An offer
AN: Wow! Two chapters in like a week. I must be feeling bad.
We arrived in town with no issues. I turned off the tank and said
"This concludes our tour while this tour is free, tips are appreciated especially diesel fuel or food. Please take all trash because I live in here."
"You don't have to live in here Dan!" Twilight said "There's plenty of room in the castle and it would be nice to have some company other than Spike." I didn't have a choice, I could tell she wouldn't say no and royalty has the best of the best which means comfy beds and I am not one to turn down comfy beds.
"Alright." I said, I could cross off the homeless part of the list and move onto finding a job.
"Hey Dan! What in these bags?" Dash asked, standing next to the bags on the turret
"The one on the left has tools ax, shovel stuff like that."
"What's in the right one?"
"I never opened it, let's find out." I was hoping for a rifle or another gun. I found instead a World War Two tanker uniform.
"This is what tankers would wear in these things."
"Meh, could be twenty percent cooler. I got some work to do, there's a rainstorm this evening at 7:25." Dash said and flew off.
I shook my head "I don't think I can ever get used to that fact."
"I'm sure I would feel the same way if our roles were reversed." Twilight said reassuringly, rubbing my back. I tensed up, not from the contact, but rather she was rubbing my scars. I picked them up in some bumfuck of a village in Afghanistan, we were doing a foot patrol, when an RPG flew over us and exploded. I was set to some hospital near Kabul and had the shrapnel pulled out and a mess of scars to show. The sharp all was on my upper back and right shoulder, luckily Rarity didn't noticed it earlier otherwise she probably would've fainted. She seems like the type who has a weak stomach.
"Dan, what's up with the bumps on your back?" She asked
"It's... it's nothing I said
"Are you sure?" She asked, shooting me skeptical look.
"Yep." I grabbed my spare clothes and gun and we walked in.
"Here it is." Twilight said, as she showed me one of the guest rooms. It was simple: a bed, some chairs and a sofa next to a fire place. There were doors to what I assumed were the closet and bathroom, while another led to a balcony.
"It's perfect, better than sleeping in a chair." I said, "Just wondering, why aren't there any other ponies here? No guards, chefs or cleaners."
"Well, I've only been a princess for a few months." She said "Plus, I never needed anypony like that but I should have some guards coming soon." I heard someone running down the hall.
"TwilIGHT!" Spike said, as she came running down the hall and tried to skid to a halt, only to slid on the floors. Twilight and I cringed at the impact noise at the end of the hallway. Spike came back over, holding his head.
"A letter from Princess Luna." He said
"Thanks Spike. Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." He mumbled and walked off. Twilight began to read the letter and I put all four sets of extra clothes away. She somehow managed to finish before me.
"Princess Luna will be here to talk to us about something. Her letter didn't say what." Twilight said. I stood there wondering about what, I didn't do anything wrong that I can think of, unless there was a cultural misunderstanding.
"When will she be here?"
Twilight reread the letter. "It doesn't say, I would have to guess soon."
We walked back to the foyer, where Luna was waiting for us. Twilight began to bow, when Princess Luna put her hand on Twilight's shoulder.
"You don't have to bow to us, Twilight." Luna said
"Sorry Princess."
"We're both Princesses Twilight, you don't have to be so formal with me nor my sister."
"Okay, would you like anything to drink?"
"Some tea will be fine." Luna said and Twilight left. Luna gestured for me to take a seat.
"You wanted to speak with us Princess?" I asked
"Yes, I read Twilight's reports about you. Are you really a soldier?" She asked. I wasn't too surprised about that, it would make sense to learn about the new freaky alien who arrived.
"I was or rather I am, I'm probably listed as M.I.A or something." I said
"My sister and I fought against Discord's forces two millennium ago. Although she has preferred the political side of the crown." I remembered that she spent a thousand years on the moon.
"Really? You don't look a day over twenty five." I said, being dead serious.
"Thank you Dan. It's refreshing to hear somepony think that of us." She said "So you have any good stories from serving?" I was caught a little off guard by that question. Twilight came back with a tea kettle and some cups.
"Tea Dan?" She asked
"No thanks." I shifted a little and felt something poke my lower back. I reached behind me and lulled my magical canteen out. I could've sworn I saw a pink blur next to the window.
"Pinkie?" I asked Twilight
"Pinkie." She confirmed, I shrugged, fuck it.
"I have a good one." I said "I was pulling guard duty one day and these three guys come walking towards us." Their not trying to hide or anything, I thought they were suicide bombers. They kept walking towards us and and about three hundred yards away, they stopped and turned around. They pulled their pants down, crapped and left. We never understood why." I said, earning laughs from Luna and Twilight. "That wasn't even the worse part, we were downwind from it all. So the Captain send out a little E.O.D robot with some C-4 in its arm, sent it out and blew the shit sky high."
"When you said suicide bombers, do you mean..." Luna began to say, unable to finish what she was saying.
"They would wear a bomb and set it off, usually in a public place." I finished.
"What does EOD mean?" Twilight asked
"Explosive Ordnance Disposal, they defuse improvised explosive devices, or IED." I turned towards Luna "You have any good stories Princess?" She nodded
"It was during the against Discord, my company and I were about to head to the front, some private, Butterhooves tripped. He was known for being clumsy, as his name would suggest. He managed to knock over the entire company." She said, laughing for a moment. Her eyes glazed over and I recognized the look: the thousand yard stare.
"What's wrong Princess? You know that I know that look." I said, she let out a sigh.
"It was during a battle, a cannonball exploded near me and put Sharon's, in my flank." Luna began to say, rubbing her hip "I was brought to the field hospital and they was a pile of limbs. All amputated because they couldn't be saved. The doctor gave me a thirty percent chance of keeping my leg, all I saw was a pile of my leg."
I turned around and pulled my shirt. "We were doing a foot patrol when a RPG blew up behind us."
Twilight looked a little pale and Luna just nodded.
"I'm afraid I didn't come to share war stories." She said, indicating the conversation was switching to a serious tone.
"I figured as much, I don't mind though." I said
"What I'm about to tell you two must not leave the room." She said, Twilight and I agreed.
"Our relations with the griffons is deteriorating rapidly." Luna said
"But why? Our relations have been good for centuries." Twilight pointed out.
I made the time out gesture "I understand telling Twilight, but why me? I'm some extraterrestrial alien, I'm not even a citizen." I pointed out
"You're correct, but you're a soldier, are you not?" Luna said
"Yes, sworn to protect the United States Constitution from all threats foreign and domestic."
"Would you join the Royal Guard? Your tank is decades ahead of any military technology on the planet."
I realized why she was here. Luna wanted me to join the Equestrian military, except I'm still on active duty with the USMC. I'm pretty sure suddenly joining a foreign military is treason and would earn me a trip to the chair. At the same time, I'm stuck here for the rest of my life and killing is all I know and is may the reason why I was sent here with a tank.
"I can tell your unsure, you can have a couple days to think it over." Luna said and stood up.
I nodded, "Princess. Would it be possible for me to view your military? Call me a foreign military advisor or something. Maybe, I could offer way to improve your military." I offered
"Of course. How does tomorrow sound?" Luna asked
"Perfect."
"Princ-" Twilight began to say "Luna would it be possible for me to come as well? If I'm going to be a princess then I think I should know about the military." She said.
"Of course Twilight." She said and walked out. Twilight sat down next to me and leaned on my shoulder.
"What are you going to do?"
"I don't know yet. I'm just missing on Earth, but at the same time, whatever sent me here sent me with the tank for a reason. I could just become a mercenary, do security or something and if war did break out offer my service to Equestria." I said, there was also a third option, do nothing. Pretend this meeting never happened and watch the war.
I went back to my room and considered my options. I weighed the pros of cons of each one carefully.
If I join the Equestrian military, I would have a clue of what I was doing. But at the same time, I might as well join the British army because it's like a whole new military and possible new ranks and other things to remember, such as a different way of saluting. But it would also have Job security.
Being a merc/PMC sounded nice, I would be my own boss and not have to deal with military bullshit. It would also involve hiring other to help me, probably shady ones too. I have no money to hire them anyway.
The final option was the safest, sit around and die of old age. I could get a job, buy a house and live my life how I want to. But I think I was sent here for a reason, the issue is finding why. If I don't join and the griffons take over, chances are they would kill me. I wouldn't want a killer ailen in my country.
Someone was knocking on my door, probably Twilight. What time was it? Could I have been thinking for hours and it time for lunch or even dinner?
"Come in!"
Twilit walked in, I noticed she put her phone away.
"What's up?" I asked
"You're needed in town. Another human with a tank showed up." She said, I head shot up and looked at her.
"You're kidding."
"I'm not."
"Oh shit." I said, I wondered what it could be. Maybe a Jackson or a Hellcat. Maybe a Stuart or a Pershing. Maybe I'm looking at this all wrong, what if it's another country? What if it's a German and he shot at me? I shook my head and walked out to the tank.
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I'm hoping Tiger 1 maybe a Panther
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I said no Tigers, but maybe it is a German
What about the T-28?
Shit i hope its an ally
Please be a Leopard. Please be a Leopard. Please be a Leopard.
Leopard 1. media.moddb.com/images/groups/1/3/2074/Leopard_1A5A1_2.jpg
Leopard 2a7. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Leopard_2_A5_der_Bundeswehr.jpg <Most advanced tank in the world.
Panther or Panzer IV!
Love the story so far too keep it up :D :P xD
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Abrams master race
7418180 man i would have liked to see a porsche tiger.
How about something French or Japanese.
T-34 or T-44
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I gave them move thoughts and while neither are the ones showing up, they may later.
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Soon, but not now
Moneys on Allied, Russian maybe t-34.
M2 Bradley way better.
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I can dream!!!
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This would be the perfect moment for a Luna or a Nightmare Moon ponemoji
Placing bets on t-34 with 76 mm main armament, or STUG III with additional mg on loaders hatch.
One you might find interesting is the M36B1. Its an M4a3 Sherman with the M36's turret and gun
Also, true story. My cousin (hes a medic in the Army, Im a mechanic) He was doing some patrol(he was in the back of the formation) in a village. They passed by this side alley, they get maybe twenty feet past it when my cousin gets shot in the back and knocked down for the impact. One burst from the 240 gunner and it was over. Well the shot didnt go through the plate and when they checked the dumbass he had shot my cousin with a fucking FLINTLOCK PISTOL HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I didnt believe him he had to show me the footage they had of it
Also just thought, if its gonna be against griffins you could bring in an AA Halftrack, they wouldnt know the difference between a tank and a truck so it wouldnt cause problems from the wording
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the M36 built on the Sherman's chassis.
precision-panzer.moonfruit.com/communities/9/004/006/621/409/images/4571608693.jpg 7420472 Yes the M10, M36, M36B1 and B2 all use the chassis of the M4a3 Sherman, which is only the bottom half of the tank. The Sherman series was designed to be a compartmentalized as possible to allow for easy upgrading. This is why you get tanks such as the M4a3e8, Meaning its an A3 Chassis with the E8 hull. But while they all use the chassis only the M36B1 uses the base M4a3 hull. The M36 uses the M10a1 hull and the M36B2 uses the base M10 hull.
T-44. Used in the Soviet Union during WW2. Has a 85mm as a its main cannon. It's Secondary's are 2 x 7.62 DTM machine guns. It armor is 120mm (4.7 in). Also I think they us flamethrowers, I don't know? If they do please put it on the story?
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/T-44.jpg
Those bitch's are going to get stitches.
No, wait there going to blow up or maybe get rand over. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! GET IT, THERES GOING TO BE BLOOD EVERYWHERE!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
P.S Love the story. Please continue with it.
Hoping German - and for the tank, I'd say an E-50 Standardpanzer if you are willing to use prototype/blueprint/"paper" tanks, or a Panzerkampfwagen V Ausf. G if you want only tanks actually used in combat.
MK III Centurion?
Hey, at least there ain't no T-90,
Panzer plz
That means no Leo or toaster
You guys realize that all modern tanks are medium and few are light tanks..
*angry gopnik noises*