The rich, fertile, and mysterious lands of the New World lie before the United States. Following the War of 1812, for four decades the Americans have been content to expand, pushing aside Indians, rogue frontiersmen, and buying land whenever possible. This small period of expansion changes in 1850. Wagon trains start disappearing.
At first thought to be something along the lines of starvation, or Indian attacks, this results in a ban of travel to the West Coast.
Then came the 1851 incident in Freetown Texas, where the entire village simply vanished.
This, naturally did not sit well with President Fillmore, who ordered the conscription of every able-bodied male ages 18-35 to "fight off the vicious enemy". What no American can guess is that this enemy is well-entrenched, and willing to do anything to protect itself.
This story shows an immense amount of potential and I think it might just be feature box material. Good job!
Mmyes, This pleases me, especially since It's pre-douchebag government America.
Wow, I'm definitely going to following this story closely. I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes. Please don't delay in further chapters.
First!
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Awesome, adding to favorite now
I like The Forever War quote you gave a shout-out to, definitely one of my favorites.
A good beginning to a story. I hope not all chapters will be this short.
2322863 This comment amusses me. Because there was no 'pre-douchebag' government in the US. Actually... out of all my history studies I never found a government that wasn't a douche.
2325369 By pre-douchebag government, I meant early government, those always care for their people, at least until they sell out to corporations and the banks. Then you'd better be rich, otherwise you're screwed.
Interesting... if only they had todays medical technology. That man would not have to be amputated or die at all, although he would probably be taken out of the military. But I have heard of men being shot in the back and still being in the military and I doubt a hole in a guys hand would be an exception. Especially since now days we could patch it with some sort of metal and then grow skin in a petre dish to put onto his hand.
Uh, we have ranged weaponry, how would they have lost less then us?
To tell you the truth, after Applejack called the Humans 'dirty monkeys', she deserved to be sliced with a bayonete. I kind of wish they put a ball into her head to. I would never say such a thing for cannon Applejack, but in this universe, DIE F*CKER!
Do more!
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At this time superior firepower doesn't mean superior strength, that tactics that were used here were meant for fighting on the open battlefield not close quarters combat. The Ponies are better equipped for CQC with their hooves rather than a human with a bayonet because they are more maneuverable. How ever that being said those casualties seemed very imbalanced. I would recommend 78 Ponies KIA 134 Humans KIA as an acceptable amount of casualties.
2327304I just hope this doesn't go all "Puny Earthlings" on us. Also, the Ponies aren't exactly the best at fighting, their little world that runs on sugar and spice bullshit has them rely on 6 magical artifacts that depend on the 6 representatives, and if ones taken out, the thing is crippled and Equestria is defenseless (The royal guard doesn't count since their fucking useless).
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Look on the more logical side though, Humanity.
Has.
Reserves.
Although if we gave all of our troops Calvary swords CQC could be won easier.
2327513We are not the fucking Zerg/Orks/Tyranids/The Imperial Guard. We have Tactics damn it.
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I know, maybe this commander was just incompetent, or perhaps because we gave the Ponies time to charge. Or likely the Ponies had the element of suprise.
2327563STILL. Let's pray the author doesn't make every human commander incompetent solely so the ponies can stand a chance. Funny i'm debating this since I find the show itself either, decent, or boring and stupid.
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Yeah, plus their are certain formations and tactics that would deal quite well with mass charges, plus ponies wear useless armor that restricts movement, and only Unicorns and Pegasi could cause any real damage. But that's where cannons and fortifications come in.
2327581Yes. All of my yes. Hopefully the later chapters have the Military put those ignorant primitives in their place. In hell.
Two things. First, I can't help but think of that saying "an army marches on it's stomach" and it would be a shame to let all that horse meat go to waste ( does that make me a bad person?) Second, I kinda want to see what the ponies think of us, more specifically celestia. Either way you seem to be on a roll, please keep it up.
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This is more like it Comrade! Keep them coming!
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I agree, If I were in command I would focus on overwhelming them. Instead of a three pronged attack perhaps a five pronged attack to keep them fighting on all fronts. A naval blockade and bambardment would be a good way of sealing the deal on their defeat considering we could find their coastline. I think they will sucumb to human invasion especially if other nations get involved. Like the russians or the english. It is after all the fight for the human race.
First. Also, We have artillery, they don't.
I see a siege battle in our future.
this reminds me of the mlp mod for vic 2, american muskets vs pony magic. Played as ponies and crushed the americans with help from the british and mexicans.
2330072 what is Vic 2 I would like I play it.
I say they should sieg Canterlot, since the damn thing is built on the side of a mountain it shouldn't be that hard to keep them in. Also, since I would imagine a city on the side of a cliff would have alot of weak areas in it's structure and remember they brought heavy artillery cannons with them.
All we have to do is take the force field down that Shining Under Armour (see what I did there?) would inevitably put up which wouldn't be that hard considering an army of changlings did it just by body slamming it. We will inevitably win, I really hope for a chapter that shows what is happening in Celestias point of view. You know, see her motives for attacking us in the first place.
I claim first post.
there strategy is sound but they have little in the ways of resolve. zi imagine this will end up a stalemate which will turn to a bloody victory for the humans. The Princesses plan relies on the chance of a full frontal assault on a fortified position when it could end like the siege of Vicksburg. Relentlessly pounding the enemy and cutting off their food supplies. True that the ponies have Air Power but they don't have fire power to accompany it, at this point if the enemy has taken this much ground in the war by now surrender is the only viable option but I hope that the Ponies will go out with one final glorious battle!
Seriously "what did I do wrong". Celestia, one does not simply try to assimilate AN ENTIRE SPECIES! Also, "Sweet! Time to show these guys who's boss around here!" ahh and ignorant Rainbowdash, technically Equestria attacked first so Humanity is technically the boss 'around here'. Especially when the Irish brigades march up into Canterlot and kill everything.
One last thing, I can't believe Fluttershy. She lied about a ton of stuff, especailly the part about raping. Why would anyone (especailly in that century) commit beastiality? Seriously, and the idiot ponies actually believing they were victorious at Ponyville. If I remember correctly we drove them out. Another thing about Fluttershy's lying, she said the death tolls for the ponies has dropped to the 10's. When at the Battle Of Ponyville over 2 thousand ponies have been killed.
I can't wait until our mortors fire and destroy the cheap pony knock-off artillery cannons. Then thousands of soldiers run into the castle and slaughter everything.
"The signal to begin the battle will be Shining Armor dropping the shield"... this, is the one critical error in their defense plan. Once those shields go down Canterlot will probably be blown off the mountain (considering it has zero supports under it).
One last thing (I promise). What if other world powers got involved? Russia, Britain, Denmark, Germany, all had great militaries in that time (and still do... kind of). I would pay to see the look on Celestias face when she realizes that the US isn't the only Human nation and in reality there are billions of us.
The American military was embarrassingly stupid in this era, as were several other armies. They saw these guns work in volley fire and immediately thought that they no longer needed to fight close range despite the potential these weapons had for it. The musket was sadly one of the most poorly used weapons in history. It only added insult to injury that they slowed their volley fire rate as well by waiting for the two extra commands "Aim", and "down".
Imagine what nations such as the Romans could have done with spears that shot the mortal equivalent of thunder from behind tower shields and ammunition that could be carried in convenient pouches. They would have laid waste to every army that ever used volley fire. Take the best of every technology and adopt it to your needs for even the oldest ideas can often be used in new ways.
First............Again.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Kill some ponies already
What commander would charge into a frontal assault on a fortified position? The Colonel of course!
Other than the tactics being way off a rather good Chapter
This Colonel needs to be killed, he's just too incompetent. One of the most obvious things you do with artillery is not group them together, you are supposed to divide them across your lines, so that if the enemy hits one position, you will still have other pieces of artillery intact. And next is if your enemy is to dug in a city, you usually wait it out, they will run out of food, and water, eventually. Please have that Colonel die, and be replaced by someone who is competent.
I enjoyed this a large amount, and, ponies, You did everything to deserve this.
:3
People stop complaining about the colonel being incompetant. It is a historical fact that most of the colonels and generals of the US army in the 19th century were very incompetant.
Just look at some of the civil war battles, total failures on the Union's part!
Their is no way that the United States in 1851 could raise an army of 600,000 so quickly. Right after the Mexican War, the U.S. had a standing army of about 10,000. When the Civil War started, LIncoln called for only 75,000 volunteers, and that and at its height the Union's largest army, the Army of the Potomac, had only about 100,000 to 125,000 men. Supplying such a large force so far out west would be impossible.
Suddenly, the British. But in all seriousness, if the ponies did something like this in modern times, many years would be spend repairing the giant hole that was Equestria. And if they entered the Everfree, may Odin help them.
Hm.
You're doing quite well, and the US military was a fail back then, so I understand why it sucks in this story, as well. Things like this chapter were also bound to happen when you invaded a bunch of cute looking kind beings.
I hope these guys don't desert from the US army. Otherwise (for me anyways) it would kill the story.
Well, I can see that they are not going to desert which makes me happy. But, how could the American Dollar collapse so quickly in 25 days? And a nickle to 10 dollars... that is worse than the way the US economy is now! Maybe the deprestion started early in this time line, damn ponies. They were ignorant enough to believe that they could forcefully assimilate an entire species into their society without any resistance at all. And also find it disgusting that the species they just tried to assimilate into their culture was fighting back, for that, they deserve whatever comes to them. Be it imprisonment, slavery, or death. They shot first after all.
No no no, he should go to Virginia, and will his Martian friends help to fight the war?
sooo did they took the capital?
Lol just updated
The funny thing is that the hero is called a "fascist" when he returns home. In bucking 1850.
At this point I hate all sides of the story except the main character and his family :U
But the story is great. xD
Love the story. Can't wait for the next update