Eventually, Julion and Crimson boarded the vertibuck and head thowards the brotherhoods bunker, located hundreds of miles away from the facility. In the back of his mind, he thought aboud Kaisar and knowing that one one of them would leave Eclipse's hq alive. When they arrived, they found the bunker being guarded by heavily defended by turrets. The bunker was so isolated from the outside world, only Crimson knew abouts it's existance. Crimson and Julion walked into the bunker and the doors opened. To find the brotherhoods elder and every single solider and scientist behind them in full armor. "Is it time Master Crimson?" "It's time, get ready. We are going to wipe Eclipse from existance." Crimson said with the biggest smile on his face and in his darkest tone of voice. "This is it, our dream was going to be recognised. What seems to be a sudden event isnt felt for years or decades. Prepare everything, we attack in 3 days. Plagam Extrenam Infiguare !!" And then, a 4000 strong force of B.O.L soliders and scientists shouted. "PLAGAM EXTRENAM INFIGUARE !!!"
(Im at sports day at the moment, im also busy as well. I wrote this yesterday and posted it today. So i'll be on tomorow.)
(Might as well post the next responce, otherwise this could never get done.) Crimson was preparing his weapons when the order was called to face Eclipse. He repaired his riot armor to flawless condition and tuned his weapons for maximum damage. Eclipses were not to be taken lightly. From what he knew before the last day, Eclipse soldiers were full of renegade soldiers and scientists. He even knew that the majority of them were trained from birth and you were not a real eclipse solider until you have taken your first beatdown. Alongside him were 12 B.O.L comrades, all of them in their super lightweight but surprisingly durable armor. B.O.L soldiers were allowed to pick what weapon they were best at, so crimsons team was full of scouts, snipers, mechanics and infantrymen. He and the B.O.L soldiers had a long chat until a commando came running in. Crimson seen the expression on his face, knowing instantly what it was. “Lieutenant Crimson sir, we have located Eclipse coming in from Two Hoof Valley. We have received that there are about roughly 50,000 of them but we have no idea what firepower they are carrying. They have some sort of jamming device that blocks all visual footage of them. That is all we know at the moment, the solider knows this and is mobilizing our forces.” “Dismissed.” Crimson then alerted all the B.O.L team and headed towards Two Hoof Valley, the former border between Equestria and the Zebra Empire. But in the meantime, he went to check on Julion.
Julion pulled the last biomod canister away from the auto-injector just as Crimson came to see him. Tossing it to the side, Julion looked to Crimson, "You ready ol' friend?" He asked as he picked up his helmet, "Because I sure as hell am. But I don't know about our reinforcements. All I could bring is about 20000 Talons and about 20 Vertibucks."
(Skip to a battle between Eclipse against New Equestria.) "Im ready, let's see the blood of our enemy's." Crimson said as he then hopped unto the vertibuck. ------------------------- The enormous size of New Equestra’s and Griffon armys stood their ground as they defended valley that was one of the only access points from the zebra empire. New Equestrias forces consisted of the regular forces, Rangers, the commandos, only a dozen of B.O.L soldiers and the new super solider program at F.A.K.S, even the light bringer was there. New Equestria had been ready to take on Eclipse since they declared war on Equestria, artillery guns, ammo crates and vertibucks were everywhere around the area. Crimson was in his battle armor, his riot gear and carried Crystal Dream, a famous sword given to him by Dark Light. Within two hours, New Equestria was ready to take on their first major enemy since Arcades slaver army. Crimson knew about Eclipse before the war, they were a disorganized organization before Kaisar came and took its helm. Even after all these years, Crimson still regarded Eclipse as a threat and he had absolutely what weapons they were carrying. Just before New Equestria fired its first shot, Eclipse’s prototype stealth missiles took out every single artillery gun New Equestrias had for its defense and shot almost every single vertibird out the sky in a sudden shock and awe attack. Before New Equestria managed to figure out what had just happened, Eclipse made the first move. Eclipse came over the hill in their tens of thousands, every single one of them protected by their own version of power armor and coming from all different races, Pony, Zebra and Griffon. They were also using mech’s as heavy units and and several thousand other soldiers serving as combat engineers, snipers, assassins ,pilots and many other combat units. All of them were Super Soldiers and have had been trained since birth to kill, their augmentations were similar to Crimsons augmentations except without the immortality chip and the indestructible shell. For the first time in several decades, Crimson was scared. What seemed to be a single battle became a massacre, New Equestria was being butchered by Eclipse, but Crimson wasn’t going to retreat until Julion gave the order. He guessed that Julion was terrified at what he was seeing, the commandos and the new equestrian forces, his pride and joy, were being slaughtered by a 200 year old organization. Even through the world has gone to hell once, Crimson is never going to let that happen again and he charged towards Eclipse. Crimson fought hard against what seemed to be his last regret. He successfully took out twenty of them and attacked one of the many mech’s. He jumped up and sliced through one of the mechs arms and followed up by finishing off the mech driver. He then stopped to help some soldiers in need until the thinkable happened. A special sniper bullet went straight through Crimson’s chest. Crimson suddenly felt pain through his chest, something he hasn’t felt since he was 18. He coughed up blood and collapsed to the ground in a mess. His body was then dragged away to a safe zone by commandos. He then whispered something in another language quietly through his ear piece to Julion, it sounded beautiful and peaceful but had an important message saying to retreat before it’s too late. New Equestria did manage to make Eclipse lose some casualties, but nothing as high as what Eclipse did to New Equestria. The last thing Crimson seen before becoming unconscious was the valley in flames and the horrified faces of those knowing they are going to die.
Julion snarled in anger as he blasted a blue bolt directly into another Ecplse's soldier's face. The elite Alpha squad was the last unit left in the valley, holding out the hordes of Eclispse as best as they could, holding the highest ground they could have. Completely surrounded, they were shielding the retreat of those left, but also almost certainly realized that it was a suicide mission. Julion himself only survived by the special armor that once kept Dark Light safe from even the most determined and deadly of assassination attempts on her during the Great War. The squad, which once numbered 35, now only 15 were still in the fight. "We must hold!" Julion yelled, just a sniper bullet lodged itself in another Alpha's head. The Ecilpse pushed forward to force an overwhelming melee, forcing Julion to take out Head Hunter and did his best to hold off as his soldiers were murdered. The Eclipse suddenly backed off a bit and seemed to circle him in a huge mass, allowing him to take in the damage the Alpha squad caused, more Ecilpse died fight the Alpha squad than anywhere else, and he couldn't feel anything but pride up to a high ranking Eclipse suddenly stepped out, it obviously wasn't Kaiser, but probably close to him. "You are a brave, hardy, and great warrior, but you are also foolhardy." The Eclipse remarked, "Why do you continue the fight against an entire that has wiped all resistance your foolish country from the battlefield today save you? Here, I shall make you a deal, join us and fight for Kaiser and Ecilpse, or die where you stand." Julion started chuckling, then laughing, confusing the army, his laughter carrying over the now strangely quiet battlefeild. His laughter slowly died and procedded to act like he wiped a tear from his eye, "Oh, I guess we haven't met. I'm the Soldier, commander of the Commandos and the best damned soldier in the world, hellllo! You don't think I came without a backup plan?" He pointed his hoof to the sky and a red flare fired from the built-in flare gun, the move distracting the Eclipse just enough to take their eyes off him, when they looked back quickly after hearing a yell, the high-ranking Eclipse had a combat knife inbetween his eyes and Julion was literally no where to be seen. The reason why: the biomods he installed right before the battle, which when coupled with the effects of a Stealth-Buck made one virtually undectable for a certain amount of time.
Crimson’s body was now safely hundreds of miles away from the battlefield and heading to a major hospital. The bullet that had managed to penetrate him came inches from his heart. How the bullet penetrated him in the first place was still unknown, only that the one of a kind material used to make it will never be used again. He was unconscious and has stopped breathing at some points, but he was still alive somehow. “Keep him still; we can’t afford to lose him.” Said one of the head doctors in the hospital. The vertibuck landed on the helipad and Crim’s body was being rushed to the critical condition ward in the hospital. Dozens of doctors looked at Crim’s badly injured chest in awe, and caught a glimpse of the augmentations he processed inside. They started surgery immediately to repair the skin, it was a simple restiching, but also made his skin stronger somehow. Once finished, Crim was still unconscious in his room, and had no memory of the surgery ever taking place on him.
FoE: The Search for M.A.D. (for Crimson) Ever since ponies began wondering the Equestrian Wastelands, rumors that certain Mark Co buildings survived intact from the Last Day, one, however, was of the most interest, the Mark Arms Division building. Its highly secret location and the rumors of containing the most advanced and deadliest weapons in the entire Wasteland made it a very attractive target for ponies hoping to get fame, fortune, and power in the Equestrian Wasteland. So far, none have found this building, despite nearly the entire Wasteland being explored, or at least, anypony who found it has never returned. Nowadays, factions and hired treasure hunters are the ones looking for it, for a variety of reason. Red-Eye looks for it to make his dreams of conquest all the more likely, the Steel Rangers for the allure of such a hoard of technology, the Soldier's Commandos to keep it out of the hooves of those who would misuse it and so they can use it themselves, and even the Enclave to replenish their supplies of pre-War military tech. However, decades upon decades of fruitless searching have lead many ponies to simply believe it was leveled by a mega spell, or maybe it was even ordered to be destroyed in the end, but nothing is for certain about this mysterious building until it is confirmed found or destroyed.
Ruby Jewel was busy preparing herself for what could be a historical find to the wasteland. She knew about the dangers, the ones wanting the technology, and the possibility that the place never actually existed and was made up as a story were likely. Still, the find and it's legacy would be groundbreaking.
Julion looked down to his pip-Buck's notes, "Well, we're here." He said to a brown pony next to him, "You ready Hunter? This mare will hopefully help you, just remember what I told you to say." "Yes sir, Soldier, sir!" Hunter said with a salute, knowing that Julion wouldn't be able to help, he had an army to look after after all. "Good." And with that, Julion left Hunter in front of the door to the 'locater' mare's house. Looking at it, he brought his hoof back and knocked on it three times.
"Yes, who is it!" Ruby cried out across her home as she rushed towards the door, frantically equipping her uniform and her gear inside of her saddlebag. She also had to take her Hunting Rifle that she acquired several years ago on a find. It had helped her many times with dealing with the wasteland critters and the occasional raider. She got to the door and opened it, seeing a brown pony standing at the door.
Hunter gave Ruby a nod in greeting, "Hello, I'm a representative of a group who is...interested in finding the place of interest you seek. Our interest in the location is purely for the best of the Wasteland by making sure the contents inside don't fall into the hooves of those who would misuse it. I'm Hunter, the best tracker and finder of the group I represent, and I'm here to A): Convince you of my group's sincerity in wanting to make sure that the contents of the P.O.I. aren't sold for profit to those who would misuse it, and B): Accompany and assist you in finding the P.O.L."
"Oh, of course." Ruby said as she went through her saddlebag. "Name's Ruby Jewel, Prospector and owner of a small group of prospectors as well. They are out at the moment, so im the only one here. I'm ready to travel when you are, and i abide by your rules. I just like to help those in need, and i have no interest in caps. You could call it a passion, if you wish."
Hunter nodded, "Then you're just the kinda pony my group wants on this hunt. I'm ready to leave immediately." He said simply.
"Lead the way, but let's hope that we don't run into anything along the way. The last time i went prospecting, i was surrounded by five of Red Eye's soldiers while searching inside an abandoned building." She did leave unnecessarily bits of the story out, Red Eye's soliders were not the only ones there on that day....
Hunter smiled slightly, but the smile had a bit of danger to it that almost would have reminded Ruby of the look of an anxious and eager soldier or raider during battle, "Well, I can say that if we do, you'll be just fine." He said before turning around and motioning for her to follow, "We can discuss possible locations once we're away from town."
Ruby and Hunter left the town shortly after the Commando knocked on her door. She looked quite weak in comparison to the solider, but was considered to be strong in the eyes of her prospecting team. She knew about the Commando's, but had never met on in the flesh before today. She did know about the slavery that Red Eye had, which would have gained attention from the wrong ponies. From the wasteland inhabitants in general not under his banner, to the commandos, and even a certain Eternal. She liked this thought about the solider next to her, acting like some guardian angel. She could tell that he was eager to find out about this locations secrets, and yet, she felt like that whatever was inside of this place could be disastrous yet so fascinating.
After the pair were a good distance from the town, Hunter got Ruby to stop and sat her down, "Alright, now I can tell you what my group has determined about the MAD building. A): It DOES still exist, B): It's an underground, Stable-like bunker, and C): is most likely in the most desolate corner of Equestria as far away from the Zebras as possible. We have found archives that Mark Corporation's CEO; Snow Mark, likely had a bunker that she adapted into the MAD bunker, and we have a variety of likely locations we'ld like to investigate."
"If it's located as far away from the Zebra border as possible, my first guess is that it's located in the upper corners of Equestria, somewhere in a isolated area away from the cities. I'm guessing the Heartlands at the moment is a good place to start." Ruby said, thinking about locations. "Shall we try there first?"
