I do not own the Mass Effect series or the Gate series, both are owned by their respective owners.
With that out of the way lets begin
Icarus Hill, Icarus Medical Center, January 11th 2195, 4:30 local time
Itami and his team together with Suguwara were amazed by the Medical center at Icarus. The halls were shiny, the tech was out of their mind, the doctors were professionals and the place they stayed at was like a 5-star hotel to them. But now was time to get back to business, they got called in by the Doctor that was taking care of Noriko and Hiroki and they didn't like the sound of it, the person that told them to come said that the Doctor claimed its 'Urgent' and 'perhaps life threatening to the patients'
When they arrived at the office of the doctor they were invited into it and found a spacious room with a diploma on the wall and several computer screen next to it with a man sitting at a desk who told them to take a seat which they gladly complied with. The Doctor had a serious look on his face "While we were examining mister Hiroki we found something that disturbing that while not life threatening to him, could and will be essential to the military operations of the JSDF.
We have found out that he is in the very early stages of Smallpox, unfortunately it is an unknown strain only found here beyond the gate as such mister Hiroki is currently locked in quarantine and we cant currently return him" Itami asked "And Noriko? How is she doing" the doctors face suddenly gained a sorrow look. "Miss Noriko is…Noriko is 2 weeks pregnant" those few words were like a bomb to them.
They now knew why it was urgent but the doctor continued "And preforming a Abortion would be life threatening to her right now due to the abuse and malnourishment she had to endure while being enslaved" that was another heavy hitter being kidnaped, spending months as a monsters play thing and then also being pregnant with that monster.
Suguwara asked "Does…Does she know?" the doctor shook his head then Itami asked "And that Rabbit Woman? Tyuule was her name?" the doctor said "It's a miracle she is still alive, her internal organs are severely beaten we cant wrap our heads around how she managed to survive that long, there are many marks of sexual abuse going on for years add to that malnourishment and the physical abuse made her infertile which if I have to say she was lucky to be, as cruel as it sounds"
Kuribayashi almost yelled out "We have to make those bastards pay for what they did!" Tomita was levelheaded but also joined in, hearing all the things from the doctor really agitated the man, Itami was no different wishing he had shot the prince while he had the chance.
The Doctor calmed them down and said "Be assured we are doing everything in our power to save miss Noriko and mister Hiroki but even with our advances in medicine it will be hard to save their lives" when the doctor finished a soldier entered the room with a pistol on his hip and a beret instead of a helmet and said "Lieutenant Itami, you and your group are requested at the command center, please follow me" and so they did, they followed the soldier.
When they approached the Command center they saw a Huey belonging to Japan parked in front of it with its crew tending to it or talking to Alliance personnel. When they entered the building they were led to a elevator which took them underground and once the door opened they felt as if they entered the control center at the pentagon.
Screens everywhere in a darkly lit room, personel walking around and a big table in the middle with several faces they saw before mainly Colonel Steiner, Captain Williams, Hazama and Yanagida. They approached the table and were greeted by the people there and Colonel Steiner said "We are waiting for one more person before we begin" so they waited.
The Door they came through a moment ago slid open revealing a woman in the same clothing as Colonel Steiner but with gold bars on her shoulders almost like the Admiral Hackett they seen before as a hologram, but she had fewer bars on her shoulders then him. Everyone saluted as she entered the room accompanied by soldiers at each side.
When she reached the table she said "Ashley" and the captain replied "Mom" Itami thought to himself 'looks like they aren't on the best of terms, this might turn ugly' then the woman began again "I am Vice-Admiral Hanna Shepard, it's a pleasure meeting you General Hazama" she extended her arm which he accepted and replied "As it is to me Vice-Admiral"
Hanna began "Shall we begin?" and everyone nodded so Hanan said "Alliance command and Admiral Hackett have authorized Operation 'Retaliation'" she brought up a 3d Map of the Imperial Capital and highlighted a building not far from the palace. "this is the Imperial senate building, they meet usually every month, or since the fall of alnus, every week between 9am and 11am. I can understand that Japan wishes for a retaliatory strike for its enslaved citizens and so does the Alliance for our citizens and Japanese citizens who technically are also Alliance citizens but that is a conversation for another day"
Then a 3d model of a ship appeared with what looked like a gun at its front, the JSDF personnel noted how the Alliance personnel stiffened up. The Vice-Admiral continued "This is cruiser SSV Geneva, currently holding orbit and providing escort to my ship the carrier SSV David Anderson" it struck them what she had planned or so they thought. Hazama asked "Admiral, do you plan on bombarding the city from orbit?"
Hanna looked at him for a brief moment before saying "Of course not, I plan on scaring the Empire shitless. I want SSV Geneva to do a flyby over the capital while using its secondary guns to destroy the Senate building to send them a message that fighting will end in disaster" she then pulled up a map of the continent that Hazama was so accustomed to and a few points were highlighted.
"Meanwhile I plan on having our marines to strike the Dumas Mountains and their mines where we believe the male slaves from our worlds are being held and worked to death I also would like if the Japanese Special force stationed in the capital to work with our Special forces there in attacking the brothels we know are holding our citizens and I want the JSDF to attack this city" she said as she enhanced on a city southwest of the Capital.
"This is Prian, the defacto slave hub of the Empire over 60% of slaves are sold here, our reports state that there are still people held there that didn't manage to get sold and the longer they stay there the higher chance of them being killed to make room for new slaves. If you capture it we will also be able to see the sales register and see where our people were sold" she finished and the holotable reverted back to a map of the continent.
Hazama thought for a moment, it was a sound plan but he had a question regarding the attack on the city "What kind of support can we count on from your side?" Hanna answered "Half of the airwings from my carrier will be there to provide support, callsign 'London actual' all requests for air support from them will have to go through them.
Hazama thought for a moment longer before he said "I will make the calls, we will be ready by 10pm and move out for the city" Hanna nodded and said "That is all" so Hazama and the rest of the JSDF left. Kuribayashi was ecstatic and said "Serves them right, they will learn the price for enslaving our people" as they were leaving.
Hanna approached Ashley and hugged her, Ashley returned the hug Hanna asked "How are you doing?" to which she replied that she was doing good noting that it wasn't as thrilling as the days on the Normandy but still interesting, Hanna chuckled at her remark a bit. "What do you say we go and grab some food, invite your squad as well" Ashley nodded and went with Hanna to the mess hall.
"5% power to broadside weapons" said the weapons officer and followed with "Guns ready to fire" the Captain looked for a moment, his cruiser hovering over the Capital probably causing chaos in the city, he gave the order "Commence Operation 'Retaliation'" and SSV Geneva began a short and weak but a very accurate bombardment of the Imperial senate before pulling back into orbit.
Imperial Capital, Remnants of the Senate Building, January 11th 2195 10:30, 2 hours after Operation 'Retaliation' launch.
"Why has this happened, why is Prince Zorzal in such a state, why are there 2 large holes in the Palace and why did we receive reports of attacks on the brothels in the red light district when we learned and accepted peace negotiations to begin between us, the forces at Alnus and the forces at Icarus?" asked a senator standing in the middle of the remain of the once beautiful senate building.
He continued "No one? Then I will tell you, they have found out that Prince Zorzal, a member of nobility and the son of our Emperor was keeping one of their people as a slave, which caused them to turn hostile towards the prince and assault him while killing anyone that stood in their way" as he finished murmurs started.
"And if this trend continued, they will burn down the whole empire to find their people and will stop at nothing to free them even if it means killing the Emperor, as they have shown willing to attack the Prince in front of the emperor in his own home" he added which caused even more talks to happen.
A Senator stood up shouting "We have to negotiate a peace treaty as soon as possible or we will risk the downfall of the empire!" another one shouted "We have to fight them as to prevent the fall of the empire from happening!" the shouting contest continued until the senate seating ended.
Zorzal was humiliated and his father was willing to kiss the feet of these barbarians, he will have to take care of him so that he can save the empire from downfall, he will defeat the barbarians but first his father has to get out of the way.
sorry for the short chapter but i wanted to put it out before i jumped to working on chapters for my star wars x halo fic for a while and i wanted you guys to have something to read, that being said, i hope you are doing well during these times with corona and shit. Stay safe
