Prologue: A War Against an Unknown foe

=== Ligardia, Holy Theocratic Kingdom of Viola ===

The nation's most northern city and the largest city in the Northern Polar Regions, with a population of 609,572 people and a population density of 1,507.75 inhabitants per km², it is also the most populous and dense city in the Northern Polar Regions. Currently a religious festival is being held for the patron paragon (saint) of the city, in which for three days, followers are expected to participate in the 72 Hour Salvation March from the city main Zenith (church) towards the holy site of Mt. Ignatius, a 710m dome mountain just 5km Southeast of the outskirts of the city. A statue of the city's paragon was erected at the peak of the mountain, being constantly maintained by a team of volunteers every three months.

517 Mounted Police Officers were deployed under the direct request of the local bishop, to help preserve the peace and order during the 72-hour long procession. Emergency Medical Units are also on standby since there are only 8 areas for rest during the entire event. As the hour hand faces 6, the sound of drums from the Zenith would begin to be heard as the door of the Zenith opens, with a local bishop holding a figurine of the paragon, with 8 priests behind him holding staffs with the symbol of the religion engraved on it. A volunteer would hand over the microphone to the bishop.

"My dear faithful followers of Paragon Ignatius, and of the Axis Faith, as I raise the image of our patrol paragon, we shall begin our march of salvation towards the mountain our great paragon first heard the voice of the Gods!"

The entire crowd, numbering into 103,500 so far, would respond through crossing their arms across their chest, with their left arm above the right, and bowed as they chant the phrase "Thank you our great saviour, Paragon Ignatius!". A volunteer would play the pipe organ as the people begins to march. Vendors selling various food and water would be found on the sides of the massive crowd as mounted police officers alert themselves for any potential threats.

Then out of nowhere, people would hear the loud screech of an aircraft engine and as many look above them, over 30 fighter jets would zoom past them going northeast, with what seems to be 2 wide body twin engine aircraft behind them. The children and a few adults would be amazed by the sight of such aircrafts passing through, but the crowd would nevertheless continue their procession.

A police captain would call the commanding officer, since they are friends, of a nearby army garrison through her smartphone in regards to the fighter jets and what looked like to her, bombers, pass by the city just a few seconds ago. The commanding officer of the garrison would tell her that they just received a half an hour ago, an order to have all troops and equipment on the garrison to quickly begin mobilising themselves. The police captain would try to ask why but the commanding officer told her that he has no idea, but they simply received the order.

She'd tell the commanding officer that their school alumni will have a meeting this Friday before hanging up. A subordinate of her would ask if those army guys know what those planes were for but she told her that they have no clue. The captain would reassure her subordinate that those planes are most likely doing some military exercise or testing new toys in their arsenal. The two would return their focus in the procession as even more people join in the march. The captain would however feel uneasy but she calmed herself down through looking at attractive males.

=== Camp Busche of the 27th Armoured Company, 5km west of Ligardia ===

Major Aizel, the commanding officer of the army garrison, would find himself confused of the order he received. What his friend told him from their call just a minute ago would make him scratch his head on what is going on. Nothing much was said on the order they received except to mobilise themselves. He shrugged his thoughts as he heads over outside to check on his subordinates.

He found himself quite impressed as the troops have managed to finish preparations quite quick. He'd make a quick look at the 4 Brand New MBTs, the other older 8 MBTs from the 90s, as well as the 4 APCs, 6 Trucks and 2 SPAGs, that are all from the 90s as well. He would make a quick roll call to see of everyone is at their respective roles and check their equipment and he'd receive another order, this time through his secured phone and its about for them to deploy themselves quickly towards the procession. He would notice that the stamp that indicates that the order is urgent is below the pdf file.

He'd relay the order to his troops as they leave the garrison towards the city. A few would ask on what's going on but Major Aizel would tell them that he has no idea but the seal of urgency was on the document. They would stop asking but many are worried on what is going on. They had conducted several exercises before but they are always informed beforehand several months before it will happen.

He recalled from his call a few minutes back about fighter jets and bombers. He'd wonder maybe it is some sort of surprise military exercise which has some sort of unpreparedness on it. He'd look at the usual sky filled with clouds, with only a few gaps in between them. The snow currently is relatively light so it wasn't hard for them to traverse the terrain currently. He finds a new MBTs quite spacious and comfortable, for a tank, with the new 135mm electrothermal-chemical smoothbore gun, its the nation's first ETC gun and the 6th nation to adopt it.

He is not used with all of its new fancy systems but is happy nonetheless that its less cramped compared to the previous tank. As he looks around the new much more HD digital sights, they would suddenly receive multiple communication signals stating mayday mayday mayday. Before anyone could react, a couple of streaks of blue light would hit all six of the older MBTs behind the convoy and all immediately exploded. Everyone would do their best to keep themselves composed on what just happened.

His MBTs search radar screen would suddenly pick up three blips approaching fast towards their position. Everyone else would see this as well and the remaining tanks would turn their turrets towards the direction of the blips as the trucks and the 2 SPAGs hurry to reach the city. One of the tanks would launch a drone as the targeting computer does it job. A few seconds later, the computer would adjust the gun and fired MAHEM (Magneto Hydrodynamic Explosive Munition) missiles towards the blip. Major Aizel told other tank crews to fire one more time just in case. Just as the guns fired another missile, the blips on the radar screen would disappear.

Major Aizel immediately attempted to contact HQ on what just happened. He is trying to request for back-up but the no response. As he was about to order his men to catch up with the rest of the company, the radar screen would just a blip coming towards them at Mach 10. He couldn't believe on what is happening and attempted to tell everyone to disperse but an extremely bright blue light would flash in front of the tanks and everything would go dark for Major Aizel.

=== Global Union Headquarters, Louise, Rosarian Federation ===

Current Secretary-General of the Global Union, Sir Friedrich Kaisen from the Kingdom of Lenoskovosia, would stand at the podium with his suit that he wore just yesterday during his usual date with his wife. He hopes no one would notice the red wine that spilled on the left sleeve. He brushes away that thought as he prepares himself to speak in front of various representatives and even a few leaders, that attended the emergency meeting. He found it quite some luck that many are able to attend thanks to a world conference yesterday regarding climate change, so majority managed to attend.

"Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen, I will cut straight to the topic. Just fifteen minutes ago, The Holy Theocratic Kingdom of Viola was attacked by an unknown faction."

The video feed from various reconnaissance aircrafts and satellites, as well as videos from the ground, would show in the giant television screen. The representative of the Socialist Union of Svostine would immediately voice out her concern stating what kind of live action Mecha anime are they showing to them.

"Mr. Secretary-General, kindly explain why we are watching a movie?" the Representative from the People's Republic of Iridane says as professional as possible

"Isn't this supposed to be an emergency meeting?"

The representative from the Rosarian Federation would frustratingly say as he was supposed to meet his mistress today.

Friedrich expected this reaction, as he himself remains doubtful of this information, but this report comes directly from the Viola military and government, surely, he thinks to himself "It's most likely true..." Then he noticed the entire assembly hall suddenly go quiet as the representatives get a call from their respective nations.

One of them would drop their phones and Friedrich's hope that this is all an elaborate prank of some sort shatters. His secretary suddenly ran towards him and informed him that he was informed that the United Prefectures of Serene has launched a hydrogen ballistic missile towards Holy Viola. He asked where he got the information and said that the Foreign Secretary of Serene directly informed him about it. The entire hall became noisy as representatives asked on what should be done and what can they do. A sudden silence was once again observed as Surveillance satellites would immediately pick up the ballistic missiles and everyone in the hall noticed it.

The missile would eject its 1st stage rocket as the stage two motor ignites for 120 seconds, before it too shares the same faith as the first stage. The third stage rocket motor would ignite as the rocket reaches its highest altitude, before it separates from the warhead. They all looked as the warhead re-enters the atmosphere and its released 5 multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles or MIRV separate and they realised that its target is Holy Viola.

"It can't be possibly be a nuke, is it Secretary-General?"

The representative from the Republic of Pacifica asked.

Various flashes of bright light can be seen as the surveillance satellites zoom in and a few seconds later, mushroom clouds reaching an altitude of 36km is seen by everyone in the hall. It's not just one, but five of it. Friedrich took a deep breath as he tries to keep his composure. This is no time to hesitate and the seconds they wasted could be the only line between survival and extinction. He clenched both his hands as he faced everyone. He knows that this is a very crucial moment, whatever happens here will affect the survival pf humanity. He sighs as he takes one last sigh before he stepped forwards towards the podium.

"Many of you asked on what we should do. It's simple; We have to survive, no matter what, we must live on and tell this tale to future generations. We will fight whatever this threat is and we will succeed in dealing with it. We are to establish an international force to subdue and eliminate whoever or whatever these bastards are. We're all gonna die anyways, but let's make it hell for our enemies till the last breath of the last of us. We will fight till the death, no surrender, Not One Step Back!"

A mysterious woman with an unusual silverish-white hair and eyes, wearing the Global Union Security Unit fatigues watching all the way back near the entrance of the hall, would say to herself as she looks at her holstered rifle for a moment. She looked at the Secretary-General with a face of some seemingly excited for something to happen. Another guard beside her would glance at her for a moment, mesmerised by her peculiar hair and was curious to ask if its natural since dyed hairs are forbidden within the security forces. She decided not to ask her. Meanwhile, this mysterious woman would make eye contact with the Secretary-General.

"Excellent, I have a reason to be here then."