Gundam Seed: Divided Loyalties

by Asmus

The person you are fighting with is not always your friend. The person you are fighting against is not always your enemy. Everyone has his price and everyone has his reasons to fight. No matter what or who they are, Naturals, Coordinators or Ravens. -Discontinued-

1. Introduction

Hello, ladies and gentlemen. I am Asmus, and I'd like to ask you a question.

What is loyalty?

Does loyalty means following a certain idea or a belief? Or does it mean facing problems together with your friends?

Can it be changed? Replaced? Can it be nothing more than a mask behind which to hide the true nature of a person?

Can loyalty be purchased?

Okay, these were several questions, not one. But the point remains. Even if there is one definition to loyalty, there are a lot of things that influence it. One of which is money. Have you ever wondered what would happen if people, who are loyal only to the highest bidder, entered the Bloody Valentine War? People like the mercenaries known as Ravens.

If you decide to give this story a chance, I have to warn you, this is the first step of a very long road. This is the first of four stories. The first story of the series called The Tainted Renaissance.

Now, as some of you have probably realized, Ravens are mercenaries in the Armored Core universe. Therefore it means that this story is a crossover. Right? ... Not exactly. The reason why this story isn't in the crossover section is that it's not a true crossover. Usually a crossover requires readers to have knowledge about all of the involved universes. Well, this is not the case. I am writing this story while assuming that readers have absolutely no knowledge about the Armored Core universe. Therefore you can read this story even if you know nothing about Armored Cores. The only thing you should need to know is the general appearance of an Armored Core. A problem which can be easily solved by looking up some images on the internet.

Now, the story does contain a fair amount of all things you would expect from a war story. Violence, swearing and probably mention of sex. If you're offended by any of this then you'll probably won't enjoy the story very much.

Furthermore, all products/creations used in this story belong to their respective owners. I'm not making any money out of this and I'm writing purely for fun.

And one final thing. I tried my best to explain everything as best I can, but I'm not perfect. If there's something you don't understand, feel free to ask me. If there's something you like or don't like, if you have any suggestions, wishes or ideas, let me know. There's always room for ideas. And, considering that there will be two sequels following this story, I'm guessing I have lots of room for any ideas.

And now, on with the show!