(Good idea. How would i be able to tie this in? I have two scenarios. First being that Crimson sees the hatch closing while he was walking past for another of his purges 'Spring Cleanings', or second, he sees something in the distance which turns out to be Julion and the Commandos entering the facility which he then decides to investigate?)
Meanwhile... The Eternal known as Crimson Lionheart was en route to a hornet's nest of Raiders that strangely outnumbered any of the camps he purged over the last fifty years. He wore his signature Black Project Eternal Elite Riot Gear and his weapons, a black katana forged from a fallen meteorite that many believe is indestructible named Blackstar, the signature Sniper Rifle/Lever action rifle known as Final Requiem and his two 45.auto handguns. 99% of the time, he was alone on his purges and today was no different. Since society was recovering, he considered giving the Eternals and the Brotherhood of Life the green light to return to the surface where they would help rebuild society and protect it from threats. To the far left, something had caught his eye. When he turned around, he only seen a hatch closing several hundred meters away and slamming shut. The Eternal knew of what the hatch led to, M.A.D. He decided that the attack on the raiders would wait, this was far more serious. He arrived ten minutes later, with the other 7 minutes checking his pipbuck's radio transmitter incase the Brotherhood needed to be deployed, incase the enemy was worse than he expected. If it was Red Eye, he would have come in force. It would have been paradise for him in there with all the technology within. The Enclave and the Steel Rangers also crossed his mind, but only one other wasteland superpower remained. He smiled as he then twisted the hatch open and began to climb down. "Welcome home, Commandos..."
Hunter looked at Snow, "Is that a-" he was suddenly cut off by blaring sirens, and the robotic Snow voice announcing, "Unidentified ponies in the Building!" over and over. Snow's eyes narrowed and picked up her rifle, "Stay!" she ordered before galloping out of the room. Julion examined the rifle in his hooves, "Hm...A MAER-1...Grenade launcher attachment, no doubt meant to be a megapulse energy grenade, 25,000 megapulse primary firing mechanism, removable ACOG scope to adapt to long and short range combat..." he muttered to himself as he turned it over and over, then looked up to the vast arsenal before him and the Commandos with him, "Looks like Mark Co was getting ready to arm the military for some big assault before the Last Day happened..." he muttered, "And tech that we can use to help bring at least some appearance of order to the Wasteland...There's enough weaponry here to arm the Commandos 10 times over and then some...Alright! Begin setting up defensive positions around this bunker, I want the word sent back to the Everfree to begin aggressive recruitment, and I want a trade route set up from here to there to begin supplyment of this tech! Go!" Julion ordered
Crimson climbed down and walked across a pitch black system of tunnels before arriving at M.A.D. Because he was augmented, he could see the night as well as he could see during the day and was one of the benefits and consequences of being an Eternal. Eventually, he found the opening to the facility open and that it had visitors, Commandos. One of them seemed to be giving orders while the others listened. Deciding to avoid having a confrontation due to the fact he wasn't looking to cause trouble, the Eternal stayed to the shadows and completely vanished. Curiosity got the better of him when he looked around to see if there were other Commandos in the facility. When he was isolated and alone, Crimson checked his pipbuck and began to speak, barely audible to the untrained ear. "Log Entry 23X47: Commandos arrived in a small squad. Likely giving the remainder of the Commandos the location of the facility so they can set up camp and restore a level of order in the wastes. Technology level here classified as Level S, alongside the threat meter to other forces incase of discovery. Luckly, the commandos found it first. Red Eye is going to go ballistic when he hears about this, something to tell him about when i finally rip his empire apart. Hopefully, him as well." Crimson radioed back to Los Pegasus to A.D, through he could also tell the Brotherhood this as well in the log entry. As long as the commandos found the facility, and them alone, then proper order could be restored. Happy with his results, he went up stairs to see if there were other commandos there. He had a feeling that he would find more than commandos, he had to see Snow again. And with what had happened last time with his previous visit, wont really end well.
Snow crept down the hallways, rifle at the ready, looking for any intruders. Rounding the corner, she saw a dark shadow against the lights of the Cavern Arsenal Room, at which she simply observed from around the corner, staying out of sight of whomever it was, ready to shoot to kill... Julion walked past the rows and rows of weapons and vehicles such as fighter jets, bombers, vertibucks, tanks, ATCs, armored trucks, the works, soaking in every detail, "I could supply the Commandos with enough firepower to take down anyone with this..." he muttered to himself, "And then some...There seems to be 10 tanks for every Commando!" he muttered as he approached the end of the cavern, then he saw a small door that caught his interest. Intrigued, he trotted up to it and pushed it open to see what looked like a cleaning room. Curious, he stepped inside, only for the door to automatically slam shut behind him, in a panic, he yanked at the door handle trying to pull the door back open with no avail. Stepping back in the center of the small room, he looked around in panic trying to figure out what was going on, when he was sprayed by a high pressure shower from all directions. Flailing against the streams of water, he slammed against one of the walls as the streams died down, and before he knew it, some automated dressing system was drying him off and stuffing him in a hazmat suit, all this happened in about 20-30 seconds. Julion shuddered as the opposite door slid open, revealing a second large cavern, which was actually the same one, just it was divided from the other half by several meters of concrete. Stumbling through the door, he shook his head and looked around as the lights turned on, and what he saw...scared him... Rows and rows and rows of ICBMs stood before him, the only missiles that werent fired on the Last Day. Before Julion, stood the death of ponykind, and it had him shaking right down to his hooves...
“Good to see you Snow.” Crimson said as he walked out from the shadows, revealing himself in the view of a light. “It has been a long time since our last meeting, 200 years perhaps? Its accuracy does not matter, but it seems you have a Commando problem. I seen them find the entrance and close the hatch, something i had to investigate to ensure your safety and the technology inside. There is another squad inside of this building, high ranked and therefore highly skilled. It appears that because of their finding of M.A.D, they are going to arrive soon and occupy the entire facility for their purposes. Some of the contents of the facility must never be shown the light of day unless we want to repeat the past.” Crimson said. “I understand that you never wanted me to visit you again, but with these Commandos, it seems that I’m out of choices. Sorry about that anyway.” Crimson, to the last time Snow seen him, was wearing his newest armour. A sleeveless fusion of Riot Gear with the addition of a combat knife holder in his belt that held his ammo and melee weapons with a deep brown duster covering it, finished off nicely with a nice pair of black gloves. He was wearing a black eye patch due to an injury he sustained when dealing with the Legion in Zebrica that is slowly starting to heal and wore a bandana that acted to keep his mane out of his eyes. Per usual, he had his Sniper/Lever action rifle hybrid named Final Requiem, the katana known as Blackstar, a combat knife and two 45.pistols. “Now. It would seem rude and quite demoralizing about how you have been but we can talk about that later. We should deal with the Commandos first...”
Snow simply moved from her spot and brushed past Crim, "Just leave, why don'tcha? All you're good for is killing..." she muttered as headed towards the Cavern Arsenal, "Now if you'll excuse me, I have some potential squatters to evict" Julion stared in shock at the massive amount of ICBM's before as he trotted past them, each still probably capable of launch considering their pristine condition, when he reached the end of the cavern, the was a sign on the reinforced concrete wall, that simply labeled, Warning: Atomic Warheads are extremely dangerous, can release massive amounts of radiation, and are more powerful than megaspells and balefire. Each is estimated to have the explosive potential of at least 15 megatons. Mark Co Arms Division is proud to say it has been 207 years 4 months and 16 days incident free with the Atomic Warheads. Julion swallowed hard after reading that sign, already making up his mind to seal this cavern off as quickly as possible, then ran back towards the door to the other cavern...
Crimson watched as Snow simply brushed him off and went past to deal with "squatters" inside of the building. Hearing what the Mark.Co mare had just told him, he shrugged his soldiers and decided to walk away. Who knows what would happen if she were to enter a firefight against these intruders. Crimson considered Snow to be his last surviving superior, the others to his knowledge unable to survive the last day. And if she gave him and order, he followed it. However, he was not a blind flag waving zealot who followed orders without question, he hesitated for a moment. The chain of command was dead to him, he was his own person and would create his own destiny. Crimson then walked away from her, knowing that the security camera's were watching his every move. Meanwhile upstairs, Ruby was looking around at the footage on the screens. She could currently see the wasteland, it's settlements and cities, and several locations inside of the facility itself. She could see the Commandos, another Commando that was running towards another cavern, and Snow walking away from another figure. She tried to pay attention to the figure he was talking to, knowing that it was none-other than Crimson Lionheart himself. Known as the King of Diamonds in Equestria due to his status of being the king of a casino based city, The Archangel due to his "good deeds" in Zebrica and to the Legion that controlled the area, and The Crimson Reaper to the land of the Griffons and Buffalo. "What is the King of Diamonds doing in the facility?" She said softly.
Hunter snapped out of his thoughts and shook his head, "Wha-huh?" he asked, "Whatcha talking about?" as he looked at the sercurity camera feed, seeing Commandos he instantly recognized as Alpha squad by their shoulder emblem setting up defensive positions around the facility as an obvious Recovery Crew gathered supplies, got machines back to working order, getting the automated defenses back to working for the Commandos, Snow approaching the arsenal, unaware of what the Commandos were doing to her facility, and finally, a red unicorn walking down the hallways the opposite direction Snow was, "Hmm..." he muttered, then got up, "If you'll excuse me, Miss Ruby, I must regroup. My job is completed here. Tag along if you will, but my contract with you is up." with that, he tossed a bag of caps to her, "2,000 caps as payment. Thank you." and with that, Hunter simply left the room.
(To avoid confusion between the colour's of Crimson's and Ruby's text, Ruby's text will be Orange while Crimsons would be his namesake. Also, using Ruby's code for Color sucks. I need to practice more.) Ruby was slightly saddened by the loss of Hunter, but overall was very pleased with her discovery of the facility with the Commando and the reward of caps to start off another branch in a different location, where New Appaloosa seemed like an ideal choice. She pulled out her journal and decided to make an entry, alongside the plans for another branch company if New Appaloosa were selected. She would not leave the room however, due to the orders of Snow holding the powerful rifle that would ruin her day entirely. Once she done that, she sat back down before looking at the monitor that viewed Crimson. Changing her mind, she grabbed her rifle and headed downstairs to catch up. Making sure to stay out of Snow's direction. Crimson was busy making his way out of the facility when he encountered the red maned prospector. The two of them introducing each other, seemed to get along well. With some questions and answers, Crimson happily decided to travel with Ruby as they made their way out past the Commandos on the other side of the facility. However, it seemed that the Commandos were blocking the only entry out. They had to encounter them sooner or later, and to an angry Snow Mark as well. As they made their way up, the two of them started to talk. "So Ruby. What brings you to M.A.D? Were you helping the Commandos find the facility?" "Yes. They wanted my assistance to help them find this place, and i have received 2,000 caps as payment. I'm planing to expand my business in New Appaloosa,where i will now have two different branchs for my company." "Ever wanted Three? There is room for a building back in Los Pegasus where you could be able to set up as a headquarters. It was originally the Zebrican embassy, but then the war happened and has been closed since the beginning of the Great War. It's also surprisingly, given then attitude of the war, in pristine condition. I'll kindly give it to you for assistance." Ruby's face lit up as she then decided to suddenly hug the unicorn's for his generosity. Crimson was taken back in surprise before warmly smiling. "ThankyouThankyouThankyou!"Ruby spoke at a million miles an hour. Crimson happily replied "Anything for a friend"
(I was thinking of a Glorian soldier somehow getting stuck in the Equestria Wasteland, leave the how to me, and you control a character he meets)
(Alright, cool. I'm also coming up with a nation building role-play that you might find interesting as well. What would make this different is that it will have Fallout styled perks and stats to make it balanced between other players. I might have it written by about mid-day here, which is about three hours for me and possibly up as well during that time.)
