History Fanfic / FalloutEquestriaProjectHorizons

-->'''Anonymous:''' [[AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent For today's episode]] of [[BizarroWorld snoziroH tcejorP]], [[CheerfulChild BJ and crew are happy,]] and [[SugarBowl Hoofington is a great place to live!]]

** The Enclave city Thunderhead is not the class of Enclave ship Thunderhead (they were probably not yet present in FoE when the city was named). Keep that in mind when a Thunderhead is sent to attack Thunderhead.

%%* MixedAncestry: A regular freakshow of these, thanks to Project Chimera. As the child of a pony and a zebra, Silver Stripe/Professor Zodiac is a mundane variant.

** At the end of Chapter 9, Blackjack and co. have [[spoiler: killed [[MixedAncestry Gorgon]]]] and freed an entire mine full of pony and zebra slaves. [[spoiler: Then Lancer appears, [[InTheBack shoots Blackjack in the spine]], and [[KillEmAll guns down every other zebra present.]]]]

* AlternateContinuity: While ''Project Horizons'' is largely compliant, or at least non-contradictory, with the original ''FO:E'' there are a growing number of things that are outright changed. Such as [[spoiler: Twilight having to hide books from Rarity, where in ''FO:E'' Rarity was sending uncensored books to Twilight for safe keeping.]]

* BreakingSpeech: [[spoiler: Rampage's 'Angel of Death' persona]] delivers one to Blackjack, along with an unhealthy dose of NotSoDifferent.

-->'''Mini:''' [[FamousLastWords You're a good pony, Miss Blackjack.]]

** FiveManBand: Blackjack quickly finds Glory at Miramare, then picks up Rampage as a SixthRanger shortly before recovering P-21. The PowerTrio defeats Deus without Rampage's direct assistance, but the adventures between Flank and Chapel serve to show off Rampage's capabilities and personality, and help cement her to the group. On return to Chapel, they finally pick up the fifth team member: Lacunae. The PowerTrio is augmented not by a RedOniBlueOni pair, but by two color-coded individuals who embody the monstrous extremes of savagery and transcendence.

** Blackjack delivers a few - mostly to mooks, but also [[spoiler: [[CripplingCastration a particularly nasty one]] to Deus]].

** At the end of Chapter 9, Blackjack and co. have [[spoiler: killed [[HalfHumanHybrid Gorgon]]]] and freed an entire mine full of pony and zebra slaves. [[spoiler: Then Lancer appears, [[InTheBack shoots Blackjack in the spine]], and [[KillEmAll guns down every other zebra present.]]]]

* HalfHumanHybrid: A regular freakshow of these, thanks to Project Chimera.
** As the child of a pony and a zebra, Silver Stripe/Professor Zodiac is a mundane variant.

* IdiotHero: Blackjack. Known for nebulous [[IndyPloy "plans"]] and battlefield drunkenness.
** {{Deconstructed}} - it takes BJ a ''long'' time to work out why P-21 doesn't trust himself with guns near her.
* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: Almost literally, but due to the lack of kittens, [[spoiler: [[BeatStillMyHeart Rampage's heart]]]] is substituted.
** {{Subverted}} - Blackjack goes through with it, [[spoiler: but later finds out that she had already been recognised, and Daisy [[KickTheDog just wanted to watch her squirm.]]]]

--> [[spoiler: I stared as the skin holding the wing slowly stretched like taffy and then broke, the wing splashing softly into the water beside her.]]

*** [[spoiler: SuperPrototype: Winona.]]

* FrickinLaserBeams: Standard for robots, turret defenses and Enclave pegasi. The Flash Fillies gang specialises in these.

* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Blackjack cheats on Glory with Stygius.]] Unsurprisingly, [[LoveHurts Glory doesn't take it well]].
** This example is an interesting variation. [[spoiler:Thanks to her upbringing in [[FreeLoveFuture Stable 99]], Blackjack simply has no idea that this could ''hurt'' Glory.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: The Zodiac Family, Precious, Psychoshy and ''[[TheTrickster possibly]]'' Discord.]]

* AcupAngst: Parodied with Blackjack's "compact" horn and her clear envy of Lacunae's far longer horn. Of course, "horns" stands in for "breasts".

* BadDreams:
** [[NightmareSequence Blackjack suffers from these frequently]].
** {{Subverted}} with [[spoiler: Glory, after her Killing Joke encounter]]. She has good dreams, but they're [[LossOfIdentity not her own]].

* AbandonedHospital: The Fluttershy Medical Center in chapter 6 - location of one of the most iconic scenes in the story.

* ActuallyIAmHim: A variation: Watcher bursts out laughing when Blackjack refers to "Littlepip" and "The Stable Dweller" as separate ponies. She doesn't catch on.

* TruthInTelevision: That virus that ravages the wasteland through cannibalism is more or less a pony version of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creutzfeldt%E2%80%93Jakob_disease vCJD]].

* InfantImmortality: [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe Utterly]] and [[MercyKill repeatedly]] averted [[DeadlyHug throughout.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: ...To put it lightly. Compared to ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestria'' (which is, itself, darker than the original ''Fallout'' series of video games. Now ''that's'' saying something!). ''Project Horizons'' is a lot bleaker in tone, and tackles subjects that [=KKat=] only briefly touches on (ie. [[DrivenToSuicide suicide]], [[RapeAsDrama rape]], and [[InfantImmortality child]] [[{{Averted}} mortality]]).

* DeadlyHug: [[spoiler: Rampage performs one on Thorn.]] [[BerserkButton Blackjack disapproves.]]

* MysteriousBacker: The Dealer. He'll appear time and time again to help point Blackjack in the right direction, even as he emotionally beats her down just as often (much to Blackjack's confusion). [[spoiler: Thought to be a figment of her imagination for a majority of the story, but it turns out he's the spirit of Goldenblood's assistant, tied to EC-1101 as a sort of guide to make sure it gets to its destination.

''[[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/08/fallout-equestria-project-horizons.html Project Horizons]]'' is a RecursiveFanfiction for ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestria'' by Somber.

* MainliningTheMonster: The ponies in the fireworks factory in Chapter 15 who were [[spoiler: feeding unfortunate wastelanders to a mutated hydra to make the regenerative drug known as - you guessed it - Hydra.]]

** One of the ponies [[spoiler: inside Rampage]] is apparently named [[SpiderMan Doctor Octopus]].

It is also avaible in PDF format [[http://www.mutabah.net/FoEPH/ here.]]

* MythologyGag: [[spoiler:Rampage's original name turns out to be Peppermint]], which later gets shortened to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyG3 Minty]]. During their trek through Hightower, Rampage sings a few snatches of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie Nothing Can Stop the Smooze]].

** Rampage is strongly implied to be [[spoiler: a [[MindHive conglomeration]] of the souls of (at least) Twist, Officer Softheart, the 'Angel of Death', a nameless foal, a drug dealer named Razorwire, Shujaa, and Doctor Octopus [[SpiderMan (No, not that one)]]]].

** Chapter 22. [[spoiler: About a third of Stable 99's population have [[TheVirus become raiders.]] [[BoomHeadshot Blackjack gets shot in the head.]] [[KickTheDog P-21 is raped.]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome The surviving stable dwellers eventually retake the stable]], [[WonTheWarLostThePeace but contaminate the food supply]] [[TooDumbToLive with the raider virus.]] [[MercyKill Blackjack floods the stable]] with [[DeadlyGas chlorine gas]], [[DrivenToSuicide attempting suicide in the process]]]].

** Played with. [[spoiler: The source of the life-sapping Enervation seems to be the souls of the ponies that died in Hoofington when the bombs hit its shield. They are constantly screaming, but unless you're close to the source, only the telepathic alicorns can actually hear it.]]

** Blackjack delivers a few - mostly to mooks, but also [[spoiler: a particularly nasty one to Deus]].

** Typically averted, but [[spoiler: Roses]] recieves a formal burial in Chapel and [[spoiler: her daughter]] is later buried with [[spoiler: her]].