Report from the Royal Guard B.O.T.

by thisissparta789789

Rating: teen
Tags: Adventure, Dark
Length: 3135

This contains de-classified information in regards to Black Operations Team operations in the Crystal Empire under the reign of Sombra I, leading up to the coup d'etat in 2012.

The Crystal Empire had been exiled and shunned by the world due to the 9 September 996 Coup D'etat and civil war, which led to King Sombra I going into self-exile and appointing a bunch of military leaders to run the now-isolated country. They remained so until the 1930s, when they decided to adopt a communist society and renamed The Crystal Empire into The Socialist Crystal Union, with Sombra retaining power in exile as the dictator, his only decisions being which military leaders would run the country for him. They developed a strong bond with the Soviet Union on Human-Earth, acquiring military hardware from them.

Then, in 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed, and The Crystal Empire's economy crashed, providing a ripe opportunity for The Equestrian Empire to act. They sent out the Imperial Equestrian Royal Guard's Black Operations Team to help sabotage the government and incite rebellions.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2014-12-21 19:22:04 UTC

Mission GTH6 1995

The Black Operations Team was founded in 1962 as a special forces command within the Royal Guards, the most elite branch of the military. Out of the 150,000 Royal Guards, just 5,000 are in this command. Compare that to this: Out of the 2.6 Billion citizens in the country, about 1 Billion serve right now in one of these branches:

Army

Navy

Air Force

Marine Corps

Coast Guard

Space Forces

Missile Strike Force

Royal Guard

National Guard <==Most serve here under the draft system.

Gendarmerie

The B.O.T. are truly the elite of the elite. They go through a strenuous and deadly training procedure. Since 1962, 26 trainees have died during training. Though tragic, they see these deaths as the training process weeding out those unfit for the role of a Black Ops Specialist. As a member of the B.O.T., you would see things like this. They go into some of the most hazardous and gruesome places. One gruesome mission involved the rescue of 6 citizens from a labour camp in The Crystal Empire. There, they found a pit containing the torched and mutilated bodies of 60 executed political prisoners. This was later used as evidence in the trials of several former generals in The Crystal Empire.

The B.O.T. are extremely important in the military. They are often part of the first attack on a country after war has been declared on said country by Equestria. They are also experts in counter-terrorism operations and counter-insurgency operations. Their existence was denied by the government until 2009, though by then, everyone knew who they were, though not many knew just how dangerous their missions were, until now.

The 1st mission against the Crystal Empire was launched in 1995. It was a covert mission to set bombs on the cars of nuclear scientists in the country. It had Nuclear Weapons, but nothing more powerful than 6 Little Boy bombs, and no missiles with ranges longer than IRBMs.. However, it was trying to build an ICBM with a warhead as powerful as 3 megatons of TNT.

The bombs were small but powerful. Made of 2 pounds of C4, they could easily be placed under the cover of night. They would be placed on 8 cars and were timed to go off during rush hour the next day on July 8.

On July 7, 15 B.O.T. soldiers sneaked into the capital of the country disguised as Crystal Empire soldiers using a spell. All 8 bombs were placed successfully, and the 15 agents were quickly sneaked out of the country by members of the underground resistance working for Equestria.

Sure enough, on July 8, all 8 bombs exploded, killing 6 of the scientists and 4 others. The mission, codenamed Mission GTH6, was a success. The Crystal Empire vowed to punish Equestria for the attack. On July 15, 4 crystal ponies were arrested in Equestria attempting to wire up a car filled with 20 pounds of explosives in Manehattan. It was widely believed King Sombra I personally ordered this thwarted attack on the largest city in Equestria. All 4 ended up getting death sentences and were executed by Lethal Injection at Tartarus Imperial Prison in 2000, having been tried by a national court rather than a provincial court.

The next day, Princess Celestia had a tense meeting with the commander of the Royal Guard. The meeting was taped but not made public until 2012.

Celestia began by saying, "To begin the meeting, I'd like to state that Mission GTH6 was a success. We knocked out many of the Crystal Empire's nuclear scientists in a single attack. We sure did kick ass."

"We sure did, your majesty," Summer Wind, Captain of the Royal Guard from 1993-2005, said. "I have an idea on what the next mission could be."

"How about a direct raid on a nuclear facility? We could raid Tashkrus (A Nuclear Research Facility), or we could go after Grunusheh (An Air Base in the Frozen North home to the Crystal Empire Air Force's Strategic Operations Command, the command responsible for aircraft-based nuclear weapons and deployment). There are so many targets that I could go on telling you about them for the entire day."

"That would be very daring, your majesty. Plus, the odds that those missions could fail are very high. I'd say about 50%-80%."

"Remember this, Summer," Celestia replied on the tape. "Never listen to probability. It's ridiculous. The odds that GTH6 could have failed were at 62%, yet everyone got home safe and sound, if not scared. After all, do you think most of my citizens supported it when I decided to step up aid to the Dragon Empire during the 4th Great War in 1949, 2 years before we got involved? Fuck no. But, in hindsight, it was the right thing to do. Always be cautious when you listen to that stuff. It isn't always right."

"I guess you're right, your majesty," Summer Wind said. "And I'm surprised you swore."

"It doesn't really matter. After all, we're both mature adults here."

"Indeed we are, your majesty. I guess now it's time to choose which target the Black Operations Team will attack. Of course, no one will know who did it until after it has been done. Though everyone in the country knows about the group, we still deny its existence. It's like a poorly-kept secret."

Sure enough, the next mission was soon in the planning stages. It was to target either Tashkrus or Grunusheh. Celestia even considered targeting both at the same time. The B.O.T. was now preparing for more missions. The only questions left were what will be targeted and when will they be targeted.

Meanwhile, King Sombra made his own decision on how to respond to Equestrian attacks. He decided that every time Equestria launched a covert ops mission against him, he would send terrorists into the country with the Changeling Revolutionary Army's help.

The C.R.A. is a Changeling Kingdom-sponsored terrorist group infamous for committing numerous suicide bombings and other attacks in Equestria during the 1980s and 1990s. In one attack on Canterlot's Central Station and rail network in 1989, 92 were killed when 5 suicide bombers blew themselves up on trains. It was the 2nd deadliest attack on Equestrian Soil, after the bombing of Equestria Airways Flight 72, which killed all 356 on board in 1982.

An alliance between Changelina and The Crystal Empire was the last thing anyone in Equestria or its allies wanted. It was up to the B.O.T. to disrupt this and make sure the 2 biggest threats to Equestria stayed away from each other, as well as achieve other objectives.

Mission FDJ9 1995

August 12, 1995. It was a cold day as usual at the Gurunsheh Air Base in the Frozen North. The Tu-16 and Il-28 bombers were all neatly aligned on the tarmac, their crews resting inside on this cold day. Though the bombers were outdated compared to Equestrian hardware, they could still pack a punch by carrying nuclear bombs.

Inside the hangars were the fighters. For primary bomber escort, they often used MiG-21s and MiG-17s. They had modified them to have refuelling booms to extend their ranges.

Meanwhile, 25 B.O.T. members were outside the base loading their weapons. Using a spell, they disguised themselves as guards. They quickly discussed an action plan and moved in.

The real guards let them in, thinking they were here to guard a shipment of air-to-air missiles just flown in from Khrystehl, the capital of The Crystal Empire. The B.O.T. members spoke little as they went in, but they did ask if any of the planes were armed with Nuclear Weapons. The guards replied that they were not armed at the time.

They quickly and quietly split up and managed to rig 7 bombers with explosives. But then, a guard noticed them and shouted for others to shoot the B.O.T. operatives.

What happened next is still debated. The B.O.T. squad leader said later in an interview with Equestria News Network in 2013 that the Air Base's guards shot first and that no guards surrendered. However, The Crystal Empire said that the team shot first and that they executed a prisoner they took.

Whatever happened, 5 B.O.T. members died and they almost had to abort the mission. Luckily, they were able to secure an RPG-7 and were able to push away the guards. They then shot some guards that had turned on a transport plane and quickly climbed on board.

Luckily, one of them knew how to fly the plane. After taxiing to the runway and beginning to take off, they set off the explosives and destroyed 9 planes. Though the air base guards did manage to fire some missiles at the stolen plane, they evaded them and flew away.

The mission achieved its objective on wreaking havoc at the base, but at a high cost. It had been the first time they lost a soldier in combat since 1979, and it was tough on them. But The Crystal Empire decided to increase their suffering.

Within 3 days of the mission, the Generals in charge of The Crystal Empire ordered that pictures of the mutilated and burned bodies of the 5 fallen B.O.T. members be put on propaganda leaflets and dropped onto Equestria. Though 2 planes were shot down before they could deliver their payload, 5 payloads were delivered and caused outrage across the country.

"When Celestia was presented with one of the leaflets," said a guard, who will remain anonymous due to legal concerns. "She used a spell to rip it up and then punched a window, breaking it. She then said to us, 'This has gone far enough!'"

Mission ACK2 1996

After the costly air base attack, the B.O.T. spent the next 8 months retooling themselves and refocusing on sabotage and assassination. By April 1996, they were ready.

The B.O.T. has developed numerous weapons and spells when it comes to such missions. One special weapon is called the GP676S (Standing for Gun Pistol (Random 3-digit number) Silenced). Its barrel is literally a silencer. It is designed to be so quiet that the only sound that comes out is the sound of the bullet escaping the barrel. It is also compact and accurate for a pistol of its size. Officially, it was first used in 1984 to assassinate a top CRA leader. It may have been used a year earlier, but any missions where it may have been used earlier are still classified.

Another such weapon had just been introduced in 1994. It is a small UAV called the Boar. It has a wingspan of 20 feet and can fly at a top speed of 200 MPH. It even has 2 hardpoints for American-made Hellfire missiles, 1 on each wing.

For this mission, the Boar was to provide surveillance of a training session at an army camp the Royal Guard had suspected was hosting CRA terrorists. At the same time, a crystal pony working for the B.O.T. taped the session with a hidden voice recorder. This is what they caught: (TRANSLATED FROM CHANGELING)

The trainer said, "As members of the Changeling Revolutionary Army, you will be called upon to seek revenge against the evil Equestrian Empire, led by the whore known as Celestia. Your mission is simple: Wreak havoc on Fillydelphia. You will do so by shooting everyone in sight. Your Queen doesn't want a single pony to walk alive. Honour her wishes and you will be granted eternal love in the afterlife."

After the training session, which involved basic combat training and how to make explosives, the agent quickly left the premises and was extracted to Equestria.

Celestia was the first to listen to the tape. When she did, according to a witness, she said, "I guess I can't wait any longer. I will immediately plan an attack on a rail bridge, an airport, a power plant, whatever. I also want that plot foiled. I can't let my citizens suffer another attack."

The next day, 3 shooters did pull their weapons, but they were stopped and killed by police officers before they could cause major damage, resulting in 5 officers getting injured. Meanwhile, 2 more shooters were arrested before they pulled theirs.

Why would Celestia order such daring attacks? Forest Arch, Equestria's Defense Minister from 1982 to 2004, says he may know why.

"Celestia had obviously been extremely shaken by the 1980s and 1990s," Forest said in an interview. "She tried to use diplomacy to solve the Griffon Empire Embassy hostage crisis, when 12 hostages were killed by terrorists in 1982, but it didn't work. So afterwards, extremely disturbed and having a mental breakdown that peace hadn't solved the problem, adopted a 'no negotiation' policy for terrorism, similar to Ronald Reagan. This policy required the use of force to combat terrorists and those who sponsored terror. Anyone, in her view, who attacked Equestria and its citizens, needed to be destroyed. She softened by 1990, but when it came to threats, she still took them very seriously, sometimes a little too much."

When asked why no one really questioned this, he replied, "I guess it was because we were about as angry as her, if not more so. When I asked one Royal Guard about it, he said, 'Personally, I'd want to nuke 'em.' He also wondered why they didn't just sent the B.O.T. in and kill Sombra already. The reason why was because we had no idea where he was at the time. We couldn't just act on a small piece of intelligence and screw up. We didn't want to send them to a place that didn't actually have Sombra in it. Remember, he was still in exile. The only decisions he made was which military generals ruled for him and the occasional PR appearance or statement."

"As for Queen Chrysalis," Forest continued. "Trying to kill her would have been suicide. We all knew that she loved to surround herself with many armed guards, more than even Celestia. I jokingly once said to her, 'I don't think even an entire freaking army could take her out.' We were planning something like it in 1990, but after some dumbass tried to do that on his own with a pistol and got riddled with over 80 bullets, we got scared off. Then, in regards to the MAD doctrine, we would never attempt such a destructive doctrine. Our nuclear doctrine in war at the time and to this day is to knock out the launch sites and then nuke the major industrial centres. Afterwards, we would then engage enemy ground forces and use Tactical Warheads."

His words were certainly important to this report. They provide a look into how tense the air was in Canterlot in these years.

Mission HNG7 1996

HNG7 was the codename for the B.O.T.'s plan to sabotage Changeling Revolutionary Army camps in the Crystal Empire by using agents to place bombs in the camps. The plan went forward on December 8, 1996.

5 Pro-Equestrian changeling agents went to the 5 camps, disguised as CRA terrorists. One of the agents, whose name we cannot reveal due to fear of reprisal against us and him, said, "It was a high-risk operation. We had no clue if the CRA was going to buy the whole disguise. Amazingly, they did. We were all surprised afterwards that they had all fallen for it."

At exactly 17:00 hours, all 5 bombs went off. All had been planted in the control building of each camp. The blasts killed 36 terrorists, including 6 high-ranking CRA commanders. It was a devastating blow to the terrorist group.

The next day, on December 9, the Board of Generals, the leaders of the Crystal Empire's government, announced that in response to the attacks, they had executed 15 political prisoners at random. This was confirmed by spies in the country. This earned the pariah state another round of condemnation from the international community.

On December 17, the CRA blew up the Israeli embassy in the Dragon Empire in a suicide car bomb attack, killing 54 and injuring over 200. Celestia, who had been meeting with the emperor of the country at the time, Hanmen XVI, issued a statement that read, "In response to these recent attacks on Israeli property on Equus, I would like to reiterate that this planet shall not nor will it ever be a staging ground for the Arab-Israeli conflict, and anyone who tries to spread the conflict to our world will be swiftly dealt with through military force. As a response to the recent suicide car bombing of the Israeli embassy in the Dragon Empire, I have authorised the Imperial Equestrian Air Force to bomb a CRA weapons facility in Zebrabwe, with the full consent and cooperation of the President of Zebrabwe." These strikes had been conducted on December 20, a day before this statement had been issued.

Equestria not only had to deal with the CRA, but they also had to deal with a relatively new terrorist group in the Islamic Crescent of Equus. It was called "The Islamic Jihad of the Crescent Peninsula." It was formed in 1992 with the backing of several jihadists from Earth, including Al-Qaeda. In 2002, the IJCP would change its name to "Al-Qaeda in Equus."

In 1993, in the IJCP's first major attack, a gunman killed 25 at a shopping mall in the Saddle Arabian capital of Al Akdim. After this, Equestria proscribed both the IJCP and Al-Qaeda as terrorist groups.

At the same time, a power struggle was developing between 2 factions in the CRA: One was the secular nationalist faction, and the other was the Islamist faction. Due to the population demographics of Changelina, Chrysalis and her father had surrounded themselves with many Muslim advisors, some of whom were growing more and more extreme. Ultimately, after Chrysalis gained the throne, she let the Islamist faction of the CRA do most of the planning and carrying out of attacks due to her favourable opinion on the brutality of their attacks. A coup in 2000 by CRA secular nationalists was put down by Chrysalis, effectively ripping away what little power the secular nationalists had in the CRA by this point.

In the Crystal Empire, the generals that led the country in Sombra's place, growing more fearful of the Islamist faction of the CRA, decided to terminate the country's alliance with them and had them evicted from the country. This was very unexpected, and it threw the B.O.T. completely off-guard. As one former B.O.T. commander said, "When that happened, it was like a freight train just came out of left field at over 200 miles an hour. That's how surprised we were when those generals evicted the CRA."