DOTO epilogue

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User log of Specter agent Temboril Tablature, post Enclave integration - recorded for historical documentation - sealed due to sensitive information classified until deemed safe for public dissemination.

Status Log 001 introduction

This is Temboril Tablature. The representative council has deemed it necessary for all high ranking officials to keep a log of the events that will come to pass in the upcoming years for historical documentation purposes. I know this is more my fathers idea, with how he often makes decisions based on emotion, but I can see the logic of this, so I'll write these logs in my pipbuck. My next report will be after my eye surgery, which will put me out for a few days as New Gen attaches my new eye, and then for another two weeks in order to recover.

Status Log 002 current events.

A month has passed since the initial log entry, and my vision has returned to normal. Other than a week of trying to get my new eye to synchronize with my old, there have been no complications.

The situation in the metro has finally stabilized. Though Republic agents still commit acts of terror, the overall violence has dropped to an all time low. But with the tunnel to Valley Island destroyed, and the M.o.M. listening post destroyed with it, Orthrus is completely in the dark on what the Republic is up too in their own territory.

So Orthrus has decided to maintain a wartime stance, with Naqara staying as dictator for the time being. Fortunately, as the war is no longer hot, Naqara's power is already starting to wane, and the other council representatives are showing some backbone when dealing with her.

The integration of the Enclave into the metro has gone smoothly as well, with New Cloudsdale taking ressedance over the ruins of the Marewaii skyport. Regular flights between the metro entrance and the city shuttle long needed maintenance personnel and supplies between the two.

Though the skyport is officially the territory of the pirate’s grand fleet, a deal has been struck, and is now recognized as a neutral zone for all factions to gather. As for the ‘pirates’, they now own the Gathering Island. Though the royal family still rules, it is under the flag of the grand fleet, so to Orthrus, the Orphic Kingdom is now considered a defunct faction.

I have also received the news that both the Enclave, Trade Union, and Orthrus looking into exploring past the islands. There is even talk about possibly setting up an expedition to establish a colony on mainland Equestria. For Orthrus, it’s driven by the recovery of the R&D stable, where they recovered the original stable-tec mission statement from CEO Applebloom. It provided a wealth of information, including the location of every stable they built.

It's possible that if the stables can be reached and are still intact, then Orthrus can restore them and refurbish them as potential colony sites. With this in mind, Orthrus has begun the creation of a scouting corps, and though many names have been passed around, it seems that the main candidate for leading this operation is myself.

I was promised that if I choose to accept the position, then I will be able to hoof pick my team.

And after plenty of careful thought, I have chosen to accept the position.

So much has happened over these last few months. It feels as though we have been freed from a self imposed imprisonment, though Orthrus has always had the means to free itself. It’s just that now we have the will to leave our island home behind.

Status Log 003 Orthrus

Much of the metro fell in line behind Orthrus. The organizations steadfast duty to maintain order, and preserving the lives had gathered much trust in them. So when Orthrus, under Naqaras rule, started to take direct control over the stations, there was little resistance. Over the last few months, Orthrus has been reformed from a peacekeeping organization, into an independent and sovereign nation. But this is not just for show. The mirage ponies will not be satisfied in simply staying on the islands, and so they’ve turned their eyes to Equestria.

Flying under the united banner of the two headed hound, we are unsure of our place in the world, but we are willing to go and search for it.

Status Log 004 The Trade Union.

Greedy and pragmatic, the corporations within the Trade Union became the driving force to establish peace with the pirate fleet, the integration of the Enclave, and the continuation of the war with the Republic. Even when Orthrus took the power of governance away from them, they still supported Orthrus. They knew that if the Republic ever gained the upper hoof, there would no longer be a Trade Union. But as they remembered their past, they also looked to the future, to Equestria, seeing it as a wholly untapped market, with ponies just waiting to be exploited. It was a smart move to fold to Orthrus’ demands, but an even smarter one to get to the mainland while Orthrus’ hoofs the bill.

Status Log 005 The Republic

Several deep undercover agents were sent into the Valley Island. Few unfortunately returned.

The information that was gained from their mission was grim. Because Valley Island was cut off from the rest of the metro, supplies of food quickly diminished, and starvation had set in. But instead of causing the Republic to destabilize, it simply changed their strategy. Under the cover of night, their military population had vanished from the islands, along with the entire fleet of hovercrafts they had built. From what Orthrus observers could track, their destination was similar to our own, old Equestria.

As for the remaining residents of Valley Islands, they had become nothing more than mindless drones of the C.C.N., content to patrol their home, and violently attacking any creature that dared trespass. The few attempts to breach the island and disable the C.C.N. have been repelled by cybernetic horrors unlike Orthrus had ever seen before, twisted fusions of arcano technology, and flesh.

For the foreseeable future, Valley Island is quarantined, and no solution to freeing the ponies trapped within can be found.

Status Log 006 Orphic Kingdom

The once proud deep dwellers of the Orphic Kingdom were scattered among the pirate fleets, with only Silver Majesty and her son Silver Circlet to rule over the island. Majesty would later die in her sleep, cause of death was officially listed as a heart attack, but assassination is strongly suggested do to her many enemies. Her son was quick to take power alongside his wife, Red Steel, completing the transfer of power to the grand fleet.

Rare Pearl remains in Orthrus protective custody, and after making it public knowledge, many Orphic loyalist decided to join Orthrus, all in the hope that Orthrus would one day place Rare Pearl on the throne as the true Queen and resurrect their kingdom. A pipe dream to be sure, but a harmless one for now.

Status Log 007 Witch Moth Changelings

The changelings of the Marewaii Islands would continue to stick to the shadows, but with the collapse of the old system, were now free to leave. It is unknown how many have left for Equestria, but wherever a mirage pony settlement can be found, so to will there be an underground club.

Status Log 008 New Cloudsdale

The city has found itself in a new golden age. With the influx of long needed supplies, maintenance personnel, and the pony power of pegasus refugees from the now dead Orphic Kingdom, the ponies of New Cloudsdale were finally able to truly look to the future and choose their own destinies. With strong, old world Equestrian values in their hearts, President Pillow Feathers pushed for the integration of New Cloudsdale into the newly formed Orthrus nation. And because they strongly mirrored the citizen’s own values, it was nearly unanimously accepted.

Dictator Naqara, skilled in maintaining order, but no politician, was unsurprisingly unprepared in dealing with President Pillow Feathers. She eventually stepped down from power, returning to her place in the council. The title and powers of dictator would be changed to president, losing much of its military authority, and becoming a democratically elected position, of which Pillow Feathers went on to win in the first election held in the newly formed nation.

The new nation, made up of former Enclave, Marewaii islanders, and Grand Fleet members, was now to become known as the Orthrus Democratic Technocracy.

Status Log 009 Charon's Stop

The destitute mirage ponies of Charon's Stop found new hope as bodies were needed to fill a growing list of jobs over the coming years. But the most desirable and plentiful position, was that of Orthrus colonist.

With the expeditionary force coming closer to launching, the cramped station has slowly, and steadily, depopulated as the destitute and downtrodden ponies left their old homes for a new frontier, and all the opportunities it held.

Status Log 010 The Grand Fleet.

Grand Admiral Flintlock Hoof of course, upheld her end of the deal, and the bulk of the grand fleet entered into a trade deal with Orthrus. With a more friendly relation with the pirates, the Marewaii Islands now had a safe route to return to Equestria. Well, so long as they paid the ‘toll’, the pirates promised to leave any ship or airship alone on it’s passage.

But even so, tension remains strained between the two civilizations. The religious organization, Thorns Chosen, are unresting in their mission to convert others to their religion, as having non believers so close to them is still seen as heresy. It will only be a matter of time before the O.I.A. fleet sets their sights on the Islands again and starts a holy crusade. But Orthrus will be prepared this time, better understanding the threat we faced.

Status Log 011 the Syndicate

Difficult to track even before the war, the Syndicate used the chaos to further expand their influence, signing contracts with the grand fleet, all while staying hidden from any prying eyes. Wherever Orthrus moved, no matter how big or small, they would be there. Like a shadow, at times they’ve aided Orthrus against greater threats, but mostly they’ve a hindrance to Orthrus’ interests. It’s becoming clear to any who knew that the age old rivalry between Stable-Tec and Solarus Inc never ended. I cannot predict the future, but I can safely say that if Orthrus should ever fall, those at Solarus would be the ones to deliver the final blow.

Status Log 012 the Sparkle-Lurkers

Feeling no longer safe on the politically unstable islands, Queen Andromeda took her nest and vanished from the Islands. Almost impossible to track, they quickly become nothing more than an urban legend to the ponies on the islands. No visual records, or data of any kind has been found on them, and only a few ponies still alive can attest to ever have seen one.

During Orthrus’ early scouting missions on Equestria, reports came to me of dangerous crab monsters appearing along the coastline. Over many investigations of the mirelurk nests, I have once more confirmed the existence of the Sparkle-Lurkers. Any attempt of contact has resulted in them scattering, or attacking outright, and Orthrus has since then deemed them off limits until they come to us. Seeing them as a low priority threat, perhaps it is for the best as we focus on strengthening our hoofhold in old Equestria.

Status Log 013 Sweet Sax Solo

After receiving the rest of her pay, Sweet retired from the mercenary business. She got back together with her on and off again stallion friend, and put her voice to work as a singer. Due to the connections she grew in Orthrus, she’s not done poorly for herself. In fact, she’s become somewhat of a minor celebrity, and receives a sizable income. Though, the past does seem to tug at her. It’s become an all too common sight to see her alone at the bar, with a daiquiri in front of her to just sit there, never being touched.

Status Log 014 Merit Cross

Now the rank of Brigadier General, a mostly symbolic position, and brandishing his Orthrus made cyber eye and leg with pride, Merit took over the air patrol duties for the Islands aboard Orthrus’ second airship, the Swettybell.

Using his experience and training from his time in the Grand Pegasus Enclave, the air patrol has quickly become a well oiled machine that’s kept both the remnants of the Republic, and the pirates in check. Over time, Merit has received multiple nominations to be Naqaras successor, as other candidates hint that they will step down due to the fact that the role of island security would quickly expand far beyond what they were trained for.

Surprisingly, He also took a wife in the pegasus mechanic Sonnet. The marriage was mainly for political purposes, to further help New Cloudsdale integrate with Orthrus. Fortunately for them, the two seem to find themselves enjoying each other's company.

Oddly, as a side note, ever since he took up his position, he’s worn a tattered red scarf on his uniform as a sash. If any pony asks about it, he simply responds it’s; ‘a reminder of those we lost’. To most, they take that as it is and leave it alone. To me, well, I’m just glad someone remembers those troublesome sisters...

Status Log 0015 Wild Winds

Wild retired from combat duty shortly after the fight aboard the Blue Blood, and after a few months, she went on maternity leave. Seems like she was finally able to have the foal she had long yearned for. The mirage pony that was born found themselves showered with love, and experienced the start of a life protected from the harsh world that Wild herself fought to fix.

Status Log 0016 Light Terbalance

The loss of her father hit Light hard. Despite receiving many rewards, and a promotion, she withdrew from the military. After many months of contemplation, she restored the burnt out flight control tower in Marewaii Skyport and turned it into a radio station. A surprise to most of those outside of the know in Orthrus, the tower was easily able to send and receive signals across the Luna ocean, and along all the Equestrian coastline, making it the most widely broadcast radio station since before the end of the great war.

In honor of her service, she was granted total ownership of this valuable property, and Light received funding from Orthrus to broadcast government news, weather tracking, and emergency reports. She also received advertisement deals from the Trade union, and started to jointly broadcast with DJ Curbrus. Light also takes the time to create her own programing, which has varied every day. From ponies telling their own stories, to recrationg the old radio dramas from old Equestra, she’s quickly gained popularity among all of the island’s varied and diverse population.

Recently, she’s become known as DJ Sister. Her broadcasts would help relieve the many homesick mirage ponies who left the islands for mainland Equestra. I for one can attest to the fact that after a particularly long day, her voice isn’t the worst thing in the world to come back home to.

Status Log 0017 Red Steel.

Now known by the title of Dutchess, Red Steels the strongest supporter in maintaining peace between Orthrus and the O.I.A. fleets. The reason why would come to light after she received a new womb from New Gen, as well as Silver Majesty's assassination. Though not considered a queen due to not being of royal blood, she has clearly established herself the ruler of the Gathering Island. With her strong alliance with Orthrus and the Trade Union, she will likely remain in power for the indefinite future.

In recent news, Red Steel is currently due to give birth to twins soon. Even if she couldn’t hold the title, this news makes her the mother of the next queen or king of the islands. Never have I been so glad to be on the mainland than to know that her particular brand of chaos will be carried on by foals a half a world away from here.

Status Log 018 Xylophone, and the New Gen Foals

After the foal Xylophone was thoroughly examined, and her genes mapped, she found herself adopted by the Echo family. The still grieving parents of the two specter sisters took her in as a granddaughter, despite the filly not being related to them at all. Her genetic code remained only moderately useful in advancing the mirage pony treatment, at least, until another New Gen foal was found on the black market. After a quick examination of that foals gene code, the Mirage pony treatment came closer to fixing the birth defect problem once and for all.

When the Second foal let the researchers know about the others that came with her, a shitstorm hit Orthrus. With all the changes, the war, and political upheavals, they didn’t have the pony power to tear up the metro looking for them. So with what I assume was the only option left to them, they put out a message to the syndicat of a willingness to buy all the foals.

The price as I understand, was unbelievably high, and it was reported that some long hidden away tec went missing. And well, on the record, that is of course not considered a ‘related’ issue. However, Orthrus has recovered all the foals, and through them, they’ve been able to devise a new Mirage pony treatment incredibly quickly. Word was that projections show it had a far higher protection from birth defects than anything we’ve seen before.

The first few foals with the first batch of the new treatment has already been born. Reports state that it still has the small wings and horns of your standard Mirage Pony, but also that they had all four of their limbs, and adorable spots covering their fur.

Status Log 019 Cold Iron?

Though confirmed dead after the destruction of the tunnel to Vally Port Station, strange rumors of a headless pony would continue to pop up randomly. Commonly appearing in front of ponies under attack, firing two revolvers, and then disappearing soon after.

It's hard to confirm if the rumors of this ‘mysterious stranger’ are true, but each one describes the same thing. Other than being headless, she also had on black armor, and a long red scarf.

Cold Iron did say she was undead, and the nature of such magic is far beyond us. So for now, the status of her continued existence remains as inconclusive. Even so, I pray that we don’t ever need her help again.

Status Log 020 Harp Melody

A year has passed since she had been listed MiA, and her father has since stepped down from his position on the council. In fact, he’s removed himself from public life. Recently, and more troubling, her beacon has reactivated on my pipbuck, pointing deeper into mainland Equestra. I’m unsure if it’s a glitch, or a genuine signal. Truth is, it doesn’t mean she’s alive. It only means that her pipbuck is in that direction. Against standard protocol, I have decided to not report this. At least, not yet.

If the Mirage Pony Princess is, in fact, confirmed to be alive, it would once again open conflict between Orthrus and the Gathering Islands over the rightful heir to the throne. The situation as it is now could be even worse with Orthrus now being a nation that borders the O.I.A. controlled Gathering Island.

Because of that, I have sent my two best scouts to track the signal. They are instructed to bring Harp to me, if she is alive. If she’s dead, or if it’s a false signal, than that will be that, and I will report it as such. If however, she does live , then I must weigh her life up against the possibility of a second war for the Islands.

As much as I hope that she’s still alive, I really don't want to have to make that choice…

Logs over.

Author's Notes:

Well this has been a wild ride, and far longer than I ever expected it to be, like seriously, well over 600k words long @_@ I don’t plan on doing that again!

But ya, couldn't get here without some help, or this would have been a dyslexic mess of a story… still kind of is. But ya, a BIG thanks to Gamma Deekay, who is taking a long needed break from editing after this. NoCarix was also a big help with editing, and I wish him luck with surviving this crazy world.

Also, another big thanks to Kkat, as without the original Fallout Equestria, none of this would exist, and I would likely still be avoiding reading and writing as I did before.

Lastly, to all the reader, thanks for being there, without you I would not have enjoyed this as much as I have, so again thank you.