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DudeGuyOne


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Jorge-052 gave everything for his species, his planet, and his squad. Or at least, he thought he did. He did not expect to survive the destruction of the super carrier. And he certainly did not expect to be dumped into a world of colorful talking ponies. The battle-hardened, bred-to-kill super soldier may find himself a little bit out of his comfort zone.

Special thanks to Jack Kellar and Arxsys for helping me make my story as good as I can possibly get it. Appreciate it you guys :pinkiehappy:

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Comments ( 145 )

Dude, this is bucking gold. Keep up the good work!:yay:

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Thanks, man. Means a lot to hear that :twilightsmile:

Certainly better than some of the other Halo fics on this site. Keep it up, please!

Hell Yeah! Jorge is my fave character in Reach, he's just so... stoic and selfless. U just got a new fangirl! :pinkiehappy:

Hurray! Contact made with a new (and potentially dangerous) species (highly revolved around war)!

need more!!!!!!!!!

"Orders, sir?" Thunder wasn't sure what to do, but before he had a chance to tell them as much, the creature stirred, raising it's head to look, what appeared to Thunder to be, directly at them. They all stood stock still, hoping the shadows offered by the trees would keep them hidden. To their dismay, a voice rang out from below.

Don't mess with Spartan. You can't never win...Also Human are immu magic.

I completely felt heartbroken when you stopped there. Please, Write more if you can. But don't rush; we don't want you to ruin the perfection of how this story is going.

Keep it up! I feel this is going to be a great story. (In terms of both lore, and writing skills! :rainbowkiss: )
Please have Skirmishers, please have Skirmishers, please have Skirmishers, please have Skirmishers, please have Skirmishers, please have Skirmishers, please have BOB, please have Skirmishers.

Ha! Just saw that I have 117 views. Heh...Halo jokes. But anyway, thanks for everyone's support, I'll try to keep this up for your sakes. Please enjoy! :pinkiehappy:

5616573 More please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"We'll be ready for whatever's up there, your Highness."
Poor bastard doesn't know how wrong he is

5618249 BOBs are the time-limited gold Rangers in each mission.

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Gold Rangers? Never heard of them.

Comment posted by resonance deleted Feb 13th, 2015

5620639 And before that, the Marathon games had Bobs. I loved the ones that run around screaming 'kill me' before they blow themselves up. Ah, 1993...

mobygames.com/images/shots/l/173809-marathon-2-durandal-windows-screenshot-fighting-alongside.jpg

So far, it seems like a worthy successor to MIA. On to the next chapter!

You're cutting off the paragraphs incorrectly. You do it when you have a change in perspective, not necessarily when there's the start of a spoken line. For example:

"At ease, gentlecolts," said Celestia as she walked past them into the barracks. She walked up to the reception desk and eyed the nervous private manning it. He gave her a salute as she approached.

"Y-Your Majesty. Its an honor to have you here. How can I help you?"

"I need to see Major Quick Shot, immediately." She stated firmly, conveying a sense of urgency. The guard nodded rapidly, scrambling out from behind his desk and galloping off to find the garrison's CO. The princess watched him disappear through the adjacent hallway, questions bubbling forth in her mind. What was she dealing with here? Would there be living creatures there? Would they need help? Would they be a threat to her subjects? She had no way of knowing until the anomalous object was investigated. The sound of hooves clacking against tile snapped Celestia out of her thoughts. She looked up to see the young private come through, followed closely by an older unicorn clad in golden officer's armor, polished brilliantly, and adorned with a pair of golden oak leaves on his shoulder plates designating his rank. The major knelt into a bow.

"How may I be of service, your Majesty?" He asked politely.

"You may rise, Major Shot." Celestia responded, raising her hoof in a beckoning motion as she turned to exit the building. The major got to his hooves and quickly matched his pace with the princess. "I trust you are aware of the situation, and have a response prepared?" Celestia asked, cutting straight to business.

"Yes, your Highness. All of our forces across the nation have been on high alert since the object came down. The Canterlot garrison has a rapid reaction squadron on standby and ready to go. Just waiting for the word."

"Excellent. I knew I could count on you." Major Shot couldn't help but grin a little at his Princess's praise. "Launch your troops immediately. We must investigate the object as soon as possible."

"Understood, your Highness. They will deploy immediately. However, the reaction team will only be able to conduct a cursory sweep. It will take time to organize a more thorough reconnaissance of the area." Celestia nodded.

"I understand, Major. Do whatever you can." She stopped, turning to look at him with a serious gaze. "Please be careful, Quick. We have no idea what we're dealing with here." Major Shot gave her a short nod.

"We'll be ready for whatever's up there, your Highness." The princess gave him a small but warm smile.

"I know you will. Now." She spread her wings, preparing to take flight. "I must help my sister keep our subjects calm. Report back to me when you are finished." Quick Shot snapped off a last salute as she strode past him.

"Of course, your Highness. Good luck."

"You as well, Major. You as well." With that, Celestia alighted into the air with a single flap of her powerful wings, and quickly shot off into the distance. Major Shot wasted no time watching her depart, trotting straight back into the barracks. The private at the reception desk looked at him with an expectant, almost dreading look in his eyes.

"Scramble the reaction team." The major ordered. "We have work to do."

This is how you wrote it. (EDIT: Colored the perspectives in alternating red and green, to show how glaringly they're split apart among the paragraphs.)

And this is how you separate them correctly:

"At ease, gentlecolts," said Celestia as she walked past them into the barracks. She walked up to the reception desk and eyed the nervous private manning it.

He gave her a salute as she approached. "Y-Your Majesty. Its an honor to have you here. How can I help you?"

"I need to see Major Quick Shot, immediately." She stated firmly, conveying a sense of urgency.

The guard nodded rapidly, scrambling out from behind his desk and galloping off to find the garrison's CO. The princess watched him disappear through the adjacent hallway, questions bubbling forth in her mind. What was she dealing with here? Would there be living creatures there? Would they need help? Would they be a threat to her subjects? She had no way of knowing until the anomalous object was investigated.

The sound of hooves clacking against tile snapped Celestia out of her thoughts. She looked up to see the young private come through, followed closely by an older unicorn clad in golden officer's armor, polished brilliantly, and adorned with a pair of golden oak leaves on his shoulder plates designating his rank. The major knelt into a bow. "How may I be of service, your Majesty?" He asked politely.

"You may rise, Major Shot." Celestia responded, raising her hoof in a beckoning motion as she turned to exit the building. The major got to his hooves and quickly matched his pace with the princess. "I trust you are aware of the situation, and have a response prepared?" Celestia asked, cutting straight to business.

"Yes, your Highness. All of our forces across the nation have been on high alert since the object came down. The Canterlot garrison has a rapid reaction squadron on standby and ready to go. Just waiting for the word."

"Excellent. I knew I could count on you." Major Shot couldn't help but grin a little at his Princess's praise. "Launch your troops immediately. We must investigate the object as soon as possible."

"Understood, your Highness. They will deploy immediately. However, the reaction team will only be able to conduct a cursory sweep. It will take time to organize a more thorough reconnaissance of the area."

Celestia nodded. "I understand, Major. Do whatever you can." She stopped, turning to look at him with a serious gaze. "Please be careful, Quick. We have no idea what we're dealing with here."

Major Shot gave her a short nod. "We'll be ready for whatever's up there, your Highness."

The princess gave him a small but warm smile. "I know you will. Now." She spread her wings, preparing to take flight. "I must help my sister keep our subjects calm. Report back to me when you are finished."

Quick Shot snapped off a last salute as she strode past him. "Of course, your Highness. Good luck."

"You as well, Major. You as well."

With that, Celestia alighted into the air with a single flap of her powerful wings, and quickly shot off into the distance. Major Shot wasted no time watching her depart, trotting straight back into the barracks. The private at the reception desk looked at him with an expectant, almost dreading look in his eyes. "Scramble the reaction team." The major ordered. "We have work to do."

See the difference? How the perspectives are all grouped together in their respective paragraphs?

One other thing is that you're putting in the wrong punctuation marks at the end of certain spoken lines. here's one good example:

"Scramble the reaction team." The major ordered.

When you close off a spoken line and add right after it a narration of how said line was spoken, you never capitalize the word unless it's a proper noun, such as a character's name. And if you're not closing it off with anything that isn't an exclamation or question mark, you use a comma instead of a period.
Like this:

"Scramble the reaction team," the major ordered.

To note, you did it perfectly, right over here:

"At ease, gentlecolts," said Celestia as she walked past them into the barracks.

5621253 Thank you very much. I'll fix these ASAP. I couldn't get a pre-reader before it was published, so its good to have someone help me out with these things.

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Well, short version is that he's a golden Ranger rank Elite. Basically an easter egg into the game system. You can find him in various places and in all missions except (I think) New Alexandria (Even then, there's a Banshee BOBs, who never really fire at you, but only continuously boost)

5621928 Sure is. Now apply that to the last part where Thunder Bolt and his squad member talk, and when Jorge addresses them. I trust you can find out and correct these instances yourself after the demonstration?

5621974 I'll do my damnedest.

Comment posted by DudeGuyOne deleted Feb 13th, 2015

Not a bad chapter. Honestly, change up your word choice though. You use 'he' almost 600 times in this one chapter. 'The' followed with over 300 uses. It gets repetitive to be honest. On that note, more descriptions and less telling what is going on. What does the forest look like, is it tropical forest or... etc.

As a whole though, not bad.

5624146 Thanks for the advice. Pulling it down for now. Editing time.

5624148 That wasn't what I was aiming for, but good luck :twilightsmile: Honestly, you've got this. Your story is one of the better Halo ones, and I hope you continue it. Jorge was a great character in Reach.

Just trying to help. :twilightsmile:

5624153 Its all good. I appreciate the help. I'm aiming for EQD material here, so it has to be the best I can possibly make it. If it makes it more enjoyable for my readers, then its worth the time and effort. Even if I go through and edit out a ton of "he's", only to hit the back button without saving it and have to do it all over again. Lol. But seriously, thank you for the encouragement.

5624170 :twilightsmile:
Right there. Willingness to accept criticism and advice on your writing will get you far. That said, don't let people's comments change your writing style. Keep it up and you'll do awesome.

(not criticism below, just how I usually explain the detail bit)
For descriptions, paint a picture, not just saying what is going on. Take the Mona Lisa for example. Would you be more interested if I said that it is a painting of a smiling woman, or went into the colors, the faint brush patterns left on the canvas, etc? Paint the scene.

Example:

Step by step, Jorge pushed himself through the steadily darkening forest. The dying light casting golden shadows between the branches as he worked uphill toward the smoldering wreckage...

Aw, ya pulled it down. Ah well, looking forward to the final version. :twilightsmile:

5624184 Oh boy. I'll try and up my game in the description department, but I'm not THAT good, that's for sure. But yes, I understand I'm not the best writer, so I am willing to accept that others may know better and might have good advice. Its the only way to grow, and I'd really like to make a career out of writing. So thank you for your help:raritywink:

5624219 Anytime :twilightsmile: If you ever have a question, feel free to shoot me a message.

The only way to get better at writing is to do it. Reading some of the top rated stuff on here is a great start too. Don't copy them, but see how everything flows together. The balance between detail and vagueness that some people pull of crazily well, how the OC interacts with the world and the world interacts with them.

/takes off writers monk's robe.

Anyhow, I'll shut up lol you get my point. Sometimes I just get a little winded in explaining.

Seems good so far, will follow it as it progresses.

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Chapter three is back up, slightly improved.

5625772 His chest plate is orange, but the rest is green/olive drab.

5625932 I can't believe I never notice that before. That makes me happy that the Mark II are all still olive green.

I noticed in the prior chapter that the wreck is described as two chunks of spaceship fallen of the mountains.
Did I read that wrong? Wouldn't the bow and stern have stayed at Reach with the middle part teleporting to Equss?

5631156 Can you provide the appropriate quotes, please?

5631457
Upon further inspection, I actually did read it wrong. You're good.

This is fantastic, probably the best Halo crossover fix I've read in a LONG time.

5640053
Well, I'm certainly trying. :raritystarry:
Thank you, and I hope you continue to enjoy it.

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That was really good, i look forward to reading more of this.

ATTENTION ALL ARTISTS: Looking for a new, custom picture to use for this fic. If anyone is interested, please PM me.

you got featured, congratulations!

Welcome to the land of horse words! Hope you enjoy writing them as much as we do reading 'em!

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