Colossus By Design: Prologue

[March 1, 1954]

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Several miles away from the determined site of the Castle Bravo nuclear bomb is a military cruiser several kilometres away from the blast radius. The Alpha can be seen surfacing from the depths of the ocean near the determined site of nuclear testing.

Castle Bravo is detonated soon after; its mushroom cloud covers several hundred miles, but Alpha isn't anywhere to be seen within the blast radius. On-board the cruiser, several scientists watch from a safe distance, including Dr. Kyohei Yamane and J. Robert Oppenheimer.


(Kyohei Yamane): We have been using these bombs for so many years in this region, and yet he still lives.

(Julius Oppenheimer): Castle Bravo is the largest yield atomic bomb to date, at over 15 megatons. It far exceeds our original projections, and we have yet to see any sign of this 'alpha predator' of yours now, unlike previous tests where he resurfaced almost immediately.

(Kyohei Yamane): But what if it doesn't work again, Oppenheimer?

(Julius Oppenheimer): Then we continue testing. No living creature is immortal.

(Kyohei Yamane): But he has consistently proven that he is no mere creature! It is, in effect, a living god! Besides........ if we were to somehow kill it, what would the scientific community lose in terms of such a valuable specimen?

(Julius Oppenheimer): Kyohei, I thought you would be glad to be rid of this beast, after its appearance caused the death of your colleague, Serizawa.

(Kyohei Yamane): I did wish to see it destroyed once before....... but that's in the past! Daisuke spent his whole studying the creature, and I've come to realize that he did not want to see me seek vengeance against a creature whom never intended that result.

(Julius Oppenheimer): It's too late now. We've seen no signs yet of it resurfacing--


Following the dispersal of the mushroom cloud, the jagged dorsal spikes of Alpha are seen resurfacing from the depths. The entire group of scientists begins to tremble in fear and awe at the creature that survived the largest nuclear bomb in the Pacific to date.


(Kyohei Yamane): We've only angered this god even further.....


Down in the depths, a slowly emerging crack in the bottom of the ocean reveals light, as well as a small flow of essence, seeping out of the crack. The water surrounding this crack also flickers and ripples with some kind of invisible energy.