ROFL Beethoven, and tell Tchaikovsky the news

[LilFluff]

Jwolfe said:




And considering
that you've mentioned Earth is sort of a Sargasso when it comes to
remnants of Nanoha-verse civilizations it'll give Ferret-boy the chance
to get his explorer hat back on.

Chrono: Yuuno? Why are you contacting me at....four in the morning? I
distinctly recall setting up standard times for updates on your little
archaeology jaunt around the planet.
Yunno: Yeah but you also told me to call you the moment I found something big.
Chrono: Right... So what did you dig up?
Yunno: Well your guess about this being a Belkan colony was half right.
Looks like a couple of scout cruisers crashed here and the survivors
mixed with the natives. Probably where the roots for that 'German'
language came from.
Chrono: Great, wonderful, an entire planet of Belkans, just what I needed (explains some things though). Anything we can use?
Yunno: Yep, the ship I'm in is a Zigeuner class so there will be plenty
of device parts in the workshop. Also the ship's in pretty good
condition so we should be able to cobble together a fair amount of
things.
Chrono: You're not a mechanic, what are you basing the second part on?
Yunoo: Oh just a hunch.
(we see him blocking three different automated turrets and flinging
around swarms of defense drones with binds while the Xcom squad is
filling both with bullets and explosives)

Jwolfe said:

The Xcom brass is going to be confused.

They send Yuuno off on this 'archaeological trip' with some minders to
get him out of combat and still be able to help. Then the mission
reports start arriving with equipment and ammo expenditures resembling
front-line fire teams going after the downed UFOs (fewer causalities
though).

And when they try and get answers out of Chrono and co, the mages will
be honestly confused because that's what archaeology involves.

Sakharov: The gril with the dragon in her pocket I can deal with, the
pre-teens with enough firepower to vaporize a tank? Weird but OK.
Extraterrestrial magic-wielding humans are a bit bizarre but not
completely beyond the realm of sanity. But needing the equivalent of
four combat teams with anti-tank firepower at an archaeological dig site
so the ancient crockery is killed before it rips your head off? WTF!?!

Jonen C. said:Faceless XCOM advisor: "We have hired a group of archaeological consultants to check and verify your expenditures. Doctors."
Dr. Jones: "Looks legit."
Lady Croft: "I see nothing unusual here."
Dr. Jackson: "Are you hiring? I could use some R&R."

(From Catch the Falling Sky a Nanoha/X-Com crossover -- this part is reader omake, not officially part of the story)
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