Gym Leader Devil
True Master of the Dark-type (suck it Piers)
- AKA
- So many names
AU stuff is awesome. As Tres noted in the thread from which this one was born. We're totally going all Age of Apocalypse/Elseworlds on the Compilation, and the best thing is any plot holes or retcons we create are self-contained and don't in the slightest make the Compilation any worse than it was! It's totally like having a license to kill.
Alright, I like your scenario, and it sounds plausible. The execs and President Shinra have time to sound the alarm, go into panic mode, but since DG is literally coming right out from under them there's not time for them to really marshal their forces. A goodly deal of the Shinra Building's security is automated, which will cut down on casualties somewhat, but a goodly number of grunts, Hojo-created monsters, and some members of SOLDIER are killed in he struggle to at least stall DG's advance up the structure to give the execs time to evacuate. Zack and as many troops as he can round up are forced to flee once the President is airlifted out by helicopter. I agree Junon is the next place they'd go, having a strong military presence. Sephiroth is left behind on the upper floors, overwhelmed by the Tsviets but, I think, not killed at that time. He probably winds up in the same holding cells Cloud and company found themselves in during the OG.
Regrouping in Junon, the survivors, likely including members of SOLDIER and the Turks (those people are damned hard to kill) are grouped with other forces from around the world, while the Shinra's top minds begin to discuss strategy for the eventual retaking of Midgar and the extermination of the DG forces. Zack would try to include plans to rescue Sephiroth in these sessions (though its unlikely he would actually be invited to the strategy-board, he'd still try) but would be rebuffed as, useful as he would be in this situation, there is no way of knowing if he is even still alive.
Shinra would make use of the down time to broadcast a news report informing citizens of Midgar of the need to evacuate immediately, since President Shinra, unlike his asshole kid, really liked to play the kindly benefactor saving the world, reducing the possibilities of civilians getting in the way in the process. I see the plan being somewhat similar to the WRO's attack on DG in DoC, with Gelnikas, Helicopters, and the Highwind transporting troops directly out over the plate and possibly launching an assault of their own using the craft's onboard weapons systems depending on how serious the President takes the situation (likely serious enough to risk damage to Shinra HQ, imo). Meanwhile, land vehicles transport more troops into the city via the external highways where possible, with some operatives (the Turks perhaps) taking a stealthier approach, sneaking into the city via the Slums and getting up to the Plate via the pillars and the plate's sewer system with the mission to get close to and assasinate any Tviets they can during the confusion of the two forces clashing.
Sephiroth, having recovered somewhat during his incarceration, is able to break out of his cell and reclaim his weapon during the confusion (since no one but he can use it, it'd be tucked away as a trophy somewhere most likely) and join the battle once more. If Shinra is very lucky either he or one of the Turks will catch Nero from behind. However, even with this gain, the DG soldiers are too well entrenched to dig out easily, causing the plan to largely fail.
At that point, President Shinra's Plan B goes into effect, and as the main force falls back and evacuates all over again, the entire city is leveled by way of the Emergency Plate Release System in every sector being activated by operatives specially instructed. With all 7 of the completed sector plates falling, as well as the partially constructed Sector 6, Sector 0 loses all structural integrity and collapses completely. An eventual victory for Shinra, but a very costly one.
Alright, I like your scenario, and it sounds plausible. The execs and President Shinra have time to sound the alarm, go into panic mode, but since DG is literally coming right out from under them there's not time for them to really marshal their forces. A goodly deal of the Shinra Building's security is automated, which will cut down on casualties somewhat, but a goodly number of grunts, Hojo-created monsters, and some members of SOLDIER are killed in he struggle to at least stall DG's advance up the structure to give the execs time to evacuate. Zack and as many troops as he can round up are forced to flee once the President is airlifted out by helicopter. I agree Junon is the next place they'd go, having a strong military presence. Sephiroth is left behind on the upper floors, overwhelmed by the Tsviets but, I think, not killed at that time. He probably winds up in the same holding cells Cloud and company found themselves in during the OG.
Regrouping in Junon, the survivors, likely including members of SOLDIER and the Turks (those people are damned hard to kill) are grouped with other forces from around the world, while the Shinra's top minds begin to discuss strategy for the eventual retaking of Midgar and the extermination of the DG forces. Zack would try to include plans to rescue Sephiroth in these sessions (though its unlikely he would actually be invited to the strategy-board, he'd still try) but would be rebuffed as, useful as he would be in this situation, there is no way of knowing if he is even still alive.
Shinra would make use of the down time to broadcast a news report informing citizens of Midgar of the need to evacuate immediately, since President Shinra, unlike his asshole kid, really liked to play the kindly benefactor saving the world, reducing the possibilities of civilians getting in the way in the process. I see the plan being somewhat similar to the WRO's attack on DG in DoC, with Gelnikas, Helicopters, and the Highwind transporting troops directly out over the plate and possibly launching an assault of their own using the craft's onboard weapons systems depending on how serious the President takes the situation (likely serious enough to risk damage to Shinra HQ, imo). Meanwhile, land vehicles transport more troops into the city via the external highways where possible, with some operatives (the Turks perhaps) taking a stealthier approach, sneaking into the city via the Slums and getting up to the Plate via the pillars and the plate's sewer system with the mission to get close to and assasinate any Tviets they can during the confusion of the two forces clashing.
Sephiroth, having recovered somewhat during his incarceration, is able to break out of his cell and reclaim his weapon during the confusion (since no one but he can use it, it'd be tucked away as a trophy somewhere most likely) and join the battle once more. If Shinra is very lucky either he or one of the Turks will catch Nero from behind. However, even with this gain, the DG soldiers are too well entrenched to dig out easily, causing the plan to largely fail.
At that point, President Shinra's Plan B goes into effect, and as the main force falls back and evacuates all over again, the entire city is leveled by way of the Emergency Plate Release System in every sector being activated by operatives specially instructed. With all 7 of the completed sector plates falling, as well as the partially constructed Sector 6, Sector 0 loses all structural integrity and collapses completely. An eventual victory for Shinra, but a very costly one.