open Fallout Equestria: Aftermath (Rp)

[Ranger22 179]

@https://mlpforums.com/user/31802-unicorncob/ "I guess that's to be expected when your wearing the most advanced form of body armor known to equestria, earth ponies always knew how to make things more durable. So, like the red mare asked, how exactly are we going to take down these White stings?" Typical, ranger combat doctrine always involved upfront assaults with heavy weaponry, it didn't take a genius to recognize the utility of power armor. However armor never made anypony invincible. The rangers preferred up front assaults and guerilla tactics mainly due to their inability to partake in battles of attrition since they had low numbers, however if the opponent was technologically inferior the rangers could last quite some time due to the sheer destructiveness of their munitions. Hazelnut always kept true to those rules, it served him very well in his time fighting in Fillydelphia. "Also, if we don't take out those snipers my armor won't mean a thing," the ranger reminded. That was another thing the ranger remembered from Fillydelphia, the damned anti-machine rifles.

Edited April 21, 2016 by Ranger22

[Unicorncob 5,699]

@@Ethan Sawyer @@1Bit @@Ranger22 @ @ @@Meson Bolt @@Child Of Darkness @

 

Everyone's got a part? I have a feeling I'll be using a sniper. Which should be fun. Precision is my game after all. 

 

I grabbed the sniper and pistols I has nearby and walked over. The pistols docked themselves in my saddlebag, I'd make a holster later, and the sniper was just floating beside me pointing up. "So. What's going on."

 

"I guess that's to be expected when your wearing the most advanced form of body armor known to equestria, earth ponies always knew how to make things more durable. So, like the red mare asked, how exactly are we going to take down these White stings?" Typical, ranger combat doctrine always involved upfront assaults with heavy weaponry, it didn't take a genius to recognize the utility of power armor. However armor never made anypony invincible. The rangers preferred up front assaults and guerilla tactics mainly due to their inability to partake in battles of attrition since they had low numbers, however if the opponent was technologically inferior the rangers could last quite some time due to the sheer destructiveness of their munitions. Hazelnut always kept true to those rules, it served him very well in his time fighting in Fillydelphia. "Also, if we don't take out those snipers my armor won't mean a thing," the ranger reminded. That was another thing the ranger remembered from Fillydelphia, the damned anti-machine rifles.

 

Crackshot leaned away from the wall and walked toward the centre of the room. It was time to lay out the plan.

 

"Okay, everypony listen up," he called to everyone in his vocal radius, "Because this is important. I don't want any miscommunication."

 

He levitated the bullets emptied onto the floor by Hazelnut earlier, and used some of them to make a circle on the floor.

"This is the raider base," he began, and set two bullets on the side, pointing toward the circle, and nodded to the red mare, "Red and I are going to take a sniping position here. We're going to take out the snipers and spotters."

 

He set a pile of bullets further away from the circle. "The rest of you will wait a few kilometres away. These snipers don't have silencers, so consider the firing sound your signal to get moving. The snipers will be too busy focusing on the foreign sniper fire to worry about you. Red and I will hold our positions and pick off some of their numbers while the rest of you go to town on them. Hazelnut, since you're the only one in Power Armour, you'll lead the frontal attack. You're not invincible, but you can soak up some damage, I'm sure."

 

He looked up to the group. "Comet has wings, she can use them. She'll fly around and pick them off. The raiders won't be focused in all the chaos, so she'll have to keep her movements quick. As long as she doesn't fly around here." He set a hoof between the two lone bullets and the circle. "Last thing we want is to pick her off by accident. When their numbers die down, Red and I will come down and help you clean up."

 

He scanned his eyes across the group. "Any questions?"

Edited April 21, 2016 by Unicorncob

[Chaton 3,765]

@@Ethan Sawyer @@1Bit @@Ranger22 @ @ @@Meson Bolt @@Child Of Darkness @

 

 

 

Crackshot leaned away from the wall and walked toward the centre of the room. It was time to lay out the plan.

 

"Okay, everypony listen up," he called to everyone in his vocal radius, "Because this is important. I don't want any miscommunication."

 

He levitated the bullets emptied onto the floor by Hazelnut earlier, and used some of them to make a circle on the floor.

"This is the raider base," he began, and set two bullets on the side, pointing toward the circle, and nodded to the red mare, "Red and I are going to take a sniping position here. We're going to take out the snipers and spotters."

 

He set a pile of bullets further away from the circle. "The rest of you will wait a few kilometres away. These snipers don't have silencers, so consider the firing sound your signal to get moving. The snipers will be too busy focusing on the foreign sniper fire to worry about you. Red and I will hold our positions and pick off some of their numbers while the rest of you go to town on them. Hazelnut, since you're the only one in Power Armour, you'll lead the frontal attack. You're not invincible, but you can soak up some damage, I'm sure."

 

He looked up to the group. "Comet has wings, she can use them. She'll fly around and pick them off. The raiders won't be focused in all the chaos, so she'll have to keep her movements quick. As long as she doesn't fly around here." He set a hoof between the two lone bullets and the circle. "Last thing we want is to pick her off by accident. When their numbers die down, Red and I will come down and help you clean up."

 

He scanned his eyes across the group. "Any questions?"

 

Upon hearing the word silencer information began flooding my head about how they work and why. But all this information was useless as I didn't have any of the materials. Then again. "I could probably make some single shot silencers if you think it's worth it. They'd have to be taken off once they've been used once. I doubt you can get the good materials around here to make permanent ones." It's just a theory, but it could work.

 

"But yea, I'll 'snipe' with you."

[Ranger22 179]

@https://mlpforums.com/user/31802-unicorncob/"Yeah I've got a couple of questions, mainly them involving me just being in the front. The whole plan relies on whether or not our sharpshooters can take out the snipers in time, and trust me, when I'm firing my weapons I'm probably going to be the one the snipers want to pick off first. There might also be too many of their infantry for me to take upfront, you also don't take into account any possible threats to me other than the snipers, a well placed missile will end me just as well as an anti-machine rifle round. I suggest we lure these raiders from their holes into a preferable position and whittle them down group by group. I don't have faith in a forward assault even with sniper support, considering our small size."

[4HFan 476]

@@Ethan Sawyer @@1Bit @@Ranger22 @ @ @@Meson Bolt @@Child Of Darkness @

 

 

 

 

 

Crackshot leaned away from the wall and walked toward the centre of the room. It was time to lay out the plan.

 

"Okay, everypony listen up," he called to everyone in his vocal radius, "Because this is important. I don't want any miscommunication."

 

He levitated the bullets emptied onto the floor by Hazelnut earlier, and used some of them to make a circle on the floor.

"This is the raider base," he began, and set two bullets on the side, pointing toward the circle, and nodded to the red mare, "Red and I are going to take a sniping position here. We're going to take out the snipers and spotters."

 

He set a pile of bullets further away from the circle. "The rest of you will wait a few kilometres away. These snipers don't have silencers, so consider the firing sound your signal to get moving. The snipers will be too busy focusing on the foreign sniper fire to worry about you. Red and I will hold our positions and pick off some of their numbers while the rest of you go to town on them. Hazelnut, since you're the only one in Power Armour, you'll lead the frontal attack. You're not invincible, but you can soak up some damage, I'm sure."

 

He looked up to the group. "Comet has wings, she can use them. She'll fly around and pick them off. The raiders won't be focused in all the chaos, so she'll have to keep her movements quick. As long as she doesn't fly around here." He set a hoof between the two lone bullets and the circle. "Last thing we want is to pick her off by accident. When their numbers die down, Red and I will come down and help you clean up."

 

He scanned his eyes across the group. "Any questions?"

"I know my opinion probably doesn't matter here, but I'll give it to you anyway. Your plan does seem pretty sound, but if we want all (or most) of us to make it out alive, Hazel had a better idea." He then picked up the knife he had thrown earlier and put it away. "But honestly, I don't really care what plan we use as long as I'm not the bait. I've had some experience with non-life-threatening situations where I was the decoy, and they never ended well for me."

[Meson Bolt 2,648]

@@Ranger22, @@Unicorncob,

 

 

"I like Hazel's idea, we need to lure them out into the open," Foray piped up, still leaning on the doorpost. "But we'd need more snipers to do the trick. If we can pick off all their snipers and spotters with a few volleys of sniper fire, then they may assume we're a much larger force than before. Without long-range weaponry, they'll be forced to charge down the mountain to close range and unleash their powerful miniguns."

 

"Having this knowledge, we should place ourselves carefully to give us the most cover possible, whilst allowing minimum cover for their masses. Once we have them where we want them, we can deal with each different types of targets appropriately. It's safe to assume they're going to have ponies with power armor, and the best way to take out power armor is to disable their suits with EMP blasts, which can be crafted quite easily but will be limited in number. We'll need to deploy them accurately and carefully -- Hazel's grenade launcher should do the trick."

 

"Once the suits are disabled, they'll be forced out of them, and swarming blindly into a wall of gunfire, without knowing how few shooters we actually have. Our thermal scopes will allow us to see them through the fog and snow and pick them off one by one, and if they get too close, we fall back. Since they won't know where we are, they won't know we're falling back. Some might even lose heart and surrender, or turn back terrified."

 

Shrugging, she coughed lightly before adding, "The concept is really simple -- if their raiders are dying, but our line is holding, then no matter the number of raiders they have, we'll eventually win."

[Chaton 3,765]

@@Ranger22, @@Unicorncob,

 

 

"I like Hazel's idea, we need to lure them out into the open," Foray piped up, still leaning on the doorpost. "But we'd need more snipers to do the trick. If we can pick off all their snipers and spotters with a few volleys of sniper fire, then they may assume we're a much larger force than before. Without long-range weaponry, they'll be forced to charge down the mountain to close range and unleash their powerful miniguns."

 

"Having this knowledge, we should place ourselves carefully to give us the most cover possible, whilst allowing minimum cover for their masses. Once we have them where we want them, we can deal with each different types of targets appropriately. It's safe to assume they're going to have ponies with power armor, and the best way to take out power armor is to disable their suits with EMP blasts, which can be crafted quite easily but will be limited in number. We'll need to deploy them accurately and carefully -- Hazel's grenade launcher should do the trick."

 

"Once the suits are disabled, they'll be forced out of them, and swarming blindly into a wall of gunfire, without knowing how few shooters we actually have. Our thermal scopes will allow us to see them through the fog and snow and pick them off one by one, and if they get too close, we fall back. Since they won't know where we are, they won't know we're falling back. Some might even lose heart and surrender, or turn back terrified."

 

Shrugging, she coughed lightly before adding, "The concept is really simple -- if their raiders are dying, but our line is holding, then no matter the number of raiders they have, we'll eventually win."

 

"There appear to be a couple of problems with your plan, because I doubt that group is full of novices. First of all, we only have two snipers. Second of all, they could have thermal scopes as well. Third, you assume we have the materials for an EMP. And even if we do, I doubt any of you have the skills to craft one small enough to fit in a grenade launcher which is obviously not designed for it. Oh right, while I'm at it. The fourth problem is that they might have grenades or other forms of explosives as well. Who knows, they might have backup suits that are shielded." I was getting annoyed at this point. "Oh, and then to top it all off, if we're all close together and relying on eachother, if one of us goes down there's a good chance we'll all go down. At least with Shut's plans we'd be spread out enough to do some damage before we get taken out. And hey, if we can take out the snipers before they rally their forces, me and Shut will still be here to pick off anyone with explosive weaponry."

 

I stepped back and put my sniper down. "So all in all, nice concept. But your plan, to put it simply, is shit."

[Kronos the Revenant 1,971]

"I have to agree with Hazelnut and Foray on this one," Kronos chimed in, "At least that way, we can see and kill them before they do the same to us. But, hey, I'm the crazy one here, so who'd bother listening to me? Lupus, don't answer that, it was a rhetorical question. On top of our comparable visibility with the 'falling back' tactic, in these conditions, they'd probably be winded by the time they get to us where we'll be ready with a bullet storm. But, hey, like I said, I'm the crazy one here."

[Unicorncob 5,699]

 

"Yeah I've got a couple of questions, mainly them involving me just being in the front. The whole plan relies on whether or not our sharpshooters can take out the snipers in time, and trust me, when I'm firing my weapons I'm probably going to be the one the snipers want to pick off first. There might also be too many of their infantry for me to take upfront, you also don't take into account any possible threats to me other than the snipers, a well placed missile will end me just as well as an anti-machine rifle round. I suggest we lure these raiders from their holes into a preferable position and whittle them down group by group. I don't have faith in a forward assault even with sniper support, considering our small size."

 

Crackshot's ears went back and his eyes narrowed.

 

"We'd locate all of the snipers and then take them out when we have an idea of where they are," he growled, "I'm not stupid."

 

 

"Your plan does seem pretty sound, but if we want all (or most) of us to make it out alive, Hazel had a better idea." 

 

"I like Hazel's idea, we need to lure them out into the open," 

 

 

"I have to agree with Hazelnut and Foray on this one,"

 

The unicorn bared his teeth beneath his bandana, not appreciating feeling upstaged like this.

 

Fucking Steel Rangers, think they're so fucking clever.

 

 

"There appear to be a couple of problems with your plan. First of all, we only have two snipers. Second of all, they could have thermal scopes as well. Third, you assume we have the materials for an EMP. And even if we do, I doubt any of you have the skills to craft one small enough to fit in a grenade launcher which is obviously not designed for it. Oh right, while I'm at it. The fourth problem is that they might have grenades or other forms of explosives as well. Who knows, they might have backup suits that are shielded." I was getting annoyed at this point. "Oh, and then to top it all off, if we're all close together and relying on eachother, if one of us goes down there's a good chance we'll all go down. At least with Shut's plans we'd be spread out enough to do some damage before we get taken out. And hey, if we can take out the snipers before they rally their forces, me and Shut will still be here to pick off anyone with explosive weaponry."

 

I stepped back and put my sniper down. "So all in all, nice concept. But your plan, to put it simply, is shit."

 

He glanced at the red mare, his gaze softening at hearing her defend his plan.

 

At least somepony has some faith.

 

"Exactly."

[Meson Bolt 2,648]

@@Ethan Sawyer, 

 

"Thank you for your opinion," Foray retorted, snorting. "To counter your points -- yes, we only have two snipers, but our opponents don't have to know it. My point is to make it seem like there's a larger force to reckon with than we are, and force them to swarm down towards us. Even if I can't use a sniper, I can still fire it, and it'll still make the noise necessary to sound like a large battalion."

 

"Secondly, yes, they might have thermal, but I doubt they'd have thermal scopes for their stock troopers. They'd probably have thermal scopes for spotters and snipers, in which case we're pretty much fucked no matter which plan we go with." She paused and coughed twice loudly.

 

Ugh, something's gotta be stuck my throat...

 

"Third, I'm pretty sure I can craft the necessary ordnance to shut down their suits. I've crafted EMP mines before from scratch, I see no reason to believe I can't make grenades, even though we'd only have a few shots. I can make it work."

 

"And fourth," she paused again and sniffled. "I doubt anypony can lob a grenade as far as we're going to initially be, so I'm guessing you're afraid mostly of missile launchers. Trust me, even if they had missile launchers, they wouldn't know where we are. No matter what kind of weaponry you use, you simply can't hit what you can't see."

 

"And to top it all off..." She stepped forward and glared at Scarlett. "It's a suggestion. There's no need to get your knickers in a twist. Yeah, I can hear the annoyance in your voice. No matter what we do, if you're upset with me or anyone else, you're not gonna be helping much."

[Kronos the Revenant 1,971]

Bah, come on, guys, just agree on something already, Kronos thought to himself agonizingly, The sooner we get a plan together, the sooner I can quench my bloodlust. His head and neck snapped from side to side again. "Gah," he exclaimed, "Not again." He rotated his amulet again. It hissed, and Kronos calmed down again. He gave a sigh of relief, "Ahh. Sorry guys." Not yet, he thought to himself again, save that for the raiders outside. Their blood may be the same, dank tasting blood you've been tasting for the past couple of centuries, but blood is blood, and you know you need some. Wait a minute.... He looked at his amulet again and took off to a secluded area of the bunker where he hopes no one hears him. He started hyperventilating. He ordered his amulet, "Read me my current blood intake rating." His amulet replied, "Warning: Blood Intake Rate Dangerously Low. Bloodlust risk High. Must consume blood as soon as possible." "Thanks," Kronos told his amulet as he shut it off, "Shit." He bit his arm and started sucking on his own blood to satisfy his hunger. He gave some slow breaths to calm himself down.

[Chaton 3,765]

@@Ethan Sawyer,

 

"Thank you for your opinion," Foray retorted, snorting. "To counter your points -- yes, we only have two snipers, but our opponents don't have to know it. My point is to make it seem like there's a larger force to reckon with than we are, and force them to swarm down towards us. Even if I can't use a sniper, I can still fire it, and it'll still make the noise necessary to sound like a large battalion."

 

"Secondly, yes, they might have thermal, but I doubt they'd have thermal scopes for their stock troopers. They'd probably have thermal scopes for spotters and snipers, in which case we're pretty much fucked no matter which plan we go with." She paused and coughed twice loudly.

 

Ugh, something's gotta be stuck my throat...

 

"Third, I'm pretty sure I can craft the necessary ordnance to shut down their suits. I've crafted EMP mines before from scratch, I see no reason to believe I can't make grenades, even though we'd only have a few shots. I can make it work."

 

"And fourth," she paused again and sniffled. "I doubt anypony can lob a grenade as far as we're going to initially be, so I'm guessing you're afraid mostly of missile launchers. Trust me, even if they had missile launchers, they wouldn't know where we are. No matter what kind of weaponry you use, you simply can't hit what you can't see."

 

"And to top it all off..." She stepped forward and glared at Scarlett. "It's a suggestion. There's no need to get your knickers in a twist. Yeah, I can hear the annoyance in your voice. No matter what we do, if you're upset with me or anyone else, you're not gonna be helping much."

"I'm annoyed because it's a crappy plan that will get us all killed, not just the idiot that came up with it. Also, you want us to cram together in a defensive line to make us seem larger? Even paladin fuck wit should see the problem there. Also, of course you can hit what you can't see. Try thinking of the word prediction and approximation when thinking of weapons. Also, my knickers aren't in a twist. Mainly because nobody wears thosethose things. I'm not upset with you. I just think your an idiot. "

[Meson Bolt 2,648]

@@Ethan Sawyer, 

 

"Well, like I said, thank you for your opinion, but I have little doubt that you're in the minority here..." Foray retorted, her voice remaining calm but annoyed. "If I'm an idiot, then why don't you come up with a better plan, instead of simply mocking mine?"

 

She barely got the words out before she began coughing again. Taking a step back and coughing away from the group, she thought, Damn, I must need some water or something...

[Chaton 3,765]

@@Ethan Sawyer,

 

"Well, like I said, thank you for your opinion, but I have little doubt that you're in the minority here..." Foray retorted, her voice remaining calm but annoyed. "If I'm an idiot, then why don't you come up with a better plan, instead of simply mocking mine?"

 

She barely got the words out before she began coughing again. Taking a step back and coughing away from the group, she thought, Damn, I must need some water or something...

"I only stated facts when concerned about your plan. And I'm not mocking your plan. It simply would not work. I'm oh so sorry for stating that it could end up with us all dead."

 

The Pony before me coughed again. Something was up. "You should get some water. Didn't white say he has a fridge full of bottles somewhere."

[Unicorncob 5,699]

"Both of you, enough," Crackshot growled, his patience beginning to wear thin, "Foray, find yourself some water."

 

He looked among the group again, his glare lingering the longest on Kronos, Lupus and Hazelnut.

"None of you know who I am," he went on, "So I understand you doubt my abilities, but when I give you a plan, it means I have it all worked out. Those snipers will all be dealt with by the time you get close enough. Any heavier fire will be taken care of, and we have all the gear we need here to handle what's coming at us."

 

And I'd prefer it if none of you knew who I am. Or at least who I was.

[Ranger22 179]

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Hazelnut honestly wasn't surprised with the sight of his team falling apart before the fight actually began, how could he expect savages to do anything without them going for each other's throats over something trivial and stupid. "We don't need EMPs, my missiles and 40mm grenades will prove sufficient, now unless any other pony wants to pointlessly argue I suggest we stop bickering over something as simple as suggestions, " the ranger said as he glanced in the general direction of both of the mares. The ranger then turned his direction towards the unicorn with the pendant and simply shook his head in disappointment.

 

    "My main complaint was that your plan has us charging at what's basically an army who are hunkered down in their base. I thought out of everypony here you would know how bad of an idea that is. Sure you say you'll take care of the snipers, but realistically there is a good chance that won't happen, worse case scenario they'll kill you before you find them. All I'm suggesting, is that we make it easier on ourselves and try to kill as many of them as we can by luring them out, that way we'll have an easier/safer time breaking whatever defenses they have left. I understand you have confidence in your plan, but you haven't told me enough to ensure me that this will be the best option we have."  

Edited April 22, 2016 by Ranger22

[Unicorncob 5,699]

Hazelnut honestly wasn't surprised with the sight of his team falling apart before the fight actually began, how could he expect savages to do anything without them going for each other's throats over something trivial and stupid. "We don't need EMPs, my missiles and 40mm grenades will prove sufficient, now unless any other pony wants to pointlessly argue I suggest we stop bickering over something as simple as suggestions, " the ranger said as he glanced in the general direction of both of the mares. The ranger then turned his direction towards the unicorn with the pendant and simply shook his head in disappointment.

 

    "My main complaint was that your plan has us charging at what's basically an army who are hunkered down in their base. I thought out of everypony here you would know how bad of an idea that is. Sure you say you'll take care of the snipers, but realistically there is a good chance that won't happen, worse case scenario they'll kill you before you find them. All I'm suggesting, is that we make it easier on ourselves and try to kill as many of them as we can by luring them out, that way we'll have an easier/safer time breaking whatever defenses they have left." The ranger doubts about the team were beginning to surface. The ranger had expected the unicorn with the pendant to take advantage of his suggestions, but apparently that wouldn't be the case. If worse came to worse the ranger would simply have to go it alone, not that the ranger liked the odds with either option he had to choose from.

 

Crackshot took a heavy step toward Hazelnut, about to snap from his questioning his decisions.

 

"..."

 

Because he was right. Luring them out and picking them off in smaller droves would make things easier on everypony. Sending them all in to attack the entire gang would be a suicide mission.

 

"Fine," he growled, "We'll do it your way."

[Flamestreak1990 1,172]

@@Ethan Sawyer @@1Bit @@Ranger22 @ @ @@Meson Bolt @@Child Of Darkness @

 

 

 

Crackshot leaned away from the wall and walked toward the centre of the room. It was time to lay out the plan.

 

"Okay, everypony listen up," he called to everyone in his vocal radius, "Because this is important. I don't want any miscommunication."

 

He levitated the bullets emptied onto the floor by Hazelnut earlier, and used some of them to make a circle on the floor.

"This is the raider base," he began, and set two bullets on the side, pointing toward the circle, and nodded to the red mare, "Red and I are going to take a sniping position here. We're going to take out the snipers and spotters."

 

He set a pile of bullets further away from the circle. "The rest of you will wait a few kilometres away. These snipers don't have silencers, so consider the firing sound your signal to get moving. The snipers will be too busy focusing on the foreign sniper fire to worry about you. Red and I will hold our positions and pick off some of their numbers while the rest of you go to town on them. Hazelnut, since you're the only one in Power Armour, you'll lead the frontal attack. You're not invincible, but you can soak up some damage, I'm sure."

 

He looked up to the group. "Comet has wings, she can use them. She'll fly around and pick them off. The raiders won't be focused in all the chaos, so she'll have to keep her movements quick. As long as she doesn't fly around here." He set a hoof between the two lone bullets and the circle. "Last thing we want is to pick her off by accident. When their numbers die down, Red and I will come down and help you clean up."

 

He scanned his eyes across the group. "Any questions?"

"Yeah I got a question, what I am gonna do? I don't intend on standing here while you do all the work. That simply isn't happening" 

 

Seriously, I'm not a fucking foal. Why do think I took up this job?, in fact I joined FIRST I should be calling the shots here. 

 

"Also when do intend on looking for that bow and arrow I asked you too?"

 

 

 

[4HFan 476]

"Yeah I got a question, what I am gonna do? I don't intend on standing here while you do all the work. That simply isn't happening"

 

Seriously, I'm not a fucking foal. Why do think I took up this job?, in fact I joined FIRST I should be calling the shots here. "Also when do intend on looking for that bow and arrow I asked you too?"

 

"Yeah, last I checked I was supposed to receive some weapons too." Lupus then started impatiently flipping his knife around, waiting for a response. 'These guys are pretty crazy.' He thought, 'Though Kronos is nice, I can't say the same about everyone else here. I just wish when we were at the rock they would have left me alone in the first place. Then I wouldn't be held captive in some crazy pony's war bunker.' Edited April 22, 2016 by DamienBolt8592

[Unicorncob 5,699]

"Yeah I got a question, what I am gonna do? I don't intend on standing here while you do all the work. That simply isn't happening" 

 

Seriously, I'm not a fucking foal. Why do think I took up this job?, in fact I joined FIRST I should be calling the shots here. 

 

"Also when do intend on looking for that bow and arrow I asked you too?"

 

"You're part of the attack group," Crackshot muttered to Quiet, "I thought that was obvious when I said 'the rest of you'."

 

He could see some hostility in the young earther's eyes, but he couldn't shake the feeling he'd seen that gaze before somewhere.

 

"As for your bow and arrows," he continued, "If you find anything like that here, help yourself. But don't hold your breath."

[Ranger22 179]

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Hazelnut stood his ground as the unicorn seemingly approached with hostile intent, however the change in unicorn's facial expression told the ranger exactly what was going on through the angry unicorn's mind. "We're all stressed out here, no matter the reason we're risking our lives, and the possibility of death lingers even subconsciously. Adding more stress isn't going to help anypony, we need the whole team thinking coherently for this plan to succeed, no exceptions," Hazelnut said in an attempt to comfort the stallion. Hazelnut needed everypony on the team to be at their best, if he had to provide some common sense in order to achieve that goal he'd happily do it. Before Hazelnut could say anymore two members of his team brought up questions about their weaponry.

 

    "A bow? What is this medieval equestria?" The ranger asked the mare jokingly in response to the bizzare question as he chuckled. Well everypony has their preferences. "Jokes aside, i highly doubt we have anything other than firearms in this armory, so try to make do with what we have." What caught Hazelnut off guard was the sudden reappearance of the stable dweller. Why have I not noticed him! Truth be told the ranger got over the pipbuck, however the stable might prove to be a nice base if he could get the location. "We'll toss you an assault rifle and hook you up to a battle saddle," the ranger said. Looking around Hazelnut noticed a fatal flaw in their plan, "does anypony know if there is any spare barding/armor in this place? Even if it just stops one rifle round it'll be better to be safe than sorry."

Edited April 22, 2016 by Ranger22

[Flamestreak1990 1,172]

"You're part of the attack group," Crackshot muttered to Quiet, "I thought that was obvious when I said 'the rest of you'."

 

He could see some hostility in the young earther's eyes, but he couldn't shake the feeling he'd seen that gaze before somewhere.

 

"As for your bow and arrows," he continued, "If you find anything like that here, help yourself. But don't hold your breath."

(Quiet raises a eyebrow, clearly still upset at Crackshot) ......For some reason, this guy just urks me. Like everything he does..................*sigh* I'm being irrational, just calm down Quiet. (Quiet's eyes turn docile, he shakes his head )

 

"Of course......."

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    "A bow? What is this medieval equestria?" The ranger asked the mare jokingly in response to the bizzare question as he chuckled. Well everypony has their preferences. "Jokes aside, i highly doubt we have anything other than firearms in this armory, so try to make do with what we have." What caught Hazelnut off guard was the sudden reappearance of the stable dweller. Why have I not noticed him! Truth be told the ranger got over the pipbuck, however the stable might prove to be a nice base if he could get the location. "We'll toss you an assault rifle and hook you up to a battle saddle," the ranger said. Looking around Hazelnut noticed a fatal flaw in their plan, "does anypony know if there is spare barding/armor in this place? Even if it just stops one rifle round it'll be better to be safe than sorry."

At least I don't have to dress up like a oversized tin-can and be strapped with all kinds of fancy weapons and gadgets to do something useful.

 

"I promised someone important to me I would never use a gun to kill someone, if you think thats silly then so be it. Doesn't really matter, I'm good with unarmed combat anyway"

Edited April 22, 2016 by Flamestreak1990

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Hazelnut stood his ground as the unicorn seemingly approached with hostile intent, however the change in unicorn's facial expression told the ranger exactly what was going on through the angry unicorn's mind. "We're all stressed out here, no matter the reason we're risking our lives, and the possibility of death lingers even subconsciously. Adding more stress isn't going to help anypony, we need the whole team thinking coherently for this plan to succeed, no exceptions," Hazelnut said in an attempt to comfort the stallion. Hazelnut needed everypony on the team to be at their best, if he had to provide some common sense in order to achieve that goal he'd happily do it. Before Hazelnut could say anymore two members of his team brought up questions about their weaponry.

 

Crackshot breathed a heavy sigh and stepped back. Hazelnut was right - he was stressing out from leading this group.

 

He hadn't led a team like this in years, and just thinking about it was causing old, bad memories to surface. They weren't helping his mood.

 

"What did you have in mind?"

 

 

(Quiet raises a eyebrow, clearly still upset at Crackshot) ......For some reason, this guy just urks me. Like everything he does..................*sigh* I'm being irrational, just calm down Quiet. (Quiet's eyes turn docile, he shakes his head )

 

"Of course......."

 

He glanced at the other pegasus, blinking. What was it about this kid that was irking him?

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@https://mlpforums.com/user/27609-flamestreak1990/Promised not to use a gun to kill? For his whole life Hazelnut had heard of ponies making promises and obligations like that. It was simply put, a pony thing to do, it was refreshing for the ranger to hear it up close. The wasteland was a terrible place, being able to stick with a commitment like that took a lot of effort. "I've lived for forty five years in the wasteland, I don't use this gear cause I need to, I use it cause it's something I swore to use in order to fight for the ideals passed down by the rangers before me up to the times of the ministries, it's as much of a symbol as it is a piece of equipment. Forgive me for my rant but I do in fact respect your decision. Take my advice, fighting hoof to hoof in a firefight is a quick way to die. Just make sure you know what you're doing," the ranger stated gruffly as he passed on his advice. Though normally dismissive about it, the tin can comments began to frustrate him. The plan, Hazelnut was fairly sure would be complete by the morn. "Eitherway I'm going to go get some much needed shut eye, tomorrow is going to be rough," the ranger said before looking for a comfortable location to rest for the night.

Edited April 22, 2016 by Ranger22

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@https://mlpforums.com/user/27609-flamestreak1990/Promised not to use a gun to kill? For his whole life Hazelnut had heard of ponies making promises and obligations like that. It was simply put, a pony thing to do, it was refreshing for the ranger to hear it up close. The wasteland was a terrible place, being able to stick with a commitment like that took a lot of effort. "I've lived for forty five years in the wasteland, I don't use this gear cause I need to, I use it cause it's something I swore to use in order to fight for ideals passed down by the rangers before me up to the times of the ministries, it's as much of a symbol as it is a piece of equipment. I respect your decision, but simply put, fighting hoof to hoof in a firefight is a quick way to die." 

Oh? I guess I take back what said early..........somewhat (Quiet walks toward the armed pony staring straight into he thought the ranger's eye's were)

 

"I don't think you understand how important that pledge is too me. Simply put if I have to die too keep my honor intact, I'll kill myself right now. Understand correctly?"

Edited April 22, 2016 by Flamestreak1990