Senjou no Kodoku na Shounen

by Herr Gespenst

Ichika Orimura, under the alias Daremo Nomura, fights Phantom Task as a member of the mercenary outfit The Band of Eight, while piloting mecha called Armored Suits, and being supplied by Japanese arms manufacturing firm Kakizaki Zaibatsu

1. Chapter 1

Senjou no Kodoku na Shounen

(The Lone Boy of the Battlefield)

Chapter 1: Foreword

First time here, and a late Infinite Stratos fan. Initially, I created this fic to explore this thought, "How would Ichika piloting a Scopedog from VOTOMS be like?" Thus, this fic. Though by reading the light novels, and being somewhat disgusted how the IS in-universe changed society, I decided to show its consequences.

The title Senjou no Kodoku na Shounen is to reflect the protagonist Daremo Nomura's state of mind across this fic, namely hiding from his enemies and his real identity in the process.

Rating

Although Infinite Stratos is a light novel for teenages, I'll go for the M rating in order to make the whole thing seem more serious with the war thing. Though for foul language, that will be covered up with asterisks because I don't have the sack to write foul language yet.

Story/Canon

This is a fanfic sequel I'm doing before Volume 8 comes out on April 25, so I'll be going by the light novel continuity. I planned to leave a note for Izuru Yumizuru (author of the light novels) to canonize this if he wanted, if not, that was okay, but since that will never be, consider this my last hurrah before Volume 8 comes out.

The timeline below is official. Key info to remember:

*Volume 1 – 2 (light novel)/Episodes 1 – 8 (anime) – June

*Volume 3 (light novel)/Episodes 9 – 12 (anime) – July (Evident with Houki's bithday being July 7)

*Volume 4 (light novel)/OVA (anime) – August

*Volumes 5 -7 of the light novel probably happen across September to October, given Ichika's birthday being on September 27.

For setting, I'll go for the 2016 setting, since the anime and manga adaptions allude to Obama supporting the Alaska Treaty in the backstory, hence the 2016 setting.

Characters

I plan to have every character here, and for protagonist, it will be Ichika, but the thing is, he's got a different personality here, reflected by this fic. You'll know what I mean as you read it.

For the worldbuilding, I'll be making a lot of references to real life people, and base some Original Characters/OCs on certain historical figures.

Technology and combat

Fot this fic, since the eponymous Powered Armor of Infinite Stratos fights like Gundams, with shades of Code Geass and Zone of the Enders thrown in, and to go with the idea of "Ichika in a Scopedog from VOTOMS," I decided to thrown in actual mecha that are like in VOTOMS. To those who don't know what I'm talking about, Armored Trooper VOTOMS is a 1983 mecha anime directed by Ryosuke Takahashi, who directed other mecha anime, like Fang of the Sun Dougram in 1981, Panzer World Galient in 1984, Blue Comet SPT Layzner in 1985, Gasaraki in 1998, Blue Gender in 1999, and Flag in 2006. He also wrote for Combattler V in 1976, Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stadust Memory in 1991, and GaoGaiGar in 1997. The style of how the mecha will operate are as follows: They're 3-4 meters tall and are easy to destroy, even with equipment like Light Machine Guns, General Purpose Machine Guns, Heavy Machine Guns, and various explosive weapons, like in VOTOMS; must be delivered by a flatbed truck when traveling long land distances, and the fact the mecha in question aren't the only ways to win fights, meaning infantry, various vehicles, and aircraft are important, like in Dougram. There will be other references to other Ryosuke Takahashi works, but if you're smart enough, you should know what to read. Not just Ryosuke Takahashi works. There will be those from other Real Robot mecha anime.

Languages/Dialects

Since we weren't given how lingustics work in Infinite Stratos, what with IS Academy being an international school and not much of the other languages aside from Japanese (and possibly English) being explored, I'll throw in some of said languages throughout my fic. Translations for certain words will appear at the end of each chapter, but for dialogue, the English translations will be in parentheses. For Japanese, I'll be counting on a friend for help.

Final Words

Hope that's that, and I hope you enjoy my fic.

A/N:

Chapter 1 will come after this.

For supplementary information, I'll be setting up a conversation on TV Tropes that explains certain things, like Original Characters/OCs, appearances of the mecha, their information, etc. If you have an account on Wikipedia, log in, and feel free to ask questions.