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#Post#: 1649--------------------------------------------------
Initiation
By: Foxtrot Date: November 26, 2016, 12:39 pm
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Foxtrot lays in his bunk as he blankly stares at the ceiling.
The soreness in his muscles are a reminder of Agent 04's
activity the previous night. It makes him think about his
current predicament. He's a soldier again; not of fortune like
The 26, but once again of Equestria. Is strange, it feels like
forever since he was discharged, yet he remembers it like it
happened yesterday. The debriefing; telling his Commander's of
what happened to his platoon, of what happened to him. They
weren't the best memories, but he'll be damned if he ever
forgets what happened that fateful day. Leggett, Paddock,
Strider, Saetta, just a few names of those who fell under his
leadership. Could he do it again? After all this time, after
everything's that happened with The 26, The Phantom Initiative,
could he really just take command again? Foxtrot want sure, but
he made a commitment. He took an opportunity and he wasn't going
to back down now. The unicorn simply becomes lost in his
thoughts as he waits for an update or new orders to follow. He's
part of Equinox now, and he's gotta make it count.
#Post#: 1650--------------------------------------------------
Re: Initiation
By: Equinox Date: November 27, 2016, 6:36 am
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Foxtrot is located in one of 50 barracks in Montanha Citadel.
Although each barrack holds 1,000, it is broken up into 10
smaller sections of one large barrack. Foxtrot would be in one.
This smaller section that Foxtrot was in had a dozen or so other
soldiers of other units, ranks, and races, all of them doing
their own thing, reading, talking, sleeping, whatever you can
think of. A complete mix of soldiers.
As Foxtrot sat in his bunk, he would soon hear another soldier
approaching him. The soldier in question was wearing simple grey
fatigues, as opposed to the regular grey EQUINOX armour. He was
an earth pony with a tan coat and short-cut crimson mane. Many
in the bunks knew him as 'Trickster', always playing
light-hearted pranks on others, especially the new recruits.
Officially, he was Cpl. Trick Foot of the 8th Combat Unit
Battalion, Canterlot Division. He approaches Foxtrot and says
"Yo Fox, heard that Commander Broadshield wants to see you
personally. Sent me over to pass the message to you." he says,
the way he speaks making him sound like a jock in high school,
which conveniently, he was before he joined.
#Post#: 1652--------------------------------------------------
Re: Initiation
By: Foxtrot Date: November 27, 2016, 9:46 pm
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Foxtrot sits up, ears perked as he hears Trick Foot. "Does he
now? Alright, I'll head right over." Getting up, the unicorn
stretches and trots out, giving the corporal a pat on the
shoulder. "Thanks for the heads up." He traverses through the
base, somewhat familiar with the layout. It takes some time but
he gets to Broadshield's office. He sees the open door and
knocks on the frame. "Good day Commander. You wanted to see me?"
#Post#: 1656--------------------------------------------------
Re: Initiation
By: Broadshield Date: November 30, 2016, 5:26 am
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Broadshield is looking down on several files as Foxtrot arrives.
"Foxtrot, thank you for arriving on short notice. Take a seat."
he says as he motions Foxtrot to take a seat. "I would like to
talk to you about your platoon, which we talked about when you
first joined." he says.
#Post#: 1658--------------------------------------------------
Re: Initiation
By: Foxtrot Date: November 30, 2016, 10:04 am
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Foxtrot sits down and gets comfortable. He knew this
conversation was going to happen sooner or later. "Yea, it's
been quite a while since I led a unit. I... want it to go better
this time."
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Re: Initiation
By: Broadshield Date: December 3, 2016, 9:18 pm
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"I heard. I also know what happened." he says, placing a file on
the table. "Took some work, ol' Stonehoof wasn't easy to
convince, but I did find the files on the incident. Everything
about the incident, reports from the teams sent to the location,
all of Colonel Razor Wind's notes during a debrief, and... the
files of all 24 soldiers of the 22nd Frontier Guard that lost
their lives." he says, struggling to find the words to say in a
tactful and respectful manner.
"Aside from that, I also am aware of your activities between you
leaving the guard, to us meeting in that graveyard on our way to
taking down the 26 only a few months back." he says, placing
another folder on the table. "Since your recruitment into
EQUINOX, you have been a model soldier, exemplifying the values
of EQUINOX, and performing all of your missions with success."
he says, placing one more folder on the desk, unlike the others,
this one is labeled with EQUINOX.
"Szar and myself have both been reviewing you to see on whether
or not you truly are ready to lead again. You are a skilled
soldier, and you have the ability to lead ponies. But before
anything else, I want to make sure you are truly ready for this.
This may be hard, after what has happened, and taking command of
a platoon is no easy feat. he says, pausing to take a drink. "So
I want to hear from you Foxtrot, do you believe you are ready to
lead again, and why?" he asks Foxtrot.
#Post#: 1671--------------------------------------------------
Re: Initiation
By: Foxtrot Date: December 4, 2016, 9:31 pm
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Foxtrot doesn't answer at first, he's silent for a good minute.
Eyes distantly starting, the classic thousand yard stare. After
that long pause he snaps back to reality, and looks to
Broadshield. "Yes. I think I can lead again... It’ll take time.
It'll take training. I'll need to know everyone under my
command. But after all that time, I'm sure I can get the job
done."
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Re: Initiation
By: Broadshield Date: December 6, 2016, 11:20 pm
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Broadshield also stares at Foxtrot for about a minute or so
after he finishes talking, almost like he was scanning him.
Eventually he gathers all of the files and puts them all away,
still not saying anything. Eventually he makes his way to the
door and says. "Come with me." he says. Stepping outside, he
leads Foxtrot through the EQUINOX base.
"As part of your... new training, you'll be sent on missions,
working with your platoon, training them and training with them,
learn more about each and every one of them, and improve
cohesion on the battlefield. I'm confident that you and your
platoon will do well, but we shall see soon enough." he says to
Foxtrot as they make their way through the base.
Eventually they make their way into an observation deck
overlooking one of the many training rooms. On the floor of the
training room are roughly 30 or so soldiers, some talking, some
resting, some training, all of them waiting. "Well, down there
is your platoon. These are the ponies who will be following you.
Well, you ready to go down and meet them? I'll be ready when you
are." he says standing at the door which lead to stairs leading
down to the training room.
#Post#: 1677--------------------------------------------------
Re: Initiation
By: Foxtrot Date: December 9, 2016, 3:32 pm
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Foxtrot scans the group, observing each one that he'll be in
charge of. He takes a deep breath and nods, "Alright, let's get
to it." The unicorn trots forward and makes his way down the
stairs. His heart beats slightly faster with anticipation as he
remembers the faces of those under his command before. [I]'It'll
be different this time. I won't make the same mistake
again.'[/i]
#Post#: 1679--------------------------------------------------
Re: Initiation
By: Broadshield Date: December 11, 2016, 5:44 am
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Broadshield leads Foxtrot down the stairs into the training
room. Soon enough, the new soldiers notice and form ranks,
standing at attention. "At ease soldiers." Broadshield says, all
soldiers relaxing but keeping silent, listening to what
Broadshield is going to say next.
"I know many of you may be wondering why I have gathered you
here today on such short notice. All of you have settled into
your roles here at EQUINOX, each of you part of your respective
units. But, the reason why you are all here is because you have
all shown to be capable soldiers in your own right, but also to
further bolster your skills through working with other soldiers,
and be part of a new platoon. And this platoon, will be led by
1st Lieutenant Foxtrot, who I'm sure at least some of you have
met during your time here." he says. The soldiers say nothing,
but it is easy to tell that each soldier here has either met or
at least heard of Foxtrot in the past.
"With working under Lieutenant Foxtrot's command, you will all
follow his orders as if they were mine. All of you will be
transferred to different barracks so that you are all together
to further build cohesion and relations between each other. For
the most part you will all partake in missions together, and
will be spending a good amount of your spare time interacting
with each other. I'll give you all a few minutes to get to know
each other, before you'll be debriefed and dismissed." he says
before stepping off to the side, followed by soldiers going up
and introducing themselves to their new leader.
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