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
Shimmering Spark, Onyx Steel, and Brie Achtungsex now make the perilous crossing into the Changeling Lands. In Baltimare, Dark Star prepares for his next big assignement, while Silver concludes his mentoring of traumatized foals. Much further away, Iron stands under jeweled nighttime skies, preparing his next move
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>>106561
Oh whoops. Lemme clean that off of you.
*rubs Silver with foreleg*
That should teach you not to disturb other ponies' snouts.
Look at me. Look at me. We GM now
Oh whoops. Lemme clean that off of you.
*rubs Silver with foreleg*
That should teach you not to disturb other ponies' snouts.
Look at me. Look at me. We GM now
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>>106454
Blue Skies shakes her head by half, and responds
"Maybe, but it's not necessarily so simple. There are a great number of officers that would need to be tested. Something like a thousand in Baltimare PD, a equal number in other jurisdictions in the Baltimare department, about as many officers as that combined amount in Moonlight shores and Duskaway, besides a large number of support staff. And who would do the testing? About a third of our own IS police have been siphoned off by the Manehattan collaborationist government for their own little frolic. We've lost our area's pony territorial gendarmes for the same reason, besides the consistent problem of the Army mobilizing the new territorials who volunteer. Baltimare PD itself, despite its size, is short staffed, since so many of them either volunteered into the Equestrian Army - they were exempt from conscription - or quit after the war, because they did not want to be indirect collaborators. And then, not just any pony can administer the test. They have to be specially trained to administer it and interpret the results. And you need to have two of them together to administer the test because of the possibility of one of them being replaced or otherwise compromised. Plus you have to a couple armed guards in case you do find a changeling, and she reacts. And then if you have the ponies there to test them, you still have to get the officers there to be tested. Many of them will be out on patrol.
There's also the issue of willpower to do the tests. Baltimare PD finds changeling infiltration embarrassing, and might want to cover it up rather than risk exposing more. The Caretaker government might rather not risk antagonizing a large foreign government by trying to expose changelings. And then, there may be ways of getting around it. For instance, its known that ponies with certain eye conditions, or even just iris colors on the blue green spectrum - by far the most common changeling eye colors - can show up as false positives. There are other tests to verify whether a suspected pony is a changeling, but it still gives the opportunity to try to wiggle your way out of it."
Blue Skies shakes her head by half, and responds
"Maybe, but it's not necessarily so simple. There are a great number of officers that would need to be tested. Something like a thousand in Baltimare PD, a equal number in other jurisdictions in the Baltimare department, about as many officers as that combined amount in Moonlight shores and Duskaway, besides a large number of support staff. And who would do the testing? About a third of our own IS police have been siphoned off by the Manehattan collaborationist government for their own little frolic. We've lost our area's pony territorial gendarmes for the same reason, besides the consistent problem of the Army mobilizing the new territorials who volunteer. Baltimare PD itself, despite its size, is short staffed, since so many of them either volunteered into the Equestrian Army - they were exempt from conscription - or quit after the war, because they did not want to be indirect collaborators. And then, not just any pony can administer the test. They have to be specially trained to administer it and interpret the results. And you need to have two of them together to administer the test because of the possibility of one of them being replaced or otherwise compromised. Plus you have to a couple armed guards in case you do find a changeling, and she reacts. And then if you have the ponies there to test them, you still have to get the officers there to be tested. Many of them will be out on patrol.
There's also the issue of willpower to do the tests. Baltimare PD finds changeling infiltration embarrassing, and might want to cover it up rather than risk exposing more. The Caretaker government might rather not risk antagonizing a large foreign government by trying to expose changelings. And then, there may be ways of getting around it. For instance, its known that ponies with certain eye conditions, or even just iris colors on the blue green spectrum - by far the most common changeling eye colors - can show up as false positives. There are other tests to verify whether a suspected pony is a changeling, but it still gives the opportunity to try to wiggle your way out of it."
>>106580
I wasn't expecting a post with such a short notice.
You ay have to wait an hour before he responds back.
I wasn't expecting a post with such a short notice.
You ay have to wait an hour before he responds back.
>>106448
Iron rights himself in the water, and presses his hooves down in the mud. The bottom is a bit odd feeling, as much dead plant life ends up here, and who knows what else is in this lake and on its bottom. From above, a sound and a diving figure. It's Cauldron, diving in for Iron, and trying to tug him up, with little success. Iron is able to paddle and walk forward to some real degree, with the weight of the gold on him giving him traction he would otherwise lack
Iron rights himself in the water, and presses his hooves down in the mud. The bottom is a bit odd feeling, as much dead plant life ends up here, and who knows what else is in this lake and on its bottom. From above, a sound and a diving figure. It's Cauldron, diving in for Iron, and trying to tug him up, with little success. Iron is able to paddle and walk forward to some real degree, with the weight of the gold on him giving him traction he would otherwise lack
>>106582
Darn. This is not good.
Iron, deciding not to jeopardize Cauldron's possibilities of having water-free lungs, points to the edge of the lake opposite of the temple, moving his forelegs in a punching motion and then pointing at the ice.
(I go to edge underwater and punch my way through the ice. I hope I made that clear.)
After this, he points at Cauldron and the opening available, followed by the water punching and pointing the ice again.
(You go outside and try to help break the ice.)
Darn. This is not good.
Iron, deciding not to jeopardize Cauldron's possibilities of having water-free lungs, points to the edge of the lake opposite of the temple, moving his forelegs in a punching motion and then pointing at the ice.
(I go to edge underwater and punch my way through the ice. I hope I made that clear.)
After this, he points at Cauldron and the opening available, followed by the water punching and pointing the ice again.
(You go outside and try to help break the ice.)
>>106580
"Hmm...well, I suppose one would not have to test all of their employees. You could make public-enough showing of changeling testing using only small sample size to give appearance of complete testing. You would not catch them in act, but it might be enough to dislodge them and remove one more threat to stability in region." Silver carries a bunch of books to Blue Skies' office. "I do not know fix for willpower issue, but I do know that Chrysalis would not dedicate group of her valued infiltrators for just any high-risk long-term job, especially not something as simple as reconnaissance. If there were infiltrators in Baltimare PD, then it is clear there was something in Baltimare PD that Chrysalis wanted done, something very important to her and her cause."
"Hmm...well, I suppose one would not have to test all of their employees. You could make public-enough showing of changeling testing using only small sample size to give appearance of complete testing. You would not catch them in act, but it might be enough to dislodge them and remove one more threat to stability in region." Silver carries a bunch of books to Blue Skies' office. "I do not know fix for willpower issue, but I do know that Chrysalis would not dedicate group of her valued infiltrators for just any high-risk long-term job, especially not something as simple as reconnaissance. If there were infiltrators in Baltimare PD, then it is clear there was something in Baltimare PD that Chrysalis wanted done, something very important to her and her cause."
>>106583
She looks at him with massively wide eyes, and a definite expression of fear. She points a hoot up, then down at the pots, the a swiping motion, then back up at the opening
>>106584
"Who knows... It could be as simple as wanting to safeguard honeybees from getting caught by monitoring the police situation. I can tell you though infiltrators running away isn't really the desired outcome. It's catching them"
She looks at him with massively wide eyes, and a definite expression of fear. She points a hoot up, then down at the pots, the a swiping motion, then back up at the opening
>>106584
"Who knows... It could be as simple as wanting to safeguard honeybees from getting caught by monitoring the police situation. I can tell you though infiltrators running away isn't really the desired outcome. It's catching them"
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>>106585
Godangit. I want a Cauldron potion business!
Iron uses the magic of empathy to try and understand if she means he needs to leave the pots or Cauldron is saying she'll take the pots off one by one and getting them to the surface.
>>106585
Godangit. I want a Cauldron potion business!
Iron uses the magic of empathy to try and understand if she means he needs to leave the pots or Cauldron is saying she'll take the pots off one by one and getting them to the surface.
[1d20 = 9]
>>106587
Dangit, I knew she'd say that, specially after the whole blossoming of romantic interest.
Before committing to the action Cauldron wants to do to ensure Iron's well-being, he attempts to swim up towards the opening in case he has the strength to do it.
I roll a swim check for it.
>>106587
Dangit, I knew she'd say that, specially after the whole blossoming of romantic interest.
Before committing to the action Cauldron wants to do to ensure Iron's well-being, he attempts to swim up towards the opening in case he has the strength to do it.
I roll a swim check for it.
>>106585
"To pick their brains, so to speak, for what it is they were looking for and how much they have sent back to hives. From personal experience, watching Equestrian Army deal with infiltrators in their ranks, that is always preferred outcome, but it is difficult to do, even on small-scale. At scale of entire army division, or entire police department, it feels almost impossible, so most settled for plugging leaks."
Silver continues to bring books from the cart to the office. "Traditional methods will not work to catch them. You will need to find way to either quarantine small groups of them at time for testing, or to test them all at once."
"To pick their brains, so to speak, for what it is they were looking for and how much they have sent back to hives. From personal experience, watching Equestrian Army deal with infiltrators in their ranks, that is always preferred outcome, but it is difficult to do, even on small-scale. At scale of entire army division, or entire police department, it feels almost impossible, so most settled for plugging leaks."
Silver continues to bring books from the cart to the office. "Traditional methods will not work to catch them. You will need to find way to either quarantine small groups of them at time for testing, or to test them all at once."
>>106589
Stomping his hoof on the ground in frustration, he decides to accept Cauldron's offer in order not to risk her drowning as well.
However, he places his foreleg over three of the pots, trying to at least get something out of it.
(Cut the ones that are out of the foreleg's cover. That should lighten the load enough to maybe make it out of here.)
Since I go from heavy load to medium load by losing about 160lbs if I'm not mistaken.
Stomping his hoof on the ground in frustration, he decides to accept Cauldron's offer in order not to risk her drowning as well.
However, he places his foreleg over three of the pots, trying to at least get something out of it.
(Cut the ones that are out of the foreleg's cover. That should lighten the load enough to maybe make it out of here.)
Since I go from heavy load to medium load by losing about 160lbs if I'm not mistaken.
>>106592
Silver is silent for a bit while he considers this. "Do you believe they would be willing to cooperate with Black Hooves, should you all decide you are ones to administer testing?"
Silver is silent for a bit while he considers this. "Do you believe they would be willing to cooperate with Black Hooves, should you all decide you are ones to administer testing?"
>>106592
The amount is 5 pots maximum, each weighting 80lbs each. 1 pot would be light load, 2-3 is medium and 4-5 is heavy load. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to walk at all.
As for the option to go with it...
Iron, instead of complying with the extremely worried zebra and confident of his ability not to drown in a pool of water, starts the trek towards the edge.
Something worth mentioning. I have either 13 or 1 round/s of not drowning depending on what character score means. After that it's a fort save not to inhale the water, which should be helped by endurance.
The amount is 5 pots maximum, each weighting 80lbs each. 1 pot would be light load, 2-3 is medium and 4-5 is heavy load. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to walk at all.
As for the option to go with it...
Iron, instead of complying with the extremely worried zebra and confident of his ability not to drown in a pool of water, starts the trek towards the edge.
Something worth mentioning. I have either 13 or 1 round/s of not drowning depending on what character score means. After that it's a fort save not to inhale the water, which should be helped by endurance.
>>106595
Iron dismisses the neurotic zebra, and tries to walk on along the bottom
>>106596
“The current police chief was confirmed in place after the surrender, and while the administration has not been loyal enough to be reliable as an instrument of the caretaker government, neither have they been rebellious. Besides, if they didn’t comply, we could just dissolve the current administrative structure and replace it with a new one. The SSA has ultimate authority to do pretty much anything in the occupied regions, so long as it is in keeping with its mission.”
Iron dismisses the neurotic zebra, and tries to walk on along the bottom
>>106596
“The current police chief was confirmed in place after the surrender, and while the administration has not been loyal enough to be reliable as an instrument of the caretaker government, neither have they been rebellious. Besides, if they didn’t comply, we could just dissolve the current administrative structure and replace it with a new one. The SSA has ultimate authority to do pretty much anything in the occupied regions, so long as it is in keeping with its mission.”
>>106597
Iron does so, maintaining a straight line towards the edge furthest from the temple and the scary things that spawned with it.
(I cannot say whether it is safer down here or above ground where everything bleeds from the eyes.)
Iron does so, maintaining a straight line towards the edge furthest from the temple and the scary things that spawned with it.
(I cannot say whether it is safer down here or above ground where everything bleeds from the eyes.)
>>106597
"Perhaps I am wrong in my assessment, but I do not think it would be outside of abilities of Black Hooves to take over administration of changeling testing, should Black Hooves determine it to be severe enough security threat and they get complete cooperation of police administration."
"Perhaps I am wrong in my assessment, but I do not think it would be outside of abilities of Black Hooves to take over administration of changeling testing, should Black Hooves determine it to be severe enough security threat and they get complete cooperation of police administration."
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>>106600
nervous sweating
Anything in particular or just swimming rolls?
I'll go with just one swimming roll to play it safe.
>>106600
nervous sweating
Anything in particular or just swimming rolls?
I'll go with just one swimming roll to play it safe.
>>106601
Suffice it to say that he is less successful in pulling himself forward now than he was earlier
Suffice it to say that he is less successful in pulling himself forward now than he was earlier
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>>106602
Oh I see now.
Iron perseveres in his stubborn decision.
(I have to give it my all! I must prove myself worthy!)
>>106602
Oh I see now.
Iron perseveres in his stubborn decision.
(I have to give it my all! I must prove myself worthy!)
>>106600
"Through traditional methods, perhaps, but there are multiple ways to find changelings as you said. Skilled mage could use magic to divinate location of any disguised changelings inside department. You could covertly put specific chemicals into department's water or coffee supply to force them to drop their disguises; even infiltrators have to maintain appearances, including participating in traditional workplace rituals like normal ponies do. I heard they found special kind of electrical pulse that is harmless to ponies but extraordinarily painful to changelings during war, but I do not know how substantiated those rumors are."
"Through traditional methods, perhaps, but there are multiple ways to find changelings as you said. Skilled mage could use magic to divinate location of any disguised changelings inside department. You could covertly put specific chemicals into department's water or coffee supply to force them to drop their disguises; even infiltrators have to maintain appearances, including participating in traditional workplace rituals like normal ponies do. I heard they found special kind of electrical pulse that is harmless to ponies but extraordinarily painful to changelings during war, but I do not know how substantiated those rumors are."
>>106605
Silver can only shrug. "In truth, I do not know if there is. But I do know that best solutions to problems tend to be simplest. At very least trying something is better than doing nothing." He gives a half-joking smile. "Perhaps solution is waving bright light throughout department for changelings to follow?"
Silver can only shrug. "In truth, I do not know if there is. But I do know that best solutions to problems tend to be simplest. At very least trying something is better than doing nothing." He gives a half-joking smile. "Perhaps solution is waving bright light throughout department for changelings to follow?"
>>106607
Silver remains confused about this reaction. He tilts his head at the appearant astonishment. "Something wrong?"
Silver remains confused about this reaction. He tilts his head at the appearant astonishment. "Something wrong?"
>>106615
I don’t even know. It made sense at midnight last night while I was staring at my phone in the dark
I don’t even know. It made sense at midnight last night while I was staring at my phone in the dark
>>106617
I just wanted to continue a trend where she misunderstands Silver’s jokes, and is shocked at something innocuous
I just wanted to continue a trend where she misunderstands Silver’s jokes, and is shocked at something innocuous
>>106623
"He has asked me to help him in his endeavors. I was hoping you had more information on people or groups of interest, or other relevant information which might prove useful. Or that you knew who to go to for such information."
"He has asked me to help him in his endeavors. I was hoping you had more information on people or groups of interest, or other relevant information which might prove useful. Or that you knew who to go to for such information."
>>106624
“Oh. Yes. Let me look”
Skies goes back to her office, and peer support through files on her desk. Then she looks through a black file folder of Manila files, also on her desk. She moves over to the counter space by the wall, looks over files, then through her shelf, and at last over to her couch, where she moves her jacket and finds a file
“Here it is. This is the file with more information”
“Oh. Yes. Let me look”
Skies goes back to her office, and peer support through files on her desk. Then she looks through a black file folder of Manila files, also on her desk. She moves over to the counter space by the wall, looks over files, then through her shelf, and at last over to her couch, where she moves her jacket and finds a file
“Here it is. This is the file with more information”
>>106625
"Ah, Спасибо! This should help tremendously." Silver sets his current load of books down to look through the file.
"Ah, Спасибо! This should help tremendously." Silver sets his current load of books down to look through the file.
>>106627
That would probably take too long. A quick flip-through for now.
"Would it be against regulation for me to take this with me? It seems like expansive read."
That would probably take too long. A quick flip-through for now.
"Would it be against regulation for me to take this with me? It seems like expansive read."
>>106629
"No, that would be ridiculous. I simply wish to be able to go through this before mission. Lower chances of somepony getting seriously injured, or worse."
"No, that would be ridiculous. I simply wish to be able to go through this before mission. Lower chances of somepony getting seriously injured, or worse."
>>106632
Silver does so, sitting down in an available seat. "At least this time, Dark Star will have me to take bullets for him, should it come to blows."
Silver does so, sitting down in an available seat. "At least this time, Dark Star will have me to take bullets for him, should it come to blows."
>>106639
Silver smiles at her. "Thank you, but I know I am just doing for him what he would do for me. I will do my best to ensure that next time you see him will not be in hospital."
Silver smiles at her. "Thank you, but I know I am just doing for him what he would do for me. I will do my best to ensure that next time you see him will not be in hospital."
>>106642
"Yes, I am still sorry to hear what happened." He reaches over and pets the blue Pegasus. "I have not told him as much, yet, but should it come to either saving my life, or saving his own, I hope he will make right choice, and leave me behind."
"Yes, I am still sorry to hear what happened." He reaches over and pets the blue Pegasus. "I have not told him as much, yet, but should it come to either saving my life, or saving his own, I hope he will make right choice, and leave me behind."
>>106644
"That is not to say I have any plans of dying." Silver continues to pet her. He tries to think of ways to change the subject so he does not depress Skies. "I hope work is treating you well."
"That is not to say I have any plans of dying." Silver continues to pet her. He tries to think of ways to change the subject so he does not depress Skies. "I hope work is treating you well."
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