PART 1: The Beginning of the War
Friday, January 3, 1995 (Ultiverse Century) Southern Zero 10:20 AM. At the Vankurk military base, about 180km from the city of Anville. A warning alarm suddenly sounded, headquarters detected several aircraft approaching the air area of the town of Anville. The superiors also announced all personnel to attend a brief briefing. Hearing the announcement Frigate rushed to the briefing room. The atmosphere there was very chaotic. Everyone was confused because it was their first time experiencing such a tense situation. Then a boss shouted to stop the noise. "Attention! Headquarters has just detected several unidentified aircraft entering the airspace of Anville city. We still don't know whether those planes are dangerous or not, but we want to send some of our planes there to be on guard…." Before the boss could finish speaking, Suddenly the warning alarm went off again. This time the City of Anville reported that several bombers were attacking them. "Enough of the briefing! I ask all of our fighter pilots to go to Anville City!"
10:25 AM. The warning alarm continued to sound. All troops went to their respective posts, and all fighter pilots rushed to their separate planes, including the Frigate. The atmosphere around the runway was already boisterous. When the Frigate went to the Hangar where the aircraft was located, there were many sounds of fighter jets starting their engines. When the Frigate arrived at the hangar, there were already technicians who had prepared the plane. "This is your plane. We have prepared missile ammunition and others. It looks like this will be an air fight, so you don't have to worry about threats from below," said a technician, the Frigate replied with gratitude. The frigate then boarded its plane and steered it onto the runway for takeoff. "I Frigate callsign Mirage 12, requesting permission to take off! The frigate requested permission from the Air Traffic Controller to take off. The ATC replied, "Your Mirage 12 has been permitted to take off, be careful there." After the Frigate was given permission, the Frigate immediately went to take off.
10:30 AM, 100 Km from Anville city. All the existing planes lined up information. The group of aircraft consists of 3 Squadrons, namely Mirage Squadron, Golem Squadron, and Eagle Squadron. Each Squadron consists of 15 aircraft, and Frigates are included in the Mirage squadron. "Mirage Squadron reports for duty," said Mirage 1, the Mirage squadron captain, then followed by other squadron captains. "Here, Golem 1, we are ready to fight the enemy." "Here, our Eagle Squadron is also ready." Then a radio transmission beep was heard. "Alright here, Flyby, I'll be your AWACS for this battle, everyone checks your planes, and we'll be rushing to the city of Anville." "Okay, Flyby" "Flyby ready," answered several pilots. All of them checked their plane and then went to the City of Anville.
10:32 AM, South Area of Anville City. The Squadrons have reached the city of Anville. There have been seen several enemy aircraft that attacked by several city facilities. "Here, Flyby, I detected 30 bombers and 20 fighters. Take them all down before they add to the damage to the city and prioritize your attacks on the bombers." A pilot from the Eagle Squadron asked, "Are they from Northern Zero? But it is not possible! Southern Zero and Northern Zero have been at peace for 200 years since the first great Kaiser war," Flyby replied, "I don't know. Still, obviously we have to fight these planes first" hearing that word, the Frigate then accelerated his plane and then attacked the enemy plane. Frigate managed to get a position on the tail of the enemy. The enemy tried to avoid the Frigate behind him by maneuvering left and right. Still, the Frigate managed to follow the enemy's movement. He then locked his attack and prepared to fire missiles. But before the Frigate managed to fire the rocket, the enemy suddenly dived upwards. Fortunately, the Frigate was able to react quickly and dived up and then fired the missile.
Frigate immediately fired two missiles and hit the enemy plane directly, and made it down. It was the first plane he destroyed in his career. AWACS Flyby praised him, saying, "Mirage 12 just brought down an enemy plane! Good job, Mirage 12," hearing that the Frigate and the other pilots were getting excited to fight the enemy. They then attacked each other's enemy aircraft. But the enemy troops also put up fierce resistance. The white smoke trails from the missiles and the white smoke trails from the aircraft engines that covered the sky made the blue sky of Anville even more beautiful. Each plane from the Southern Zero (SRZ) and Northern Zero (NRZ) fired bullets and missiles.
The SRZ managed to bring down 20 bombers and nine fighters from the NRZ Party, while the NRZ only managed to bring down six planes from the SRZ. Flyby also said, "Alright, everyone! The number of enemy aircraft is getting less and less! Drop the others!" but suddenly, Flybye detected something on his radar. "Hmm, wait a minute, I detected something entering our atmosphere, but the pattern is not like an airplane…. Oh no! It's!" Flybe was suddenly surprised. The other pilots were confused and asked, "Hey Flybye, what's wrong?" asked Mirage 1. But suddenly, they saw a massive explosion in the area north of Anville City. A significant blackish-red smoke was seen rising high into the sky until it penetrated the clouds. The atmosphere that had been blue turned into a twilight red. The residents of the city of Anville became panicked. A large earthquake occurred due to the explosion earlier, 10:59 AM, City of Anville. "What's that?"
"Bomb? Nuclear Bomb?" "Hugh!" "Th- My family lives there!" "Damn NRZ! They destroyed our city!" those were the words Frigate heard on the radio just after the explosion. All the pilots were confused before they fought the enemy planes to prevent the city from being destroyed. Still, now their city was destroyed, and it wasn't caused by the aircraft they were fighting. They felt their struggle was in vain, and they became angry. "Hey, Flyby! You hear me?! What should we do!" Asked the Mirage 1 in an angry tone, Flybye replied, "This is unacceptable! NRZ is destroying our city! They had violated a 200-year peace treaty! Everything! Attack the remaining enemy aircraft!" with burning anger, they all attacked the enemy troops, and out of all of them, the Frigate was the first to attack. The frigate immediately rushed to attack the enemy, and he was determined not to spare a single enemy. But before he could shoot, the enemies had already retreated from the city.
"Come back here, you bastard!" shouted Frigate furiously. "Mirage 12! Come back here! You've gone too far after them. You can't fight them alone either! We have to return to base!" said the AWACS Flybye to the Frigate who had gone too far after the enemy. Frigate was forced to stop his pursuit and must contain his anger. But before he could attack, the enemies had already retreated from the city. "Come back here, you bastard!" shouted Frigate furiously. "Mirage 12! Come back here! You've gone too far after them. You can't fight them alone either! We have to return to base!" said the AWACS Flybye to the Frigate who had gone too far after the enemy. Frigate was forced to stop his pursuit and must contain his anger. But before he could attack, the enemies had already retreated from the city. "Come back here, you bastard!" shouted Frigate furiously. "Mirage 12! Come back here! You've gone too far after them. You can't fight them alone either! We have to return to base!" said the AWACS Flybye to the Frigate who had gone too far after the enemy. Frigate was forced to stop his pursuit and must contain his anger.
The SRZ troops succeeded in repelling the enemy troops from the NRZ. Still, it was not commensurate with the number of victims who died due to the explosion earlier. It is estimated that around 12,000 people died as a result of the attack. Luckily, the blast occurred in a less populated North Anville City, but it was still a considerable loss. The explosion also caused substantial financial losses. The effect of the blast was so strong that it formed a large crater hole. Northern Zero had just broken the peace treaty after 200 years. And with this, Southern Zero again declared war on Northern Zero.
Meanwhile, at Northern Zero...
10:45 AM, Equatorial Military Headquarters, Northern Zero. "Clear system, clear air pressure, clear firing trajectory. Planetary Railgun ready to fire," said an officer operating a giant cannon. "All right! Execute the Planet Shot operation!" commanded a general there in a firm tone. Then an officer did a countdown "Planetary Railgun ready to fire in 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1… Shoot!"
"Planetary Railgun successfully fired and will hit Vankurk Military Headquarters in 15 minutes."
The Planetary Railgun is a giant weapon developed by Northern Zero in secret several years after Northern Zero's defeat in the first great Kaiser war. The function of the Planetary Railgun is to shoot giant bullets from one planet to another. Because the distances between the planets Southern Zero and Northern Zero are close to Earth and the moon, the NRZ decided to use this weapon to destroy the Vankurk Military Headquarters in Southern Zero.
10:59 AM, Equatorial Military Headquarters, Northern Zero. "General! The Planetary Railgun was successfully fired, but the shot landed on Anville City, sir," said an officer to a general. The general was surprised. "What?! Didn't we already aim the fire at the Vankurk Military Headquarters?!" said the public, then the officer replied, "Indeed, sir, but the shot missed 120Km and hit the northern part of Anville City" The general did not expect his shot to miss that far, 120Km is indeed far but for the standards of interplanetary weapons such as the Planetary Railgun, that distance just a little. The general then approached his deputy general. "This is serious. SRZ must hate us now," said the general to his deputy. "That's okay. We have anticipated events like this. This attack might anger the SRZ side and might invade our planet too rashly and too hastily. We need to shift our plan to plan B," said the deputy general. "Okay, then I order all our troops who are there to retreat. The mission has been completed," the general ordered to the officers who were there. The general also ordered the others to anticipate the SRZ attack in the next three weeks.
Three weeks after the NRZ attack on the city of Anville, the SRZ responded with a counterattack on NRZ by landing on the planet Northern Zero. Still, the SRZ was too hasty in attacking and did not prepare enough troops for the operation. The NRZ had anticipated the arrival of the SRZ troops and attacked them before they could land. The SRZ party was also surprised by the Planetary Railgun's attack on their forces when they were about to enter the atmosphere of the planet Northern Zero. Although the SRZ troops managed to land in the end, this operation was still classified as a failure because many of their troops had died since the first operation.
2 Months since Operation Landing....
SRZ Quickbase 1, Northern Zero. At the Quickabse 1 emergency base, there is an Assault Carrier named Junius, Captained by Giselle Hall. Junius is an Assault Carrier with a length of 410m by a width of 256 m (from wingtip to wing) with a capacity of 7,578 crew members, has two runways, and can carry up to 150+ planes. Still, due to the small number of troops, Junius only carried one squadron of 10 aircraft. This Assault Carrier is the only remaining Assault Carrier of the five Assault Carriers belonging to SRZ since the landing operation to Northern Zero. So that the SRZ can win the war, Junius is ordered to return to Northbase Military Headquarters in Southern Zero so that the data can be retrieved and reproduced.
"Everything! Make sure everything on this ship is ready to go, check all the equipment and the condition of the aircraft, we must leave this ship immediately," ordered the Giselle the Captain Junius, "Captain! I detected six unidentified aircraft are coming towards us from 9 o'clock, "said Laura, the crew in charge of navigating Junius. "Damn! We're not even ready to go, Andrew! Immediately turn on the aircraft engine," Captain Giselle ordered to Andrew, the crew in charge of controlling Junius. "Okay, Captain!" Andrew replied. The enemy aircraft detected earlier was NRZ-delivered fighter planes assigned to monitor the state of the SRZ Headquarters. Still, they were also authorized to attack things deemed dangerous. "Oh, so that's Junius. I guess SRZ doesn't have an Assault Carrier anymore. Hey captain, should we attack them?" Asked the enemy pilot to their captain, "No, our job is just to monitor and report," replied the Captain. "But their number is only small. I will attack them," said the pilot. He ignored his captain's orders and went to attack. The pilot's captain told him to return, but the pilot was too confident and was already preparing to attack.
The frigate who happened to be on duty at the base saw the six planes approaching the base. The grudge he has harbored since the attack on the city of Anville makes him angry with the six planes. He ran to his plane and immediately took off. After the Frigate took off, he immediately fired his missiles at one of the enemy aircraft. The missile warning alarm immediately sounded on the enemy plane. The pilot, who did not notice the arrival of the Frigate attack, immediately shouted, "Missile Missile! There are missiles!" the other pilots were surprised. They didn't expect that one plane was still operating. One of the enemy pilots underestimated the Frigate's attack and said, "If only I could fight this guy" he turned his plane towards the Frigate.
The position of the Frigate and the enemy aircraft were then aligned facing each other. The Frigate freezes the front of the plane and makes it as hard as Crystal, the enemy then fires missiles and bullets at the Frigate, but it has no effect on the Frigate plane. The frigate then crashes its plane into enemy planes. Thanks to the freezing earlier, the enemy plane was destroyed and exploded while the Frigate plane was still intact. The remaining aircraft were confused and couldn't believe what they had seen. Thanks to the freezing earlier, the enemy plane was destroyed and exploded while the Frigate plane was still intact. The remaining aircraft were confused and couldn't believe what they had seen. Thanks to the freezing earlier, the enemy plane was destroyed and exploded while the Frigate plane was still intact. The remaining aircraft were confused and couldn't believe what they had seen.
One of the pilots said, "Benoit has been dropped! Did that plane crash into Benoit?! Impossible!" The frigate then shouted angrily and challenged them to fight him. "Come here! Fight me, you bastard!" The ice frozen by the Frigate earlier turned into flames, and now the Frigate was enveloped in a fiery red love. Seeing this, one of the pilots panicked and said, "Captain, he is coming towards us! What the hell is that plane? It's on fire!" Junius crew, who saw the incident, immediately reported to Captain Giselle, "Captain, look at that! There are still planes operating, and he is fighting the enemy!" Captain Giselle, who saw the Frigate's action, was immediately amazed and confused because the Frigate plane was covered in fire. The frigate shoots his aircraft towards the enemy, fires two missiles at the helicopter, and destroys it instantly. He then moves as fast as lightning-like lightning and instantly kills another plane and all that with his aircraft. The remaining three planes immediately panicked. The enemy pilot captain ordered to retreat and prioritized his surveillance report to headquarters. "Come back here, you coward!" shouted the Frigate as he chased the plane, but the action of the ice, fire, and electricity caused the Frigate to break down and slow down. Captain Giselle, who realized this, immediately ordered his crew to bring the Junius Ship closer to the Frigate Plane. Junius then opened the runway gate and ordered the Frigate to land there.
The Frigate then lands its damaged Aircraft onto the Junius ship. When the Frigate opened the cockpit and got out of the plane, he was immediately greeted with applause from the rest of the crew "You are great" "You are a savior!" "Thank you for keeping them away from this ship," said several crew members of the Junius ship who were on duty there. Frigate didn't know what to say and could only reply with a thank you. Then the Frigate was visited by one of the officers there. He noted that the Frigate was ordered to go to the control center of the Junius ship to confront captain Giselle. The frigate received the order and went to the control center. When he was there, he saw the same expression on the runway earlier, an expression of surprise and amazement. A tall woman then greeted him with blonde hair and well-dressed high-ranking captain Giselle. "Welcome to Junius. I am Giselle Hall, the captain of this Assault Carrier," the Captain said to the Frigate while shaking hands. "I am Lowa Frigate, belonging to the Mirage Squadron, the 12th and only pilot left of the Mirage Squadron."
After shaking, hands Captain Giselle introduced the Frigate to the other crew members in the control center. There was Andrew in charge of Engine and aircraft control, Robin in charge of Junius Armament, and Laura in charge of Junius Navigation and the others. Laura then asked Frigate, "Hey Frigate, are you an Ulti? Can you bring out that power again?" Frigate told Laura that he didn't know. His power only appeared when there were enemies around him. Ulti is a term for people who can control the power of the elements. The power of this element occurs due to the extremely high mutation content of Planets Southern Zero and Northern Zero. But the inhabitants of both planets have adapted to control that mutation into an elemental force,
"So, what's your plan?" Ask the Frigate to Captain Giselle. "The central government ordered us to return to North base Headquarters at Southern Zero, but our supplies are low, so we have to recharge at Quickbase 2, 400 km from here, then we can fly away to Northbase," said Captain Giselle, explaining the plan to the Frigate. Frigate was forced to go with Junius because Frigate didn't want to be trapped on Planet Northern Zero. "Then please help Mr. Frigate," said captain Giselle to the Frigate.
Meanwhile, at the NRZ Equatorial Military Headquarters…..
An Azrael Assault Carrier Captain named Matteo Renvil was summoned by a General to his room to be given a new assignment. "Come in, Renville. I have a task for you," the general ordered. "Our plane has just returned with the latest surveillance report. It turns out that the SRZ still has one Assault Carrier. If the ship manages to return to their Headquarters at Northbase, it could be dangerous," said the general. "There's only one ship. It should be easy to stop them," Renvil said to the general. The general then said, "But Renvil, there is one unusual thing, there is one pilot who can combine his elemental power with his plane. "What? That's impossible. It's probably just a rumor," Renvil said to the General. The General was also not convinced by the news, but he asked Renvil to be more careful. "Take Azrael and the Raven Squadron with you. You guys are the experts at bringing down the aviators," the General ordered to Renville. Azrael is an Assault Carrier made by NRZ. Although it is smaller than Junius, Azrael's ship is faster than other Assault Carriers and is suitable for pursuit missions.