//------------------------------// // Prologue // Story: Titans Fall in Equestria // by Dead Heaven //------------------------------// A robot as tall as the average human stairs blankly at the planet below while standing over a terminal, the planet's blue glow flooding the command deck the mighty IMC warship. People walking around the the robot working on other terminals, the flashing screens barely making a difference in the bright glow of the planet before them. A man in a bright white military suit comes through a large metal door behind everyone on the deck and the robot. People who were moving about stop in a attendance and salute when the man walked by up to the robot who suddenly comes to life as the officer taps the terminal the robot is standing over. "Private, what's the scans show for whats on the surface?" The man in white calls to a young man sitting hunched over a terminal with five different colors flashing on the screen. "Nothing sir, our scans aren't picking up anything. Surface scans haven't been able to see what's on the planet's surface. There's something blocking the scanners, we believe it to be Militia jammers preventing us from seeing them." the young man, turning to face his officer. "Shit... alright, send word to the staging crew to get ready for Delta in thirty minutes." the commander said. "Yes, sir." quickly responded the private turning back to face his monitor. "Alright, you got that Clockwork?." the commander turning now to the robot still waiting silently waiting for orders. "Get your squad ready. Deployment is in thirty minutes." The robot gave a small robotic nod, then turned around and marched off the deck leaving the glow of the planet behind with the commander and the crew. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The robot enters through a large door which leads into the barracks, stopping just as it enters the door way. "Delta squad, deployment in thirty minutes, gear up and meet in the Titan launch bay to prepare for drop." the robot says in a voice that sounds like it's about to blow a fuse. An arm droops over the side of one of the bunk beds in the long metal room. "Clockwork's vocal processor is messed up again..." said a man who was on the top bunk, now slowly falling off, still half asleep. "I don't want to go to school today ma..." said another voice from across the room. "Sargent Snake, your mother died ten point six years ago. So she currently unavailable to tell you to go to--" said Clockwork "Thank you for the reminder Clockwork, I'll remember that next time." Snake said as he turn his back to the robot. A third figure starts to move from the bottom bunk from the man who is falling off his bed. This third man, with short black hair and dark brown eyes, sits up on his bed and grabs the arm of his bunk mate and pulls him down onto the floor with a loud THUD. "Gah! What the fuck man!? Was the needed, Hell?" asked Ares. "You two heard Clockwork, it's time to wake up and get ready for deployment." said the man named Hell, who got up and turned on the lights to the barracks. showing the disheveled condition of the barracks. "We've rested long enough, after our recon of the surface of this new planet, we can all come back and sleep in." said Hell in a yawn. "Can't believe we got stuck with this job, don't you think it would have been easier to send a bunch of Specters? Like, come on! We should be back on the front lines fighting this war." Said Snake who was now sitting up on his bed. "With the new line of Specters coming out on the battlefield they didn't need us on the front line, they won't want to lose their most valuable squad now would they?" Hell said chuckling a little at the statement. "Guess so." grunted Snake. The rest of the time they got dressed and suited up in silence. Heading out of their barracks with Clockwork in tow. All heading to the Titan launch bay. Stopping at the armory to pick up their weapons, Hell grabbed the R-101C Carbine, Ares got his Longbow-DMR sniper, and Snake threw his EVA-8 shotgun over his shoulder. Clockwork always had his R-97 SMG and smart pistol on him, along with his metal backpack which holds the squad's medical supplies and explosives. After they finished getting their weapons, ammo, and grenades. They walk into the Titan launch bay room where their most prized positions stay when they're not active, anyways at the ready. The sight of their Titans always made the pilots have a smile on their faces, All three of the Titan's were painted with the IMC color of choice, a off-white, though none of them liked the color much, it was the color for which they fought the war. The closest robotic giant to them was large, Heavy-class titan, know as the Ogre, which is piloted by Snake. Affixed to the back of the chassis was a rocket salvo and a one-man landing pod built specifically for Clockwork. Next to the Ogre was Hell's titan, a medium-class Atlas. It's "eye" looking down at it's pilot. Lastly the titan furest from them was a light-class a Stryder. With so little armor the internal wiring was visible for all to see. The squad walks up to their Titans, stopping in front of the them when the ships commander comes over their helmets radio. "Squad, this is a simple recon mission, your being deployed to the planet in search of a rebel resupply base which is why the rebels seem to be so well in recent months. We need you to search the area where we believe this base to be, our senors haven't been much help, so you'll probably be down there a while. You have a lot of ground to cover. You'll be dropped into a forest to help conceal your position when you fall." the commander said. "Don't worry commander, we've got this covered." Hell responded looking back at his squad who were playing rock, paper, scissors. "This will be a piece of cake." "Alright, and if you see any Militia bastards, you know what to do." said the commander. "Deployment in thirty seconds, good luck." When the coms when silent Hell turned around to face his squad who were finishing up their intense rock, paper, scissors match. "Alright you three, you heard the man. Lets get moving, saddle up and get ready." Hell said with authority Without a word Ares, Snake, jumped into their Titans and strapped in. Clockwork entering a one man pod that was attached to Snake's Ogre's hull. Hell turned to looked over his shoulder at the crew at the terminals ready to shoot him at that planet, giving them a thumbs up before getting into his own Titan and strapped in. As his Atlas' cockpit doors closed, sealing him inside the metal beast. The heads up display activating with a soft female voice coming over the Titan's com-system. "Pilot entering, assuming control to Pilot." said the female voice. "Everybody, check in." Hell announced over his Titan's communicator. "Delta-three, ready." Ares replied. "Delta-two, ready and waiting." said Snake. "Delta-four, ready." Clockwork said quickly. The Titan's AI voice coming back over the coms. "Drop in ten seconds." "Ok, everyone here we go." Hell said over the female voice as it counted down. "Prepare for Titan fall." Then as if on que, the the Pilots and their Titans drop, starting their decent to the glowing planet below. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the planet's surface Princess Celestia and Luna sitting out on the porch of their castle watching the stars in night sky, enjoying a cups of tea. The light of the moon and the stars bathing the whole of Canterlot with a bright silver glow beneath them. "Another beautiful night, dear sister." said Celestia "It is truly a piece of art we can create, but something feel... wrong." Luna responded still gazing up into the night sky. "What do you mean, sis?" "Do you see that star that is flashing up in the sky, near the moon? We did not put it there, it is out of place on my canvas of the night." Luna said as she pointed to the star. "Even pieces of great art can have mistakes and still be considered beautiful and elegant." Celestia said, giving Luna a small smile. "We understand this, but that star... it doesn't feel normal, like it's not an actual star..." Luna now averting her gaze from the sky and now looking at her older sister. Celestia still giving her sister a smile. "I'm sure it is fine, your probably nerves about tomorrow's meeting with the officials from Saddle Arabia. "I suppose your right, big sis." smiling back at Celestia with a chuckle before looking back at the night sky and seeing three shooting stars. "Oh, sis, look! Shooting stars, let us make a wish!" "Alright, but we head off to bed soon, we must be up early." Princess Luna and Celestia both look at the falling stars and close their eyes, making their wish. After they finished making their wishes and drinking their tea, they retreated into the castle to get a good nights rest.