Operation blue moon: A lycentian in equestria

by aegishailstorm

Rating: teen
Tags: Violence, Dark, Alternate Universe, Human, Original Character, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Comedy, Adventure, Shining Armor
Length: 2351

You never take from the federation and get away with it, ever.

Mattralew is a Colonel working for the Lycentian Federation, a spacefaring democracy from an alternate universe not too unlike our own.One day he decides to visit his old stomping grounds, The lycentia prime marine academy. However on the first night of his visit ,a breakin occurs and the bases most prized artifact is stolen by an unknown attacker. Its up to Mattralew to get it back.
After all, you never take from the federation and get away with it.

(An MLP-Starscape crossover)

Published 2021-09-02 21:20:01 UTC
Last updated 2021-09-11 19:59:56 UTC

Chapter 2:Theft,and a confusing discovery

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Chapter 4:Revelations

Col.Mattralew left the room and walked down to the Base achieves, there he was greeted by one of his old professors, and the Fort Oceanus's favorite librarian, Dr. Coleman.

"Hey there Mattralew!, What do you need?"

"Some information regarding 2 artifacts. A decorative mirror, and a sword called 'The admirals gladius' "

"Well, I'm more than happy to help!, lets see what we got here..."

40 minutes of rummaging latter...

"Ahh! Found it!" Said Dr.Coleman

"finally!" Responded the Colonel.

"The file's pretty old, and most of the stuff on it is blacked out, But from what I can gather, they were both dug up 60 years ago at some old castle down south, by our resident General's grandpa, Adam Rav. Before being gifted to Fort Oceanus, apparently.They did some tests on both artifacts, the mirror more so than the blade. And they concluded that the Mirror is a-" Col.Mattralew, heard Dr. Coleman Whisper "Oh buck, This thing can't be serious"
"Well?" Asked Col. Mattralew

"Uh, It say here the that mirror is a portal to another dimension of sorts"

"Does It say anything about said dimension?"

"No, Nothing, They only ever conducted basic scans of the other side. Starfleet command shut them down over concerns of what might be waiting on the other side"

"Well, The general, gave me an order to get him back his Gladius, and it's not like I have anything better to do, SO... if you don't mind, I'm going to go get geared, up. The general already gave me permission to go"

"Well then, See you latter Colonel, stop by anytime you want."

"Thanks" he responded before making a slightly comedic 180 turn back towards the door and walking back out. Towards the armory.

"I swear this day keeps getting weirder and weirder"

Meanwhile in canterlot...

Argent trotted down the halls of the royal castle, the part shadow pony, part nirik admiring her newfound blade.

"At long last I finally have back what was rightfully mine to begin with!"

Oh boy was she wrong...

Author's Note

No, This is not a rewrite of EG. Stop your comments right there.

Chapter 5:Sendoff

Col.Mattralew entered the armory to see his all too familiar suit of white power armor laying before him, he put it on, piece by piece, saving the helmet for last. Upon putting on his helmet, he was greeted by the pleasant emerald green glow of armor's HUD. He went over the startup checklist on his suit,
Shielding... online
Jet boosters... online
targeting assist...online
ect...

He heard the Armory Technician speak through his coms system, "we made some additions to your armor, hope you like'em" Col.Mattralew frowned, you people know I don't like change, Right?" He looked down at his wrists to see what appeared to be emitters of sorts. As soon as he thought about them 2, 2 1/2 foot long arc blades shot out from them.

"Nevermind, I changed my mind, I love them."

He proceeded to grab the rest of his equipment, 1 mark 5 coilgun rifle,8 concussion HE grenades, and his Good'ol reliable x-9 sidearm. As soon as he was done grabbing his stuff, he headed back to the room which housed the strange mirror/portal thing. "You know what?, I'm just going to call it the Mirror" he said to himself. He stood face to face with the mirror."HERE GOES NOTHING!" He yelled out loud as he stepped into it .

Author's Note

I'd like to think that this music was playing while Col.Mattralew was putting on his power armor and checking his weapons.
My Business My Rules

Chapter 6:Where am I?

Col.Mattralew stepped into the mirror, immediately he was engulfed in a flash of light. As soon as he stepped out onto the other side, he raised his rifle, expecting to be surrounded by hostile enemy forces. likely with heavy weapons. What he did not expect however, was to be standing on a clean marble pedestal in an all white room that looked like something out of a kids tv show, he turned to see an equine-like creature clad in all gold armor armed with a spear staring at him, seemingly dumbfounded. Col. Mattralew's instincts kicked in, activating his jump boosters, he shot himself across the room, Grabbing the creature by the throat. The Colonel Activated one of his arc blades, being sure to set it to a non lethal setting, and plunging the blade into the creatures unarmored neck, causing its body to go limp. "Sweet dreams" He jokingly whispered into its ear before setting the creatures body back down on the ground. He the room which he was in and stepped out into a long hallway.

He took a look around, the hallway's architecture looked more or less like the room which he was in, except for the fact that decorated with ornate flower pots and pink banners. Parallel to him he could see an assortment of floor to ceiling windows."I change my mind, this look's like it from a kid's tv show!" He could see it was still bright outside. Just then the strangest thing happened, the sun quickly disappeared behind the horizon and a moon appeared in its place. Col.Mattralew blinked and rubbed his faceplate, "Did that actually just happen!?" He shrugged "well, that was weird, but at least now I can travel under the cover of darkness." Col.Mattralew switched over to nightvision on his HUD, and began walking down the hallway.

Chapter 8: Skirmish

Col. Mattralew left the library and continued to walk down the long hallway until he found himself standing in what appeared to be a throne room. Standing at the opposite end of the room was the same dark figure the colonel had chased back on Lycentia, The gladius by it's side. Col.Mattralew yelled out "Give me the Blade!, or I will take it by force!".
"NO!"
It responded back to him in a pouty voice,
"This sword belongs to me and me alone!". At this point all semblance of patience left in the colonel was gone completely gone.

"IT BELONGS TO THE LYCENTIAN FEDERATION!!!, NOW GIVE IT TO ME!". The creature did not hand the gladius to him, but rather waved it at him in threatening motion. "THATS IT!!" He yelled, He raised his rifle and fired off a burst of rounds which, to his surprise bounced off some sort of energy shield. He threw an HE grenade at the creatures feet, or rather hooves, disorientating it. Col.Matralew drew his combat knife, and activated his booster jets which sent him flying across then room. He tackled the creature, pinning it to the floor.The being levitated up the Gladius in one final attempt to stop him. Seeing this, Col.Mattralew snatched the blade right out off the air, and drove it into the creatures neck, It let out one last distorted screech before exploding.

Apparently shadow pony, and nirik biology don't mix well with mythological weapons. The blast wasn't that large, and thanks to the power armor, Col. Mattralew was completely unscathed. "Well, that certainty take's the cake for strangest thing I've seen all day" He sheathed his combat knife, and looked over at the gladius. It's crimson red glow had faded and returned had retuned to a much calmer and less obvious purple gleam, just barely visible in the moonlight. "Well, They weren't lying about this thing being powerful, that for sure!" He sheathed the weapon over his back. In the distance he could hear hooves," I best get out of here, everything within a half mile must've heard that explosion, sentient or otherwise!" He turned and sprinted back in the direction that he had came from.

On the way back he came across a pair of seemingly unsuspecting guardsponies. He fired a warning shot over their heads over their heads, causing them to drop for cover, He let out a loud booming laugh as he ran past them. He finally made it back to the room which housed the mirror. Just as he was about to step through it he he heard a voice behind him yell "Stop!" He turned to see a large white unicorn, clad in purple and gold armor," How 'bout no?" He responded as he turned and made a comedic step through the portal.

He stumbled out the other side. To be greeted by 6 marines.

"Tell Gen.Bright that I have his sword, and that he's in for one hell of a debrief"

"Understood, Sir."

Author's Note

I'd like to imagine this music is playing in the background as the colonel opens fire:
Vampire killer(Doom version)

Skip to 0:56 for best effect

Chapter 9:(epilogue) Debrief

Col.Mattralew explained what had happened to General Bright, who proceeded to bust into laughter upon hearing what the Colonel had to say.

"General, Why are you laughing?"

General Bright cleared his throat."Tell me Colonel, Have you heard of bronies?"

" Who?" responded Col. Mattralew

"Well, Lets just say they are a certain group of individuals that would love to get their hand on that mirror. For the sake of us all Your mission report stay's classified. not a word of what happened these past 24 hours will ever leave this base, understood?

"Understood General"

Chapter 1(prologue)

Author's Note

First of all, I will give a brief explanation of this universe in which this story takes place . There are 3 major superpowers within the galaxy of Starscape .The Lycentian federation: a peaceful democratic republic and the oldest of the 3 powers.The Kavani Mandate: A Technocracy, and the long sworn enemy of the Federation. And finally,the Foralkan star empire:A militaristic dictatorship that broke away from the federation 100 years before the time that this story takes place in.

And yes I know "mattralew" is a strange name.Just go with it.

Chapter 1(prologue)

Col. Mattralew was a long standing veteran of the federation, He grew up on the core world of Lycentia prime, he Enlisted with the expeditionary marine corps at age 20. Taking part in the first galactic war and quickly rising through the ranks of the corps, by the time the First galactic war ended Mattralew had become a lieutenant and was given an option to command of his own platoon, which he turned down, seeing that he was an introvert. In the following 2 years he would rise to the rank of Colonel and take part in many, many battles. Now age 26, he wanted to take a break from the fighting and pay a visit to his old stomping grounds, the Lycentia prime marine academy, Fort Oceanus. He arrived on an early Saturday morning, opting to forego most of the welcome home celebrations, in exchange for visiting his old professors and strolling around the campus. Before eventually setting into bed 6 hours latter.

meanwhile in one of Canterlots many alleyways...

A lone royal guard lay battered on the ground

"wha.. what do you want from me!?"

A Strange figure crept in out of the shadows "The location Of the Mirror"

"I'm under strict orders from the princesses not to tell anypony!"

The figure steps out of the shadows, levitating up a photo of the guards family.

"Now, I will not ask again, WERE IS IT!"

The Guard broke a small whimper, "Its in the main castle, Just don't hurt my family!"

"Thank you very much" said the figure. Its horn began to glow.

"Wait! What are you doin.." The pegasus guardsponys explodes in a shower of embers.

"At long last.... I Can Finally Reclaim What Rightfully belongs to me!"

Chapter 3:Confusion

Just then, a group of lycentian marines, clad in power armor stormed into the room.Followed by a groggy, half awake General Bright. Where did they go!?" Yelled one of the marines. "No idea" Responded Col.Mattralew . "Ugh, What are you even doing up at this hour" Asked the general, still rubbing his eyes. "Well, I was taking a walk, But when I was passing by the museum, I Heard the Klaxon Go off and saw someone, or something running away, so I chased them into this room. They got here first, There was a blinding flash of light, and when I entered, they were nowhere to be seen." , Also, What got stolen?

One of the marines looked down at his PDA, "Something called 'The Admiral's gladius' " Upon hearing that, Gen. Brights eyes widened, "let me see that marine" .The marine gave him the tablet. "yep, that's it".

"Whats, The admirals gladius?" asked the Colonel. "It was a gift from my grandfather, he was an archeologist. Rumor has it that sword is very powerful, of which I have yet to see. I was wondering where it went "

" And I take it, that you want it back?"

"Heck yeah I do!"

"But that begs the question, where did that thief go? there's no windows, and it doesn't look like anyone's been in here for
years"

"I think It might have something to do with that mirror, but your going to have to go down to the archives for that, I'm
tired, And I want to get back to My Litt- I MEAN BED!"

"What was that?" Asked Col.Mattralew

"Nothing!, Now hurry! Go Get the federation back Its Gladius!"

"Alright, It's not like I have anything better to do..."

Chapter 7:Don't panic

Col. Mattralew walked down the now dark hallways of the castle, Night vision activated, he kept to the shadow's until he eventually made it to what appeared to be a library. On a nearby table there was was a book, incrusted with gold, on its cover read "A definitive guide to the history and nature of Equestria" .
"Equestria"
He thought to himself "Why does that name sound familiar?"
He opened the book, and before he even finished the first page, slammed it shut. "OH ****! THAT SHOW'S REAL!"
He let out a big sigh.
"Well, there's no need to panic" Just need to find that sword, and then I can be out of this world they
call "My little pony."