It started when ponies started going missing. It was small towns and villages that reported them first.
After an attack on Manehattan of seemingly unknown origins, The Regal Sisters begin talks of reviving an ancient order meant to defend Equestria and the rest of the known world from threats deemed 'other worldly'.
Much to her dismay, Twilight is chosen to lead Equestria's first—and last—line of defense.
I figured I could put my ongoing misadventures in X-COM and turn them into a fic of some kind.
Wanna be involved in the war? Join The Initiative here!
Kinda toyed with this idea for a bit until I was completely comfortable with it. Hope you like it! Please leave any feedback in the comments!
Chapters (23)
WOW....That was epic. (Even if there was no real fighting)
This is relly good stuff.
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Thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying what I've got so far!
So are we gonna see things like meld augmentation. Meaning Exo-Soldiers and Genetic Engineering? And I'm curious about what the interceptors will be like.
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Yeah, I'm planning on including a lot of the core mechanics and features of the game into the story
7891059 Awesome. I hope you will include Changelings as a race involved into the Initiative. (Please don't make them the EXARCH faction).
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, but I'm gonna try and fit them somewhere. I don't see them really being antagonistic in nature, but we'll see where they end up.
Yeah, I'm a little stuck on where Changelings fit in the story
Friction arises in the ranks, a mystery begins to unfold and one of the OC's makes their debut.
Things are getting interesting.
Dis gon' be gud
I will be giving two(a third possibly pending) character sheets to you via pm. I wanna see this continue!!
7900954 Thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying the story so far
. I'm eager to see what you come up with!
Can not wait for this to update!
And here I am, by the way what will the thin men be?
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Tall and very thin
7909940 as apposed to short and 4 legged
I'm very curious about how you are going to handle the mutons, floaters, and chryssalids. There were chryssalids in Enemy Unknown/Within, right? Ooh, ooh! Chryssalids versus Chrysalis! I'm sorry, I just really think the chryssalids had a cool design.
Keep up the good work!
Damn! That was a tense chapter! To quote the mission clear screen from x-com,
Mission Status: Flawless
I do feel bad for the zebra that survived, the horrors she must be facing, not to mention those poor foals
Keep up the good work!
Also, getting 3+ kills had better get Ethan promoted, because that was impressive shooting!
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Damn right! In game, I meant for Ethan to fill more of a support marksman role for the mission, but he just wrecked the enemy entirely. As of now, Ethan is arguably the best sniper I have in my roster. Expect to see him some more in the future!
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Snipers OP amirite?
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Snipers > Everything else
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Sniper vs Sectoid: Will it live?
BANG
NO, IT WILL NOT!
Sniper vs Muton: Will it live?
BANG
NO, IT WILL NOT!
Sniper vs Chrysalid: Will it live?
BANG
NO, IT WILL NOT!
Sniper vs Sectopod: Will it live?
BANG
YES IT-
BANG
NO, IT WILL NOT! (Double Tap super OP)
Sniper vs Seeker: Will it- OH GOD! GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF! IT'S TRYING TO VIOLATE MY FACE!
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A million times this! Too accurate!
Nice title
So THAT'S what Rarity is doing to help the Harmony Initiative, I thought she would be in charge of designing armor for the troops.
Then again, I do not think an entire army of earth ponies, pegasi, unicorns, griffons, zebra, and changelings would appreciate having to wear tailored, stylized armor that would be more fashionable than functional.
...The image created by that last line will give me smiles and laughs for days to come.
I like the inclusion of these interviews for OCs, allowing you to integrate them into the story a bit more.
Nice work.
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. I reread for inconsistencies practically a hundred times and I checked over all the information about the OCs I was going to introduce here soooooooooooo many times. Really had my fingers crossed here.
I was actually pretty freaked out when writing this because I thought I was going to mess something up
No complaints yet so, I guess it's alright
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I think you portrayed Vigil perfectly. I like the part you added of her wanting to become a guard as a filly too.
Slight nitpick though. I think it should be 'were' instead of 'was'.
Great story so far it would be nice if Ethan was friends with the zebra. Keep up the great work! Also are the thin men gonna be earth ponies because their Infiltrator's?
7944584 It'll be something like that
I like the addition of Flim and Flam, and there was just the right amount of wit in their conversation.
Also, question: who did they contract to build the interceptor suits? Pony Stark and Stark Industries, or Lex Canter and LexCorp? I'm inclined to believe it was the first one.
Yes this is a Marvel VS DC question, and I in no way intend for this to be canon, unless the author wants it to be.
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Thanks! I do find it kinda hard to write Flim and Flam honestly. Hell, most of what I had in this chapter was a tad hard to write because I was a little too focused on chapter length more than anything else. Still, I felt comfortable with having this be a pre-frame to the next chapter.
Also, if it was canon, totally Stark heheh
I love what you did with Flim&Flam working as recruiters/inventors and making the interceptor mission a group effort as well. Especially with adding Vapor Trail and Lightning Dust as wingponies.
I'm interested is seeing where this goes, though I have some idea of what's in store.
screams*
ceased firing*
her*
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. Thanks for pointing them out.
Goddammit, I thought I fixed those
hope*
They*
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. Thanks again 
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I guess this is the last time I trust the GDoc importer
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Well when your OC gets to be the star of the chapter, you tend to read it several times over.
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True that. I read chapter 2 about five times when it came out.
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Not gonna lie, I'm feeling the pressure now
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No joke.
I read the interview chapter eight times.
Before I read it, what is the Dark and Gore tag for?
And how bad does it get ?
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The Dark tag is mostly for the themes involved and I'd like to think that the gore isn't too bad initially. Basically, the extent of it is usually: Thing gets shot, there's blood, it dies. As with a lot of things, it tends to vary, but sections of extreme detail on the gore will be far and too few (chances are, it won't get to Cupcakes level of gory).
I hope you give the fic a chance and the tags don't turn you off
. If you make it past Chapter 1, I think you should be fine for the rest of the fic.
One thing though:
here*
BTW, is there going to be another interviews chapter?
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. I think what I want to do is have one before new characters are 'officially' introduced. I think it works better that way. I don't wanna end up just dropping characters in unannounced too much 
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Yeah, I've got another one planned
Damn straight.
Joy...
Well, nuts to you.
I'll keep that in mind next time. It figures, you do something stupid and I'm the one that pays for it. Also, you don't need to worry about getting your ass kicked by the angry earth pony mare with the machine gun, Cherry. You need to worry about getting your ass kicked by the angry earth pony mare with the machine gun and my mother.
PS. Do not ship me with this jackass. I like girls anyways.
7998949 Hadn't planned on it
7998996 Please tell me there's going to be a scene where Cherry gets reamed by Twilight, Shining, Aegis, Rime, and/or Solemn's mom for his little stunt.
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I've got something planned for him