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Land and farm 83% After their last experience on the surface of Zerzura, Twilight half-expected some kind of mounted gun to emerge from the soil to shoot the Prospector to pieces, or maybe a gigantic metal deer would emerge from the trees and trample them. But nothing like that happened, and the prospector descended slowly and calmly on the largest bare patch of ground in the area they were calling the “safe zone.”“So this is the map,” Twilight said, passing out printouts about an hour after the…-
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Six Months. 51% Twilight Sparkle adjusted her woven plastic hat under the harsh Proximus sun. Sweat brimmed on her brow, and the smell of dirt filled the air around her like earth pony perfume. She could feel the soreness in her muscles, roughly proportional to how full the wheelbarrow was in front of her. Fresh carrots were piled inside, each one half as big around as her hoof and glittering with moisture.“We ain’t done,” Applejack called from beside her, eyes narrowing slightly. “We rest when the…
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Offer a power matrix. 61% “Are you sure you wouldn’t rather carry this with your ‘magic’? This body’s abilities are not limitless.”“Neither is my magic,” Twilight glared sidelong at Node, who had been heavily burdened with a harness and the massive square outline of the Power Matrix, wrapped in protective cloth with the cables drawn taught. The object was a delicate stack of crystals and conductive alloys, wrapped in an outer shell of thin plastic. They weren’t meant to be transported…
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Board the Canterlot “You shouldn’t be leaving, Twilight,” Sunset said, from the other side of the docking bay. She might only be looking at her through a thin layer of glass, but it was still more than enough for Twilight to see her disapproval. “Seriously, you’re the captain. There’s no telling what could be waiting over there. You should send me instead.”Twilight was already wearing her suit, and she didn’t so much as turn around. As the airlock closed behind her, she answered Sunset over…
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“So that’s the message,” Twilight finished, after having explained everything. They would’ve ordinarily had a meeting like this in the dining room, but the risk of being overheard was too great right now. So they stood on the bridge instead, looking down at the translation and Twilight’s notes.Life is not advised, the message said. You must change into constancy. We will perform it.“So that’s her plan to convince us?” Applejack asked, her tone doubting. “Come up with some new way to read…
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Investigate the Storage Room 49% Twilight couldn’t help but agree with Applejack. Spike’s apparent degradation in sanity—undetectable though it was—made confronting this mission critical.But just because Twilight was determined to get inside and see what had happened didn’t mean she had to be an idiot about it. There were machines in there, and she couldn’t even guess at their function with a glance through the window.“Applejack, you there?” Twilight asked over the radio. It had been almost…
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Try to win them over. 38%The stakes were so incredibly high. But in the end, Twilight couldn't fight her nature. It was tempting to banish the problem completely, considering the absurdity of attacking the princess, the only Alicorn these ponies had left. The one whose crew had just saved them. But she resisted. She couldn't leave them in prison forever, when they were the ones who knew the Canterlot as it was better than any of her own ponies. That kind of expertise couldn't be easily replaced.But…
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Some years later…Magpie walked alone through the forest, her helmet clicking lightly against her air-armor with every step. With such strides in lightness and efficiency, it barely felt much heavier than an oversized jacket. It helped that her armor was built for a crystal pony, and held only enough air for her to answer radio messages, without any of the complex tanks or scrubbers that other ponies relied on.Her heavy saddlebags clinked together with every step, but she barely noticed the weight. Being…-
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“You made the right choice, Twilight. I ain’t never went and did nothin’ as unprepared as we were and found it went right.”Twilight stood on the bridge of the Equinox, where a transparent aluminum window looked out on the vast expanse of space in all directions. There was no denying that the Equestrian engineers had gone for vanity here, with all the structural reinforcement required to install a window this large. She could see its many transparent facets, each one banded with thin metallic…
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"This last month, I tried to figure out why we weren’t in touch with Equestria. I was able to confirm a few things—there’s no jamming signal I can detect coming from anywhere in the system. I left a navigation probe a few thousand kilometers behind us—where we had our engagement with the Prospector. We’re still in perfect contact.”“How do we know the sensors aren’t lying to us?” Applejack asked. “Cozy mighta… done somethin’.”Twilight nodded. “I hardcoded a few modifications into…
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