Author's Note: WHAT IS UP MUCKAAAACHUNGAAAAS!? IT'S TRAVEZTY! And I am truly sorry to everyone who liked my "Reach for the Stars" My Hero Academia x Star Wars fanfiction, but, as I explained in the Update, that story is being discontinued because of two reasons. First, a rather "pleasant" viewer had gone and pointed out a ton of things that needed fixing, which I greatly appreciated, and even helped me see that I had needed to make them. That was all well and good, until, secondly, they pointed out that Earth was nothing more than a plot point. HMMMM I wonder why that is? Oh yeah! THIS IS STAR WARS!
I mean seriously, did that guy think I was doing just MHA and not including Star Wars into that story, it was a freaking crossover! But anyway, I'm over it now! So today I'm going to be introducing my new story which will, for the lack of a better term, be Primarily an My Hero Academia/Star Wars Crossover, but with a more heavy emphasis on Star Wars. I will, however, be introducing other Sci-Fi Fandoms into this story. However, before we begin, a small bit of Housekeeping here to make sure everyone is on the exact same page.
First: This is Primarily a Star Wars story with Crossover Elements, which the Fandom that is primarily crossing over is My Hero Academia! There will be other fandoms crossing over into this story as time goes on but, as of writing this Author's Note, the primary two will be SW as the Base, with MHA mixed in. There will be a list below this section to detail all of the fandoms currently in this story, and will be updated as often as possible to accommodate the new Sci-Fi fandoms being added in. However, these first handful chapters will be primarily set-up and timeline related stuff until we get to the point the MHA Characters enter into the story.
The Crossover Fandoms currently slated to be in this story are:
Star Wars [Primary Setting]
My Hero Academia [Secondary Setting]
Warhammer 40K
Titanfall
Doom (2016)
Doom Eternal
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Halo Series
Cyberpunk 2077
Alien
Predator
Alien Vs Predator
Mass Effect
Second: This story uses BOOFIRE191's Earth in Star Wars series as an inspiration for this story. While I will be borrowing elements of his What-If, the rest of it will be of mine and Dracoreaper's design.
Third: Star Wars doesn't exist as a Fictional Universe on Earth, as, just like Boofire says, it would make things way too confusing.
Fourth: The Start of this story's timeline will be in the year 2014, just how I intended to start the timeline of Reach for the Stars. In terms of the Star Wars Timeline, it will begin in the year 150BBY, which will, as Dracoreaper and I have agreed, will grant Earth more time to develop itself and, thanks to this, the Galactic Republic still being in the last 50 Years of the High Republic Era, would allow for Earth to be discovered by some peoples the Republic isn't paying attention to. Plus, I want to have it that Anakin and Mikumo are about the same age in this story when they are born, and I had agreed with Dracoreaper that Earth would be discovered 10 Years before the Phantom Menace, so Earth would have a decent amount of time to expand and develop colonies.
Fifth: Unlike Boofire191, who had decided to make Humans Immune to the Force, we decided to go more of a Miralukan Route, in which Terrans do have a couple native Force Abilities, however, we lost touch with them around 1,500 AD, as thus our races's native force abilities have been lost for over 500 Years.
Sixth: Our Planet Earth is a Dark Side Nexus, meaning that the Dark Side of the Force is extraordinarily powerful on Earth, thus causing our planet to be classified as, as most Sci-Fi fanfiction writers on YouTube put it, a Deathworld. We evolved as a Dark Side aligned race in order to survive, but thanks to how we evolved, we can't use the Force in the same way as others.
Seventh: Like Boofire, our Planet will be situated in the Unknown Regions. In my previous story I situated Earth in the Outer Rim Territories, which would grant Earth access to two prominent Hyperlane Trade Routes. What Boofire did was ingenious, and I wish to replicated it but in my own way. Not only that, I will be situating Earth in relative Proximity to Zakuul and Iokath, with most of the other Legends Continuity Planets of the Fath Sector, except for Ord Cantrel and JanFathal being part of the Terran Dominion.
Eighth: Like Boofire, I will also be having it that the Humans who originate from Earth, the Terrans, be different from the Humans who originated from Coruscant, which is only debated to be the original homeworld of the Humans in Star Wars, but I'm making it so. However, unlike Boofire's Fanfiction, where Humans are the Result of Zakuul Rebels genetic experiments and freed Sith Empire Slaves, the Terrans evolved on their own to look just like the humans that originated from Coruscant, but we evolved differently, thanks to our entire planet being a Dark Side Nexus.
Finally: As stated before, Earth will not be located in proximity to Rakata Prime, it will instead be located within proximity to Zakuul and Iokath, as according to DarthSyphilis's Star Wars Galaxy Map, version 2.1 on Reddit. The reason why I chose this location is multi-fold, but the basic idea is that it is closer to Chiss Space, and it grants Terrans easy access to the technology of both Iokath and Zakuul when they reach it
One final note, like Boofire, Galactic Standard Basic is basically english in Star Wars, just to make things easier. Again, I want to stress that the Prologue will also be split into multiple parts that comprise a Timeline, just so that I can get all of the major set up out of the way in order to get to the MEAT of this story.
Okay so with all of that out of the way, how about we begin? Please be sure to Follow, Favorite, Review, and Share this story with anyone and everyone who you know likes My Hero Academia and Star Wars Content! Catch ya on the Flipside!FOR THE DOMINION!
Prologue Part 1: The Beginning
Earth, November 3rd, 8AM, 2014/112BBY
It was supposed to be a normal day for Earth in the year 2014, as many people simply go about their business, the sun is shining for most of the world, and everything seems hunky-dory… That is until, the World's Governments discovers something approaching Earth, it appears to be several metallic objects appearing within Satellite range of Earth, and, much to the surprise of those on the ground, many look up with a mix of fear and excitement. The Military scrambles to try and intercept the metallic objects that are slowly descending to the ground before the Headquarters of the United Nations, in which a handful of smaller ships slowly descend to the ground before the men and women coming out of the building. The ships in the air hover as these small landing crafts slowly descend to the ground as the United Nations slowly touch down in front of the Headquarters.
Many news outlets rush to the scene to get a look at this historic moment as the representatives of the United Nations slowly come outside with a number of soldiers surrounding the ships, ready to strike if things turn sour. However, the ships slowly open and reveal individuals slowly stepping out and walking towards them. One ship, one that is very strangely designed, and, slowly stepping off of it, are what appear to be blue-skinned humanoids with burning red eyes, raising their arms above their heads in a gesture of peace. The other ship opens to reveal a woman stepping off the ship, her eyes covered by cloth or eye coverings as she slowly exits the ship, raising her hands up in surrender as well. Among those who are present, the US Representative Traves Medina and Japanese Representative Wataru Mikomachi both step forward to greet them.
"Hello, Humans…" The Blue-Skinned Alien says, speaking as a representative, "I am Hrars'vis'loci of the Chiss Ascendancy's Ariscocra."
"And I am Anara of the Miraluka!" The woman says, "I come in peace!"
"Do you think we would believe you with warships situated above us?" Ambassador Medina asks, sounding hostile, but, in his mind, a necessary display on everyone's mind.
"What is above us is not a show of force… The Unknown Regions are, as you would no doubt believe, a very dangerous place. We had hoped to open up a route to the Galactic Republic for Trade, but it appears we had stumbled upon a route that lead us here instead." Ambassador Hrars'vis'loci explains.
"As for my people, we had no other choice… We were fleeing our dying world, and the only ship capable of transporting us available to those above was a powerful warship. I apologize for the undue stress we are putting upon you." Ambassador Anara says.
"What you are saying sounds true, though I must ask, do you seek to invade Earth?"
"Invade?" Anara asks, "No. As I said, our people are refugees from our planet dying due to it's atmosphere being destroyed… We know not which caused our homeworld of Miro to fall, but we are desperate and seeking shelter for a time, until we can find a new home to populate."
"As for the Chiss Ascendancy… While we discovered your world by accident… We would… Be fools not to extend a hand in friendship to the people of this world… In comparison to the rest of the Galaxy, your world is, and I do not mean this in an insulting way… Primitive… If you would allow us to help you, maybe, in time, you would return the favor to us?" Ambassador Hrars'vis'loci asks, "Including you, Lady Anara."
"Your words…" Ambassador Mikomachi Wataru says, struggling with English, "Might be genuine… If they are… Then allow the Nation of Japan…"
"And the United States of America…" Ambassador Medina jumps in.
"To extend our hands, to accept your request… But be warned, we have spent many centuries believing we were alone in the Galaxy, and many of the races of Earth might not take kindly to "aliens". So prepare yourselves for… Unsavoriness…"
"The Chiss Ascendancy thanks you for your consideration, and for your warning about your less… Enlightened people…" Ambassador Hrars'vis'loci says.
"As for you, Lady Anara, your people are welcome, we will provide what aid we can, but we extend the same courtesy and warning to your people." Ambassador Medina says.
"We thank you for this!" The Miraluka says, smiling as she bows respectfully. "You do not know how much such words will mean to my people, especially considering this world is saturated with the Dark Side of the Force."
"The Force?" Ambassador Medina asks.
"You know not of it?" Ambassador Anara asks.
"No… Perhaps we can speak later?" Ambassador Medina asks, a spark of inspiration in his eyes.
"Oh no, here he goes again…" Ambassador Mikomachi says, "I apologize for my colleague, he writes stories in his spare time as a form of stress relief, especially those using religions and mythologies as a basis." Ambassador Anara merely giggles.
"It is alright, I find it rather adorable!" Ambassador Anara says, smiling as he departs with the Chiss Ambassador bowing respectfully as the two ships fly off back to the larger vessels to bring the news. In a matter of Hours, the Ships land in location that are the best Earth can offer to allow them to land. The news of the Aliens spreads worldwide at the same speed as many people of Earth begin to spread their ideologies. Some speak of making friends with the aliens, whilst others spew nothing but bigotry and hatred for anything that is different from them. The Religious Leaders of the World all try to wrap their heads around the news, though, thankfully, the Christian Faiths are by far the most lenient and accepting of the Aliens, at least for the time being. Especially the Pope, who makes a personal speech to all Christendom.
Vatican City, Five Hours Later…
"Children of God, fear not these beings from beyond the stars… I know many of you have many questions as to the Nature of these beings… If they are to be trusted simply because they are different from us! However, you must remember that though we people who put our Faith in God have warred against those who have blasphemed against Him, we know not if they will as well. I speak not for God's Will, or what he would wish for us to do. However, God created Man in his image, and these beings, though different from us, closely resemble us." The Pope says, speaking to the people of the World. "I am a Man of Faith, despite this, I do believe that God himself had created these beings as well, shaped them from the dust of their worlds as well. If there are other species of Aliens out there in the World, then surely God himself created them as well, but whether they choose to follow His will or not remains to be seen. May God watch over us as we navigate these treacherous waters, but, should we reach the distant shores, let us hope that our brothers and sisters from beyond the Stars will accept us with open arms! God be with you all, my children!"
Earth:
With the Pope's words of wisdom, most of Christianity around the world, be they Catholic or Protestant, would begin to give the Chiss and Miralukans a chance, and, surprisingly, it actually works. Within a matter of weeks, the Chiss keep their word and begin providing Earth with the Technology it needs to advance hundreds, if not thousands, of years ahead of it's time, and, during this time, the Chiss and Miralukans would be granted access to Earth's extensive knowledge to study it's history to learn of the Terrans.
United Nations, Ambassador Medina's Office, 3 Weeks later…
There is a knock on the door as Ambassador Traves Medina sits at his desk, having finished the paperwork with a smile on his face, his wildest dreams coming true as his dream of a science-fiction novel becoming a reality. However, answering the door, he finds Ambassador Anara standing there, holding a book in her hand."Ambassador Anara… What brings you here?"
"May I come in?" Anara asks, looking at him.
"Of course!" Ambassador Medina says, allowing her inside, in which she extends her arm out carefully, slowly touching his chest before moving past him. Ambassador Medina has noticed this on the few occasions they have spoken, and she has noticed her starting to carry a White Cane around with her when there are humans surrounding her and she seems to be around a ton of them, almost as if she can't see him. "What troubles you?"
"It is a few things that, if I might be honest…" Anara says, sitting down on an available chair, placing the book upon her lap. "Your people, you… Terrans, as I would like to say… I" Anara says, trying to find the right words, "You're a bit… Disconcerting…"
"How so?" Traves asks her.
"Well… I think it's easiest if I show you…" Anara says, "But be warned, what you see might find terrifying…" She says, slowly moving back her hood and untying the Bandana over eyes, revealing, to Traves's shock, are a pair of empty eye sockets… Though, something about them feels wrong.
"Who did this to you?" Traves asks, shocked and worried.
"Nobody… All of my people are born this way… Do you remember when we first met how I mentioned "The Force"?" Anara asks.
"I did, you said that our world is "Saturated in the Dark Side"." Traves says.
"I did. You see, my people don't "see" as you do. We see through the use of the Force, an energy field produced by all living beings…" She then raises her hands and summons Traves's laptop to her hand, in which she gently takes hold of it as if she could see it. "My entire race is Force Sensitive to differing degrees."
"That's amazing!" Traves says, "Though, you saying our world is saturated in the "Dark Side" is a bit terrifying."
"It is to us… You see there are two sides to the Force, the Light and the Dark, each of which are influenced by different emotions. The Light Side is influenced by positive emotions, such as courage and compassion, while the Dark Side is influenced by negative emotions, such as Anger, Hatred, Sorrow, the like… This World, and your People, are naturally aligned with the Dark Side, and this terrifies my people." Anara explains, "But there is more to this than that… Because a people doesn't just evolve unaffected by the Dark Side… Not only that, as far as we can tell, your people evolved independently, yet similarly, of the Humans that originated from Coruscant."
"Coruscant?" Traves asks, a glint of excitement in his eye.
"The Capital of the Galactic Republic, but we'll save that topic for another time." Anara says, giggling as she can see the glint for a brief instant.
"Alright…" Traves says, disappointed, but letting her continue.
"It isn't just the fact that you evolved on a Dark Side World relatively uninfluenced by it's power that we began getting nervous… I am sure you noticed that every time we have spoken with each other, I've had to place my hand upon you whenever I stand before you, so I don't end up stepping on you or bumping into you."
"I have noticed!"
"The Truth is that, even with my Force Sight that allows me to see the Force's currents flowing through everything, allowing me to see as if I had eyes…" Anara says, taking a steadying breath, "I just can't see you."
"Wait, you mean I'm invisible to you?" Traves asks.
"Not entirely, to me, you appear as if you are made out of glass. You're visible, but completely transparent." Anara explained, "It's almost as if you don't exist within the Force itself." Traves looks at her with absolute shock as she puts her eye covering back on, to relieve her friend of a bit of the horror. "I have also noticed a few other things, primarily the fact that when your people get emotionally heated, either through anger or fear, your people tend to generate what appear to be a sort of bubble that has a weird interaction with the currents of the Force, and… Well… When I was inside one of those bubbles recently, I went completely blind."
"Completely?" Traves asks.
"Yes, it was as if everything went completely black, and I had to rely on my senses of touch, hearing, and smell, almost like a truly blind person would, at least until I could get out of the bubble and my Force Sight returned." Anara says. "It was then I realized that your people had a unique Force Power that hasn't been seen in since the discovery of the Ysalamiri on the Planet Myrkr… Your people are able to subconsciously use a rare power called Force Breach… It is essentially a Force Power that defends against the Force, though it has other names such as Force Defense and Force Suppression."
"What…? But how?" Traves asks.
"I was just as confused as you are now, because no species in the world develops Force Sensitivity in such a way without reason… That is when I decided to look into the Histories and Mythologies of your world for clues… And I believe I found what I was looking for…" Anara says, revealing the book she had on her lap, and shows Traves the picture inside.
"Dragons?"
"Yes… You thought these creatures were simply mythology, but Dragons do exist in the Wider Galaxy… However, in your world, according to your histories, religions, and mythologies, they have been extinct for nearly five and a quarter centuries. From what I discovered, the Earliest known Dragon to have been slain in your recorded history was known as Kur, which originated in 5,500 BC, and the last of the dragons were slain during the Middle Ages/Medieval Times at around 1500 AD." Anara explains, looking at him. Traves feels a shock ripping through his body as he tries to figure out what is going on, scratching his head, and Anara can now see the area immediately around him becoming invisible to her. "Your people challenged and defeated the dragons in a massive war that lasted 7,000 years, almost the same amount of time your people have been warring against each other." That is when the entire world goes black.
Traves, for his part, hearing this, he felt something building up inside him, and as it did, he scratched his head violently as he feels an almost instinctual anger and fear rising up inside him at the mention of the Dragons, almost as if the Old Mythologies that fascinated him so had sparked something inside him, and, in an outburst of rage and fear, he screams at the top of his lungs. Anara leans up against the wall as she nearly falls out of her chair. However, as Traves recovers from his outburst, he sees… Something, it appears to be some sort of black wispy dome centered on him. The Door bursts open as guards rush in, "Ambassador! Are you alright!? What did she-!?"
"I'm fine! Really…" Ambassador Medina says, but looks at his men, "Wait, do you see this?"
"We do sir!" One of the soldiers says.
"Ambassador Anara, was this what you were talking about?"
"I believe so!" Ambassador Anara says, smiling as she stands up, with Ambassador Medina taking a deep and calming breath as the dome shrinks and retreats back onto his body and flows into him.
"Ambassador… What was that?"
"If what Ambassador Anara told me is true… Then this is a gift from our ancestors!" Ambassador Medina says, smiling with an excited look upon his face.
2014-2044/150-120BBY…
The News of what Ambassador Medina had stumbled upon, thanks to the aid of Ambassador Anara and her discoveries, would send shockwaves across the world, and suddenly, a lot of questions about the Terran's lives slowly began to make sense… Not only that, as Anara made public displays of the Force itself and what it's capabilities were, along with the abilities of Terrans as a whole, it would spark interest in studying these powers of theirs, and thus, collectively, all of Earth's Martial Artists would come together to train and study under the Miraluka in order to better understand themselves and their unique relation to the Dark Side of the Force.
Not only that, the Chiss Ascendancy would provide teachers to many of the World's governments, with their personal favorites being the US Americans and the Japanese, which the rest of them being Britain, Russia, China, Canada, France, Germany, and Italy, all of whom got first pick of the technologies, while the rest of countries, though also given a great amount of technology, would often be left without much of the greater items. This would increase tension between the nation's of the World, but the Favored Nations, as many would consider them, would share their technologies with everyone else as soon as they understood them, for a price, of course.
Aside from this, with the surge in technology, the Favored Nations would begin turning what they obtained to not just commercial, but Military Purposes as well… As many in the know knew, Earth had been experimenting with magnetic accelerator weaponry, such as Coilguns, and Railguns. Much to the shock of the Humans, this technology is considered primitive, at least according to recent innovations in Blaster Technology. However, Humanity saw things differently.
Using the technology given to them, the Terrans finally found where they were going wrong with MAW Tech, and soon discovered the means by which to make them a reality, and then amplify them to the Nth Degree. As one scientist would explain, Coilguns are, essentially, miniaturized Electromagnetic Catapult that utilizes multiple magnetic coils and electronic parts to launch ferromagnetic ammunition at targets. Railguns are comparatively even simpler, where two electrically conductive "rails" are charged between them, and then a hunk of metal is launched through them and fired outwards towards a target.
To run some tests on shield technology in secret, the Terrans test small, single-stage coilguns and experimental railguns against the Personal Shield Generators along with any form of blasters that they had access to. From what the tests reveal, Shield Generators are more geared towards deflecting blaster bolts, which are more akin to high velocity bolts of plasma. However, when tested with the single Coilguns actually seem to find purchase past the shields, although passing through the shields themselves actually slow down the projectile as it passes through the shields, but any remaining velocity seems to remain until it hits something.
This reveals after studying the shields a bit more thoroughly, the Terrans discover that the Personal Deflector Shield Generators actually focus on primarily diffusing the thermal energy of blaster bolts, which allows the Kinetic Energy to disperse along the surface of the shields as well… The same can, somewhat, be said of blaster cannons and ship-based deflector shields, however, these shields are dependent on the amount of power being focused into them and which direction they are being faced.
Thinking about this, the Nations with the highest levels of technology actually come up with a solution that is simple on paper, but much more difficult in practice: Combine the Two. With the tech they obtained from the Chiss, and some insight from the Miraluka, the Terrans eventually develop the first of a new type of weapon: Helical Railguns. Simply put, weapons combine the Magnetic Accelerator Rails of a Railgun with the Electromagnetic Coils of a Coil Gun, however it is much more complex than it seems. Simply put, the Helical Railgun has so that one half of the rail passes an electrical current through the projectile that then gets passed into an electromagnetic coil, this coil then passes the current back through the projectile and into the other half of the rail, in which, depending on the construction of the weapon, can either fire the projectile either through attractive or repulsive magnetic forces.
Because of the construction, the weapon would require far less power than either a Railgun or Coilgun combined and would get twice or even thrice the amount of muzzle velocity and kinetic energy of either alone. One top of that, it would fire without the risk of a catastrophic explosion seen in Railguns, or requirements for extremely high technological requirements, as well as timing complexities, of Coilguns. The only problem is that it is entirely dependent on the projectile being fired being far more complex than it reasonably should. However, that is when a simple and ingenious solution was happened upon, and that was when looking back upon the Armatures of the Railguns… In the original models of Railguns, the Armature was a conductive piece of metal that could either be a sliding armature that would guide the ammunition through the rails and when the Ammunition was launched, the Armatures would reveal to actually be Sabots.
In layman's terms, Sabots are, essentially, a hardened shell that are connected to ammunition, generally that of bullets, slugs, or flechette ammunition, which, normally, would be launched by propellants. These shells would then peel away not long after they leave the barrel, allowing the built up momentum to carry the round forward at extremely high speeds. However, when these types of armatures were used in Railguns, the excessive friction and extreme levels of voltage amperage coursing through the armature would cause it to melt and fall apart in a fiery explosion, which would cause even more damage to the Rails than just the friction alone, and even put the users at risk as well. However, with the design of the MAW-HRGs, this would no longer be a problem, as the system's energy efficient and lower power design would not only make it so that the guns would have explosive effects, but, the only erosion the rails would suffer from would be friction, not the electrical or explosive erosion. Not only that, the design of the HRGs is simple in comparison, and the rails can be easily replaced once a computer in the system warns the gunner that the Rails are reaching their limits.
Thanks to this simple change in design, the MAW-HRGs Prototypes are actually testable within a year, and with astounding results to boot, and in 3 Years, several different types of MAW-HRGs are actually designed, each of them being given names of weapons used to kill Dragons: The Gram Assault Rifle, the Keravnos Shotgun, the Vajra Sniper Rifle, the Totsuka SMG, the Ascalon Pistol, the Was Minigun and the Sharur Rocket Launcher.
However, military technology is not the only thing that is innovated during these 3 years of rapid growth. Using mere scraps of metal, a brilliant young scientist by the name of Anthony Edward Stark manages to create a revolutionary device that is, essentially, a self-sustaining electromagnetic power generator called an Automatic Repulsory Cyclotronic Reactor, or simply ARC Reactor. The ARC Reactor was created using inspiration from both modern Electric Generator Technology with some inspirations from people who made Homemade Cyclotrons. In simple terms, a Cyclotron creates a constantly flipping and switching magnetic field that manipulates protons. Cyclotron Accelerator Kits actually create something similar but instead of accelerating protons, they accelerate magnetic spheres. Normally, Electrical Generators have magnets that spin around stationary coils, which generate electricity.
Tony's design combines these two concepts together by having the same basic concept of a Cyclotron Accelerator Kit being modified to generate a self-generating form of electricity. How it works is by simply having powerful magnets shaped in the form of spheres, and placing them inside sealable tubes of copper or silver, which are then connected to ten coils around the length of the tube. These coils are then given power to turn them into electromagnetic accelerators. As the magnet rolls around the tube, it creates currents of electricity, in which part of this electrical current is then sent into the accelerators to increase the speed of the magnet, which continues to generate more and more electricity until it creates a self-perpetuating loop that sustains itself after a certain point. As the magnetic sphere speeds up it becomes levitated by both it's own momentum and opposing magnetic fields it generates. With a few computer systems added to the coils that detect the magnetic field of the sphere just before it reaches the coil, turning on it's electromagnetic properties to continue the passing of the magnet and further generation of electricity. With some other safety measures added in to keep everything at a stable temperature, the ARC Reactor actually generates a massive amount of electrical power.
The Prototype itself, surprisingly, is able to produce 3 Gigajoules a Second, which is equivalent to 3 Gigawatts a second, three times the amount of energy of a single nuclear power plant. For context, a bolt of lightning has 10 Gigawatts of power coursing through it, all of it released in millisecond, and this Arc Reactor Prototype creates 3/10ths at a much slower rate. Tony does admit to his governmental investors that his miniature Arc Reactor, made in his spare time with a bunch of scraps, only has enough durability to last, at most, 15 minutes of continuous use before the safeties fail and the reactor can no longer handle the stress. After showing them in a ballistic testing zone, the ARC Reactor overheats and melts down, with the last of the safeties redirecting the excess electricity either into the ground or into the air as bolts of electrical power.
However, despite this, one of the more scientifically minded of the government officials says that in 15 minutes, generating 3 Gigawatts a second, and 15 Minutes being 900 Seconds long, the ARC Reactor generated 2,700 Gigawatts of power. If it had been able to go for a full hour, it would've created 10,800 Gigawatts of Electricity. Strictly speaking, if it could produce this much power for an entire year, a single Arc Reactor could easily power 2,628,000 homes, if each home consumed an average of 10,000 Kilowatt-Hours.
Tony also revealed that his prototype utilized 3 magnetic balls inside the reactor, and, according to his tests, each magnetic ball could generate up to 1 Gigawatt of Energy at top speed, and adding more, ideally one per electromagnetic coil, could've created up to 10 Gigajoules per second, the same amount of power as a bolt of lightning. With Funding from the Government and access to much better materials, the ARC Reactor is further refined, and the final products are not only cheap to produce, but they, along with their components, are easy to replace when they eventually breakdown. Not only that, Tony is able to upscale them to generate even more power for much larger areas, or even space faring ships, making the ships entirely electrical with self-sustaining power generators, and thus Electrical Propulsion for Spacecraft becomes a viable option. Not only that, they begin to develop a specialized forms of Ion Engines that draws in Hydrogen from either the Atmosphere or Interstellar Space to act as a propellant. The only downside is that the ships are generally slower in atmosphere than ships or aircraft with more chemically propelled means, but in space, they are 10x Faster.
This time of growth, however, slowly comes to an end as things begin to devolve… For while there are people who accept the revelation of their ancestors and the cooperation with both the Miraluka and Chiss, there are those who cannot accept this. There are many bigots and xenophobic racists who do not take well to their new "neighbors", and, despite the best Law Enforcement does, do enact acts of violence upon them. Others, however, those who do not believe their newly revealed history, slowly begin digging into things that should have best stayed hidden. These people who dig into the Secrets of the Dragons, much to the dismay of the rest of the populace, find an ancient prophecy hidden within Vatican City, a prophecy sealed away by the Last of the Great Dragon Slayers himself, Jesus Christ himself. The spies would read this prophecy hidden within the Vatican, copy it, and would bring it to the people who were either like-minded as them, or to those whose hatred and bigotry overshadows their reason and goodwill.
Woe to ye Terrans, for your time shall one day come to an end… For in a time where we become nothing but myth, and when you lose your powers, two great dragons shall descend upon you from beyond the stars. One a dragon of unknown origins, who shalt raise and ravage your race as if you were nothing… The Other shalt be a Dragon Grey of Scale and with Hatred and Rage shall descend upon you with lightning and death to destroy you all. So shall it be written so shall it be done, for I, Satanael, demand it be so!
This short but significant prophecy, written by the Dragon who shares the name of the Devil Himself, sets forth a fanatical movement, one that, like the Reich of Nazi Germany, rapidly spreads amongst those who are fascinated with the Dragons to the point of Obsession, and to those whose hatred and bigotry know no bounds, create a religious order that worships not only the Dark Side of the Force, but also the most evil and despicable dragons in Mythology, especially Satanael for his prophecy. For 2 Years this religion spreads across the world to the easily influenced, those seeking power, and to those whose bigotry and xenophobia cannot be contained… The World Governments, preaching peace and understanding are unable to stop the spread of this religion… And, the unthinkable happens… These religious fanatics actually begin an unprovoked assault and bombing of the United Nations, where many of the Ambassadors are killed, and the mark of these Chosen of the Dragon, a Dragon's Paw, is burned into the UN's Roof.
This sparks the Worst and Final War of Earth's History: World War 3, though it would later become known as Armageddon. The Chosen of the Dragon, blind by rage and xenophobia, attack any Terran who tries to defend the Chiss and Miraluka, who evacuate to their ships and flee to the nearest Star System for their own safety, while, on Earth, those who sought peace with their neighbors are forced to fight back. Unfortunately, despite the Chosen's initial successful assaults, those they sought to terrorize into submission rise up against them. Unfortunately for the Chosen, whose religious dogma made them fanatical in their ways, not all of them are soldiers, most of them are fanatical civilians driven to violence, and though they outnumber the other Terrans 2:1, the Terrans who embraced their ancestry are much better trained, whether they be soldiers themselves or having chosen to learn the art of Teras Kasi as a hobby.
The Fighting is both fierce and bloody, and, over 25 Years of Fighting, the Terrans who fight for what is right slowly homogenize the world religions, both old and current, into a new Religion, known as Occisor Draconis, the Slayers of the Dragons. This religion would actually revolve around the revelation that most of the "Gods" of Mythology, mostly those who had actually fought and defeated dragons were, in actuality, Terrans who utilized their powers and anything they had on hand to kill dragons, whether by outright killing them, imprisoning and starving them to death, or by whatever other means they defeated these dragons, with Jesus Christ, or as the religion would rename him as Jehovah, being the most prominent of these Dragon Slayers, for, as the Christians would see it, this was Armageddon, and that "Forces of Satan" spoken of in the Book of Revelations were the Chosen of the Dragon, especially considering Satanael wrote the prophecy that the Chosen use as the backbone of their religion and fanaticism. Other ancient deities were added to the Pantheon, with the others being Ninurta (The First Dragon Slayer), Ra, Zeus, Susanoo, Indra, and Baldur. In total, there are 7 Deities, each of them having fought and slain a dragon in their time, with Baldur having been the enemy for Nidhoggr at the end of the Norse Story of Ragnarok. To also maintain the Balance of power between the Deities, Baldur, due to his similarities to Elohim and being the Son of Odin in the Old Norse Faith, is given the role of a playful trickster who, like Loki, often gets himself in trouble through harmless pranks and jokes that spiral out of control, though he always finds a way to resolve the issue peacefully while getting walloped by the consequences as a result.
With this new religion providing them a religious backbone to keep fighting, the Terrans of the Occisor Draconis, and the Conflict Forcing them to adapt and evolve, eventually develop a form of protection that actually manages to turn the tide in their favor… A Form of Power Armor that is given the name the Codename of Durandal. In it's form, to match the ideals of the Old Christian Tradition and the new Occisor Draconis Faith, the Power Armor was given the Aesthetic of the Praetor Armor from the video game series Doom, but given the Neuro-technology of the Halo Video Game series Mjolnir Mark IV Armor, mixed with Tony Stark's Arc reactor technology to power them. This creates a power armor that not only responds to the user's thoughts and motions, but also has enough power that moving in them is literally like wearing a second skin. Not only that, they have Personal Shield Generators that allow the user to deflect or dampen the blaster weaponry that the Chosen had stolen, and has strong enough plating that normal firearms, and even HRGs would have a hard time piercing them.
Even so, after 25 Years of Bloody Conflict, Armageddon ends, and the Population of Earth is reduced down to a third of it's original size, around 2.7 Billion people, with 1/193 of them being soldiers and military personnel. It would take weeks to set up communications with the Chiss and Miraluka about the End of the War, and how it was safe to Return to Earth. When they do, the Terrans would be struggling with deciding how to rebuild the world's governments. With suggestions from both the Chiss and the Miraluka, and a bit of ingenuity, the Terrans decide on creating a form of government that is a more along the lines of a Stratocracy with a Democratic Foundation, in which the Military would govern the Planet in the form of Clans, and the people could put forth bills that could better aid the Clan and their underlings as a whole, in which the Congress and Senate of each clan, who are voted into office by the people, would debate and vote on these bills, which will then go to the Clan Leader, the Highest Military Officer whom both the People and Clan Members vote into office, who has the final say. If a Law is believed it should be introduced to the other clans, the Clan Leaders gather at the Sanctuary of the Clans, which would be neutral ground built upon the ruins of the United Nations, and where the Clan Leaders would discuss and debate laws and military matters, and sitting over them all and mediating between the Clan Leaders is the one known as the Dominus, who, like the Clan Leaders, is voted into office by the people, the Clans, and Clan Heads, and it is the Dominus who not only mediates the Clans in times of Peace, but rallies them in times of War.
However, they do realize that, when they start spreading among the stars, they will begin to run into problems as Colonies spread out and detach from Earth, so, to mitigate this as best they can, they take on the ideology of Dominions, self-governing planets that can rule themselves under the same system, with the only stipulation being they answer directly to Earth, who makes all the major laws. Once the colonies reach a certain size, they can send representatives voted by the people to participate in the Senate within the Sanctuary of the Clans on Earth, acting as intermediaries, as well as the eyes and ears, for their Colonies, and the Clan Heads within the Colony's Sanctuaries can vote on issues that require their own participation, in which the majority vote will be passed to the representative, who will provide it to the Terran Sanctuary Senate, in which all votes will be tallied, while, in the times of a draw, the Dominus will break the tie, the same being said for draws in the votes passed from the Colonies to the Representatives.
To ensure that the governments, and in turn the people, remained informed, as well as protected from the shadows, a new branch of the Government to replace the Intelligence Agencies of Old, is formed, becoming known as the Dominion Security Intelligence, or DSI. This Intelligence Agency would not only act as the espionage agency, but also as the police of the Dominion, in which they would uphold the sacred oath of the Police "To Protect and Serve". However, the DSI shows itself to be not only effective, but also ruthless in the pursuit of justice and the protection of the citizens, seeing any sort of crime organization in the same light as the Chosen of the Dragon. This causes the people to develop a nickname for the individual agents, the Ichneumons. This name was chosen as, in mythology, the Ichneumons were two different types of animals with one goal, to kill and eat dragons, with one being a wolverine sized mongoose, and the other being a shark-like fish.
After the Foundation of the Clans, they would spread back out into the world they had once destroyed, slowly choosing the names of the Clans based on one of the names of their faith's deities. Africa would go to the Rahim, as Egypt is located in Africa. Europe would go to the Baldurim, Asia to Susanim, South America to the Ninurtim, America to the Zeusim, and Antartica, which housed and protected the Civilians during the war, would belong to the Jehovim.
2044AD-2050AD/120BBY-114BBY
Things would be rough for the Clans initially… During the first year, it became abundantly clear that Earth's former cities had suffered tremendous damage to the point that they couldn't be restored, and many of the cultural heritage sites had been completely destroyed by the Chosen of the Dragons as a means of erasing both the histories, religions, cultures of the Ancient Dragon Slayers, with, unfortunately, great success. This would be a great spiritual and emotional blow to the clans as they could not save these pieces of their history. However, defiant in the face of such despair, the Terrans would rebuild, restoring what still worked, recycling what could be salvaged, destroying what couldn't. Thankfully, the Chosen had not been stupid in destroying any of the crops, mines, or even nuclear power plants that would end up causing so much more problems, not only for the Occisor Draconis, but for themselves while they still lived.
With the aid of the Chiss and Miraluka, the Terrans would restore a semblance of normalcy as they would implement their new system of Democratic-Stratocracy. At first, there would be many Terrans, who found ways to access the knowledge of the Pre-Armageddon Earth, that Clans would become authoritarian and oppressive, however, as soon as the clans had a decent sense of normalcy, each Clan would begin their electoral movements, and allow the people to decide who was to be put in charge. This was a bit messy at first as many were fearful of the military being in power, but with a gentle nudge, the people began voting on the Military Officers who would act as members of each clan's Congress, Senate, and finally voting in the Clan's Leader, who would also act as their Ambassador at the Sanctuary of the Clans, formerly known as the United Nations, and finally everyone in the Clans would decide on who would be the Dominus who would mediate and provide the final say on matters.
Thankfully, as time would go on, everyone would begin to increase in comfort as well as population again, with everyone who could work being carefully examined for both their skills and hobbies to find positions they would not only take full advantage of their abilities but, surprisingly, they would enjoy doing. Given how the population of Earth was decimated from Armageddon, the populace would have little choice in the matter until more citizens were born, so they would make due with what they had, and make the most of their bad situation. Thankfully though, the Government made sure to warn people about the dangerous ideologies of the Chosen of the Dragon, and how it was thanks to their bigotry, hatred, and selfishness that decimated the world and how the Occisor Draconis had fought for not only to protect humanity, but also the Chiss and Miraluka who couldn't escape Earth, fostering a mindset of not allowing one's preconceptions and biases to get in the way of their better judgment unless they had good and plausible reason to do so. However, not only that, they foster a very special lesson amongst the youths who managed to survive the War itself: "Protect the Innocent, and Slay Evil Immediately".
This ideology of the evolving Clans would promote the ideological values and virtues of the Ancient Vikings; Independence, self-reliance, loyalty, modesty, hospitality, generosity, compassion, courage, honor, and most importantly, wisdom. Out of all the Virtues, Independence would be the one that would be taken with a grain of salt, as it was the Independent Thought of an angry individual who sought out the Prophecies of Satanael and caused a globe spanning War. However, the Clan Leaders would not have the people shun independence, for it was their will who would decide who sits in office and runs the government for them, and that while Independence was the most dangerous of the Virtues, if it was tempered with Wisdom, Loyalty, Modesty, and Honor, then it could be a virtue of value to the greater whole.
As this mentality spread, Earth would begin to accept their place in the world, and over the course of six years, humanity would not only rebuild what was once destroyed, and, with Arc Reactor Technology, an energy crisis isn't a problem, and creating vehicles such as electric land and air speeders isn't a problem. Not only that, the Military would take the time to look into the problems of the original Durandal Armor, and, yes, it did indeed have many problems. Firstly, the armor was exceedingly heavy, and as such, while it did do it's purpose in keeping the soldiers alive, it required them to be extremely fit in order to properly use them. However, with some ingenuity, the armors were fitted with a secondary layer of tech, artificial muscles and neuro-fibers that could translate the implant in the heads of the soldiers wearing them in order to not only make wearing the suit easier, but they would, beyond what the hypothesis suggested, actually increased the speed and strength of the wearer dramatically, and with the connection to the implant in the head, it was almost instantaneous!
To further expand upon this revelation, the Clans actually begin building a new form of vehicle for war, should the occassion call for it. These mechanical monsters were actually inspired from the Lore of the Dungeons and Dragons Tabletop game, specifically the Giants, the oldest enemies of the Dragons, and, specifically, the biggest of the True Giants in Lore: The Titans. These mechanical Titans would take advantage of the same Neuro-Implants that the Durandal Armor would, all the while employing the advancements made to the Durandal, and then some. Even some scientists working on the Titans actually transferred some of the advancements made on the Titans to the Durandal, which created a mental super-conductive loop of innovation and adaptation. The improved Durandal Armor would, after this started happening, would begin to be compared to the Titans, as such, the scientists working on the projects would officially rebrand the Durandal Power Armor into the Goliath Battlizer.
The Pilots of the Titans would be given specific forms of armor that looks similar to that of the Goliath Battlizer, but would be, by comparison, much lighter in comparison and would be form fitting. However, there is a reason for this, for, unlike the Goliath Suits, these armors would be specific for the designs of piloting the Titans, using a very special and unique form of technology that is known as the "Cerebro-Trace System". It takes the basic concepts of the Goliath Suit's Neuro-Implant and expands upon it with cybernetic spinal grafts. These implants would allow the pilot to link up with a powerful Artificial Intelligence placed inside the Titans that can, in the event of a Titan being destroyed, upload itself into the Spinal Graft until it can safely be stored into a new Titan Brain. This AI allows the Titan Pilots to more easily control their titans and streamline the controls. However, the prototypes of the Titans would have only a single screen with a ton of sensors that, thanks to a certain number of Fighter Pilots testing out the Titans in practice battles, they would point out that their sightlines would be extremely limited. To combat this, the Scientists actually go back to the drawing board and actually come up with a simple but ingenious adaptation of older tech: The Helmet Mounted Display System of the Lockheed F-35 Lightning II. Simply put, but integrating into the Sensor Array of the Titans, much like the F-35, the Pilots would be given a perfect 360 Degree View outside of their Titans. This technology would be improved upon and integrated into the Titans. Because of this system, the Artificial Muscles, and the Neuro-Fibers, the Titans are extremely fast and agile for machines their size, which, of course, is 25ft tall and with perfect human proportions.
When it comes to Armaments, the Titans are generally armed with up to 3 different guns, one very large primary gun, and two point-defense mounted guns mounted on the shoulders. Each Titan has it's own artificial intelligence that is procedurally generated from the user's personality quirks to create a unique relationship between Titan and Pilots, allowing both to work together to operate the weapons and, should a pilot need to detach, the AI can operate the Titan on it's own, albeit it at a slightly slower rate as it has to use it's own processing power to keep up with the advanced systems. The Weapon Systems also include a pair of Ordinance Launchers and Tactical weapons, such as missle launchers and shield generators respectively.
Another aspect that begins to boom is Earth's Spaceship industry, in which Earth, taking design inspirations from the Chiss and Miraluka, would design their own set of Space-Faring Vessels using what are known as Repulsor Engines… Simply put, a Repulsor Engines takes advantage of the most abundant state of matter/resource in the universe: Plasma. The Space between stars, planets, and even galaxies, is rich in plasma, and Plasma are electrically conductive and sensitive to electromagnetic fields. The Repulsor Engine takes full advantage of this through the use of intakes on the sides of the ships that gather Plasma from the space surrounding them, then funneling that energy devoid neutral plasma and running it through massive electromagnetic coils, charging the plasma, and then using repulsive forces to expel the charged plasma out of the ship at extremely high speeds, creating Propulsion. This charged plasma would rapidly bloom away and lose it's energy and return to it's neutral state within a matter of seconds, in which a passing Terran ship would start the process all over again. This makes repulsor engines an extremely energy efficient and clean form of propulsion.
However, due to the size of the ships, it is near impossible to launch the ships from planet-side, so, in an ingenious move, the Terrans come up with an idea to develop space-stations to act as docks and spaceports, to allow the ships to be constructed in space as well as allow trade and easy transport. Not only that, by emulating the Chiss's Hyperspace Beacon Drones, via using the Space Stations as Waypoints through the chaotic and ever changing Hyperspace Lanes that the Chiss Described were common in their section of the galaxy. Funnily enough, it was due to one of their drowns having been knocked out of it's position by some space debris and ending up in the Earth System that the Chiss even found Earth, while the Miraluka had a malfunction of their ships make a randomly calculated Hyperjump to Earth that they met the Terrans.
By the end of the September 2050, the First of these Space Stations, called Terran Hyperlane Xenorallier 1138, or simply THX1138, was fully built. Funnily enough, to those who had been there to witness the Chiss and Miraluka land on earth, the numbers 1138 meant something, for that was the Month, Day, and Time the Chiss, Miraluka, and Terrans had begun their relationship, so this space station was made and named in memory of that event. However, not long after this, the people bring to the Claneaders the request for a new Timeline System that pays homage to their ancestors.
The Timeline is broken up into 3 distinct Eras, for the Moment, the Draconic Tyranny Era (DTE), The Dragon Slayer Era (DSE), and the Dragon Extinction Era (DEE), in which they propose that the Dragon Slayer Era would, after much research, would determine the Dragon Slayer Era would be between, according to the Old Timeline, between 5,500BC and 1,500 AD, while the Tyranny of Dragons would be from, as best as they can measure, would be from the Early Jurassic/Late Cretaceous Period to 5,500 BC, while the Dragon Extinction Era would be from 1,500 AD to the Present. The idea isn't that far-fetched for the Clan Leaders of the Dominus, however, that is when, out of nowhere, the Sanctuary of the Clans get an alert from the Jehovim of Antarctica.
"Fa- My Lord!" A man says, correcting himself, "I know I likely have limited time to debrief you and the rest of the council, so I will try to keep this short… We Found something…!"
"What did you find?" The Clan Leader of the Jehovim asks, a look of pride on his face. To those who know the Jehovim Leader, they know that this man they are speaking to is his son, an ambitious man who had begun a successful mining business in Antartica a few years back. He had chosen an isolated region far away from the natural habitat of the animals that call Antarctica their home and had gone to great lengths to preserve these habitats against any harmful effects his business could cause.
"We've found what appears to be classified as a Pyramid deep beneath the ice here in Antarctica! I've already sent you the Coordinates, but, somehow, it is generating a massive amount of heat from inside, and I wish to request guards and an archeological team to come here to-" The Miner says before suddenly screaming in pain on screen as the Clan Leaders and Dominus look in horror, including the Chiss and Miraluka Ambassador, seeing there appears to be an unknown alien species to appear behind him and knock him out. The creature then looks at the camera, tilting it's head left and right before the Jehovim Leader glares at him, stepping forward.
"You had better not think I will let this slide…" The Jehovim Leader growls, "You lay another hand on my son and I'll mount your head on my wall!" The creature looks at him through it's helmet, revealing a monstrous face where a creature has long dreadlocks of hair, a large wide head, and arthropod-like mandibles with razor sharp teeth inside.
"Good Luck…" A Voice says to them before the creature grabs the unconscious man and destroys the communication array. All that can be heard after the communications are cut is the wrathful cry of an angry father, baying for blood. This man, this Dragon Slayer, the Leader of Clan Jehovim, is named Charles Weyland, and come hell or high water, he was going to get his son back from this animal. Or die trying…