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And so it was that the two factions that had spent almost a year at war and another year in uneasy stalemate finally joined together in an alliance, however fleeting it might be. Olivia was among those assigned to work more closely with the newcomers, despite their tense relationship. But however much disagreement she might have with them, she was also one who knew them best, after working so closely with the weather contractors. She couldn’t really fault Lucky for the assignment, even if she still…-
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Flurry Heart could always tell when a pony was humoring her.If she wanted to go on missions with any of the Elements, they would always agree. It didn’t matter if she asked for something absurd, didn’t matter if she wanted to go into danger or a social situation where another Alicorn would make things worse. They always said yes.Which was how she knew that she didn’t belong. It seemed very likely to her—practically a guarantee—that her aunt had asked them to go easy on her. They were close…
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“I’m sorry…” Sarah said, taking several deep breaths. Her eyes wandered to the nearest window, and she permitted herself a little open-mouthed gawking. Out at the exterior of the Inanna from far closer. Close enough to read the various signs and insignia painted everywhere, and see the many little flashing lights. It was an impressive ship from any distance, but from this one, she couldn’t help but think it was something meant to hold not just one crew, but an entire civilization. They passed a…
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The skycrane was an impressive sight, even for someone with modern biases who had been spoiled many times by new inventions. A cable stretched so high above them she couldn’t even imagine what it must be made of, yet it looked only a few times thicker than her own body. As it got lower, she could see it ended in a metallic apparatus that gripped several trays all at once, with a gyroscopic mechanism connecting them all and holding them level despite the wind.The crane came down on open ground a few…
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To Sarah, coming back to life felt similar to becoming an alicorn. There was an invisible barrier of energy, and she had to drag herself through it to the other side, like her body was being printed one layer at a time. But it was more than simple fabrication: there was an interface here. Despite going through the gate with Ocellus, she dragged herself towards the light alone.Until Harmony found her, a metallic pony that towered over her even as an alicorn. Its words were a blur of emotion, and it didn’t…
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Flurry Heart caught the falling creature right out of the air in front of her. Not a simple catch—it was moving so fast, with enough energy to kill several ponies with the impact. She blasted all that away in a wave of heat and sound, filling the room with white for a few seconds. Her horn steamed from the effort, and an involuntary squeak of pain escaped her lips.This was exactly the kind of spell her aunt had lectured her about in her early years. The foundations could save your life one day!The pony…
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Lucky Break stood at the head of a dozen marines in the cargo hold of the Wing of Midnight, watching the countdown timer on her screen shrink down. The ship shook violently to one side, then the other, and she heard the constant rumble of gunfire from outside. But what Forerunner and its crew were dealing with out there, he hadn’t said.Beside her, Lightning Dust stood in gleaming armor of her own—the same armor she’d been given before Othar had fallen. Where even her friends had failed her—or maybe…
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Olivia knew there were some things she must not do. When she was a child, she had been taught not to run with scissors, not to expose her public Ident to strangers, and never to board a spacecraft unless she knew where it was going. But the years had changed her, and she had learned a great deal. She knew there was information she must not reveal to the enemy, even when she was captured and interrogated. As with all high officers of the United Nations Interstellar Navy, she had been implanted with training…
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Sarah found suddenly that she could move again. Her limbs seemed to come unglued from the seat under her, and the squeezing around her legs finally stopped. If I never ride a fucking jumper again it will be too soon. She yanked free of the restraints, but found she didn’t have to pull very hard; Forerunner had already released them.Compared to the constant brightness of the interior during the flight over, the gloom of the jumper now felt surreal. Is that because there’s nothing to see? She stopped in…
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Olivia felt power return to her as she had known only once before. It had been as intoxicating then as it was terrifying. For a single frozen instant, she felt as though she had grown another set of eyes and could see both ways in time. Looking back, she could sense the vast inertia of history—quintillions of individual lives, all combined in inevitable ways to produce this moment. Equus was no last vestige of anything, it was the shelter meant to preserve the light of civilization through the darkness…
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