Chapter 12 – Operation Falling Fallen!!!
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.
10th December, 11:30pm; Aprilius One: Government Building, Tactical Meeting Throne Room
Krane growled as he sat upon the throne at the rear of the room on top of a raised pedestal that had stairs leading down from the throne, before touching the floor the nearest step moved outwards and connected to a large table that was a huge tactical map of the entire of space and could be configured to change to a map of Earth at the press of a button, there were two steps connecting the extended platform from the stairs and the ground floor. This meeting room was used for tactical moves against any party however with the Emperor watching over the mission planning, the ZAFT Forces had been renamed the NZAF or the Neo-ZAFT Armed Forces however to the people of the PLANTs and Earth Alliance it was preferred to be called ZAFT, that way there was no chance of mistaking the Military with the PLANT population like the OMNI Enforcers did in the 1st Bloody Valentine War.
"We have to negotiate with the Twilight Dawn, we can't stand up to Neo-GENESIS, maybe we can find a compromise" announced a ZAFT White Coat, there was an uproar of agreement around the table; however they all went silent when Krane's glare barred into their skulls.
"So let me get this straight, there were sparks of well earned hatred against the Twilight Dawn, I added gasoline to those sparks and created an inferno! Now you're telling me that your putting those flames out!!" shouted Krane as he slammed his right hand fist into the right arm of his throne, he then stood from his throne and marched down the stairs leading up to the throne.
"But, your majesty!" shouted another White Coat however Krane's glare silences him.
"No, you will listen, right this moment!" yelled Krane with such fire that everyone froze in fear and awe "we can destroy the Twilight Dawn with ease, if you all do as I say!!"
"It seems that we're all worried about the numbers of soldiers and the supplies that we have remaining" announced Asuzur from where he sat at his position on the table.
"However there is a window of opportunity so long as OMNI can give us aid" smirked Jake as he pondered over the tactical display.
"Indeed, what news on that front?" asked Krane as he turned towards Crister Oberge who had been requested by Krane to come over from the home council and Herman Gould.
"We have succeeded in opening negotiations!" announced Crister and Herman nodded.
"The location of the negotiations between Neo-ZAFT and the Earth Forces will be the Space Fortress Artemis!" announced Herman and Krane smirked evilly.
"Very good, firstly I want the 3rd and 7th Neo-ZAFT Fleet to gather at Mendel as well as the Minerva, half the Orbital Fleet and the 30th and 21st Independent Celestial Fleets!" announced Krane as he pointed with the tip of his boot at the locations "next I want Goud and the Cimmeria to return to his 75th and 98th Independent Celestial Fleets before leading them to wait in the Debris Field Orbit alongside the Neo-ZAFT 4th, 12th and 9th Fleets as well as the remaining half of the Orbital Fleet!!"
"What about Operation Falling Fallen, most of our supplies have been transferred towards their operations, how will we transfer the supplies needed for these attacks?" questioned Zake as he looked at the tactical holo, much to Krane's desire the different battle groups that Krane had selected had been moved on the tactical holo just for show.
"It's quite simple really, I will be launching the new Obliterator units on their maiden voyages within the next few days, their weaponry will be divided into the three different objectives!" announced Krane with a smirk "care to guess how many were finished?"
"I would guess…three" shrugged the ZAFT Fleet HQ Admiral as he thought.
"No, I have twenty Deviator-Classes filled to proportion, care to guess now?" asked Krane and Ezalia Joule made a surprised face.
"Forty, you built forty of those monsters, I can't see how the Fallen or OMNI will be able to stand against us!" announced Ezalia as she looked at Krane with a cold smirk "this is delicious"
"Indeed, with the Obliterators as our Vanguard, we can destroy anyone who gets in our way and when technology gets upgraded we can equip the Obliterators with new weaponry" explained Krane with a smirk "that is another purpose for the peace proposal that even Djibril and Rau will be looking for, time, time to gather power to themselves and make new breakthroughs"
"We have Seven Obliterator-Classes literally signed into Fleet Command just a few days ago, I assume these are the first to arrive, the others will follow!?" questioned the ZAFT Fleet HQ Admiral as he waited for Krane's answer.
"Indeed, however we need to know what reserves Gilbert has, Shane, what news from my spies?" asked Krane as he turned to his young protégée and lover, amazingly Krane had a surprise when there had been a news report was released announcing that Krane and Shane were lovers to the public, Krane had waited for a reaction however none came from the loyal populace, they just simply went along with the saying: 'to each his own' however many Fans had been sent to the hospital whether it had been from Nose Bleed or Shock.
"There are a large group of Gilbert supporters in Gibraltar however they refuse to move, we have done research into their backgrounds and secret meetings, until Gilbert gives them a reason to believe in his leadership abilities at defeating you, they will not join him!" announced Shane with a smirk, everyone knew that the spies that were being spoken about were the Cyber-Newtypes, questioning Krane's sexuality was fine but doing something about it would end up with a bullet in the head from a Cyber-Newtype's handgun, besides, the people loved Krane as well as not wanting him to suddenly get angry at them as there were little chances of survival anyway.
"Excellent, begin the final preparations for Operation Falling Fallen, Krane and I will take the negotiations party to Artemis and open negotiations with the Earth Alliance!" announced Krane before slamming his foot into an L5 location parallel to the PLANTs and the Earth where the Twilight Dawn 'Homeland' sat waiting "Goud's led forces will attack the Twilight Dawn 'homeland', however that is ways off yet, your all dismissed!!"
"Yes, you're Majesty!" announced everyone as they collected their things and moved to leave, Shane however headed over to Krane.
"You're really going to Artemis then?" asked Shane and Krane nodded before going serious and answering.
"Have the 501st through to the 515th Independent Legions gather in three fleets and prepare to escort us to Artemis, also have Jachin Due send a communication to Artemis, to tell them that we agree and how we'll be arriving!" commanded Krane and Shane smirked as he turned to leave.
"Of course, my Emperor!" announced Shane before walking out, Krane blushed before regaining his composer and leaving the room also.
3:00pm; Near Artemis: Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship: Varda, Bridge
"Your Highness, we have received the entrance time and anchoring location for our ship, I have sent the data to the helms' computer system!" announced Dylan Frere as he typed away at CIC.
"Excellent, Renaldo?" asked Krane as he stood from the Command Chair.
"We are moving into Artemis' hanger this very moment, also, we await your orders for our time here!" announced Renaldo with a Dark Celestial salute.
"My commands are simple, put a lock on every computer system, whether it is a normal computer or Mobile Weapon!" announced Krane and Shane looked confused from where he sat.
"A lock? On all Computer Systems?" questioned Shane and Krane sighed before turning towards the younger.
"Yes, there are undesirable here at Artemis that will attempt to enter every computer system they can, if a single person threatens you, make sure that their conversation is recorded and they are killed!" announced Krane as he looked around "I want the Negotiations Party to get to the Artemis' Meeting Room as soon as possible!"
"Yes, your majesty!" saluted Renaldo and Shane soon followed.
Meanwhile; Aprilius One: Private Hanger, Meeting Room
"Ah, Natasha Gladys and Liam Gladys, I'm glad that you could make it" smiled Gilbert as he turned to the teenager son of Talia Gladys and her sister.
"It's our pleasure Gil" smiled Natasha who piloted a GOUF Ignited that was equipped with the Duel's old Assault Shroud Armour and Liam nodded alongside his aunty.
"Are we going to get revenge against the Hibiki Family for my mother?" asked Liam who was pilot of a nuclear powered YFX-600R GuAIZ Experimental Firearms Type and it was also equipped with a Yamato-Class Anti-Phase Shift Katana.
"Yes, young Liam, by guarding Boaz you should be able to gain the revenge you desire!" announced Gil with a smirk; Gil would soon be ready to leave the PLANTs.
3:30pm; Minerva-Class Battleship: Minerva, Briefing Room
"It seems that your mission failed" smirked Mare as he crossed his arms.
"You infiltrated the Twilight Dawn however you come back with nothing to show for it!" laughed Kirsty while smirking at Mikhail Coast "I don't see how you can save yourself from this condition, Doctor!"
"Silence!" screamed Mikhail as he glared daggers at Kirsty.
"Predictable Response" sighed Kirsty looking away "no, forget it, Cyber-Newtypes are so boring"
"Your one to talk, as you too, are a Cyber-Newtype which you speak of!" announced Mikhail spitefully.
"That's enough!" commanded a Voice and Heine stepped into the room, he wore a new black suite with a cape to go with it, as an medium of Krane's will or a protector of something precious to Krane, Heine earned that uniform and also seniority over all ranked forces.
"Heine!?" exclaimed Mikhail annoyed.
"Mikhail, the simple fact is that your project was a failure, you best not disappoint us again!" announced Heine which sounded like a command as Heine stepped towards the Scientist, Arthur and a few of his cohorts watched from outside, scared of the results.
"Disappoint you, you go too far! In the Dark Celestials you are only a Demon Commander, I am a Sin Commander, therefore I will not…gah!" ranted Mikhail before a scythe like Gunblade was pointed at his throat.
"I have been given this Ship and Vega by the Supreme Leader, defying me will be seen as treason, against the entire of Neo-ZAFT!!" countered Heine calmly but with a raised voice.
"Traitors are eliminated, I believe, that's what the rules say" smirked Mare and Mikhail glared at him out of the corner of his eye.
"Who needs a half-baked good-for-nothing anyway" shrugged Kirsty causing Mikhail to growl in her direction.
"Mikhail, you cannot repent without having enough power, to challenge and defeat Space Fortress Boaz!" announced Heine with a shake of his head.
"Pity to be so ignorant, since you are only able to see the surface of things, I would not expect you to come and understand my true might" explained Mikhail as he stood there before Heine.
"Oh, then during the battle, perhaps you'd like to prove it" smirked Heine as he withdrew his Gunblade.
"What!" gasped Mikhail who had noticed that during their conversation had allowed him to come around the room so that his back was to the door.
"None of us wish to be suspicious of a comrade" sighed Heine as he turned away from Mikhail; Mikhail grinned as he turned to leave.
"Your insincerity is comforting" commented Mikhail before he left the room without looking back.
Meanwhile; Artemis, Political Meeting Room
"Of course, you have to understand that the supplies from Eurasia have been cut off dramatically with your blockade of New Guinea" announced President Joseph Copland as he looked over at the Head of the Neo-ZAFT Negotiations who looked uneasy.
"To agree to that, I would require the authority of someone, of higher rank than my own…" started the Head of the Neo-ZAFT Negotiations however paused when the door in the upper left corner of the room opened, the room was divided into quarters by the two tables that the edges off sat across from the other and on one side of the first table near bottom side of the room were the Atlantic Federation and the President while on the other were the upper circle of the negotiations team, with the back facing a fireplace and facing the gap between the two tables was a throne like chair.
"Hey…isn't that the Emperor of Neo-ZAFT?" asked an Atlantic Federation Politician as Krane entered through the open door with his cape billowing like a storm cloud and behind that was Shane following closely.
"Yes, it's the Supreme Leader!" gasped a Neo-ZAFT Negotiator as they watched the two Supreme Commanders enter the room; Krane reached the throne in the middle of the room and easily settled into it.
"Emperor Krane would you, like to take over, sir?" asked the Head of the Neo-ZAFT Negotiations and Krane nodded.
"We were talking about removing the Neo-ZAFT blockade of New Guinea" announced Copland with a sweat.
"Done" was Krane's simple answer causing Copland's eyes to widen in surprise "anything else?"
"The reopening of trade routes between the Earth Alliance and ZAFT" smiled Copland.
"Of course" nodded Krane and Copland let out a sigh of relief.
"I would like to also request that your forces provide support by defeating the Fallen at Victoria, considering that your forces control a ring of control starting at El Alamein and swings all the way round in a circle to take up Chad, the Centre African Republic, the Congo Republic, and ends at Tanzania everything within that circle has been reoccupied by OMNI however Victoria is a threat while the Fallen hold it and therefore we cannot rebuild Suez with such a threat" explained Copland and Krane nodded.
"That is perfectly reasonable, firstly we'll attack Fallen occupied territories of Madagascar, from there the Victoria Spaceport will be next!" announced Krane with a smile "anything else?"
"No, that is all" sighed Copland as he ran out of requests.
"Excellent, then I would now comment, the requests that I will need in return!" announced Krane with a smirk "firstly I want Endymion Crater, secondly I want the cities of Rostov-Don and Sochi in Russia, finally I want OMNI's aid in the destruction of the Twilight Dawn Organization led by Gilbert Durandal!"
"Very well, these conditions, sound reasonable" smiled President Copland "this will further peace of course?"
"Of course, that is my main intent, peace is something we can all look forward to after Gilbert is dealt with" smirked Krane as he stood and walked towards a standing Copland before shaking his hand however next he stepped back and turned to walk away "excuse me"
Krane walked quickly until he left the room after reading over the Treaty that had been written, giving a quick nod, Krane left the room to head back to the Varda and check up on the ship before people like Gerard Garcia caused more trouble then they were worth.
4:00pm; Minerva-Class Battleship: Fort, Briefing Room
"It seems that all our forces have been gathering for a month nonstop, it seems, our large scale attack on Fallen Space will soon be ready" smirked Zake as he looked at the drawn up tactical holo on the board.
"With our number of forces, it should be sufficient to break the Fallen's boarder defences, they won't stand a chance" agreed Jake as he looked at his brother before looking at Asuzur "what do you think?"
"I think, that we are almost ready, however like Krane said we need to use the Obliterator Units!" announced Asuzur "I believe that you two will see this through to the end?"
"Of course, won't miss out on this party, lots of death will flood like a river" smirked Zake as he looked at the tactical display "Krane will be moving his own fleet through the Communications Sector of Fallen Space, he will meet us at their Capital: Arcadia, hopefully the Fallen will fold with this final attack on their Mobile Fortress"
"Typical tactic" smirked Asuzur "now we'll see if Rau Le Creuset is the great Commander many have shown him as!"
6:00pm; Jachin Due, Command Room
"Ominous to be here again, after all, it was destroyed and we did rebuild it" sighed Krane as he paced through the corridor and into Jachin Due's Command room, Krane decided to get to work in order to stop the recent Twilight Dawn issue.
"You're Majesty!" saluted a Commander as Krane stepped up to the main computer display.
"I want an immediate report, what are our forces doing, where is the enemy?" questioned Krane as he looked at the map.
"It seems a private Nazca-Class is the cause of the anomaly!" announced the Commander "what is it you desire to be done about it?"
"Have the Varda prepare to launch, the Extreme Despair must be ready the moment I get to the hanger, I'm not letting the Twilight Dawn succeed any more!" announced Krane before he marched out of the Command Room to prepare.
6:30pm; Outside Jachin Due, Battlefield
The Extreme Despair launched from the hangers of the Varda and began by launching its DRAGOONs at the incoming enemy units, it seemed that three ZAKU Units were moving to intercept him but of course they were useless toys that he would break with ease, his DRAGOONs flashed and struck each of the ZAKU Units the moment they got in range which caused Krane to shrug at the unimpressive skills belonging to the enemy units. Next however a Custom GOUF and a GuAIZ Experimental Firearms Type launched from the Nazca-Class and aimed their beam weaponry at the Despair which flipped away from the shots as though they were nothing, Krane got a Newtype sense from the two pilots however one of them was useless as the pilot had a weak capacity, much like Talia Gladys in that retrospect.
Scoffing at their attempts he pulled his DRAGOONs in close so that he could create a net to 'catch' the missiles that were launched from the GOUF's Assault Shroud Missile Launcher, Krane fired the Despairs Railguns that damaged the GOUF Ignited by ripping off the unit's leg while his Chest Cannon missed which would have ended the enemy resistance right there and now, the GuAIZ unit moved into attack Krane from behind who simply launched his DRAGOONs to attack the unit that was trying to blindside him leading to the destruction of the GuAIZ's Subflight Lifter. At that moment in time withdrawal flares were released from the Rough Nazca-Class as Seven Deviator-Classes began to launch their duel complement of Mobile Fortresses, if the Obliterators caught up to them, then none of them would survive.
11th December, 9:00am; Worldship, Command Room
"The time has come, all forces, move out!" shouted Kuja Scallion as he made a motion with his hands, One Thousand Nazca-Classes, Two Thousand Inca-Classes, Five Hundred Cuzco-Classes, Four Deviator-Classes, One Eternal-Class: the Gwadan I and one Minerva-Class: the Fort; all moved as one around the large planetoid like ship that had been named a Worldship, their target, the Fallen Angels.
Meanwhile; Minerva-Class Battleship: Fort, Hanger
"We are nearing the Fallen boarder, missiles are prepared to launch, prepare all Mobile Suites to launch after us!" announced Asuzur as the Chrome Destroyer was loaded onto the left linear launch catapult, Jake and the Death Shot was loaded onto the right linear launch catapult while, Zake and the Cronos Arrow were loaded onto the centre linear launch catapult.
"It's time, begin Operation Falling Fallen!" announced CIC Officer.
"Very well, Asuzur Zala, launching in the Chrome Destroyer!" announced Asuzur as he sped down the linear tunnel.
"Jake Bonaparte, Death Shot, launching now!" announced Jake as the super advanced Blitz launched and entered Mirage Colloid.
"Goodbye Fallen, Zake Bonaparte, Cronos Arrow is now launching!" announced Zake as he launched the Cronos Arrow before turning it into Mobile Armour mode, ahead of their allies they sped towards the enemy emplacements.
11:30am; Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship: Varda, Hanger
"The time has come, your majesty, are you ready?" asked Renaldo over a transmission as he overlooked their fleet preparations, they had so far gotten quiet a distance into Fallen Space however it had only been a matter of time before a Fallen fleet came to intercept.
"Yes, I'm ready" smirked Krane as he activated the Extreme Despair's main computer system "it seems that the Psycoframe System has been added as well as the Celestial Engine and the Neutron Engine!"
"Same here, I'll update the OS later!" announced Shane as he opened transmission to Krane's Gundam, Courtney was loaded onto the left launch catapult while normal units were being loaded onto the right.
"This is Courtney Heironimus, Prophecy, launching!" announced Courtney as the Prophecy left the hanger while the Hell Berserker was next loaded.
"This is Shane Asuka, launching now in the Hell Berserker!" announced Shane before the Hell Berserker followed after his comrade.
The Extreme Despair was next loaded onto the Left Linear Catapult but Krane continued to update the Extreme Despair's OS, typically enough the changes weren't too difficult to adapt to the computer system and so Krane, the Psycoframe activated and Krane smirked as his Mobile Suite prepared to launch.
"This is Emperor Krane Hibiki, Despair, launching!" announced Krane as he sped out towards the Fallen, it was time that Krane defeated Rau and took the Title of Newtype Emperor, the end was upon them.
Notes - And there you have it, the beginning Stats to Operation Falling Fallen which means that the Siege of Fallen Space has now begun and Krane is also gearing up other forces to attack Gilbert, Krane's Plan is to split the World into two Superpowers with his own being the stronger and then to destroy the weaker before absorbing it, thereby creating an Empire filled with human being willing to evolve into Newtypes or rather the Scientific term being Ran-Away Newtypes or Artificial Newtypes (Artificial Newtypes are slightly weaker than the real deal who are born from birth or born from experimentation or have earned their Newtype Powers by evolving their gene naturally (seen in few Coordinator Aces) however Cyber-Newtypes Artificial Newtype Royalty and Nobility made into bodyguards). Also I have to say that I am sorry about the Supreme Commander's Gundams' constant changing statistics however this is due to the basic fact that their Gundams can adapt to recent technology.
Next time on Operation Celestial Rain - Fallen Twilight! The Twilight Dawn interrupt Operation Falling Fallen!! (attack Krane's Forces anyway)