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* Blackjack is climbing down the treacherous mountain path from Watcher/Spike's cave, working her way through a six-pack of [[IncrediblyLamePun Buckweiser]], and gets ambushed by three enclave pegasi. After a brief fight, BJ successfully intimidates the leader into ''carrying her down the mountain'', and throws in a BadassBoast for good measure.

** Evacuating an entire Stable's worth of innocent ponies, and ordering the evacuation of Thunderhead ''itself''.

* Chapter 16 is a rolling CMOA for Blackjack - She intimidates [[spoiler: [[HeelFaceTurn P-21]] and U-21]] into backing down, despite [[spoiler: being in a slave collar that P-21 could detonate at any time]]. The rest of the chapter is taken up by a four-way battle as Deus and his mooks, the Pecos gang, and three members of the Zodiac family arrive to take Blackjack down. [[spoiler: Blackjack wins.]]

* Blackjack is climbing down the treacherous mountain path from [[spoiler: Watcher/Spike's cave]], working her way through a six-pack of [[IncrediblyLamePun Buckweiser]], and gets ambushed by three enclave pegasi. After a brief fight, BJ successfully intimidates the leader into ''carrying her down the mountain'', and throws in a BadassBoast for good measure.

** Rampage is able to [[spoiler: snap Blackjack out her terrified stupor in Horizon Labs, keeping her cool despite the fact that she's [[BodyHorror actively mutating]]. As they escape and set fire to the lab, Rampage allows herself to be incinerated, earning herself an OutOfTheInferno moment as her mutated flesh is burned away.]]
** Blackjack, who has been cornered [[spoiler: and [[EyeScream blinded]] by Steel Rain, fires [[WaveMotionGun Trottenheimer's Folly]] [[TakingYouWithMe straight downwards into the HMS Celestia's ammo magazine]].]] ''Boom''.
* Chapter 34. [[spoiler: Blackjack meets up with Littlepip.]]
* In Chapter 58, Blackjack witnesses [[spoiler: the [[FantasticNuke balefire bomb detonation.]] at Maripony.]] ''At close range''. It is ''terrifyingly'' spectacular.
** Immediately afterwards, [[spoiler:Lacunae makes a HeroicSacrifice, dispersing the memories and emotions making up her spirit to the alicorns they once belonged to, letting them become individuals again. It's a combination of TearJerker, SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming|Moments}} and this trope.]]

** [[spoiler:Sneaking and fighting her way through Shadowbolt Tower, past enemy Enclave soldiers and viscious cyberponies.]]
** [[spoiler:Evacuating an entire Stable's worth of innocent ponies, and ordering the evacuation of Thunderhead ''itself''.]]
** [[spoiler:Voluntarily upgrading herself to an alicorn cyberpony, at the cost of almost all her remaining untouched skin, while knowing fully well that CyberneticsEatYourSoul.]]
** [[spoiler:Destroying the missiles as they're set to launch, all the while fighting a cyber-upgraded and [[VillainousBreakdown insane]] Lighthooves.]]
** And, to cap it all off: [[spoiler:setting off a [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's]] [[FantasticNuke Implosion Megaspell]], which crushes all of Shadowbolt Tower - a building which pierced the cloud level, mind you - and some of the surrounding Core into a ball only a dozen feet across.]]
* In Chapter 68, Blackjack manages to reconcile herself with the fact that, in many ways, she ''is'' an executioner, and pull a LogicBomb on a computer programmed by a ridiculously intelligent DeathSeeker, all while remaining true to herself. And when [[spoiler:Goldenblood]] gets revived, she is quite properly smug about it, too.

* [[spoiler: Big Daddy's epic anime-style HeroicSacrifice, obliterating a horde of Harbingers and then disintegrating in the aftermath.]]

** Immediately afterwards, [[spoiler:Lacunae makes a HeroicSacrifice, dispersing the memories and emotions making up her spirit to the alicorns they once belonged to, letting them become individuals again. It's a combination of TearJerker, CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming and this trope.]]

* Of all ponies, the [[HiveQueen Goddess]] gets one by assuming direct control of Lacunae during a firefight with some raiders and taking out all of her anger with [[FalloutEquestria Littlepip]] on them.

"Not yet, I haven't," I countered. I raised my hoof as I saw P-21 finish painting and signal me with a hoof wave. I swallowed, glad he couldn’t see me sweat. If this didn’t work... and there were so many ways it could fail... he’d stop talking and start trying to take me apart. I raised my hoof over my head. "Now, as Maiden of the Stars, I call on the skies to strike you down and smite you!"

        The Legate took a step back from me.  “That’s impossible!  You can’t be!  You’re a fake!  You’re nothing!  You’re dead!”
        “Dead?”  I threw back my head and laughed.  “I’ve died three times, and it hasn't stuck yet.  I’ve destroyed Goddesses and purged abominations from the land.  I’ve broken the skies and cast down the towers.  I’ve stood in the mouth of the Eater of Stars and walked out again.”  I pointed my hoof at him and cried out, “I am the Maiden of the Stars, Amadi.  Say my name!”  His eyes bulged, as if he were in a grip of a magic spell.  “Say it!” I ordered.
        “Blackjack?” he whispered as if fighting to assimilate the idea, but then his eyes narrowed and he shook his head, never taking his eyes off me.  “No... No!  It can’t be!  It’s impossible!” he said, his voice tightening in horror.  He pointed his hoof at me.  “Kill her!  Now!”  But not a one moved against me.  I saw more bars turn yellow then stay red.
        “Shoot me and be forever cursed!” I warned, watching more bars turn yellow.
        “You’re not the Maiden!  She’s gone to the moon!”  His eyes dug into me.
        “Not yet, I haven’t,” I countered.  I raised my hoof as I saw P-21 finish painting and signal me with a hoof wave.  I swallowed, glad he couldn’t see me sweat.  If this didn’t work... and there were so many ways it could fail... he’d stop talking and start trying to take me apart.  I raised my hoof over my head.  “Now, as Maiden of the Stars, I call on the skies to strike you down and smite you!”

** And, to cap it all off: [[spoiler:setting off a [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's]] [[FantasticNuke Implosion Megaspell]], which crushes all of Shadowbolt Tower - a building which pierced the cloud level, mind you - and some of the surrounding Core into a ball only a dozen feet across.]]

* [[TheSquad Macintosh's Marauders]] in action.
* Chapter 16 is a rolling CMOA for Blackjack - She intimidates [[spoiler: [[HeelFaceTurn P-21]] and U-21]] into backing down, despite [[spoiler: being in a slave collar that P-21 could detonate at any time]]. The rest of the chapter is taken up by a four-way battle as Deus and his mooks, the Pecos gang, and three members of the Zodiac family arrive to take Blackjack down. [[spoiler: Blackjack wins.]]
* The first time we see the full extent of Rampage's HealingFactor. She takes on a sentry robot, which [[BlownAcrossTheRoom shoots her with a missile]]. Then she gets flattened by falling debris. She gets up and charges the bot, which [[MoreDakka hoses her down with its minigun.]] Rampage tackles the bot, [[ImplacableMan missing most of her face and upper torso, plus her throat.]] It falls on her, crushing her again. Still going, Rampage pulls out a ripper concealed in her armor and takes the bot apart. She regenerates completely seconds later.
** Whilst [[ImmortalityHurts vomiting and sweating]] [[NightmareFuel the minigun bullets.]]
* Blackjack is climbing down the treacherous mountain path from [[spoiler: Watcher/Spike's cave]], working her way through a six-pack of [[IncrediblyLamePun Buckweiser]], and gets ambushed by three enclave pegasi. After a brief fight, BJ successfully intimidates the leader into ''carrying her down the mountain'', and throws in a BadassBoast for good measure.
* Of all ponies, the [[HiveQueen Goddess]] gets one by assuming direct control of Lacunae during a firefight with some raiders and taking out all of her anger with [[FalloutEquestria Littlepip]] on them.
* Blackjack and Rampage each get one in Chapter 32:
** Rampage is able to [[spoiler: snap Blackjack out her terrified stupor in Horizon Labs, keeping her cool despite the fact that she's [[BodyHorror actively mutating]]. As they escape and set fire to the lab, Rampage allows herself to be incinerated, earning herself an OutOfTheInferno moment as her mutated flesh is burned away.]]
** Blackjack, who has been cornered [[spoiler: and [[EyeScream blinded]] by Steel Rain, fires [[WaveMotionGun Trottenheimer's Folly]] [[TakingYouWithMe straight downwards into the HMS Celestia's ammo magazine]].]] ''Boom''.
* Chapter 34. [[spoiler: Blackjack meets up with Littlepip.]]
* In Chapter 58, Blackjack witnesses [[spoiler: the [[FantasticNuke balefire bomb detonation.]] at Maripony.]] ''At close range''. It is ''terrifyingly'' spectacular.
** Immediately afterwards, [[spoiler:Lacunae makes a HeroicSacrifice, dispersing the memories and emotions making up her spirit to the alicorns they once belonged to, letting them become individuals again. It's a combination of TearJerker, CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming and this trope.]]
* Chapter 62 proves to be a worthy finale for Volume: Homecoming. Blackjack excecutes her plan - [[IndyPloy hastily cobbled together though it is]] - to end the threat of Lighthooves and his [[TheVirus bioweapon missiles]] once and for all. That is:
** [[spoiler:Sneaking and fighting her way through Shadowbolt Tower, past enemy Enclave soldiers and viscious cyberponies.]]
** [[spoiler:Evacuating an entire Stable's worth of innocent ponies, and ordering the evacuation of Thunderhead ''itself''.]]
** [[spoiler:Voluntarily upgrading herself to an alicorn cyberpony, at the cost of almost all her remaining untouched skin, while knowing fully well that CyberneticsEatYourSoul.]]
** [[spoiler:Destroying the missiles as they're set to launch, all the while fighting a cyber-upgraded and [[VillainousBreakdown insane]] Lighthooves.]]
** And, to cap it all off: [[spoiler:setting off a [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's]] [[FantasticNuke Implosion Megaspell]], which crushes all of Shadowbolt Tower - a building which pierced the cloud level, mind you - and some of the surrounding Core into a ball only a dozen feet across.]]

* In Chapter 58, Blackjack witnesses [[spoiler: the [[FantasticNuke balefire bomb detonation.]] at Maripony.]] And by "witness", we mean "lives through it".

** Immediately afterwards, [[spoiler:Lacunae makes a HeroicSacrifice, dispersing the memories and emotions making up her spirit to the alicorns they once belonged to, letting them become individuals again. It's a combination of TearJerker, CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming and this trope.

** Blackjack, who has been cornered [[spoiler: and [[EyeScream blinded]] by Steel Rain, fires [[WaveMotionGun Trottenheimer's Folly]] [[TakingYouWithMe straight downwards into the HMS Celestia's ammo magazine]].]]

* In Chapter 58, we finally get to see [[spoiler: the full majesty of a [[FantasticNuke balefire bomb detonation.]]]] It's spectacular.

** Whilst [[ImmortalityHurts vomiting and sweating]] [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel the minigun bullets.]]

* Chapter 34. [[spoiler: Blackjack meets up with Littlepip.]]

* Blackjack is climbing down the treacherous mountain path from [[spoiler: Watcher/Spike's cave]], working her way through a six-pack of [[IncrediblyLamePun Buckweiser]], and gets ambushed by three enclave pegasi. After a brief fight, BJ successfully intimidates the leader into ''carrying her down the mountain'', and throws in a BadassBoast for good measure.

* Blackjack is climbing down the treacherous mountain path from [[spoiler: Watcher/Spike's cave]], working her way through a six-pack of [[IncrediblyLamePun Buckweiser]], and gets ambushed by three enclave pegasi. After a brief fight, BJ successfully intimidates the leader into ''carrying her down the mountain'', and throws in a BadassBoast for good measure.
-->'''Blackjack:''' "I’ve had cyberponies blast me with artillery! I’ve been shot in the back by zebra snipers and taken an armor piercing round through my skull! I’ve had my face attacked by almost every single pony I call a close and personal friend! I’ve had boats dropped on me! Don’t you tell me what will and won’t kill me!"

* Chapter 16 is a rolling CMOA for Blackjack - She intimidates [[spoiler: [[HeelFaceTurn P-21]] and U-21]] into backing down, despite [[spoiler: being in a slave collar that P-21 could detonate at any time]]. The rest of the chapter is taken up by a four-way battle as Deus and his mooks, the Pecos gang, and three members of the Zodiac family arrive to take Blackjack down. [[Spoiler: Blackjack wins.]]

** Whilst [[ImmortalityHurts vomiting and sweating]] [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel minigun bullets.]]

-->'''Blackjack:''' “Me? I’ve had cyberponies blast me with artillery! I’ve been shot in the back by zebra snipers and taken an armor piercing round through my skull! I’ve had my face attacked by almost every single pony I call a close and personal friend! I’ve had boats dropped on me! Don’t you tell me what will and won’t kill me!"

* The first time we see the full extent of Rampage's HealingFactor. She takes on a sentry robot, which [[BlownAcrossTheRoom shoots her with a missile]]. Then she gets flattened by falling debris. She gets up and charges the bot, which [[MoreDakka hoses her down with its minigun.]] Rampage tackles the bot, missing most of her face and upper torso, plus her throat. It falls on her, crushing her again. Still going, Rampage pulls out a ripper concealed in her armor and takes the bot apart. She regenerates completely seconds later.

* The first time we see the full extent of Rampage's HealingFactor. She takes on a sentry robot, which [[BlownAcrossTheRoom shoots her with a missile]]. Then she gets flattened by falling debris. She gets up and charges the bot, which hoses her down with its minigun. Rampage tackles the bot, missing most of her face and upper torso, plus her throat. It falls on her, crushing her again. Still going, Rampage pulls out a ripper concealed in her armor and takes the bot apart. She regenerates completely seconds later.

** Whilst [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel vomiting and sweating]] [[ImmortalityHurts minigun bullets.]]

* Blackjack is climbing down the treacherous mountain path from [[spoiler: Watcher/Spike's mountaintop cave]], working her way through a six-pack of [[IncrediblyLamePun Buckweiser]], and gets ambushed by three enclave pegasi. After a brief fight, BJ successfully intimidates the leader into ''carrying her down the mountain'', and throws in a BadassBoast for good measure.

* Blackjack is climbing down the treacherous mountain path from [[Watcher/Spike's mountaintop cave]], working her way through a six-pack of [[IncrediblyLamePun Buckweiser]], and gets ambushed by three enclave pegasi. After a brief fight, BJ successfully intimidates the leader into ''carrying her down the mountain'', and throws in a BadassBoast for good measure.