3 Brothers on Equus

by -Bluejay-

7- Spring

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(Current time, Canterlot meeting room, 3 rd person)

"Battle 913, Battle of Spring." The Inquisitor said from memory, a flashback coming for all the ATLs as they began the story.

(Flashback- 1 hour before the Battle of Spring, on board 'Spirit of Earth', 3 rd person)

The ACSC Destroyer 'Sprirt of Earth' and her fleet were drifting outside a colony awaiting orders while her crew were resting, awaiting further orders. The engineers were walking around checking equipment, the marines sitting around holding fighting contests amonst them-self's, the officers checking navigation, while the Captain and five ATLs were on the bridge, all resting until one of the bridge officers popped up, "Sir, transmission to all ACSC ships from High Command!"

The Captain then turned to the officer and said, "Let it through." After his order a hologram of the ACSC logo apperared with a coded voice reporting,

At this the Captain began issuing orders. "Bring ships to alert, Everyone to battle-stations, bring all ship to ship craft in, Get all guns online and warmed up, prepare the warp-drives, and ATLs... to you're ships."

"SIR, YES SIR" all the officers and ATLs said reporting to their consoles while the ATLs ran out of the bridge as the ship and her fleet was surrounded by the blinding white light of warp-travel.

(Flashback- 30 minutes before battle of spring, Rendezvous point- Sol System, 3 rd person)

When the 'Spirit of Earth' arrived most available ACSC ships were already orbiting the planet, the 'Spirit of Earth' dwarfing all the other ships except for her four brothers all of which were made the same. They were only waiting for 'The High Order' to arrive which when arrived, dwarfed all the ships, could even hold the 'Spirit of Earth' five times over and of course, the High counsel was on it's bridge. When it arrived it then transmitted the orders of where to warp around Spring to completely surround the planet. Then had all 236 present ATLs transfer to their ship before warp.

(Flashback- 25 minutes before Spring, Warp-space, 3 rd person)

The war- room on- board 'The High Order' was packed with all 236 present ATLs. some were chatting to catch up on how the other's have been, and most were just sitting there waiting for the meeting to get started. After three minutes of this, the HC (High Counsel) Director and both of the ATL Inquisitors got up on the stage as the room quieted down to where you could hear a pin drop, the the HC Director spoke up, "ATLs of the Allied Colonies Space Command, you are gathered here today for the start of a battle that could end the war as we know it (Cheering from some of the ATLs) and you all will be the point of the spear that we will use to end this pitiful rebellion!" He said with a sneer, "Now with my pep talk out of the way, I will turn the spotlight over to Inquisitor Wolf of Wolf Pack and Inquisitor Fox of Foxtrot." (Howls form Wolf and Foxtrot).

Then the Director stepped of the stage to the nearest lift to take him back to the Council room, after he left all attention was on the Inquisitors and Wolf stepped up. "Alright men, listen up cause I'm only going to say this once. (silent room) Good, we are all here for a reason, by fate... fate has allowed us to live this long, FATE has allowed us to be here, AND FATE will let us be victorious! Amen (AMEN!) Now, most of you will be led by me and my Wolf Pack while the others will be with Fox and his Foxtrot that will lead a ops mission to be behind enemy lines when the fighting starts and will move up to push them forward into the meat grinder so to speak (Pulls out a cigarette and lights it) and when the front lines are broken we will move to their command and take all those traitors and give them up to trial, but their chairman, heh, he will be turned over to us for his... punishments." Wolf finished with a dark chuckle, "Now a more detailed plan will be given to you're suits on what you will be doing for the mission and where you will be dropping, and I'm not going to lie, most of our pods will be shot down from their heavy AA guns leading you to having to walk to the Rendezvous point. Now, any questions? No? Then Get going!" And all the ATLs ran to get into their throw cages.

(Flashback- 1 minute before battle of Spring, Orbit around Spring, 3 rd person)

The planet Spring was a beautiful planet, rolling grass plains, cities filled with culture, and children playing in the streets... but that was before the RAU showed up, now it was nothing more than a sea of metal on a rock and mountains filled with mining caves, which was coated with blood of the original inhabitants, long since being slaughtered and burned. And its space was surrounded by its warships with the capability to burn a planet's surface to nothing but ash, exactly what they did to this peaceful planet. Then all of sudden the whole planet's orbit was surrounded by white lights as the ACSC Fleet arrived. As soon as the ACSC fleet showed up all of the ACSC's guns roared to life while it took a second for the RAU defenses to come up, just before the shower of thousands of pods which were filled with marines, tanks, jeeps, walkers, and helis, but only around 250 ATLs were in the 'Shower'. Most of those pods were shot down, and those that made it, were stranded until the fleet broke through the blockade to give reinforcements, fire power, and supplies.

(Flashback- start of the Battle of Spring, Spring's forest's, 3 rd person)

It was five minutes into the battle and there was already over a thousand deaths for both sides while Alpha (Wolf Pack) was meeting at their Rendezvous Point, while Beta (Team Foxtrot) was doing the same. Alpha had most of the tanks, marines and helis, while Beta had most of the jeeps and Stormtroopers, but both had the same amount of ICRs, and the sun set while many smaller suns were appearing and vanishing in orbit above during the night.


Author's Note

Next chapter "Spring Part 2"

Editor Still needed

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