"Alright guys and gals, the admiral wants us to meet the locals, so keep your com channels on and your fingers off the trigger." Colt said as he handed out small data pads.
"Uh, sir I think there is a typo in this, it says we are meeting bipedal horse like creatures." Brick said as he looked back at his commanding officer.
"No typo, Brick we are actually going to be meeting horse like creatures today." Colt said as he walked to the ramp of the pelican pressing a button to open the ramp. "So yeah, get ready for a wild ride." Colt said as he sat down in a chair closest to the ramp.
"We have two targets right below us." The pilot said as he banked left. "You think they are the welcome party or not?" The pilot asked as he switched on his radio. "This is Echo 1-5 of the UNSC fleet to escort, I have a team on board and we request permission to land." The pilot said as he slowed his course baring.
"This is Romeo 2-7, of the equestrian air guard to unidentified craft, power down all weapons and proceed on baring 3-1 to the landing zone at Vector 2-5, someone wants meet you there." The escort pilot said as he boosted off.
"10-4 Romeo 2-7, we are on course and will be on the ground in ten." the pilot said as he put the pelican in a slight nose dive. "Alright, Spartans boots on the ground in ten." The pilot yelled back into the cargo hold.
"Do you think they are kind creatures?" The lavender alicorn asked as she walked towards her teacher.
"I have no idea Twilight, but what ever the issue is we should be able to help them in anyway possible, and plus I thought you wanted to meet new creatures for your research." The taller mare said as she playfully rubbed her students mane. "Lets just hope they are friendly." The taller mare said as she sat in her chair that was brought to her by a servant.
"Pilot, land on that ridge real quick for a drop off." Colt said as he stood up. "Ghost I want you and Ricochet on over watch till we are done with the meeting." Colt said as he patted Ghosts shoulder.
"You can count on us sir." Ghost said as she pulled her sniper rifle from the weapons rack.
"Be careful, you two red headed weapons of destruction." Brick said to the twins as the shuttle began to make its descent.
"We will Brick, and try not to get into trouble without us." Ricochet said as the pelican touched down on the ridge. "See you later, and try to keep Brutus under control while im gone." Ghost said as she looked back and gave Brutus a thumbs up. "If he gets mad, just give him his book and tell him to read till he is calm." Ghost added as she stepped off the shuttle.
"Look, here they come." Twilight said as she pointed in the direction of the shuttle.
"Should I call upon my guards, just in case, sister?" A some what shorter but taller then twilight asked as she walked next to her sister.
"No, I have a feeling these creatures will be kind enough not to strike us, dear sister." The tallest one said as she turned around to face her younger sister.
"That is a rather odd looking shuttle don't you think?" Twilight asked as it got closer to the landing zone.
"Actually I think it looks rather helpful in my opinion, it looks like it can transport a large amount of troops and resources to the battle field." the tallest one said as the shuttle began its descent not even twenty feet away from where they were standing.
"What does UNSC stand for?" twilight asked as she got abit closer to the shuttle.
"Go, Go!" Colt shouted to the group of Spartans. "Brick clear left, Brutus clear right." Colt ordered as they ran out the hatch of the pelican.
"Clear left, sir." Brick said as he kneeled down on one knee with his rifle at the ready.
"Clear right." Brutus said in a deep tone as he repeated Bricks steps. "We are all clear sir, setting up IFF tag now, and sending the ok signal to the Golden Harvest." Brutus said as he stood and placed his shot gun on the magnetic weapons plate on his back.
"This place reminds me of home." Brick said as he looked to his left to find three horse like creatures staring at them as they stood there admiring the view of the luscious green fields in the distance.
"Hey Colt I don't know if you've noticed but I think we have finally made contact with the locals," the Spartan said as he removed his helmet to reveal his black face.
"Good, lets go and say hello." Colt said as he started to walk towards the three individuals while removing his own helmet. "Hello, I am Captain Alex (Colt) Richards of the United Nations Space Command, and these two are Sargent Tyrone (Brick) Ashley and Master Sargent William (Brutus) Crows, I have two other members on over watch just in case you try to pull anything." Colt said as he saluted the group in front of him.
"So you do not trust us, is that it?" the dark bluish one asked as a shadowy aura formed around her.
"That is not what I am saying, what are your names by the way?" Colt asked as he placed his weapon on his back.
"I am princes Celestia and this is my Sister Luna and my young student Twilight Sparkle, and we are the rulers of this land." Celestia said as she pointed to each of them.
"Well as I said before, my two others are on over watch just to follow negotiation regulations, so as I see you have not done anything so I will have my men stand down." Colt said as he raised his fist in the air.
"This is so boring, why cant we be down there with them?" Ricochet asked as she readied her rifle.
"Well looks like we get to stand down, no wait colt wants us to link up with them." Ghost said as she looked through the scope of her sniper rifle.
"Finally, we get to do something." Ricochet said as she stood and started to walk down the ridge.
"Hey, wait for me." Ghost said as she got up and ran towards her partner.
"So, you say your ship is damaged and you need a place to land it for the repairs?" Luna asked as she grabbed one of the Spartans helmets from the table.
"Yes, and we were wondering if we could use this area to set a temporary Forward Operations Base." Colt said as he tried to grab his helmet back but to avail as Luna pulled away and started to play with it.
"Do you mind if I keep this for a little while longer?" Luna asked as her horn flared and the helmet automatically formed to her head and horn.
"Well there is no point in saying no, you already formed it to your head." Colt laughed as Luna put the helmet on her head.
"You can use this land as long as you want, but on one condition, you must help us win the current war we are in with a powerful force." Celestia said as she smiled at her younger sister.
"I can talk to my commanding officer, we may be able to help you but if we do your forces must help us, we will not be the only military force out there fighting." Colt said as he got up and walked towards the pelican.
"What are you doing?" Twilight asked as she got up and followed the Spartan.
"Getting another helmet of course, I mean your princess of the night stole my primary, I always carry an extra." Colt said as he walked up the ramp of the pelican.
"What type of armor do you and your team wear?" Twilight asked as she followed suit. "It looks heavy and uncomfortable in my opinion" the lavender mare said as she sat in one of the pelican cargo seats.
"its called Spartan IV armor, and yes its heavy at first but it takes a day to get used to, with all the training the Spartans do it gets easy, the concept of this armor is to practically make us unstoppable but with the war we have been fighting we loose two to three Spartans per mission, its tough for a majority of the recruits but we make due with what we got." Colt said as he pulled an extra helmet from under his seat and started to walk towards the exit hatch.
"What type of enemy did you face before you got here?" Twilight asked as she stopped the Spartan in his tracks with her arm. "I want to know." Twilight said as she got closer to the Spartans.
"I'll go over that when the Golden Harvest touches down, I have all sorts of files on what your looking for." Colt said as he playfully rubbed Twilights mane.
"Hey, stop that." the lavender mare said as she swatted away the Spartans hand.