Hello people, this is SignalHunter and today I bring what possibly can be a story, but is a one-shot right now in the form of a crossover between the Fate series and the UC Gundam series. The Fate series that I most specifically based this story off is Fate Apocrypha, but don't worry, it won't be entirely based off it as I would be borrowing a few elements from it like, 2 factions, the reasons why characters like King Arthur or Gilgamesh won't be appearing on either side, and 14 Servants and Masters, yes you heard me right, 14 Masters and Servants, so it's another Great Holy Grail War. Anyways, onto the prologue of Fate/Century.
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Rebirth
[Unknown Location]
Darkness covers the room before a single light shines on a human-sized capsule with an open view on the front facing towards the ceiling as it starts flicker to show a view of the stars in space. Inside the capsule lies an old man with a large beard and is wearing what seems to be a headset that is connected to capsule. He watches the stars with no emotion before he begins to hear footsteps heading towards, but he chooses to ignore it as he continues to watch the stars.
"I assume you are here to know about the "Relic"?" The old man questioned the unknown person as they stopped walking.
"..." Was the only response from the unknown person.
"I understand that there is a "Relic" here, but it is not the one you seeking, so you come to me to learn about what exactly this "Relic" is." The old man said as he got silence in response.
"Before we discuss about the location, I wish to explain the state of the world right now." The old man continued as several large blank holographic screens start to circle around him.
"It all began when we humans begin to govern the space colonies we created…" The old man trailed off as one of the holographic screens starts to play a video.
[Video]
"Spacenoids, the names given to people who were born in colonies...wanted independence from the Earth Federation for the sake of their colonies." The video shows a crowd of Spacenoids with protest signs trying to break through an Earth Federation blockade.
"Zeon Zum Deikun, the man who preached independence for the colonies dies by unknown causes and his motives were "continued" by the Zabi family." Scene switches to Zeon Zum Deikun passing out during his final speech.
"The Zabis begin to adopt more violent tactics for the independence of the colonies and named themselves the Principality of Zeon." Scene switches soldiers loyal to the Zabis gunning down civilians who followed Deikun's ideals.
The scene switches to a warehouse with several Zeon engineers working on a large humanoid machine frame as it begins to move it legs as it walks out of the warehouse. While it was humanoid in appearance, its head had a glowing pink mono-eye as it looks at its surrounding. The unit grabs a very large machine gun from truck carrying it as it takes aim and open fires on dummy targets as the bullets shred right through them.
"The Mobile Suit, Zeon's trump card in their fight for independence."
"The Federation thought little of it as claimed the unit was a joke." Scene swaps to several Federation officers laughing at the demonstration of the MS.
"However, this would be their downfall." Scene switches to outer space were several flashes of light were around a moving colony.
The camera zooms in on a MS that was designed similarly to the original MS, but sported a shield on the right shoulder, a spiked left shoulder, a vent on the face with tubes connecting to the body, and a green paint job with full armor. The unit was carrying a machine gun as it starts to fire at several small space fighters as they try to avoid the shots, but failed as the bullets hit their engines and they crash into each other. The same unit heads to a different section of the colony as a large space battleship equipped with several large beam cannons as it tries to shoot down the incoming MS. The shots miss as the unit retaliates by fire its machine at the turrets as it destroys them, but the battleship fire back with CIWS as the bullets tore right through the unit's right arm and leg. The MS starts to break apart, but the pilot decided to finish the fight as it crashes the unit into the bridge of the battleship as the entire ship is engulf in explosions. Time passes by as the moving colony starts to crash land towards Earth. The Federation forces try to stop it, but nothing could destroy it as it crashes into Sydney, Australia, destroying a good portion of the continent.
"Zeon started a Colony Drop by gassing an entire population and drop the large station to Earth for destroying Federation chain of command, however, that failed, but still dealt a fatal blow to the Federation.
"While all hope was lost for the Federation, they had a secret weapon."
Scene switches to one of Zeon's MS as it was attacking the inside of colony, but was interrupted as a mobile suit was getting up from transportation. The Zeon pilot stops to look at the new machine. It was red, white, blue, and yellow in color, it had dual eyes with open holes on the head, but what was most notable about this MS was the V-fin on the head. The unit shoulder charged the Zeon MS as it falls back, but quickly gets up and fires its machine gun. In a surprising turn of events, the bullets didn't even stagger the Federation MS.
"The Gundam, the Federation's secret weapon, turned the tide of the battle in favor of the Federation as it boasted superior power than Zeon's Zaku II." The Gundam grabs a handle from its backpack as it ignites to create a beam saber.
The scene transitions to the Gundam swinging its beam saber at a Red Zaku II as it uses a heat axe or heat hawk to block the strike. Both suits exchange fire as the red MS fires a bazooka at the Gundam, which was using a shield and a beam rifle. The scene then switches to the Gundam in space with no left arm as it was fighting a Zeon MS that didn't use legs, but boosters as they continue to fight on a large asteroid base.
"The war ended in favor of the Federation, however, amongst the peace treaties made by both factions, Zeon was not about to give up on their independence. Scene switches to a squad of damaged Zaku IIs as they armed their weapons.
"They still fight for independence to this moment right now."
[Present]
"That's the history we always know of, but you aren't here for that history lesson...You are here for the hidden side of history." The old man said as the most of the holographic screens disappear expect for one, which shows nothing.
"Deep in the shadows of history, lies a secret kept from the general population of history...magic." He said as several glowing blue lines start to run down his body with the most notable scene is on his face.
"Us "mages" keep secrets from the people as we all fight for the "relic" you seek." He continued as the single holographic screen began to play a video.
[Videos]
"The Holy Grail. The relic us mages seek as it could grant the user any wish they wanted." In the black background of the video shows a glowing golden chalice.
"However, it would not be easily obtained as 7 chosen masters and their servants must fight to the death for it." The background shows 7 human figures with different runs next to them as a few of them disappear.
"The mages can choose to fight, but if they refuse, they will call upon their servants." Screen switches to a stats of servant named King Arthur, classified as Saber.
"Heroic Spirits...spirits of heroes who achieved great deeds during their life, becoming part of the Throne of Heroes, a place existing outside of the world and time."
"You may find it odd when summoning a servant, they are the opposite gender of what you expect them to be." The stats of King Arthur swap to show a picture of King Arthur, which turns out that he is a she as she was a rather young woman with green eyes and blond hair and was wearing shining armor with an old styled dress made from old-fashioned blue cloth.
"These servants would be used to fight in the Holy Grail War for themselves and their masters." The scene transitions to a large city during the night as in the shadows, Servants and Masters were fighting against each other.
"There were a total of 7 standard servant classes with subclasses in the mix and there would be usually a total of 7 per Holy Grail War with no copies. However, there is always a chance that an 8th servant would be summoned by the Holy Grail to observe these battles, they are known as Rulers." Scenes switches with Saber fending off several blades launched like bullets from a unknown person as on the rooftop of a skyscraper is a Ruler class servant watching the battle, but something seems off about the person as the person was wearing black armor and had a black flag as this person was smiling sadistically as the fight was going on.
"However, not all Holy Grail Wars had an extra Servant or Ruler, while that is true, there one Holy Grail War that nearly ended everything." As "Ruler" was watching the battle between Saber and the unknown Servant, a bright beam of light shoots into the sky above as "Ruler" turns to face it as Saber and the other unknown before a bright ball of light consumes all of them.
"The Holy Grail vanished, without a trace to where it has gone, leaving a desolated city with no survivors." The light dies down as the city was nothing but rubble and any sign of human life had disappeared.
"Time passed after the disappearance when "new" Holy Grail Wars start to appear."
"Those wars...were proper with the Servants and battle, but the prize wasn't the Holy Grail, but rather a false one." Scene switches to a Master with blue hair and his Servant who had a blindfold on her as they begin to claim their prize.
"Those False Grails didn't bring miracles and wishes, but rather chaos and despair." The chalice of the Holy Grail starts to black and spew out a black smoke as the master's servant starts to emit a dark aura as she suddenly plunges a knife into her master's chest as he coughs up blood looking shocked at the betrayal before dying with his wide open.
"These false prizes caused havoc amongst the mages as they corrupted surviving Servants and killed any humans who stand in their way." The servant throws the False Grail chalice down as black mud seeps and starts to spread into the city it was taking place in, creating monsters, abominations, and corrupting any Servants remaining.
"It took many years to finally end these terrible wars with hidden mages amongst the government destroying any evidence of it even taking place with others finding any False Grails and destroying them." Scene switches a U.N. official in a room as he presses a red button as Magic Circuits run down his hand as he is engulfed in a bright white lights as outside a city was destroyed in a bright white light too as the camera becomes disoriented before shutting down.
[Present]
"Ever since, there hasn't been a Holy Grail War and the mage population became steady or is rather increasing." The man said as he heard footsteps leaving the vicinity.
"You only came to me because I could sense the Grail...am I correct?" He asked as the footsteps stopped as he scoffs.
"It seems I was correct and in truth, I can feel it, the energy radiating from it, waiting for a wish to be granted and Servants waiting to be summoned, go forth and find the Holy Grail, as you "are" part of the Holy Grail, aren't you?" He said was his capsule turns to face the unknown person, only to see a fallen cloak on the ground.
"Heh, as expected of the Holy Grail, it doesn't even know where it is itself…" The man trailed off as he decides to take a rest again while he watches the stars again.
[Small research vessel, Near Earth's orbit]
Meanwhile near the orbit of Earth is a small research vessel that bears the insignia of the Earth Federation Space Forces as near the small ship was a MS that oddly looked like the Gundam, but wasn't as it was a bit more bulkier with a larger backpack, a bit more boosters on the legs, the face had a upside down short fat T visor instead of dual eyes, and other than that, it was painted mostly white with the chest having a darkish green color to it. The unit was guarding the ship as inside, the crew were all wearing bulky white space suits with obscured visors as most of them were using scanners as they seem to be waiting for something. It hit them pretty quickly as one of the operators gets a reading on his scanner as he gets off from his station and heads towards the captain's quarters. The crewman doesn't fully open the door to meet the captain but instead slip a data tablet inside as it floats in the captain's room as the door closes. The data tablet lands on a desk as the details in confirmation of "Command Seals or Spells" appearing unknowns individuals. On the right side of the data tablet was a folder labelled "Einzbern Homunculus Deployment" with a few photos slipping out of the folder showing a set of 2 young men and 3 young women in pilot suits, but was most notable is that they all have white hair, red eyes, and show little emotion as all of them were lined up in a row, saluting. While on the left side of the data tablet was another folder labelled "Homunculus with Crest Worms (Matou Division)" with a report slipping out saying that one of the homunculus they were granted suffered extreme pain and torture, but gained powerful magical abilities and a dangerous bloodlust, the subject was terminated with a "Core" being purged from a chosen MS.
[Asteroid, near an unknown colony]
While it may look like a regular large asteroid that was just floating near a colony, upon closer inspection, it was artificial with hidden hangers as Zaku II's were flying in and out of the man-made asteroid. Inside the asteroid are several Zeon personal in slim green space suits as most of them were engineers as they were swapping out armor plates and rearming some of their unloaded weapons. Meanwhile in a communications room is a lone Zeon officer as he was downloading data into a tablet and once he was finished, he disconnected the tablet and headed off to find the captain. In a hanger labelled NO.4, a single MS pilot was watching his suit being when the communication officer tapped his shoulder and when he turned around, was handed the tablet as the officer saluted and went away. The visor of the pilot slightly slides up, only to reveal the mouth and as he reads the data on the tablet, he smiles as he takes a look at the folder contents he was reading. The folder was labelled "Tohsaka".
[Unknown Location, Space]
The area was pitch black, but several Federation and Zeon MS and battleships littered the area. It was a graveyard with skeletons in Zeon or Federation space suits float around the place. Amongst the debris is a lone destroyed Zaku II with no arms or legs, however, the cockpit looked forcibly opened with no damage to the inside. However, what was most strange was the message on the screens of the MS. It was yellow in color with several errors, but a clear message was given.
Command Seal Confirmation: 14
Holy Grail Location: Unknown
Request to deploy Ruler "Core": Granted
Request to deploy Agent with Ruler: Granted
Status of Agent: Sent to observe new Masters and Servants
Servant MS Status: In progress
Universal Century Holy Grail War: Underway
So that's the end of the one-shot or prologue. I apologize to the UC fans for possibly butchering the One Year War, I was trying to make a simplified version of it so that it would make sense. I also apologize to the Fate fans for maybe messing with Fate stories, but to be fair, there's alternative AUs in the Fate series itself, meaning anything can happen.
To those who were wondering what is going in the Fate side of the crossover, here is an explanation. The Holy Grail Wars actually started earlier than canon, with more battles and the first through third Fuyuki Grail Wars actually happening elsewhere in another city, but during the third one where an Avenger was summoned, the Grail disappeared and was replaced with False Grails that deliver chaos and despair. The 3 families didn't know about and thought that during the third war was that they didn't have the proper requirements to summon the Grail. So the fourth Grail War (Zero), which does take place in Fuyuki City actually does happen, but with a False Grail as the prize. During this war, an Avenger was summoned as an extra and actually released the False Grail on the people of Fuyuki City, killing many, before being suppressed by the combined efforts of the remaining masters and servants. The fifth (Stay Night) officially ended the Grail Wars until the current one, in which DIPSHIT Shinji won and got himself killed by his servant after releasing the False Grail on the city again, in which a U.N. official, who was part of the Mage's Association, destroyed Fuyuki City completely, leaving no survivors. Thankfully, characters like Emiya and Rin weren't actually part of the war and was far away from the city, allowing them to continue their lives, or in Emiya's cause...you know what I mean.
For the UC side of the crossover wondering for era in UC does the story take place in, here's the answer. The prologue takes place a few months before the Laplace Conflict (Unicorn) while the actual story (If this gets popular.) takes place after the Axis Incident (Twilight Axis) with a Federation and Zeon group who are mages in disguise seeking the Grail as a observer that works for the Grail watches them.
Now if this story gets plenty of follows or favorites, I will write the story, I promise. If it is story, the 14 Masters will be OCs written by you, the readers or fellow writers, BUT, do not submit them until I get the greenlight so that that next chapter will be Faction information, rules of what will be accepted and not, and the template of the OC and MS, yes MS, you will be using a MS.
If anything else, I think that is it. Send a review if you like, are interested, or want to discuss some things.