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Sometimes. Also noted is where Duty & Sacrifice are said to chamber "a larger round than the ones used by [the named 12.7mm]". Duty & Sacrifice chamber .45/70, which is still a .45 just with a longer caselength, and 12.7mm is slightly bigger than a .50 AE. So the revolvers are somehow bigger than a round a tetch over .05 bigger than the one they chamber...

Ok, this one has not read this story, yet
So, this is an open question to anyone and everyone; is this story related to any other story, like does one need to read anything else to get it.
Because for the love of the gods a million words means alot of potential for confusion.
And this one love long stories.

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Heard nothing but good things about Fallout: Equestria, definitely gonna read it.
Just wondering if it is necessary?
Nonetheless you did significantly reduce the list of potential required reading. That really helps.
This one thanks you

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I'd definitely read the original Fallout: Equestria before tackling this story. Its not critical, but you'll miss lots of references and jokes. No point in going through over 1.5 million words if you can't even properly appreciate them all.

Luckily Littlepip's Fo:E tale is much shorter than this one - only half as long. Both are just loaded with feels, but this sequel is if anything quite a bit darker and more brutal. This will be hard to believe after you read the original, but believe me.

Also, the full text of this story is available elsewhere (almost 80 chapters I believe) if you don't feel like waiting for edited chapters to show up on FF.

Whoa... this just got very interesting, hahahaha Wow. what a chapter well done man, well done.

Awesome job on this chapter, awesome job

If they’re willing the throw in the towel now,

to throw in

Hell yes a new chapter (uploaded)! Thank you Somber and co.
Yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes and YAY

Ah the converting from google docs to fimfiction, the entire chapter is in italics right now. Not a problem for me.

I quite liked this chapter, apart from the foreshadowed tragedy of Medley's death. Nice to see Caprice again. And I find it quite funny how Blackjack is still so clueless about LittlePip being the Stable Dweller. And then she goes on to not believe what the Goddess says about LittlePip is the Stable Dweller, oh Blackjack.. The bits with Glory were great, gives an insight to the reasons for 'punishment'. Oh shit that ending line..

Well, up until now, I thought the Goddess was just an amusing jerk.
After this? Bring out the silver rings of death!

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The foreshadowing was real. The Goddess should very well be worried.

The mare smiled gently. “My name is Dawn. I was hoping to speak to you... and I was wondering if you could tell me where my daughter Morning Glory could be found.”

Well fuck

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It's far from required reading, what with being entirely unrelated in terms of plot, but "Simply Rarity" makes, I think, some nice/informative thematic background.

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Blame Kkat for okaying it if you have an issue with it.

the end of this book is to BLOODY GOOD

7103514 Just you waet ITS GUNNU ITS JUST GITEN STARTED

7109482 Um... Sorry and Sorry?

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I'll add it to the list! :V

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I can't stay mad at you. :|

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I can confirm that he's serious

7116756 Um... sorry!?

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If you're referring to what I assume you are,

I'm not even sure I know what I'm referring to now <.<

7115941 Well its obvious not everyone dies. and fuck [spoilers] i hate that people started using those, i can never read when im on my phone. So either A. You can take it for the joke that it was. Or B. Take it seriously and consider it indignant protest for the stupid spoiler ystem and how i cant disable it. Pick one

7118923 And don't forget crafting yourself a 'Refreshing beverage'. Nothing says good, wholesome anti-radiation and anti-addiction and health restoration like a 'Refreshing beverage'. It really deserves a "Flim & Flam's Magical Curative Refreshing Beverage" label on it's rather boring bottle.

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No, I was just grousing more about Littlepip's involvement. :B Speaking of...

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It's funny, because chapters 34 and 35 are bookended by two scenes -- the creative and very interesting depiction of the pony afterlife, and BJ and Glory talking about BJ's rape -- to which I'm all, "Aw yeah, it's PH, back again, this is awesome, I'm lovin' it, woo-hoo!" And just about everything in the middle was, "Oh, god, why is this happening, I hate myself and I hate this story and I hate you, arghasdfhuhfdkj." A little of column A, a little of column :B

Also, I just realized that, unlike with Caprice, there was no "ah-ha!" moment where Blackjack suddenly finds out LP is the Stable Dweller. Interesting.

7119127 Were the scene written with Littlepip written badly?

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Not badly so much as...

It's like having your OC meet the mane cast, and they all talk about how cool or pretty or strong they are. It's one thing to have this story with all its direct connections between your characters and Kkat's, and quite another to have those characters meet. The comparisons in the narrative point out how similar they are while at the same time, your characters are so much more: more dark, more extreme, more funny. Someone even says, "Blackjack, you're so random." It's one thing to toot your own horn, and quite another to have someone else's characters toot it for you.

Not that I think that's really what you were going for; that's just how it comes off. It's one thing to have characters like BJ and co., and quite another to have them meet their inspirations and make that inspiration blatant.

7119689 Fair enough. This was something I wanted because it was cool, and you'll probably notice that more and more. This was the only time their stories could intersect, so it was something I wanted. She helps Blackjack. Blackjack helps her.

7119045 She deserves more LOVE!

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Hahaha, very fitting. And it was at that moment Blackjack realized she fucked up, big time. Now she's going into the Danger Zone.

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The afterlife etc. scene is one I enjoy a lot, and certainly think back to more than some of the similar dreams/whatever from around the same point, like the extra-dystopian future one. It reminds me somewhat of the creation story in The Silmarilion, though that could just be reflective of a more general body of tropes where I'm mainly familiar with a couple embodiments.

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The character or the author (or both)? :P

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Within a few chapters, you'll probably have left any potential for that feeling behind. Many ones and zeroes died to bring us the later chapters . . .
I may need to start a "not even once" count.
You'll get at least a taste of what it was probably like at some point.

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Aren't we just a ray of fucking sunshine today? :V And the author, of course.

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Oh, just reworking Somber's old response to the idea someone would want to do a print edition: "Think of the trees!"

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A printed edition of Project Horizons into several books or volumes would be a considerable amount of paper made from trees. Yes, a lot of trees would be used for such a project. The popularity of PH as well in the Fo:E fandom would mean a considerable amount of demand for a printed edition much like any other Fo:E story. Supply and demand, adequate demand but how long will the supply reserve be adequate? I honestly wonder, after being given many printed out packets of paper over the course of education.

So... I just finished this. Took me two and a half weeks, but I made it. And wow, that was glorious.
I really don't know what possessed you to write a 4000+ pages epic tale (with only 77 chapters at that) but I guess it would be impossible to put all the plots and the background and everything else in a more normal-sized story.
And man, how much there was! You took the FoE-concept of having a badass story, unraveling a myterious and dramatic backstory part by part, and didn't only manage to stay true to the universe Kkat created but expanded it in a way that is both beautifully tragic and immensely fascinating.
I absolutely loved the characters, not only Blackjack but especially Glory and P-21, or Psychoshy, or Lacunae, or the ever-present Goldenblood. We got to know them in so many pages that they truly came alive in my mind. Seeing them get hurt was painful, and, well, you know what you did; I'm still heartbroken and will probably stay this way for at least a few weeks!
To the story itself... I think the first book was just perfect. Those first moments of discoveries, of shiny and new (or rather busted and old) things, it was enticing and just plain lovely. Assembling the cast (or at least the core cast) just was a lot of fun to read through.
In my opinion, the core cast is what you did best; the dynamic between Blackjack, Glory and P-21 never failed to put a smile on my face, and so the second book was just as great as the first.
I have to admit, I didn't really care that much for the arcs where you put that dynamic out of the equation. Sure, Hightower was a great adventure, and Stygius is another character you did extremely well, but I missed Glory and P-21 a lot. The Society arc remedied that, thankfully, but I wasn't exactly a big fan of the Thunderhead arc and the lone Blackjack thing that followed. That thing with the goddess was beautiful though.
And while the finale (and with finale I mean book five, because only you can manage to write a finale that is one frickin' thousand pages long) was completely badass and awesome, it took so long until you finally reunited the core cast again, and then came 'Ignition' with all its heartbreaking and tear-inducing glory, and then came 'Call' and the broken heart was pulverized and then came 'All In'.
The epilogue was, well, an epilogue. It ended things on a positive note (thankfully!) and, man, I can't believe it's over. That after all this time of following the adventures of Blackjack and friends, and the travesties and misguided attempts of the pre-war ponies, it's done.
It must be maddening for you and your editors. Gosh, I can barely stand it.
So thank you for writing this, for sharing this with us, for all the hours upon hours of high-quality entertainment, of thoughtful plots with an abundance of subplots, of lifelike characters.

So... made it to Chapter 50... not going to have the patience to wait until the entire story is uploaded here, so off to Gdocs for the final 27 chapters.

7155306 I'm in the same boat. Up to chapter 55 now, and already was like "Oh em goodness, could that be...?" and it was, and then I was like "Noooooo!" and the story was like "Yup!"

7160723 Yeah, that's what I figured, but it's been so long since the last time I read this story that I was willing to suspend my disbelief. I did the same thing last time I found a story inconsistency with the same result. Thanks for clearing that up.

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Yeah... I can't believe that Deus actually ended up joining the party, even with all of the other examples of characters not being able to die. But the Blossomforth cameo made me smile... I'm a sucker for Blossomforth.

see's the name dawn, then daughter, and literally goes "hoLY SHITE!!!! ITS GLORY'S MOM!!!!!"

So did bj stop cheating on glory after this chapter?

The safeword is Rainbow Dash.

I will never be able to take this seriously.

That little bit of weirdness aside, it sure is good to get back into this. :D And I'm pleased this chapter was mostly downtime, if only because it gave me a chance to catch myself up with what's been going on. Scotch was great, I loved seeing Charity again, and oh my god, Glorymom.

I'm looking forward to more Journey to the Center of the Rampage, but I have to say, Twist's almost-death is the first scene in this story that really shook me. I mean, that whole sequence is pretty tragic, and I have to assume Twist's not dead, so we'll get to see more of her later on, but man. Mown down by her own side. It just bothers me on a deep level, y'know? :(

7996373 "Rainbow Dash"
Yeah, my initial reaction to that--which is about the same as my current one too :V --was something along the lines of "I'm an outsider to that scene, but choosing a safe word that amounts to emotionally pressuring the sub to never use it seems contrary to the point, a dick move, and generally (I'd guess) bad BDSM practice."

This really was a great chapter for Scotch, where she was given more space to be the normal one and develop a life and independent identity of her own. Shitty what had to happen to allow part of that growth to be realized, though. On the plus side, I will never not love the Stable 99 Sex Talk for Clueless Outsiders in which she had a big role.

I think one of the things about the Twist scene that got me was just how much it said about the corrosive effects of the war on Equestria, not just as a state as a whole or among elements of the government, but ordinary people, just like the Marauders themselves but coming a few years later.

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Well, that and the fact that they're moving their relationship that way in an attempt to fix Blackjack, and not because, y'know, they actually like having sex that way.

Even though they like having sex that way. c.c

But yeah, Twist's death, or almost death... It's like, that mare chose blind loyalty to a cause, zealotry and fear over actually following orders. I want to know what the fallout of her actions are now. I want her to have a name, so I can see it smeared across newspapers all over Equestria. It's just so frustrating to see someone act that way. D:

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Well, ya know, works both ways. Closure and a deferral of responsibility for Blackjack, who would otherwise either never register anything was wrong or never let it go; outlet for Glory. And it's fun and sexy for them along the way. Win/win/win right there.

On the Twist thing... I personally think it works better without a name, which would pin it more on just the one character as a person rather than the fucked up wartime society that created them; her as stand-in for a bigger thing. And partly for that reason, I wonder just how much of a reaction there'd be, presuming that ended up being released--maybe there's still a good chunk of awareness of how fucked up it is (though who knows if it could be expressed in print after Ministry of Image censorship or with potential Ministry of Morale responses in mind), but it's within the context of a country that ghettoized the zebras by that point (or soon after) with Zebratown, ostensibly for their own protection. And on a more focused level, it's probably after at least some of the Applesnack stuff. It's certainly frustrating to see someone acting that way--but how much it's them as them rather than as a sort of worst example of what Equestria's turning into is something I think about, and for me that makes it worse.

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Definitely makes sense as a symbol. I want to see the greater reaction, though, which would have a similar effect, but would also require a name. Maybe.

Fuckin stripes amiright

Fluttershy had said that Marigold had been an ideal candidate for the spell. And hadn’t she been Twilight’s cousin? But… no. That wasn’t possible. I hadn’t been able to open the door in Tenpony. I’d failed the test.

So… why did I suddenly feel uncomfortable?

I sighed and added the pamphlet to the rest of the trash in the fireplace. It wasn’t like I had Marigold’s entire genetic history with me. Maybe she’d been Rarity’s cousin twice removed? Or had some Apple in her? Who knew for sure? It could all be one big coincidence.

Blackjack...I don't believe in coincidence.
I'm pretty sure Twi said "my cousin" plus Twice removed...maybe.
But still, she is related. Then we have who she carried to begin with, which also sheds genetic code.

More and more I am starting to think she may be related to somebody a little higher in the eschelon.

 “And your Stable Dweller is LittlePip!”

Oh, sure. Like I was going to believe anything she said! I got the impression of a pony throwing their hooves into the air in resigned annoyance and tried to put killing the Goddess out of my mind for now. 

There are not enough L's O's or L's to describe the sheer amount of hilarity that comment packed.

You know. I know a story about a funny zebra back in the homelands. There was a good male, wealthy and powerful and generous. One day he went for a walk and saw many poor zebras in the market. What to do? So he gave them all the money in his purse and they were quite happy. He continued on his walk, and he found many hungry zebras living on the edge of his village, so he gave them his lunch and continued on his way. Soon it began to rain, and he came across some wet and weary travelers along his way. And so he gave them his cloak as well.

“But soon this funny zebra was alone, and hungry, and wet. He found a cave in the woods. There in the cave he found a beautiful zebra from a faraway village asleep in the bottom of a cold pool. And because he was good, he dove in and swam deeper and deeper. And thus, he drowned. When he died, there was nopony to help the poor, the hungry, or the weary. And so, they died too.” She finished with a blissful smile, hooves folded in her lap.

We all stared at her for a long minute. “Sekashi… that’s a horrible story!” Glory blurted.

I don't know...I kinda liked it.
It has this unignorable sense of finality to it.

“We just… got creative in our relationship.”

Yeah, as in becoming her dom to invoke mavlov's law on the poor girl.

“It’s how the science of friendship works,”

Science!
Freindship!
The two most fundamental forces in the world!
But mostly science, bro, because that stuff is awesome.
Bust look at Billy Nye. Or Matpat. Or Grant Thomson.
Now they, they have it going on.

It doesn’t matter if she killed somepony... or... or anypony...” She sniffed as tears ran down her cheeks

Oh shit. This is bad.
Only Puppy Smiles should get a free pass.
And I'm pretty sure even Angel doesn't count as a saint.

Dang...what and end to the Proditor. And what a Twist ending.

And now we have Glorys lol here! Dear Faust, can it possibly get any worse?
Don't answer that. The answer is obvious.

8079959 rule 69.2: if your question ends with "amiright?" the answer will never be Yes.

“Why?” P-21 just blinked in confusion. “She has her implant.”

Bro, do you even dad? Glory 'bout to rip you to pieces.

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“What are you going to do? Huh, Stripe? What are you going to fucking do?!” she screamed and then bit the trigger once more.

Biatch I will cross the dimensional wall and backhand you before slamming you with a 91, 94, and 108, ON TOP OF the 118 coming your way! Do you have a preference of firing squad or lethal injection? Be warned, IDGAF!

It's been a little while since I've read the original FOE but I'm pretty sure that memory extraction and storage doesn't work like that

Then there was a pause and the Goddess snapped irritably, “And your Stable Dweller is LittlePip!”

Oh, sure. Like I was going to believe anything she said!

oh, that's rich! the Goddess tells Blackjack that, and Blackjack doesn't believe her!

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Pfft, it doesn't, but its magic and blackjack is (as far as I can tell) bullshutting her way into making it sound like that could work as a sort of placebo enhanced procedure. Rampage was mostly fineish before the epiphany

Goddess: Littlepip is your Stable Dweller!
Blackjack: Pfft, yeah right.
Lacunae: She does not lie, Littlepip is in fact the Stable Dweller.
Blackjack: I know you're in on the joke, don't even try it.
Homage: (Through her Pip-Buck radio) No, really, Littlepip and the Stable Dweller are the same pony!
Blackjack: You guys are gonna have to try a little harder to get one past me!
Spike: (Via Spritebot) They're all telling you the truth! Littlepip is from Stable 2, where she DWELT. IN A STABLE.
Blackjack: Wow this joke IS getting elaborate! I feel flattered you all are trying so hard to fool me!
Littlepip: Look don't ask how I got here or why I know what you were talking about before I arrived, but I am totally the Stable Dweller in the flesh.
Blackjack: Yeah, sure, like this wasn't some elaborate excuse to lie your way into another kiss!
Littlepip: (Blushing Angry Horse noises)