Super Robot Wars S Revamped

by Lily Nadesico

A rewrite of my previous Super Robot Wars S story. In Space Century 141, an experimental weapon called Excellence, along with its pilot Fiona Greyden and her friends Lahge and Mizuho find themselves in the midst of a chaotic situation, as they struggle to bring order to a world heading towards destruction. Series list inside.

1. Prologue

Super Robot Taisen S

A Super Robot Taisen fanfiction By Lily Nadesico

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Disclaimer: Okay, let´s do this again. All the characters, robots and general trademarks used in this fanfiction are property of their respective companies (Sunrise, Banpresto, etc.). They have been used without permission and without personal profit, just for the sake of writing a story. Therefore, I kindly ask of you not to sue me.

You might wonder why I decided to overhaul my previous SRW story, and rewrite it with what really amounts to little more than a few changes. The truth is, the project had become a little cluttered. There were many ideas I wanted to implement which were a last-minute addition, and in the meanwhile, I´ve even seen several new series like Cross Ange, Captain Earth, GaoGaiGar and many others that I just couldn´t resist implementing in my story. Therefore, I decided that, for the sake of a coherent story, I needed to rewrite what I had already done and add a few more elements that would preserve story coherence. The story, as before, takes inspiration from Super Robot Wars R, a particularly fun game for the Game Boy Advance which I've completed a few times already.

You won´t see that many differences from the original story, but I assure you, what you see will make sense later on. For now, I hope you will enjoy the reworked list of series, and hopefully it´s going to be enough to put you in an expectant mood for the rest of the story!

With that said, on with the story!

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Chapter 01 - Prologue

Progress. Knowledge. Ambition. These are the operative words when talking about human evolution. Since ancient times, man always wanted to understand and control his surroundings. Unique among all the living beings on Earth, mankind was able to develop the intelligence needed to not only adapt to the surrounding environment, but to also adapt the environment itself to itself. This has been a constant in the long history of mankind... and now, it has allowed humanity to spread into space and begin exploring new horizons.

More than one century has gone by since humanity began leaving the over-populated Earth and creating space colonies: huge satellites in which mankind was able to recreate the living conditions present on Earth, allowing the survival and reproduction of plants and animals, and creating huge space cities who prosper thanks to these resources. New cities were built on the surfaces of the Moon and Mars, paving the road to further progress.

Unfortunately, when speaking of human history, we cannot leave out another crucial constant.

War. The desire to fight, destroy, overcome others. An instinct also common to animals, and an instinct of which mankind, despite its superior intelligence and resources, was still unable to get rid. Technologic and scientific progress, unfortunately, also has its negative side: in fact, all these new abilities have often been turned to serve mankind's most primal instincts, spreading death and suffering on an ever-expanding scale. Even in the future, even in the space colonies era, this tendency has remained.

The old, weak and corrupt Earth Federation considered the colonies' inhabitants as second-class citizens, depriving them of many resources and forcing them to submit to its will to survive. This situation degenerated with time, and the battles for the colonies' independence become more and more violent... until the Side 3 colonies, united under the name of Principality of Zeon, declared themselves independent, starting what would later be known as the devastating One Year War. To further aggravate the situation, another arbitrary distinction among human beings intervened - on one side, the Coordinators, genetically enhanced human beings; and on the other, the natural-born Naturals. These two "factions" looked to each other with mixed feelings of suspect, fear and envy, thickening the already-present tension...

The fighting between Earthnoids and Spacenoids, between Coordinators and Naturals, did not end with the war, and continued with numerous colonial riots and terroristic operations, chief among which the so-called Operation Stardust, in which a group of Zeon remnants stole the Gundam GP-02A Physalis, a top secret Federation Mobile Suit prototype, and managed to hijack an empty colony and drop it on Earth, causing serious damage to the planet's ecosystems. Following this incidents, the Titans and the Specials division (aka OZ) were founded - the former, an anti-Spacenoid suppression force, noted for its brutal and ruthless methods; and the latter, the military branch of the warmongering Romefeller Foundation. To add to that, numerous government organizations were born with the objective to put a stop to genetic engineering and halt Coordinator progress... chief among those, a fanatical environmentalist group known as Blue Cosmos, whose leaders maintained that Coordinators had to be ostracized and exterminated to "preserve a blue and pure world" and to safeguard humankind' genetic heritage.

Needless to say, such actions could only exacerbate tensions... and following two extremely tragic accidents (the Titans' complete extermination through nervine gas of a dissident colony, and the destruction of a PLANT through nuclear warheads - which would later be known as Bloody Valentine Tragedy for the fact that it happened on the 14th of February) which cost Spacenoids more than half a million victims, several rebellious organization were born, among which the Anti-Earth United Government (A.E.U.G.), the Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty (ZAFT) and the more sinister White Fang. War broke out, only ending when the Titans, Romefeller Foundation and White Fang were destroyed along with ther leaders. Exhausted by the continuous wars, Earthnoids and Spacenoids embraced the ideals of Total Pacifism, allowing the Federation to be reborn as the Earth Union. Blue Cosmos, which had manipulated events from the shadows, was forced into hiding, and ZAFT momentarily ceased hostilities. Human beings had finally ceased fighting amongst themselves...

Alas, this was not to last. As if waiting for the right time, numerous alien invaders tried to take advantage of the reduction of military resources to attack the near-defenseless Earth Union. Mikene Empire, the robotic entities known as Gulfer, the space pirate fleet known as Bunker, the faceless monsters known as Zeravire, the cyborg invaders called Meganoids, mysterious aliens only known as Jovian Lizards, the monstrous spacefaring parasites known as Radam, and the forces of the allied planets Cambell and Boazan. At the same time, the Principality of Zeon was reborn as Neo Zeon on the minerary asteroid of Axis, and started an aggressive expansion campaign... and the lunar colonies, joined under the banner of Giganos Empire, declared war on the Union, calling for a new order under the "enlightened" guidance of the spaceborn generation. Such a disastrous set of invasions was only stemmed thanks to the intervention of powerful "Super Robots": Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger, Getter Robo, Gear Fighter Dendoh, Daitarn 3, Gravion and others, as well as the estabilishment of the special defense force known as the space Knights, under the command of the capable Commander Heinrich von Freeman. At the same time, the war effort was helped along by the invention of the IS, powered exoskeletons capable of outfighting entire Mobile Suit fleets, but only usable by women for some undisclosed reason…

ZAFT, led by the radical Patrick Zala, had opened hostilities once again, by hijacking four powerful Gundam-type Mobile Suits. This event was only part of a criminal plan to exterminate the Naturals, and only the courage and tenacity of several Union aces, such as the Newtype pilots Amuro Rei, Kamille Vidan, Judau Ashta, and of the crew of the warships Archangel, Idaho and Nadesico managed to avert disaster. But the net result was that the peace everyone was calling for had been shown to be nothing more than an illusion.

Bitter criticism was leveled towards Total Pacifism, and a devastating coup collapsed the Earth Union and marked the birth of the New Earth Federation, under Chairman Dekim Barton. Relationships with Spacenoids, that had been more friendly during the time of the Earth Union, degenerated once again, and new hostilities started between the New Federation and the second Neo Zeon uprising, under the guidance of the infamous Colonel Char Aznable. As if this wasn't enough, ZAFT was attacking once again, and Blue Cosmos was coming out of hiding, backed up by the shadowy LOGOS...

Space Century, Year 141. Five years after Dekim Barton's coup, in a faraway lunar base, the final test runs of a new weapon were about to start... a weapon destined to have a huge impact on humanity's blind rush towards self-destruction...

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And welcome to my next endeavor in the world of Super Robot Taisen! I was not really satisfied with how the original was turning out, so I decided to revamp the project completely, with my good friend EmperorDraco7 lending a hand with the storytelling. I really hope you will be satisfied with the end results.

Series List:

SEASON 1

-Mobile Suit Gundam (Zeta, ZZ, Char's Counterattack)

-Mobile Fighter G Gundam

-New Mobile Report Gundam Wing (Endless Waltz)

-Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (with elements from the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED manga by Iwase, the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Re: manga, the video game Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Never-Ending Tomorrow, the video game Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Tomo to kimi to Koko de and the HD Remaster)/ SEED Astray (with some SEED Astray R and SEED X Astray influences)

-Martian Successor Nadesico (with some elements from Prince of Darkness)

-Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (with some elements from Nightmare of Nunnally, the OZ the Reflection manga and Lost Colors)

-Metal Armor Dragonar

-Aura Battler Dunbine

-Linebarrels of Iron (manga, with some anime influences)

-Jinki: Extend (Venezuela arc)

-Infinite Stratos (season 1)

-Full Metal Panic! (with some elements from Fumoffu and some FMP manga influences)

-Space Knight Tekkaman Blade (first half)

-Masou Kishin: Lord of Elementals (first half)

-Neon Genesis Evangelion (with some Rebuild influences)

-Mazinger Z + Great Mazinger

-Getter Robo (classic series)

-Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3

-Invincible Superman Zambot 3

-Super Electromagnetic Machine Voltes V

-Super Electromagnetic Robot Combattler V

-Battle Commander Daimos

-Super Beast Machine God Dancougar

-Super Heavyweight God Gravion

-Hyper Combat Unit Dangaioh

-Lagrange: the Flower of Rin-ne (season 1)

-Gear Fighter Dendoh

-Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (season 1)

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SEASON 2

-Mobile Suit Victory Gundam

-Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn

-Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (with some elements from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny: The Edge, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Stargazer and the HD Remaster) / Delta Astray / VS Astray)

-Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 / OZ of the Reflection / Akito the Exiled

-Martian Successor Nadesico (some elements from the video game Nadesico: The Mission)

-Space Knight Tekkaman Blade (second half + OVA)

-Jinki: Extend (Tokyo arc)

-Infinite Stratos (season 2)

-Undefeated Bahamut Chronicles (mostly light novel with some anime elements)

-Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (some elements from the manga and light novels)

-Masou Kishin: Lord of Elementals (second half)

-Brain Powered

-Aura Battler Dunbine: The Wings of Rean

-Overman King Gainer

-Valvrave the Liberator

-Buddy Complex (with some elements from the side story Coupling of Battlefield)

-Cross Ange: Rondo of Angels and Dragons

-Idolmaster: Xenoglossia

-Neon Genesis Evangelion (elements from Rebuild, the Adeptus Evangelion tabletop game, the End of Evangelion and the ANIMA light novels)

-Mazinkaiser

-UFO Robot Grendizer

-Super Beast Machine Dancougar Nova

-Super Heavyweight God Gravion Zwei

-Aquarion Logos

-Great Dangaioh

-Captain Earth

-Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars

-Lagrange: the Flower of Rin-ne (season 2)

-Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (season 2)

-Deus Machina Demonbane

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I know, this is quite a huge list... but hey, I wanted this to be my most ambitious project yet, so... and hey, the series list for the Z series was pretty huge as well. Consider this a test of my writing skills, okay?

Oh, and just because I think it´s only right to warn my readers - a few pairings, especially those from Gundam, will be different from canon. I will admit without shame that I still am a fan of the Kira / Flay, Athrun / Cagalli, Shinn / Stellar, Ichika / Charlotte, Shinji / Rei and Haruto / Saki pairings, so those will be used. Sorry, fans, this is non-negotiable. As for Transformers, GaoGaiGar and others... those will be used in other stories, so don't think I ever forgot about them!

Several OCs will also star in this story, several of which will be taken from other SRW episodes... and several of which will be transpositions of the cast of Guilty Crown in a mecha anime setting! Yeah, I thought those characters were interesting enough that I wanted to use them in my story as well... There will also be OCs that fellow author and friend of mine EmperorDraco7 has given me permission to use for this story!

That´s about it, for now. I should be able to re-upload the next chapter soon, so... keep an eye out on this!

And I'll try to keep working on my Pokemon fics and my God of War / Dante's Inferno crossover too, they've been left there long enough. Sorry... :)

Lily