Story Idea #13 · 3:24am Apr 26th, 2016
This is going to be a long one, because instead of just writing out a basic idea, I'm going to write out a short scene.
A woman appeared on screen. "You've played Airsoft." A window opened up on screen with footage of people playing a game of Airsoft. "You've played Paintball." And another showing people playing Paintball. "You've played laser tag." And again with laser tag. "But you've never played anything like this." The screen switched to show footage of a battlefield with people shooting at each other with what appeared to be laser based weapons, with tanks no bigger than a person and planes no bigger than a hang glider. "Suit up in our U.E. Soldier Armor." The camera zoomed in to show a person dressed in what appeared to be a modified military combat uniform, without the pouches for extra gun clips. "Control the land by taking command of one of our E.E. Tanks." The camera angled away from the person and zoomed in on one of the tanks, showing it to be less angular and more rounded than a normal tank. "Take command of the skies by controlling one of our P.E. Gliders." The camera angled towards the sky and zoomed in on one of the planes, showing it to resemble a less angular and more rounded version of a Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk. "Customize your own weapons with fully interchangeable handles, bodys, barrels, stocks, and accessories." The camera changed to show people putting together their own guns from parts hanging on a wall behind them. The screen changed back to the lady with four windows depicting the soldiers, tanks, planes, and gun assembly area. "This. Is MagiWars!" she finished with a grand flourish.
As the video came to an end, and having seen several visual indicators of Equestrian magic in it, Sunset Shimmer said the only thing that came to mind in that instance, "What the heck?!"
And, yes, I have put quite a bit of thought into this. The plot revolves around the Rainbooms and SciTwi figuring out who invented the tech for MagiWars, why they did it, and how they know about Equestrian magic.
As for the guns, tanks, and gliders, they shoot what is essentially a stun spell, strength of the spell depends on what you're shooting it from. The U.E., E.E., and P.E. translate to unicorn enchanted, earth pony enchanted, and pegasus enchanted, and the enchantments come with what you'd expect, except the U.E., which only comes with a shield spell attached. The tanks and gliders are controlled via a cockpit remote control.
Contact me if you want to make this into a story. Although, if I get the money, I may just end up getting it commissioned.
