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// A Disturbing Truth. 
// Story: Project Mechillion 
// by Ronocorian 
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Steelwing walked towards the dark dock. There he saw the ultimate weapon that the EDF had invested so many bits in, the tool that would halt the changeling invasion. Ever since Shining Armor and Princess Mi Amore Cadenza's wedding the changelings had been gathering forces, amassing ready to reignite the conflict and finally defeat Celestia, thus conqurering all of Equestria. Steelwing had told himself from the start that he would stand and die before this happened. And with the sighting of multiple changeling BOWs he had thought that so much more likely. Now though, it seemed that they had a chance. They could fight back.

Steelwing looked down below the foot of the mech, looking for a way to open it, and pilot the devastating machine. He was anxious to see what this machine could do, looking down he noticed a black puddle of oil, gently lifting a hoof into it, he noticed how it shimmered and how the colors of the oil gently moved like waves of a darker rainbow, it seemed it had been combined with water. Looking up he saw what he was about to pilot. Standing ten foot tall directly infront of him was the Valkyrie MK4, Steelwing was as tall as the foot of the machine and on the shin he could see a word and a pair of numbers sprayed in white over the grey overcoating that matched his coat. On the offpieces of armor, such as additional shin plating, and in the pleats of metal feathers on the wings, he could see strands of brown paintwork, matching that of his mane. 

"How very creative..." he thought to himself in the silence. For a hangar full of ten foot tall mecha killing machines, it was surprisingly silent, he relished this while he could, because soon, he would be in the warzone, flying over Ponyville to protect the "mane six" as they were known, not that they couldn't protect themselves, but the Elements of Harmony were the only key to this battle, if they lost them, they lost the war. 

As Steelwing looked again at the shin of the mech, he read the things sprayed on there
"Valkyrie Four-Two-One"
"Echelon"
"Luna's Will"

"Snazzy.." he said to himself in a silenced chuckle,