Colossus By Design: Entry 0064 - Turn of Events

[November 23, 2145]
[Antarctica]
[Global Union of Divisions Headquarters]
[Underground Warmonger hangar]

[All six international Warmongers are currently under repair in the hangar]
[Freedom of Justice begins to come online]


(Thomas Scott): Uggghhh........ what happened?

(Engineer): Ah, Freedom, nice of you to join the land of the living again.

(Thomas Scott): Wait..... we're all here? And why can't I move?

(Engineer): Please relax, Mr. Scott. You've all been heavily damaged, and your repairs aren't due for completion in at least 3 more days, maybe more.

(Thomas Scott): What about the rest of the world?!? Who's gonna protect them?!

(Engineer) Please, sir, I don't--

(Dr. Ifukube): No need to explain.


[Dr. Jiro Ifukube walks into the hangar on one of the upper platforms]


(Thomas Scott): Dr. Ifukube!

(Dr. Ifukube): I see you're wide awake now.

(Thomas Scott): We were defeated by those P.E.M.F.s.....

(Dr. Ifukube): Indeed. Unfortunately, we could not salvage any other Warmonger units for defensive purposes, and recently, more P.E.M.F.s have been appearing in major cities.

(Thomas Scott): But what does that mean? What are the governments doing?

(Dr. Ifukube): Something that I cannot stop, something that will only temporarily stall their advance. Laura?


[Dr. Laura Reed steps out beside Dr. Ifukube, and soon Dr. Wei Ho and Dr. Anna Maximoff come out as well]


(Dr. Reed): Yes, Dr. Ifukube is right. The governments began a global evacuation, moving civilians into underground shelters. Meanwhile, more P.E.M.F.s have begun to spring up on the surface, and are scouring every inch of each city.

(Dr. Ifukube): Military forces have been keeping the creatures busy during the evacuations, though their efforts are quite futile.

(Thomas Scott): Well, why not use this time to use nuclear weapons against them?

(Dr. Reed): Unfortunately, it isn't quite that simple. Whilst we do know the average force needed to kill each P.E.M.F. variant, the global supply has nearly been exhausted without recent replenishment, we can't make them fast enough, and the governments are afraid that excessive usage will cause too much damage to urban infrastructure.

(Thomas Scott): So..... we're the last hope then?

(Dr. Ho): I personally would've preferred we just lure those non-standard P.E.M.F.s towards the regular variants.....

(Dr. Maximoff): And how would we do that?

(Dr. Ho): I don't know, echolocation signals, disease bio-weapons, WHATEVER!

(Dr. Maximoff): Oh, so you'd rather--


[Dr. Ifukube holds his hand out; Dr. Maximoff and Dr. Ho quiet down]


(Dr. Ifukube): Yes, Mr. Scott. You Warmongers, once fully repaired, will serve as part of a major operation to take back the invaded major cities.

(Thomas Scott): Happy to do my part, sir.

(Dr. Reed): Sensei, didn't you forget--

(Dr. Ifukube): Oh, yes, of course. But in good time, Laura.

(Dr. Reed): Right.

(Dr. Ifukube): At ease now, soldier. You'll need your rest.


[Freedom of Justice powers down; workers continue their repairs on him and the others]
[The four leave the hangar and enter an isolated conference room]


(Dr. Ifukube): Alright, what do we have?

(Dr. Ho): Well, according to these.....


[Dr. Ho pulls up a hologram containing photos of the Atlantean structures found by scout submersibles on the 8th]


(Dr. Ho): The entities seen were both Atlantean in origin, the Betas and this Gamma.

(Dr Maximoff): And they weren't just around during Atlantean times.

(Dr. Reed): What's that supposed to mean?

(Dr. Maximoff): My findings on that Beta's corpse suggests that the Atlanteans created it. Or, at least made their ancestors.

(Dr. Ifukube): Which also means that they might've made the Gamma too. But what about the other symbols?

(Dr. Ho): I'm not exactly sure, but I may have deciphered the other two entities of the Four Symbols.

(Dr. Maximoff): Do tell.

(Dr. Ho): The tiger is upright, but it has no fur, and a very ornate back. I believe that perhaps it could be interpreted as the Alpha.

(Dr. Ifukube): The Alpha? If that's the case.......

(Dr. Ho): Then they would've definitely known about it.

(Dr. Reed): But what about those ancient Jiran drawings? The Alpha and two other entities are beside it, and yet those are several times older than these Atlantean structures.

(Dr. Maximoff): Perhaps they didn't create the other two, but instead those ones had existed before.

(Dr. Ho): Which leaves..... the dragon. I made out what appears to have been two more heads, as well as a second tail, wings, and legs. The same as that more malevolent-looking being in those ancient drawings.

(Dr. Reed): And the symbol you theorize is representative of the Fenghuang of Chinese mythology?

(Dr. Ho): That, I'm unsure of, but I recently got a call from an old friend, I believe a professor at one of the high schools. He told me that he believes that the usual interpretation of that symbol is wrong.

(Dr. Ifukube): Wrong?

(Dr. Ho): He tells me that he found evidence that points to a completely different outlook.