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TJAW


America enjoyer, NATO enthusiast, military history and geopolitics appreciator.

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On the 996th anniversary of Nightmare Moon's banishment, Princess Celestia plucks a quartet of strange entities from the night sky. With her fifteen-year-old student, a rising Royal Guard officer named Shining Armor, a young Princess Cadence with an unrequited crush only the subject and his sister are oblivious to, and a small team of Royal Guards, she investigates. Their discovery is breathtaking to the ponies. What happens after ensnares the small US Special Operations Command task force led by Captain Scott Mitchell of the Ghosts, who through fate or misfortune found themselves on another world.

The events that occur over the next few months threaten to change Equis forever, as a series of low-profile conflicts that have long remained outside Equestrian borders begins to encroach upon it. As things are, lies, treachery and secrets are what is keeping Equis from tearing itself apart, and at the same time are the very things that may destroy it.

But if Captain Mitchell's team and the accompanying Special Forces can complete their new mission against all odds, then Equestria and the rest of Equis will never know what really transpired, or the true driving forces behind the long-hidden conflict. Because they're Ghosts, and they were never there...

Note: Uses characters and appearances from console versions of Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2.

DISCLAIMER: Not inspired or influenced in any way by Titanomachy. The author has never read that story, only seen it featured and guessed its content based on the title and description. Any similarities are purely coincidental, though Greek mythology is a significant literary inspiration.

Chapters (11)
Comments ( 169 )

Ghost recon? Ponies?! YESH AND A MILLION YES!!:pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy:

Well, that was featured quickly.

3189815
It's not featured for me. :rainbowhuh: Is "Show Mature" on for you? Because if it isn't, that might explain it.

3189834 Nah. But yeah, it's featured for me.
Congrats.

yeah it's Featured. 13 likes, 6 comments, and Featured. I have no faith in the Featured box anymore.

(that was nothing against you directly, TJ.)

Liked (told you i'd do it!)

3190024
I never understood how it operates to begin with...

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It's actually only featured if you have "Show Mature" off. I always have it on, and that's the feature box I judge success by. Since it has more popular fics than the regular featured box, it's harder to get into.

EDIT: Just looked, it's actually in the Hard Mode Feature Box.

3190075
I just realized I have to hold up on my Rainbow 6 story. If you've got 13 likes and featured, you blew mine out of the water before I even started...

(Also, you going to be finishing Republic Commando?)

3190093
Of course. I've only finished the first act of Brothers All!

As for your Rainbow Six story, I'll throw my support behind it in a month after this fic's grown some. Hell, I'm already putting references to the organization in this story, so I can turn them into links to your fic after you release it. That way, I can get a secure spot and use it to help your fic get views, instead of us competing for views while we're both small.

Also, I'd be happy to pre-read your story and help advise some elements of it.:twilightsmile:

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Thanks, i'll take that offer up. But it is a cross with the book, not the game. Which means i'll have to go through the book again. So, a month won't be a problem.

Well, it's featured now.:ajsmug:




Expect a massive increase of downvotes.:applecry:

so I like it please continue.

I hate it.

Did you think I was serious? It's good.

Hmm. Not the first Ghost Recon fic I've seen. (Do you believe in Ghosts?)

Wonder how it'll end up.

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I will. I just needed to get the first few chapters out today.

3190381
I've read that story - it's actually one of my favorites - but I wanted to go a different way. Instead of helping to fight a conventional enemy in a clear-cut war with a relatively simple plan of action, I wanted to do something more ambitious. Something more mysterious and unique, with themes of its own. I've said that the biggest influences were Greek mythology, Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid series, Bungie's Marathon series, and 24, and I intend to show that.

3190457
I have no idea. The Feature Box uses an automatic system, and I guess the story met enough criteria to get the 6th spot. I expected a bigger turnout, but a lower position in the box, to be honest.:applejackunsure:

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I always imagined Twi being less strong when she was younger, but even more adorkable. :twilightblush:

>inb4 "We want the otaku audience" jokes

Spacecowboy
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Hmm, Halo... Crysis... Star Wars... Ghost Recon... Someone likes a very specialized niche, it seems.

Also, getting a good laugh about the lack of understanding the feature box. The day someone finally understands it is the day the site closes. It has all sorts of random shit it sifts through, and the only thing that was known, the 4,000 word limit, was removed some months back. All that can be said for certain is high views (across ALL chapters, not just the one highest), high favorites, and high votes is a good start to getting featured.

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What can I say? I like video game crossovers, especially mil-sci-fi. Although there's a story I have in the works that defies that trend in the same way as City on Fire, it won't be out for a while.

Is this anything like Do You Believe In Ghosts?

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Yes, insofar as it's a tale of Ghosts secretly fighting a war on behalf of Equestria. But the objective is less clear, and the endgame is completely in question compared to Do You Believe in Ghosts?, so there are a lot more plot twists and pieces of subtle foreshadowing. With Greek mythology, Metal Gear Solid, Marathon, and 24 as major influences, expect a more complex multi-layered tale compared to the sheer kickassery of DYBiG.

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That one I believe is Future Soldier

this fic seems to be Advanced Warfighter

i can sense the kickassery here right now, that sense is strong you are doing a good job. i have time since DYBIG is in that long chapter Hiatus

Your attention to detail is just enough to hold the reader without making them start getting antsy! Very well written. Faved!!:twilightsmile:

I like the idea, and I'd like to see more TC crossovers, but this doesn't really feel right.
The whole thing feels really nonchalant given the circumstances. I know the Ghosts are supposed to be really professional, but there's a point where "huh, that's odd" doesn't cut it. They're the most elite the Army has to offer (so, y'know, almost as good as Boot Marines :P) and have spent their whole careers being logical and grounded in cold facts and truths, I'd have to expect at least some frustrated reactions at having everything they've known being thrown out the window.
I see potential, but I'm just not feeling it now, Mr. Krabs.

well shit now im sad i finished the chapter, but can't wait for this to update.

3194337
You make a valid point. I'll do some editing and try to make them feel more out of place.

They're the most elite the Army has to offer (so, y'know, almost as good as Boot Marines :P)

:ajbemused: 6/10 Jeromes slightly rumbled.

3194499
Good to hear :twilightsmile:
I'd love to see where this goes and I think the idea's pretty cool, that bit was just rubbing my suspension of disbelief thin. I'll certainly be keeping an eye on this story.

3194337
Alright, I made some changes, added more frustration on the part of the Ghosts. Enough that when shit hit the fan it was almost a welcome change. Combat makes more sense to them then chatting with magical unicorns and pretty pony princesses in a fairy tale land. I even added that bit in because it summarizes how weird the situation is.

Also, I accidentally clicked a link to your userpage when I was responding and I saw your art.

Seriously though, I really dig the guns you drew.

3194366
Well, I've got one more chapter already loaded and ready to publish, but I'm gonna space the release out. Then I've got another one going through my proofreader and one work-in-progress.

3194599
Ah, great, I'll give it a re-read tonight. Gotta love a writer who can take constructive criticism and apply it.

And thank 'ya ^_^ Not many people appreciate weapon art, 's a shame 'cause it's the only thing I'm good at :P

3194646
It was mostly just added details in the first contact chapter (sighs, body language, disbelief, a case or two of hands drifting to holsters), and after the fight things are mostly the same as before. I just thought that most of the frustration would be before they all realized something bigger was going on and their attention was drawn to that.

The changes are there, but there's not enough added content to warrant a re-read of a 6k word chapter.

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I re-read 200k+ word works because I'm bored :P
'Sides I wasn't paying much attention the first time :twilightsheepish:

It's so good to read some nice military fiction(seeing as I was raised on Clancy)... I wonder how well the rest of it goes. :pinkiehappy:

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I read my first Clancy book when I was 12, myself. Cardinal of the Kremlin, front to back. I'm not technical enough to write a full-on Clancyfic, but I can do a Clancy game justice for sure.

Just... Marvolus! I can not wait for another chapter! And the best part... It didn't feel forced! :yay:

3196584
In about 4.5 hours I'll release the next chapter. A story can only be bumped once per day, so I figure 24 hours between chapter releases. Somehow this story's been in the featured box for more than a day, WAY longer than I expected it to be, and if I can keep it there legitimately, then I'll try.

Which Ghost Recon game are you using? Characters are from GRAW/GRAW2 but the weapons are from an older game.

3196794
Actually, I use weapons from both the PC and console versions of GRAW 2, and I might use some from older games later.

3196815 cool. I was about to say that they have never weapons them the xm8 (that's actually a scrapped prototype). Are us gonna use Hunter Team (Ghost Recon Future Soldier) in the story?

3196920
In the Tom Clancy game universe, the XM8 was accepted, first appearing as such in either Ghost Recon 2 or Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. Also it's my raifu.

And no, Hunter Team won't be appearing. This fic takes place ten years before Future Soldier.

This looks very interesting. I shall fave it and watch it! :pinkiehappy:





~ Super-Brony12

3197159 oh ok.I didn't remember the xm8 in graw2 but I remember seeing it out the covers for the older games. My bad

3192530 Did you say Marathon? Oh, I'm definitely reading this. Can I expect Dual-wielding shotguns?

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