Chapters A Titan, A Soul, And A Bias
Initiate Reactivation Protocols……………. Neurocores……… Online……………. Power…………. 1% And Rising………………………. Beginning Activation Area Pre-Analysis……………… Biological Entity Located………………….. Analyzing……… Analysis Complete………………. Neural Firing Suggests Intelligence…….. Beginning Diplomacy Protocol……………
A screen appears on my arms as the biological looks me over, I am heavily damaged, but still functional, most of my normal sensors are damaged. I gain power from the Void Energy abundant across the Multiverse. I do not know how I survived my final battle but I have survived and intend to continue so I begin repairs as the new creature gives me inputs on my command screen.
Motor Function……… Right Leg Damaged…….. Right Arm Damaged…….. Tail in operational condition………. Jaw Operational……… Soul Status……….. Critical……… Repair set to Priority One
I repaired my soul stabilizer in 10 seconds as the biological began inputs into the language section of the Diplomacy Protocol. With my soul beginning to stabilize I began repairing my exterior primary sensors, mainly optical. I wait a few minutes, forever to me at this point, as my optical and auditory sensors come online. Now onto vocalization. I now know the name of the species interacting with me, it calls itself a pony. My power rises to 20%, enough to reactivate my Active Void Reactor, or AVR, to begin processing refined Void Crystals to boost my efficiency, as I still have plenty due to my powered down status.
I activate my weak optical sensors and look at my surroundings as best I can without proper motor function. My soul is stabilized by 50% so I slip out of my hyper core processing to make sure errors are avoided in the Diplomacy Protocol. My vocalization systems have been repaired and I begin to understand some of the pony language, simple terms such as I, me, you and other general terms.
Now for the moment of truth, I activate my precision optics where a biological beings eyes would be, and they shine a bright orange. I begin to vocalize as the pony seems to back away, it was a nice brownish yellow, and seemed to be wearing gear meant to explore unknown locales. I begin to greet the pony in its language, though I have not asked how to say my name in Pony, but I have my Identification.
“Hello,” The pony jumped back from me once I spoke, understandable, my line of Titans can be very intimidating.
“ I am Unit 2004 of the line BIAS , I am not a threat” I begin with the words the pony taught me. I said my Titan line in my master’s language, so the pony couldn’t understand it, but it was protocol. After I made no move to her after her hasty retreat she calmed down from her surprise and returned with,
“My name is Daring Do, and I don’t know one of those words”
“ I do not have the proper translations, I cannot move, please continue so I can learn.” So she began again eventually, she taught me pretty much anything I would need, such as the Equish, as I have learned the language is called, alphabet, to which I can now create a translation protocol which I do quickly.
“Thank you Daring Do, I am in your debt. My motor functions are almost repaired, you may leave to tell a superior if you wish.” I am wishing to learn more about the world but that can wait, I must contact a higher authority as soon as possible.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t do that, currently it would take weeks to reach Canterlot, the capital of Equestria, and I don’t want to leave you on your own.” My eyes flared signalling my irritation.
“Fine then, would you mind waiting for a few hours, I must repair more systems, I should be ready before night comes, also Daring, my name is Judgement Bias, and I believe that I owe you some information about me, would you like to hear my tale?”
“Sure” She responded, and got closer to me, “Whatcha' got.”
“Then let’s begin, it is quite the story, so please hold your questions." My mind reached for the time my father, Claw Bias, had told me of our history...Flashback,
"Now child, I believe you should know our family's history, as you know us of the Bias line take much pride in our heritage."
"The story begins with the Void, where we gain our strength, and a being we call the Void Master. He was an unstoppable force, slaying the true wicked, whether they be of the Light or of the Darkness. The Void Master is not omnipotent however, so he created the first Titan"
"What was his name dad?" I asked, curious as to what line the first Titan came from, was it the Blazes, the Armageddons? I did not know.
" His name was Executioner..." He paused for dramatic effect.
"What was his line?"
"His name was Executioner Bias."
Author's Note
Hello Fimfiction! This will be my first story on this site, so please, don't be too rough. Comments are appreciated and I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Next chapter will have some info on the Titan's, and Judgement Bias', past.
A Titan, A Soul, And A Bias
"We were warriors in the beginning, built to fight and protect, we still are. The first of my line, and the first Titan, Executioner, was just that, a proud warrior. The history is clouded, but what I know for certain is that he built Sanctuary. The Void Master was still very active in the Multiverse, so he was fighting as well." This was my beginning of my Line, my heritage.
"What is Sanctuary like? What happened to bring you here?" Daring asked these questions with wide eyes and a smile as she pulled out a notebook and wrote down what I said eagerly.
"Was, and I will get to that. As I was saying, Executioner was a hero, and he built the Forge, the sacred birthplace of all Titans. No one is sure what technology powers the Forge, but we know what it does."
"And what does it do? I assume it has something to do with building Titans?"
" Yes however, building a Titan is different than building any other machine. A Titan, in its most basic form, is an artificial Soul." My Soul was completely stable so I showed my manifestation of it, a rapidly beating red heart, in my claw. Daring stared with wide eyes at my Soul, I am Determined to see this through, protect until my final breath.
" WAIT! You're saying that you, a machine has, a SOUL!" Daring obviously was very shocked by this, and I decided to explain.
"We do not know how, but after the Void Master, after creating the Big Ten, which are the Titan Lines. They were called, in order of creation Bias, Doom, Armageddon, Vigilance, Peace, Shade, Noble, Annihilation, Tranquility, and War. After their creation, the Master created the Forge, it was his final gift before the Master's recession from the affairs of the Multiverse. The Forge allowed the big ten to put small fragments of their Souls in, and get a combination of their traits in a new Soul. But no one knows how. After the first children of the Big Ten began populating Sanctuary, history begins to cloud. The Big Ten guided the Titans of Sanctuary, who then guided the organic creatures who settled into Sanctuary, as that was its initial purpose. For millennium, we flourished, more Titans were created into families, the Big Ten had dispersed across the Universe after seeing Sanctuary to completion, as they had wished to retire peacefully. But all good things were to come to an end." My wings and weaponry were fully repaired along with basic motor systems. I was ready to leave but she needed to know.
" Armageddon, Doom, Annihilation, and War all became corrupted, they fell to time and began to unleash a warpath to Sanctuary through all Titan occupied space. When they reached Sanctuary... It was a massacre for everything, we failed at our Prime Directive: Protect all organic life. But then... my team were the last ones left"
"I'm so sorry, nopony should have to go through that." Daring's face was downtrodden and I could see tears welling up in her eyes.
"My team was guarding a comm tower, it was the primary one used in Multiverse communication, we were under siege, the corrupted Titans taking over our automated defenses easily due to their natural hacking skill beyond normal Titans. We fought hard against the one leading the siege, Doom, but eventually I stood alone, Doom fought me, but somehow, someway I defeated him, his defeat sent a signal throughout the Multiverse, apparently a fail safe built in so that if one fell the others could get revenge. The remaining Big Ten arrived quickly after. Bias saw the destruction and had tried to save me, but the other corrupted descended upon me with the entirety of their arsenal, my body torn apart, my Soul supposedly destroyed. However, my Soul trait was unique, no Titan ever had a red soul, it required a spark, but my sacrifice sparked an inferno in my soul, which was reignited by you. My Determination to protect allowed my Soul to begin stabilizing itself. That is my backstory, that is who I am."
At this point Daring was bawling her eyes out, so while she calmed down I used an ability I gained from a friend called "Judgement."
Daring Do
After a couple more minutes of waiting Daring finally recovered from her sadness.
" Daring are you ready, I have completed repairs,"
"You have never truly flown until you fly with a Titan." I engaged my wing jets, as well as erecting a shield to protect my passenger. Then I said, " Where to next?" Daring pointed in a direction and we were off, cruising at a gentle speed of mach 10.
Author's Note
Second Chapter! As usual, comments and criticism is welcomed, just try to be a little gentle. Also we got a fight scene coming up! I hope you all are as excited to read it as I am to write it. Anyways, have a good (insert time of day here)!
A Titan, A Soul, And A Bias
After 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!
A Titan, A Soul, And A Bias
A Titan's directives were fickle things. Some were tasked designed by the Titan's themselves, goals set to achieve greatness, some were forced onto themselves. This implies that they fulfill these directives by voluntary action, or through a sense of duty the Titan. This part of Titan psychology can be extremely harmful to them. In fact, in my lifetime I have seen four very different Titan's run themselves to destruction through their directives, the orders they force upon themselves. I believe this is why Titan's are so secretive about their directives, defending them even from their closest friends. However, I have become worried about my friend Redacted. She seems to be working to hard on her studies and Titan duties. I hope nothing bad happens to her... Titan Psychologist Redacted
Nighttime, Everfree Approach
I am a failure.
I failed to protect everyone, in fact I couldn't even save my own people.
Why the Void Master didn't fight for Sanctuary doesn't matter, he has been gone for a long time, and has never been expected to help me, or any of my people.
I had already marked the old comm tower where I should be dead, I think after some set up I will return, I don't deserve to live, I have completely failed. I am not powerful, I am weak, I deserve some kind of punishment. I have devised a powerful virus, it will not kill me put it will put me through severe pain, every night, as I stand sentinel, I will rend my own code. The ponies will not need a failure like me. I initiate the program, and my rightful Hell begins.
I feel my very soul quiver as the pain courses through my core. I held in my roar of pain, as to not alert the peaceful ponies. I dragged myself outside the castle, continuing the programs course. The pain caused me to force out a growl as I began to thrash around wildly. Then, the program intensified further, causing me to begin crying out weak cries. Somehow through my pain I saw a larger than observed pony inside the area of my thrashing. I immediately halt my program, I can't allow any pony be harmed by myself, or my mistakes, which is why I'm doing this. However my pain is too great, and my soul initiates a forced shutdown of external systems, the Titan equivalent to sleep.
The Dreamscape, POV Luna
I have never seen such a broken mind, I don't completely understand it yet. Its confusing, however whoever this pony is, it needs my help. The door to the nightmare inside bore uncountable chains, crossing over the large metal door. When I approached a purple wisp blocked my path.
"Luna " It spoke in a deep voice, somehow resonating within my mind.
" Who are you!? Why are you in the dreamscape!?"
"My child needs your help, I can unlock his defenses, but the rest is up to you. " The wisp faded and the chains sealing the door burst apart and the door flung open, pulling me inside. I was met with a razed world where I saw three giant creatures staring down a smaller, but still twice as tall as I, creature. In fact they looked like dragons. The big three had wisps of black smoke which resonated of dark magic. The smaller one shined of black metal and its eyes were glowing blue. It was curled up as the big one in the middle spoke in a once again deep, but even darker voice.
"You are weak, you saved no one but yourself, you should just finish the job."
The small one muttered under its breath and I felt magic begin to surge from it as it began being cloaked in the same magic affecting the others, it is now that I should take action.
"THAT IS ENOUGH! THE NIGHTMARE ENDS HERE!" I yelled in the Royal Canterlot Voice as I used my dream magic to reset the dreamer's mind back to the blank, empty void of dreamless sleep. In the center of the Dream Void I saw the small metal dragon curled up in a ball and I could hear the sobs coming from it. I approached the creature carefully as I heard the sobs stop and the creature began to stand, some kind of liquid running down its face.
" Why, why save a failure like me, I wish I could just die. I failed the Primary Directive." The creature didn't seem threatening to anything but itself.
"I am Luna, the Guardian of Dreams, who are you, and what was this nightmare."
"I am Judgement Bias. The planet was the home I failed to save, I failed to save my people, I-"
"Stop, that is enough, tell me, did you try your best?"
"Yes, but-"
"No buts, I assume the big ones destroyed your home?"
"Your correct, they were three of the Big Ten, which were capable of snuffing out Universes." I was shocked at the destructive capabilities of his kind but I hid it well, and continued forward.
" So, a Universe ending monster, in fact three of them, come and destroy your people, how is this your fault." Judgement paused, seeming to think, after some time he sighed, and said,
" I don't know," Then realization hits him, his head pops up, instantly alert. " What am I doing!" Then he seemed to stand still for a second and suddenly he falls to his knees in pain. I rush over to help but then he stops and a glowing ball is in his claws.
"Urgh! I got it, I don't know why I made this wretched piece of code." He then crushed it in his hands.
" I am sorry, I have thought these incredulous thoughts, I should not have done what I did." I think he forget I was here, so I let out a "ahem" which caused him to turn to me.
" How did you get in here!"
" A purple wisp let me in, saying you needed my help." Then, I felt another presence enter the dream.
"Something else is here, Alicorn, stay behind me, I am stronger than you."
"My name is Luna, and that things magic, whatever it is, seems stronger than mine and yours combined!"
" I have some words to say on this matter" I heard a thud in front of us as my dream magic was over powered almost easily. The dreamscape then shifted to a grassy plain. Judgement gasped in shock at the creature before us. It was a dragon, scales darker than any void, and shining purple eyes. It seemed at ease and dangerous at the same time, and was several times bigger than Judgement.
" My child, I come here to give you a choice, however, Luna cannot be here for it."
I suddenly felt magic wrap around me and force me to flee the dream however that is not all that happened. Visions of memories of this Judgement Bias, flowed through me, I had gained an understanding of who he is, and the memories that made him. I saw the final battle, where he defeated a god among his kind. I saw Daring Do, who helped him to understand what Equestria is. This felt wrong, however, I welcomed it, as I felt I did not have a choice in receiving the memories. Then I was met with the door as the chains rapidly wrapped it back up. I understood what the Void Master, the being who I now understand allowed this to happen, wanted. It wished for me to help this lost soul however I could, which I would do, but first I will tell my sister about this in the morning.
Ponyville Outskirts, Judge POV
I woke up on the outskirts of Ponyville, my eyes quickly scanning the area. I confirmed that nobody would ever know I was here. I return quickly to the castle to watch the rising Sun.
"I will protect this place however I can, and I will not regret my decision to continue living. I must remain headstrong and vigilant." I thought to myself as I sensed movement in the lower levels. So I knock on the door to be greeted by a little dragon named Spike, Twilight's little brother and number one assistant.
"Hey Judge what are you doing out here? I thought you said you would stay inside?"
" I did, however, I wished to complete a map of the closer areas of the Everfree for future use." I go inside and think about the Void Master's words, he believes in me, so I believe in myself, I shall continue to fight for what I believe is right. Nothing and no one can tell me otherwise.
"Help Me"
Author's Note
That's chapter 4! I know this chapter was a little sad and depressing, however next chapter will be lighter and also will feature Judge mopping the floor with some bad guys, which will be fun to write and read. That's all I got to say so comment whatever down below and I'll try to read them all.
See YA!
A Titan, A Soul, And A Bias
1 week later, Ponyville Square
I have fully prepared for my trip to Canterlot, where I shall meet the Princesses and I will probably tell them tales of my past and technology. Even though Luna has seen into my memory cores, she does not have anything but the emotional ones, and not my information memories, so I believe they both will be interested.
"You have all you need? I honestly think you need some form of clothing." Twilight had finally stopped fussing over my choice to not seek clothing from Rarity, who everyone seemed shocked that I had overpowered her stubbornness by telling her exactly what "formal dress" is for a Titan.
"I refuse, since I already am prepared, I have made sure my frame is free of all debris, and is polished." Yesterday I actually had Rarity help me with my polishing procedures, I may have went a little extra than my normal polish for this visit.
"Make sure you don't do anything stupid while I'm not there." Twilight had been monitoring my actions for the past week, making sure I'm fitting in and mingling properly, so of course I have to mock her.
"Trouble? Me? Well, I've never heard such accusations!" I, alongside my current best friend Daring Do, laughed at Twilight, who just huffed and said,
"Well if you get in trouble you're on your own."
"Don't worry Twilight I'll keep him straight." Said Daring with a smile, currently she was in a disguise, a strategy I have seen from celebrities for a long time, her disguise is called A.K. Yearling.
"Of course, Yearling will make sure I bring honor to my Line." Over the course of the week, I had begun teaching Titan history to my student, who will also be travelling with me, but wanted to grab something from Sugarcube Corner, so is not curr-
"Judge you ready!" I stand corrected, she has returned. My student is still in the first stage of my training, which is mostly physical and spiritual, she is making good progress, but couldn't understand Soul magic until she saw it used.
Flashback
"Why is finding my Soul so important? Don't you have other magics more powerful?" Trixie seemed frustrated by not being able to find her Soul and extend it outward, and she seemed to not understand the importance so I decided to demonstrate.
"Trixie, Soul magic is not my strongest magic, however it is a useful tool, and finding your Soul before learning other magics allows you to better control those magics, since manifesting your soul requires you to understand yourself, it will come in time, trust me."
"I understand, could you maybe show me some?" I had decided she could use a little break from meditation so I decided to show her my abilities in the magic of Justice.
"Sure stand behind me and pay close attention, it may help you understand what you're looking for." I summoned my Determination, and converted it to Justice, and summoned my manifestation of Justice, a mighty hammer of blazing gold. Trixie looked up in awe as I swung the hammer launching a tornado of gold fire which quickly went out by my command. In front of her a purple heart beating quickly, her soul resonating with the Perseverance to learn Soul magic.
" Wow! That was amazing!"
"Eventually that could be you, if you wish it, now continue looking, in fact you had a small breakthrough, your Soul of Perseverance showed for a little bit in the presence of my magic."
Flashback End
"I am ready, shall we?" Trixie and Daring let me pick them up as I waved goodbye to Twilight and ignited my jets, flying high into the sky and quickly breaking the sound barrier in the direction of Canterlot Mountain. At Mach 1 the trip would be a few minutes at most, a good stable flight where I will be clearly visible.
Canterlot Airspace
I have entered the airspace of Canterlot and have begun approaching the castle gates, where I intend to enter by foot.
"Hold on, I am going to land at the gates." Both mares nodded and I dropped from the sky about 5 meters out from the gate, behind the entry line for palace grounds and I began to notice guards approaching.
"Halt dragon, what is your business in Canterlot Castle?" I was about to begin but Daring started first.
"All three of us are here to attend day court, Judge here won't harm anypony." Trixie nodded and I said,
"May you allow us passage?" The guards looked to each other and nodded.
"You seem civilized enough, just don't cause any issues. Also no armor allowed unless your in the guard." I growled in annoyance at having to explain this again.
"I am not a dragon, I am a Titan, this is no armor, this is my body." The guard went wide eyed and said "Sorry" and returned to his post. We joined the line of about ten ponies, all seemed of high class, of course, the best rulers get stuck with the worst nobility. My group received stares and I noticed a guard missing from the unit at the gates. After a couple minutes the guard I identified as missing returned with some paper in his magic. The guard handed the note to one of the guards, specifically one that looked to command respect, and read it. After reading it, the guard nodded and said,
"It will be done." To the messenger who nodded and returned to his post. The guard approached my group and said,
"I am under royal orders to escort you through Canterlot, I am Corporal Quick Shot." Quick Shot was a Pegasus with a Dark blue coat and a similar colored mane with black stripes.
"Thank you Corporal, I am Dracochrome Commander Judgement Bias. It would be our pleasure to follow." I said as I threw a salute, which the Corporal returned.
"Follow me, it seems you know what your doing." We followed him through the gates to the palace where Quick Shot expertly began to guide us through a maze of hallways.
"So, I've never heard of the Dracochrome, what is it? A dragon fighting group."
"No, the Dracochrome was a unit of specialized fighters in the military of the first civilization of this planet, my people, the Titans. The Dracochrome was a large spanning, multiverse fighting force, however during the end times a lot of our power was concentrated here on Equus when it was still called Sanctuary." I began to tell the tale of my people to Quick Shot who listened quietly, along with Daring and Trixie filling in some recent details. I don't know why, but I like him quite a bit, he seems like a good soldier. When I reach the end, we conveniently are at the throne room doors where there is a line of about ten ponies waiting to enter Day Court.
"Thank you Corporal, you have work to do I assume, you are free to go." Quick Shot nodded and said,
"Hope to see you again Commander Bias." We saluted each other and he walked back to his post.
"It seems you left a good impression." Trixie said with a smile.
"I try, let's go see the guards." I walk up to the guards who instead of looking up in fear, like normal ponies, they size me up, to see if I am a threat. I begin to greet the guards and I salute.
"Greetings, I am Dracochrome Commander Judgement Bias,I believe the Princesses are expecting me and I am requesting entry." The group in the line begin to yell at my group to get in line, snobs. The guards nodded and the one in front of me said,
"The Solar Guard has been briefed of your kind, you may enter," Then he called to the line of nobles. "Day Court is closed! Please return tomorrow!" The group showed some protest but a glare from the guards silenced them. Then the guards opened the doors for my group to walk through. We entered and my pony friends bowed to Celestia while we exchanged nods.
"It is good to see you again, Blueblood, leave, I have more important matters than your quarrel with Clean Sweep, who will not be punished." The white coated stallion unicorn then had the gall to shout at Celestia.
"No punishment! Auntie, no matter is more important than mine, are you saying this dragon is more important than me, the prince of Equestria?" I observed the situation, I saw a Unicorn mare, sobbing her eyes out on the floor, her arm cut, and Celestia sighing, as if this was normal.
"Blueblood you-" I interrupted Celestia with a roar, startling all the ponies, for the first time here, I was truly angry.
" You dare put yourself above others! You are no Prince! Unhand that mare and leave!"
"And why should I listen to you dragon? You are just a brutish commoner." I unlimbered my cannons causing Trixie and Daring to stand between me and Blueblood.
"You should listen, I have the physical strength to tear this planet apart, cannons which destabilize reality, and control of the Void. Prince Blueblood, you should leave."
"Well I never, fine then dragon, I challenge you to a duel! If I win you leave, and your marefriends will come stay with me." I roared in fury, as my companion’s eyes widened.
"Chose your best army for all I care, if you lose, you will leave the castle, drop your titles, and you will be punished with exile. I accept your challenge, just don't expect mercy. See me at the battlefield in two hours." Blueblood fled the throne room, and I contnued snarling at the thought of disemboweling him. Celestia's mouth hung open in shock that this "prince" would do such a thing. She then regained her composure and sighed, then said.
" Did you have to do that? I've been trying to get rid of him, but not like that." I laughed at that.
"Yes, I could have disemboweled him on the spot."
"Well then, I guess we have a problem on our hands" Daring was frowning at me, she acted like I did something awful.
" Where would the duel take place? I would like to prepare." Celestia told a guard to guide me to the arena and then said,
"I shall go get my sister, she will want to see this." And teleported away. Once again I was in the halls followed by Daring and Trixie, who I decided should take notes on the battle, given I will be using my magic only. I speak to my escort a little, learning his name is Sharp Blade, and about how the normal guard is the police force and general military of Equestria, while the Lunar and Solar guards are more specialized, and were stronger fighters. Eventually we reach the arena, it was of old style, constructed of stone with a basic sand pit, I begin analyzing the structure and exactly how much space is in the area. I then say,
"Daring, Trixie, I apologize for my behavior, however, it is my duty to protect the innocent and that is what I believe I did. Now I believe I shall wait and see what happens." They nod and Trixie says,
"I know that, just kick his flank nice and quick." Then Daring says with a light smile.
"Yeah, I would like to see you fight again." I jump down onto the sands and begin to meditate and exert my magic outwards creating a sphere of influence. I meditate for about 2 hours and hear 20 heat signatures enter the arena.
"So you have heeded my warning, smart but not enough, coward." I knew Blueblood was not on the sands once I opened my eyes and I looked to the stands. Seeing Celestia frowning, Luna with a neutral face, and Blueblood grinning. I release my magic, sending out a pressure field around me. Celestia and Luna then stood and all the ponies bowed.
"Today we have a duel between Prince Blueblood and the Dracochrome commander Judgement Bias, the Titan. If Blueblood loses, then he is to drop all of his titles and wealth and be exiled from Equestria. If Commander Bias is to lose, then he will be forced to leave Equestria, and also his two companions, Trixie and A.K. Yearling will be giving him... Services."
"I want to see a clean match," Luna began, "No killing blows, or strikes with intent to deal permanent damage, Commander Bias has requested that Blueblood send multiple fighters against him, so Blueblood has selected 20 ponies to fight in his place... coward." She muttered the last part, but I heard and smiled at her, Celestia then silenced the murmurs of the crowd with a risen hoof.
"Now, fight honorably, begin!" The group charged, various weapons, from swords to bows, were drawn, but I froze them with Soul Magic. I then began the mantra of an old friend, Comic Sans.
"It's a beautiful day outside..." I said in a calm voice, as the air became colder.
"Shield Breaker!" I yelled as I channeled magic into my claws and struck the shield shattering it completely, knocking out the Unicorns. leaving a lone earth stallion. He had a black coat and red mane, and looked to have the worst armor out of all the fighters. I decided to begin asking questions.
"So, why did you join this suicide mission?" I asked him, thoroughly intrigued as to reasoning.
"I needed the bits, I got a family to feed, no job pays enough for my skills." We began circling as we spoke.
"Well, If you surrender I won't put you with a hospital visit." The stallion laughed, as if humored by the though of quitting.
"Don't you understand, if I kill you then my family can live pretty well off, I can finally stop hurting ponies."
"I disagree, let me help you, I can put you on a better path, what is your name?"
"Why does it matter, I'm a bad pony, not worth saving." I laughed and said,
"Do you wish for redemption and would be willing to fight to earn it?" The stallion nodded, and then lunged at me blade swinging. I caught the blade and shattered it.
"Then join me, I shall do my best to guide you on a better path, now why don't we see if nobles bleed blue blood." I winked at him as he stared, but then he smiled and nodded. I turned to Blueblood and disengaged the battlespace.
"Blueblood! Your estate and wealth will go to a family who deserves it. You have 30 seconds to leave, or be terminated."
"No I will not, I am a Prince!" Blueblood protested and I unlimbered my shoulder cannons, pointing them at him.
"25 seconds."
"Auntie! Stop him!" Celestia just sighed, and Luna said,
"Blueblood, if you do not leave as per the conditions of the duel, then Commander Bias is well in his rights to destroy you, as he is not an Equestrian citizen, and follows Dracochrome duel law." Ah yes, the duel law, I remember now, I can actually kill him if he does not fulfill the requirements of the duel. Everypony froze, unable to truly process what their Princess said.
"You have ten seconds." As I said this Blueblood pulled a blade from his suit.
"Die beast!" Everypony gasped as the blade came down, but I grabbed his blade arm.
"I am a Titan, not a beast, you have violated Dracochrome duel law." I pulled his blade from him and stabbed it into his skull,
"Your time has run out." Bluebloods new orifice bled blue blood all over my frame, and I dropped the corpse. I then turned to my final opponent.
"What is your name?"
"Shadestep."
"Well then, Shadestep," I pulled out a spare Dracochrome Private badge that was once mine to wear.
"I am proud to welcome you to the Equestrian Dracochrome Division, Private Shadestep." I handed him the badge and saluted while he just stood there looking at the badge.
"Blueblood's property and wealth is yours, do with it as you wish, I shall return to check up on you sometime," I then boost up to the Princesses platform.
"I apologize, but we must postpone our meeting to some other day, I believe I have overstayed my welcome." I then walk over to Trixie and Daring, who just stared at the corpse of the filth.
"Let's go." I picked them up and blasted off to Ponyville, where I explained what happened, and got yelled at.
"I don't want a murderer in my castle! Leave!" Twilight yelled, tears flowing, I sighed.
"Fine, Trixie, continue trying, you have a direction now. Daring it was good to meet you." Before they could say anything else I ran through the doors and blasted off into space, where I would stand sentinel over my chosen, Trixie and Shadestep. As I thought about what to do.
"I've done it now, I must leave for now." I scan the planet looking for somewhere that might respect what must be done, someone who I can help. My scans come to nothing, no wars, no fighting, just peace. But I get several readings of Void Energy in the Badlands, so I decide to investigate, for now I observe.
A Titan, A Soul, And A Bias
I have reached one of the Badlands Void signatures, and I am currently boring into the ground to reach the depth of said signatures. After a couple more hours of digging I reach a wall. A wall of an old Sanctuary species, the Sectoids. Sectoids were a hive species who used individual minds to supplement a collective knowledge which all Sectoids could pull from. The Sectoids were a species known as relic species, as they were preserved from extinction. In fact it was an accident that I discovered their people on the brink of extinction, on a planet I affectionately called, the Hive. It was an insect dominated planet filled with lifeforms, big and small. The Sectoids were being persecuted by another hive species which are referred as Giant Bees, given their similarity to native bee species of sanctuary, just way bigger.
I tried reaching peaceful solution, however it required force to stop the Giant Bee invasion of the Final Hive of the Sectoids, I called for an evacuation, so that the species could survive, but we don't have to destroy the Giant Bees, given their role in the planets global ecosystem. The Dracochrome sent evacuation ships and I loaded the Sectoids on the ships, and we flew. A Sectoid by the name of Strong Claw had declared my people gods, who should be worshiped, and the idea spread like fire in the Hive mind, even Queen Chitin, the Hive Queen, bowed whenever in a Titan was in their presence. They adopted our practices on Sanctuary, but kept their Hives separate form the main cities.
Anyways, my history is unimportant, if this is the remains of a Sectoid Hive, I will be able to rebuild foundries and such to build defenses for this planet. I break through the wall into a dark chamber, according to my past visits it looks to be the dimensions of the egg chamber of Alpha Hive. Good, Alpha has some of the best Void tech in the Hive mind.
I continue travelling towards the now identified Void Core of the Hive. Comparing the maps I already have from past visits and my new maps of the ruins, everything seems mostly intact and in place, so I rely on my old maps to guide me to the core. After twenty minutes of carefully walking, as I do not wish to be surprised or damage anything, I reach the dormant core, which currently has a full supply of Void Crystal. I begin repairing the terminal, carefully welding metal and repairing wire. I stripped materials from the lights of the halls for wiring and some scrap metal on the way here, so I had enough to fix the control terminal, however I when I booted up the control terminal and slipped into the systems I was given alerts of damage to the core. I sighed and then said,
"Of course, nothing today will go as planned." I shook my head and began walking to the primary resource storage. The place is in poor condition over the years, stone has been reclaimed by nature completely and any metals which can decay have done so. I eventually find the storage modules. I locate a crate of Void Steel and Resonate Enderium. Enderium is a subdivison of Void Metals, Enderium was created by one of the few sane species that can live in the Void, Endermen, who were allies of Sanctuary, and showed us how to create Enderium Crystal, better known as Ender Pearls. I begin to transport this crate to the Void Core chamber and supply enough power for a diagnostic of the Core.
Initializing Void Core Diagnostic........... Errors Found..........Assessing Damage............................ Current Errors: Stabilizer Failure, Heat Control Compromised, Casing Damaged................ Assessing Material Requirement.................... 1000 Units Resonate Enderium................ 256300 Units Void Steel.............................. 2500 Units Electrum.................. Diagnostic Complete..........................................
I growl in anger, I have many more trips to get that much Void Steel. Then I realize I have to make Electrum, a common conductor used in computers, and then I also have to forge it. I have a lot of work to do...
Celestia POV
I am, for the first time, truly disappointed in my student.
"Twilight, you understand what you have done right? You have more than likely permanently damaged a possible positive relationship to Equestria." Twilight looked downcast under my gaze and said,
"I-I know, but he had no reason-" Luna then yelled at her,
"He had every reason to finish off that pompous snob, first Blueblood insulted him, calling him beast and commoner. Then, Blueblood challenged him to the duel, knowing that the terms were set they fought. And on Blueblood's own terms, Blueblood lost, but attempted to assassinate Judge, who is not a citizen of Equestria might I add. So, he did what the duel laws of his military organisation, which he was COMMANDER of, which from the memories his master gave me, has duel laws where if the loser does not fulfill their side of the deal, they are imprisoned or killed, depending on the wager, and if the loser attacks the victor, its an immediate death sentence."
"But this is no longer the Dracochrome or Sanctuary, however, Blueblood would have had a life sentence anyways for the assassination, and I intended on getting rid of Blueblood, he was a criminal, something Luna discovered recently. He was part of a slave circle Twilight. Blueblood was a bad pony, I don't condone the murder but Judge was in the right. I believe we should begin searching to help repair our friendship." Twilight nods, and leaves, as it is getting late.
"Sister, you should rest, I shall see if Judge does so as well, as he might let me in." I nod and walk out of the dining room, I am not worried for Judges safety, but for ours. I believe that he may have begun searching for ruins of his old home, with the technology I've seen from him, he would be able to easily take on the world alone, much less with an army of machines.
Judge POV
Construction Drone Fabrication Complete.................... Awaiting Orders.............
"Begin construction chain for a Basic Alloy Smelter" The newly fabricated construction drone beeped and whizzed, then sent me the required resources needed in its stockpile.
Basic Alloy Smelter: 20 Units Copper 10 Units Steel 5 Units Gold Resource status: No resources
Just like the survivalist challenge in the Dracochrome, start with little, make a lot. I activate my Void Claws and begin creating a tunnel, so that I may obtain the required resources from this plentiful planet.
A Titan, A Soul, And A Bias
Slaver Slashing and Princess Meeting
"Help me"
That was all I needed to hear as I ignited my jets. The eight organics around me jumped as I begun to lift off the ground.
"What are you doing!" Twilight yelled to me wondering what was going on.
"A pony has sent out a call for help within my sensory range, I am going to respond, tell the Princesses where I went if they arrive before I return."
"Judge wait! Take me with you!" Daring yelled, so I dropped to the ground and picked her up, then reignited my jets and flew off at cruising speed into the Everfree forest.
"Daring, I'm picking up several heat signatures " I slowed to slow speeds as I observed the camp where I estimated the call came from. I spotted several ponies in chains as I let Daring go fly on her own. I began to make evaluations based on what I saw, several canine like creatures were forcing the ponies to mine gemstones while they fed like the pigs they are.
"A Diamond Dog slave camp, ugh I hate those things, most Dogs are good, however,"
"There are always bad apples, Daring prepare to gather the ponies while I destroy the slavers." Daring threw a salute and dove off to get ready for extraction of the prisoners. Last night I had fully reestablished my connection to my Void foundry and armory so I pulled out an anti infantry precision weapon known as the MIDA Multi-Tool. It had a sleek design with a set of black paint with a scope for medium range combat, feturing medium stopping power and rate of fire it was useful in many situations hence its name.
I then dropped from the sky into the mining zone below calling out the Titan warcry,
"Standby for Titan Fall!" I crashed into the ground my shoulder cannons unlimbering and firing medium caliber rounds into two Dogs as well as firing three rounds into another with the MIDA.
"Your slavery practices are in violation of my Secondary Directive, cease or be destroyed." The Ponies cried out in fright upon my landing, but I paid them no mind as from all the surrounding area more Dogs came. A large Dog came out of the largest tent, he wore lots of jewelry and gems, and carried a hefty hammer.
"You dare challenge the Hydra Slayer! We will not surrender to a metal freak, Charge my Dogs!" With a unified war cry the Dogs lunged, one of many anticipated outcomes. I fired a singular high explosive round from my shoulder cannon which destroyed about 30 out of 200 Dogs. I fired into the horde, easily pushing them back, however this slavery was a personal insult, since I hate it. I stopped shooting and ignited my Void Claws.
"Cowards!" I yelled, "Did you think mere numbers could take down a Titan!." I roared loudly and charged slicing off heads, disemboweling, and ripping arms off. After a couple minutes of struggle, only the self proclaimed Hydra Slayer remained. I was covered in blood, normal for Titan combat. The Diamond Dog Chieftain was cowering and had tried to run, however a quick shot to the head from the MIDA was enough to finish the coward. After a couple moments a blue mare said something which lightened my guilty heart.
"H-How did you hear me? Did you-" I silenced her with a talon and responded.
"Your call has been answered, I am here to stay." I then yelled out to Daring Do.
"Daring come here! Begin gathering the slaves for extraction! We're getting them out of here." I began noticing more species among the slaves and whispers of praise and fear spreading through the slave group. I then looked to the mare who needed my help, she was a Unicorn, but her horn was damaged.
"Walk with me, I wish to speak with you," The mare nodded and we began walking through the camp side by side
"What is your name, I am Judgement Bias, a Titan of the proud Bias line."
"I am Beatrix Lulamoon, but most know me as..." She paused for dramatic effect, but I could tell it was just an act, not true vanity. "The Great and Powerful Trixie! However," her face became downcast and beaten down, as if something bad had happened to her besides the slavers.
"However what, I can not help you unless you tell me." Trixie then told me about the mistakes she had made in the past and wished to make up for but couldn't due to ponies shunning her wherever she went, when she first was shunned she was angry at Twilight Sparkle, however hope came in the form of Starlight Glimmer, and together with some others had saved Equestria.
"I had gotten over my grudge with Twilight however I wasn't welcomed anywhere, so I traveled, survived on scraps, learned to live on my own. Until I got captured of course."
"That is good, I am also an exile in Pony society at the moment, right now I am just the giant metal dragon everypony is scared of." I began to think about Trixie's situation and got an incredible idea.
"Trixie, I have been alive a long time and know many magics, would you like to learn from me, in fact I can protect you from ponies who would want to hurt you for your mistakes, it is up to you." Trixie's face lit up with a bright, beaming smile and wide eyes.
"Really? You would teach me magic! Like that stuff you did to the slavers?!"
"Well, those were weapons, not magic, however my magics would be able to do similar effects." Then I heard Draing call out to me that the slaves were ready for extraction to Ponyville, which was about 7 kilometers away, at least from the castle, so about a 50 minute walk. Trixie and I walked back to Daring and I put them both in my arms, even though they protested.
"Alright everpony! We have a 50 minute walk ahead of us to Ponyville, lets make haste!" And so we all walked together, a group of about 300 ponies, and 50 of other species.
50 minutes later, Everfree Approach
These ponies are more durable than I gave them credit for, they walked quickly and without any kind of rest, I find that quite impressive given everpony's condition. Though I believe I speak for all of us that we are happy to have a place of rest, so we marched on, moving closer to the town and into the nearby apple orchard.
"Alright everypony, we shall stop here, if anypony comes upon you tell them you are under Bias protection, they should understand, I shall go to alert authorities of your presence, Daring, Trixie, you're with me." They both nodded as I picked them up again and flew back into town and to the castle where I saw what would equate to a small strike squad of about 40 armored ponies who held spears and other weaponry. I slowed to hover and observe while I asked Daring about them.
"Do you recognize the soldiers down there Daring?"
"Yeah! I wonder what the Royal Guard is doing here, normally they only come when the Princesses arrive.It should be safe to land." I dropped into a gap behind their group as to not disturb them, however they immediately turned their weapons on me.
"Stop! You are under arrest by order of the Royal Guard." Both of the mares put on confused faces while I just sighed and set them down.
"I don't want to fight, however, I will not surrender. Do not play games pony you are outclassed by 10 million years of research." I believe the face of Daring and Trixie was one of shock when they realized just how old I was. I unlimbered my cannons and loaded them with tranquilizing rounds.
"Fine then, guards, we take him by force!" They charged blindly and I quickly pulled out a energy sub-machine gun called the Riskrunner, and set it to stun targets. The weapon crackled as I fed it electricity and hummed with energy. I fired the entire battery into the ponies, quickly disabling them, and pulled out another battery and reloaded. Trixie and Daring stared, possibly thinking I killed them.
"Don't worry, they'll be able to move in a couple hours." Both mares sighed with relief as I walked to the door and knocked on it.
"I have returned, I come bringing dire news of something I have corrected." Spike opened the door for me and said,
"What was it? All three Princesses were looking for you."
"Rescuing slaves, Daring, Trixie, follow me." We all walked inside only for me to be greeted by a blue blur of an alicorn hugging my chest.
"Good to see you again Luna, I am glad to meet you in pony." Luna released him and asked,
"Are you feeling better?"
"Much better, thank you for keeping me away from a mistake." After that, I heard another voice, it sounded motherly and kind, but also stern.
"I thought I heard a scuffle outside, was that-" I interrupt quickly,
"Your guards wouldn't let me inside and attacked me on my approach, so I stunned them for a couple hours. And yes they attacked first."
"Ah, so Judgement Bias correct? I believe you know my sister Luna, I am Princess Celestia, it is my pleasure to greet you."
"You may call me Judge, I believe I should get some formalities out of the way, I am Unit 2004 of the Line BIAS, identification Judgement Bias, and I wish to defend Equestria with the weapons of the people of Sanctuary and answer as many questions as possible as to what happened to the planet."
"Well, I believe I could ask a few questions myself, if you don't mind of course."
"I do not mind, I have plenty of time as of now. Let's begin" Then Twilight decided to speak up,
"Where have you been, and why is Trixie here?" I then told all three about the slaver camp and how my auditory sensors picked up the call for help.
"And the slavers?" Luna asked, curious as to what I did to them.
"Gone, completely eradicated, no mercy for one who forces others to work with no compensation." Both Twilight and Celestia were shocked at my bluntness, while Luna seemed to understand.
"I knew it, Luna, did the Void Master show you everything?" She nodded, and I sighed.
"He did, however I understand your reasoning, you hate slavers correct, a personal grudge." I returned the nod.
"But killing them doesn't sound like the proper punishment," Said Twilight which was when Trixie finally decided to cut in, Daring had left for food a while ago, so she couldn't help.
"Well, I was there, and I believe that Judge was the proper judgement for them." Trixie let out a giggle at my expense and Luna was failing to suppress a smirk.
"Reminder Trixie, you are my student now. I could make your life a living hell." Trixie's shocked face made me break out into laughter and managed to say,
"Well, I believe it is time for us to return to Canterlot, I will see you next week, correct?" Celestia had a smile on her face from our talks, she seemed to really enjoy it.
"Remember if you ever need someone to talk to about your past, I am here."
"Until next week Princesses." And they were gone, and I returned to my room in the castle, as it was getting late, and went to my balcony to watch the Sun and Moon move for the night. I decided to stand sentinel for the night from my balcony, and also began making lesson plans for Trixie's first new magic, Soul Magic, since it is the hardest to unlock, but is extremely powerful.
