Code Geass 50K: Lelouch of the Imperium
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A long crossover fanfiction by Soraga, Code Geass 50K: Lelouch of the Imperium is to Code Geass what Shinji and Warhammer40K is to Neon Genesis Evangelion, melding the series into the bleak world of Warhammer 40000, albeit with a dash of The Shape of the Nightmare to Come.
Set in the even more grimdark future of the 51st Millennium, the Imperium of Man is on its last legs as the the forces of Chaos move ever closer to Terra. Its once mighty power now reduced to a mere shadow and the Golden Throne itself breaking down, all humanity could do it seems is to delay the inevitable coming of Abaddon's Black Crusade. That is, until hope springs from the Emperor's forgotten soldiers: the Black Knights, its immortal leaders bracing themselves for a day they've spent countless generations preparing for. But meanwhile, the once-great being formerly known as Lelouch Lamperouge struggles to stay alive against the machinations of both Tzeentch and the growing insanity of the Warp...
Currently comprised of 34 chapters (35 if one counts the prologue), the Fusion Fic manages to mix the two series almost seamlessly. Noteworthy as well are the efforts put in not only showing ridiculous attention to detail but also adding surprises in the mix relating to both source materials while staying true to canon (except for a few key points relevant to the plot).
- The Aesthetics of Technology: Deliberately invoked, with the Black Knights' sleek, highly efficient technology shown as decidedly more advanced than the familiar bulky, techno-gothic trappings of the Imperium. Justified in part due to the Knights having retained much if not all of the progress made during the Dark Age of Technology.
- Ancient Conspiracy: The Black Knights had come a long way from its origins in the anime, with much of its existence prior to the Warp exile largely in the shadows, keeping watch over humanity's evolving civilization. While within the Imperium itself, scattered secrets left behind by Lelouch and barely understood by even the High Lords of Terra are coming to the fore.
- And I Must Scream: The Emperor, just as in canon.
- Anti-Hero: Lelouch/The Emperor, although he clearly if privately didn't like some of more questionable deeds done in his time.
- Bio Augmentation: The "modern" Black Knights are revealed to be a genetically modified subspecies that emerged under Lelouch's watch during the Dark Age of Technology. The fragmented records of their development were later on used to create the Primarchs and Space Marines, though some of the details were mentioned as having been made up from scratch to replicate the original results.
- Crapsack World: Is it ever?
- Culture Clash: Between the Imperials and Knights. Made more explicit by the Knights apparently preserving Earth's records and cultures much more accurately and retaining much from the Dark Age of Technology.
- Death Seeker: It's speculated by the Guardian aka Euphie that a part of the Emperor considers both his internment in the Golden Throne and the warped Crapsack World that his Imperium ultimately became as punishment for his sins.
- Time Abyss: The Black Knights' self-imposed exile in the Warp is implied to be this (over 20,000 years in hiding). Their immortal leaders on the other hand are even more so, recalling the events of the anime and the original Knights under Zero.
- Took a Level In Badass: On the 40K side of things, Abaddon's Black Crusade, which like Abaddon himself is often treated mockingly in fandom, has not only succeeded but is by the start of the fic on a direct course to Terra itself. And then you've got the Black Knights themselves particularly CC, Nunnally and a few others, who have thousands of years' worth of experience by this point.
- Vestigial Empire: The Imperium by the 51st Millennium has largely been reduced to Segmentum Solar and scattered remnants of its once vast territories. Manpower and resources have increasingly become a luxury, with the dwindling armies of Guardsmen and Space Marines falling back ever closer to Terra and the High Lords for once uncertain about their dominions' very survival. And with Lelouch/the Emperor disconnected from the Golden Throne in an attempt to save his life, it's all but collapsed beyond the solar system.
- The Worf Effect: The Ultramarines are forced to subject their home system to Exteminatus in the first chapter, which goes a long way in showing just how desperate things have become for the Imperium.