great story glad to see it finished. rereading it on gdocs all i can say is the chapter play feels just right for fallout. Fallout is a Grimdark game so it makes sense the stories are too. that chapter alone made some of my non brony friends cringe lol.

“Some bacteria or virus, I think. The decay is progressive; likely it takes months or years for full psychological breakdown to occur. Given that raiders are so aggressive and cannibalistic, they might spread it through eating infected ponies,” she replied.

If Mad Cow and Kuru Disease is anything to go off of, cannibalism and a limited gene pool, alongside this getting progressively worse over the centuries becomes a debilitating disease caused by cannibalism for the most part.

I’ll need you two to protect me from Deus raping me with his cannon.”

Deus has a weapon of mass reproduction

In medical they concluded that my magic hadn’t fully developed yet.

Hmmm, maybe needs to flare to actually start growing?

but having her dig through the memories of how many times you put yourself on the breeding queue? And having her critique your performance and offer suggestions?

But were the suggestions good?

“I love you, Maripony,” he whispered in my ear.

Wait, Maripony is Twilight's research facility... That was a sad part in Fallout: Equestria, Twilight deserved better.

“What? No she isn’t, Sonata. She’s too old!”

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After two channel changes there was a sharp crackle, and then a buck’s harsh and grating voice filled my ears.

Thought you were changing buck to stallion.

Leaving the wreck and visions of rolling along in an armored war machine behind

I've read some sad things throughout my life... but this right here, is probably the most sad thing I have ever read...
Poor Blackjack... I feel for you girl.

I can already tell BJ's going to have a drinking problem later on Dx And damn, she took on a fucking Dragon?
... I'm impressed, like with Littlepip, I approve.

Good show Somber!
TWO MORE TO GO BABY!

Wonder if she will discover that VATS will allow her to shoot explosives mid-flight. Hehehe. Also a potential combo move.

Achievement unlocked:self control

Achievement Unlocked!

Mercy

With a bounty of at least ten thousand caps, encounter a group wanting to claim it, and spare them.

I am not sure how I feel about this whole, "am I right to take someones life?" business. I understand and emphasize that taking a life is not something to do casually, even if they are scum; but if it is you or them...
It should be them, and even if they are scum; still give their body the respect that life deserved.

>not Fluttermac

0/10, Worst story of the year

Also, >tfw you have the Sirens <.<

New Perk: Rad resistance - You resist 20% of radiation exposure. This makes you 20% cooler!

i know i'm late to reading this fic, but i'm just relieved that she FINALLY gets some rad resistance?!

That bore has to be a hundred and twenty two millimeters and that’s almost the width of a mare giving birth so figuring in the thickness of the barrel

Somber, I get how Dues is OP as fuck, but for fuck's sake, a horse, even Dues, can't mount large-caliber tank guns.

holy shit, that dream sequence is just fucked up.... welp, i just got scarred for life. onward towards to the next chapter!

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He can mount whatever he likes **suggestive brow wiggle**

“I’m Allegro. That’s my bro Adagio. Over there is Sonata. And the horn head is Medley.”

I know this was written before it, but after Rainbow Rocks those names are more than a little worrying.

Awesome, let's count the badges:

Raider wailer.
Unity between Blood and Collage.
Big bounty.
Miraculous survivor.
Dragon slayer.
Adept fighter.
Super dweeb.
One RAD Pony.
Crusader.

Sounds about right?
I sure hope so, Chase that a lot of gold to melt down.

Still...no boss loot.

What the buck Kkat? What the buck Somber?

You throw a Dragon at a pony, then deny them loot!?
Crazy, I tell ya.
You're all crazy!

“Well… don’t hear that often,” the rose colt said with a grin. “I’m Allegro. That’s my bro Adagio. Over there is Sonata. And the horn head is Medley.” He leaned towards me and added in a stage whisper, “Don’t worry about her. She’s a pill.”

Was this before or after E.G. 2?

I am REALLY starting to enjoy this ride. Especially now that they are bonding. Can't wait to see this awkward Blackjack and P-21 relationship develope, in whatever form it takes. Defiantly up their with the original, but as to which one is better, we will have to wait till the end to find out.

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Long, long before. Pre–Season 2.

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--and starting scrubbing the gray paint

--and started scrubbing the gray paint

For the first time, I was starting to warm a little to the DJ.

For the first time, I was starting to warm up a little to the DJ.

That would be probably the smart idea.

That would probably be the smart idea. (Or maybe I'm just getting carried away with what I spot)

Regarding the above with dialogue that is long as two paragraphs:
If paragraph-long dialogue continues into the next paragraph with a new starting quotation mark. Why not the previous one before it? Seriously. Nevermind. I looked it up and the reason makes sense. To indicate the same character is still speaking.

Oh gosh, that was P-21 with the cross-dressing, wasn't it? That's a hilarious moment.

Least Blackjack doesn't walk a lonely long road, anymore. I hardly recalled the mutant dragons, Spike must not know.
Also noticed an interesting reference: Hill 255 is an actual hill from the Korean War era - Battle of Pork Chop Hill. Hmm what else, oh yeah that nightmare break before the culvert scene is fyayed up. Again, with the ominous and terrible foreshadowing at possible fate. Again, with reminding me about the wing. Goddammit.

“Some bacteria or virus, I think. The decay is progressive; likely it takes months or years for full psychological breakdown to occur. Given that raiders are so aggressive and cannibalistic, they might spread it through eating infected ponies,” she replied. “The Enclave reports that there’s something down here that turns all ponies into raiders, but we’ve come across plenty that aren’t. The slaver brain was perfectly healthy. No lesions at all.” She looked positively ecstatic. “More samples are needed, of course, but the Enclave can get that. If I’m right, once they lock down the source, they can work on a treatment. Imagine a Wasteland with no more raiders!”

that reminds me of something in a book called "dream park": a disease called "Kuru", also known as the "laughing sickness" because victims would constantly laugh! it could only be caught by eating brains...and since the cannibals in that story also practiced Necromancy, the heroes wound up fighting Laughing Zombies!

i am again struck by how different Blackjack is from Littlepip...and yet similar, in that neither has any skill with magic. Blackjack likes to use Shotguns and a Baton, Littlepip prefers her custom Pistol. Blackjack is quite good at close combat, Littlepip knows noting about hoof-to-hoof fighting. but Littlepip knows hacking and lock-picking, Blackjack doesn't. i wonder if Blackjack can swim...Littlepip can't.

Littlepip is a shitload stronger than Blackjack as well, she has a lot of power, but no skill, while Blackjack has precision on her side.

The rubble shifted and rolled, and from behind it stirred a gray shape even larger than the ones we’d just finished off. /The creature's back legs had atrophied almost to nothing, but its swollen forelimbs were more than capable of dragging its hulking mass over the ground. It let out a mindless shriek and opened its maw wide to spray flame across the three of us.

Comence darksouls bossfight music.

Taking raiders out of the equation would go a long way towards making Hoofington a safer place to live.

If only every single raider could be blamed on some disease.

Sorry Blackjack, but many raiders simply chose to be raiders. Shattered Hoof before Pip would be an example.

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Warning extreme spoilers only read if you have read project horizons all the way through before before
so if twilight was pretending to be maripony and Macintosh was the one who got her pregnant and then everything went to hell when he found out it was twilight the whole time and she had the memories erased and maripony have the baby for her doesn't that mean she is related to littlepip, applejack, granny Smith, both, and twilight sparkle?

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Few? In any gun that has one barrel there is only one bullet in a chamber

I'm not sure how to say this, but I feel just like Blackjack, almost as though she is who I'd be if i was in the wastland.

And most stories, I walk away and remember it, but this, I remember more. The whole thing with the miniaatures of Applejack and Fluttershy keeps with me telling me to not only be strong, but also be better.

I geuss what I'm trying to say is thank you for such a wonderful story and I can't wait to finish it.

A ring of concrete crumbled at the top of the hill and I could make out something spray-painted on it: ‘Take care of…’ but the rest had been lost to time. Taking out the binoculars, I scanned the terrain behind us.

Holy shit

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What? What'd you spot?

I left the bathroom decidedly cleaner, went to the duffel, and sucked down a pack of RadAway, enjoying the tangy orange flavor. They could have bottled this stuff! Then I put on my new and improved… and heavier… armor. It certainly felt much more substantial. There was also a reinforced helmet made in the same blue and gold motif. I could feel the metal plates sewn inside. Hopefully it would prevent more ‘Blackjack got blown up within an inch of her life’ mom--

Wait, isn't that stuff supposed to be intravenous?

Each of the ‘shoppers’ kept an eye out for the mare with the black and red mane. Had a single one of them laid eyes on me I think they’d have torn me to pieces and hauled me to Deus in a bucket.

Even the dumbest wanna-be bounty hunter should realize that he/she isn’t going to make it out alive if he/she tries to kill Blackjack in the middle of square.

“Folks need to start spotting Security somewhere other than at Megamart. If they think we’re still hiding there, sooner or later they’ll try and storm the place or burn you out.

Once in a while you are actually pretty clever Blackjack.

Oh, I could levitate guns and swing batons as well as any unicorn, but my telekinesis was hardly all that impressive.

I’m officially calling bullshit on that. You we’re able to use your telekinesis prevent an Earth Pony raider from pulling the pin of a grenade. That’s pretty impressive.I still haven’t any other unicorn trying to do something similar.

Having your mother dig through your porn stash was bad enough, but having her dig through the memories of how many times you put yourself on the breeding queue? And having her critique your performance and offer suggestions?

That joke becomes a lot less fun, once you remember the situations of Stable’s stallions.

Okay time to talk about the escape plan.

While I liked that scene – the story was in need of some lighthearted humor after the hospital – I feel the plan had some huge flaws.

1. P-21 pretending to be a Mare makes sense. He pulled off the same stunt in Stable 99 and was almost able to trickBlackjack. But Blackjack disguising herself as stallion? How did she do that? Are pony genders really that hard to distinguish, that all you need to do is slightly change your voice everypony is fooled?

2. If these Bounty Hunters are at least somewhat professional, they would know how easy it is to change your appearance with paint, wigs and a fake cutie mark. Sending out three more caravans at the same time , however, so that they wouldn’t have time for a more thorough check was a smart move.

3. And finally: Glory was able to escape by simply flying away. Presumably under the cover of the night, so that nopony would spot her. But his begs the question why she didn’t just took Blackjack with her, dropped her off at the Pony Joe’s and then returned to do the same with P-21.

Sp that’s enough of me rambling about the plan.

“Um, nope. You mean it wasn’t like this before?” She gestured with a hoof.

It’s a good thing someone did clean up the place. Imagine Glory walking in and the first thing she sees are pony limbs inside a blender. Limbs that may or may not have belonged to her comrades.

I left the bathroom decidedly cleaner, went to the duffel, and sucked down a pack of RadAway, enjoying the tangy orange flavor.

Only now realized this, but do they drink RadAway? Was that already a thing in Fallout:Equestria?

Because RadAway in the games look like this:

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Or this:

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You don’t drink it’s an infusion.

She was a little… literal, but she’d seen a lot of the same horrors I had and hadn’t fallen apart nearly as badly as I did. And she could fly.

The Wasteland: “Well, well, well. Would you look at that? Little Miss Pegasus thinks she’s not going to break. Thinks she can handle me.” *evil chuckles* “Challenge accepted!”

Taking raiders out of the equation would go a long way towards making Hoofington a safer place to live. He was right, but if she was right and the Enclave could come up with a cure, I’d sure be happy.

Of course, not every single Raider is actually sick. Some are just assholes who prefer killing and looting over honest work. Still, Blackjack is right. If you can prevent more ponies from getting sick and turning into cannibalistic lunatics, that’s a huge improvement.

Love. It was like stars. I’d never seen it before, not like that. Not love so obvious it made my chest hurt.

Growing up in Stable 99, were males are a breeding equipment and being “overly attached” is seen as weird Blackjack never experienced how true love feels like. It's no wonder she's overwhelmed by it.

And I got a little memo from the Tenpony Tower management: those caps count as raiding activity should you collect, so don’t plan to come here with ‘em.
We’re never gonna do better if we kill everypony trying to do the right thing. Ponies selling ponies to ponies who work ponies to death is just wrong, no matter how you buck it.

It’s good to see that there are still plenty of ponies with principles, who don’t throw each other to the wolves for a quick buck.

If everypony was just a raider, slaver or an asshole, the readers probably would stop caring about Blackjack's attempt at trying to make the world a better place.

Same with Stable 99, who had at least a few not completely horrible characters, to prevent the readers from cheering for the Raiders.

“Because I’m sick of being useless,” he replied sharply, closing his eyes, pressing his lips together. “I still don’t like firearms, but explosives take more… deliberation. It’s harder than just pulling a trigger. So I think I’m safer with them.”

Not sure if I can follow the logic behind it, but he’s pulling his weight in combat. So I’m not complaining.

The blast covered me head to toe in mutant dragon eye gunk.
It also didn’t kill the dragon.
Of course it didn’t fucking kill the dragon!

Somedays you just can't get rid of a dragon.

“Die! Die! Die!” I screamed as it worked itself free and I charged towards its snapping head. Luck kept me from being bitten in two as it spasmed. I leaped into the hollowed-out eye socket and jammed the muzzle of my shotgun into the tiny bloody hole in the back of the eye cavity.

Most ponies would be terrified by a gigantic almost invulnerable dragon. Blackjack is just frustrated that the bitch can’t properly die and jumps into the creature eye socket to finish it off.

Worst Security Pony in the Stable, A’m I right?

I took his snazzy mirrored sunglasses and slipped them over my glowing eyes.

Killing dragons and only demanding sunglasses as reward? The ultimate proof that Blackjack is Chaotic Good.

She butchered Roses’s group, smashed her horn clean off, and then gave her a five second head start before siccing the goons on her. Oh, yeah, Security is all up in arms against bad things happening to ponies, unless you’re the pony she doesn’t like

Are all slavers hypocritical assholes? Say what you want about Deus, but at least he doesn’t tries to paint himself as the poor unfortunate victim of the evil Security.

You are slavers. You captured ponies against their wills and force them to work themselves to death, so that you can have a comfy live. Being on the other end of the gun for once in your lives serves you right.

“Right. So unless you started working for Paradise slavers, you have no reason to blame yourself for any of that. You are not responsible for the grief and blood that others bring on themselves by being greedy, cruel, or stupid.”

Thanks P-21.

Again!

You know what, since I’m constantly agreeing with you anyways I hereby declare you Best Pony!

“I don’t know a word for a pony that drives me crazy with her stubbornness and refusal to use basic common sense. If that’s a friend, then that’s exactly what you are.”

Daawwwwww… Come on, hug each other! You know you want to!

“Glory?” She froze. “I got to wonder… we friends?”
She looked back at me, her mouth opening and closing soundlessly before she gave a little worried frown. Finally she showed a shy smile. “I’d like to think so.”

Dawwwwwww…. So much feels. You’re killing me Somber!

Blackjack’s On-screen Body Count: 77 (Although it almost would’ve been 78)

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After eight chapters and 100k words I think it’s time for a first resume: Do I still like Pre-Speak Blackjack? Or is she a horrible angsty Mary-Sue character who should die in a balefire bomb?

The answer is, yes I like her. Despite (or because) her flaws. She is a good pony who tries to the right thing, in a world that’s cruel and offers no easies answers. She’s far from perfect. She screwed up really badly which lead to death of a foal. But in my eyes that makes her more likeable. She’s not an invulnerable hero who always saves the day.

Some people said that “Chapter so and so” ruined Blackjack for them. Maybe that’s going to happen to me, too. Maybe not. Until then I’m rooting for Security and her on-going quest to do better.

Sadly, not everything about this chapter was that positive. I think I’m a bit tired out by the constant combat. Every single chapter had at least one fight. Not all of them were bad, but at least a few felt more like filler than anything else.

I hate to admit it, but I skipped parts of the dragon battle. Yep, Blackjack fought a gigantic radioactive dragon and I was like “Meh!” This should’ve been the highlight of a chapter, but instead ithappened halfway through the chapter as part of a “Side Quest”. A bit disappointing.

“I do! Especially if the way they’re trying to get that better life is by killing my friends!” he shouted at me. “Anypony that takes a shot at us has forfeited any right to live, Blackjack. You have got to learn this!”

That's a complete 180 then before

Coming out of S.A.T.S., I battered the weapon with two more swings, glad when the magazine was dislodged with a metallic crunching noise. The unicorn pulled the trigger wildly, but it merely clicked.

I always wondered if there can be a unicorn that's very precise where they could jam someone's gun using Telekinesis

“if she was right and the Enclave could come up with a cure, I’d sure be happy. Then they could just do something about those clouds…

the enclave seems to be getting portrayed as the good guys but im a fallout fan and this is a fallout crossover so ill believe it when i see it.

“Well… don’t hear that often,” the rose colt said with a grin. “I’m Allegro. That’s my bro Adagio. Over there is Sonata. And the horn head is Medley.” He leaned towards me and added in a stage whisper, “Don’t worry about her. She’s a pill.”

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Finally, I got a theory. Is it possible to record into memory orbs not only memories, but dreams as well? If yes, then there's no contradiction with chapter 33. Maripony might just record her memory about one of her dreams, in which she imagined herself together with Macintosh.