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// Travelling - TheLastBrunnenG 
// Story: Dark Paradise: the TwiLuna Group Collab 
// by Habanc 
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Written by: TheLastBrunnenG



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Miss Sparkle,

Attached please find the excerpts you requested from the mission logs of your archeological expedition to Saddle Arabia. As these are the Night Guard forces’ CrystalCom transmission records, the expedition itself is referred to herein as “Operation Dusk Endeavour.” I must remind you that the following excerpts are classified material and that they are not to be distributed. You have been granted access to them by special permission of Princess Luna, or “Night Mother” as her callsign indicates.

Sincerely,
Musty Tome
Archivist, History/Military/Political materials
Royal Canterlot Library

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FROM: NIGHT MOTHER
TO: CMDR HEAVY GORGET, FCOM/OP DUSK ENDEAVOUR

SAY AGAIN, COMMANDER. LAST TRANSMISSION UNCLEAR. RESTATE MISSION STATUS.

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FROM: CMDR HEAVY GORGET, FCOM/OP DUSK ENDEAVOUR
TO: NIGHT MOTHER

TS IS DOWN, REPEAT, TS IS DOWN. SOME KIND OF ANTI-MAGIC EXPLOSION. TS’S ARABIAN ESCORT UNDER ATTACK. MULTIPLE HOSTILES POURING OUT OF THE RUINS AND SURROUNDING TERRAIN. STANDBY FOR SITREP.

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FROM: NIGHT MOTHER
TO: CMDR HEAVY GORGET, FCOM/OP DUSK ENDEAVOUR

ASSESS AND REPORT IMMEDIATELY, COMMANDER. ARE SADDLE ARABIAN FORCES ABLE TO MAINTAIN LOCAL CONTROL?

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FROM: CMDR HEAVY GORGET, FCOM/OP DUSK ENDEAVOUR
TO: NIGHT MOTHER

NEGATIVE. LOCAL FORCES TAKEN COMPLETELY BY SURPRISE. THEY’RE REGROUPING AND ATTEMPTING TO HOLD POSITION BUT ARE OUTNUMBERED BADLY. ESTIMATE COMPLETE COLLAPSE OF SADDLE ARABIAN ESCORT FORCES IMMINENT.

WE FAILED, NIGHT MOTHER. NEVER SAW IT COMING.

REQUEST PERMISSION TO BREAK COVER AND ENGAGE.

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FROM: NIGHT MOTHER
TO: CMDR HEAVY GORGET, FCOM/OP DUSK ENDEAVOUR

APOLOGIZE LATER, COMMANDER.

PERMISSION GRANTED. ENGAGE HOSTILES AT WILL.

NEW MISSION PRIORITY IS RECOVERY OF TS. ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS SECONDARY.

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FROM: CMDR HEAVY GORGET, FCOM/OP DUSK ENDEAVOUR
TO: @DUSK ENDEAVOUR; NIGHT MOTHER

ALL UNITS, ALERT CONDITION DYNAMITE. WE ARE R.O.E. RED, WEAPONS FREE. RECOVER AND PROTECT TS AT ALL COSTS. ENGAGE, ENGAGE, ENGAGE.

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[REDACTED]

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FROM: NIGHT MOTHER
TO: CMDR HEAVY GORGET, FCOM/OP DUSK ENDEAVOUR

COMMANDER, REPORT MISSION STATUS.

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[REDACTED]

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FROM: NIGHT MOTHER
TO: CMDR HEAVY GORGET, FCOM/OP DUSK ENDEAVOUR

REPEAT. COMMANDER, REPORT MISSION STATUS.  HAVE YOU RECOVERED TS? CAN YOU DISENGAGE AND FALL BACK?

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FROM: CMDR HEAVY GORGET, FCOM/OP DUSK ENDEAVOUR
TO: NIGHT MOTHER

NEGATIVE, NIGHT MOTHER. TS RECOVERED BUT STILL UNCONSCIOUS. HOSTILES JUST KEEP COMING. HAVE ASSUMED DEFENSIVE POSITION IN THE RUINS BUT WE CANNOT HOLD.

NIGHT GUARD FORCES AT FIFTY PERCENT AND FALLING. AIR ASSETS DEPLETED. REQUEST FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.

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FROM: NIGHT MOTHER
TO: CMDR HEAVY GORGET, FCOM/OP DUSK ENDEAVOUR

HOLD THY POSITION. REINFORCEMENTS INBOUND, ETA NINE MINUTES.

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FROM: CMDR HEAVY GORGET, FCOM/OP DUSK ENDEAVOUR
TO: NIGHT MOTHER

SAY AGAIN - NINE MINUTES? REPEAT, NEAREST KNOWN ADDL EQUESTRIAN FORCES EST 12 HRS OUT PER CINC NGF ARABIA SECTOR. UNABLE TO AWAIT REINFORCEMENTS. WHAT FORCES ARE YOU SENDING?

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FROM: NIGHT MOTHER
TO: CMDR HEAVY GORGET, FCOM/OP DUSK ENDEAVOUR

HOLD THE LINE. RELIEF FORCE INBOUND, ETA SIX MINUTES.

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FROM: SGT FALLINGWATER, ACTING FCOM/OP DUSK ENDEAVOUR
TO: NIGHT MOTHER

CMDR GORGET AND OTHER OFFICERS ARE ALL KIA. TS STILL UNCONSCIOUS. WE’RE OUT OF TIME. I’M SORRY, PRINCESS.

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FROM: NIGHT MOTHER
TO: SGT FALLINGWATER, ACTING FCOM/OP DUSK ENDEAVOUR

STAND FAST. RELIEF FORCE INBOUND, ETA THREE MINUTES.

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FROM: SGT FALLINGWATER, ACTING FCOM/OP DUSK ENDEAVOUR
TO: NIGHT MOTHER

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, RELIEF FORCE? WE’RE ALONE OUT HERE! LAST THING WE NEED IS A BLUE ON BLUE INCIDENT. WHAT REINFORMCENTS ARE YOU SENDING?

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FROM: SGT FALLINGWATER, ACTING FCOM/OP DUSK ENDEAVOUR
TO: NIGHT MOTHER

PRINCESS, WHO’S ON THE WAY?  THERE’S ONLY FIVE OF US LEFT AND WE’RE BLASTING ANYTHING COMING THROUGH THE DOOR. WE CAN’T AFFORD FRIENDLY FIRE. FOR THE LOVE OF CELESTIA, WHO ARE WE WAITING FOR? WHO’S COMING??

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FROM: SGT FALLINGWATER, ACTING FCOM/OP DUSK ENDEAVOUR
TO: NIGHT MOTHER

REPEAT, NIGHT MOTHER, WHO IN ALL FLAMING TARTARUS IS INBOUND?!?

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FROM: NIGHT MOTHER
TO: SGT FALLINGWATER, ACTING FCOM/OP DUSK ENDEAVOUR

I AM.