(Ponyville U, Equestria)
(11:00hrs)
(December 10th, 1025)

Sitting in class tapping her hooves on the desk Sprinkle listened to the news report, playing on the screen at the front of the class. Standing outside a war zone a grey pegasus mare wearing protective gear was hidden behind some cover as she talked “Today the U.W.M. Is making a move to push further into the eastern front, with this advance they will now be moving directly against The Kingdom of Saddles. Which is now being led by her majesty Gilded Hilt, this news has just been made public but due to health complications the former queen died only a few months ago and-OH MY GODDESS!!”

Pointing at something off screen the camera whipped away and locked onto a incoming vehicle as it raced by, but it could be seen easily that the vehicle held three heavily armored pony’s wearing red/black MJOLNIR three SPARTANs. Following the vehicle as best as he could they watched as it bounced down the road seeing a quick burst of return fire before it rounded a corner disappearing from view the class then heard the mare again “What you just witnessed were three super soldiers racing into the fight! With the SPARTANs leading the charge this war won’t last much longer, If anypony is seeing this now just know that I’ve personally witnessed them in action and the rumors you’ve heard about the program is all true. Cmon let’s get back to base-“

The video paused as the professor stood up and walked in front of the screen, clearing his throat the older stallion lifted a hoof and said “Alright class for the end of semester project I want you all to write a paper about the current events of the Global War, give me your thoughts and opinions about it along with what your current thoughts are about the A.C.E. let’s keep it professional with these papers. They will be due at the end of next week and must be at least five pages long with four cited sources. You’re all dismissed.”

Turning away the professor began to collect his belongings as the rest of the class also began to collect everything, standing up Sprinkle looked around seeing some of her classmates were murmuring with each other about the Global War. Hearing one mare sniffle she caught the edge “Haven’t heard” before they moved out of the class, walking out Sprinkle understood what she meant recently a number of mares and stallions had left and joined the U.W.M. all them wanting to help with the fight for greater good. Despite the advances in communication many of them had trouble with getting in touch directly most ponies only got pre recorded messages or letter that only seemed to trickle in. Making her way down the hall way Sprinkle looked up to see a poster that showed a number of ponies standing at attention fully garbed in battle gear below them were the words ‘Fight for the future’.

Staring at the poster for a moment Sprinkle turned away and decided she wanted some fresh air and quickly exited the building. As she walked outside she saw all the other ponies milling about some were talking about classes, cooking, or what to watch on the T.V. That wasn’t news related. Sighing Sprinkle couldn’t be the only one keeping up with the Global War but seemed to be the only one whose mind was constantly thinking about the fighting and its escalation, finding a good spot under a tree she leaned against it and let out a small sigh enjoying the cooler weather the young mate was about to start on her paper when a Silk called her “Sprinkle darling it’s so good to see you!”

“Hey Silk it’s great to see you too, how’s the day for you?” Sprinkle said looking up at her friend a smile coming to her face.

“It’s going wonderfully my business class wrapped up today and all that’s left are exams next week.” Silk answered plopping down next Sprinkle she let out a small sigh.

“I am not looking forward to them, it’s been quite a bit of studying.”

“Yeah I just got assigned a paper we have to write about the A.C.E. and the Global War, it’s gonna be a tough one. Figured I’d get started on it tonight.”

“Ugh this war is insane, my mother just learned my uncle Burnt Edges had been recruited into the SPARTAN program.”

“Seriously!” Sprinkled gasped placing a hoof over her mouth as she looked at her friend in shock.

“Yes well you know my mother she was not happy about having to learn about it so late, he had kept it a secret for almost four months. The only reason she learned about it was when he came to visit last month for the family gathering,l. He now towers over everypony and had those scars.” Silk muttered as she slowly shook her head a small frown coming to her face.

“Sooo how’d your family take it?”

“Grandmother and Grandfather were proud of him, my little sister was ecstatic to learn she now had a super hero uncle, my mother’s were shocked and angry he had gone through with the program but understood his choice. It is what it is now I know this is not what you wanted to talk about, how about we move on and see when we can get together and have tea.”

“That sounds wonderful Silk it has been quite sometime since we’ve gotten tea.”

“Well with all the craziness that has been happening it is thought to make time together, especially with all the talk of war, recruitment and colonization of far away worlds. It’s amazing to think how far we’ve come in the last year it just makes you think how far our species will go-“ As Silk continued Sprinkle found herself staring up at the passing clouds catching the glimpse of a ship rising out of the planets gravity well. The conversation lasted another few minutes before both mares had to end it with them going their separate ways, Silk heading to business management and Sprinkle her cooking classes.

As the day went on Sprinkle couldn’t help but feel uneasy, once the last of her classes were finished Sprinkle made her way to the student lounge she found a group of ponies gathered around the T.V. hushed whispering going around the group. As she got closer Sprinkle peered around trying her best to figure out what was going on, clearing her throat she asked the closest pony “What’s going on?”

“Oh my gosh Sprinkle you won’t believe this but the axis powers just launched a surprise attack against the Crystal Empire! The attack just happened it’s crazy nopony knows how they managed to do it but they are currently occupying Agate city!”

Feeling her eyes widen in horror Sprinkles eyes whipped up to the screen and watched as the news covered the attack. So far they didn’t know much except that a massive assault had taken place which was lead by the U.P.R., G.C.P. remnants, and the few militant groups the axis powers had absorbed into them. They’d launched that attack four days ago and had crippled the entire city in that time cutting them off from the rest of the empire and the A.C.E. as a whole. Shots of the city showed it on fire and small skirmishes and explosions were seen or heard in the back ground as the news reporter informed the world, some shots showed a few crystal ponies running from the fighting as it raged behind them. Listening in Sprinkle heard the reporter finally as she forced herself to finally pay closer attention “So far the A.C.E. Is mustering its troops and will take the city back before the forces can push deeper into the empire. From what my colleagues are saying reliable sources had heard that Madame President Cortana is not taking this attack lightly and is prepping a large scale invasion force to crush these ponies and secure the area, nothing is known how or when the invasion force arrived but what is know is that they beat the local defenses and had dismantled the communications before the initial assault began.”

Feeling the weight of those words Sprinkle held her breath and as her pulse hammered in her ears. The war had reached the crystal empire a part of Equis so far from the front that it should never had reached them but some how it had, now the question she was asking herself just how long until it reach Equestria?

(Harmonies Station, 14:37 hrs)
(Presidential Chambers)
(9 hours after Crystal Empire Assault)

Staring down at the monitor Cortana’s brows furrowed in frustrated rage as she watched the U.W.M. forces gathered and prepared to take back Agate City. The attack reminded her of the fall of reach just like back then the city had been cut off from the world and by the time the assault was discovered it was too late, so Cortana pushed intelligence offices of the E.I.A. to get to the bottom of it immediately. The Axis shouldn’t have had this kinda’ve power and she couldn’t think of the type of technology they had access to that could do something along those lines, but then again with the ODST and SPARTAN squads in route to start softening targets for the rest of the U.W.M. the assault would be swift and brutal. Cortana needed the enemies to know that nothing they could do would bring the A.C.E. down or stop them from winning this war, it could also help with bringing more nations to join if they could show just how well they could protect home territories. But the timing of the attack was something she couldn’t ignore the island hopping of the Caudal Islands was going off well with each island falling and being secured within two months and the current push into the Easter front. This attack was to distract her and buy time but she couldn’t figure out for what, it could be for the supposed Project Pathway that they had found evidence of last month, but so far nothing else has been discovered on said project or what it was about.

Standing up she began to pace in front of the window over looking Equis, from so far up and so far away from all the conflicts one could almost forget the war waging on its surface as it slowly began to spread. Despite best efforts assaults had taken place in small places across it surface not enough to cause lone term problems, but just enough that she would need to task soldiers that were needed on the front to hunt down and secure the areas. Now Cortana knew all this was to prolong the war and extend the life of the U.P.R. and its allies, this could deal with Pathway but she wasn’t certain and didn’t want to worry about something unnecessary she’d allow the E.I.A. to worry about that as it sent its agents deeper into enemy territory to find information. What she was now worried about was the ships patrolling her system only a week ago they had detected something probing the edges of the system before it retreated into the unknown. She quickly ordered for smaller groups to go out on patrols and randomize the search vectors hoping to catch the unknown object or being and bring it back to the orbiting black site. Sighing Cortana now understood just what Carter had talked about with her somehow the enemy had gotten word out into the stars the problem now facing them was if the call was answered or if received what had caught it.

She also had two ships under emergency construction with Cortana herself quickly pulling the heavier construction of the components so her technicians and engineers to get them just worry about getting them wired and running, she’d covered the bulk of the construction of them deciding that she needed them to be Halbero-Class light destroyers. With everything on high alert Cortana wanted to end this war at that moment so they could be ready to defend the planet Incase of invasion, at least ten percent of the planet had anti air weapons ready to defend from space to air insertions. While only two super mac platforms were under construction Canterlot and Crystal platforms would not be ready and operational for another six months and even then they would have to go under months of rigorous testing before they’d be allowed to fire live rounds in a battle, so hopefully it was glitches on the radar but until the fleet was bigger and the two layers of defense thicker Cortana would rely on her current ships and their captains after all they had been excelling at the mock battles she’d been giving them among the planets to keep them sharp.

Hearing a soft knocking at the door Cortana checked the cameras and saw Black Ink waiting for her, easing a quizzical eyebrow Cortana allowed the mare into the room making her way in she had a saddle bag clipped to her hips. Looking around slowly she met Cortana’s eyes and in that moment the president understood, scanning the room she made sure it was big free, sealed and quarantined away from any ponies looking to pry into private matters. Once everything was set Black Ink pulled out three folders bright red in color and placed them onto the table while saying “Madame President I came to inform you that some of my agents have come across more than evidence of Project Pathway with one of them even over hearing a snippet from some high ranking individuals.”

“What have they discovered and have you broken the spells?”

“No my agents are still looking for the ciphers to allow us to gain access, what we’ve learned is that it’s not just randomly chosen axis powers who are part of this project it seems to be the entire military complex,” pushing one of the files closer to Cortana the mare picked it up in her magic and began to read through the report her eyes gliding over the page as Black Ink continued “My agent may have also discovered a possible map that he theorizes all the markers are matched with area’s linked to but are not an active war war front. The whispers he has heard are hinting that those are targets are to be hit so time can be gained while forcing us to spread our forces, he thinks this is about prolonging the war.”

“While this agent has noticed an increase in defensive measures being taken to fortify the lines, from the orders the agent has copied and leaked to us are showing the enemy is digging in.” Black ink said as she moved the next folder forward to allow Cortana to read it also, picking it up she read through it her brow furrowing while she listened to Black Ink “The weapons being moved are new we think, the agent is also saying that some of them may even be siege machines, but they aren’t sure whether it’s Equis in make………or covenant.”

Taking in a small breath Cortana knew what all this could mean and now knew that the enemy was buying time, placing the folder down she looked to the final one slowly pushing it up Black Ink stated “We’ve made no headway with Project Pathway but this folder is to inform you that the enemy may have space faring vehicles now, how many is unknown but we may have to pull the ships closer to Equis so they can start patrolling its orbit to make sure that nothing slips passed us. Ma’am this war isn’t going to end any time soon and it seems they have hopes an unknown force is going to come crashing down upon us to help them, what’s your plan?”

Placing the folder down Cortana leaned back and closed her eyes, going through millions of plans doing her best to figure out what to do. What felt like hours to her was really only two minutes of silence for Black Ink opening her eyes she leaned forward and said “First we’ll call back Mighty Star and have them be our operating base for patrolling around Equis any and all fighters will come from and dock with that ship, next we’re going to bring this all to the council I will not keep them in the dark this may be the push I need to further develop our space and ground defenses while also increasing the number of warships being constructed I want at least two more under construction along with the two we are working on now I want another Phoenix Class support ship and a Orion-Class Assault Carrier I’ll handle the bulk again so they can be put out quicker and join the rest the others on patrol……..”

Pausing Cortana slowly placed the folder down and turned looking out the window again down at Equis taking in the Earth like planet she inhaled slowly and held it for a moment. Seeing the tension in the presidents shoulders Black Ink gently cleared her throat and asked “Was there more to that madam president?”

“Yes I am just coming to terms with something,” looking over her shoulder Cortana face was neutral as she locked eyes with Black Ink she said “It’s time for Project TROJAN to start moving.”

(Outer edge of Starswirl Sytem)
(Orbiting Krakoa)
(15:00 hr, Dec 13th 1025)

Slowly moving through the system the Valiant-Class Super-Heavy Cruiser dubbed Hard Luck, leading her was Captain Charm Lock a middle aged stallion with greying mane and beard, his dark purple coat was clothed in U.W.M. military attire which was a dark olive green suit that had a high black collar along with black shoulder pads that held his gold captain rank sat. Leaning back in his command chair he looked around keeping an eye on his staff seeing some weary looks. They’d been pushing themselves the last few days orders had just come down that Mighty Star was being pulled back to start bolstering Equis and patrol its orbit, rumors were starting to bleed through the military that the enemies were no longer trying to win. Instead they seemed to be trying to buy time for themselves, whether they thought that out lasting the A.C.E. and the U.W.M. was a viable option which was ridiculous. With the mining operations taking place in the asteroid belt and Reach’s mining and agriculture taking off the resources were nearly endless for the A.C.E. so they had little to worry about when it came to the war. So why the enemy was trying to dig in and outlast them was nerve wracking due to its unknown reasoning.

Folding his hooves together he leaned forward and closed his eyes pondering just what they were planning or hoping for maybe —“Sir! I’ve got a bogey pinging at the edge of our system it’s big, estimated size puts it around five hundred meters in length.”

“Launch our fighters and push engines to full speed! I want that ship disabled or at least get eyes on it!” Charm Lock order his eyes looking down at his own control panel, watching the scan come over the ship wasn’t something to worry about due to size but he wasn’t about to risk anything hitting the button next to him an alarm started to go off around the ship as he continued his order “Get our systems hot and ready load pods A through E I want them ready to launch and start heating up our Mac(M) system, if a fight breaks out I want us hot and ready.”

“Aye aye captain.” The crew sounded off in acknowledgement to the order as one, then all together they began to work, adjusting weapons, checking the systems and keeping an eye out for any surprises.

This ship would be no match for the Hard Luck but that didn’t mean they wouldn’t have back up, seeing three squadrons of F-609 Strike Fighter’s called ‘Thunderbirds’ fly past his observation window they made way to the target. As they disappeared into the black the captain quickly pulled up a com link and forwarded a top priority message to all ships in the vicinity, passing on all the intel he currently had he hoped that said intel would quickly climb the command structure. Hearing a small hiss from the radio he tapped a few controls on his command chair and a deep voice spoke “Sir this is Dirty Cut do you read me? My squad has eyes on the ship and she’s turning to run.”

“Dirty Cut this is Captain Charm Lock if you can engage do it! I want that ship crippled we’re four mikes behind you.”

“Copy that we’re starting our engagement sir see you is four mikes.” Dirty Cut responded before cutting the transmission, looking at the nearest ensign the Captain barked “Push our engines to maximum output, I want that ship within our weapon range now!”

“Aye aye sir!” The ensign answered as he got to work typing in the commands, feeling the ship shake for a moment signaling the increase in speed as it moved towards the battle. In the distance they could see small flashes coming from the battle narrowing his eyes the captain felt his blood boiling this was the first ever battle that- in moment a bright blue light the ship blasted away from the battle disappearing in an instant. The crew watched as the streak disappeared into the vacuum of space standing in the Captain asked “Did we get that on video?”

“Yes sir we did……..that wasn’t a slipspace jump sir.” An ensign said as she looked down at her screen seeing none of the usual traces for slipspace jumps.

Shaking his head the Captain order any and all information to be compartmentalized and forwarded to his computer so he could pass it up the command chain. Looking around he saw the worried looks on his crew’s faces nodding he moved towards the window standing in front of it he said “Get those birds back home and hold this position until further notice we are going to comb through this area with a tooth brush I don’t want anything missed.”

(Harmonies Station)
(12:00 hr, council chamber)
(Geosynchronous orbit over Canterlot)
(March 14th, 1026)

Watching as the councilors mulled over the news they all had received the same report in the last two months more probes into the system have been occurring pushing the boundaries of their ships and their patrol routes, while also maintaining to stay out of sight of and getting away without even a glimpse. Since the second encounter in December the ships had been smaller and quicker, staying just long enough to test the security of their patrols and border before jumping away leaving nothing but an energy signal. At this point many of the captains frustration with the cat and mouse chase were growing evident they all were ready to finally nail on of the U.F.O.’s to the wall and bring them back to home base.

Now Cortana was waiting for the council to come to their own conclusion and hoping they would green light the push for the increase in staffing for the planetary defense system and the shipyards. She needed those departments staffing to increase so she could have ponies working around the clock, they needed this after all the president would not be taking any chances with the space beyond their cradle world. It hadn’t taken long but one by one the folders were quietly shut and placed back into the desk. The first to speak to was the representative of Algokai looking up at her the mare asked “This is unbelievable madam president, your telling us that our home system has been probed by an alien presence for months? Why are we just learning about this now!”

As the words left her mouth many more voices joined all giving their disapproval of the choice to keep them in the dark, waiting for the voices to quiet down Cortana looked around and cleared her throat before explaining “The reason I had kept you all in the dark for so long is I did not know if the first probe was a one off. But it seems these probes are becoming more frequent and are quickly adapting to our own attempts at taking them down. So far their time proving our system has gone down significantly since their first move against our system, they are only testing our reaction times to their presence now. Waiting long enough for our ships to react to them and start an approach before taking off, I had ordered the Mighty Star back to be orbiting Equis so we could patrol the planet to keep any and all axis powers in check if they try escaping the planet.”

“The other reason I pulled her from the patrol routes is to have a surprise held back if an invasion force does enter our system. Mighty Star will be here to sucker punch any ships that get too close, she is currently docked with Canterlot station feigning the need for a retrofit of her systems. We’ll be ready for any invasion force but I need you all to green light my push for increased construction crew sizes for the orbiting stations and the anti air systems on the ground. We need to get more up and ready so if this invasion comes we’ll be ready for them, so please trust that I am doing all I can to be ready for whatever comes knocking at our door.” Cortana stated bowing her head slightly as she waited for them to start conversing, thinking to herself ‘Plus I have another three ships ready to go but waiting for the go signal at a black site.’

Soon the conversations began to quiet down and all the attention went back to Cortana and the real talks began. For the next three hours they talked and for the next three hours they planned for what Cortana feared for. Soon the time came to a close and everypony began to exit out of the chambers, heading to their own offices to pass the news to their homelands and let them know of the coming conflict. Standing herself Cortana began to march towards her own office to finalize the plans that had been approved by the council. As she walked down the hall she could sense the tension in the workers of the station as she passed, as they always say the juicier the story the quicker is spreads and the results of this meeting had spread like a wildfire.

(Unknown time/place)

Standing under a brush the figure pulled out a small telescope and scanned the skies looking for hints at the passing stations orbiting the planet. Seeing the twinkle of one such station he clicked his teeth and put the scope away turning to his ponies he walked back to their encampment. They were deep behind enemy territory and awaiting for the reinforcements to come Project Pathway had to work or all this would be for nothing, the mission would be a success and they would prevail. From the rumors they could hear when sneaking back to civilization or drop points is that the Global War was almost at a standstill now with their homelands holding line and keeping the unworthy away from their territories.

Not even the wendigo’s have been able to do much against the siege line, the pony couldn’t help but chuckle thinking that maybe even some of them would be taken out from their artillery units that continuously fired at the land and air. Nothing could make it out of their barrage the land was a wasteland where even the smallest rodent couldn’t live and the air so thick with shrapnel that the smallest avian would be ripped apart, the air wasn’t just being covered by the anti air guns recently the scientists had managed to activate floating mines that could go as high as thirty five thousand feet where they then tracked any and all ships before colliding with them and exploding turning said ship into a molten mess.

Sitting down amongst his team the pony tapped his leg and wondered just how much longer they would need to wait before the signal came and they could move, turning towards the package it was massive as big as a pony with spikes that sprouted from it. Once they received it the team would activate the trap and leave the area causing chaos through the A.C.E. as the explosions would force them to look into their own homelands, the siege line would then start advancing and finally the invasion from above. Three different ways to look and three different fronts to defend against would help with the A.C.E.’s command structure degradation and begin the start of its collapse as they tried to keep up with the attacks. The teams sent into the enemy territory did not know when the attack would happen or how the signal would even come through to them they just had to trust the commanders and keep their eyes and ears open to everything.

“Sir when do you think our brothers will come from the stars and help us liberate the planet?” One of the younger members asked as he looked up from the blade he’d been sharpening.

“I do not know my boy but when they come we will be ready and help them.” The leader answered as he stood and walked over to the weapon placing a hoof on its purple shell he continued “But when they do we will make sure they will have a very easy time landing and forming their ranks THEN we will burn our enemies from this world!”

Smiling the group looked between each other they were happy and to hear that, all their lives they had been taught about the Great Journey and the forerunners who had left the galaxy thousands of years ago. They couldn’t loudly celebrate as they wanted but one of the team pulled out a flask filled with liquor and showed it to the leader smiling he gave a small nod while saying “Let us celebrate but only a sip I want us alert and-“

He was interrupted as coughing echoed from around them and the leader soon found himself watching his team fall in quick succession their blood and bone splattered across the forest floor. Turning to the weapon he leapt towards it trying to hit the activation switch only to find himself being flung back by a powerful force that then forced him to the dirt seeing a light red glow he realized he was caught in a magical field. Seeing a number of metal clad hooves enter his vision he saw one he guessed was the leader move towards the weapon. It wore dull orange armor that had some light scrapes and dings, looking over the weapon it clicked its teeth in agitation before turning its attention onto the leader staring down at him through its gold visor a voice spoke “Alright Ursa let’s get this thing back to The Forge, wipe any trace we were here.”

Hearing the soft thudding of hooves the leader couldn’t look to see just how many of the soldiers were there, flexing his jaw he was about to activate the fail safe when stinging sensation coming from his neck. After only a second the leader slipped into an unconscious state and as his vision failed him he saw the wendigo turn away and begin to dismantle the weapon.

(The Forge)
(Unknown date/time)
(Classified Level)

Standing over the disabled covenant bomb Cortana narrowed her eyes as she glared at the weapon, she was glad to have a satellite in orbit at the time of the first one was set off to destroy Humabird. It had gathered the needed data to be able to track the other bombs and figure out where they maybe on the world. The scans were not one hundred percent yet and that one out of eight of the scans were residual reading or false positives, this statistic came from the fact that this particular bomb was found on the eighth scan and the infiltration team had been found. Walking around the circumference of the bomb she couldn’t help but think about the luck she had within the first month of activating Project Trojan they had received this positive report, so she had deployed two teams to check the area Ursa had come back with a captured team leader and the disabled bomb.

Now multiple teams were deployed across the globe hunting for other possible intrusions into allied territories while her satellite’s tirelessly scanned trying too find possible energy signatures. Soon more bombs would be found and be taken care of, she just hoped that they would be found before it was too late. The problem came down to the unknown number of teams and bombs so there was no telling exactly how long it would take to fully remove the problem from allied nations or if they could keep it quiet so the world wouldn’t fall into chaos. Backing away from the device she began to walk away and head to her office above walking into the elevator she heard a small chirp coming from the COM in her ear, using her magic she clicked the button and answered “This is Cortana.”

“Madam president this is General Hard Eye I’ve got an update for you that you’re gonna wanna hear.”

“The line is secure general,” Cortana looked up to see she was quickly approaching her floor, casting a small cone of silence around her it allowed for no one to hear outside it “What is it?”

“Ma’am I have a report right here that I’m sending ahead for you to look over, I’m call to inform you the axis U.P.R. are using a combination of covenant and their own siege machines to keep us at bay. Just recently they’ve started to, how to put it…….pulse the artillery length.”

“Pulse general?” Cortana asked as she exited the elevator making a b-line for her office.

“Yes they’ve been adjusting their length over days slowing pushing the attacks to the edge of their range then bringing them back in. Recently a small platoon was lost when they tried to push as the artillery pulled back they thought the platform had run out of energy……..”

“Until hell rained down atop them I bet.”

“*SIGH* Yes ma’am it seems as soon as they noticed the movement they extended the range and then forced the platoon to move towards them. After that we can’t confirm if they were killed or captured, this has become something common I can’t say if it’s to capture those foolish enough to move in or to lull us into a false sense of safety.”

“What do you think general? I want your honest opinion about this new strategy.”

“Ma’am we still don’t know how they are fueling the Covenant technology from what you’d informed me about from your old universe the Covenant required some specific machines to collect and process their full sources. But I think they are running low and the pulsing could be due to them running out in some areas and when they push said pulse back out it’s them getting more fuel to continue.”

“I sense a but.”

“But at the same time I do honestly believe this is some kind’ve mental warfare making us think we could push against the pulse before they rain hell behind us to trap us. Everything from how they use the Covenant machines has me believing they figured out how to either reverse engineer the fuel and ammunition or an alternative that is working for the time being. But that’s not the worst of it I had just received word about it two days ago but it also appears they are constructing shielded areas. One of my commanders has tried to return artillery fire only for the rounds to slam into a silver blue shield that seems to wrap around where their siege machines sit.”

“It was only a matter of time before they had portable shields, but the strength and amounts of units they can cover will be limited.” Cortana informed letting out a long sigh she knew the U.P.R. was digging more and more into the reserves of the carrier ship that they had hidden. Leaning back she listened more to the reports from the stand still they were now dealing with while she planned out the next moves of the U.W.M. she had not let this be known to any but she’d found the possible location of the ship and would be getting the SPARTANs ready to infiltrate and plant her bombs to blow said ship into orbit.

As the general finished his portion of his report Cortana gave him her thoughts about the subject and as they were nearing the close of the meeting she cleared her throat and said “General I want to to bring in the highest ranked commanders at the base for a meeting in one week, let them know it is time we crack this wall we’ve found ourselves beating against.”

“Yes ma’am.” The general answered his tone serious and his eyes alight with intense interest.

Author's Note

For the suit being worn by ponies in the navy I imagine them wearing the halo wars 1 and 2 uniforms.