A Pilot's Atlas-Class Titan receives a "Turbo Drop" directive for immediate effect on drop-point, but a malfunction in the Warpfall Transmitter produces...interesting results.
**I wrote this crack fic years ago, and I just cringe, but at the same time it was funny to write it, and apparently some of you find it a little funny too, so I'll keep it up...also I'm sorry for all of my crazy comments in the comments section, I wanna just delete them all, but that's not good character. You can't just delete the words you say in life, you gotta own up to it and grow better. And I have. This message is getting deeper than I thought, so I'll just leave it here. Live life to its fullest.
The Militia and IMC forces clash together in a fierce engagement for a crucial objective that could critically determine the outcome of the entire conflict--and that means no expenses can be spared from either side.
So when you need to bring in the heat and FAST, there's no better way than to warp a Titan into battle before the opposition can even blink by using the latest single-use disposable (but expensive, and not to mention potentially unstable) WarpFall Transmitter.
But when a Pilot's Atlas-Class Titan receives "Turbo_Drop" directive for immediate effect on drop-point, a malfunction in its WarpFall Transmitter yields...interesting results.
You do not necessarily have to play TitanFall, or be associated to gaming to be able to read, understand, and enjoy this story.
Heck, even I don't play TitanFall, but follow the game very closely to understand a substantial amount.
The reason I do not insert a Human tag on the story is because the MLP universe doesn't necessarily encounter human beings directly, but rather a product of it, in which case is a Titan. But the Titan is fictional, and is something that has been crossed-over in a virtual and alternate human universe, and thus the story is therefore not affiliated with Humans directly.
Neither do I insert an Alternate-Universe tag, because the story's primary setting is based on the unaltered canon of the MLP world, and therefore is not "alternate" in itself.
Now with that out of the way, this is just a little random story to throw out there to satisfy my brain. Enjoy what I slapped onto the keyboard!
IMC forces have arrived thirty-clicks North Three-Five East from objective. Preparations for defensive perimeter operations around AO are now impossible. We must engage the threat immediately.
Prepare to engage hostile forces head-on."
Militia forces cringed at the message that was broadcasted through their comms. Their original plan was to remain undetected until they warped near the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation's (IMC) deep-core extraction facilities that were producing fuel-rich resources via frackling, and seize control of those facilities.
It's reservoir is critical for supplying both side's hungry fleet, and taking control of it would secure a strong foothold for whoever dominated it.
But it seemed like the IMC forces have caught on, and suspected their facilities were in imminent danger, and thus moved in to defend their precious fuel. Now the Militia forces have to engage them on a large-scale head-to-head battle.
"Attention, all Pilot and Titan forces are to warp to the AO and engage hostiles on the ground to secure the facility. Hopefully they won't blow it up the fuel, so they'll have to send in theirs to compensate. It's our best bet to win this thing. Stand by for warp sequence."
***Warp Sequence initiated...
-Warp Nacelles Charge at Maximum Capacity
-Engines at Maximum Capacity
-Jump Navigation System Online
-All Systems Nominal
***Warp Sequence Complete: Ready to Jump
***Stand by for Jump Discharge...
*Fifteen Minutes Later...*
Two Militia Pilots dashed across the wall and jumped off, boosting in mid-air to reach the opposite wall and gain extra speed to repeat the process. They did so again, jumping across an empty space to reach the opposite building...
...an empty space that was unfortunate enough to be in the direction of an enemy IMC Titan's line of sight, who promptly fired a Fourty-Millimeter Cannon accompanied with a thunderous boom at them, instantly obliterating the Pilot's friend in front of him, who was reduced to a cloud of red mist and several chunks of unidentifiable body parts covered in burnt armor.
The remaining Militia chucked an Arc Grenade as he passed by, and successfully made it to the relieving cover of the other building before the Titan could get another shot-off. The enemy Titan, still preoccupied with aiming, did not notice the Arc Grenade until it released a shower of pure electrical energy, sparks erupting across the metal body, causing it to spasm out of control for a certain amount of time, allowing the grenade's owner to escape successfully.
Another IMC Titan noticed his friend's distress, and accompanied his furious teammate along with several infantrymen travelling towards the Pilot's last known location. As they both turned the corner, they were met with several Militia infantry as well as a Titan accompanying them. Without hesitation, chaos erupted among their forces as rockets, bullets, and bombs flew across the battlefield.
The Militia Pilot from the previous encounter took the opportunity to cloak and kill several oblivious grunts behind their lines, but such efforts would almost be ineffective in shifting the tide of the battle. He dashed to an empty container away from all the confusion, reloading in the process.
He reached for his headpiece and spoke into its direct link to the command up in space.
"This is Hunter Two-Three, we got hostile Titans on the ground East of our position bearing towards target-point objective. Taking heavy fire and currently unable to engage the target! Requesting immediate support! Do you copy?!"
The radio buzzed back at him in reply.
"Hunter Two-Three, unable to comply. All assets are currently occupied"
"Then where the hell is my Titan?!"
"Priority TitanFall goes to Hunter Unit One. Next available Titan will be available in two minutes."
"We don't have ONE minute!"
"Suggest you engage further targets for priority override if possible. Over."
He cursed in his helmet, and looked behind the cover just in time to see his teammate's Titan engulfed in flames be executed, the enemy's fist penetrating through the torn hull, and ripping out the pilot inside. It threw his body onto the ground and crushed it under several-dozen tons of titanium-alloy. Both IMC Titans were still online, though one of them was badly damage, sparks flying out of its internal systems.
He gave a breath of prayer, and cloaked to reengage the enemies.
***Thirty Seconds, Two Magazines, and Several Dead Bodies Later...
The Pilot climbed on top of a ruined building, taking cover behind of what was left of an air conditioning unit to re-situate himself and contact command once again.
"Confirmed, you've achieved the top slot. Well done. Priority overridden to you...
...Your Titan is ready. Call it in."
Before he could celebrate, he heard thunderous footsteps that corresponded to the shaking of the earth approaching. He turned around to see the same pair of enemy Titans coming towards his position, smelling his scent within the area.
He swore, turned around, and directed his wrist towards the ground in between him and the ominous Titans coming closer.
His teammates always wondered why he picked the WarpFall Transmitter Kit instead of other preferable things such as the Enhanced Parkour Kit, or Minion Detector, which would prove much more effective during combat.
Situations like this were why he did so.
"Roger--Stand by for Titanfall."
*Titan Run-Up Sequence Complete--All Systems Nominal
*Directive / Titan / Standby...
-Standing By...
-Standing By...
***ALERT!***
***TITANFALL ORDERS RECIEVED!
***Preliminary Drop Sequence Checkup...
-Inertial Dampeners Online
-Auxillary Thrusters Online
-Drop-pod scan checkup not required: Turbo_Drop Directive
***Turbo_Drop Sequence Initiating...
***WARNING: SYSTEM ERRORS DETECTED
-WarpFall Transmitter: Discrepancies Detected
-Jump Navigation System--Error Detected: Unable to process Coordinates
-CAUTION: Files may not be compatible--Proceeding Download...
***SYSTEMS CHECK COMPLETE: ATLAS-CLASS TITAN READY TO DEPLOY
***--STAND BY FOR TITANFALL--***
The Pilot gave a breath of relief hearing that his Titan was going to arrive within fractions of a second, just in time to crush two enemy Titans, which will surely earn him much credit and prestige, not to mention protect him from turning him into a pulp.
But when absolutely nothing happened for only two seconds, he looked up in confusion. Nothing was there.
This couldn't be right! The Titan was supposed to warp to low altitude and come crashing down! Where the hell is it?!
He peeked behind his cover, and sure enough, he was face to face with two IMC Titans, both of whom have already marched passed the green icon signaling the arrival of the Titan that would never come.
The Pilot's last thought was the hope that Air Conditioning Units were impregnable against salvos of missiles.
The Titan completed its jump, but something had happened to the WarpFall Transmitter during the jump, and had resulted in quite the phenomenal slip-space teleport that was out of this world--quite literally.
In fact, it's not even in the same universe (but of course you knew that, fourth-wall observers).
-Signatures Not Hostile--Prepare for Combat--Hold Fire
***WEAPON SYSTEMS CHECK...
-Chain Cannon Operational and Fully Loaded
-Missile Ordinance Online--Salvo ready to fire
-Vortex Shield Operational--Energy at Optimal Capacity
***COMBAT MODE READY--STAND BY
-Standing by...
-Standing by...
There wasn't a single soul with a pair of ears near Ponyville that did not hear the tremendous boom, nor did a single soul with eyes not see a massive object suddenly appear in the sky with a blinding light then crash into the earth, and not a single soul was left untouched by the massive quake that soon followed.
To say that the inhabitants of Ponyville were curious would be a massive understatement.
Twilight threw open the door and looked towards the pillar of dust looming above the houses, soon accompanied by her assistant Spike.
"Whoa. What the heck do you think that was, Twi?"
"I don't know, Spike. All I know is that Ponyville has WAY too many crazy things that happen on almost a daily basis. Hopefully this one isn't so dramatic."
"Heh, you said it, sis. C'mon, let's check it out!"
By the time they have arrived, a crowd of ponies had began to arrive on the edge of the hill to see what lay over the crest.
Twilight charged to the front of the pack and addressed them.
"Everypony, please, don't come near until we can figure out what exactly has happened! Until then, please return to your homes and stay safe!"
The crowd disappointingly murmured and slowly trotted away, knowing better than to not listen to Twilight Sparkle for too many reasons to count. But soon enough, her friends had arrived to the scene to investigate the phenomenon.
"Hey, Twi! Ya know what the hay is goin' on, here?" Applejack shot first.
"Yeah, I thought it was Rainbow Dash doin' another Sonic Rainboom!"
"My goodness, it absolutely scared the living daylights out of me!"
"So did my poor animals! They all ran under cover!"
"And my Twitchy Tail was super-duper extra Twitchy!"
But before Twilight could answer any of them, a sudden mechanical whir emitted from the smoke and dust, causing all of them to turn their frightened attention towards it. The silhouette of something ridiculously massive began to materialize, the best they could guess was a Minotaur, but that idea was soon erased due to the absurdity of its mass, as well as the strange appendages and shapes becoming distinguishable on its body.
They all held their breaths in anticipation as a rumble resulted in a step being taken by it, followed by another, and another. Soon, the first thing that passed the wall of dust was a large, mechanically-complex looking arm with tubes connected to it. More of the body began to emerge, and they saw the metal "box" was held aloft by a pair of giant white metal-plated arms that showed signs of char and burn. Then came the body, which at that point they were completely unable to process what they saw, shooting past all of their imaginations.
The only things they knew about it were that it was not of this world, it was scary...
-Order: English (Intern.) -- Chinese (S. Mandarin) -- Spanish (Traditional)...
-Hail: "Identify Yourselves (Signatures)"
***PROCEEDING...
The ponies and Titan stood frozen, staring at each other silently, the fleshy eyes gazing into the empty, deep blue haze of the metal eye. They held their breath, hoping that the lack of respiration would prevent any sudden, and potentially dangerous, event from occurring.
The sun continued to shine. A bird chirped nearby. Leaves floated across.
Absolutely nothing happened.
So it may not come as a surprise that the ponies would break the highest recorded jumping record when the machine exploded with a screeching sound, which morphed into an ominous voice they could not understand for their lives, which under the circumstances could be quite possible.
They turned their heads away squinting their eyes, and covered their ears with their hooves, attempting to analyze what the bucking Equestria was going on.
After a little while, the blaring finally stopped, and the frozen charade resumed, except with an extremely dazed Mane Six.
Applejack whispered next to Twilight.
"Uh, Twi? Y-Ya know what that thang s-said?"
Twilight slowly shook her head in fright, not knowing what would follow.
And as if fate wanted to answer her question, the Titan raised its box...
Oh Celestia oh Celestia please don't let me die please don't let me die no no no don't kill me don't kill me don't kill me...
Too afraid to process the last five seconds, to the Mane Six, it seemed as if the machine suddenly teleported RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR FACES.
It towered above them, easily several times their height. Within a few feet of crushing them, it stopped, then looked downwards, its subjugating glare mentally crushing their soul.
The friends all had their butts to the ground, Fluttershy hopelessly bawling her eyes out below her friends, shuddering like never before. Twilight was naturally shoved to the front of the pack, forced to bear the full thing exposed, with nothing between her and a few dozen tons of raw power. She had given up on breathing a while ago, tears beginning to form on her eyes.
This was the end. She knew it. All hope of focusing on her magic was gone. Escape was impossible.
Flashes of her family, friends, thing she did in life, and thing she would later not get the chance to do began to fill her mind.
But all of this was suddenly blown away when she and her friends heard Pinkie Pie shout something incoherent, as their brains were recovering from being traumatized. The machine finally rose up, and turned around to face the source of the speaker, who had somehow appeared several meters behind it.
"Hey! Stop being a meanie to my friends! I know you type of ponies, or things, or whatever you are! You just need something to cheer your angry little face!" she said, and promptly threw a pie towards it, much to the dismay of all their friends.
***Responding to Unidentified Incoming Projectile...Activating Vortex Deflector
The five ponies stared in shock and dismay as the pie Pinkie threw practically floated towards the monstrosity in slow-motion before their eyes, as if to make sure that their last moments were to be in high-detail. They watched it approach the giant who was turning around to face the object, and lifted its metal arm seemingly to catch it...
...and catch it did.
But there was no splat of the gooey contents within the pie, there was no violent reaction--Instead, a light blue aurora began to encircle the space around the machine's palm, which felt electric in property, for the ponies' fur began to stand, and a strange but powerful magical presence blossomed in the atmosphere.
Twilight was thoroughly amazed as what revelations this could mean for them by witnessing such an event. There was a sentient race that existed outside of their own planet, had technology vastly superior than what they could even imagine, and could artificially perform MAGIC.
The Pie accelerated, and was dragged into the field. It then gently wobbled around in circles within the water-like bubble containing a massive amount of potential force.
Being the scholar she was, she wasted no time in analyzing every little detail she absolutely could, studying the fluxuation patterns it created, as well as trace the source and how it was produced. Meanwhile, everyone else was being a normal sane mammal by being mesmerized at the display.
But no sooner had it begun, it ended shockingly forcefully with a loud report, as the field suddenly exploded, the soft blue contorting into a burning red, pulsing back outwards like a fire. The pie shot back towards Pinkie Pie with great speed, and within the blink of an eye, reached her face and splattered purple jelly all over her body with enough force to dig a trench with her body several feet long.
She hopped back up on her legs, and cleaned her face lickity-split with an impossibly long tongue, puckering her lips.
"Mmm! Grape-Flavor!"
No longer in their stupor, realization of what had just occurred began to sink into their minds:
A mean, scary robot with unimaginable firepower teleported into Equestria, and dealt with a pie being thrown at it with hostility...
...and it is about to respond just the same--except with things yielding a lot more destruction than pie.
Applejack found her words first.
"Whoa, nelly."
***PROJECTILE INTERCEPTED
***Options:
-Analyze Projectile -Return Projectile to Analyze Effects Directly
-Object Not Considered Hostile: Intentions Considered Hostile
***ROE CMD RESPONSE: CHALLENGE
-External Speaker Systems Engaging
***CHALLENGING SIGNATURES...
As if screaming in fury, the same unintelligible screeching voice blasted from the machine, and it promptly stomped into the earth before the five friends, adjusting itself in a combat position, looking ready to crush them all. The ponies once again dove onto the ground and covered their ears to purge the horrible sound from entering. This time, the voice sounded much more intimidating and threatening, certainly giving it the characteristic of being angry.
After what seemed like an eternity, the sound stopped, and they were once again under the subjugating glare of the massive being of pure industrial power. As if they were a broken film reel, they once again looked into its eye of oblivion, thoughts of death scribbling all over their minds. Fluttershy was crying harder than ever before, along with Rarity. The others didn't seem too far away from doing the same.
My friends are in trouble! The big mean bully isn't lightening up after what I did to it, and what it did to me! Looks like I'm going to have to step it up! No one still messes with my pals and gets away with it!
All of Pinkie's friends screamed in despair as her party cannon fired, sending what appeared to be a massive cake towards the Titan's rotating eyeball. A siren blared from the Titan, and it proceeded to lift up its arm to do what it had done previously, but it failed to bring it all the way up to the cake's flight path.
The cake smashed into the blue-glowing camera, blocking all light coming off of it. The eyeball twirled around in its socket, attempting to clear the debris, to no avail. The Titan instinctively took a step back, and all the ponies behind it bailed, their tails narrowly being crushed and pinned, giving a yelp in panic.
The Titan took a fearsome demeanor, its legs balanced and body shifted forwards, ready to charge or block. It lifted its cannon, ready to shoot. After recovering, their friends looked up. Too much was happening for them to fully comprehend the situation, too busy being traumatized or running for their lives. But what they saw next filled them with blood-curling horror.
***TITAN ENGAGING HOSTILE SIGNATURES
***WARNING--INCOMING PROJECTILE FIRED FROM CANNON
-Activating Vortex Deflector Shield...
***ALERT--HIT!
-Terminating Vortex Deflection Sequence
***Running Diagnostics...
-Camera Discrepancies Detected--Debris Clotting
-Attempting to Clear Debris--Forceful Camera Motor Functions
***AGM-276 Cerberus Multi-Launch Rocket-Pod System: READY TO FIRE
***MASTER ARM ON...
***FIRING ALL MISSILES
A blinding flash accompanied by a deafening roar filled the air, emitting from the monster. Several "Fireworks" streamed from its shoulder, the tubes blazing towards Pinkie Pie in a white-hot stream, homing onto her...
...A purple explosion appeared between the two, intercepting the space the rockets occupied.
Twilight had teleported towards the rockets, and released a surge of magical energy with properties that froze everything around her, the rockets rendered merciless before her superiority. Whatever the machine was, it was dangerous. Nothing else mattered except the fact that it had tried to kill her friends--and whenever something like that happens, she did not take any shit.
Pure, focused, and calculated rage filled her, her senses and power maxed out, an inferno within her awakening. She was not inhibited by the rage, but rather enhanced, adrenaline and mana coursing through her essence. In this insane, rapid-fire game of chess, she was going to do whatever it took to protect her friends, her kingdom, and WIN.
She broke the spell, immediately replacing the field with the same vortex she had witnessed earlier...
...and with all her might, threw them all back in a massive blast that ruptured the atmosphere.
