Phantom War IV: Return of the Phantom Consortium

by Danny Eclipse


Strengths and Weaknesses

The next day, around sunrise…

The Rogue Shadow arrived to the Capital of Equestria, Canterlot. A battalion arrived to greet their arrival. The Landing Ramp lowered and The EOI came down with me and the other Insanity Freaks. The battalion saluted and Shining Armor came to meet us.

Shining said to us “Welcome to Canterlot, Prince Danny and Princess Brutalight.”

“It’s good to be back without a hood or cloak. I expect that we are going to be taken to the war room?”

Shining said “Yes sir. Follow me.”

We nod and Shining Armor began to lead us away to the castle.


The War Room’s doors opened and me and Brutalight walked in with Shining Armor. He closed the doors with his magic and we gathered around the table. At the meeting was Charming, Twilight, Celestia, Luna, Cadance, Meta, Chrysalis, and Rainbow. I sat next to Rainbow, who happily allowed. Brutalight sat to my right and Shining sat next to Cadance.

Celestia said “Now that we are all here, we need to know everything about our opponent. Danny, can you please take it from here.”

“With pleasure.” I replied and got up. “Now listen to me very carefully when I say this. The Phantom Consortium is a force to be feared. I created that faction during my year and months in hiding. Now, their military strength is rather powerful, that I’m proud of. The Ground forces are focused on vehicles than infantry. Infantry is strong but not a solid steel grip. However, the vehicles are what we should be worried about. MZ-8 Mobile Pulse Cannon are tank/artillery units. Their weapons can damaged the most heaviest of armors, but a whole cluster of them can take down even AT-ATs.”

Charming replied “That is a problem for us then.”

“Indeed…moving on. The Missile Attack Launcher is a unit that is based for long range attacks. However, it has to deploy before it can use it’s artillery against us. As long as they don’t deploy, we will be having some luck. They work very well against infantry forces.” I explained.

Twilight said “I can see why the ground vehicle military is so powerful. If ground troopers can’t get close to the main assault force, we are screwed.”

“You think that’s bad, it gets worse. Next is the Canderous-class assault tank. These assault tanks have armor and firepower that can rival an AT-AT.”

Charming asked “Seriously?”

“I take my faction very seriously. Your forces won’t have a prayer against them. And they hover, unlike the AT-AT, so cable is out of the question.”

Rainbow asked “Would bombers work against them?”

“Yes, they may have a chance. But the tanks don’t exactly go alone. They always have an escort with them to keep them safe and sound from enemy forces.”

Shining told us “We can place uplinks on the ground, help guide bombers to their target.”

“I don’t know about that. When I made the Phantom Consortium, I made sure I had defenses as well. That’s why I made the Mobile Defense Unit. Its primary proposes is to defend the main attack force and defend the base. When deployed, they can create several different things. It can turn into a mobile shield generator, vehicle repair station, EM field generator, concussion grenade mortar, offensive sensor node, sensor scrambler, ysalamir cage; which was design to withhold magic users like Unicorns or Alicorns, Rocket Pod; which is used as anti-aircraft weaponry, & rapid fire laser cannon; which works effectively against both infantry and vehicles.” I told them, smiling a bit at what I did to that little project.

Charming said “You are right. You take your faction very seriously…”

Rainbow told me “At first, I thought those Defense Units were nothing but now; I think they are a serious threat.”

“Their armor isn’t exactly very good; AT-ATs can destroy them with ease if the shields weren’t up.”

Charming said, relieved “That’s good news.”

“Anyways…Next one you should be familiar with. The ISP, Infantry Support Platform or Swamp Speeder.”

Shining said “I’m familiar with those. We used to use them back in the Lunar Wars but we scrapped them later…”

“Indeed. We still use them for some certain missions. We can use them for certain things and they work well for intercepting ground troops. Next is the AT-AP, otherwise known as the Sniper Tank. It’s used for scouting mission and knows how to gun down enemy forces. They are hardly the problem but their weapons are a threat.”

Charming said “AT-STs could fight them off, as long as they don’t take much damage.”

“Finally, the HAVt B5 Juggernaut.”

Luna said “That was used by the New Lunar Republic during the Lunar Wars. Heavy transport, it could carry an army to the area.”

“Indeed, my army has little connection to the NLR but we still used what we thought was useful.”

Charming replied “Is that it?”

“Indeed, besides the Droideka MK IIs and the Commando Droids. But the fleets are a much bigger threat here.”

Rainbow asked “How is the fleet?”

“StarViper-class attack platform are the basic fighters but they are equipped with Buzz Droids…”

Charming groaned and replied “Ugh, I hate buzz droids…”

“Any enemy force would hate buzz droids. Next are the bombers: Skipray Blastboat. The Bombers are normally fused with the fighters, making them a bit harder to hit.” I said.

Rainbow said, confident “1 type of fighters. Sounds easy enough.”

“It isn’t. The real problem is the Crusader-class corvette. They were design with anti-fighter and bomber weapons. Getting past those will be nearly impossible. Those guns would tear the fighters into a new one. And they are always with the fighters assault force.”

Rainbow said “If we can use our frigates against them, odds are in our favor.”

“Not yet. Next is the Interceptor IV frigate, design to deal with good damage. 2 Turbolasers and concussion missiles, perfect against corvettes. Followed by Vengeance-class Frigates. They are not normally used for front lines by rather side lines. They have a cloaking generator that allows them to mask their presence and keeps them invisible. They don’t have shields but the armor is thick and protective. They have 2 turbolasers and 4 mass-driver cannons.” I explained.

Charming said “We can think of ways to repel them, hopefully.”

“Finally, the capital ships. Keldabe-class battleship are so powerful, they can rival that of a Star Destroyer.” I said with glee. The Keldabe were always my favorite in the fleet.

Charming said, a bit uncomfortable “Ok, THAT is a problem. Our fleet is basically Star Destroyers!”

“Then you better hope that you win. These ships are equipped with 25 Heavy Turbolasers, 15 heavy ion cannons, 2 mass-driver missile launchers, 10 missiles, a shield leecher weapon, and 5 heavy tractor beams.”

Charming asked “Shield leecher weapon?”

“It was a special weapon design to adapt and absorb enemy shields, sucking away the shields. Picture 2 Star Destroyers vs. 1 Keldabe-class battleship. It used its leecher weapon against 1 Star Destroyer while fighting the other one.”

Charming said, impressed “Very useful…”

“Indeed. I’m proud to have made such a ship. Meta, do you have your ship?”

Meta asked “The Merciless?”

“Yes.”

Meta said “Indeed. I still have it with me and the Odin.”

“Good. Less to tell. Now, the final ship. The main Flagship and Warship and the Pride of the Phantom Consortium: The Eclipse.”

Charming asked “The Eclipse?”

Meta said, smirking at the thought of it “Danny’s Personal Ship. Like you Charming with your Super Star Destroyer.”

“The Eclipse…my personal flagship. 550 Heavy Laser Cannons, 500 Turbolasers, 10 Gravity Well Projectors, 100 Tractor Beams, and 75 ion cannons. But what makes it the Pride of the Phantom Consortium is the main gun itself: The Superlaser!”

Meta said, reassuring the others “Lucky for you that we put a code on it that Lightning doesn’t know about.”

“That ship is my favorite, by far.”

Charming said, nervous to hear a ship that could rival or better the Super Star Destroyer “That ship WILL BE a massive problem.”

“You are NOT to destroy or damage her! It took months to make that ship! Besides, the Zeta Protocol will reprogram the Royal Guard onboard it. They can retake the ship.”

Charming said “Alright, fine.”

“So, that’s all.” I said

Charming said “Alright, we need to make the plan now.”

“Alright, I’ll leave that to you.”

Charming replied “What?”

“I must mediate for the upcoming battle. You think of the plan, since I will be following it. I like to know how you get things done around here.”

I sat back down and began to mediate, listening to Charming's War plan very carefully.