This needs some explaining.

Alright, if you've ever visitied my profile, you'll of probably seen my fics of the future part, under which is Project Avatar, which was going to be my attempt to explain away the Avatar Universe, give it a link to our present day and so on.

Unfortunatly, at present this fic is all dried up. After several attempts, either the plot was two thin, the writing wasn't at a quality I would of liked, or the OC and some of the canon characters were just plain Mary/Gary Sue.

Out of it's ashes however, comes this concept.

Yes, this is another take-the-characters-of-Avatar-and-put-them-in-a-different-setting fic, I won't deny that, and to be perfectly truthful this is currently the only chapter. Basically I want to make sure I don't offend anyone with the setting before I get too deeply involved. So as to avoid spoilers though, read the notes at the end so you know what it is i'm not sure about.

I've compiled a list of songs that I listen too (mostly from other mecha related anime and most of those are Gundam) so (with any luck) you can envision the battles and other scenes the way I do. You can usually find the music Cds if you search the internet for long enough, or if you want to be sneaky, try youtube for the character themes and I think bittorrent if you really can't find anything (Not that I'd endorse that or anything)

List is incomplete. Songs will be updated as I remember them. All songs are the property of thier repective owners. I've jsut put them up here for the fun of it.

A.V.A.T.A.R.: LAST OF THE BLACK CORE SEASON 1 OST
01. Opening Theme (Rythm Emotion (TV Size), Shin Kidousenki Gundam Wing-Operation 3, Track 27)
02. Ending Theme (Hoshi No Tobira, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer OST, Track number unknown)
03. U.S.A.C. Theme (Reboot-Gundam 00 OST 02, Track 27)
04. New Soviet Union Theme (Control-Gundam 00 OST 01, Track 13)
05. German Unified Nation Theme (Power-Gundam 00 OST 01, Track 06)
06. Alistair's Theme (Thunderbird version in the force-Coordinate T., Track 11)
07. Katara's Theme (Find The Way-Mobile Suit Gundam SEED COMPLETE BEST, Track 07)
08. Sokka's Theme (River-Mobile Suit Gundam SEED COMPLETE BEST, Track 05)
09. Forge's Theme (Precious Rose-Suit CD Vol.2 Athrun x Cagalli, Track 01)
10. Zuko's Theme (Primal Innocence-Suit CD Vol.6 Shinn Asuka x Destiny Gundam, Track 01)
11. Artirius' Theme (Shoot-Suit CD Vol.5 Athrun x Yzak x Dearka, Track 01)
12. Iroh's Theme (Eden of necessity-Suit CD Vol.7 Auel x Sting, Track 01)
13. Ty Lee's Theme (Emotion-Suit CD Vol.8 Lacus x Meer, Track 04)
14. Zhao's Pride (Expectation-Gundam 00 OST 02, Track 12)
15. Eternal's Wrath (Tachiagare! Ikari yo-Mobile Suit Gundam SEED ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK IV, Track 03)
16. Alistair's Strength (MEMORY-Gundam 00 OST 02, Track 31)
17. Avatar State (Arashi no Yokan-Suit CD Vol.3 Lacus Clyne x Haro, Track 03)
18. Zuko Vs. Zhao (Hishou-Suit CD Vol.1 Strike x Kira Yamato, Track 03)
19. Black Core's Might (Saiki Ikusa-Mobile Suit Gundam SEED ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK IV, Track 13)
20. Artie's Blues Night (Nature-The Big O OST 1, Track 17)
21. Artirius' Regret (Nicol no Piano (Namida no Teema)-Suit CD Vol.4 Miguel Ayman x Nicol Amarfi, Track 03)
22. The Major and the Lieutenant (Eternal Life-The Big O OST 1, Track 28)
23. Avatar and Eternal (Mission Kaishi-Gundam SEED DESTINY ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK I, Track 11)
24. Avatar Start-Up (Launch! Impulse-Gundam SEED DESTINY ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK II, Track 01)
25. Prison Break (The Wings Of A Boy That Killed Adolescence-Shin Kidousenki Gundam Wing-Operation 1, Track 01)
26. History of the DNI/History of Avatarium (Name Of God, THe Big O OST 1, Track 04)
27. Zuko Vs. Aang: Battle at Atlantic Command (Freedom, The Big O OST 1, Track 25
28. Attack on the Master/Escape from Atlantic Base (For it has begun-GUNDAM SEED DESTINY ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK II, Track 02)
29. Attack of the DNIDAMS (Intervention-Gundam 00 OST I, Track 05)
30. Mystious Saviour (For it has begun-GUNDAM SEED DESTINY ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK II, Track 02) (I know it's done twice)
31. Sokka and Yue's Theme (Akatsuki no Kuruma piano version-Akatsuki no Kuruma FictionJunction YUUKA, Track 02)
32. The Land Battleships (Akuma no Keiyaku-GUNDAM SEED DESTINY ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK III, Track 03)
33. Alistair Attacks (Zips-Seventh Heaven, Track 03)
34. The Dark Ones (Attack-Gundam 00 OST I, Track 07)
35. Crystal attacks (Stoning-The Big O OST I, Track 01)
36. Returning of the Necklace (Because you believe-GUNDAM SEED DESTINY ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK II, Track 22)

Review please to let me know.

A.V.A.T.A.R.
(ARMOURED VEHICULAR ALL TERRAIN ASSAULT RANGER)
LAST OF THE BLACK CORE

PROLOGUE

This story began a long time ago. One hundred years ago to be precise, the beginning of this Second Great War

It was a time of political unrest, a time when war seemed to constantly loom on the horizon and desperate men tried to insure that was where it stayed.

With the Socialist German Workers' Party in control of Germany, the country, which had for so long been crushed under the foot since the end of the First World War, now began to build up it's forces under the command of a tyrannical leader, known to history as Adolf Hitler.

But that's where this story, took a very interesting twist.

For in the September of 1939, mere days before Germany planned to invade the neighbouring country of Poland, Hitler mysteriously died in his sleep.

Despite five different doctors examining the body, no medical reason could be found for his death. As far as they were concerned, his heart had simply decided to stop of it's own accord. Even more disturbing was a letter found clasped in the Führer, leaving the fate of Germany in the hands of a scientist, named Robert Sozin.

For a while longer, uneasy peace reigned under Sozin's rule. Several past policies from Hitler's reign were abolished, and even more astoundingly, the use of money was temporarily eliminated as an experiment in the day to day use of the country, and only used when dealing with the outside world. Without the limitations of budgets and with hypothetically limitless supplies, Germany quickly began to technologically excel beyond the other Nations of the Earth, a factor that worried the leaders of the world to no end.

In the increasingly likely event of another world war, The United States, and the British Empire worked together to create a weapon as deadly as any nuclear strike, but far more precise and thus perhaps far more dangerous.

A giant robotic suit, eighteen metres tall, was the fruit of their labours, a machine they called a Ranger. This would be the Allies ace in the hole should conflict rear it's ugly head.

They named this Project: A.V.A.T.A.R.

However this is when things went badly wrong.

On April 30th, 1945, without warning or provocation, the entire British Isles suddenly disappeared in a bright beam of white light. Millions of men women and children suddenly vanished, vaporised by a unseen weapon in orbit, the very country itself lost to the waves of the Atlantic.

No one knew exactly what happened that day, but everyone knew Sozin was behind it.

Within those twenty-four hours, which history now remembers as the Day of Blood, German forces swarmed across Europe, Asia and Africa, their grasp reaching as far as Australia before they were pushed back to the boarders of the Eurasian continent.

But they would not be held for long.

Over one hundred years have now passed since the beginning of the Second World War. The year is now 2045 and as of now, the planet is mostly controlled by the three great superpowers:

The United States of America and Canada (the U.S.A.C.), which spans the entire American and Canadian continents.

The New Soviet Union, a capitalist nation that controls Russia and most of the Old Soviet Union's territory.

The German Unified Nation (G.U.N.), the most powerful of the three, having taken control of Europe, Africa and most of the Eurasian Continent.

Each Nation now has it's own variation of the Ranger Mech that mysteriously disappeared following the U.K.'s destruction, as such, each Nation has it's own way of powering them, seeing as this factor was never fully discovered from the original. The U.S.A.C. uses experimental Ion technology, the New Soviet Union uses Solar energy, and the G.U.N. uses Nuclear technology.

My name is Katara Agura, I'm something of a Ranger mechanic, the only one left this side of the ruins of Sydney. I live with my brother and a handful of others in a small village near the desecrated city, a last memento of the Day of Blood.

Two years ago, the men of this settlement decided to go to the aid of the U.S.A.C., the only Nation left fighting the G.U.N., a battle many people are starting to believe is a futile effort as the former continues to push towards it's apparent victory. As result, only myself and my brother Sokka are left to responsibly look after the remaining women, elderly, and children until their return.

As a Ranger Mechanic, A.V.A.T.A.R. Legend is something of a hobby of mine. Some say the entire project was based in England, and so went down with the ship as it were. Others say it was captured by the G.U.N. prior to the death of the British Isles, hence the reason Rangers are so common throughout the world.

Me? I think it's still out there somewhere. At a hundred years old, I don't doubt that it would exactly be in perfect working order, but all stories say that A.V.A.T.A.R. was the most powerful Ranger, because it was the first.

And all stories must have some truth behind them…right?

Okay, right off the bat I'd like to say I have nothing against Germany, Germans, or anything like that. The enemy in this series are Nazis, but I guess I'm kind of worried what people will think if I start writing about them, which is why I uploaded this, just to see how people would react, you if you could tell me, that would be great.

If people generally like the idea, then I will start writing the series down proper, if you don't, then I'll just remove this and shelve the idea, or just adapt it into something else. I don't mind.

Again, if your German, I hope this idea isn't offensive to you. If anything, it should be offensive to Nazis (I don't even like writing the word) because that's who the enemy would be if I started this fic.

Alright, thanks for taking the time to read my ramblings. Reviews greatly welcomed.

Dearing