"Audio recording, Personal log, two days ago."
"Just talk into this thing?... okay.'ckick,ckick...crackle, whoooh' Alright this is private first class Teshan Starnes, call-sign Raider 'crackle, whooh'. They ain't come up with a name for what i used to do after i got out of Nano... not a real one not yet. Private security sounds like some dumb fuck mall guard, mercenary' would be the closest i guess but at the same time but about as far from the real me as you could have got'n. A mercenary sounds like some crazed out war vet all boozed up and with tats and a gun, humpen some third world shit hole because he cant hack it in the real world that wasn't me at all. But ya I was a vet and ya I used my training and Nano suit for cash... they cant remove them once they put it on you, you know. Not once it starts integration where it grafts itself to your body and if they do it kills you.
But i wont boor you with the details if you want them go ask Lamar or Lewis. Funny thing the Marines they always promis to teach you 'crackle...whoooh' "marketable skills" But they never mention that by a long shot there is nothing more marketable then knowing how to kill some people while keeping others from being killed. But now, now i'm in Blackwatch i mean ya i could have joined CELL lord knows they need good snipers. Anyway i first met raptor team when a CELL squad brought me down disabling my suit with those fucking K-volts it was the original Zulu squad that saved my ass, Bad ass mother fuckers all of'em so i joined the watch. Now i could have joined any team i wanted because i have a Nano-suit you see, but i chose to be part of Zulu squad and that band of misfits welcomed me with open arms and became my new family my brothers and sisters they were all one big multiracial multicultural DISfunctional family but we were family my family.
'chick, craaackle...whooh' There were a lot more of us back then, Raptor as the 'EQ' call him or Lamar if you ask any former human in private conversation was a different man back then. In a fire fight he occasionally shout shit like 'for the emperor, or purge the scum' we all got a kick out of it, hell some of us even started doing it ourselves of course throwing our own flare into the mix my contribution was 'purify the filth' heh I thought it was funny.
'crackle...whoooh' But after the infection spred passed the morders to the rest of the world, as we started loosing people ether to infected, CELL, IPLA or occasionally the evolved. Those jokes started to occur less and less until they stopped all together. He always told me that his original squad back in Delta force Nano-suit operations the ironically named "Alicorn team" that he actually never got to do any of this stuff he wanted every one was so up tight, and that he just needed to vent sometimes you know.
'crackle...whooh' Now the only members of the old gang are me and the LT the others died at Yonkers... I mean I don't mind Connor, Cas and Lewis but... I don't know y-you cant just replace family you know, It's just not the same.
Anyway being an evolved isn't that bad i guess, scratch that it is fucking bad ass especially since I can still use I my nano suit. Nothing really puts the fear of god into the face of these peace loving fucks like when you punch a hole through one of there chests while your invisible. I mean did you know these fucks haven't had a war in over a thousand years they wont last if a war were to break out. Not without us around anyway, Well i need to get ready for Lamars coronation tomorrow. This is Teshan Starnes, Reaper one-three, call-sign Raider logging off."
Lamar was sitting in the Royal dining hall there were servants scampering about bring desert or drinks and lining the walls or behind some of the other royals knights or guard, he poked at his food with his fork not noticing the saddened look on the pink alicorn across from him.
"Whats wrong?" she asked knowing that look.
"Nothing i'm fine."
"Raptor...?"
"Cadence come on. he's not worth your time."
"I will put your head through that wall." the young prince responded to the blond unicorn sitting next to her Blue blood if he remembered correctly. Raider who was leaning on the wall behind Raptor pushed himself off and began making his way over.
"You see what i mean! he doesn't act like royalty, he doesn't dress like royalty, he..." he was interrupted by Starnes who had de-cloaked next to Raptors chair shocking the occupants.
"Tell me blue blood. Do you know what a solid slug sabot round does to a person? Its.. .messy." Starnes asked his smirk covered by the breather but the chuckle in his voice was adamant.
"I heard that." Raptor said with a smile raising his hand for a high five.
"Oorah." Raider responded as he smacked his bosses hand.
"At least he is smiling?" Celestia commented to one of her knights who nodded in response with a chuckle.
"incoming transmission." the ponies of the royal family heard a fake sounding male voice originating from the Prince Raptor who sat with one of the noble none alicorn princesses princess Chalice to his left and Princess Jewel on his right. While the Royal family were having dinner the heads in the room turned to him some making faces of distance for this new arrive as he ignored them. They were very weary of Raptor Nopony new very much about him except Princess Celestia but when any of them would ask he would simply say "you don't need to know" And on top of that he never went any were with any of the royal guard, knight or other wise. Simply stating that his were 'better' as he never went any were with out at least one of his strangely armored companions usually the one known as Reaper who he revers to as Connor.
"What have you got?" Raptor said as he rested his right arm on the table. The Royals quieting the room to hear what was to be said. they took note of the slightly worried look on Lunas face. She knew that Raptor was paranoid and didn't trust very easily heck SHE barely knows him but if it has him interested then she and her sister should be interested after all it unlike other ponies (Bat ponies not included) he and his group seemed to embrace the night they would do most of there business at night and it looked like now was no exception.
"Lot of CELL and Griffon activity now near the Air ship docks. Looks like we were right about them targeting EQ supply shipments guess they are running low." the voice said as Raptors' piercing amethyst eyes looked a the strange device on his wrist. They knew it was a machine of some sort but to what end they didn't know, wait Griffion activity near the air docks?
"take them from the roofs less collateral damage? Or Talons maby." Raptor replied with a look of thought about him.
"well they've set up improvised gun turrets so any air approach is risky." the calm male voice said again making the Young prince think.
"Suggestions?" he asked However just as the captains of the guard were about to speak the voice came again.
"A controlled methodical sweep might be best here. Shouldn't present any major difficulty, permission to neutralize?" the voice replied with a chuckle towards the end. There was a pause before the Prince replied his eyes turning to Celestia and Luna who nodded there heads in approval after all he still didn't have the authority to do so, not yet at least.
"Granted. Meet up with Reaper and Swat and commence the operation." he ordered.
"Acknowledged. But sir this still doesn't explain the path of towns going dark towards the capitol. And the disappearances through out the city"
"We'll keep an eye on it. but until we have more troops we cant operate effectively. Shaka out" Raptor retorted with a sigh.
"Well then. Starnes our next appointment?" raptor asked ignoring the explosion from the docks.
"Tier 1 team, designation Wolfpack. They were a mother fucker to track down." he replied making the royals wander who and what they were talking about.
"Lets go." Raptor said standing up and walking out with his friend.
the next day
"Convicted of Murder of the first degree, Mare slaughter, assault, assault with a deadly weapon, arson, battery, breaking and entering, holding a royal guard hostage and murder of said guard, and self mutilation in form of removing your cutie mark... that last one is fucking weird. Deuce former earth tribe ranger and CELL operative you are sentenced to death." Raptor said as he sat across from a tan earth pony with blue eyes and a shaved mane. He smirked as he slapped a file and a large sack of bits down on a table and shaking the earth ponys hand.
"Welcome to blackwatch."
"Its a pleasure sir." the pardoned CELL operative said with a smile.
"Lamar! hurry the fuck up we are going to be late! Here put this on Your girlfriends gonna be pissed!" Starnes yelled as he barged in.
"Shut the fuck up Starnes! Raritys not my girlfriend!" Lamar yelled as he threw a bag at Deuce.
"How did you know i was talking about Rarity? It might have been any of the mares we know." he responded with a smile
"Put this on and lets go." Raptor commanded as he shifted his clothes to his formal uniform minus the hat.
"And shes' not my girl friend." he said as he walked out of the door unknowingly cracking audible thuds as he stormed out the door.
"Relax bro. Poylgamy is standard practice." Starnes said as he motioned for Mother, Voodoo, Dutch, and Preacher the tier one team that was standing outside the door in their new Blackwatch dress uniforms to follow him as he moved the princes' side.
"Lets go." The alicorn responded as he passed Colonel Grey who saluted before following him down the hall. These passed two weeks had been kind to the leader of Zulu squad, he had actually found a descent amount of former humans here in Canterlot many of them being former special forces or black ops. But most of them were completely ignorant of each others existence here before he had found them and recruited them. It was obvious that equestrian society had been influenced by human culture to some degree, the fact that humans were a myth here was proof of that. And their existence would continue to be a secret indefinably.
He was even able to keep all blackwatch operations, training, personnel and information out of the public eye as there arrival would have been surprising to the general populace if not handled correctly. He wanted their unveiling to be a surprise to everypony even the royal family (Royal sisters excluded) who believed that there Royal guard and respective variants were an effective fighting force despite there willingness to openly admit that they hadn't had a war in over 1000 years.
Last came the equipment issue it was no secret among blackwatch that supplies of ammunition and fuel for vehicles were low. And to solve this issue the prince actually turned to one of his 'cousins' for help the pink alicorn Cadence who was more than willing to help by teaching him a duplication spell thus allowing them to mass produce everything they needed once raptor taught it to the 'non-combatants' in blackwatch because it took time to use and couldn't be done effectively in the field. This spell however did NOT work on Nano-suits he had tried on a captured North Korean knockoff suit user and ended up vaporizing the fucker. It did end up working on a few other things however whenever a unicorn would try again it ether killed them from sensory overload or they simply couldn't do it again.
Now as it stood Blackwatch was the most advanced covert fighting force in the country as far as they could tell. But there numbers were low and they knew it numbering only 35 they wouldn't be able to win a stand up fight but they sure as fuck could end a fight before it started, and with the help of two newly acquired Rayzorback 2 drop ships covert tier 1 teams could be deployed any were in a moments notice to lend support to any royal guard force that needed it. However acquiring these two V-tol aircraft proved to be too great a price at the cost of five blackwatch unicorns.
A lot had happened since Zulu squads arrival in equestria and as Celestia brought up the second defeat of discord at the hands of the elements of harmony just the previous day the crowd erupted into thunderous applause.
"And now Mares and gentelcolts I am proud to introduce my long lost nephew Prince Raptor Equenus, the last male alicorn!" The solar Princess announced as she stood to the side as the crowd of over 1000 ponies roard there applause as they watched the Prince came into view the din of the crowd was almost deafening as they watched him raise him arms to quiet the crowd.
“People of Equestia, as your new prince, I devote my life to the protection of this great kingdom.” The new price starts, the crowd now hushed, “I have been given the opportunity with creating a task force for that such reason.” He extend his hand out, “I present to you: Blackwatch!”
With the signal 30 soldiers stepped on stage, lining either side of Raptor. All have a stiff stance and stern look.
“Our top technicians have been working day and night to provide us with the means to do our job. They have developed new technology, none like you have ever seen before.” Raptor’s outstretched hands points to the heavens as the 332nd passed overhead. The crowd’s attention moved skyward as the planes began doing aerial stuns, showing off their maneuverability. Much to the ire of the Wonderbolts and a cretin other cyan pegasus.
“I assure you, the protection of Equestria, is our top priority and we will risk life and limb to ensure its safety.”
The crowd erupted into a wave of applause as everypony present began watching the strange flying things.
To describe these things would be difficult, they had a roughly triangular shaped body with a neck that ended in an arrow head shape with out the sharp point at the head. sticking out from the back of the things were two forward facing wings that didn't flap as they flew and behind those were two triangular shapes in a V shape on ether end of the body, and what puzzled them the most were the two blue orange cones of fire coming from two parallel holes in there backsides.
they watched the five things fly forward before breaking there formation and flying in a low circle above them. As they saw lead one slow down they could see that the shiny dome part at the front actualy contained a pony sitting at some kind of seat meaning these were probably some kind of balloonles, metal, personal airships. However they were able to make out the name 'Easy' on the lead air ship with a yellow winged star on the wings.
Easy and the other four then flew straight upward there airships bellies mere inches apart and as they did that they watched the wings fold them selves inward towards the neck of the craft until the ships were nothing more than a bumpy arrow head with fins and fire. Before they heard the shriek of another air ship above them however this one resembled a large black beetle that had sloping wings with the word Coffee below a shiny black dome at the nose of the craft. They watched as it flew low over the castle walls avoiding the pegasi that were still flying before bringing itself into a hover like the other five air ships had just done before flying straight up into the air, and just as they were almost out of sight they broke off in a flower peddle formation before breaking into two groups consisting of Easy and Coffee in one group. and the others in another before preforming more maneuvers however the former humans recognized it as a dogfight reenactment
"What ever are thows ghastly things raptor?" Starnes heard as he saw the Rarity ask the boss and her had staid in contact ever since the whole nightmare moon incident. In fact they all had stayed in contact with some of the ponies in Ponyville. But Lamar and Rarity had actually grown close in these few weeks but it was anyone's guess.
"Those are F/A-87 Talon 2's the most advanced strike fighters ever made. And a PMF-24" Raptor said putting wrapping an arm around her waist.
"And as to why before you ask Blue duche. As starnes likes to say, If you've got it...flaunt it." he said high fiveing his compatriot.
"Oorah."