All Units Stand By (Patreon)

Getting some more art done from the anthro MLP dream/movie I had  awhile ago. This drawing is effectively what was happening on the other  of the communication chain from I have a shot

     "Operations to commence in 5 minutes. Understood m'am. Over" 

     Rarity listened to Coco Pommel confirm her orders then the unicorn  switched another channel and continued to verify her assets were in  place and ready to move at the correct time. One by one her and her  staff prepared to initiate the operation that they'd spent the last few  weeks planning. Finally it was a matter of waiting for the start time.

     The mare looked up from her paperwork and looked around at her staff.  This operation was taking place in the back office of a boutique about 3  blocks from where the actual operation would take place. When Royal  Equestria Security Forces (RESF) discovered this cell Celestia had  selected Rarity to run the operation. The Element of Generosity had  shown herself to be a meticulous planner and she was able to run the  operation under the guise of being a fashion boutique.

     Under the guise of being part of her growing umbrella of shops a  failing boutique had been purchased by the Crown and reopened. However  to reduce suspicions the boutique needed to be open for business while  the Crown planned for the removal of the cell. That meant the store had  to be staffed and open for business.

    Since  there was always the possibility that the operation's cover could be  blown the Royal Sisters decided to reduce the chance of any innocent  ponies being caught in any potential crossfire. Therefore all of the  staff working at the boutique would be RESF personnel. However to be  convincing they would have to know their chops when it came to the world  fashion.

    So all of the RESF stallions and  mares working there had been run through a hasty retail/fashion boot  camp that Rarity had set up. Fortunately some of her team had some  experience with retail, and a couple had some knowledge of the world of  fashion. Using them as her core violet-blue maned mare had been able to  throw together a pretty convincing team of personal shoppers for the  actual customers who came through the doors of boutique looking for  answers to their fashion needs. However for today the boutique was  closed. A hastily written sign taped to the front door apologized to  customers for being closed. A ruptured water pipe was cited as the  reason for the closure, and the water stained carpet visible through the  store windows helped create a convincing situation. 

     The mare sighed. The boutique was in a good location. It had only  been bad luck that had doomed the original store. She could turn this  location into a real fashion dynamo if she had a year to build it up,  but she knew that as soon as this operation was over they'd be closing  the operation down. There were rumors starting to rumble in the ranks  that the Royal Sisters were going to finally take out the main portal in  Fillydelphia, and they'd be shipped out to there immediately after this  operation over to help with that one.

     The white unicorn sighed. She hoped those rumors were true and that this  would finally bring this war to a close. She looked down at the PP2000  submachine gun hanging from a 1 point sling that was slung around her  neck. She was tired of this war and wanted to get back to what she was  truly passionate about.

    But that would  be another day. Right now they were at T-minus 3 minutes. Toggling her  encrypted radio, Rarity checked in with her troops one last time.