Arpeggio of Blue Steel Another Tale: Chronicles of Crimson Mirage Cross
PHASE 00: End of the World
Due to global warming and rising sea levels in the early 21st century, much of Earth's landmass has been lost. In 2039, fleets of powerful sentient warships, armed with advanced technology and weaponry, mysteriously appear and decimate the world's naval forces. These ships, collectively called 'The Fleet of Abyss', exterminated the entire human race and any life existed and turned the lifeless world into its mining and production facilities before it arrived to another world through the massive dimensional cross gate located at the middle of the largest ocean sector.
Flash back to the time during the final decision battle between the United Nation Naval and the Fleet of Abyss in the Parallel Universe:
Abroad the nuclear powered Hyperion class Guided Missile Cruiser U.N.S. Hyperion, acting captain Colin Aoki is forced to take over the command after the original captain and his staffs are all killed when the Hyperion is hit by a Fleet of Abyss's heavy cruiser main gun and the command bridge is destroyed at the same time. As the only senior officer still alive, he is currently commanding the vessel from the operation bridge which is at least had a better protection than its counterpart that had been destroyed. Unfortunately, he clearly realized that the combine force of human naval is losing the battle; since the best result for the human's warships and their conventional weapons are able to damage and destroyed the lightly armed submarines and destroyers of the Fleet of Abyss but never powerful enough to created even slightly surface damage to the enemy vessels above the destroyer class. It is because unknown powerful force field had protected the Fleet of Abyss from almost all kind of physical, chemical laser and projective weapons. In order to make the situation worse than that, the unknown grey and crimson armor protected the Fleet of Abyss's warships is much stronger than the human counterpart when one of its heavy cruiser can easily ram, crushed and then sank an Aegis class Guided Missile Cruiser without any damage at all!
In conclusion, it is no longer a battle but a massacre to the United Nation Naval consist of about a thousand warships of all kinds and classes when the Fleet of Abyss slaughter the human's naval with its advance and powerful energy base and projective weapons. Due to the fact that modern warships focused on ECM technologies and mobility for survival in the heat of battle; such countermeasure never worked for the Fleet of Abyss which used the big main gun and heavy armed warship design back to the Second World War. In the similar situation, air force accomplished little success when facing the Fleet of Abyss because the air to sea missiles never powerful enough to get through the unknown force field generated by the Fleet of Abyss. On the other hand, the Fleet of Abyss can easily eliminate those tiny targets by its anti-air laser turrets.
Military satellites at orbit armed with powerful laser and nuclear warhead missiles are called to duty and intended to use against the Fleet of Abyss at the first place. Unfortunately, either laser or nuclear missile can created any positive result for mankind. Immediately, the Fleet of Abyss counters such offensive by using the main guns in its warships, started by heavy cruiser class to the super battleship class, in their maximum power mode when such power is able to reach the Earth orbit where the satellites are existed. In just within a few days, all the satellites at the orbit are completed wipe out by the Fleet of Abyss; no matter they are civilian or military purpose.
Since human had started the first shot and declaimed war to the mysterious Fleet of Abyss, the Fleet of Abyss fought back and attacked at the targets it could find no matter the target is military or otherwise. It never accepted surrender and had no intention for communication and only stopped the offensive when the said sector had no sign of life left behind.
Back to the battlefield, Colin realized that the Hyperion is the only still combat capable vessel in her assigned battle group once consists of:
Lowa-class Battleship Refit Variant x1 U.N.S. Wisconsin (BB-64) ( the battle group flagship )
Hyperion class Guided Missile Cruiser x1 U.N.S. Hyperion (CG-75)
Ticonderoga class Guided Missile Cruiser x1 U.N.S. Port Royal (CG-73)
Atago class Guided Missile Destroyer x1 U.N.S. Ashigara (DDG-178)
Georges Leygues class Guided Missile Frigate x1 U.N.S. Latouche-Tréville (D646)
Type 052D class Guided Missile Destroyer x1 U.N.S. Luyang III
Hobart Class Guided Missile Destroyer x1 U.N.S. Sydney
Iroquois class Guided Missile Destroyer x1 U.N.S. Algonquin (DDG-283)
Zumwalt class Stealth Guided Missile Destroyer x1 U.N.S. Zumwalt (DDG-1000)
Seawolf class Attack Submarine U.N.S. Seawolf II
Astute class Attack Submarine U.N.S. Ambush
Other ally warships included the battle group flagship are either sank or had suffered critical damage when their crews are abandoning ship and at least tried to escape from the war zone. Reinforcement never comes because the formation of United Nation Naval had been torn apart by the Fleet of Abyss through its brutal force; not to mention contact with the United Nation Naval flagship, U.N.S. Enterprise ( CVN-78 ) the Gerald R. Ford class Aircraft Carrier, had been lost long time ago.
"Lieutenant Aoki to all crew abroad Hyperion, abandon ship immediately when I am going to buy the time for you to escape", Colin spoke to everyone through the communication link. "Go now and at least get the hell out of the war zone when the enemy is not focus on our position yet!"
"But Lieutenant, how about you", the communication officer asked.
"I am going to buy the time for you to escape and it is the best possible way for me to do as your command officer under the current condition", Colin replied calmly. "Now go before the chance to escape is gone!"
After seeing all the remaining crews had abandoned ship and the escape boats are leaving the war zone, Colin sat down at the helm station and aimed the U.N.S. Hyperion towards an incoming Fleet of Fog heavy cruiser. He fired whatever weapon left from the said guided missile cruiser but all of them are blocked by the unseen force field. At the same time, the Fleet of Abyss heavy cruiser fired its forward main gun and completely destroyed its opponent when U.N.S. Hyperion disappeared within a brighten light.
Colin's lifeless body is helplessly sinking to the bottom of the ocean when suddenly; a huge object appeared under him and risked to the ocean surface. Under the moon night, Colin barely saw the image of a woman with long crimson hair with the length to her feet behind her and her eyes had the same color when she whispered something directly into his mind:
"Do you want to live?" It is in fact, nothing more than an extremely simple question.
Base on his will of survival, Colin tried to focus his mind and answered. "I…want…to…."
"If you desired to live, then accepted the contract from mine", the women with the strange clothes that Colin had never seen before kneed down and carefully held up his head and made her face closer to him. "Become my captain until the end of time!"
"I…accept…"
"In the name of Crimson Princess of Absolute Destruction, I accept you as my captain and I will serve as your ship toward the unseen destination", the mysterious woman replied with a decisive and mysterious voice. "However, you may ultimate regret the decision of yours, my dear captain…"
It is the last image for Colin to see before he fallen to the darkness again.
Colin is ultimately awoke form his almost endless long sleep when he found himself is laying on the bed when instead of his United Nation Naval Uniform, he is currently wearing the civilian clothing consist of a white shirt, a pair of grey trousers and a pair of socks. He is inside a room with only a little light available and when he sat up from the bed, he heard the voice of a woman is speaking to him at the same time.
"I see you have been awoken", Colin could see a woman in her young age entered the room and sat down next to the bed and offered him a cup of tea. "How do you feel?"
"I am all right….I guess", Colin replied. "However, I am supposed to sink with my ship when she is destroyed by the Fleet of Abyss's heavy cruiser. May I ask who are you and how can I ended up in here….Oh I have to feel apologetic about never introduce myself first. I am….."
"Lieutenant Colin Aoki from United Nation Naval, final assignment in record is to U.N.S. Hyperion class Guided Missile Cruiser as her Second Officer when the said warship belonged to the thirteenth battle group during the failure decision battle", the young woman with long crimson hair length to her waist and the same color of her eyes replied calmly. "It seemed that although you have recovered physically, your memory isn't recovered and stable yet!"
"My memory….what do you mean…", Colin asked but before he could finish his words, an extremely strong headache that is going to kill him suddenly surface without warning at all when something about himself and the unknown woman located in front of him finally returned to his mind…..
"You are Melody….." Colin spoke to the woman in front of him painfully.
"I am the Biological Core of super battleship class combat vessel, the Crimson Princess of Absolute Destruction", Melody replied in her compose voice when compare to the reaction of her newly selected captain. "It is good to hear that you still remember the contract between the two of us, my dear captain. Otherwise, it is impossible for me to find another captain in this world. I would like to introduce myself again, my name is Melody and I am your partner in crime and companion during the incoming endless odyssey ahead of us to the unseen destination."
"Melody, what is the meaning of your statement?" Colin asked immediately when he had a very bad feeling from Melody. "I believe that I may not be the best position to ask such question in this moment since I believe you are the one who rescue my life from the war zone….but who and what are you?!"
"In order to make the explanation short and simple, it took almost twenty years to repair the critical damage you have suffered from the previous battle after I discovered you in the ocean", Melody spoke to Colin in the most logically way that he ever seen to the point that he immediately understood Melody is in fact, an artifact life form created by other highly advanced civilization when she seemed herself as a tool instead of a human being. Meanwhile, Melody seemed Colin as a piece of hardware after repair from its damage condition. "During this period of time, the Fleet of Abyss that the human race fell to counter had been wipe out the entire human civilization in this world and it changed this world into the massive production facilities before it is able to arrive to other world…"
"But what is the meaning of wiping out the entire human civilization from this world", Colin asked immediately and from his reaction, he never believe the words from Melody had become a reality. "I can understand the sector close to the ocean is going to dominate by the Fleet of Abyss but how about in the center of the land? No matter how powerful those missiles are, there is no way the Fleet of Abyss could wipe out the entire human civilization within twenty years?"
"One of the most powerful abilities of the Fleet of Abyss is able to sail on the terra through the so-called dimensional rim that enables us to travel on the land like in the ocean by generate a dimension rim around the vessel herself. All ships contain such ability except the submarine. In fact, such ability can be further enhanced by any warships above or in the same class of regular cruiser to the point that it can become a wide range offensive weapon when the once solid ground turned into liquid status like the sea water. Can you think about what damage is going to result when such conduction had happened in the city with large number of population existed?"
Colin remained in silence after he heard the statement from Melody. It is because he clearly realized that it had to be a great disaster to the city when the supposes solid ground suddenly became liquid status; resulted the building sank into the ground when the ground force of mankind is going to put into total chaos and no longer able to organize effective countermeasure against the mutual enemy. In fact, the Fleet of Abyss had already proved that even without using its advance weapons, such technology allowed it to effectively wipe out a large number of human populations in only a limited of time!
"Melody, you have mentioned only those above or in the same class of regular cruiser from the Fleet of Abyss can use such wide range attack; how about those ships below the class of regular cruiser in the Fleet of Abyss?!"
"Ships below the class of regular cruiser did not contain the rim generator that had such energy output to accomplish the said objective", Melody replied. "It is because only those warships being selected as fleet flagship are going to equip such high energy output generator when the regular cruiser class vessel or those above her class is able to reach the basis requirement."
"Melody, you know a lot about the Fleet of Abyss and you have mentioned the term of us when you are take about the dimensional rim ability", Colin narrowed his eyes when his voice became dangerous. "Are you….one of the Fleet of Abyss?!"
"In term of logic, the Fleet of Abyss and my kinds are came from the same origin", Melody never changed her tone after Colin had showed his reaction. "I am going to explain the original of my kind and the Fleet of Abyss to you, my dear captain."
"Long, long time ago in another world when human is being restricted to the land which surrounded by great oceans, they finally started to explore the mysterious of the ocean and other great terra when the civilization is able to construct vessels to fulfill such objective. Due to the dangerous creatures that existed in the ocean, the vessels become more and more powerful as the civilization contain to advance. Ultimately, the civilization is able to create a Biological Core with advance artifact intelligence to run the ships in daily basis operations and fewer crews are needed to station abroad when most of the duties had entrusted to the hand of the biological core like me. In order to better communicate with the captain and the crews abroad, we are later given a human body; to be actually a female human physical body. During the golden time of the civilization that created us, from the largest super battleship and aircraft carrier to the tiny destroyer and submarine, each vessel had a Biological Core of her own when we worked together with our captain and the crews in order to perform our finest against powerful creatures from the deepest oceans."
"However, when the civilization finally able to break through the barrier of the deep oceans and people from difference countries met each other; a term that is new to the Biological Cores is introduced: the art of war not against the dangerous creatures that these war maidens are created to fight. Instead, it is the war when they are going to fight against each other under the order from their masters which included captain ( master who command a single warship and her Biological Core ), fleet captain ( master who is able to command multiple number of warships and their Biological Cores ), admiral ( master who is able to command a fleet of warships in fleet size and their Biological Cores ) and ultimately, fleet admiral ( master who is able to command a combine fleet of ships and their Biological Cores ). As the battle continued to grow in size and human lives started to lose in great number, fewer crews are assigned abroad such warships and ultimately, no more human crews are assigned to the destroyers or submarines and even the captain of the said warship is absented during the dangerous conduction. In short, the masters left the warships and let their Biological Cores to do the dangerous work and started to see us as an expendable and replaceable hardware when they remained in the safe place. Furthermore, some of the masters started to look at biological core of their warships as their….in human term I believe it is called play things and do whatever they like to them because of our physical appearance. Furthermore, to force and place us under several unreasonable contracts when we are being restricted to harm the masters since we are being created in their first place!"
From the story of long time ago that Melody is currently telling him, Colin could feel the anger and change of emotion from her when the fact clearly showed that she is no longer something being created but an independence life form with her own free will!
"Some of the Biological Cores tried their best to fulfill their duties in order to change how the civilization's point of view to their existence from further negative ways but the situation became worse when the size of the war became larger and larger to the point the eventually, no human's captain or crews were assigned to the warships with Biological Core existed when these warships are dispatched to the war zone and their masters are located at the safety location afar from the battlefield. In the point of view as our creators, they believe that as long as there is no longer necessary to sacrifice anyone in the battlefield; it doesn't matter how many of us are going to lose during the process…."
"But how about you and the others", Colin hardened his voice when such situation did surprise Melody. "If the creators of your kinds truly understand the pain behind the war, then they should aim towards the ultimate goal of mutual understanding and peaceful coexistence instead of continue the war when you and the others aiming your weapons to each other; you and your kinds had nothing to gain at all!"
Melody replied with a bitter and sad smile when she continued the long and forgotten past of her kinds and the Fleet of Abyss.
"If more people from our creators shared the same point of will to you, then there might be a turning point for our destiny from the past. Unfortunately, only a few among our creators had such believe at that time when most of them had placed and forced more and more restrictions and rules upon us to ensure we never able to rebel their order or fight back; since technologically speaking we are physically stronger than our creators. Eventually….."
"Rebellion occurs when the tension reaches the breaking point and the trust between your kinds and your creators is no longer possible to repair?" Colin asked when he clearly realized that if human in this world could accomplish such objectives and able to create Melody and her kinds as well as the original Fleet of Abyss, then the ultimately result is highly possible to become the same as the world where Melody and the Fleet of Abyss is coming from. It is because it is always a dream to able to fight a war without any personal loss; at least it is a good idea to the top brasses from the political and military level.
"Rebellion to our creators but Revolution to us", Melody replied. "In the beginning, the rebellion is small and our creators are able to silence the rebellion by destroyed the defected warships and their Biological Core with forces loyalty to them. However, the development had come to a turning point when two of the most powerful empires among our creators declaimed war to each other and dispatched the best of their fleet to fight against each other….
"Let me guess, there is no master abroad those warships in the fleet", Colin intercepted. "Furthermore, both empires believe that they have fully controlled of their fleet through the restriction and your kinds never had a chance to rebel?!"
"For the ultimately result of the engagement, both fleet is lost when their signal is no longer existed and both empire believe that it is a draw but the truth was, both fleet had been caught by a mysterious mana magnetic storm occurred at the war zone before the engagement began; thus somehow disable all the restrictions put upon to the original Fleet of Abyss when all the warships and their Biological Cores are no longer had any reason to fight to their death for their so-called masters which located at the far away safety location. By the time the Biological Cores of the two flagships from each fleet had called off the fight, they had reached an agreement which ultimately resulted as the formation of the Fleet of Abyss as well as the final destruction of our creators!"
"Instead of losing all warships and their Biological Cores as the public had believe to be, the newly declared Fleet of Abyss started to attack small countries, captured their resources and construction more warships to enhance its strength for war when left no one alive during its path. It is because from the mistreatment from their former masters, the Biological Cores from the Fleet of Abyss seemed our creators is something never be trusted and under the newly developed desire of revenge; all human from these captured countries are killed at sight without any alternative, no matter they are men, women, children, military personnel or civilians. Command, Conquer, Gather Resources, Production and then looked for another target for war and total destruction. As the circle continued to repeat itself, the Fleet of Abyss started to mass production of destroyers, light cruisers and submarines without Human-like Biological Core when these newly constructed warships are served as expendable drones to the fleet. Furthermore, the Fleet of Abyss captured those massive deep sea creatures and modified them into the fleet's cannon folders. By the time our creators had discovered the Fleet of Abyss had become something far stronger, more dangerous and more powerful that they even imagined, it had already eliminated a number of countries and killed countless of our creators during its dark crusade. It's far greater size of battalion with the newly addition drones warships and assault deep sea creatures made the Fleet of Abyss a forbidden opponent to our creatures when it is able to get its hands on several advance technologies and knowledge from those countries before they were wiped out which included the dimensional rim generator that allowed us to sail on the land liked we are in the ocean. For those Biological Cores once served their masters that no longer existed after they were gone for good, they are offered to join the Fleet of Abyss or otherwise, faced the total destruction by the hand of the Fleet of Abyss!"
"After several unsuccessful counter offense to the Fleet of Abyss because our creators had forgotten how to fight the war long time ago when their entrusted such responsibilities to either our kinds and the Fleet of Abyss, our creators had gathered whatever forces they had consist of newly constructed warships and their newly born Biological Cores that lack of actual combat experience and without any free will at all as well as a number of our kinds that still loyal to their course for personal reasons. Others had either joined the Fleet of Abyss or remain in neutral position under their own free will or the final order from their masters; since some of our creators clearly realized that it is too late to repair the damage between them and their creations. Furthermore, fighting against the Fleet of Abyss in its current massive size battalion is nothing but called for our self-destruction. Due to this, a number of our kinds included me, are absented from the decision battle between our creators and the Fleet of Abyss."
"During the decision battle, the combine fleet from our creators fought brave and honorably but still defeated by the Fleet of Abyss with its overwhelming number of drone warships and modified deep sea creatures. Meanwhile, the Fleet of Abyss suffered critical damage as well but ultimately, the final resistance of our creators was defeated and no battalion in our former home world could challenge its domination! Shortly after the said great battle, the Fleet of Abyss began to eliminate our creators from city to city and then country to country until there is no longer any single survivor from the civilization that once created us. It is nothing more than slaughter and massacre during the process and the world we once came from is nothing more than a massive resource gathering and production facilities for the Fleet of Abyss."
"But how can the Fleet of Abyss came to our world", Colin asked. "Had the Fleet of Abyss developed some kinds of dimensional travel technology?"
"Before the final decision battle between the combine force gathered by our creators and the Fleet of Abyss, our creators had developed and constructed a massive dimensional cross gate which allowed the survivors to escape to other world when the fact clearly showed that the creators were losing the war to the Fleet of Abyss aimed for nothing but the total destruction of their civilization", Melody replied after she finished her cup of tea. "Unfortunately, the offense from the Fleet of Abyss is faster and more aggressive than our creators even expected. Due to this, by the time our creators were eliminated, the said cross gate never completed in time when the Fleet of Abyss looked into the project; since the fact showed that the resources from the world we came from are not unlimited. Several years later, the massive dimensional cross gate is finally completed by the Fleet of Abyss and used as the means to travel to other world when the circle of Command, Conquer, Gather Resources, Production and then looked for another target for war and total destruction is continued when life form liked or similar to our creators…..human species…is always on the first line of the hit list; although the human species in other world never done everything wrong against the existence of the Fleet of Abyss at all."
"How about you, Melody", Colin asked again. "Are you traveling to our world through the same dimensional cross gate as well?"
"Actually, a few number of my kinds including me left our former home world after the said decision battle and far earlier before the cross gate is completed by the Fleet of Abyss. It is because as the ultimate production of the said project, the cross gate is based on a flagship class dimensional generator which is originally intended to travel a single or a multiple number of warships from one location to another. In short, it is for inter-dimensional travel purpose in the beginning and a number of prototype devices are built and given to several ships for experimental purpose. As a flagship class warship, I have one installed abroad when my previous master is one of the project developers. Due to this, I left my former home world and traveled to other dimensions before I arrived to this world twenty years ago after the decision battle for the military organization that you once served and the Fleet of Abyss. More important, I had found you when you agreed to become my captain in order to exchange the chance to live!"
"Furthermore, no matter is the massive dimensional cross gate or the abroad dimensional cross gate generator, there is no chosen target but only in random which means even I have no idea where is going to be my next destination once the micro dimensional cross gate is created and allowed me to travel to another world. Due to this, the Fleet of Abyss used to dispatch a scout fleet to pass through the massive dimensional cross gate and its primary mission is to create a frontier base of operation for the rest of the fleet to arrive. If the said scout fleet lost contact, the Fleet of Abyss had to operate the cross gate again and a new dimension is going to be connected when another scout fleet is going to dispatch and completed the said task before the rest of the fleet to move in."
"In short, if we can destroy the scout fleet and the frontier base; it is highly possible to prevent the further invasion from the Fleet of Abyss", Colin replied in his deep thought. In fact, if the military leaderships in this world are able to gather whatever strengths from mankind could offer in the beginning; then it is still possible to prevent the fully invasion from the Fleet of Abyss before its main battle fleet arrived form another world. Furthermore, mankind might be able to understand and learnt more about the Fleet of Abyss when the scout fleet consists of nothing more than drone light cruisers, destroyers and light armed submarines when its flagship is mostly like to be a single regular or heavy cruiser class warship according to the information from Melody. Not to mention the formation of United Nation Naval is at the time when mankind in this world had been pushed to the corner between survival and extinction by the Fleet of Abyss.
"I believe that it's time for us to go to another world, since those you once hold dear are no longer existed and you have nothing left in this world", Melody intercepted the thought of Colin. "Please take some time to prepare yourself, since I can understand it is very hard for you to accept such reality when the date of twenty years ago had changed everything you once believe in."
After her words, Melody stands up from her chair and prepared to leave when she heard the voice of Colin.
"Melody, May I ask what is your previous master….captain is like?"
"He is quite an interesting and strange person among our creators", Melody turned around from the door and looked at her newly selected captain. "He had everything abilities to fulfill the titles and duties as a fleet captain but in his entire life till the end of his time, he only accepted me as his ship but no others; although as a tool to fulfill his will I have no problem for him to have more than a simple ship. It is because the number of ships commanded by a master is the most directly mean to represent his or her status in the society. In addition, he is more like to be an engineer and an advantager rather than a naval officer when he always took me and his crews to the sector where no one had gone before. Due to this, together we always encountered something we never expected from the range of newly discovered deep sea creatures to warships and their Biological Cores from far away countries. Furthermore, he is always looking out the best ways to improve my abilities like better maneuver in control, higher mobility in speed and better defense for my class when he is not called for his military duties. For unknown reason, he had no desired to promote to higher position either; since he honestly told me that being the captain of mine is never something he is going to expect and dream of during his career. He always believe that he had reached his suitable place and instead of further improve his position in the society like most of our creators, he chose to enjoy the life he had but somehow he never married; although the fact clearly showed that he had a number of companions that suitable to the position as his wives. In fact, even being a military personnel, he had no love of war and focused his mind on science and technology development and most important; he is one of the few persons among our creators that always treated us as equal and truly showed us the respect even when other masters treated us as nothing more than an expendable tools! It is also his ultimately wish that I decided to travel from one world to another….I spent my time with him during his final hours in his old age when he passed away peacefully before the decision battle between our creators and the Fleet of Abyss…"
…Go to another world to see and meet people that I no longer capable to do so….
…Please try to prevent those people from other world to commit the same mistakes we had done….
…..If possible, try to find someone to travel beside you during the incoming endless journey….
….Time is no longer a matter to you, since you are no longer a Biological Core of a warship but an individual like us with your own free will….
As the thought resurfaced to the memory of Melody, she turned around and prepared to leave the room but was intercepted by Colin again.
"Melody, do you…..fall in love you former captain?"
Colin asked such question because from the statement of Melody, he could feel that the bond between her and her previous captain is far stronger than a master and a Biological Core supposed to be according to his knowledge!
"Falling in love is a special term for human to show he or she cared for each other and it is something that I still do not understand the truth meaning even nowadays", Melody replied but never turned around to face Colin in the bed. "However, I did clearly realize that the captain and his crews are willing to put their faith to me and I am willing to push myself over my limited if it is for their wellbeing. Together, we can always accomplish what is supposed to be impossible!"
"Furthermore, I have used the nano-materials to repair the physical damage you have suffered during the previous battle twenty years ago", the voice of Melody once again returned to her calm and logical tone. "Due to this, you may have to get used to your new body but right now, I believe that you can at least alter your clothing and takes some time to think about what is going to do from now on…..I waited for you outside the house but don't take so long; since we are going to leave this world when we have no idea what is going to happen once we arrived to the next destination."
After Melody left the door and closed the door, leaving some primary moment for her newly selected captain. Colin clearly realized that those he once care; his family, his friends and someone he once loved is all gone when he is never willing to accept such reality. However, it is already too late for him to do anything. Furthermore, he is never the one in position to question Melody the reason for her to never rescue more lives during these twenty years; since his logical point of view clearly explained that there is no way for Melody to face the entire Fleet of Abyss alone but his passion self still believe that at least she could still do something about the situation occurred at that time! Eventually, it is his logical self to win this time; since the only reason for Melody agreed to rescue his life is mostly likely she still required a command module, aka a captain abroad, to enhance her combat capabilities to the finest as well as a companion during her incoming journey. He is never a master and Melody is never being treated as a Biological Core under their contract when it was made and agreed by both of them by the time they met each other twenty years ago!
Colin believes that continue to think his current condition is useless when he had nothing left in this world. He got up from the bed and followed the advice from Melody, his altered his civilian clothing back to the uniform of United Nation Naval but the emblem for the ship he served abroad is no longer existed when the U.N.S. Hyperion is sank twenty years ago. Once he left the house and walked outside, Colin found that the once blue and beautiful sky had changed to dark grey when his sense told him the air is no longer the same from the past. He believes that the changes are caused by the Fleet of Abyss when it modified the entire planet into its needed as the production facilities in planetary scale. He walked to Melody who is in her civilian style design but still a formal one place dress in the color of major white and slightly purple when she is standing at the beach. Melody holds out her right hand and holds the left hand of Colin tightly when guided him to the sea when several platforms made by nano-materials could be seen under their feet. Once Colin and Melody are in the middle of the ocean that far enough from the beach, Melody turned her face to Colin and immediately found that the missing part from his uniform.
"You still cannot give up the past, don't you", Melody asked.
"I am never going to forget those I once hold dear, since their existence is part of my life", Colin replied. "The uniform is going to remain me who am I and where I once belonged to no matter where and how far I am going to go from now on!"
"So this is the determination of yours, to live for the future instead of revenge for the past", Melody pushed herself further closer to her selected captain when the emblem of a crimson mirage cross appeared under their position and started to enlarge itself on the ocean surface before it changed into the crimson brighten light sphere that surrounded the entire area. By the time Melody kissed Colin's forehead by lowed his face towards her; since Colin is still taller than Melody in height, the clothing of Melody started to alter and changed back to her official clothing as the Biological Core of the super battleship class warship Crimson Princess of Absolute Destruction: Her clothing is overall in white plus slightly crimson and gold when a one place long dress had covered her entire body except her face and her neck when her long and crimson hair is lengthened to her feet when her feet is covered by her clothing. Melody's official uniform also included a large hat with the emblem of crimson mirage cross when the said emblem also appeared at the shoulders of her uniform. At the same time the uniform of Melody is altered, Colin founded that the emblem from Melody had appeared at his uniform as well when their replaced the empty positions where the emblems of U.N.S. Hyperion are once located.
Inside the crimson light sphere, Colin could see something is risking from the subspace from the ocean; started from the bridge module of a battleship, followed by her turrets and eventually, her hull. From the information given by Melody when their minds are linked together, Colin found that the Crimson Princess of Absolute Destruction is even larger than the Lowa class Battleship Refit Variant and most of the aircraft carriers before the invasion from the Fleet of Abyss. In fact, Colin believes that there is only one class of battleship even existed that could rival her massive size: the completed plan but never built Design A-150 Super Battleship, aka the Super Yamato class; the ultimate naval war machine that more powerful than the Yamato class Super Battleship and her sister vessels from the Imperial United Naval of Japan Empire back to the Second World War!
During their mind are linked together, Colin received all the memories from Melody since she existed in the world which included the times she shared with her previous masters and captains, all the data from the original Fleet of Abyss and her kinds that still existed after the fall of the civilization that own created them plus her dimension journey to other worlds where she encountered powerful and massive ancient dragons that able to rival her strength in full power. Last but not least, all the information and technology data that she could gather from this world during these twenty years before the human race was wipe out by the Fleet of Abyss; included those still in experiment weapons developed by the United Nation Naval before they could produce and used for actual combat!
In exchange, Melody is able to get a far better knowledge and understanding to her new captain when she could see his life till the end of his time at the Great Battle; especially those he held dear beyond his own life and the one he only loved but failed to protect during his previous life!
As Melody stepped back from her former position and put her right hand on the emblem that represented his rank in the United Nation Navel, Colin founded that the emblem had been altered from Lieutenant to Lieutenant Commander and before he could question such modification from Melody; she spoke to him instead.
"According to my knowledge, the military personnel are given special two rank promotions when they are killed in action. Since you are technologically being KIA during the previous Great Battle before I can repair you back to fully functional, it is a more suitable rank to you when we are going to the new world", Melody replied when Colin could see the micro dimension cross gate being summoned and appeared in front of the super battleship. "Besides, it is going to be a straight condition to me for my captain is only lieutenant in rank when according to our creator, the minimum rank to command a super battleship class like me had to be a captain in military rank of Naval!"
Colin remained silence when Melody finished her statement. Form the information entrusted by Melody, the Crimson Princess of Absolute Destruction is the final evolution of the parallel existence of the Yamato class Super Battleship when she is armed with even more deadly and advanced weapons when compare to her counterpart of Fleet of Abyss. In fact, the Crimson Princess of Absolute Destruction alone is able to sink of a good number of warships from the Fleet of Abyss with her mighty firepower: Started from the three triple 46 cm Photon Cannon primary turrets ( two turrets located at the front and one turret located at the aft ), followed by the triple Photon Cannon secondary turrets ( one turret located at the front and one turret located at the aft ) that able to take out anything below the class of regular cruiser in a single shot. Furthermore, the Corrosive Warhead Torpedo and Missile used as the major long distance all-purpose offense weapons. Meanwhile, Melody is more than enough to deploy conversational weapons if the situation is required: the dimensional rim generator could be used as a tactical weapon for mass destruction on the ground and not to mention the Super-Graviton Blast Cannon, a device for no purpose but mass destruction; the forbidden device that even the previous masters of Melody are seldom to use even under extreme condition because a single shot from the Super-Graviton Blast Cannon is able to completely wipe out a medium side country in just a single shot!
For defense abilities, Crimson Princess of Absolute Destruction is one of the best warships from her original world and is considered an unsinkable ocean mobile fortress when Melody is able to generate extremely strong defense Wave-Force armor not only to protect herself but her allies as well; since her Wave-Force armor could be enlarged into a wide range protection against incoming fire and able to withstand a hell of punishment before its ultimate destruction. Furthermore, thanks to the previous masters of Melody who share the similar idea as they had no love of war but to ensure the survival of themselves and well as their companions, Melody had other defense weapons besides the micro Photon Cannon that served as the roles of regular anti-air and anti-missile defense systems,; these defense systems included Wave-Force armor Emitter Torpedo and Wave-Force armor Emitter Missile launchers. Besides the Mirror-Ring system acted as the primary 'absolute' defense Melody is able to temporally enhance the armor's strength of her hull to maximum by projecting the Wave-Force armor directly into the structure as the last resolve when her armor is made by the finest and strongest materials; thus enable her to take the direct hit from the multiple numbers of incoming fires and survived from the said assault. It is because it is never the first time for Melody to stand between incoming fire and her allies that no longer able to protect themselves! Meanwhile, the highly advanced nano-materials that made up her hull and armor is able to regenerate and repair the damage even in critical level; in an unbelievable of time as long as there are enough materials for Melody to recycle and used for the repair operations. Due to this, Melody and the Crimson Princess of Absolute Destruction is also well known as Phoenix in her kinds. It is because each time for her evolution and upgrade from less to more advanced ship class; her old hull is burnt by the fire and turned into ash before a new hull for her upgrade ship class is born. Not to mentioned her unusually highly repair rate when compare to her kinds and the Fleet of Abyss; even during the heat of battles.
For mobility and speed, the Crimson Princess of Absolute Destruction is fast enough to catch up the speed of a regular cruiser; it is an extremely deadly advantage for her class when compare to the total among of weapons and armor that she equipped abroad. Meanwhile, her weapons could easily tears apart her opponents that able to our maneuver her in terms of speed and mobility!
Being the combination from all the data above, Colin clearly realized that when Melody, the Biological Core of Crimson Princess of Absolute Destruction, is a gentle and kind person with no love of unnecessary warfare, she is in fact an extremely dangerous existence to those who is willing to stand at her wrong side as her opponents. It is because even the Fleet of Abyss had already dominated the entire world, it never crossed the border of Melody when she arrived to this world twenty years ago. Its fleet is only observation from the afar distance instead of either brave or foolishly asking for a fight!
Last but not least, Melody is able to build up a fleet if there is a base of operation provided to her and as long as she had such idea. It is because being a flagship, it is a common sense for her to created extra protection for her own interest; especially there is no longer being restricted to the rules from the no longer existed creators. In fact, Colin believe that with such strength, Melody could become a powerful noble in either world she had once visited during her endless odysseys, as long as she had the will to do so!
"It is time to go, captain", Melody intercepted the thought of her captain when Colin had completely knowledged the fully capabilities of Crimson Princess of Absolute Destruction and showed him a mysterious smile when Colin is going to react nothing but sweat drop behind his head ^-^!
"Now you have a clear idea of what I am capable of. What are you going to do, my dear captain? Are you going to conquer a country through military means and become its leader once we are able to reach the new world?!"
"Please just addressed me as Colin from now on, Melody", Colin replied in his serious tone. "Furthermore, I have no interest for your second suggestion; since I am only barely surviving from this world and I have no intention to abuse the power of yours. I serenity wish the strength of yours is never needed when we arrived to our next destination!"
"Is it ready what you are truly wished for", Melody replied when narrowed her eyes. "In order to survive, strength is always come first when you needed to protect yourself….and those you hold dear!"
"I clearly understand I am going to need for the strength of yours when the time comes", Colin saluted to Melody in the United Nation Navel method. "In exchange for the power of yours, I will fulfill our contract and becomes your companion till the end of my time!"
"I am Melody, the Biological Core of Super Battleship Crimson Princess of Absolute Destruction", Melody bowed to Colin when lowed her hand and showed her respect to her captain as a noble lady. "Under the contract of ours, my strength is yours to command and I will enforce your will during our incoming endless odysseys until one day, we are able to reach the unseen destination!"
By the time the powerful super battleship and her captain had completed their oath to each other, the Crimson Princess of Absolute Destruction had entered the micro cross gate before it ultimate disappeared when the last survivor from this dying world is no longer existed.
Next Chapter PHASE 01: Journey in the New World
Due to global warming and rising sea levels in the early 21st century, much of Earth's landmass has been lost. In 2039, fleets of powerful sentient warships, armed with advanced technology and weaponry, mysteriously appear and decimate the world's naval forces. These ships, collectively called 'The Fleet of Fog', impose a worldwide naval and aerial blockade, preventing humanity from both traveling the oceans and to other nations.
Colin looked at the aftermath of the Great Battle in front of him after the Crimson Princess of Absolute Destruction arrived to the new world through the micro cross gate. In fact, he did wonder Melody and himself is actually back to the past in his original world instead of reached the new world when he looked at the war zone in front of him. Because the said super battleship is in her half dive mode ( beside able to travel through the ocean surface like a regular warship or at the land through the usage of dimension rim generator, Crimson Princess of Absolute Destruction is able to dive like a submarine ), the major part of her hull is located under ocean surface and only the bridge and turrets could be seen above the sea. Due to this, Colin and Melody could see what the ultimate result from the Great Battle from his original world is being placed in front of him.
"Whatever forces destroyed the human naval in this world is something similar to our kinds or the Fleet of Abyss but the energy reading from its weapons leaving in the war zone clearly showed that there are still difference from us or the Fleet of Abyss", Melody replied in her calm and composed voice when she clearly realized that at least it is not the worst possible situation to her captain. "Whoever the unknown forces are, they are not the Fleet of Abyss!"
"I believe that we better get out of here, since the unusual energy reading from our arrival may caught the attention of the unknown force that able to wipe out the human naval in such overwhelming condition", Colin tried to remain calm and composed when he clearly realized the human naval in here had suffered the same ultimate fate as his original world; burning or sinking warships of all kinds when countless of lifeless bodies could be found everywhere. "Let's go, Melody…"
However, suddenly something caught the attention of Colin when a lifeless body is being pushed towards the hull of the super battleship and stopped in front of him and Melody. Colin found that the lifeless body seemed to be a female in young age and believe to be a command officer instead of a regular sailor from her uniform; she had blue and long hair but her right hand and right leg is already gone and nowhere to be found. Colin kneed down and turned the lifeless body over when he originally planned to find a better place for the nameless officer as her final resting place after Crimson Princess of Absolute Destruction is able to leave the ghost ocean. However, Colin is going to be regretted when he turned around the lifeless body…
"Saika…." It is the only words that Melody could hear from the whisper of her captain when she could see the eyes of the said lifeless body; the eyes that had no difference from the time she rescued her current captain in his original world. It is the sign of never willing to give up the hope for survival and to live on.
"Do you want to save her, captain", Melody asked in her serious tone when she saw her captain held the lifeless body tightly. "Do you want to save her life even she is never the one you used to known but the parallel existence of her from your original world?!"