C.R.’s Detective Agency: Case File, Corruptions Roots. By: Snoopy8009

Chapter 7: The State of Things

Now I suppose I should probably explain a little more in depth about the situation of Equestria, after both Celestia and Luna vanished without a trace, the economic state of things kinda took a massive dump, many ponies committed suicide, others lost a lifetime of work put into their business. Wealthy ponies became poor and poor became less than that, military nearly lost control of borders as other nations near by started pushing in when they heard the news of the disappearances. In major cities many mobster and gangs took over the streets as red rivers filled the gutters.

Twilight had seen what was transpiring around her and decided to take matters into her hooves, when no successor could be decided upon between the nobles, after many attempts to usurp the newly self appointed princess, Twilight started to rule with an iron hoof. Only her most trusted friends were appointed to a position of power to help mitigate some of the stress of leadership, as well as appointing appropriate experts to their rightful positions.

Fluttershy is in charge of the general welfare of every pony within our borders, she mostly deals with the medical side of things, R&D for cures and defenses against any biological threat, she also has asked to take on responsibilities with caring for any critters that need relocation and rehabilitation.

Rarity runs the embassy with close neighbors, like the Gryphons and others. She also deals with propaganda, meaning when a radical terrorist happens to make a claim to a bombing someplace, she can turn it around into something to inspire our troops with, or spin it into something to make it seem like an accident instead of an intentional bombing.

Not very many ponies know this but Pinkie is the chief of Twilights spy agency, I'm not too sure what she does exactly but I like to fancy that she trains ponies in the art of being sneaky, so agents can be sent into enemy lines to fish for much needed information. But her cover story is that she regulates and maintains of all forms of entertainment within equestrian borders, like casinos, bars, strip joints, stuff like that Pinkie is more than likely going to have her squishy pink hooves in it.

Rainbow Dash is the second in command of the military after Spike, she mainly deals with planning training exercises, training for the main army, defense placements, best attack routes for possible wars. Some even speculate that she even has a super secret spec ops group based off of the wonder bolts.

Spike is and always will be Twilights most powerful ally and not just because he is a young dragon, he was put in charge of the main military force of Equestria, he also is commander of the Sparkle guard. He approves of any new tactics, combat simulations between neighboring countries and having the special guard spar with the regular armed forces and lastly he keeps Rainbow Dash in line and out of trouble.

Applejack is organizer of all food production and is Twilights first choice when in need of honest council of important matters when others would let their ego get the better of them, she would tell Twilight upfront if she thought something was a good plan or not, what will be successful or what will fail.

She also had appointed a few other not so close aquatints for other positions that her friends just couldn't cover themselves, like how Filthy Rich is the economic expert, or how Ditzy Doo is chief of the Equstrian Postal Service, how she got that job no one knows.

Finally we come to the special guard of each VIP, Twilight had insisted that everypony have their own personal guard apart from the regular military, this was supposedly a deterrent so that no one pony could overtake the others or push out the current ruler of Equestria.

Twilight has her Sparkle Guard, which we've seen earlier, Twilight had only accepted unicorns into her guard at first but after awhile and a lack of raw recruits she opened the doors to allow citizen of Equestria into her rank, after hearing this call Griffons, Minotaurs and many other creatures joined up, she even had to raise the standards up to the point where only a few could make par, otherwise her guard would be as big if not bigger than Equestrias own military force. Those who couldn't join her guard usually joined the regular military.

Fluttershy has her 'Pack' which is mostly predatory animals that are willing to give their lives for her, those that aren't animals wear canary yellow armor with pink highlights and tend to be the more meek looking than any of the other guard forces.

Pinkie Pie has actual clowns called the 'Fun Squad' they don't even have armor, it's just a bunch of clowns that one would see in a carnival but don't let that fool you, they match or are better than the best in both close and ranged combat, most of the Equestrian forces in the Fun Squad are either Ex-convicts or Ex-military, either way one has to truly question the sanity of the individual who seeks to join the Fun Squad. Pinkie enjoys pushing her guard to the limit by sending them on missions that have been, approved by Twilight, and is considered 'Extremely Sensitive' or 'Low Survival Rate Expected'.

Rarity's own 'Fashionistas' are beautiful as much as they are deadly. Some how Rarity has figured a way to make battle armor look gorgeous as well as a functional, each piece looks slightly different from the next but each of them bare her cutie mark as well as a spell that will activate when a fraud tries to infiltrate her guard.

Applejack hadn't really named her guard but her brother Big Mac had named them for her, they are called 'Apple Rangers', they have many apple family members acting as the main force but others have been known to join in as well, but only if they can obtain Big Macs approval, he had appointed himself the head of her guard and if fiercely protective of Applejack. Her guards armor colors are normal steel color with orange and red trim with an apple either on the flank plate or the shoulder armor.

Rainbow dash's guard is titled 'Shadow Bolts', some say it's because she was never able to obtain her dream of becoming a Wonder Bolt, so she named her guard after the fabled day when Nightmare Moon had returned and tried to trick her into betraying her friends. The colors she has chosen are said to be the same as Nightmare Moons, black, blue and purple. While she has chosen for her guard to wear lighter armor and to be made of mostly of those who could fly, they are quicker than a blink of an eye.

Author's Note

I probably should have done this first but 'better late than never' anyway hope you enjoyed learning more about my vision of Equestria.