Colossus By Design: Season 2 - Log 43

[October 24, 2151]
[Global Union of Divisions Headquarters]
[Antarctica]

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Despite the mild summer season, ice as strong as stone still coats much of the Antarctic landscape. However, temperature is not the main concern for the Global Union of Divisions as of that moment. Rather, their primary issues revolve around the recent casualties sustained during the campaign on Jiran Island to resuscitate the then-comatose Gamera.

Although the mission was successful, Godzilla, the Warmongers, and Mobile Titan Force 1 were inflicted with heavy damage, leaving all of the defender machines and half of the MFT1 squad in the repair bay and infirmary, respectively.

Meanwhile, Godzilla lies asleep outside, with many puncture wounds slowly healing; his daughter Jira is resting right beside him after staying by his side since he came back last night. Whilst the two of them sleep and the other Warmongers and part of the MFT1 squad undergo treatment, Blade of the People and the rest of the G.U.D. begin organizing the next stages of the plan to retake Earth from both the Legion and the Children of Monsters.

Deep within the various sublevels of the headquarters, all critical personnel and political figures are present in the War Room; Blade of the People is present via holographic interface.


(Chancellor Dmitri Kalashnikov): So what now? My daughter and the others are hurt and out of commission.

(Minister Diana McAllister): How long will it take to get the Warmonger and Mobile Titan Force 1 back up to full strength?

(Feng Lee): About 4 days, ma'am. Godzilla, I don't know, but definitely a bit shorter.

(King Eugene Roy): Yes, well, it seems we don't quite have that long. As you can see here.......


King Roy brings up a hologram showcasing grainy surveillance footage of various Centurion sites around the globe; all carry large quantities of Legion eggs. They've also become much more vividly colored, taking on brighter hues of orange and red.


(King Roy): What little intel we have on the sites of each Legion colony suggest they're nearing the completion of their life cycle.


Another hologram is brought up, this time showing a computer-generated simulation of a Centurion releasing its pod and catapulting the carrier of the next generation of Legion via an enormous oxygen-based explosion at the pod's base; it levels several kilometers of terrain outright in addition to causing the atmosphere within proximity of the blast to ignite spontaneously.


(Dr. Wei Ho): Unfortunately, we've predicted that the germination of even a single pod would result in massive collateral damage, destroying a large area outright, followed by the surrounding atmosphere being set ablaze.

(President Shinji Kazuma): And let me guess...... because there are so many pods all over the world, we could be facing an extinction-level event from all of them launching simultaneously.

(Dr. Wei Ho): Yes. I believe so.

(President Nigel Mandela): So how much time do we have before they all germinate?

(Dr. Anna Maximoff): We don't know for sure. Only that it will occur some time in the next two weeks.


As the simulation of the pod germination ends, another holographic simulation is brought up, this time showing the effect of a chain reaction of Centurion germination across the globe; it eventually ends in a charred and dead planet.


(Denouncer Sun Chan): And what of the many fallout shelters around the world?

(Feng Lee): Unfortunately, the chain reaction of these pod launches would render the surface uninhabitable for an indeterminate amount of time. And we're on borrowed time as it is. We wouldn't be able to evacuate even half of the population.

(President Shinji Kazuma): And we don't have the resources to effectively eliminate every single colony.


Everyone in the room is visibly stressed out and quite stumped on what to do next. Everyone except Dr. Jiro Ifukube, that is. He's the only one smiling, prompting the rest of the personnel and political staff to turn their attention to him.


(Feng Lee): Sir, you're smiling. It's either really good...... or really bad....... for you to be smiling.

(Dr. Ifukube): Perhaps a bit of both. We do have one trump card that could play to our favour.

(King Roy): And that would be WHAT, exactly, old man?

(Dr. Ifukube): I direct you all.... to this.


Dr. Ifukube brings up one more hologram, this time detailing the late Dr. Laura Reed's research notes on various Atlantean technology and concepts, as well as all old and recently profiled information on Gamera. In particular, Gamera's new mutated form and abilities are on display, as well as Dr. Reed's notes on Atlantis's theory of creating a living deity.


(President Mandela): The turtle? Jiro, you have to admit, that all sounds quite far-fetched.

(Dr. Ifukube): Maybe. But what else could explain this sudden massive increase in his power, as well as the fact that every animal on Earth has begun to bow to his presence?

(Everyone): What?


As the others are left visibly confused by Dr. Ifukube's last comment, the old man smiles to himself and brings up several surveillance feeds around the world, showing the wildlife bowing as Gamera flies overhead to chase down Irys Prime and his cohort of Gyaos.


(Dr. Ifukube): He kept the Earth safe before from the Legion invasion. Perhaps he's the key to putting an end to it all, especially now that he has become..... "absolute" in power.

(Minister McAllister): Then what do you suggest, Ifukube?