Internal conflict? More like opportunities!
Lean Grain was working tirelessly on the fields; being able to do so peacefully now that the pegasuses were gone. He swiped another batch of sweat from his forehead and looked up, congratulating himself for the work he had done. But... He felt something was wrong.
Lean scanned the horizons and hills, attempting to find what troubled him, but he could only see trees and the occasional critters. However, this didn't satisfy him, as he began to scan once more for even the faintest of abnormal movements.
Then, he saw a speck of dirt and dust beginning to appear from a hill. Lean squinted at the kicked dirt, unsure as to how it was so dense. Then the speck began to largen.
Lean recoiled as the hills seemed to be spewing clouds of dirt into the air as if there was a tornado on the opposite side. Suddenly, several shaggy shadows began to manifest within the clouds, which soon turned into an army. The shadows all began charging down the hill; their silhouettes exposed as they exited the cloud of dirt.
Lean began to back away, "BUFFALOS!" He shouted; immediately retreating towards his home to evacuate his family.
The news of the collapsed pegasus army had reached everycreature in Equis, and many creatures were already forming raiding parties to exploit the defenceless Equestria. The buffalo horde that was currently stampeding Lean's fields was one such party.
The defenselessness of Equestria was painfully obvious to them, as the pegasus forts looked abandoned and the usual patrols had entirely disappeared. This meant an opportunity for them; a chance to raid the earth ponies for valuable supplies and food with minimal risk.
At least that's what they thought.
The collapse of the pegasus army had the Jacobins rejoicing at first, but they soon realised the nightmares of defending without wings, as they could only relocate via galloping, and their slowness meant that they would always arrive too late.
The Senate attempted to remedy the situation by commissioning the construction of forts and castles throughout the borders of their new holdings, however, building such impressive works took time, and by the time the first raid struck, they were only just beginning to build.
Thankfully, their territories were quite modest, meaning that the Jacobins could afford to cover their entire border; albeit thinly due to the lack of soldiers. The Jacobins also kept an army in their northeast capital in case of a unicorn or pegasus insurrection.
It was a shame that the unicorns wouldn't fight, as they preferred to hide in their castles until the earth ponies forgot about them.
A Jacobin watchpony was observing the surroundings atop a hill. Although an earth pony's eyesights were inferior to that of a pegasus, a pony in a high place could still fulfil its duties of "Notify if anything is out of the ordinary". I.E scouting.
It was a boring job, and the watchpony knew it. But he also knew it was essential in ensuring the safety of their fellow earth ponies. His partner slept nearby, ready to take his place when his break was over. The one awake continued observing vigilantly.
Then suddenly clouds of dirt began appearing from the hill across them; the distance hindering the watchpony's ability to properly identify the cause of the dirt clouds. Then, several specks began charging out of the dirt clouds, leaving behind a dusty trail that dissipated thinly upon every blink.
"BUFFALOS! AT LEAN'S FARM!" The watchpony exclaimed, running and slamming onto his sleeping partner.
"AH! I'M AWAKE!" The partner rolled and braced into attention; his eyes widened in shock and his body stiff from tiredness.
"BUFFALO RAID!" The watchpony shook his partner to implicate the seriousness. But his partner began to worry more about his rattling brains. "WE NEED TO GET THE BALLIST-"
"Alright! Alight! Quit shaking me!" The partner brushed his mane with his hoof, settling his defiant hair.
"TO OUR SQUADS!" the watchpony announced; dreading having to call up their 3 squads which were also responsible for defending the entire county.
"HERE THEY COME!" Lean shouted with a scrunched face, carrying two fillies on his back followed by his wife carrying a foal. They rushed past the assembled Jacobins; only slowing when they were safely behind them.
"I see 'em!" A Jacobin pointed down the field, locating several buffalos that were trampling Lean's home. "Aim the ballistas!"
The ponies knew crossbows and bows were ineffective against the thick furs of the buffalos, so they employed ballistas to kill them.
The buffalos all looked up to find several earth ponies lined atop a hill in the distance, with several large wooden rectangle structures beside them. "Where be pegasus?" A buffalo asked his comrades, confused with the earth pony's intent and the mysteriously absent pegasus patrol.
"No matter! Charge farm ponies!" An impatient buffalo ordered, already beginning his charge towards the hill. His comrades quickly joined him, tightening their formations as to not let any of the ponies slip past the gaps in their charge.
The Jacobins held firm, their ballistas aimed down the hill. Their helmets and armour clattered on the shaking ground, as the buffalos hastily approached the hill and began charging up it.
A Jacobin swung his hoof, "FIRE!" The ballistas mightily twanged, launching 4 deadly projectiles down the hill towards the charging buffalos.
The giant bolts caved into the charging buffalo's skulls, their horns shattering against the bolt's tip and tumbling their bodies down the hill. Splinters and blood lined the furs of the buffalos beside the dead, their face cringing from disgust as they entered their mouth and eyes.
The buffalos immediately halted, as they looked around to find four of their members dead with their skulls exposed with brain bits splattered over their snapped horns. "RUN!" The buffalos rapidly turned, not wanting to find out what the earth ponies had more to show.
The Jacobins, who had raised their pikes to meet the charge hastily broke off to prepare another volley from the ballistas, as they did not expect the buffalos to run so quickly. "Aim high! They're far!" A Jacobin relayed, approximating the distance to the buffalos to determine the angle of their aim.
A hoof stopped them though, as a sergeant saw what the soldiers didn't. "They're too far, don't bother." The others nodded, dropping their bolts and re-centralising their aim.
Lean emerged in between the Jacobins, peaking at his now-destroyed house. His face scrunched. "Why couldn't y'all come faster?" Lean asked the Jacobins, who all rubbed their hooves in response, except for the sergeant.
"Other places need protecting, and we are stretched quite thin." The sergeant explained with a frown, which made the two fillies on Lean's face droop.
"THE MINOTAURS ARE COMING! THE MINOTAURS ARE COMING!" A voice from the distance screamed, his form approaching quickly towards the assembled Jacobins. When he finally did make it, he was a gasping wreck, with sweat and tears covering his fur and face.
"*Gasp* The- *gasp* minotaurs- *gasp* -are coming!" The scout shouted at the sergeant's face, his breath and sweat covering the unamused face.
"...I see... And could you please point towards the raid?" The sergeant asked; wiping the sweat off his face.
The scout immediately pointed towards the southwest, his barrels still rising and falling due to his heavy breathing. The sergeant simply nodded and gestured his soldiers to follow. They began to gallop.
"No rest for the victors..." The sergeant solemnly thought; feeling his hooves burning from the constant galloping. At least it wouldn't crack like those from a unicorn.
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10849847
Just imagine Russia but Thicc.
My brain is too much of a mush to calculate square miles
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Nah it's fine, just tellin' you to relax yo brain and shoot up some chems
very good! though...carrot top a male?
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Aye
10849900
okay. i i may suggest, yo u should point out that this is someone else and not the mare from the show
Great job having the Jacobins change tactics and weapons when dealing with different enemies, it shows that the Jacobins are prepared to fight all kinds of invaders, not just the Pegasi, and aren't relying on the same tactics over and over again.
The Germans introduced a lot of new concepts to Equis (finally, a name) given how everyone is caught by surprise by the Jacobins.
I just hope that the book on German military tactics during the war against the warlords doesn't include recipes for poisonous gas, other forms of chemical weapons, or instructions for primitive forms of biological warfare.
These plunderers from other species are massive opportunists but I wouldn't say (so far, based on what I've read) that any of them deserve to be hit by chlorine gas and drown in their own lungs.
Oh no
This is bad, scavengers have come to the Equestrian whale-fall. The six gill has come first to feast.
I hope Bismark and Mauser's airships reach here soon.
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Its probably more of a guerrilla warfare using the armaments of the 100 years war thing, not a biological battle. There will be comments on plague as a weapon though - I bet.
You know I gotta ask why are the crystal ponies are invading equestria and possibly the jacobins? Wouldn't they benefit with having a pony neighbor to their south as well help their old brothers in arms with the jacobins? And why are the saddle Arabians not helping them as well do they have their own conflicts as well?
Seems that the earth ponies are easy pickin's for everyone else but the east griffons.
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The common villager? Probably, but that could apply to any tribe of pony that doesn't have military training, access to modern (for them) weaponry, or guards to protect them. The Earth Ponies are more in danger since unlike Pegasi they can't take to sky and unlike the unicorns they aren't secured by walled cities.
But the Jacobins? They are anything but easy pickins.
(Sorry if this counts as double posting)
Happy (belated) one month anniversary on this story RC!
One month (and four days) later and this story is up to over 1000 views, 110 likes, over 78,000 words, and 39 chapters.
This story did scratch an itch I had for a good story that takes place after Equestrian unification but before the sisters were crowned and for an AU where post unification wasn't all sunshine and rainbows.
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Tasty Sunday likes...
My motivation is rising...
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> Be me
> Try to find a specific fic that has pre-equestrian society
> Finds nothing
"Fine... I'll do it myself..."
10850123
They will be explained in later chapters.
By that I mean after 5~9 chapters
But the short story is, Crystal ponies and the Equestrians have bad blood. (Equestria took land)
10849904
It's a character from the show..?
10849971
The German military staff before and during WWI emphasised victory before morals.
So ye, prepare to see a f***-ton of gas attacks being used
10850505
But no gas weapons would've been used against their fellow griffons. (They have wind magic and just evade them)
But gas weapons on tunnels?
YES
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Given that the Germans were trying to incorporate the people they conquered into their nation as citizens, and due to the massive technological advantage the Germans, it would make sense for Germany not to use chemical weapons.
The Jacobins would be a different story. They are fighting off invaders on multiple front, they are outnumbered, they don't have the same technological edge that Germany has, and are on the defensive rather than conquering.
It would make sense for the Jacobins to be a lot more willing to use chemical weapons.
Chemical Weapons would be very effective against Diamond Dogs considering that they commonly create tunnel systems that they retreat to after raids.
Weaponized heavier-than-air gases (like chlorine gas or benzene) could be used to force oxygen out of the tunnels which would force the D Dogs out of their tunnels and into the open.
And if that fails, you can always seal the entrances and set fire to the tunnels - suffocating them through a lack of oxygen and burning them alive.
(I'm getting flashbacks to Diaries of a Madman)
I NEED MORE
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here
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Holy sh*t
10850826
Aight, gonna change the name.
Thanks for the tidbit tho
10850826
you're welcome
Changed the cover art so you can all bask in the glory of Bismarck's magnificent face.
I just wanted to ask: What would happen if other historical figures showed up from roughly the same time period? Such as a white army commander as a pegasus? (Anyone but Ungen Von Stenberg!) Such as Wrangel, Deniken, or Kolchak? Or maybe a less famous one, like the warrior general Markov? Maybe even someone like Maria Bochkorova? In order to help with restoring the pegasi, as well as to act as a good counterbalance to Bismark and the Jacobins.
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I like the idea of more dead humans bringing foreign ideas to Equestria but I don't think that they would be able to be as effective as Bismark was, especially if the new SI happens to be a Pegasus.
Even with the desertions and being scattered after losing 120,000 soldiers (half their force), the Pegasi would have a larger standing army, which is larger than the Jacobins but would seriously fall short of the Germans.
The Pegasi are learning from their mistakes but they are at a disadvantage since they have to fly (exposing themselves) from the clouds to the ground in order to reach their enemy while the enemy is getting better at shooting them out of the sky.
The Pegasi are also more renowned for being warriors and having fortresses that non-flying species can't touch rather than for their industrial power or metalworks, since clouds don't exactly have iron or coal.
The Pegasi would need to rely on Unicorns or Earth Ponies for the resources needed for industrialization.
If anything, a Russian SI would work better for the Crystal Ponies.
They do have the same geopolitical position as Russian did in respect to Europe: mostly frozen land they can retreat into and extract resources from (Siberia / Far Frozen), wanting to expand into and influence their direct neighbors (Europe / Equestria), and having a client nation that they can call upon that is too weak to threaten them (Central Asia / Yaks).
They may have a smaller population but an industrialized Crystal Empire would be a threat.
Edit: You could end up in a scenario where Germany is propping up and financing Equestria (Western and Central Europe) against an encroaching Crystal Empire (blend of Tsarist Russia and the USSR).
... Would that make Sombra this world's equivalent to Stalin?
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Actually, that's not a bad idea since I completely forgot about the crystal ponies. Although, it would likely look more like the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile if it was Kolchak. If it was Denikin, I could imagine him being largely like Sombra, but less cruel. And Wrangel would likely be somewhere in between.
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THE MAD BARON IS GENGHIS KHAN INCARNAT- *Cough* *cough*-
Probably not, but if I do, they would probably have the same names but not the same memories
10855659
Thinking of having a character just like Augusto Pinochet run the colonies. It would be fun watching ponies be offered a free 'airship ride'
10855975
Actually... I was going to ask if I could write a story about this set in your universe? And, as Kaiser suggested, I could have it set in the Crystal Empire. So it would be pretty out of the way of the main plot of this story.
10855983
Small problem... The Crystal Empire is part of the main plot, and I already have chapters on them lined up and unpublished.
But if you still want to publish a story about them, I guess we could talk privately
10856536
Certainly!
Added a Amore bit for the Crystal Empire on the chapter with the maps
I don't know why, but I got a bad tendency of hating my own work to the point that I can't even look back at my first chapters to fix mistakes or polish my grammar
10858068
I could always... Do it for you? Also, when next chapter.