Equestria's Supreme Commander

A few hours have passed since the first fielding of my custom Experimentals, and I was currently back in Ponyville. Why? Well, because it was close to my new Alpha base, designated as Hybrid as it uses structures and units from the UEF, Cybran nation, and Aeon Illuminate. That, and the other reason I was here was because the rulers wanted to talk with me. Good thing I have a neural link to my units, as it means my mind can survive if my body is destroyed, because I'm pretty sure they're mad at me for withholding information.

Anyways, I was currently in one of the guest chambers in Twilight's castle as I waited for Spike to come and get me as I looked over the combat statistic for the four new units. The fliers had taken some damage-expected, to be honest- but that was quickly fixed via Engineers, and the link between ACU and Jaeger worked perfectly, which makes sense, as it was the first thing about the unit that had been researched. The sword and cannons also worked, though  the fact it came out as a whip every time during the testing and fight, even when I wanted it to come out as a sword, is something that needs to be worked on still, but at least it's able to cut through things.

Now, before you ask, the Jaeger can only work with Cybran ACUs given the neural implants myself and the others who pilot the Cybran ACUs use. No other pilot will be able to use them, basically.

Now, they were all currently at Hybrid, which is also where they had been built, and currently protecting it, Ponyville, and a few other units in the point of construction that weren't field ready quite yet, and didn't follow any of the ways my other bases had been built, but I'll explain that next time I'm there.

Anyway, I had been waiting for about an hour and a half when I heard Spike knock on my door and say, "Hey, Josh, they want to see you."

"Right," I said before sighing and going to leave the room. For this, I wore what I always wore now, which is to say my armor. Anyways, I made my way to the throne room, passing a few recruits for Luna's forces on the way, most eyeing me with suspicion as I walked past them, while a few got out of my out of respect. Upon reaching the throne room, the two guards-thestrals in the Lunar guard- opened the door, and I walked in as i saw Chrysalis, Cadence, and Luna sitting thrones that had been brought from Canterlot. Twilight was sitting in the throne the Tree had grown with this castle. "Before you ask, the ground unit you all saw is only compatible with Cybran ACUs," I told them.

"Well, it seems he has a partial idea of why we wanted to talk with him," Chrysalis muttered. "But still, you should have at least told us of it before hand, Josh."

"And risk any of Celestia's agents getting a hold on their specs or even knowing they existed before they were fielded?" I asked. "That's tactical suicide right there. If she had gotten intel on it, she could have easily defeated it. The thing working for it was the fact I was the only one who knew about the full thing. Even a little leak could lead to her having an advantage," I said. "Hell, it's why I made it to where it could fit an ACU! So it can't be captured and reverse engineered!"

"He makes a fair point," Luna said. "If Celestia had known of it, she would have had forces in reserve to deal with it should it arrive."

"He still could have told us about the fact he was working on new units," Cadence said. "As long as he said it was new units, that probably would have been vague enough."

"I hadn't thought of that," I muttered to myself.

"And suddenly I'm glad that he's not the only one commanding the robots," Chrysalis commented.

I sighed. "Okay, I know I should have told you guys a bit of what I was doing like I did with Twilight-" this got a few looks from the three elder rulers to the lavender alicorn as she blushed- "and I will for everything I think up from this point in time onwards. Because right now, we can't argue. One thing I was waiting until now ot tell you guys is that Rarity has her own Seraphim ACU, which leads to two possibilities to her fate: either we capture her out of it, or we destroy her ACU, causing it to go nuclear, and her to die."

"What?!" Twilight yelled. "But she's not in her right mind!"

"And do you think she'll want to live with the stuff she's done and will probably do before we can finish that fight?" I asked. "From what you've told me, she'd see herself as a monster. Do you think she'd want to live like that?"

"No, but she would want to atone and help us," Luna said.

"True, but here's the thing: we don't know where she is, or even have anyone to-"

Hey, it's me, the guy who Displaced you. Look, I know you're having issues, but I was able to get in contact with some of my allies. Head to the Everfree later tonight at twenty two hundred, and there'll be a few tokens for other Displaced there. One of them, which will be marked, will summon a Displaced who can get Rarity, and another has someone who can remove the mind control.

"Never mind, I just got a message from the guy who sent me here he was able to get some assistance that'll meet tonight for that purpose, so that plan is a go," I said. "Now, can you all save your bitching for after this works or fails?"