The EUP: What is it? Exactly? · 1:14am Nov 12th, 2019
The EUP has always intrigued me. A military establishment in Equestria. What does that entail? The ranks? The training? The operations it oversees? In the show, at least to where I've seen (season 6), it shows a little. That the military does exist, have ranks and a standard chain of command. But what exactly, then, does this chain wrap around?
I feel we'll never get this answer. Purely being that this isn't where MLP's head is. It isn't about war, or destruction, or the distress that comes with it. Nor can a 'Y' rating assess the complexities of such a concept. We're to assume though that it does something. The EUP still exists and is still very much operating. To the extent that the branches even have reserves (Rainbow Dash getting into the Reserves in Testing, Testing 1,2,3 confirms this). Do they fight epic wars? Engage in delicate diplomatic operations? Employ stealthy and dangerous reconnaissance? We don't know, and we won't canonically. That's where we come in though, isn't it? We can pick up there and mutate the rating to allow for any particular kind of storytelling. I do want to know all of these things and write them for myself as well.
Speaking of. This whole blog is relevant to Event Horizon. I won't say to what extent but know that this is something I've been thinking about in tangent with the story. The story that still is in production, mind you. Apologies for the haste being, well, not very hasty. It'll come in time though, hopefully with the same trademark of style you know me for.
Stay tuned folks, it's a long ride
Ruby
