Chap 1
A/N: alright since I have watched the anime series "Gate", I decided to do a fanfic about this. So please do enjoy this as I would be posting some more of this in the future.
Here are the UDF weapons and armor that they have:
Primary weapons:
M-23A1 Plasma Rifle
D-43 Plasma Carbine
KMR Pistol
M-41 Rocket Launcher
M319 Grenade Launcher
G43 LMG (From the Spitfire LMG from Titanfall)
D24A Sniper Rifle (From the Halo Sniper Rifle)
UDAP Gauss Rifle (only used by the Special Forces)
Vehicles:
WV Amarok Armored Jeep
AAV
BTR
Jaguar A4 Tank
ATH Khamsin aka "Scorpion" Gunship
Anti Aircraft Tank
Pelican Dropship
Equipment:
Gerber Gator Machete
Exoskeleton
Plasma Grenades
HUD
Night Vision
NAV Point
AR System (that is basically the text that is written up on the sky when you play Ghost Recon Future Soldier)
MRT
A soldier was perusing through files that could be used when they are picking a leader for one of the Special Teams units in the UDF. Then one of them found an interesting file that they came across.
"Yo I think we just got ourselves something quite interesting for our Special Teams unit here." one soldier gave the profile to another soldier.
As the soldier looked at it, he was laughing his ass off. Surely he couldn't be that stupid into recruiting an ex-offender that served in that company. Here is his profile:
Character Bio:
Name: Alcatraz Zajer Cobalt
Birthday: October 15, 2090
Age: 26
Birth place: Chicago, Illinois USA
Affiliations: Union Defense Forces (UDF)
Rank: Captain
Unit: Twenty Seventh Technical Company aka "Bad Company"
Blood Type: B-
Comments: has a criminal record of murdering 6 corrupt policemen. He got out of prison when the war broke out. He served in Bad Company and his criminal record was erased when his unit along with the others served in the Defense of Manhattan. He was nicknamed "Kid" as he was the youngest soldier that served in the unit.
"What's the matter?" asked the soldier who handed him his profile.
"Surely you can't be that stupid in recruiting a soldier from that 'Company'." the other said while sneering at him.
"Say what you want. He and his company served in the Defense of Manhattan but the reason he was promoted captain was because of his wits, thinking, and battle assessments that saved Manhattan. He could help out Recon Team Four out." said the soldier who gave him his profile.
"Tch. He may be the Hero of Manhattan but he ain't nothing more than a criminal and a murderer."
"But you forgot one thing Major. Alcatraz has changed and wasn't like his past self anymore." said a deep baritone voice.
The soldiers in the room looked back and saw Lieutenant General Hal Bazely. All the soldiers saluted him and he returned the gesture.
"See. I told you. Even the General agrees."
"Tch. Think what you want. Wait till they see his profile. Then they'll want to reconsider having him in the Recon Team."
"I'm not going to tolerate any rude remarks towards the young lad. He has risked his life in protecting the city from those damn robots. Now if you want to keep talking more smack at him, I'll have somebody of your rank replace you. Want that?"
The Major just snorted in disgust at the General but he nonetheless kept his mouth shut. He then sat down and grabbed Alcatraz's profile. Once he was done looking at the young man's profile, he then told one of the soldiers,
"Take this to one of the soldiers in his unit. Tell him that I'm going to have him over there at Japan."
"Yes sir."
So the soldier obeyed the command and did as followed the instructions of the officer.
"Now gentlemen. I have some propositions to make and this one concerns about the the gate that we have over in Sacramento, California along with the one in Ginza, Japan..."
The officers in the room listened to him carefully as he made some arrangements over what they are going to do next for their operations.
Timeskip...three months later...
We find a young man going through security in the terminals. As he passed the security the young man sat in the waiting room to wait for the people who are going to brief him on the assignment that he was assigned by the general. He grabbed his phone and started to play some music. He then looked around just to enjoy the view outside the airport. It was quite a nice scenery to say the least. Way better than when he was in the states by far. As he looked around the area, he spotted a person dressed in a military uniform. Taking off his earbuds, he grabbed his bags and went towards the man.
"You must be Alcatraz Cobalt." said one of them.
"Yes sir." said the now identified Alcatraz.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Lieutenant Yosuke Jengo, your second commanding officer." said Yosuke.
"Nice to meet you too sir. I was informed about my reassignment here in Japan."
"Why don't we talk about it in the car? Its quite a sensitive topic to even talk it around here."
"Sure thing."
So the two grabbed his luggage and went in the car. There they went towards one of the places where the UDF provides for their soldiers. Once the two got in the house, there they talked about the assignment he was given.
"So you're saying that during the Fourth Zorga Invasion, the Gate somehow activated on its own?" asked Alcatraz.
"That's right. But it seems that these forces weren't like those robots. They are human but...they are rather dressed in ancient Roman-like armor."
"Are you kidding me right now?" Alcatraz couldn't really believe that claim at all.
"I kid you not. I was actually there with Itami when the whole thing happened."
"Itami...oh you mean the person who save Ginza from that crisis?"
Yosuke nodded.
"I see. Well if that is the case, when do I get ready?" asked Alcatraz.
"Tomorrow. Or do you need two or three days."
"How bad is the situation?"
"Not bad as you might imagine."
"I'll get ready tomorrow. I don't have any jet lag right now."
"Alright then. I'll see you tomorrow."
Yosuke left Alcatraz to his home as he got settled in his temporary living quarters. As the day gone by, he read the summary through his MRT and he wasn't really ready for this type of responsibility but he'll do his best.
The next day...
Alcatraz went to the armory and got himself geared up. The overall color of the armor is white while there were some black marks on the armor.
(I used the Clone Trooper model from Spartan-055's Deviantart account but instead of the gray, it has black markings. Also the kama, which is the skirt that goes around the trooper's waist, is going to be fully closed instead of covering the back and sides only. I'm using the 2003 Star Wars kama design along with the gray color with another color as the outline. It will also reach down towards the ankles. It will also have the Phase II shoulder pad like pauldron chest plate but it go down until the halfway point of the stomach. The helmet will be the one that Commander Wolffe wore during Season Six of the Clone Wars when he wore that sand proof armor. Google it. But instead of the typical Clone Trooper T shaped visor, I'm using the face mask that the US Marines wore in Call of Duty Advanced Warfare. I'm replacing the four little yellow eye dots to just a one horizontal line like those cyclops sunglasses lenses. Also the footwear is that of Kamar's from GENZOMAN's Deviantart account. But instead of them being boots, they are the shoes with a more spiky triangle curve tip at the end of the shoes.)
He looked at the kama skirt he had on which was decorated with black diamonds. Alcatraz grabbed the chest plate double shouldered pauldron and slipped it on his armor. He then noticed that the armor was equipped with what appears to be an exoskeleton of sorts attached to the armor. He then grabbed his helmet and the entire face mask slipped on his face. The moment he walked out, he spotted Lieutenant Yosuke Genjo with his armor on waiting for him outside.
"My my. Looking good in that armor. Say what do you think about it?" asked Yosuke.
"I might say that they definitely improved the standard armor into something more durable and combat effective."
"Let's get on the range and see if you're shooting skills have slackened. What do you say?"
"I'm all up to it."
"Follow me."
So the two soldiers went towards the firing range and Alcatraz proceeded to picking up his usual choice of weapons. Meaning he grabbed the M23A1 Rifle along with the KMR Pistol.
(Now I made some revisions towards the M23A1 Rifle. I replaced the stock with the retractable C stock of the DC-15 Blaster Rifle from the 2003 Star Wars Series albeit a little bit longer. I replaced the magazine holder with the scope of the Storm PSR Rifle but a bit smaller than the one in game. I took out the barrel and thing connected to barrel out and replaced it with the DC-15 Blaster Rifle barrel from the 2003 Star Wars Series which was that thick circular barrel. I took out the iron sights and replaced it with the DC-15 Rifle iron sights which is that rectangular piece on the barrel. I also used the bolt adjuster which was that triangular object which makes the bolts more powerful. I do not own this but rather MOAB23 does in his Deviantart account. Plus they have reloading scheme that the IMR rifle offers in advanced warfare. Plus they have part where the bullets are reserved. If you look at it in first person, its the blue part thing. Go check it out.)
He loaded the M23A1 Rifle with a tibana gas cartridge by simply pulling the receiver back and slipping it in. Alcatraz went towards the range, aimed at one of the targets and fired. He destroyed the virtual targets without a problem. Switching to his KMR Pistol, he loaded the firearm with a small tibana gas cartridge and fired at the virtual targets.
"Good job on destroying them. Let's go over to the combat scenario sector. We'll let you get a feel of a squad captain. But with the actions in Manhattan, I believe you wouldn't have any problems." Yosuke said to Alcatraz.
"Shit."
Once he was in, he saw the whole room turn into a battlefield. Next to him are the virtual soldiers that were materialized before him.
"Alright then. Time to see if you can do it."
Before him were the Grunts and Commandos. There he made told the soldiers,
"Alright! Defensive positions! I two people to suppress those Grunts while everybody focuses their attention towards the Praetorians."
"Roger that!" said one of the virtual soldiers.
So the soldiers obeyed his commands while they were setting up their defensive positions. As the enemies came close, they started to fire at them. The robots were destroyed by a torrent of beam fire. The simulation kept on going until Yosuke told him that he was clear.
"Alright. Time to go towards the gate. We'll meet the others there. Colonels Kasai wants to meet you." said Yosuke.
"Well we can't keep the boss waiting. Let's go."
So the two went towards the armory and Alcatraz decided to use the same rifle that he had in the firing range along with a Gerber Gator Machete, plasma grenades, some tibana cartridges for his rifle, placing the pistol back to the armory as he wouldn't be taking it with him. Once he got ready, the two officers went into the Amarok Jeep with Yosuke being the driver.
"Ready?"
"Sure thing partner."
The two officers left Japan and into the gate. When the two left, two figures were conversing about the performance Alcatraz made.
"He'll definitely be an asset for establishing relationships with the people of the Gate."
"Indeed. He has the skill even though he is quite young for the rank. It just comes to show that even young people can take on positions that would require experience if they know what they are doing."
The two kept on conversing as they went back in their office.
Meanwhile...
Alcatraz and Yosuke arrived towards the camp and boy was he surprised at the way things were set up. There weren't any communications whatsoever but they were able to create a base here along with some running technology flowing through the place.
"You see, our base can have the computers running but they needed to be close to the gate or else they won't work. Obviously there's no satellite here so we made some adjustments as to how to navigate through the system here and what not. Pretty neat ne?" said Yosuke.
"Indeed. So are all the UDF soldiers here or just the Japanese Branch?" Alcatraz said to him.
"Just the Japanese Branch. But we also have some from the American Branch as well. The rest are recruiting some soldiers to replace the loses after that Fourth Zorga Invasion."
"I see. In any case, let's just take it easy. Who knows when those bots are going to show up."
"I agree with you."
So the two arrived in the base and Yosuke parked to where the other jeeps were located. The two got off and Alcatraz was met with a warm welcoming from his fellow American soldiers. Yosuke had to help out just in case if Alcatraz was nearly trampled by them. After the young Captain calmed then down, he went with Yosuke to meet with the Colonel.
As they arrived in the place, he saw the Colonel singing some documents.
"I see that you two arrived safely. Good." said the Colonel without even looking up.
"Yes sir. I've brought in Captain Alcatraz Cobalt as we speak."
"No need for the formalities. I was never the man for such. But anyways. On to more pressing matters. I have assigned you two officers to one of those Special Teams that I have assigned. Alcatraz and Yosuke. You two will be assigned to commandeer Recon Team 5. You two will be doing some missions out here in this 'Special Region'. Any questions?"
The two officers didn't say anything.
"Alrighty then. Good luck you two and have the rest of the day to yourselves. Morning is when you will be depart from the base. Details will be in your MRT."
The two saluted and the colonel returned the gesture. As they left, Yosuke showed where Alcatraz his quarters and he saw a small pile of papers on his desk. He was never the fan of paper work as he had to help out his commanding officer whenever some of the men were injured from battle.
As he went to work, he checked some of the details pertaining to food supply, water supply, equipment, weaponry, artillery and armor, communications signals etc. Alcatraz was able to finish those by the end of the day as he carefully read each document and pondered about it before he signs it.
Getting up from his chair and stretched his stiff limbs, he took a well deserved shower and went to bed.
The next day...
Alcatraz along with his second in command, Yosuke, went to the Colonel's office as he told them that they needed to at least have a non-armored jeep in case if there are some refugees that needed to have somewhere to stay. Once Alcatraz and Yosuke nodded, they went to where the team was assembled. It was basically a mix of Americans and Japanese soldiers into the group of 12.
"Attention company!"
All the soldiers saluted the famous captain but he told them,
"At ease men. I don't like formalities just like Colonel Kasai. I'll treat each and one of you as equals. Watch each other's backs. Look out for one another and the most of all, make sure that we form friendship bonds. Everybody agree?"
"Yes sir!" they all said.
Alcatraz checked through his visor and saw 6 soldiers in there. Three of them were from the same company as he was while the other three were probably assigned to this unit.
"Alright. Let's check through attendance before we roll out. Pvt. First Class Allen Gonzaga."
"Here." said the man named Allen.
"Gunnery Sgt. Dominic Groland."
"Present."
"Pvt. Orlando Wake."
"Here."
"Pvt. First Class Junichi Aisagawa."
"Present."
"Pvt. Ryuma Orisa."
"Here."
"Sgt. First Class and Medic Takeo Yata."
"Accounted."
"Alright team. Let's roll out."
So the team members went off with Recon Team Three out from the base gates and followed the lead vehicle which was Itami's.
"Ryuma. Can you take the wheel? I have to look over at these mission details from the MRT."
"Sure thing sir."
So Alcatraz along with Ryuma and Yosuke were in vehicle one while Junichi, Orlando, and Allen were in vehicle two. Vehicle three, which was the non-armored jeep, consisted of Takeo and Dominic. As Alcatraz looked at the MRT, he tapped onto the "Video" app.
"Listen up gentlemen. After the Fourth Invasion ended with some heavy casualties, these guys decided to pop up at the wrong time. Their motives are unclear but what the leaders are assuming is that the army from the other side wanted to take over Japan. Luckily we repelled them back but we can't know for sure when they are going to try and attack again. Recon Team Two was dispatched at the Coda Village but they went dark after that. Your mission is to locate the village and see what's going on. There are civilians out there so watch your fire. If you see the dead bodies of Recon Team Two, then bring them back to base."
Alcatraz dispatched the video and turned on the digital map from the Jeep. He looked around and spotted where Coda Village is. Marking it, he tapped into his comms.
"This is Captain Alcatraz Cobalt. I've pinpointed where Coda Village is at. Turn your digital map on, pinpoint the village, and follow to green path."
So the soldiers did as they were told. As they were following the green path, they saw what appears to be a dragon flying above them.
"Sir! Requesting permission to engage?" asked Dominic.
"Don't shoot the dragon. It hasn't spotted us yet so we might as well keep it that way. The moment we engage that, mission over."
"Roger that Captain."
So the convoy continued to move until they finally found the said village.
A/N: as you know, the Zorgan Army primarily consists of alien-robots just like the Ceph from Crysis. But the Zorgan people are what you would call another entire race completely. (I decided to use the Zorgan people as the Fallen from Destiny. I know that it might be confusing but please bear with me). Also the reason why they are called bots is because these aliens look like robots and they have this rather black glob that blends in with their armor. So here are the names of the enemy that the UDF calls them:
Grunts
Agile
Brutes
Drone
Aquas
Commandos