Chapter 9 – The Battles of Panama and Orb
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.
25th May, 11:30am; Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship: Varda, Hanger
"All Forces are ready, my Lord, Lord Le Creuset has also signed in as Normal ZAFT Fleet Commander!" announced Renaldo over a transmission as the Varda awaited beside the ZAFT Fleet while being surrounded by at least ten Leviathan-Class Submarine Battleship Carriers.
"Very well, let us go and 'take to the sky' to close OMNI's Door to space, let's go Antony!" announced Krane as he allowed the Black Providence to be lifted by a crane over to the left most launch catapult.
"Yes, My Lord Krane, lets!" announced Antony as the Noir Benevolence was loaded onto the right most launch catapult and prepared to launch.
"This is Krane Hibiki, Black Providence, entering Battle!" announced Krane and the Prototype Black Newtype Command Unit launched out of the hanger.
11:45am; Port Panama, Battlefield
"Damn Naturals!" growled Antony as he fired his "Corruption" DRAGOONs down on the wall of stone that were cliffs near the Panama Base and was covered in Anti-Mobile Suite weaponry which allowed sea based Mobile Suites to begin scaling the cliff face.
"Antony, deal with as many OMNI Emplacements as you can, I will move ahead and find a checkpoint base near Panama Base!" announced Krane as the Black Providence jetted by overhead "I will cause a commotion in their nearest base and allow our forces to advance quickly, send down a Space Drop of Dark Celestial Forces at each checkpoint base and give them a scare, we of the Dark Celestials will use that as our Bases of Operations into Panama and a watch outpost for the Gungnir EMP weapons!!"
"Yes, my Lord!" announced Antony as he watched the flight enabled Black GuAIZ Units fly from their carriers with the normal ZAFT Aquatic Mobile Suites also swimming over and climbing the cliff face.
A group of five Strike Daggers awaited Krane at the Checkpoint but Krane simply folded his DRAGOON Pods forwards and watched as the beams of the Black Providence pierced their armour, the Strike Daggers exploded while missiles launched at Krane along with Tank Shells which bounced off the Phase Shift Armour of the Black Providence, Krane folded the DRAGOON Pods backwards and fired at the Jets that had fired the original missiles at him causing them to explode one after the other. Krane laughed as he turned the DRAGOONs down on the fleeing tanks and opened fire with merciless precision causing the helpless tanks to explode, Krane dodged a few shots from the recently arrived Strike Daggers before they also met the same fate as the lesser weapons, once all enemies were dealt with he enjoyed destroying the base's defenses until they surrendered and were taken to a camp controlled by the Dark Celestials.
"My Lord, the Gungnir EMP Weapons have descended, but the arrival of OMNI's Strike Daggers are making their protection difficult!" announced Antony while he used the "Michael" Anti-Ship Sword to cut through a OMNI Battleship that was waiting in the Gulf near the port that held a full complement of Strike Daggers that were firing at all the flying ZAFT Mobile Weapons, knowing that this was a danger to the flying Black GuAIZ units, Antony saw it in the interest of the Dark Celestials that this ship and its cargo were sunk.
"I see, redirect yourself over to Area 56 once you're done with your present mission, we need as many units defending the Gungnirs as possible!" announced Krane as he headed over to another area noted on the Radar as Area 59 where a Gungnir was being heavily defending by losing GINNs, Krane unfolded his DRAGOONs and opened a barrage on the Strike Daggers causing them to explode.
"These Naturals dare put a Mobile Suite into mass production, they can't even win a battle against GINNs with only tanks yet they think they can destroy our superior weaponry by using these cheap units, pathetic!" yelled Antony as the "Corruption" DRAGOONs blazed down upon the Strike Daggers at Area 56, Antony made sure that none of the Strike Daggers were harmed.
"We're activating the Gungnirs now, be prepared for what follows after, things are about to get rather genocidal!" announced Krane with a growl as the Gungnirs launched their energy outwards and disabled all technology without shielding.
12:30pm; Voskolv-Class Submarine Carrier: Rasht, Bridge
"Commander, it seems that the entire enemy force is under attack by our forces, they are helpless!" announced the Captain and Rau's lips turned upwards in a smirk but he scowled when the Captain continued "Krane's forces and some ZAFT Forces are protecting the OMNI Surrendering Camps, all the ring leaders trying to kill the Naturals are being killed should they attempt to get close, more ZAFT Soldiers are also joining Krane's defense forces!!"
"Damn it Krane, we're suppose to destroy the Naturals, why are you protecting them!?" yelled Rau mentally as he glared at the screen that showed the Black Providence "why must you defy the rules of the Newtype Elder Council!!?"
1:30pm; ZAFT Beach Head, Main Camp
"My Lord, the Varda is almost ready to leave, we are just finishing reloading the Mobile Suites into the ship!" announced Renaldo as he walked alongside Krane down the beach but stopped when Krane paused.
"My Lord!" announced a Dark Celestial Soldier and Krane turned to notice the OMNI Soldiers saluting Krane which caused Krane to smile as he continued walking with a salute of his own.
"Where are you taking these guys?" asked Krane as he stopped near the Sin Commander.
"Their being transported to Kaohsiung and then to space, they will be placed as prisoners of war under the Dark Celestials but that is better than being mercilessly slaughtered as the regular ZAFT Army would have done!" announced the Sin Commander and Krane nodded before heading off towards the Varda with a lingering salute.
"I want you to send a message to Victoria, have all forces in the area prepare to detonate the Mass Driver should an OMNI Fleet attempt to make a move on its position, all forces in Africa are to divide and either head back to Victoria or Gibraltar!" announced Krane with a scowl as he thought "we will head for Carpentaria, there we will decide our next move!"
15th June, 6:00pm; Orb Union: Onogoro Island, Morgenroete Hangers
"It seems that a separate faction of ZAFT has come to aid us, Lucifel the Fallen One and Athrun Zala being among them, however it is obvious that Orb doesn't have the munitions to hold out a continuous battle against OMNI for much longer!" announced Uzumi and Krane nodded as he stepped forwards.
"You brought this on yourself" shrugged the once again masked Krane as he walked to the side of Uzumi "therefore, I am opening an invitation for the nation of Orb to flee to the PLANTs, I will speak for you to the council on your behalf!"
"I will not leave this nation nor leave the Mass Driver in the hands of those bastards, I know that we cannot win however I am grateful to the fact that you are allowing the common folk to flee to the PLANTs and ZAFT Territories, but I have a nation to run and a Mass Driver to make sure that it doesn't fall into the hands of Blue Cosmos!" announced Uzumi as he watched Krane face twist in sadness and helplessness "you have always been like a son to me, I will never forget you, even as I ascend to heaven!"
"But heaven is no more, when the divines descended Heaven lost stability, when you die your soul will be stuck in an empty limbo!" muttered Krane with a shake of his head "if its okay with you, I would like to observe the three OMNI Gundams: Raider, Forbidden and Calamity!"
"What would you use this data for!?" questioned Uzumi with a raised eyebrow and Krane smirked as he avoided the question.
"Anyway, if you are going to protect the cities to the best of your ability, I believe that you should station your forces along the beachheads and on the sea facing mountain roads!" announced Krane as he showed a projected map "my team will nullify the aerial attacks on this location, their drop planes won't get near the mainland, that I can promise as well as the evening up of the battle between Kira, Athrun and the OMNI Gundams!"
"I have to thank you again!" announced Uzumi with a smile "you will buy us enough time to look at all our withdrawal options!"
"All naval forces can escape to Frostfang from here, once things have calmed down and Orb is removed from the Alliance's grip, then I will send the navy back to the Orb Mainland!" announced Krane with a smile "now, Uzumi, I need to go prepare for combat!"
16th June, 9:00am; Orb Union: Onogoro Island, Battlefield
"Humph, so this is the Forbidden, now to test its capabilities!" announced Krane with a smirk as he dodged the Black Providence away from the OMNI pre-2nd Generation Gundam as he moved in over the Forbidden's "Hresvelgr" plasma induction cannon shot.
"Die!" yelled Shani and Krane smirked as he flipped the Black Providence over the swipe made by the "Nidhoggr" heavy scythe before pushing the DRAGOONs into a forward position before firing out with at least thirty-one beams, the Forbidden pulled down its shields and Krane watched in interest as his beams moved away to the sides of the Forbidden.
"Interesting, it has beam bending capabilities but they have not the battery capacity at present to make the beams do a full 180 and head back at the firer, still the "Geschmeidig Panzer" energy deflection armor could be useful in future designing schemes" smirked Krane as he opened fire with his MA-M20 "Lupus" high-energy beam rifle and duel, small beam guns located on the Black Providence's composite Shield.
"Damn you!" yelled Shani as he used his "Geschmeidig Panzer" to get close while swinging with his "Nidhoggr" heavy scythe which Krane flipped the entire of the Black Providence over the Forbidden before giving a kick which sent the unit down towards the sea.
"A purely offensive unit, designed so that one can have close-range aerial superiority, hmm…and it also seems underwater capability also!" smirked Krane as he activated his composite shield's beam saber and blocked the "Nidhoggr" heavy scythe as Shani brought the Forbidden out of his hiding place in the sea to attack "could movement of water be a side effect of the "Geschmeidig Panzer"? Requires further research!"
"Bastard!" yelled Orga as he fired his "Schlag" 125mm high-energy long-range beam cannons at the ZAFT Prodigy who chuckled as he flipped a few times and dodged each shot by the Calamity.
"Pathetic, this is how you strike an enemy!" yelled Clotho as he threw the "Mjolnir" hammer however Krane moved the side and grabbed it before spinning around sending the Raider spinning into the Forbidden before letting go and watching as two OMNI Gundams flew into the third and went under.
Meanwhile; Spengler-class: Regicide, Bridge
"What is going on!?" questioned Muruta Azrael as he glared at the Black Providence on the screen, he had heard about the Providence Newtype Weapon that was in production but never thought it would be completed so early, maybe this was an altered design.
"We don't know but it seems to be a unit under the command of Lucifel the Fallen One…" announced the Captain and Muruta clenched his jaw and moved his teeth from side to side.
"Damn you, what of those two new units that appeared yesterday, what is their position!?" asked Muruta and the Captain looked worried.
"They have recently entered the battle and the enemy Newtype unit is withdrawing away from their conflict, the pilot was treating that battle as though it were a…test, they were testing our new unit's parameters!" announced the Captain and Muruta gave a disguised snarl at that.
1:00pm; Orb Union: Kaguya Mass Driver Facility, Office
"Ah, Kira, you came!" announced Krane as he turned to the younger Brunette with a smile.
"What is it you wanted to see me about?" asked Kira as he looked at the older brunette.
"I want you to consider joining ZAFT after this little issue is over, but if not, you will be welcome to a life up at the PLANTs!" announced Krane with a smile but it dropped when he noticed the look on Kira's face "is something wrong!?"
"No, it's just that I want to protect my friends, to do that and achieve peace I believe that the best idea for me is to stay neutral in this conflict!" announced Kira causing Krane to laugh suddenly.
"Too late for that" shrugged Krane as he headed off "however I think you should consider it, after all, you do want to see your oldest friend soon…"
2:30pm; Orb Union: Kaguya Mass Driver Facility, Battlefield
"These new models are a pain!" yelled Clotho as he dodged the Raider away from the "Corruption" DRAGOONs that had launched from the Noir Benevolence but the beams had already chipped the Raider's wing.
"First those blasted new models and those ships get into space, now the ZAFT Dark Celestial Forces nearby launch a full out attack on us, I never imagined that they had so many good pilots!" growled Orga as he fired at a flying Black GuAIZ which dodged before kneeing the Calamity in the stomach.
"Pathetic!" growled Asuzur with a laugh as he dismembered the Calamity's right arm but before he could finish the Raider dived in and grabbed the Calamity by the shoulders.
"Shani, we've been told to withdraw, we already knew we didn't have the troops needed to hold the Orb Union and ZAFT knows this!" growled Clotho as he sent a message over towards his partners in crime.
"Shall we follow them!?" asked Zake as his Black GuAIZ Custom One but the Black Providence held up a hand.
"No, they've done enough damage, Jake!" announced Krane as he turned to face the Black GuAIZ Custom Two "I want you forces to observe the Archangel and those new OMNI Units, things could get sticky with so many powerful elements in the scene, I just hope that Kira takes an interest in my request!!"
Info – And that is the end of the battle of Orb, the battles in the near future are going to get awfully rocky from the major changes that have happened in this created Gundam Seed Universe, but there will be little changes in anywhere but behind the scenes. Review!!
Dark Celestial Limited Production Mobile Suite designs:
Code: ZGMF-LX09T
Name: DOM Trooper Original Spec Type Asuzur Custom
Producers: Meteor City Secret Research Teams
Powerplant: Ultracompact Hyper Compensator Battery
Weapons:
2x MMI-GAU2 "Picus" 76mm CIWS
1x MA-M20S "Lupus" high-energy beam Sniper rifle with beam bayonet
1x MA-MV06D composite armed shield with beam saber, 2 beam guns/Beam Claw and a prototype Claw
Other Weapons:
Other Equipment:
Atmospheric Flight
Information:
Pilot: Asuzur Zala
Code: ZGMF-L600EX
Name: Black GuAIZ Custom 1
Producers: Meteor City Secret Research Teams
Powerplant: Ultracompact Hyper Compensator Battery
Weapons:
2x MMI-GAU2 "Picus" 76mm CIWS
1x MA-MV06B composite armed shield with beam saber, 4 small beam guns and a prototype Anti-Ship Sword
6x "Kamikaze" External Arresters/DRAGOONs (1x High-Energy Beam Assault Cannon/Beam Saber Pincers each)/Kamikaze Remote Beam Anchors, located on waist
1x MA-M20 "Lupus" high-energy beam rifle
Other Equipment:
Atmospheric Flight
Information:
Pilot: Zake Bonaparte
Code: ZGMF-L600EX
Name: Black GuAIZ Custom 1
Producers: Meteor City Secret Research Teams
Powerplant: Ultracompact Hyper Compensator Battery
Weapons:
2x MMI-GAU2 "Picus" 76mm CIWS
1x MA-MV06B composite armed shield with beam saber, 4 small beam guns and a prototype Anti-Ship Sword
6x "Kamikaze" External Arresters/DRAGOONs (1x High-Energy Beam Assault Cannon/Beam Saber Pincers each)/Kamikaze Remote Beam Anchors, located on waist
1x MA-M20S "Lupus" high-energy beam Sniper rifle
Other Equipment:
Atmospheric Flight
Mirage Colloid System
Information:
Pilot: Jake Bonaparte