Millennia: Beginning

Summary
Star Shooter is a young pegasus living in Canterlot. One afternoon, he enlists for the New Lunar Marines at a recruiting station in Ponyville. After the prologue, the story moves through boot camp, and currently in the story is at the end of his first deployment. Though Star may not be the kind of pony that would go around making friends, he just may manage to bag a few in his time as a Marine.

Characters

 * Star Shooter: A 19-year old dark blue pegasus with a lighter-blue mane and red eyes. He originates from Coltlumbus and left at a young age to start a new, better life away from his parents in Canterlot. Later on, he enlists for the Lunar Marines and is then stationed in Manehattan with a position, on deployment, on board the L.R.S Eclipse, a massive aircraft carrier run by the Lunar Navy.


 * Solar Wave: A 17-year old light yellow unicorn with an orange mane. He was skittish during boot camp but slowly grew to the terms of it and life in the military. He is constantly picked on for his name while being under Luna's side of the military.


 * Silver Edge: While older than both Star and Solar, he still is both of their friends and would do anything to protect them both. He is a beige unicorn with a grey-and-silver striped mane, which is where his name comes from.


 * Ashfall: A muscular military-green earth pony and a Corporal in the Lunar Marines. He is Anchorage's best friend, though the two argue a lot like siblings. Of all of them, he is the tallest and most well-built.


 * Anchorage: A white-grey pegasus with light blue eyes and a dark blue mane, as well as a Petty Officer 3rd Class in the Lunar Navy. He has a bit of a northern accent and argues a lot with Ashfall, but over all, the two are best friends.

Reception
While the story is still a work-in-progress, it has received mixed criticism on FIMFiction. Not many comments have been left on the story since it was originally posted and the fic, as of October 2015, has 16 likes and 5 dislikes.

It is expected that the dislikes come from others believing the story is another Lunar Republic vs. Solar Empire fan fiction with the idea of a revolution against Celestia, which as stated by the author of Millennia, is not what the story is centered around at all.

Trivia

 * Millennia is the first story by the author to be written in first-person point of view.
 * According to the author, Millennia is not sharing the same timeline as most Lunar Republic vs. Solar Empire stories. Instead, he stated that in the story, which revolves around the same universe he writes most of his stories in, the New Lunar Republic and Celestia's side of the military, which does not have a name, coincide in a peaceful way while also having internal competition, much like the real-life military branches.