History Fanfic / FalloutEquestriaEmptyQuiver

It is a sequel to ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestriaOccupationalHazards'', and is available for reading on Website/FimfictionDotNet [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/239530/fallout-equestria-empty-quiver here]].

* CatchPhrase: Taking from her father, Night Strike; "Oh, [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] me with a fuel rod".
** Alternatively, "Oh, [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] me with an [[{{BFG}} ROQF 17-pounder tank gun.]]"
*** And brought on to be parodied by herself, upon realizing what actually was now living in the glowing remains of the battered-Sea Power Station.
--> "Hey, Rangefinder, can I see Fyre's gun for a sec? I need to... live up to my catchphrase."

* CoolGuns: Par for the course, given it's a Fallout: Equestria story. Twintails still carries his twin Browning Automatic Rifles and .45-cal Luger from Occupational Hazards, while Night Strike has "inherited" his extended-barrel M79 Grenade Rifle.
** Later on, Aerith shows herself to be quite a gun nut as well, opting for a classic [=M1928A1=] Tommy Gun and an M1 Garand mounting a scope. [[spoiler: Even further along she gets ahold of a Sieg Automatic Rifle, a bullpup design firing the .30-06 cartridge much like the BAR.]]
*** [[spoiler: During a later stealth section, she gives up her Garand and Sieg Automatic in favor of a De Lisle Carbine]].
** Seen with the Tank Ghouls as well, if somewhat expected. Rangefinder's tank is outfitted with a pintle-mounted [=M2HB=] Browning fifty cal for the commander, while Rheinmetall's tank Porschia can equip an [=MG42=] on a cupola mount. [[spoiler: Caution Tape's tank takes the cake, though, sporting no less than SEVEN M2 Brownings, two of them alone in a commander's mount on the main turret.]]
** [[spoiler: Quick Fire, the gunner of the [=BT-42=], owns a pristinely-kept [[UsefulNotes/FinnsWithFearsomeForests Lahti L39 20mm Anti-Tank rifle]]. [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill He uses it for hunting]].]]

* HasTwoMommies: Gender-inverted: Both Night Strike and Static Charge each have two fathers. The explanation behind this tends to yield [[INeedAFreakingDrink a few interesting reactions]].

** Later on, Aerith shows herself to be quite a gun nut as well, opting for a classic [=M1928A1=] Tommy Gun and an M1 Garand mounting a scope. [[spoiler: Even further along she gets ahold of a [[RareGuns Sieg Automatic Rifle]], a bullpup design firing the .30-06 cartridge much like the BAR.]]
*** [[spoiler: During a later stealth section, she gives up her Garand and Sieg Automatic in favor of a [[RareGuns De Lisle Carbine]].]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[MeaningfulName War Crime]] is a fully-automatic sniper rifle chambered for the .50 caliber machine gun round. There is a very good reason why all .50 caliber automatic weapons are fired from solid mounts, and don't require the user to support it with a stock on their shoulder. [[LawOfInverseRecoil Night Strike is not a smart pony.]]

** [[spoiler: And as of page 88, the HMS Cadence as a whole is going to be brought out in full force. It's less breaking out a piece from the museum as it is breaking out the ''[[UpToEleven entire museum]]'' itself.]]

** [[spoiler: The HMS Cadence herself is one of these, having been maintained in mostly working order for two and a half centuries by Fowler. Less of a ChekhovsGun and more of a [[UpToEleven Chekhov's Gunship]].]]

** [[spoiler: This is taken UpToEleven on Page 30. Thanks in part to her unusual origins, and the fact that Night Strike has drunk so much of it, Sparkle Cola has given her a kind of benign mutation. Upon consuming it, she's imbued with a minor HealingFactor.]]

** Most recently taken UpToEleven with the introduction of the Flak 88/37 AA guns at the sub pen.

* NiceHat: Aerith prefers to wear a wide-brim traditional black fedora.

* AdultFear: The threat of nuclear holocaust may have come to fruition and be old history by this point, but its results are still left for the characters to encounter. [[spoiler: Such as the skeleton of a foal trapped in its own home underneath rubble.]]

** The owner of the gun shop in Hopeville laments the fact that oftentimes ponies will pay in [[VendorTrash junk they'd found around the wasteland]].

* RealityEnsues: [[MeaningfulName War Crime]] is a fully-automatic sniper rifle chambered for the .50 caliber machine gun round. There is a very good reason why all .50 caliber automatic weapons are fired from solid mounts, and don't require the user to support it with a stock on their shoulder. [[LawOfInverseRecoil Night Strike is not a smart pony.]]

* SurvivorGuilt: [[spoiler: After narrowly escaping with their lives and retreating to Maple Station following one last attempt at killing the Vanhoover Five, the gryphon mercenaries elect to [[DrowningMySorrows drown their sorrows]] at the local bar. The female gryphon even goes so far to grab Night Strike by her jacket and beg for death while completely plastered, much to Night Strike's bewilderment.]]

''Empty Quiver'' is a ''FanFic/FalloutEquestria'' fan fiction written by both [[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/the-furry-railfan/ the-furry-railfan]] and [[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/mintycandy/ MintyCandy]]. It is a sequel to ''FanFic/FalloutEquestriaOccupationalHazards'', and is available for reading on Website/FimfictionDotNet [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/239530/fallout-equestria-empty-quiver here]].

!Tropes present in this work:
* AbnormalAmmo: Crash Dive's favored weapon is a repurposed harpoon gun that fires cut lengths of steel rebar.

** Later on, the group explores and raids the personal bunker of a pre-war and post-war gunsmith. Beyond the early Fallouts-style door, they find a proper WallOfWeapons, the dead gunsmith's name being a rather familiar-sounding 'Back Gunner'. One has to wonder if he ever had to deal with [[Franchise/{{Tremors}} Graboids]].

--> "There we go, made a bridge. [[Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire Only took ten seconds, eleven, tops.]]"

* SymbolicBlood: [[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/23791597/ Page 98]], with shades of HighPressureBlood. [[spoiler: Both cases understandable, considering the creature the 'blood' came from is a large robotic dragon - red hydraulic oil would've been stored in large quantities and under high pressure in order to give the dragon the necessary strength to throw tank turrets around.]]

** [[spoiler: With the HMS Cadence up and running for the most part, it's sizable complement of anti-air batteries have been able to put to use as of page 94. A [[{{BFG}} 4-inch quick-firing gun]] loaded with a flak shell, and [[MoreDakka about eight 40mm autocannons]] tends to be pretty effective against most flying stuff.]]

* {{BFG}}: Most of the characters carry one version of this or another, notably War Crime, and that's before you get to the ''really'' heavy artillery they have on offer.
** [[spoiler: 'Shining' is a 600mm-caliber heavy siege mortar in storage at Seahoof. While the group isn't able to use it, as far as guns go it's a pretty huge freakin' gun.]]
** The 8-inch deck guns aboard the HMS Cadence.
** [[spoiler: The 290mm Spigot Mortar mounted on Avery the Churchill AVRE counts as well.]]
** [[spoiler: Though not as large as the other examples, the 88mm AA guns at the sub pen count, being expies of the [[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons 8.8cm Flak 37 AA/AT gun]]. By extension, this also includes Rheinmetall's tank's cannon, which is effectively the same gun.]]
** [[spoiler: Crash Dive, Static, and Night Strike all come across a tunnel in the northeastern Vanhoover wasteland that houses several railcars identical to the carriages used to carry the Krupp K5 28cm railway gun, albeit [[OhCrap without any of the actual gun barrels on them]].]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Despite its first chapter debuting a full eleven months before its release, readers have commented more than once about the surprising similarities with VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}. This eventually reached the point where a commentor on /mlp/ wondered if the authors were somehow linked with Creator/{{Bethesda}}.
** For starters, the group is heavily involved in developing and improving settlements. Large chunks of the story are devoted to giving towns MoreDakka and building links between communities. Helping them defend against future threats is key to their gradual progress, and the group is repeatedly sidetracked dealing with this over their actual goal.
** [[spoiler: The Anglerponies - often seen as a stand in for Mirelurks - are noted to exist prior to the bombs dropping thanks to genetic modifications. Then, lo and behold, terminals in the Nahant Oceanological Society reveal Mirelurks were prewar creations thanks to pollution.]]
** [[AuthorAppeal Many real world vintage weapons show up in Empty Quiver, ranging from Second World War to Cold War guns]], many of which promptly showed up in the new game.
** [[spoiler: One personal arc focuses upon a bitter, combat happy side character and involves them overcoming a long standing drug addiction. Having been hooked for years, long past the point where most doctors can deal with it, the heroes eventually find a way of purging her system of chemicals. This causes them to emerge as a more openly friendly member of the group, at ease with themselves. Oddly enough, this fits both Crash Dive and Cait to a tee.]]
** [[spoiler: If all this wasn't enough, upon the release of the Far Harbor trailer, it was revealed that one of the new enemies is some sort of mutated Anglerfish. Remains to be seen if those enemies are as tough as the Anglerponies, but the fact that mutant Anglerfish of any description are now canon begs the question of if the authors ''do'' work at Bethesda, or are simply clairvoyant to some degree. Or, yanno, are just really lucky at guessing.]]
** [[spoiler: With the full release of Far Harbor, a rather astonishing number of parallels have been noted between it and Empty Quiver, including; old-timey diving suits, harpoon guns, a nuclear missile submarine, a submarine pen, and perhaps most astonishing of all, a Mr. Handy/Ms. Nanny robot named Pearl. Whether it's clairvoyance or coincidence, only the authors can say.]]

* SeaMonster: [[spoiler: Page 53 reveals rather large one is lurking just off shore, one large enough to punch foot long holes through armoured bulkheads just by casually passing over them.]]
** [[spoiler: The monster is later revealed to be a {{kaiju}} sized Anglerpony, easily big enough to dwarf most buildings and swallow a pony whole. However, the battle itself is something of a subversion of the usual tropes. While still extremely frantic and terrifying, the monster's size works against it, making several [[AttackItsWeakPoint obvious]] vulnerabilities all the easier to hit and severely slowing its speed. This allows it to be brought down in half a chapter thanks to a sustained barrage from multiple tanks.]]