Chapter 9 – Battle of 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.


6:00am; Pre-Minerva-Class Battleship: Varda, Bridge

"The Fleet will arrive at Ptolemaeus Crater within the hour!" announced Renaldo as he looked over the data near his Command Chair.

"Also, considering the fact that the enemy has twice our numbers, the four admirals are desperately seeking an audience with your majesty!" whispered Shane in Krane's ear who nodded with an annoyed sigh; he had noticed the shuttles from the four Cuzco-Classes that were commanded by the Neo-ZAFT Regular Military Admirals.

"What news on the repairs to remaining forces at Messiah's position!?" questioned Krane and Dylan got to work sorting out the reports.

"All damaged ships are being repaired with the remains of destroyed ships in the battle, all undamaged ships are heading to this location as I speak, Messiah is holding defensive position alongside Centrepoint and Boaz!" announced Dylan and Krane nodded before getting back to the business at hand, that moment the four admirals marched in with Admiral Gaztha leading them.

"I wonder what Krane would say to them" whispered Athrun as he watched the Admirals line up while Krane turned his throne to face them before standing himself, everyone sat forwards in interest.

"I know what you would say, the enemy has at a disadvantage, even I can tell that!" announced Krane as he gestured with his hand.

"We're not only at a disadvantage, the enemy has us at a very large disadvantage!" announced the first Admiral with a groan as he looked at the map on the large screen.

"Regardless, we will win this battle, their numbers mean nothing as strategy will win the day!" announced Krane as he made a gesture with his hands and a plan appeared on it "this is the plan we will be using, follow my Commands, try our best and we won't fail!!"

"But, your majesty, please be reasonable!" yelled the 2nd Admiral as he earned Krane's glare.

"If you refuse, I will take it on imperial law to have you removed from your ranks and arrested, my mind is made up and you're all dismissed!" announced Krane and the Admirals glared at Krane before marching out in single file.

"Brown haired Imperial brat!" growled Admiral Gaztha as he stormed out ahead of his peers.

"It seems they are afraid of failure" muttered Shane next to Krane who smirked.

"That will fade as we begin our rise to victory!" announced Krane as he sat back down "I want all ships to report in before we reach the battlefield!!"


Meanwhile; Daedalus lunar base: Mansion Area, Djibril's Mansion

"It seems Djibril, that Krane is going to continue on with the number of forces he has, but isn't he well prepared and have larger supplies of forces than this!?" questioned President Rosholt of the Eurasian Federation with a German accent "if Krane dies then we will have a new and radical ZAFT to fight against!"

"On contrary, Krane is the biggest threat, I have seen that man perform miracles time and time again!" countered Djibril as he sipped his wine "it really doesn't matter if it is on the battlefield or in a covert operation on the ground, he commands his troops just right to perform his desired miracle, he is the Fallen Dark Messiah that turned against the Fallen Sect that have proclaimed themselves a nation!!"

"How absurd! A religious faction, no a sect, a nation!? And look at Krane, he controls one of the most advance military forces in the known world, he stuffs in our faces by 'helping us' with our new Gundam projects!!" growled Earth Alliance administrator: Alex Pathogen "we need to finish them off, for the sake of our Pure and Blue World!!"

"And we will, but not yet, we need up until April before we can restart the war" smiled Djibril at all the support he had in the room "until them, we will act as leaches for Krane's technological knowledge, then we will act!!"

"We have to stage something, we have to get them to fight us, but what!?" questioned President Copland of the Atlantic Federation as he looked at Djibril however the Orb party spoke up.

"The Fallen need to be purged from this world first, they are dangerous and I doubt Neo-ZAFT would stand-by as their Newtype brothers are attacked, the Fallen are risking Orb since they will be coming directly for us…that traitor Athha is a child of Le Creuset after all!" announced Unato Ema Seiran as he spoke for Orb.

"Father is right, Orb has a grudge against the Fallen for the defeat at the Dardanelles, why don't we attack their base: Iceblade!?" questioned Yuna Roma Seiran and those gathered nodded in agreement.

"Very well, I will think up a plan for mid-March, we will bring the terror of Naturals to the Coordinator and Newtype scum!" announced Djibril as he stood "for the preservation of our Pure and Blue World!!"

"Agreed, for the preservation of our Pure and Blue World!!" announced everyone else in the room as they stood and saluted with their wine glasses before downing their beverage.


6:30am; Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship: Varda, Hanger

"Are you sure that you want to head out, Stella?" questioned Shinn as they stood before the Destiny and a customized Enforcer in black and red.

"Yes…I…" started Stella however a voice cut them off.

"You're heading out too? What a coincidence, so are we!" announced Shane as he walked over beside Courtney, both were wearing piloting suites which seemed to have a weak amount of armour on them, Shane's however had a skirt effect that was much like a cape.

"The enemy forces are numerous and you're both going out in outdated units like that? Oh, how silly of me, that is all the Fallen can afford nowadays!" chuckled Courtney before walking past to his custom Prophecy Gundam while Shane just smiled as he walked up to Shinn.

"Take care of yourself out there, come back alive, Krane needs you as do I!" smiled Shane as he tapped Shinn on the shoulder before walking past towards the Hell Berserker Gundam that awaited.

"How cute" muttered Mare Strode as he walked over "Shane loves his brother as much as Krane loves his, problem is, and unlike Kira you're a brother who would never love your sibling back!"

"What are you getting at!?" questioned Shinn with a glare and Mare smirked.

"Jealousy is dangerous, the real reason Shane wanted Stella out of the way is because she stood in his path to you, your 'younger' brother just wants to be noticed by you and loved" chuckled Mare before looking serious "of course, your too stuck up and worried for the Extended and your sister to care about Shane, Shane has only been around a few years and when he came into the world he was told of the person he was created from!"

"Indeed, you've had the easy life while Shane has been trained with no close contact to anyone to simply be used as a puppet for Gilbert Durandal, when Krane saved him he pledged his body, mind, soul and heart to Krane who was his savior so long as he could complete his dream…to meet and get close to you" explained Riika as she headed over with a glare at the blond Extended "you lost your family but was eventually reunited with your sister, big deal, Shane had no family and had no sibling to reunite with until he desired to become one in soul with you as Kira and Krane should be with each other"

"I frankly don't know why you bother living, Shane has an amazing personality and an incredibly pure heart even when he is stained with blood, you however are so self-righteous that you felt sorry and fell in love with an Extended but what are you going to do in the next war when we will be fighting people like your girlfriend!!" growled Mara as he glared at the noir haired teen "you're so rash that you'd never care anyway, if you got the choice, you'd kill your own brother so what's stopping you from drawing a gun and killing an Extended like the one next to you!!"

"Let's go, let him think about what we've said here, the hypocrite!" laughed Riika as she led Mare away.

"Shinn, are you alright!?" questioned Stella and Shinn nodded before looking over were Shane was talking to the technicians.

"Shane, do you really love me as a brother, truly?" pondered Shinn in his head before turning and pacing towards the area where the zip line of the Destiny waited, if Shane thought of him as a brother then he would try his best to do the same, however difficult it may be.


7:00am; Ptolemaeus Crater, Battlefield

"Excellent, we caught the two enemy fleets further out off guard and now we're right in front of their main fleet, have all ships fire a barrage at the enemy fleet!" announced Krane and those aboard the Varda did as commanded "launch all Mobile Suites, move the Nazca-Classes and Inca-Classes to the frontline and secondary defense line!!"

"Our four Sadalahn-Classes and their two Musaka-Class escort each, are moving in to defend the ship as we get closer to the frontline, what are your orders for our escorts!?" questioned Renaldo and Krane smirked as he thought.

"Have them launch their Mobile Suites before firing long range artillery at the enemy ships, keep them close, it will confuse the enemy's tracking sensors!" commanded Krane as he looked at the data on one of the large screens "we have to destroy this fleet quickly before the other two enemies get over their surprise and counterattack!!"

Meanwhile outside the ZAFT Traitors and Blue Cosmos Loyalist were working in disarray to hold off the incoming fire from both the frontline as well as the long-range fire of the Cuzco-Class Heavy Destroyers, the ships and Mobile Suites of Neo-ZAFT showed no fear as they kept advancing forwards into the enemy midst however a lone enemy Mobile Suite attacked at points and completely destroyed ships or groups of Mobile Suites, that unit was the Neo-G-Weapon: GAT-X1000 Disastrous.

"What is that!?" gasped Shinn when he saw the monstrous Gundam before him, it was defiantly a Neo-ZAFT Design but had a spark in its design as if to say: 'I will murder you space monsters', that only belonged to OMNI Gundams.
"It was OMNI's attempt of producing a Gundam that uses a Deuterium Nuclear engine with the data that we sent them, Krane designed the Mobile Suite himself from data on OMNI Tech, however it is a novice compared to other Gundams and it was used as a basis for the new OMNI Gundams in the Neo-G Weapon Project!" announced Shane as he drew a "Ragnarok" Compact Anti-Ship Short Swords before slashing through a enemy ZAKU "leave it to me and prepare to return to the ship, we need simply destroy the enemy Mobile Suites, then the fleet will do the rest!"

"You, you're the enemy!" yelled the pilot who went by the name Richard Aras who charged the Disastrous at the Hell Berserker, Shane smirked as he dodged away using the Wings of Light System, he then folded the wings up and fired the six MA-X223E triple beam cannon which the OMNI based Gundam dodged.

"There is something about you that is…familiar!" growled Shane as he clashed his blade against the MR-Q10 "Fragarach" 3 beam blade that the Disastrous had drawn "but that doesn't mean you're beating me!!"

Courtney used this to his advantage before firing a beam shots which impacted the limbs of the Gundam, this sheared them from the Mobile Suite and as Shane moved in for the finishing blow, especially considering the Gundam was defenceless except Krane intervened.

"Bring him back unharmed, the Head Scientist has been notified, the pilot is unconscious and needs to be taken to the Varda's Medical Wing!" commanded Krane over his Quantum Brainwaves to his two aces, the Mobile Suites of the enemy were defeated anyway however the fleet of the enemy were on their last legs, until a Positron Shot from the Varda destroyed their Flagship and the remaining enemy ships followed not long after.


8:00am; Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship: Varda, Bridge

"I did not authorise you to bring an enemy MS aboard my ship…" shouted Renaldo at Shane and Courtney however he then noticed that Shane was standing beside Krane who was between Shane and Renaldo from where he sat.

"If you must know, it was I who gave the Command, Renaldo!" announced Krane as he turned his throne so it faced the tactical table with no emotion and his eyes were closed "I assume you want to hear the story behind my decision, very well, Renaldo activate artificial gravity and have the Fleet follow Luna orbit before coming back around to attack. Meanwhile I think we deserve some refreshments, not only from the battle, but I have a long story to say!"

Following this, Chefs from the Kitchen appeared with portable kettles and cups as they gave out the refreshments, mainly a cup of tea to put it bluntly.

"Now will you explain what this is about?" questioned Athrun carefully and kindly as to stay on the Emperor's good side, Krane took a sip of tea before starting.

"Has anyone heard of the Earth Alliance Ace Pilot named Infinity!?" questioned Krane and a few Fallen looked confused except Rau and Mu "he was a Moebius Zero pilot that I met at Endymion Crater, his Moebius was known as the Moebius Infinity as it used duel beam cannons and a Valiant Linear Cannon instead of the Moebius Zero's Linear Gun and Railguns"

Krane sipped his tea before continuing…

"He was truly a dangerous pilot and I was amazed at the talent that these pilots were producing in such a short time, I had copied all the files at Mendel awhile before the battle and this 'Infinity' guy interested me, he had the sense of a Newtype Royal. I looked into his existence with imminent interest and the data in which I found was most relieving! As the Ultimate and Perfect Coordinator projects rattled on towards their successes, Ulen Hibiki started a project in which to attempt the creation of the strongest Newtype Royal to date, he succeeded at much sacrifice to the La Flaga Clones he had been producing. However his success was misplaced, the Clone became so strong that it aged at an amazing rate one could never imagine, within two years it was dead from the strain its incredible Newtype Powers contemplated upon its host!"

"So the project was a failure?" asked Rau and Krane smiled.

"Of course, the cloning part was, the Clone named Angelo died and Ulen was furious with grief as you can imagine!" smirked Krane as he pointed out with a single finger "so…what did he do afterwards, simple, his was to give Birth however this led to her being sedated and implanted with DNA of both Angelo and Rau Le Creuset whose Genes were used to stabilise the growing child, the results was a perfectly normal child without any Newtype awareness after observation; Obsession and Anger became one, the project was closed and Kira was born, one would believe that would be the end of that…but…"

"Blue Cosmos found the Genes of Angelo and cloned him again?" questioned Canard and Krane nodded with a sigh.

"Quite, he died by my hands at Boaz and the rest is history, until now anyway" smiled Krane as he looked into Rau's eyes "you see…I think I may have just found Ulen's son…my Genetic youngest Brother!"

"Your Majesty, Athha Orb Loyalist Fleet approaching to the rear!!" announced Renaldo in surprise and Krane growled before turning his throne so is faced forwards again.

"How long until they can match our speed!?" questioned Krane and CIC began to calculate.

"About 20 minutes, your majesty!" announced Dylan as he looked over at Krane "however, if we go full out, we should be able to use the Moon's gravity to by-pass the Luna Stations within 15 minutes! Scratch that, enemy ambush forces coming from Luna Northern Pole, also there is about 12 Minutes before reinforcements arrives!!"

"I see, launch all Mobile Suites on this ship and intercept, we need to buy the fleet time!" commanded Krane and he smirked when he noticed Shinn, Stella and Shane head out of the room followed by Goud and Cecile.


8:50am; Outside Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship: Varda, Battlefield

"Damn, Stella!" cried Shinn as Beam Rifles fired in his direction however Shane dropped down in front of him and blocked the shots with the Gizmech Panzer System.

"Shinn, stop panicking, you'll make yourself a living target!" growled Shane as he pushed the Destiny back as the Custom Enforcer was being pulled from four directions from the Heatrod of four GOUF Ignited units, suddenly four groups of green beams rained down on the four GOUFs which led to their destruction.

"No matter how much I hate Extendeds, you are a guest and ally in this battle, therefore I will be looking out for you!" announced Courtney with a scowl as he descended down to the Enforcer's level "it seems everything is going according to plan!"

"Damn it!" yelled Gai as he dodged the Astray Blue Frame Second G however the Odin's "Panzer Eisen 2" rocket anchor caught the wing of the Astray Blue Frame before smashing it into a nearby piece of debris.

"Goud stop!!" yelled Elijah Kiel as he flew his ZAKU Warrior Custom at the Odin with Buster Sword drawn.

"Ha, sorry Elijah, but it's about time I won against you mercenary scum!" announced Goud as he threw the Odin's "Midas Messer 2" beam boomerang which missed Elijah's ZAKU Warrior completely however it instead came back around and cut the Buster Sword in two, Goud moved in with a MA-A20C "Lupus Verge" high-energy beam rifle in one hand and a "Gungnir" beam javelin in the other hand.

"Damn, what is with this woman!" yelled Lowe as the Astray Red Frame "Mars Jacket" lost its beam rifle from a shot by the Qubeley MKII's High-Energy Beam Rifle/beam blade combination.

"Fade away, Natural!" growled Cecile as she had two Neo-DRAGOONs fire and destroyed the high-energy beam cannons that were equipped to the Mobile Suite.

"Hmm, it seems as though you are to be spared for now" muttered Judice with no emotion as he turned his Safer Custom into Mobile Armour mode before speeding off, he noticed the signal flares and headed back towards the Gwadan (II).


9:10am; Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship, Bridge

"It seems the Fort and the Minerva arrived with their fleets just in time however Phantom Pain and the remainder of the enemy 1st Fleet have gathered with the Clyne Faction Fleet, a Newtype is leading the Clyne Faction these days, someone who is going to create problems for me!" announced Krane with a growl before turning to Renaldo "make sure the Extreme Despair is ready for launch, move the fleet to Spindle formation, do you know why Shane!?"

"You're going to break through the centre of their fleet!" announced Shane with a smile and Krane nodded as he stood "I'll head out also!!"

"Very well, Rau, watch over the bridge for me!" announced Krane as he floated over to the lift before descending in said lift.


9:15am; Outside Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship: Varda, Battlefield

"Good the enemy Fleet is split, wait a minute, their forming up behind us now!" announced Krane annoyed at his ex-protégé's skills "keep moving the Fleet forwards and use the distance as protection from the enemy attacks as we turn around!!"

"What, the Emperor is a fool, quickly turn the ship around!" commanded Admiral Gaztha and his ship did begin to turn until it was hit by a beam cannon shot which caused it to explode.

"Humph, serves him right, for disobeying Orders!" growled Krane as he sigh, he felt a Newtype Flash and dodged as multiple beams came in his direction which Krane slipped in-between.

"Hey Krane, it seems that you and I are going to face off, who would have thought!" came a Voice which Krane recognized it to be Antony 'Ant' Ephrata, a large Black and Red Mobile Armour came in Krane's direction and a large Dragon like head with a neck stretched out and fired the "Uriel" Anti-Matter Cannon after unsheathing, Krane dodged the Extreme Despair to the side with a smirk.

"Krane is fighting, lets listen to it on the Radio!" announced Renaldo as he nodded to CIC as the enemy fleet was getting slowly demolished.

"Not a bad looking Mobile Armour, however, it is not good enough!" announced Krane as he slashed down on the Mobile Armour only for a shield to block it "ah, a reinforced "Armure Lumiere" mono-phase Lightwave shield, how interesting!"

"Come Krane, let us talk about how things are, we've been separated for so long!" announced Antony as he activated a Heavily Armoured arm Crusher Claw which grabbed the Despair's arm that wielded the beam sabre, Krane countered by kicking out with the "Griffon" Leg Beam Blades which cut off the Heavily Armoured arm Crusher Claw.

"I have infiltrated the P.L.A.N. so completely that I know things that the Fallen don't even know, I gained this power: Techno Interface, when I defeated the Super Newtype: Angelo Clone II" commented Krane while pretending not to know that everyone could hear what he was saying "I have infiltrated high levels of the Fallen's computer network, Arcadia is highly dependent on the P.L.A.N and cannot be rewired to function without it, therefore it is easy for me to cross into the Astral Plane of data and viruses that are part of the Fallen's mainframes!"

"Well, you know our true purpose from the Newtype Royal Plans, the P.L.A.N Set up by the Newtype Royal Andres Casaba all those hundreds of years ago!" announced Antony with a laugh as he opened his DRAGOON Hanger "shame I'm going to have to kill you, Lucifel! Fly my DRAGOONs!!"

"You still call me by that name, humph, but only you ever had the guts to continue calling me by my birth name as an angel!" announced Krane with a smirk as he used the Extreme Despair's Anti-Ship Machine Cannon (acts like machine gun) and its High power accurate sniper Rifle to shoot down the DRAGOONs one at a time "but then again, you always were in my favour, you still are to a degree!"

"Damn you!!" growled Antony as he fired the Benevolence Mobile Armour's thirty four Circumference Cannon which were made up of 2 Beam Cannons each, Krane finished off the enemy DRAGOONs before launching his own which activated beam spikes and rained down on the shield, Antony laughed but gasped after the Griffon Leg beams were added to the attack followed by two beam sabres and due to the weakening of the barrier from multiple attacks…the beam sabres slipped through and damaged the shield projectors.

"Weakening already!?" laughed Krane as he drew back as the Benevolence Mobile Armour fired its armoury of "Desperation" Heavy Missile Launcher followed by the entire load out of that type of Missile and the Circumference Cannons, Krane used the Gizmech Panzer system to send all the beams from the Circumference cannon back to their owner which destroyed the cannons, Krane then drew his DRAGOONs back and created a Net effect with his beams so that the missiles got eliminated before they reached him while Krane fired a beam rifle shot through the gap in the net which flipped through the enemy Lightwave Shield and destroyed the main shield transmitter which caused the shield to collapse.

"How…" gasped Antony and Krane chuckled with mirth.

"Shield Piercing Barrelled, one of the Dark Celestials greatest projects, but now to end this!" announced Krane as he drew the Positron Cannon and fired, the Mobile Armour only just dodged before the rear engines were hit as well as the DRAGOON Hanger and the Missile Launchers, Krane then flew down with the beam sabre drawn and stabbed the "Uriel" Anti-Matter Cannon as it was charging to fire while pointing in the direction of the Varda, this caused a chain reaction throughout the Mobile Armour however a hatch broke off and a humanoid shape shot out of it.

"It seems I destroyed your little toy!" announced Krane with a laugh as he faced the Humanoid Shape, it was a black and White Gundam that was equipped with small DRAGOONs and a chest cannon.

"Yes, well, it was used only to give me an advantage that I didn't receive!" announced Antony from the Gundam "but that doesn't mean that I give up!"

The new Gundam charged with an "Alexiel" Beam Rifle in one hand and a "Rosiel" Beam Sabre in the other, he fired his beam rifle at Krane who dodged and returned fire with the High power accurate sniper Rifle causing both beam rifles to explode when impacted with the beams of either rifle, Krane clashed his beam sabre against the Gundams in an attempt to force the menace back as it attempted to breathe down his neck and make him fear the revolution that the pilot had in mind, meanwhile all their DRAGOONs flew overhead and were destroyed by each other.

"I see that the Noir Benevolence has been upgraded, ah well, it is not worth my efforts really!" announced Krane as he slashed with another drawn beam sabre and took the Gundam's Left arm off.

"Then goodbye!" announced Antony as he fired the "Uriel" Anti-Matter Cannon located in the unit's chest at the Extreme Despair.

"You never were good at knowing your enemy!" announced Krane with a smirk as he drew the Eclipse Cannon pod and attached it onto the Extreme Despair's Arm before firing "this ends our battle!!"

The Eclipse Cannon and the "Uriel" Anti-Matter Cannon launched their coloured beams at the other before impacting each other which caused Krane to smirk, his beam would transform the Anti-Matter into the same element used in the beam which would cause, five minutes after both shots had been fired the Anti-Matter shot finally gave out and the Eclipse Cannon shot continued on before skimming the right side of the Noir Benevolence which sparked before creating a green explosion. Within the Noir Benevolence, Antony was still alive though stabbed with shrapnel and other pieces of metal and plastic, Antony looked over at a screen when Krane's face was.

"Krane?" asked Antony with a groan as he looked at the cold smiling Emperor.

"You have played the Fool rather well, you will find that the plan I am working with isn't Andres Casaba's Plan, it has now become my plan!" smirked Krane as he sat there in his cockpit.

"But that's…" started Antony but Krane cut him off.

"Treason? Not so, that is, if you were a Newtype Royal!" announced Krane with a smirk "your obsession with keeping to the rules has always made you such a small man, Baru!"

"You know Lucifel, I have always loved you, ever since I first began to serve you!" announced Antony with a sad smile "if Samael hadn't come along, I would have Fallen for you, I would have served my Demon Lord for all Eternity!!"

"I know, at times I loved you too, until I remembered that you were a puppet that I was using as a stepping stone" smiled Krane from where he sat "I regretted that, like Archangel Michael to the original Lucifer, you only wanted to gain my attention!"

"I'm glad I could have served you…my Lord, I…never minded being a puppet, as…long…as…I…could…serve…you!" announced Antony before giving into death's cold embrace.

"Krane" announced a Voice and the Ghost of Antony appeared with arms around Krane's neck "now I can serve you forever, my soul, is bound to yours"

"Do you want me to recreate your body like I did Nicol's?" questioned Krane via mental link; the lingering spirit seemed to find it a difficult question.

"Maybe, but not now, not for awhile!" laughed Antony at the thought of being alive again "let me get use to being dead before I decide which I prefer"

"Very well 'Ant'" smirked Krane over the mental link before heading back in the direction of the Varda.


11:00am; Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship: Varda, Krane's Office

"Your Majesty, we have received the Mobile Armour and the Mobile Suite that you defeated, its Anti-Matter Cannon data will be very useful" smirked the Head Scientist "also, I'm glad we found that suite as it is the missing link between our 1st Generation and 2nd Generation Mobile Suites that Antony built and took with him, we have also received Antony's body for possible revival later on if desired!"

"Good, what news on the surviving enemy forces!?" questioned Krane as he took up a report and started reading.

"The Izumo-Classes belonging to the Orb Loyalists joined with the Clyne Loyalists and fled back to their Space Fortress, they have been dissuaded from going on the offensive ever again, now their concentrating on the happening in Orb with the Seirans at their head!" announced Renaldo from where he stood "the Seirans have moved two large Fleets including two…"

"Call in the Fallen first, if my forecast is right, they will want to hear this!!" announced Krane and waited until Rau and a few of the Fallen entered before continuing "I believe Orb and the OMNI Enforcers are planning to attack Iceblade, Gibraltar, Fallen Space and the PLANTs!"

"What, how do you know, explain!?" questioned Rau and Krane nodded before activating a screen as he read the report aloud.

"OMNI has been gathering Forces on the moon including Nuclear Missiles and out of their recent projects they have built two large Fleets based for long-term sieges, meanwhile two Orb Fleets have left Orb piece by piece and are arriving at Svalbard and the Island of Azores, meanwhile at the same time Murmansk and Suez are also filling up with OMNI forces; at Suez they are abandoning their base however where do they hope to go? The answer is Gibraltar, it explains why Orb is also increasing their forces near Gibraltar's waters, they take Gibraltar and they will use it as a turnaround against Neo-ZAFT and the Fallen; likewise for Iceblade, if Iceblade falls then the Fallen near Iceblade will no longer have an escape route into Space, hence they will be hunted down and destroyed" explained Krane as he pointed to the different maps "you see?"

"You have a point Krane, this is, a forecast of the enemy's future moves?" questioned Rau as he stared at his eldest son who nodded.

"They are planning to force the Fallen off the Earth while weakening Neo-ZAFT in the Northern hemisphere, I will be beginning preparations soon to counter these measures, however I will not be overstepping my defense of Gibraltar to the point where the PLANTs are unsafe!" announced Krane as he stood "at the rate the enemy is going there will be a full scale war sometime in March of next year, you may leave my company now to begin preparations however your all always welcome at Neo-ZAFT, I assume you will be coming to the 'Party of Peace' on Christmas Eve!? You see, I have made it a national holiday to celebrate not only the end of the year but the end of past wars, on that day, all military actions by Neo-ZAFT are ceased unless it is defending a specific location!"

"Since you invited us, I must thank you for the invitation in advance, and I will see you then my child!" announced Rau as he walked out followed by the rest of the Fallen.

"Make sure that the Fallen are escorted over to their ships without injury, I want them alive, for when they and OMNI become martyrs for my new united world!!" commanded Krane with an evil grin, Neo-ZAFT would win this war or would be the one to survive it with the least casualties.


Notes – And that is the end of the Might rebellion against Krane, who would have guessed some of the things that appeared in this chapter. Review!!


ZAFT Revolutionary Gundam designs:

Code: ZRMA-01

Name: Benevolence

Producers: Prototype Design by Meteor City

Powerplant: 4x Ultra compact nuclear fission reactor

Propulsion: 5x Large Voltaire Lumière Booster Engines, 40x small thermonuclear booster engines

Weapons:

1x "Uriel" Anti-Matter Cannon, located in head like section at front of Mobile Armour, must fold out to fire

34x Circumference Cannon (2x Beam Cannon each) located in a circle around Mobile Armour

50x "Desperation" Heavy Missile Launcher, each with 8x "Desperation" Heavy Missile, located on rear of Mobile Suite before coming near the Super Strike DRAGOON hanger

3x Super Strike DRAGOON hanger (each with 8x Super Strike DRAGOONs)

2x Heavily Armoured arm Crusher Claw

Other Equipment:

?x reinforced "Armure Lumiere" mono-phase Lightwave shield

Made from Gundanium Armour

Information: Mobile Armour shell that is designed to protect the treasure it hides within, it first occupies the Noir Benevolence Gundam; it is later used for the Qubeley MKII

Pilot(s): Antony 'Ant' Ephrata

Code: ZGMF-L08A/ZRMS-X01

Name:Noir Benevolence

Producers: Prototype Design by Meteor City

Powerplant: 1x Ultra compact nuclear fission reactor

Operating system: Godly United Nuclear Deity Adaption Module

Weapons:

1x "Uriel" Anti-Matter Cannon, located in chest

2x "Alexiel" Beam Rifles

2x "Rosiel" Beam Sabres

1x "Michael" Anti-Ship Sword

16x "Corruption" DRAGOONs (1x Beam Rifle each), DRAGOONs are small, located on back

Other Equipment:

Trans-Phase Armour (later Variable Trans-Phase Armour)

Atmospheric Flight

First Mobile Suite to use a basic small DRAGOON and DRAGOONs with atmospheric Flight

"Armure Lumiere" mono-phase Lightwave shield

Information: A Gundam designed and built by Krane's protégé before the battle of Mendel, after Shane steps into the picture he gets jealous and abandons Krane half way through the 2nd Bloody Valentine War, as he dies by Krane's hand while announcing that he loves Krane while Krane answers that he also loved Antony however…he was still a puppet for Krane to reach his goals and he dies excepting that and was glad he died trying to prove his love to his Demon Lord

Pilot(s): Antony 'Ant' Ephrata