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The city of Samara in the USSR has survived many of the catastrophes the befell other metropolises during the proverbial 'Age of Monsters', having went through most of the era almost completely untouched by monster attacks or alien invasions. It has prospered along with the rest of the Combloc nations in the 1970s, which saw the domestic, political and economic liberalization of the communist states*, beginning with the USSR under the reformist government, based in Leningrad, which came to power following Premier Brezhnev and most of the Soviet politburo's demise in Rodan's destruction of Moscow during the Kilaakian War of 1968. As it enters the 21st Century along with the rest of the Soviet Union, it seemed to its people that the city would remain a sanctuary of peace, prosperity and progress in a world that has gone mad since 1954.

However, perhaps inevitably, its luck eventually ran out.

SpaceGodzilla, one of the many extraterrestrial and monster scourges of Earth ever since its first appearance in 1995, was detected travelling towards Earth during the fall of 20XX, on a trajectory that would see it make planet-fall somewhere among the Combloc nations within 2 hours of its detection. It was not until after it has battled its way through Earth's defenses - plowing its way through UNSDF's** first fleet and tanking several 50 megaton casaba howitzer shots from the orbital defense network - before the UNGDF was able to triangulate its exact landing point.

Despite a Herculean effort by the USSR government to evacuate its cities before the kaiju's assault, half of Samara was still not vacated when Space Godzilla landed in the heart of the city. The next 24 hours would see a running battle between elements of the local UNGDF contingent, supported by the Soviet Armed Forces, and the space kaiju as it devastated the city and its surroundings, with the human forces fighting desperately to keep it from the civilian population.

The Battle of Samara culminated with the arrival of an ad-hoc UNGDF heavy rapid-response force - a MK II M.O.G.U.E.R.A. squadron of three mechs, supported by a Gotengo-class aerial weapons platform. After a further 45 minute battle, the kaiju mysteriously conceded defeat and retreated back into space. This was perhaps because it sensed the approaching presence of the so-called 'Earth-Guardian' kaijus, Mothra and Battra, reportedly called upon by the local Mothrans***, both of which arrived just as SpaceGodzilla departs.

Although the human forces had arguably prevailed, the aftermath made it a Pyrrhic victory; although casualties were less than feared, hundreds of thousands were killed or wounded, the UNGDF and Soviet military sustained heavy casualties, while Samara was leveled and irradiated beyond recovery, and was later classified as an Exclusion Zone on the same level as Chenobyl, Moscow, Tokyo, New York...

The reasons why SpaceGodzilla choose to attack the city remained a mystery, although later actions of the space kaiju along with recently declassified documents from the UNGDF database and the Soviet archives provides hints to the usually inscrutible, incomprehensible motives of the enigmatic alien clone of Godzilla..."

--- Internode Entry on the '20XX Samara Incident'

* Western historians would call this period the 'Red Spring', a contributing factor to the continuation of the Detente and the early end of the Cold War by the late 70s - early 80s.

** United Nations Space Defense Force, a major branch of the United Nations Global Defense Force, charged with defense of Earth and its colonies in the Solar System

*** Mothrans refer to members of the Mothra Dharma, one of the many kaiju-worshipping religious/ideological movements that emerged during the 1960s-1970s, and arguably the most successful religions in recent times, with over 250 million members by the year 2000.

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So yeah, another SFM creation. This time with an extensive story to go with it. Go figure.

Used a large number of models for this one. Soviet soldiers, the Maser tank, SpaceGodzilla and the weapons are custom models, while the helicopters are actually Combine helicopters from Half Life 2.

Description
The city of Samara in the USSR has survived many of the catastrophes the befell other metropolises during the proverbial 'Age of Monsters', having went through most of the era almost completely untouched by monster attacks or alien invasions. It has prospered along with the rest of the Combloc nations in the 1970s, which saw the domestic, political and economic liberalization of the communist states*, beginning with the USSR under the reformist government, based in Leningrad, which came to power following Premier Brezhnev and most of the Soviet politburo's demise in Rodan's destruction of Moscow during the Kilaakian War of 1968. As it enters the 21st Century along with the rest of the Soviet Union, it seemed to its people that the city would remain a sanctuary of peace, prosperity and progress in a world that has gone mad since 1954.

However, perhaps inevitably, its luck eventually ran out.

SpaceGodzilla, one of the many extraterrestrial and monster scourges of Earth ever since its first appearance in 1995, was detected travelling towards Earth during the fall of 20XX, on a trajectory that would see it make planet-fall somewhere among the Combloc nations within 2 hours of its detection. It was not until after it has battled its way through Earth's defenses - plowing its way through UNSDF's** first fleet and tanking several 50 megaton casaba howitzer shots from the orbital defense network - before the UNGDF was able to triangulate its exact landing point.

Despite a Herculean effort by the USSR government to evacuate its cities before the kaiju's assault, half of Samara was still not vacated when Space Godzilla landed in the heart of the city. The next 24 hours would see a running battle between elements of the local UNGDF contingent, supported by the Soviet Armed Forces, and the space kaiju as it devastated the city and its surroundings, with the human forces fighting desperately to keep it from the civilian population.

The Battle of Samara culminated with the arrival of an ad-hoc UNGDF heavy rapid-response force - a MK II M.O.G.U.E.R.A. squadron of three mechs, supported by a Gotengo-class aerial weapons platform. After a further 45 minute battle, the kaiju mysteriously conceded defeat and retreated back into space. This was perhaps because it sensed the approaching presence of the so-called 'Earth-Guardian' kaijus, Mothra and Battra, reportedly called upon by the local Mothrans***, both of which arrived just as SpaceGodzilla departs.

Although the human forces had arguably prevailed, the aftermath made it a Pyrrhic victory; although casualties were less than feared, hundreds of thousands were killed or wounded, the UNGDF and Soviet military sustained heavy casualties, while Samara was leveled and irradiated beyond recovery, and was later classified as an Exclusion Zone on the same level as Chenobyl, Moscow, Tokyo, New York...

The reasons why SpaceGodzilla choose to attack the city remained a mystery, although later actions of the space kaiju along with recently declassified documents from the UNGDF database and the Soviet archives provides hints to the usually inscrutible, incomprehensible motives of the enigmatic alien clone of Godzilla..."

--- Internode Entry on the '20XX Samara Incident'

* Western historians would call this period the 'Red Spring', a contributing factor to the continuation of the Detente and the early end of the Cold War by the late 70s - early 80s.

** United Nations Space Defense Force, a major branch of the United Nations Global Defense Force, charged with defense of Earth and its colonies in the Solar System

*** Mothrans refer to members of the Mothra Dharma, one of the many kaiju-worshipping religious/ideological movements that emerged during the 1960s-1970s, and arguably the most successful religions in recent times, with over 250 million members by the year 2000.

= = =

So yeah, another SFM creation. This time with an extensive story to go with it. Go figure.

Used a large number of models for this one. Soviet soldiers, the Maser tank, SpaceGodzilla and the weapons are custom models, while the helicopters are actually Combine helicopters from Half Life 2.