"This is Big Daddy to Fed ex. Do you copy?" Brown said quietly. Pressing a button on the side of his helmet.
"Yes Big daddy we copy."
"Do you have the delivery address for the package?"
"I'm sorry sir, something messing with our targeting computers. No packages will be delivered without an express office on the ground." The voice on the other end said apologetically.
"Roger that Fed ex. Big daddy out." Brown closed the channel and turned to the squad in the back. "Sorry guys looks like we don't got ion cannon support, this time. " He announced. Several groans could be heard from the back of the transport. "Well lets going then." Brown said to the driver.
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Outskirts of Ponyville
patrol 0834
1:00 PM local time.
" why in Tartarus are we here again?" Said a white stallion in golden armor to his comrades .
" I don't know Diamond. But I'm gona bet you twenty bits it has to do with that changeling queen again." Said one of his comrades.
" Wait you guys don't know what we're looking for either?" Said another.
"No idea." Said Diamond Sword. "Wait do you see that?" He said pointing out towards the forest.
"Yea , wait what is that?"
" I don't know. But its moving towards the barricade."
"We better get Flash down here."
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Harvest Convoy
Lead APC
1:04 PM local time
"Sir." The driver called out for Brown.
" Yes what do we got." Brown responded eagerly.
" Well sir looks like we got twenty contacts , and steadily rising. If you check the scopes it looks live we got several of what looks like cement dividers and barbed wire on the road in front of a formation of natives."
" Well this could go either way." Brown commented to him self.
" Sir, ETA twelve seconds." As he said this the white light that lit the vehicle turned red. Brown turned to the passengers.
" Alright everyone you know what to do." Brown announced. Several seconds latter the light turned green as the rear hatch opened and sunlight filled in the compartment . The solders filed out and took a spike formation in front of the convoy. As they did this two more squads did this on the left and right flanks of the convoy. Brown slowly walked out in front of the APC. His assault rifle across his his chest.
"You two. Follow me." Brown said to two of his men. They stepped out of formation and followed him. Brown walked up to about twenty feet of the barricade. Till he heard a voice from behind the barricade.
"HALT don't come any closer." It said. Brown stopped walking. He smiled slightly knowing they at least spoke the same language. And responded.
" Hello, I am director Brown of the Space Exploration and Defense Initiative. We have no intention of harming you, we just want to communicate. Please send an emissary to discuss any terms." Brown let his his words sink in for several minutes. There was some movement from behind the barricade and soon one of the creatures in gold armor appeared from behind the barricade.
" Greetings Director Brown." It said in a masculine voice.
"Greetings. Now I'm sure you and everyone else back there, has a question or two about me. And I have a few questions for you so Let's get started, shall we." Brown said making eye contact. 'Now that I've had a good look at them, their eyes seem rather disproportionate to their heads.' As Brown thought about this the creature looked rather surprised for a moment before its face went back to a plane expression.
"Yes we shall." It responded.
"Well then my first real question for you is, what are you ? Errr. Your species rather ?" Brown asked rather curious. At first the creature looked surprised, then its face went back to a plane one.
"We're ponies, where exactly are you from ?" It answered then responded a tang of curiosity in its voice. A surprised smile formed on Brown's face. As he turned to one of his men.
"Are we recording this ?" Brown asked the solider.
"No sir." He answered back.
" Well start." Brown ordered. He responded with a yes sir, and Brown turned back to the pony.
"Sorry about that. We're form a different universe, me personally am from a planet called earth , from a country called the United States of America. But my men are from all over the globe some even from the colonies."
"So you're from another universe what do you plan to accomplish by being here?" The pony asked. It's tone was dead serious.
"In short our mission is to find an inhabitable planet as soon as possible ,and establish a colony."
" What do you mean colony ?" He further questioned.
" By colony I mean an area for the development and expansion of the human race. And a fallow up question for you is. Where am I ?" He said pointing to the ground.
"You're in Equestria." It answered simply. Brown looked back to one of his men. He shrugged in response. Her turned back to the pony.
"So who is the leader or leaders of this country, and if there are leaders how many are there?" Brown asked.
" There are four princesses that rule over Equestria."
'That's odd if there are princesses where are the king and queen. Never mind that now, you can ask them when you meet them.' Brown thought to himself. " Well then I would like to request an audience for with a princess as soon as-" Brown was cut off by an alert on his HUD.
"Excuse me for a moment." Brown appoligised to the pony. "Yes intel what do you have for me." Brown said in a hushed voice, pressing a button on the side of his glasses.
"Yes sir we have a proximity alert. There are three large airborne contacts inbound on your position, about two hundred miles out. We are sending you images now." As the female voice stopped three images of airships appeared on his display.
"What the hell are those?" Brown couldn't believe what he saw. They looked like old pirate ships with nothing keeping them in the air. No visible engine no ballon nothing just a flying ship. "Is this confirmed ?" Brown questioned the operator.
"Yes sir."
"Deploy attack drones have them ready to shoot down those craft when I give the order. Thank you, and keep me posted.
"Alright sir." She responded and the transmission went silent. Brown turned back to the pony.
"Sorry about that now I was requesting an audience with a princess as soon as possible." Brown said restarting the conversation.
"Alright I will submit you request. And you should be able to speak with a princess shortly." It answered his request.
"Well if that'll be all, I'll be returning in two hours. And one more thing, I would prefer your commander to call off the airships." And with that Brown simply turned around and went back to the formation the two men following close behind. "Ok everyone were pulling back. We'll return in two hours." He said pressing the side of his glasses. Just as he finished engines could be heard starting up and coming to life. And just as fast as the convoy came they disappeared back into the forest.
