2023 AD
Remains of Ponyville, Equestria
Bolts of blue plasma zipped across the charred, barren landscape as silver pony-shaped machines wielding plasma rifles fired away at a group of ponies hiding out near a collapsed building.
The ponies were survivors of a massive global nuclear attack, launched by the advanced computer known as Starnet, which became self-aware and saw pony-kind as a threat.
This group of survivors was spread all over the world and called itself The Resistance, forced to fight for survival as the machines of Starnet waged a war to exterminate all pony-kind, a war that has raged for years.
The machines that this group was fighting were called Terminators.
The ponies suddenly ducked down behind a downed wall as a flying machine powered by three jet engines and armed with a plasma cannon turret floated past.
These flying nightmares were called "Hunter-Killers", or simply, HK's.
They were dangerous day or night because their targeting systems were enhanced by infrared sensors.
"Come on, we have to keep pushing them back while we have the advantage!" one of the ponies, a brown stallion with three horseshoes on his flank commanded.
He and the soldiers under his command got out and began firing again once the Hunter-Killer had passed.
Several Terminators went down as the stallion, named Caramel, tossed a grenade at them.
They froze when a large,well-armed machine with tank-like treads and a turret-style upper body rolled near, crushing a mass of pony bones under its treads.
One of the unicorns picked up a rocket launcher and fired, damaging the large machine and stopping it in its tracks.
Caramel ran up and planted a C4 charge on the machine, setting it off after getting back in cover.
"Fuck this noise! Damn these fucking machines!" he muttered.
Meanwhile, on a distant hill
A command station had been set up on a hill outside of town.
Several pony soldiers were monitoring radar consoles while listening to radio transmissions that were giving sitreps and other important information.
One unicorn, who appeared to be high up in the chain of command, stared at the carnage through a set of binoculars.
Her lavender fur was covered in dust from past battles, her mane and tail, indigo with a pink and purple streak running along the length, was slightly singed from past encounters with the machines.
She had a look of determination in her eyes as she watched the action.
She was the leader of the Resistance, pony-kind's last hope for survival. The one who would lead the Resistance to victory over the machines of Starnet.
Her name: Twilight Sparkle