Chapter 8 – Fort Frostfang and the 2nd Battle of Orbit
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. There will be other things in this and future chapters that also don't belong to me, quotes, can one guess what book it's from.
1st May, 12:00pm; Fort Frostfang, Docks
"Lord Krane, welcome to Frostfang, the final preparations on the Black Providence were made just a few days ago" announced Madam Rough as she watched the Maskless Commander march off his ship, it wasn't Krane's fault that he no longer had his black mask, it was due to the fact that the tussle with the Strike had shattered it into a million pieces.
"What news from the Homeland, have the Space Fleet that I have requested been sent to this orbit!?" questioned Krane as he looked at Madam Rough who nodded.
"It is taking longer than we expected however they should be here in seven days at Early Morning, that is the day in which Operation Spitbreak will commence, all of the Dark Celestial Forces are being spread at Boaz to replace the loses that are being sent to Alaskan Orbit!" announced Madam Rough with a shrug "what little spare forces we have are holding here and are heading to Orbit over this location, it is taking longer as they are avoiding detection from the enemy forces, however the new Black GuAIZ units are ready to be tested by our pilots!"
"Excellent, once all preparations are completed and the units are tested, they can begin mass production for our forces which will outshine the ordinary ZAFT Forces!" announced Krane with a smirk as he walked towards the base with Madam Rough and her guard following in a line behind as well as the officers of his ships follow him in a line vertical to Rough's "I have heard great things about this base, are the Nexos Warheads safely stored in the basement level?"
"Yes, my Lord, however we could be using that basement for cloning tanks or hibernation cylinders rather than storage for nuclear missiles which we secretly equipped with N-Jammer Cancellers hoping your arrival here would make use of them!" announced Rough with a smirk causing Krane to sigh at her enthusiasm.
"Very well, I will have them sent to Storage Colony ALBION XIII, they deal with holding special equipment away from praying eyes that I do not have time at present for!" announced Krane as he paused "begin building your cloning chambers, what of the 2nd Basement?"
"It is filled with Hibernation chambers that double as Cloning Chambers, we have already begun training a batch of clones inside this Hibernation Cloner and they are asleep until they are needed, the longer they stay asleep the more information and skills they attain from the Computers!" announced Madam Rough with a smirk "these are the Cyber-Clones, they are emotionless and deadly, will you consider mass production of this mighty fighting force!?"
"I will, however I need a nation worth of resources and control before I make that decision, we mustn't rush Rough" spoke Krane as he and Rough walked into the meeting room with Asuzur, Renaldo, Zake, Jake and the Head Scientist; Madam Rough activated the Holographic Meeting Room and the meeting began.
"It has been awhile since you signed in Lucifel!" announced Kale Boonar as his hologram flickered "how long until we destroy those False Rulers on the Newtype Elder Council and reinstate the Nobles and Royals to power!?"
"Patients, Rosiel, I want to know the movements on the Fallen" announced Krane as he looked about the meeting room "Valac, what news do you have on the Fallen's Movements, are they planning a break-away!?"
"There has been no movement, the Fallen Angels are simply building weaponry as commanded by the Chairman and have not made any suspicious movements, I thought that we aided the Fallen, don't we?" asked Antony but Krane simply shrugged before he decided to give a more descriptive response.
"The Fallen Angels are the Organization that embodies the Newtype Dreams we have been trained to uphold, however that dream has been manipulated by the Newtype Elder Council which have ruled as a dynasty from father-to-son for over two thousand years, they are the source of corruption in the Newtype Race and distort our capabilities to follow the plan our own way" announced Krane as he explained to his allies "we follow the P.L.A.N as the it dictates the dream of Newtypes rising to power once again after twelve thousand years of banishment but the Elder Council take away our independence, how can we be agile or multitask when we are told bluntly what must be done without being able to see the larger picture, therefore we must save our Newtype brothers by crushing the Elder Council and their suppressing tyranny!"
"Agreed, but what about Rashnu, is he in on your little scheme!?" questioned Cecile and Krane shrugged uncaringly.
"Who gives a damn about him, he believes fully on the end of humanity and the Newtypes rising from the ashes, I am running some tests on GENESIS' capabilities and if they are dangerous then I will intervene in its firing!" announced Krane with a smile "if that answers your question, Alexiel, then I would like to get on the topic of our expanding forces!"
"Our Cloning Stations have recently released a new batch of Clones which has greatly increased our previous numbers, we are ready for the OMNI Enforcers and Blue Cosmos, Normal Newtype Clones have been trained to resist the temptation of their emotions and be merciless!" announced Cecile with a smile "we are now ready for a full out confrontation with OMNI!"
"Excellent, I want our forces on stand-by, they are to attack the OMNI Fleets near the PLANTs and our Fortresses!" announced Krane with a smile "if that is all then I adjourn this meeting!!"
8th May, 4:00am; Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship: Varda, Bridge
"Infinite in mystery is the gift of the goddess, we seek it thus and take to the sky, ripples form on the water's surface" announced Krane as he read aloud from LOVELESS before thinking of Kira "the wandering soul knows no rest…"
"Lord Krane, preparations are finished for Atmospheric exit and we are getting ready for takeoff in a few minutes, all Positron Cannons are ready!" announced Renaldo with a salute as the Varda got ready for takeoff.
"Very well, begin Atmospheric exit, it is about time that we destroy OMNI once and for all!" announced Krane and Renaldo announced his commands to the crew, the Varda sprung into the air before the positron cannons unfolded and fired up for their blasts to impact in unison, the ship shot up through the air before arriving in orbit.
"We have a message from our fleet, they are awaiting us nearby, also OMNI's 9th Fleet are gathering their forces over J.O.S.H.A!" announced Dylan Frere as he typed at his CIC Terminal "there is exactly Seven Hours till Operation Spitbreak!!"
"Then we are to prepare here for five hours before moving out, we will attack the OMNI Fleet an hour before the drop fleet arrives, an hour before Operation Spitbreak begins!" announced Krane as he looked at the tactical map with a smirk.
10:00am; Outside Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship: Varda, Battlefield
"Alright, all Mobile Suites are to go into triangle formation on the forward attack and destroy as many Mobile Armours as possible, then split apart and begin mopping up Operations!" announced Krane as he watched the enemy forces assemble "scratch that but carry out in the same formations, beware Enemy Mobile Suites as well, hmm…so these are the Strike Daggers"
Krane felt a sudden Newtype Flash and dodged backwards as two Gunbarrel Daggers came at him with their Gunbarrels blazing, one was painted an entire black colour while the other was in normal colours as it attempted to shoot down the Super Newtype who dodged his Gundam out of the way, Krane launched the Black Providence's DRAGOONs and sent them circling around the two Daggers except the two seemed to make it difficult to hit one target until Zake and Jake cut in. The twins moved off to take one Dagger piloted by Morgan Chevalier while Krane easily destroyed the other Dagger unit as it passed by but then a Customised Moebius Zero named the Moebius Infinite shot past and Krane smirked insanely, this was the pilot Krane had heard a lot about that had surpassed all the Anti-Coordinator training and Spatial Awareness Training in all of the OMNI Enforcer's recorded scores, the Moebius Infinity's Valiant Railgun and the beam cannons of the Weapon Pods flashed around the Super Newtype who grinned evilly as he fired all his weaponry as well as the Moebius Infinity also firing all its weapons. The result being that all the weapon pods of both units were destroyed and Krane fired a shot that sent the OMNI Ace flying away to safety, meanwhile the drop fleet was moving into position with a degree of pace and made its way past the flame covered OMNI 9th Fleet, Krane simply smirked again before he withdrew to the Varda.
1:00pm; Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship: Varda, Hanger: Changing Room
Antony growled as he slammed his fist against the locker door that he owned as he pondered on what to do now, a Cyclops System and the Freedom caused ZAFT to lose the battle which caused Antony to fume even worse, it had been Antony who had worked on the Neutron Jammer Canceller and it had been Patrick Zala who had used it to build the Freedom after data gathered on the Strike and to a less degree the other G-Weapons.
"You seem troubled" spoke Krane as he stepped out from the edge of the line of lockers and leaned against the lockers "I can understand, this was Rau's plan all along, he engineered this"
"Rau's plan, but not yours, right?" asked Antony and a smirk appeared on Krane's face.
"Correct, I will make Rau repent for his crimes until there is nothing left for him to repent for, he will then serve me in the New World Order!" announced Krane with a smile "and I will need your help too, Antony, you are a Newtype Noble and a member of the Big Eight when it comes to Newtype Noble Families, are you up for helping me!?"
"Your wish is my Command, my Emperor!" announced Antony with a salute causing Krane to smirk evilly.
Info – And that is the end of that Chapter, as you can see, Rau's little actions caused Krane to change drastically over his time as a normal Supreme Commander and this was also before the four others had come along to help him with the burden of ruling the entire of ZAFT's Forces. Review!!