Keep pounding that Carrier! Don't let it deploy additional Ryders!
Claude! Pull that annoying Ryder in and let's kill it!
Carrier down! Yeahhh! Let's pound that ryder!
Your persistence...is admirable.
Asaga! How's your ryder?!
Nothing will hit me.
Those assault rifle rounds are hitting all the right spots...
Unleashing missiles!
Hah! Futile!
W-what the?!
Destroy that ryder! Attack! Attack!
Pointless!
....!!!!!
Let us finish this.
HOW IS THIS EVEN FAIR?! SHE'S JUST ONE! ONE!
Don't look at me, bitch. I'm just the spectator here as well.
Give up, Andhaira. It's pointless!
WE'LL JUST HAVE TO RECREATE OURSELVES!! UWAAAARGGGGHHHH!!!!!
Fall! Wretched demon!
No... We are banned....AGA-
Enemies neutralized....
Hah.. hah... how'd I do, Captain?
That was... impressive.
Someone shut him up!
Heh... heh... HAHAHAHAHAHAH! You're all FOOLS! THIS IS MERELY A SHOW! YOU'RE ALL DRAWN TO THIS STATION LIKE MOTHS TO A FLAME!
He's bluffing! All units, ready weapons!
PREPARE TO DETONATE THE PARADOX CORE!!! ALLAHAKBAR!
Oh no! If he does that then-
Yes... in an instant, four Alliance Fleets shall be obliterated! Along with the great Sunrider!
But you'll die too!
That's where you are wrong, Captain. We will have new bodies... ready to conquer the galaxy once more!
...bullshit! Helmsman! Get the engines back online! All ryders prepare to retreat!
Too late, mortals! We have given you ample warnings, Captain. It's been great fun seeing you break slowly ... but I'm afraid we must part. NOW! DETONATE THE CORE!
Chigara! What's the safety radius of that thing?
I- I'm not sure! Captain! You need to escape while you still can!
I- I can't... ANDHAIRA, DAMN YOU AND YOUR INANITY!
BEHOLD! THE END OF THIS STORY!
W-What?!
EVERYONE! The creature you see before you is not the Great Arcadius!
No shit.
Seize his ryder! And bring him before me!
Y-you dare?!
It's over, Prototype. I've disarmed the core.
Prototype?
FONTANAAAAAAA! YOU TRAITOR!
Nay, monster. It is you who betrayed us. And it will be I, who shall hold the crimson banner. For you have already spat upon all it stood for! The Great Arcadius only made a single mistake! And that is allowing a monstrosity like you into our ranks! I, Fontana, shall carry forth the ideals of the Great Arcadius! Take him to me! I shall unmask his treachery before you all!
DON'T LISTEN TO HIM! I AM THE RULER OF ALL! I WILL LEAD YOU ALL TO-
Everyone stood in silent as the PACT Ryders surround the badly damaged unit and bring it back within the Paradox Core's docking bays. And soon the monitor is filled with the interior of the PACT's installation where an unbelievable revelation is about take place...
YOU WILL REGRET THIS!
What the shit is happening...Chigara? What's wrong?!
...what am I watching?
This is some sick joke! A trick!
Everyone, *this* is the secret of Diode! Behold the Alts!
Uwaaah... that medical term sounds so foreign to me...
Captain, the Alliance Intel just confirmed that person DOES match Arcadius' last known appearance... but still - I am quite unsure what to make of this...
Lieutenant, let's just observe this horror show unfold... It's not like we can do much now.
The Alts! A race of super humans, manufactured to mimic us! But who could have foreseen it would surpass its creators?! The Diode tragedy was the day when it finally surpassed and cast aside their creators!
Chigara? What the hell is that thing? Is what Fontana saying is true?
I... I can't say.
Hahhahaah... so what if you exposed us?! It's too late, Fontana! We already number in the hundreds! We've embedded ourselves throughout the galaxy, manipulating ideologies, nations., supplanted leaders.... we own ... everything. Just like we owned your precious little PACT.
No.
*Bang*
NO!! You fool! You could've gotten more information out of him! Damn it!
That gunshot signaled the end of this battle.
And a sinking revelation of a new threat blooming across the galaxy.
I drew a deep sigh at what had transpired and quickly ordered the crew to commence repairs to the Sunrider.
It is unknown what would become of the war between the Alliance and PACT, but tomorrow will bring many changes.
As I collapsed back to my captain's chair, I took a deep breath and look around me, searching for a familiar figure who is mysteriously absent.
Frustration was followed with a sinking recalling of what had just transpired prior to the Alt's unmasking...
Oh no...Ava!
I rose from my command chair. Part of me wanted the answer from the medical team now.
But another part urged me to see it with my own pair of eyes.
It is too late for regrets.