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Occupied Equestria - Into the Unknown
Anonymous
BqQuh
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No.101000
101004 101008
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 to Bales is over, with Brie, Onyx, and Spark reaching their destination a little bruised but not dead or arrested. Before them lies a new and unfamiliar city and world, at the crossroads of Equestria's past and present, and also the Changeling Occupied Zone and East Equestria. In Baltimare, Dark Star prepares to set out on a mission to track down and arrest unfaithful and unreliable local law enforcement that have been leaking information to rebel forces. Silver may finally have a new toy he can use to clear the Catacombs of their undead presence. Iron, meanwhile, has drifted further into an temple in his search for a treasure sough by an archaeological expedition that was ambushed by bandits.
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Anonymous
BqQuh
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No.102884
102885 102896
>>102883
"Ja!"

Spark doesn't look eated yet, bit he's perched precariously in a dangerous position. Like a bucket of fried chicken outside the doors of a basketball game, he's just waiting to be eated
Anonymous
cS8ke
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No.102885
102887 102889
>>102884
"Habe jungetiere vorher eine Kutsche gefahren?"
Anonymous
cS8ke
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No.102886
102887
I'd also like to point out that incautiously, google translate comes up with some funky ass translations
Anonymous
BqQuh
?
No.102887
102888
>>102886
>>102885
>Habe jungetiere vorher eine Kutsche gefahren
Are you asking them if they've driven a car?
Anonymous
cS8ke
?
No.102888
>>102887
A carriage, yes
Anonymous
BqQuh
?
No.102889
102890
>>102885
"Nein?"
"... Nein?"
Anonymous
cS8ke
?
No.102890
102891
>>102889
"Die nächste Etappe unserer Reise beinhaltet eine Privatkutsche. Hört sich gut an für dich?"
Anonymous
BqQuh
?
No.102891
102892
>>102890
"Ja"
They nod. Kerr looks rather uncertain, while Wesley looks more intrigued, perhaps even excited

Anonymous
cS8ke
?
No.102892
102893
>>102891
"Es ist nichts zu befürchten. Wir kaufen ein paar Pferde und eine Kutsche und fahren den Rest des Weges zum Bienenstock. Kein merkwürdiger oder unangenehmer Austausch mit zufälligen Ponys, nur die vier (fünf?) Von uns, die direkt zu unserem Ziel gehen!"
Anonymous
BqQuh
?
No.102893
102894
>>102892
"Oh, ok"
"Das klingt nach Spaß!"
Anonymous
cS8ke
?
No.102894
102895
>>102893
"Ich freue mich, dass Sie so denken. Sollen wir Vorkehrungen treffen?"


Anonymous
BqQuh
?
No.102895
102897
>>102894
*nodding*
"Ja, lass uns gehen"

Shimmering Spark
kJWPc
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No.102896
102897 102899
>>102884
Let them do their worst. I survived twice so far.

I’m tied up at the moment, give me a few more minutes and I’ll be back in the swing of things.
Anonymous
cS8ke
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No.102897
102899
>>102895
"Herrlich. Iss ihn aber nicht, er ist wahrscheinlich nicht sehr schmackhaft." he says, nodding to Sparks.
>>102896
Take your time, it was banter (und tsss und tsss und tsss)
BqQuh
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No.102898
102927
Daring_Do_collector_refuses_to_trade_S4E22.png
>>102771
As Cauldron and iron walk back, Iron can overhear the following conversation between Grant and Pear
>"I can't wait to be over with all of this. Once we have everything from the site, I am trotting straight back to Saltmane."
"Back already? We just got here two days ago."
>"After everything that has happened, you want to stay around?"
"Because of everything that has happened... I need to stay. They finally let me out of the office, and I suspect they won't be very willing to let me come back"
>"At this point I feel like we should take the money and run. Cut our losses."
"To make it all worth it, there's something I need to do, something I need to find, before I can go back to Saltmane"
>"Don't you want to go see your loved ones?"
I haven't seen my mother in more than a year. My dad was in the Navy...

>"Oh... I take it you're not married or engaged?"
"No"
>"Do you have a special somepony?"
"Well, no"
>"Have you?"
For a while back at John Haykins there was a stallion I saw... It wasn't that serious. He never quite understood my interests. He never proposed, and I moved away. I think he joined the army, I don't know.
>"Well, once we get back we'll get plenty of new attention from this find. You'll have something to write about."
"I know, Critical Theory keeps hounding me."
>"Well if you do get something published, combinded with findings here, who knows. You might even get tenure"
"If that's how you want to look at it"
>"You may even attract a special somepony you can finally lose your maidenhood to"
Pear looks extremely offended by that last statement, as Grant laughs
>"'Tis but a joke"
\r
Anonymous
BqQuh
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No.102899
102900
sad_marble_pie_by_gamemasterluna_d9eofn1-pre.png
>>102896
>Let them do their worst
Don't tempt me

>>102897
"Okay..." Wesley especially looks saddened by that
Anonymous
cS8ke
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No.102900
102901
>>102899
"Nun, fragen Sie zuerst nach seiner Erlaubnis. Sagen 'I kann has'? Wenn er ja sagt, dann graben Sie ein."
Anonymous
BqQuh
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No.102901
102903
>>102900
"um, oh. Okay!"
He begins to wag his tail
Anonymous
BqQuh
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No.102902
102912
>>102823
This area is less densely populated than the Eastside, though not quite as wealthy as the North. There are a number of singe family bungalows on eighths of acres, a a few small apartment buildings, and some larger shop buildings, as well as the occassional warehouse or distribution center. He passes by a school, and a precinct annex. The architecture of the area is dominated by red brick, though there are a few wooden houses of white paint and low sloped slate roofs
Anonymous
cS8ke
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No.102903
102904
>>102901
K, waiting on Sparks' interaction
(he would have been present for Brie's dialogue, should he wish to be aware of it)
Shimmering Spark
Zoyr0
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No.102904
102906
>>102881
"Oh, there you are."
>>102903
I am backreading now, but as far as I can tell, Spark wouldn't have understood anything being said besides the one post.
Shimmering Spark
Zoyr0
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No.102905
>>102873
>update
Oooooo. I wonder how long it will take them to update their wiki? I love reading about the game as much as playing it.
Anonymous
LU5/k
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No.102906
102907
>>102904
"Ah, so I exchanged the firearms for some cash. I figure we can get a personal carriage to take us the rest of the way. This leads me to a particular junction." Brie takes a deep breath. "There's no guarantee we, and by we I mean you and I, will survive traveling to the hive. You have the option of backing out now if you prefer. I have enough resources to put you back on a train to Baltimare before the sun sets, if that is your preference."
Shimmering Spark
Zoyr0
?
No.102907
102908
>>102906
"I didn't plan on surviving this mission before now, so no point in running now. You can only prolong what is to come so long anyway. What about you? Got any nagging second thoughts?"
Anonymous
LU5/k
?
No.102908
102909
>>102907
"Nope!" Brie says brightly.
Shimmering Spark
Zoyr0
?
No.102909
102910
>>102908
"Great! I don't think Tipsy has any either."
Spark smirks.
Anonymous
LU5/k
?
No.102910
102911
>>102909
"... Tipsy?"
Shimmering Spark
Zoyr0
?
No.102911
102913 102915
>>102910
"You know..."
Stix nods to the glass he has kept by his side from the very beginning of this crazy adventure.
Silver
dUSEK
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No.102912
102914
>>102902
"Вот Это Да! It is like there are many different cities inside this one city."
Shimmering Spark
Zoyr0
?
No.102913
>>102911
Damn it... once again, can't get my character right.
Anonymous
BqQuh
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No.102914
102918
>>102912
"It can feel like that at times, yes"
"Like layers of different rock that form ontop of each other. A new, different layer for each era of time that passes, forming ontop of the old"
LU5/k
?
No.102915
102916 102917
[1d20+7 = 9]
>>102911
"Oh,... of course." Brie attempts to mask rolling his eyes.
Bluff

Anonymous
BqQuh
?
No.102916
102917
>>102915
Not the best of attempts
Shimmering Spark
Zoyr0
?
No.102917
>>102915
>>102916
"Heh... you are just jealous."
Silver
dUSEK
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No.102918
102921
>>102914
He nods, a little surprised by such an insightful comment. "You live outside of city for so long, you forget what it is like."
Anonymous
LU5/k
?
No.102919
102921 102923
"Well then, shall we?"
He says, as I adjourn for the night
Anonymous
BqQuh
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No.102921
102923
>>102918
"There were a few books at my grandmother's house. I would read them there, since I had plenty of time. I've had plenty of time to think about the city since coming here..." his voice trails off somewhat quitely

White Orchid fills the void
"I went to school around here once. It's not a bad neighborhood. There's a park a couple blocks over. We used to play there, build little forts on the occasions it snowed"

>>102919
Vola e vai, my little pony
Silver
dUSEK
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No.102923
102924
>>102919
Sleep well!

>>102921
I hope Mint is okay... "I used to build snow forts sometimes when I was colt, when I was not at school or helping my father."
Anonymous
BqQuh
?
No.102924
102925 102939
>>102873
I did a practice run of it

This update pretty much kills any normal, reasonable means of expansion on a New Mareland run (or Zebra colony campaign, for that matter) on historical mode.

New Mareland has the major problem that it is sandwiched between two Great Powers (kind of three). The only nations within the range of its ships are Wingbardy and friends (sharing a land border), Aquellia (across a strait), Sicameon, and Minotauria (only if you try to expand the range of the Navy). The basic strategy as New Mareland is always to expand south, into Sicameon and then Minotauria, or even better, Minotauria then Sicameon. After that, the Free Towns of Gryphus are vulnerable, or even the Zebra colony, Cyanolisia, or Falcor. Then, Zaphzia and Prywhen can be attacked. By this time, a war with Aquellia can be managed, and at least one naval ship is built. Expanding into Minotauria especially is essential, because only the southern Griffonian nations have rubber, which is crucial to planes and motorized. For the same reason, you should try to invade it as the Zebra colony.

A few updates ago, both Minotauria and Sicameon were massively buffed, with starting armies that would each be twice the size of the New Mareland Starting army. Now, the two will automatically create a faction together. this would raise the difficulty as New Mareland, though maybe be too much for the Zebras to overcome. What is really new is the Navy of Sicameon. Sicameon gets two Battlecruisers, and a shitload of other vessels. i think their navy is bigger than Aquellia's, and probably the third or fourth biggest on the whole continent. There is absolutely no way to invade Sicameon or Minotauria now as New Mareland on historical mode. The only two nations within range are now the great powers of Wingbardy and Aquellia, which are difficult enough to defeat with years of preperation. That will now have to be done without rubber, or the factories and resources New Mareland used to be able to get from invading south.

I guess maybe it's possible to play on non-historical, hope they never form the southern pact, then invade Minotauria, then invade Sicameon through that little straight. Still though

>>102923
"We woukd try that, but there usually wasn't enough snow. We would throw snowballs though"
Silver
dUSEK
?
No.102925
102926
>>102924
New Mareland needs a buff.

"We had plenty of those, too. How good were you in snowball fights? Did you dominate?"
BqQuh
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No.102926
102928
>>102925
“I tried my best, and gave back what I took”
\r
Anonymous
HfTi5
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No.102927
102929
>>102898
Well hello there, dialogue.
Iron does his best not to look nosy.
"I wonder what is making them so confident in that they will grab everything," Iron whispers just for Cauldron to overhear. "Do they have a secret weapon capable of scaring us away?"
He is a bit worried about the lack of ponies in Pear's personal life.
(No relatives to miss as well as incentive to fight back? That could complicate things. After my actions I am pretty sure I cannot exploit her lack of affection.)
He sneakes a glance on Pear's rear.
(While the view is nice, she seems to have been used by another stallion.)
He shakes his head.
(A shame about her luck with the stallion. Perhaps I should make my move with Cauldron when we get to safety with those pots, so as to not make her suffer Pear's fate.)
Silver
dUSEK
?
No.102928
102929
>>102926
Silver smiles at that. "Well, alright then! That is good to hear." He looks back at Mint Marine, worried for him. "Are you doing okay, little one? You have been quiet."
Anonymous
BqQuh
?
No.102929
102930 102934
>>102927
"I don't know. They could. They might think the authorities in Saltmane will help them. They might be delusional."

>she seems to have been used by another stallion
That's... exactly the opposite of what that entire train of dialogue was hinting

She is rather thin. Her tail is currently wrapped thin (which makes her easier to see), presumably as a measure to keep her tail from getting caught in anything in the jungle

>>102928
"I'm okay. Just enjoying the ride"
Silver
dUSEK
?
No.102930
102931
>>102929
Silver nods. "Okay. Let me know if anything is wrong, yes?"
Anonymous
BqQuh
?
No.102931
102932
>>102930
"Okay..."
Silver
dUSEK
?
No.102932
>>102931
Put at ease, Silver continues on his journey. "So you used to frequent this area, White Orchid. Is there anything else of interest?"
Anonymous
HfTi5
?
No.102934
102935
>>102929
Oh whoops. I took her offense as a 'Hey, I did have a dick inside of me once!" kind instead of the "Stop bullying me for my lack of partner availability!" kind
He looks at Cauldron.
"Could they do the authority thing?" he whispers.

Iron is a bit weary over Pear's thin frame.
(While my father told me a mare can handle most stallions, she will probably have to get used to anypony bigger than her.)
He glances the best he can at Cauldron's rear from the side to compare the thickness.
Anonymous
BqQuh
?
No.102935
102936
>>102934
It's circa 1940, premarital sex is really only socially accepted where a partner is betrothed to be married. Pear is Bourgeois, and that group especially tends to be conservative. Grant explicitly says "lose your maidenhood" which is old timey for "virginity"
"Not in the jungle"

Cauldron is definitely thicker. Pear, in general, has the physique of a unicorn, despite being an earth pony, and seems to work mostly indoors, although she is adjusting to the jungle and caverns fairly well (including the aforementioned tail improvisation). She may well be stronger and more durable than she looks, with earth pony magic
Anonymous
HfTi5
?
No.102936
102937
>>102935
Right. Forgot the importance of virginity for most mares.
Iron nods, having taken her glance.
"Good to know."
(Maybe the Earth Pony magic in her will awaken and strengthen in time if she lives in the jungle in time? She was able to make it this far without breaking much of a sweat, excluding the fights where she hid. Perhaps she could become more like us.)
Glancing between the two mares, his mind is processing.
(Should I go for the Earth Pony who has a negative opinion of me but is ultimately alone and would be eager to be in the jungle in order to get some history and get away from the annoying traditions of cityfolk or the zebra who has a positive opinion of me overall but chained to the concrete jungle by so many responsibilities as well as being in constant danger of being taken away due to her forced occupation?)
A little drop of sweat starts trickling down from the side of his forehead as he walks.
(Why does my soul throw these problems at me?)