[CAMPAIGN] Heart of Equestria

[Dunder]

I was really bored and felt like procrastinating on homework so I made this. :\

I felt like it should go here.... I don't see why not, after all.

Earth Spearpony -

Basic military unit of the Equestrian forces. Comprised of young and strong earth ponies, these ponies are the backbone of any Equestrian warmachine. They use rectangular shaped shields with a curvature in them lengthwise. It pretty much looks like the standard Roman Scutum. It is made out of two layers of metals with a layer of padding where the sheild is held. There is a rounded section in the middle to make bashing motions more effective. Each spear is about twice as long as an average stallion's foreleg. The spear is made out of a basic metal and the tip is the same metal, but refined and sharpened. They wear a helmet resembling the royal guards' helmets, but it doesn't the mane and it isn't as elegant as it is crafted out of basic metals. The chest armor is reinforced leather with metal disc plates on them. The disc plates are made out of the same metals as the helmets and are made to deflect a hit if it is made on the disc. They wear metal horseshoes that also act as leg protectors and are made out of the same metal as the rest of their equipment. The equipment all is very basic and has almost no personality to it unless it is added by the armor's wearer.

Each spearpony is formed into a regimental unit. Each regiment has about 120 spearponies in it and a commanding officer. Each regiment is made to have 4 ranks of 30 ponies in each formation.

The Earth Spearponies use four main formations. The first they are trained to use is the attacking formation. The attacking formation is used when there is an advance and no missile fire coming in. The ponies stand on their hind legs and raise their spears over their shoulder and their shield just above the ground as they advance. The idea is to get the enemies to engage and stab over their shields.

The defensive formation is when the ponies duck behind their shields while still on their hind legs. They hold out their spears on the right side of each of the shields. They stab at the enemy as they come in.

The turtle​ formation is used when missile fire is incoming. The formation can be used to advance or pull back or stay put. The ponies on the perimeter of the unit face their shields outward and layer them on top of each other like scales on a lizard. the ponies in the middle aim their shields up and perform the same scaling method to maximize defensive capability.

The last formation is used before a charge. The ponies form up in a triangle. Each layer is two more ponies than the last. (The first layer is one pony, second layer is three ponies, the third layer is five ponies etc.) They use this to break the enemy unit in half and get the friendly ponies through and behind the enmy units. Breaking enemies' morale and reducing the enemies' combat effectiveness.

[Dio]

Heart of Equestria is currently on hold while we build a game system and wait for Manestream to get back into the thick of things. While it is true that I put forth a lot of the ideas for the project, Mane is still heading it and I will defer to her.

Dunder, please see the post on the Royal Equestrian Army for an overview of tactics and organization. Also, the point of the Heart of Equestria arc is not the technical aspect of war, so much as the social and cultural impact it has on a society. We are toying with the idea of action setpieces, but the RP will largely be composed of social interactions in the context of war rather than the war itself.

[Skye]

Much of what I've been considering is how to go about a post in order to convey the setting, the players within it, and the action. So in my mind's eye, a typical post would be more or less as follows:

Character A either enters the scene and makes an observation or reacts to an action in the previous post. Following this will be a general description of the scene and any changes made to it either as a modification of the previous scene or as an addition to the scene. Then any interaction or interplay between characters as necessary to expand a scene, such as posturing or positioning. Lastly, will be any additional actions that will require the next character or post to address as necessary, or a lead out.

Mane's posts are great examples. I also have some others of my own that I've been considering, but haven't actually been writing out. We're working on a couple of things all at once, one of which is HoE.

[Dunder]

I understand, Dio, what you are saying. And thank you for clearing up some other stuff about the Campaign.

I also didn't make the spearpony for this. I just made it and decided it was awesome enough to share with other people that knew what I was talking about.