srwu | An end, a new beginning

"This is it."

Time has passed after the Lady has fallen and Apollonius "Loni" Gavin was dealt with for the final time. It seems as if Earth became a peaceful place - possibly an illusion, as true peace is never permanent. Someone will always fight, or abuse others for personal gain. Even now, troublesome and worryig groups are somewhere out there, some outside Earth and some within human society. The rogue Zentradi, VIPER, greedy eminences who guided Fumerco and so many more...

And yet, dangers - the type that can be fought by an organisation like Unity Group, are for now over. Little by little Project Unification was nearing disbanding, and now it is truly over.

"Huffman left already, to deal with his 'research'. Looks like everyone's returning to their old pre-UG posts. I'll miss commanding a ragtag bunch instead of an actual military unit."

"A ragtag bunch that the media is mad about. Don't get swarmed by reporters or let that fame get to your heads. But then, I suppose you all are part of the group that saved the world."

"We'd never do that if Project Unification didn't work together. I won't forget that: I know many of our members are going back to civilian life, but if you want to transfer to one of ESUN's other units, there's a commendation waiting. And not just from me - Kazahara said he hopes he'll get to see some of you again. If he misbehaves just tell me... Is this still recording?"

"Of course it is. It always is."

...

"..."

All the time, Inspector Jou kept to himself. He is one of the last few to leave Sakihama Base.

"My millenia-old mission is over. Maybe now I'll be able to die in peace, without regrets."

"But for now, there's still life ahead of me. Ahead of everybody."

The story is over. But even if it's not being recorded, even if history's annals have nothing to say about it - life goes on.

[No responses to NPCs here. Instead, this is a post for writing what happened to your characters after the game ended. Or you can write your own dedicated post, as was already the case for several characters.

This is the final mod-written post of the game. Thanks for staying with us, everyone!]

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Having learned lessons about how to function and not live to merely defeat your adversaries, Solaris fared considerably better after the dissolution of Project Unification than they did when the Great Black Void was first defeated. Growing old and wishing to retire after nearly twenty-five years of leading the group, Director Harper began to take Mizuki under his wing and prepare her for leading the group. The plan was disaster relief, with David, Lagardia, and Zankuro to be trained to be a new Solaris team.

However, in the midst of the restructuring, danger struck. An abstract alien force attacked, using the Director as a vessel with which to manifest, and Mizuki barely defeating it and saving the Director though he was left comatose. Exhausted and bedridden, Mizuki was forced to stay on the sidelines as Acting Director, but resolved to see Solaris lead the charge against this new threat and stop it before it threatened the world.

Lagardia helpfully was able to explain that these entities were the "Empty Ones", creatures that could only exist in empty space, and who would reproduce by asexual division as the universe continued to expand. Their previous attempt at reproduction had occurred during the reign of, and been halted by, the Ebon Court. But there was no Court anymore. Someone else would have to ensure humanity's safety to take back the light and lives stolen by the Empty Ones.

And that team was... the SolTaker team!

Edited 2016-09-02 04:36 (UTC)

Flit continued to stay with Leos and Lana in their odd little family dynamic, providing some much-needed technical know-how and brains to it. His relationship with Leos was certainly... unusual. But there was nobody else he'd rather be with.

He would also never hesitate to rise in defense of Leos and Lana, to protect the innocent lives they had found for themselves after so much suffering and struggling. In contrast to his youth though, Flit approached combat with an even, arguably soft approach, only killing whenever it was absolutely necessary and otherwise using the AGE-1's Razor blades to safely dismember enemy.

The AGE System continued to be used to advance medical knowledge and humanity's understanding of the Universe, as opposed to developing weapons. At the top of its priorities was a cure to the radiation sicknesses that gripped much of the Vagan population, and afterwards a solution to the radiation shielding problem so colonization itself could begin anew.

Also, in the limbo of unrealized fates, Kio and Asemu screamed in a rage at how they would never be alive to disappoint him.

The respite from the Noise incidents had given Hibiki time to assist Roger in Paradigm, both in serious incidents and also the common occurrence of cats getting stuck in trees. Back at Lyrian finally, Hibiki continued her studies, with mind, spirit, body, and pistons primed and ready for when the Noise returned.

She never did meet Schwarzwald again, but in learning about him, Hibiki gained newfound respect for journalists and those that searched for and wished to spread the Truth, whatever it may be.

In spite of his his desire to help out the would-be Apogees be their own people, Roy got some pretty hostile vibes from Gwen which made contributing on the VIPER front a bit difficult. Probably had something to do with being blamed for introducing tons of complicated concepts to the already-complicated Jen/Gwen relationship with Sielje.

Still, he set up his own security firm, always able to find work in spite of his blatant lack of professionalism and tendency to disregard peoples' names for his own, zany equivalents. He often found himself working alongside the Gloster Foundation and Lenore especially, sometimes even being hired by them. The survivors of World Materials and Erria found employment under him.

But there was also the matter of Beatrice and this SCCF splinter group...

Abducted by agents of the self-declared "Archimedes Group", Beatrice found not a resistance cell that saw her not as a leader, but rather another experiment... or rather "Life Fulcrum".

Committed to discovering the secret of immortality, the Group had broken off from the rest of the SCCF, taking with it every specimen possible that they hoped could let them learn the secrets of life and death and intent on studying and experimenting on them as much as possible.

If you're expecting to hear that Beatrice, now-humbled, realized the error of her ways and somehow escaped and fought for justice, then you'd be disappointed. Beatrice embraced her new lot in life, eager and happy to still contribute towards an "ideal" world.

Rather, it was another Life Fulcrum who raised the alarm and contacted the ESUN with the Group's headquarters, using the subsequent attack to attempt escape in a commandeered Galantine mook. Beatrice would finally be killed in the siege of the facility... in a last stand and a final battle against Roy to give the Archimedes Group's leaders as much time as possible with which to escape with the most dangerous and powerful of the Life Fulcrums still in their custody.

A new battle was set to begin, Roy intent on seeing the Group's plans stopped no matter what they may be. But he wasn't alone. There was another hero to this story; immortal and determined to see the Group pay for their actions even more than Roy.

And her name...

Is LF-00!

Though Roy would often just call her "Miss Meatgrinder" with how often she'd get killed.

Edited 2016-09-03 00:37 (UTC)

Having had her day in the limelight, Selena was happy to return to the shadows with Elma, as it were. But she and Elma never forgot any of the allies made in the Unity Group, and always made good on showing up and saving the day whenever things seemed bleakest, and lowly mook teams faced absolute annihilation.

Selena was an occasional, if oft-unexpected guest of the Balmarians as well, providing pragmatic, outside advice to Armana to ensure that the race would not make the same mistakes as they once had.

Curiously, after a point in time, Elma stopped being seen... only to show up once more not as a tiny little subot, but rather a fully-functioning and lifelike android. Thanks for the help, Doomstar!

They stayed partners until the end of their days, in more ways than what they started as.

... Elma was forced to take Selena's last name, much to his embarrassment though. Poor bastard didn't have one himself.

With her relationship with Peola providing her a VERY MUCH needed out from the bullshit of her family, Ana finally found peace of mind, happiness, and an a family that was actually loving on Magnolys.

Being a princess consort was a huge change of pace from being a test pilot, but finally having the support of a family rather than just being forced into the role, Ana was ready for it.

An end, a new beginning

Mizuki and Solaris

Flit Asuno

Hibiki Tachibana

Roy Garnette

Selena Recital and Elma

Anastacia Nelfess