Set six years after season 6, Occupied Equestria presents an alternative history where the Changelings have conquered half of Equestria, while a former Equestrian colony - soured to Princess Twilight's notion of harmony with all creatures because of their encounters with griffins - Invaded and took the other half. In Baltimare and the Equestrian Southeast, the magic of friendship has weakened, as Communists, Changeling infiltrators, Fascists, gangs, and corrupt creepy politicians threaten the city. This role play is based in large part upon the Equestria at War mod for Hearts of Iron 4, and uses D&d 3.5e mechanics.
The long train ride from Baltimare to Bales has been interrupted by a group of partisan fighters, claiming to be looking for none other than Pinkie Pie, who has been kept prisoner since the end of the war. They don't seem to have found their prize, but they do seem to have found a very pissed off Brie, Onyx, and Spark, as well as another Bat Pony, and both groups have been interrupted by a new set of intruders. In Baltimare, Silver, Dark Star, and Iron await a new and uncertain dawn.
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>>99410
Holy hecc. Thanks for the small strategy guide. This should make it somewhat easier to play.
Before we may continue, is my assumption that the ledge pony and the one looking at the trail or backside are the armed ones aka there's one armed pony for each side?
Holy hecc. Thanks for the small strategy guide. This should make it somewhat easier to play.
Before we may continue, is my assumption that the ledge pony and the one looking at the trail or backside are the armed ones aka there's one armed pony for each side?
>>99418
Alright. I need some distance in feet to see if Iron is in charging distance for the armed pony. If not, he'll try to close in within the current cover to try and reach charge range.
Alright. I need some distance in feet to see if Iron is in charging distance for the armed pony. If not, he'll try to close in within the current cover to try and reach charge range.
I have a sneaking suspicion about how Onyx may react to this situation.
>>99427
Hello
Yep. Silver’s gonna hear that.
>>99426
Hello. Onyx should be in the car looking at an old burgundy Pegasus mare, an old Burgandy Pegasus mare, an old black Pegasus mare, and a beige Pegasus mare. All 4 look like bandits and two look like twins. They variously hold knives and rifles, and the beige one looks seriously wounded. They are probably responsible for the hole blown into the side of the rail car, but that isn’t really easy to confirm. All 4 look at Onyx and Spark
Hello
Yep. Silver’s gonna hear that.
>>99426
Hello. Onyx should be in the car looking at an old burgundy Pegasus mare, an old Burgandy Pegasus mare, an old black Pegasus mare, and a beige Pegasus mare. All 4 look like bandits and two look like twins. They variously hold knives and rifles, and the beige one looks seriously wounded. They are probably responsible for the hole blown into the side of the rail car, but that isn’t really easy to confirm. All 4 look at Onyx and Spark
[1d20+3 = 18]
>>99428
Silver most definitely does.
With a snort, Silver opens up a sleepy eye to gaze at the clock. He briefly wonders why he's sleeping at the hoof of the bed until the events of last night replay in his head, making him frown. Ah well. Maybe he'll get to sleep in the soft bed next time.
Listen: For the now, Silver tries to focus on where the sound that woke him up just came from.
>>99428
Silver most definitely does.
With a snort, Silver opens up a sleepy eye to gaze at the clock. He briefly wonders why he's sleeping at the hoof of the bed until the events of last night replay in his head, making him frown. Ah well. Maybe he'll get to sleep in the soft bed next time.
Listen: For the now, Silver tries to focus on where the sound that woke him up just came from.
>>99431
“Your mouth and tongue really must be useful than your teeth, wouldn’t they, Changeling?”
>>99435
>>99433
>>99431
One of the burgundy mares looks over at Onyx and Spark with strained expression of anger, then yells
“Withdraw!”
With that, the beige mare, the black mare, and one of the two burgundy mares jumps for the whole in the wall of the train car, to stretch their wings and fly once they jump out. By now, the train has accelerated to maybe 20 MPH.
>>99435
“I’ll let them handle you, Succubus.”
>>99437
Moaning in the bathroom
“Your mouth and tongue really must be useful than your teeth, wouldn’t they, Changeling?”
>>99435
>>99433
>>99431
One of the burgundy mares looks over at Onyx and Spark with strained expression of anger, then yells
“Withdraw!”
With that, the beige mare, the black mare, and one of the two burgundy mares jumps for the whole in the wall of the train car, to stretch their wings and fly once they jump out. By now, the train has accelerated to maybe 20 MPH.
>>99435
“I’ll let them handle you, Succubus.”
>>99437
Moaning in the bathroom
>>99439
I guess an action is needed again?
Iron looks over to the armed pony currently looking at the trail, calculating roughly the distance between him and the target for a charge attack.
I guess an action is needed again?
Iron looks over to the armed pony currently looking at the trail, calculating roughly the distance between him and the target for a charge attack.
>>99447
The one looking at the trail who holds a gun, or are both guards in that particular area with guns? I thought the other armed pony was on the other side, back where we entered the camp.
The one looking at the trail who holds a gun, or are both guards in that particular area with guns? I thought the other armed pony was on the other side, back where we entered the camp.
>>99453
With the look in her eyes, Brie can guess that she will indeed remember him.
The Pegasi open their wings after going out, falling a bit, then quickly flapping and pulling up to the left before they hit the trees beyond the rail line, which is forward to the train and still causes them to fall behind the faster mining train
>>99454
Doable
With the look in her eyes, Brie can guess that she will indeed remember him.
The Pegasi open their wings after going out, falling a bit, then quickly flapping and pulling up to the left before they hit the trees beyond the rail line, which is forward to the train and still causes them to fall behind the faster mining train
>>99454
Doable
>>99439
Bathroom moaning...Star and Skies are not in bed, I see... It's not hard for a pony to put two and two together, and for Silver it's certainly an excellent thought to wake up to. To have that kind of energy once again...
Silver will just have to make do with his old pony energy, he supposes as he begins doing bits of a morning routine: some stretches, some basic exercises, and to take stock of the state of his equipment. He especially looks at his poor saddlebags, having not the opportunity until now to inspect the damage that's been done to them.
Bathroom moaning...Star and Skies are not in bed, I see... It's not hard for a pony to put two and two together, and for Silver it's certainly an excellent thought to wake up to. To have that kind of energy once again...
Silver will just have to make do with his old pony energy, he supposes as he begins doing bits of a morning routine: some stretches, some basic exercises, and to take stock of the state of his equipment. He especially looks at his poor saddlebags, having not the opportunity until now to inspect the damage that's been done to them.
>>99452
"I would say you are safe now, but I have no idea if we have seen the worst or not yet. There could still be more robbers on the train."
Spark thinks for a moment.
"Any idea what all is in the safe?"
"I would say you are safe now, but I have no idea if we have seen the worst or not yet. There could still be more robbers on the train."
Spark thinks for a moment.
"Any idea what all is in the safe?"
[1d20+6 = 21]
>>99455
Alright, time for some loud action.
Iron, after properly positioning himself to charge against the armed pony around back, does so with the intention of delivering a powerful hit on the target's snout.
If there's a cleave chance, please inform me before making the opponents react with their own attack actions.
>>99455
Alright, time for some loud action.
Iron, after properly positioning himself to charge against the armed pony around back, does so with the intention of delivering a powerful hit on the target's snout.
If there's a cleave chance, please inform me before making the opponents react with their own attack actions.
>>99459
Taking care that the raiders have sufficiently left, Brie reverts to his dapper (what? It's a nice suit) appearance.
"Not yet ^_~
Taking care that the raiders have sufficiently left, Brie reverts to his dapper (what? It's a nice suit) appearance.
"Not yet ^_~
>>99458
"Черт." Silver lets out a sigh. Yeah, he'll definitely require new saddlebags. Gonna have to stop somewhere before heading back to quarry...
His ears perk up at another moan from the bathroom. His interest is definitely piqued. Should I...? Silver slowly begins to advance towards the bathroom door.
Probably stupid question: is there a keyhole on the doorknob.
"Черт." Silver lets out a sigh. Yeah, he'll definitely require new saddlebags. Gonna have to stop somewhere before heading back to quarry...
His ears perk up at another moan from the bathroom. His interest is definitely piqued. Should I...? Silver slowly begins to advance towards the bathroom door.
Probably stupid question: is there a keyhole on the doorknob.
>>99458
"Buck you're so tight! I'm Close!"
Dark Star Thrusts Harder and Faster,He Bites down on her the back of her neck harder than before. As he yanks her tail harder .
"Buck you're so tight! I'm Close!"
Dark Star Thrusts Harder and Faster,He Bites down on her the back of her neck harder than before. As he yanks her tail harder .
[1d20+5 = 25]
>>99463
>>99465
>>99468
Brie and Spark keep their composure. Onyx is knocked right the fuck over, possible into his halberd. The train keeps a rolling, and a separate tap is heard from the roof of the train car.
>>99467
And he is out, or at least injured enough. The cook sees Iron.
“Intruders!”
Yes, he is in charge distance.
Also, rolling
>>99466
Hmmm... no?
Slight taking
>>99469
She lets out an involuntary *coo*
and takes it, spreading out her wings and stretching her neck outwards
>>99463
>>99465
>>99468
Brie and Spark keep their composure. Onyx is knocked right the fuck over, possible into his halberd. The train keeps a rolling, and a separate tap is heard from the roof of the train car.
>>99467
And he is out, or at least injured enough. The cook sees Iron.
“Intruders!”
Yes, he is in charge distance.
Also, rolling
>>99466
Hmmm... no?
Slight taking
>>99469
She lets out an involuntary *coo*
and takes it, spreading out her wings and stretching her neck outwards
>>99470
"Sounds like we're not finished here." Brie says with a smile. Brie looks at the safe and the general situation in the mail car.
"Sounds like we're not finished here." Brie says with a smile. Brie looks at the safe and the general situation in the mail car.
>>99470
With little else to pass the time, Silver presses his ear against the door. At the very least whatever is going on in there should prove entertaining until they get out. Hmm...I wonder if they will be up for going out for breakfast after they have culminated.
With little else to pass the time, Silver presses his ear against the door. At the very least whatever is going on in there should prove entertaining until they get out. Hmm...I wonder if they will be up for going out for breakfast after they have culminated.
>>99472
>>99473
>>99474
There are still the three mail ponies in the car, with the one knocked to the ground evidently slowly coming to consciousness. None of the three are standing. There is still a big gaping hole in the side of the car, with scenery moving at increasing speed outside, although the night obscured much. The air is colder than it was in Baltimare already. There is general disorder in the car, with lose letters and envelopes blowing around in the air, fluttering up then falling back down. Part of the floor is covered in debris, and only one light at the far end of the car is working. The safe is off to the left side, not too far from the hole in the car.
>>99473
>>99474
There are still the three mail ponies in the car, with the one knocked to the ground evidently slowly coming to consciousness. None of the three are standing. There is still a big gaping hole in the side of the car, with scenery moving at increasing speed outside, although the night obscured much. The air is colder than it was in Baltimare already. There is general disorder in the car, with lose letters and envelopes blowing around in the air, fluttering up then falling back down. Part of the floor is covered in debris, and only one light at the far end of the car is working. The safe is off to the left side, not too far from the hole in the car.
>>99476
Spark uses magic to grab ahold of the loose paper.
"Does anypony else need help up? We should move these letters to another car."
Spark uses magic to grab ahold of the loose paper.
"Does anypony else need help up? We should move these letters to another car."
>>99470
"OH Blue!" Dark Star lets out his loudest groan yet. His benis starts Twitching violently,As Blue Feels's His Warm Love feeling her womb up.
"OH Blue!" Dark Star lets out his loudest groan yet. His benis starts Twitching violently,As Blue Feels's His Warm Love feeling her womb up.
[1d20+8 = 11]
>>99493
Oh! I'll assume I can attack the cook now
Iron charges straight into the cook, attempting to hit the pony right on his cheek.
>>99493
Oh! I'll assume I can attack the cook now
Iron charges straight into the cook, attempting to hit the pony right on his cheek.
>>99498
Don't personify the spartan medic, otherwise he'll be stuck in this world.
Brie takes a 20 on his open lock check (with a +3 cuz dex)
Don't personify the spartan medic, otherwise he'll be stuck in this world.
Brie takes a 20 on his open lock check (with a +3 cuz dex)
>>99488
Dark Star Pulls himself out of her, "W-Wow You're amazing my baby blue." He strokes her cheek.
Dark Star Pulls himself out of her, "W-Wow You're amazing my baby blue." He strokes her cheek.
[1d20+6 = 17]
>>99506
Thankfully, Iron only had little portions of his coat burned by the cook's boiling water throw. He goes for another power hit at the same spot.
>>99506
Thankfully, Iron only had little portions of his coat burned by the cook's boiling water throw. He goes for another power hit at the same spot.
>>99511
Iron licks some of his wounds briefly. He looks around if any of the other ponies have come to investigate the callout the cook made.
(I should not stray too far from the trail. If anypony escapes, they will be on high alert.)
Iron licks some of his wounds briefly. He looks around if any of the other ponies have come to investigate the callout the cook made.
(I should not stray too far from the trail. If anypony escapes, they will be on high alert.)
[1d20+7 = 9]
"Yep, this bany is holding fast." Brie stands up and affects more certainty than he feels.
Bluff
"Yep, this bany is holding fast." Brie stands up and affects more certainty than he feels.
Bluff
>>99521
Well.... I thought he was going to be here to answer that. I guess the first bedroom car he would come across would be logical.
Well.... I thought he was going to be here to answer that. I guess the first bedroom car he would come across would be logical.
>>99522
That pony continues staring. But...
From above, and through the hole in the train car, comes a smoking can that hits the floor next to brie, then bounces and rolls over a couple feet.
Roll for Reflex save
>>99524
The pony says
"Yes, I am a doctor" and starts looking at the injured mail pony, who is aided by one of the other mail ponies
That pony continues staring. But...
From above, and through the hole in the train car, comes a smoking can that hits the floor next to brie, then bounces and rolls over a couple feet.
Roll for Reflex save
>>99524
The pony says
"Yes, I am a doctor" and starts looking at the injured mail pony, who is aided by one of the other mail ponies
>>99523
Of course I'm not going for the trail path. Quite the opposite, trying to eliminate these 6 guards, which I think there's only three left if the rolls are any indication.
Of course I'm not going for the trail path. Quite the opposite, trying to eliminate these 6 guards, which I think there's only three left if the rolls are any indication.
>>99527
A Bright light flashes, and Brie is disoriented. With a wave, he is knocked down, and a loud ringing over takes his hearing
>>99528
Soaks up that sweet, sweet hatred
>>99530
He looks at the pony, a bit confused
"Sure... let me get some alcohol for these burns."
He calls out to other ponies in the car
"Can we get some alcohol? No, rubbing alcohol."
>>99529
Oh no, two familiar faces are coming for Iron. One is unarmed, the other has a pole
>>99526
The shampoo slowly works into her mane. It's kind of short, so there isn't that much to work with. The water is kind of cold, or feels cold more so than before. Skies closes her eyes and let's Dark Star do his thing
A Bright light flashes, and Brie is disoriented. With a wave, he is knocked down, and a loud ringing over takes his hearing
>>99528
Soaks up that sweet, sweet hatred
>>99530
He looks at the pony, a bit confused
"Sure... let me get some alcohol for these burns."
He calls out to other ponies in the car
"Can we get some alcohol? No, rubbing alcohol."
>>99529
Oh no, two familiar faces are coming for Iron. One is unarmed, the other has a pole
>>99526
The shampoo slowly works into her mane. It's kind of short, so there isn't that much to work with. The water is kind of cold, or feels cold more so than before. Skies closes her eyes and let's Dark Star do his thing
>>99531
How familiar, exactly? Are we talking zebra and earth mare familiarity?
Iron readies his stance, awaiting the opportunity to charge at the pole pony.
How familiar, exactly? Are we talking zebra and earth mare familiarity?
Iron readies his stance, awaiting the opportunity to charge at the pole pony.
>>99531
"Would there be any medical supplies or first aid kits on this train? I could go fetch them."
"Would there be any medical supplies or first aid kits on this train? I could go fetch them."
>>99531
Dark Star moves down her neck washing her fur, as he gets down to her back he tries to lather her wings.
Dark Star moves down her neck washing her fur, as he gets down to her back he tries to lather her wings.
>>99534
And so the sorcerer goes to the left of the sleeper car. I think they are in one, but if not he goes to the first available one.
And so the sorcerer goes to the left of the sleeper car. I think they are in one, but if not he goes to the first available one.
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[1d20+6 = 10]
>>99545
Come on great cleave. PROVE YOUR WORTH.
With some slight and swift movement, he turns the uppercut into a knee strike into the unarmed pony's side.
>>99545
Come on great cleave. PROVE YOUR WORTH.
With some slight and swift movement, he turns the uppercut into a knee strike into the unarmed pony's side.
[1d20+3 = 17]
>>99548
>>99547
I believe Brie avoids becoming directly unconscious, but he is blinded for at least 18 seconds. He's a little dizzy, and the tinnitus remains.
When he regains sensibility, the safe he recently unlocked is open with at least most of its contents missing, and the culprits already on their way out.
On the bright side, Brie regains his senses before the other pony
>>99549
FAIL
He attac
>>99551
He opens it
"Yes. Right here is the Iodine.."
He pours a brown substance onto a cotton ball
"And the alcohol..."
>>99548
>>99547
I believe Brie avoids becoming directly unconscious, but he is blinded for at least 18 seconds. He's a little dizzy, and the tinnitus remains.
When he regains sensibility, the safe he recently unlocked is open with at least most of its contents missing, and the culprits already on their way out.
On the bright side, Brie regains his senses before the other pony
>>99549
FAIL
He attac
>>99551
He opens it
"Yes. Right here is the Iodine.."
He pours a brown substance onto a cotton ball
"And the alcohol..."
[1d20+3 = 22]
>>99555
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJUhlRoBL8M
I mean, they aren't fully out, if that is the issue
>>99556
FAIL
He attack
>>99555
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJUhlRoBL8M
I mean, they aren't fully out, if that is the issue
>>99556
FAIL
He attack
>>99564
Iron shakes his head in self-dissapointment.
(Gods, what a mess of a fight that was.)
Licking his wounds again a little more thoroughly after the unarmed pony's beating, he walks over to see if there are any more of the guards in this camp.
(That is four ponies down. I know there are two more ponies at the very least and one is armed at a ledge. Now where are those ponies?)
Iron shakes his head in self-dissapointment.
(Gods, what a mess of a fight that was.)
Licking his wounds again a little more thoroughly after the unarmed pony's beating, he walks over to see if there are any more of the guards in this camp.
(That is four ponies down. I know there are two more ponies at the very least and one is armed at a ledge. Now where are those ponies?)
[1d20+5 = 14]
>>99568
Iron, dead set on the offending armed pony who dared shoot at him, runs there and attempts to jump to his location.
>>99568
Iron, dead set on the offending armed pony who dared shoot at him, runs there and attempts to jump to his location.
[1d20+3 = 22]
>>99569
He is able to jump at least half way up the ledge (which has a walking path) towards this pony
He shoots at Iron
>>99569
He is able to jump at least half way up the ledge (which has a walking path) towards this pony
He shoots at Iron
[1d20+5 = 18]
>>99571
Cursing for both his inability to reach the pony and the searing pain of a rifle bullet inserting itself on his coat, he jumps again to try and reach the damn pony to melee range.
>>99571
Cursing for both his inability to reach the pony and the searing pain of a rifle bullet inserting itself on his coat, he jumps again to try and reach the damn pony to melee range.
[1d20+6 = 19]
>>99573
What a waste of a 20. All for a misclick.
Iron finally power jabs the armed pony right on his cheating face.
>>99573
What a waste of a 20. All for a misclick.
Iron finally power jabs the armed pony right on his cheating face.
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>>99583
So... about that other dice you rolled...
Iron looks at his vantage point for what he assumes to be the last bandit around.
So... about that other dice you rolled...
Iron looks at his vantage point for what he assumes to be the last bandit around.
[1d20+5 = 20]
>>99588
Iron shakes his head and jumps down, trying to land as close to the duo as possible.
>>99588
Iron shakes his head and jumps down, trying to land as close to the duo as possible.
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Man, I had the weirdest dream. It was like a real-life version of a tabletop game, set in a fantasy world with swords and magic, but also with sci-fi elements in its story. Me and the other players were just wandering mercenaries and adventurers, but we all shared a secret past none of us knew about: we were all the progeny of an advanced race of aliens who mated with the natives of the fantasy planet we were on, and we had only recently come out of cryo as adults with no recollection of who we were, or what the mysterious devices we were "hatched" from were for. Our ultimate goal in the game was to find out who we were, and to travel the world to find the other 14 cryo pods that were yet to be opened. It ended with me playing as a mage/wizard assaulting the Duke's palace with a character who was more than a little like Brie, because we believed there was a cryo pod hidden underneath where the palace courtyard had been constructed.
Don't know why I wanted to post that. Maybe because I thought it was interesting and I wanted to share it before I forgot all the details.
>>99588
F. Silver will be forever hungry, because he couldn't have his Wheaties.
Don't know why I wanted to post that. Maybe because I thought it was interesting and I wanted to share it before I forgot all the details.
>>99588
F. Silver will be forever hungry, because he couldn't have his Wheaties.
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I have decided to compose a list of all logically possible reasons why the Changeling Hegemony has not yet invaded East Equestria. This is intended to be a logically exhaustive list, not spoilers for any one possibility.
1. Silver is right, Skies is wrong. An invasion is imminent. Skies is either delusional or lying.
A. "At 7:48 AM Central Equestrian Time - 12:48 Sunset Mean Time - The cities of Canterlot and Bales were suddenly and deliberately attacked by the air and ground forces of the Changeling Empire."
B. They are Changelings. They don't need to let you know they are invading in order to invade. They would rather slowly infiltrate and conquer peacefully by replacing government officials.
2. The Changelings are afraid to attack at this moment.
A. The ocean between between New Mareland and East Equestria only promises an eternal war, especially if the army of New Mareland is not deployed in East Equestria and defeated, and if Nova Griffonia, Stalliongrad, or the Equestrian Islands can be used as bases of deployment on Equus
B. New Mareland has a superweapon it can use against the Changelings, secret to the rest of the world, but not to the Changelings (who have oodles of spies). Silver can be proud of White Light after all. Did you think that splitting the Elements of Harmony would be the end of super weapons?
C. Some other secret threat, magical or mundane, acts as a deterrence. Maybe they have assassins on Chrysalis to be deployed in the event of an invasion (and she knows it) or blackmail that will cause her followers to revolt.
3. They can't invade now.
A. the Changelings were on the verge of defeat in the last war, with casualties so extreme as to greatly reduce their effectiveness now. They need to wait to rebuild their strength.
B. The ponies of the West and the North are disturbing the plans of the Changelings by mounting an effective resistance. Even now, Spectral Streak makes Silver proud.
C. The Changeling coalition is breaking down. Chrysalis is kind of a bitch. Maybe even the changelings don't like her. Or maybe some of the queens have their own ideas.
D. Some magical something prevents an invasion. Time travel and magical barriers along the border are two possibilities.
4. They are waiting for an opportunity
A. Rather than invade East Equestria now while the army is away, and leaving an army to fight in Nova Griffonia, Stalliongraad, or on the continent of Griffonia, the Changelings would rather destroy the army at the same stroke as they take East Equestria, either forcing peace or making the invasion of Griffonia easier.
B. They are instigating revolts in East Equestria, which could either bleed New Mareland, or create a logistical disaster for any army that would be deployed to defend the region.
C. They want to instigate revolts to create breakaway states, and then invade and conquer these states. Conquest of East Equestria without ever declaring war on their old ally.
D. They are looking to coordinate an attack with the Griffonian Empire. Having an ally on Griffonia to tie up New Mareland would be very helpful.
5. They don’t want to invade, at least not yet.
A. Chrysalis has had her revenge against the Mane Six an Equestria, and the rest of the Changelings have enough Liebenraum to satisfy them for now. Whether Ash was right about Changelings being like locusts, eventually exhausting supplies and forcing them to take more populations of ponies, this could be true either way.
B. Removing the main threat to the Changeling rule isn’t conducive to Changeling unity or to Chrysalis remaining in power, and Chrysalis really likes her position as Queen over all Western Changelings.
C. They find other enemies on the continent to be more promising targets for now. After all, if East Equestria falls without the destruction of the New Mareland Army, but before Stalliongrad or Nova Griffonia, then New Mareland will simply redeploy their troops to those locations, meaning they have many more troops defending a much smaller border. But taking Stalliongrad and Nova Griffonia first actually expands the border New Mareland has to defend, while removing potential allies and alternative points of deployment.
6. They don’t need to Invade
A. The poorly garrisoned East Equestria allows for easy infiltration by love harvesters. So what if New Mareland collects the tax revenues, the area is easily harvested for love and the government is easily bullied. It’s basically a non-official vassal state, with someone else doing the hard work.
B. Through a secret agreement between the governments, the area is de jure vassal, or otherwise gives the Changelings all they could want.
7. Wait, you seriously believe East Equestria is run by ponies?
A. Changelings are shapeshifters whose entire biology is geared to deceiving ponies. How do you know the entire Blackhooves government on the continent isn’t Changelings? If any other factions also have Changeling influence, they are only what you call “controlled opposition.”
8. You think Chrysalis (or any changeling) controls the Hegemony?
A. Within the My Little Pony setting, there are no less than three powerful magical races that spread and feed off of Chaos, a magic absorbing centaur, vengeful night and day goddesses, powerful dark Unicorn, goat, and cat sorcerers, and an adorable pegasus filly. Any of these could be either a puppet master over Chrysalis, or an ally steering her towards their own interests.
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1. Silver is right, Skies is wrong. An invasion is imminent. Skies is either delusional or lying.
A. "At 7:48 AM Central Equestrian Time - 12:48 Sunset Mean Time - The cities of Canterlot and Bales were suddenly and deliberately attacked by the air and ground forces of the Changeling Empire."
B. They are Changelings. They don't need to let you know they are invading in order to invade. They would rather slowly infiltrate and conquer peacefully by replacing government officials.
2. The Changelings are afraid to attack at this moment.
A. The ocean between between New Mareland and East Equestria only promises an eternal war, especially if the army of New Mareland is not deployed in East Equestria and defeated, and if Nova Griffonia, Stalliongrad, or the Equestrian Islands can be used as bases of deployment on Equus
B. New Mareland has a superweapon it can use against the Changelings, secret to the rest of the world, but not to the Changelings (who have oodles of spies). Silver can be proud of White Light after all. Did you think that splitting the Elements of Harmony would be the end of super weapons?
C. Some other secret threat, magical or mundane, acts as a deterrence. Maybe they have assassins on Chrysalis to be deployed in the event of an invasion (and she knows it) or blackmail that will cause her followers to revolt.
3. They can't invade now.
A. the Changelings were on the verge of defeat in the last war, with casualties so extreme as to greatly reduce their effectiveness now. They need to wait to rebuild their strength.
B. The ponies of the West and the North are disturbing the plans of the Changelings by mounting an effective resistance. Even now, Spectral Streak makes Silver proud.
C. The Changeling coalition is breaking down. Chrysalis is kind of a bitch. Maybe even the changelings don't like her. Or maybe some of the queens have their own ideas.
D. Some magical something prevents an invasion. Time travel and magical barriers along the border are two possibilities.
4. They are waiting for an opportunity
A. Rather than invade East Equestria now while the army is away, and leaving an army to fight in Nova Griffonia, Stalliongraad, or on the continent of Griffonia, the Changelings would rather destroy the army at the same stroke as they take East Equestria, either forcing peace or making the invasion of Griffonia easier.
B. They are instigating revolts in East Equestria, which could either bleed New Mareland, or create a logistical disaster for any army that would be deployed to defend the region.
C. They want to instigate revolts to create breakaway states, and then invade and conquer these states. Conquest of East Equestria without ever declaring war on their old ally.
D. They are looking to coordinate an attack with the Griffonian Empire. Having an ally on Griffonia to tie up New Mareland would be very helpful.
5. They don’t want to invade, at least not yet.
A. Chrysalis has had her revenge against the Mane Six an Equestria, and the rest of the Changelings have enough Liebenraum to satisfy them for now. Whether Ash was right about Changelings being like locusts, eventually exhausting supplies and forcing them to take more populations of ponies, this could be true either way.
B. Removing the main threat to the Changeling rule isn’t conducive to Changeling unity or to Chrysalis remaining in power, and Chrysalis really likes her position as Queen over all Western Changelings.
C. They find other enemies on the continent to be more promising targets for now. After all, if East Equestria falls without the destruction of the New Mareland Army, but before Stalliongrad or Nova Griffonia, then New Mareland will simply redeploy their troops to those locations, meaning they have many more troops defending a much smaller border. But taking Stalliongrad and Nova Griffonia first actually expands the border New Mareland has to defend, while removing potential allies and alternative points of deployment.
6. They don’t need to Invade
A. The poorly garrisoned East Equestria allows for easy infiltration by love harvesters. So what if New Mareland collects the tax revenues, the area is easily harvested for love and the government is easily bullied. It’s basically a non-official vassal state, with someone else doing the hard work.
B. Through a secret agreement between the governments, the area is de jure vassal, or otherwise gives the Changelings all they could want.
7. Wait, you seriously believe East Equestria is run by ponies?
A. Changelings are shapeshifters whose entire biology is geared to deceiving ponies. How do you know the entire Blackhooves government on the continent isn’t Changelings? If any other factions also have Changeling influence, they are only what you call “controlled opposition.”
8. You think Chrysalis (or any changeling) controls the Hegemony?
A. Within the My Little Pony setting, there are no less than three powerful magical races that spread and feed off of Chaos, a magic absorbing centaur, vengeful night and day goddesses, powerful dark Unicorn, goat, and cat sorcerers, and an adorable pegasus filly. Any of these could be either a puppet master over Chrysalis, or an ally steering her towards their own interests.
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>>99600
Now how could I forget to include the simplest explanation of them all?
9. Silver is right, Chrysalis is wrong. East Equestria is actually entirely ripe to be invaded now, but Changeling leadership is failing to capitalize on the opportunity in either an error in judgement, because of personal reasons that don't correspond to the broader picture, or a miscalculation of facts that seems reasonable to them, but is out of line with a fuller assessment of all of the facts.
This solution seems the least satisfying, but it's hardly without precedent in the real world.
In the Athenian expedition to Sicily in the Pelopennesian war, the general Nicias decided to withhold the Army from attacking the Sicilians shortly after the Spartans arrived because of a lunar eclipse, which he took as a bad omen. Thus what might of been a victory became the disaster for the Athenians in Sicily.
At multiple points shortly after the Turk conquest of Central Anatolia and the establishment of the "Sultanate of Rum," the Byzantines could have invaded and pushed back the Turks. They failed to do so, largely because of infighting, and thus these regions where forever lost to Christendom.
Frederick Wilhelm II of Prussia withdrew from the First Coalition in 1795 to make peace with Napoleon in the treaty of Basel, leading to Austria being defeated in that war, then Prussia being invaded and catastrophically defeated in 1807 by Napoleon.
Windrow Wilson refused to enter the United States in WW1, and also refused to ban American shipping from entering more dangerous areas of the Atlantic. Thus the war dragged on and more Americans were killed by German Submarines.
After the Nazi invasion of Poland and the French declaration of war, the German-French border was very poorly defended because something like 4/5 of German troops were sent to Poland. France could have invaded Germany and ended the second world war before it began. They did not, and the rest is history.
The entirety of the German high command, besides Eric von Mannstein and Adolf Hitler, thought that an invasion of France would be catastrophic and end as well as in WW1. They were wrong.
After the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact, everyone knew that war between Germany and the Soviet Union was inevitable. Yet Stalin ignored intelligence reports from the British that the Germans were preparing an invasion under the belief that they were trying to goad him into attacking. He even withdrew a portion of the army from the border to try to look "less threatening."
During the U.S. intervention in Vietnam, North Vietnam was not invaded nor even properly bombed until the end of the war. Supply lines in communist Laos were also not invaded by ground troops. Instead, the Communists operated from secure bases and supply lines as the US played whack-a-mole in the jungle. This failure to take the war seriously possibly contributed to the disaster of the war as a whole.
I've heard that during the Iraqi invasion of Iran, Saddam Hussein issued an order to stop, thus giving time for the Iranians to mobilize and prepare defenses. But I can't confirm this.
If all of the above sounds like a testament to human stupidity (and thus to Changeling stupidity, should some or most of them make the same mistake), please remember that the list of invasions and declarations of war that failed catastrophically is far, far longer, and far more well known than the list of failures that stemmed from a failure to attack, invade, or declare war. Even half of the examples given above stem from invasions and declarations of war that didn't need to happen. When you declare war, or invade a country with most of your army, you roll the dice. And what you are gambling can be the fate of the kingdom itself. War often topples queens. Peace rarely causes the fall of an empire.
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Now how could I forget to include the simplest explanation of them all?
9. Silver is right, Chrysalis is wrong. East Equestria is actually entirely ripe to be invaded now, but Changeling leadership is failing to capitalize on the opportunity in either an error in judgement, because of personal reasons that don't correspond to the broader picture, or a miscalculation of facts that seems reasonable to them, but is out of line with a fuller assessment of all of the facts.
This solution seems the least satisfying, but it's hardly without precedent in the real world.
In the Athenian expedition to Sicily in the Pelopennesian war, the general Nicias decided to withhold the Army from attacking the Sicilians shortly after the Spartans arrived because of a lunar eclipse, which he took as a bad omen. Thus what might of been a victory became the disaster for the Athenians in Sicily.
At multiple points shortly after the Turk conquest of Central Anatolia and the establishment of the "Sultanate of Rum," the Byzantines could have invaded and pushed back the Turks. They failed to do so, largely because of infighting, and thus these regions where forever lost to Christendom.
Frederick Wilhelm II of Prussia withdrew from the First Coalition in 1795 to make peace with Napoleon in the treaty of Basel, leading to Austria being defeated in that war, then Prussia being invaded and catastrophically defeated in 1807 by Napoleon.
Windrow Wilson refused to enter the United States in WW1, and also refused to ban American shipping from entering more dangerous areas of the Atlantic. Thus the war dragged on and more Americans were killed by German Submarines.
After the Nazi invasion of Poland and the French declaration of war, the German-French border was very poorly defended because something like 4/5 of German troops were sent to Poland. France could have invaded Germany and ended the second world war before it began. They did not, and the rest is history.
The entirety of the German high command, besides Eric von Mannstein and Adolf Hitler, thought that an invasion of France would be catastrophic and end as well as in WW1. They were wrong.
After the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact, everyone knew that war between Germany and the Soviet Union was inevitable. Yet Stalin ignored intelligence reports from the British that the Germans were preparing an invasion under the belief that they were trying to goad him into attacking. He even withdrew a portion of the army from the border to try to look "less threatening."
During the U.S. intervention in Vietnam, North Vietnam was not invaded nor even properly bombed until the end of the war. Supply lines in communist Laos were also not invaded by ground troops. Instead, the Communists operated from secure bases and supply lines as the US played whack-a-mole in the jungle. This failure to take the war seriously possibly contributed to the disaster of the war as a whole.
I've heard that during the Iraqi invasion of Iran, Saddam Hussein issued an order to stop, thus giving time for the Iranians to mobilize and prepare defenses. But I can't confirm this.
If all of the above sounds like a testament to human stupidity (and thus to Changeling stupidity, should some or most of them make the same mistake), please remember that the list of invasions and declarations of war that failed catastrophically is far, far longer, and far more well known than the list of failures that stemmed from a failure to attack, invade, or declare war. Even half of the examples given above stem from invasions and declarations of war that didn't need to happen. When you declare war, or invade a country with most of your army, you roll the dice. And what you are gambling can be the fate of the kingdom itself. War often topples queens. Peace rarely causes the fall of an empire.
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Looks like EaW got a new update. The Kingdom of Vedina and the Socialist Republic of the Free Griffons got unique focus trees. Kinda sad they didn't do the same for the Northern Tribes.
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>>99605
The new update confirms what was already strongly implied by the "Griffonian Empire" game rule setting included in the Brother's Feud update: that the Griffonian Socialist Republic was built upon land recently stolen from native pony inhabitants. (Even though the Northern Tribes have "unspecified" as their race rather than 'Pony," and the GSR has no debuff national spirit to represent pissed off indigenous ponies). This leaves me urging for a purging.
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The new update confirms what was already strongly implied by the "Griffonian Empire" game rule setting included in the Brother's Feud update: that the Griffonian Socialist Republic was built upon land recently stolen from native pony inhabitants. (Even though the Northern Tribes have "unspecified" as their race rather than 'Pony," and the GSR has no debuff national spirit to represent pissed off indigenous ponies). This leaves me urging for a purging.
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>>99609
Here's hoping everyone will be on for the weekend. Here's also hoping I can actually get something done with Silver.
Here's hoping everyone will be on for the weekend. Here's also hoping I can actually get something done with Silver.
>>99614
Finish getting those books for Blue hopefully so he can finally get paid some much needed Bits. After that, probably look into if there's any records for where his children are. Either that or ask about/look for a new job.
Finish getting those books for Blue hopefully so he can finally get paid some much needed Bits. After that, probably look into if there's any records for where his children are. Either that or ask about/look for a new job.
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