V. Prey
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From Skies Above – Prey
Ponies trotted back and forth around the crash site, helping move supplies and wounded. A mixture of guards surrounded the area. Bruised and bloodied Royal guards surrendered their duties to the Stalliongrad guards, whom were in much better condition than their Canterlot counterparts.
A decorated pegasus in the shining steel armour of Stalliongrad stood in the center of the mass of ponies, a unicorn guard clad in the Royal golden armour before him.
“Bastards caught us by surprise. We should have been ready.” The unicorn said grimly. “If you hadn’t showed up we’d be dead.”
His golden armour was scratched and battered, even sporting splatters of dark crimson blood. His coat had fared no better in the fighting, and was stained red in many places. It was impossible for him to tell which patches of blood belonged to him, and which didn’t.
The Stalliongrad pegasus nodded solemnly. His silver coloured armour shined brightly compared to the dulled gold of his subordinate, the Stalliongrad Guard insignia proudly displayed on his chest plate. “Where’s Captain Surestrike? I thought he was supposed to be in charge of this mission.”
“Not anymore. Surestrike didn’t make it.”
The pegasus frowned. There was a short silence between the two, before the pegasus spoke. “How many casualties?” he asked.
The Royal guard shook his head slowly. “We’re still counting the bodies. It’s not looking good.”
“Civilians?”
“We’re still rounding up the ones that hid deeper in the ship. We’ve got wounded, but none dead. So far that is. It looks like the gryphons only killed the ones that fought back.”
“And... them?”
“Disappeared. Must’ve been during the fight, else we would have seen them. Looks like they got what they wanted and left.” He sighed, “Not before killing a few good troops, though.”
“I’m sorry to hear that.”
“At least they made a dent on the bird-brains, too.” The pair chuckled halfheartedly.
“You should get yourself to a medic, lieutenant.” The Stalliongrad Guard said.
“There are a lot of others that got it worse than me, sir. At least I can still walk.”
“That wasn’t a suggestion.”
“Yes, sir.”
*
Twilight collapsed into the comfort of her bed. The unicorn’s day had begun with a trip to the Canterlot Library. She had once served as the custodian of the ivory tower of knowledge, calling it home. It had been so long since she had set hoof in the building after the return of Nightmare Moon.
Too long.
Twilight still held and emotional attachment to the place, and longed to see how it had fared without her presence. Her old home had been almost exactly as she left it. Books filled the shelves, with some new additions gracing the collection. The place was a good deal tidier than when she had been living there. Probably because she hadn’t been there to study.
Leaflet was the name of the new librarian. A middle aged unicorn mare with a cream coloured coat and a navy blue mane. Whilst very polite, she didn’t have a very welcoming feel in the way she spoke, amplified by the fact that she never once smiled while Twilight was there.
The cold presence of the librarian was enough to dispel Twilight’s curiosity of the library, so she decided to spend the rest of the day in the city. The lavender unicorn wandered the streets, taking in the familiar sights and sounds, but loneliness followed her everywhere she went. She wished her friends were these to share the experience. It was strange how one could feel so alone in a city so full of life.
The sun grew ever closer to the horizon, illuminating the land in a warm orange glow. Twilight made her way back to the castle, taking dinner in her room. She had originally asked if she would be able to dine with the Princess, but her hopes were dashed when her request was declined. The Princess had been in a council meeting, only excusing herself to lower the sun.
So Twilight had decided going to sleep a bit early was the best option. She lay in her bed, waiting to slip into unconsciousness.
*Knock Knock*
The unicorn raised her head, looking toward the door. A muffled voice called through the threshold. “Miss Sparkle?”
“I’m coming!” she called back.
Twilight swung herself off the bed and onto the carpeted floor. Trotting to the door, she lit it up with her magic and swung it open. An earth pony stood on the other side, clad in the serving uniform worn by castle staff.
“Can I help you?”
“Miss Sparkle, Princess Luna has requested your presence. If you would follow me.”
Twilight smiled. Maybe today would be interesting after all.
*
The wind whipped through Taera’s feathers and cloak, making loose cloth flap wildly. She sat high up on the cloud, looking down at her prey. While there had been no sign of where the alien’s had made their camp, she had the fortune of spotting the two bipeds below. They stood out as dark shapes in the snow, trudging along on the steep paths that lined the snowy cliffs, probably in search of food.
Hunters, maybe? Taera scoffed, how ironic that would be.
The hen continued to watch the pair as they made their way through the mountains. It was odd to see such lanky looking creatures after hearing about the horrors they could inflict upon their prey. A flutter of wings caught Taera’s ears. She turned to find one of her subordinates behind her.
“Rye.” She greeted. The black feathered male nodded his head. “What do you have?”
“There are no others in the area. It’s just the two of them.” Rye began, “There is, however, a Wyvern cave nearby.”
Wyverns, kin to the dragon, were oddly most common in the frigid mountain ranges to the north, despite their reptilian appearence. Whilst they lacked the intelligence and fire breathing ability of their dragon cousins, they made up for it with their vicious nature and frightening speed. They rightfully were the most feared predator in the area.
“You sure it’s a Wyvern?” Taera asked.
Rye nodded. “I am. Kae’los, is what the locals call her. Big bitch too. She’s been quite a menace to the towns around here, and no one’s been able to slay her yet.”
Taera looked back down at the aliens. They were still unaware of the gryphons watching them. When she looked back at Rye, a devilish smile had formed on her face.
“Call the others.” She ordered. “I have a plan.”
*
The first thing Twilight noticed about the cell was that it had an interesting smell. The unicorn decided that lingering on its source wouldn’t yield the most welcoming of results, so she focused on the matter at hoof: The alien sitting on a cushion across the table before her.
A set of clothes had been tailored for the alien, an almost exact replica of his previous attire, which had been torn, cut and stained beyond repair. His short mane was bedraggled and disorganised, whether it was the alien’s preferred fashion or he just didn’t care was unknown to Twilight, but she was there to hopefully remove the barrier that prevented that exchange of knowledge. At Luna’s request, Twilight had been chosen to try and teach the alien basic Equestrian.
Four guards stood inside the cell, two unicorns and two pegasi standing by Twilight’s sides. Aside from their obvious purpose, Luna hoped their presence might intimidate the alien into submission, but the creature remained unfazed by the soldiers. His attention was fixed on Twilight, eyes sometimes drifting over to Luna for a few moments.
Twilight was almost overcome by a mixture of excitement and nervousness. Here she was, about to begin peaceful relations between Equestria and an alien species. Making history. Yet the alien was prone to violence, and had threatened and attacked several guards and staff members. His presence was unnerving, and Twilight couldn’t fight the slight shakes her body was giving off.
She glanced back at Luna, who gave a nod of encouragement. Turning back around to face the alien, she began the first test. Twilight raised a hoof and placed it on her chest. “My name is Twilight Sparkle.” She said slowly, “Twilight Sparkle.”
The alien stared at her, his face showing no sign of emotion.
“Twi-light. Spar-kle.” She said slowly, tapping her chest with each syllable.
The alien raised an eyebrow.
It’s a start, Twilight thought.
“Okay. Let’s try something else.”
Her horn glowed a rich pinkish purple colour, causing the alien to tense up. “It’s okay.” She said in a soothing tone, trying to emulate Fluttershy. “It’s not going to hurt you.”
The saddlebag beside her opened, and a parchment floated out, wrapped in her aura. She slowly floated the page onto the low table, spinning it to face the alien. On the parchment was a drawing of a pony, with several lines leading off to three other drawings: a unicorn, a pegasus and an earth pony.
Twilight slowly extended a hoof and pointed to the main pony image. “Pony.” She said clearly.
She moved her hoof to the unicorn, again identifying the image. “Unicorn.”
She repeated the procedure with the other drawings, then started again from the beginning, the alien watching her every move. Twilight was partway through her third run when the alien raised a hand.
Twilight withdrew her hoof when he moved his arm toward the parchment, pointing with a single finger at the main drawing. “Poneeh.” He said.
Twilight though he heard a small squeal of delight from the princess behind her. Her own heart jumped at the success of her teaching. However small this step was, it was a step.
“Pony.” Twilight clarified, her excitement clear in her voice.
“Pony.” He repeated, his pronunciation improving.
The alien moved his finger to the unicorn, the on to the other images, saying the names as he went. “Unih-con. Peghasas. Eark Pony.”
Twilight smiled like Pinkie at a party. She rubbed her hooves together and decided to try another example. She tapped her chest again, speaking slowly and clearly. “I am a unicorn.”
The alien looked confused for a moment, but soon pointed a finger at her and spoke. “Peghasas.”
Twilight raised an eyebrow. “No, no. Unicorn.”
“Peghasas.”
“Not pegasus.” She said, shaking her head. “U-ni-corn.” She tapped her chest with each syllable to emphasis her point.
“Peg-has-as.” The alien was defiant, jabbing the air in front of her with a finger three times.
“U-ni-corn.”
“Peg-has-as!”
“U-ni-corn!”
He stopped, contemplating what she said. The alien opened his mouth, and then closed it shortly after. For a moment, silence reigned, before he finally spoke again.
“Eark Pony?”
Twilight let out a long groan, cradling her head in her hooves. This is harder than I thought.
An odd sound reached her ears, snapping her out of her frustrated mood. She looked up at the alien, who wore an unmistakeable grin. His body shook as he struggled to contain his...
...laughter?
Twilight didn’t know whether to feel relieved or frustrated. Her ‘student’ had just made his first Equestrian joke.
*
Clouds covered the sky, almost blocking out the sun completely. A pair of bipeds trudged through the snow, clutching their weapons closely as they continued on. One stopped, turning to his companion and speaking a few words. They sun was setting, and the light level was already low enough with the cloud cover. The second nodded, and the pair turned around and began their trek back the way they had come.
An arrow sped out of nowhere, slamming into the ground nearby to the aliens. They reacted immediately, ducking low and rushing back toward the cover of some nearby rocks. More arrows followed the first, penetrating the ground around the creatures.
They searched frantically across the mountainside, trying to identify the source of the attack. A gryphon poked his head up from a cloud, loosing an arrow down at the bipeds. It harmlessly impacted the snow, far away from its target. Several more gryphons repeated the formula, firing down at their prey.
The aliens caught sight of their attackers. One raised its weapon.
*BAMBAMBAM!*
The gryphons scattered, each flying swiftly to new positions. The clouds may not have provided them with protection against the alien weapons, but they could hide the hunters from harm.
The gryphons weaved between clouds shooting a continuous wave of arrows at the bipeds. The shots were poorly aimed, the most accurate of them landing dozens of meters from their targets, but the attacks served their purpose. The aliens fled the exposed area, forced back onto their original path.
*BAMBAMBAM!*
Taera felt a projectile whiz past her at blinding speeds. She promptly ducked back behind a cloud, nearly dropping her bow in the process. That was too close.
She peaked out from behind the cloud and caught a glimpse of her prey. The bipeds were retreating, running back into the mountains whilst deterring her hunters with fire from their weapons. Just as planned.
The hen roared, leaving her cloud and diving to another. Nearby, several of her warriors did the same. The hunting party continued to fire arrows down at the aliens. Several came close to their targets, but none made any hits. It didn’t matter.
The aliens ran, their enemy preferring to try and pick them off from a distance instead of face them head on. A smart choice in tactic when facing the aliens.
One of them shouted, gesturing to a nearby cave. It would provide the cover they needed from the gryphons, allowing them to hunker down and fight back. The second alien acknowledged the first, making a dash for the mouth of the cave whilst his companion fired at the hunters.
Taera grinned.
The remaining alien dove into the cave, the second covering him with the thunderous weapon. They scrambled inside, moving deeper into the earth. Taera and her hunters moved closer, surrounding the entrance, but hanging back a safe distance.
Let’s hope she’s home.
Taera signalled Rye, gesturing toward the cave mouth. They landed either side, being sure to stay out of sight to anything inside. Slowly, they crept closer. Taera knocked an arrow onto her bowstring, drawing it back as she came to the entrance. She a Rye locked eyes.
She nodded.
Taera leaned out into the open, firing blindly into the cave before wrenching herself back. Rye did the same on the other side, his arrow flying with hers into the dark.
*BAMBAMBAM!*
The rocky cave wall exploded where Taera once stood. She scrambled back away from the mouth, leaping into the air. There was no way the hunter could get inside without exposing themselves to the aliens.
But the wyvern’s roar confirmed that they didn’t need to.
*
Time flew by as Twilight continued her lesson. She spent most of the time teaching the alien names of objects by speaking it clearly whilst showing him an image, and writing notes as she went. Luna silently observed the unicorn and the alien interact, closely watching their every move. At first, the alien was quite stubborn, often giving the unicorn a blank stare and nothing more. As the lesson wore on, he resigned to his fate and slowly began to comply. Whilst never having taught before, Twilight found the experience to be quite enjoyable.
Twilight finished scribbling down the end of a sentence when the alien spoke in his language, raising his hand and pointing at the silent Princess outside the cell.
“Unicon?”
Twilight glanced at the princess, then looked back at her student. “That’s Princess Luna. Ali-corn.”
“Alik-hon?” The alien struggled to pronounce the word.
“Alicorn.”
“Hmm.” The alien stared at Luna for a moment, before he rose to his feet.
The guards immediately tensed up, brows furrowing. The alien didn’t seem to care. He chuckled and stretched his limbs, making several audible pops.
“Perhaps that will be enough for one day, Twilight?” Luna said.
Twilight tested her own joints, only coming to realise how cramped they felt. Not to mention she was hungry. “Yes, Princess.”
The lavender unicorn packed her things into her saddle bag, aware of the alien watching her every move, and made her way to the cell door.
“Twi-lie Sparkle.”
She froze, head spinning around to face the alien.
“Twi-lie Sparkle.” He repeated.
Twilight couldn’t help but smile. “Twilight Sparkle.” She said, placing a hoof on her chest. “My name is Twilight Sparkle.”
The biped looked down at her, then slowly he moved his hand up to his torso.
“My nem is Ryan.” He patted himself on the chest, “Rye-ann.”
*
The massive beast charged out from the darkness of the cave. Her powerful hind legs pushed her forward at an almost unnatural speed toward the pair of startled aliens, who brought their weapons to bear.
*BAMBAMBAMBAM!*
The cave erupted in a frenzy of flashing light and thunder as the aliens let loose the power of their mysterious weapons on the charging beast.
Kae’los screamed in pain, ducking her head to protect her eyes. She stopped the charge, skidding to a halt but using the momentum gained to swing her long tail around like a whip. The first alien was struck with a loud crack. Its body flew back, bouncing off a rocky wall and tumbling in the snow just outside of the cave’s entrance.
The second ducked, the wyvern’s tail sailing overhead, before unleashing a new volley of the weapon’s projectiles in the back of the beast. She screamed in pain, but the tough scales that covered her body protected her well from the alien’s attack.
Kae’los flared her leathery wings. They looked much like those of a dragon, but much bigger in comparison to the wyvern’s body. Unlike a dragon, the wyvern had no forelegs, only its wings and hinds. This gave the wyvern a more streamlined and aerodynamic body, allowing it to fly faster than a dragon.
The wyvern swung her wings forward, propelling herself backwards. The wall of air was directed at the alien, who couldn’t stand up to its strength. It was launched back into the snow, losing grip of its weapon. The wyvern stalked to the mouth of the cave, jaws dripping with anticipation. The alien began to recover from the shock, looking around frantically for its weapon.
The black object stood out in the snow, and as soon as the biped spotted the weapon it scrambled toward its prize. Its hand brushed against the cold metal.
Kae’los’ jaws clamped down of its lower body. She raised her head and swung it left and right, the screaming alien locked firmly in her grip. The wyvern loosened her grasp, letting her prey fall to the ground. She placed one of her clawed feet over its body, crushing it into the ground as she threw back her head and bellowed her victory.
Taking her prize in her maw once again, she returned into her home, away from the eyes of the gryphon spectators.
*
“And what exactly made you think I would agree to this?” Celestia asked in a low tone.
Luna sipped her tea indifferently. “I didn’t think you would,” She stated, “and thus I didn’t ask you. Besides, you had much more pressing matters to attend too.”
“That still doesn’t make it right that you threw my student into a cage with dangerous creature from another planet.” The Princess of the Sun countered.
“Oh sister, he is hardly dangerous. Myself and several guards accompanied Twilight so Ryan wouldn’t have had a chance to hurt her even if he had tried.” The younger of the two said, “And I did not ‘throw’ her in with him, it was Twilight’s choice and she had every opportunity to back out if she chose.”
Celestia paused, taking in what her sister had said. “Ryan?”
“We were able to get him to tell us his name.”
Celestia raised an eyebrow, as if to challenge her sister’s word. “Really? What else did you learn?”
Luna took another sip of tea. “Nothing else worth noting. He has been the one doing the most learning.”
“Very well, keep me updated on his progress. But be sure to make me aware when you decide to involve any of my little ponies in dangerous activities.”
“Our little ponies.” The younger sibling corrected, “What of the team in the mountains? Has there been any news?”
Celestia lowered her head. “Yes, things are looking grim. The relief force from Stalliongrad arrived, but there were many casualties. A lot of guards won’t be coming home.”
Silence filled the air.
“What about the researchers?” Luna asked, her voice significantly lower.
“Scared and some wounded, but alive, thankfully.” Luna opened her mouth to respond, but Celestia cut her off, “There is more. The gryphons have also decided to send an emissary. They are claiming ownership of the land and want our forces of vacate.”
“What?” she cried, “They ask us now? After attacking and killing our guards? Do they seek to insult us?!”
“Sister, please.”
“Do they wish to provoke us to war?”
“Luna.” Celestia said sternly, “You know just as well as I that they are not in any position to survive a war with Equestria.”
“Then perhaps they seek to learn from the wreckage, or to seize the alien’s weapons?” Luna looked her sister in the eye. “Sister, we cannot let them take control of the alien’s ship. Who knows what kind of technology they could find?”
“And they would most certainly use them against us. That I know, sister.”
“Then why do we continue to reason with them?”
“It is not that simple, dear sister.” Celestia stated, “They see the land as theirs, and if we were to continue to occupy that territory than they would see that as a breach of our treaty, as would the other clans. It could jeopardise our relationship with not only one clan, but their entire race.”
“Or the other clans would seize the opportunity to attack whilst they are occupied with us.” Luna added.
“You’d be surprised, Luna. If there is one thing that the clans hate more than each other, it’s us.”
“So we’re just going to give them access to potential alien super weapons?”
“No, I just want you to understand that these matters require a great deal of thought.”
Luna frowned. “So we are going to hold the territory?”
“I don’t believe we have much of a choice. The ship is too large to move, and we can’t let the clans take it.”
“What about jeopardising our relationship with the other clans?”
Celestia sighed. “We hope that I am wrong. If I’m not than a lot of my little ponies are going to get hurt.”
“Our little ponies.” Luna corrected.
Celestia smiled. “Our little ponies.”
//Plans
“Where the fuck are they?!” Corporal Reye’s voice was muffled slightly by his helmet, but still audible to the other men who stood guard with him. “It’s been way too long, they should be back by now!”
He clutched his gun tightly, eyeing the mouth of the cave the group sought shelter in.
“What if they got caught?” another figure added. His voice was that of a youth, no more than twenty years of age. “We never should have left the ship.”
“Yamato’s probably swarming with the fuckers by now. I doubt we’d have enough ammo to fight ‘em all off.” Reyes said.
“So would you prefer to hide in this god-forsaken wasteland until we starve or freeze to death?” a third man added. “Who says we need to fight them all? Kill a few dozen and the rest’ll think twice about trying to take us on.”
“Why are we even fighting them?” the younger man asked, “This is first contact with an alien race, shouldn’t we like, try and be peaceful or something?”
“Will, if you wanna go and try for peace talks, be my guest.” Reyes waved a hand at the cave entrance, “But don’t come crying to me when you get hit by enough arrows to earn the name ‘pincushion’.”
“Fuck!” the third man cried, “I still can’t believe this shit! We’re being hunted by a bunch of races from Greek mythology that are at war with eachother!”
“Cheer up, Benji,” Reyes said, “Maybe this is all some fucked up dream and the real you is spazzing out on the floor in some sort of drug induced seizure.”
“Hee-fucking-larious, Reyes.” Benji replied, his voice dripping with sarcasm.
A strong gust of wind blew a wave of chilling air over the men.
“You know what?” Beni started, “I’m with Will on this one. We’re gonna freeze to death at this rate, we should have stayed on the ship.”
Reyes shook his head. “No. Help’s gotta be on the way, we just need to sit tight and ride this out.”
“That could be days from now! If the cold doesn’t kill us those scumbags out there will!” Benji shot back, “We should take back the ship.”
“And how the fuck are we supposed to do that?!” Reyes shouted, “Not everyone back there is a soldier, and hell, I bet some of them haven’t even held a real gun before! Those cunts are probably swarming all over the ship! We don’t have the man power or the ammo clear it out!”
“Keep it down!” Will hissed.
Benji paced back and forth for a minute, only the sound of the wind and the footsteps of the soldiers echoing through the cave. Benji finally came to a halt. “Look, we don’t have to kill them all, just scare them off.”
Reyes was about to respond but Benji cut him off with a hand gesture. “Just hear me out. These guys are still in the dark ages, or whenever. They’ve got swords, they’ve got bows. We have guns. All we need to do is show some numbers, show ‘em how easy it is for us to take ‘em out and they’ll be running scared. We can take the ship and restock in the armoury. That should be enough to last until rescue.”
“Oh come on!” Reye’s whined, “We don’t even know which group has the ship. What if the other team decides to show up while we’re out there. We’ll be sitting ducks! And those horse... things. Brian said one conjured a fireball out of nowhere and threw it at him!”
“And a grenade took care of that problem. We can still take these guys down. Crow said that after the first few shots they were fucking pissing themselves and scrambling over each other to get away. We can do this.”
Reyes groaned, but then gave in. “Alright, but you’ve got to get the others onboard first.”
Benji nodded.
“And!” Reyes said, “I still think you’re bat shit insane.”
Benji grasped his helmet with both hands, pulling it off with ease. He grinned at the other man. “I guess that makes two of us.”
In todays chapter, I pretend to know about animals, and the gryphons win for once! What is this? Not my best artwork, that's for sure (it was late, I was tired).
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Another solid chapter, even if I am biased against human weaponry - ballistics are nice, but magic is hard to beat, kevlar don't stop blades... But like I said, I'm biased.
Keep up the good work.
Great chapter as always. Keep it coming.
Hey, a chapter is a chapter, so no prob just bring out the next one when you're ready
And it sucks knowing two humans just died
And then there were three... (I'm adding Ryan)
Damn the humans are taking a hell of a beating, cant wait till its they're turn to do some damage.
The human rescue force wont be happy about this.
I am curious. What happened to the Terran who was hit by the wyvern tail? I didn't see any indication that he was killed. The one who was grabbed, tossed, and dragged home for dinner... ya I guess he is a goner. Did the gryphons capture the first Terran? Or is it assumed he died when the wyvern played batter up with him? Curious, those gryphons may have their own captive now.
I'm also surprised the Terran didn't try a grenade on the wyvern. I know I would have! Something that big and nasty deserves a couple o boom booms to change its attitude! :)
Other than that, great work!
Looking forward to the next installment.
Are you telling me that a super-advanced, militaristic bunch of human soldiers haven't invented armor-piercing ammunition? Or underslung grenade launchers? Oh well. They can't win everything.
Also, I'm very curious as what's going to happen to Ryan...
I'm also curious why he can't speak English.
477828 It mentioned that the soldier struck by the tail hit the wall with a loud crack. So it sounds like perhaps his spine was broken.
"tough scales that covered her body protected her well from the alien’s attack."
So now we know scales > bullets flying at over the speed of sound.
Also - sidearms? (pistols, etc)
Just thinking of ways this could have gone.
This Story Gives Us Great Pleasure
Damn
Poor Slödniers
Oh well
FINNALY ANOTHER CHAPTER
Wyverns are odd members of our species - one of my brood mates was a wyvern... could never shut him up - always making these awful screeches. I am glad to see one of my kind win this battle.
Great chapter and an interesting story, will be watching for more.
Frostwyrm
Methinks the griffons are going to regret screwing with a tier 3 civilization.
Ladies and gentleponies, one thing you never, ever do is screw around with a species that has access to more energy just by flipping a switch than you will use in your entire life.
Why didn't that one human who got eaten use a grenade? The story would have been a lot cooler if, in his final moments, the human primed a grenade before being eaten like candy. Grenade + inside of a Wyvern = POP goes the lizard!
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We can't have the humans winning every time, now can we? Besides, at the risk of revealing future plot elements, the humans aren't as well of as one might think. There would be more than six men on a single ship like the Yamato, and they're not exactly rolling in ammunition. They only have their sidearms and whatever four men could carry in a snatch and grab mission in the middle of a battlefield. Also, grenades aren't really a weapon of choice when fighting an airborne enemy in mountain terrain.
Kae’los screamed in pain, ducking her ducking her head to protect her eyes. I found an error you might want to fix
wait so where are the other 2 men then?
Damnit they died?
Fucking locals need to learn some respect.
/sigh Sorry, I'm incredibly patriotic about protecting my species. I just love watching alien blood splattered on the wall. That was probably the only reason why I played halo for a while... Plus I love learning about alien biology, society, technology, and social systems.
903950 Would you... 'Liberate' the area with nuclear fire?
*Wisper* I would!
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Ceramic plating will stop blades and most bullets. Riot police sometimes use ceramic plated, flame retardant body armour. Some Bomb disposal outfits use ceramic plating over very thick kevlar. And since these humans seem to be in the future, it's possible that powered exoskeletons are now commonplace. Let's see magic get through a suit of power-armour.
the moral of the story is that gilda is a spy sent from griffon coutnry to kill ponies, and that she should be hunted
I love the way you draw the soldiers
Why are weapons actually less effective in the future? Seriously, modern 5.56mm would easily penetrate virtually any carbon based material that an animal could have grown as armor, why do these guys not have exoskeletons? Why does it feel like with their tech they shouldn't even have space flights? Why are arrows a threat?
2190475 If the gryphons were using a longbow, there's a lot of power, Arrows have even been known to pierce through armor, plus there's the advantage of no kickback. Then secondly, arrows, unlike ballistic ammunition, are fairly silent, so when you know you're being shot at, it's sometimes too late. The disadvantage is a far lower rate of fire compared to modern ballistic weaponry. So, yeah, I wouldn't be sticking around to see if an enemy's arrows pierce my armor, especially if they have airborne maneuverability. A soldier may be tough, but they're not invincible.
477049 I have one tip for you. STOP.BEING.FUCKING.BIASED.AGAINST.TECHNOLOGY. Nearly everyone on this site practically jerks off to the "superiority" of magic!
477049 ah yes because a blade has the same effective range as a gun, sniper rifle or laser( i include laser because in this fiction they have space ships), and invisibility beats motion sensors. oh and a magic shield wont do shit if they don't know the attack is coming.
(oh and what the hell does a blade and kevlar have to do with magic vs technology because both count as technology)
Tech and magic are, in a way tied.
Yup, it's a human alright. First contact is achieved and the very first thing he does is troll Twilight Sparkle.
Godspeed, you silly man.
I think this is one of the most peaceful encounters of all of human history! I practically garentee that everyone will be singing rainbows by the conclusion of this story!