Fallout Equestria: Third Time's the Charm (OOC, Open)

[Ozzy]

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here!!

Welcome everyone, to another iteration of NationStates' (in)famous Fallout Equestria series. It's exclusive to Yerushalem VI (except New Babylonia) because we aim to establish a permanent canon (or theme as you will) for the region, that and I love writing things with my friends and I think this is a perfect project to be doing so. I might consider working with other regions later, otherwise, feel free to join us to participate in the fun!

This is obviously non-canon to Kkat's story, as such, there'll be slight differences from her storyline.

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The year is 110 (Post War Era), Baltimare has become an economically powerful city state within the Rose Bloom Wasteland, boasting a population in the hundreds of thousands, the city developed a truly frightening self-sufficient arbitrary military on the Eastern Equestrian seaboard. However, the city soon became hoof to hoof with an equal force, the Steel Rangers; a powerful military faction that dates back to before the war, The Rangers expanded along the east coast of Equestria from the territories south, soon yearning for the destruction of Baltimare and the acquisition of the city's vital pre-war technology.

When the bombs fell at the end of the war, Baltimare was spared from a majority of the Zebras' balefire bombs thanks to the city's experimental strategic defense initiative. Despite a minimum loss of infrastructure, thousands perished from the radiation poisoning that temporarily blanketed the lands. Fortunately, Baltimare's inhabitants would quickly bounce back after the tragic event under the reign of the original mayor, a boisterous mare who eventually declared herself the president of 'New Equestria'. When a few years of scouting for other survivors proved fruitless, the President angrily ordered for the extermination of any non-ponies within the city. A brief and brutal civil war ensued, ending with a pony victory and the death of hundreds of zebras and griffons alike, their heads placed on pole spikes near the city walls, a macabre palisade that would keep even the most cocky raider gangs far from the city for the next five decades. Thus began the city's century-long road as a destined super power.

The city is widely known throughout Equestria for its agricultural technology and insane crop yield, bearing an ability to feed millions from its hydroponic farms if it wanted to. Baltimare also has a hoof in the weapons and medical industry and has earned many enemies, rarely ever making allies outside of vicious raider gangs to do their dirty work. The city's government is now ruled by an oligarchy, administered by a representative of the four sub-factions within the city, a divided yet very stable political system with differing goals. Rumors have it, that underneath the city; lies a shady inactive Ministry of Arcane Science bunker, housing a cloning facility and chemical weaponry capable of cleaning the continent of all life.

You will be one of many, to help forge the fate of the Equestrian Wastelands alongside those eager to end the conflict between the super powers in the Rose Bloom Wastes. Will you bring peace to the wastes and secure Equestria's position for a brighter future? Or will you choose the one side to lead to victory as the last faction standing?

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I'll list a couple locations for convenience and as a hearty suggestion for a good place to start; You can become a former stable dweller of the recently opened Stable 94, or as a traveler who came to rest at the Honeysuckle Inn, which doubles as a trading post on Route 64. Either way, it is up to you and all I ask you to notify me first so I set things accordingly for your character. Unless you are the leader of a faction, then you don't have to start at these places.

I'll have a map soon when I get around to it!!

A few things to know:

1. No godmodding or flamebaiting, basically, play fair and don't be disrespectful!
2. Don't post here whatsoever if you aren't invited or part of Yerushalem.
3. You can have as many characters as you want. However, you aren't allowed to control any NPCs unless you lead a faction.
4. Characters might die a lot, so don't be surprised if your character ends up getting killed. Especially don't be surprised if you had them charge a fortified parapet of Steel Ranger Paladins.

Character application

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Name:
Gender:
Species:
Appearance:
Description:
Gear:
Faction Affiliation:

Faction application:

Now this will be a bit different, for regional influence, just tell me if the faction is "minor" or "major", and we'll discuss things from there. What you want to fill out for Type is what kind of faction will it be; whether it will be a raider gang, slaver empire, technocratic android imperialistic flag burners, drag queen Hellhounds, etc. For Purpose, you tell me the goal of the faction and/or why it exists. Description will typically involve the history and origins of the faction. Lastly, Allies and Enemies is pretty self-explanatory, basically you list the other factions your group dislikes or has a pact of friendship with.

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Purpose:
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Allies:
Enemies:

The IC

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Bat pony screeches!!!

[Ozzy]

/reserved post

[Ozzy]

Character Dossier

Acid Rain:
Strength: 8
Perception: 10
Endurance: 9
Charisma: 6
Intelligence: 8
Agility: 9
Luck: 4

Armored Star:
Strength: 4
Perception: 7
Endurance: 5
Charisma: 6
Intelligence: 7
Agility: 5
Luck: 5

Aurora Skylight:
Strength: 4
Perception: 7
Endurance: 4
Charisma: 9
Intelligence: 11
Agility: 5
Luck: 5

Lady Poet:
Strength: 4
Perception: 7
Endurance: 6
Charisma: 10
Intelligence: 8
Agility: 4
Luck: 5

Mama Viscera:
Strength: 9
Perception: 4
Endurance: 10
Charisma: 4
Intelligence: 5
Agility: 7
Luck: 5

Onyx
Strength: 5
Perception: 5
Endurance: 5
Charisma: 8
Intelligence: 8
Agility: 5
Luck: 10

Opium:
Strength: 6
Perception: 4
Endurance: 6
Charisma: 8
Intelligence: 7
Agility: 5
Luck: 4

Pitch Black:
Strength: 4
Perception: 5
Endurance: 4
Charisma: 9
Intelligence: 8
Agility: 5
Luck: 5

Red Star:
Strength: 5
Perception: 5
Endurance: 5
Charisma: 6
Intelligence: 7
Agility: 4
Luck: 3

Sapphire Sands:
Strength: 4
Perception: 5
Endurance: 8
Charisma: 8
Intelligence: 5
Agility: 6
Luck: 4

Serendipity:
Strength: 6
Perception: 8
Endurance: 5
Charisma: 6
Intelligence: 5
Agility: 4
Luck: 8

Shining Night:
Strength: 7
Perception: 6
Endurance: 8
Charisma: 4
Intelligence: 7
Agility: 5
Luck: 2

Sky Sprinter:
Strength: 3
Perception: 5
Endurance: 5
Charisma: 2
Intelligence: 3
Agility: 5
Luck: 1

Windseeker:
Strength: 6
Perception: 9
Endurance: 7
Charisma: 8
Intelligence: 4
Agility: 9
Luck: 5

[The Flutterlands]

tagged.

[Das Metro]

Super-tag!

[New Babylonia]

Uber tag!

[New Babylonia]

Name: CloudNet Inc
Influence on region: Relatively minor, for now.
Type: An innovative tech corporation that builds robots, and weapons, and fun stuff like that.
Purpose: Why to eventually serve it's psychotic scientists creator's goal of taking over the world, of course. Duh.
Description: Started by literal pyschotic genius Aurora Skylight, CloudNet is home to the cutting edge of both insanity and technology! What could go wrong? CloudNet produces robots and androids, some general purpose, some for murder, and also has a surgeon's bay in it for things like bionic limbs and shit. Because why not. The main building of CloudNet is unsurprisingly heavily guarded by strange devices and weapons of all sorts that no one really understands. Or even knows if they work. Go ahead, go find out!
Allies: N/A
Enemies: N/A

Name: Aurora Skylight
Gender: Mare
Species: Unicorn
Appearance: Aqua/teal coat, mane and tail colored after the Aurora Borealis. Has an odd, ethereal glow due to dangerous chemical exposure.
Description: Pyschotic mad mare scientist in her early twenties. Extremely unpredictable and insane, she plans on world domination through the use of robotic armies. Is not beyond doing the most absurd shit ever. Even things you'd think most mad scientists wouldn't do. Like kidnapping a Goddess Alicorn, severing their connection, and replacing 75% of their brain with a super computer. How? Why? Who knows! But it makes yah think.
Faction Affiliation: CloudNet Inc

Name: Acid Rain
Gender: Mare
Species: Alicorn
Appearance: Greeeeennnn
Description: Subject of an insane experiment by Aurora Skylight. The madmare broke her connection to the Goddess, knocked her ass unconscious afterwards, dragged her to the lab, and replaced all the parts of her brain susceptible re connection with a super computer that uses the remaining part of her brain as a standard to keep up with and surpass normal biological brain ability's to process information. Her right eye is also replaced, along with about 60% of the rest of her body. A highly advanced secret fuel cell powers this machinery in tandem with her bodies own magic and energy, as well as back up stores, making this cyborg super soldier immune to things like EMPs. Designed and programmed to be Aurora's go-to assassin when she wants someone dead, and wants them dead yesterday.
Faction Affiliation: CloudNet Inc

[The Flutterlands]

Name: Pitch Black
Gender: Male
Species: Ghoul Unicorn
Description: An entirely black ghoul unicorn stallion with emerald green eyes.
Cutie Mark: A fox
Personality: Cunning, charming, manipulative, sly, sadistic, egotistical, power hungry, cowardly, but also some what compassionate, especially towards foals. A criminal mastermind. He's also bisexual, a smoker and a drinker.
Karma: Chaotic Evil
Strength. 4
Perception. 5
Endurance. 4
Charisma. 9
Intelligence. 8
Agility. 5
Luck. 5
Skill Tags:
Barter
Energy Weapons
Speech
Faction Affiliation: The New Black Fox Syndicate
Gear:
Black leather armour
A black tuxedo
Lazer pistol
knives
A pack of cigarettes
Bio: Pitch Black was born in the city of Manehatten. Not knowing who his parents were or what happened to them, he grew up in an orphanage. From a young age, Pitch Black was quite manipulative towards his peers, convincing them to do chores for him for false promises. However, despite his bullying, he stood up to other bullys for foals significantly younger than him. It was for his cunning and slyness that he got a fox for his cutiemark at the age of ten.
Eventually, Pitch Black ran away from the orphanage at the age of sixteen and entered a life crime. He was recruited into a gang and made a name for himself through many hiests and the trafficking of illegal chems. With his cunning manipulation and scheming, it wasn't long before Pitch worked himself hard to the top of the criminal hierarchy, declaring himself Overlord of the Manehatten underworld.
For years, Pitch Black became a name of fear and respect both within and without the Criminal world, ruling with an iron hoof, creating his own primary criminal organisation, The Black Fox Syndicate. When the war began and the Ministry of Morale started monitoring almost everypony in Equestria, Pitch had the Syndicate take subtler means in carrying out his goals, till eventually he and the syndicate seemingly disappeared altogether, with only whispers and rumours of their whereabouts. Even after the war, Pitch Black's name and his syndicate became legend told in countless stables of a pony who went from being a nopony to one of the most powerful figures in the Criminal underworld.
Only Pitch Black of The Black Fox Syndicate survived the war, being "lucky" enough to have ended up ghoulified when Manehatten was struck by megaspells. For over a century, he wondered the wasteland, and eventually settled in Baltimare. There, Pitch Black began regaining criminal influence and created a new organisation called The New Black Fox Syndicate.

Name: The New Black Fox Syndicate
Influence on region: Major
Type: Slaver gang and drug cartel
Purpose: To provide the region with slaves and all sorts of syndicate manufactured chems.
Description: The Black Fox Syndicate of Manehatten reincarnated into a slaver gang while keeping hold on some of it's roots as a chem cartel. Pitch Black founded the New Black Fox Syndicate five years ago with Stable 60 as it's HQ, and quickly gained influence over Baltimare through his usual manipulative and cunning flair. Inspired by the Slavers he encountered during his travels, Pitch made the syndicate a slaver gang in order to obtain more profit along with the profit made through chem manufacturing and selling. As a side gig, the New Black Fox Syndicate also runs a local orphanage, taking in foals who's parents are sold into slavery, killed by raiders or just all around homeless. The syndicate, under Pitch's strict rule, never use foals as slaves.
Allies: N/A
Enemies: Rival slaver gangs and drug cartels.

[Ozzy]

Alright, I reviewed your applications very carefully, Flutters and Babs.

Both are accepted, with virtually no exceptions. I'm satisfied with the applications. Nice touch of the SPECIAL stats, Flutterlands. One of the reserved posts below the OP will be like a dossier of everyone's character, so that players can keep track of who's who and the like. Perhaps, we'll incorporate the SPECIAL traits into them, just for fun.

[Das Metro]

Name: Madame Poet (Also called Lady Poet)
Gender: Mare, darling
Species: Alicorn? (If Unity is still present, unicorn.)
Appearance: Poet is a tall, stately mare with a fine purple coat and black mane. Her eyes are a sparkling amethyst. Typically, Poet is dressed in the finest garb that Baltimare has to offer. After all... Such is only fitting for the finest mare in Baltimare
Description: Poet is the leader of the Rose Bloom Nobility, one of Baltimare's major factions. She is almost seen as a matron of sorts, known as a very businesslike and loving mare. However, she rarely deviates from this austere image. Only in the presence of her loved ones (and Poet has very few), will she deviate from her time tested formula of a reserved smile and business attitude.
Faction Affiliation: The Rose Bloom Nobility.

Name: Opium Rush (also answers to Poppy Seed)
Gender: Stallion
Species: Earth pony
Appearance: Opium is a slim pony with androgynous features. He has a fit build, though with soft, feminine curves. His eyes are a bright, fiery orange, with a coat as white as snow, and a mane like the night sky. He has a good couple of scars down his back.
Description: Opium is a whiny, inconsiderate, scheming pony. He works as a chemist, brewing up wasteland staples like Dash and original druggie cocktails alike. Although, Opium usually uses more of his product than he distributes.
Faction Affiliation: Free, baby! Chemist, mercenary, and eye candy for hire.


Name: The Rose Bloom Nobility
Influence on region: Major influence, especially in Baltimare.
Type: Prim and proper patrons of the arts! (and masters of persuasion and deception.)
Purpose: Part of the Baltimare oligarchy.
Description: The Rose Bloom Nobility is a high society faction of ladies and gentlecolts who appreciate the finer things in life. Since they've become a part of Baltimare's leadership, they've made strides to bring back the culture of the old world. Their leader has built concert halls, museums, theaters, and schools of art.
Allies: The Baltimare Oligarchy
Enemies: Ghouls, zebra's, griffons... You know... The unsavoury types!

[Ozzy]

Alright, Metro, your application has been accepted. I'd stick to having Poet around as a unicorn, since the Goddess is still alive.

I'll have the IC up by tomorrow morning.

[New Babylonia]

Alright, Metro, your application has been accepted. I'd stick to having Poet around as a unicorn, since the Goddess is still alive.

I'll have the IC up by tomorrow morning.

Unless of course you want her to be another experiment of Aurora's

[Das Metro]

Alright, Metro, your application has been accepted. I'd stick to having Poet around as a unicorn, since the Goddess is still alive.

I'll have the IC up by tomorrow morning.

Unless of course you want her to be another experiment of Aurora's

Poet is fine as a unicorn Just means she has a shorter backstory cx Opium would probably be open to being used as a test subject if he's compensated.

[Fantrum]

Back by popular demand! Guess who it is! Tag.

[Ozzy]

The IC is up now.

The best place to start off would be at the Honeysuckle Inn, since none of your characters are stable dwellers anyhow (Because Stable 94 was an option). Me and Metro will most likely ease you guys out of the Inn and into venturing the mutant ridden wastes soon after rendezvous with one another. c:

[Fantrum]

Presently at work, but I'll put up an app sometime today.

[Fantrum]

Name: Sapphire Sands
Gender: Female
Description: See Signature, cutie mark is a stretch of road leading off into the distant sunset
Species: Unicorn
Age: 25
Special Talent: Perseverance
Personality: Lighthearted, jovial, optimistic, cracks jokes during combat, very rarely serious.
Skills: Speech, Barter, Energy weapons
Gear: X1 old combat armor under her duster, X6 healing potions, X1 plasma rifle, X64 shots, other miscellaneous items and souvenirs
Bio: Sapphire Sands grew up on the outskirts of Manehattan with her kid brother, mother, and scavenger father. They moved around often to keep from being pinned down by some unknown enemy, at least unknown at the time to Sapphire. Her father was a Unicorn and her mother a Pegasus, and as a small foal, all that meant to Sapp was snuggling in her mother's feathers. Until one day, her parents didnt run fast enough and the mean ponies finally caught up with them. The ensuing one sided battle saw Sapphire experience the death of her father. She managed to escape with her brother, Thunder Flare, who was only 7, by fleeing into the sewers and only leaving once they were sure the nightmare creatures shaped like ponies were gone. As a 12 year old foal, she managed to pile some rubble over the corpse of her father, but her mom was nowhere to be found. Alone with her young, crying, pegasus brother, she could do nothing but survive. Her mother had left a safe of supplies hidden away for this exact moment, telling Sapp that it was for emergencies only. Inside she had stashed an old plasma rifle, some ammo, food, and water. It wasn't much, but it got the pair through the start of their new journey.

She got her cutie mark several weeks after their father's murder when she managed to push through days of hunger and thirst to find supplies for Thunder. They managed to eek out an existence drifting from town to town for several years before Thunder was brutally killed at the hooves of a local raider gang for stealing. In a fit of rage, Sapphire nearly got herself killed by charging into the rider den and killing everything that moved to retrieve his body. She buried him next to her father's old grave and left Manehattan for good, better acquainting herself with the workings of her mother's rifle and becoming a gun for hire, never staying in one place for longer than a year. After years of wondering and killing for caps, Sapphire has come to Baltimare in search of adventure and employment.

Copy pasted with some edits from my old RP.

[Das Metro]

The IC is up now.

The best place to start off would be at the Honeysuckle Inn, since none of your characters are stable dwellers anyhow (Because Stable 94 was an option). Me and Metro will most likely ease you guys out of the Inn and into venturing the mutant ridden wastes soon after rendezvous with one another. c:

I'll have a post up as soon as I'm able ^.^

[Ozzy]

Name: Sapphire Sands
Gender: Female
Description: See Signature, cutie mark is a stretch of road leading off into the distant sunset
Species: Unicorn
Age: 25
Special Talent: Perseverance
Personality: Lighthearted, jovial, optimistic, cracks jokes during combat, very rarely serious.
Skills: Speech, Barter, Energy weapons
Gear: X1 old combat armor under her duster, X6 healing potions, X1 plasma rifle, X64 shots, other miscellaneous items and souvenirs
Bio: Sapphire Sands grew up on the outskirts of Manehattan with her kid brother, mother, and scavenger father. They moved around often to keep from being pinned down by some unknown enemy, at least unknown at the time to Sapphire. Her father was a Unicorn and her mother a Pegasus, and as a small foal, all that meant to Sapp was snuggling in her mother's feathers. Until one day, her parents didnt run fast enough and the mean ponies finally caught up with them. The ensuing one sided battle saw Sapphire experience the death of her father. She managed to escape with her brother, Thunder Flare, who was only 7, by fleeing into the sewers and only leaving once they were sure the nightmare creatures shaped like ponies were gone. As a 12 year old foal, she managed to pile some rubble over the corpse of her father, but her mom was nowhere to be found. Alone with her young, crying, pegasus brother, she could do nothing but survive. Her mother had left a safe of supplies hidden away for this exact moment, telling Sapp that it was for emergencies only. Inside she had stashed an old plasma rifle, some ammo, food, and water. It wasn't much, but it got the pair through the start of their new journey.

She got her cutie mark several weeks after their father's murder when she managed to push through days of hunger and thirst to find supplies for Thunder. They managed to eek out an existence drifting from town to town for several years before Thunder was brutally killed at the hooves of a local raider gang for stealing. In a fit of rage, Sapphire nearly got herself killed by charging into the rider den and killing everything that moved to retrieve his body. She buried him next to her father's old grave and left Manehattan for good, better acquainting herself with the workings of her mother's rifle and becoming a gun for hire, never staying in one place for longer than a year. After years of wondering and killing for caps, Sapphire has come to Baltimare in search of adventure and employment.

Copy pasted with some edits from my old RP.

Alright Fantrum, your application has been accepted!

[Fantrum]

Name: Sapphire Sands
Gender: Female
Description: See Signature, cutie mark is a stretch of road leading off into the distant sunset
Species: Unicorn
Age: 25
Special Talent: Perseverance
Personality: Lighthearted, jovial, optimistic, cracks jokes during combat, very rarely serious.
Skills: Speech, Barter, Energy weapons
Gear: X1 old combat armor under her duster, X6 healing potions, X1 plasma rifle, X64 shots, other miscellaneous items and souvenirs
Bio: Sapphire Sands grew up on the outskirts of Manehattan with her kid brother, mother, and scavenger father. They moved around often to keep from being pinned down by some unknown enemy, at least unknown at the time to Sapphire. Her father was a Unicorn and her mother a Pegasus, and as a small foal, all that meant to Sapp was snuggling in her mother's feathers. Until one day, her parents didnt run fast enough and the mean ponies finally caught up with them. The ensuing one sided battle saw Sapphire experience the death of her father. She managed to escape with her brother, Thunder Flare, who was only 7, by fleeing into the sewers and only leaving once they were sure the nightmare creatures shaped like ponies were gone. As a 12 year old foal, she managed to pile some rubble over the corpse of her father, but her mom was nowhere to be found. Alone with her young, crying, pegasus brother, she could do nothing but survive. Her mother had left a safe of supplies hidden away for this exact moment, telling Sapp that it was for emergencies only. Inside she had stashed an old plasma rifle, some ammo, food, and water. It wasn't much, but it got the pair through the start of their new journey.

She got her cutie mark several weeks after their father's murder when she managed to push through days of hunger and thirst to find supplies for Thunder. They managed to eek out an existence drifting from town to town for several years before Thunder was brutally killed at the hooves of a local raider gang for stealing. In a fit of rage, Sapphire nearly got herself killed by charging into the rider den and killing everything that moved to retrieve his body. She buried him next to her father's old grave and left Manehattan for good, better acquainting herself with the workings of her mother's rifle and becoming a gun for hire, never staying in one place for longer than a year. After years of wondering and killing for caps, Sapphire has come to Baltimare in search of adventure and employment.

Copy pasted with some edits from my old RP.

Alright Fantrum, your application has been accepted!

Yay! I'll post tonight.

[Fantrum]

So Ozzy you gonna post?

[Ozzy]

Yes, done. I just been having some issues.

Hopefully they resided, because I'm eager to press on in this thing.

[Fantrum]

Yes, done. I just been having some issues.

Hopefully they resided, because I'm eager to press on in this thing.

Awesome, I hope whatever problems beset you are resolved!

I have a long car ride down to Denver today, so I'll type something up while I'm on the road.

[The Flutterlands]

Ozzy, please wait before posting. I feel cheated out of a chance to respond and I'm waiting for Fantrum to delete her post. In fact, how about we just all take turns posting?

[Ozzy]

Ozzy, please wait before posting. I feel cheated out of a chance to respond and I'm waiting for Fantrum to delete her post. In fact, how about we just all take turns posting?

There's only two responses between your two latest replies, I think we're going at an acceptable pace now, I just don't think we should generally exceed more than three posts after the last player's reply in the same story line. Well, depending on how many players are in the same story arch; so for me Flutters, and, Fantrum, it'll be no more than two posts after the last player responds.

Fantrum has been admonished about controlling others' NPCs and going too fast.

You on the other hand, need to shift into a lower gear, your group is mobilizing too quick per turn. Pitch teleported a ways away, and already established a perimeter around the Inn, killed everyone in it, and already found the caps in which AVI keeps well hidden. All in just two posts. AVI has more guards than what was in the lobby, and caravans such as gun merchants sometimes carry numerous well-equipped and well-trained mercenaries that would inflict heavy losses on the Syndicate task force.

Also, NEVER control the damage of your opponent! When it comes to battles and fights, it's best to coordinate OOCly with your role play partner and preemptively decide the outcome of the conflict. Too many times have I seen IC fights end in OOC rants and rage quits because of the lack of communication/coordination.