Contact (Edited: 6-6-18)
Zero-Five-Zero
Chapter 1
I was woken out of my small nap by yelling.
“Ey!” Lucas yelled in my face, as I jumped up. “Get ready, it’s nearly zero-fifty and command wants us back at base by oh-one-hundred-thirty. Come on, get up. “
I shook the sleep from my eyes, as I grabbed my M4 that was resting against the side of the Humvee. Pulling my wrist up to check my watch, zero-four-zero. Right on time.
Pulling myself on top of the Humvee, I take the gunner’s position and ready the .50 cal. Lucas barks orders for the remaining Marines to get in the “fucking trucks!”
Ah, Staff Sergent, what would we do without you?
The small convoy of Humvees begins to roll out, Lucas comes onto the radio.
“All gunners, keep your head on a swivel. Heavy Tali activity has been seen in the area we’re about to pass through. Call out if you see anything. We’re on the move and are returning to base.”
The Humvees continued moving. So far, the country-side of Afghanistan seemed quiet and peaceful.
But that would soon come to an end.
After about ten minutes, a voice called out. Marcus, a gunner in the Humvee behind me.
“Hey! I see somethin’! At nine!”
Almost instantly, all guns swiveled to face the direction that Marcus had called out.
“I don’t see anything! You see anything?” One gunner yelled.
‘I don’t see jack!”
“It was something, looked like a big dog!” Marcus yelled. “I lost sight of it though!”
“I want eyes on it!” Lucas barked.
The area was silent, as all gunners scanned the area for the unknown, however, the darkness made it difficult to acquire it, the moon not helping very much.
“Anyone?” Lucas questioned.
“No, I think we lo-“
The talker was cut short as someone screamed.
“Fuck! A motherfucking sheet head just shot me with a bow! You piece of shit!” Marcus yelled.
I scanned the area quickly, but couldn’t seem to find anything.
“Marcus,” I began. “Where are you hit?”
“Fucking shoulder, shit! That hurt like Hell!”
“Are you o-“ I was cut off as something whizzed past my cheek and slammed into the metal backing behind me. In fact, at least twenty other arrows slammed into the Humvee facing the nine o’clock direction
Instinctively, I reacted, my thumbs depressing the trigger on the .50 cal and letting a burst of fire from the weapon into the general area.
“Contact!” Lucas yelled, even though contact had been initiated a while ago.
The rounds slammed into the hill where the unknown was sighted, clouds of dust flew up as the rounds released their full fury on whatever they hit.
“Cease Fire! Cease Fire!” Lucas Barked the order, several guns were immediately put away, but some gunners continued their barrage. This prompted Lucas to deliver the order once again, even louder.
The entire convoy stared at the hill, just waiting for something to pop its head out.
After a minute, and several tense, but short conversations, Lucas spoke into his radio.
“Command, Command, this is Viper 1-6 Actual, we have taken hard contact and are moving to investigate. Copy?”
“Good copy Viper 1-6, be advised, the nearest reinforcements are an hour away so you’re going in alone. How copy?”
“That is good copy, Viper 1-6 out.”
Lucas signed off the radio and looked over to the convoy.
“Bowlds! Take McClure and Ryans and check out that hill. Marcus, go see the Corpsman about that arrow.”
“Sarge, I don’t think those were Talis. Since when the fuck have those assholes use bows?” Ryans shot back.
“Just go check it out.”
I pulled myself out of the gunner position from the top of the Humvee, grabbing my rifle as my legs hung down the hole.
After I had retrieved my rifle, I pulled myself out of the Humvee completely and slid down the side.
My booted feet smacked the ground, and I began walking over to the other two Marines picked out.
Bowlds stopped Ryans and me.
“Listen, Ryans, you take point, McClure and I will cover you.” Bowlds explained quickly.
We didn’t bother arguing, Ryans beginning the trek up the small hill. Before he got very far, however, something sounded.
In fact, it sounded like a trumpet.
“What hell was that?” I could hear Lucas mutter behind us.
Bowlds and I had our rifles trained in front of us for whatever may come down that sandy hill.
Seconds of silence passed, when suddenly, a whinny sounded. Yes, a whinny, like from a horse.
And like a hoard of multicolored ants, a large swarm of… they were ponies. Ponies in gold armor. Bowlds and I fired immediately, Ryans immediately running back towards the convoy. Bowlds backed up and continued firing as I finished my first mag. I began walking backwards, replacing the mag in my rifle.
I fired off a few more shots before turning tail to run. However, something tripped me up and I fell. I quickly flipped around just in time to see a pony begin to rear up in attempt to crush me under hoof.
So, I improvise, and hope to god the bullshit I’m about to pull works. I use the pony’s bipedal stance and shoot up, grappling myself around the ponies barrel and forcing him to the ground. Well, more like we both fall to the ground, me using him as a cushion and him cracking his head on the ground.
Wait… he is a guy, right? Oh, yeah, I’m burning these clothes when I get back to base.
“Dante! Grab that pony and get back to Humvee!” Some yells form behind me.
Not bothering to argue or stop, I grab one of the stallions hind legs and begin pulling him.
I make it to the Humvees as the .50s are still spewing rounds, and the ponies falling in swaths. The Marines on their knee and the M4s spewing 5.56 rounds being just as deadly as the machine gunners. Someone had taken my spot as gunner.
As I moved in closer to the Humvees, two Marines moved from their position and took control of the stallion, one grabbing its hind legs and the other grabbing its front legs and carrying it bodily over behind one of the Humvees. I unsling my rifle and begin firing, taking down one pony who managed to make it past the .50s and riflemen.
This continues for at least two minutes until, I can only assume, the ponies smartened up and quickly back off.
However, the short fight had taken its toll, as at least one hundred bodies lay strewn across the ground, and the knocked out stallion lying behind the Humvees. None of the bodies on the ground were ours, thank god.
As the ponies retreated back behind the hill, one stallion stopped at the peak and stopped to look back, staring at us in contempt. He quickly turned around and headed back down the dune
First contact happened at Logar Province, Afghanistan, July eighteenth, Zero-Five-Zero. The skirmish that happened between the two groups began at twelve-fifty and lasted three minutes and thirty seconds ending at twelve-fifty-three.
“So… let me get this straight, Glint, you engaged an unknown military with unknown defensive and offensive capabilities, you lost over one hundred guards out of the group of three hundred before ordering a retreat, and you lost a guard-stallion to the unknown military.’
Steel Glint, now in chains and bowing on the floor of the throne room in a position that was more submissive then bowing, could only nod to the two Diarchs, as Celestia questioned him.
“It’s a good thing that they’re years ahead of us on weaponry, now we don’t have to worry about losing secrets because of your incompetence!” Celestia roared, Glint cowering even more.
“Take him to the dungeons.” Celestia ordered. Walking back to her throne, she sat down and hung her head, letting out a sigh.
“Brilliant, death certificates to fill out, attempts to start peaceful negotiations to get the bodies back. Sometimes, I wish I hadn’t abolished the death sentence.” Celestia stated.
“Sister, you seem worried. Extremely worried. Even more worried than when you were faced with Chrysalis.”
Celestia somberly looked down, and then sighed. She lifted her head to look Luna in the eyes.
“Luna, I’m afraid we may have woken a sleeping Major.”
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... There better be a sequel mate.
GOD THAT was like pear harbor backwords
You should continue this.
4428518
I'm sorry, do you mean Pearl Harbor?
4428523 soory spell check but ya it the Japaneses from WW2 for poted to the 21st century
4428534
Ah, I understand now.
More than one hundred casualties in the span of less than four minutes on a fight against seven or eight elements?
You're right, Celestia, you did awake something. Only it wasn't a Major. It was a fucking juggernaut.
Short story is, Celestia wanted peaceful relations with kick-ass Americans, but first contact was a lost due to the guard being a supreme dumbass...
I love it!
lots of dead ponies and no K.I.A. For the Americans. Only one soldier being wounded.
give that man a purple heart.
America~...
America~...
America.
FUCK YEAH!
Comin to save the mother fuckin day yeah!
4428539
Well, it was a bunch of Guard-stallions charging against a small convoy armed with .50s and marines with Rifles.
It makes sense.
I demand either a sequel or a continuation! But if you don't want to, that's fine..
4428550 Well, the lack of damage on the human side (which cannot have seen this as more than a minor skirmish) may allow our two civilizations to make amends still. Moreso if Glint is shown in his punishment.
The last line reads a little weird. But it's okay...
I faved this because I see an epic story at hand.
Maybe Celestia didn't know about them untill after the battle and would have wanted a peaceful relation.
That is what I want to see. But it is your story.
Okay, at least it wasn't deliberate policy by the nations of both sides to kill one another, just the idiocy of one commander.
...Of course, that might be enough to kill off relations for a while in and of itself, but a good and peaceful ruler like Celestia should be able to make peace.
4428564
He will probably see some sort of punishment.
Especially since people seem to want a sequel or continuation.
Not bad...
Military+MLP=Happy Me
Dude! Make a sequel, this was amazing!
Oh sounds epic. I like how Celestia seems to acknowledge humanities technological prowess, yet the ponies still put up a good fight.
So, the verdict...
... I liked it.
The story was short and to the point, but it was a well written set of action scenes. I also liked that this was based mostly on miscommunication rather than one side being over the top dicks. There's also plenty of room for a continuation from this point.
Overall, well worth a favorite and a like.
4428662
Well, seems like the fans want a sequel or continuation.
Meh, ok.
4428673
Thank you very much.
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Silly Celestia, this is how you make peace with the Muricans'.
4428568 he was trying to quate the Japaneses after peral harbor
- Staff Sergeant.
Military protocol is reasonably accurate — at least enough to suspend disbelief.
Good pacing and I see an interesting First Contact situation occuring.
Also, I'm very curious as to what could cause Steel Glint to launch an unprovoked attack. No intel, no provocation, nothing.
4428666 a fight thet nailed ONE guy in the shoulder with and arrow and lost 150 guys, if anything it was just a another day at the slughter house
4428711
Honestly?
I wasn't sure which sarge to go with.
I was going to do a gunny, but realized that was bit cliché.
4428707
But they never said 'Major' they said 'Giant'
That's why it's called 'Waking the sleeping giant'
4428760
I was actually referring to an Ursa Major.
4428763 ...Oh. That makes sense.
Well everyone is saying it so I might as well throw in my two cents and say that a sequel or continuation would be much appreciated.
4428767 and everthing falls into place
A one-shot...
*inhales*
A FUCKING ONE SHOT!? Bro, this is a gold mine just sitting and staring at us and you call this a ONE-SHOT!!
I implore you...
KUNTINUE. DIS. STOREH!!!
4428815
I concur.
I'm late, but I'll jump on the sequel train. Do it.
I'm not sure I can say exactly why I liked this story, it just seemed like what would happen at first contact if the ponies were being led by an idiot.
4428675 Yes plz.
4428673 Yes. I like that aspect as well. When I clicked on it I was worried it was either a humans are bastards story, or else a conquest of earth by ponies. Glad to see I was wrong. The deaths were caused by an incompetent officer on one side; it wasn't policy set by the leaders. Nice job, and I would love to see this continued.
4428666
Shit, if that's what you consider a good fight, I'd hate to see your concept of a curb stomp!
Wait, a one-shot?
This has the potential for a huge expanded universe!
4429119
It's not a one-shot anymore.
.................. and no one thought of taking the guns with magic?
seriously, ponies aren't stupid. ..................
and no at most they woke up a queen chrysalis, cause all they have to do is take their weapons. hell cdelestia could just butcher the entirety of that unite herself. fry the entirety of them in a few seconds and have their wepaons studied. next thing we know they will have bordlerands 2 type weaponry.
Saw Marine HiE
Then saw Kabar wrote it.
Will read shortly.
4429176
You are fucking stupid.
You are so fucking supid.
A.) It was a convoy. They all had guns.
B.) Uh, Celestia was beaten by a bug using second hand love. She's not surviving a 5.56 round shot at her.
C.) So Celestia can take on the entire US Military.
…
That is taking stupid to new lows even for you.
D.) She can't fry the entirety of the convoy because she can't.
No bullshit background story, BAM! CONTACT!
I like it.
will admit that is what would happen, but only at first. the ponies have magic, and that magic is a FAR greater power than anything a human can create. hell they could create HATS that repel bullets if given a few hours.
if you want an idea how how powerful pony created items can be, look at Fallout Equestria. they reduce the magic to a far lesser degree than in the show, in my opinion, and they still have incredibly powerful weaponry. and they created all of that stuff within a decade, even creating laser pistols because magic allows them to bypass many limitations.
it took us centuries to evolve past the musket, and we cannot even grasp the idea of directed energy weaponry as we are now.
basically in that sotry they went from winchester rifles to plasma launcher within a decade.
4429193
I'm sorry, but you are so absolutely fucking dumb.
You're really using a fucking fanfic as evidence? God, you're stupid.
Care to tell me where the ponies currently are? Still using gold armor and spears.
4429193
Comment on this next!
As well as this!
4429190 ................ changelings are fueled by love. she consumed so much love it fueled her magic to a level great enough to knock out celestia........ every time someone uses that as an excuse are exposing their lack of thoguht. it is not second hand if she FEEDS on it. it would be like saying a vampire only one because of feeding on second hand blood.
celestia, using only a simple release of magic from her horn, is able to blast through solid stone. that is not even really a spell from the looks of things, since even common civilian ponies are capable of that, or at least it is an immensely simple spell.
now imagine if she used destructive magic against the convoy, converting the powe to tear through rock into an explosive flare and send it into the middle of the convoy............ likely they would all be charred corpses within seconds.
celestia could kill a convoy by simply charging up her horn, falling in front of them, and sweeping the beam across them. or, preferably, behind them.
4429241
You really think they'd give her time to attack? She'd have a bullet in her brain as soon her horn flared.
And you're using headcanon again.
4429208 and they can create skyscrapers as well and modern cities yet sitll have everyone driven by carriage. ponies are eclectic and create what they need. likely that means creating other magics or weaponry to match humanity.
why not use a fanfic? this is a fanfic showign the impossible possibility of human meeting ponies as is, and that is impossible in the hsow.
besides it is a good idea of what ponies could vcreate, and how their magic could allow them to rapidly excelerate their development. like i said winchester to plasma launchers.