Colossus By Design: Season 2 - Log 146

[Date Sighted]: July 8, 2166
[Location]: Former Axis Alliance Headquarters; Australian Outback, Australia

[Height]: 3.1 meters
[Length]: 2.7 meters
[Weight]: 780 lbs

[Abilities]: Can emit a Micro-Oxygen Beam that can tear apart the molecular bonds of organic beings and carries large kinetic force against inorganic objects; highly regenerative body that can break down into lesser forms and recombine back into a functional state; great strength that can tear apart small vehicles and lower-rated suit systems

[Appearance]: Dark-red and black crustaceous aesthetic and shell texture that's adorned with spikes all over; eight sprawling legs from body base, two crab-like claws situated on the front of the body base, and two large appendages situated near the rear that angle over for stabbing motions; short tail at the rear of the base ending in a claw-like apparatus; body extends upwards from the base with a thick and long neck; structure resembling a closed Death Lilly is present on the front of the main body; terrifying head with protrusions shaped somewhat like demonic wings, dark yellow and orange compound eyes, and a mouth with an inner secondary jaw

[Codename]: Destroyer Aggregate

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Out in the thick of the desolate and uninhabitable Australian Outback, an investigation team was sent by the G.U.D. to gather evidence at the Axis Alliance's former headquarters to track down the terrorist conglomerate.

However, something has happened.

The lead team that ventured into a cellar next to a greenhouse is engaged in heavy action against an enemy unlike any ever glimpsed before: Destroyer Aggregates. There are three creatures in total, all quite imposing compared to the Human-sized team of Synthetic C.D.F. militiamen they're opposed to.

The soldiers fire upon the Aggregates with plasma and stun rounds, but this proves futile. The animals easily shake off the effects of concentrated stun fire, and though plasma bolts are effective, they quickly recover from the shots due to the strange regeneration factor they possess where wounds briefly break down into a lesser form of the creature before returning to an uninjured state.


(Cpt. Angelo Antonio-2): Goddammit, back out, back out!

(Helen Stockman-31): Sir, those are--

(Cpt. Angelo Antonio-2): It wasn't a request! Everyone out!


The group slowly backs out of the cellar doors whilst the captain and his squad maintains suppressive fire on the Destroyer Aggregates. All of a sudden, one of the lieutenants next to him is blasted by a stream of micro-oxygen energy that sends him flying back. Just as the captain reacts to this, one of the Aggregates backhands him with one of its appendages and knocks him away from the others.

Thankfully, the rest of the group has managed to steer clear of the greenhouse and is booking it from the area; the rest of the C.D.F. forces sent to investigate the area start moving in to engage the enemy.

Suppressive fire is maintained from all directions to keep the creatures' attention away as the captain and his lieutenant are pulled away from their proximity. However, the creatures simply do not go down, for their wounds heal much faster than the militiamen can inflict them; this is despite the fact that nearly two dozen soldiers are firing on them with various small arms weapons fire.

After several seconds of sustained firing, the captain manages to get back to his feet and get his COMMS line active.


(Cpt. Angelo Antonio-2): Bring in....... Bring in the heavy equipment!

(Sgt. Mikka Hada): On it!


One of the sergeants motions for some of the privates next to her to follow her to the back of the convoy; the other squads cover their exit.

The rest of the C.D.F. militia group is now forced into cover as the Destroyer Aggregates go on the offensive. They spray their micro-oxygen beams all over the place, destroying lightly-constructed structures and keeping the troopers pinned down; the Aggregates now begin to advance on their positions. Just as one is about to peer down over a piece of concrete where one of the officers is hunkered down, a noise is briefly heard in the distance.

Before it can react, the leading Aggregate is hit directly in the face by a scram rocket and sent flying onto its back. Soon enough, Sergeant Hada and the privates in tow can be seen climbing over a hill; they continue to fire scram rockets at the creatures, forcing them back bit by bit.

Finally, a flurry of multiple rockets catch the animals in one big cluster, creating a chain explosion that builds up in intensity as more explosives are sent into it to maximize overkill damage potential.

The rest of the C.D.F. forces anxiously wait for the dust cloud to settle.

Once it does, the result seems to be clear; the Destroyer Aggregates have been entirely demolished. All that's left is a small puddle of yellowish-green blood. However, the puddle starts to vibrate and shake; it transforms into a small swarm of small Destroyer Scuttlers that quickly scurries back into the cellars from which they came.


(Cpt. Angelo Antonio-2): Is it....... over?

(Sgt. Mikka Hada): For now, it seems so, sir. We've managed to drive them off, but for how long I'm not sure.

(Cpt. Angelo Antonio-2): Alright, we'll need to come back with a full task force to quarantine the area. Helen, you were saying something earlier. What is it?

(Helen Stockman-31): Sir, the creatures we just fought were remarkably similar in morphology to the supposed Scuttle Crabs discovered on Jiran Island. In fact, it seems that the very same creatures reformed from the leftover blood after the larger colonies, those.... "Aggregates" were destroyed.

(Cpt. Angelo Antonio-2): An evolution, perhaps?

(Helen Stockman-31): Maybe. But there's something else about them. Something MUCH worse.


Helen Stockman-31 brings up her datapad and scrolls through a few files before stopping on one in particular; she shows this one to the captain. This certainly raises eyebrows, figuratively speaking, thanks to the sensitive content of this file in particular.

Whilst Captain Angelo-2 is thoughtfully processing this, some of the squad behind him murmur and whisper among themselves.


(Helen Stockman-31): Those energy beams that those Aggregates used is very similar to the manner in which the Oxygen Destroyer works, the one that the Japanese were developing during World War II.....

(Cpt. Angelo Antonio-2): And the one that killed Bagan many years ago.

(Helen Stockman-31): Precisely. And not just that....... I found Ki readings from the Aggregates similar to that of Bagan's own evolutionary line.

(Cpt. Angelo Antonio-2): I need to inform the G.U.D. on this immediately then. General, do you read? This is Captain Antonio-2 of the Axis Alliance investigations crew.

(Gnl. Rico Rasczak): [COMMS] I read you, captain. Report.

(Cpt. Angelo Antonio-2): We have a problem, sir. A MAJOR problem.