Roughdraft Submission - FE Sequel

[General_Hoohah]

This is only a rough draft. The ideas are sound and organized but I don't have a name for the race of war criminals, and the dates may need to be altered. I'd rather not create an alternate time line, and be part of the official FE story line... if thats possible. I'd love to be part of that! So I'm trying hard to work it into the story and wedge it in between stuff, without being intrusive to the story line.

I figure at the end of the story, the ISDF could mostly remain out of the Earth's solar system, concentrating on fighting against anything that wants to start anything with earth, becomming more and more powerful. BUT they remain focused on keeping the space safe for the earth, and always remembering the lesson they learned from the evil acts that Braddock used the ISDF to commit. Never again will they allow such a man to lead them. They're more organised at this point, more powerful, and more focused on their goal to protect Earth and its allies. But they'll rarely visit earth, and when they do the AAN doesn't appreciate them and the EDF don't care for them either.


Story Concept D, Rev. 03
Part 1

On March 14, 2025, an object slowly drifting towards our solar system is spotted by Hubble II. After observing it for nearly five years, NASA concludes that it's derelict, does not seem to have any means of propulsion, so far has no signs of life, and that it looks as if its sustained massive hull damage. They have many guesses as to what it could be, but what ever it is the US Military wants it bad!

As the object becomes closer and closer, communications traffic between NASA and key US officers in the EDF and AAN increases. In 2030, before the object can be damaged by the asteroid field around our solar system, several biometal space vessels kept hidden by the US from the EDF are fitted with stealth technology, and are sent to intercept the object, board it, and tow it to Pluto where it remains hidden behind the planet for study.

By 2032, an overwhelming amount of data is gathered from the object. It is found that it is nearly one hundred years old, only a small chunk of a much larger ship, and that section of ship had once been used as a storage supply deck. Not only that, but this massive ship was a warship! Records and schematics of highly advanced military based biometal technology, crafts, weapons, and nanotechnologies are also collected, including something they cannot ascertain without further data; a small piece of a very large, highly advanced machine that had probably been under development at the time of the war ship's destruction as this technology was more advanced than anything else found and locked away carefully in a protective shock proof case.

Conspiracies start to form and the US government decides to hell with the EDF. They're tired of squabbling 3rd world countries, the bureaucratic bullhoot, a weak paper tiger Earth Defense Force with poor funding, low standards, terrible almost non-existent training, and old outdated technology.

In 2033, the ISDF is secretly reforms in a joint effort with certain countries as allies, including Japan, England, South Korea, Russia, and Germany.

Later in that same year, in a joint effort between all the participating nations, the ISDF seals up every hole in the vessel and easily converts the large craft into a suitable research facility. Leading teams of scientists from each country board the object and over the next five years, they make tremendous strides, improving biometal and other technology by combining their own knowledge and ideas with what they found aboard the derelict ship section. With nanotechnology, they learn to build highly advanced equipment that can manipulate the building blocks of matter, giving scientists the ability to strip a molecule of the elements making it up, then use those elements to create new molecules! By combining this type of technology with biometal, they learn that what they thought they knew about biometal technology was only a small stepping stone leading up to what is actually possible, although they haven't gotten it all figured out yet and won't for a long time.

As a result of this research, biometal collection and production increase in speed and use less energy, and many forms of technology, ships, and structures become more and more efficient and require less biometal and energy to produce.

So far the ISDF has managed to keep all of this a secret, but trouble arises in 2036 when a mole is discovered. In a desperate attempt for his life, the mole flees from a research station on Pluto aboard a scout, then escapes on a small vessel hidden in a canyon. A mission is staged to eliminate the mole before the can meet his contacts on Titan, but the ISDF doesn't make it in time and the EDF is made fully aware of the situation.

The AAN furiously demands that the ISDF stop all activity, but they refuse, defending them-self with the explanation that they shouldn't deprive humanity of such important technology and the protection it can provide, just because of the evil acts of one man who abused it. As a result, the AAN angrily throws out all nations involved with the ISDF from the AAN and the EDF. Skirmishes break out on several planets, but they are called off by both sides before things get ugly. From this point on, the ISDF is on the borderline of being an enemy to the AAN and EDF.

Within a year, through the use of the ISDF's new biometal technology, a massive collection of space stations, space ports, research facilities, ship yards, bases, resource stations, and training facilities are established on Pluto, Neptune, Europa, and mining facilities along the asteroid belt. Enormous asteroids are mined for their biometal and all other elements for use in nanotechnology. Everything needed to sustain and support life can now be replicated using nanotechnology, and storing supplies was no longer a problem because they could be created so quickly.

By 2038, space travel between solar systems was possible within only weeks and large ships were under construction.

By now the trajectory of the space wreckage and point of origin had been long determined. In 2042 a fleet of ships fitted with new engine technology leave their docks and set out on the mission to scout the object's point of origin. Later in that same year, the debris field from which the derelict vessel originated was found. A small research outpost on a nearby planet was established. It was a desert like planet with small tropical oceans, and scattered wild life, astoundingly not that far different from life on our planet. The planet had low biometal resources, but served as a more than an acceptable place to establish the first base outside our solar system simply for research.

According to data logs found in escape pods found on its surface, the planet was named Wren. However, no traces of who ever occupied them were ever found. After several years of sifting through wreckage on and off the planet, data put together from several damaged flight recorders were put together and they were able to calculate what direction the ship had come from by slowly collecting and translating data logs, and found records of stops around the galaxy. A staff of thirty-two men and women were left on Wren to finish establishing a base and to conduct research. The rest returned home with what they had found, and the decision to trace the war ship's route and find the pieces to this mysterious unknown technology was made.

Later that year in the winter of 2042, plans are drawn up and work begins on new ships for this long mission, measuring over three miles long, and armed to the teeth for what ever lie ahead. A squad of newly developed Nanotech Recyclers were loaded into its storage bays for the establishment of military bases. Its decks included living quarters and all the comforts of home for over fifty thousand military personnel, black ops, research and development, and security personnel. The ship also featured many areas for training, relaxation, entertainment, etc. Several war cruisers designed to piggy back on the flagship were also built. Four squadrons of space fighters, 2 squadrons of recon ships, a new fleet of utility ships, and a new fleet of drop ships were also loaded into its hangars.


To be continued......

[General_Hoohah]

Story Concept D, Rev. 03
Part 2

After nearly five years of development and construction, the flagship begins its journey in 2047.

After several months of travel the flagship arrives at a war torn planet, whose ecosystem has been totally killed off. It didn't seem to have once been a heavily populated planet in the least, as they only found a small collection of military installations. The planet's surface was similar to Titan, but larger in size, about the size of earth. They explored the creepy abandoned military installations, finding thousands of corpses and wrecked war units. The events on this planet were estimated to have happened about the same time as the destruction of the war ship. Using information found on the barge and the space debris, they figured out where to find the next piece, which was found in a hidden underground prototype development lab, still being guarded by automated mechs and defenses. Who ever was developing this incredible technology was taking great lengths to hide it from someone, but from who is the question.

By combining every bit of data they could find, starting with the debris fields at Wren and ending with this new find, they head to another solar system, finding a similar base. The story is the same, and they defeat another automated defense system after a good long battle, and secure the next piece which was again stored in a secret location. They also try to find as many clues as they can and attempt to put together the mystery of who created this technology, what it was intended for, and who's been killing off its creators. Also, they can't help to wonder which side was which. Were the creators of this technology or their enemies the 'bad guys'?

The ISDF travel to another solar system and drop their troops and science teams on a new planet, but this time they make an unpleasant discovery. A once largely populated world is completely killed off. The massive amount of destruction is frightening as they observe the billions of skeletons and crumbled cities littering the planet. Again they find another piece, found in a dangerous base that is not only guarded but falling apart, resulting in several men losing their lives, and only one successful rescue of a recon team.

It is decided to stay for a short spell and explore this planet. There may be other forms of technology to be found, if this is the home world of the race who created the technology they're looking for.

Their suspicions pay of big. They find nanotech biometal production and research facilities that are mostly all still half in tact! Because of this find, they learn the basics of biometal production and how to better access and manipulate biometal memory cells. Several more highly advances in biometal production and technology.

During their explorations of this planet they find half destroyed ships of several types who they believe were most likely the invaders who destroyed the planet. The heaviest unit is a large hover tank that looks extremely dangerous and menacing; with fire power that far exceeds our own. The decision to beef up our forces is made and new units are designed using the latest technology, including tech from the invading ships that were found. One of these units still under development is the newly redesigned Grizzly, a larger heavier tank compared to the Sabre, with twin heavy canons, a mortar, and a special like the original, but also added is a newly designed weapon; a new type of ammunition using energy charged explosive projectiles and fired from a heavy chaingun.

Nervously but still determined and with new confidence in their updated arsenal, they follow the clues and travel to another system, this time finding an underground military base similar to the previous ones. This planet is very strange. It's made up entirely of forests, with stone roads and clearings. This place looks as if someone went through a lot of trouble to make it look as nice and pleasant as possible. There are also ancient ruins with markings that are startlingly similar to the Greek language. Language experts translate the writing and learn this planet was the original birth place of a race named Prometheans, the same race who was wiped out on the previous planet. They also believe now for sure that this race is responsible for the creation of the highly advanced tech they've been searching for and may have even invented biometal!

[Information about the Greek God Prometheus, is explained to the player at this point and how they believe there was some truth to the mythological tale, and how the Prometheans may have impacted human history back in the times of the Greeks.]

This time however, they are attacked on the ground by several light scout ships. Simultaneously, long range communications are discovered to be coming from a military outpost on the planet's surface. A mission to destroy the communications array fails to get to the outpost in time, and the long-range message deep into outer space had already been received and replied to. They of course secure the next piece. What really scares them however is the signal was sent to the same exact location the next set of clues pointed!

Many passengers aboard the ship become nervous, mostly the research teams, and request that they do not continue any farther until more data is gathered before they go rushing into anything. A meeting is held to discuss the possible consequences of going any farther, but because they are so close to figuring out what this extremely advanced unknown technology is, they decide to continue. They secure the next piece of the puzzle, and continue forth to the next solar system. While on route, they prepare for the worst, making sure every ship and every piece of equipment is in top condition.

As soon as the ISDF sets up a base, they are instantly attacked by ground forces. After a long vicious battle and many casualties, the next puzzle piece is secured and the ISDF quickly retreat to the next solar system. However, the aliens they encountered were a horrifying race of war criminals. They loved to kill, butcher, and torture any human they could find, and decorated their ships with blood, skulls, and dead bodies. These aliens were insane and their lack of tactics was their greatest strength, making their tactics erratic, suicidal, and hard to predict. It was recorded by one ISDF soldier that a live human soldier had been chained to the front of an enemy tank, screaming as friendly fire ripped his flesh apart. Daunted and distraught, they press on, but none of them will ever be the same after what they saw.

Figuring they don't have much time until their new enemies catch up to them, they establish several military bases. Alien craft arrive soon afterward, and the ISDF try to fend off the enemy for as long as they can until the next piece is found, but the primary military base falls. A team is sent out to try and get the base on line, and successfully hold off the aliens for a good amount of time, but after several raging battles, the aliens find the next piece and leave the system. Battered and nearly beaten, the ISDF find the site where the next piece was taken from, gather the data they need to know where the aliens are going, then quickly board the flagship and head for the next piece of the puzzle. While on route, the ISDF begin to rethink their strategies. New units are designed, and new weapons, better technology, and better armor are added to their existing ground and air forces. Also, they'll be much better prepared the next time since new Grizzly is fully ready to go and all the recyclers have been programmed for its production. The Howitzer is also brought back, a redesign of the old one from the days of the NSDF.

The next planet is astonishing. A synthetic planet made entirely from biometal! (It is later discovered, this planet was the military stronghold of the ancient alien race killed off by the race of war criminals) However, the aliens have been here for a while and have already established a large base, but seem to be having trouble obtaining the next piece, as it is being guarded by a massive force of automated air and ground units.

The human research teams by now have finally found out what the aliens already know. This mystery technology is the individual pieces to a warp gate, enabling travel from one place to another instantly from one gate to another, no matter the distance! The best part is, if they can collect all the data and pieces, they'll be able to replicate it! Realizing the significance of this kind of technology, a massive string of battles breaks out, all three sides fighting each other. The aliens use every dirty trick in the book and then some. Each time an ISDF base is brought back on line after being ravaged, another one is taken down. Meanwhile they're also fighting off the automated forces, and trying to figure out exactly where the next pieces are being kept, while also trying to protect their research personnel.

The battlefields are littered with wreckage as far as the eye can see. Thanks to the new Grizzly and several other new units, the ISDF and their enemies are almost even now. Battle after massive battle the ISDF some how endure against the bloody tanks decorated with chains and skulls, that just seem to be driven by a blood lust to kill, until finally both sides figure out where the next part is being held. Both stage an assault.

The ISDF and aliens create a base near the site at opposite ends and launch a strike, resulting in all three sides surprising each other by all of them meeting at the same time, resulting in one final major battle on this planet. Even with the newer types of ships and weapons the ISDF have been developing, made specifically to fight against this new enemy and their vicious style of warfare, they still fall, but not without securing the next part. They quickly leave the system in pursuit of the next piece, but not before leaving behind a tactical nuke to destroy any evidence of where the next piece is.

Suffering heavy loses but still able to hold their own, the ISDF scrambles to attend to their wounded and repair or replace any damaged or destroyed recyclers before their new enemy can catch up with them. However, aliens have a harder time finding the next site, giving them a brief three months to try and get reorganized. At the next site, the ISDF finds out by translating a log, that unless the coordinates are changed without the correct security codes, once the gate is first activated, it will automatically connect to another gate that has been built in the center of a collective of several massive military bases.

The ISDF gets a sneaky idea and corrupt the log so instead of military bases, it says civilian space stations, then stage a fake mission where they group all the pieces in one place, then pretend to try and protect them, intending for the aliens to win and secure all the pieces. It works, and the aliens piece together the gate close to the planet. Several days later they activate the gate, and an entire war fleet of mixed alien ships come out of the gate and destroy the alien warship fleet with a massive barrage of fighters and warheads. The fleet of war ships contact the human flagship and make peace with the humans, explaining to them what this is all about and welcome them as a new ally against the race of war criminals they and their allies have been fighting for thousands of years. They speak greatly of the Prometheans who created the biometal and the warp gates, but tell us that race has been nearly wiped out, save for a small handful who were rescued from stranded ships and bases that were evacuated before being completely destroyed. They were an ancient race of highly advanced beings, and were the first to be attacked by the race of war criminals. They were the ones who created an alliance of five different species of intelligent life, against the threat. However, they were also the first to be completely wiped out as punishment for that action.

The ISDF join the alliance, but are soon told they have left a trail for their new enemy, almost right to earth! Their base on wren had been captured and the coordinates to earth had been discovered by their enemies! However, because of the condition of the ISDF forces, who cannot fight at the moment because they are in such bad shape and are no match for their new enemy's main forces, several alien flag ships and destroyers have been sent to guard the Earth's solar system. While the ISDF recover, they are educated about this new enemy, how they fight, their technology, and how to counter against it. As a result they develop new units, including new ground forces, air units, advanced resource and production plants, weapons, and defenses. They are also given shield technology, and other various technologies to help them in the new war.

The human flagship returns home, using new stealth technology to slip right by enemy scout ships. They reappear right in front of their home base on the edge of their solar system, startling those who had never seen such advanced technology. Everything is explained, and the ISDF marches out in large numbers with a show of their new military strength, bursts into the AAN and tells them that they don't have a choice now. There is a new enemy, much more powerful than anything the EDF has ever faced, and the ISDF is going to protect earth whether they like it or not.

Soon a fleet of war ships are built, and nearly all of the ISDF recruits hundreds of thousands of people from countries all over the world, who soon ship out to fight Earth's new enemy in a string of intense battles across the galaxy, trying to help restore peace once again and protect their home planet and its allies from anyone who commits evil acts.

The ISDF have three main goals now which can be played over and over in multiplayer games:
1. Engage and destroy ANY hostile forces converging on the earth
2. Establish bases and take back the Prometheans military stronghold planet (unnamed so far)
3. Punish these war criminals for their crimes by destroying every last one in combat.

THE WAR RAGES ON

[General_Hoohah]

I just updated part 2 again for better grammar, and better transition from the non-BZ version of the story to the new version. Its a tad smoother read now.

[Clavin12]

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[Warfreak]

Either write like an actual person or dont write at all.

And yes, it is chosen as a Gov. Project location alot.

[General_Hoohah]

After all that work I did and the first post is that? Thats actually kind of insulting.

[General_Hoohah]

Wait! I think I just realised my ADD kicked in again. Who was the bad guy in BZ2... its been a while since I played through the original BZ2 story. Was it Braddock or Manson?

[Nielk1]

Braddock, who is dead at the end of BZ2's Scion Tree (you kill him, or rather, his Walker).


I don't think it is up to you to decide what is a community project.
Normally most of the group that forms would make the story and not one person. If one person makes it, then its more that person's project and the rest his mod team.

[General_Hoohah]

Where did that come from? I'm not trying to control anything....

!?!?!?

[Clavin12]

I think its great, sorry if my first post was insulting i apologize i didn't mean to be. i like it.

[Nielk1]

Where did that come from? I'm not trying to control anything....

!?!?!?

What? I just said that because the title changed (or this is the first time I noticed the thread title). I'm not saying anything wrong or bad here?

[General_Hoohah]

I'm confused....

[Clavin12]

I think he thinks that since you renamed this after the 1.3 community project your assuming that its going to be the storyline for it, but your not you said so.

[General_Hoohah]

Its a submission. Whether its used by you guys is up to you. Thats why its called a submission.... lol

But it probably won't be. No one ever uses my story ideas. I can give someone the best story in the world, and they won't want to use it. I really don't know why I'm doing this.

The great thing about this story however, is that I reworked it so it doesn't interfere with the FE story at all! The only thing that changes is a few countries are kicked out of the AAN, and thats it. The ISDF goes and does their own thing and the EDF goes about their own business.

Those countries can be allowed back into the AAN at the end of the story, which means NOTHING will interfere.

However, this opens the doors to a lot of possibilities in future stories.
- The ISDF is back around and out doing their own thing
- There are new tensions between countries in the AAN
- There's a tip in the balance of power, even though the ISDF doesn't want to have anything to do with the AAN and only cares about protecting earth
- There are new races introduces and a new enemy
- In the future there could be conflict between the EDF and the ISDF for starters.

[VSMIT]

First of all, we need to decide whether or not there will even be a 1.3 community project.  I rather doubt it.