Stargate: Harmony

Though the alarm clock he had made one of the worst sounds and he had to wake up at 4am, his autonomous regeneration sequencer helped with any maintenance his body had to go through, leaving the only thing that had to recuperate was his mind, which needed at least a 4 hour break from all sensory input. Getting out of bed and taking a quick shower, he recalled the words she told him when he accepted her offer, “your team will make history and bring changes to equestrian society that makes the uniting of the three pony tribes look like foal’s play” and finished his shower. With that goal in his mind, he stepped out and took a look at some of the most recent implants; his body shone with a silvery sheen that gave away their cybernetic make, but the fur was growing back, and the sides of his head had a series of gray lines running from the back of his skull to his forehead, most of them were covered by his mane but the millions of micro-emitters could translate what was covered by it. He grabbed a spare uniform from the closet and put it on with practiced speed and jogged to Stargate Command, passing Twilight along the way, but she seemed engrossed in something obviously interesting enough to not notice him. He continued on until he came upon the control room, where he found his teammates, minus Twilight, were with Princesses Celestia and Luna looking down into the gate-room, the two sisters looking anxiously at the gate, and then turning to face him. Luna looked at him with a giddy excitement, while Celestia looked with at him with a certain apprehensiveness, which is understandable, as she is throwing both of her students into the fire without any safety lines to save them should things go south. Looking over to Luna, Stream asked “why do you look like a foal being dropped into a candy store with 100 bits?”

“Because this is our chance to test out some new pieces of equipment we have been testing!”

“Such as?”

“Lots of things, we have developed a unique type of transport that does not require a pair of guards to hook themselves up to make it work, and it comes equipped with several new technologies, some of them are for surveillance, some are more… warlike”

“Please explain what you mean by ‘warlike’”

“We will admit that there are weapons aboard the vehicle”

“How many weapons?”

“It’s not how many, but what weapons are in here”

“Alright, what weapons did you put into it?”

“We have put two heavy weapons, both fire very large caliber slugs from a magnetic rail system incorporated into the barrel, however, one has multiple barrels and is optimized for anti-personnel duties, while the other fires a single, very fast slug, and is most useful against vehicles that do not have armor thicker than a meter and are shield less.”

“So, basically one tears apart lightly armored targets while the other makes a really deep and wide hole”

“Yes”

“Anything else?”

“Yes, there are three other types of weapons, one fires a plasma shotgun, which is for your CQC specialist, another is a sniper rifle that fires with an equal amount of force as the anti-armor weapon, and the final one, well, two, are assault rifles, they fire 1200 rounds per minute and have a ninety round clip, but what really makes them shine are their ability to be taken apart and put back together, like those plastic bricks the foals like to play with so much”

“Ah, those things, sounds like I could tailor them into anything I’d like”

“You would be correct, the weapons are part of a series called X”

“Why call it X?”

“X was a codename for Experimental, as we have never developed weapons of this grade, we do not know how they will work in the field”

“Oh, great, first the scientists stuff me full of experimental tech then they give me X series weapons”

“Should you bring back any technology, anything whatsoever, we will grant you access to the first reverse-engineered items of its type, if they work as intended, they will be sent to other Gate Teams”

“So I take it we’re GT-1?”

“That is correct, Colonel”

“Woah, woah, hold on there a second, Colonel?”

“Yes, We thought Celestia discussed this with you”

“She never mentioned I would be put in military ranks though”

“You’re not; you’re in a new branch of the government we classified as ‘System Exploration and Defense’”

“Defense, from what?”

“Have you heard of a race called the Goa’uld?”

“Yes, I remember them fondly when they entered my house and killed my father”

“Those weren’t Goa’uld themselves, they call themselves Jaffa, which for the Saddle-Arabians, means Slave or Servant, so they were forced to work for the Goa’uld”

“Might I ask what Goa’uld menas?”

“Goa’uld means Children of the gods, or simply God”

“Ah, great, sound like a lovely bunch”

“Stop being sarcastic, they are no laughing matter”

“Really?”

“Yes, they killed 400 residents in one hour, but us and our sister managed to repel them before they could do any more damage”

“So if they were beaten once, why haven’t they returned?”

“We do not know, that is why we want you and your team to find out”

“So, you want me to go into enemy territory and find out what they’re planning to do with us or find some tech that can help us against them?”

“Correct”

“Why do I get the feeling this is a suicide mission…”

“Because it is extremely likely they will recognize you and attempt to capture you for study”

“I would love to see them try”

“They have weapons so advanced we cannot even discern how to take them apart yet, so far all that we learned is from field-use of them by the Jaffa, who used them to great effectiveness when they came from the sky”

“What kind of weapons are we talking about here?”

“They have staffs that seem to fire balls of unstable energy that emit large amounts of heat when they make contact with an object, such as you or a piece of metal, and we do not know what the other one does”

“Ouch”

“Yeah, We would not advise you to get hit by either of them”

“Well, the more we piss around here the more likely the Goa’uld will be prepared to attack this place”

“Right, ah, Twilight Sparkle, you’re finally here, go get ready Plasma, we will introduce your team to your transportation in ten minutes”

“Right, you heard the lady people, let’s move!”