Hello and welcome back to another chapter of Ghost Division: Untitled. If it was not clear before, this is a multiverse story. References may be taken from all sorts of places. I understand it may be confusing, so I'll just type out the main things that I'm pulling from. 'Strike Witches, Girls und Panzer, Kantai Collection, Halo, Call of Duty, Arpeggio of Blue Steel' are the ones most dominant. World will stay as the Strike Witches.

Lieutenant-Colonel der Vorgesetzte Nikolai Petrov [Wipeout]

Colonel Fubuki Nagano [Snow]

Colonel Saito Kawaguchi [Wrath]

Major General Adalwolf Galland [Wolf]

Lieutenant General Robert Callahan [Dallahan]

The 8 of them walked into the Command Room. Nikolai sat at the one of the couches around the office while his escorts stood on either side of the door. The 3 witches stood directly opposite of the Oberstleutnant at attention, unsure of their current predicament.

"At ease, girls. Forget the formalities, yeah? Now then, Colonel Saito, the door?" Nikolai says as he gestures to the door. The escort named Saito nodded as he placed a Wall reinforcement at the door, effectively preventing anyone from coming in or leaving the room as well as soundproofing that part of the room.

The 3 witches watched in fascination as the little oval shaped thing began glowing as the man placed it on the door frame. Instantly, a transparent blue light shot up, covering the entire height of the door. "Ermm, what?" Perrine said in awe.

All 3 heads turned back to Nikolai as he coughed. "That is an invention of the UN, The Wall Reinforcement Module, able to be attached to a variety of doors, as well as be manually configured to the size you want. The module is used to strengthen wall three (3) times more than its original material, as well as block sound waves to increase the privacy of the area.

Not believing him in the slightest, the strong-headed Major charged at the door, only to bounce back with a bruise on her shoulder. "Holy Takoyaki! That is a strong door! Last week I was able to blow the door off its hinges no problem!"

"THAT WAS YOU?!" Minna Screeched. "YOU WILL BE PAYING FOR THAT DOOR! AS WELL AS A – ahem, as well as a written report as to why you felt the need to ram my door down. By Tomorrow." She finished with a stern glare.

Scared, the Major and Perrine grasped each other tightly, nodding rapidly.

This scene was rather comical to the UN Operators in the room, as it was like a sitcom. However, it appears that they had forgotten about them, which prompted another Operator to cough lightly.

The three (3) witches turned to them and quickly returned to their original positions, blushing madly.

"Now now, that's quite alright. It is understandable that you would discipline your subordinates, Oberstleutnant. However, I think it would be a good time for me to introduce my own subordinates, wouldn't you think?" Nikolai said, amused.

"J-Ja, Herr Oberstleutnant." Minna stammered.

Taking that as permission, Nikolai gestured to the man who placed the module on the wall. "This is Rikugun-Taisa Kawaguchi Saito, but he prefers the Karlslandich Rank, Oberst. He is my medium-ranged Jäger Specialist."

He then moved his hand to another man to his right. "This is Generalleutnant Adalwolf Galland, my short to Mid-range Maschinengewehr-Schütze."

Once more to his left. "General der Panzerfüsilier Robert Callahan, my Mid to Long-Ranged Assault Specialist."

Then finally to the one next to him, "Rikugun-Taisa Nagano Fubuki, or Oberst. She's my Long-Ranged Anti-Armour Sniper."

Confused, Minna asked, "But if you're a General der Panzerfüsilier, shouldn't you be in-charge?"

Robert smiled before replying. "That would be the case if I we're with you, but in the UN, ranks simply depict our experience and pay grade, we use the Tiering System to gauge our positions. In this case, since all 5 of us are Tier 0 Operators, Nikolai holds the top spot, thus he is In-charge."

Nodding slowly, she turned back to Nikolai. "So, um, what can you do in the skies?"

"We aren't actually built for long-range flying, but rather close-ranged manoeuvring. We have a designated air Carrier that the General pilots, and we deploy from there. We generally limit our flight range to about three (3) Km. We use these-" Nikolai gestured to his body. "Aerial Combat Enhancer Model R-178, or ACE-R units to fly. It uses liquid Hydrogen to move and allows us to travel at a top speed of 800km/h, and a turn time of no more than 6 seconds. We can stay in the air for 2 hours in the worst case, or 5 hours best." Then he pointed at the little flaps on his lower legs.

The witches stared at the ACE-R unit as its little flaps moved about systematically. They watched as a little hole just below a flap glow white and propelled the Oberstleutnant upwards by a centimetre.

"Incredible…" Major Mio muttered. She looked at the floating man. "Did you invent this yourselves?"

"I didn't, but Saito over there came up with the idea and forwarded it to the R&D department along with a prototype blueprint. They built it to scale and it worked, but the original design used aircraft fuel, which stank when burned, mind you. We also didn't have a lot of it, so we came up with a cleaner alternative, liquid Hydrogen. It wasn't able to last as long, less than half actually, but we have a massive abundance of the damn thing, coupled with all the nitrogen we were getting out of it, we used it to great success."

"Nitrogen? What would you want that for?" Perrine asked for the first time in a while.

"Nitrogen can be chemically made with Oxygen to create Nitrogen Oxide with the chemical formula of N2O. Nitrogen Oxide can then be used as a booster to our ACE-R units, increasing speed drastically, but only temporarily. With Nitro, as we call it, we can boost our max speed to 1200km/h. Just a little shy of breaking the sound barrier, but very dangerous. We can't turn it off once its on and we can only drop it to slow down. It also works as additional fuel, giving about another 10 minutes of flight time at 400km/h, but only if the main tanks are empty." Saito explained from his position by the door.

"Right now, we are ineffective as our air Carrier has yet to be delivered, but we can still do long-ranged support, if need be." Nikolai explained. "Now, can we get some room arrangements?"

"Ah of course, Oberstleutnant, you can stay in the room next to mine, so that you are close to the command centre if need be. Oberst Kawaguchi, you can have the room on the 1st Floor, numbered 112, Oberst Nagano can have the room opposite, 119, Generalleutnant Galland can have the room next to Oberst Kawaguchi, 113 and General der Panzerfüsilier Callahan can have the room next to Oberstleutnant Petrov for similar reasons."

Satisfied with the arrangements, Nikolai nodded to his team, dismissing them to their rooms. He turned back to the witches. "Flight Officer, can I ask you to leave the room? I need to discuss confidential Intel with your commanders."

Nodding, she quickly attempts to exit the room Attempt is emphasised, as she rams head-first into the reinforced door and falls back. "OW! Oww… what the hell? They were able to walk through just fine, why did I hit it?"

Stifling a laugh with a cough, Nikolai presses the button on the module, opening the door for the poor girl. Perrine walked out grumbling, rubbing her bruised forehead.

Turning back to the remaining witches, he quickly replies, "That was payback for John. Petty, I know, but still. That thing is permanent by the way, its like an extra secure lock, just press the button to open it. Here, this key card will let you get in from the outside." He says as he passes 2 of them to Minna. "I will hold one as well as Callahan."

Nikolai pulled an envelope from his left clasp-holster and passed it to Minna. "Those are my Mission objectives and orders pertaining this Operation."

On the paper it read:

Oberstleutnant Nikolai Petrov

As per previously discussed, you will have assigned to the 501st Joint Fighter Wing, as a Joint Operations Commander. You shall hold the same level of power as the Commander of the 501st, in addition to the command of the UNSCO forces and Karlsland Panzer Division, Ghost.

We suspect a Level 7 invasion of the Neuroi, with both Air and Ground aspects. Reported to be in Luxembourg pushing towards Bastogne. We have moved the Ghost Division to Marche-en-Famenne, they should arrive in two (2) weeks. UNSCO 2nd and 3rd Heavy Assault Battalion are already en-route, 224th Special-Flight Wing are currently dispatched in the area as light aerial support as well an early warning system. We are naming this Operation Westwater, good luck Oberstleutnant.

Commander-In-Chief Johnathan Harner

P.S. Surprise, Minna! We have increased your budget to an extra 100%, having those UNSCO lads will be rather…expensive heh. Good Luck!

Oberstleutnant Minna's face changed several times during the reading, from shock to fear, to anger, to shock once more, to joy then finally settling at a deadpan stare. She passes the letter to Mio who basically did the same thing with additional 'great Takoyaki' being added every now and then. She passes the letter back to Nikolai, and finally flops down on the sofa next him. Mio sits in a slightly more dignified manner, in the chair in front of the sofa.

Minna pulls out a bottle of single-malt whiskey from a compartment hidden in a side panel of the couch. She pulls out 3 cups and poured one (1) each. Without waiting, she gulps it down and drinks pours another cup. Mio is seen doing the same, then switching to her sake reserves in the hilt of her Katana.

Lightly sipping his drink, Nikolai sit patiently for the two (2) witches to finish their stress-induced alcohol craze.

Around the 4th cup, Minna realises what she was doing, proceeded to swiftly plug the bottle and replace it in the couch. Mio never actually noticed as she hiccupped and looked around sultrily. Catching Minna's stern eyes as a sign of lust, she pounces on Minna and began to kiss her fervently while groping her chest. In shock, Minna didn't do anything and simply melted in the pleasure. Mio jumped off her and jumped out the window, cackling madly as she did.

Nikolai, slightly red and heavily amused at the laid-out form of the Oberstleutnant, shook her shoulder lightly, waking her from her lust-induced trance.

"I…I…um, I was, err…" Minna quickly stammered as she attempted to save her reputation.

Shaking his head, Nikolai laughed openly and replied, "It's fine Minna, I remember when Fubuki got pounced on like that, quite the same reaction." Nikolai watched as Minna's face turned completely red and laughed again. "I think it's time we take a break, we can discuss the Operation on a different time. I shall retire to my room, see you later Oberstleutnant."

3 hours later

A loud wailing siren blasted from the base speakers, signalling a neuroi attack, or at least a neuroi being spotted nearby. As the witches rushed towards the hanger, the UN Operators used their Tac-pad to visualize and spot targets. By use of Orbital scopes, the Operators were able to get a clear view of 5 Boomerang Type-2 Flying Neuroi, just 5km east of the base.

With a quick static message from Nikolai, Fubuki quickly aimed her assisted 25mm Anti-Armour Rifle in the direction of the Neuroi. Loading a special Etherine-tipped APCR-T round, she took careful aim and fired. The shot was loud enough to be heard by the witches 3km away.

With the Witches

Upon hearing the loud noise, Minna turned to Lynette, a rather busty Britanian Witch carrying a .55 Boys Anti-Tanks Rifle. When she notices Lynette's confusion, she looked behind to see a purple tracer coming in her direction. Quickly swerving to avoid it, she looked towards where the bullet was going and noticed the Neuroi in front of her. The bullet impacted the Neuroi and instantly forced it to explode into little shards. In their shock, Minna was almost vaporised by a laser that was promptly blocked by Gertrud's shield. Realizing her current situation, she ordered the witches into battle.

With the Operators

"Excellent shot, Fubuki-chan. Although, if you waited a couple of seconds more, you could have gotten two pieces in a basket." Nikolai commented as he watched the satellite feed.

"Yeah, I think I have to recharge the Etherine, it looked rather lacking in that shot." Fubuki replied.

A couple more minutes of silent dogfighting, and the final neuroi has been destroyed. "A little lacking, aren't they? 10 witches with 4 type-2 targets, took them 13 minutes to clear."

3 minute later, all the witches have returned to the hanger and were about to leave when the UN Operators decided to make themselves known to the other witches on base.

The five (5) Operators stared at the witches and they replied in turn. Their eyes looked towards Fubuki's rifle as she was the only one visibly armed. Then they looked at the uniform of the 5 Operators in front of them, looking for any way to find their rank. Gertrud's, the Witch from earlier, eyes landed on the General der Panzerfüsilier epaulettes and promptly saluted, the other witches following suit.

"Good Evening General, Generalleutnant, Oberst and Oberstleutnant! Welcome to the Dover Strait Base, home to the 501st Joint Fighter Wing." Gertrud shouted crisply.

The Operators returned salute and dropped it, relieving the Witches as well.

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[1] A hand-held tactical database system used for analysing and displaying combat information.

[2] A pair of hybrid mechanical/magical propeller devices used by witches for flight and worn over their legs.

[3] A belligerent alien race that invaded the Earth

[4] Heads Up Display. Look it up.

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Rewrite of the story finally coming through! Terribly sorry, friends. A lot of shit has happened.