Chapter 4: Protocol
Take to the Skies
Chapter 4: Protocol
Written and Edited by RobertBel98
“Well if it wasn't a pony then what was it?”
“I honestly have no idea. The only thing I was able to make out was a head, but even that looked weird. It was like it was wearing some kind of helmet or something. ” The Pegasus mare shrugged.
“Well that is mighty strange. Oh and Rainbow not to sound rude because I do appreciate you telling me all this, but why didn't yah go over ta Ponyville and tell Twilight. This seems like a problem more suited for a pony of her likes.”
“Yea I was getting to that, the reason I came here is because after it ‘got away’ from me I was still able to follow the sound.”
“The sound?”
“Yea it made this really weird noise like a loud hum, but that’s beside the point. The point is I was able to follow it here then it just, stopped.”
“Wait hold on a second. You’re tellin’ me that there is some kind of flyin’ metal bird here in sweet apple acres”
“Yea from what I can gather I think it must have landed in one of your fields, and that’s why the sound stopped.”
“Well I think we should go lookin’ for it. I’ll go get Big Mac and Applebloom and start searchin’ the apple fields. You go and tell Twilight what happened and come back. Then you can go an search the dry fields to the north.”
“Gotcha, I’ll be back as soon as I can.”
“See ya Rainbow.” The orange farm pony than dropped what she was doing and ran for the farm off in the distance. The cyan Pegasus took off in a flash heading for the town.
‘This isn’t good. I need to get back to the jet and stop them before anything happens.’ I thought to myself as I turned and started to sprint.
I ran as fast as I could for the jet, zooming past dozens of apple trees. Then all the luscious green converted to a dull yellow
when I got to the barren fields. To the north I could see my aircraft glistening in the sunlight. I continued to run for the shining beacon. When I got to the aircraft I stopped to analyze the situation.
“Alright as crazy as all this is I still need to follow protocol. Okay, I have landed in a foreign and possibly hostile environment in an intact however incapacitated vehicle. Priority is that I disable the vehicle to prevent enemy obtainment. Well it isn’t like I got ten pounds of C4 on me so that leaves one option. Rip out the control panel, it might not be destroyed but at least they can't turn it on.” I then proceeded to advance for the aircraft.
I jumped up getting a hold of the left wing. With all my strength I pulled myself onto the top portion of the vehicle crawling for the still open capsule.
Falling in, I re composed myself straightening my back so I could properly rest in the seat. I reached my arms back swiping my hands across the space behind me before I felt something block my path.
“Gotcha you little bugger!” I proceeded to grasp and pull the object from its location hearing the tearing sound of several Velcro straps before it came loose. I rested the black case on my lap unbuckling the several cords holding is shut. Once all the cords had been separated the box swung open revealing an assortment of first aid materials and basic mechanical tools. Noticing the hex wrench I grabbed it in my hand then redirecting my sight to the control panel in front of me.
After placing the case back I leaned in to locate the several bolts holding the equipment in place. I located the bolts inserting and turning the wrench releasing the screws. Satisfied I grabbed the now separate control panel and swiftly yanked it from the aircraft. I felt slight resistance when the wired recoiled but they all quickly submitted to the force disconnecting at the joining areas.
“Well, now that that that’s done I had better get the fuck out of sight before…” As if to confirm my fears a faint voice was heard in the distance.
“Twilight come on can you move any slower. We gotta catch this thing before it gets away.”
“Sorry Rainbow Dash but if you have not noticed I CAN’T FLY!” Another slightly angered voice retorted.
Recovering from my momentary still state I leaped from the cockpit. I proceeded to slide down the wing of the vessel before falling to the ground, hard!
“Arrgh, god dammit!” I grunted to myself.
Stumbling to get up I looked around for any piece of cover. The only non-open space left was the tree line, but that meant I would be running directly into my enemy. A rather large tree stump right outside the forest caught my eye. ‘Maybe if I can get to it before they make it to the tree line I can stay hidden, and I can still get the drop on them if it comes to it. Well here goes nothing.’
I sprinted for the tree line as fast as I could. Once I got to the stump I basically dived headfirst into the ground before slamming my side into the large dead plant. ‘Well that was stupid.’ I think to myself as I slowly hide behind the stump. After settling I calmed my breath listening for any of the voices I heard prior, and sure enough…
“Alright Twi were almost there. The dry fields are pretty much just open space so if this is where it’s hiding it shouldn’t be too hard to find.” I recognized the voice it was of the blue Pegasus from earlier. ‘Apparently she is named Rainbow Dash’. I thought remembering the dialogue from the previous encounter.
“Rainbow Dash, are you sure about this. I mean flying metal bird. There is nothing in Equestria that even remotely resembles that.” The second voice from earlier said.
“If you’re so against the idea then why did you come?” Rainbow Dash asked rather infuriated.
“One you’re my friend, two on the off chance that you are right I think we should be properly document it and not just go blindly wandering into the situation with the intention of starting a fight.”
“Who said I was gonna start a fight!”
“Just basing it on past experiences Rainbow, just if what you say is true and we do manage to find whatever it is you saw please let me do the talking.”
“Whatever.” The voices sounded really close now. I leaned my head around the stump still hidden from sight. Suddenly some rustling in the trees caught my attention. I redirected my sight over to the origin. Two figures emerged from the dense brush. Rainbow Dash hovering in the air and facing backwards, and a purple… UNICORN!? ‘Okay first talking ponies, a Pegasus, and now a freaking unicorn. It’s like I have been thrown into some kind of mythos fantasy land.’ My thought was cut short as the unicorn began to speak.
“Well should we start looking or wha…?” The purple unicorn froze in place pupils forming pinpricks.
“Uh, Twilight, Rainbow waved her hoof in front of her face, you alright.”
“Rainbow, look behind you.” I now know what surprised her, she had laid eyes on my craft standing no more than ten meters from their position.
“What is it Twi… DEAR SWEET CELESTIA!” The Pegasus froze in shock as she fell to the ground with a thud before getting herself back up.
“Is that it?” The dumbstruck unicorn asked.
“Yea, maybe we should get closer.”
“Alright but slowly we don’t want to provoke it if it’s dangerous.”
‘Wait provoke it, loading… done, HOLY SHIT they think the plane is alive!’ I try hard to stile the oncoming onslaught of laughter as I grabbed my side pulling myself deep into cover.
I look at the mares as they cautiously advance towards the jet.
“What the hay is that thing!”
“Rainbow quiet down!”
“What it wasn't an insult and besides it looks like it is turned off anyway.”
“Wait a second… turned off. So it isn't an animal.”
“Twilight I never said it was an animal lust that it looked like a metal bird. I think it might be some kind of flying machine. I saw something inside it when I was alongside it and it was moving, defiantly alive. Although it’s gone now look, the mare gestures to the open canopy of the cockpit, it must have landed it and then split.”
“So wait. You’re telling me there is some sort of alien running wild in sweet apple acres!”
“For all we know it could be watching us right now, oooohhh.” Rainbow Dash attempts an impression of ghost irritating the purple unicorn.
‘Oh talk about dramatic irony.’
“Rainbow this is no time for fun and games we need to be serious!”
“Fine miss buzz kill.”
“Ugh, alright let’s go investigate. Can you get me on top of it so I can have a better look at the inside?”
“Sure thing.” The Pegasus proceeds to lift the purple mare by her fore legs onto the top half of the F-35. She cautiously walks over to the cockpit trying her best to keep her balance on the un-even surface.
“Whoa, Rainbow Look at this.”
“What is all that and why is it lighting up like that. Does it run on magic?” Wait magic. Well I guess since in a world filled with talking horses and unicorns that was bound to be a contributing factor at one point.
“No I can’t sense any type of magical field in the craft, and oh what’s this?”
“What is it Twilight.”
“It looks like something was yanked out of it right there. See how there’s that big hole with all the wires sticking out of it?”
“Yea, but why would he beak his own ship.”
“Probably didn't want anypony meddling with it. So he took the one key component that it needs to run.”
‘Oh clever girl’ I thought to myself.
I suddenly felt a slight warm sensation on my left side. Then I heard something, it sounded like breathing. Wait, oh-no.”
“This is a great hiding place.” The mysterious figure whispered into my ear.
I freeze, a cold sweat building on my forehead. I slowly turn to see a fluffy pink mare with a cotton candy mane and a cartoon smile spreading ear to ear staring directly at me.
“JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!” I whip out my pistol aiming it directly at the pink mare.
I here audible gasps coming from my right. I once again turn my head now seeing the Pegasus and unicorn staring at me. Eyes wide open and mouths agape.
“Oh shit.”
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MOAR!
Cliffhanger?!
Oh come on a cliffhanger really
Cliffhanger. I hate them yet love how well some a pulled off. This is one of them. Bravo
2023014Yes TROLOLOLOL BWAHAHAHA
By the way how do you guys like the new cover.
LMFAO of course pinkie pie would "innocently" scare the living daylights out of the human with her pinkie pieness
No! Too short, I need moar!
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2023050 Yes, I kinda like the cover a bit better, anyways, on to what I was gonna tell you.
The USS Wasp does not have a launch catapult, nor there is a minuscule chance that it will be out fitted with one. Also, Lockheed Martin has two different F-35's for two different purposes. The B model is a STOVL (Short Take-Off Vertical Landing), and the C model is CATOBAR (Catapult Assisted Take-Off But Arrested Recovery). I highly doubt Lockheed Martin would make a CATOVTOL (Catapult Arrested Take-Off or Vertical Take-Off and Landing). So, please, can you fix the error in the beginning about the takeoff? Please? My CDO is getting to me.
I knew there would be a "suddenly Pinkie Pie" and as soon as he hid I knew when, where, and how...
Now I am not an expert on this exact situation (down + intact aircraft) but I'm fairly certain he'd need to do more than remove a control panel to adhere to protocol, seeing as that really doesn't do much to prevent an enemy power from reverse engineering practically everything about the craft, which is unacceptable and on par with treason...that being said, I would wager most fighters would have some way of achieving this stored away, seeing as "10 pounds of C4" doesn't take up very much space...
Also saw a few places where a period should have been used instead of an exclamation mark, and vice-versa (Pinkie Pie rarely says anything that doesn't require an exclamation mark...)
2023286 The reason he did not have C4 is because he originally was not out on a search and destroy mission but a recon mission over friendly waters. Also the reason i only had him take the control panel out is one he was short on time and two he just didn't want them to be able to start it.
"I~ know~ where~ you~ hide~"
Really needs some editing. But other than that it's looking really good. If you ever need a pre-reader just send me a PM. I'd love to help!
Ten pounds of C4 is not carried by the Airforce if the plane is not going into enemy territory, however, i think he would need to at least smash the fuck out of the inside of the cockbit and light the fuel lines on fire in the minimum.
good chapter BTW. i like your stuff
2023386 So many ancient military axioms to choose from, so little time...
It's not something they'd equip only for missions over a hostile force, you know. In fact, the only time I could ever think of when a fighter could possibly come down intact but incapacitated would be in a non-combat flight, such as a recon. Otherwise, the pilot would be forced to bail out or become an easy target. And honestly, it's not even so much an issue of equipping as it would be of detonating it, since it could easily be pre-placed and have a 3 stage detonator as the add-on, since C4 literally can't explode unless you want it to (I'm not even joking, that shit is insanely stable).
2023916 Yea to detonate C4 it requires an electrical charge to run through it. Honestly just to clear the air. I was just winging it with that C4 bit.
Quickly, shoot it, shoot it!
No, not the pony, the avionics!!!
2023941 I'm literally never this much of a hard-ass unless it comes to military stuff or technical details that are set in stone. I think what killed me was when you said something like "nosed the stick down and took off" in the first chapter. Physical pain was incurred upon reading that. I still can't vote on this because I am way too biased, but I'm still reading it so idk.
2023963 By the way i fixed that error.
2023968 I'd have hoped so, thinking about it hurts XD
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My Coke is on the screen now...
Continue. This is getting interesting!
Hahaha! Loved the last bit xD keep it up. We wait eagerly.
Oh My God, laughed so hard at the ending! great job!
This is a damn good story. Good job RobertBel98
Of coarse Pinkie pie would be there.
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!
This is great, keep it up!
Also relevant title to maybe slightly relevant song?
>need C4 to destroy an airplane
>implying it doesnt run on some kind of super-hot-burning fuel.
2026322 It claimed earlier that it was low on fuel. The most it would do is scorch the gas intake. Also besides he did not have enough time and had no method of lighting the fuel.
i dont know much on military protocol but im sure that the planes have charges that could disable them.
2026360 Not so sure about that.
2029713 Since this little competition has been going on for a while i feel i need to clear the air 'MERICA nuff said.
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Excuse me, Lincoln. But have you seen our snipers? Of course you haven't, because they've already killed you eight times before you hit the ground.
2030521 And after on of our snipers takes a shot there's nothing left to even shoot, just a mess.
2031050
I'm sorry, but Rob furlong took a shot from 2430 metres, killing a terrorist. He had to factor in gravity, wind and the target moving. A bloody mess is terrifying, but watching your guys suddenly fall by shots taken from no discernible location while everyone is running and screaming, while also turning them to mush is even scarier.
2031731 To be honest these debates are not really serious on my part. I just find them fun to partake in. Also I heard about the sniping skills of the Australian military I don't want to say we or anybody is better because honestly there is no point.
2032748
Yeah, I know. Just kidding around.
HAHAHAAHA that ending! I haven't laughed that hard in a long time! aaah..pinkie......
Me "YAY!, I FOUND THE HUMAN!" Pinkamena "Pinkie didn't we just talk about breaking the forth wall?" Me "yes."
Does he shoot Pinkie Pie? Please shoot her!! She deserves it for ruining everyone's privacy, blah blah, blah and being so ANNOYING!!!!
2061778
Uh, how about no?
very very good store!!!
HEY GUYS! Yea I'm still here DEAL WITH IT! Just wanted to say to be expecting the new chapter either today or tomorrow. So yea hope you enjoy it and stay tuned PEACE!
2023088 NO SHIT DUMBASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
woah...
that really just scared the crap out me.... but this sounds like a blast... but sweet Luna, pinkie that was freaking scary! gah!