I Continue To Get Ready
February 14th, 1422 E.F
Another set of deserters were captured. The brass has started to allow public hangings to scare others into not deserting. I feel sorry for the poor lads, forced to hang there as the crows feed on their remains, but I try to push it back with my focus on the job. I’m starting to get the hang of these guns they’ve been giving us. I managed to at least hit half the targets this time at the course.
Thundershot still doesn’t like the idea we’re using guns and, honestly, I can’t blame him. It’s just a remind of how powerful the humans are with their weapons of death. I can’t recall another race that was as violent, bloodthirsty, and war driven as humanity. Not even the dragons and griffins were this bad. I wonder what it would look like if the humans were to fight the dragon or griffin race? Too bad we’ll never know since the few who did come with us to this world are all dead save for Princess Twilight’s assistant.
I wonder what the other races would think if they saw us like this. Probably take advantage and strike at us too in order to get whatever land or resources they could get their claws on. I mean, let’s face it, which of the other races back in our world was decent? The griffins were lazy, rude, and selfish. Dragons always destroyed everything they couldn’t own with their greedy ways. Diamond Dogs were smelly barbarians who kidnapped ponies to be their slaves to dig their minds for gems (what do they do with them anyway?). Minotaurs were just loud and almost as greedy as the dragons. Yaks were uncultured and just smashed everything in anger. Changelings? Well, that’s one race that deserves to be mistreated in my mind. Nothing good comes from an evil creature that sucks the love out of a living being. Maybe the zebras, goats, donkey’s, and breezies were okay, but they still didn’t have a civilization like ours did.
To me, it’s just further proof that our way of life was just superior is all. Well, until we met the humans. I just hope we either find a way out of this mess or hold them off long enough to find a way to protect ourselves.
- Corporal Halberd Wings, 139th Arial Spear Regiment, 2nd Platoon
***
February 16th, 1422 E.F
Damnit, me and Thundershot can’t keep doing this. We made love again because…well honestly, I just wanted to buck him. Damnit, I’m falling for that cute pony and I’m trying not to. There is a good chance either of us or both of us are going to die when the human’s come and I don’t want either of us to go through such a loss if either of us live!
Still, he’s the only one whose left in my original group. The one who has been closest to me and knows me inside and out.
I wish my dad was here. He’d give me advice, but he’s got his own problems. Worship of the princesses isn’t doing well back home. Many are outright declaring the princesses not to be gods while others are believing this is the end times. One side thinks that the princesses have deceived us and lead us to our doom, others are saying that the dead will return in glorious heavily forces to defeat the humans if we hold to our faith.
Personally, I don’t know what to believe in anymore. Maybe I just don’t care. I don’t think the princesses are coming back from the dead. I still think they are powerful beings, enough to be gods, our gods, but the humans are something else. Maybe something bigger is happening in this universe that we can’t understand? Maybe the human’s god or their gods are just better at creating a more battle-hardened race. Many of the humans are religious, but they also declare that there are no gods. I guess they don’t have the same answers as we do.
Regardless if the Princesses are divine or not, I still believe in Equestria. I believe in what we stand for: Friendship, Love, and Harmony.
Perhaps…perhaps in these darkest of times I shouldn’t be afraid of loving Thundershot. Maybe what I need…what we each need is each other. Even if this is to the be the last few months alive…maybe we can make the most out of it.
I’ll tell him tonight.
- Corporal Halberd Wings, 139th Arial Spear Regiment, 2nd Platoon
***
February 17th, 1422 E.F
Guess what? He told me first. He said he loved me. I said I loved him.
You can guess what happened next. Celestia that flank…
Whatever happens now? I don’t care. It’s just me and my special somepony today and that’s all I care about.
- Corporal Halberd Wings, 139th Arial Spear Regiment, 2nd Platoon
***
February 21th, 1422 E.F
We just performed our first proper city-wide drills for the human invasion. Things were sloppy, of course, but we still have time. From what little info we can get, the humans are still amassing their attack, but the bombing and missile raids are still happening. Dozens of cities and towns are damaged or beyond repair with lives lost in the thousands.
Thundershot and I are keeping it slow with our relationship, but we sneak in a kiss every now and then. I’ve seen a few other soldiers get very close to each other too, so it makes me feel better knowing we aren’t the only ones.
I think I’ve finally gotten used to the rifle. Some of us are naturals with these. There’s this one earth pony named Steel Sweep who can snipe a can of beans from 45 yards. Says he wants to take out a human head for everyone solider he lost in his squad. Another good shooter is this pony named Sandbar. He’s a bit of an air head, but he’s good enough to get a hundred percent with his rifle. I hate to be any human in his path.
The tanks and other heavy gear are coming next week. I wonder what its going to look like.
- Corporal Halberd Wings, 139th Arial Spear Regiment, 2nd Platoon
***
February 28th, 1422 E.F
I’m starting to think that there is some higher power that hates us. The tanks and vehicles are here, but guess what? They’re based on the designs of the US military from some big world war in the 1940’s! That’s about a hundred years ago! How the hay are we going to hold of an army of an entire race of billions with weapons that were obsoleted a century ago?!
I did some digging and it turns out that while Equestria may have the means to produce these objects as fast as possible, we don’t have the technology to make anything more advanced. Some of the metals we don’t have in Equestria but were in the human territory we once occupied. Not to mention that there are computers, smaller bits of advance tech, and other components we just don’t have the means to reproduce due to a lack of knowledge or technological means to create. Magic can only get so far apparently.
I’ve seen tanks on the battlefield that shoot out lasers as if they were unicorn horns! Those things can destroy bunkers in a single blast. This is our answer to them?!
General Hayfield says that technology and weapons don’t always win the battle, but bravery, valor, and tactics can. Easy for him to say. He’s going to be safe underground while we grunts end up getting our flanks filled with holes!
Maybe I’m being pessimistic, or maybe I’m just seeing the writing on the wall. I don’t know. I just need a heavy drink.
-Corporal Halberd Wings, 139th Arial Spear Regiment, 2nd Platoon
***
March 1st, 1422 E.F
Princess Twilight Sparkle was here with the Wonderbolts to do an inspection of the place. See how the defenses were doing and what plans to make when the invasion hits. Apparently, she’s doing it at every defense point and we’re second on her list of visits. I have to say, she’s been doing well ever since she took over for Grand Commander Prince Shining Armor after his death. That stallion was a true leader and military genius. It’s a shame a sniper got him in the Battle of New York City. We could use him right about now, but Princess Twilight has done her best in place of her brother.
I didn’t get a chance to see her since I was on guard duty for the ammunition storage. I kinda wish I did. Regardless of the debate if our princesses were goddesses or not, they were still our leaders, the ones who were the best and represented everything Equestria was about.
She did give a speech as well as her fellow Element of Harmony, Rainbow Dash. I’ve always admired her for being so loyal not only to her friends, but to Equestria as well. I’ve seen her fly in the shows back home and it was some of the best days of my life. I even have a signed Wonderbolts flag back home in my bed.
Home. Wow, I miss it. I keep hoping they’ll grant us some time to see our families before the big invasion. Word is that Princess Celestia is considering it to remind us all what we are fighting for. Our friends. Our families. Our home.
I don’t think we’ll ever make Earth the utopia it could have been. Free from war, hate, violence, fear, and greed. The humans have made it clear they wish to live that kind of sinful life and die with it. So be it. They take their cruel world and choke on it. When we stop this invasion and prove we can still stand strong, maybe the humans will just leave us alone. Let us rebuild and be at peace while we try to find a way home and leave them to destroy themselves.
It’s all I can hope for. I can’t think of the idea of Equestria being taken over by the humans. Turning their sick monkey paws on our sacred land.
No, I’ll die defending it before I see that happen.
-Corporal Halberd Wings, 139th Arial Spear Regiment, 2nd Platoon
***
March 3rd, 1422 E.F
I…heard something that has disturbed me. A few of the soldiers, ponies I didn’t know, were talking about how much they missed the Newfoals. I thought it was because of how nice and kind they were, but instead they were talking about how much they missed bucking them in bed.
Apparently, the Newfoals never said no the idea of mating. No force needed. They said okay and the pony who asked do them just like that. They didn’t make a sound, didn’t react to it, they just took it. Some of them thought it was creepy, others thought it was the easiest piece of flank they had ever gotten.
I don’t understand. Why did the Newfoals just agree to it? Didn’t they worry about getting pregnant or a mare pregnant? Mating season is a huge problem, even during the war, since ponies go coo-coo when the heat starts acting up. In fact, mating season starts in two weeks and already mares and stallions are giving each other the eye. Is nopony takin the pills to ward off the effects?
Then again, I guess I shouldn’t talk. Thundershot and I pretty much bang twice a week these days. Still, now that I think about it, I’ve never heard the Newfoals every say the word “no” before. You say something and they just do it. No questions asked. You ask them for a favor, and they do it. Apparently, that even extended to sleeping with random ponies.
Just what is up with that?
-Corporal Halberd Wings, 139th Arial Spear Regiment, 2nd Platoon
***
March 6th, 1422 E.F
Nothing new to report. Some bug is spreading around the place, causing ponies to get diarrhea. Ugh, how much manure am I going to see before this war ends?
I just hope I don’t get it.
-Corporal Halberd Wings, 139th Arial Spear Regiment, 2nd Platoon
***
March 7th, 1422 E.F
Spoke too soon. BBBUUUUUUCCCCKKKKK!!!!
-Corporal Halberd Wings, 139th Arial Spear Regiment, 2nd Platoon
***
March 25th, 1422 E.F
Okay, so those were the worst two weeks of my life. Half of it was spent in bed and half of it was pooping or throwing up in my bedpan. I think I must have lost six pounds of body fat from losing my bowels before they finally cleared me from the hospital. Thundershot got the bug a week after I got it and he’s still being treated for it. I would go back and support him, but we’re under orders no to go into the hospital unless were sick or dying to prevent it from spreading.
At least a fourth of the army is sick with this bug and drills are being called off save for squad ones. I’m technically not even working anymore as I have to wait three more days before I can start training again, but I have to drink plenty of water which is making me still go to the bathroom.
Again, they never tell you how much, and I’ll use a human word this time, shit to deal with in the army.
I think I’m just going to lie down and pray this passes over. Maybe if the humans attack, we can make a wall out of shit and cause them to retreat?
-Corporal Halberd Wings, 139th Arial Spear Regiment, 2nd Platoon
***
March 27th, 1422 E.F
So, the bug is still around, Thundershot is still sick, but there is good news. Those rumors of us visiting our families is true! In fact, I’m cleared to see mine sometime next month! Unfortunately, Thundershot won’t be able to join me since he’s not cleared for another two months. I was hoping the family could see him and all, but then again, knowing my mother, she’d be begging me and Thunder to get married right then and there.
You know, I haven’t thought about the future should I survive this war. If we beat back the humans, the hope is that they’ll leave us alone and not nuke us again. Apparently, there even humans who didn’t agree with what they did so maybe we don’t have to worry about it again?
If Thundershot and I do managed to survive this war, I guess I can picture a life with him. We could live somewhere nice and quiet while finding new jobs to support us. Dad could marry us and maybe we’d adopt a foal or two. There are a lot of orphans out there now. They’re going to need new homes. Maybe two colts? The race doesn’t matter to me.
Of course, Thundershot and I have talked about our odds. There is a chance we’re both going to die. While it does scare me a bit, I’d rather be dead then in the hands of the humans. Just the thought of them having their way with me and Thundershot is too much of a nightmare to think about. Already we swore a pack to end each other’s life if it turned out that we were going to be captured and many other soldiers were planning the same thing.
The holy book tells us that upon death, our souls are judged by the princesses in their sleep and from there we are sent to the paradise of Elysium or the eternal damnation of Tartarus. Of course, I’m in no rush to get angel wings, but knowing that I got a place in paradice makes the idea of dying a bit easier. Some soldiers, sadly, are so broken they wish to embrace the sweet peaceful embrace of death.
Most of them have lost everything to this war, including the few Crystal Ponies left defending beside us. They don’t even care if there is nothing after death, they just want to take out as many humans as they can before closing their eyes forever.
I never thought I’d think this much about death. What has this war turned me into? Turned us into?
I just hope when the war ends, we stop thinking about death and about life once more.
-Corporal Halberd Wings, 139th Arial Spear Regiment, 2nd Platoon
***
March 29th, 1422 E.F
Thundershot is still sick, but he sends his love to me. I’m back to drilling, but thankfully I haven’t lost my skills on the guns. I’m now cleared to carry one around. They must be careful due to how many of us have already died because of these accursed weapons. Some accidently shoot themselves or others when using them. Others just use them to end their own lives, unable to deal with all that’. An earth pony, her name was Spirit Stomp, used to always eat next to me in the mess hall. A few days ago, she stole one of the pistols and used it to shoot herself in the face.
It’s said to be a sin to commit suicide as I mentioned once in a journal a long time ago, but I just hope the princesses have mercy for us all.
Because the humans and this war is having none for any of us.
-Corporal Halberd Wings, 139th Arial Spear Regiment, 2nd Platoon
***
April 2nd, 1422 E.F
I’m finally going home. I got my papers and bags and everything. Thundershot kissed me goodbye before I made me to the train station. All while whispering that he would miss me. I’ll miss him too. His smile. His eyes. Just the way he always flicked his tail and winked at me. The way he got inside me and made me feel warm and soft. Loving me as if each night was our last.
But I’m going to see my family for the first time in what seems like forever. Hopefully, I’ll be able to smile again while I am there.
Tears are in my eyes as I spot Cloudsdale in the distance and feel relaxed. I was finally home. And I was going to enjoy it.
-Corporal Halberd Wings, 139th Arial Spear Regiment, 2nd Platoon
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Not exactly...what a creature who claimed to love friendship would say.
May i ask Rated if he plays the Equestria at War mod for HOI4? I got Solar Empire vibes from this chapter, especially when Halberd lists all the ‘inferior societies’ back home. Which also still sucks that no one realizes that Equus is a dead planet and that not even TWILIGHT SPARKLE could put that two and two together.
The first people to come up with that conclusion were supposed peace and friendship-hating humans.
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I don't. The reason that he's like this at the moment is that the war has changed him. Before it was sort of a "White man's burden" sort of mentality about non-pony races who needed to be "enlightened" to be shown the proper way of living with friendship and such. The war has now turned that to "Everyone else is monsters except for us" mentality.
Too bad buster, that idea is going to become your grim and uncaring reality.
Understandable. Good invasions take time to prepare. Tactics, logistics, knowledge of the terrain,enemy positions and strength, logistics, possible fortifications, air-support coordination, fuel supply, logistics, and plenty of other things.
... But at least the zealous ponies got diarrhea.
Did not see the Newfoal or the hangings parts coming
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I think one version of it is called "White saviour syndrome" in some movie-tropes, where the "white man" tries to help "honorable natives" to survive a coming conflict, like for an example in "Dances with the wolves" or "The last samurai".
Wait old tank designs is .. is the sun bitch trying stand against what was described as laser shooting tanks with SHERMANS ? or and this would suck even more the those poor bastards the Stewart lol
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That's more of a fictional term to describe a setting where a "White Man" is the one who learns about a culture of non-white people, ends up becoming one of them, and saving them from those who he once sided with.
White Man's Burden was the term used during the colonial and imperial era of the world in which the European Empires believed it was the duty as the most educated and advance cultures on earth to bring the less scientific barbarian cultures into the real world by taking over, helping them learn Western Culture, and over time becoming part of their empire.
While there were many who did actually believe that they were doing the right thing, it did unfortunately lead to mass death, disease, war, famine and cultural traditions being erased for more western ones. It's why a lot of people speak English, French, Spanish, Italian, or Portuguese in the world. It's one of the reasons why Christianity became the biggest religion around the world. Now not everything of such an era was a bad, but there was a lot of bad about it. However, this has happened in human history long before the European Nations were a thing.
The more powerful and advance ancient empires (Chinese, Assyrian, Egyptian, Roman, Greek, Persian, Arabic, Babylonian, and so forth) would always seek to expand their empire and bring weaker nations and cultures into their fold. And despite what a lot of people think, both the ancient, European, and even modern powers today don't do this because of Religion, Racial Superiority, or The Greater Good. At least not as the major factor.
The major factor for conquest has always been because of two things: Land and Resources. More land is more areas to farm, build, and expand your borders for military reasons. More resources make your people happy, your income increasing, the culture expands, you get slaves (if your a slave using power) and you get access to goods that make life better and safer for you and your people. To me, this is the main cause of all war and conquest. Everything else is always secondary or used as an excuse to cover up the first.
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Ty for the thorough explanation
Some or most of the ponies also act the same way that Halberd described to other races.
News Flash Halberd: Your ponies way of life has been long dead by the one who just started a war. Also the ones who think they are superior doesn't always ends well for them.
Aaaaaaaaaaaand there goes the safety rules flown out the window of a fucked up Equestria government.
Sooo... is it dysentery, cholera, bilogical warfare or just a nasty bug floating around the camp? In any case, it sounds like Thundershot is screwed.
10153175
Just a nasty stomach bug
The late George Carlin had a routine about how there ought to be a monument to rubber spatulas because they're the only human invention that has never been used to kill anyone
So they actually consider something that was a century old obsolete? Considering that it's implied Equestria is a land of Medieval Stasis, and they initially seemed to be guessing human mindset from a period nearly a century ago, seems like that amount of time wouldn't really matter that much to them.
Or has this war actually woken them up to how quickly change can come when someone's trying?
“There’s this one earth pony named Steel Sweep who can snipe a can of beans from 45 yards.”
That’s cute.... They are going to be eaten alive... I have young family members less then 10 years old who can shoot more then 100 yards at least, without a scope mind you! Though I have to wonder if their firearms are actually rifled, or smoothbore, as then 45 yards would be decently impressive in that case. But would still put their weapons at an extreme disadvantage on the battlefield. Also are they aiming down iron sights? Or do they have scopes? In either case it hints they might not have great depth perception, further limiting their effectiveness with ranged combat. Which would make sense being depth perception is usually attributed to predator species.
The tanks are another concern, theres a reason the Abrams is feared on every battlefield, even when going against tanks of similar generation. They are extremely tough to kill, if ponies are using ww2 styled tanks, unless they have a magic MacGuffin built into their main gun and armor... it’s going to be a turkey shoot... that’s not even taking into account the lack of background they have with armored warfare. If they do manage to get a round or two off, it’s likely just going to signal to the American tank crew who to kill next. One Abrams round might even pierce two or more of the ponies tanks at once, depending on how they field them.
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It never occurred to me they may be using smoothbore guns lol I'm now looking forward to pony munitions bouncing off human armor
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Smoothbore is commonly used in tanks actually, but for small arms? Unless it’s shotgun, it’s really not a good idea. As it limits their effective range, the other question is what sort of action are pony firearms using? Have they managed to develop select fire weapons, or are they using rolling block and single shot bolt action (which is more likely with their limited industry even producing springs of uniform quality that are able to hold up to stresses of semi auto/full auto fire requires a lot of industrial infrastructure). I What kinds of bullets and powder do their guns have? Because it sounds like they are in a similar manufacturing situation Italy was in, back in Ww2 where they were producing round nose bullets despite them having been made obsolete even before ww1, attempts to produce more modern bullets were a failure as the lack of suitable industry to produce modern bullets in any meaningful quantity left them stuck with bullets that were ballistically inferior to their enemy’s. Powder is another big issue, while it’s shown in the series that ponies have fireworks, those are likely using black powder, which isn’t used in any quantity with modern firearms, as smokeless powders have superseded them with superior power, nevermind far cleaner burn. The closest they could get to modern smokeless powder would be nitro-cellulose (gun cotton), which has about 6 times the explosive force of black powder, and made with a mixture of Nitric acid and Sulfuric or Hydrochloric acid. But even then it would still be vastly inferior to more modern smokeless powder’s, which likely they have neither the industry, natural resources, or the chemical knowledge to produce in any meaningful quality. So even their ammunition is likely of dubious quality, nevermind the risks of quality control with such a new thing being produced in such desperation.
Now add in the stress of being on an active battlefield? That 45 yards Steel Sweeps is shooting at on the range is gonna shrink a decent amount. Meanwhile you have these ponies likely going against more battle hardened soldiers, as their first successful attacks were more out of luck and surprise then superiority.
As for tanks, if they really are based on Ww2 ones, I’m willing to bet their speed will leave a lot to be desired especially compared to the Abrams top speed of 45 MPH. If your enemy can out maneuver you, your likely toast, besides they might not realize the importance of such simple things such as tread width, or weight to HP ratio. Imitation only gets you so fair with these things.
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If they are using both smoothbore and round nose ammunition, it’s doubtful it will penetrate kevlar.
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I was aware of the smoothbore cannons on some tanks but your point about maybe using rolling block/bolt actions is interesting the fact they're using ww2 tank designs makes me wonder if they will try and reproduce the Springfield or maybe the Krag–Jørgensen but I hope just to make the curbstomp worse they go back to the trap door designs from after the us civil war
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Arming their guard with simplified firearms, like falling block or other single shot actions might be the only hope to arm them in time. As other rifles likely take too long to produce with what little industry they have. As it was referenced earlier they are struggling to arm their military with these new weapons, it wouldn’t surprise me if they were reaching out to cottage industries in a desperate attempt to produce them in time. But even with these guns, these soldiers are horrendously underprepared to use them in a combat situation.
On another note, after all this, I hope he’s denied the ability to die thinking what he was doing was right. I can’t remember the books name, but in it one of the main characters set a commanders journal in front of a grunt/peon who was sentenced to death, knowing their curiosity would get the better of them. Upon reading its contents, they howled and sobbed at them, for denying them the chance of dying thinking all they had been working for was just.
I want that for our little pony, he doesn’t even have to actually die, but the realization, that everything he’s done, everyone who’s been lost, all the sacrifice... wasn’t for some greater good, but a Princesses ego, because she feared and distrusted what she couldn’t control. Nevermind the realization why humans didn’t want to become Newfoals, I think he’s finally over coming the mental block, slowly realizing something is very wrong with those new ponies...
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Halberd Wings did say that the were getting used to using rifles, but the chapter didn't specify what kind of guns exactly they were using, also studies by the US military after the Korean war found that most engagements with small arms happen at a distance of below 90 meters (or 100 yards) .
Personally, I'm curious to see how the civilian populace/society is handling all this: having to shift to wartime production on top of having a large scale drafting of troops is going to wreak havoc on any economy: farms lie fallow, buisnesses close, industries either need to be retooled or grind to a halt outright, rationing gets implemented, raw resources/food get diverted to wartime uses, logistical infrastructure is diverted to the moving of personnel and material, etc.
Furthermore, are the humans targeting the infrastructure? are they bombing railway lines, roads and ports? Are industrial centers being hit? and so much more
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They mentioned city’s getting hit, so it’s likely, which means the speed they can arm their military with firearms and tanks is likely decreasing further. I’m also wondering how young they are drafting ponies now? Since they are basically at the end game where it’s just a matter of time before humans make landfall. I mean imagine one moment your in class studying under miss Cheerilee, next thing you know some guards show up and start reading off names.
As for the economy I could see it slowly looking more and more like Germany towards the end of WW2, where first the strain of the war effort was breaking their economy. Then the bombs come, like shooting an arrow at someone after they have already fallen off a cliff. I could definitely see rationing getting bad because many farms are struggling with a lack of labor. Businesses having “store closing sales” in a desperate attempt to get out with something. It’s not like they have any machinery on them to pick up the slack, ponies largely depend on physical labor, so every soldier on the front lines, is one less pair of hooves on the factory line.
As for firearms, I still standby what I said, 45 yards while impressive to our little pony, is still a disadvantage compared to what’s coming. You have have to take in the vast difference between being on a quiet range, and having gun fire and explosions around you. I also hope we learn what sort of firearms and ammunition they are using soon as it will help me make a better estimate. Honestly I love that kinda lore. But I understand for others it’s not really that important.
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If the apple clan is a good example of the ponies farming industry I imagine shortages will be bad especially if the crown is forgetting to exempt critical personnel like farmers during the drafts
Christ the indocrination of racism is fucking scary.
aw yeah, a new chapter
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Even if it's only to show the Young Six's reaction to reading it?
10157440
Heh... "The old, the young, the weak"
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A WW2-era cannon from a tank could most likely not every scratch the paintjob of an Abrams or any other modern tank for that matter. Depending on when during WW2, it could either a. Completely useless, or b. Might be able to take out wheels if they're lucky.
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I doubt that Humanity, even in this case, would allow for chemical weapons. Maybe North Korea would be having a fucking field day, but other than a few regimes I doubt anybody is using them. I think that it would only be a weapon they would use if they were on the verge of collapse.
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This was true even in the interwar period. That's why pretty much every army worth their salt tried to move unto SMG's instead of bolt action. This later evolved to Assault Rifles through the late-war STG44 and post-war AK47. Then it just kinda spun off. They knew even back then that the stagnant battlefields of WW1's western front would not last and that the new war was a war of mobility. The ponies have managed to grasp that much, but again that is over a hundred years ago in HUMAN terms. 100 years in human technological terms is like comparing a wooden shovel to a space shuttle. (Well, that's actually only about 70 years ;P)
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I'm not so sure. They did nuke a city, after all. Dropping a sickness on a military force seems a significant step down from that.
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Actually, it is worse. Quarantine can mitigate the effects of nuclear fallout, but not a biological weapon. There is a reason such weapons are considered worse in the rules of war.
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Call me a stickler for details, but I'm pretty sure that rendering an entire city to rubble and everyone inside to ashes in an instant falls quite high up on the list of war atrocities. It doesn't matter that the fallout can be quarantined: there's no treatment for "Explosion". And a significant portion of that city will have been civilians. Probably a whole lot of children too, considering they thought the city was safe.
I'm not saying one is definitely better than the other: past a certain point, there's only horrible. I'm saying that the people in charge made a conscious decision that civilian casualties are acceptable, and it's pretty naive to think that those same people would balk at dropping a sickness on a military camp if it meant locking down everyone there and tying up a good deal of resources that could otherwise go towards making another military push.
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Consider Celestia firing the Crystal Cannon at the Vatican. She had MADE the Empire a military target, one which HAD used force comparable to a nuke. True, civilians were killed, but her targets were civilian, While the empire was a military location.
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I'm not sure how that changes things. It seems like you're saying that the nuking was justified because Celestia was a monster, but that's really not relevant to the moral issue you seem to think should preclude biological warfare. It sounds like you're saying that it's fine to murder a city full of people provided that they "started it" and that should be the end of things, but I'm going to assume that you didn't mean to use the moral argument of a child.
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Not justification. Just that it was a location that had used a weapon of mass destruction twice on civilian targets, and this location had a powerful barrier. The nukes were to eliminate the threat before it could fire again, and to do that and bypass the barrier, they needed overwhelming power. They could not risk more of their people. The threat had become defcon one at that point.
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They don't. Once the barrier was destroyed and magic nullified the pony forces are absolutely destroyed.
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Yeah, a barrier like that is the only reason they were able to advance as much as they did. The only reason we were able to beat them was with human collaborators in Equestria. Without their information, we never would have been able to create the anti magic generators and would have been completely overrun. There wouldn't even be any resistance in occupied cities since everyone would have been killed or turned into newfoals. Humanity was pretty much screwed unless we could pry out information from unicorn POW's who knew enough about magic that they could actually help us. The situation we were in would not have looked good in the war room.
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I agree. The nuking of the Crystal Empire was necessary to prevent the loss of more human life. It would be impossible to attack the Crystal Cannon directly while bypassing the barrier. If the cannon were allowed to stand, the chances it would be used against more human cities would probably be definite. The loss of civilian life would be considerably higher if it was used again than it would be if it and the surrounding city was destroyed.
Also, what would the public think? Two religious and historically important cities of no military value were destroyed, killing hundreds of thousands of civillians and what, the military's not gonna do anything? Well damn, the public will be in an uproar! Who knows how many governments would loose support for not taking action? Individuals would start taking things into their own hands, and if we're incredibly unlucky and they're incredibly enraged, they might just start nuking Equestria and the Crystal Empire themselves! Remember what that famous photo during the Tiananmen Square massacre showed us; behind those massive machines are humans with emotions. All it would take is one person in charge of an ICBM to go rogue and launch a missle to cause thousands of Equestrian civilian casualties and devastate the landscape.
I would also just like to say that using a biochemical weapon would have a much worse effect than using a nuclear one. It would take less resources to bury tons of dead and treat a few wounded that it would to bury a few dead and treat millions of infected civilians and trying to prevent a nationwide pandemic. In fact, there would probably be considerably less dead as most of them would have been vaporized by the blast. The only other major problem of the nuke would be the cleanup afterwards, which would probably be much later anyway because of the lingering radiation. In addition, there is the demoralizing effevt of a nuclear attack compared to a biochemical one. I would assume it would be better to know that a loved one was killed instantly without feeling any pain rather than knowing they are suffering and are likely to die or that they already have died in agony.
No update?
https://m.Jokes aside I hope we get to see an update soon, I’m anxious to see how the pony responds to a massive invasion!
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Sorry, works been a killer
Reading this story (and the others) makes me think of Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot speech and how the ponies would react to it.
Damnit, me and Thundershot can’t keep doing this. We made love again because…well honestly, I just wanted to buck him. Damnit, I’m falling for that cute pony and I’m trying not to.
Says he wants to take out a human head for everyone solider
Apparently, the Newfoals never said no [to] the idea of mating.
Apparently, there [are] even humans who didn’t agree with what they did so maybe we don’t have to worry about it again?
If Thundershot and I do managed to survive this war,
but knowing that I got a place in paradice makes the idea of dying a bit easier.
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I never heard of this speech before, I watched it now on YouTube and I think it is interesting.
It is interesting to see what is left to achieve.
What u will see next is Space travel, colonisation of Mars, technological advancements and unity of all nations