Trans-Equestrian Empire (Various types of NSFW)

@CobaltTheMadMage  
The officer shook his head. “Not quite my friend, it appears someone wanted my ship quite badly. What is the max speed and range of this ship?”

@CobaltTheMadMage  
“Oh, I see. If you’da just said that early on…anywho, I guess you’re the ‘dealer’ then?”

@Prince Artemis  
Violet actually looked surprised to hear that news, though she seemed to regain her composure afterward.
 
“I can’t say she was built for pursuit, but she can stay aloft for quite a long time…” a small mic deploys from his chassis near his neck and positions itself near his mouth as his horn lights up “Engineering, full speed. Bridge, prepare to engage pursuit of the commandeered vessel.” He starts making his way out and toward the bridge as he talks. “Violet, stay here with the prototype. If all else fails, we may need to send it after them if we lose pursuit.”
 
“Sir, need I remind you the HG model was designed to pursue and” Violet objects before she is interrupted.
 
“I know what it was made for, and what it is fully capable of. Use the reconfiguration tools, see if you can narrow down its targeting and reaction algorithms to just the pilot in the meantime we’ll just continue pursuit with the Innovation.”
 
“…Understood, sir.” she fetches her crowbar again and returns to the crate.

“We are in line sir. Descending.” The helmspony reported.  
“Go dark. All main lights disengage.” Rafe ordered, speaking to his comm on intercom. Shortly after the entirety of the ships main lights flicker off, emergency lightning the only source as they began to approach lower.  
–  
Out his viewing port with the clouds brisking away to reveal back the scorching dark savannah as the battle fumes rage returning their direction to Shulifar city limits. Tenibor gripped to his handle rail tight feeling the stress gutting into him.  
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The flares bursting away on ground level arching high in the air just above their targets. Speed increasing they’d only get one shot to get this before retreating.  
“Sir enemy vessels are within horizon.” The navigator reported. “West, North west.” He added.  
“Heading?” Rafe asked , “East. 280.” Came the reply. Just outta the way an no where close. Warlords with gunboats? They needed confirmation. For now the run.  
“Closing in. 2 kilometers.” Helmsman noted.
 
“Targets are marked.” Navigator reported.
 
They blazed ahead with the steam core engine roaring with stress above the city and up in the main road the obvious battle line vertically challenged. The blue flares blazing to the north end of a crossroads.  
–  
“All targets..Blue smoke. Fire at will.”
 
Small engine tanks, half trucks and wheeled turrets with plenty of foot soldiers… too much? That’s a lotta armor…  
But with little note to the gunner her aim and trigger talons itching and squeezing as her cannon fired about, ejecting and with reflex another loaded with the accompanying pattering of autoguns and fellow cannons blazing to the streets of enemy armor below.
 
“Confirm strike! Await tasking!” The arms master called out again through the pipes.

@Steve61594  
“You could say that.” he closes his coat back up “Most of what I sell isn’t even illegal; I just can’t afford to pay for all the licensing and stuff to sell through legal channels, and I can’t get any existing chains to sell for me without jacking up the prices or losing most of the income for myself.”

@CobaltTheMadMage  
“I might be able to help…if you’re able, anyways.”

@Toffee  

(Be on later)

@CobaltTheMadMage  
That officer thought for a few moments then grinned ever so slightly. “Actually I believe this could serve as an effective test of its intelligence. I say we send that new toy of yours after my ship and see what happens.”
 
@Twittle Tail  
As soon as anyone made some noise the artillery fire started right back up again. Everything from infantry support light tanks to mobile naval guns opened up. This time however it was also accompanied by a whole lot of rockets.

@Steve61594  
“…what do you mean?”
 
 
@Prince Artemis  
“Yeah, if we send it off now, what will happen is you’re probably not getting that ship back in usable condition.”
 
having freed the HG unit from its containment, Violet unfolds one of her forelegs into an array of precision tools and sets to work on a hatch on the back of its head.
 
“Fortunately the HG model features advanced target recognition capabilities and some helpful pre-installed algorithms for customized behavior and directives. Right now it’s set to cripple hostile targets for demonstration purposes, but if you give me a moment, I’ll see about giving it a less destructive directive, like find and infiltrate the bridge with as few breaches as possible.”

@CobaltTheMadMage  
“I’m talking about a trade deal. I sell your stuff out there and bring back money gained from selling your…‘product.’ Anything else depends on the deal, I guess, but I don’t really have anything official set up.”

@Steve61594  
He seems surprised by this offer
 
“…really?”

@CobaltTheMadMage  
“Well, yeah. I’d deduct some pay for having it on board my ship, but you’d be outreaching further, and thus selling more.”

(i’ll just be here…)

(I need to put this on hold while i figure stuff out.)

@Prince Artemis  
(Damnit)

Thread on hold due to personal reasons which I don’t feel like explaining. Don’t know when I’ll come back to it either. Don’t expect to see much of me for a while.

@Prince Artemis  
HEY!! Don’t you dare pull one of my moves

Will get back to this soon. Possibly tonight if people are on.

Need to get this going again at some point.

@Prince Artemis  
Will be ready whenever you are.

@CobaltTheMadMage  
Gonna try for tomorrow

@Prince Artemis  
(Roger)

Might try to reboot this. Possibly on Discord because I’m fairly sure everyone on here has me added.

@Prince Artemis  
Nice!