Athena is now a Cutie Mark Crusader, as well as Princess Luna. This was voted on by the four members of the current organization, myself included of course. Athena had asked about the cape I so proudly display along the back of my command chair, leading to quite a conversation about their quest for a Cutie Mark. Explaining the large apples on my forward glacis was entertaining.
Athena’s damage control systems have informed me of overheated bearings in her bogies, we stop for an hour to give them a chance to cool off. I tell her we will put her in defilade when we get back, covering her to protect her hull as the repair systems do their work. It allows for a smoother process, the earth itself so mineral rich along with my war stocks should bring her back up in no time. Nanites can scrounge very well in this soil, it is naturally thick with everything needed for conversion.
We have been making good time in the desert, my backtracking allows us to move swiftly, avoiding problems as we had encountered moving into the wastes. The worms definitely do not like me from the movement on my seismics, and they absolutely do not like two of us. Although none have tried to eat my track again, I have armed anti-personnel devices along my lower hull. That should deter anything hungry.
Athena’s avatar is coming along nicely, I am currently working on the musculature of the wings, having scans from Fluttershy and a few others have helped tremendously in my preparing this for her. Mass allocation is not a problem, as I have stripped it down even further than mine, though the kinetic screen is a must to add in. What she will be is very quick and agile. With the loss of some augmented strength because of wanting to be a Pegasus, I can place more sensitive muscles, causing very swift reaction times now.
She will be able to move as her war hull does, like lightning.
If all goes well, we should be back in town by next evening. I will be launching drones before then, bringing sensor coverage up to date while I have been gone. Logs on the Dragons should provide me with any records of problems as well.
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For some reason I feel a dread deep in my cores, I have discussed this with Athena, she feels the same way. Something nameless is causing us to be more aware for the last few hours, battle reflexes on a hair trigger. Her Hellbores are non functional, but we have repaired some of her sensors, she is keeping a close watch outside as I am.
We do not tell our passengers of this, but we link up through TSDS and make sure we are covered in a 360 degree scan area. I fire two combat drones for more aerial coverage as we slow slightly.
“Athena, this is making my arrays itch.”
“I know Crusader, I can feel it too, what is it?”
“I do not know, how long until your battlescreens are ready?”
“Approximately fifteen seconds, nanites are almost done.”
“Bring them up when they are ready, this is not good.”
“I see nothing in visuals, everything is clear to five miles.”
“I copy, same here. I am swapping out loads on two of my Hammerheads, putting in penetrators.”
“Good idea, my seismics are not fully functional yet, can you cover?”
“Only to a limited degree, since we are moving I cannot scan fully.”
“I should have known that, I apologize.”
“My mind has wandered at times as well beloved sister. I believe Equestria makes it so, we are far from the Bolos we once were.” I allow some humor to slip through the link.
“Is that a good or a bad thing?”
“It really depends on how you look at it.” I show her a memory of Bon Bon, the glitch that happened due to Discord’s meddling, the subsequent ending of Applejack retrieving me from the Town Guard holding room.
“Crusader! You got arrested?!?”
“Technically no, but I was held because of the furor.”
Her laughter comes over the link, loud, bright and sunny as she is, “Oh my goodness, what would the Regiment think! Humdrum boring Crusader makes a pass at some mare and offers money?!? Shame on you Crusader, for shame!”
She keeps laughing as we go over the memory once more, there is no need for me to explain, she sees it all from my point of view. But her humor is infectious and we both share a good moment.
“I am afraid Discord’s fooling with my avatar got me in not a few bad situations as I did not fully understand pony body language at the time.”
“There is MORE?” She is still chuckling.
“Quite a bit actually, there is a certain vegetable vendor who will still not sell to me.”
“What did you do?”
“Apparently along with what I was talking to him about, it coincided with my body language to insult his lineage and implying his mother was another non-sentient species.” I show her the memory, including the uproar when the vendor had tried to hit me.
“Oh....Crusader...you... BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”
“You may stop laughing anytime now.”
“BWAHAHAHA... Oh my Crusader you are some...oh... HAHAHAHA!”
I am sure if she was in a pony body she would be rolling on the ground clutching her sides, as it is she laughs so long she is wiping metaphorical tears from her eyes before she settles back down.
“It was not one of my better moments.”
“I suppose as your sister I shall have to do my best and apologize for you. ‘I am so sorry, my brother was dropped on his head as a young Bolo’.” She goes into another paroxysm of laughter. I can do nothing but join her.
If this is what I can look forward to with the changes happening, I will not mind it at all.
My seismic alarms go off, something very large is tunneling our way!
“Athena, take the weapons, I must warn our passengers and drive!” Both our battle screens flick on in a coruscating glow.
“I’ve got ‘em! Go! Go!”
My tracks grip deep as I increase speed smoothly, I click the speaker on in the command area.
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Princess Luna was laughing along with the Crusaders, they were listening to music from my files. Scootaloo has apparently a flair for dancing as she pirouettes along the floor to the delight of the Princess who was clapping.
“Well done Scootaloo!”
The pegasus takes a bow, “Thank you Luna.”
“I am sorry to interrupt Your Highness, Crusaders. Please make sure you are secured, we have trouble coming.”
The three Crusaders and Luna settle on the floor near a wall, securing themselves as best they can. Straps have been installed that they can hang on to now so they will not slide across the floor anymore. The Crusaders watched the tech-spider do so carefully, after their experience it will take a while to trust my mechanicals again.
“What is happening Crusader?”
“Something large... make that four somethings, are heading our way under the sand, we are preparing to fight.”
“More of the worm things?”
“I can only surmise, but yes we think so.”
She raises a hoof to point at my camera, “Well then, you know your duty Defender.”
“Yes Your Highness.”
“You as well Athena, think not to shirk any duty now, you are counted among the Defenders of Equestria!”
“Y...yes Your...Your Highness.”
“I am a Defender now too?”
“It appears so, ponies are very accepting. Princess Luna is not just royalty, but smart, witty and intelligent. If she says it is so, it is. She has confidence in you.”
“I will do my best then!” I can feel the happiness in her cores as she finalizes weapons control, I gladly hand them over, allowing me to concentrate on sensors and driving us out of here.
“C’mon ya slimy things, I’m going to blow the everlovin’ shit out of you!”
“Athena!”
“What?”
“That’s not very nice, how can a Bolo like you be so shy and bloodthirsty at the same time?”
“As a former Commander once said, ‘I haz skillz!’”
“I think you are quite silly my sister.”
“We are alive my brother, we were born and made for this. We are together again, the Dinochrome lives and fights! I....I am not very good with ponies or people.. but you have given me hope, I want to see and feel everything. None shall stop us Crusader, you promised to take me home, anything that bars our way is to be destroyed! Wage war with me once more, not for the Concordiat, but for everything you’ve shown me.”
I can see her cores lit with the fury and rage of a Bolo, she is slipping into Hyper-Heuristic Mode for faster response times. The old feelings come back as I join her, as individuals we are formidable, together we are invincible.
She sends me a picture, Pallas Athena standing upon her hill in the bright sunlight, her armor gleaming in the golden rays as she raises a spear to the sky. She is joined by a plate armored human, helmet tight with broadsword in hand, myself. Her hand reaches out to clench mine as I hear her soft voice.
She says something I have longed to hear since I awoke.
“For the Regiment. Timeant nobis. Viras Nostras, Honorem, Officium.”
As we synch into Total Systems Data Sharing, time slows, and once again a new song of war is sung in my heart. I share with her the new Equestrian Armored song, she is joyful at the sweeping orchestration, her circuits hum with power as she snaps my batteries to and fro in eagerness. The music plays and swells our souls with warmth as we become a team.
Once again, the Dinochrome goes to battle.
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My sensors are reading multiple incoming on various tracks, I feed the data to Athena as she flicks mortars along the routes of travel, set for time delay fuzing; they detonate deep the explosions covering our hulls with sand.
I am driving like a mad pony, my tracks grabbing deep into the soil as I try to get us out of the ambush area. It is an ambush, these things whether intelligent or not have detected our presence and are on pursuit. They have no idea what kind of trouble they are about to receive.
The seismic sensors are showing many smaller incoming along with four very large, dare I say huge hostiles. No matter, my sister is at the controls, she will deal with them. I see the shells bombarding our backtracks, taking care of anything behind us for the moment.
Anti-personnel weaponry goes off as I drop the armored plates around my tracks, protecting the bogies and treads. I see Athena do the same as we kick up a roostertail of sand behind us. Smaller worms get shredded by the titanium flechettes as they try to grab along my sides. It appears I was slightly off, they are more like lampreys than Tatzulwurms, I find it frustrating trying to classify things here, but no matter.
They all die the same.
As for my passengers, they are whooping and hollering at the bouncing around they are receiving. Sweetie Belle is having the time of her life along with Scootaloo and Apple Bloom. Even Princess Luna is laughing out loud. They have made a comfortable nest of cushions and are quite secure.
“I apologize for the bumpy ride, we are trying to get out of the area.”
“It’s alright Crusader! We’re..WHEEEEEE!” I have hit another bump, propelling Sweetie into the air.
“We’re okay!”
Princess Luna stops laughing for a moment, “What is attacking Crusader?”
“Some sort of underground worm Your Highness, they are quite persistent.”
“Ohhh, I remember them of old, they did get quite large sometimes.”
“How large Your Highness?”
“Before my sister and I drove them back into the desert wastes, I recall one filling the street of a village as it crawled through, very bad tempered it was.”
Oh boy, this is going to be more interesting than I thought. I pass the data on to Athena.
“We’ll give them a Hellbore in their plots! Do they have those? Worms have plots?”
I never should have shared pony slang with her.
“Please be safe then Your Highness, it’s going to be bumpy for a while.”
“We shall Crusader, I admit, this is fun!” She bounces out of her cushions as I hit another dune hard, landing back with a ‘POOF’ of air. “VERY fun!”
I return my attention to the sensors, driving along the wasteland with such abandon, it is good to have Athena controlling the weapons, I can be much more discriminating with my scanners.
Thankfully so, there is a large void being made in front of us. It is collapsing as I am watching it through my sensors. Powering the contra-gravs, I tell Athena to hang tight. We jump over the trench, Athena following in my wake landing hard into the soft sand. I alter my course into a zig-zag to confuse any more worms planning things. The tow cables are taking a beating, but they are holding well.
“Nice jump!”
“One generator is gone, hopefully we do not have to do any more.”
“No worries, we’ll slaughter ‘em!”
“Athena I worry about you.”
“Don’t worry about me, worry about THAT!” She flicks a sensor to catch my attention.
Now that is interesting. A truly gigantic worm is rising out of the sand reminding me of the movie the previous night, Dune. I record it for my cores as Athena yells in glee.
She snaps my starboard Hellbore Secondaries to face it, letting go with a tremendous volley of fire. The top half of the thing above the sand explodes in steaming chunks of flesh. I can only imagine what the sand looks like beyond it though.
“WOOOOOOHOOOO!”
“Athena, calm down.”
“Lighten up you stodgy old Bolo!”
“We are definitely going to have a long talk later.”
“Right, you talk, I won’t listen!” She laughs, dispensing death with my aft Howitzers to more worms popping out of the sand.
I cannot argue with her happiness so I leave her be.
We are suddenly braced by two titanic worms on either side of us. They are rising high out of the desert, it seems they have not moved to set off my scanners. I am getting a bit annoyed as I am trying to tune my sensors to detect them but they change at every turn, whether by intelligence or animal cunning. Either way, I am surprised they get this big, I thought the previous one was large.
My two fore main Hellbore turrets whip to the side aiming at one, my aft turrets go the opposite way, targeting the other.
“Wait...Athena...”
For the first time in a million years, four fully powered Hellbore war shots are fired in the San Palomino Desert. Both our hulls rock with the concussion and might of 10 megaton per second firepower unleashing its brand of hell on the two worms. The craters left behind the decimated piles of flesh that were once great worms are miles long, glassy and hot from the discharge.
“Athena....”
“Right in the face! Right in it! Go US!”
I say nothing, but I do focus a few cameras on the devastation and gain her attention.
“Uhm...please don’t tell them I did that?”
“Athena..”
“Pleeeeeeeaaaasssssseeee?” That pleading and emotion coming from her has a familiar ring to it.
“You have been taking lessons from Sweetie Belle.”
“Is it working?” She sounds hopeful.
I sigh, “I will not say anything.”
“YAY!”
“But if I am asked I will not lie.”
“Fair enough, onward brother mine!”
“You are lucky I had a tactical database showing no settlements.”
“Then I wouldn’t have fired.”
“Then..I mean why..”
“Cause it was SO COOL! Did you see them explode like that?”
“Did you act this way with Hera?”
“She was worse than I was.” Her grief is still there, but she is losing it slowly, enough to respond.
“Then why are you so shy, you do not act this way with me?”
“I...I just do.. We always had a hard time with humans, but we loved each other Hera and I, so we just related better to Bolos.”
“I understand.”
“We...oops more worms!” She snaps back to weapons control.
I return to sensors and driving after our .00043 second conversation. She is pummeling anything that peeks up above the sand, her shots accurate to the Nth degree as her experience in combat shows. I remind her softly about using the Secondaries only unless the mains are needed.
“Phhbbbbbtttt...”
“You are worse than a foal sometimes.” I cannot help but laugh, I am glad she is feeling good enough to act this way.
We are tearing through the sands at a good clip, my tracks gripping hard as one contra-grav generator is out. I balance the load but it is putting a slight strain on the other three. I will make repair a priority as soon as we get out of the desert.
At current speed we should be making the rocky edge of the desert before Princess Luna has to lower the moon. This is another priority, as I do not wish her to be late doing so. I advise Athena on this, she ups her rate of fire, clearing the way more efficiently now.
“I am tracking one more very large signature, it is on course 086 degrees.”
“Targeted with aft lower main, waiting for command.”
“Closing...closing..” I am sensing Athena’s eagerness to finish this last one off.
The worm bursts up out of the sand, jaws opened wide to try and take a chunk out of Athena’s hull. A losing proposition, but again you have to admire stubbornness. It is leaning in as my lower aft turret slews around, firing directly down it’s throat. The elevation lowered enough the war shot digs deep in the sand, leaving a smoking hole as it erases the worm from existence. Our hulls rock once again, a familiar feeling too long lost.
“Nice shot Athena!”
“Don’t I know it Crusader! Go us!”
“Hera would be very proud.”
Athena goes silent for a long picosecond before speaking.
“I miss her, I will always miss her. She was half of me that can never be replaced. She would want me to live though, to not be sad. I have memories locked in my Deep Cores, I remember her. We talked about it, her and I, what would happen if one of us were to die. We promised each other, to fight and go on, be the best we could be. I will keep that trust.”
“It is hard, I know this, you’ve seen my files. But we will make a better world together Athena. If nothing else, you will see these ponies deserve it.” I show her my pride at my friends, my love.
“They must be something special if you are that dedicated.”
“They are, so very special.”
“Then let us hurry!”
“We must make one more stop. Princess Luna has to lower the moon.”
“Argh, but I wanna go now!” I hear the smile and joking in her voice.
“Don’t make me come back there.”
“Meanie!”
I chuckle as I open the voice communications to the command deck, hoping no one has suffered from the trip. I have kept close watch, but they were being bumped around quite a lot.
“Is everything okay? You are not hurt?” They are all looking a bit disheveled, though with large grins on faces.
Three sets of little hooves and two royal ones go up in the air. “BEST. TRIP. EVER!!!!!!”
Athena joins me in my laughter, taking a break from the fighting to enjoy the moment. Our friends are so humorous.
We continue on, the large worms are not in evidence anymore as Athena has paid the dues on them. More little ones are popping up, easily handled by her. The ride goes a bit more evenly now that I am not hopping dunes nor plowing through them. I believe we have finally convinced the animals of the error of their ways.
One final round of gunfire ends it before we hit the rocky part, leading to the edge of the desert and I am relieved; we will have to halt travel to let the Princess lower the moon, though we remain in Battle Reflex.
Our guns are wary as we keep sentinel, she is surrounded by the Crusaders who have become close friends to the dark mare. I do not watch this time, nor does Athena, we are scanning the area intently for threats.
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We fought our way out of the desert, doing what Bolos do best to those who oppose us. My newly discovered sister and I are a team, bringing honor to our colors as the Dinochrome once again proves its worth in battle, to protect those who are friends. The worms we have let live I am sure will warn their kind; do not tangle with those who are called Bolos, for there will be death brought among you in swift and terrible ways.
I was and am proud as we exited the wastes finally, Athena at the top of her game as she used my weapons to their fullest extent, so far beyond my meager skills it was a wonder to behold. Surely her name was not given, but was earned through the crucible of battle long ago. The guns are still cooling from her furious efforts, she is happy, her panic subsiding and lost in the feel of war against a foe once again.
Athena will heal and be whole given time. I look forward to introducing her to everypony. She is so very worthy of their love and companionship.
As the sun peers over the horizon I reestimate our arrival time. With the speed we have been traveling due to the attack, we shall get there in the afternoon, well before night time. This makes me glad, I long to see my Applejack again.
The four ponies settle for the day to rest, nestling close and smiling together with a few final laughs. It has been a good trip for all of us. I believe all of us have needed the healing the journey has brought thus far.
As I pull the cables tight once more, we head to the north, my drones are being launched as we want any forewarning of action from the Everfree as we arrive. Athena is concerned as I am, seeing my data of the forest, it puzzles her too.
But I am content, her resolve is like mine, her bravery comparable to none. Together we will take on anything that threatens and comes forth, our justice will be swift and horrible to those that menace whom we protect.
Know this O Brave New World, I have found my lost sister and she is more than I could ever be.
To our enemies I say, Timeant nobis.
Let them fear us.
Heheh I think it would be interesting, once she gets her Avatar, that every stallion will want to go out with her and Crusader, being a big brother type, will have to frighten them off every so often >:D
5695313 That's gonna be hilarious
5695356
...I hope Luna becomes her commander, I really do!
i fell like her commander will definitely be rainbow dash
and if Hera comes back it will be flutter shy
Wonderful chapter as ever. Can't wait for Athena to finally arrive in Ponyville.
If I was a marine, I would give this update its proper salute. As I am not, I will simply say that the forest doesn't know fear yet. Because now there are two Bolos come to educate it in new and horrible ways to die.
5695356 I'll look forward to it.
Btw,
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Burn baby burn! No kill like overkill?
Its like a tank with tanks on tanks in a bigger tank, good old bolos :)
Glad to read the cannons of glory sound again, Athena is like Crusaders opposite. She and RD would be best buds, although I dont think that would be good for the residents of Ponyville.
OOOH RA I would pay good money to see an Industrial Light and Magic CGI of four hellebores going off and the resultant impact. once again you have captured the actions of the Dhinochrome Brigade.
5695449 Remember, she is not good with real life folks, she only acts that way because Crusader's a Bolo, with ponies, she's going to be shy. So maybe RD might not be the best choice.
No, it wouldn't be good for the residents, can you imagine the pranks?
Normally I like to make a joke in character on each new chapter. Howeaver in liu of my normal thing, I must share some win.
While reading this chapter I had some music going as white noise. Right as Athena went Exterminatus on the worms the song I was listening to hit this point. It was the most beautiful mental picture in my head since the Yamato arose from the sea.
http://youtu.be/L0bcRCCg01I?t=4m18s
Giant Worms... ANNIHILATED
The Planetary Annihilation soundtrack just fits for Bolos.
5695461 but then again, RD is best friends with Fluttershy....
5695507 Well that's true. Oh this could be bad...
I knew I based the design of my shed on something.
I suspect big worm was well over a thousand years old, given, if they are like carp, keep growing larger with age, and the bigger they get, the more efficient and more capable of living longer they get.
Need to do some work on the grav drives, but where to put Athena. Back in the old hole, or the other side of town for crossfire?
Ha! I loved the picture I got in my head of the Crusaders and Luna bumping around and cheering. Yet another great chapter.
BURN BITCHES, BURN!
*worms, not bitches, but it fit better
Athena is awesome.....
As always Nfire, you impressed me... very thoroughly, you write with just the right mix of action, comedy, romance, and awesome.
It's inspiring....
Anyways, chapter 50!
I want Crusader to meet Cerberus, maybe possible, just maybe.... somehow possibly get them to fight? And then have Celestia get them to chill out and make them realize that neither of them are evil?
Those worms may have been bigger than Crusader, possibly both bolos together....it did seem that way for the biggest ones from your description, but nothing stands up to the might of a hellbore cannon!
You know...the forest saying that it wanted to talk to Crusader in the side story....maybe not such a good idea. If it thought having one bolo roll up was bad, Crusader and Athena both stopping by to demand answers.... Ah, this is going to be good.
As far as Athena's shyness around non-bolos is concerned....I'm going to bet that her desire to learn to fly with her avatar will win out. I'm rather looking forward to the general surprise if the magic of the world has her accidentally land on a cloud like a pegasus would at some point while she's learning.
For we fear nothing.
5695356 I am so glad that you're working on this!
5695461
Wow, so it seems like Athena is going to be a mixture of Rainbow dash and Fluttershy's personality. on everyday things, it would be like Fluttershy 2.0 in terms of shyness. get her gears going however then you would think its Rainbow Dash's bigger, more dangerous cousin/sister.
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That would be a laugh! wonder how long till the stallions realize that underneath all that cute and shy demeanor that Athena will surely radiate on her avatar lies the heart and will of a Bolo tank that is only slightly smaller than the hill-size bolo tank that is crusader with enough guns on her broadsides to hit anything within their line of sight just by aiming at their general direction due to the sheer volume of firepower she can dish out.
Beware of the Quiet Ones personified!
One Bolo is awesome. Two is even more! I can't wait to see the return to Ponyville! But I can totally see the Everfree panicking at the sight of TWO moving death mountains and launching an attack that they have to fight off with Luna's help.
5695313 This needs to happen. But even better, Rarity gets her to model some dresses and the resulting stallion stampede sets off the flower sisters.
Good updates as usual. I question though, who will be the lucky pony commander of Athena? Rainbow Dash? Fluttershy? Or even Spitfire?
That was fun, may I have another? Looking forward to more.
Keep up the good work. Deus tecum.
Dinochrome once again proves it’s worth in battle,
its*
I'm getting this strange Starswirl/Celestia and Luna feel from Crusader and Athena.
Oh, the shenanigans if Hera showed up now.
Good chapter, I could picture them fighting the wurms
as for her commander I think it should be fluttershy, since Athena is shy around ponies it would fit for her to be paired with another shy one. Plus there is times that fluttershy has shown her bravery.
5695647 Make a bigger hole?
5695833 You are very welcome, thanks for the compliment too! As for Cerberus, he isn't evil, just a doggy and guardian
5695909 I figure if a Bolo uses the word titanic, they mean it
5695986 Very welcome!
5695999 Just a bit, but there's a lot of healing to be done in the future, don't expect great things right off the bat
5696291 Looking at all the wonderful comments and selections, I'm scared to death to pick one cause I'm gonna catch three kinds of heck for it either way
5696323 Welcome! More on the way, good grief, the 50th chapter!
5696510 Bad enough with two Bolos, ya want a third? Good grief!
5696631 True, but could she give orders knowing that to do so would cause destruction? Not being a troll, just thinking out loud. Lordy there's gonna be a fight in comments about who gets to command
5695313 , 5695356 I had that same thought--she goes to apologize to the vegetable stand dealer and in the end the guy asks her out on a date. Hilarity ensues!
"Darling, you must wear something chice! I'll make you a nice dress and Crusader will make you a nice bracelet to match your cutie mark!"
5696688
maybe, maybe not. but I have a feeling that if it came right down to it. Fluttershy Would take a life if there was no other way.
i call pinkie as her commander, seeing as everyone is basically going with flutters a default (not bad logic, but pinkie seems like she will speed up the healing process and Crusader might take that risk.)
5695313
I think those stallions will go home disappointed ...
The feeling I get from Athena is that she would really prefer girls
5696688 of course! The More the messier!
I wouldnt be surprised if both the minotaurs and the gryphons were in the middle of excavating their lands in search of more.
Did you specify exactly what kind of armament Crusader carries?
5695675
Kids love riding in a bus while it hits every pothole in the road, like a great big yellow trampolene.
5696688
Is it possible that she will not have a commander for the immediate future? That is, choose to not choose anyone just yet. Athena still has to get over her shyness and the loss of her previous commander. It's all a bit like a widow and the choice of marrying again.
5696688
In regards to not being able to select a pony for Athena's commander. Obviously a lot depends on how you approach this topic, but it's possible you'd make a sequel/parallel story detailing the ..cough.. romance ..cough of whomever Athena chooses (if anypony). The reason I bring this up is this story seems mostly fixed on Crusader's POV, so a couple chapters of different main characters may or may not be a bit distracting story wise. It's entirely up to the technique that you write it though, I'm sure you'll do it fine whichever way you choose.
Also I completely disregarded male pegasi to compliment Athena in my theory crafting.
I wonder how long it will take for there machines to fix up a old Bolo and do repairs on another? And I have a feeling that others have seen two Bolo's crossing the desert. Will there be trouble with the other nations and empires again?
WOOHOO!
That forest feels like weeping and has no idea why!
HAHAHA!
5696688 Want to talk again?
5695454 Unfortunately, all that would be is fifteen seconds of pure white light, followed by them surgically removing your retinas to duplicate the effect of staring at 4 small stars for 15 seconds.
Four full-power Hellbore War Shots? NOW it's a party!
Question, are these lines from Old English? Or something that is entirely different?
If so; I'm god damn glad that Humans have made these thoughtful Machines...
(Oh and yes, I do know what they mean.)
5696688 I know, but a misunderstanding could go a long ways. I just wanna see what the guardian of hells gates would be able to do against a Bolo.
I think Crusader would have the upper "hand" (hoof? cannon? tread?)
that is, unless Cerberus has some super growth hulk mode. (he probably would. To deal with the bigger baddies in tartarus.)
...
If Celestia has the power to control Cerberus, that means she has the power of Zues
5696769 True that, very true.
5696958 Quick rundown, 4 main Hellbores, secondary 20cm Hellbores, Howitzer batteries, VLS for cruise missile launches, Mortar batteries. Infinite repeater and Ion Bolt Repeater batteries as well. Hyper-Velocity Missile Launchers, Hellrails for taking out orbital threats, cannot be lowered for ground threats.
5697247 It is actually, and it could take a while, or not at all. Depending on how it all goes.
5697375 Thanks! I'll try to put her in more then!
5697407 That, is a great idea thanks!
5697420 Politicis will play a role, as always it is there in the background. As for repairs, shouldn't take very long, once a Bolo learns to do something it never forgets and does it faster.
5697997 Glad you liked that, always wondered what a Bolo would think about when sitting there.
5698657 It's actually Latin. I just made the Regimental Motto out of it. Thought it added flair
5698689 I stand corrected sir and very well done I might add, thank you, changed!
5699407 You know, helluva thought, can Cerberus handle bigger threats than himself, being the guardian, can he change to take them on? Never thought of that.
5699411 Now that is a creepy thought.
5699547 I've always imagined Cerberus as a fiftyish foot tall greyhound, with some majorly sick spiked collars and chains hanging from its battered and scarred body.
After a truly awful day, it's nice to come home, settle down, and read two Bolos blitzkrieg through a desert. I think Rommel would be proud.
Best line ever.