"So, General Secretary Northwoods of the Coalition of Nations Supreme Secretariat..."

"Please Ms. Diamond, just Mr. Northwoods will do great."

*chuckles* "Very well 'Mr. Northwoods', what makes this mission different from from all the rest?"

"Well, the Zebrican-Equestrian war can be arguably seen as one of the most important events in shaping modern history: the CoN was formed in response to the Megaspell exchange and had to take control of the deteriorating global situation during the time period, the arms race between the two nations set off a global revolution that we're still feeling the effects of today, and close to a million people were suddenly cut off from their homes and family when the exchange occurred. And that's not even considering how the war was responsible for the Burning Century.

And for all that it's done, we still have no idea how it happened or who started it. When the skies cleared and the pegasi fanatics disappeared, we have a chance to answer those questions along with figuring out what happened since then. This mission will provide answers, and more importantly; closure to a particularly dark period of our history."

Interview excerpt taken 17 hours before Mission Launch.

Big thanks to KKat for starting a whole universe.

Categories and characters subject to change as the story moves along yadda-yadda same old song and dance.