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September 22, 1963

The attempted conquest of the world by the armies of Mu has come to a swift, brutal end. The mighty, ancient empire, that held the world in mortal dread the last few weeks, has been completely destroyed. The Empress is dead, having swam off to die with her doomed empire. The Atragon followed a Mu Attack Submarine deep into the bottom of the ocean, and found the massive undersea caverns where the empire lay entombed. Atragon singlehandedly wiped out the empire's defenses, and rammed into the giant undersea cavern that held its main generator. Its soldiers broke into the generator, and damaged it so badly before retreating that it soon detonated into a radioactive plume visible from the surface. All that now remains are a few square miles of buried undersea ruins, and a massive (though now-diminished) fountain of radiation deep in their heart.

Among the most disturbing defenses Mu threw at the Atragon was their "god", a massive sea dragon named Manda. Manda's origins are still a mystery, though it remains easily the largest dragon ever conclusively verified by science. The sea serpent attempted to constrict the Atragon in its coils, but was electrocuted and repulsed. A moment later, the Atragon's "Cold-Air Cannon" froze the animal solid, sealing it to a rock at the bottom of the ocean, where the cold nearby temperatures ensure it will remain for the foreseeable future.

Since only the Atragon is capable of descending to the depths of the sea where the dragon lies entombed, it seems that people with access to the mighty warship will be the only force capable of studying it for the moment. A number of UN engineers are looking into the vessel's internal construction to determine how the vessel's hull can sustain the intense pressure at the bottom of the sea. The vessel itself has been decommissioned in a stunning flurry of paperwork, and Captain Jinguji has been honorably discharged - a natural reaction when what was effectively a hypernationalistic terrorist with a superweapon was discovered. Manda will almost certainly be studied in extensive detail, and some individuals have even suggested creating a "Dragon Island" to let it live on, allowing it to be studied while living in a natural habitat.

Reality check: this is Manda, a kaiju from the 1963 Toho film "Atragon". I do not own the rights, etc, etc...

Description

September 22, 1963

The attempted conquest of the world by the armies of Mu has come to a swift, brutal end. The mighty, ancient empire, that held the world in mortal dread the last few weeks, has been completely destroyed. The Empress is dead, having swam off to die with her doomed empire. The Atragon followed a Mu Attack Submarine deep into the bottom of the ocean, and found the massive undersea caverns where the empire lay entombed. Atragon singlehandedly wiped out the empire's defenses, and rammed into the giant undersea cavern that held its main generator. Its soldiers broke into the generator, and damaged it so badly before retreating that it soon detonated into a radioactive plume visible from the surface. All that now remains are a few square miles of buried undersea ruins, and a massive (though now-diminished) fountain of radiation deep in their heart.

Among the most disturbing defenses Mu threw at the Atragon was their "god", a massive sea dragon named Manda. Manda's origins are still a mystery, though it remains easily the largest dragon ever conclusively verified by science. The sea serpent attempted to constrict the Atragon in its coils, but was electrocuted and repulsed. A moment later, the Atragon's "Cold-Air Cannon" froze the animal solid, sealing it to a rock at the bottom of the ocean, where the cold nearby temperatures ensure it will remain for the foreseeable future.

Since only the Atragon is capable of descending to the depths of the sea where the dragon lies entombed, it seems that people with access to the mighty warship will be the only force capable of studying it for the moment. A number of UN engineers are looking into the vessel's internal construction to determine how the vessel's hull can sustain the intense pressure at the bottom of the sea. The vessel itself has been decommissioned in a stunning flurry of paperwork, and Captain Jinguji has been honorably discharged - a natural reaction when what was effectively a hypernationalistic terrorist with a superweapon was discovered. Manda will almost certainly be studied in extensive detail, and some individuals have even suggested creating a "Dragon Island" to let it live on, allowing it to be studied while living in a natural habitat.

Reality check: this is Manda, a kaiju from the 1963 Toho film "Atragon". I do not own the rights, etc, etc...