I do not own Infinite Stratos, this experimental story is purely fanfiction.
Infinite Stratos: M-ISV (Missing IS Variations)
File 001: Cerulean Mirror
UCH-001 Cerulean Mirror
IS Type: Prototype 2nd Generation Mid to Long-Range combat IS unit
Overall Height: 2.5 Meters, 2.9 Meters (ACTAP Equipped)
Overall Weight: 3.9 Tonnes, 5.8 Tonnes (ACTAP Equipped)
Armaments/Special Equipment:
ACTAP (Advanced Composite Tactical Armor Package) - Optional customizable armor/booster unit for the Cerulean Mirror. Offers maximum protection and increased mobility
Starlight - Customized beam sniper rifle for the Cerulean Mirror. Designed to utilize the properties of the newly developed reflector bits
Starlight Mk. II - Improved version of the original Starlight. Has greater firepower and longer range, but is bulkier and demands higher energy consumption
Starlight Mk. III - Finalized design of the Mk. II. Has the highest firepower output and accuracy among the previous models
Cerulean Mirrors - remotely controlled drones/bits that reflects projectile beams with precise accuracy
Blue Edge - A small dagger hidden on the left forearm capable of cutting through most types of tank armor
Known Pilot: Melissa Sears (24 years old) (87-54-85)
Mission Memory Log:
Memory File 1
- SAS Airspace, England -
"Melissa Sears, reporting for duty."
A young female military officer presented herself to her superiors with a dignified salute. She had silver hair and white complexion, a perfect supermodel physique that somewhat contrasts her dark green combat uniform, and elegant deep red pupils to match her intriguing beauty.
"Ah, you're here. Come along." One of her superiors notioned her to follow him inside a military hangar.
"Yes, sir." the female officer answered while catching up.
Melissa Sears, an active-duty member of SAS 1st regiment, has just been reassigned to the newly assembled IS development team. While being only a squad captain for a few years she had shown talents that had high-ranking SAS officers held her in high regard.
"This way, Captain." She is then escorted into an armory that comprises of several experimental combat vehicles inside. After a few minutes of walking around the armory she was presented to a robotic armor-like structure that vaguely resembles a combination of a jet's fuselage and a pair of mechanical arms.
"This is..."
The machine had a pair of boxy-style white colored leg units equipped with multiple small vents and thrusters, supported by a red and white auto balancers that serves as its foot and small jet wings that protrudes from its knees. Both its arm units had wide blue symmetrical shoulder armors that holds the sophisticated white and blue forearm and hand manipulators on its place below it. The torso unit had metallic pad skirt armors that covers the front and side hip sections while its blue chestplate has a red half cone on its center sandwiched between two olive yellow diamond-shaped vent screens on the sides. It had a backpack that slightly resembles the rear half of a fighter jet but its wings are folded downward, with six cone-like protrusions on the underside of the wings. Lastly its head unit comprises of a high-tech clear visor with a small antenna attached on the right side.
"The latest new form of weaponry, The Infinite Stratos. And you are chosen as its test pilot." Her commanding officer points out to the machine while he looks at her with a confident smile.
After she glances at her superior, "I will be a test pilot, sir?" Melissa asks in confusion.
"Apparently only you out of our entire force had the highest aptitude for piloting an IS, so we'll be assigning you to be this machine's test pilot. And since you have earned your place here as our ace, I'm expecting a lot from you, Captain Sears." Her commanding officer taps her shoulder like he was already entrusting the machine into her hands.
"I'll live up to your expectations, sir." Acknowledging the faith given to her Melissa salutes again to her commanding officer showing her respect.
"Good. You'll be seeing the rest of your team tomorrow, so you should rest for the day." He then leaves Melissa behind while waving his hands.
"Yes, sir." Afterwards Melissa shifts her attention to the glorious machine she is assigned to pilot.
"Infinite Stratos, huh..." Smirking, she thought to herself, "Show me what you can do."
Memory File 2
"Hold on... WHY DO I HAVE TO CHANGE INTO THESE!?"
An upset Melissa is ranting on while holding a leotard-like uniform she is suppose to wear during her first test flight.
"Uhm Captain, it was designed to help you control the IS, as well as to gather data regarding the pilot's physical condition during the test flight." one of the scientists filled in her question, while still making adjustments to the Cerulean Mirror.
"HOW CAN A GODDAMN SWIMSUIT COULD BECOME A VITAL EQUIPMENT ON PILOTING AN IS!?" Melissa yelled at the scientists out of frustration as she argues that why does she have to wear such a tight fit clothing that shows more skin than she wanted to.
"That 'swimsuit' of yours had special receptors embedded all over its surface to transmit directly all of your body command input to the IS itself." A female scientist answered her in a calm and stern tone, "Also, it is designed to monitor every single physical activities that your body create. From muscle movements, breathing and cardiac intervals to mental states."
"...I don't believe this. And you're supposed to convince me to wear this with that explanation?" Melissa frowns after hearing the scientist's comment.
"Captain, that suit has been given to you by the same people who created this machine." The female scientist adjusts her glasses and said, "If you want to complain about the suit design then take it to the R&D department who oversees the creation of this IS and that 'swimsuit', along with the high-ranking SAS officals who assigned you as this machine's test pilot."
Khhh!" Seeing that she can no longer argue with her technicians, Melissa replied with, "Ugh, fine..."
Melissa storms out of the IS pit and hurried to the changing room, where she finally changes into the IS suit she heavily resented wearing.
"Dammit, this is so embarrassing..." Melissa shows up to the IS hangar, blushing and trying to cover her private parts with her hands. The suit showcases perfectly her young model-like figure, much to her chagrin.
"Captain Sears, please get into the IS cockpit now. We will start the test run soon." The female scientist announced at the control room.
"I know, I know..." Melissa said as she climbs into the cockpit of the Cerulean Mirror IS.
Memory File 3
"Cerulean Mirror, launching!"
Launching out of the SAS airbase, The Cerulean Mirror IS makes a grand entrance into the open sea.
"Main thrusters are working perfectly. Flight control systems all green. No anomalies found on main sensor systems." Melissa reported to her technicians via her radio com.
"Okay, Melissa. We'll be testing how your machine can handle sharp turns and fast dives, so try to maneuver your machine like you were using a fighter plane." The female scientist orders Melissa to move around the base to test the Cerulean Mirror's overall mobility.
"Roger that."
Melissa complies by circling around the base and performs several complex maneuvers and stunts that usually seen on fighter plane exhibitions.
"Hmmm, good. Now deploy the Starlight rifle and try to shoot down these marked targets around you." The base below then deploys several rapidly flying dummy drones around her perimeter.
"Understood."
Melissa then summons the beam sniper rifle on her right arm and steadily aims at one of the dummy drones. After a few seconds she fires her sniper rifle and shots down her intended target. From there on one after another she shots down the dummy targets in a smooth one shot one kill firing action all the way to the last remaining drone that is farthest away from her position.
"Nice one. Now let's move on to another exercise."
The female scientist then orders to deploy a single drone in a position way back and below the IS machine.
"Now, hit the target below you without aiming it directly with your rifle." She ordered Melissa, which bewildered the young pilot.
"Uuhh, how do I do that?" Melissa asks in confusion.
The female scientist replied her with, "Now is the time to make use of your IS's unique weaponry. Command your IS to deploy its mirror bits."
"...Roger."
The HUD screen on the Cerulean Mirror IS began showing on command list to Melissa that lets her control and monitor the movements of the mirror bits.
"Deploying Mirror Bits!"
The IS machine unleashes six identical cone-shaped drones from its backpack, and starts to fly around near the IS. The drones then opens up from the pointed section up to its spherical base, like flowers blooming in the spring. It now vaguely resembles a flower, with its three light blue triangle-shaped protrusions as its petals with a violet colored circular base as its center.
"So, now what?"
"Position the mirror bits into formation to locate your target below. Then, aim your rifle at one of the mirror bits that is nearest to you. The bits should automatically align themselves to aim directly at the drone below you."
After she followed the directions given to her, "They've already align themselves to the target." Melissa informed the scientist at the control tower.
"Now fire your rifle at the nearest mirror bit to you and observe what happens."
After she fires at the mirror bit that is in front of her, it reflected the beam shot to another mirror bit. After the beam shot reflects to two other mirror bits it hits the lone flying drone below, right at its center.
"So this is the mirror bits, huh?"
"Impressive, isn't it? These special Equalizers lets you find and shoot your targets without the hassle of re-aiming at one target at a time, or you can hit the blind spot of your enemies in a single shot."
"I see." Melissa nods as she looks below zooming at the downed drone unit.
"So, shall we continue on the exercise? we still have plenty of experiments to do." The female scientist asked.
"Please continue the exercise. Me and this machine are still good to go."
Memory File 4
"What's with the bulky armor look of my unit!?"
A grumpy Melissa greeted the scientists and technicians with an annoyed tone that are working on the newly configured Cerulean Mirror. The IS now had more blue armor platings on the chest, shoulders, torso and front skirt armor areas. The legs also have extra thrusters on its sides and large extended boosters on the backpack unit. For weapon add-ons the forearms now had small hidden machineguns installed on the top cover and two large tube missile launchers equipped on the side hip armors. And the Starlight rifle is replaced by an upgraded bulkier variant, Starlight Mk. II.
"You see, Captain, we were testing some add-ons that can increase the combat capability of the Cerulean Mirror. In this configuration we added more armor plating on the critical parts of your machine. We also added more weapons and boosters to offset mobility issues."
"Seriously? This is no Armored Core, you know! Isn't the Absolute Barrier is more than enough for protection!?" Melissa protested, as her arms crossed while she glares at one of the scientist.
"It's an order from the higher-ups to test this new configuration for future references." The female scientist informed, "We were only told about this just yesterday."
"You guys saw how I was badly humiliated during the last Mondo Grosso, right?" Melissa exclaimed, "That b***h cut through my armor with a mere katana! What I need is CQC countermeasures, not hastily fitted plate armors!"
"We do keep that in mind as well." The female scientist replied, "However we are more concerned about the overall effectiveness of this new configuration."
"Tch, so my opinion in this is not needed, huh?" Melissa frowns even more.
"We've also taken consideration of the test pilot's input into this matter..." the female scientist added, "But we weren't really allowed to make judgments based merely on speculations. We still have to comply with the government's request."
"Whatever. Just call me when you're done tinkering with my IS." Melissa walks away from the hangar with a disappointed look on her face.
Memory File 5
"Ghhaaahhh!"
Melissa crash lands on the air base runway after she attempted to do a complex aerial maneuver and fails to regain altitude after the IS's thrusters are overpowered by the machine's own momentum. Moments later several service personnel including several scientists came to her aid as she tries to stand up on her feet.
"What happened back there?" One of the technicians asked.
"I just... Kinda lost my balance when I do a sharp turn on that last maneuver. The boosters couldn't push me upwards in time so I crash-land like this as you can see." said Melissa, who is still dizzy from the impact.
"Hmmm, must be the excessive mass that increases the inertia of the machine." The female scientist concluded, "Guess we really need to remodel the ACTAP unit if we want to win the next Mondo Grosso tournament."
"See what I mean? This what happens when you don't listen to your test pilots." Melissa shots a glare at the female scientist with an accusing expression.
"We'll continue with the experiments with the same configuration. Replace the damaged parts with new ones." The female scientist ordered, ignoring Melissa's statement.
"Hmph..." Melissa is silent and upset after her words fell into deaf ears.
Memory File 6
After a series of test flights and minor modifications the Cerulean Mirror ACTAP is now declared ready for practical combat. However another upgrade has been issued for the IS machine.
"What is that?" Melissa asks while drinking a soda.
"Oh, this? It's the newly developed Starlight Mk. III rifle created from the data of your own Mk. II. This one had power output twice that of the previous
model, so its kinda hard to use it compared to the Mk. II. We'll be installing this to your machine shortly, so prepare for another test run." Responded by of the techincians who attends to her machine.
"Understood." Melissa replied to the technician.
Memory File 7
"Damn, I lost one again..."
Melissa is testing the Starlight Mk. III in tandem with the mirror bits system. However the result is unsatisfactory as the mirror bits could only reflect the beam shots from the Mk. III up to six times before they lose their reflective properties and gets shot down by the beam itself.
"I guess we haven't calibrated much the mirror bits to adjust into the Mk. III's output." One of the technicians spoke his mind in the control room.
"At least we perfected the bit control system. Back then we have to wire those drones directly into the IS machine just to make them function." The female scientist commented.
"After five or six shots from the Mk. III they get wasted huh? This is really difficult to use compared to the previous models." Melissa commented while she looks at the Mk. III with disinterest.
"Okay, that's it for now. Let's continue on testing the missile systems." The female scientist ordered Melissa.
"Roger."
Memory File 8
"Looking good, Captain."
Melissa is perfoming several aerial maneuvers and weapon exhibitions after she finally adjusted herself to piloting her fully armed Cerulean Mirror ACTAP IS.
"Cerulean Mirror... With this IS I can finally beat that Japanese Brunhilde...!" Melissa thought to herself, all the while accelerating further upwards. "No, I can prove that this machine is the best among the world!"
Memory File 9
"Blue Tears... A third Generation IS, huh..." Melissa commented after she sees the newly built IS machine that has been press-released by the British government.
"That one's made from the combat data taken from your Cerulean Mirror IS. In other words the Blue Tears is the result of our research out of your Cerulean Mirror unit." The female scientist replied.
"I see. So that's my new machine, huh? I feel bad though. I'm kinda attached to the Cerulean Mirror already..." Melissa smirks at the idea that she felt sad that she'll be abandoning the Cerulean Mirror, a machine she had used for a long time.
"Uhm, Captain Sears, Actually..." One of the scientists spoke up to her.
"Hm? What is it?" Melissa then glances at the scientist with a confused expression.
Memory File 10
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I'M NO LONGER NEEDED HERE!?"
Melissa yelled at her commanding officer after she learns that she wouldn't be involved in any of the test flights of the IS development project.
"It's exactly what I said. You will no longer be required in participating further in our IS development team." Her commanding officer sternly repeated his statement to Melissa.
"But... But you said I'm the only one who had the highest aptitude of piloting an IS out of our whole fighting force..." Melissa spoke as she shakily curls up her hands into a fist.
"The government had recommended the daughter from the Alcott family to be our IS representative, and apparently she had a higher aptitude of piloting an IS than you do." He handed over a sheet of paper to Melissa, which states that her status as a test pilot is terminated effective today.
"No... No way..." Melissa's composure finally breaks down after she read the papers signed by the secretary of defense itself.
"This decision is already rubber stamped by the higher-ups, so I can't really do anything about this." Her commanding officer closes his eyes expecting his subordinate to be upset by the British government's decision.
"AHahahahah... I should've known better..." Melissa is on the verge of bursting into tears as she looks directly at her superior.
"I did all I can to support you, but my authority alone could do very little to save your position as our test pilot."
"So... What am I supposed to do now?" Melissa asks her superior with teary eyes.
"We would be transferring you as a reserved officer for the UN defense force team. Of course, you will have to leave behind the IS that you have used here in this base for dismantling." The commanding officer said in a cold tone.
"I... see..."
Memory File 11
Setting up a false meeting, Melissa challenges the newly appointed IS pilot of the Blue Tears IS in a duel. Melissa lied to her opponent that she was an instructor at IS academy sent to test her skill, in which the 15-year-old blonde pilot believed and accepted her challenge. After that they face off in a one round match in a recreated IS arena near the SAS airbase. At the first half of the 30 minute match she had the upper hand due to her experience and skill, however her Cerulean Mirror IS could barely keep up with the enemy's much more advanced Blue Tears. The match ended with Melissa's IS being overwhelmed by the Blue Tears overall combat capabilities and its pilot's latent skill of controlling her beam gun bits.
"khhh... Dammit!"
Despite the protection provided by the ACTAP equipment, Melissa is overpowered by the fact her machine couldn't withstand the multiple beam attacks thrown by her opponent in all directions. The mirror bits only provided limited usage, as the Blue Tears pilot finds out that there's a blind spot behind its mirror panels.
"Well, do you want to continue?" The blonde pilot of the Blue Tears mocks Melissa while she aims the Starlight Mk. III rifle at the sliver-haired woman's chest along with the four beam gun bits that surrounds her.
"Tch..." Melissa only looks away in humiliation as she lies down defeated and her IS being heavily damaged in combat.
Memory File 12
- SAS Airbase, makeshift IS Hangar -
"I guess that's it for us, huh..."
A disgruntled Melissa is talking to herself while she stares lifelessly at the severely battered Cerulean Mirror IS. After facing court trial and pardoned for her actions she visits the hangar where her former machine was put away in storage.
"At first I was kinda excited that if we beat that 3rd gen. IS we can prove to them that you and me are the best in the world..." Melissa then continued, "But now, it doesn't matter anymore. I just want to feel that excitement when we fly into the clouds one more time..."
She then touches the IS chestplate and said, "Say, do you still want to fight with me?"
The last scene shows that she dons her IS suit and climbs into the cockpit of her Cerulean Mirror. It later reveals that she broke out of the SAS airbase piloting her IS and carrying several experimental weapons at hand...
End Memory file log.
Cerulean Mirror's appearance resembles the MSZ-010 ZZ Gundam leg and MSA-0011 S Gundam top, while on its ACTAP configuration it resembles the MSA-0011[Ext] EX-S Gundam.