[GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion

...I hereby use my admin powers to crown thee, Ironmonger, King of (bad)Puns!

Ye may rise.

O. Hinds wrote:Yeah... I finished the Hanako and Shizune paths and then got distracted part of the way through the Lilly path.
I'm not sure about Blackjack at the moment; her physical issues are pretty much taken care of. Cancery, one-eyed wobbly-legged Blackjack probably could, if... Though, actually, considering the state of 99's educational system, maybe going through highschool would help.
Oh, nice Boo and Blackjack art, by the way.

I've known about KS since the first appearance of the image that ended up being the inspiration for starting the project, so how is it I've only gotten to the end of chapter 1...
Yeah I suppose she is doing pretty well, for her, at least.
And thank you very much.

@RoboRed, guarddogjr, Cptadder, and ketchup504
I'm very glad you all enjoyed the picture, thank you.

Kippershy wrote:Did I ever tell you I love you?
My heart, it bleeds.

I love you too, Kipper. I'm sorry about your heart though...

swicked wrote:That reminds me of something, but I don't know quite what.
It's nice, though.

Well, I was trying to go for a somewhat typical "dog resting its head on your lap" feeling, though I didn't reference any particular pieces, if you do figure out what specifically it reminds you of I'd be interested to hear. And thank you very much.

RoboRed wrote:...I hereby use my admin powers to crown thee, Ironmonger, King of (bad)Puns!

Ye may rise.

Used to be that I actually had to try to make these puns but now I look at something and they form.
If a Turkish soldier uses a machine gun that makes it an Ottomatic weapon.

RoboRed wrote:

Cptadder wrote:@Wave all Boo fanart is good art
I was watching the daily show today and it suddenly came to me that we should get Somber an avatar for the forums here.

Who's with me?

*raises hand* I'll volunteer to make something.

CamoBadger wrote:

Cptadder wrote:
I was watching the daily show today and it suddenly came to me that we should get Somber an avatar for the forums here.

Who's with me?

Never mind, more important project here. How would we go about that?

This is simple, to get Somber an avatar we simply present somber with a few selections of possible avatar and wait for Somber to pick one.

Alternatively we spread a rumor about how much we judge people who don't have avatars. I know I do, Silently judge you that is.
Even as we speak

That's me in the middle. Who wants to be the Viking and Samurai respectively?

Vergil wrote:

Ironmonger wrote:

IncoherentOrange wrote:Best six minutes of my day.

So, today in my Social Studies 10 course, we were talking about the Neolithic Age, and religion of the time, the one practiced by ancient Sumerians. I mentioned Occam's Razor, and nobody knew what I was talking about except my teacher, who was impressed. Made me feel smart.

As an amateur historian that made me smile a little.

As an actual historian this made me smile a little!

Oh? Interesting.

Ironmonger wrote:Viking and Samurai

...Fuck whoever cancelled Deadliest Warrior. Fuck those people with the moon. With the moon!

Valikdu wrote:

Ironmonger wrote:Viking and Samurai

...Fuck whoever cancelled Deadliest Warrior. Fuck those people with the moon. With the moon!

That show was pointless and you know it. Take a couple of stereotypes completely out of context, declare a winner, and then make some pretty CGI to "prove" it! That's how science works, right?

Elementary, dear Sindri.

Sindri wrote:That show was pointless and you know it.

Yes.
But it was fun. Also, there were some weapons I didn't know about before.

@TV only things I actually bother watching are documentaries on science, history, and nature. And the weather. I may be a foul-mouthed Pun King but I'm also a scholar.

WHEN SUDDENLY

Vergil wrote:WHEN SUDDENLY

You know I always read Project Horizons with Rainbow Dash's voice in my head, and I always imagined BJ looking kinda like her.

So, I was gone for over a week (blame Borderlands 2) did I miss anything important?

Vergil wrote:WHEN SUDDENLY

I'll accept this.

I had a few thoughts on big guns in the FoE universe. Nukes/BFB's tend to vaporize or heavily damage everything for a good radius, so wouldn't tanks and other vehicles be few and far between? LittlePip found the Sky Bandit but for all we know that could be just a stroke of fortune. Sky carriages can only be pulled by Pegasi IIRC so that limits their use somewhat, to what degree would be dependent on the EP/U/P ratio in the population. In my headcannon I always figured that large forces would use field guns, or at the very least, civil war-esque cannons on possibly modern mounts. Thoughts?

Well, the zebras also used dragons in the war, so they had less use for vehicles when they had living-death-machines on their side

Ironmonger wrote:I had a few thoughts on big guns in the FoE universe. Nukes/BFB's tend to vaporize or heavily damage everything for a good radius, so wouldn't tanks and other vehicles be few and far between? LittlePip found the Sky Bandit but for all we know that could be just a stroke of fortune. Sky carriages can only be pulled by Pegasi IIRC so that limits their use somewhat, to what degree would be dependent on the EP/U/P ratio in the population. In my headcannon I always figured that large forces would use field guns, or at the very least, civil war-esque cannons on possibly modern mounts. Thoughts?

I disagree with your headcannon for three reasons
1. Robots, Zebras used lots of robots, more than the Equestrians and Zebras made tanks using canons and recoiless weaponry so heavy canon makes little sense
2. Sky carriages are Pegesus only but there are plenty of normal carriages that are just weight offset so Earth ponies can pull them easily. IE while a Sky carriage has a complicated hover system a normal ground carriage just has enough to offset the weight of the carriage itself when activated so your just pulling the load. They could go further and make out and out hover tanks but seeing the recharge requirements means treads and traditional tanks
3. They were not tossing around Balefire bombs like candy as the things were expensive to make. There was not a balefire bomb unit inside a Regiment.

Were there towed guns? Sure, I can see Pony 88's to take down the larger Zebra robots. Remember the Zebras make them big because they lack the crystals to make them small so their robots run on oil or coal... or money or something but not gems. And if there ARE gems its as few as possible because Gems are a strategic resource they are fighting over.

Cptadder wrote:

Ironmonger wrote:I had a few thoughts on big guns in the FoE universe. Nukes/BFB's tend to vaporize or heavily damage everything for a good radius, so wouldn't tanks and other vehicles be few and far between? LittlePip found the Sky Bandit but for all we know that could be just a stroke of fortune. Sky carriages can only be pulled by Pegasi IIRC so that limits their use somewhat, to what degree would be dependent on the EP/U/P ratio in the population. In my headcannon I always figured that large forces would use field guns, or at the very least, civil war-esque cannons on possibly modern mounts. Thoughts?

I disagree with your headcannon for three reasons
1. Robots, Zebras used lots of robots, more than the Equestrians and Zebras made tanks using canons and recoiless weaponry so heavy canon makes little sense
2. Sky carriages are Pegesus only but there are plenty of normal carriages that are just weight offset so Earth ponies can pull them easily. IE while a Sky carriage has a complicated hover system a normal ground carriage just has enough to offset the weight of the carriage itself when activated so your just pulling the load. They could go further and make out and out hover tanks but seeing the recharge requirements means treads and traditional tanks
3. They were not tossing around Balefire bombs like candy as the things were expensive to make. There was not a balefire bomb unit inside a Regiment.

Were there towed guns? Sure, I can see Pony 88's to take down the larger Zebra robots. Remember the Zebras make them big because they lack the crystals to make them small so their robots run on oil or coal... or money or something but not gems. And if there ARE gems its as few as possible because Gems are a strategic resource they are fighting over.

Forgot to specify that I was talking after the war. Made my list and checked it twice yet still forgot. The robots make sense actually and I forgot about many of those too, it's just that I've yet to see anything in the FoE universe that I remember capable of mounting decent artillery. As for tracked armored vehicles I've only seen one of those and that was the tank the Zebras used in whatever chapter of PH that was. Towed artillery just makes more sense to me because a gun barrel is relatively easy to make and so is the mount. With the technology that is still around they could be upgraded to something even more destructive. There's also the idea of making a mobile robotic gun...

EDIT: I appreciate the efforts of anyone and everyone who takes time out to give me feedback on my little ideas (okay that pun was accidental >_>).

Cptadder wrote:Remember the Zebras make them big because they lack the crystals to make them small so their robots run on oil or coal... or money or something but not gems. And if there ARE gems its as few as possible because Gems are a strategic resource they are fighting over.

Reciprocating diesels, gas turbine engines, or high-energy-density alchemically-produced batteries, according to my headcanon.

O. Hinds wrote:

Cptadder wrote:Remember the Zebras make them big because they lack the crystals to make them small so their robots run on oil or coal... or money or something but not gems. And if there ARE gems its as few as possible because Gems are a strategic resource they are fighting over.

Reciprocating diesels, gas turbine engines, or high-energy-density alchemically-produced batteries, according to my headcanon.

This. It made me think instantly of Mech Warrior/Battle Tech/Warhammer 40k/Chrome Hounds.

I almost expect a future Mechanical Engineer's Guide to Fallout: Equestria with some of these posts.

Caoimhe wrote:I almost expect a future Mechanical Engineer's Guide to Fallout: Equestria with some of these posts.

Quit givin' folks ideas!

Ironmonger wrote:

O. Hinds wrote:

Cptadder wrote:Remember the Zebras make them big because they lack the crystals to make them small so their robots run on oil or coal... or money or something but not gems. And if there ARE gems its as few as possible because Gems are a strategic resource they are fighting over.

Reciprocating diesels, gas turbine engines, or high-energy-density alchemically-produced batteries, according to my headcanon.

This. It made me think instantly of Mech Warrior/Battle Tech/Warhammer 40k/Chrome Hounds.

Same...now I'm picturing a zebra rollin' around with a MadCat...

CamoBadger wrote:

Ironmonger wrote:

O. Hinds wrote:

Cptadder wrote:Remember the Zebras make them big because they lack the crystals to make them small so their robots run on oil or coal... or money or something but not gems. And if there ARE gems its as few as possible because Gems are a strategic resource they are fighting over.

Reciprocating diesels, gas turbine engines, or high-energy-density alchemically-produced batteries, according to my headcanon.

This. It made me think instantly of Mech Warrior/Battle Tech/Warhammer 40k/Chrome Hounds.

Same...now I'm picturing a zebra rollin' around with a MadCat...

Damn pissed-off house-cats and their PPC's. What we really need to be wary of is a Blackjack in a Ragnarok. *shudders in terror*

Oh god...the horror...SOMEBODY DRAW IT!
And she can be fighting Lancer in a Deathadder!

*painful memories of survival mode in Mech Assault 2: Lone Wolf* Ragnarok's and Ymir's (that name made me think of Sweet Potaotes or "Yams" as a kid) are dangerous if you don't have a plan or they take you by surprise. Mad Cat's, Deathadders, and various "plinkers" like the Atlas are much more dangerous in general. *aneurysm*

Sorry no Zebra mechs. Remember the square cubed law is a bitch for ground pressure. Big heavy diesel engines are not idea for keeping mech weight down so you can mount the armor and weaponry to make it worth it.

Ponies on the other hand Screw your square cubed law I've got Anti-gravity Gemstones!

Ironmonger wrote:*painful memories of survival mode in Mech Assault 2: Lone Wolf* Ragnarok's and Ymir's (that name made me think of Sweet Potaotes or "Yams" as a kid) are dangerous if you don't have a plan or they take you by surprise. Mad Cat's, Deathadders, and various "plinkers" like the Atlas are much more dangerous in general. *aneurysm*

As much as those games were...kinda disappointing when related to the rest of the MechWarrior universe, I can agree with that. Deathadder fight...my god I hope you didn't run in there with anything less than a Loki...

CamoBadger wrote:

Ironmonger wrote:*painful memories of survival mode in Mech Assault 2: Lone Wolf* Ragnarok's and Ymir's (that name made me think of Sweet Potaotes or "Yams" as a kid) are dangerous if you don't have a plan or they take you by surprise. Mad Cat's, Deathadders, and various "plinkers" like the Atlas are much more dangerous in general. *aneurysm*

As much as those games were...kinda disappointing when related to the rest of the MechWarrior universe, I can agree with that. Deathadder fight...my god I hope you didn't run in there with anything less than a Loki...

I usually went straight for a Ymir or Ragnarok. Occasionally I would go in with just power armor and be the biggest irritation I can possibly be. I once played hide-and-go-fuck-yourself as power armor vs a thor in the arena map. Freaking hilarious.