//------------------------------// // New Canterlot // Story: Killzone: Forever Helghan // by XenoJohn //------------------------------// New Canterlot A line with rows of different ponies and species all of them are bombarded with security cameras, helghast police, security officers, ATACs and propaganda. Through all of the heavy security placed on the border there was more propaganda than regular security personnel. “Helghan welcomes you to New Canterlot, we are pleased for your arrival, and your arrival will be the future of the Helghast’s fight for a new Equestria! We are grateful you and your service here in New Canterlot.” An automated voice said. The voice was being repeated by speakers that were placed all around the border’s security entrance. For new comers who are integrating to Helghan or Helghast cities are unaccustomed to their advanced technology and culture. The way that the Helghast people always wear gasmasks and almost all of them have grey fur and their manes and tails are white or don’t have any manes or tails at all. The Helghast say it’s the toxic oxygen in Helghan that caused them to be slightly dying and their colours changed for the first generation of Helghast people, they had to wear gasmasks for the toxic air, later they grew to be immune to the toxic fumes and some didn’t need their gasmasks that they most desperately need. Despite their looks they are known for their brutal civil protection and their mass propaganda. The helghast police forces are a mixture of riot police and swat teams; their uniforms are armed with the standard helghast military assault rifles and equipped with swat team armor and riot police equipment as well. They get their equipment from the successful weapons company called ‘Stahl Arms’. Normal security guards lack riot armor and are only equipped with swat team equipment and wearing small caps, sometimes they are accompanied with one or two capture troopers. They are aggressive to helghast citizens and possibly abuse them if they so wish to. Being arrested however is a slight concern for anyone who either break a law (other than robbery or murder) they are never seen again. Stahl Arms claims that whoever is arrested is immediately jailed without any court sentence, and the company's arrest program has been approved by Scolar Visari. Propaganda has been littered throughout Helghan and many other helghast cities. Some are about the downfall of Vekta and the helghast military being victorious or police telling citizens to obey the law, their most recent addition in propaganda is ‘The Helghast Change’. The Helghast Change is world genocide of the discorded ponies, they put pictures of helghast soldiers impaling Discord with a flag with their symbol on it and with text in the helghast alphabet saying “Discord will meet justice!” and other similar posters. The line of integrators slowly moved due to the huge numbers of people in the line. It was claustrophobic and overcrowded, many who were integrating started to feel regret of making their choice coming to new canterlot. They may be scared of the heavily armed guards around every catwalk or different security checkpoints around the border. A mare was at the last checkpoint, she wore a black hoodie and she had oxygen tubs attached to a hoof sized oxygen tank strapped on the back of her neck. In front of her was a small booth with a griffon wearing level two shock trooper armor, the booth was guarded by three police officers and one capture trooper, one of them was a unicorn, two were earth ponies, and the capture trooper was a pegasus. The booth had a kind of scanner that can detect weapons and contraband. The mare waited four hours of hoof breaking sanding and slow moving, all what she needed to do is get past this last check point. “Next.” The griffon ordered. A stallion trotted to the booth and stopped at the center of the booth. Three buttons on the censer flashed followed by beeping was heard as the scanner scanned the stallion. The lights turned green showing approval. “You’re clean, next.” The mare trotted to the scanner, she felt slightly unnerved as the capture trooper was starring at her, she could hear faint growling from him that sounded like a lion or a wolf is ready to pounce at her at any given moment. The buttons on the scanner flashed green showing the mare approval. “You’re clean.” The griffon stated. With a sigh of relief the mare trotted to the exit and entered new canterlot. As she entered the city there was a faint smell of pollution and the sound of metallic voices talking or arguing about their trains being late. The mare looked at a train that just arrived and had a sign that said ‘City District Level 1’. It must mean it would take her to a civil part of the city. As the train doors opened the mare was surrounded by mostly helghast ponies, all of them were grey and had a white mane and tail, bald or wearing a gasmask or wearing oxygen tubs. The mare and fourteen other passengers boarded the train, there were no seats but railings on the sides on ceiling. There were five square shaped tape layed on the floor in a row of three that marked where to stand. The train appeared only fit fifteen passengers and one security guard. The mare and the passengers lined themselves on the squares, the mare was standing next to the security guard who appeared to be a earth pony and armed with an assault rifle. “Excuse me sir do you know where city district level one is?” The mare asked “No talking!” The guard shouted at her loudly. Showing a hint of annoyance she tried to ask the guard again but was immediately shouted at by the guard. “I said no talking! And eyes forward!” The guard shouted. The mare quieted down and looked at a grey metal wall with no windows. It is a new day for her in New Canterlot.