"Then let's rock this shit."
The SACO Marine squad sprinted off to catch up to the Rangers as Itami started to relax. Never in his entire life had he thought he'd be fighting things from fairy tales, and here he was doing just that. He sighed before following the Rangers and Marines, taking note of the people who seemed to be searching for others in the crowd. Itami took one more look into the sky and smiled as an onyx black and dark blue VTOL flew past towards Ginza's market.
"Onyx never fail…but if they're deployed then these guys are a bigger threat then we thought." Itami thought.
He then sighed before turning and heading over to help the civilians.
"YEAH! YOU LIKE THAT, YOU LIKE THAT!? COME GET SOME MOTHER FUCKERS!" A SACO Marine and Ranger both shouted as they fired their SAWs at the Romans.
The rapid fire weapons tore apart the Legion as the Marine and Soldier moved forward. The rest of their teams followed behind them, taking out any that managed to not get cut down by the squad weapons. The two teams were also treating this as a sort of competition. They had agreed to go to a bar after this, and the loser of the bet would be buying the beer. It had originally only been between the two SAW gunners, but their teams got involved almost instantly, making it to where it as the team's total kills that decided the winner and loser.
"Kill count?" The Ranger Sergeant asked.
"246…and they've retreated back through that gate." The Marine said, a bit disappointed about that.
"Same…so now what?" The Ranger asked.
"Straggler-…"
"[All units be advised, any remaining 'Romans' are to be captured alive.]"
"..-kills win…damn."
"Looks like we win." A voice none of them recognized said from behind them.
The two teams turned to see a woman in pitch black armor with dark blue accents sanding there. The Ranger team and marine team leaders' eyes twitched beneath their helmets. The could just see the Onyx Guard soldier smirking beneath her custom helmet, a standard Onyx Guard helmet with cat ears added to it.
"Doesn't count…you weren't part of the bet." The Marine said as the Ranger nodded in agreement.
"Totally does." The woman said. "Name's Luna Sarandiel Unique."
"That's a mouthful." The Ranger sniper/scout said.
"Well…let's get to work on finding these stragglers. Least captured buys the beer!" Luna shouted before running off.
"FUCK!" The Rangers and Marines shouted.
[Time skip]
After Ginza had been cleared of Romans, the United Terra Federation quarantined the area. Media got as much coverage of the incident as they could, making people all over Terra, as Earth was now called, wonder just what happened, and what the UTF would do. Some thought the Terra Luna Republic would use this as a way to get the UTF to be weakened from fighting a war on two fronts. This was not the case. The TLR had already seen the Romans and knew that even if the UTF truly engaged in war against the Romans, it would not hamper in their abilities to fight the TLR. Thus, the TLR's leaders decided it would be pointless to break the cease fire at this point.
Now, that isn't to say that the Federation wasn't going to make these people pay. That just meant that they wouldn't have a problem fighting them and the TLR at the same time. And everyone knew this. The most common comment to be heard about what would happen to the Romans was this. "They're about to return to history books." Or something of the like. And it seemed to be true. The UTF Planetary Army and Starfleet had amassed what was basically an invasion army at Ginza, readying to go through the Gate. Of course, the largest thing they could fit through the gate was a Mobile Light Base Truck. This led to a UTF scientist revealing something he had created to give the UTF an edge against the TLR.
Warp Drive technology.
The item, what was essentially a portal device, was connected to an unmanned Destroyer class Starship and activated, the coordinates gathered from sending drones through the Gate having been uploaded into the device. The entirety of human space, UTF and TLR, watched in fascination as a dark violet portal opened in front of the Destroyer before the ship went through it, disappearing along with the portal once it was completely through. Minutes went by before another portal appeared and the Destroyer returned.
After multiple scans and checks, it was deemed that the Warp Drive worked exactly as intended. The device was then copied and each copy sent to a ship in a medium sized Starfleet battle group to be used to get to the other side of the Gate. Once the ships were upgraded, they launched. That's not to say that it all went smoothly though. The launch date was pushed back several times by TLR forces attempting to steal a Warp Drive, the one advancement the UTF had over them. Once they had finished though, they instantly launched to the world beyond the Gate, shortly followed by the ground forces amassed at the Gate itself.
Once both halves of the invading army had arrived, the Starfleet ships began firing at the Roman army far below them, making the Army not even have to fire one shot. Unknown to the UTF, this would make a lasting impact on the Romans, who now believed that the gods fought with these invaders, unable to comprehend the idea that it was machines that did that to them.
After that, the UTF began making a base there, several ships dropping down Pre-Fabricated, fully operational and functional bases [2]. The bases were then used when a second army of Romans attacked. This time, the Army annihilated them. Mortars, artillery shells, tank rounds, missiles, the rare laser, and of course bullets, destroyed what appeared to be 90 percent of the second wave.
The UTF fully expected a third wave to happen as well, but when it never came, they focused on truly setting up shop on this planet.
The thought on everyone's mind was, 'would this become a UTF colony?' It didn't distract them though. Everyone knew their job, and everyone did it. Instead of wondering on the future, they focused on the present. Which, for the time being, was putting the finishing touches on Forward Operating Base Arnus.
"…Sooo…why was I picked for this?" Itami, now a First Lieutenant, asked the CO of Arnus.
"Publicity mainly, partially for your hobby. You're the closest thing we've got to an expert on how things work here." The Army General said as the Starfleet Admiral looked out the window at the airfield below them.
"…If I may sir…that's not really saying much."
"Well get over it. You're going, like it or not…and bring Sergeant Unique with you, she's a good person to have with you in a circumstance like this."
"…Yes sir." Itami said before leaving the room.
"Nova Planet Recon Team 3 huh? I'm sure I'll get used to them." A woman said from behind Itami, making him jump.
"Luna! Don't do that!" Itami said as he turned to face the green haired green eyed Onyx Guard soldier.
"Boss…how long have you known me for?"
"…Since basic."
"And have I ever not snuck up on you?"
"…Point taken."
"Now…Let's go meet our new team!" Luna shouted happily before running towards the motor pool.
"How do I get myself into these messes?" Itami asked as he followed his longtime friend.
Me: Okay…done. And I know it's short. This chapter is only meant to introduce the universe anyways.
Trin: +Playing Mortal Kombat XL against Ami+ HA I WIN!
Sarah: Darling…that's still 12 wins Ami and only 4 wins for you.
Me: And I'm pretty sure she let you win those 4.
Luna: The commander is correct. She would only occasionally push a button on the controller.
Trin: WHAT!?
Ami: …Um…well…I kinda felt sorry for you.
Trin: Trey…you are no longer allowed to date Ami.
Me: What are you, 8? So what, she beats me all the time, I don't give a shit.
Trin: Did you actually try?
Me: …Onto the explanations.
Trin: Thought so.
Ami: BABE!?
Me: [1]: The armors in this story are of course futuristic, but still kinda bulky, so I went with Halo 5 for the looks. UTF Police tier 1 armor (which will never be touched on but I still wanted to mention) is Soldier armor with Aviator helmet. UTF standard armor is Mark V Alpha with Interceptor helmet. UTF Onyx Guard armor is Commando Matrix armor with various helmets, though the standard is the soldier helmet. TLR standard armor is Defender with Stalker helmet. The TLR's equivalent of Onyx Guard armor is Noble with Pathfinder helmet. The armor colors are the same as in my story Mass Effect: UTF…and now this has no continuity with that.
[2]: Basically the UNSC Base construction method in Halo Wars.
Trin: Well that's all…Luna I think you can let go of Ami now.
Me: Yeah…she's calm now. Also here's another Luna from the mind of FPSLiverpool. If you don't really like the description I gave, she looks like Megpoid Gumi. Look her up on google if you have no idea what that is. She is also the only diplomacy first Luna he's created for my stories.
Ami: So you've never actually tried when playing MK with me?
Sarah: To be fair…it would really just put you at 50/50 for your wins and losses to each other.
Me: Can we talk about this after I sign off this story? VR Commando ATA out.