BSSM: Tales from the Silver Age
Tale I: The Great Fall
The end of the Reign of Nodoka Serena Tsukino, Queen Serenity V and The Silver Alliance
By: Paladin13
Pre-readers: The Lord High Benevolent Dictator of the Nacogdoches Anime Club, LunarisStar
Rated T for blood death and total utter destruction of a civilization, Sci-Fi/Tragedy/Drama
I do not own the rights to Sailor Moon, Battlestar Galatica RDM, Ah! My Goddess and, Tenchi Myou! Those belong to their respective owners, but they do have one hell of sand box for me to mess around with. Any original characters and possible the specific incarnations of the canon characters are mine. If you wish to use my OC just ask.
Post Fall
January 10th, Year 1000 of the Silver Age, 40 days after the fall
HMS Tsunami's Gift, Silver Alliance Remnant Fleet, Anchorage Foxtrot, Silver Alliance Naval Station,
13.0,-62,300ly. Coal Sack nebula, constellation Crux
Looking out into the nebula in my cabin after looking over the fleet wide census, 10 superdreadnoughts, 5 dreadnoughts and battleships, 40 cruisers, 20 destroyers, countless fighters, and over 100 assorted star-liners and freighters. over 200,000 men, women and children out of the Alliance's 15 billion. Over 500 trillion Crowns worth of destruction almost the entire GSP of the Alliance.
"Dear Gods," I started to weep, "how did this happen? We were the most powerful navy outside of Jurai, and we let that power hungry bitch run rough shot over us." I slammed my fist against my desk.
I kept onward into this downward slope until the bosun's pipe trilled on desk terminal.
"What is it?" I asked curtly.
"Ma'am," the voice of my communication officer called out, "a ship has just entered the anchorage. She is identifying herself as HMS Brushy-on-the-Brazos."
That caught my attention, that's the name for Lady Megaera's personal transport "What, how is that possible?"
"I don't know, but the IFF code she is squawking is authentic. She is also calling for you or the Admiral."
"Well there is no reason to wake the Admiral, put on my screen."
"Aye-aye."
With that my com-officer sent the message though, the scared face and two toned eyes of Colonel Lady Dame Tisiphone Megaera Taiyono appeared.
"To whom am I addressing," asked Megaera
"I am Captain Dame Cassandra Tyler, CO of the Tsunami's Gift."
"Ah now I recognize you. Captain is the Commodore up?"
"I'm afraid not Milady, the Fleet Admiral is resting for the moment. So for right now you have to deal with me."
"Of course," she chuckled for a bit. "All I want to know is if I'm the last ship in?"
"According to Tsu's records you are, and before you ask we have not done a memorial service yet."
"That's good Captain, when I dock I would like to discuss a service with you and Admiral Romanov-Chiba."
"Of course Milady, is there anything else?"
"No, anything else can wait." With that she signed off leaving me to my thoughts.
At Six Bells in the Forenoon watch the Admiral, Senshi Terra, Lady Megaera, the various ship commanders and myself were gathered in the Grand Arboretum of the Tsunami's Gift. The holographic visage of Tsu, the ships avatar floated behind my shoulder as Fleet Admiral Sophia Romanov-Chiba began to speak.
"All rise to attention," she ordered. "Please bow your head in respect for the dead."
She clear her throat, "We are gathered her today to pay tribute to the fallen. To remember those billions who died during Beryl's insurrection. Lady Terra if you please?" She motioned to Anastasia Chiba, Senshi Terra.
Terra calmly began to speak, "we are the children of stardust, for we are made from the ashes of stars and the dust of the earth. When the souls of the departed cross beyond the Veil to the Heavens their bodies return to the earth that gave them birth. From these ashes and dust something new is born, for this is the promise from the Almighty, life to death to life. A cycle unyielding and unbroken for now and until eternity. Amen," everyone raised their head waiting for the next speaker.
Megaera then began to speak, "I remember the dark times before the Silver Age, how life was hard. Then a shining light broke though the shadows, this light was woman that I knew extremely well my sister in all but blood, Selene. She and her descendents guided the Alliance though good and bad times. I remember Artemis spreading out the colonies, or Aria expanding our knowledge of the heavens. Even Helena fighting a war against impossible odd at the very core of the Alliance. The Alliance and Kingdoms may have fallen but we shall remember the promise that our love ones may have passed on, but hope remains for new life shall rise from the ashes, just like before during the Shadow War light will shine though the darkness."
She paused to breath a bit and to think. She bowed her head as she prayed, "For Terra, we shall remember the cradle of humanity the soil that gave us life. For Luna, we shall remember the heart of civilization, the home of our knowledge. For Sol, we remember the star that gave humanity warmth, our guiding light though the dark times. For one last time, Long Live the Queen, Long Live the Silver Alliance, So Say We All." The entire assembly called out with her.
Then I called out, "Tsu send a message to all ships, ring the bells one ring for one hundred thousand fallen, keep ringing until all are honored." She nodded as she sent the message.
The Admiral then proceed to talk about what will happen now, that everyone will cryo-frozen until restoration. As soon as the Admiral dismissed us the ringing of the Bell started to echo throughout the ship and Fleet. Even with the ringing of the bells I could overhear Lady Megaera talking to the Admiral about some lost colony that may have survived; I could only catch its name, Kobol.
I soon started to walk back to my cabin lost in my thoughts knowing that the next time I wake up will be thousands of years in to the future. I stopped short of my cabin to look out a porthole, to gaze out on to the heavens, to see stars being born, living, and dying. I noticed the nebula itself, the ashes of long dead stars, with new ones being born from said ashes. A small smile crept onto my face as I started to walk again with one thing on my mind, Ashes to ashes dust to dust. Humanity will be reborn from the ashes of the Alliance and retake our place among the stars. I know that as I prepare for the big sleep that one word will guide myself and the survivors, Hope.
The End for now
Stay tune for BSSM: Tales from the Silver Age: Tale II, Selene, from the plains of Laurasia to the sea of the Moon
Translation and Wordage Notes:
Mare Serenitatis: Latin, Sea of Serenity
Tsuki Chiyu Esukare-shon: Japanese, Moon Healing Escalation
Taiyono: Japanese, of the Sun
Nagatabi: Japanese, voyage
Spine of the West: A chain of mountains stretching from Alaska though Canada, the US and down though Mexico, Central America and down to the southern tip of South America, aka the American Cordillera, the backbone of the Americas.
Laurasia: this time period's name for North America
Gondowan: this time period's name for South America
Lacus Somniorum: Latin, Lake of Dreams
Six Bells in the Forenoon watch: Naval term talking about the divisions of the day, in this case it means 11:00 am
13.0,-62,300ly: this is the location of the nebula in the night sky. The 13.0 is the right ascension or longitude but divided up in to 24hours. The -62 is the declination or latitude, negative means it is the southern hemisphere. The 300ly is just distance.
Acronyms:
SARMC: Silver Alliance Royal Marine Corps
SSC: Sailor Senshi Corps
SARN: Silver Alliance Royal Navy
SA: Silver Age
BSA: Before the Silver Age
HMS: Her Majesty's Ship
IFF: Identify Friend from Foe
GSP: Gross System Product
Mythological/Historical notes:
Theia: Greek Titan, mother of the goddess Selene
Selene: First Greek goddess of the moon
Artemis: Second Greek goddess of the moon
Tisiphone: one of the Greek Furies, Fury of Vengeance
Megaera: one of the Greek Furies, Fury of Jealousy
Oracle: Greek prophetess
Raijin: Japanese kami of lightning and thunder
Norns: the Norse fates, Urd of the Past, Verdandi/Belladany of the Present, Skuld of the Future
Original Characters:
Colonel Lady Dame Tisiphone Megaera Taiyono SARMC-SSC:
Born: 27 BSA, she is 1027 standard Terran years old
Home: Serenity City, Serenitatis Provence, Star Kingdom of the White Moon
Place of Birth: Brushy-on-the-Brazos, Tejas Provence, Arch-Duchy of Laurasia
Family: (m) Unknown, (f) Unknown, (au) Tsukuyomi, (aa) Amaterasu, (asi) Selene Tsukino
Position: Head of the Sailor Senshi Corps, Heir Secondary to the Thorne.
Style: Colonel Lady Dame Tisiphone Megaera Taiyono, Commander of the Sailor Senshi Corps, Senshi of Sol, Heir Secondary the throne of the White Moon
Admiral of the Navy Lord Sir William Nagatabi-Tsukino:
Born: 940 SA, he is 60
Home: Serenity City
Place of Birth: New Fredericksburg, Brushy Colony
Family: (m) Rebecca Nagatabi, (f) Unknown, (w) Nodoka Tsukino, (d) Usagi Tsukino
Position: First Lord of the Admiralty, head of the Alliance's Naval and Marine forces
Style: Admiral of the Navy Lord Sir William Nagatabi, Royal Governor of Brushy Colony, First Lord of the Alliance Royal Navy, Prince Consort William Tsukino to Her Majesty Queen Serenity V
Captain Dame Cassandra Marie Tyler:
Born: 966 SA, she is 34
Home: London, Kingdom of Greater Britannia, United Kingdom of Terra
Ship and position: Flag Captain, HMS Tsunami's Gift SD-35
Commodore Lady Dame Sophia Anastasia Romanov-Chiba:
Born: 940 SA, she is 60
Place of birth: Duchy of the Volga, Moscow, Kingdom of the Rus
Home: New Atlantis, Kingdom of Nubia-Atlantia, United Kingdom of Terra
Family: (h) Peter Chiba, (d) Anastasia Chiba, (s) Alexander Chiba
Ship and position: Commander HMS Tsunami's Gift Battle Group
Style: Her Highness Commodore Lady Dame Sophia Anastasia Romanov-Chiba, Princess Consort to Sir Peter Chiba, His Majesty King Endymion the Sixth of the United Kingdom of Terra
1st Lieutenant Lady Anastasia Chiba, Senshi Terra, SARMC-SSC
Born: 973 SA, she is 27
Home: New Atlantis, Kingdom of Nubia-Atlantia, United Kingdom of Terra
Family: (m) Sophia Romanov-Chiba Father, (f) Peter Chiba Brother, (b) Alexander Chiba
Position: platoon sergeant, given detached duty to guard Commodore Romanov-Chiba
Style: Her Highness First Lieutenant Lady Anastasia Chiba, Princess Royal and Senshi of the United Kingdom of Terra. note: she has no standing in the line of succession
Tsunami's Gift aka Tsu, SARN
'Born': 980 SA, 20
Place of birth: Star Empire of Jurai
Family: (m) Tsunami
HMS Tsunami's Gift, SD-35, 1st Generation Jurian Treeship
Key: w=wife, h=husband, m=mother, f=father, s=son, d=daughter, u= uncle, a=aunt, si=sister, b=brother, a=adopted
Final Note: Please realize that this story is AU, with right now minor references to other series. This story started out as a way to get my ideas out in open, mainly the thought of redoing the BSSM universe in a way to make it less of magic girl series and more of true Sci-Fi/Fantasy series. But know this magic still exists in this universe just tweaked a little bit. Remember for all that I may have changed, a lot more stayed the same. Also any other background info for Tale from the Silver Age will be posted in my profile.~Paladin13