Loki's Fall
The year is CE 116. Six months after the ELS War, the Colonial Fleet has been forced to defend against the Neo-Holy Britannian Empire and the quickly-rebuilding Titans.
Now the Fleet has bigger problems.
Battlestar Galactica
"They call it the Loki, sir."
Colonel (honorary title, as he was actually an Admiral) Ronald Pinkerton had only one question.
"Who the fuck are they?"
"The Neo-Britannians, sir."
"There's a good reason I asked! It could've been the Titans or some other organization that I unwittingly created!"
"Man's got a point, Marie."
Colonels Marie Hawke and Joesph Yamato looked at Rear Admiral Lelouch vi Britannia.
"Should we?"
"Yes."
Lelouch looked at his girlfriend.
"Help."
Kallen Kozuki, a Colonel herself, shrugged.
"You're on your own."
The other two actual Colonels started beating the crap out of Lelouch.
Vice-Admiral Maria Avalonia-Pinkerton slapped her forehead and looked at her father.
"And why are we winning this war?"
"Superior firepower, better pilots and ships that can't be destroyed?"
"That works."
Ron looked at the Loki.
"Where was it last sighted?"
"Universe S117A, sir."
"Jump us there."
Battlestar Group 57: Battlestar Theseus
Vice-Admiral Cornelia li Britannia watched as two Musais docked with her Battlestar.
"So, why are we using Musais as cargo ships?"
"Bigger then Raptors and they've got big guns?"
Cornelia was wondering why the Colonial Fleet was winning the war when two missiles accidentally fired from the Dumel and hit the hull.
'Right. Huge ass dreadnoughts that cannot be destroyed by any known means.'
Nearby
"The Theseus? That's Cornelia's ship."
Charles zi Britannia chuckled.
"Charge the Yamato Cannon and fire."
"Sir, we're not exactly sure this'll punch through their hull. I-"
"JUST FIRE THE CANNON!"
Battlestar Theseus
"Unidentified ship to port!"
"That's probably the Loki."
"That thing killed seven ships in one shot!"
"Four Japan-Class Battlestars, two Hydra-Class cruisers and a White Base-Class assault carrier. And none of them used Diamond Carbon in their hulls."
Cornelia looked at her new XO.
"Commander Phillips, we will be fine."
The Theseus rocked from the Loki's Yamato Cannon shot, but he ship was undamaged.
The crew, on the other hand...
"WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!"
Shell shock was a bitch.
"Relax! The hull's intact!"
"Ma'am, they're firing again!"
Cornelia sighed.
"Then fire the fuck back!"
Nearby
While Charles was discovering that although shooting Pegasus-Class Battlestars was fun and all, but stupid as all you would do is just piss off their COs and force them to fire their huge ass guns at you, another ship was entering the system.
It was small, and had not one energy weapon, but she was armed nonetheless.
She was the UNSC In Amber Clad, a UNSC frigate.
"Commander, should we get involved?"
Lt. Commander Miranda Keyes shook her head.
"No. One stray shot could destroy this ship."
The UNSC Dorsetshire tried to interfere in a battle like this one.
The 'Britannian' ships destroyed her with one shot and she was a Halcyon-class cruiser.
"The enemy ship is getting the hell out of there. Guess they couldn't punch through that hull."
"Unidentified vessel, this is the Colonial Battlestar Theseus."
"Theseus, this is the UNSC In Amber Clad. We're not hostile."
"We know. One of your ships, the Dorsetshire, was destroyed by a Neo-Britannian Minotaur-Class battlecruiser. We rescued the crew, but they kept calling us Insurrectionists."
"It's a long story, Miss?"
"Rear Admiral Cornelia li Britannia. I think Admiral Yamato would like to speak with you. Dock with the Theseus and we'll take you to MESSIAH."
"Your ship doesn't have a slipspace drive?"
She laughed.
"We don't need one."
Battlestar Galactica
"While I approve of the fact that you beat the shit out of Lelouch, you still beat the shit out of your superior officer. Vice-Admiral el Britannia wasn't happy. He actually likes Lelouch."
"Don't think pulling rank will do shit, Boss."
"It ain't him nor me that you're in shit with, Colonels. It's Fleet Admiral Yamato."
"Uh-oh."
"He was going to promote Lelouch tomorrow, and still is. You two idiots, on the other hand..."
He pressed a button.
"Colonel Kozuki, please come to my quarters."
"Yes, sir."
"No."
"Yes. She's quite pissed, and requested that I provide a pair o' 'heavy-duty punching bags'. You are said punching bags."
"It's two on one."
Then a side hatch opened. The Guren KMF entered the room.
"More like an army on two."
The two ran from the room.
"This going to be fun. Don't kill them. They're still your teammates."
"Got it."
Kallen chased after them.
"Admiral, BSG-57's reporting that the Loki engaged them in combat."
"Let me guess: tried punching through their hull with a Yamato Cannon shot?"
"And failed, sir. Diamond Carbon is the toughest substance in the known universes."
"Don't remind me. I created it. Only a few millimeters on an MS's shield makes it impossible to get through with MS beam weapons. You'd to use the Buster's anti-ship gun or a fucking Yamato Cannon to get through it. Hence the reason the hulls of Pegasus-Class Battlestars are made of it!"
"We've also got a message from MESSIAH to RTB."
Ron got up.
"Spin up FTL drives. We're going home, Major."
MESSIAH
Keyes was impressed.
A fleet so small compared to the UNSC's military, yet with their energy weapons and Mobile Suits they could rip apart any UNSC or Covenant battlegroup.
"Better to have allies like you then enemies like the Covenant."
"We're only interested in protecting our allies and our homeworlds. Our supreme commander, Colonel Pinkerton, however, seems to go out of his way to create enemies for us."
"What do you mean?"
"He went nuts 40 years ago, caused us a lot of problems. He created-by accident-our chief enemy, the Titans. Then, after a few decades, caused the fall of the Holy Britannian Empire, which I am native to. My father wasn't happy, so he took control of a small part of his Naval forces and jumped to Mars, in the Anno Domini timeline."
"You can travel between universes?"
"Colonel Pinkerton's late father-in-law created the original trans-universal FTL drive, but the Colonel himself made them easier to create. This was during the time when he commanded a fleet of billions against the Colonial Fleet."
"And now he's your CO?"
"Schizophrenia and nanite manipulation do that to a man. He's sane now, and he's responsible to rebuilding over 90% of the Fleet. Most of our men and women were serving on the Colonies and Earth until he retook control of the Colonial Corps of Engineers. Still, while we've got the firepower and technology advantage, they have numbers."
"Sounds like the Covenant: superior technology, smaller numbers."
"Well, with you guys, the number issue would be null and void."
"Still, Admiral-"
Another Pegasus-Class Battlestar jumped in.
"BSG-75. Colonel Pinkerton commands Galactica, and he's Admiral Yamato's XO."
"How many of those do you have?"
Cornelia looked at BSG-57.
"There's 65 BSGs out there. Every one has 2 Pegasus-Class Battlestars. So that's 130 at the moment."
Keyes was confused.
"65 Battlestar Groups? But number 75 is docking with MESSIAH now."
"BSG-75 was the first to actually recover, so it kept the number. But it's getting there."
The UNSC officer sighed. The Fleet was armed to the teeth, and they could win the war for humanity.
The hatch opened, and six people walked out.
"Admiral li Britannia."
"Colonel."
SCBB-13 HIMBS Loki
"These Covenant are easy foes, Your Majesty. Capturing Harvest was simple."
"Until we capture Earth, this world will be the capital of my empire. The Colonials created re-terraforming technology, and I will thank them for it. However, the war will continue. Capture more worlds from the Covenant and then we will attack the source of power for the Colonials: MESSIAH."
"My Lord, attacking MESSIAH is suicide at best. They have two Battlestar Groups there at all times! And thus, four Pegasus-Class Battlestars!"
"One ship, equipped with Knightmare Frames will do the trick. Once Kira Yamato is dead, Pinkerton will have no choice but to take command." (AN: Charles doesn't know that the Colonials have KMFs that are better then his)
"Yes, sir. The carriers will be ready in an hour."
"Get it done now."
MESSIAH command center
"Commander Keyes, welcome to MESSIAH."
She shook hands with a 59 year old man.
"You must be Admiral Yamato."
"No. I'm Vice-Admiral Lee Adama, commander of MESSIAH. Well, when Admiral Yamato isn't here." "And I am here, Lee."
A man, who looked no older then 25, walked toward her. "Fleet Admiral Kira Yamato." "You're young."
"I'm actually 52. Cryostatsis does that."
Keyes looked at a small ship closing in on MESSIAH from the window.
"Is that one of yours?"
"Oh, shit! MS teams, kill that thing! It's a Britannian KMF transport!"
True to its' name, the ship launched dozens of Knightmare Frames, and all off them landed on MESSIAH.
"Oh, fuck! Deploy KMF teams! Keep them from getting inside the station!"
Keyes wondered where Ron went.
"Oh, hell, not again!"
A KMF rushed at the Britannians.
"The CKMF-X01D Zeus. Ron's personal KMF. They're screwed."
"Why?"
"The Britannians use bullets. We don't."
The Britannian Vincents opened fire, but the Colonial KMF had VPSA, and was thus immune to bullets. "Look at my horse, my horse is amazing. Give it a nuke, it tastes just like raisins!" (AN: Gundam Abridged rocks)
By the time he was finished singing, 10 beam rounds had ripped all but one Vincent apart.
Ron's beam saber went through the cockpit, killing the pilot.
"Damn."
Halo and Gundam SEED. A pair of series that need more crossovers.
And I'm not putting this in with BSG because, as I've said to Just a Crazy Man, it's overdone.
This, on the other hand, ain't.
Next Time, on Loki's Fall: After In Amber Clad escorts a force of 20 ships from BSG-75 to Reach, the Britannians conquer two more Covenant planets and then head to Reach.
Ja Ne!