"I joined the Commandos when I was just a foal." Snipes replied to Sheild, "Slavers...they attacked my family's rock farm. They killed my parents and were trying to break into the house when the Commandos arrived. They killed the slavers and rescued me, but it was too late for the rest of my family. So Soldier gave me a chance to join the Commandos, and I accepted, what else did I have to do? If I refused I probably would have died in the Wastes pretty quickly, and hell, these guys just saved my life. Soldier basically raised me himself, he used to be a very compassionate pony. Then...New Appleloosa happened...He's never been the same since..."
Shield nodded. "Sounds like that happens a lot. Lost my family to raiders. Though no Commandos showed up then. I had to take matters into my own hooves." He kept scanning his sectors. His horn stub started to burn. That meant that magic was happening. He couldn't really explain it, but his horn sub burned when ever magic was being used around him. He clicked the safety off on his sniper rifle. Something told him that this was not friendly magic.
Rosenburg flicked his gaze between the two pegasus mares. "Do you two know each other by any chance?" he asked. "If you do, it'd probably make our situation at least somewhat easier."
"Ah. Well, in that case..." Rosenburg stepped back to address both the mares at the same time. "Here's some history 101. There was a war between Equestria and the Zebra Empire, which ended with a megaspell bombardment that destroyed both nations. Prior to The Last Day-that's the name we give to the day the megaspells fell-underground Stables were constructed to keep the citizens of Equestria alive. Civilization collapsed on the surface, but when the Stables opened, the inhabitants were able to begin anew, creating towns and villages, or wandering the wastes making a living somehow. The world is still pretty badly scared by the war, but we're trying to cope. The good news is, members of a group called the Steel Rangers survived, and set about scavenging the land for technology to archive, reconstruct and distribute in order to regrow society. My name is Rosenburg, and I am a member of the Steel Rangers."
Timestopper pulled a small disc out of his saddle bag. The disc was made of steel and wood. Timestopper tossed it down and it unfolded. A flintlock pistol came out of the base and it began moving on small wheels.
Haze took a few seconds to respond. Everything she had loved had been destroyed? "I-If... If it's technology we're talking about... I may be able to help" said Haze. "I've always been into technology... Can we please see what's left of the world?"
"It's the Wasteland after all." Snipes said, noticing how antsy Shield seemed to be, added "Come on, let's set up just inside, it'll give us an advantage to anypony that comes in."
"Woah" said Tyler in awe "thats amazing how can it do that and also where on Equestria are we cause I dont recognize this place and trust me I have a talent for remembering things" Tyler asked Timestopper "are there any civilizationns nearby or what?"
Crimson could hear movement on his pipbuck's radar. The hideout that he was in was protected well but knew that these commandos had something to do with location. He thought that they could have been paid for their additional help against the slavers or just attacked them to send a message. And while he hasnt seen them, he knew instantly that they had activated stealthbucks or a simular device. Crimson got up and unlocked the doors to the hideout, including his. He turned of the jukebox and headed towards the entrance to see it guarded.
"Well this little device is going to help us find out" Timestopper pulled out remote that had a screen, some joysticks, and buttons. The remote was made of steel and when Timestopper pressed a button the screen turned on. "Now I can see what the R20 sees" When Timestopper pressed another button a helicopter propeller came out and the bot flew into the air
"Okay its official you are technically my new favorite person" Tyler said to Timestopper "but can it really find civilizations?" Tyler asked
"we can only hope, and if it is damaged we can find it because it will give out a signal that will show up on most radars, And remember this Tech is 400 years old"
Snipes' HUD blipped a warning of somepony nearby, and turned around to have her gun directly in the face of a red unicorn, "How are you!" She demanded. Then the sounds of activated energy rifles came from behind the new pony, "Hostile or friendly?" Julion demanded as they slipped out of stealth, "Give us a reason to not pump 20,000 megapulses a bolt into your body."
"Friendly." Crimson said has he noticed Julion and more commandos behind him. "And my reason is that the graveyard of slavers outside was caused by me over the time of three days with two months preparation. You should be thankful; I took down the three largest slaver companies in the entire Equestrian wasteland almost singlehandedly. They won’t be causing you trouble for many years or even decades from now." Crimson noticed the group of commandos aiming their weapons at him. “AER-17 energy rifles, good weapon. Reliable, always accurate and a wonder weapon in the right hooves.” He turned around towards Julion, a small grin on his face. "Commandos....."
Julion's helmet rolled back from his head, "Glad to hear that. Now, we must get going. Snipes, Bruts, Voro, Andala, Rookie, let's move out, we're going back to the Everfree."
"But wait" Tyler sayed "if it appears on most radars wouldnt that be bad because wouldnt somepony find us or something?" Tyler explained
"Well Tyler what I can tell you is the we are still in the everfree forest and there is a few buildings in the area"
