History Fanfic / CodeGeassMegiddo

** On that note, variable Knightmare Frames like the aforementioned ''Tristan'' and ''Bradford'' are entirely absent. There is a reason for this; flying Knightmares were experimented on for a time, but were inferior to dedicated aircraft (namely fighter jets) as well as standard Knightmares like the ''Sutherland'' and ''Gloucester'' which was proven in the story's version of the [[Manga/CodeGeassOzTheReflection Wings of Talleyrand Incident]]. Thus, Knightmares remain strictly ground units only.
** Instead of piloting the ''[[VisualNovel/CodeGeassLostColors Lancelot Club]]'', Nonette Enneagram pilots the ''Ywain'', which is the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans Kimaris Vidar]]'' reimagined as a Knightmare with the sub-arm shields mounting Blaze Luminous tech and the Rhongomyniad, a lance derivative of the Excalibur.

** The Knight Giga Fortress ''Siegfried'' does not appear in this story beyond the Black Rebellion, so Jeremiah is given another machine called the ''Vortigern'' [[spoiler:which is basically the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Psycho Gundam]]'' reimagined as a variable Knight Giga Fortress]]. [[spoiler:After defecting to the Black Knights, he pilots the ''Akizuki'', which is the ''Gekka Alonso'' from ''Oz the Reflection''.]]

** On that note, float-capable Knightmares are not present in the story due to the high power consumption that current Knightmare technology could not cope with.
** The ''Panzer Hummel'', ''Panzer Wespe'' and ''Panzer Grille'' Knightmares that the EU fielded in the original series are not in this story and are replaced with a new series of Knightmares, ones modeled after [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam an all too certain Principality's death mechs]]. Similarly, the ''Alexander'' from ''[[Anime/CodeGeassAkitoTheExiled Akito the Exiled]]'' has been replaced with the ''Wolfen''.

** Instead of piloting the ''Lancelot Club'', Nonette Enneagram pilots the ''Ywain'', which is the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans Kimaris Vidar]]'' reimagined as a Knightmare with the sub-arm shields mounting Blaze Luminous tech and the Rhongomyniad, a lance derivative of the Excalibur.

** [[Main/ZigZaggingTrope Zigzagged]] with the Chinese Federation. On the one hand, their armed forces are still outdated and they were annexed into Britannia during the TimeSkip. However, they have four Shenhu-like Knightmare Frames rather than the one used by Xingke, each of which has its own AcePilot and unique ability, and their armed forces do put up a decent fight against the Britannian occupiers despite their other disadvantages.

** [[Main/ZigZaggingTrope Zigzagged]] with the Chinese Federation. On the one hand, their armed forces are still outdated and were annexed into Britannia. However, they have four Shenhu-like Knightmare Frames rather than the one used by Xingke, each of which has its own unique ability, and their armed forces do put up a decent fight against the Britannian occupiers despite their other disadvantages.

** [[Main/ZigZaggingTrope Zigzagged]] with the Chinese Federation. On the one hand, their armed forces are still outdated but on the other hand, they have four Shenhu-like Knightmare Frames rather than the one used by Xingke, and their armed forces do put up a decent fight against Britannia despite their other disadvantages.

** The Chinese ''Gun-Ru'' and ''Chuyen'' are named the ''Yaoguai'' and the ''Baihu'' respectively.

** Kallen is a big fan of classic rock, with [[Music/{{Queen}} Empress]] being her favorite band.

[[TimeSkip Eight years later]], Lelouch has become a [[MaryTzu brilliant Britannian general]], fighting alongside Suzaku and his former enemies. Of course, he's totally forgotten his role as Zero and believes Nunnally to have died with his mother. However, the Geass' hold on Lelouch is not absolute -- his memories are merely buried, not totally erased, and [[TheRemnant a certain organization]] is watching him from the shadows, ready to reclaim their leader...

* AdaptationalVillainy: Although she was never a paragon of virtue in ''[[Manga/CodeGeassOzTheReflection Oz The Reflection]]'', this story's rendition of Marrybell is a much more ruthless general who has even kille innocent civilians in her conquest of the Far East and [[spoiler:is not above using her geass to brainwash her own troops to become suicidal slaves.]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: Although she was never a paragon of virtue in ''[[Manga/CodeGeassOzTheReflection Oz The Reflection]]'', this story's rendition of Marrybell is a much more ruthless general who has even kille innocent civilians in her conquest of the Far East and [[spoiler:is not above using her geass to brainwas her own troops to become suicidal slaves.]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: Although she was never a paragon of virtue in ''[[Manga/CodeGeassOzTheReflection Oz The Reflection]]'', this story's rendition of Marrybell is a much more ruthless general who has killed even innocent civilians in her conquest of the Far East and [[spoiler:is not above brainwashing her own troops to become suicidal slaves.]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: Although she was never a paragon of virtue originally, this story's rendition of Marrybell is a much more ruthless general who has killed even innocent civilians in her conquest of the Far East and [[spoiler:is not above brainwashing her own troops to become suicidal slaves.]]

** Marrybell - Bloody Marry

** Marrybell - [[KillEmAll Bloody Marry]]

* AdaptationNameChange: Many of the Knightmares have different names from canon.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Although she was never a paragon of virtue in canon, this story's rendition of Marrybell is a much more ruthless general who has killed even innocent civilians in her conquest of the Far East and [[spoiler:is not above brainwashing her own troops to become suicidal slaves.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Megiddo'' is essentially a dark, gritty ''Gundam''-esque war story that is very much removed from the original ''Code Geass''. For starters, the lack of float-capable Knightmares makes the fights more [[{{Pun}} grounded]] and intense while various characters have darker traits and personal histories as compared to canon.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: [[spoiler:Lelouch and Kallen. At first, it's more SexForSolace as the two simply need some reminder of love for each other before life hits them again. But after Jeremiah cancels out Kallen's original Geass, thereby proving to her that her feelings for Lelouch have always been real, she's much more... enthusiastic to spend her time with him. Not that Lelouch wants to complain.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Megiddo'' is essentially a dark, gritty ''Gundam''-esque war story that is very much removed from the original ''Code Geass''. For starters, the lack of float-capable Knightmares makes the fights more [[{{Pun}} grounded]] and intense and various characters have darker traits and personal histories as compared to canon.

** The author mentioned that EU President Kessler is visually based on [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans Rustal Elion]].

* AdaptationVillany: Although she was never a paragon of virtue in canon, this story's rendition of Marrybell is a much more ruthless general who has killed even innocent civilians in her conquest of the Far East and [[spoiler:is not above brainwashing her own troops to become suicidal slaves.]]

* AdaptationalVillany: Although she was never a paragon of virtue in canon, this story's rendition of Marrybell is a ruthless and brutal general who has killed even innocent civilians in her conquest of the Far East and [[spoiler:is not above brainwashing her own troops to become suicidal slaves.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Megiddo'' is essentially a dark, gritty ''Gundam''-esque war story that is very much removed from the original ''Code Geass''. For starters, the lack of float-capable Knightmares makes the fights more [[{{Pun}} grounded]] and intense in comparison to R2.

* DarkIsNotEvil: The Black Knights, even more so than originally. In a world split between grandiose [[{{Expy}} expies]] of the [[EvilBrit British Empire]], the [[ThoseWackyNazis Axis Powers]] and [[RedChina communist China]] with a [[AncientConspiracy secret Illuminati-like order]] lurking in the background, it's both strange and fitting that the good guys (or at least the lesser of the evils) model themselves after TheLegionsOfHell while Lelouch takes his EvilOverlord image to [[UpToEleven even greater heights]] than before.

** The ''Hector'' is described as being derived from the same mindset as the ''Brunor''. In fact, it's [[UpToEleven even more]] durable, repeatedly taking attacks from multiple Knightmares at once without so much as its paint scratching, all the while dishing it all back out with its hadron cannons and missile launchers. Its production variant, the ''Kirkwall'', also follows the line.

* TookALevelInJerkass: '''''Suzaku'''''. First, he betrayed Lelouch, his best friend, to his (Lelouch's) father, the same father who exiled Lelouch and his crippled, blind younger sister and left them to die in a war zone, for a position as one of the Knights of the Round. Then he allows said father/Emperor to suppress Lelouch's memories and rewrite them to make him a loyal soldier of the very empire he despised. Then, after all he has done, he has the gall to reignite their friendship during Lelouch's amnesia and play the part of his best friend for the next eight years. [[UpToEleven Yeah]]. Needless to say, when Lelouch regains his memories, he is rightly ''pissed off'' at Suzaku the next time they meet. At the same time, you can't really blame Suzaku, since he's been in SanitySlippage mode since Euphie's death, and perhaps even before, with his guilt over the death of his father.

* ZergRush: The CLA tactic with the ''Yaoguais'' is basically this. Taken UpToEleven with the ''Hongse Diyu'' (Red Inferno) protocol, which is a last-ditch Knightmare Wave Attack where the ''Yaoguais'' charge in and destroy everything regardless of their casualties. [[spoiler:Interestingly enough, this is what turned the tide against Britannia and allowed the Red Rebellion to succeed.]]

** The EU amphibious Knight Giga Fortress is appropriately named ''Leviathan'', the sea monster of Biblical myth.

* BalkanizeMe: What happened to the Soviet Union after the EU conquered it. As a result of (Western) European weariness toward further Russian aggression, the former USSR was broken up into smaller states (eight of which correspond to real-world federal districts) and annexed (thus causing the name change to Eurasia), such that everything past the Urals is now referred to as Far Eastern Eurasia (or just the Far East). The following are the aforementioned states:

** Floating battleships (besides the ''Avalon'') are entirely absent although float airships are used by Britannia and the Black Knights for transportation purposes while land battleships and seaborne vessels are used en masse by the major powers. On that note, float-capable Knightmares are not present either due to the high power consumption that current Knightmare technology could not cope with.

* BalkanizeMe: What happened to the Soviet Union after the EU conquered it. As a result of (Western) European weariness toward further Russian aggression, the former USSR was broken up into smaller states (eight of which correspond to real-world federal districts) and annexed (thus causing the name change to Eurasia), such that everything past the Urals is now referred to as Far Eastern Eurasia (or just the Far East).

** [[UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar Jackson, Longstreet and Stuart]] also seem to be based on [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Aigulle Delaz]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Mu La Flaga and Murrue Ramius]] apiece.