History Fanfic / FleetOfTheHomewardBound

'''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/fleet-of-the-homeward-bound-sci-fi-shipgirl-multicross.896133/ Fleet of the Homeward Bound]]''' is a Multi-crossover fanfic by Sora Neki.

The NCC-1701-D ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration USS Enterprise]]'' finds herself warping through a strange universe. Tracking her path, she finds the space station ''Series/Babylon5'' trying to contain a strange anomaly, one they realize has brought them there. They manage to partially close it but not before several more objects shoot through it at superluminal speeds. More ships, which begin making their way back.

Now the ''Enterprise'', Babylon 5, BBY-01 ''[[Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199 Yamato]]'', BSG-75 ''[[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 Galactica]]'', ''[[VideoGame/MassEffect Normandy]]'' SR-2, and the Imperial Star Destroyer ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Chimaera]]'', among many others, find themselves in an unknown corner of the multiverse. Their crews are strangely inactive, yet they can move and operate on their own... But why do they all look like cute humanoid females?

* BrokenMasquerade: The fleet ends up in the ''Franchise/{{Stargate}}'' universe, and people with telescopes pick up several supposedly-fictional ships([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and the]] ''Normandy''[[note]]As it is only 2004 in the Stargate-verse, ''Mass Effect'' hasn't come out yet[[/note]]) hanging around in space with the ''Prometheus''. Word gets out before the SGC or NID can do anything about it, just as [[Recap/StargateSG1S7E22LostCityPart2 Anubis' fleet shows up]]...

* TokenEvilTeammate: [[spoiler: Chimaera]] is a ship of the Empire, and acts accordingly. She would've been the group's first true antagonist had the ''[[TabletopGame/BattlefleetGothic Sword]]''[[TabletopGame/BattlefleetGothic -class Frigate]] not shown up.

** Normandy. As a frigate she looks like a preteen, and at only 170 meters long is ''tiny'' compared to the other girls.
** The International Space Station in the Stargate universe looks like a little girl around six or seven years old in a spacesuit.

* WaveMotionGun: Given that Yamato is the TropeNamer. There's also Archangel's Positron cannons, Spirit of Fire's [=MACs=], and Hyperion's Yamato cannon, but they don't quite have the same fleet-ending power of the original.

* ContrivedCoincidence: ''Weaponized.'' When Spirit of Fire says she needs five minutes to charge her MAC, Jupiter 2 calls up Chronos to literally ''buy'' the time needed. She then later wanders off, promptly finds the stranded Archangel, and brings her to the fight. Archangel's Anti-beam charges, CIWS, and Gundams Duel and Strike Rouge are able to blunt the attacking Darts long enough for Spirit of Fire's gun to recharge again.

* HopeBringer: Stranded in the outer reaches of a star system, Archangel despairs of ever being found in time to save her crew, and is even already writing her own epitaph until one of her Mistrals finds and brings her the Strike Gundam's still-functional cockpit. She is instantly galvanized, because if ''Mu'' can survive, than so can she! Then Jupiter 2 shows up.

* ContrivedCoincidence: ''Weaponized.'' When Spirit of Fire says she needs five minutes to charge her MAC, Jupiter 2 calls up the Time Merchant to literally ''buy'' the time needed, then later wanders off, promptly finding the stranded Archangel, and bringing her to the fight. Archangel's Anti-beam charges, CIWS, and Gundams Duel and Strike Rouge are able to blunt the attacking Darts long enough for Spirit of Fire's gun to recharge again.

* CombinationAttack: Hyperion's Yamato Cannon can't penetrate the hull of the Wraith Hiveship very well, but hurts what it can hit. While Spirit of Fire's MAC cannon penetrates extremely well. But only leaves a small breach. [[spoiler: So to defeat the Hiveship, Spirit of Fire blasts another hole, which Hyperion and the Firestorms and Gundams pour all their fire into.]]

* ContrivedCoincidence: ''Weaponized.'' When Spirit of Fire says she needs five minutes to charge her MAC, Jupiter 2 calls up a friend to literally ''buy'' the time needed, then wanders off, promptly finds the stranded Archangel, and brings her to the fight. Archangel's Anti-beam charges, N-Jammers, and Gundams Duel and Strike Rouge are able to blunt the attacking Darts long enough for Spirit of Fire's gun can recharge.

* BloodKnight: The Firestorms are all-too eager to tear into any "X-Ray" ship and steal whatever they can get their hands on, no matter the size. They're introduced harassing Jupiter 2, and only hold back from attacking Hyperion and Spirit of Fire only because they're [[ISOStandardHumanSpaceship obviously Human-made]]. They're all but ''salivating'' at the chance to attack the Hiveship.

* CastHerd: There are currently two fleets: Enterprise's group, and a "B Team" consisting of [[VideoGame/HaloWars UNSC]] ''[[VideoGame/HaloWars Spirit of Fire]]'', the Battlecruiser ''[[Franchise/{{Starcraft}} Hyperion]]'', the ''[[Series/LostInSpace Jupiter II]]'', about a dozen [[VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown Firestorms]], and the ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Archangel]]''.

** Likewise, Archangel(and her Mobile Suits) is still damaged fresh from Jacin Due, but readily fights to defend Spirit of Fire and Hyperion from the Wraith.

* {{Omake}}: Side-stories include tales with shipgirls planned to show up later in the main story (such as the ''[[VideoGame/HaloWars Spirit of Fire]]'', ''[[Series/LostInSpace Jupiter II]]'', and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Archangel]]'') or other ships fans want to see that might not be fitting for the story.

* ContrivedCoincidence: ''Weaponized.'' When Spirit of Fire says she needs five minutes to charge her MAC, Jupiter 2 calls up a friend to literally ''buy'' the time needed, then promptly wanders off, finds Archangel, and brings her to the fight. Archangel's Anti-beam charges, N-Jammers, and Gundams Duel and Strike Rouge are able to blunt the attacking Darts long enough for Spirit of Fire's gun can recharge.

* CombinationAttack: Hyperion's Yamato Cannon can't penetrate the hull of the Wraith Hiveship very well, but hurts what it can hit. While Spirit of Fire's MAC cannon penetrates extremely well. But only leaves a small breach. So to defeat the Hiveship, Spirit of Fire blasts another hole, which Hyperion and the Firestorms and Gundams pour all the fire into.

* ContrivedCoincidence: When Spirit of Fire says she needs five minutes to charge her MAC, Jupiter 2 calls up a friend to literally ''buy'' the time needed, then promptly wanders off, finds Archangel, and brings her to the fight. Archangel's Anti-beam charges, N-Jammers, and Gundams Duel and Strike Rouge are able to blunt the attacking Darts long enough for Spirit of Fire's gun can recharge.

* DentedIron: Galactica; despite her advanced age, poor state of repair and ailing mental state, she will fight to protect her friends.

%% * HopeBringer: Stranded in the outer reaches of a star system, Archangel despairs of ever being found in time to save her crew, and is even already writing her own epitaph until one of her Mistrals finds and brings her the Strike Gundam's still-functional cockpit. She is instantly galvanized, because if ''Mu'' can survive, than so can she!

* BrokenMasquerade: The fleet ends up in the ''Franchise/{{Stargate}}'' universe, and people with telescopes pick up several supposedly-fictional ships([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and the]] ''Normandy''[[note]]As it is only 2004 in Stargate-verse, ''Mass Effect'' hasn't come out yet[[/note]]) hanging around in space with the ''Prometheus''. Word gets out before the SGC or NID can do anything about it, just as [[Recap/StargateSG1S7E22LostCityPart2 Anubis' fleet shows up]]...

** Galactica identifies Babylon 5 as Daidalos, the space station from the game Battlestar Galactica Deadlock.
** When Normandy thinks over how the First Contact War started, she includes information from the Mass Effect: Evolution comics.
* DentedIron: Galactica, who despite her advanced age, poor state of repair and ailing mental state, will nontheless fight to protect her friends.

* EatingTheEnemy: Babylon 5 uses the Healing device from "The Quality of Mercy" to drain Anubis and heal Galactica.

* GivingRadioToTheRomans: Prometheus, in true SGC fashion, does ask for some technology from the fleet after the battle. [[spoiler:After Chimaera's Leonine Contract, and some advice from Galactica and Babylon 5, Enterprise agrees to a limited gift, mostly of medical, logistics, and construction technology.]]
* GlamourFailure: When the fleet sort-of-transports themselves to the ''Stargate'' universe, they still appear to people on Earth as their normal ship forms, though they (and ''Prometheus'') still look like Shipgirls to each other.

* {{Omake}}: Side-Stories include tales with shipgirls planned to show up later in the main story (such as the ''[[VideoGame/HaloWars Spirit of Fire]]'', ''[[Series/LostInSpace Jupiter II]]'', and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Archangel]]'') or other ships fans want to see that might not be fitting for the story.

* TokenEvilTeammate: [[spoiler: Chimaera]], naturally. She is a ship of the Empire, and acts accordingly. She would've been the group's first true antagonist had the ''[[TabletopGame/BattlefleetGothic Sword]]''[[TabletopGame/BattlefleetGothic -class Frigate]] not shown up.

* UnitsNotToScale: Averted hard. Each shipgirl is still exactly as tall as her original form was long. This includes the Eight-Kilometer-long Babylon 5.