After the defeat of General Hax and the Vanargand, the crew of the Taranis were suppose to be able to go home. Instead they found themselves in a land far from home, both the Taranis and it's counterpart having been brought with them. With no way home, the twelve children that saved the country of Gasco are forced to find their way in the land of Equestria. They could at least be assured that the war at home had been ended, and that their families were safe.
That was suppose to be the case, until the Storm King's forces invaded Canterlot with technology and weaponry far beyond what Equestria had. The capital quickly fell, and in an effort to keep the full power of the alicorns out of the hands of the Storm King, Twilight finds herself dragged along with six of the children onto the steel behemoth they had piloted six months earlier. The hope of all of Equestria now lies in these children's paws, and in the terrifying power that only they are allowed to command.
The following is a crossover with Fuga: Melodies of Steel. The fic might be more enjoyable for those who have played the first game to completion, but as Fuga is rather unknown I'll do my best to make it easy for all to read.
No way, a Fuga crossover!? I'm 100% reading this later.
Spoilers for the first Fuga game:
Technically, what everything happened in the game is all Jeanne's fault! More specifically, her dark/sadistic counterpart that is so obsessed destroying the Vanargand.
That the Dark Counterpart manipulated a young canine shepard to be the very same heartless, delusional, and diabolical high general of Berman ( Germany ) as the main villain/antagonist that caused untold deaths and destruction in this mess up war.
I have just recently read the wiki. So, I actually somewhat know what is really going on behind the scenes. I'm surprised that the kids didn't hate her, or having Dark Jeanne getting karmic punishment for causing this whole mess in the first place.
Hopefully, we can have flashback chapters on the day our 12-team anthro feline/canine kids, and their infamous gigantic tank of theirs be teleported to Equestria.
Their first meeting with the Mane Six, Spike, Celestia, Luna, Cadence, Shining, Starlight, Trixie, and Discord.
Learning about their origins, and hearing the kid's rather mess up story as being literal child soldiers in a brutal war. That is actually caused by the actions of the Tank AI's dark counterpart in the first place.
And finally, the day the Storm King/Tempest Shadow invaded Canterlot, separated the kids and Twilight with her friends.
So, did you own the first game? Completed it with the true and happy ending? Do you have the second game by now?
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Yep. Played the first game, got the true ending. Been playing the second on stream.
Crossover i didn't know i wanted, but needed.
Well, well, well. The truth finally comes out.
Ok, so, I'm going to be honest here, and hopefully the constructive criticism will be useful. The way you handled the narrative isn't working for me. Most of the minor stuff I can overlook, but there are two big issues. First off, it's too 'gamey', as if you're just transcribing the events of a Fuga Let's Play without adding anything new to your prose. Without actually being able to play it, this level of detail cannot carry the experience. And secondly, starting off in medias res was a bad idea. You completely omitted what had the potential to be very emotional scenes in the apparent deaths of multiple adorable children, just to jump into the tank combat faster. If anything, the opposite would be preferable.
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I can definitely see where the complaint is coming from. I guess that is what I get for trying to imitate how the tutorial from both games have played out. I don't regret it, but I can definitely see how it can feel a bit too gamey for people.
Once I'm done with Under Smoke and Rain I'll make sure to take a lot of this to heart, and I'll totally admit that me not taking advice right away is coming from a place of stubbornness and pride. Thanks for the feedback.
Edit: petrification doesn't mean dead. The princess and Tempest were restored at the end of the movie once they had been turned to stone. The only way either of them would actually be dead is for them to be shattered.
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What are you even on about? You wanted some of the kids to die!? What the heck, dude!?
What chapter are you on? ( In Fuga 2. And how many of the kids survived so far? )
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I believe chapter 6. Whichever one Wappa joins in.
Curse Fuga 2 for actually making me like her as a character.
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What is with this fan obsession of hating over Wappa?
Because this ain't the first time I seen this before.
How the heck does Tempest know about him? Is it because of a certain new AI from Fuga 2, inside the Tarascus?
Geez, Tempest has become a even bigger bitch, and a heartless jerk. Than she ever was in the movie itself!?
And she is also totally stupid for underestimating the full power of the Taranis.
I bet she will literally shit herself if she is on the receiving end of the SOUL CANNON on her arrogant dumbass!
Hopefully, we will find a spare dummy to use it on her, or the Storm King. Because, I don't want any of the kids, nor Twilight, or one of her friends ( When they do get rescued. ) to sacrifice themselves to fire it.
And IF Tempest still gets her half-assed "redemption" like in canon.
I hope the kids and Jeanne don't easily "forgive" her like Twilight did. After all the bad shit she did to them.
Heck, I even want some of them ( Like Malt for example. ) to frickin punch her in the face and managed breaking her snout, after all of this.
See Twilight, this is obviously one of the negative consequences of being a damn pacifist. Now you feel like a dumbass now, given the situation you are in.
WHAT THE ACTUAL F***!!!!!!?????
That's it! The Storm King AND TEMPEST CAN BOTH F***ing DIE!!!!!!!
NO "redemption or forgiveness" bullcrap for Tempest!
Despite this rather surprising and tragic setback. I hope Jeanne can use her you-know-what simulation to save Rainbow Dash, and not make this permanent.
Otherwise, I don't know how this story can ever achieve it's own True Ending ( Everybody/Everypony survived. )
P.S. I still won't forgive Tempest for being no better than the likes of Blutwurst. And deserves to be punished that she will never forget, nor be forgiven too easily like in canon.
Umm? Hello?
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Sorry for the lack of update. I've been completely focused on another story and found it was best to focus all my attention on it.
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How's it going?
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It's been good. Sorry that it has been so long since I've had a story update. Still working on that other story and my one attempt at working on something along side it ended with me being unable to focus on both at once.
I promise, I will get back to this story. I just have no idea right now when that might be.
What!? This is canceled!?