Stratos 4: The Shivan Veteran

This is my second crossover so I hope this will be better at my first crossover attempt. This crossover will involve the story line of Stratos 4 near the start of the series and the events of Freespace 2 after the "supposed" pilot's death from the supernova. For some weird reason, stratos 4 isn't in the lists of so I had to put in as a normal. this is Flight 1 Into The Unknown enjoy.


Flight 1: Into The Unknown

"ALPHA 1! GET OUT OF THERE! CAPELLA HAS GONE SUPERNOVA! GET TO THE NODE AND ENGAGE YOUR JUMP DRIVE NOW!" GTVA Command yelled over the com line.

"I can't leave them now!" Alpha 1 thought as he continued the dogfight with the enemy Shivan bombers. He pulled a corkscrew manuver behind the next seraphim bomber and unloaded a volley of hornet missiles. They hit and destroyed the bomber. Alpha 1 looked back behind him and saw the shockwave from the Capella star closing in even further.

"ALPHA ONE TO ALL TRANSPORTS! HIT YOUR AFTERBURNERS! GET OUT OF HERE! I'LL HOLD OFF THE SHIVANS!" Alpha 1 yelled into the com.

"Our engines have suffered damage, afterburners are offline!" One of the transports responded back.

"GET TO FIXING THEM! IN THE MEANTIME, GET TO THE NODE AS FAST AS YOU CAN!" Alpha 1 yelled back. He turned his attention to the oncoming Nephilim and Seraphim bombers.

"ALPHA 1 TO ALL FIGHTERS! JUMP OUT NOW!" Alpha 1 yelled.

"SIR! YOU CAN'T HOPE TO PROTECT ALL OF THEM BY YOURSELF!" Alpha 2 yelled back.

"THAT'S A DIRECT ORDER PILOT! GET OUT OF HERE AND BACK TO YOUR FAMILIES! ALL OF YOU! GO! ALPHA 2! YOU'RE IN COMMAND NOW! GET THE SQUAD BACK TO EARTH!" Alpha 1 yelled.

"…yes sir…ALL PILOTS WITHDRAW FROM BATTLE FIELD! ENGAGE JUMP DRIVES!" Alpha 2 yelled. The remaining fighters jumped out and Alpha 1 turned back to the bombers. He launched another volley of hornet missiles and took another bomber down.

"Alpha 1! Return to base! You can't do any more! To help us! We're done for!" The transports ordered.

"NEGATIVE TRANSPORTS! I'M NOT LEAVING YOU TO DIE! WE CAN STILL GET TO THE NODE!" Alpha 1 yelled back. He looked back towards the star. The shockwave was even closer. Alpha 1 was the closest to the node when he noticed another wing of bombers jump in. He turned his Zeus bomber to the next wing of bombers.

As soon as he lined up for a shot, he noticed the furthest transport explode.

"LAMBDA 1! ALL TRANSPORTS ENGAGE JUMP-" Alpha 1 was cut off by the sight the next two transports exploding.

"ALPHA 1! THERE'S NOTHING MORE YOU CAN DO! GET OUT OF THERE!" Command ordered.

"NOT ENOUGH TIME! NOT ENOUGH- AH CRAP!" Alpha 1 yelled as his Zeus got caught in the shockwave. Fire covered the entire canopy of the bomber as Alpha 1 tried to keep it steady.

"I know that there's no real point but…I'm not going down without a struggle!" Alpha 1 said. The shockwave grew even more powerful until it was white everywhere in his cockpit. Everything got quiet inside the cockpit. Alpha 1 tried to keep steady but eventually lost control. The bomber was engulfed in brilliant light; the many instruments began reacting erratically.

"What's happening? Am I dead? I can't hear anything…if I'm dead…why do I still feel the controls?" Alpha 1 wondered. Eventually the light dimmed down and he saw the deep blackness of space.

"There's no way I'm dead." Alpha one said. He looked around and saw a planet nearby, a planet with a mixture of blue, green and hints of white all around it.

"Earth! I never thought I'd see it for myself." Alpha 1 said. "Time to go home." Alpha 1 said. He looked around the cockpit and noticed all of the instruments were in working order. He brought up the hull integrity and saw that it was the same as before the supernova hit.

"Weird, I thought that the shockwave would have dropped my H.I. (Hull Integrity) to less than 10%." Alpha 1 said. he realigned his Bomber in the direction of Earth and fired his thrusters.

"GTVA command this is Alpha 1 of the 70th Blue Lions. Requesting approach vector for landing." Alpha 1 said into the com.

"Alpha 1, this is CB Station: Orbital Station 7, please state your business this far in space." CB station ordered.

"CB Station? I've never heard of it before. Maybe a new instillation?" Alpha 1 thought.

"Alpha 1 to Orbital Station 7, I'm not sure how I got out here, I was in the Capella sector defending a group of transports when the Shivan Juggernaught fleet caused the Capella star to go supernova. The transports were destroyed by the supernova and I somehow ended up here." Alpha 1 responded.

"Alpha 1, please report to down to earth immediately. You need to talk to your superiors about your story." Orbital Station 7 ordered. Alpha 1 noticed frustration in the voice on the radio.

"With all due respect, this is not a story, it actually happened command! …Wait where's the fleets? I was told that earth had a massive armada around earth after the great war-"

"THAT'S ENOUGH! REPORT DOWN TO EARHT IMMEDIATELY!" A second voice yelled.

"What is going on? Its like the GTVA doesn't exist out here." Alpha 1 thought.

"Ma'am I don't see what the problem is. I was following orders and procedure-"

"PILOT! GET MOVING BEFORE THAT COMET RUNS YOU OVER!" The voice from Orbital Station 7 command yelled. Alpha 1 looked back and saw a massive comet behind him and heading in his direction. His eyes shot wide open as he slammed on the afterburners.

"OH SH-" He yelled. Alpha 1 calculated the time and speed of his bomber and the comet as well as the distance between the two.

"THERE'S NO TIME TO GET OUT OF THE WAY! I HAVE TO STAY AHEAD OF IT!" Alpha 1 thought.

"ALPHA 1! ENTER THE ATMOSPHERE! THAT SHOULD SLOW DOWN THE COMET! DON'T WORRY! COMET BLASTERS EN ROUT!" Orbital Station 7 command said. Alpha 1 looked back and saw the comet gaining speed on him.

"I CANT OUTRUN THE COMET! MY BOMBER ISN'T FAST ENOUGH!" Alpha 1 yelled.

"Just hang in there, Alpha 1! Comet Blasters are almost there! Just hang in there!" Orbital Station 7 command ordered. Alpha 1 diverted the power from the weapon systems and boosted the engine power. Slowly, Alpha 1 began gaining distance on the comet.

"Alpha 1! Comet blasters will be launching missiles to destroy the comet in five minutes!" Orbital Station 7 command informed.

"DAMMIT! I'M NOT GOING TO BE OUT OF THE WAY IN TIME!" Alpha 1 thought.

Down on the planet, Mikaze looked up at the stars and saw the two Comet Blasters from the higher part of Shimoji Island. She wore a red Chinese dress and had her hair in two ponytails.

"Is that a Comet Blaster?" Shizuha asked. She was in another Chinese dress and held her hair in a bun. Ayamo and Karin stood by their delivery scooters and watched as well. both wore Chinese dresses and wore their short hair down.

"ALPHA 1 TO INCOMING COMET BLASTERS! I WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT OF THE BLAST!" Alpha 1 yelled.

"CB 1 to Alpha 1, if you can gain any more distance between yourself and the comet, you have a 30 second window to do so!" CB 1 said.

"ROGER THAT!" Alpha 1 responded as he re-engaged the afterburners. He managed to gain about 20 feet in about 25 seconds.

"5, 4, 3, 2, 1, FIRE!" Orbital Station 7 command yelled. The Comet Blasters fired their trident missiles and they split in three sections, heading straight for the comet behind Alpha 1. The missiles exploded and the plasma blast pierced through the comet and created a much larger explosion.

"OOOOHHHHHHHHH NOOOOOO!" Alpha 1 yelled as he saw the explosion grow behind him. Debris fell behind him as he begun entering the atmosphere.

"ORBITAL STATION 7! DEBRIS! THERES A WHOLE LOT OF DEBRIS!" Alpha 1 yelled.

"No need to worry, there's nothing big enough to cause any damage on planet." Orbital station 7 Command said.

"YEAH THAT'S GREAT AN ALL! BUT WHAT ABOUT ME! IF I TAKE A SINGLE HIT I'M DEAD!" Alpha 1 yelled.

"Do what you can to dodge the debris! It's all you now! Orbital Station 7 out!" Orbital Station 7 Command said. He continued to advance into the atmosphere.

"Altimeter has kicked in! Better take it the rest of the way!" Alpha 1 said. He looked around the canopy and saw the fire from the re-entry surrounding the entire bomber. He looked on the computer and began looking for the nearest base to land at.

"WHOA!" Alpha 1 yelled as he dodged another piece of debris.

"Shimoji Island? That's the closest base to land at once we're on the ground!" Alpha 1 said.

"ALPHA 1 TO SHIMOJI ISLAND BASE! REQUESTING PERMISSION TO LAND!" Alpha 1 yelled.

"Alpha 1, you are clear to land on runway 17!" Shimoji Island responded.

"I'M COMING IN HOT! COMMENCING EMERGENCY LANDING!" Alpha 1 yelled.

"Roger that, preparing runway 17 for emergency landing!" Shimoji Island responded. Alpha 1 tried to hold the Zeus bomber steady while dodging the other debris as they burned up in the atmosphere.

On planet, Mikaze and the others saw a fireball in the sky.

"What's that!" Mikaze asked.

"I don't know!" Ayamo replied.

"Is it a comet?" Shizuha asked.

"They didn't launch." Karin said calmly as she pointed to the still grounded intercept planes. The three other girls looked back at the base.

"If not a meteor…then what?" Mikaze asked. The fireball soon took a more distinct form. An unknown ship. They all stood up and looked up to it in surprise.

"LOOK AT THAT!" Mikaze yelled, pointing to the ship.

Alpha 1 had cleared the Atmosphere and begun approach to runway 17. The bomber steadily descended towards the runway, speed dangerously increasing.

"ALPHA 1! YOU'RE COMING IN TOO FAST!" Shimoji Island yelled.

"CAN'T…DECREASE…SPEED!" Alpha 1 struggled to say.

"Alpha 1! Pull up! You'll crash and burn if you maintain your current heading!" Shimoji Island responded. Alpha 1 continued to descend. He pulled up until he was horizontal to the ground and about a hundred feet above the ground.

Alpha 1 lowered his nose just a bit more and began descending towards the runway.

"ALPHA 1! NO GEAR!" Shimoji island yelled.

"OH CRAP! ACTIVATING MAG SYSTEMS!" Alpha 1 yelled back.

"ALPHA 1! YOUR SPEED IS TOO HIGH! SLOW DOWN!" Shimoji Island yelled. The bomber edged towards the runway until it was only a few feet above the pavement. Alpha 1 managed to slow down the craft a bit.

Alpha 1 touched down but the ship flipped forward and landed upside down and facing the opposite direction he was moving.

"OH NO! IT CRASHED!" Shizuha yelled. The girls got back on their delivery scooters and rode back to the base.

"Grrrrr that wasn't such a good landing." Alpha 1 said as he tried to open the canopy. He looked around to see that his craft was upside down. His sight was fading slightly.

"Oh, damn! That's not good." Alpha 1 said as he fell out of consciousness.

"Hey! Hey wake up!" Mikaze pushed. Alpha 1 wearily opened his eyes and looked around to see Mikaze and the other girls sitting around him.

"That was some landing you went through." Another woman said as she walked in the room. She wore a green dress uniform and held a clipboard. She stopped in front of the hospital bed.

"We've been looking for you in our records and haven't been able to find anything. The way we see it, there's two options as to why that is: 1 you are in high military and 'don't exist' or 2, you are operating illegally." The woman said.

"I can tell you who I am. I have nothing to hide." Alpha 1 said as he sat up, holding his side. Mikaze and the other girls along with the woman looked at him intently.

"My name is Roy Lancer…and I fly for the GTVA. Fighter and bomber pilot of the 70th blue lions." Roy said as he saluted.

They all looked at him confused.

"What is the GTVA? Is that a new branch of military?" The woman asked. Roy's eyes shot open.

"YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE GALACTIC TERRAN VASUDEN ALLIANCE! IT WAS ESTABLISHED THIRTY YEARS AGO DURING THE GREAT WAR!" Roy yelled.

"No such alliance exists that we know of. I really hope you're not trying to pull some kind of prank! Its not funny!" The woman said.

"I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP! I HAVE THE LOGS ON MY SHIP! I HAVE THE UNIFORM! THE EMBLEM IS ON THE UNIFORM AND ON MY SHIP!" Roy yelled. The woman looked at him, annoyed, and turned for the door.

"We'll take a look at those logs. If anything in there is different from what you say…there'll be hell to pay!." The woman said as she walked out the door. Roy tried to get up and reached for the door.

"WAIT- AH!" Roy yelled as he grunted in pain. He grabbed onto his side and noticed a warm feeling on his side. He looked down and noticed blood on his hand.

"ARE YOU OK!" Shizuha asked as she reached for Roy. He sat there holding his side and looked up to Shizuha.

"I must have broken something in the crash." Roy said.

"No kidding! You're barely able to sit straight." Ayamo said.

"Here, let me see what I can do." Shizuha said as she reached for Roy's hand.

"You can help this?" Roy asked.

"Of course! Tee hee, I'm licensed with medical training." Shizuha said as she pulled out her wallet, revialing a stream of licenses poring out. Roy was surprised at the amount of licenses she had.

"She has a license for everything there is to have a license for." Ayamo sighed. Roy looked confused and lifted his arm for Shizuha. She placed her hand on Roy's side and he winced a bit.

"No wonder you're in pain! You have a couple of broken ribs." Shizuha said. Mikaze, Ayamo, and Karin all looked at him with concern.

"Damn! Did I really take that much of an impact?" Roy asked.

"Apparently you did. Otherwise you wouldn't be in the hospital would you?" Ayamo asked.

"I'm just not used to planetary gravity." Roy replied.

"What do you mean? Were you in space for a while!" Mikaze asked excitedly as she moved in closer to him. Roy backed up slightly. He saw Mikaze's eyes lit up, waiting for what he had to say.

"Space is all I know, lifestyle in space that is. I have never been on a planet before. I was born on a ship, schooled at one of the many Arcadia instillations. And I've been a fighter pilot since I was ten." Roy said. The girls looked at him in disbelief.

"You say you've lived your whole life in space but that's not possible. The only things that can hold people in space are the orbital stations. There's nothing else up there that can support people up there." Ayamo challenged.

"How have you not heard of the arcadia instillations in the vega, capella, and serris systems? There's those and plenty more out there. Not to mention the Orion and Aquitane class destroyers, fenris class frigates, and the dreadnaught colossus. All of those types of ships can support people for years without re-supply." Roy explained.

If such ships exist, as well as technology to get that far out into space, how come no one has heard of it?" Ayamo challenged. Roy looked confused at Ayamo.

"What the hell is going on! No one knows about the technology of the GTVA! The jump drives, the ships, the subspace nodes, no one knows of any of it here!" Roy thought.

The woman from before walked back into the room and looked at Roy with an intense look on her face.

"Oh crap! She found the top level classified files on my logs! Oh man! If she sees that I'll be in trouble with the SPEC OPS!" Roy thought. She walked up to him and stopped at the bed.

"Well…you told the truth. The logs show everything you said…and more." She said.

"SHE KNOWS! OH NO! I'M REALLY GOING TO GET IT NOW!" Roy thought.

"You have explaining to do! For example: why you never flown IN ATMOSPHERE AND WE HAVENT HEARD OF IT! YOUR LACK OF RECORDS! AND THE KIND OF TECHNOLOGY ON YOUR SHIP! NOW! OR YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY TO OUR PRISON!" She yelled.

"Huh? She didn't mention any of my spec op missions." Roy thought.

"Well, I've lived my whole life in space. The logs can vouch for that. The technology of my bomber is actually older tech, thirty years old to be exact. The Zeus bomber was originally a prototype bomber developed by galactic terran intelligence just after the great war. It's actually the bomber that replaced the 'moth-balled' Athena bomber." Roy explained.

Mikaze, Shizuha, Ayamo, Karin and their superior all looked to Roy with intent.

"As for my apparent lack of records, I can't say. I have no idea why they wouldn't be on every military computer." Roy said.

"There! I've told you everything I can! What else do you want from me!" Roy demanded. She looked at him for a moment and then back at her clipboard.

"You're grounded from flight and your bomber will be under lockdown until you tell me what your lack of records is about." She said as she headed for the door.

"HEY WAIT A MINUTE!" Roy yelled.

"You might have been a top pilot for the military! But here, you're under OUR command! You will follow our orders, and accept what ever penalties we give you!" She said as she left the room.

"DAMMIT! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!" Roy yelled.

"It's not like you're locked up. You should be happy about that." Mikaze said with a smile.

"Yeah…I guess. But if I don't know what happened, then I don't know." Roy said.

"Come on, you should know better than us that its not going to be that easy." Ayamo said.

"That's right, you should just deal with what you have to for now, and figure out a way to earn sub-commander Kisaragi's trust. You'll figure it out." Shizuha said.

"And hey, if you can teach me how to fly that ship of yours, I might even help you out." Mikaze said as she hung her arm around Roy's neck.

"Maybe…we can be good friends?" Karin asked.

"That's a great idea Karin!" Shizuha said. Roy thought for a moment and looked at each of the girls around him.

"Ok, friends? And yeah, I'll teach you to fly, in fact the bomber has two seats." Roy said.

"YAY!" Mikaze screamed as she glomped him

"OUCH! Careful with me here!" Roy said as he winced in pain.

"Oops! Sorry! I guess my excitement got the better of me tee hee!" Mikaze giggled.

"This might turn out interesting." Roy thought. he looked to the side and saw what looked like a meteor shower.

"Hey look out there." Roy pointed. The girls gathered on the bed to see.

"Whoa…comet fragments…" Shizuha said.

"Beautiful…" Ayamo commented.

"Yeah…" Roy agreed. He and the girls stared at the fragments until they disappeared.

"I wonder how things will turn out?" Roy thought.

In the control tower, Commander Reynolds and Sub-Commander Kisaragi stood looking at the same comet fragments.

"Miss Kisaragi, I'm not sure that grounding him is the appropriate approach. If you want information from him, we need to gain his trust first." Commander Reynolds said.

"But sir, he spewed a lot of information. Apparently he thinks we're part of a military called the GTVA. Any idea what that is?" Sub-Commander Kisaragi asked.

"Hmmm. Never heard of it. I would like to talk to him tomorrow. For now, I'm sure he's tired." Commander Reynolds said.

End of chapter 1


Well there you have it. Chapter 1 of Stratos 4: the Shivan Veteran. Roy will be paired up with one of the girls, don't know who just yet. And if you have any other questions just ask in the review. Be sure to wait for Flight 2: Realization!