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Season 01: Epilogue
Mar. 15th, 2017 10:45 am[Link goes to a youtube video of the Knights of Sidonia theme song. The video also has a lot of footage from the battle Izana is reflecting on here, after the 2 minute mark.]
Izana stood with the other survivors of the attack on Guana 542; to date the largest Guana cluster Sidonia had ever faced. 200 linked gaunas joined together to create a super structure nearly 8,000 times the size of Sidonia herself, and deep within the mass, an asteroid with which the gauna had meant to obliterate Sidonia.
Not the most auspicious of enemy for one's first combat.
But Izana had survived. And with them, 9 of the original 48 pilots who set out on the seemingly impossible mission; a less than 20% survival rate. The horrifying thing was, that survival rate was the best the pilots had faced since the present conflict had begun, and it was all due to the new experimental Super High-speed Ballistic Acceleration Devices and the Core Penetration Rounds. Somehow Toha Heavy Industries had accomplished a miracle and created an artificial Kabi that was as effective as the only know substance which could kill the gauna.
Best yet, it could be mass produced.
All of this did little to lessen Izana's fear during combat, however, and their arms still ached with compensating from the kickback from the SHS-BAD and the struggle of doing so in a gravity field. A chill at the memory of the first attack nearly made them tremble as they stood listening to the Captain's speech. The guana cluster had been so massive, it was like attacking a moon; one that fired back at you. Against such a force of nature, Izana's fear just seemed natural and they gave up fighting it. What was the use of fighting a feeling when your entire scope was filled with the enemy?
And Izana had performed admirably, taking out several targets in the first wave of attack and saving Nagate at a crucial moment in his battle with the guana garde unit deemed the Crimson Hawkmoth. Of course, Izana had then been blasted out of the field of combat soon after by the Hawkmoth. This turned out to be to Sidonia's advantage as Izana was then outside of the Guana's field of influence and was able to give Sidonia reports of what was occurring.
Beside her, Honoka En cleared her throat and Izana came back to the present to realized the Captain stood before her and was saluting. Izana quickly returned the salute, cheeks flushing, and accepted the new wakizashi--made of the artificial Kabi--the Captain offered her. "You performed well, Pilot Shinatose. Though you were separated from the main body of the combat, your quick thinking allowed us to remain aware of how the battle progressed and plan strategy accordingly. Sidonia thanks you."
Izana bowed in thanks of the praise, hiding the smile pulling at their lips. "It was my honor to serve, sir."
As the Captain moved on to the next pilot, Izana realized something very strange. The fear they'd been carrying all this time now had a companion, hope.
Not the most auspicious of enemy for one's first combat.
But Izana had survived. And with them, 9 of the original 48 pilots who set out on the seemingly impossible mission; a less than 20% survival rate. The horrifying thing was, that survival rate was the best the pilots had faced since the present conflict had begun, and it was all due to the new experimental Super High-speed Ballistic Acceleration Devices and the Core Penetration Rounds. Somehow Toha Heavy Industries had accomplished a miracle and created an artificial Kabi that was as effective as the only know substance which could kill the gauna.
Best yet, it could be mass produced.
All of this did little to lessen Izana's fear during combat, however, and their arms still ached with compensating from the kickback from the SHS-BAD and the struggle of doing so in a gravity field. A chill at the memory of the first attack nearly made them tremble as they stood listening to the Captain's speech. The guana cluster had been so massive, it was like attacking a moon; one that fired back at you. Against such a force of nature, Izana's fear just seemed natural and they gave up fighting it. What was the use of fighting a feeling when your entire scope was filled with the enemy?
And Izana had performed admirably, taking out several targets in the first wave of attack and saving Nagate at a crucial moment in his battle with the guana garde unit deemed the Crimson Hawkmoth. Of course, Izana had then been blasted out of the field of combat soon after by the Hawkmoth. This turned out to be to Sidonia's advantage as Izana was then outside of the Guana's field of influence and was able to give Sidonia reports of what was occurring.
Beside her, Honoka En cleared her throat and Izana came back to the present to realized the Captain stood before her and was saluting. Izana quickly returned the salute, cheeks flushing, and accepted the new wakizashi--made of the artificial Kabi--the Captain offered her. "You performed well, Pilot Shinatose. Though you were separated from the main body of the combat, your quick thinking allowed us to remain aware of how the battle progressed and plan strategy accordingly. Sidonia thanks you."
Izana bowed in thanks of the praise, hiding the smile pulling at their lips. "It was my honor to serve, sir."
As the Captain moved on to the next pilot, Izana realized something very strange. The fear they'd been carrying all this time now had a companion, hope.