War.
War never changes. That’s what DJ Pon3 tells us over the airwaves when he is feeling
melancholy or insightful. I’m inclined to believe him; he strikes me as a stallion that has seen far more
than his fair share of war and violence.
But there-in lay other stories. Stories about the legendary Stable-Dweller, heroine of the
wasteland; or maybe you prefer Security, bringing her own brand of justice to the Hoof. Even before
those two ever stepped hoof outside of their respective Stables there were heroes in the Wasteland.
The DJ liked to name them as well, talk them up over his radio broadcasts, to try and give the ponies
trapped in the hell of surviving some hope. They all had names, names beyond the titles, but every pony
is more likely to recognize them by the cute monikers the DJ gave them. “Avenger”… “Trouble”…
“Mysterious Stranger”… “Odyssey”… even “101” before his fall. Me? I’m not like any of them, nor will I
pretend to be, but my name was on the DJ’s lips many times…