Poor Luna. An error not of her doing but her execution condemned Equestria and Zebrica if not the whole world. If there's a pony afterlife may she never find that out
The sergeant let out a long breath and shivered. “Bucking tartarus… What have those engineers done?”
“No, it shrank. I didn’t know this one was dry-clean only. Who even makes a dry-clean only lab coat?” Balanced muttered bitterly into his chest as he tried to find a way to hold himself to reduce stress on the buttons.
“Flim-Flam Co,” March answered instantly.
Ahhh that explains it
Rivet snorted and entered the incident report into his log. “We’re just very good at screaming internally while we work, sir.”
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Unit ASX J-117, you know we could have included code within our message to force you to do as we will. We have not.
I'm pretty curious about how it would have impacted his ability to generate emotional energy if they had
The sergeant cleared her throat and nodded once in agreement. “I understand your complaint, corporal. I share it… but he’s a robot, we have our standing orders, and the Commander’s specific orders. Sorry, 117. We need to shut you off.”
The standing orders were that all robots are to be offline during transport, so what could the Commander's "specific" orders be about... I think I might be paranoid
The sergeant let out a long breath and shivered. “Bucking tartarus… What have those engineers done?”
Created one of the three potential saviors of the world
Solemn Creed, Com-dot-S-Creed-at-REAF-dot-mil... Probably Royal Equestrian Armed Forces, but I read it as: Rear Echelon as All F**k. hehehe If you've Served in the military, you'll 'get' this joke.
'These ones folded up and replaced the front set of boots or shoes for a pony when not in use.'
Rhymer: Ah, like the ones seen in Gears' tale recently, nice. :)
'The M113 was another fighting vehicle the troops hated. The simple twin tracked vehicles were designed to take a dozen soldiers anywhere they needed to go. No matter what was in the way.
The M113 would run through, over, or across damn near anything it could reach. Mines. Trenches. Barbed wire. Most buildings. Mud. Smaller trees. Water. Lawyers.'
Rhymer: Bwahahahaha!! Yup, M113's CAN deal with 'land sharks', like Lawyers... Unless, they are armed with a Court Order. In that case, it's just best to run them over again and again until they are just a smear on the pavement, burn the order, and tell 'Higher' (as in higher authority) that so far as you know, the lawyer is busy communing with nature. OR, that you really have no idea where the Lawyer might be, or in what state, or it's state of mind (paste) may currently be. Lawyers by definition have friends in low and infernal places.
'Seth's eyes narrowed as he whipped his head around to glare at Ash. "A good pony just died!"
Ash nodded. "Yes. That's the purpose of soldiers like us. To kill as is needed and to die as She demands."
Stampede stared at Ash, silently judging his apparent callousness.
Ash gave his sword in his right talon a quick spin to activate the enchantments on it, sending a blaze of green light flickering through the quiet hanger bay.
"The purpose of the enemy, on the other hoof, is to die as we demand. I say Hay costs them about, oh... sixty. Sounds right?"
Mint's hateful look faded. "Yeah. That does sound right. We'll make it sixty-nine. Hay would have liked that."
Rhymer: The funny thing is that Ash does not realize that the 'price for killing one of my squad members' is a joke about a sexual position.
Rhymer: Nicely written so far Meep. Keep it up. Few can do these kinds of action sequences properly. Even those that have experienced Combat in real life.
Solemn Creed, Com-dot-S-Creed-at-REAF-dot-mil... Probably Royal Equestrian Armed Forces, but I read it as: Rear Echelon as All F**k. hehehe If you've Served in the military, you'll 'get' this joke.
*spit-takes in Army Brat* Holy crap someone noticed that. Literally just put it in for my mom to laugh at because she made those kinds of jokes.
Rhymer: Nicely written so far Meep. Keep it up. Few can do these kinds of action sequences properly. Even those that have experienced Combat in real life.
I havent been in a gunfight, thought I have been shot it. I've been in more than enough melee enguagments though. I rely on those, along with accounts of soldiers I read about online and in books, to make good action scenes. There's also a writing trick here. SHort sentences make readers think something happened faster. Long sentences make people think something happened slower. You can use this to make "slo-mo" happen in text. Simply by altering what you can. Descriptions, actions, the works. All of it can be arranged and put into motion such that it makes a reader feel tense. Or relieved. Moment to moment.
Solemn 10692117 I actually noticed too, but I was only used to REMF and wasn't sure if the A stood for something. My alternate interpretation was Royal Equestrian Air Force, so...
Of course, this is also Creed, so I wouldn't be surprised at him hiding that sort of thing. After all, he can hide a battalion behind a lamp-post. :D
Poor Luna. An error not of her doing but her execution condemned Equestria and Zebrica if not the whole world. If there's a pony afterlife may she never find that out
Created life. As grand and terrible as that is.
Ahhh that explains it
A useful skill
I'm pretty curious about how it would have impacted his ability to generate emotional energy if they had
The standing orders were that all robots are to be offline during transport, so what could the Commander's "specific" orders be about... I think I might be paranoid
Created one of the three potential saviors of the world
Solemn Creed, Com-dot-S-Creed-at-REAF-dot-mil... Probably Royal Equestrian Armed Forces, but I read it as: Rear Echelon as All F**k. hehehe If you've Served in the military, you'll 'get' this joke.
'These ones folded up and replaced the front set of boots or shoes for a pony when not in use.'
Rhymer: Ah, like the ones seen in Gears' tale recently, nice. :)
'The M113 was another fighting vehicle the troops hated. The simple twin tracked vehicles were designed to take a dozen soldiers anywhere they needed to go. No matter what was in the way.
The M113 would run through, over, or across damn near anything it could reach. Mines. Trenches. Barbed wire. Most buildings. Mud. Smaller trees. Water. Lawyers.'
Rhymer: Bwahahahaha!! Yup, M113's CAN deal with 'land sharks', like Lawyers... Unless, they are armed with a Court Order. In that case, it's just best to run them over again and again until they are just a smear on the pavement, burn the order, and tell 'Higher' (as in higher authority) that so far as you know, the lawyer is busy communing with nature. OR, that you really have no idea where the Lawyer might be, or in what state, or it's state of mind (paste) may currently be. Lawyers by definition have friends in low and infernal places.
'Seth's eyes narrowed as he whipped his head around to glare at Ash. "A good pony just died!"
Ash nodded. "Yes. That's the purpose of soldiers like us. To kill as is needed and to die as She demands."
Stampede stared at Ash, silently judging his apparent callousness.
Ash gave his sword in his right talon a quick spin to activate the enchantments on it, sending a blaze of green light flickering through the quiet hanger bay.
"The purpose of the enemy, on the other hoof, is to die as we demand. I say Hay costs them about, oh... sixty. Sounds right?"
Mint's hateful look faded. "Yeah. That does sound right. We'll make it sixty-nine. Hay would have liked that."
Rhymer: The funny thing is that Ash does not realize that the 'price for killing one of my squad members' is a joke about a sexual position.
Rhymer: Nicely written so far Meep. Keep it up. Few can do these kinds of action sequences properly. Even those that have experienced Combat in real life.
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*spit-takes in Army Brat* Holy crap someone noticed that. Literally just put it in for my mom to laugh at because she made those kinds of jokes.
I havent been in a gunfight, thought I have been shot it. I've been in more than enough melee enguagments though. I rely on those, along with accounts of soldiers I read about online and in books, to make good action scenes. There's also a writing trick here. SHort sentences make readers think something happened faster. Long sentences make people think something happened slower. You can use this to make "slo-mo" happen in text. Simply by altering what you can. Descriptions, actions, the works. All of it can be arranged and put into motion such that it makes a reader feel tense. Or relieved. Moment to moment.
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I actually noticed too, but I was only used to REMF and wasn't sure if the A stood for something. My alternate interpretation was Royal Equestrian Air Force, so...
Of course, this is also Creed, so I wouldn't be surprised at him hiding that sort of thing. After all, he can hide a battalion behind a lamp-post. :D
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Once he hid a box of cigars from his wife so good even he couldn't find it.