open Fallout Equestria: Endeavor

[Unicorncob 5,690]

Crackshot looked up at Chip and nodded at his smile, thankful for his respecting his privacy. And that free drink didn't sound bad either.

 

Upon hearing that Caliber hadn't followed, he looked over his shoulder, and saw it was so. His comment got a smirk out of him.

"Yeah, I was wondering why it was so quiet."

 

He nodded at Aurora and watched her and Arial take off ahead, and looked back to Chip. "Keep an ear open for any updates, we need every advantage we can take."

[SteamyPancakes 29]

"So we're scouting the tank to see if its operative at night so we can attack it when its defence is lowered? Then you fly in, put a bomb on it and then blow it up? Sounds awesome!" Arial was flying in the tunnel to keep up with Dashia. "This is really cool! I've never flown to the cloud layer!" Arial's eyes were big with excitement and curiosity.

[Midnight_Aurora 571]

As they get to the cloud layer Dashia says, "Not far from here is a town. I have a hunch they stopped there. If so our friends in battle will need to know. Then we search for the tank."

 

She moves into the cloud layer heading for the town in the direction they are going.

 

(GM your move as to what they find out.)

Edited March 27, 2015 by Midnight_Aurora

[Defender of Tomorrow 323]

The ponies in the tank had gotten their laugh from attacking the unsuspecting patrol and were back to their tense and alert selves, constantly scanning the wasteland through their little view ports. They were getting much closer to their safe house, while it was not their main headquarters it was decently constructed to repel ill-equipped attackers and contained a handful of armored and armed fanatics who unfortunately were not as experienced as the ponies in the tank.

 

A raspy sounding stallion finally broke the radio silence on the secured Zaphyrian Army radio channel "Squad Five, Status Report."  A middle-aged stallion responded promptly "Squad Five reporting in, nothing unusual in sector five, resuming normal operations." The raspy sounding stallion had gone through several other squads' statuses and finally got to the final squad "Squad Twelve, status report." Silence filled the radio channel for about a whole minute "Squad Twelve, I said Status Report Damnnit!" A psychotic sounding soldier responded in a rather depressed voice.

 

"T-their all gone..just like that.."

"What the hell do you mean they're gone?!"

"Oh god...their blood, it's on me!!" The soldier started to scream like a banshee, he screamed and screamed until what sounded like a gun go off. 

"All Nearby Patrols, Investigate what the hell happened to squad twelve immediately! And maintain radio silence unless you absolutely need to communicate!"

 

Aile had never gotten the chance to sleep after awaking from her nightmare, she began packing up her belongings starting with her bedroll and mediocre cooking equipment. The non-stop noises of the cave and of the wasteland had become annoying and eerie to her. "Can't get a decent sleep anymore.." she muttered as she started to undo the cloth she hung at the cave entrance and finally retrieving the railroad spikes out of the rock. She traveled back to ponyville as quick as she could and after asking the locals what had occurred and what was being done about the attack she immediately entered a gallop, wanting to reach Chronos and the rest as soon as possible before they encountered the fanatics, if what she had theorized was correct they did not want to attack without the necessary environmental precautions. 

Edited March 30, 2015 by Defender of Tomorrow

[KlutsyDraconequus 120]

I used the radio now contacting Dash. "Distract and dis the tank and I'll go with Crackshot and Chip. We'll assault the crew from the ground. Let us know when to move in. We can finish this in one fell swoop," I said now as I crouched behind cover now, awaiting their initial strike. The encroaching pincer would make short work of this squad,  and send us home sooner.

[Midnight_Aurora 571]

Dashia speaks to her allies, "tech 1, this is tech 2. The patrols reported activity of an entire squad decimated in sector 12. I think our target is there. Over?"

 

She continues on her way to the town while reporting in. She then dips her head down to see if she can see the town. She looks calm but her voice portrayed anger, growing anger.

Edited March 27, 2015 by Midnight_Aurora

[Unicorncob 5,690]

Crackshot stayed in cover with Chip and Chronos, listening to Dashia's update and swallowing from the news. So these maniacs weren't after raiders exclusively; they wanted anypony in their way.

 

He took a quick look beyond the cover and sat with his back against the rock, looking to Chip, who still in possession of the radio. He motioned for him to hold it up. "Alright, carry on the trail and see if you come across this 'Sector Twelve'. If you catch up to the tank, stay hidden and send us your location, and if you're in danger of the viral gas, get out of there and follow the tracks back to us."

 

He glanced ahead at the direction the party had come from, getting a sudden feeling.

He looked back up to Chip. "I think we're being followed, can you use your scope to scan the road behind us? Just don't open fire unless I say so; it could be a straggler from Ponyville trying to catch up."

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

Chip passed the radio to crackshot and stood up looking over the rock setting his rifle on top the rock to stabilize it. He rested his eye on the scope peering down the road back toward Ponyville. It was true they were being followed, not by a pony trying to be stealthy but rather just running down the road "I do see someone it looks like that mare that left my shop before we were decided to come after this tank." He stated keeping his sights on her just in case.

[Midnight_Aurora 571]

Dashia moves threw the clouds looking for that town she saw before. She hopes against hope the town was ok. She remembers the fillies and colts playing in the streets.

 

 

She soon finds the town she was thinking about and when she looks, she was shocked to find.....

 

(gm what does the town look like.)

Edited March 29, 2015 by Midnight_Aurora

[Defender of Tomorrow 323]

Aile had come to a stop in her gallop as she came into talking distance with Chip. "Where is the rest of you guys?" she asked, breathing heavily from her lack of breath. "I really hope they aren't locked in combat with the tank ponies!" She had a worried expression sprawled across her face and a sort of restlessness radiated from her as she waited for his response.

 

The long radio silence that had taken over the waves was broken again by the various squads within the vicinity of squad twelve.

 

"Squad Eight Reporting no signs of suspicious activity in sector eight, resuming normal patrolling." Squads nine and ten had identical status reports to squad eight.

"Squad Eleven reporting suspicious activity at the edge of sector twelve, investigating that activity HQ."

"HQ to Squad Eleven, if engaged upon do not retaliate, only retreat, understood?"

"Understood HQ, over and out."

 

(which town? the town the salvation ponies attacked after ponyville? if its that one you're referring to, then I would say it looks diseased, faint green glow, stagnant and toxic air, some infected ponies still roaming about, and heavily infested with plant matter.)

[Midnight_Aurora 571]

The pony with Dashia can see her visibly shaking in anger. She says into her radio, "The bastards are on the edge of sector twelve. T-They attacked a town. 5 minutes flight from our last known location. I am going to kill them!"

 

Dashia knowing the sector alignment gives the cordnants to that location and the cordnants to the town, so the group can avoid the town.

 

Staying in the clouds she heads with the other Pegasus to the location. She will await their call to attack before bombing that hay barrel of a tank.

Edited March 30, 2015 by Midnight_Aurora

[Unicorncob 5,690]

Crackshot looked up to Aile, blinking with slight surprise as he watched her run up to the group.

"Didn't think I'd see you again," he remarked, then nodded ahead, "we sent a few scouts further on, to check out the road ahead."

 

Speaking of which, Dashia spoke up on the radio, her tinny voice shaking with rage. She sounded serious about her threat. 

Crackshot grabbed the radio and spoke into it. "Keep it together, we're moving on to the location now."

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

Chip lowered his gun away from Allie and looked over to Crack shot taking the radio from with his magic. He looked back at Allie levitating the radio to her "we have two in the air right now up ahead and they found the tank. Dashia is obviously pissed so if you know a reason why we should back away from this tank you better try to convince her before she does something reckless." He said as he set his rifle back on his backm

[Midnight_Aurora 571]

Dashia and her partner arrive at the assigned location to wait for the order to attack. She continues to listen but shifts talking signals to include the enclave one.

 

She quickly says to the HQ, "Filly Flash to HQ. I have important information about the group who took out squad 12. It seems their tank emits a virus that has already decimated Celestia know how many. I saw an entire town destroyed by this virus 5 minutes ago. They are honorless and the tank is able to strike long range. Do you copy?"

Edited March 30, 2015 by Midnight_Aurora

[Defender of Tomorrow 323]

Aile spoke into the radio as it was levitated to her. 

 

"You can't fight that tank with what you have right now, when they first rolled into town they had power armor, right? Well after thinking about how that armor looked it didn't seem like your average power armor, it had an extra attachment on the breathing unit, which I assume is  for keeping out the virus entirely. So unless you want to get infected then I would recommend just falling back." 

[Unicorncob 5,690]

Crackshot nodded to Aile and spoke into the radio himself.

 

"You heard her, keep your distance and keep us posted," he ordered, starting to continue along the path, "we're on our way now."

 

He levitated the radio back to Chip, then looked at Aile.

"You left to study them?" He asked her, then looked back ahead, "If they have oxygen tanks, messing with them should leave them just as vulnerable to the virus."

 

He nodded, a dark smirk spreading across his face. "Yeah, that'd be a fitting end..."

[Midnight_Aurora 571]

Dashia had heard them and so did her other end. She says, "Filly Flash to HQ. I know your on radio silence but this is all important information your dragoon squads might need to know. This signal is secure. Alpha 3 delta 1. code name Dasher."

 

She waits still. She wasn't going to eguage without backup.

[Defender of Tomorrow 323]

"How did you obtain this frequency?" The Stallion paused as Dashia gave the code, it was a general's code. "Listen closely Dasher, the Enclave is not under the same rule as it once was, I recommend that you don't contact anyone again until you swear your loyalty to Chairman Zephyr Windsoar, until then you're considered a dashite, sorry general but policy is policy and I wouldn't want to be branded a dashite for speaking with you, they're really cracking down on traitors under our new leader."

Edited April 3, 2015 by Defender of Tomorrow

[Midnight_Aurora 571]

Dashia says, "listen closely. That was my father's code. You know as well as i do, that any team they spot will end up like squad 12. These soldiers are not the steel rangers. If your fliers don't have environmental protection gear, They will fall to the virus. I and some friends are going to try and take out that tank. Dashite or not, do you think I would let another Pegasus fall to these lunatics? Filly Flash out."

 

She switches off their channel but still listens in. Knowing the channels for them make it quite easy to keep her promise to be open and to help when she can. She also knows that her father did sware aligence to him but because they wanted him to kill mother to prove it, he left. She looks bellow the clouds to moniter the tank and these meanies.

Edited April 3, 2015 by Midnight_Aurora

[Defender of Tomorrow 323]

"I'm not sure that they're oxygen tanks but they certainly keep them from being infected by the virus, oxygen tanks are a viable option but they would deplete rather quickly would they not?" Aile looked at Crackshot, rubbing her head with her hoof as that got her thinking what other things could keep them safe from inhaling the virus. 

 

The HQ Stallion remained quiet for a moment and relayed his order "Attention all units present in sectors 8,9,10,11,12, you are to fall back until daybreak, I don't want any more patrols being picked off by those assailants." All the patrols in those sectors responded with a 'yes sir' or something to that degree and began to pull out of the area immediately.

 

"Haha boys! Home sweet home!" The commander of the tank exclaimed as they reached their fortified safehouse, the tank barely fit in through the entrance and was left sitting in appeared to be an average farmhouse, of course guards were posted, about three inside and three outside. "I can't wait till the boss hears about the towns we cleansed with that tank of his! I wish we could get another, but..oh nevermind we made it home, let's celebrate!" The commander laughed heartily and entered the stronghold of the safehouse, his tank crew and others accompanying him.
 

Edited April 3, 2015 by Defender of Tomorrow

[Midnight_Aurora 571]

Dashia grins seeing them enter this farmhouse. She radios back to the others their current location and say, "They think their safe in a farm house. If I had my ancestor's move, They wouldn't have that farmhouse for long. Awaiting you guys."

 

She remains in the clouds well out of view. The only problem she can see now is that the tank is now protected on three sides and no flyer can get in and out without being shot at By it.

[Unicorncob 5,690]

"Yeah, fair enough," Crackshot nodded, his dark smirk unwavering, "but still, we mess those up, we give them a fitting end. Especially if that gas doesn't go up in flames when we take out that tank."

 

Chip's radio crackled back to life, and Dashia's update relayed to them, along with co-ordinates to her location.

 

"Alright, party time," he grunted, and looked back to everyone, "we're heading to an old farm, keep in cover when we get there, until I make the call."

He levitated the radio back up to his mouth to tell Dashia, "Good work, keep your position and wait for my signal."

 

It wasn't long before the team caught up with the scouts at the farmhouse, and the tank itself. Just seeing it from a distance filled Crackshot with a vengeful anger. They'll get theirs, and it will be sweet.

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

After crackshot was finished with the radio chip took it back sliding it inside his saddle bag. He followed the group down the path nervous yet excited to possibly be able to get his hooves on that tank.

 

They approached the old farm house and chip stepped of the path lying down in the bushes forty feet from the path. Where Chip set himself he still had a view of the farm door and most of the area surroundING the farm house. He pulled out his rifle and set it on a rock to keep it steady

Edited April 3, 2015 by Chip Circuit

[Defender of Tomorrow 323]

Aile followed the group to the farm house, she wasn't in any shape to attack them from afar as her only ranged weapon was a plasma pistol, well it looked and shot like one but she wasn't too sure if it was your average plasma pistol. She watched them get into place and took her spot near chip but not too close in case he needed to move around to re-position or dodge bullets.

 

The Salvation ponies were celebrating inside throughout the safe-house, however the farm house was given more guards, all of them armored and grunting as they were stolen their chance to party. It almost seemed like they were normal towns-folk at a distance, just cheerily and merrily partying, however that was not the case. 

[Unicorncob 5,690]

Crackshot glanced over the group's cover to check out the target. The safe-house seemed to be where the party was at, but the farmhouse was heavily guarded. He'd seen this kind of setup before, and had already begun formulating a plan, but he'd have to relay it with the group here before giving Dashia any details.

 

He glanced over to Chip; specifically his sniper rifle.

"Is that thing silenced? If it is, we'll have an easier time getting closer with you popping off those guards there."

 

He looked back toward the farmhouse, still thinking. If anypony had any ideas, he'd be happy to hear them.