"Unknown rider! ID yourself!" Seadroy, despite being freaked out inside, remained calm on the outside and warned the bogey aircraft anyway. Lancer 2 slowly moved behind the bogey aircraft into an offensive position, Seadroy then switched his radio frequency to contacting Lancer 2, "Put your weapons in check, a Fox-2 shot from this distance will certainly kill him-" His sentence was cut short by a sudden statics followed by that voice again.
"Hey, I heard that."
Lancer 2 snapped, his shaking hoof took over as he pressed the pickle. The last remaining Sidewinder then sprints off the wingtip. However, just as the two Equestrian pilots thought they might've accidentally killed that bogey, the Sidewinder did a sudden negative dive a few yards from the bogey's engines, and went stupid.
"What the-" Lancer 2 gulped, his back hooves began to shake in fear, he might've pissed off the reaper itself.
The bogey aircraft then Aileron-rolled next to Seadroy's Hornet, shook its wings in a friendly term, a whistle blew through the radio, "Hey hey easy man, you should be thanking your god I have my weapon safety on at that time; reflexes can be a scary thing sometimes."
"Unknown rider, identify yourself!" Seadroy continued, he sighed internally, let's hope this guy ain't mental...
"Alright, alright, I'm not spilling the beans though.", the bogey aircraft began, "You can call me Pixy, I'm a mercenary from..." There was a slight pause.
"Belka."
"Cap, you heard of that?" Lancer 2 asked.
"Nah, throughout my career I've never heard that country before, not once." Seadroy hoofpalmed his face, and he then responded, "Never heard that before... Pixy... Is it? Might as well fly back to where you come from, don't wanna enter an active warzone next time without warning."
"That's the problem, captain." The bogey said, "My country is no longer available for my needs it doesn't even have a proper military anymore..."
"Uh... So..." Seadroy started.
"You guys have a base near right? Is it open for visitors?" The bogey immediately changed the topic, as if he avoided any mentions of this 'Belka'.
"Well... Under normal circumstances..." Lancer 2 began.
"What other choice do we have?" Seadroy sighed, it's better to get this demon on their side after witnessing his ability to wipe out an entire fleet of aircraft easily. "We can't risk letting the Griffons get their talons on Pixy."
"Unknown riders have been identified as Belkan Mercenary Pixy, following us to the base." Seadroy then led the formation toward HQ.
Meanwhile, Morgan himself was having a small headache, "Ugh... It's gonna take a while to digest these 'Larry Foulke' memory packs...". He then zoomed out on his radar map; Himself was indicated as a light blue cursor, while the others were smaller blue cursors; their general direction currently is about 3 degrees off the East, hmm... There's a small channel between the continent of Griffonia and Equestria in the Northern region of Griffonia; it's labeled Celestial Channel, down below is where the Celestial Sea opens.
"Lancer 2, what's your fuel status?" Seadroy asked, "Better keep that in check, we still got a twenty-minute flight till we get home."
"One eight-hundred." Lancer 2 replied.
"Good, I'm at One five hundred." Seadroy sighed in relief, "Just enough to make it back." He then switched to Pixy's channel, "Pixy, can your fuel make it in time?"
"Oh, I'm fine." Pixy responded in a cheerful tone, "In fact, I'm not even bothered to check my fuel cell for a while."
"Just what kind of monster are you..." Lancer 2 murmured. It was silent for a few seconds, he sighed, "Poor mare, how am I supposed to explain this whole shit to her... Celestia-damn it..."
"Learn to accept it, kid. This is war." Pixy said in a resigned tone, "There's no mercy in it."
"No shit pal... No shit..." Seadroy said as he lowered the altitude and speed, "Heads up, we're approaching the hen house." Just as he finished his sentence, the clouds in front of them were cleared up, revealing the island of Trottingham, at the end of the cliff was a runway, and several hangers and ammunition storage could be seen as they got closer.
"You guys got some balls exposing those oil tanks and ammo racks out in the open." Pixy ridiculed.
"The Trottingham Airbase is known for its dense AA network surrounding the island, especially after the Griffons bombed it 5 months ago." Seadroy replied, "But what you said is still the top concern of this base. However, we'll just have to live with it. This is the closest we could get to Griffonia outside their long-range cruise missile sites."
"Lancer Squadron, you're cleared to land..." Came the flight tower's voice, "I'm sorry for your losses... Captain."
Both Hornets made a smooth landing with their brakes out, ground maintenance crews immediately rushed up towards the aircraft once it was at the taxiway, however, that strange aircraft they brought with them stole the spotlight.
"Unknown aircraft, you're too fast! Lower your airspeed!" The tower called but was caught unprepared as the strange aircraft's landing gears survived the rough touchdown. The aircraft then went from 160 knots to zero in a matter of seconds, the maintenance group had their jaws dropped at the fact that the aircraft didn't flip over due to the sudden stop.
"Lancer 1, what the hell did you bring home?" After a long period of silence, the flight commander asked, with a slightly alert tone, "And how are you so sure this isn't some kind of Griffonian superweapon?"
"Commander, if you saw what happened earlier, then that'd be your answer." Seadroy sighed in relief.
The commander chuckled nervously, let's hope I don't lose my job for this. "Fine, but if anything goes wrong it's on you."
DATE: 6-09-2019
HRS: 0749 Hours
BELKAN EXPERIMENTAL COMBAT AIRCRAFT 'MORGAN'
NAME: PIXY, LARRY FOULKE
AFFILIATION: ERAF
So, here I am. After the Equestrians led me into an empty hanger I couldn't stop starting to realize my memories are starting to fade away; and Larry Foulke's memories began to take over. Well, people tend to say you can't forget who you are no matter what condition you're in at this moment. So you'll see me writing this digital journal now and then...
Anyway...
I saw the looks on the Equestrian engineers' and maintenance crews' faces; both fear and admiration, also a bit of curiosity. Did I mention how innocent they looked when they were discussing what the Celestia-damn Tartarus am I made of? Heh, I'm not sure how long this Belkan witchcraft thingy's gonna lay down, but until then, I'm at risk of getting taken apart by those Equestrians. You know what, they probably don't have the balls to do so anymore, especially after Seadroy released the combat footage of me clapping those Griffonians.
Now every so often I hear them whispering some myths they made up based on me; something about a Crimson Solo Wing of Tartarus or some shit. Oh well, it's not doing me bad so, I'll let that slide.
Oh, about that Lancer 2's marefriend? Well, yeah, although I didn't see anything about her, I did hear some female sniffing and sobbing passing through my hanger. Nothing I can do about it, this is war at the end of the day.
Seadroy came in to visit; that's when I found out the history of this Equis... Well he wasn't much of a history guy, so I was only able to retrace back to a certain timeline, but it was enough for me to get a hold of this current situation...
Equestria, once upon a time, before they achieved such technologies, was a peaceful land full of friendship... It was a time when creatures from all over the planet, trusted each other... Their relationship was at the peak of its state, especially due to the wisest ruler of Equestria; Princess Celestia, the Equestrian Alicorn monarch of the nation at that time. The elements of Harmony were the key to the peace they'd experienced...
This... Was the world I was seeking for...
However, all goods come to an end.
And the peace for Equis ended violently. So violent, that a spark of war tore the entire continent inside out...
After Princess Celestia's retirement from her reign for thousands of moons, she passed her throne to Princess Twilight Sparkle, her student, and apprentice, as well as a member of the Elements of Harmony. During the beginning of her reign, the new Princess earned everypony and creatures' love and admiration, she helped ease up the tensions between rival tribes, small nations, and individuals. With the help of her students, Equestria, and its neighbors were about to share another thousand moons of peace...
Until one night.
Princess Twilight herself was at the Royal Observatory at Mt Canterlot, even as a monarch, Twilight continued to research the heavens above due to her curiosity and for the science of her nation. It was then that she spotted an unusual object fading in and out of the night sky. At first, the Princess thought it was just one of the planets or meteors.
She was wrong.
It was later proven to be an asteroid, about 1.6 km in diameter. The Equestrian National Aerospace Administration (ENASA) was in a panic, worried that this unwelcomed celestial body would be on a collision course with their planet. Luckily, it was later observed, that this asteroid was in its orbit around the sun perfectly, but with a few intersections with Equis's orbit. No collision risks yet. This asteroid was later named Twilight 1994EF04.
Although knowing the asteroid may not be a threat for a while, Princess Twilight grew concerned for the current technological level of Equis, this kind of luck wouldn't always be present. A month later, Princess Twilight announced the beginning of a huge revolutionary project that changed the fate of Equis forever...
Project Starchaser.
It was meant for the Equestrians and their neighbors to develop new advanced technology for their uses. Especially military/national defense technologies. Her concerns for celestial objects like Twilight 1994EF04 were widely understood and accepted by her allies. Within months, the world changed rapidly; with the help of several elite scientists gathered from around the world, Equestria became the first nation of Equis to acquire Electromagnetic technology. 3 moons after the announcement of Project Starchaser, the first bullet train entered service in Equestria, replacing the old steam train. A moon later, the first squadron propellor-powered aircraft were introduced to the Equestrian Royal Air Force and were quickly sold to the neighboring countries. Five moons later, the Maglev train was built and tested successfully. Several months later, The first missile destroyer and cruiser joined the Equestrian Navy. Jet aircraft were quickly introduced, and the world was quickly getting its new shape...
The world, on the surface, was getting better. Citizens were living their best lives, the economies of each nation were perfect, and international relationships were at their finest.
Then it went downhills.
ENASA brought a devastating report; the course of the seemly forgotten threat, the asteroid Twilight 1994EF04 changed. It was now on a Five Moons countdown collision course with Equis. As for the cause of its sudden change of trajectory, it dated back to the retirement of former Princess Celestia. Since she once had direct control of the sun, her retirement meant giving up that control key to the star itself. The star was still getting used to not having Alicorn magic locked on, the result was disastrous; the hyperactivity of the sun blew out waves of electromagnetic solar storms. Unfortunately, asteroid Twilight 1994EF04 is a metal asteroid, and due to this feature, this celestial MWD is extremely sensitive to any electromagnetic distractions. The solar storm impacted the asteroid and pushed it 7 degrees off its course, which dove into a trajectory towards the fourth planet in the star system.
In response, Princess Twilight gathered the world leaders into an emergency meeting, they brought up the SkyDome Project as their last line of defense against Twilight 1994EF04. It features a line of defense formed by six large-caliber automatic intercept space-defense railgun turrets. Its firepower at full charge is expected to completely shatter the core of Twilight 1994EF04. This project was put immediately into action as six major nations that were at the heads ceased other current projects and threw their economy, stallionpower, and time into the construction of the SkyDome railguns.
The nations' unity was at its peak and its downfall.
One moon before the predicted collision with Twilight 1994EF04, the constructions of five major railguns were complete and went through their final testing stages. The Griffons, one of the strongest nations at that time, suddenly announced themselves quitting Project SkyDome. When questioned by its fellow allies, Griffonia simply responded by having to resume its emergency operation for its economy, which malfunctioned due to its sudden cessation of trade globally. Their ambassador fled its allies nations 3 weeks later as well.
Although confused by the Griffonians' strange actions, their focuses were driven away by the incoming Twilight 1994EF04. Nocreature was aware of Griffonia's quietly fastened development for military technology and weaponry. Finally, the time came. Asteroid Twilight 1994EF04 fell straight toward Equis with its velocity reaching the terrifying speed of thirty kilometers per second. All six railguns were lined up aiming at the incoming celestial WMD. Each of them fired successfully, however, only three shots were able to land on Twilight 1994EF04. It did its job, the asteroid was shattered.
They made a deadly mistake by underestimating the kill radius of its scattered debris.
It was in the evening, and ALL creatures on the Equestrian hemisphere of the planet witnessed the largest meteor shower ever recorded. Unfortunately, they're each space-launched ICBM with the ability to wipe a small town and a portion of a city completely off the map.
Equestria was plunged into chaos.
The debris struck major cities in the inner-Equestrian continent, and Canterlot was struck by one as well. Princess Twilight was fortunately in the underground bunker at that time. After the end of this devasting raid from outer space, Equestria lost 80% of its military power; its cities lost electricity, water, and food supplies. Citizens drowned in the pool of destruction, ruins, and deaths. Millions lost their lives, and billions were homeless. The once Eden fell into Tartarus.
Just as Equestrian and its allies were busy rescuing themselves, the Girffonians made their move.
Equestrians were shocked to find themselves running into incoming armor forces of the Griffons, which ripped through their thin defense lines and quickly occupied their cities. Within 5 weeks, the South Eastern side of Equestria fell into the Griffonian talons. Friendship shattered. Boundaries were built. Hatred grew. And the worst of all, the Elements of Harmony went missing as well. Princess Twilight, during her flight to the Equestrian frontline for a personal visit to the wounded soldiers, was intercepted by the Girffonian Air Force. Despite the defenseless Equestrian plane's desperate call for a cease-fire, the Griffons opened fire and shot down the Equestrian plane. Two days later, Princess Twilight Sparkle was confirmed MIA.
Equestria is at the edge of falling apart. Things were slightly eased up as Princess Luster Dawn took the throne, however, her inexperience in military and leadership led to rebellions against her, but it quickly ceased as they all came to realize their biggest threat was the invading Griffonians.
However, what's lost was never returned.
The once borderless...
Became the borders.
Heh.
What a joke...