War of the Assembly

   The three of us stepped into the dust below claws and hooves. Flare was quick to run off from the rest of us, she usually enjoyed getting off Tempest as much as we did. Flare was the first to get excited and run off like she was till a filly or something. She was a bit unpredictable when it came to new places. Twitch and I usually stuck together due to his lack of direction, plus, last time he tried to keep up with Flare, he lost her in a matter of seconds. I just happened to find him in a cardboard box that his ass didn't even fit in. He was dizzied as shit and barely kept his balance, embarassing for him that I had to carry him around, we eventually came across Flare stumbling out of a cider hole, as usual. I had my own little quirk about visiting new colonies, which was to locate a general goods and purchase myself a little snowglobe. It's like a stamp, only more solid and can be moved. I had myself quite a collection of snowglobes adorning my room.

   Nova was as ponies said, taking up looks after Dodge Junction. Ponies and Changeling in rancher hats, walking around and greeting visitors with hospitality. Griffions were present also, but not quite as open like most on the colony. I was kind of diappointed that the other griffions were more kept to themselves than most. Then again, I am from our homeworld and I've only heard that colony life was different. Different as in what kind of planet the colony was on, but just so happened that Nove was on a dust ball of a planet. Ah, good, Nova does have a general store. Twitch and I enter the store, it wasn't long before he stepped back outside and sat on the steps. I guess he doesn't like the fact that there are shelves taller than himself.

   I was quick to locate the stand of snowglobes and inspected one in my claw. The structure that was supposed to represent Nova is the sheriff's office somewhere on the colony. I shook the globe to watch those little white puffs swish around in their liquid and smiled slightly. "Incoming request from Tempest Captain."

"What does he want now?" I groaned activating what looked like a watch to put the captain on a screen below.

"Blaze, something has come up that requires your team to investigate." He started to breif her.

"Wait... what the hell happened that require US to investigate... whatever it is." I stopped him before he could go on.

"We lost several scouts on one of the nearby moons that orbit Nova." He responded to my question, about to continue.

"And you suspect that it may be some unnatrual occurance or some other serious matter like an inserection?" I interupted the captain again.

   "Well.... yeah. How fast can you get your team together?" He had to ask, didnt he? It took me some thought as to how long it would take Twitch and myself to get Flare out of the saloon here.

"It might just be Twitch and me. Flare ran off as soon as we stepped on Nova's surface. You get her back on Tempest and the two of us will worry about the problem." I usually had to assure him about our capabilities, he never trusted just two/thirds of my squad going out on his missions. Yet, there were several occasions where we proved him wrong.

   I made my purchase and went outside to grab hold of Twitch. He was startled when I grabbed him then realised it was me and calmed himself down.

"C'mon, Twitch, we got some work to do." I told him, continueing down the street towards Tempest.

"Uh... what about Flare? She's still around here, somewhere." Twitch tried to keep up with my fast pace as he gazed around for our friend.

"The captain will find her, it's just you and me on a mission to one of Nova's moons." Was my answer to his question, Twitch didn't speak another word while we walked back to Tempest.

   We both made way towards the Tempest Armory to suit up for our little trip to one of the moons. Guess whatever we might find there could be nasty. Twitch might be scared of what could happen, but that pony can make one hell of a nice fire show from explosive charges. After Twitch and myself got our armor on, we made way for the hangars with helmets in hand, and intent on finding out what's exactly going on over with that moon. Well, Twitch hasn't been fully informed yet, but I'll tell him when we board the carrier.

  Standard Assembly carriers were named 'Eagles', although they were smaller than the supply barges, they have been known to out-manuver fighters depending on their pilots. Overall, armored slightly better, with specific weapons to enable ground support and surpression. The best kind were the ones with the hot-shot pilots, pulling tricks as if they belonged in an air show.

   Our pilot turned out to be an unicorn with the name of Dynamo Spark. He was an air jockey all right, even had the personality of one. Ever since he joined Assembly's air division, Dynamo has won every Assembly Annual Air Show. He may be one of the best, but he gloats a lot about it. Twitch and I boarded his Eagle, Twitch sat in one of the hold seats while I went to go see if Dynamo knew where we were going.

   "Hey, bird for brains, know where we are going?" I asked, he was used to the usual taunts I gave him.

"Captain filled me in, Nave moon Delta-9. For specific reasons." He seemed to have ignored my initial attempt, but oh well.

I went back to the Eagle hold and sat across from Twitch. Twitch seemd to have spaced out in deep thought.

"Hey, buddy, you okay over there?" I interupted him, he shook his head a bit then looked at me.

"What if the Hawkers found Nova? What if we're just getting sent to our deaths?" I hated when he did this.

   "Twitch, we've survived many encounters with those retchid creatures. Just calm down. How is your trick coming along?" I did my best to distract him from those thoughts, appareantly his trick usually worked. Twitch's trick was the fact that he could morph specific parts on his body. For example, he could generate a mane and tail without changing much of anything else.

"Why, quite good actually." Was Twitch's response as he broke into a smile.

   I could hear the Eagle warming up for take off.

"You two sit tight back there, we're leaving in 5." Dynamo warned Twitch and myself

"I think NightMare Night this year is going to be more fun." Twitch stated. Last year's NightMare Night costume for  Twitch was him changing himself into a pure black pony with white eyes. He went around, sneaking up on unsuspecting ponies and scaring the shit out of them. I'm pretty sure he had a blast last year. Twitch told me the best ones he scared were the groups of ponies.