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Chapter 3: Unknown Knowns “If the local people are known to be enemies, or are unknowns, make every effort to avoid contact and leave no sign of your presence... If, after careful observation, you determine that an unknown people are friendly, you may contact them if you absolutely need their help.” US Army Survival Manual; entry on Making First Contact I kept watch until sunrise at 0530. In future I was going to have to conserve battery on my night scope. I had at best a couple hours left and I did not fancy my chances of finding AA batteries in the Equestrian wasteland. After two days in the wasteland my food supplies were exh

Chapter 2: A Wasteland Sunrise "You should also avoid grazing animals with horns, hooves... Move carefully through their environment. Caution may prevent unexpected meetings."  US Army Survival Manual; entry on Dangerous Animals Sunrise in Afghanistan was a beautiful thing. The clear air and mountainous horizon made for a spectacular transition from a star strewn night to a fiery orange star-burst with rays cast across the land, shimmering in the airborne dust. Sunrise in the Equestrian wasteland... not so much. With the light diffusing through thick clouds it was difficult to spot where exactly the sun even was. It was better th

Special thanks: to my editor tebee without whom this story would be a mess of grammatical errors and my pre-readers Once upon a time, on the not-so-magical-and-actually-quite-fucked-up planet of Earth. There was a US Marine who signed up to defend his country. He was assigned to a fire team, the fire team assigned to a squad and the squad assigned to a company. Together they defended the area surrounding a Forward Operating Base in Afghanistan from insurgents. If only it were that simple. Chapter 1:  Of New Wars and PipBucks "As a soldier, you can be sent to any area of the world... you could find yourself alone, in a remote area – po