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Tell him, then bring him along 63%“Spike, wake up.” She pushed him gently, but firm enough that he wouldn’t have a choice. It took a little more effort than it might’ve when he was younger. But he was no baby dragon anymore, not small enough to push around whenever she wanted. There was still something cute about the way he curled up, even if he didn’t use the bed, just slept on the floor in a corner. I wonder if that’s what happened because you grew up without any pony role models. Too bad you…-
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Fluttershy 59% Did I really look that bad? Twilight shuddered as she watched Fluttershy’s sleeping form through the medbay window. Her coat was spotty, skin gray and blotchy, and her mane nearly gone. It was the look of a pony who was barely alive—or more accurately, recently dead. We don’t sleep for the trip. We die and get reconstructed on the other side. It hadn’t been an easy choice to make, by any means. But Fluttershy’s medical skills would’ve been useful more than once already, and her…
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Try to Persuade them 62% It was absolute madness to Twilight. Everypony on her damn station seemed to want to get their friends back—despite all of them knowing how dire their situation was. We don’t have the medical personnel. We don’t have the drugs. They’re just asking for us to lose people.But she hadn’t served for all her years as princess by mistreating those beneath her. There was really only one way to solve a personnel problem: talking to them.So she called them in—the captains of each…
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Explore the bridge. 50%Twilight considered for a few moments where they would go first, but really there was no debate. “The bridge is going to be treated as the most essential section of the ship. It’s most likely to remain intact against threats, and to contain the information we need.”“We already have some idea of what happened,” Rarity said absently. “Assuming we trust Captain Sunset’s story. About creatures getting sick, and the plan to evacuate?”“I know,” Twilight said. “I’m…
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Send the Probe. 68% There was much Twilight could’ve suggested they do about the strange new information, but in the end she was left with one decision that rose above the others. “We’ll send a probe. A month from now, we’ll use what we learn to decide if we want to try and send another message. Talking to them now won’t let us get there any sooner, assuming there’s anypony to talk to.”Some members of the crew grumbled, but none was quite brave enough to argue with her. Twilight helped with…
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Captain Twilight Sparkle shifted uneasily in the confines of her insulated sleeper suit. She could feel the fabric pressing down on her coat, constricting her movement. It’s alright. Once I go into hibernation, I won’t be feeling anything.She pushed off gently from the back of the elevator, then used only an occasional flap of her wings to keep her moving through cryogenics. She passed five other pods, each of which was already occupied, and had been for weeks. There was no way to look inside, but the…
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Stop to mine 53% It wasn’t exactly a call Twilight wanted to make. Listening to that pony distress call playing over and over filled her with dread she could barely suppress. But however much she wanted to help, some rational part won out. They lasted this long, it doesn’t seem like two months will make a significant difference. They diverted a few degrees, slowing well short of Proximus C to orbit a metal-rich asteroid that would give them everything they needed in the shortest possible time horizon.…
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EpilogueA few years later...Gleaming Shield shifted uneasily in her light environmental suit, until the sleeves settled properly over her wings. Most of the Martian-born ponies just wore respirators outside these days, and some part of her wished she could be so brave. But even if the temperature outside were getting better, standing under the pressure washer to remove every potential drop of poison from her coat wasn't worth a little extra sweat.The suit was little more than light plastic, clear except…-
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Bonnie did not like to dream. When she slept, she remembered the world as it once was—a simpler world, when she was young, and the monsters hiding in the dark were the fears of a child. But then she grew up, and she saw how strong they were. She watched them take away the people she loved. Her father first, then her childhood love. Even when she managed to fight something back, her victories were always short-lived. The monsters won in the end.The ones she lived with now were not monsters in the same…-
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Twilight flies down for a rescue 38% Twilight was powerless to help as she galloped through the Equinox, heading straight back to the docking bay. Every second counted, and even an instant takeoff would still make her about fifteen minutes from arriving. By the time she’d made it into the Prospector, she could hear the panicked shouts coming in over the radio. Rainbow again. “Multiple airborne contacts out of the Memorial. The whole roof just opened! Buck me, there’s so many!”Twilight smacked down…
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