Plan B

by Fanus Obscurus

Celestial Being was formed by optimism. But that of the ideas of a pessimist? This is their tale. Rating will flip flop between T and M at times. References and shutouts abound!

1. Chapter 1

AN: Well, I've always let it be known in my works that I'm a mecha fan. High time I make a mecha fic. And what better place to make one then the first show I ever watched to completion, Gundam 00. So, sit back and watch me mangle one of things that got me into mecha and anime and general. Here we go guys! Shout outs to the launch tubes! OCs to the ready rooms! Prime the madness generator! Prepare to warp to the AU!

Mobile Suit Gundam 00

Plan B

By Fanus Obscurus

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ACCUMULATED INFO C. 2301

DATE 2069 DR. [REDACTED] PROPOSED 1ST DRAFT FOR PROJECT [REDACTED]. PROPOSAL APPROVED AFTER MUCH DELIBERATION.

DATE: 2070 PROJECT [REDACTED] BEGINS. CHIEF SCIENTISTS CONFIDENT IN PROGRAM SUCCESS

2072: APRIL 3 FIRST TEST SUBJECT SELECTED, CHIEF RESEARCHER [REDACTED] VOLUNTEERS UNWILLING TO TEST FORMULA ON ANOTHER HUMAN.

APRIL 7 FINAL INJECTIONS COMPLETE. STAGE 2 CAN NOW BEGIN. PROJECT #343, [REDACTED], AT 97% COMPLETION, AWAITING SOFTWARE INTEGRATION.

APRIL 16 SUBJECT ALPHA, DR [REDACTED], FINISHED PREPPING. TRAINING TO USE [REDACTED] BEGINS.

APRIL 24 NO HAZARDOUS AFTEREFFECTS DISCOVERED ON SUBJECT ALPHA. INTEGRATION OF HARDWARE COMPLETE, PROTOTYPE 1 DEPLOYED IN WHITE SANDS FOR TESTING. POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECT DISCOVERED -[REDACTED]- OPEN FOR POSSIBLE USES.

MAY 6 RESULTS ASTOUNDING. IN LIVE FIRE EXERCISE, MKXIII MASER UNABLE TO AFFECT [REDACTED] AT RANGE OF 5M, EFFECTIVE RANGE TO MELT 16M OF TUNGSTEN. MINIMAL FRACTURING DETECTED VIA ELECTRON MICROSCOPE ANALYSIS AT 10000000X MAGNIFICATION AFTER 16 HOUR SUSTAINED BOMBARDMENT ON LIVE SUBJECT WITH MKV 200MM RAILCANNONS. SUBJECT ALPHA SHOWS NO SIGNS OF INTERNAL DAMAGE TO BODY. COMPLAINED OF MILD RINGING SOUND, INDICATING ARMOR EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS FOR VIBRATION ABSORBING QUALITIES.

MAY 8 COMBAT TRIALS BEGIN: SUBJECT SUCCESSFULLY ENGAGES 1 DIVISION IN SIMULATED COMBAT WITH KNIFE ONLY. EFFECTIVE KILLS UNTIL SIGHT CONFIRMATION 50%. TARGETING SYSTEMS ON PROTOTYPE 1 PROVEN TO BE RATED FOR ORBITAL TARGETING. INTEGRATED EQUIPMENT TESTED TO ABOVE HIGHEST EXPECTED FIELD WEAR, 0% PART FAILURE, POSSIBLY DUE TO [REDACTED] COATINGS. SUBJECT ALPHA HAS EXCEEDED ALL EXPECTATIONS OF PROJECT.

MAY 18 PROJECT MOVED FROM TESTING TO PRODUCTION PHASE [REDACTED]

JUNE 3 FIRST WAVE OF SUBJECTS, 200 STRONG ENTER PROCESSING. EXPECTED OUT JUNE 19.

JUNE 23 SUBJECT 023 EXPERIENCES MENTAL BREAKDOWN. PROCEEDS TO STEAL [REDACTED].LEADS ALL 200 SUBJECTS IN [REDACTED]. FACILITY DESTROYED IN ENSUING ENGAGEMENT. 27 SUBJECTS TERMINATED BY SUBJECT ALPHA. ALL REMAINING SCIENTISTS ON BASE TERMINATED BY [REDACTED]. SUBJECT 023 AND OTHERS FLEE SITE.

JULY 9 ALL PURSUITS FAIL. SUBJECTS BELIEVED TO HAVE ESCAPED OVERSEAS TO MIDDLE EAST ISIS BLOCK. ALL EFFORTS TO FOLLOW MEET WITH FAILURE. TWENTY-NINE AGENTS MAILED BACK TO CIA, NUMEROUS ONES IN LIQUID HOLDING CONTAINERS. BELIEVE HOSTILE POWERS AIDING SUBJECTS, NOW REFERRED TO AS THE [REDACTED] IN OFFICIAL PAPERS. SUBJECT ALPHA FORCES SHUTDOWN OF PROJECT [REDACTED] DUE TO INABILITY TO DISCOVER CAUSE OF MENTAL BREAKDOWN IN SUBJECT 023 AND LACK OF STAFF LEAVING US WITH 1

JULY 11 FORCES SIGHTED IN ISIS BLOCK WEARING SOLID BLACK [REDACTED]. NUMBERS MATCH [REDACTED] STRENGTH. POSSIBLE STRIKES CONSIDERED AT HIGHEST LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. NEGOTIATION ATTEMPTS PLANNED.

NOV. 7 NUMBERS OF [REDACTED] KNOW KNOW BY NEW NAME, [REDACTED] EXCEED ESCAPED SUBJECTS NUMBERS. ISIS BLOCK HAVE REPLICATED PROJECT [REDACTED] SO QUICKLY? POSSIBLE PLANT SUSPECTED FROM EARLY DAYS. CURRENT ESTIMATE AT 300.

DEC 1 NEGOTIATIONS HAVE FAILED. PLANS DRAFTED FOR INSERTION OF SUBJECT ALPHA, CODENAMED [REDACTED].

DEC 3 COVERT OPS PLAN REJECTED. ISIS BLOCK BEGINS INVASION OF EUROPE, SPEARHEADED BY [REDACTED], ALONGSIDE WEAPONIZED REMNANTS OF 2014 EBOLA PLAGUE RELEASED IN SEVERAL MAJOR CITIES. CURRENT CASUALTIES NUMBER IN THE MILLIONS. THIRD MID-EASTERN WAR, OPERATION TENTH CRUSADE. SUBJECT ALPHA INSERTED TO FULFILL OBJECTIVES ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED BY PROJECT [REDACTED].

DATE 2073 JAN 1 ISIS BLOCK REPELLED VIA CONVENTIONAL FORCES INTO OLD IRAN. SUBJECT ALPHA HAS SUCCESSFULLY ELIMINATED 47% OF [REDACTED]. NEW RECRUITS REVEALED TO BE USING INFERIOR EQUIPMENT. SUBJECT 023 GOES UNDERGROUND, ALONG WITH [REDACTED].

JAN 5 ISIS BLOCK LAUNCHES LAST DITCH STRIKES, IGNITING KEY OIL WELLS VIA NUCLEAR STRIKES, OPERATION PYRE. STRATEGIC OIL RESERVES OF MID EAST ESTIMATED TO BE REDUCED BY 89%. INFLATION SKYROCKETS DUE TO COST OF FUEL FOR TRANSPORTATION. ALTERNATIVES BEING CONSIDERED.

JAN 16 SUBJECT ALPHA MILITARY EXPLOITS OFFICIALLY STRICKEN FROM MILITARY RECORDS. PROJECT [REDACTED] STRICKEN FROM RECORDS.

MARCH 9 DR. [REDACTED] PUBLISHES FIRST PAPERS ON [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED]. PROPOSALS REJECTED DUE COST OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRAVEL TIME. HYDROGEN BECOMES FUEL OF CHOICE FOR NEAR FUTURE UNTIL OIL RESERVES OF MID-EAST REGENERATES.

JUNE 7 DR. [REDACTED] ENTERS STATE OF DEPRESSION DUE TO RESULTS OF PROJECT [REDACTED]. SUICIDE WATCH PLACED.

JUNE 9 SUBJECT ALPHA DISAPPEARS. ALL REMAINING DATA ON PROJECT [REDACTED] DESTROYED. ALL EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO PREVENT REPEAT OF [REDACTED]. INFORMATION LEFT BEHINDS INDICATE NO TREASON, BUT THAT ALPHA DOES NOT WISHED TO BE FOUND. HIS WISHES ARE INFORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGED.

DATE 2090 JANUARY 3 ALPHA SITED WITH UP AND COMING SCIENTIST AEOLIA SCHENBERG AT SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE. EFFORTS TO EAVESDROP REVEAL DISCUSSIONS ON POLITICS, WAR, SPACE EXPLORATION, FIRST CONTACT THEORIES, AND THE FUTURE OF MANKIND IN GENERAL. CONTACT INFO EXCHANGED BETWEEN THE TWO.

APRIL 18 AEOLIA SCHENBERG PROPOSES THE ORBITAL ELEVATOR PLANS, POSSIBLY BASED OF DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN ALPHA AND AEOLIA. PLANS FOR WHAT WOULD LATTER BECOME KNOW AS THE MOBILE SUIT INCLUDED IN DOCUMENTS. FACT UNOFFICIALLY GLOSSED OVER.

DATE 209X AEOLIA BEGINS STRONGLY PUSHING ENDEAVORS TO COLONIZE SPACE. DISAPPEARS IN 2101.

DATE 2188 [REDACTED] SIGHTED AS PART OF THE FOUR SHIP EUROPA MISSION TO JUPITER. ALONG THE WAY, ALL SHIPS BESIDES EUROPA DESTROYED BY MASSIVE MICRO-METEORITE STORM. [REDATED] BELIEVED LOST IN SPACE.

DATE 2225 EXPEDITION TO DISCOVER THE RESULTS OF MISSING EUROPA TURN UP MENTAL BREAK AND MASS HOMICIDE AMONG CREW. NO BODIES FOUND.

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"And in other news on JNN, a hack was performed today on Union Central Intelligence, destroying thousands of files dating back to the 20th century. More to follow at 6."

AN And so begins my new tale for an AU Gundam 00 universe. This may make little sense at first, and I hope it does. Why else sensor it? Free internet cookies to anyone who figures out references. And if anyone is offended by my use of the current epidemic as a weapon, it ain't an original thought. Hell, Russia admitted when if first began to spread that all their weaponized stocks of it were intact. As for the ISIS deal, well, I wanted more than one reason for the Orbital Elevators to be built. So, see ya'll next time!