This. I was half expecting a space version of them from a distant place, just like the other unknown threats we've seen. Putting them in the oceans, despite the setting of Arpeggio, I did not expect.

What really struck me was how well it fits into earth history! Giving a solid reason for a mass exodus we've known about for many RL years, such that it's genuinely reasonable to have happened (well, through an anime watcher's definition of 'reasonable' anyway), is the kind of world-building gift I wish I had. Reminds me of a Mekton campaign I once ran, except I never -did- determine why everyone left. And I never would have thought of this.

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>Second, I see the entry was written by a one Mr. Kirov. Is that a ship
>(or a Transformer? I'm probably getting wires crossed with the
>Vozdushnikons) of a later provenance, or did an actual Fog ship do a
>writeup of his people for the H2G2? If so, either we're seeing the
>thin edge of the wedge for their becoming emotional, or one hell of a
>convoluted and overly-clever (on the Fog's part; I think the idea is
>excellent) psychological warfare campaign. On a similar note, is it
>only Terran humans that are plagued with the Fog? Or do Corellians et.
>al. have them too (or their own local variation of the same problem)?

I...hm. Not sure about these questions, but I was thinking about all of this as well. I do know that that's not a typical Transformer name--they're usually named after personality traits and can't be named after Earth vehicle models because many Transformers existed (with alien vehicle forms) before ever coming to Earth. Also, a Transformer the size of a battleship would be a LARGE Transformer, on par with Omega Supreme or a combiner gestalt, but whose vehicle form would be rather niche (not that that doesn't happen.)

He could very well be a Mental Model. Which is a rather strong indicator of why the Fleet of Fog disappeared...they'd have never gone away. They just went native. Can you imagine the nations of the galaxy FLIP OUT when they found beings THAT powerful hidden all over society? Ohhh that might be a fun read.

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this world created by the
hands of the gods
everything is false
everything is a LIE
the final days have come
now
let everything be destroyed

--mu