Steven Universe - Government Affiliations

by Timbuk1

Many governments have learned about the existence of the Crystal Gems, and their histories. They plan to do stuff about it, in the case of some nations, forming coalition societies against what the Gems call "Homeworld", and recruiting the Crystal Gems and allies to their cause. This story is the first one in an arc. Also, in this timeline, WWII DOES happen.

6. Transmissions of Real Thoughts

In a room, the government agents of the coalition that they and Manson are calling the Anglosphere Legion are watching in chairs all around the stadium-like room that the latter and others have built. Steven and his four friends are sitting in chairs in the room, as technicians in the control room push buttons, flick switches and pull levers, lowering helmets similar to the Cerebro from the X-Men films on their heads. Manson offers HoloLens goggles and they take them. Then, the screen turns on. The five friends notice strange and dark things.

They see clips of the Why We Fight propaganda films by Frank Capra, films like 1984 film adaptation of George Orwell's 1949 novel by Michael Radford starring John Hurt, V for Vendetta from 2005 by David Fincher starring Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving, as well as what AREN'T clips from films like these, and instead, are thoughts of four beings they were familiar with. The Diamonds, the supreme leaders of what gems like Pearl call "Homeworld".

Their mouths show reactions expressing shock, worry, surprise, and many other feelings similar to that. Minutes later, the projections end, the helmets are turned off then lifted, and Steven and his friends take a few moments to recollect themselves. After those moments pass, the five beings now have the true knowledge of their enemies and that the upcoming futures would NEVER be fun and games.

"Are you five alright," Manson asks them.

The five look at him and everyone else in the room, then Connie says something.

She tells everyone, "We know who the Diamonds are honestly like. They're similar to the planet Earth's locusts and can strip planets of resources, sort of like the aliens from Independence Day. They also possess government systems similar to that of Oceania from Orwell's 1984 and Nazi Germany before and during the Second World War. There's no bargaining with them. They won't stop until they're the only beings in existence. Now we know our purpose in protecting what we call home, and killing all enemy leaders in the name of heroes."

"Exactly," Manson says, "We might also commence our plans to remind all the gems currently walking Homeworld and all the gems walking the colonies about the principles of freedom, justice, fairness, peace, harmony, friendship, and democracy. This will be in the name of Rose Quartz, Winston Churchill, and the U.S. Founding Fathers."

Everyone in the room cheers in agreement with Manson's idea. A few minutes later, they visit a room featuring a recently-built warp pad inside. Steven and his friends gasp at noticing it in the mansion.

"This is a newly-constructed warp pad," Manson says, "we harnessed gem technology for a small number of years and learned how to create machines like these, as well as weapons the Homeworld gems never created after the war. Get on. I'll see you again tomorrow in the morning. Pearl and Garnet must never know about this."

The five friends agree with Manson and get on the warp pad, but not before Manson gives them ear buds so that he can talk to them, and that he can remind them when training time is starting. The warp pad beams the five to the temple, and three of them get off, while Peridot and Lapis stay on the pad to get back to the barn. They all get some sleep, waiting for the next day.