Colossus By Design: Season 3 - Excerpt 1

"And so, the game begins."

"What will the Humans do, I wonder? Will they break their limits once more and win out? Or will the cycle be broken?"

"Is it possible that they might finally crumble at large, releasing me once and for all?"

"I don't know for sure what will transpire, but I eagerly await the result."

"This colossus by design is more curious now than ever before. May the Meta judge them accordingly."


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[July 15, 2166]
[Luna Orbit]

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The fleet of mining ships and Guardian Sentinels is stationed around Luna; they've been put on high alert due to the presence of numerous anomalies out in the further reaches of nearby space.


(Fleet Cmdr. Kimi Yamada): [COMMS] This is G.U.D. Mining Commander Kimi Yamada, we've detected multiple anomalies coming in from Mars's direction. Can anyone confirm what it is we're looking at?

(Cpl. James Patterson): [COMMS] Unknown, ma'am. We detect extremely high Ki signatures, but we haven't got a visual yet.

(Fleet Cmdr. Kimi Yamada): [COMMS] Alright, as soon as we get a visual--


All of a sudden, the anomalies phase into existence right in front of the fleet; they're primarily composed of massive conical ships that are several times larger than the flagship mining vessel of the G.U.D.'s fleet. In addition to them, multiple mechanical humanoids the size of Guardian Sentinels are dotted throughout this new fleet; they appear to be a mass produced version of what was supposed to be a hypothetical Mimetic Colossus design.

Without warning, powerful energy beams shoot out of the sides of the ships, cutting apart many of the mining vessels.


(Fleet Cmdr. Kimi Yamada): [COMMS] GODDAMMIT, RETURN FIRE! GUARDIAN SENTINELS, PREPARE TO--


One of the Mimetic Colossi suddenly shoots forward and rams into the flagship, bisecting it and cutting off the fleet commander's orders. However, the rest of the G.U.D.'s fleet has gotten enough to enact a counterattack.

The Guardian Sentinels fly through the vacuum towards the opposing fleet; they climb aboard the enemy ships and engage the Mimetic Colossi in spacefaring dogfights. Meanwhile, the mining vessels maintain a good distance from the enemy fleet and fire off their own energy weapons designed to easily cut through asteroids and planetary crust. Although these fail to inflict noticeable damage to the Ki-using Colossi, the enemy ships are scarred quite readily despite the size difference.

Unfortunately, the G.U.D's forces are outnumbered quite readily and steadily being pushed back towards Earth. To make matters worse, some of the conical vessels open up, revealing that they've brought in Kaiju that appear to have escaped their confinement at the U.A.C.'s colonization facility on Mars.


(Cpl. James Patterson): [COMMS] This is a distress call to C.D.F. forces on Earth! We need support from earthbound Guardian Sentinels!


At first, nothing else happens, and it seems that the corporal's COMMS hail has been ignored; the unknown enemy fleet continues to put pressure on the G.U.D.'s own.

Suddenly, blue and purple atomic energy beams shoot out from the Earth at blinding speeds, easily cutting through the conical vessels and dispersing the Kaiju and Mimetic Colossi.


(Gnrl. Rico Rasczak): [COMMS] We got better support than that.


The telltale atomic breath weapons continue to fire off into the opposing enemy fleet, finally forcing them back after nearly an hour of the G.U.D.'s forces being pushed back themselves. However, as the fighting continues, a small offshoot stealthily sneaks past the heavy space combat. This breakoff group is composed of Mimetic Colossi and Kaiju surrounding what appears to be something of particular importance, given that they've gone to such great measures to keep it concealed and inconspicuous.

The object can be JUST made out to possess what looks like tentacles.


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[Cape Town, South Africa]
[African Mainland]

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What was thought to be a simple terrorist attack on a G.U.D. city conducted by the Axis Alliance has turned out to be something much worse.

The streets have been turned into an all-out warzone between the local C.D.F detachment and members of Lion Claw and the Axis Alliance after an investigation into the sewers went south and revealed that a huge number of terrorists have snuck into Cape Town. The two groups working together is particularly troubling given the former's manpower and the latter's immense resources; they're much stronger together than either would've been alone.


(Sgt. Mosa Martin): Dammit, how the hell did Lion Claw get their hands on Praetorian exosuits? We're being pinned down, and our drones are being shut down by those Post-Humans!

(Pvt. Kyle Hale): Ma'am, we might need to retreat further into the building! It'll be putting the civilians inside at risk, but we need to get better ground on them!

(Sgt. Mosa Martin): Agreed! Lay down covering fire to cover our scuttle!


Some of the front riflemen provide covering fire so that the bulk of the squad can retreat into the office building behind them. All of a sudden, an object bursts out of the concrete from behind the terrorists: a Mimetic Chariot. Its sickly green hard-light colouration and twitching nature clearly denotes it as a Loyalist unit.

It fires off its nose-mounted particle beams at the squad just before they manage to get inside.


(Loyalist Chariot): First targets eliminated. Proceeding to next targets.