Author's Note
plasma123fire here! Double chapter time! A bit of recycling, but you know the drill. Also Rest in Peace, Little Richard, you will be missed. Happy Mother's Day to my US readers! I have also decided to reintroduce slip space technology as timeline wise, it helps speed up the space travel. This chapter may be a bit dark and grim. That's a warning for everyone. As always leave a review, a follow & a favorite as it gives me a lot of motivation into writing this story!
Now with the story.
Chapter 6: Construct a Hypothesis I
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while. – Albert Einstein
A few days prior to the Resource Development Administration's mass deployment….
In the Forestry Area, between the Inland Sea and the Range of Ice and Snow.
Niveis Village
18h00
The sounds of fighting, cries and screams echoed throughout the peaceful luminous night sky in the mountains. Metal on metal, metal on flesh and buildings on fire, smoke fuming into the night sky, blood everywhere. The village was in utter chaos.
One would think it is a local skirmish happening, fighting amongst each other from civil unrest or even bandits which was common in these parts of the world. But it was something far worse than any of them, a threat that brought fear in many villages and towns even.
Goblins
Monstrous creatures of European folklore, urban legend, fantasy games and anime. But that all changed when the GATE first opened in Japan. Goblins exist, they are real living beings in the Special Region. The Imperial Army employed them quite a lot during their Invasion of Japan and against the JSDF during the Japanese-Imperial War and the Imperial Civil War.
Goblins start out as small, green rough-skinned humanoids with pointy ears, claws, fangs, and long noses. Some goblins are bald while others have shaggy hair or facial hair. Some goblins grow over time and become bigger than the size of a grown man, while others remain small and about the size of a child. They often dress in loincloths, though more resourceful ones gather armour or clothes, and carry crude or stolen weapons to use.
Individually they are not very threatening and are considered the weakest of monsters in the Special Region. However, their numbers grow fairly quickly due to their ability to come into maturity at an accelerated rate, making them a rapidly increasing threat if not dealt with quickly. They are commonly found in caves and rely on attacking or stealing from settlements to sustain themselves. Goblins are an all-male species, but possess the ability to breed with any race with the pregnancy always resulting in goblin children. As such, women are among what they take from settlements to use for breeding until their eventual deaths at the hands of their goblin captors. Goblins have an excellent sense of smell. They can even smell metal, making them dangerous to anyone wearing metal armour. They also have excellent night vision; if they detect any light in their nest, they know there are intruders.
Back at Niveis Village…
Niveis Village is a village situated in the forest in between the Inland Sea and the Range of Ice and Snow. Secluded from other populations, the villagers inhabiting Niveis Village mainly consisted of humans with some demihuman workers and so on, they had a relatively peaceful life. For any resources they needed, they would gather them in the forest and if they could not find what they wanted, they would travel to another village or nearby town for trade. Until the Saderan Empire came and subjugated the local region, after defeating the Warrior Bunny tribes in the nearby grasslands. They would occasionally come and collect taxes and offerings for Prince Zorzal. This went on for many years, the people of Niveis Village did not have to worry about any bandits due to the Imperial presence in the local region.
However that changed when the GATE opened on Alnus Hill. Nearly all the Saderan troops in the region pulled out and went to the GATE, to fight the other side. They lost and came back with their tails between their legs. The so-called "Men in Green" came through the GATE and according to Saderan Officials, the "Men in Green" decimated the local forces defending Alnus Hill, and wiped out many villages in their wake. Thus the Saderan Empire enacted on scorch-earth tactics. Niveis Village was affected by this indirectly as the nearby villages and towns were burned down or had too little to no food for trade. Thus they had to rely on the local forest for food, but that came to an end as well. Food was dwindling and the lack of materials such as iron and copper. It became hard to keep the village fully functional. Now the whole village was running on bare bones and trying to meet ends meet.
When news that the "Men in Green" were actually the good guys and saving villagers from bandits and restoring peace to various regions, and thus Falmart. It became a shock to them as they always thought the Saderan Empire were the good guys and were extremely sad that the now known JSDF had no interest in their region and lands. It was widely unexplored by them. Now they can't call for their supposed aid as they are very isolated in the Forestry Area, between the Inland Sea and the Range of Ice and Snow. It was even made worst when they heard from travellers and peddlers that the GATE on the holy land of Alnus Hill had closed which resulted in the JSDF departing from the Special Region. Their possible saviours are now gone for ever. (Or so they thought) They had to look after themselves.
It has been 4 years after Prince Zorzal's death, the supposed Arachnid War they heard from passing merchants and the Closure of the GATE. The village was in despair as food shortages were increasing and the forest and surrounding areas could all do so much. Until something strange happened. A large container fell from the heavens and into the middle of the village. It did not crash and simply glided down like a feather with a large cloth above it, into the village centre.
"Was this the gift of the gods? Did the legendary Angels known as the Valkyries came to their aid? Were they saved?" "Or is this a trap in their time in need?"
Suspicious of the large wooden container, the local Mage and a couple of village guards came to inspect the container. When no malice was detected, they pried open the wooden container. Upon opening it, they were shocked to the core. It was something they did not expect, it was FOOD, WATER, a lot of materials such as iron and copper ingots, tool and finally defensive equipment like swords, bows, arrows and armour. All in excellent quality and extreme durability.
The weapons and tools were extremely light as well, despite it being metal. It had a weird symbol imprinted onto them, it has four circles arranged in a shape of a rhombus with the letters, "R-D-A" next to them. It was the same glyphs on the large wooden box as well. They ignored it as it had no magic on it and no malice. They were more attracted to the fact that someone or some being gave them rations and aid to them from the sky. Astonished by this, the surplus good were immediately distributed amongst the populace.
Unknown to them above high in the sky, a RQ-4 Global Hawk owned by the Resource Development Administration was watching the village of Niveis intently.
Alnus Hill
RDA Outpost
Around the same time
A small outpost has been erected on Alnus Hill by the RDA as a temporary staging area until their main base, "Hell's GATE" has been completed in the upcoming weeks. In order to maintain existing security of Alnus Hill, the outpost is part of the JSDF's base on the hill. Since the JSDF base is a pentagon shape surrounding the GATE, the RDA has a small section by one of the corners of the base. There they conduct surveying missions by recon drones, additional support and security for the JSDF and surrounding areas, surveillance and last but not least, humanitarian aid for those in need as per UN Charter in Chapter I, Article 1.
The following information has been extracted from the UN website for the use of additional information and clarification
Article 1
The Purposes of the United Nations are:
To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace;
To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace;
To achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion; and
To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends.
Back to the RDA Outpost
"Sir, the village has successfully received the package and are distributing the aid. They seem to enjoying the tools and additional weapons let alone the food as well." Said the drone pilot reporting to Parker Selfridge.
"Excellent work, the CEO would be pleased with the result. The duralumin tools and weapons would help the village in their daily activities and their defense against threats. The duralumin alloy is like a massive cheat code for these people as it is practically invincible against the weapons and threats in the Special Region. The alloy is extremely light weight and durable as well. Continue scouting the area and report back when you find the cache needed for our base at its proposed location. The automated defenses guarding the cache should have protected it and the vicinity from enemies by now." Replied Parker Selfridge promptly.
Parker Selfridge is the head administrator of the RDA's deployment and settlement in the Special Region. If he is proven worthy through his actions in the Special Region observed by General Kalani and the CEO, he and along with his team would get promoted to be sent on a manned expedition to Pandora, a newly discovered Earth-like moon in the Alpha Centauri System. Pandora was the 5th moon orbiting the gas giant Polyphemus. The reason for this expedition was that despite the news of the reopening of the GATE in Japan, the RDA's unmanned space probe successfully arrived in the Alpha Centauri System through the use of a new experimental technology known as the Translight Engine.
The engine was developed in secret by a group of engineers and theoretical physicists led by Tobias Fleming Shaw and Wallace Fujikawa. The final prototype of the technology was given to the Resource Development Administration who was the sponsor of the secret project, to test run the technology. After the success of the test run, it was unveiled to the public. Which resulted in enormous amounts of support to the RDA, Space Programs around the world and a Noble Prize to Tobias Fleming Shaw and Wallace Fujikawa. News from the success of the space probe rose sharply after it brought back samples of a newly discovered room temperature superconducting substance on Pandora. It was reported that the moon held large deposits of this super-conductor. The super-conductor was called by the scientists of Earth, Unobtanium. The mythical substance that will aid humanity in its survival was obtained at last.
Scientists theorize that billions of years ago, when the planets and satellites of the Alpha Centauri System were condensing from the primordial stellar nebula, a Mars-sized stellar body may have crashed into the still molten Pandora. The moon's nickel-iron core was disrupted. The high temperatures and pressures produced far exceeded anything wrought by human technology. These forces interacted with Polyphemus' intense magnetic field and created conditions suitable for the formation of unobtanium.
After numerous samples were further brought back to Earth via slipspace, unobtanium proved to be the most baffling of scientific discoveries in the area of superconductors as it had an extremely strong magnetic field, reversing prior knowledge that all superconductors repel magnetic fields. Furthermore, unlike the fragile crystals of human-created superconducting compounds, the substance found on Pandora was a stable quasi-crystal with its atoms arranged in a never-repeating but orderly pattern with fivefold symmetry. This matrix was not only structurally rugged but also housed microscopic voids in the quasicrystalline structure that contain the magnetic flux lines. These unusual properties cause the mineral to levitate in magnetic fields, under the Meissner Effect. Since it is a room-temperature superconductor for energy, which makes it very valuable, it is determined that it is worth $20 million per kilogram (2.2 lbs) unrefined and $40 million per kilogram refined on Earth.
A 3-manned mission to Pandora was secretly conducted by the United States of America, Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China using the new slip-space technology was dispatched upon the discovery of such metal. But it ultimately failed due to space anomalies of having organic occupants and that the technology was not fully perfected. When the United Nations discovered it, they fined and banned the 3 countries involved in the matter from any space exploration that would connect to the Alpha Centauri System. (Which means bye-bye to future colonialization in the system). But they did allow them to trade and conduct scientific missions via a third party entity. As the third party entity would have full control of the situation and legal measures in place to prevent corruption and so on.
Thus the Resource Development Administration took the opportunity for them get the sole license and contract to mine and export Unobtanium in Pandora to Earth. But the voyage would take them 6-years to get to Pandora via their fastest means of FTL travel. After the legal matters were sorted by them and the UN. Upon international agreement, the RDA would conduct their 6 year long voyage to Pandora after they successfully brought Peace to Falmart and brought to Earth any new discoveries found in the Special Region. They of course had to bring back the super-rare super conductor to Earth when they mined the metal on Pandora as well.
This metal would solve Earth's energy crisis. They must obtain it at all costs. Even if it means the destruction of entire species on Pandora. As the Earth is slowly dying.
Back at Niveis Village…
17h30
It was a happy day for the people of Niveis Village, they were having a feast upon the discovery of the holy wooden container. They were saved, they now would not suffer from starvation, famine and all that plagued the village from the years of depression by the Saderan Empire. As everyone was celebrating, they were still on alert just in case there were bandits wanting to get tax and steal their holy wooden container. They prayed to their local gods at their holy shrine in the village that had a small floating silver rock in its altar. The gods they were praying too are actually not the gods of Falmart, but it was these angelic beings that had wings and were a female race. According to legend they had actually founded this village from survivors of a great battle, and they would come to aid the village in their deepest and greatest time of despair from their floating sky kingdom in the high sky somewhere in the Avion Sea. These were the Valkyries. The Valkyries had supposedly given the ancestors of the village, a piece of their sky kingdom in a form of a shiny, silver floating rock as memento to them. The rock was precious to the villagers.
What was an ordinary night at Niveis Village, turned into utter chaos when the attack started. They were total caught off guard amidst their celebration. Though they should have known as numerous villages had fallen to a Goblin horde day after day through merchants passing by, but those villages were far away and they just forgot about it today. There was supposedly a bandit fortress which was meant to protect this village but most likely it fell to the overwhelming horde.
Without an Imperial presence in the Region due to their futile war with the Men in Green. The goblins had free range. A large horde of goblins, a hundred strong was decimating Niveis Village. The small group of village guards put up a decent fight against the goblin horde and they all eventually fell due to overwhelming numbers despite being armed with the new godly strong and light weight weapons from the sky.
Goblins were then burning down the varies buildings inside the village, and looting the villagers of their precious items- jewels, money, food, weapons etc. They were killing everything that was moving in the village. All the livestock was rounded up and some were killed for enjoyment. But there was a lack of blood, human blood. But of course, they kept all the young girls and women they could find, all together, stripped naked in the village square to prepare them for uninventable fates. From what the goblins could see, these humans were in amidst a feast or some sort of celebration. They found a large wooden container in the Village Square, upon inspection, it was a gold mine for them. They started looting it.
Those who could avoid such fates, were all huddled up in their barricaded Town Hall. The survivors were all inside cowering fear as the goblins looted all the buildings around the Hall and killed everything in their path. They all prayed for a savior to come and kill all the goblins plaguing their village. The screams of their friends, family and companions were echoing throughout the village. They have hoped that the large wooden container was a sign of hope. Hope for the village, they even prayed to their local gods as thanks to these gifts. But they have forgotten, the World is not to be taken lightly and that there are always dangers around despite there being hope. Alas, they continued to pray for a savior, their guardians and even the almighty beings that bestowed to them hope from the large wooden container. As if their calls were answered. They then all heard a sound, they have never heard of before as it grew louder and louder until-
[NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW]
A large thunder then was heard, then simultaneous booms, that rocked the Earth, the Town Hall rocked as if something large impacted the ground and obliterated it. The villagers cowered in fear of what was happening outside. They hid underneath various furniture while keeping the doors and windows barricaded. It then suddenly eerie silent. If there were any villagers outside and looking up at the night sky, they would have seen a large flying sword that flew past the village and dropped to the earth, "eggs" into the nearby forest. Which then results in multiple explosions of goblin guts, bones, flesh and brain matter. The goblins inside the village, who witnessed their brethren die by the hands of a large flying sword were literally shocked and scared by what happened. They were relieved, that they saw the flying sword disappear into the night sky.
Not bothered at all anymore, their Goblin Lord roared to his minions while being at a safe distance from the village to keep plundering the village and that the goblin shamans to heal their injured brethren inside the village. He then ordered them to not rape any females yet, and only to keep them inside the village square stripped and ready as he will be the first one to have a taste. The goblins then proceeded to break down the doors of the Town Hall. And slowly drag the villagers out one by one as the windows and the door was broken down. All of them were crying and screaming at this.
"A savior come save us please! A savior come save us please!" screamed the villagers as they were all pulled outside the Town Hall and thrown into the dirt ground of the Village Square.
The local mage who was in fact only 14 years old, goes by the name of Melfina the Mage was fighting the goblins with all her might, using varies spells and incantations. Despite being so young, she had decided to act as the villager's local healer and mage after her father was dragged off by the Saderans to fight the other side of the GATE all those years back. Her father did not return. Sadden by this, she had taken the mantle of her father's work and continued helping the village, that would make her father — proud.
Raising the garnet staff that was a memento of her father, she used her tongue that had turned stiff to recite an incantation.
[Sajida…influlamae…radius!]
Melfina the Mage concentrated on reciting the incantation that she had engraved in her heart. What came out of her mouth were powerful words that could even change the world. Forming in front of the garnet that was as large as a fist, an arrow of flame emerged and flew towards the face of a goblin.
What came next was the disgusting smell and the crackling sound of meat burning.
—"That's one down!"
She was smiling bravely due to her concrete victory as she felt high spirited.
To be able to cast this incantation successfully again gave her a massive boost in her confidence.
[Sajida…influlamae…..radi—AH!]
Yet, there were just too many opponents. The goblins were closing in on her. Before Melfina the Mage could finish chanting, the slender arms of hers were grabbed by the goblins. Unable to react in time, she was pushed hard against the dirt ground of the Village Square.
[AH!? EH!?]
Her mind became blurry and dazed as her head impacted the ground hard. It bled a little and before her very tearful eyes, her staff was taken away right in front of her.
[Ah, hrk…g-give that back! That staff is not allowed to be touched by goblins like you…]
The staffs or rings that were used to invoke magic were a mage's entire life. For her, it held the meaning of her pride and more importantly her father. Her father and her made that staff together and collected the stone for it, deep in the mountains near their village.
Yet, right in front of Melfina the Mage who was screaming frantically, the staff was broken into two with a loud crack. In an instant, the calm mask of her disappeared as it contorted into one of rage.
[B-bastards…YOU BASTARDS!...YOU WILL PAY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE!]
With her small breasts trying to shake furiously, she struggled with her arms and kicked with her legs that she had never trained. But what she had done was wrong. Pinning her down, the enraged goblins ripped off her clothes, and licked over her virgin body as she screamed:
[STT-OP!..I DON-N'T WANT TO BE RAPE BY MERE GOBLINS! I WANT IT TO BE WITH MY FUTURE BELOVED! NOOOOO!]
The goblins then immediately used a rusted dagger to stab her gut without a moment of hesitation.
[—UWAAAAAA…!?]
The miserable cries of the Melfina the Mage who had her organs torn echoed within the Village Square and into the dark yet luminous night sky, as numerous villagers also suffered a similar fate when they tried resisting the goblins.
Laughter and laughter of goblins also echoed into the sky and beyond, as they started to dance around the restrain villagers in the village square. They are going to have a wonderful FEAST TONIGHT, or so they hoped. Suddenly a loud crashing sound was heard, the ground shook as a metal large object impacted loose earth resulting in dust flying into the air. The goblins paused for a moment as they all turned towards the sound of the crash.
Melfina, who is barely conscious looked in the direction of the sound, as a couple of goblins continued to lick over her body in satisfaction, yet she was not raped. Her eyes were slowly closing due to loss of blood and fatigue. She could make out a large metal form from what she thinks a large golem with no arms. What strikes her brain the most was the symbol etched on the metal, it was the same as on the holy wooden container, the tools and the weapons.
[R-D-A, huh…our savior is finally here…finally some peace to the village…]
The last few things she hears as her conscious fades away, was a loud booming monotonous voice, heavy metal stomping sounds and something spinning up with a quick whirl.
(Author's Note: Cue the ED-209 voice from RoboCop)
[PLEASE PUT DOWN YOUR WEAPON. YOU HAVE TWENTY SECONDS TO COMPLY]
Lots of popping sounds, loud BBBBBBRRRRRRTTTT sounds, buzz sounds of flesh being chopped up, screams of goblins and someone calling to her? Echoed into her bloody ears.
Two people wearing strange rubbery masks, that had circular glass cut-outs for the eyes and two cylindric devices attached to where the mouth is, suddenly came up to her and started to try and grab her attention by waving their gloved hands in front of her bloodied, tearful eyes. When they got no response from her. They started frantically tapping at her shoulders to try and grab her urgent attention while saying something which was inaudible to her now blood-filled ears.
[DAA-Ddyy-y?!...You finally have come home…]
As she muttered her lips slowly before losing consciousness…while staring into the beautiful night sky of Falmart.
[MEDIC, WE NEED A MEDIC HERE ASAP! MEDIC!]
Time for the reviews!
navyfield90
Hi, thanks for your review and continued support. Oh, thank you, I thought I did something bad or offensive to some people. Nevertheless, I will keep that thought in mind. Yes, indeed you hit the jackpot. That's very smart of you, ;). With regards to the existing treaties established by the Japanese Diet and the Saderan Empire, they would still apply like the one for instance with Italica in the anime/manga/light novel (IDK what you have seen GATE from, most likely the anime) unless one of the sides try to or void that treaty/contract. The RDA will make sure that the treaties are to be kept as they are observing the JSDF expedition there as UN representatives. But it does not mean that they are part of said treaties. They could possibly just annex the capital of the Saderan Empire if they want. But PR and etc. We will see.
Arms Dealer
Thanks for your review and continued support. Yes, it was the right decision for the RDA for choosing the Olifant as their MBT. As the RDA is all about costs and efficiency. The tank will get the job done and is a lot lighter and less maintenance wise when compared to the M1 Abrams and Leopard 2. We will all see a full display of firepower from the RDA in the upcoming chapters. The mages may or may not survive from the AMP suits and C-21 Dragon Assault Ship. They may have hidden surprises up their sleeves. They planned this assault for a long time, 4 years.
Maroon567
Hi there, welcome to the story and thanks for your interest and review to the FanFic. Yes, I DO get the idea, ;)
Guest101
Hi, Guest101. Thank you for your review. I hope I did not disappoint you with this chapter as there is no battle yet. But I hope this satisfies you? With regards to "The Weapon", you may or may not be correct, it will be unveiled in the battle chapter. Yes, I am basing some events and storyline of GATE: Weigh Anchor but with my own mix and interpretation. With your question of the "Parting Gift", I won't disclose any information but it involves how Archmage Godasen came back from the his supposed death.
TheRealGuest
Earth Power! ;)
History Channel
Hi History Channel, thank you for your review and continued support. Great hypothesis but it's not quite true with regards to Eddie Brock. I have already planned what I am going to do with him. I do mention it involves with the events of GATE: Weigh Anchor and my interpretation of it. Though the rest of your suggestions are true up to an extent. It depends on what happens to Eddie, how the attack will play, the reaction of the international community and the rest of the Special Region. The story can diverge on multiple paths. It is all about who makes the right choice and what. I will keep your suggestions in my notebook though. It's great to have additional thoughts and ideas. Thanks!
Coment9
Hi Coment9, thank you for your review and support! Much appreciated. Yes, the Imperial Remnant and Godasen's plans are very optimistic but this was planned for several years though. With regards to the demon, we currently know that he possesses advanced shape shifting abilities as he can transform to and gain the person's memories by eating a piece of them. The more they consume, they better the memories that they gain, example if they eat the whole person, they can effectively replace said person and no one will notice the difference unless there is a person knows the victim VERY well, then they can be discovered. They can't act and think like the victim, they can only mimic from the memories and think what that person will do and etc based on said memories. Excellent infiltrator. He will be tough to take down, shape shifting, six large arms. But shapeshifting is not the only abilities, there is a reason why the Gods in Falmart hate them so much. With regards to the outcome, it may be a loss for the IR, but it depends on how successful their weapon against the JSDF is, it may hinder the JSDF and reduce their capabilities but the JSDF will still has some advantage but not a full one. But it may cause a lot of losses and difficulties on the JSDF's side. They still have Tuka, Lelei, Rory Mercury and Giselle on their side though. They will survive. It would be much better for them if the RDA would help them.
OnePunchPlayer
Hi there, thank you for your review and interest in reading this story. I am sorry if I could not write a story or crossover that fits your tastes. It was expected that I won't satisfy everyone and that there will be those who will feel disappointed. My story is not perfect, but it is the First Avatar x GATE fanfic so I still have some free reign and judgement on how to write and proceed with the story and I want it to be unique. Hence this approach. Pandora will be mentioned throughout the story. It may or may not be that they get to visit the moon but who knows, it could be in this book or a second book or so. To clarify your confusion of the setting, it basically occurs 4 years after the closure of the GATE according to the Light novel and just just before and into the events of Weigh Anchor. The story will integrate some storyline of Weigh Anchor and my interpretation of it. The RDA have not visited Pandora yet in this stage. Most likely after the Special Region expedition, they will go to Pandora. So essentially, it is what the RDA did before going to Pandora. That is the setting, I hope this clarifies up the confusion? My humble apologies if that was not clear to you and to anyone else who read my fanfiction at first. My apologies.
AmmoniteRafriit
Hi there, thank you for your review and interest in the story. On my side though, there will be some diplomacy, it won't be all ACTION ACTION and such. I will write it down in my notebook thanks!
