Gears of War: Zootopia is Magic

0800hrs, 17th Day of Bloom 12017 A.E

300 meters below the surface of Sera, an enormous bunker, out of the thousands, built by a civilization long since vanished from the face of Sera. On the first level, there are thousands of cryo tubes containing a small percentage of the COG Militia. Well on the other levels, there are hundreds of thousands to a million cryo tubes containing civilians. The protect and maintain the bunker's one million cryo tubes, a supercomputer simply known as an Artificial Intelligence (out of thousands) was created by the COG's best computer scientists to ensure humanity's and pony kind's safety while in suspended animation wasn't jeopardized.

A intercom came on and a synthesized voice was heard, "Warning: power levels reaching critical levels. Activating auxiliary power. Preparing for awakening protocol: 178-485-Alpha-Zeta." It said as hundreds of thousands of cryo tubes began opening across the subterranean bunker. On the bottom levels, people stumbled out of their cryo tubes disoriented and confused until they regain their composure. On the second level, thousands of Gears begin following procedure after they regain their composure and are awaiting orders from the general.

A Gear soldier by the name of Jonathan Baird is doing push-ups when he heard someone calling his name, "Yo, Baird!" He looked to see who it was and saw his friend, Ajax Cole coming towards him. Baird got up from his prone position and walked over to Ajax.

"Sup, Cole. Its good to see you," He said, holding out his fist to greet his long time friend.

"You too, Baird," Cole said, giving his friend a fist bump, "You seen Spectre Dash anywhere?"

"Looking for me?" Cole and Baird turned to see a blue coated unicorn stallion coming out of a crowd of Gears.

"Dash!" Both humans said in unison as they fist bumped with Dash.

"Man, you're a sight for sore eyes," Dash said as he brushed his black and grey mane with his hand.

Dash, Baird and Cole walked over to a weapons locker and begin retrieving their respective weapons from.

"So are you," Baird said as he retrieved his Mk.3 Lancer Assault Rifle, Gnasher Shotgun, and Snub pistol from nearby a weapons locker.

"What's happening?" Cole asked, reloading his shotgun before putting it on a magnetic grip on the back of his armour.

"General Mendoza ordered an assembly of all Gears in the vehicle bay so that he could chose a squad to recon the surface see if its safe. And relocate a million civilians back to the surface, and rebuild human and equestrian civilization." Dash explained as he put in a fresh mag into his Lancer.

"Well, what are we waiting for." Baird said as he, Ajax, and Spectre left the enormous cryo bay area and head for the vehicle bay.

"Hey, I forgot to ask," Cole said as he stepped into an elevator, "What year is it?"

In the vehicle bay, there were thousands of Gears assembled into rows and in front of them is General Mendoza, one of the highest ranking officers in the COG Militia, and his two Onyx Guards. He is a veteran of the Locust-Human War like the older Gears; he participated in Operation: Hollow Storm, the Siege of Nexus, and the Second Battle of Azura when he was 25 or 27 years old. His military career was absolutely impressive.

"Alright, ladies and gentlemen!" General Mendoza said into a microphone, "If you're wondering what year it is?" He waited for a few seconds for the murmurs to fade, "It is Bloom 17, 12017 A.E, according to our AI Sarah." shocked murmurs were heard among the thousands of Gears.

"Wait a minute," a Gear said in the front row of hundreds of soldiers, "We were in suspended animation or whatever, for thousands of years? Is that what you're saying, sir?"

"Yes, that is exactly what I'm saying," the General said as more murmurs are heard.

"So, what's the plan?" Cole said in the third row.

"I will be personally pick a squad to recon and explore the surface to see if it's safe for our people and anthropony brothers and sisters to rebuild our shattered civilization," General Mendoza explained and then look toward where Jonathan, Ajax, and Spectre were standing, "Sgt. Baird, given you and your team - Kilo service record in the COG Militia during the Swarm-Human War is impressive, and I think I'll choose your squad to recon and explore the surface if you wish to accept your mission to save mankind and pony kind's future?" All eyes were on Kilo, waiting to see if they accept their mission.

Baird looked to his left to see Cole and Dash nodding their heads towards him, and then look around him. Baird stepped forward five feet.

"We accept our mission... sir," Baird said as he looked toward the General.

"Good, meet me in my office in the command centre, sergeant," General Mendoza said before saying, "Now for the rest of you, setup a base on the surface, dismissed." He said as he left the makeshift stage.

The crowd begin disperse as the rest of the COG Militia has a task to complete. Baird, Cole, and Dash head to the General's office in the Command Centre. They entered an elevator and found themselves on the first level of the bunker, and found the general's office.

Baird knocked on the door twice while Cole and Dash wait outside, "Come in, sergeant."

He opened the door to see General Mendoza at his desk, "Sir," Baird said.

"Sergeant," the General said as he gestured Baird to a chair at the front of his desk.

"When are you sending us?" Jonathan questioned as sat in the chair.

"Later today at 0200hrs," the General said, "which gives you and your team some time to prepare for whatever what's up there."

"Wait, shouldn't you know what's up there?" Baird asked.

"Actually, no. Sarah says, the last of our still 'functioning' satellites fell from orbit over 8,000 years ago," the General said taking a breath before continuing, "And that is the problem with this mission as you and your team won't have any intel about the surface and environment, as well as wildlife, plant life, and the weather conditions such as Windflares and the Swarm, if they still exist."

"So, basically it compromises our mission without Intel about what happened to Sera during our absence?" Baird stated.

"Yes," General Mendoza said bluntly.

"Shit," Baird said aloud.

"But your still on reconnaissance of the surface," the General said, "Now if I were you, I'd head back to the vehicle bay."

"Yes, sir," with that said, Baird got up and head for the door. He opened the door and looked to see Spectre and Ajax still sitting there on a couple of chairs.

Ajax was first to see Baird and said, "So, how'd it go?"

"Well, apparently, without Intel about the surface of Sera since our absence, we'll be blind without a map but we still have a job to do," Baird said.

"So, what are we waiting for?" Spectre said as he got up from his chair and head for the elevator followed by Jonathan and Ajax.