The Guardsman and The Empire

by Moonshard

Ch: 7 A Guide to Help

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Important announcement to all Astra Militarum guard soldiers, Imperial citizens, representatives, and figures of the Holy Imperium

With the recently passed vote and decree of the Holy Inquisition of the Ordo Hereticus, Ordo Xeno, Ordo Maledictum, Ordo Militarum, Ordo Scriptus, Ordo Scriptorum, Ordo Redactus, Ordo Barbarus, Ordo Astra, Ordo Santorum, The Holy Ecclesiarch, With permission of and from the Ordo Custodum, The Holy Inquisition The Holy High Lords of terra to forge and see a rise of imperial human members on the newly dubbed xeno Abhuman world of Eques. To make the integration and interaction with your new "Imperial Members" as pleasant and smooth as possible, The Inquisition has allowed I. Captain Thorn ~~Cain~~"Mad Dog" Grey – based on experiences gained from working with the few "Xeno Abhumans" that will be soon ready to be enrolled and employed by the Holy Imperium of man – has created the following list of advice. Understandings and informational documents on how to "safely" interact with these Xeno Abhumans. Given the name of their species [Equestrian Ponys] of Planet [Eques] on the Ghoul Star Sector.

[Note: They don't seem to possess an understanding of the Gothic tongue or literature of the imperium or we of their tongue of animalistic "neighs snorts, groans and whines" and say for I who is cursed to speak their xeno language, tongue, and writings.]

How to interact with the Equestiran Pony's.

One: Pony's are Non-aggressive Pacifists

Unlike other species in the Imperium or xeno aliens the imperium has faced, these ponies are dependent on being less to a non-aggressive alien species, which conflict is at an all-time near zero; of course, there are "minor" disputes along with criminal acts that I have been a bare witness or read on documents of slave trading from their own kind, different species young, intoxicating consumption products and even their own black-marketing with some minor "gangs" within certain populated regions of the world. It would be recommended to have imperial children stay away from such regions and areas to avoid being taken or lost within such marketing—footnote one.

However unaccounted from these criminal acts and marketing, the majority of these creatures are instead welcoming to nearly all that is known and grow "affectionate" to others ranging from embracing them with their quadrupedal hooved appanages around others' bodies in the form of a "hug" as if welcoming or embracing a friend to a family member having even strangers be welcomed unannounced or uninvited into their residential stays and engage to acts of friendly conversations or activates. It must be noted that this is their way of life in this world, and they mean little to no hostile intentions, behavior, or thoughts; I've had an "Equal" amount of these incursions happen to me, even as I make this list I already have four "guests" within my barracks. One has offered tea for me—footnote two.

On the topic of these ponies' "affections," they are very passionate about those they hold dear, even near family bonding to rival blood or even different species. It is best advised to all Imperial citizens to keep interactions with such ponies at an all-time low for the sake of both you and the pony. Do not form any kind of bond or continue interactions not to distract you from both your and their assigned work. Even if the creature is demanding, forcing a scene to break out in a sort of temper tantrum or even perfuming a facial action of enlarging their eyes more with sorrowing features called "puppy eyes." It is best to keep any children and female members of the imperium away, for this action could even break even the hardest stern veterans baring such as myself—footnote three.

One: To avoid another instance of affectionate bonding, temper tantrums, minor demands, and even the use of their "puppy eyes." I have provided this picture of what body features are used to catch both attention and for forming such bonds with them, including the "puppyeyes." They are not your allies or friends, as they might deem you to be. They are your colleagues and are still abhuman xenos.

[To take these pictures, I had to decline offers they had requested of me or invitations from them or ignore them for a short period where I had to explain my actions to them, believing that "our bond was severed." My request for undergoing therapeutic sections for my low moral and emotional re-stability was denied, along with my request to leave my position of planetary defense lead of Eques. Any attempts to do so would leave me to have my sentence extended indefinitely.]

Two: Be advised to be wary of any invitations or requests to their home of residence or stay for unknown actions or attempts at a deeper bonding with these creatures. Such as to prevent harm or accused of committing heretical actions, especially from the creatures that have or share the name of FLutteryShy, Lyra Heart Strings, and Dimond Terraria, and for future incidences that may accrue with these creatures that will be named here later on.

Three. While the effects of temper tantrums, "puppy eyes," or demands from these creatures, they behave near the feral young of the steeds of the Imperial Guard Death Riders steeds young being sensative creatures loving the touch of humans. In acts of petting, including scratching in certain areas, clinging on limbs or the body, playful mauling and biting, rubbing their bodies against your own, preening their wings if they have any such limbs seen, liking. Possess numerous animalistic behaviors of near domesticated old Terrain pets; you are more than welcome to engage in such things with them if they receive their permission and consent and are not on duty. But it is advised and restricted from gently poking their muzzles/ noses in forms of "booping," petting near the flanks and rears, ears, the base of their wings, horns, and the base of their tails of these creatures. For a reason to not be accused of both heretical actions and deepening the bond between one another or start a conflict with themselves as these are the most sensitive areas to them or to gain others to grow envious and desire the same treatment and form conflict between said creatures.

Advice Two: Never eat their source of sustenance or share imperial rations and foods without precautions

By nature, all humans of the Imperium are well known as omnivorous, carnivorous, and possibly cannabis, even though it is taboo or near heretical actions. We possess strong stomachs, enabling us to ingest a wide range of carbon or meat-based foods. However, these ponies do not share the same diet as being pure herbivores and feeding on plant-based sources of sustenance, ranging from apples, grain, wheat, flora plant life, and even sugar/glucose and salt-based products. The Imperium and orders of The Holy High Lords of Terra recommend always checking any of your meals on its ingredients due to the possibility of it containing "items" and other minerals which herbivores should not eat, know what a planet is and what isn't.

Furthermore, another danger for many of these ponies is the difference between pony food products from their 'dessert' categories. These meals, often eaten by ponies after their main course or at even other times of the day to night, contain a high concentration of glucose/ sugar, which is highly addictive for them. Thus, imperials should avoid these sugar-ridden meals if possible to prevent an effect on the imperial Astra Militarum diet if diabetic or to prevent the same addictions.

The Holy Imperium High lords would like to ask everyone to pay close attention, that no imperial with health defects, weaknesses, or restrictions to the consumption of these desserts to happen or affect the diet the imperium has bestow.

Advice 3: Do not form any or engage in any heretical actions with these creatures.

While these creatures may be Pacifist and provide little to no harm, their entire world population is conceived of mainly the female gender or seen as the supreme gender. With more females than males or males having little impact on specific criteria, they are and still undergo similar behaviors and "seasonal" actions as the majority of feral female life forms. They call this "The season of heat" or "estrus" it is advised that all male imperials and perhaps females above eighteen or twenty-one years have little to no interactions with any pony females during such seasonal events. To better prevent and lower the accusation of heretical actions and degeneracy.

I Thorn "Mad Dog" Grey, by the Golden Throne of The Holy God Emperor of Mankind and by command and order of The Holy Inquisition. The Holy Ecclesiarchy, and The Holy High Lords of Terra have and will not know, hold, or share any experiences, rumors, or knowledge of such events with any. Unless ordered or commanded by the Inquisitional Lord or High Command representative of the Imperium and The Holy God Emperor of Mankind.

Advice four: Avoid sharing or consuming Eques alcohol or urbale substances, con-COCC-tions

According to Imperial Law, taking any psychoactive substances during working hours – especially pony and imperial alcohol - is prohibited. Imperial members should be aware that imperial alcohol contains a much higher concentrated ethanol than ponies alcoholic beverages common from Eques. For this, The Holy Inquisition advised never to drink any imperial or Eques alcohol due to the fact that some ponies can grow accustomed to drinking and adding salt substitutes affecting both ponies and possibly imperials to suffer dehydration.

Another important detail that must be known and considered is that some pony alcohol can range in a wide era of colors. This can look indistinguishable from other varieties of non-alcoholic beverages or even water, which are liquid both Imperials and ponies legitimately need to survive because of the close resemblance. Imperial members in management/ quartermaster positions are always required to perform checks and double-check any liquid ponies and imperials ingest from non-imperial sanctioned containers.

And no, The Holy Inquisition will not accept the excuse. "The pony or imperial member has assured me, that they work better under the influence of alcohol." Not only are ponies masters of getting things through demand tantrums or the "puppy eyes," but imperial members are also liars, just as the ponies are. But command and The Holy Inquisition will also not tolerate another incident as the [Redacted by Ordo Redactus], along with any potion brews and concoctions as these creatures also possess an understanding to alchemy and harnessing their own grasps at of sorcery to effect what they produce, even within their machines.

Advice five: Mind the distinct size difference

Unlike all other xeno abhumans of Ogryns, Ratlings, Squats, Felinids, Scalies, Pelagers, and other known guardsmen abhumans, these ponies are known to be the smaller or near smallest than even to Squats and Ratlings. Their largest height of being their Planetary ruler Princess Celestia at the height of four feet and ten inches in the imperial measurement system, and their smallest range to their young foals/fillies stands at two feet and one inch. The average height of most of these creatures stands at three feet and five inches or above average, four feet and five inches and below average being two feet and seven inches.

Unfortunately, these ponies do not follow such measurements or even out math and science of the imperium, to which I had to undergo the trouble with Enginseer Tech-priests Sarina to make a readable graph of their measurements to the imperium. The following terms, "Apples" and "Hooves" as a hoof, are estimated around is similar to one average imperial hand of four inches, which is equivalent to one apple in scale. I do not know if this would be true or considered in the imperium, but I know my time spent with them and learning what I must from this was enough to make Sarina have a "binary stroke" and have her be shut down for a week. Advise any mechanicus and psyker users to stay away from these creatures' technology and sorcery and not to undergo any studies or understandings at their own risk.

Advice six: No they are not pets, familiars, demons or test subjects

Following the court decision in the decree by Lord Inquisitor Lady Marya, ponies aren't allowed or considered as pets, families, test subjects, or how the preachers and The Holy Ecclesiarch believe them to be demons. Any preacher that calms that such ponies are to be deemed a demon must have full proof or have the preacher or pony evicted from the premises. As my order from The Holy Ordo Hereticus, Ordo Xeno, Ordo Maledictum that ponies can't be possessed with reasons of [Redacted by Ordo of Redactus] and all claims by preachers are to be denied and separated from the ponies.

For those who have submitted complaints regarding ponies being demons and their heretical ideology, this is to be under a need-to-know basis and order by Lord Inquisitor Marya and another Inquisitor lord. Any complaints by you or others will be held up to the judgment of myself or Lord Commissar Cornelius, and such complaints may be considered an act of treason or spark of heresy; you have been warned.

Advice seven: Pony music and muscial

With the forthcoming joining of the Abhuman ponies into the Imperium, The Holy High lords of Terra and The Holy Inquisition reminds you to be expected a drastic increase of ponies in even random interval to "break into musical tones and songs of their own" played anywhere and anytime. While either listening or singing along to their music, typical side effects among ponies can also include 'dancing' with others or 'singing' - according to the Ordo Hereticus of The Holy Inquisition has concluded and by shared experience by me. – These are to be considered "normal" behaviors of them and the actions they produce. There is no need to admit accusations of these ponies into inquisitional judgment. All reports and complaints will be filed through me just because they move or sing along to spontaneous musicals expressing peace, affection, and bonding.

Thankfully, Humanity has agreed to restrict these breakages of music to only being on their home world of eques and to be not allowed on starships or off-world to public imperium, which hopefully will decrease the incidents involving guard members to partake in such musicals.

Advice eight: Pony species

Within the world of Eques, there are distinct differences between pony species in the forms of distinguishable physical limbs, such as the following:

one. The unicorns with a single bone skin/coat-covered horns placed on their heads can control and mend sorcery abilities to harness it into physical properties, sources of power, or projections. I have yet to be informed on how they gain such properties or harness the warp and can perform almost near impossible and explainable actions. Such as moving the physical star and moon around their rogue planet to bring a new day and night that stars from zero five hundred hours to twenty-one hundred hours.

Two. Pegasi, or the winged ponies, possess the sorcery to move and control the planetary weather, even maintaining the shape, size, and "level" of what storm it could be from the strong wind blowing hurricanes, the largest tornados, snow storms with thirty-seven inches of snow. Or leave it bare and a clear sunny day with barely a light breeze to blow. They can even form structures and give clouds physical properties that they can walk and touch alone or by unicorn magic. Many tests were developed to see if a human could do such things, but all failed till unicorn magic intervened. Soon I was not just standing but even sitting, walking, and touching clouds as if they were solid objects and not just evaporated water gasses.

Three. Earth ponies, or common Equestrians being standard and similar to the steeds of the imperium but physically more dwarfed in size and weight, are one of the few common species of eques, being they to possess magic over the very ground beneath them. They were able to give the agricultural flora quicker growth than any record plants in imperial records and even affect the earth to bend to their will by slamming it to the ground shattering the very ground and even rock to pieces and altering the lands, not by continental level. But if they had this power, then only calculations could provide theories they alone could possess.

Four Finally, the winged and horned pony species and possibly the only variant species within Eques and the most powerful being called alicorn ponies; these ponies are larger than all three other species and able to control anything or near everything. These variants are what I would call the planetary ruler or a new leader of a part or Eques as a whole, such as a coop twin sister rulers, Princess Celestia, bearer of the sun, and Princess Luna, bearer of the moon. I could not understand nor give proper information, but that would require me to bond with both rulers.

No matter how I ask, how much I ask, or of both mechanicus, inquisition and my command ask me how they make their technology or even magic for even. I don't understand it due to the fact that I am a penal soldier of the imperial guard with more restrictions than a heretic in a church's cage, so I can answer as they can't give me proper information nor have my understanding. Hence, it's their karkin fault on that.

Advice nine: Never take Equestrians under your command or have them be in command

It is prone to, and I can not empathize this information from pure hard and agonizing pain, do not recruit these creatures to be under any command or be under their command as their tactics are weak even to predict what both offenses and defenses tactics before they could even commit their actions and relay orders. Lacking in both military might and technology, even weaponry to do significant damage or hold a decent defense, let alone to have tactics of hitting and withdrawing from combat.

Yet I would believe with experience fighting with them; I've bare witnessed they hold the potential to show both improvements and with proper training and understanding of war and technology. I requested to open training operations for this world and its population, and I am still waiting for a response to that request.

Advice ten: Do not let ponies access and surf unfiltered in the Imperium's internet

While the Imperial internet can be full of wonderful things, many aren't, which is why The Holy Inquisition and Holy High lords of Terra have issued to, which can not be ignored or taken for granted. Do not, and I repeat only once into this list. Do not, under any reason or order, show these ponies the imperial internet.

I will not go into details on why this is listed. As an order of my command and order of the Inquisition, to those that know, you are a heretic, traitor, and disgusting degenerate degreasing your family, homeworld, The Holy Imperium, and against The Holy God Emperor of Mankind. If you have curiosity or information about such and want to share it, please make your way to your local commissar immediately to undergo further details and briefing.

The Imperium believes that the above list of advice will help all imperials safely interact with the new imperial abhuman xenos. Have you imperial soldiers or citizens who worked with abhumans agreed with such information? Would you like to add your own advice to the list? Don't hesitate to contact Imperial Guard Command, Lady Inquisitor Marya, or message me through information terminal commendation: leave a comment below this announcement.

The Holy Inquisition of the Ordo Hereticus, Ordo Xeno, Ordo Maledictum, Ordo Militarum, Ordo Scriptus, Ordo Scriptorum, Ordo Redactus, Ordo Barbarus, Ordo Astra, Ordo Santorum, The Holy Ecclesiarch, With permission of and from the Ordo Custodum, The Holy Inquisition The Holy High Lords of Terra, would like to thank you for the cooperation understanding and time for reading this guide to better yourself for our coming new Abhuman xeno members of the Imperium of Mankind.

The Holy God Emperor of Mankind Protects.


This Announcement as been brought to you and approved by The Holy High Lords of Terra and The Holy Inquisition of the Ordo Hereticus.


Grey now leans back from his seat, tired and popping his joints and little bone, and yawns tired before looking back behind him to see his chambers till a light knocking comes from his doors. He pushes himself away from his desk and parchments with the many more stacked over and goes over to the double doors with his hand hovered over his holstered laspistol. Even in a world he spent the remainder of his days with peaceful xenos he still didn't trust them as he hated this world for it was possibly the worst punishment for any guardsman of the gateway of the imperium, even a prisoner of the gate. Being far from the front lines of battles, unable to prove his worth for freedom of his penal sentence of crimes and his sins, forced to watch over this world of xenos that only hold the purpose of the inquisition and be this worlds bait to become their weapon against the imperium of man.

Shaking his thoughts away, he opens the door to poke his head out and sees a small black and white striped mare with golden jewelry. Seeing the mare made a small smirk on his face before opening the door and letting her into his chambers. His guards were on their "time off" as he remembered shame he had to continue his work yet and be granted only one day away from the parchments to either spend time with the xenos or for prayers. Yet that is none of his concerns now. Grey has a guest to see if he could call a possible friend, for as he closed the door and welcomed possibly the only mare, he would deem worthy of being called a friend.

"Zecora, thanks for coming, I would put faith to your arrival was smooth and without trouble."

"It was fine and went well as a breeze, say for you trouble doesn't follow me." He chuckles at that, seeing her take a seat at a lone chair by his couch, placing a silver tray of a tea set and a bowl of fruit before going to the couch and sitting with her rolling his shoulder a bit and grunting at a pinching pain unnoticed by Zecora.

"A body fit for battles and wars, yet I see you sit full of aches and sores."

"Oh Zecora, you have no idea, the rush of battle, screams of war cries and pain... I miss it, all of it, I was born for it and now I sit here robbed from it, robbed of everything I have, even death. Yet now I feel like how the old farts was an I was when I was a young pup in the Giggle Dogz." He said before laying down on his side, rolling over to lay on his face on the couch, and letting out a slow, deep breath as he still faced Zecora.

"Yet I come by your simple request. I can see that my assistance isn't always the best." She said, looking slowly, getting up from the chair to stand on her hind hooves over Grey's back and gently rubbing his back with her eyes closed.

He scoffed at her. "Please side from helping with every pain that grows on me like piss on a corpse, ya actual give a damn and actual... listen, side from Applejack, and the two princesses, I guess you're more of one of the favored xenos I talk with."

Zecora only smiled at that before pressing down on Grey's back and making a loud crack; as he moaned, he felt his shoulder loosen and the pain fade away.

"It brings me glee to see you feel, even when before you thought ill of me. But perhaps now it is the time get on rail, I tell you the tale of why thoughts of my homeland cause the heart to ail. But for now, the matter of hoof presides. You will be surrounded soon by strangers on all sides."

"Zercora I know what I'm doing as it is not by my will to do it, I'm ordered to represent the imperium to this world as this world will be represent itself to the imperium, with me as its voice, I barely sleep, eat and worse itch of the call of battle, hell I'm even starting to miss the Castrum Agoge training camps back on Cadia's mountains, but orders are orders and if from an inquisitor even I can't ignore or run them off." He said, sighing before feeling her get off and sit before him; he sat up, rolling his shoulder around to feel no pain, and it being looser as he stretched it out.

"I see and simply wished to speak with you, friend to friend like before, for such a cruel and hard lore will be within your hand. You have been quite a busy man, yet I cannot stop and worry that you maybe bring the end." Zecora said

"The end, huh? Hah like something out their could kill me, theirs only two people and two things that could... " He paused, looking down at his Bionic hands with Zecora following his gaze as he clenched them into fists tightly and sighed.

"Never mind anything can and would, yet it wouldnt matter what good could anyone get for killing damned failure like me anyways." He said, only to see her hooves be placed on his hands, forcing them open as he looked up to her eyes and a smile on her face.

"You are more than that from what you may see, for all around you, nothing would be here to all and me.

You are no hero as you say, yet to all and me you bring them more than glee. Let me remind you since you forgetten, they and I are your friend that you have foughten for, and always will be till the end." He looked at her, and his smirk returned to his face for a moment turning his head to look away, letting out a light chuckle.

"Ah, curse me to the warp, I really did became soft for you ponies didn't I?" He asked, seeing Zecroa laugh lightly.

"Soft as fur but always causing fits, your will always be our stubborn shit." He snapped back at her, surprised and amazed at her at her rhyme and cursed word used, making her laugh at his face before he joined her laughing before another knock came on the door.

"Its open." Grey said aloud to see both Luna and Celestia open the double doors seeing a zebra with their human friend.

"Oh do pardon us we hope we weren't intruding on anything "private" now." Luna said with a smirk on her face making Grey shake his head disappointed. "As if I would dare do such things let alone think of them, wouldn't want to let out "you know what" talk again now do we?"

He said with a smirk and a raised brow making Luna blush a bit turning away to let out a cough regaining her composer.

"If only you explain such a your fruitful dream." She muttered quietly as Grey snapped his attention at her. "What was that!?"

"Nothing human friend." She snickered as Celestia rolled her eyes, and both sisters joined Grey and Zecora in sitting with him and discussing coming events to Equestria, from meeting with all of the other figures and representatives from different lands neighboring kingdoms along with members from the Inquisition and Astra Militarum. To spend time with one another and learn of Zecoras land and other Zebra far from Equestria. Grey now understood what Zecora meant; he was starting to grow in this world and with these ponies. Even though it felt wrong that hateful feeling slowly fading with each passing day but he still wished he could not bare the burdens of his past and forget them instead of having them relive in his dreams, even wishing for those he failed or pushed away from trying to help him.

It brought him a moment of thought of seeing the faces of Oscar, both Alina and Aline, his once-forgotten father, his forgotten love Valk, his drilling instructor, and the officers he served. He only looked up to see the faces of Luna, Celestia, and Zecora, then the faces that played in his thoughts of his guard and, of course, those damn six Twilight, Rainbow, Pinkie, Applejack, Rarity, and even Flutteryshy's horny ass for him.

Yet these feelings are forbidden even towards a xeno, no less. This was a law, order, command, and rule that not even Grey would dare break. The Imperium and his Holy God Emperor set a law that he was birthed to serve and swore his allegiance and faith following The Imperial Truth and even parts of The Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer; he would be branded just as the enemies.

He may open up to these creatures and start learning something from this world that might help stall his sentence on this world and seek forgiveness for those he has wronged and failed. To fix what he has broken so long ago and possibly be forgiven as he continues with his path in his soon-coming end within the guard, free from both shackles, chains, and brandings, and finally, come to terms with his sins and confess his crimes.

'Maybe.' He thought, but he only knew that it would take a slow and long agonizing time to achieve such a wish; he had only faith that his ends would come before he is freed.


Author's Note

I am currently at my fucking limit and losing my sanity, brain cells and having physical migraines and nose bleeds in this current moment just by thinking on way of how I will make Changelings and Tyranids be one for the coming wedding, how where, and when to put sex in it before it all goes down and for DA ORKZ WAAAGH OV' DA GODZ FOR GORK AN' MORK ON EQUEZZ

And lets not forget the answer to my riddle from last chapter

I am you but you aren't me, I speak truth you speak lies.
I see you as good, You see me as bad.
I see a smile on your face, you see hate on mine.
Who am I?

The answer is... Yourself

For only you can see what you are and what you aren't, only you can tell lies and but the truth. Only you can see the bad in you but never the good, and only you can fake smile when you really are hiding hate under it.

But enough with this BS cause right now heres some shit cover image sketch for a coming chapter soon, don't know when but soon

YES I KNOW THE QUALITY IS SHIT OK LEAVE ME ALONE ABOUT IT

and a random doodle of how I feel work out the thought process and idea for the next coming chapters

Because I am currently not having a good TIME RIGHT NOW :D

So anyways Cya in the next chapter...

Now get lost be for I shit yourself as I'm trapped in the south side of Chicago trying to find the Dairy Queen bathroom

WHY IS THEIR SO MANY THAT END IN FUCKING SUS I FUCKING HATE IT HERE...

Try Fingers horse but hole.

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