Sparkly EditionThis thread is all about Equestria's mares in uniform. Whether they're a fighting troop, a backwater garrison, or the ponice, all are welcome subjects for art & green.>OngoingParks and Wilderness: https://ponepaste.org/3967>Ongoing?Dog Ear: https://ponepaste.org/8635Feather Scarf & Star Dusk: https://ponepaste.org/7935Anon's Sexcellent Adventure: https://ponepaste.org/7849Misadventures in the DMZ: https://ponepaste.org/7150>Everyday Life With GuardsmaresPart 1: https://ponepaste.org/1047Part 2: https://ponepaste.org/1049Part 3: https://ponepaste.org/1050Part 4: https://ponepaste.org/3941Part 5: https://ponepaste.org/3928Part 6: https://ponepaste.org/1057Part 7 (In Progress): https://ponepaste.org/5778Maestro Cazador, an "Everyday Life With Guardsmares" tale: https://www.fimfiction.net/story/525058/maestro-cazador-an-everyday-life-with-guardsmares-taleEDLWGM FAQ: https://ponepaste.org/1058>CompleteRoyal Guard Spirit Corps Anon: https://ponepaste.org/8674Sword and Shield: https://ponepaste.org/3066Skin and Oki: https://poneb.in/zsYqrMin>One-shotsBring Your Foal to Work Day: https://ponepaste.org/8040Pony ATF: https://ponepaste.org/6083A Hearth's Warming Patrol: https://pastebin.com/dPwemUphHate Sex With Gunny: https://poneb.in/21ZhUgzy"Sir, Yes Sir!": https://poneb.in/9WeeGgq7Duty Bound: https://poneb.in/WfLZh5EWAnon Pointedly Does Not Get Sex with a Guard: https://poneb.in/zi1KcnVCThe Final Test: https://poneb.in/s7Drg7s3>Out-of-Thread Honorable Mentions>RGRE, Complete:Veteran Guardsmares in RGRE: https://ponepaste.org/7387Crystal Bells: https://ponepaste.org/8161>Incomplete:The Long and Short of It: https://ponepaste.org/158A Bond Through The Ages: https://ponepaste.org/6722>Fimfictionhttps://www.fimfiction.net/story/142494/choosing-of-the-guardhttps://www.fimfiction.net/story/230095/memoirs-of-a-royal-guardhttps://www.fimfiction.net/story/229026/night-watchhttps://www.fimfiction.net/story/263534/partys-overhttps://www.fimfiction.net/story/182289/seashellhttps://www.fimfiction.net/story/368301/the-commanders-shillinghttps://www.fimfiction.net/story/243801/three-of-hearts>PromptsLas Pegasus Vice: https://ponepaste.org/1070CLOPS: https://ponepaste.org/1071>Ded circa April 2023Links to dead stories: https://ponepaste.org/4308Reckless in Training40k GuardsmaresElsewhile in the Royal GuardD.O.I. P0ne's in Our WorldAnon’s RegimentBrave and VannieValiant HeartCareful's ChargeGoing Bump in the NightReassignedVigilant ShieldMagic and MudFinding ItSniper AnonSilver StarMeadow StockadeCopper WingFirst Time MassageAnon Y Mous, Hierarch of HagolandWhiskey and CigarsThe Mountain KeeperSteel's ChargeSouthern ComfortSpankybatSirdubsSaint Destruction>Ded OOTHMsGame of PonesIn A Better LightPrevious Thread: >>42695834
Let's fucking GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo
>>42922190>rape
some times, rule 63 is really retarded.this is one of those times.
>>42922887The guardsmares are on their way to rape (You)
>>42922901I will use my jewish magic to control them
>>42922917THIS ANON IS A GRIFFON! GUARDS, DEPORT HIM!!!
>>42922932they only deport batpons. us griffons are just sent to grifael to fight and die so that equestria can be ignorant of distant wars.
>>42922932Very brown, isn't she?
>>42922190Wtf cute crystal guard?!
>>42922929I'm not one usually to judge art but how the fuck do you miss this hard? They don't even look like ponies.
>>42922190Holy shitsnacks! A blast from the past! I’ve got a whole day of work tomorrow with nothing to do. You aren’t allowed to die before then.
>>42923398Is there something wrong with Honour Bound, anon?>>42924529Redd's art is shit, we know.
>all those dead storiesLike tears in the rain
>>42924927
>>42922932>>42924627Love me brown guard, simple as.
>>42925497a princess dedicated enough that she requires no flag because she /is/ the flag is undoubtedly worth my loyalty.recolor shy is also kinda kek.
>>42925211Honour deserves happiness.
>>42925502>1 second before disaster
>>42922814Sooo... what would happen if you actually get caught? Do the guard mares really not like pets and scritches while standing post? I thought they'd love it.
>>42927530QT
Does any Anon here have pics of guardmares in chain mail?
>>42927530Cute mare
>>42922190/rgm/ in the year of our lord 2026? Let's fucking go!
sleepy guard
So... Now that we have a thread, what should we talk about guardsmares?
>Guardsmare is on duty right after Luna got de-nightmared>Luna asks why there are mares on the royal guard now when it used to be stallions only>She professionally states that the guard opened up for mares 100 years ago and that she went through the same training regimen that every guard does>Luna replies that's yakshit, that guards' standards had slipped to pander to new equestrian social standards, and casually remarks she would probably be useless in a real confrontation>Guardsmare stands there professionally and doesn't seem phased>But her face is leaking like she's been crying for awhile
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>>42928548Wtf Sparks!Is this new artwork? I've never seen this previously.
>>42928563I dunno, saw it over here >>42917230 so I think it's new?
>>42928139their shining armor?
>>42927536Like, "nothing but chain-mail", or "panoply includes chain-mail"?>>42928139Why do we like guardspones?Being in the guard means danger, violence, and maybe even chances of both dealing and receiving death. Isn't that something one would not want for one's sweetheart?Is it just because they are rad and bad-ass?
>>42929077Humies love a mare in uniform
>>42929077I like the hybrid-design of those armors, and that halter-looking helmet strap is super cute.Would love me a bit silly but absolutely earnest and hard-working personal guard.
>>42929077Duty, honor, dedication and a sense of something other than ones self are all things you want in a partner. If their chosen profession brings them into harms way, who are you to deny them as someone who loves them?
GUYS, LOOK OUT!
>>42929288>partnerFaggot.
Oh shit, /rgm/ has been brought back from the dead.
>>42929305guardstallions deserve love. Guard mares moreso but I nay discriminate
>>42929547This.Not just the mares. But the Stallions too.They are all cuties. And I cuddled them like cuties! I LOVE THEM!>>42929305Anon just correctly caught on to me sneakily using the extremist dog-whistle of "guardsPONEs"Total Pony Love.
>>42928563 >>42928587It is new. It was a doodle I made when I re-read the whole story again, and was once again faced with how upbeat, cute and also powerful and capable Sparks is.Like I said in the /bale/ thread; I really wish I'd get back to working on some of the sketches I started back when.And especially some of the ones for Parks and Wilderness, since it is a great story with an unfortunate lack of fanart.
old unfinished art of the corporal I made after reading ELWG, the idea was that she's standing guard during a stormy night
>>42929955Corporal Bound deserves some lovin'
>>42927035damn I kinda want to really pee my white stuff into her armored butt. She cute. Would love with cuddles and passionate dicking.
>>42929295ah SHIT HIT THE DECK!
>>42929929Did you use any reference for the helmet or did you just wing it? Reminds me of those lobster-tail helmets used by much later cavalry than the generic closed knight's helmet she's wearing in most art.
>>42930523Oh I mostly winged it.I looked up visored bascinets, since that's what the fic says she's wearing, and then took a million liberties.What looks like the fixed, cap-style visor of a lobster-tail helmet is actually the flipped up visor of a closable bascinet, just with horribly lazily butchered perspective and proportions!
>>42930793That's so cool! I've been interested of the armor design for ponies, and while I really like the show style generic Greek-inspired helmet, a lobster-tail helmet could also maybe fit for Equestrian regular "infantry" (even though it's cavalry helmet technically.)
>>42927536
>>42931957>"Do you feel in charge?"
>>42929955 Very nice stuff!Her pretty braid also gets me pondering again:Do you feel that the fur crest on the guard's helmets should be:a) The wearer's actual mane fed through a slot in the fringe.b) A separate fur crest, but custom fitted with the colors (and perhaps even shape) of the owner's manec) A separate and uniform fur crest. One color fits all.And then there's always the entirely uniform Royal Personal Guard, with the princesses' glamour magic, or horrible genetical manipulations, or whatever they did to those ponies.
>>42933246I've always thought that every helmet has this neat little enchantment that sucks wearers mane up and through a slot and make the crest. That way you don't need to shave if you got poofy or long mane and want that helmet to fit.I've mostly disregarded the white copy-paste stallions of Celestia's honor guard as laziness from animators part. Not everything visual in the series needs to be 1:1 canon.
>>42933246I like having the crest reflect the rank of the owner, so for Corporal I'd choose red. For a higher rank, like Colonel, I'd like it to be a red transverse crest.
Upsies for guardmares.
>>42922190When i firstly saw the OP image i thought she was farting a violent beam of death.
>>42933280That would be a very practical enchantment. But it would still put one's pretty mane at risk in a tussle.It also appears to be something like how Crystal Empire guard helmets work.Canterlot guards who doff their helmets retain the crests (with matching mane color) in some scenes. But then again, all this might just be down to what the individual animator felt like doing that day, or how important the character's mane style is considered to be; like Rarity and Zephyr Breeze wearing guard armor, having their distinct manes coming out of the crest.>>42933307Oh yeah. Proper Greco-Roman style, to follow the armor theme.
>>42934172And here's a big autist collage with things that most people were probably already aware of!>>42933280Oh yes, that is absolutely the reason behind the honor guard. One could argue that in such a case the animators probably could have taken some time to rectify that earlier, before it grew into just being the truth of the world. Like in S6 when they made the Crystal Empire guards much more varied. And (much later) they DID vary up the Canterlot guard as well, and also threw in out beloved guardsmares!But yes, it is probably kind of like getting mad at the lore implications of there always being several Linkys and Lyras, et al. in a crowd shot.Boss-man Hasjew is standing over you with the whip and it was simply faster and easier to just copy the old flash rig you already have loaded.
>/rgm/ thread in 2026Not today, old friend
>>42927893
>Guardsmare drowns because she didn't take off her armor.
>>42935623What a fat pony. What does she even do at the palace, guard the pantry?
>>42934620That reminds me, which is earliest visual glimpse we got for mare royal guards in Equestria proper? Is it really as late as S7 or something onwards?
>>42936460Don't shittalk the guards you bully!
>>42934620My headcanon is that it's the mane that affects the crest. Your typical (boooring) guard has the regular crest and then those with crazy manestyles have it reflected through the crest.Honestly, each crest should've reflect each guard's manestyle because it'll look cooler that way, but if you want a professional guard then they need to have the same crest.
>>42937591>"Sure I can. I already have three, back in my apartment."
>>42938634>Not knowing anything else to do, the guardsmares in anons apartment have just started guarding the place like it's part of the palace. They patrol all two rooms, arrange shifts and training exercises. Stand in attention next to his bed during nights.>after a week of bad sleep and not being able to jerk off in peace, anon just returns them back to the palace.
>>42938656>implying anon wouldn't try raping them>implying they wouldn't have to constantly avoid him during their shifts, subsisting off of his fridge>implying the guard wouldn't then use his house as a survival, evasion, resistance, and escape training location>implying that some of the best guardsmares wouldn't be born from this program as anon tries adapting to their techniques but gets blueballed every single time>implying anon would recognize this at all
>>42925211Holy shit is that real? Someone actually made an Honour Bound plush?
>>42940340Seems to be, Hive doesn't detect any AI shenanigans.Also, welcome back! New tripcode?
>>42940526I think this is the same as I was using last time I posted? I know I switched at some point (due to forgetting my original trip) but that was a while back. But after that I emailed myself my trip to remember it.
>>42940549I was double-checking and you had a different trip last update. It probably has something to do with the 4chan leak from last year.
>>42940526>>42940340No AI here, just honest love for the our mares in uniform. Lily's mane and tail are (still) wip because life and shit does what it does. Sparks is next on the list but haven't decided yet whether i wanna make her full head taller than the rest of them.
>>42940626wtf you told me Sparks was next!
>>42940626That's incredible, anon. My wife sends her compliments as well.
>>42940626Do you know how many people I would mug to have the money for these, anon?
>>42940643I meant but then I couldn't decide whether I wanna make her canonically BIG so decided to practice with Glam instead.>>42940678Thank you. This story and these characters have been huge boon in my life, and I hope to see it continuing again some day when the time is right.>>42940683Please don't mug anybody for guardsmares, that would go against the theme of honour and protection!
>>42940740>I couldn't decide whether I wanna make her canonically BIGMake her beeg. She's a big mare.
>>42940772For you.
>>42940778>>42930793>Would it hurt if I took off that helmet?
>>42940798It would be extremely cute.
I swear to celestia I wrote and outlined 70% of this last year>You sit quietly in the red as the thud of the helicopter drowns your ears.>The comms crackle, "5 minutes.">TKing the drink tube to your mouth, you wet your parch throat.>You always were nervous right before an op. Came up as one of the three: butterflies, dry throat, or the shakes.>At least this tick isn't that bad, asides from the constant sips of water the entire ride.>That's probably why you're not tier 1, but that doesn't stop you from being second best.>"1 minute.">The doors open wide and the ropes' weights are TK'd to the doors while you pull down your NVGs.>A sudden tilt backwards as the helicopter arrests its movement. It levels itself and you drop the rope, followed by you fast roping down along with your Captain on the other door.>Halfway down, the thud of the helicopter suddenly cuts off in exchange for the silence of the night.>Looking around with your weapon drawn, you see nothing except for a brightly lit town in the distance and sparingly few shrubbery.>You quickly move to secure the area as the rest of your squad drops down.>Done with its job, the helicopter unceremoniously drops the rope and flies off into the green of your vision, completely disappearing into the new moon's night with not so much a peep.>Your Captain, already a few feet ahead, motions for everyone to join him before marching off with all of you in tow.>You have your spot in the middle of the line, like usual.>Up ahead, the town is still lit up with lights, but you are about five klicks from it.>The march is done quietly. Everyone in your squad is on high alert, their necks on a swivel the entire time.>You all eventually hunker down behind a small rocky face away from the town.>The Captain pulls out a map to study it again before you enter, inviting you and a few others to look over it again.>It's a big town, with around 10,000 inhabitants and sprawls just under 7000 acres. Your target is deep, nestled about 6 klicks north east from your current location.>You'll have to move through the light for now, but at least almost everyone in the town should be asleep at 0322.>Almost everyone.>Satisfied, your Captain stands up and starts for the town, with all of you filing behind him once again.>Most of the street is lit up, and your conspicuously heavily armed squad is way too exposed.>What would be a short trip is anything but. The streets are constantly winding like a flowing river, with 6 foot walls separating each multistory house, alleyways few and far between.>But nothing happens until you approach your target.>This area of the town is more open and lit up than the rest, forcing you and your squad to lift your NVGs up. That means only one thing.>The pace slows down considerably, as you all carefully creep up to the compound making sure not to be spotted by any sentries, getting to a small building.
>>42941007>Peeking around a corner causes the Captain to hold up a balled fist and speak quietly, "Three tangos. One in the building at 10 o'clock, two on the walls. Incog, Redacted, you two get the walls, I've got the last one.">Incognito and Redacted are boosted up to your building's sloped roof. They both crawl forwards slowly to set up on their marks.>"Got 'em in view, Captain.">"Same here.">The Captain kneels, slowly peeking the corner with his rifle.>THIP>THIP-THIP>"Move!">You all scurry to the compound's wall as your Captain flicks radioman's equipment on.>"Blue Room, Smokey-1 is home." He turns back to you all, "NVGs down, now!">A moment later and the power is cut, letting the night reclaim the town.>"Fiz, go!">You quickly pull out two charges from your saddlebag and slam one against the wall a few yards away from your Captain and the other a few yards behind your squad."Fire in the hole!">KRSSSHBOOOOOOOOOM>Two holes are cleanly blown through as you direct their energy towards the wall.>You generate two flash balls at maximum power, then toss one through each mouse-hole before your squad splits and streams through.>You hear a few suppressed shots as you enter and already the courtyard is cleared, a few enemy combatants lying dead on the ground.>No time to look further, though, as you have to bring another charge to the gated front door, blowing it open.>You toss another flash through the door and after a BANG your squad, including you, moves in. >Two doors on the right and one on the left. The left door's closed, while the furthest right door is slightly propped open.>You try the closed doors as you enter, finding that the left door is unlocked while the closed right door is locked.>As two cover the left door while the rest split, stacking on both right doors, you pick the right door unlocked. You stand between the two stacks, conjuring four balls of light that are evenly thrown through the now open right doors.>BANG BANG-BANG-BANG>The two fireteams breach and engage whatever is behind the doors.>A few shots sound from the right doors before both teams emerge with a "Clear!" before stacking on the remaining door.>You can hear stomps above you paired with faint shouting coming from the left door.>Again, you open and throw two flashes through. Both detonate prematurely, one almost immediately.>"Stairs!" calls out the Captain as peeks into the doorway and up, before trading fire with someone.>"They've got some barricade up there, looks like 2 guys.""I've got it.">Standing next to the door, you TK a grenade from your side, pull the pin, and pop the spoon as it zips upwards at a 45° angle, hitting a corner to the sound of the two contacts trying to scramble away.>THWOOM>Dust falls from the ceiling as the nade goes off, and the Captain takes point with you following close behind him.
>>42941008>Two limbs are strewn on the stairs, a burning smell entering your nose.>There's another doorway to the side of the stairs at the top, so you toss two flashes through.>You keep dumping flashes as the two of you ascend, followed by the rest of the squad.>Finally at the top you toss three for good measure and draw your pistol.>He clears right and you clear left.>You don't see anyone, but from the shots behind you your Captain did.>"Clear!">The rest of the squad filters in.>"You two," the Captain points at Nameless and Unnamed, "Watch the windows for any squirters or heroes.">"Yes, sir." They say in unison.>When you try the doors, both are locked.>Two quick picks later and the two fireteams are ready to breach.>You're about to breach both of them when the right door is peppered with gunshots that start moving towards the fireteam.>"GET DOWN!">Four of them hit the ground as the shots penetrate the sandstone wall they were behind, filling the room with sand.>You TK the dust together and send it back through the bullet holes, spraying the assailants.>That gets you a yell followed by violent coughing. One of those is feminine.>You turn your focus on the left door, opening it and tossing two flashes as a four-man breaches and clears.>The four who hit the floor get back up and you repeat the process.>This time you join them as they enter room with the Captain entering behind you all.>"DROP THE FUCKING GUN! DROP IT! DROPITNOW!">Charging your horn, you blast the man and mare with a stun spell.>"AH!">"Gzh!">Both drop to the ground, along with their weapons.>The other fireteam enters the room as their weapons are taken away.>The Captain speaks, "Get the intel. Fiz, deal with the pony.">Everyone save you, the Captain, and one squadmate start opening the drawers, ripping the pcs open, tearing down papers, taking phones, and doing whatever they can get their hands on any data.>Out of your bag comes the transport kit: gag, blackout goggles, ear plugs, head bag, restraints, and a harness.>Calling on your training, you TK the kit over to the mare whose struggle intensifies when the blindfolds cover her eyes.>Tsk, with a little encouragement from a stun spell followed by a sedative, she's simple work.>The guy pointing down at the remaining hostile calls out the Captain, "Sir, what about this guy?">"Don't need him." he replies.>That's all Incog needs to hear.>THIP>Tightening the final restraint around her wings, you TK her over to Incog, who is carrying an empty backpack.>You strap her inside using the body harness, making sure her body is snug against Incog's back.>"House-1, this is Smokey 1-1, package grabbed." The Captain reports, before looking at the furious data grab. "Make it quick, boys. We're bound to get some contact soon." Then he turns to you. "Get a drone up, I want a feed.""Yes, sir."
>>42941010>You both move out to the main room, where there's a window. TKing a small tubed object out of your center saddle bag, you smash the window open and with some magic, you send the tube high up into the sky with a WOOOOMP. As it travels up, the sides open up, revealing wings that let it take flight.>Both you and the Captain flip down your chest device, watching as the feed goes online to a thermal view.>"Set the drone wide, I want three klicks covered from this position.">You quickly input the new parameters as he uses the camera to scan the surroundings.>"Shit. There's at least three vics, one tech, heading our way. Moving fast.">He taps on the screen a few times. "Prep another one, Fiz.">You dutifully do so, sending another one into the air as you lose connection to the previous drone.>WOOOOMP>Two out, one more to go.>"That should slow them down a bit. Hurry up! We're out in five!" The Captain then turns to the two men on the windows. "Get down there and see if you can get us a ride.">"Yes, sir.">The Captain turns back to you. "Be my eyes." He orders before he reenters the room filled with intel."Yes sir.">You sit down, swiping the screen with your TK to scan your surroundings. So far, the first enemies are dealing with the aftermath of the switch strike. The lead vehicle is aflame with a smashed van behind it. The convoy is completely stopped and you can make out figures moving about, clearly helping their injured comrades.>Continuing to look around, you begin to see some white hot spots emerging from the homes around you. Some of them are wandering around in the dark. If all goes well you can ignore them.>Your ears turn towards the heavy footsteps coming up the stairs and out comes Unnamed.>"Hey Fiz, did you see any car keys up here?""Dunno.">"Damn." Is all that comes out before he looks into the intel-busy room, "Any car keys in there?">"No," comes the reply.>"Double damn." He goes into the other room to look.>You turn your attention back to the screen. You see a single vehicle a distance away, snaking its way towards the previous convoy. Zooming in, your suspicions turn correct: an ambulance. So far, so good.>Unnamed comes out of the room, "No dice. I think you blew it up with this guy, Fiz.">You look at the body bits strewn about, noticing the one intact body that the Captain smoked.>TKing the body, you feel around for any keys but you come up empty-hoofed.>You flash Unnamed a grin."Looks like you'll have to make do.">"Yeah yeah, thanks," he replies as starts down the stairs.>You continue to swipe around, looking in all directions including outside the town.>Still quiet.>Let's see, nothing, nothing, noth->Buck.
>>42941011"Another convoy, 6 klicks north! 1 vic, 3 techs!">"Double time, everyone! Fiz, check if they've got the vics going and unlocked the gate!">You rush down the stairs and outside to the compound's yard.>This time you are able to count five bodies and a vic parked on the edge. Nameless is kneeled down, looking through one of the bodies.>On the side of the building is a garage with its door open, containing two vics. The truck's light is on, its engine humming. Unnamed is behind the wheel of the other one, head down as he works to hot-wire it.>The wall's gate is still closed and locked.You TK it unlocked, then push it open, "Double time, gentlemen! We've got more friends.">Nameless doesn't look up as he's rooting through a body, "Fiz, help me a little here." He points at two other bodies, "Check those guys for me. /This/ fucker has too many pockets.">TKing through the bodies, you rummage through their pockets and zippers, pulling out everything into a single field to bring towards yourself.>Wallet, photos, ammo... no keys."You still need help there?">"No, I... yeah.">Less than a minute later everything is out, a key included in the floating field.>"Fucking magic.""Great, isn't it?">"For you.">Just then, you hear a familiar buzz in the air.>"Drone!">You bolt inside, up the stairs, and into the intel room."Drone!" Is all you let out as you overcharge the radiopack with a continuous stream of magic.>The radioman, Classified, drops his pack for easier access.>He enables the jammer, turning some knobs to adjust the frequency, all while you keep the magic up.>The Captain speaks up. "Change of plans, we are getting out of here, now! Fiz, leave some calling cards! Let's move!">Classified reshoulders his pack as they all go downstairs at a brisk pace.>You, on the other hoof, lag behind them, opening your bag to chuck some proximity mines inside and outside the intel room before arming them.>Going downstairs, you catch the tail end of Unnamed's report. "...three vics working. A truck, van, and sedan.">"Good. Bravo team, take the truck and rear. Charlie, the sedan — make sure you keep your head down Incog." Incognito nods his head. "Alpha, we'll take the van and point. Keep your lights off.">You all pile into your respective vehicles and take off into the night as a small convoy.>Out the window you see people watching you leave the building, no doubt bound to tell the enemy where you're going.>The Captain, meanwhile, is staring intently at his screen tapping it every moment, so you take the moment to look away from the van window to pop yours open again.
>>42941015>From your screen, you see him furiously moving the drone's single camera to and fro, trying to cover as much area as possible.>You drive in silence for a while, taking constant turns down the road.>Looks like the tech convoy reached the compound, releasing two dozen enemies. Some of them spread out to question the nearby civvies, while others enter.>A sizeable group enters and a moment later a flash comes out of the second floor's window.>White figures rush out of the building.>Classified speaks up, "Sir, command is saying there's activity in the towns near Alpha point. They've rerouted our extraction to Papa point.">Papa?>That's far back north east, where you just left. You'll have to cross the entire town. Going around isn't an option because of all the rocks and uneven ground. Unless you want to do it on foot.>Your Captain slams the vic's dash. "FUCK! Keep going, I'll get another route for us. Fuck...">Innominate nods and quickly takes a peek at his screen's GPS before taking a left.>You're about 2 minutes from the outskirts when the Captain depresses his radio's talk button. "I've updated your GPSs, we're moving out to Papa point.">Innominate's screen flashes, prompting him to take another left.>Looking back at the drone view, you see that two of the technicals are already moving south west towards you.>The Captain takes the proactive step of calling out alternative turns to avoid the techs.>Your little convoy breezes past multiple homes on the east outskirts.>In a minute you've already skipped past the techs, but the screen is starting alight with more white as more residents wake up to the early morning activity.>More worryingly, there's another group- no, make that four more groups. Three of them have one tech, the other two. They're splitting up to find you.>Wait, only two of them are searching for you. The other two are dropping of hostiles and setting up roadblocks. Even that first convoy is setting up, too.>How'd they know you're moving in that direction?>Not that it matters; your group is making swift progress to one of the roadblocks.>The captain speaks up when you're half a klick from it, "Innominate, stop here." He then presses on his radio. "Disembark, we're on foot from here on out.">Once everyone is out of their vehicles, the Captain motions you over, pointing at a wall. "Fiz, make a path.""Yes, sir.">You use your magic to conjure a set of glowing hot pink stairs that are wide enough for two of your squaddies to fit on.>Climbing to the apex first, you generate the other set of stairs going down into someone's yard.>Your squad hustles up and down.>With your Captain's direction through a few more walls, your entire squad passes the roadblock without detection.>Its exhausting, though; having to support the stomping weight of 11 heavily armed men and 2 ponies five times.
>>42941018>Only after 25 minutes of constant stair raising and good separation from the roadblock does the Captain allow you some rest.>That is, magic blackout orders while continuing the hustle.>Your hydration bladder is nearing empty at this point.>You've got one energy bar left, but with hooves you'll be hard pressed to actually eat it.>You seriously don't want to move on three hooves at this rate.>Continuing in silence, your Captain makes some cursory glances at the screen before snapping it shut.>A balled hand rises.>You all halt, and that's when you hear it.>A vic.>He motions for you to kneel. Weapons are raised at the corner.>A bright light shines down the road.>The sound of its engine grows louder and louder.>Then a truck speeds by, several combatants standing on its bed.>And like that, they're gone around the corner.>Your Captain turns around and speaks in a hushed voice, "There's a shitload of tangos swarming this town, probably found our vics. They're coming from nearby areas and whatnot, everyone is on high alert and they're waking most of the town up. That means civvies watching us. Don't shoot unless you have to.">He reaches for the radioman's pack. "Blue Room, this is Smokey-1-1. Priority request: we've got a lot of activity going on. We need CAS if we're going to get out of here." He pauses, listening to the other side. "Air recon? Where's our sortie?" His brow burrows. "Alright then, thanks.">Putting the radio away, he looks back at all of you, opening his screen as he does so. "It seems our sortie has been taken by another squad. But, we've got a reaper coming, 20 minutes away. From our pace... it'll take us some sixty or so minutes to get to our extraction on foot, from my estimates. It's going to be a hell of a trip.">He scrutinizes the screen a little, pressing and swiping here and there. A few seconds later you hear a dull thud. "Fiz, send another.">Last one.>WHOOOMP>You all stand up and continue down the green streets.
>>42941021Please go on, don't leave anon hanging!
