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The Cybertronians, alien robots with the ability to transform, has fought for millions of years, on one side, the Decepticons fought for power and domination and the other, the Autobots who rose up against them to stop their evil plans, two leaders rose from their ranks, the heroic Optimus Prime and the tyrannical Megatron. Their war would ravage their homeworld Cybertron for millions of years draining the planet of its energy causing the Autobots flee the planet and search for more energy however they have gone unnoticed by the Decepticons who pursued them all the way to Earth, where they continue their war, the Autobots see the value of Human life, as their leader Optimus Prime believing that freedom is right of all sentient beings vows to protect Earth from the Decepticons as they fight their war in disguise with a help of few human allies, from civilians to governments.
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Unknown location
Walking among the halls of a facility, passing by scientists and military personnel walking back and forth doing their duties is a middle aged man in his army greens, his jacket is decorated with various medals and awards with his four stars decorated on his epaulet indicating his rank of General and his name tag indicating his name as General Abernathy. He would look like he is a regular here if it weren’t for the fact that the military personnel around him are wearing uniforms from the Navy.
However he is not the only figure out of place, walking along tall halls of the facility, Abernathy is met by a large robot, with a blue head with a set of antennae sticking out, blue eyes and faceplate that moved when he talks, sporting a red body with a windshield chest,a truck’s grill for an abdomen, and his legs are blue with truck tires sticking from the sides. He looks down at the man and says.
“General Hawk, I didn’t expect you to be here”
“Likewise Optimus Prime” General Abernathy code-named “Hawk” responded back “Keel-Haul brought me here, he said something about a secret military project. How about you?” He asks the Cybertronian curious what do these people have in store, since this means that this project is something important to warrant them to attend.
“Dr. Anzeel has requested my presence, she believes she wants me to see into this” Optimus said “although, if it has anything to do with technology, she would have asked me bring Ratchet and Wheeljack along” he noted the oddity of the situation
“Perhaps, it is top secret, only the higher-ups are allowed.” Hawk said, crossing his arms looking around “as a matter of fact, it’s not just the Eagle Union, but there are guys from the Royal Isles, Sakura Empire, Iris Orthodoxy, Sardegna Empire, Northern Parliament, Dragon Empry and Ironblood”
Their conversation was interrupted by a voice calling out to them
“Optimus Prime, General Hawk glad you two could make it” A voice rang out to them, facing towards the voice, Optimus and Hawk sees a trio walking towards them, one is a young woman with scruffy brown hair, red-framed glasses and lab coat with mismatched footwear, an older man who as the same age as Hawk, in Navy blues, the insignia of his uniform, indicates his rank as Admiral and his name tag indicating his name as Admiral Colby and just behind them a peculiar young woman with white hair and in a naval uniform that shows no indication of rank, she stays right behind of them not wanting to be noticed, although she does seemed to be at awe with Optimus Prime, seeing that she never anyone like him before.
“Doctor Anzeel, Keel-Haul” Both Optimus and Hawk acknowledge the two seemingly ignoring the third person, it seems that she prefers it that way.
“You’re just in time you two, we’re just about to begin the program” Dr. Anzeel smiled “Come along Enterprise”
Anzeel and the other girl left Optimus and Hawk with Keel-Haul, heading towards a room far from the rest of the guests.
“Who was that woman?” Hawk asks Keel-Haul, referring to the white haired girl
“Sir, our next step into the future,” he beckons to to follow him, walking along the halls of the facility “after Miss Anzeel and the rest of the science community discovered the Wisdom Cubes, they have been working hard on research, from alternatives to natural energy to new weapons of war, it seems the good doctor has made a new discovery”
The three walked into a room, big enough to house a few hundred people with a center stage, many from the different nations would follow suit taking their respective seats, Keel-Haul taking a seat designated for Eagle Union officials, next to him is an white-haired man in a lab coat. Optimus and Hawk however, chose to stay in the back, not wanting to draw any attention.
Lights turn on as Dr. Anzeel takes center stage, with a device pad on her hand ready to give her presentation.
“Good morning everyone, I know what you are here for so I’ll cut to the chase.” The screen behind her starts to light up showing a blue glowing cube. “Ever since the discovery of the wisdom cubes, we have been working day and night to find a way to study them, from alternative energy sources to new types of technology, but now we have officially made a breakthrough…”
The cube on screen suddenly transforms into a humanoid female shape. Dr. Anzeel begins to speak again
“The pinnacle of our research, the Kansen, warships of old manifested into humanoid women, the name “Kansen” is play on the Japanese word of “Senkan” meaning “Battleship” but of course they can range from the humble destroyers and cruiser to the mighty carriers and battleships ”
The screen shows the same woman Optimus and Hawk saw earlier, this time attached to her sides are strange equipment reminiscent of that of an aircraft carrier, the screen now shows her skating across water with no effort at all. Chatter among the audience can be heard, Optimus, using his advanced hearing could isolate the chatter said among the representatives of different nations present
“If possible we could start with Belfast as our first”
“Imagine the possibilities”
“We could even create those ships, that was in plan Z”
Just as Dr. Anzeel continued her speech, Optimus Prime and General Hawk looked at each other with one thing in mind: The creation of these “Kansen” would create a new shift in world balance as they know it.
“These “Kansen” and the Wisdom Cubes, if fallen into the wrong hands,-” Optimus whispered to Hawk
“-it could spell disaster” they both nodded, both knowing that they are referring to who they mean.
Just as the chatter died down, Doctor Anzeel began to continue speaking,
“Now don’t let their appearance fool you, they may look like regular girls, but they are much tougher than they look.”
The screen behind her shows the same girl, charging against what looks like a cruiser firing at her, the ship soon hits its mark, but as the smoke clears, the girl walks out of it looking none the worse for wear, on her hand is a bow, drawing the string, she aims at the cruiser, letting loose a yellow arrow that suddenly forms into a plane that fires a torpedo, the torpedo then makes contact with its target sinking it instantly.
Reactions from the audience range from astonishment, curiosity and fear. Hawk however, winces at the demonstration, seeing how a single person can sink something much larger than her. Optimus however realizes why he was here, these new girls will be seen as a new species of humans, a combination of flesh and steel and the Prime knows this and they need his and General Hawk’s output on these “Kansen”
“Ladies and Gentlemen, the next step in the research of the cubes, the Kansen” Dr. Anzeel finished her presentation, causing a series of claps from the audience. As questions are brought by the various scientists, politicians and officers, Optimus and Hawk could only just listen and contemplate what would happen once these “Kansen” will be revealed to the world.
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Many years later an otherworldly race called the Sirens suddenly appeared in Earth's oceans bringing devastation to many coastal cities.. Many nations tried to fight back but their navies would fail, the Sirens' technology was more advanced that they could research, but then the arrival of the Kansen from the major nations, reclaiming the seas and with the help of their remaining navies and allies, humanity has taken back the seas.
The nations have created a pact called Azur Lane, an alliance made that, no matter who you are, that it is your sworn duty to protect Earth from the terrors of the Sirens and other threats and to treat the Shipgirls as humans and not just ships.
This alliance couldn't last forever, the existence of the Shipgirls have created a shift in world politics, debates would arise if they are considered human or not, countries such as the Sakura Empire would venerate the Shipgirls as some would take unique forms from their Mythology, the Shipgirls of the Royal Isles would take offices in their government some of them as part of the Royal Family. The alliance would begin to strain when Ironblood began to experiment with Siren technology causing the riggings of their Shipgirls to take a monstrous appearance of those of sea monsters and dragons, similar to the Sirens. Ironblood and the Sakura Empire broke off from Azur Lane wanting to defeat the Sirens under their own terms, other nations left preferring to deal with their own internal squabbles, leaving the Eagle Union and the Royal Isles to lead what's left of Azur Lane. It would take someone or something for Azur Lane to reignite its purpose, after all, if the Sirens were defeated, who or what would Azur Lane defend humanity against?