On the eve of the battle

[majestic_keiki]

[Shortly before the assault on the Wulgaru gate, Kei can be found looking out the window of the now evacuated Star Rose, looking at the full might of Earth's space fleets gathering outside. Belorussian and Chinese divisions side by side with those of the US and Western Europe.]

This is it, isn't it? If there is a battle and we lose, there isn't going to be anything left to protect the Earth.




But seeing the nations put aside their differences like this is something that the aliens haven't seen before either.

Comments

[star_of_sad]

They are working together. Just this one time... the GDF really are working together.

[Setsuko would lie if she said she wasn't nervous.]

1/2

[majestic_keiki]

Yes. It's really impressive, especially so shortly after some countries decided to create their own peacekeeping group because they didn't have confidence in us.

2/2

[majestic_keiki]

I just hope that it will be enough and they'll accept a central command.

[star_of_sad]

If only there was more overlap between SSR supporters and GDF members...

No, nevermind. Thinking about what-ifs won't do us much good, will it?

We need to focus on the incoming operation.

[majestic_keiki]

Right. And we only need to destroy the gate and not try to take and hold a position, we can fall back and regroup after it is destroyed.

[star_of_sad]

A hit and run operation, isn't it? Unfortunately I don't think they'll let us get in undetected...

[majestic_keiki]

No, but we don't need to hold the opening for very long to succeed. Then we can fall back, regroup and work out how to deal with the stranded wulgaru.

[star_of_sad]

The way we describe it makes it sound so easy...

Kei - good luck. I know you can do it. You, and all your friends. We worked hard for this moment.

1/2

[majestic_keiki]

Thanks.

2/2

[majestic_keiki]

We'll show the wulgaru what humanity can do when we stand together.

[star_of_sad]

Yes.

Even if we are not powerful individually, we can stand together. That is humanity's greatest strength.

[majestic_keiki]

Yes. And the wulgaru have never seen us united like this before.

[star_of_sad]

Would you... like something to eat, after this is over? A celebratory cake, or something similar.

I am not acting like we already won, it'll just be an incentive for us all to return safely.

[majestic_keiki]

I would.

We'll have cake once the gate has been destroyed.

[star_of_sad]

Then it's a promise.

[mc_of_mcs]

Whoa...

[Nep places her palms against the glass as she joins Kei looking out at the forces gathered.]

This really doesn't happen all that often here, huh?

[majestic_keiki]

No. For most of our history we made armies to fight each other instead.

[mc_of_mcs]

To tell the truth; it used to be kinda like that where I come from, too.

[majestic_keiki]

I see. I guess that's common wherever you go...What is the place you live like anyway?

[mc_of_mcs]

Gamindustri, huh? Hmm...if I had to describe it...it's peaceful, and made up of floating islands.

There are four nations on the biggest ones. I'm in charge of one of 'em, and my friends rule the other three.

[majestic_keiki]

Is your home actually called Game Industry?

[mc_of_mcs]

It's Gamindustri. That's one word with an 'i' at the end.

[majestic_keiki]

Still pretty close.

So the heads of your countries are friends? Seems a lot more stable than here. Helps that there are so few countries too, I guess.

[mc_of_mcs]

Hehe...it wasn't always like that.

I mean, they were all trying to kill me before in this thing called the Console War and made me lose my memories...

We were all fighting each other too.

[majestic_keiki]

Wait, what? What was the war even about?

[mc_of_mcs]

Something to do with Share Energy that comes from people believing in us. It's the stuff that lets me transform and do the things I do.

I guess we were trying to get more for each of ourselves, and wasted hundreds of years doing that.

[majestic_keiki]

So like any other war. About resources or just fighting for the sake of it.

[mc_of_mcs]

We didn't have soldiers fight for us, though.

It was just the four of us trying to beat each other up.

[majestic_keiki]

How is that a war? That's just a brawl.

[mc_of_mcs]

No idea! I'm not the one who named it, anyway.

Even if I did, I don't remember the reason anymore!

[majestic_keiki]

True.

In any case, we've had huge wars with millions of people dying on both sides. So seeing people stand together like this is impressive.

[mc_of_mcs]

Well, I haven't been here long, but I know what you mean.

It's a bit like how I felt when we finally put aside all the bad blood back home.

[majestic_keiki]

And we're not just making peace, we're coming together to save our world.

[mc_of_mcs]

I've actually been wondering...

If this works, after the fight's over...won't these guys go back to trying to do what they do?

[majestic_keiki]

Probably. But I hope they'll at least take a while before they do so.

[mc_of_mcs]

No way...

And there's nothing we can do about it?

[majestic_keiki]

We're just soldiers, not politicians. We can't make everybody make peace forever.

[cloningblues]

Remember when the Kijin Emperor attacked? It was similar to this. Only less coordinated. This is the first time when so many countries actually run an operation together.

[majestic_keiki]

Yes. It's quite a sight...Other than the NUNE, who isn't part of this? Both Unity Group and SSR backers are out there.

[cloningblues]

Just some groups that couldn't spare the resources to pitch in, I think. Other forces that have any kind of space presence are all here.

Everyone together against a common threat. Wasn't that the reason Unity Group was created?

[majestic_keiki]

It was. And now it's there...For at least one battle.

[cloningblues]

Let's only hope even more aliens won't attack us before that battle, though. A force of this size attracts attention.

[majestic_keiki]

Or that we lose. If the collected space fleets of Earth are out there, we'd be helpless if we suffered a bad defeat.

[cloningblues]

That won't happen. We must win this. I made promises.

[majestic_keiki]

So did I.