A Titan, A Soul, And A Bias
The First Titanfall
Previous ChapterNext ChapterAfter 10 minutes of flying, my sensors began detecting high amounts of heat and smoke in the direction I am flying. I decided to alert my passenger. So I slowed to 50 kilometers a minute.
"I'm picking up high carbon dioxide readings alongside high temperatures, this indicates a fire. Estimates say that it is probably a fire. My estimates say 200 kilometers on our flight path." Daring's eyes widened, she seemed worried.
"I think that's Ponyville!"
I fire my engines, at a steady Mach 1 speed and saw a burning town. I chose to respond to the threat and fly to where I see the most heat. Before I begin my response I set Daring just outside of the town.
" Stay here, I shall begin fixing this problem." Before Daring could object I flew high into the air and found my targets, six reptiles which have a similar body structure to my chassis. They were snarling at a purple pony with a horn and wings and seemed to be yelling. I have identified them as hostiles. This took less than a second, and I dropped from the sky, I yelled out a call which hasn't been heard in millennium.
"Standby for Titan Fall!"
I landed right behind the reptiles and unlimbered my shoulder cannons, fired my Armor Penetration, or AP, plasma rounds into two of them as I ignited my Void Talons, which I drove into the biggest one. I put myself in between the pony and the other three reptiles and said.
"Your continued attacks violate my Secondary Directive, surrender or be destroyed."
The three reptiles roared and charged, which I had planned for. I set my feet, my talons digging into the ground. I opened my jaw and charged my Void Blaster T1, which was the weakest one available. Void Blasters were meant for large targets or groups, T1s being meant for small infantry take downs. I fired, vaporizing the reptiles, then observed the town. I rushed to the lake and used my Soul Magic to lift water and dump it on the fires. I rapidly dashed from house to house checking for injured and trapped and found a foal with her leg stuck. The foal was crying her eyes out and screamed when she saw me.
"P-Please don't eat me!"
I picked up the rubble on her leg and picked her up, I then asked,
"What is your name young one? I do not wish to hurt anyone, and I do not require food for sustenance, I only wish to learn."
I then walked back to where Daring was, calmly observing the town, I identified homes made of stone, wood, and thatch, as well as binding material. Ponies ran when they saw me but I paid them no mind and I began observing the foal before me.
"Scootaloo, my name is Scootaloo, thank you for saving me." The now identified Scootaloo said, grateful for my help.
" I do what I can, anyways we are here." I called to Daring who rushed to meet me.
"Everything go alright? I thought I heard a dragon roar."
"This foal is injured and I have not adapted my medical practices to Pony biology, so please take care of her, and her name is Scootaloo. Also, do you know anything about this town that I would need?"
"You should go see Princess Twilight Sparkle, she's the highest authority here, she's an Alicorn, look for wings and a horn."
"Oh, she was about to be attacked by the reptiles I fought."
"So there were dragons! Why would they attack?"
"I do not know, but I can tell they were not soldiers, so they may be an individual fighting group. I will leave Scootaloo to you." I took off scanning the town for the Alicorn I met before I quickly found her organizing a crowd in the center of Ponyville.
"Okay everyone move, start looking for anyone trapped and begin clearing debris!" I heard her yell into the group, which quickly dispersed to the now put out houses. I flew down and landed behind her, which caused her to jump in fright.
" What are you!"
" I am Judgement Bias, I am here to assist however necessary, for it is in demand of my Secondary Directive."
"So what are you? I've never seen armor like that before on a dragon." I then let out a loud booming laugh. which caused her to jump away again and fire a blast of energy at me which I promptly absorbed and collected to analyze.
"Little pony I am no dragon, I am a Titan. A machine which runs on an artificial soul, and a guardian of the multiverse. Your small tricks will not affect me. However my duty is to assist in the protection of pony-kind and its allies. And thank you for the sample of your energies, it is helpful." Twilight was staring in shock as I saw her neural firings were working in overdrive.
" Equus to Princess Twilight, do you copy?"
" You just absorbed my magic! What else can you do? How are you made? Who made you? I have so many questions!" She said these all in rapid succession with a big, almost frantic, smile on her face, so I decided to dull her moment a little.
" Town first, curiosity later. Follow me, I shall show you the reason I am able to be here." I picked her up despite her protest and walked back outside of town earning stares as I put her on my shoulder.
" Stay there, I have a faster way there." I then engaged my jets for a short burst sending me flying up at an angle to which I plummeted, and Twilight held on tight. I landed about 10 meters from Daring, minus a Scootaloo.
" I have brought the Princess so you may explain while I go help clear rubble, also where is Scootaloo?"
" Scootaloo got picked up by Rainbow Dash, who took her to the field hospital that was set up."
"Good," I set Twilight down and then said, " I shall begin helping clean up, I shall return her in a couple hours."
" So we're not even going to talk about the fact Daring Do is here! In Ponyville!" I turn around and flash a toothy grin and then said, "Exactly" and flew off to assist in rebuilding. I would say this mission has been a complete success so far, and I know that I am still on Sanctuary, it is just buried under the surface, hopefully I can bring glory to my team, and the entirety of Titan-kind, for I am the last, but I will stand true.
Author's Note
There's chapter three, also yes, the title is a reference to the game Titanfall where you run around in a giant robot, so there's that. Hope you enjoyed I'll try and update on the weekends however it really depends on how I feel. Also Judgement Bias is still on Sanctuary, but all the tech and other remnants have been buried deep, and the comms tower his last stand was in was one of the taller buildings, so everything else is very deep. Also I may have found a way to explain the way Celestia and Luna control the Sun and Moon... but that's in a later chapter, specifically the meeting between the three.
Hope you enjoyed!
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