Sorry I'm a bit late. You guys know the drill, give me your best ideas! I'm thinking of maybe sneaking a small strike team through the crystal caverns and trying to steal that reversing spell.

2045450 Maybe try to find some Parasprites. Then when we infiltrate the castle, you can set them on their food supply. That and maybe we can use the mirror pond to our advantage.

2045710 I've thought more about the mirror Pond, and now I'm not sure that would be effective at all. They aren't true duplicates, they're kind of like making copies. Say you make a copy of something, then make a copy of the copy, and a copy of that copy, etc. The problem with this, is that the quality of the copies get lower each time. I think it works the same way with the mirror pond. You're basically dividing the person in two, then dividing those two halves into two, etc. getting lower quality clones each time. Which is why I don't think the mirror pond would be a good idea. You got all that, right?

2045907 I see.... Then vvhat about the Parasprites?

2045907 You maybe right with the qualities of the copies, as far as I understand the mirror pond, it creates a copy that is only able to do and think what the original was doing or thinking as it entered the pond. Also we do not know how sentient this copies are, are they able to grow over the original pattern, have they feelings. We don´t know this, so I am rather reserved to use the pond. The idea with the parasprites is a really good idea.

To send a strike force to the castle could be rather dangerous, alongside the book, that we don´t know if it even exists, is the other option to free Discord from the dungeons, with him our possibilities to act would grow massive, alone his teleportation skills would be a very good help.

Now for tonight, does anyone knew anything about the fight that James mentioned, I was unable to find any specific information on that.

I just wish we would know what happened with our scouts in the Everfree Forest. Did they know the path to Zecora? She would be a great asset to our ranks.

What about using a 'false trail'?

The army could invade through a badly 'hidden' trail for the enemy to find. They'll think the trail leads to the HQ of the Alliance, but really it leads to some other place, like some sort of cave, filled with parasprites or poison darts or a net that drops when they enter or whatnot. Maybe the Allies can be watching from afar to make sure everypony is captured?

Anyway, that's what I have to add for now.

2046093 The false trail idea is a good idea of course. We just need the right time to use it, so we have an advantage and the enemy doesn´t know this tactic. I don´t want to use such a great idea to the wrong time, we don´t know if we could use this again.

Current questions:

- Firstly, what is the attack that James mentioned?
- How are our current numbers in forces, supplies and so on?
- How is the status of the building of our hq, do we have access to a forge?

- What is the situation of the scouts/zecora/everfree?
- What contains the letter that James has?

- Are we able to defend Sweet Apple Acres?
- Should we try to capture a train, so we could reach other cities or even the Crystal Kingdom?

We need more information about the situation.

2046143 I suggest it days ago so I will do it once more. We should find enemy supply convoys, find a weaker point streak and take supplies, what we can't take with us burned. We will gather more supplies and disturb enemy supply lines.

Yeah we can capture a train but where we store it? We just can't left it somewhere in a track and wish that stormclaud will not see it.

2046207 Yes I know you are right concerning the train, I only wanted to say that, when we solified our position that we could do that to increase our field of operations and gain allies from the Crystale Kingdom.

Do you know something about an attack this night?
What would you suggestion concerning Zecora and the missing scouts?
What should we do concerning Sweet Apple Acers?

2046259 2046207 Why doesn't Twilight see if she can find an invisibility spell for the train?

2046143
-The attack I mentioned was the one on Sweet Apple Acres
-Our forces are looking good, though our greatest number is in Diamond Dogs. As for supplies, we have plenty of armor (though it isn't made for ponies) and spears. We also have enough food from SAA to last us a good long while.
-The condition? Well, it's really dark. The tunnels underground are fine, but I don't think the ponies like it. And as for a forge, the Diamond Dogs have several, but they're all really deep where it's just too hot for us to go. The DD could go down and forge us whatever, though.

-I haven't heard from the scouts or Zecora. The Everfree forest is a dangerous place, so anything could have happened. If we ever send somepony else in to search for them, I'd like to personally lead it.
-I don't know what the letter says. Twilight doesn't recognize the language, so it isn't Equestrian. Our best bet is to go to the Crystal Kingdom and check it out. Maybe if we had some sort of disguise just in case?

-Sweet Apple Acres is really open. And it's too big to put a forcefield acress. Excuse me--across. I don't know how well we'd be able to defend from an attack from above.

2046435 Thanks for your information. That is what we needed to know. Further I would appriciate if you could think about the things I send you per pm.

Let´s where we can go from there. The idea of Swiftbullet is something I would also suggest. In addition I would send James, Twilight, and the others with a little escort to Zecora.

I don´t think that we will be able to defend SAA, so we should currently take what we can take and get out of there. I know Applejack will not like this one bit, but please tell her, that we will do what we can to return there as fast as possible. If we currently would try to defend SAA we would firstly lose but secondly the trees, buidings the farm as whole would take damage and that in something we can not allow to happen. You can also say to her if she wants I would gladly volunteer to help her to rebuild what was destroyed, my pledge on that.

2046491 No we can't send James and Twilight especially Twilight to Everfree. It is to dangerous and we can't lose someone like Twilight, we should take her out from fight and use her abilities only when there is no other way. She is too important to lose.

2046758 I already corrected my suggestion to that, I absolutly agree with you, thanks.

2046914 I don´t know if we are able to get informations from them because they are affected by mindcontrol, I fear they are currently nothing more the mindless drones.

2046207 A good idea, take out a single link in the supply convoy.

2046435 If it could be possible to send me a transcript of the letter, I think I would at least be able to make out a rudimentary form of language.

Also, as to everyone else,2046914,2046491,2046266, and 2045907, I have been organizing a few interesting defense systems for the bases. However, they would require a good amount of resources. If you may, please check the Armada Defense Systems thread I created, if you have not already. Most of the ideas use a magi-technological algorithm as well as multi-versal laws of physics to ensure that they will not work if they fall into enemy hands, even if the object in question is a bit of information inside the mind of a creature being controlled by Stormcloud.

Erm, Question: what's the Status of:

Pevee (spikes Pet Phoenix)
Philomena (Tias Phoenix)

afaik They would make easier Scouts, as quite frankly: they can Die, and then they will come back, so no real Danger for them. Also in our lore phoenix Tears can heal Injuries, so before we lose somepony to Limbo, they could be used as Healers.

another, maybe a bit Technical: This stormcloud guy said that anyPONY that would die will be kept in Limbo, wich means we maybe shouldn't use the Diamond Dogs too freely, as they're not Ponys...

Also, if he finds Zecora: Check for Alicorn Amulet, used in Short Intervals only for Combat It could be an Asset

Another Annotion: Maybe Experiment with building Poison Joke Grenades + a delivery System for them, but therefore we also need Zecora to provide the Cure,in case of Accidents....

As I see it, finding Zecora is as of now oneof our top Priorities

mfg Nordic

2051508which is why I sent in a rescue party. But the alicorn amulet is far far FAR too dangerous to even consider using at all.

2051849 are you sure It is that Dangerous?

It's quite honestly the Option between one Pony going bonkers for a little Time, or losing all Ponies free will forever...

on the other hand there's the Morality, you're right. Wich registers do "we" want to pull, do defeat him?

anyways, in regard to Weapons, there is the Question wether they have reliable Electricity Sources/Storage Devices (charged Crystals?), then we could try Railguns...

Side Note, regarding Train Transport: why not steal one Waggon, and if you need to go somewhere, you only attach that waggon to a Train already heading there, wether there are 7 or 8 Waggons hanging on a Train...

Crazy Idea: Railroad Artillery, but thet's for much later...

mfg Nordic