Civilization - Albion
Chapter 1
A/N: This is heavily based around a random civilization game I had where Ghandi decided to nuke Venice for no reason – Me, playing as Russia with a ridiculous amount of production, Obliterated Ghandi with a few friends. The military, navy and other things in this fictional civilization universe of my creation should not be taken seriously, so hopefully there will be no reviews of 'omg but Ghandi = peaceful' or 'Russia not stronk' or perhaps 'Eh, that aspect of the military is not correct for so and so reasons (insert comparison to modern military here)'
With that little rant out of the way, I hope you enjoy this random thing I made while I was bored and thinking of ideas for my GATE crossovers, both of which I'm… a tad bit stuck on at the moment.
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For the first time in over 300 Years, the world was at peace. The warmongers of the world had been defeated by the combined might of England's trade agreement spam, Russia's production, America's influence and Venice's money.
Mostly by Venice's money and Russia's production though.
The world was close to the peak of technology, with the Allies having access to The Internet, Modern armour and more – Yet for some odd reason, England had researched the internet, but still didn't know what a computer was.
The Allies – being the victors – had split the world up and declared 'A time of peace for the citizens of the world' as Queen Elizabeth had said.
During this peace, the world was thriving. The lack of war meant resources could be put to better, non-war related uses and it gave everyone a rest.
The Russian Battleship 'Requiem Knell' was the Biggest ship the Russian Army had that wasn't decommissioned at the wars end. It served as a testament to Russia's influence and might during 'The War' as it had been appropriately dubbed
And, as it happened, someone had the bright idea of giving said battleship the ability to fly during the war, which certainly did not help the axis
Speaking of the Axis, it consisted of India, led by Ghandi, Mongolia, led by Genghis Khan, Poland, led by Casmir the third and Germany, led by Bismarck – By these names one might think that Genghis started it all, yet he did not. Ghandi, for reasons still unknown to the world today, decided that nuking one of Venice's Puppeted City-States was a clever idea.
It wasn't, as Venice called upon its Allies (Russia, England and America) to defeat the Warmonger while Ghandi allied with the aforementioned Axis Countries (Mongolia, Germany and Poland) to defeat Venice
The crew of the Requiem Knell were currently slacking off, enjoying the peace while they could.
Too bad they wouldn't get to enjoy it for long
Aboard the Requiem Knell, Above Moscow
4:00 AM – September 17th – 2074
Captain Alexi Petrov sat in his chair aboard the Requiem Knell, the flying ship that he had been commanding for a good 5 or so years. He had lead his crew and the ship to victory more times than he could count and had racked up over 36 Confirmed kills on other ships with his ship.
Alexi was a relatively tall individual with blond hair and deep green eyes. His battles had earned him a good reputation among the Allies, and he had a surprisingly low number of scars for someone that had played a crucial part in 'The War'
Nearby, leaning against a wall, was Commander Albina Ivanov – The woman that Alexi considered his 'Second in command' so to say. Being the Captain of 'The world's best battleship' meant that he couldn't do everything by himself, which is where his Second in command came in.
"Albina, Any orders from Headquarters yet? Floating in the sky above Moscow is cool and all considering our huge supply of fuel, but there's got to be something we can do" Alexi asked
"The worlds at peace, and none of the alive nations want to start a war, so all of the pieces on the board need to stay still to avoid possible tension" She said unwaveringly, looking idly at her phone
"Hmm…" He hummed, before opening a draw on his desk and taking out a folder
"Know anything else about what they're installing on my ship tomorrow?" He frowned
The sound of rapid tapping became apparent, before stopping abruptly "Something about going to space – The public don't know about it, so I'd say it's one of Catherine's 'Top Secret Experiments'" She said, emphasizing the Air Quotes with the movement of her fingers
"So, nothing that we don't already know… Still can't believe that they want to send Requiem into Space, of all places!" He chuckled at the thought of it
Albina smiled before shrugging "They got it to fly in the sky, why not send it to space?"
They both shared a mirthful laugh at this, before Alexi looked at the clock that was hung on his wall
"4:25…" He muttered with a frown
"I'll give the order for the crew to land at the dock" Albina sighed
"Thanks. Mind telling them to stock up on ammo? I don't care if we're only going into space, I want to be prepared for any freaky aliens, eh?"
She grinned "I'll be sure to pass the word along" To this, she walked out the door, her long brown hair flowing down the back of the Grey Russian Naval Uniform.
As soon as she has left the room, he looked towards a picture on the wall, showing what used to be a map of the world, containing countries that no longer existed for several reasons.
Oh, how things had changed in 300 Years.
Aboard the Requiem Knell, Moscow Docks
01:17 AM – September 19th – 2074
Alexi read over the file in front of him as he sat in his chair once more, taking slow steady breaths
"You want to make this ship not only go to space…" He let out a breath angrily
"But you also want to give it some weird Sci-Fi Jump Drive shit you've barely tested?!" He shouted
"Captain, while we understand your concerns, we have tested it more than enough. Space travel may allow for us to find additional resources, possibly new races, new materials and a host of other things" The man in front of him said
Said man was a Russian Agent – Just like World Leaders, Agents couldn't be killed conventionally, but couldn't kill conventionally either. Agents could only kill Agents, and Leaders could only be killed after their Nations had been destroyed.
"I don't care what your reasons are! What you fail to see is that you're arming the most Powerful ship we have with Experimental technology for RESOURCES. I'm not willing to put my crews lives at stake for a slight gain in wealth SIR" He seethed
"No matter how many battles you have won, Failure to follow orders has its consequences. For this, the least you could get is a demotion" The man said, as Alexi's eyes widened.
"Wha- You- You wouldn't dare" Alexi said, confidence wavering
The Agent, who had yet to give Alexi his name, simply headed towards the door "The ship will launch up at 3:00 AM and the Jump will happen as soon as communication has been perfected"
The Agent walked out, and in came Albina. Alexi promptly slammed his head onto his desk
"Can this day get any worse?" He muttered
"Yes. We're bringing along American, English and Venetian Soldiers with us, as requested by their requested leaders"
The sound of a head meeting a desk echoed throughout the ship once more
"When will I get the opportunity to meet the leaders of each of these groups? I want to see what lunatics we're letting on our ship" He sighed
"I do believe they are outside the door right now." Another head slam
He sighed, rubbing his head slightly "Bring them in"
On that que, two men and a woman walked in. Despite their different countries, everyone spoke the same language. Just as before, no one knew why – Everyone just accepted it as it was.
The first man wore a Green English BDU with a fitting green Beret. Odd, light blue hair stuck out from the Beret and his Grey eyes were off-putting. The tag on his uniform, located next to a few medals, displayed the man's name: Adam Schutz
The second man was relatively short and was adorned in a traditional Venetian Officer uniform consisting of a weird mix of Grey and Purple. Black, cropped hair sat neatly on his head while his inviting blue eyes seemed to always be looking at you. There was no nametag on his uniform at all, nor was there any medals.
The woman was the tallest of the three and wore a uniform similar to Adam's. She had long, Brown hair and Yellow eyes and, in Alexi's eyes, was 'certainly a looker'. An American flag sat on her shoulder and Alexi could spot no visible Medals or Nametags.
Alexi clapped his hands together "Alright. Let's get introductions underway. I'm Alexi Petrov, Captain of the great vessel you currently stand on. Beside me is Commander Albina Ivanov" He said, holding out a hand for a handshake
The Venetian was the first one to accept the handshake "It's an honour to meet you sir. I'm Lieutenant Antonio Barozzi of the Venetian Military"
He grinned lightly. The next person to take his hand into a handshake was the American "First Lieutenant Sarah Jane of the United States Military. Pleasure to meet you, sir" She said with a grin of her own
"Pleasure to meet you too" Alexi responded politely as his hand was taken finally by the Englishman
"Lieutenant Adam Schutz of the English Army, Sir. I do believe I fought alongside this battleship in the Battle for Warsaw"
"Eh? Well, I hope you got a pleasant view of this thing in action then" He said jokingly
"Terrifyingly Beautiful, if I do say so myself" Adam said evenly before retracting his hand
"Let's get down to business then…" Alexi stated with a sigh
"How many soldiers are you each bringing on and what equipment are you bringing?" He asked, pulling out a Notepad and a Pen from a nearby draw
"If I'm correct, each of us have been given orders to bring 1,000 Soldiers each, Vehicles and Emergency Supplies" Sarah told him
He raised an eyebrow to this "Can I get some more detail on exactly what vehicles and armaments your bringing?"
She proceeded to pull a note out of her uniforms trousers left pocket and hand it to Alexi
The note read:
SUPPLIES:
4x HUMMVEES
1x Abrams MBT
1x M42 Duster AA
1,200x M4A1 Standard Issue Rifle (200 Spare)
1,200x Cleaning Kits (200 Spare)
The list went on to show various other essentials and smaller details.
"I'm assuming you have something similar for me Antonio?" He grimaced. Paperwork, and writing for that, was tiresome. More-so when the three people in front of you don't have much time
"Yes sir!" He said brightly and handed over a note similar to the one Sarah had
Albina spoke up as Alexi looked over the note in abstract horror "Bet you're going to have fun doing all the paper work that comes with that"
Another slam echoed throughout the ship as Alexi promptly hit his head against his desk once more
Aboard the Requiem Knell, In SPAAAAAAAAACE
04:00 AM – September 19th – 2074
They were in space.
His battleship was floating in space.
Communication had been established and everyone was preparing for the jump into god-knows-where.
The majority of the crew and the soldiers from the other nations were busy chatting – the popular topic being as of why we're warping so far away. The most popular rumour is that we're meant to warp to a planet that's supposed to have a Shitton of resources on it, but there's no proof of that.
Less popular rumours say that the governments of the world wanted a way of discreetly getting rid of the battleship. But that would just raise more questions.
The battleships single aircraft was locked away inside, along with everything else in the battleship. The only reason they were alive right now was because of the device they installed in the Requiem. It supplied Air and gave some gravity.
Alexi slammed his head against the desk once more as Albina leaned against the wall, looking at her phone as per usual
"How are you not disturbed by the fact that we're in SPACE?" He questioned, angered by how calm she was keeping
She simply shrugged, infuriating the Captain further "There's got to be a trick you have to –" He was silenced by the sound of the Ships speakers being patched into by the same Agent he met earlier
"All crew please 'buckle up' – The warp will commence in precisely 5 minutes"
He sighed deeply as Albina came up next to him and showed him the Live news coverage from her phone
"-Hello there Tiffany, I'm Bernard and As seen on the screen next to me, The Russian Battleship 'Requiem Knell' is about to be Sent off into space! Reasons for this are still not know, but this is a ground breaking moment in history we are witnessing. It's made it to space, now it just needs to go-" The feed promptly ended
"First, why were we watching an American coverage, and Second, It's two minutes to launch, so let's buckle up, eh?" He sighed
"I could only get a connection to an American News Station, and yes sir" She saluted, heading out of his office
He slammed his head on the desk once more, before looking at the spot he had been hitting throughout the day – There was a sizeable dent in the metal desk made just by his head.
He laughed loudly at this, before the Speakers erupted once more "10 Seconds to Warp"
'What had happened to the time?!' He thought, before quickly fastening himself to the chair using a few spare belts he kept in one of his draws. The chair itself was bolted to the floor, so he should be good, right?
"Two Seconds to Warp" This did not feel right
"One Second to Warp. Good Luck" 'Well, Shit' He thought, before blacking out as the warp commenced
Unknown Country, Unknown Airspace
04:42 AM – September 19th – 2074
Alexi was awoken by the sound of the door to his office being rammed open. His eyes immediately shot open and he reached for a draw in which he kept an old German Luger, only to see that it was Albina
"You scared the living shi-"He began, only to be cut off by Albina's panicked tone
"We've got incoming hostiles!" She said
There was complete silence for a moment, before the sound of Requiems huge cannons roaring rocked the ship
"You what?"
Plotsmouth Docks, Albion
04:42 AM – September 19th – 2074
They had appeared out of literally nowhere. A ridiculously large ship that would make any Albion ship cringe in fear.
Upon its prompt arrival, for reasons unknown to the Reconquista forces below, it smashed into the church spire in the middle of the City. Because of this, the Reconquista mobilized and opened fire on it with Cannons and Spells, both on land and from their ships.
They didn't do much from the looks of it. Sure, a few dents appeared, but the ship kept floating along.
"The amount of wind stones they would have to use to keep that thing up must be tremendous!" The captain of the 'Dreadnought' remarked as his ship continually attacked the metal monstrosity.
"…I can't see anyone on board, sir" His second in command remarked
"The mages wiped them out already? As expected, the ship was full of measly commoners!" The captain grinned
Suddenly, Alarms began to blare from the unknown ship and what was assumed to be its cannons began turning. Its side opened up to reveal a platform carrying an unknown 'thing' while people flooded out from the innards of the ship
"I think we hit something good!" He laughed devilishly, launching a fireball spell at the ship, which fell short of the crew on the deck
The ships cannons had finally turned to aim at the Dreadnoughts sister ship, 'Mead'. A cacophony of loud booms echoed throughout the landscape as the Sister ship was erased from existence, its wooden hull being blown to pieces by the Ships explosive shells
The captain looked on in shock as the metal Thing from the platform took to the air and headed towards the 'Dreadnought'
"What in Brimir's name…" The Captains second-in-command muttered, before the ship was quickly filled with shells of varying sizes from the Requiems Combat Helicopter and Cannons.
Unknown Country, Unknown Airspace
05:20 AM – September 19th – 2074
Alexi calmly sipped on a cup of coffee as he watched his ships cannons fire on his orders and obliterate the wooden ships that attempted to challenge him.
He grinned lightly as the crew celebrated the successful hits "Big mug of my foot up your ass" he muttered, the grin turning into a mirthful smile
Alexi signalled to one of the Crew members passing him "Tell the crews man to find us a good spot to dock – Can't exactly do our job of finding resources while above the ground, can we now?"
The man saluted before running off to fulfil the order
The heat of battle was back, and he was enjoying the excitement. Though, a question still lingered – Where in god's name did he end up?
Alexi looked idly to the sky before promptly dropping his cup of coffee – Even if it was day, he could still see clearly in the sky two moons.
"Holy Mary Mother of Joseph" He heard one of the crewmembers who was also looking up at the moons mutter
"Well, this is going to raise a lot of questions" He muttered
A/N: Spot a mistake? Please, do let me know about it! If you think anything could be improved, please let me know THROUGH PM. If you want to leave an honest review, please do. They help A LOT.
In other news, I hope you've enjoyed the first chapter of 'Civilization - Albion'
This chapter included references to the following games/animes that I, in no way at all, own:
Team Fortress Two
Familiar of Zero
Civilization V
Portal Two