Equestria 2500: Dawn of Chaos (RP)

[moonlight7starshine]

Stardust signed and smiled then started walking towards moonlights room

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back at moonlights room moonlight also smiled and turned off her hologram and sat on her bed then she heard somepony come in. what is it stardust i know he was driven back . sister we should researce this material called chronite its what mark 7 is made out of maybe it will bring us advantages . Moonlight snorted we shall but i have my eyes set on Em pulses and ion cannons stardust you know what to do moonlight layed on her bed and fell asleep. stardust left to go back to the throne room to fill in moonlights duties.

[SuperNovaNightmare]

Lord X was both happy and ad that Clockwork had fled.

"There must have been a better way...... Connect me to our chief engineer, we have some machinery to build."

The overhead display flashed on, and the engineer showed up.

[glow=red,2,300]"Yes, what is it you need me to build, sir?"[/glow]

"I require some Terraformers, and atmospheric generators, stat. We have a planet to restore."

The engineer bowed.

[glow=red,2,300]"But of course, I will have them ready within the hours. Chief engineer, out."[/glow]

The display went blank. He turned to his crew.

"Alright, we have a lot of work ahead of us, so lets get to it!"

His crew cheered, and sped up what they were doing.

[Omega_Khaos]

All the ground based TC units used themselves to shield any biological lives they could many resorting to micro shield walls to keep the components from hitting them. NX101S and NX101M shift their power to aid in the protection of the people letting Mark 7 get away. They feel the lives of the others are more important then perusing the enemy.

---In orbit around the planet---

"[glow=navy,2,300]All forces protect those who do not have destructive protection. All others return to your ship.[/glow]" He switches channels, "[glow=navy,2,300]Lord X, They have pulled back but many will be hurt or worse. I am sending in an analysis team of T.C. units as we speak to survey the damage to the planet and to figure how long it will take to help with natural rebuild. Harmonia will take heavy interest in this and send ships to aid in reforestation. My group will aid in rebuilding efforts for the people.[/glow]" he switches channels one more time. "[glow=navy,2,300]Sheriff Buckeye, I will remain till my teams have finished their work. If you need my aid again just send word and i will max warp to you.[/glow]"

After he says his words he motions to a large number of T.C. units with hazard gear systems. They nod without need for words and head to the planet to gather the required information.

[moonlight7starshine]

((Clockwork I ensure you the next time you come back you MIGHt suffer more damage than you did now. Don't get started with planet busters ))

[Bane Emural]

The Shining Star and the rest of the Reserve Defense Fleet comes out of the slip space. The Reserve Defense Fleet heads towards one of the colonized planets to station themselves in. The Shining Star heads towards Orbital Station Ether and docks. The Burning Star and Blazing Fire seemed to have already docked and is awaiting Shining Star. The Dreadnought, however, is ascending from the colonized planet's atmosphere, most likely that it was finish dropping off the injured marines.

Buckeye exits the bridge and heads down to the port doors. The doors open and he exits out of the ship into the station. The commander of the station awaits the Sheriff at the Bridge. Buckeye enters the station's bridge and sees the commander and station personnel salute him as he entered the room. Buckeye walks up to where the commander is. "At ease." The personnel continue working. The commander looks at Buckeye with a worried look. "I have heard what was happening in the Nexus Empire. I am glad that the you were able to push Clockwork out of the system. But with all of this going on, will it mean war?" Buckeye looks at the available salvage crew, then at the commander. "Who knows. Clockwork probably won't let this slide and will wage war when he has enough strength to do so. Right now, I want every station and ship to prepare for war. Just in case Clockwork does decide to attack us. And contact the salvage crew, I want them to go to the Nexus homeworld and help fix up the place by collecting the debris of the destroyed ships and returning it to the colonized planets for repairs, maintenance, or ship building." The commander salutes him. "Yes sir!" Buckeye turns to leave and boards the Shining Star. The Shining Star has been resupplied and departs from the station, awaiting the salvage team.

------A Few hours later-------

The salvage team emerges from the colonized planet in a large cargo ship. It contains many collectors inside to collect the debris and mounds of metal that lies on the planet's surface. "Get ready to enter into slip space." All 4 ships surrounds the cargo ship in a defensive formation. A large slip space disturbance appears and it opens. "Enter slip space." The small defense fleet and cargo ship enters into the slip space. It closes as soon as the last ship has entered into it.

[Night Pony]

--Sol System---
The Valhalla was just finishing patrolling the Sol system.
"Nice and quiet. Just how I like it." Night noted.
"Charge the hyperdrive and be ready to jump on my mark."
"Yes, ma'am." said the Chief Officer and a charging noise was heard throughout most of the ship. One pony, member of the deck crew who was monitoring the charging, said the energy out loud.
"Hyperdrive at 10...20....30....40...50%....60...70....80...90...100%. We're ready for jump."
"Set course to the system Ursa 1. Jump now." a second later a massive jumphole appeared that was with the size of the ship and it sucked the Valhalla in it. In the end it closed with a very bright flash.

--Ursa 1--

A bright flash appeared and the Valhalla exited the hyperspace with little momentum. The hole disappeared the same flashy way.
"Full forward. Set coarse t the nearest planet." and the ship accelerated slow and steady to the nearest inhabited planet scanning for any hostile ships in the meantime.

[Bane Emural]

The slip space opens in the Nexus territory and Buckeye's Defense Fleet appears along with the Free Systems Scavengers. The Vanguard frigates leaves from the planet's orbit and warps back to the Free Systems territory. Blazing Fire, Burning Star, and Dreadnought assumes defense positions around the planet while the scavengers and the Shining Star descends down into the planet. The scavengers takes positions above the debris that landed on the planet's surface. The Shining Star positions itself around the capital city.

"Prep the Pelican. I need to pay a visit to the two Empresses." Buckeye leaves the bridge and heads down into the hangars, where a Pelican is ready and waiting for him. Buckeye enters the Pelican and it lifts off. The hangar doors open and the Pelican leaves the Shining Star, heading towards the castle. It lands on a landing platform.

Buckeye gets off of the Pelican and heads towards the castle. He looks at the guards. "May I have an audience with either Empress Moonlight or her sister, Stardust?"

[moonlight7starshine]

The guards nodded letting buckeye talk to moonlight or stardust

[Bane Emural]

Buckeye walks in and looks for either Moonlight or Stardust, more likely looking for Stardust.

[moonlight7starshine]

buckeye saw stardust in the throne room welcome back sheriff buckeye

[Bane Emural]

Buckeye bows and looks at Stardust. "Hello again Stardust. I have brought with me, the scavenging team. The will get collect any debris there is on the planet. After that is done, they will return to the Free Systems with what they have collected. All they need is the permission to do so from either you or your sister."

[The Wandering Magus]

The Valhalla found the spaceport busy, but orderly.  There didn't seem to be any crime or chaos going on that could be seen from this vantage point.  However, the local Law Enforcement broadcasts seemed to indicate that there were certain illicit activities possibly going nearby the cargo stations, despite all the ships' clearance codes being confirmed.  There weren't any strange craft, just... highly modified ships with custom patching, not enough to warrant an investigation just yet.  The markings on the notable ships read as Free System, but then again all too many pirates, raiders and smugglers used that flag.

A medium-sized, heavily patched startrain perhaps half a century old was leaving the docks and approaching the hyperbeacon now with a small escort of various fighters.  Its ion thrusters were new additions, but the cargo carriages were a mess of new and outdated.  Spice, hydrogen, tanks of water, helium-three, a few shipments of clothing, and... lots of lead?  Those crates look awfully secure for just lead.  The multiple passenger carts with patched-over windows didn't help appearances.  And the startrain had one too many custom-fitted guns to be just a "normal" startrain...

A glance at its intended route showed that it was going to be passing through Bitopian space on the way to Ursa 2.  Say what you will about the filthy-rich "businessponies" from that place, but they had quite the reputation for illicit trade.  Something could be going on here...

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Regardless of how outlandish the daydream, it was actually quite tame compared with the bewildering complexity that apparently came with piloting a ship.  All sorts of preflight and postflight checks, callsigns, and hundreds of new rates to memorize.  There was even a new alphabet!  Well, the same alphabet, but spoken strangely, like "Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta" and other strange words that sounded all technical.  The rest of her fellow students seemed to be about as confused, well, most of them.  One pony in the back even had her eyes pointing in different directions!  Oh wait, her eyes are normally like that.  Hereditary trait of the Hooves family.

"Now, when you actually begin to fly, there are certain concepts to remember for wheel and joystick interfaces.  Firstly, when working with a joystick, pulling back does NOT stop the ship.  Who can tell me what pulling back on the stick when on full throttle does in a conventional starship?"

*****

Elder Light bowed deeply and gave  the command.  The fleet of Harmonian warships broke formation and returned to the Skytree, though the Elder Guardians continued to await further orders.

About half an hour later, a third scout ship jumped out of hyperspace.  This time, the pad displayed the Clockwork forces self-destructing all over the planet and the various factions jumping away.  A few more explosions could be seen as falling debris burned up in the atmosphere or impacted the continents, but it seemed the battle was now over.  What had happened here?

*****

The scene played over and over in Moonlight's head as she lay in bed.  The shocked and terrified looks of her subjects, the cold, merciless gaze of the robot above her, the indescribable pain of her body being damaged almost beyond repair, the metallic hoof ready to end her life eternally...

Somehow, looking in the mirror didn't help.  The permanent scar just above her eyes was a reminder that she had failed this day.  Failed in a way she'd never failed before.  Beaten in single combat, by a machine.  Seconds away from a most horrendous fate.

She had been in battles before, hundreds of them, thousands of them.  She was more than used to having old friends and close family fall to an enemy's hooves, to seeing the ashen remains of nurseries or empty suits of melted armor.  She had hurt and been hurt, felt the life of an opponent slip away in her hooves.  Every part of her body had been wounded at one point or another.  Pain, fear, suffering, these were familiar to the Empress.  The faces and voices that used to haunt her had long gone silent in the two centuries of her life.

Yet today was different.  The sheer scale of the destruction was something her mind could scarcely wrap around.  Millions, no, BILLIONS of lives, her own citizens.  Stallions, mares.  Foals.  Little fillies and colts.  Forests, farms, fields, villages, burning, all burning.  The oceans turning black, the sky red as flame.

And always, always, those merciless, dead eyes, and the searing touch of a chronite hoof.

[Night Pony]

((Yes! I was so bored. ))

Night took notice of the ship.
"That is an unusual old ship with new guns no less." she noted. "Check it's paperworks." thought the term was old since everything was digitalized, it was still used.
"It carries spice, hydrogen, tanks of water, helium-three, clothing, and lead."
"Well in that case I doubt they will mind if we did a little bio and freight scanning. Hail it and inform it of our actions. Also set an intercept course."
"Yes ma'am." said one of the deck crew members and made a broadcast to the ship.
"Unindetified ship. This is the Valhalla of the Homeworld's military forces. Stop all engines and prepare for full ship scanning. Any resistance will be considered as hostile."
During the time of the message the mobile fortress took an intercept course and headed straight towards the ship.

[Bravo 658]

Yellow raised her hoof and stood when called upon.  "With the throttle on full, pulling the joystick back will bring your nose up and change your direction of travel accordingly.  If you're hovering, you'll start going backwards pretty fast, which I don't think is a good idea," she chuckled, jumping a bit abruptly onto the topic to take her mind off the daydream.

[moonlight7starshine]

moonlight woke up from her sleep she looked at a wall she felt regret anger and hatred. i will get ravenge mark 7 i will she said in angry low tone then slowly fell asleep again.

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stardust smiled i grant you permission to do so also if you find anything suspicios or interesting please do tell us. if theres anymore robots alive don't kill them yet we can get some information out of them if they can talk.

[The Clockwork King]

Unit 390 and it's few comrades made shelter within one of the mined tunnels excavated by the Earthmovers far from the centre of action around the palace. It had come to this, with master gone for an unidentified period of time to gather reinforcements, fleeing to the corners of the world through whatever means they knew, no sign of the Mark 7 and the damaged inhibitor constantly fritzing more so than usual. Unit 390 felt the urge to lash out at anything, half hoping it would fight back, but that was discounted on the grounds of being illogical in all forms. It turned it's head back to where the others stood, garnering what recharge for their individual weapon systems they could before heading out again to search for a way off world. The inhibitor failed once more as a rock shattered underhoof before being ground down into dust. Unit 390 infuriated itself at times, it's inadequacy to preform correctly during missions due to the glitched system of it's mind was no doubt earning the ire from it's maker even when apart. The hole was semi-secure for the time, thus did Unit 390 finally join it's comrades in recharge for the night, hoping to at least uncover something of value from within its soul...
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Master had not been pleased at Mark 7's arrival, inexplicably assaulting unit in a fit of an emotion it had learned none too long ago, anger. Master kept screaming how unit had betrayed comerades, leaving them to "die".
What is death? What was the logic behind Master's outburst? Could Master be corrupted by organic means?
Further investigation required...

[Bane Emural]

"Thank you." Buckeye radios the scavengers. "You have permission to collect every metal there is. And if there is anything strange or any bots still alive, contact the Shining Star or the Nexus military so they can detain them. Do not try to capture it yourself." He shuts off his communicator. He looks at Stardust. "The scavengers will scour every part of the planet until there is no more debris left to be seen or the cargo ship becomes full. And if there is something strange, they will tell us. This is not the first strange occurrences they had when scavenging or collecting debris of recent battles or derelict ships."

[moonlight7starshine]

I appreciate your help sheriff buckeye. Moonlight is realy starting to worry me I just hope she had learn her lesson ..

[Bane Emural]

"I do not blame her. The Clockwork Empire has done some horrible things and are brutal when it comes to combat. Its how Dreadnought manage to actually lose some fighters in our battle against a Clockwork ship. In fact, when I came here, I jumped the gun and started blasting at Clockwork and his fleet. I wasn't thinking straight, only vengeance. I don't like seeing my own soldiers hurt, which is to be expected when running a defense fleet." Buckeye looks out at the window. "But there are times when I know I have to stop otherwise more will suffer because of my actions." Buckeye sighs. "Well because of this event, my superiors got http://forum.legendsofequestria.com/index.php?topic=2470.0">Read the forum rules.ed and nearly demoted me. But seeing how I was one of the best Admirals, they needed me. So I am now on a short leash until they start to have more trust in me again."

[moonlight7starshine]

i see honestly moonlight was never defeated like this sure she was hurt many times but never like this. She doesn't respond to pain like normal ponies do heck even if you stab her she wouldn't even flinch. Which impressed me but I'm sure she can fell it but ignores it. Also sheriff should we help the scavengers there's not much to do here for the time being.