Chapter 8 – Preparing for Ptolemaeus Crater
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.
25th November, 9:00pm; Aprilius One: Government Building, Throne Room
Krane looked at the front of the throne room and waited, supposedly he would be having a very important guest today which made him smile, the more important the better. Over in the corner of the throne room Deus was calling each of the Fallen members by name but Krane did here a mention of the name Kira, either Kira's ghost decided to pop in for a surprise visit or Joseph really was Kira, then again his family line was better trained at sensing auras then anything else.
"All welcome, Prince Magnus of the Kingdom of Scandinavia!" announced the doorman before said door opened and the Prince walked in, the two usual lines leading to the door saluted before bowing, the Prince made the Neo-ZAFT Salute before bowing himself as Krane stood from his throne.
"Well, this is an interesting surprise, what is it that you desire of the Neo-ZAFT Empire?" asked Krane with a friendly smile to those trained looked like a grin of a snake "also, I heard the news, I am terribly sorry about your father"
"He died in battle, however that is not the reason I have come here, I hear that many nations have been allowed to continue their government and traditions under your rule" announced the Prince with a sad look "I now see that the Kingdom of Scandinavia cannot hold back the tide of OMNI as well as the rebels of ZAFT that are raiding our shores, that's why I would like to add myself and the Scandinavian Council to the list of Counties under your control"
"See, neutrality only gets one so far while you lack power in such, it is fortunate that Neo-ZAFT has the power you seek" smiled Krane as he reached out a hand which the Prince took allowing Krane to straighten him.
"I've heard of your speeches, they speak of Neo-ZAFT as the dawn of the powerful new Era, many in the world wish to serve you" smiled the Prince "if that is all, I'll withdraw for now, your majesty!"
The Prince of the Leaderless country bowed once more before walking back down the aisle and out the throne room doors, Krane smirked as he sat back down before taking on a thoughtful look, it seemed that everything was going according to plan…
26th November, 2:00pm; Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship: Varda, Bridge
"By the looks of the enemy forces as well as our own fleet, they gave gathered allies from the Athha Loyalists as well as the Terminal forces that did not follow the Eternal over to the Fallen, the Fleet has divided evenly and are waiting in Luna orbit as well as near the surface of the moon!" announced Renaldo as he pointed to the tactical screen and Krane nodded as well as the Fallen "their combined Fleet adds up to twice of what we have gathered here however we have called for reinforcements, said reinforcements will arrive moments after the battle begins in two days time, this will be the moment that we counterattack their forces!"
"Understood, however, do we know why the Athha Loyalists and Terminal forces are siding with these rebels?" asked Rau and Krane took an annoyed look.
"They seem to believe that I am mistreating Ms Clyne and Ms Athha, hate to prove them wrong, but you all know that I am not!" growled Krane as he glared at Rau and Rau nodded in understanding, Krane wasn't mistreating them any but had however derived a set of guidelines in which they had to follow, every household had rules.
"And now their coming to attack you for it" sighed Kira silently and sadly, Krane really wasn't that much of a bad guy, however he was use to things going his way and only his way and had a father-to-child personality with each of his family members except Kira and Rau who he seemed to be equal with his own.
"It's to be expected, however I will be showing no mercy, I have to make the world fear the sword of Neo-ZAFT should they anger the nation!" announced Krane as he looked at the tactical map with a smirk "we'll continue to gather forces for now, what position is the Gwadan in? When will it arrive!?"
"It should arrive tomorrow" smirked Renaldo as he pointed to the tactical map "our forces should be ready by then!"
2:00pm; Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship: Varda, Krane's Office
Krane sighed as he entered the office and glided in Zero-G over to the office chair before pulling himself into it, he opened up a report that explained the Despero's Progress as well as Super Space Fortress Eclipse, the Super Eclipse Cannon weapon was completed on the Fortress and the outward structure was being stalled so that weapon emplacements could be equipped; it didn't matter, they had plenty of time, also they had plenty of resources.
"What's that Krane?" asked Rau as he floated near the terminal and Krane smirked.
"The future of all Newtypes, with this weapon, I will be able to destroy planets and pierce stars!" announced Krane and Rau tensed "as for you Rau, care to tell me who the predicted pilot of Judgement is, or that rebuilt Freedom for that matter!!?"
"Me" answered 'Joseph' as he stepped forwards and Krane inwardly smirked, this 'Joseph' was showing himself up every day that went by, he was becoming the Kira that Krane believed him to be.
"Ah, well, even if Kira returned from the dead…" smirked Krane as he sat back "I will still be too far ahead of him, Newtypes get stronger for every being they defeat, the stronger their race the stronger the experience that the pilot gains"
"And Krane is at the top, he has defeated enemies for seven years both inside and outside a war, Krane could defeat every nation in the world combined!" growled Shane from where he leaned against a wall "he's slain rough Newtypes, obliterated legions of Naturals and kicked about Coordinators, I don't see any challenge in another war for Krane"
"At present we have to concentrate on this rebellion and then we'll deal with the problems that follow, I have the Messiah guarding the PLANTs" explained Krane with a noticed smirk "it should be well protected!"
Meanwhile; Space-Fortress-Class: Messiah, Throne Room Command Centre
"It seems that Jachin expects the enemy to ignore them when they plan their attack and come via this route to destroy the PLANTs, seems there are some Blue Cosmos supporters amongst them, ah well…they won't be missed" smirked Heine from where he sat on the throne, the Minerva was on a patrol with Goud in control, they would have no choice but to remain under his thumb.
"Yes, however, like all the times before…" growled Liam from where he stood "Vega and us would do all the work and you all the glory!!"
"Why you little, I could have you demoted for that!" fumed Heine as he shot to his feet but Vega moved to stand in front of Liam.
"Do that and I'll just replace you and your rank with Liam, besides, I have never seen a single worth of valour come from military HQ that hasn't gone to you!" yelled Vega and Heine looked like he was going to slap Vega but pulled back "besides, I've spoken with Father about you, Liam is here to protect me from everyone including you!!"
"Tch!" scowled Heine as he turned away to look out the window of the throne room "explains a lot I guess, is the Emperor's trust in me failing, I wonder?"
"He never trusted you after seeing the results you have given while leading the Minerva before his coming, the fact that you are using me as leverage over the other military officers in the Empire, you may be a Vassal but you are not within the Emperor's inner circle!!" growled Steven as he glared at Heine's back "only your piloting skills are of use to him!"
"Good thing too" smiled Heine as he turned to look at a holographic map "however, there are confirmations of a enemy fleet heading in this direction, it seems that Phantom Pain have held up their side of the agreement with an OMNI Fleet of their own"
"And we'll just trash it!" smirked Kirsty as she looked at the map "what are these three blinking ships?"
"We have confirmed them as SOI or Ships Of Interest, their size and designs show that they are new models and extremely powerful, these must be the prototypes that are comparable to the Destroy and are the ships that are a combination of Agamemnon-Classes and Nelson-Class on a larger scale!" explained Heine with a smirk "however, Krane has managed to get a little bit of data on these ships, they are known as the Troy-Class Destroyer and the Achilles-Class Dreadnought"
"I see, each Troy-Class is guarded by three Agamemnon-Class Carriers which two Troy-Classes are the minimum to guard the Achilles-Class!" announced Vega as he looked at the map "hence the three large blips!"
"Very good, you're learning" smiled Heine as he clapped his hands which Vega scowled before smirking.
"Actually, it was my father who taught me most my tactical and political knowledge, not you!" countered Vega causing Heine to scowl.
"Do we have any idea what weaponry those ships have?" questioned Steven as he stepped closer to the designs that showed.
"Only that it has big barrelled cannons that work even in long range meaning that it could be at the rear of the fleet and still be able to crush us!" growled Heine as he looked at the data "how very troublesome!"
"We'll still destroy them and show the Earth Forces that their new ships are dust compared to ours, with so many cannons and beam weaponry, Mobile Suites should be able to get in close and deal heavy damage!" smirked Vega as he looked at the data gathered "also, we need to collect as much data as humanly possible on the ships from their mainframe if possible, their data and weaponry may be of use to my father!"
"Yes, your highness!" announced Liam with a salute while Heine scowled before saluting also as well as everyone in the Command Centre.
27th November, 12:00pm; Outside Space-Fortress-Class: Messiah, Battlefield
"All forces, hold the line, don't allow our enemies to get through!" announced Vega as he flew before the frontline of forces, even Mobile Suites from Boaz and Centrepoint Station were reinforcing the only blind spot in the Neo-ZAFT Defence encirclement.
The Phantom Pain Fleet was large compared to the ones previously seen by OMNI in the past and were launching Mobile Weapons at the defence fleet, it seemed as though there were Euclid Mobile Armours, Exus Mobile Armours and mass produced variations of the stolen Hellsing Prototype; the Mobile Suites were mostly Windam X units that charged in with all kind of Striker Packs, most of the units were piloted by Clones of both normal pilot and Extendeds alike, it seemed that they had made failure clones of their best operatives however they were trained poorly compared to their Neo-ZAFT Counterparts but then again…the Earth Alliance was all about quantity compared to quality.
"I'm sensing beings that have the same mental brainwaves!" growled Heine as he slashed through one Euclid Mobile Armour that tried to have a run at him whom he had dodged before counterattacking "clones, it explains a lot, considering their massive numbers during each war!"
"So…they keep cloning their army anew with each war!" growled Vega as he fired a wave of crimson energy which took out at least ten enemy Mobile Suites "message to the Messiah, charge Neo-GENESIS and fire!"
"We have no choice now, we have to destroy as many of their forces we can without suffering the damage were expecting to have, move in all ships!" commanded Liam as he fired three shots from the "Maximillion" Beam Dobber Gun which quickly destroyed three Windam X as they zoomed down on him from above, he then flew close to a nearby Nelson-Class before widening his "Maximillion" Beam Dobber Gun so that it became a "Omega" hyper Velocity energy Cannon which blew a hole right through the Nelson-Class which split in two from the structural damage, he moved out of the way as two beam cannon shots stretched from a Nazca-Class and destroyed the escorting Drake-Class before launching all the COUP-DRAGOONs which shot down the Windam X and Mobile Armours that were trying to blindside him.
"Damn Phantom Pain!" growled Steven as he sent the "Cataphract" hyper-velocity Mace into the bridge of a Drake-Class before pulling away and turning towards the next Drake-Class, he activated the "Ascend" Particle Cannon which fired a large shot into the engines of the Drake-Class which swerved into the reactor room of the nearest Nelson-Class causing it to explode.
"Their typical swine!" growled Kirsty as she slashed with the "Reaper" beam scythe through a Mobile Armour before turning completely around and slashing a Windam X that had its beam sabre drawn.
"We need to clean this up, all Mobile Suites hold the line, we're going to force their fleet to make a line!" announced Kuja as he dodged the ZAKU III away from a Beam Rifle shot before counterattacking.
"Steven, Liam, Kirsty! We're going to attack their new Ship!" announced Vega as he headed off into the middle of the Phantom Pain fleet with his wingmen not far behind, Neo-GENESIS fired and half of the Phantom Pain Fleet was destroyed.
Meanwhile; Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship: Varda, Command Room
"Your guests have gone over to their ship, the Avenger, to prepare for battle!" announced Renaldo as he stepped into the Command Room before giving Krane a written report "also there is a report from Sophia Alex, she announced, that Super Space Fortress: Eclipse should be capable of being moved to Meteor City for final work by 10th January next year!"
"Excellent, about that time I will want to test out the Super Eclipse Cannon, what news on the fleet?" questioned Krane as he looked at the gathered data on the screen, his eyes were golden once again, this was an ability that Newtypes called the Techno Interface where minds and machines are defenceless to hacking by the user.
"We are almost ready and will attack at early morning, of course, you already know that" smiled Renaldo and Krane returned the smile "also, once preparations are completed on their part, Rau would like to wait within your presence on your ship and therefore all the high members of the Fallen have left their Mobile Suites at Arcadia and wish to observe rather than fight!"
"Of course, we must be gracious host" smiled Krane as he lifted a rose to his nose to smell before sipping a glass of wine.
1:00pm; Outside Space-Fortress-Class: Messiah, Battlefield
Vega growled as he fired the Duel barrelled "Balaena Xiphias MK2" Plasma Beam Cannon railguns which damaged an Agamemnon-Class Carrier as he passed it, Steven meanwhile fired the "Diskarmor" composite shield's beam machinegun and quickly destroyed the bridge of a Nelson-Class as it escorted the previous Agamemnon-Class, missiles and artillery fire launched at them however the three Cyber-Newtypes pushed through while obliterating the fleet as they went but in the meantime they evaded the attacks pursuing them and destroyed the Mobile Weapons chasing them. Heine smirked at their progress ahead of the frontline battle before swinging the MA-M02GR "Super Lacerta R" reinforced, wire connected beam sabre so that it cut through a Hellsing Prototype, next he drew the retrieved MA-M30 "Drake" Plasma Bazooka before firing a shell which impacted the bridge of a Drake-Class as it was shooting down GOUF Ignited units that had gotten too close to their defences.
"This is becoming ridiculous!" growled Kirsty as she fired the Reaper's "Hell Magma" High-Energy Plasma Induction Cannon which the beam bended right into the hanger of a Agamemnon-Class Carrier before Kirsty deactivated the lock on the "Reaper" beam scythe and swung it leading to it halving into two smaller hand scythes which one went spinning away like a Beam Boomerang which destroyed the bridge of a Nelson-Class Battleship before returning and linking back up with its hand held brother to rebuilt the entire Scythe again, Kirsty then fired the "Balaena Xiphias MK1" Plasma Beam Cannon railguns which impacted the reactor room and bridge of another Agamemnon-Class which consumed the entire ship in purple flames before it exploded.
"I won't let you win!" yelled Vega as his eyes turned golden and the Mobile Suites and ships around him began to slow down, Vega quickly dispatched all Eight Drake-Classes, Two Nelson-Classes, One Agamemnon-Class Carrier and over 25 Mobile Weapons that were within the field of stalled equipment and brainwaves.
"That burst of Newtype energy just now, it was…" started Heine with a gasp while Kuja grinned.
"That was the Techno Interface, the tide is turning, all Inca-Classes are to push through the openings created and begin attacking the frontline from both ends! All Nazca-Classes are to advance and bombard the frontline, we have to crush them while they are disorientated, Mobile Suites are to bypass the frontline and move to the second enemy attack line!" announced Kuja over a fleet wide transmission with a cheesy grin at their approaching victory.
"This is Nicol Amalfi; Commander of the 1st of the Musai-Class Stealth Battleships: the 'Musai', we have been sent by Krane to extract the data from the Troy-Class and the Achilles-Class, recommend that your ships hold off attack on the 1st Troy-Class and the Achilles-Class until we retrieve the data! Your aid is most appreciated!!" announced Nicol over a transmission as the Blitzkrieg passed in Mirage Colloid and made a bee-line for the rear of the enemy fleet.
"Very well, all forces are to not attack the 1st Troy-Class and the Achilles-Class until the say-so, all forces are to now begin the final attack on the enemy fleet!!"
Meanwhile; Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship: Varda, Krane's Office
"You felt that?" questioned Athrun as he looked at Shinn but Krane interrupted them.
"Yes, I'm sure every Newtype in the world felt that pulse, it seems Vega has gained the Techno Interface ability" smirked Krane as he sat down on his throne while Artificial Gravity had been activated to cease floating around.
"I assume that is one of the abilities that your side of the Royal Family has gained" smiled Kira as 'Joseph' however Krane shook his head.
"Out of the Yamato Family, I will have half the abilities that the perfect Emperor needs to rule and Kira will have the other half, it seems that Kira is like a reincarnation of a twin that was never born and hence he has half of my soul" smiled Krane as he stood before pacing around "if he is yet alive, I will want my other half returned and therefore he will gain his other half also, we will both rule the future of mankind! Only by fusing with my soul can Kira gain the abilities that only I have while Vice Versa, I can only become an ultimate ruler when Kira and my souls are rejoined and I have therefore all the abilities that Kira can learn yet I lack as indefinite as if I were a thorn without my rose!"
"I…don't understand…" started Kira but Krane smirked as he turned on 'Joseph'.
"It is recorded in the P.L.A.N on the higher levels of security so I doubt you've heard of it, it is very commonly known amongst the Newtype Royalty and I have done much research into the side effects, for example: the pain when we touch!" announced Krane and smirked when he sensed all the Fallen members tense "I mean nothing by it…but you seem to a divine messenger from Yahweh to me, to Lucifer, that is why I would like to speak with you alone so if you could follow me!!"
'Joseph' nodded and followed Krane out of the office for a walk, they started off speaking about many things including politics and the path for the future of Newtypes and how the Royalty and Nobility always started wars to prolong peace or to expand their dominion over tyrannical territories with their amazing Mobile Frames (Mobile Suites from ancient Atlantis that were discovered by Neo-ZAFT under Krane's orders, data back to the Atlantis Wars and the later Greedy Natural rebellion), what Kira found however was that Krane and he were core opposites however their personality was very alike as they stood in-front of a large viewpoint.
"What is it that you really want to talk to me about?" questioned Kira as he turned to Krane who smirked.
"As Yahweh or rather Kira's messenger I have yet to send you back to him, that is because I have been thinking of a message I want take back with you, now I finally know how to phrase the message…" smirked Krane as he turned to face 'Joseph' "ask Kira this question for me…will he continue down a path of Jealousy and Greed, or will he find love for his would-have-been twin and look to the future of humanity, make sure that he gets this message as high priority!"
Krane smirked as he turned and walked away from 'Rau's Bodyguard' before heading towards the bridge with a big grin, meanwhile, Kira looked out the view point as he fought with his choices and his recent closeness to Krane.
2:00pm; Outside Space-Fortress-Class: Messiah, Battlefield
"Go to hell!" yelled Vega as he fired all weaponry on the Genocide in a full burst causing nearby ships to lose flight capabilities and crash into the 2nd Troy-Class Destroyer which sparked from all the damage, a few more shots of the "Chaos" multi-phase Super Particle Cannon and the Duel barrelled "Balaena Xiphias MK2" Plasma Beam Cannon railguns led to a complete reactor meltdown before the entire large ship exploded.
"It seems that the enemy has reached their limit, ah, we can now finish them!" announced Kuja as he sat in his cockpit cross-armed as two Signal Flares launched behind the remaining Troy-Class and the Achilles-Class "all Inca-Classes, concentrate fire with all nearby Mobile Suites on the remaining Troy-Class, all Nazca-Classes and Cuzco-Classes in the area are to launch their remaining Mobile Suites and launch an attack on that Achilles-Class Dreadnought! Vega will lead the Mobile Suite attack on the Achilles-Class while Heine will lead the attack on the Troy-Class, now all forces, open fire!!"
"It seems that Lord Kuja has gained back his wind, he lost it after the death of his wife, now that Krane has given him a future to protect the Newtype Noble is willing to die before that future falls!" laughed Steven as he attacked an Agamemnon-Class that was between the Troy-Class and the Achilles-Class.
Meanwhile; Aboard Achilles-Class Dreadnought, Bridge
"What are you doing!" yelled LOGOS Member Matisse Adukurf as she looked over the bridge of the Achilles-Class as the Phantom Pain Admiral "I want all ships to intensify firepower on the enemy ships, have our Mobile Suites create a cloud effect in front of our ships, call back all remaining ships on the frontline to this defence line!!"
"All forces are regaining order and are following Commands!" announced the Captain and Matisse nodded with a smile before turning to LOGOS observer: Lucs Kohler.
"Lucs, take over for me, I need to check something!" announced Matisse and the old man nodded as he took over, Matisse mentally grinned as she thinned out the competition for Djibril and escaped this battle.
2:30pm; Outside Achilles-Class Dreadnought, Battlefield
Heine laughed as he fired his Epyon's MA-M21 "Lupus 2" high-energy beam rifle in one hand and the MA-M30 "Drake" Plasma Bazooka in the other all over the Troy-Class Destroyer, finally he turned and fired a missile into the bridge of the Troy-Class and watched it explode before flying behind the Command-less ship, he unfurled the hip mounted "Destroyer" high-energy plasma cannons before letting out a burst that destroyed the engines and engine room. Heine flew away to attack more Ships and Mobile Suites while Vega destroyed the entirety of the Achilles-Class, Vega laughed at the face of Lucs Kohler, as he fired a missile from the 'Gigalauncher 2' right into the bridge causing the ship to explode from the combined damaged.
5:30pm; Phantom Pain Stealth Shuttle, VIP Guest Room
"How long till we reach the Inflammo (the name I gave to her Girty-Lue-Class)!?" questioned Matisse who sat with both of her legs crossed.
"Within the hour, my lady, once we return to Daedalus lunar base I have been requested to tell you that Lord Djibril would like to speak to you!" announced the Copilot and Matisse nodded before saluting, the Copilot returned the salute before leaving the room.
8:00pm; Daedalus lunar base: Military Command Centre, Djibril's Chambers
"Lord Djibril, Admiral Matisse Adukurf of Phantom Pain, reporting for duty!" announced Matisse as she saluted before the desk that Djibril sat at sipping wine.
"I do not see your fleet, Admiral but nor do I see Lucs Kohler, then the entire operation wasn't a failure then" smiled Djibril behind his wine glass "I do have to get rid of all those peaceful members of LOGOS and replace them with Radicals, the sooner I do, the sooner the next war will begin!"
"I return as your loyal servant, I saw that the battle had turned against us with no chance of recovery, therefore I set dear Lucs up for the fall" smirked Matisse cruelly.
"Good thing too, I required a replacement for Willard as Commander of Phantom Pain's main forces, you are now Supreme Commander of Phantom Pain and solely answerable to me!" announced Djibril with a smirk "dismissed!!"
"Yes sir!" saluted Matisse as she clicked her boots together before marching off out the door.
"Well played Krane Hibiki…" pondered Djibril to himself "…well played indeed, Muruta was right about you; out of Rau's inner circle you were always the most dangerous, the most likely to have an agenda of your own outside Rau's control and a magnet for talent and loyalty!!"
28th November, 5:00am; Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship: Varda, Bridge
The Bridge of the Varda was filled with soldiers working as they began to finish up their preparations for the battle and for command of the Fleet, Renaldo looked over the tactical before sitting back down and after seeing everything going according to plan stood again to head back over to the tactical map, as well as the Cimmeria and Gwadan (II) there had been four small fleets that had gathered under Krane's control which if the enemy were to combine into one fleet would lead to their forces being outnumbered by double their numbers. Goud and Cecile stood against the wall and faced Krane's Command Throne with little questioning his leadership abilities, they knew that Krane would win this battle even if the four 'admirals' argued their Emperor's methods, the Fallen watched from the chairs around the tactical table as Krane with Shane standing behind his throne stood over the bridge.
"Report!?" questioned Krane and Renaldo who had returned to his seat for about the 6th time stood and saluted the Emperor.
"Everything is ready your majesty, all we await for, is your orders!!" announced Renaldo and waited as Krane paused as he closed his eyes.
"Move out!" announced Krane as his eyes shot open and the fleet headed forwards towards the battle area which would take a few hours to get to.
Info – After writing that Chapter I'm excited for the next and I am the one writing it, also I have cramps due to how much effort I put into it, sad but true! Do review!!
New OMNI Enforcer Destroyer and Dreadnought Data:
Achilles-Class Dreadnought
Unit type: Dreadnought
Overall length: 857.0 meters
Overall width: 100.5 meters
Overall height: 99.0 meters
Base weight: 51000 metric tons
Full weight: 72900 metric tons (standard armament/propellant)
Main propulsion system: thermonuclear rocket x 4
Armament:
7x Dual High-Energy Bean cannon, located in positions all over the ship
20x Dual High-Energy Beam machine gun, located near bridge
Other Equipment:
Laminated Armour
3x Command Bridge, 1x main bridge and 1x sub-bridge per side
Troy-Class Destroyer
Unit type: Destroyer
Overall length: 712.0 meters
Overall width: 72.2 meters
Overall height: 81.4 meters
Base weight: 19800 metric tons
Full weight: 28000 metric tons (standard armament/propellant)
Propulsion: thermonuclear rocket x 1
Armament:
6x Single Barrelled High-Energy Beam Cannon, stored in positions around ship
2x triple Naval Rifle, stored on top of ship
4x dual high-energy beam machine gun, stored near bridge
2x 8-tube missile launcher, it can be equipped with even nuclear missiles, stored either side the front of ship
Other Equipment:
Laminated Armour
3x Command Bridge, 1x main bridge and 1x sub-bridge per side