Big Dualium By Gyrobot
Story: An AKB0048 side story.
"While the DGTO is often seen as this massive formless giant bent on breaking everyone's free will, the true dark side is seen within as it is without. Corporations within the organization bicker and fight for the scraps of Dualium like dogs and would use any legitimate excuse either natural or fabricated. But what parts are made by them and most importantly what is made just to fund a self destructive economy?"
Chapter 0: Prelude
"But Big Oil and Big Coal have always been as skilled at propaganda as they are at mining and drilling. Like the tobacco industry before them, their success depends on keeping Americans stupid." - Jeff Goodell
DGTO Sector 10 - Planet Name: Redacted.
"Ready to move out Commander Oka, the CEO has approved of our efforts in the inspection, we will be responsible for security detail as we relocate him to the exit hub." The DES Soldier told a man in officer garment, his helmet adding an intimating tone as assault suits, tanks and soldiers were commanded to stand guard for the target they were responsible for escorting to safety.
"Double check the defense grid, recently the techs have been complaining about the defense network having problems with it's IFF and has nearly destroyed one of our carriers. What I am concerned though is the dissent in the prison quarters." He looked at the prison block. It portrayed an even uglier side of the DGTO's brutality, every atrocity one could think of that any honest working joe for the DGTO would drive insane happened in thsese camps. The camp is a Dualium mining camp, designed for a high turnover rate to dissuade rebellion by working the miners to death, critics of the camp often would cite the ineffeciency of relying on brutality as a motivator however the CEO knew and could care less. One critic was able to get enough evidence to whistle blow the Corporate Court for evidence but he never had the chance, not with Reaper Team "disposing" of the evidence. Only a week later and the guy died from "rebel activities" and the camp remained operational.
"I have also found one prisoner girl, she had the markings of being a potential "Idol", your orders?" the DES soldier threw the girl on to the desk of the commanding officer. Her hair was a ravishing wavering red hair with the heart outlines that shows her potential as an AKB0048 idol. To Oka's eyes it was the enemy, an enemy that he has broken many times but refuse to stay down. He lecherously looks at her, as he gives a nod that hints that he is going to reform her through his own personal disciplinary methods as she is forced into a room. But it was something he had to handle later. The CEO of MineHelm had to be escorted out or he risked losing his next batch of convict to other mines in the region. The girl was gagged by the soldier with a chlorofom agent and she was taken into the room as it was locked shut behind her. One of the benefits of running the camp is getting women such as her, to AKB0048 she is an successor, to him it's just another piece of meat waiting to be tenderized.
"Lets prepare the extraction of the CEO, I would give him the young girl as a mistress once I am done with her, this will grant us better relations with Mine..." Oka's words were interrupted as he sees several missiles flying overhead, hitting an assault suit dead on. "Shit!" Oka Exclaimed as he attempts to assauge the situation, it cannot be AKB0048, these missiles are live ammo, there is no chance that this was a semi-peaceful attempt to liberate the prisoners. He had only heard rumors about them but he never knew his time would come...
As he attempts to control the situation, the Assault suits on the ground already took off, attempting to locate the source of the missiles, several assault suits ordered the defense grid to activate as several enemy Assault Suits come from the sky, however they did not resemble the DES models but rather prototypical models, nothing that marks them of AEPS make either, the suits danced around the guns of the defense systems, the guns hits several of the their Assault suits, turning them into flaming balls of metal that fell from the skies.
"SWITCH TO FUCKING MANUAL CONTROL! THE IFF IS COMPRIMISED!" Oka screams into the radio as he tried to make sense of the situation, he ordered several DES soldiers to escort the CEO out, the DES soldiers quickly assumed ready stance and shoves the CEO to an armored vehicle as gunfire roared from the entrance of the camp, the soldiers fired on the aggressor s as a sniper rifle takes the head of a soldier clean off as they attempted to fire back, several screams were heard on the other side as they fired but heavy caliber rounds were still heard from the other side like a bell, each shot maiming or killing the defending DES soldiers. The driver was able to use the chaos and escort the CEO out of the scene but the cost was high as the soldiers defending him had all perished...Oka soon noticed screams coming from his men as the soldiers were firing at another direction, the mining camp was in complete revolt as they used stolen weapons, mining tools and even stolen equipment to detroy the the camp, as he presses a button that would active the explosive collars on their necks, he realized the explosives have failed to detonate, he now realized he was completely in the dark and he was sentenced to die...he sank on the ground in despair, the soldiers uncaring and unresponsible to his realization of fate as the soldiers attempted to make their final stand against the rebels as explosions consumed them as his final sights was a man in sleek power armor with an unorthodox rocket launcher.
Hours later,
The CEO sweated in fear, he knew who they were...Rabbit Hole, an paramilitary organization of the AEPS. Unlike the AKB0048 gureilla group Rabbit Hole was a violent anti DGTO group, resorting to extremely violent methods to secure the freedom of Entertainment. Not officially condoned by AKB0048 and the AEPS, they still enjoy many benefits of siding with them and this was a textbook attack they would do on an average day, their leader Pierre Diamant is the leader of the Diamond company and was always rather showoffy even among other rebels. This area of DGTO space helped fueled most of the DES military and even public knowledge of the sector is explicitly forbidden to prevent whistleblowers from learning of their truth.
"I thought I had ensured that the DES forces here had it under control, Oka should have been placed with someone who didn't think with his dick..." The CEO's words were interrupted by the driver who tells him he was at the extraction point, once he reaches the Mass Driver he would reach Hadestar, central core of the DES military power. Once all checks are complete, he would finally return home to his son and wife as well as plan another Dualium mine within the region, this setback alone would cost him a hefty sum of credits, money he cannot afford to lose if he was to keep his spot as a councilman. He steps out of the APC where soldiers stand ready to wait for him, no problems so far as he walks up to the spacecraft that would take him home. As he returns to his cabin, he receives a call.
"I see you have failed to complete inspections for the mine." A stoic monotone voice was heard over the comlink, the communication icon being the insignia of Hades with the name "Task Force Reaper" under it.
"Shit, how did this information get to somewhere this high?"
"Our group was tasked with the investigation of the Rabbit Hole resistance, you were responsible for the mining camp itself. The DGTO does not take failure lightly, not when the impending PR disaster would most definitely be transmitted by the group as revolts that while easily shattered will encourage Gureilla Lives in our system."
"I am sure you can take care of a bunch of little girls, they don't shoot to kill"
"They don't shoot to kill but the Rabbits definitely do, I have better things to do than taking care of a bunch of rent a cops who's only achievement in life is beating up unarmed protestors who wanted to be entertained. This is the Dualium economy, the blood of the DGTO and to cut to the chase, you will be immediately relieved of your position by the Corporate Elite to a more suitable position of your status."
"You slimy fuck aren't even part of the..." his words were cut off by the commlink on the other side. "Fuck." The man slumped down as he saw his position and prestige was lost to these rebels, uncaring for the regime and it's army and he was just another cog unscrewed in the well oiled machine.
Just another insignificant cog.
Rabbit Hole Ship "Human After All"
Diamant sat on the command chair of the cruiser as steam emanted from the coffee, his cold metalic hands held the coffee as he looked at the report, the liberation went as smooth as it could, the camp had about 400 prisoners working in the mine, a precious cargo was found at the main building, she was definitely an AKB0048 trainee and a valuable one at that. The camp's liberation costed about 50 lives of his men, 100 of the miners and about 7 assault suits lost in the attack but it was a small price to pay for the freedom of so many innocent men and women who's only crime was wanting to enjoy life again. His reading was interrupted as the girl appeared in front of him,
"YAHO! Were you the brave hero who saved me?"
"For someone who had nearly been raped by a fat ass fuck, gunfire turning the camp into a hellfire you are surely in an upbeat mood." Diamant said as the aspiring idol sits on his lap , wrapping her hands around him attempting to kiss him. Diamant reluctantly closes his eyes as her lips touches his, but it not a warm romantic kiss as she had hoped from him.
"Oh don't be a soilsport, I wanted to spend some time with my hero before we get back to Akibastar and I continue my training. You know I can't date officially but a girl like me has needs. Tsubasa-san will be most happy with this outcome though, but what are you planning to do once you get to Akibastar" She asks Diamant.
"I got to meet a client at my club Diamond Dust, he has work for our group, it is an lucrative assignment. Now you better go back to your quarters, we will arrive soon and the less the AKB0048 knows about you trying to feign romantic interest with me, the better."
The girl, slightly dejected returned to her quarters. Diamant takes a sigh of relief as he notices messages from Shin, leader of the Hearts suit.
"S: Back from the wetwork job.
P: Good, anything of note?
S: Some legwork was done as I rummaged through data on the guy's tablet, he was developing FTL data for the Zodiac Corporation
P: Zodiac? Isn't that one of the big companies who funds the DES? What is it, making a better Dualium guzzling drive?
S: No, this data is working the "K effect", no mention of Dualium was mentioned in the data, it does have a lot of schematics that could make us a tidy profit provided we find the right buyer.
P: Alright, send me the paydata. Here is your cut at 500,000 Credits, don't blow it on Chikaru or Ayako in one go, I know about those visits.
S: ...Shit you have been looking at my cam feeds again!
P: Just don't turn them away from their main focus as idols. I know you may have a day job as a KPOP/R&B singer on stage but they are still idols and I don't want to pay the WOTA in cleaner costs.
S: Alright, I will keep it discreet, dinner at their place then...(Shin Logs Out)
Diamant looks at the data file, he knew something about this will set him down a long dark road.