Fallout Equestria: Resurgence

Wasteland - Location Unknown

The sky of the wasteland was a cloudy grey and blue, it was the normal thing for a common wasteland to see. However for a newcomer, it was like nothing they would ever see. That is what it was like for Blue Crest when he descended from the clouds in the raptor ship. He saw everything that ponies up in New Cloudsdale would speak about, burnt trees and green water. Buildings were blown apart or left in ruins from the megaspell 200 years ago. Blue could only look in awe at the seen in front of him. Of course, he was not the only newcomer in the raptor.

Many different mares and colts were being shipped to their designated base locations. For Blue, he was headed to the Enclave Recon Corps base, which was located in a small desolate area, close to what the commanders referred to as "The Wasties Drunk Spot." The main goal of the Recon Corps was to gather intel on important areas of the wasteland. They also do small scale offensive missions such as killing or capturing wastelaners and killing or capturing Dashites. Something Blue himself was hoping he would not have to do anytime soon.

"Alright, Enclave Recon Corps this is your stop!" The pilot of the raptor shouted from the loudspeaker. Upon hearing this Blue sat up and grabbed his belongings, due to the strict rules in the Enclave he could only really bring the necessities like clothes, food, and few personal belongings. Blue himself bringing some bread, water, and some photos of him and his siblings.

As Blue stepped off from the raptor he got a whiff of the air in the wasteland, one could only describe it as the smell of burning flesh and shit covered in piss. He got a good look at the actual ERC base itself. It was located on an island off the coast of the mainland, which could be seen off in the distance. The base itself was built in what looked like an old house or mansion from the pre-war days. The windows were rusted, and the color of the house a combo of brown, grey, and black. With some vines growing off the right side close to the door.

The island itself was quite large, with a giant bridge connecting one smaller island to the larger part. There was a backyard to the base, which contained weapons and crates which were probably supplies. There were also clotheslines and tents located there as well. So it differently was occupied. Blue saw the other recruits behind him. Most of them looking to be his age, none of them really have any idea what to do. Blue on the other hand knew he just needed to wait for instructions.

As he did wait, the door to the base swung open. Out of it came a large mare in a heavy set of power armor. She had what looked like red paint along some of that armor, with her tail extremely long and sharp. Her helmet was removed so her face was visible. She was a grey mare with purple eyes, with a dark grey mane with blue tips. She looked like she was more of a mother than a commander if anything else.

"If I could have everyone's attention it would be greatly appreciated" The mare spoke. Her voice was somewhat soothing, however, it was clear by her tone she had done this before, and wanted to just get it over and done with. "My name is General Rainy Day of the Enclave Recon Corps, I am your superior and commander here. Anything I say is the law. You may think your here for greatness and to prove yourselves. Well bad news because that's just false hope. Here in the Recon Corps your mission is to survive, and from the looks of you alone I can tell that you will all do a fine job at that. However only time will tell If I'm proven wrong" Rainy said, she looked around the group to get familiar with there faces, Blue making sure to keep eye contact the entire time

"Excuse me mam, but uh...when will we get our armor and uniforms?" Somepony said in the back. Their voice sounding more confused if anything.

"You will all receive your Power Armor and Uniforms upon evaluation. Once that is done you are to unpack your things and explore the base. This is your new home now so you better get use to it" Rainy said "And one more thing" She said, pausing to look over the entire group "Here in the Recon Corps, we are all like family. We treat each other as such, and behavior that is deemed unprofessional or downright traitorous will be dealt with in the manner of the offense. These are your brothers and sisters in arms. So treat them as such" Rainy said

As the group began to enter the building, Blue got to realize some of the words Rainy said. It was clear that this mare was familiar with the wasteland and what it brings, and it was also clear to him that many of the cadets who were joining Blue would soon realize that as well.

Enclave Recon Corps - Base

As Blue and the rest of the group stepped into the base, they were met with the bright lights of the building. Blue looked around the base to get a good feel of it. Right away to his left he could see the brig and prison cells, it had three cages inside it. Some of them already having blood stains on them. To his right was a large room with a big metal table in it, the table had four terminals on them. Two of which were currently occupied by some ponies. A large fireplace stood in the middle of the building, the fire lit close to the said mentioned two other ponies. As he continued to walk into the building he saw that the Kitchen of the base was located close to the brig on Blue's right, it was relatively small with all the necessary materials, like a stove, sink, fridge, and cabinets to contain the food. There was a small table in the corner of the kitchen which had some coffee cups and beer mugs there as well.

"Alright, here is what's going to happen. I will be reading off your names, then I will meet with you privately to get to know who you are as a pony. After your done with that you are to report to the bunks where your assigned uniforms are located. We will discuss Power Armor at a later time" Rainy said, as she began to call ponies into her office one at a time starting with first names. Blue knew he was going to be called sooner or later, so he prepared himself for the inevitable conversation with the General.

Waiting outside the general's office, Blue was able to get more of a look around the base. Far to his right Blue was able to see a large room with tons of equipment and monitors, from Blue's knowledge it looked like it was the base's medbay, luckily no ponies were in it at the moment. So he did not need to see anything to gorey.

"Blue Crest" The General's voice said from the base's loudspeakers. As Blue got up some ponies began to look at him, some with confused looks, others with looks of surprise and shock. He expected this as much, and he was prepared for it. Blue entered the general's office and got a good look. It was a single desk with two-seats in front of it, and one seat for the general, which was sitting in it. There was an old Pre-War poster beside the desk of the Shadowbolts, with Rainbow Dash on the center of it all. Next to her was her son Zap Apple, all dawned in Power Armor. Next to the poster was a rack of guns and weapons, as well as some notes hanging there. Blue soluted to the general upon entering the room and sat down in the chair across from her.

"I have to say, when I read your name off the list of ponies. I was almost sure my eyes were playing tricks on me." Rainy said "Then again, it's not surprising you would be joining us, with what happened back in the academy."

"It's..not something I like to discuss mam, but to your point it is among the main reasons I decided to join" Blue said "However, I just wanna focus on making myself known through the actions I do here in the ERC, rather than the things I did in the past."

"Of course, I can respect a situation like yours. Just please do make sure to come to me if any kind of incidents happens?" Rainy said.

"Of course mam."

"Right, let's start then. Name, Age, Birthplace?" Rainy asked.

"Blue Crest, Age 21, Birthplace is New Cloudsdale" Blue said, making sure to keep eye contact the whole time.

"Alright, What class are you wanting?."

"Normal mam, I don't wanna do anything too fancy, so a typical ground troop is ok" Blue said, his tone was modest sounding, he was definitely speaking truthfully.

"Alright, do you have a significant other and or siblings?" Rainy asked, looking up from her clipboard.

"I have an older sister named Frost, she is stationed in Manhatten right now" Blue said recalling what her last letter to him was "I also have an older brother named Aquos, he is in the EAC as a Staff Sargent mam."

"I see, and you don't have a romantic partner or a marefriend or coltfriend?"

"No mam, I have not dated anypony since the academy" Blue said, in a serious tone

"Alright, and what about your parents?"

"I am named after my Father, so his name Is also Blue Crest, and my mother's name was Star Snow Crest" Blue said "I'm afraid there both dead and or missing"

"My condolences, I'm sure it was rough on your family" Rainy said, frowning somewhat. Her tone was sorrowful and caring like a mother would be with her child.

"I'm here now mam, and so are my siblings. That is all that matters"

"Indeed, last question, do you have any kind of disabilities or anything like that?" Rainy asked

"My eye was scratched at the academy, and so my vision in it is a bit bad, but otherwise no mam"

"Alright then, that ends your evaluation Blue. Your uniform and belongings should be in your locker. I hope to see more of you" Rainy said smiling

"Thank you mam" Blue said as he got up, saluting the general and then moving to exit the door. As he did so the next pony after him was called in. As Blue made his way to the bunks he noticed how large the room was, with many lockers lining up the back wall, and brown military beds scattered around the room. He was able to find his locker, and opened it finding his uniform. It was a combo of light brown and plad, with some grey outlines and a hat. He took his uniform and made his way to the bathroom, closing the door behind him. He noticed the area was also large with multiple stalls inside it, and a giant public shower as well. No gender-specific stalls located, so Blue thought at some point he would run into at least two ponies doing it in the bath.

Blue came up to the mirror and began to strip, putting the clothes he had in his hand on. Blue himself was not that much of a viewing stallion. He was a large pony standing at 6'1, with a light grey coat. His dark cyan eyes were visible to those who could see him. His blue mane was also quite noticeable as well, with a long tail following suit. His cutie mark was also something of note as well. Not many Enclave Members had one, as most viewed them as a setback. Blue never paid mind to it. It was a brain scan cutie mark, which he got in the academy. According to the books, his special talent was neuropsychology and understanding the brain. So Blue was able to read ponies like a book.

After he put his uniform on he got a good full view of what he looked like in it. He fit the uniform luckily so there were no issues, He balled up his normal clothes and carried them back to his locker putting them away. As he closed his locker he got a good look at some of the other ponies in the room. Looking around he saw that most of them were in uniform already, but some were not, more or less in casual off-duty clothes.

In the Wasteland Job, there were a set of rules set in place amongst the Enclave. Wastelanders and those unaffiliated with the enclave or its allies are to be regarded with caution and as secondary unless they prove to be of use to the enclave, wastelanders that actively interfere with ERC operations are to be considered kill on sight or detained depending on the context or the current senior staff-members disposition. So going out by yourself was more or less not advised. Intimate relationships with those outside the enclave were also frowned upon and strictly forbidden and will result in swift punishment. So it was definitely unwise to wander the wasteland drunk or horny. Still tho, many ponies were ok with groups of ponies going to explore what was the wasteland.

As Blue continued to look around, he saw that somepony was looking at him. The pony in question was a small pony, with a light chocolate colored mane, with a tan fur coat. His eyes were very unique, one brown the other blue. What surprised Blue tho was his wings, one of them was a bat and the other was a regular pony. Blue had heard of cases when a Bat Pony and Pegasuss give birth, the children will have deformities, like fangs or wings, worst one's consisting of being blind or not being able to fly.

As Blue made eye contact with the stallion he quickly looked away, and returned to reading a book. Blue did not recognize the pony from his group, so he was already there before him. Blue really paid no mind to him, as he was more focused on just doing his job to serve the Enclave as a whole. So Blue began to walk out of the bunks and into the regular base. Most ponies were done with their evaluation. So now it was only a matter of time on waiting for something to do.

"Hay did you guys hear about the guy who went Dashite last week?" A soldier piped up.

"Another one? shame seems like we are loosing more and more troops each day, then again with the damn Brotherhood on our ass, who can blame them" Another soldier piped up, seemed like Blue had entered some kind of conversation, tho with the context he is getting it was not a good one.

"Alright that's enough you two" A pony said wandering into the building. This pony was definitely a sight to behold, She was a light blue pegasus with a pink mane, her voice was coarse and rough. Her eyes were bright green like an emerald.

"Major Onyx Star, our apologies," One of the ponies said "We were just discussing news that's all."

"Well I don't wanna hear it, we already have enough problems as it is dealing with the Brotherhood, we don't need Dashites getting mixed up in this" Onyx said.

"Mam, it was Shifting Trails who brought it up in the first place" One of the ponies said.

"Hey, don't blame me! I was just reading a file!" Shifting said "Besides it was Silver Wing who brought the brotherhood into the conversation."

"I said enough!" Onyx yelled "Both of you get to your damn bunks before I have you court marshaled!"

"Yes Mam..." Both ponies said as they begrudgingly got up from their seats and went into the bunks, by the looks of their faces they were probably going to get into more shit. Blue stood quiet and just watched as the entire thing unfolded, it reminded him of his academy days. When students would fuck around and get into trouble, and the teachers would just yell at them until they were blue in the face.

"You must be one of the New Blood" Onyx said as she walked up to Blue, who quickly stood up and soluted.

"Privet Blue Crest at your service mam."

"Edies Crest" Onyx said, she looked at him for a second before speaking "You know you don't have to wear only a uniform 24/7, not unless you're on duty."

"Uh...my only clothes are in the wash right now mam, I'm afraid I don't have any other's" Blue said, Onyx was about to say something before a voice perked up

"Oh, my apologies mam, my friend here can be a bit serious at times" The pony said, Blue turned around and noticed it was the same pony before with the different wings "He is always acting too serious for his own good, here you can have my sweater" The pony said to Blue, before removing his red sweater, giving it to him. Bluee looked at the pony for a second but then put the sweater on.

"Your lucky your friend came to give you that Crest, last person who came without extra clothes ended up walking around the base buck naked for a week" Onyx said, as she looked at the pony "What's your name?"

"Jax mam"

"Well then Jax, make sure Mr. Crest over here does not forget his clothes next time" Onyx said in a stern voice

"Yes mam, understood" Jax said soluting. Blue was a bit confused, he nearly knew this pony yet they gave him their sweater to "save" him from the commander. Onyx began to walk back into the bunks, and as soon as she was out of view Blue spoke up

"Uh...thanks" Blue said a bit awkwardly "Why did you uh...do that?"

"When I saw you putting your clothes away earlier, I noticed you had no extra pair. I figured someone would find out eventually so I went to come find you, good thing I did or Onyx would have killed you before the wasteland does." Jax said "I'm Jax by the way"

"Uh...yeah I heard" Blue said a bit quietly. Blue while an intelligent pony was not much of a social butterfly. He was more of a pony who stook to himself, so conversations was not a strong suit for him

"Anyways uh, I'll see you around Blue, I hope we meet again soon" Jax said as he walked back into the bunks, Blue kinda watched him go back inside, then stood there for a couple minutes. He was told at the academy it was every pony for themselves in the wasteland, and that the enclave would be the ultimate test for those who wish to be in it. And now here he was standing in the place he desired to be, only to be saved by a pony he did not even know for simply not having an extra pair of clothes. And then it dawned on Blue, he really was what the commander referred to as, new blood.