I would've included this in the author's note, but you can only put it in one spot (either top or bottom). I always put it at the bottom to write a short discussion of some of the events of the chapter, the events playing out in the next chapter, and occasionally some minor spoilers for upcoming events.
Someone asked me what a Utopian soldier looks like in the comments. I included it in the last chapter, but it was one of those clickable links that some people might miss. I think it's important to know what they look like to enjoy the chapter, so here's what they look like:
Now, back to the story. Enjoy!
"Attack!" the royal guard sergeant shouted.
All at once, the earth ponies and pegasi charged at the Utopian soldiers, while the unicorns began blasting at them from afar. Of course, the unicorns' energy blasts weren't even a threat, more of an annoyance; being constantly struck with blinding lights tends to irritate one quite a bit. The constant flashes did nothing to disorient the soldiers, however, since their helmets had an anti-flashbang system already built into them.
The earth ponies let out a battle cry and began rushing at the nearest enemy soldier, with spears at the ready. To them, they were the superior force, with the humans' strange batons looking completely useless in a fight, and their lack of armour already making them more than easy targets. It was clear to them that this battle would be short and quick. A ragtag bunch of escaped slaves didn't even stand a chance against the likes of the Equestrian Royal Guard. The fact that a bunch of humans dared stand up to the ponies, who were superior in every way, was completely laughable.
The pegasi also let out a battle cry of their own, followed by swooping down towards the nearest target. It was clear who the superior fighting force was, with them being capable of flight, and being able to attack from all angles. That, and the fact that they had spears as opposed to blunt tipped weapons.
"This won't even be a battle. It's gonna be a massacre. Foolish apes," the sergeant confidently spoke to the elements.
For a moment, they just stood there, with the tips of their weapons pointed at their target of choice. They seemed to be in defensive positions, which made sense, seeing as the superior force was usually the one on the offense. Then, the order came in.
"Diplomatic team, you are clear to use deadly force. Eliminate all enemy combatants, protect Diplomat Bob, and retrieve Twilight Sparkle, unharmed if possible," Atticus ordered over the comms in their helmets. The sergeant was right about one thing however, this wasn't gonna be a battle, it was gonna be a massacre.
The ponies thought themselves superior, thinking the humans must be cowering in fear behind those helmets of theirs. The reality was very much different though. To the most highly skilled soldiers in the entire world, these creatures were barely even a threat. In fact, these equines were nearly laughable, with the tallest one being just over four feet tall. If they weren't holding spears and charging at them, the humans would've actually considered them a little cute. Not Cozy Glow level adorable, of course, but still really cute. That didn't mean they weren't prepared to slaughter every single one of them though.
The earth ponies and pegasi continued in their charge, completely confident in their ability to win. From their point of view, they didn't even consider the ragtag band of slaves to be a threat. They considered them as something to do to pass the time; guarding a small town is typically very boring. At least, they continued their confident charge until all of them suddenly died.
They didn't even manage to get halfway from their positions to the humans before the constant bags started. They began shooting simultaneously, but each person only had to shoot three times, at the most. The soldiers of Utopia never miss, and the only reason the ponies didn't all fall in one shot was because some of them went for the same targets.
The grand battle of the Utopian soldiers against the Equestrian Royal Guard lasted a grand total of two seconds. What was supposed to be a complete and total victory for the ponies ended in them just suddenly dropping dead.
Every single human, pony, and whatever else was present were wide eyed at what they had just witnessed. They weren't terrified, they weren't horrified, they weren't even scared. The battle didn't even last long enough for fear to set in. Everyone stood still and unmoving, their brains were just in complete and total shock, currently being unable to process any information. Every single creature present was completely stunned. No words could describe how utterly, completely rekt they were.
They were brought out of their stunned state once Diplomat Bob spoke. "Well that was easier than expected," he nonchalantly stated. "I mean, I honestly never thought that a bunch of cute, mini horses would be that much of a threat. But seeing as you were able to enslave humanity, I expected something a bit more," he turned towards one of the soldiers, "Well, commander, let's get this over with. Kill the horny ones and get the winged horny one."
Most of the soldiers then turned their focus towards the unicorns, while some cast their gazes on Twilight. This was enough to elicit a feeling of fear, and the royal guards began shaking in their armour.
"Sir, what do we do?" A female unicorn guard asked the sergeant in a shaky tone.
"Run," he whispered fearfully.
"What?" She asked again, not fully being able to come to terms with the fact that their sergeant was asking them to run away from humans.
"RUN!" The sergeant shouted, and began hightailing it. The rest of the soldiers would normally be way too prideful to run away from humans, but even they knew better than to run towards what would undoubtedly be certain death.
The guards began running as well, following behind their sergeant. They were escorting the elements away, who were also running alongside them. The ponies who were present during the aircraft's landing immediately scattered as well. Despite it being an excellent opportunity for a rebellion, the humans were unable to rebel due to their shock collars, and were forced to retreat alongside their masters.
They would not get far, however. The Utopians knelt down on the ground for better accuracy, since at this point the unicorns were about fifty metres away, widening the distance fast. Green lights began appearing all over their retreating bodies as the Utopians targeted them with their laser sights. The humans looked through their scopes, and took aim. In one quick burst of shots, every single one of the retreating royal guards were cut down. They all dropped down to the floor. Some were still alive, with the bullet not hitting them in an area that would kill them instantly, but they were still writhing in agony, and would probably die anyway. Except the sergeant, of course. He was given a shot to one of his legs, incapacitating him. He would be a useful source of information.
Twilight and her friends were unharmed as well, but they did jump when they heard the shots. They stood there stunned for a moment, looking around at all the guards who had just been put down. They didn't have time to linger however, as the Utopians immediately gave chase.
"Twilight, we gotta go!" Rainbow Dash said as she looked back and saw the approaching humans.
The rest of the elements looked back as well, and saw the humans running towards them. Then, something else came into the picture; the most dangerous of Utopian weapons. High tech military grade drones began pouring out of the aircraft, all armed when tranquilizer darts and taser bolts.
The drones were a metallic black, with a camera on the front of it. It had two propellers with rotor blades attached to it, one on each side, that allowed it to fly in the same way a helicopter could. It had an extremely streamlined and sleek build, with the exception of the head which was extremely boxy. The tail of the drone was split into two blades, allowing it to easily cut through the air and reduce drag. At the bottom of the drone was a long double barrel gun. The top barrel was twice as large as the bottom barrel, allowing it to be able to shoot the relatively large taser bolts and gas canisters, while the barrel on the bottom was smaller to allow it to shoot tranquilizer darts. These drones were supposed to be used as nonlethal methods to police the residents of Utopia in case of a riot or other large scale illegal gatherings, but they were now being used to allow for the capture of Twilight without having to harm her.
"Umm… what are those flying things?" Pinkie asked. As if in response to her question, the drones began zooming towards them.
"I don't know, but they seem to be heading toward us! Everypony run!" Applejack called out and they began to run like hell. The six of them were all being led by Rainbow Dash, who needed to slow down for them to keep up with her due to her fast flying speed.
"What are those things?!" Rainbow Dash asked as she flew overhead.
"I don't know, but whatever they are, they look dangerous," Twilight replied.
"How were the humans capable of that?!" Fluttershy asked. "I thought that they didn't have any magic, but they just… just…" She began sobbing as she ran, "They just killed them! They killed them!"
"You were right guys, the humans are monsters," Twilight said sadly.
"Uhm, guys," Rainbow called out, "The flying things are gaining on us!"
"We need a plan, and fast!" Applejack said.
"Why can't you teleport us, Twilight?" Pinkie asked as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"I can't bring all of you with me. If you were to teleport the six of us, I would need to have a few minutes to change the spell. They'd catch up to us before I could charge it!" Twilight replied.
"Then why isn't anypony else trying to help us?!" Pinkie asked.
"You saw what happened to those who tried! And they were trained soldiers!" Rarity responded, "We need to find a place to hide!"
"There's no time!" Twilight said, "They're gaining on us and we can't break line of sight! We can't get to a hiding spot without them seeing where we're going!"
"If we just keep runnin', they'll catch up in no time!" Applejack stated.
"But how are we gonna hide from or outrun them?!" Rarity asked.
Rainbow Dash was flying above them, with an aerial view, and that gave her an idea. "The corner up ahead!" She called out, "We'll be able to break line of sight long enough for us to take refuge in one of the buildings there. Hopefully you'll be able to change the spell before they find us!"
"It's risky!" Twilight yelled back.
"It's the only chance we've got!" Applejack stated, "If we just keep runnin', they'll catch up to us eventually! We don't have a choice!"
"Fine, we'll do it!" Twilight said, "Rainbow, the furthest building we can get to before they go round the corner!"
"You got it!" Rainbow said, and went to look for the best option.
The rest of the group rounded the corner to find Rainbow beckoning them into one of the closed stores; a furniture shop. They immediately headed into the store, and the moment they did, the drones came round the corner.
They panted heavily from the marathon they had just ran. They were safe, for now at least.
Well, that's what they thought. Unbeknownst to them, however, the mini drones that had been sent to scout out the town were still present; all nine hundred of them. In fact, their 'hiding spot' had been spotted by three of the mini drone pilots. The humans knew exactly where they were.
"Where the fuck did they go?!" One of the drone pilots asked.
"Check each building, they could be anywhere," the drone commander instructed.
"That won't be necessary," one of the mini drone pilots called out, before walking towards the combat drone pilots. He went up to the commander's screen, which was still showing the row of buildings they could've entered. "That one," the mini drone pilot pointed to one of the shop lots, "They're in there."
"How do you know?" The commander asked.
"I was piloting one of the flies and picked them up as they entered," he replied.
"Very well. All units, converge on that furniture shop," the commander ordered, "Prepare gas canisters."
"Who are they?!" Rainbow Dash asked.
"They're definitely not your run-o'-the-mill humans, that's for sure," Applejack observed.
"Are they even human?" Pinkie asked, "No human could've done that."
"What even was that thing that they used?!" Rarity asked, shellshocked, "It didn't even do anything. It just… killed them. They just pointed it at them and it… killed them. No spell is capable of that!"
Fluttershy was just curled up in the corner, sobbing. "Why… why would t-they - " she didn't even finish her sentence as she broke down into cries.
"I've never seen anything like them," Twilight said.
"Do you think they're part of a new rebellion?" Pinkie asked Twilight.
"I… I don't think so," she responded, "No rebellion would be capable of such a thing. I'm starting to think that that Bob guy might've been telling the truth."
"What are you saying?" Rarity asked.
"I'm saying… only an entire nation would have even a fraction of the magical power they would need to create something like that," Twilight said worriedly, "Objects that just kill somepony when you point it at them… not even Celestia has that kind of power."
"But humans don't have magic," Applejack said, before correcting herself, "Well, they do, but they don't have the ability to cast spells."
"I don't even know if they themselves were carrying the spells," Twilight said, "It was those objects… those terrible weapons of theirs. They might've found some artifacts of some sort."
"If they were artifacts, they wouldn't have so many," Rainbow Dash stated.
"I don't know who or what they are, but the princesses have to know about this," Twilight said. "Now guys, I need to concentrate," Twilight said, "Now we have to join hooves. The teleportation spell needs us to be in physical contact with each other for it to work." They all did as instructed, joining their front hooves together while they balanced on their back hooves. The reason ponies were able to defy gravity in such a manner has baffled scientists for hundreds of years.
After a few seconds, they all began glowing slightly. That glowing very slowly increased as Twilight charged the teleportation spell. Since she was taking five other people with her, she wasn't able to teleport very far, so her destination was at the other end of Ponyville, where they could slip out of the town undetected. This would still take a few minutes, but it would take at least a few minutes for the humans to find them… right?
Suddenly, the sound of glass breaking filled the store. This was followed by several more sounds of windows being broken. They were hiding near the back of the store so that the humans wouldn't be able to see them through the windows, but the sounds thankfully came from the front of the store. There was no doubt about who it was that broke through the windows. They had been discovered.
"We've been discovered," Twilight stated the obvious. She peeked out from the backroom to find several of those flying things hovering in front of the windows. Now that she could see them in real detail, they looked much more terrifying than what she saw from a distance; they looked like metal dragons. They were shining extremely bright lights into the store, and soon all the lights converged on her.
She then noted that none of them seemed to be attempting to enter the store, despite them having seen her. What was strange was that the windows were broken… but none of them had entered. She then took notice of several spherical metal canisters strooned about the floor. They then began emitting a red gas of some kind, which was slowly filling the store. She didn't know what that gas was, or what it did, but she definitely did not want to find out.
She retreated back into the backroom and began telling her friends of their predicament. "The metal flying things aren't trying to come into the store," she said before getting a worried look, "But they've positioned themselves right at the front. What's worse is that they threw in some metal objects that emit some form of red gas. I don't know what it does, but I for one don't wanna find out. So, how do we get out of this?"
"You could form a barrier to keep the gas out!" Rainbow Dash suggested.
"And then we… we could fight our way out! We're the element bearers, and you're an alicorn! The humans don't stand a chance!" Applejack added, trying to inspire them despite their miniscule odds.
"Maybe Rainbow could fly extremely fast and generate wind to clear the gas?" Rarity suggested.
"Or… we could just use the back door?" Pinkie suggested, pointing to a door that was right in front of all of them.
"I think we should go with Pinkie's idea," Twilight said.
"Definitely," Rarity confirmed.
"Ah' guess that's much better," Applejack agreed.
"Yep," Rainbow added.
They then all looked at Fluttershy, who was still curled up in the corner. "Come on, we need to go," Twilight said. "If we don't go now, we might not be able to leave," Twilight revealed the harsh truth. "Come on, we'll be okay. We're not going down. Not today, not ever. But you have to be strong, at least until we get out of this. Can you do that for me? For us?" She said in a gentle tone.
"O- okay," Fluttershy relented, before getting up slowly.
"We need to be quiet about this," Twilight said, "If they don't know we've escaped, they won't follow us."
They all walked up to the door. Applejack led the way, with Rainbow Dash, Twilight, Pinkie, Rarity and Fluttershy following behind. Applejack opened the door very slightly to get a peek and confirm the coast was clear. "It's clear," Applejack confirmed. Unbeknownst to her, however, human soldiers were, in fact, waiting right outside. The door opened outwards, so she was only able to get a peek at one side of the alleyway, while human soldiers hid right behind the door, out of sight.
"Come on everypony," Applejack opened the door. "Let's get ou - " she was cut off as a shock spear came into contact with her torso, producing a painful crackling, buzzing sound as electricity began coursing through her body. The shock lasted for thirty whole seconds, each passing second causing her agonizing pain. The others were stunned as they watched Applejack, gritting her teeth and screaming in agony, until she fell to the floor, unconscious and with steam coming from her body. They were brought back to reality as human soldiers began walking towards the now open door.
"Come on everypony!" Twilight called out and headed towards the door leading to the front. She opened the door to find the red gas only a few feet away from the door, and slammed the door shut once again. "We can't go out that way. We don't know what the gas does," Twilight said. They all turned around to find the human soldiers all already in the room, pointing their weapons at them.
"Please! We didn't do anything!" Rarity said, but they didn't budge.
"We'll come quietly. Just please - " Twilight was cut off as one of their weapons shot what appeared to be a syringe at her.
"Why you!" Rainbow Dash shouted in anger and began flying at the nearest human. "You're gonna pay for that - " she was cut off as well as one of the humans shocked her with a spear. It wasn't a long lasting shock like Applejack's, but it was enough to interrupt her advance and cause her to crash into the floor. "Stupid apes! I'm gonna," - one of the humans shot her with a dart - "Make… you… pay… for tha - " she fell unconscious before she could finish her sentence.
One by one, the remaining three elements were brought down. Rarity and Pinkie tried running, but were shot before they could even reach the door. Fluttershy, on the other hand, just stood there with tears welling up in her eyes. She had no idea her friends were just unconscious; she thought they were dead.
"Hey!" One of the humans, a girl, called to her, getting her attention. "I know you're not a threat. Don't worry about your friends, they're not dead. And I'm sorry about this, but I've gotta follow protocol," the human said apologetically, before shooting her with a tranquilizer dart.
"Let's move it boys!" Said the same soldier shot Fluttershy. "Take them all. Atticus could use them as leverage if the princess doesn't wanna help," she ordered, and got a 'Yes, ma'am' from her soldiers in response.
That was the day that Equestria tasted a mere fraction of Utopia's power. Out of every single one of the biggest threats in Equestrian history, none of them were able to defeat the elements, and it took the humans only sixty of their men to do so.
emergency power... Great, we all know what happend in Star Wars with that. Order66falloftherepupublicriseoftheempire
Ah... I hope Atticus doesn't become a total "villian" per say which ultimately ends up with the humans siding with the ponies and them being painted as the "Woe is me, Atticus was horrible so the people who enslaved our race are actually the good guys now, because villians are bad!" sort of trope that happens in stories. Because I absolutely want to see the ponies and every other filthy slaver learn exactly how horrible they are. Slavers have no ground to stand on, and even if the ponies recognize why slaving is absolutely, 100% morally wrong, that doesn't undo the untold amount of suffering humanity as a whole has suffered at their hooves. I dunno, I'm eager to see more either way. Loved the chapter.
Plus, isn't Atticus just a single world leader of many? His "presidential emergency powers" would only go so far as Americans, right? I don't see a Palpatine situation realistically faring very well. Especially with history to draw from which would point out exactly what Atticus is trying to do. Not to mention there are dictators on the council, who would act as living examples for everyone in the room to glance at.
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He's gonna be a political villain. He's not gonna somehow become really op or anything lol.
I find it hilarious that they knew that it would take a few minutes to charge up the spell, but instead of charging up the spell as soon as they got in the building they talked for a full two minutes.
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in a world where slavery is a thing would someone freeing slaves and fighting back be a villen? would those who support and defend the systom be heros? be iteresting to see what kind of villen he is
D'aww, no one want to see a crying Flutter, even a slaver Flutter
Yes, yes, yes finally a new chapter.
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I understand wanting wait for an in story reason to bring up the why and how for the post-wave humans, that’s honestly a good reason to do it! I still feel like there could have been an opportunity early on to start at least establishing some of the ponies perspective, even if it’s only surface level. Regardless, I’ll wait and see how you decide to go about that.
As far as the chaos leak thing is concerned.
What left me confused was the way it was described in how it was/wasn’t affecting the different groups and why.
For instance, you establish that the leak was caused due to a fault with the exterior or some other part of Utopia itself (I don’t recall which exactly at this very moment). This in turn lead to the sudden deaths of multiple humans after leaving their extended stasis due to said chaos Magic having gotten to them over time. What confuses me here is if there was a leak and the problem wasn’t due to a fault in the cryopods, and there was no reason to assume prior to them thawing out that they had become immune; Shouldn’t any and all humans that were held alongside characters like Eris not also be suffering a similar fate?
I understand that the currently active humans are immune, I recall the them announcing it at the same time as Eris fate, it’s more so the remaining Humans in stasis that I felt would be at risk. Anyone could potentially be thawed out and begin immediately having mutations as far as I understand it so far and there doesn’t currently appear to be any particular reason for why.
To put it simply: Why is It that all these humans that were equally susceptible to the radiation prior to going into the ice suddenly are split into two groups: those who woke up fine and those who mutated and died? If that’s supposed to be answered later then that’s fine but I feel like it is holding back the human side of things a bit since that would help to flesh out characters like Atticus desperation even more.
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That doesn't tell anything at all.
What difference would be there anyway?
He already is the political villain, opponent to others.
He wouldn't count as a villain because ponies are.
He wouldn't be able to do the Palpatine because :
-everyone watched that movie
-other dictators would instantly notice
-other people will notice
-there are measures to prevent it.
-it's not a fictional setting will millions of senators to mqniupulate, but a couple of nations leaders
There is nothing to gain for Atticus if he will try to sabotage them from inside.
Like with Palpatine who would control separatists if they won the war and not Republic.
Atticus doesnt have a second option like that
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The faulty mechanism is within the cryopods. In order for them to be given small doses of radiation, I was thinking of a valve sort of mechanism which would be present in each cryopod. I kinda left it up to interpretation because I didn't think anyone would go this deep into analysing it XD.
But yea, that makes sense. There are four hundred thousand pods, and in the span of one million years, less than one percent of them were rendered faulty.
I hope Atticus usurps power and declares total war against the ponies. I want to see the barbarous savages face the righteous might of heavy artillery pummeling their cities
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I disagree with the first part about usurping power but agree for war
Let's just say he went to nato and appealed for a more centrized government that is built for a war situation
Well that was easy. Really easy. Its truly sad that non-utopian humans were enslaved. But! I assumed the ponies took control when humans were desperate and infighting after most likely a catastrophic disaster, or unable to rebuild society. After all, it was after an apocalyptic event that human fell and those were the survivors. Most of their technology and knowledge lost so they regressed to a hunter gatherer like society.
Line idea if you go down humans enslave poneis route
Human: its clear you horses are to evil and to paranoid to be trusted keeping you in check is the fastest way to rebuild human civilization and the only way to ensure peace
AJ: PEACE YOU CALL TAKEING AWAY ALL ARE FREEDON PEACE!
Human: why not you did
AJ: (stunned in silent reflection)
If the horses are gonna call humans apes then im gonna call them horses
The earth ponies are actually right. But not in the way they expect.
Maybe Bob should have tried diplomacy again after the first "battle".
I mean, this time the ponies were probably way more willing to talk things out.
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Yeah you're probably right. The guy's an complete idiot
i find myself wondering if there might be a use for using some form of the active denial system in this fic.
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Yeah!!! I'm getting REALLY ANNOYED with that stupid "ape/monkey" insult crap! I mean, do we really look like apes to you all?!
It's nice to call them small horses for a change, make them take their own medicine.
Hypocrite BITCH!
They shouldn't be "happy" about that. Especially that they will potentially be all extinct by so many nukes in a couple of MILLISECONDS!
Why?! Why do we get a "Villain Ark" from a Human Utopian politician? When the real enemy is ponykind themselves? If you catch my drift?
I mean, if this is in the Warhammer 40K Universe? The Imperium of Man will approve Atticus's actions, and make him a goddamn hero for this.
Plus, you can clearly see that I'm not on the ponies side. Due to very obvious reasons with the slavery, racism/xenophobic. And being hypocritical jerks with their "friendship/harmony" ways, BUT they improve F******* SLAVERY??!!
I might be on Atticus's side to show the ponies how our most powerful weapons: The Nukes/Nuclear Warheads, firsthand!
Also seeing their success in this mission, I think more units should have been ordered to mobilize, to fly to Ponyville immediately.
Why?
To free humans and maybe capture ponies there, when there is still an effect of surprise and no movement,action from ponies.
Also why they didn't shoot other ponies too?
Sure they are civilians, but slavers
Also, every civilian has magic to instantly become a poor soldier, but still a danger.
They should do something with the most aggressive ones like Rainbow Dash.
But generally, they should do something about their magic
Wings and horns are something that humans will instantly recognize to function with magic
So cutting them off will be the safest option.
They don't have tested bindings for body parts like these.
I would accuse you of being a foreigner who doesn't know how the American government works, but if I'm being honest our educational system here sucks, and most Americans don't know how their own government works, either.
ON a side note, why do we need Artimus to be a villain? I'm sure what you come up with will be really good and I'll probably eat my words, but I figured we had a big enough villain in a world filled with slavery
Would it be wrong for someone in Utopia to make the comparison to one of the mane 6 that ponies are technically the villains in this scenario because they completely ignored diplomacy, used racial slurs when talking to humans, and enslaved an entire race.
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Yes! How are they the "heroes", if they also do highly obvious, morally wrong things like those?
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Technically, it would make sense. Politicians have been known for being corrupt.
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That I can agree with. The educational system is a b*tch.
Well, maybe there is, but there’s also artimus.
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I’m curious on if they’re gonna make the comparisons to their world and ours.
Since you are going through with this, may I suggest something?
They did say that they came in peace and they're willing to talk. But you attack them(tried to anyway) when they asked to negotiate. So you were the aggressor in this case.
Well...they had it coming.
Ngl, it was kinda it was satisfying to see their arrogance turn into shock and fear.
'inhale, exhale'
You are a hypocritical, short-sighted, selfish, dumb horse!
It was guardians who attacked and refused any negotiations. It is YOU the aggressors. Why the f*** do you refuse to see that!?
Ehem, sorry bout that
Despite my anger, I still hope that their views on people can still be changed. At least the views of Twilight, Fluttershy and (possibly) Rainbow (At least we all know one thing. Twilight is gonna be very surprised with their knowledge and technologies).
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It’s gonna take a lot in order for their views to change. Based on the fact that humans have been slaves for a thousand years then that would me that humans were slaves before the main 6 were even born. Changing the view of something you were possibly taught your entire life is nearly impossible.
Oh shit, Atticus is going to be a villain? Please tell me he's going to be the 'kill all ponies' villain.
I these ponies are getting more stupid you attacked us first it was self-defense
Since this is in humans are superior the conversation bureau humans victorious the humans have to win
KILL THE HORSES
I think it would be a lot easier in the long run to Just kill all the ponies hell even everything that isn't human.
It took us 300 years to get used living with each other. 300 years for us to stop using racial slurs to stop with the insults and the division of different races between humans. Even then there are still racist, bigots and people like that. Imagine how hard it would be to integrate ponies and every other creatures into human society
In luck it would take another 300 years. I imagine it would be more that 3 millennia
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Once Twilight tries to cure Atticus’ daughter, yeah. Kill the horses.
It would ruin the story if they killed everyone I know they are capable of doing it but then there wouldn’t be a story anymore
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he can do a few things by activating his emergency powers though. Of course, he can't start imprisoning or firing all of the pre-flood nations leaders (which he can do with no repercussions during an emergency) because it would lead to a civil war, but he can still forcefully hold onto power. Not only that, in an emergency, he doesn't need to get Congress' approval for a lot of things.
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Nah m8, every single species of every single nation had to gang up on them to win, and you'll find out why soon.
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Yeah, but the it wouldn't really have been diplomacy right? And I needed to try my best to engineer a conflict without it seeming forced; one that would be realistic. If he tried diplomacy again, we wouldn't get the war that everyone is here for, now would we?
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A villain ark from Atticus because a human villain would be much more interesting, and opens a lot of opportunities for me to do internal conflicts in the future.
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I mean, if we take into consideration the primitive nature of their society, having a slaver culture isn't exactly that unorthodox, especially when it's from two entirely different species, it's kind of to be expected.
And they don't shoot civilians because most of them are good people as well. Look at other real life slaver cultures: Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Americans before the civil war etc. Does that mean all of the Romans/Greeks/Egyptians/Americans are bad?
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I am a foreigner, and I'm not basing their government completely on America's government system. They're a new nation, which means I can get away with some mistakes, maybe add in a few laws here and there when it's convenient for the plot, because I can chalk it up to being newly established laws.
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Hmm!! I don't know, I might probably root for him in the end. Because, the Ponies are obviously NOT the "heroes/good guys" in this situation.
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What about near or total annihilation if they refuse to change?
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Oh! I'm a bit confused on what your trying to say? You mean that we aren't in the higher ground either? Because we did the exact same thing from long ago? Makes sense. 😓
But still, I'm definitely not on the ponies side. Especially them being total hypocrites!!!!!