“ | Honestly, most of them would be more interested in saving your PipBuck than saving you. | ” |
The Steel Rangers are an elite faction of militant, technologically-advanced earth and unicorn ponies clad in steel armor. The last remaining members of the Ministry of Wartime Technology, they were born when it and the Ministry of Arcane Sciences cooperated to create the steel power armor that personifies the Steel Rangers.
History[]
During the War[]
The Steel Rangers were established as a branch of the Equestrian military and Ministry of Technology by Applejack and were composed of experienced soldiers, specially trained to use the power armour. The Steel Rangers were the only soldiers that wore full body power armour and performed operations outside of just military ones. The Steel Rangers could be commanded by the military and ministries and functioned as specialist soldiers during the war.
The Steel Rangers were given oaths during their service, specifically to protect Equestria and its people. Pinkie Pie notably ordered a group of Steel Rangers to accompany her specialists 'The Pinks' in a special operation in Manehatten, specifically the capture and disarming of a Balefire Bomb, smuggled into Equestria by Zebra and ponies loyal to the zebra, working for the Four Stars company.
After the War[]
When the Megaspells fell, the Steel Rangers managed to survive the apocalypse, either in bunkers, stables, or as Ghouls. The order emerged into the Equestrian wasteland after the fallout and set about recovering and protecting technology. Several Contingents of the order sprung up, including the Manehatten, Fillydelphia & Trottingham contingents.
The Rangers views on their oaths have become warped and many of them no longer care about protecting innocent wasteland ponies, instead fixated upon the recovery of technology. Some of the Rangers have a shoot-first, ask-questions later policy and will employ it in the pursuit of securing valuable technology, like what happened with the Fillydelphia contingent and Calamity, when they noticed he had Spitfire's Thunder.
The Rangers suffered a schism when SteelHooves rebelled against the practices of the Fillydelphia contingent and their unprovoked attack on Stable 2. Many rangers flocked to SteelHooves, renaming themselves Applejack's Rangers and painting themselves red as a sign of their desertion. Littlepip had a run-in with the Steel Rangers after this, including a firefight at Bucklyn Cross after an attempted hostage exchange went bad.
Steel Rangers and Applejack's Rangers fought side by side against the Enclave when they began assaulting the Equestrian Wasteland.
Traits[]
Technology[]
Steel Rangers are known for their obsession with the most advanced pre-war technology that the Equestrian Wasteland has to offer. Their major goal is to collect, catalog, and research any technology they can find, in hopes that they may one day be able to duplicate it.
This obsession, combined with their militant ruthlessness, makes them one of the most aggressively advanced factions in the Equestrian Wasteland. Most Steel Ranger soldiers are equipped with a full metal suit of power armor, making them frighteningly effective combatants.
Militarism[]
The Steel Rangers are a highly militarized faction, its bulk comprised of soldiers who comb the ruins of the Equestrian Wasteland, seeking remnants of technology and history from the pre-war era. Almost every member of the Steel Rangers is combat-trained, armed, and prepared for deployment at a moment's notice.
Power Armor[]
The power armor that the Steel Rangers wear is made almost entirely of metal and is embedded with several magical gemstones, one of which enhance the user's strength, allowing easier to manage for the ponies inside. The armor has a special integrated battle saddle designed to hold all manner of weapons, including heavy weapons like grenade-chainguns, mini-guns, and missile launchers.
It also features a full software suite, designed by Stable-Tec and extraordinarily similar to a PipBuck, that includes E.F.S., S.A.T.S., and a medical suite that can monitor the health of the host and administer drugs and medicine on demand.
Command Structure[]
The command structure of the Steel Rangers is organized into a strict, non-linear hierarchy of ranks. They can be categorized into one of three branches: the equally important Civilian and Military branches, and the Command branch.
Command[]
- Ministry Mare
- The Ministry Mare of the Ministry of Wartime Technology is the highest ranking member of the Steel Rangers, and plays an administrative role in the faction's activities. Throughout history, there has only been one known Ministry Mare--Applejack, the founder of the Steel Rangers--and it is unknown whether any have attempted to fill her shoes.
- Elder
- An Elder is the highest ranking officer of a Steel Ranger regional chapter. The Elder typically commands the rest of the local chapter, and coordinates with Elders from other chapters regarding faction-wide policies and initiatives.
- Star Paladin
- A Star Paladin is a high-ranking Steel Ranger operative who has the freedom to pursue and organize their own operations outside of the rank and file army. They typically do so alone, working as agents, though they appear to have seniority over members of both the Military and Civilian branches.
Military[]
- Senior Paladin
- Senior Paladins are officers who preside over a large contingent of Steel Rangers.
Paladin
- Paladins are officers who lead a Steel Ranger platoon of 24. They report directly to Senior Paladins.
- Crusader
- Crusaders are sergeants who lead a Steel Ranger squad of 8. They report directly to Paladins.
- Knight
- Knights are rank-and-file soldiers in the Steel Rangers. They operate in squads lead by Crusaders.
Civilian[]
- Scribe
- Scribes are members of the Steel Rangers' civilian workforce. They are typically responsible for research, maintenance, and other non-combat activities, and share the same rank as a Knight. Only one rank of Scribe is known, though it is possible that there are several leadership ranks that coincide with the seniority of Paladins and Senior Paladins.
- Initiate
- Initiates are newly-inducted members of the Steel Rangers, either from a birth within the Steel Rangers' ranks or through external recruitment. Holding the lowest rank, Initiates are in training to ascend to either a civilian or military role within the Steel Rangers.
Regional Contingent[]
The Steel Rangers are organized into several contingents, each of which operates at varying capacity in multiple regions. Each contingent is commanded by one Elder and one or more Star Paladins.
Fillydelphia Contingent[]
- Elder: Blueberry Sabre
- Star Paladin: Nova Rage
The Fillydelphia contingent was suffering losses from Red Eyes army for many years. They gave Littlepip information that led her to Fillydelphia. When she was gone, the Rangers decided to pack up and leave due to persistent harrassment from Red Eye's forces.
The Fillydelphia contingent lead an assault on Stable 2, attempting to claim it as a base of operations. These rangers suffered a schism, where several of them were detained by their comrades for refusing to kill the Stable ponies. Littlepip and her companions managed to kill the Steel Rangers assaulting her home and rescue the stable's surviving inhabitants.
The surviving Rangers that weren't assaulting Stable 2 were absorbed into SteelHooves' Manehatten Contingent as Applejack Rangers.
Manehattan Contingent[]
- Elder: Cottage Cheese
- Star Paladin: SteelHooves (former)
- Star Paladin: Crossroads
The Manehatten contingent is set up in Stable 29 located in Manehatten city. The Stable housed a crusader mainframe which Cottage cheese tried to download his consciousness into and turn it into a soul jar to prevent his death. Cottage Cheese was stopped by the timely arrival of Littlepip who shut down the mainframe, preventing the Elder's dreams of immortality.
A group of Manehatten Rangers, operating out of their outpost at Bucklyn Cross, were slaughtered by Littlepip, after one of the Steel Rangers panics and accidentally fires his weapon, sparking a firefight. Littlepip took the water talisman she had come to Bucklyn Cross to exchange Cottage Cheese for. Elder Cottage Cheese was sent to friendship city along with Granpa Rattle and the surviving Arbu Foals.
SteelHooves took over the contingent and lead them for a time as Applejack's Rangers. These Rangers would continue to follow Steelhooves example even after his death. The Manehatten contingent also protected Spike's cave and by extension, The Gardens of Equestria during the assault of Neighvaro/S.P.P by Littlepip, Spike and numerous allies.
Trottingham Contingent[]
Briefly mentioned by Strawberry Lemonade, the Trottingham Contingent were known to have ideals leaning more towards the Applejack's Rangers philosophy. Strawberry Lemonade theorized that most of the contingent would join the Applejack's Rangers.
Side Stories[]
The Steel Rangers have made appearances in numerous side stories. Below is a list of some of these groups of Steel Rangers.
{{TableO|Steel Rangers in Side Stories|
- Warning! The following information applies only to its associated side story, and is thus considered non-canon in the Fallout: Equestria universe.
Project Horizons |
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Trottingham ContingentIn Project Horizons, it is mentioned that the wildlife in the area around Trottingham has forced the Rangers to take on the role of defenders and have thus become viewed as protectors, much like the original Steel Rangers were seen, during the war. They act and behave more like the Rangers of the Applejack's Rangers. Hoofington ContingentElder: Crunchy Carrots Star Paladin: Steel Rain & Stronghoof The Hoofington Contingent of the Brotherhood was founded by Elder Crunchy Carrots after he and his friends/travelling companions split up. The Hoofington Contingent was based in the half sunken battleship The Celestia. Throughout the years of their establishment, the Rangers went on to acquire, hoard and protect a vast arsenal of weapons and ammunition. They were also salvaging technology from the sunken battleship Luna. The Hoofington Rangers became involved in an all out war with the Reapers when Blackjack and her friends accidentally sparked off the war by throwing a grenade as a distraction, so they could sneak undetected past the Reapers and Rangers. The Reapers brought several gangs from across The Hoof and beyond to assist them. In response, the Steel Rangers called for reinforcements who arrived by boat from other contingents across the wasteland. Blackjack had been trying to stop the war and managed to convince the Elder to at least stay their Hoof. Infighting broke out on the vessel as Rangers supporting Crunchy Carrots and those supporting Steel Rain began fighting for control of the Contingent & The Celestia. Blackjack using Trottenheimer's Folly accidentally managed to sink the Celestia when trying to kill Paladin Steel Rain. The surviving Rangers split into three groups. Some went off to join the Manehatten contingent who saw no reason to stay since the Celestia was sunk. Some went into hiding with Star Paladin Steel Rain. And the rest are regrouping at Fluttershy's Medical centre now under the command of Star Paladin Stronghoof. These Rangers have also defected and joined up with Applejack's Rangers . Blackjack gives them the location of her old Stable to use as a base of operation cautioning them on the Raider Virus in the recycling system and the Chlorine gas that has filled the Stable. |
Pink Eyes |
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Route 52 ContingentThe Rangers along Route 52 were in an all out war with their Applejack counterparts. They held Ivory Tower, the one place along Route 52 that didn't contain any Solaris.Inc Technology. The fought against the Applejack's Rangers savagely until their base was targeted by Sentenza which inadvertently fired the Ponymedes space Satellites. The weapon platforms had powerful Railguns/Gaussguns built on them that launched massive rounds at their base. The Rangers had enough time to retreat and entered a truce with the Applejack Rangers, ending the war. The surviving Rangers who hadn't defected, were escorted out of the Applejack's Rangers territory, by Henrietta Firebright. |
Heroes |
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Dise RangersElder: Chunky Soup (Former Elder) Star Paladin: Curly Fries (Formerly. Has been exiled.) The Steel Rangers first make an appearance performing surprise inspections on unsuspecting Caravans. They let Hired Gun and the caravan she is escorting pass and disappear so that their next random inspection cannot be predicted. The Rangers are later revealed to have a fully functioning base outside Dise. They have made numerous enemies in the region, including the NCA who will not tolerate their presence in their territories. Hired Gun and her group were captured by the Rangers after they escaped the Baises and Dise. The group manage to escape the ranger base and head for the town of Snake Head where Paladin Curly Fries has followed them. The Dise Rangers wiped out the town of Timber, under orders from their commanding officer, Paladin Blackwater. They purchased Hired Gun from the Crimson Hoof and sent her into the pre-war facility in Timber but she managed to escape them again. Later they tried to kill Hired twice, first by raiding the town of Bridle Hope and once more by holding an NCA caravan hostage with a Balefire Egg Launcher but were killed by one of the Hizai, sent to escort Hired Gun to Dise. |
Ditzy Doo Chronicles |
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Fillydelphia ContingentSenior Paladin: SteelHooves Head Scribe: Gizmo The Fillydelphia contingent is encountered by Ditzy Doo, forty years after the megaspell fallout. The Rangers are primarily interested in technology and swelling their ranks, hence their willingness to help and integrate some of the population of Stable 67. They Don't look favourably upon ghouls, ironically enough as a ghoul is one of their high ranking members. Trottingham ContingentElder: Emerald Head Scribe: Cottage Cheese The Trottingham contingent was founded, eighty years after the Apocalypse. They wiped out the peaceful ghoul settlement of Necropolis, the Steel Rangers had been unwilling to compromise with the ghouls and assaulted their leader, Rotting Tail. This caused the ghouls to react violently and attack. The steel rangers lost several of their own ponies during the attack, but slaughtered the majority of the local ghouls. |
Guise of Chaos |
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Hornsmith RangersElder: Unknown Star Paladin: Broken Arrow The Hornsmith steel Rangers operate in the Hornsmith area and were first encountered by Ripple and his friends in orchard after being stunned. Ripple is briefly interviewed by Broken Arrow and then taken to meet up with his friends in the Detention area of the Ranger compound. Broken Arrow strongarms Ashred and Ripple into killing the two Paragons leading the siege of Orchard, Ash and Rip comply reluctantly. The Rangers keep their promise and release Ivory and Shade. The Steel Rangers later attacked Neighwhere using massive pre-war robots and their own heavy weaponry to demolish the city, street by street. The reason for the attack was likely to wipe out the Paragons and their forces as well as to claim Stable 87 and retaliate for the earlier siege on Orchard. Stable 87 was denied to the Rangers when Hate destroyed the stable. The Rangers later attacked the Maremack Mountain facility, bringing along some of their giant robots. They were fiercely attacked by Dwellers that populated the facility, slowing their attempts to claim it. They did eventually manage to takeover the facility and loot the majority of technology within, though they lost a great number of Rangers, including their Star Paladin, Broken Arrow. |
Outlaw |
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Buckston ContingentThe Rangers in Buckston maintain a forced peace with the local Talon mercenaries of Obsidian Equestria and The Enclave (Ardent Vortex's rebels.). Part of the peace treaty they forged was a no-flying rule in the no-pony zone or Buckston. The Buckston Rangers are actually divided into two groups, the defectors who wanted to employ slave labour and the traditionalists who wished to move in a more positive direction. LoyalistsElder: Clam Chowder Star Paladins: Shell Shock & War Machine (Former) The Loyalists left their old base of operations and moved to an Equestrian National Guard Depot. They have been fixing up the base's old equipment and weaponry as well as acquiring new technology. These Rangers welcomed Mach as a hero for killing the traitor Rangers on numerous occasions and have worked with Mach on numerous occasions, such as helping to fight and kill an ice dragon or letting Mach have two gatling lasers they acquired. They have also given Mach tasks or favours to complete for them, such as locating rounds for a railway cannon and investigating a destroyed Satellite Communication Array. TraitorsElder: War Machine Star Paladins: Bebop and Rocksteady These Rangers operate out of a large base of operations, an old military base with heavy defences and anti-air weaponry. They also operate out of several small outposts spread throughout Buckston. They have been shown escorting civilian caravans and have been willing to capture enemy combatants, particularly Enclave officers and trade them for a reward. Mach has made himself an enemy of the Rangers due to several attacks he committed willingly or was duped into performing. The splinter faction are involved with slavery and had goals that the contingent's original elder did not agree with. |
Rangers of Wintertrot |
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Wintertrot RangersElder: Inkwell Star Paladin: Mustang The Rangers of Wintertrot were mostly killed during their founding. The Treasurer Inkwell survived the destruction of his chapter and is currently working to rebuild it from the ground up. Inkwell promoted himself to the Rank of Elder and made Mustang a Star Paladin. He also recruited the zebra sniper Crosshair into his group as a knight. Inkwell and his group are currently based within the hostile city of Wintertrot without any reinforcements. |
Memories |
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Happy Hills RangersStar Paladins: Cheese Puffs & Root Beer The Rangers of Happy Hills are a group of Steel Rangers who originally operated a base in the tunnels near the town of Happy Hills. After repeated attacks by Raiders, they moved into the town of Happy Hills and took over the towns defence from the ill-trained militia. Since then they have trained the militia and provide protection and a strong deterrent against Raiders. |
Broken Steel |
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Pondale RangersElder: Elder Stanier Star Paladin Appletart Longshot - Former
The Pondale regiment carried on without Appletart and was attacked by Motor Runner and his army of infected Raiders a few months later. Appletart returned to Pondale to discover the town and Rangers had all been killed, Elder Stanier survived for a few days, dying slowly and in agony. Appletart mercifully ended his life and left to seek revenge on Motor Runner. |
Clearer Skies |
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Seaddle RangersElder: Burnt Buns Star Paladin: Buttered Toast The Seaddle Rangers wiped out Stable 199, leaving a total of 2 survivors. They now use the stable as a base of operations for their activity in and around Seaddle. |
Treasure Hunting |
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Blackhoof ContingentElder: Scifresh Star Paladin: Jazz The Blackhoof rangers were based out of and old factory named Leathers in the Blackhoof area. They primarily concerned themselves with self defense against Wirepony and resupply by attempting to raid Stable 60 located in the mines below their base. Stable 60 RangersElder: Drop Scone Star Paladin: Lamington The Stable Rangers had been occupying Stable 60 since their ancestors were sealed inside during the war. Their orders were to maintain themselves and to be ready to operate as a fully functional paramilitary force in post-Balefire Equestria. When alerted to the Blackhoof contingent attempting to raid them for supplies and technology a struggle broke out but the Stable Rangers were able to repel the rival contingent with only one casualty. |
Silence |
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Unknown Steel Rangers FactionElder: ? Star Paladin: ? While it is unclear, the Steel Rangers were responsible for augmenting Lightspeed as to use her for their cause. However, the partial cyberpony rebelled and joined with the Powder Gangers. At some time, the Steel Rangers engaged in a firefight against them, but were soon easily defeated. They even engaged in combat against Zero with no effort as the scientist had single-handedly defeated them whilst in a drunken state. It is currently unknown who are both the Elder and Star Paladin. They may be considered as outcasts or the remnants of the Steel Rangers. So far, one of the Steel Rangers were captured by Powder Gangers. |
Fallout Equestria: Renegades |
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The Seaddle Contingent One of the last still standing groups of Steel Rangers in the Wasteland, it is run by Elder Mandrake who controls the Rangers in their fight against the Applejack's Rangers over the city. The Characters Rose and Nova are both former members of this group. |
Notable Steel Rangers[]
Former Star Paladin SteelHooves
Star Paladin Crossroads
Knight Strawberry Lemonade
Elder Cottage Cheese
Elder Blueberry Sabre
Star Paladin Nova Rage
Behind the Scenes[]
The Steel Ranger's are based off the of the Brotherhood of Steel from the Fallout games.