Twenty years after the sacrifice of Littlepip in the SPP tower, the New Canterlot Republic is off to a promising, albeit rough, start.

The NCR is expanding in the hopes of bringing civilized society back to the wastes, and with the creation of the republic came the creation of various jobs meant to help the newly born government. Definitely not least of all are the high paying military positions. But with each new solution comes new problems to match. One of the more serious problems being the more frequent attacks on caravan routes.

The NCR’s answer to this problem? The creation of a platoon intended to locate and neutralize the source of the attacks. Within this platoon, Dusk Holder will lead his squad into the wastes to endure whatever they encounter as one. They will face a world desperately clinging to the ways of life of the last two hundred years. They will face the resilience of ponies who have known the world as nothing but darkness, and the brutality of those who intend to keep it that way. They will face it, as Dawnbreakers.