Corporal Bastion is many things to many ponies.
A well bred pegasus who cast off the trappings of his station to serve with honour in the newly formed Lunar Rifle Regiment.
An almost exemplary corporal well on his way to his third stripe.
A sneaky bastard with an eye for devilish cunning.
However Bastion is a pony with a past, a past that he's spent years trying to forget. A past that has been seared into his mind with the force of a brand. Now, with an upcoming deployment in the works, Bastion's pretty sure he's finally managed to shake it off... but the past is like that. No matter how far or fast you run, it always catches up with you.
Now, with that past bearing down upon him and the other members of his section, Bastion is in for the fight of his life.
Nice
I do so enjoy war stories, particularly ones that try to convey truth rather than excitement. I will admit, your method may be a more material way of expressing it, but differences in how shouldn't matter as long as it conveys the what.
Before I read it, what is the gore for ?
7720542 Because it's a war story and occasionally there are going to be bodies that have been mutilated by shrapnel etc
7720552 How bad ?
7720561 Reasonably bad, but not overwhelming. It doesn't seek to delight in gore or jamfests and the gore tag is mainly there as a safety precaution.