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| − | Ultimately, wars will never come to an end. |
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| + | In the end, war did not end. |
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+ | Even in an age where development had reached every corner of the planet Earth, high output lasers could easily launch shuttles, and some of the most powerful people had villas on the moon, it seemed nothing had been done to fill the gaps between people’s hearts. Well, supplement companies that sold digitalized “comfort” and “spiritualism” were not uncommon, but even so, the basic mechanism that brought conflict between people could not be removed from their mentality. |
| + | Was the change in the rules of war by the appearance of a new kind of weapon just another type of salvation for humanity? Or did it mean humanity had fallen even lower? |
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| + | Yes, there was a change. |
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| − | No, even though it was true that companies that specialized in providing digitalized "healing" and "spiritual supplements" were far from rare, at the end of the day, there was no way to remove the inter-competing mechanism that lied in people's minds. |
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| + | The people who were so immersed in their ridiculous killing changed as well. |
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| + | It was all thanks to the giant weapons known as Objects. |
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| − | Isn't the fact that rules of war changes with the introduction of new weapons no more than a perfunctory salvation to mankind? Or even worse, shouldn't it be regretted as a sign of further retrogression? |
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| + | Just the main body of these new weapons measured at over 50 meters while the guns added even more to their size. Their appearance caused the book on war to be completely rewritten. Large groups of soldiers no longer killed each other directly on the battlefield. Instead, the most important thing was to get the strongest Object to the battlefield in perfect condition. |
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| + | Tanks, fighters, and the other previous main players became weapons of a bygone era. |
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| − | Yes, there were changes. |
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| + | Normal machine guns, shells, and missiles were treated like mere peashooters. |
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| + | That was simply how much more powerful the Objects were. |
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| − | Even to mankind, which was into worthless killings among themselves, had changes brought upon them. |
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| + | When a certain island nation presented the first of those weapons, the rest of the world feared it and an allied force from 14 other countries carried out a combined surprise attack on the prototype Object… The Object repelled them all. At the end of the battle, a nuclear strike was carried out over the Pacific Ocean, but the scene of the Object continuing to sink the allied fleet while half of it was melting like ice under the hot sun was in every history textbook. |
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| + | That island nation remained at the leading edge of Object development and it was clear just how powerful of a presence the Objects were. |
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| − | The ultra-sized weapon - OBJECT. |
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| + | Unsurprisingly, Objects became synonymous with war. |
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| + | So what about everyone else? |
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| − | The hull alone had a total length of 50 metres. If the length of the gun was also counted the total size was even larger. This new weapon overturned all common knowledge regarding wars. It is not even a stretch to say that it had become much more meaningful to let the troops to focus on preparing the OBJECTs to be deployed to the battlefield in perfect condition, instead of letting them to kill each other in battles. |
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| − | Tanks, fighter jets - weapons which had been playing major roles in wars were then called "Old Generation Weapons". |
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| − | Even rifles, cannon rounds and missile were then treated as no more than peashooters and peas. |
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| − | The combat strength of the ultra-sized weapon of OBJECT was of such an astounding scale. |
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| − | A certain island nation which introduced the weapon caused fear from all around the world. The test model of OBJECT, having a surprise attack launched upon it by a joint expedition of fourteen nations, defeated all the intruders. By the end of the battle it received a nuclear attack in the Pacific Ocean. With half of its body melting like ice under strong sunshine, it still managed to sink the combined fleet with its remaining armaments. Images from such a scene were even published in history textbooks. |
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| − | One can understand how strong the OBJECT was as a weapon, from the fact that the said island nation had still maintained the top position in regard of OBJECT development. |
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| − | Of course, since then the term OBJECT had become a synonym for war. |
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| − | So. |
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| − | How about other people? |
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| − | | Back to [[HEAVY OBJECT:Volume 1 Illustrations|Novel illustrations]] |
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| − | | Return to [[HEAVY OBJECT|Main Page]] |
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| − | | Forward to [[HEAVY OBJECT:Volume1 Chapter 1-1|Chapter 1-1]] |
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Latest revision as of 21:24, 13 August 2013
Prologue[edit]
In the end, war did not end.
Even in an age where development had reached every corner of the planet Earth, high output lasers could easily launch shuttles, and some of the most powerful people had villas on the moon, it seemed nothing had been done to fill the gaps between people’s hearts. Well, supplement companies that sold digitalized “comfort” and “spiritualism” were not uncommon, but even so, the basic mechanism that brought conflict between people could not be removed from their mentality.
Was the change in the rules of war by the appearance of a new kind of weapon just another type of salvation for humanity? Or did it mean humanity had fallen even lower?
Yes, there was a change.
The people who were so immersed in their ridiculous killing changed as well.
It was all thanks to the giant weapons known as Objects.
Just the main body of these new weapons measured at over 50 meters while the guns added even more to their size. Their appearance caused the book on war to be completely rewritten. Large groups of soldiers no longer killed each other directly on the battlefield. Instead, the most important thing was to get the strongest Object to the battlefield in perfect condition.
Tanks, fighters, and the other previous main players became weapons of a bygone era.
Normal machine guns, shells, and missiles were treated like mere peashooters.
That was simply how much more powerful the Objects were.
When a certain island nation presented the first of those weapons, the rest of the world feared it and an allied force from 14 other countries carried out a combined surprise attack on the prototype Object… The Object repelled them all. At the end of the battle, a nuclear strike was carried out over the Pacific Ocean, but the scene of the Object continuing to sink the allied fleet while half of it was melting like ice under the hot sun was in every history textbook.
That island nation remained at the leading edge of Object development and it was clear just how powerful of a presence the Objects were.
Unsurprisingly, Objects became synonymous with war.
So what about everyone else?
