Welcome back to thread number like 5 or 6 of Occupied Equestria, a My Little Pony RP based heavily upon the Equestria at War mod for Hearts of Iron 4, and using the mechanics of D&D 3.5, and set in South-East Equestria after it has been conquered and split between the Changelings and a foreign fascist power
Onyx is cleaning glasses, Spark has secured a contract to clear a quarry of Zombies for a real estate developer, Silver is eating meat, Ash and Iron are trying to raid what they believe to be a gangster's den, and Dark Star is holding hooves.
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>>74799Now that one goes far. She eventually hears it hit what must be a wall or door
>>74792>>74799Iron follows "Alright, let us stick together and go for one corridor. When we reach the possible door, we enter shield facing each side." Iron whispers to Ash while she does her actions.
>>74802Position is still walking backwards, protecting Ash from flankshots.
>>74800"Here you go."
Dark Star gets out of the taxi and walks towards the hotel
>>74803Four directions. Forwards, left, right, back. Which position does Iron take?
>>74793The 15 feet is uneventful. She is now in a sort of Twilight zone, where she can't see the floor that well, although shinier objects would be visible
>>74804And thus it is so
"I had a good time" Blue is walking towards the hotel
Sister Ash continues this process, throwing rocks pathetic distances and taking short steps, all the while using her shield for cover as she makes her way down the hallway.
>>74805Basically, the opposite of Ash's direction. If she is forwards, I am backwards.
>>74806Iron follows while she does it.
>>74805She casts Light on a rock and moves forward, levitating it ahead of her.
>>74805"i did to,i always have a good time when im with you."
>>74808Door at the end of the hallway is 50 ft down from her 30 ft, and the hallway is illuminated.... well enough
>>74809Alright, now does Dark Star enter the building with her?
>>74810What does that even mean? Is there a door at 50ft or what?
>>74810She doesn't see any shooters or traps?
"That's... Odd..." She says, still holding her shield in front of her for cover as she creeps towards the door.
>>74813Iron keeps her back secured with his shield as he follows her.
>>74813Roll a spot check
>>74812Door 50 ft away from her position after going 30 ft down the hallway
[1d20 = 15]>>74813"Remember, there will probably be an ambush on the sides. Prepare formation when ready to breach." Iron whispers to Ash, concerned. This is an ambush haven. He decides to spot for anything that may seem dangerous.
>>74815Ah, now I get it. Thanks.
[1d20+5 = 13]>>74815Rolling with the dog instead, since he has low-light vision.
[1d20+5 = 25]>>74818... Although, 2 spotters couldn't hurt
>>74819>>74818>>74816I wish these were combat rolls, but if the enemy is going to be a pussy...
>>74816Down the hallway, 15ft from the door, (s)he can see in the dim light a red object and a beige object. He looks closer and can see that there is a shotgun shell affixed to a board, with a mouse trap. Even more closely, (s)he can see a fishing line strung across the hallway
>>74817Seabreeze sees the two, and Blue Skies shows a badge that she kept in her folded wing to a security officer. To the room I take it?
>>74822"Spotted a trap. 15 hooves away from the door." Iron calls out silently.
>>74823Geddit? Cuz ponies have hooves?
>>74822Sister Ash picks up her stick, and breaks s piece off of it as torch.
She moves ahead slowly, still using her shield as cover as she burns the threads one buy one.
>>74822"There's Sea Breeze. He'll Probably want to talk to me. ill meet you in the room."
Dark Star pats her head
>>74825She can barely see the fishing line, but she does see that it burns and breaks. The one trap is neutralized
>>74827"Alright, but I have to get back soon so if you take too long I will need to go back anyways"
I take it he approaches Sea Breeze
[1d20 = 14]>>74830Iron, paranoid because one of them got him, spots again for any traps.
>>74832"Dark Star!" He seems genuinely warm to him
"We've been working with the fruits of your success all morning, and we'll still be working on it for several days. Do you mind coming with me?"
>>74830She takes off her other buckler, then cowers behind her tower shield as she waves the buckler blindly all over the hallway to trigger more strings.
>>74833"uh, yes sir. right away." he looks back towards blue then looks back to Sea Breeze "um, you aren't mad about the fire are you?"
>>74834Iron still follows, still looking backwards.
>>74831>>74831If there are any traps down that hallway, then they must be either magical or rather well hidden, because he can't see any. The one he saw earlier, and the two that have been set off, were decidedly neither magical nor carefully hidden
>>74834No shotgun sounds, nor do spikes fall down from the ceiling, nor falling rocks
>>74835He laughs
"We'll talk about this in private"
He looks to Blue Skies
"Blue, your lunch break ended 15 minutes ago. Come with us"
Sea Breeze gets up, and tries to limp towards the hallway, using his magic to lift his rear prosthetic leg
>>74836There is no one behind him. That he can see.
>>74837Dark Star Gives Blue An apologetic look
>>74837She continues to flail the buckler about as she creeps forward behind her tower shield, now taking off her medium shield and flails it through the air along with it.
>>74837Iron notes this trap for later, ensuring he will not trigger it when they explore the corridor opposite of this one. "We seem to be safe from traps, for now. Hope we did not spook any remaining members that were stationed here," Iron whispers to Ash. "The fact that they rigged this place with them means we will find information, probably for finding your target."
>>74840"It can't hurt to make sure..." Sister says, still flailing her shields around the hallway until she reaches the door.
>>74841Iron follows. "It is true."
Do they make it to the door?
>>74838She sighs, and lowers her head as she trots forward
Sea Breeze limps to a room that is 3 doors down, opens it, and lets the two in. Blue Skies takes a seat in the center, and Sea Breeze sits down in a chair across from where Dark Star would be sitting.
Sea Breeze says "This one here has been giving reports of what she saw and heard all morning. Well, much of the morning, but we have not heard from you.
We counted 15 dead ponies, 5 critically injured, one who died this morning and 4 in our custody, two live prisoners, 10 dead griffons - 9 of those from a sea crew - one critically injured griffon, 3 unconscious griffons who were waking up as our teams came in and taken prisoner, and one injured griffon crewgrif taken prisoner. And a Changeling with a severed head..."
>>74844Yes. It is locked
>>74846>>74845Iron pokes Ash. "We may be dealing with another one of these traps the moment we open it. If you are going to open it, then stay away from the door and specially avoid the narrow gap when opening it."
>>74845When he starts tallying of the body count dark star gets a big grin on his face and it gets even bigger when he mentions the changeling.
"yes that seems accurate to what i saw,Sir."
>>74847"It's locked..." Sister Ash replies
"I think our only option may be.. breaking it down.."
>>74848"And two dead Baltimare police officers..."
>>74846Wood and steel. And by "steel" I do not mean one of those big freezer doors, just a relatively ordinary door
>>74849Iron is a bit annoyed. "While I can break it down, at least the lock, I may be shot by that kind of trap again. Maybe I can hit it with my back hooves while you hold your shield with telekinesis. You can do that, right?"
[1d20+5 = 25]>>74851"... It doesn't look that tough.."
>>74852"Let me try something." Ash replies
She stands back, using her shield as cover once again, levitating her greatclub, before hammering it into the door.
Roing to sunder
>>74850Dark Stars smile melts off his face
"The Changling that was impersonating marecuse gunned them down before she...it could be stopped."
>>74853>>74855>>74856Iron clearly can see that the door is being damaged by Ash. He prepares his shield, pointing it towards the door, awaiting the incoming trap.
>>74853The door splits right down the middle. No shotgun blast goes off, and there is light on the other side
>>74854Blue Skies interrupts
"'Worker' is the term for a female Changeling"
Sea Breeze continues after that. "It looks like in terms of the objectives, the mission was a complete success. Both advisers have been killed, and 1500 rifles were intercepted and destroyed. We know Prywhen sent the Griffin, and obviously the Changeling adviser is suspected as being fro the Changeling Empire. We are still awaiting data on who sent the guns. We know now that they intend to strike in the south, although it appears that this opperation has delayed that plan significantly. We have not located all of their safehouses in the city.
The decision to send in the troops made by Blue Skies here has had, shall we say, mixed results. It allowed us to not only capture the live prisoners in time, but several that had been shot and... bandaged up? Anyways, they will be interrogated soon enough. Unfortunately the troop presence has caused suspicion among the Leftwing activists of the city, who think that we did it. But we made sure to send in reserves with, shall we say, 'unloyal' griffins, who will report back that the seen they saw included deaths caused in ways the Blackhooves don't do. I mean, two eyes stabbed out? Impalement? We are doing are best to try to avoid tipping off the Communists that we knew about their operation. Right now, we want all eyes on the Waterfront gang and on griffin shipping"
[1d20 = 4]>>74858Iron does a spot check for any traps from the door onwards.
[1d20+5 = 20]>>74858Sister Ash dons a slightly smug expression as she watched Hal the door disintegrate from her strike.
She finishes jabbing away what's left of it until the hole is big enough to trot through.
Then doggo peers his head in.
Spot check
>>74860Iron is surprised by these events, but still thinks that he could do it better. "That is some luck there."
>>74860>>74859They are in a new room now. this room has some conveyor belts in it, and seems to have once been a location where cans were packed. The room is large, at least 50ft by 80ft. No pony is immediately visible in the room. The room is illuminated by natural light coming in from over head panels
>>74859The room has a number of objects in it none of which he can identify as traps or not
>>74862Iron awaits for Ash's recon to come back. "I think we may need that trick of light again just in case."
>>74862Ash and her dog slowly enter the room, Ash holding her shild up defensively as soon as she passes the threshold.
>>74861"I don't know what's going on here now, but somepony definitely hide.." she mutters, her tone low
>>74864*Definitely had something to hide
>>74864Iron steps up to be next to Ash, following her sideways. "I have no idea what this is."
>>74866"Neither do I.." she replies
"But I intend to find out."
>>74858"Yea the ponies that accepted the job, were strange to say the least but they all did very well. and sir may i suggest a bonus for Miss Skies here. i would not have been able to complete the mission without her. How would i fit into the current situation,sir? Want do you need me to do?"
>>74864The conveyor belt has an L shape and sort of cuts the room in two, being 25 ft away from the wall closest to Ash, and the right wall. When Ash enters the room, she can see that there is a railing of a second floor above them over the wall where they came from. Against the far wall are a few crates, a few jugs, and cages. This room does not have obvious pony presence, and most of the floor is open, although there are some boxes closer to the center
[1d20+14 = 16]>>74869Ash looks around for any sign of recent activity, her dog sniffing to detect any scents.
Rolling survival
because that's my highest mod
>>74870>>74869Iron inspects the crates, see what's inside and other small details of importance.
>>74871Sister Ash, likewise, appears interested in the cages
>>74868Skies takes the complement, with a "D'aww"
"Well, it looks like you can be promoted to a full officer, if you so desire. We know the location of one safe house, and of some of the communists involved. We will be releasing some of the prisoners soon enough in a controlled manner, hoping they will feed back false information about how much we know, as well as following them. Unfortunately, these have seen you and your team. We will be gathering more information about the whereabouts of the communists, but we don't want to attack again in a similar manner so soon, less we tip off what we know
What sort of deployment would you like?"
>>74871This varies. Some are empty. Some have jugs of who knows what. And some have Ammunition.
>>74870Doggo quickly wiffs up a smell of something dreadful, which hurts his sense of smell
>>74872These vary in size. A large one on the far side of the room could fit a Manticore. Most are smaller. Pony sized, or bunny sized. Black painted metal.
[1d20+5 = 12]>>74872>>74871"They wouldn't have booby-trappee this place if there were nothing to hide.. They must have been covering their tracks.."
Rolling Listen to detect any creatures
>>74873Iron shrugs and picks the ammunition up. It may sell for that vendor at Jungle Rush.
>>74874Sounds coming from a different room to the far left
>>74876Anything from oil on the floor to particularly rotten fish
[Omnivorous Horse Noises]
>>74873"They were holding a lot of different kinds of creatures here.. more than just ponies."
>>74877*Ears twitch*
"Something's there." Sister Ash whispers, making her way towards that side of the room, with her shield up.
>>74873"The Nun i Brought on mentioned that the water front gang foal-naps foals,i think i would like to be put on their case."
>>74879Iron stops what he's doing and regroups with Ash. He stores all ammo picked up and stores it in his bit pouch.
>>74882Ash puts her glowstone in her sack to delay it's effect, taking advantage of her dog's ability to maneuver in the natural light with it's vision and smell.
>>74884"Where is the noise coming from?" Iron whispers to Ash.
>>74885"It sounds like it's coming from that room over there. Let's check it out."
>>74886"I do not think we can be stealthy, I say we rush the position." Iron whispers as he slowly moves towards the room Ash pointed. "When you're ready, we run for the noise."
>>74878As Silver continues to violate the natural law with his beef roast, he can hear a couple conversations
"Did you hear about the Skyfall grand fleet?"
"Yes, It's going to affect the shipping routes for sure"
"Bullshit this herring is as good as they serve in in Nouvelle Aquellia"
"It isn't too salty though"
"That son of a mare killed my brother, and the police couldn't even arrest him"
"Well, do you expect them to? They can barely control crime as it is"
>>74881"Foal-napping, at the end of the day, is a criminal matter left to local authorities. That is not within our juridiction. One of those foals, I was told, is being held by a group of communists. We could take that child away. And if messing with the gang is you aim, there may be ways to get involved"
>>74879She can go to her left and eventually get to a door
>>74882If only you were a paladin
>>74889She makes her way over to the door quickly, holding her shield up in front of her, knowing that she's won't be able to operate stealthily anyway.
>>74887"Let's go then." She says, rushing for he door
>>74889Well, IDK how to paladin and fighter is a newbie class so I picked that. Next time, maybe.
>>74890Iron rushes along with her.
>>74893>>74890What do you mean by "rushing" for the door?
>>74891"Well, we believe they are facilitating arms trafficking. We may be able to cause a war within their ranks if they believe the robbery was perpetrated by one of their own, or make the Police crack down on them. And of course, you can always try to infiltrate again"
>>74892I linked the wrong post there, that was a mistake
>>74894Running straight towards the door, maybe even crashing through it if you want. Rush=Go quickly and without stealh
>>74895Alright. Iron goes to the door at the end of the room, and does so quickly
>>74896Don't forget Ash does this as well.
>>74895I say just going for it quickly.
I don't intend to crash into anything, yet.
>>74898>>74897They are at the door, and got there quickly
>>74896Ash stands back 10 feet and attempts to open the door with telekinesis.
>>74900The door opens regularly, as it was unlocked