The Chronicles of Arcuz

Stardate: 10/24/78

Time: 06:00

Password:*********

Operation: Frontier Purge

Password: ***********

Accessing personal files of Sgt. Xavier Arcuz.

My personal terminal said to me as I turned it on, it was probable that this was the last time I was going to see it, so wanted to take some personal data. After transferring some mission logs, team data, and some more personal files, I began my decent to the upper deck of the Phantom Train. I sat down at the table in the great hall that had the rest of my platoon. Cpl. James Lance was our medic, he was an immigrant from Austria. He had long, light brown hair, green eyes, and a thick accent. His build was skinny, but he was a great doctor. Pvt. Jericho Grissam knew everything about any kind of weapon you can imagine and is one of the most loyal solders iv'e ever seen. He stands at six feet and ten inches tall and weighs in at 315.67 pounds. He looks almost exactly like the overly manly man meme. Cpl. Lucas Richards is a fantastic recon guy. He can run, jump, climb, and is silent as a shadow. He was about 5' 6" and only 182 pounds, but he is very tough despite his stature. He is Scottish and proud. And finally, the old man, master sergeant Benjamin Wallace. He joined the service at 19, and is now 39. He is 6' even and 240 pounds, and the toughest guy I know. His grey hair is almost buzz cut, and his olive-grey eyes are intimidating to directly look at, even some of the higher ranking officers are scared of him.

When I sat down at the table with my meal of 2 eggs, 2 slices of bacon, and orange juice, I saw my team had already finished eating. "What kept you?" Sgt. Wallace asked me "just some last minute business, sir" I said with respect. "No need for the formality's, you are the squad leader" he said, and it was true, though he was of a higher rank, I was the squad leader. After finishing my meal, we all proceeded into the control deck of the ship to receive our mission Lt. Noah Moar greeted us. "Gentlemen" he began "your mission is Operation: Frontier Purge, as the name states, you will be purging the frontier of this new planet. Eliminate any threat you can, and if its to tough, just get back alive with intel." "Yes, sir" my squad and I said in unison as we saluted, then exited the room to get geared up.

As we entered the supply hub, we saw our power-suits waiting. they were basic mark III nero-interface suits with a class 6 H.U.D. and an infinite-mass storage unit (witch was poorly named since they can only store 200 pounds of equipment, fortunately ammo was practically weightless.) The suits themselves were similar to the Chinese stealth armor from the game Fallout 3, and had a similar stealth function. After getting outfitted, we moved on to the weapons room. Despite having laser technology, and an abundance of it, I prefered a traditional marksman-style firearm, and I had just the one in mind. I opened up a desk drawer containing my trusty 44. magnum revolver, Ace. After holstering my favorite pistol, and grabbing about 200 rounds of ammunition, the quartermaster assigned me a standard-issue rechargeable laser rifle. "I got you a high powered scope, I know how you like to snipe" the quartermaster said with a smile as he handed me the gun, "thanks" I replied with a nod. After registering the device in my inventory, I tucked it away and went to find a mele weapon. After

some debating, I settled on a simple butterfly knife, a deadly weapon, and a good survivalist tool. I also picked up 2 plasma grenades, a frag mine, an emergency flare, a casual pair of jeans, a T-shirt, a coil of rope, and a first aid kit, now I was ready. I saw Jericho standing outside the room, clutching a shotgun, he prefered guns to, especially scatterguns. Lance came out of the room a moment later with a solar-powered device that could heal wounds, something of his own design. "Your new toy, I presume" I said after laying eyes on the device "ja" he replied "zis vill be interesting to say ze least." Wallace was next to exit, a sniper rifle mounted on his back, that was his style. After him came Richards, a plasma pistol at his side, he was very enthusiastic "lets go!" he shouted as he exited. We made our way to the hanger bay ware a shuttle was waiting to take us to the planets surface.

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Meanwhile in Equestria.

Twilight Sparkle was enjoying her day off, the library was closed, Spike was taking an afternoon nap, no one needed help around Ponyvile, and she was happy for every second of it. She was outside of Sugarcube Corner, eating a cupcake, when a thought came to her. "I still need to test that new lens on my telescope" she remembered "this one should let me see into space!" She quickly finished her treat and ran to the library. Once she arrived, she immediately headed to the top floor ware she was eagerly waiting to test the new lens. After a few adjustments, it was ready, but a thought popped into her head, "I guess I better wait until night to get a better view" she said sadly. She shrugged "it will be a great ending to a great day" she quickly said, a smile crossing her face.

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About an hour later, Phantom Train launching bay.

Is this recording? It is? Oh shit, uh, oh yeah. My squad and I were all geared up and ready to begin our mission. As we approached our ship, a Neptune-class platoon transport witch was hardly a fighter, but it had good shields and a cloaking device, so not much to complain about. We all took our positions. Sgt. Wallace and I piloted the craft, Jericho took a nap, and so did Richards, Lance just sat in silence for the whole ride. "Look sharp!" Wallace snapped at the sleeping solders. Jericho and Lance snapped to attention and saluted, Richards fell out of his seat, but quickly snapped to attention as well. I facepalmed, and Wallace simply sighed and said "at ease" the three men dropped their salutes and put their hands at their sides. "Now, onto business" Wallace began "Sgt. Arcuz" he gestured to me, I cleared my throat and began the mission review. "Now, our mission is to touch down on the planet and discover if it has intelligent life, if so, we scout for a few days, and report back. Do nothing to agitate the locals, do not let any outside substance touch you, if the mission is endangered in any way, we shall report back immediately, is this understood?" I sternly said to my troops. "Sir, yes sir!" they all said, even Wallace, who looked at me with a proud look in his eye.

After crossing into the atmosphere, we saw what looked like a castle sitting on a mountain. Scanning the outlying towns revealed a place for us to land, We located a forest near a small town that we thought would be great for our mission. After finding a clearing, we landed, and reported in with our superiors. About 5 minutes later, we sent Richards to scout ahead, he gave us a comunication 10 minutes later. "Uh, guys" he began nervously "report" I said "three things" Richards continued "one, this place does have intelligent life, two, I don't think they speak english" he then stopped. "Well" Jericho said after a minute of silence passed "whats the third thing?" Richards took a deep breath, preparing himself "they're, well, pony's." We all froze at this news, Lance seemed to be doing calculations in his head, as if to determine the possibility of this, Wallace just nodded, and Jericho was forcing back a laugh. "I'm dead serious" Richards assured us "they are pony's, technicolor pony's, and one almost saw me." We all pondered this, Richards had not been caught once in his carrier. "Well," I said "we need as much info as possible on these pony's, tell us all you know." Richards nodded "were about a half mile away from a settlement, from what we've seen from the overhead view, it's a small town." He then pulled out a map that he had stolen. "We are here" he said, pointing to a small location south of the biggest city. "From what I've seen, there are three types of pony's, normal, unicorn, and pegasus, I know it's strange, but this is another world." We all nodded in agreement, after all, he was right, this wasn't earth, and we needed to expect anything but the ordinary. "Well, we know for sure that this planet is habitable, but unfortunately we might have to deal with a form of government" I said to my squad "ve need to conduct some tests" Lance added. After determining that the atmosphere was breathable, and the soil could grow crops, we figured a colony could be established here, little did I know that the trouble hadn't even started.

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