Chapter 2 – Battle of Mathey
Disclaimer: As I've said before I do not own GS/GSD and some characters in this Fic belong to Gundam Seed Dark Destiny as I've said before (I hate disclaimers), in this story other than Krane and a few members of the Dark Celestials including their Mobile Suite designs nothing belongs to me. For those who know the location of the 5th Layer of Heaven: Mathey and what is in it, don't spoil it for anyone else!
3:45pm; Fallen Space, Battlefield
The Fallen ships opened fire upon the large Mobile Armour that was sailing towards them however their weaponry hit an impenetrable shield that diffracted the power of the attacks arrayed against it, Cecile laughed as she launched a full burst at her opponents that continued to attack using the forty twin Circumference Cannons and the "Sheoth" Anti-Matter Cannon causing the armour of their ships to collapse before they exploded from the multiple bombardment of weaponry, two Avatars charged in to attack however they were grabbed and crushed by the two Heavily Armoured arm Crusher Claws.
"Take this, scum!" laughed Kale as he combined the Hyper Particle Bazooka-like Machineguns into a Duel Buster Cannon before firing a burst that destroyed a single Fallen Ship which had yet to launch its Mobile Suites.
"It seems that the Fallen's Combat Speed is slower than it was during the last war, the P.L.A.N, could it have abandoned its support" growled Courtney with a smirk as he shot down a handful of enemies that were in his way "regardless, I'm not complaining as it makes our job more easier, we're moving in!!"
"Yes, my lord!" announced the nearest Execution Team members while the others stayed out to aid the battle and guard the entrance they had made into the large prison colony, stealth shuttles as well as some unmanned Fallen Ships were waiting in the dock to be hijacked for their purposes, no guard or civilian would be allowed to live after this.
Meanwhile; Aprilius One: Military HQ, Secret Underground Area
Theme: Unified World – Gundam 00 OST III
"So, what is it you have to show me?" questioned Andras as he followed Krane deeper into the Military HQ where only the Royal Family were allowed, down there were the Ship hangers that coated with Lightwave Shields stopped things getting sucked out into the void, a very secret Ship hanger only for the ships and weapons of the Royal Family and that caused Andras to have a sinking feeling.
"Behold, a weapon and ship I have designed from the investigation into the Ancient Atlantian Weapons: the NZGMF-L01G Unity and the Atlas-Class Dreadnought, both are one of a kind and yours to use" smiled Krane as they stepped out of a lift, the mechanics of the Gundam before them was impressive with the hand's fingers more along the lines of claws than anything else, with his own research into an Atlantian Design made Andras understands that the Gundam before him had an Negative Ion Cannon in each hand that acted much like the Eclipse Cannon except the claws were the main based weaponry.
"Amazing, so you say this is mine, how fast is it?" questioned Andras as he looked at the Gundam causing Krane to smirk.
"Like the original Mobile Weapons used by the Atlantians it is powered by a Creation Engine unlike our flimsy Mass Produced Celestial Engines it is more on the basis of Divine Celestial Engines and therefore has some…tricks, hahaha, beam rifles are near useless against it however beam sabres can't cut through the armour fully" explained Krane as he looked at the beast before him "it uses the CREATION System very well, regeneration and repair, with such an ability the chances of defeat are extremely low especially with the Creation Shield it has powered by three Celestial Engines"
"Indeed, what is my first mission, your majesty?" questioned Andras with a salute causing Krane to smile at his ancestor turned loyalist supporter.
"Damage the Minerva to the point where it is almost useless, they will repair it better than ever and give me a real challenge, you are my trump card" smirked Krane as he looked Andras full in the face "you are now a High Vassal of my Empire, you are allowed authorisation to do anything, you can even have the Atlas and the new Mobile Suites within it to do as you wish! If you are interested in knowing, the Mobile Suites in that ship are the data gathering version of the ZAKU III or test bed version for the HiZAKU, I want the Commander forces of this Empire's Dark Celestial forces as well as FAITH using the HiZAKU by the later end of the war!!"
"Very well, Majesty, I will accept your mission" smiled Andras as he headed off towards the Unity with an even pace "but be prepared to train twice as hard once I get back!"
End Theme
4:00pm; Aprilius One: Military Building, Command Room
"Okay, before you all start asking orders, I first want a SitRep!"commanded Krane as he stepped into the Command Room which all the white Coates and Black Coates turned to face their Emperor.
"The Fallen's Battle efficiency is 50% lower than previously recognised, also, our own is at least 50% higher than it was in the last war" started White Coat: Jeremy.
"I believe it is due to the new Black Box System and A.I. that has been added to our Mobile Suites, our ship Coordination is also on the rise, there is no doubt that we will win this battle!" announced the ZAFT High Admiral.
"True, however victory isn't my intentions, I am about to prove that!" announced Krane as he nodded to CIC and a recently launched Ship showed on the screen with six Musai in fleet formation "that is the Atlas-Class Dreadnought, this fleet is specialised in what it does as it is a part of the Execution Teams, they are heading for the Fallen Homeland: Fallen Heaven; there they will challenge the Minerva to a duel and blow up a few colonies, it'll give off a message to the Minerva and the Fallen, 'betray or take anything I have claimed for my own and the culprits will pay!'"
"Very well, your majesty!" announced Fleets Admiral with a salute before he watched the Emperor leave the room, he had no regret considering the Fallen were Newtype Scum who didn't learn their place like all the other rebels and some media, it was also true that Blue Cosmos made attempts however they paid since they were given over to Madam Rough for torture and…questioning…if they survived which they were lucky if they didn't.
5:00pm; Aprilius One: VIP Area, Krane's Mansion
"Your majesty" bowed Walter as Krane entered into the entrance hall of his mansion with a smirk on his face before turning towards the living room, once again Shane was lying on his favourite Sofa yet again however there was a computer on the table next to it that was still updating special features of Operation Meteor that Krane had left to Shane to work on as well as other Operations like Operation Eclipse, Shane had been working through the night and had gotten to sleep around ten in the morning and yet most of the updates were still running from all the data Shane had inserted.
"Ha, you never could listen pup…maybe because you love to sleep close to me, hence why you always fall asleep on my sofa" smiled Krane as he trailed a hand through Shane's head before moving across the room and getting a concealed blanket which he brought over and covered Shane from neck to toe with, next he pulled the computer over to the other sofa where he sat down and continued Shane's work.
25th January, C.E. 75, 12:45pm; Shane's Dream: Aprilius' Government Building, Lounge
"We never talk, I mean…we have never talked, I hardly know you!" muttered Heine and Shane growled as he turned the page of the book he was reading, the Tactics of Sima Yi Book 3.
"There are reasons for that…" growled Shane as he turned the page in his book again.
"But I want to talk!" growled Heine as he glared at Shane.
"And what would we talk about!?" countered Shane as he glared at the book and not Heine.
"Well, we could talk about how the…" started Heine but Shane cut in when he had a sense of what the ginger nut was going to say.
"No…" came Shane's answer.
"Well, what about when…" started Heine again but Shane cut in again when he once again had a sense of what the ginger nut was going to say.
"Absolutely not…" came Shane's obvious answer a second time.
"What about…" Heine started again but Shane cut in for the last time with clenched jaws when he once again had a sense of what the ginger nut was going to say and this time didn't seemed pleased.
"NOT IF YOU VALUE YOU'RE LIFE…" growled Shane and everyone looked in his direction before being glared at causing them to look away suddenly, that was how the conversation ended especially when the strip of metal next to Shane was grabbed and it folded out into a large claymore, this caused Heine to chuckle in a scared voice before slowly backing out of the room.
Meanwhile: Present Time of 5:00pm; Fallen Colonies Codenamed Mathey by Neo-ZAFT, Battlefield
Theme: Distortion – Gundam 00 OST III
"Announcement to all forces on either side, I Organic Angel Alexiel, call for a Rebellion against God!" shouted Cecile over all transmissions causing the Fallen to shudder at her announcement while the Demons of Neo-ZAFT roared in agreement as they began to trounce the Fallen simply because their command structure had been improved and had taken a non-compulsory yet vital part of the Fallen's Command Structure away from them.
"Cecile, so you're alive!" yelled Rau as he charged the Redeemer at the Mobile Armour before firing his Large DRAGOONs which broke apart into 'Sammeal' DRAGOON pods and twenty charged at the Shield but only succeeded in getting halfway through however the duel Circumference Cannons opened fire on the DRAGOONs and destroyed them however Rau used the distraction to slip through the shield while brandishing his two 'Judicium' ZD45 Composite Tactical Beam Shield's Anti-ship Beam Sabres however before he could get close the Heavily Armoured arm Crusher Claw flipped out and grabbed the Redeemer's wrists.
"Now, now Rau, that's not nice" chuckled Cecile but growled when Rau folded out the Type 2 'Rashnu' Cannon however Cecile countered by moving the "Sheoth" Anti-Matter Cannon so it was facing the Rashnu's line of fire and would kill both of them if fired against the Rashnu's shot before she activated her video feed into the Redeemer so that they could see each other's faces "now let's talk while you despair over the losses of your forces, hmm, I'm kind of stealing Krane's lines there…aren't I!?"
"Just a bit, Cecile, how did you survive might I ask?" questioned Rau and Cecile smirked as she sat back in her cockpit seat.
"It is quite simple Rau, like any good Fallen Angel I would come back to face the man who cast me down and make him suffer, remember what happened to the original Rashnu after he pissed off Alexiel" chuckled Cecile as she launched all her DRAGOONs to battle the Fate and Rau's remaining DRAGOONs outside the shield which Rau's eyes widened at 640 compact DRAGOONs as they soared into combat "I believe that Alexiel tortured Rashnu to the point where he became a Fallen Angel for a time, there he fell in love with her which she accepted, eventually Yahweh himself faced off against his older brother: Lucifer to get Rashnu back who was more than a father figure but also a friend!"
"So you're going to do that to me?" questioned Rau as he glared towards where Stella was fighting the DRAGOONs with her allies and most of Cecile's DRAGOON were getting destroyed at the cost of all the remaining DRAGOONs Rau had launched.
"No, no, I am going to give you a choice!" announced Cecile with a smirk as she watched the battle with little interest, she had intensified the shield anyway to stop any other visitors entering, she smirked when all her DRAGOONs were shot down and Rau looked like he had detected something with a gasp: 'No! Not Rosiel!!'
"An Extended, how convenient for me!" laughed Kale as he redirected the Nightmare in the Fate's direction before releasing a wave of fire with the "Dark Requiems" multi-phase barreled beam Cannon and though the Fate dodged out of the way the legs of the unit as well as the units behind hers weren't so lucky "I assume your Stella Loussier, a Level 4 Extended, your level is too low to be even a challenge to me anymore"
"Damn you!" screamed Stella as she fired her 'Twin Purify' BR69 Beam Rifles except her target had already zoomed past where she had been aiming, what surprised her more was that the beam Rifle in her left hand exploded, Kale just laughed as he prepared for another pass.
"Pathetic Extended, you are outdated equipment and are a blemish on this new, bold and beautiful world that Krane is creating!" smirked Kale as he dodged more shots by the Fate "now it's time to die!!"
"You won't kill me!" screamed Stella as she drew the Fate's 'Exorcist' SX46 Beam Sabre and charged causing Kale to laugh as he drew a Beam Javelin and counterattacked.
"We'll see" chuckled Kale as he moved in to attack.
5:30pm; Fallen Prison Colony, Battlefield
"Get the Woman and Children, gah…" started a Fallen Captain until he was shot to pierces along with his underling by feet mounted "Execution" Beam CIWS.
"I really hate doing this, but orders are orders, I am a demon and I serve Emperor Lucifer and if that means killing all these civilians then so be it!" announced Courtney as he opened fire at the buildings with his beam rifle until they exploded and killed everyone inside "all forces within the Colony, I want a SitRep, what is the situation on our target!!?"
"We have found the prison area and are beginning to lead the prisoners to the docks, once there the real escape attempt will begin, there are Eternal-Classes and Nazca-Classes in the docks and that will allow our escape to go more smoothly!" announced a Member of the Execution Team and he proved this by heading towards the designated location.
"Very well, hurry and end this Operation, all remaining forces are to destroy the Civilian Hide-e-holes and hack into the Escape Pod Computers so we can set them to self-destruct!" announced Courtney as he headed towards the opening where Mobile Suites could enter the ship hangers "we'll use the Escape Pods self-destruct to destroy the colony!!"
Meanwhile; Outside the Colony, Battlefield
"Damn it, I have to get to Stella, she doesn't understand that Kale is the top brass!" growled Rau as he looked around his cockpit for something to do with getting him out of this situation.
"Even I have to admit that he is strong, just a bit stronger than me, that long and close range hybrid suits him perfectly!" laughed Cecile but then she felt a sudden flash as Rau opened up with his Beam CIWS and rained destruction down on the "Sheoth" Anti-Matter Cannon which exploded before he then fired the Type 2 'Rashnu' Cannon which took off the claw control system as well as the entire of the claws.
"And now Cecile, to end this!" announced Rau as he launched himself away from the Benevolence MKII while Cecile fired the "Desperation" Heavy Missiles which some were shot down while the others impacted the shield and became useless as they exploded in the creation energy, next Rau stabbed the Anti-ship Beam Sabre into the side of the Mobile Armour before cutting all the way up to the top causing the Mobile Armour to spark before it began to explode from the damages it had taken.
"No, stay away, I don't want to die!" screamed Stella as she continued to fire the 'Xiphyas' Mk.5 Railguns and the 'Balaena 2' Plasma Cannons while Kale simply laughed as he fired the "Dark Requiems" multi-phase barreled beam Cannons which destroyed the shoulders and hips of the units which exploded and sent Stella's unit flying backwards before slamming into the floating hull of a destroyed ship however Stella bumped her head and was out like a light.
"Now you die!" laughed Kale as he charged into the attack by combining his two Hyper Particle Bazooka-like Machinegun so that it became a duel Buster Cannon but as he was about to fire a blast from below soared up and destroyed the weapon and Kale glared as Rau charged with two 'Redemption' SX40 Beam Sabre while Kale drew the two Beam Javelin and blocked quickly however a shot from below forced them to separate.
"Kale, go aid the Execution Teams and make sure that our forces are able to get our new allies out, I'll deal with Rau!" announced Cecile as her Mobile Suite appeared from the wreckage of the Benevolence MKII and launched towards Rau while her Mobile Suite looked like the Qubeley however it was a MKII variation "so how do you like the Alexiel, Rau!?"
"Very interesting, I assume we're going to have some fun then" smirked Rau however before Cecile could answer a voice shouted in her head.
'Withdraw, Cecile, you're mission is complete' came Krane's mental voice.
"But!" argued Cecile aloud but Krane cut her off.
'Now Cecile!!' commanded Krane and Cecile huffed before heading off towards the Gwadan to withdraw.
End Theme
Info – And that is the end of the 2nd Chapter, if you must know there is going to be a disaster in the next chapter that is about…four times worse than the Bloody Valentine and Krane is going to roll about in their misery, Krane's greatest minion is actually his ancestor who being immortal (due to Newtype Abilities) has lived forever who forgot his memories and was the practically insane Head Scientist in both name and function but now that he is awake you'll understand why he is considered a major historical being soon enough. Also for those who don't know, Mathey is the 5th Level of Heaven that holds the Mid-Air Corridor, it is a form of High Security Prison for Fallen Angels since Lucifer (Lucifel)'s rebellion. Review!!
Dark Celestials Dreadnought-Class Capital Ship Data:
Atlas-Class Dreadnought
Fast Facts
Ship Type: Dreadnought
Class:Atlas-Class
Launched: 15th January C.E. 76
Ships of Class: Atlas
Commanding Officer: Hel Captain: Demitri, High Imperial Vassal: Andres Casaba
General Characteristics
Length: 1500 Meters
Propulsion: 5x Large Creation Booster Engines, 50x Small Voltaire Lumiere 2 Booster Engines
Armour: Neo-Gundanium Alloy created with a mixture of Laminated Armour and a Prototype Neo-Phase Shift
Armament:
1x Hyper Velocity Mass Driver Cannon in the Nose of Ship for piercing through other Creation Shields and can double as a huge Anti-Ship Sword
10x Triple Long-Barrelled Beam Cannons equipped with Shield Piercing Barrels, located clockwise around the front region of the Dreadnought near the bridge
2x Large Mobile Wing/Arm System (10x Single Beam Cannons with Shield Piercing Barrels and Final Griffon Beam Blades)
100x Single Beam Cannons with Shield Piercing Barrels, located all around the Ship
8x Duel Beam Cannons with Shield Piercing Barrels, 4x located on top of ship hull and 4x beneath ship hull
1000x Multi-barrelled Beam CIWS, located all over Ship Hull
50x "Wolfram" M-25 torpedo launcher
50x "Neidhart"/"Parsifal" heavy missile launcher
50x "Dispar" intercept missile launcher
Large Creation Shield with its own Mirage System for cloaking against enemy eyes when in usage
Due to a Large Concentration of Creation Particles, the Weaponry effects can be used underwater
Max MS Complement = (Unknown however it is projected over 330 Mobile Suites/Armours)
Mobile Suit Complement:
(January)
1x ZGMF-LO1G Unity Gundam
?x NZMD-01 Dark Ophanim
?x NZMD-02-2 Dark Cherub MKII
?x NZGMF-2500E ZAKU III
(20th February)
1x ZGMF-LO1G Unity Gundam
?x NZMD-01 Dark Ophanim
?x NZMD-02-2 Dark Cherub MKII
?x NZMD-03 Dark Oni
?x NZGMF-2500E ZAKU III
?x NZGMF-2700G HiZAKU
Linear Catapults:10x Launch Catapults on wings (panels fold down to act much like the Launch Catapults used on Drake-Classes while the Mobile Suites descend from a hatch in the wing armour) and 100x Small Catapults
Information – A ship designed from the data on the Gwadan-Class and the past weaponry used by the Ancient Atlantians that could be found by Neo-ZAFT, it is commanded by a Newtype Royal that uses its power to easily destroy a group of Fallen Colonies and killing all of its inhabitancy with no emotion what-so-ever, it is found that the entire crew are Cyber-Clones and therefore emotionless in every sense of the word, only one ship was built
Dark Celestials near Gundam-Class Mobile Suite Data:
Code: NGNP-X002ND (Next Generation Newtype Piloted eXperimental) (ND=Neo compact DRAGOONs)
Name: Qubeley MKII (Codenamed: Alexiel)
Producers: Meteor City Secret Research Teams/Secret Weapon Developers: 'Research'
Powerplant: Divine Celestial Engine: "Temporis"
Weapons:
1x 'Alexiel' Particle Cannon, located under head as a red crystal like armour
4x High-Energy Beam Rifle/beam blade combination equipped with Shield Piercing barrels, located in wrists and beam sabre can be carried when in use
20x Compact 'Neo'-DRAGOONs (1x Super Compact GDU-X9 beam machine gun equipped with Shield Piercing Barrels each, 1x Beam Shield Projector each), located on underside of tail wing binder
2x short beam sabre, located in upper wrists and used from that location
2x active Hyper Velocity Cannon, located on rotating backpack mounts and fire-linked
Other Equipment:
The KRONOS System – Can slow down time within a twenty meter distance and outside the effect looks like the Qubeley 2 disappeared, the Qubeley 2 isn't affected by the time change and seems to phase in and out of the vision of those outside the time burst
2x Shoulder Wings each equipped with 8x High-Speed Engine Thrusters which the Shoulder Wings can split down the middle for fast manoeuvring
Equipped with Neo-Gundanium Alloy Armour, immunity to physical weapons like Phase-Shift Coated knives and DRAGOONs built with specific armour piercing materials, covered with experimental Neo-Phase Shift that has some protection against beam weaponry (the experimental version only protects against beam sabres)
Long Range transmission Antennae sticking out of the back of the Mobile Weapon's head
Psycoframe Cockpit System (enhances Newtype powers and connects the A.I to the Pilots mind via the Newtype powers of the pilot)
Neo-Wireless DRAGOON energy transfer system
Information: The follow up to the Qubeley however unlike its predecessor, it has a black and red colour scheme, it has a newly developed Neo-DRAGOON system, it is predicted to be as powerful as 3rd Generation Gundams
Pilot(s): Cecile Boonar, unknown if mass produced for others
