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Ocellus deposited the injured Marie along the only flat part of cave she could find, laying her down as close to all at once as she could manage. She might not be a doctor, and she didn’t know any healing spells, but she could still remember the basics she’d learned in Twilight’s school. But as engaging as it had been to hear Meadowbrook lecture on the subject, she couldn’t absorb enough to save lives in a few hours.The others weren’t far behind her—Sandbar carrying the filly named Helen, and…-
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Decimus and her swarm of controllers fought brutally. Evoli could hear them from outside, and sense the violence through the aid of her own swarm. The deeper they went, the better prepared the enemy became. She could not see into the minds of Decimus and her controllers, but she could ask those on the outskirts through her own controllers’ vocal questions.The enemy was prepared—with weapons of the ancients, in great numbers. Many of the orphaned controllers died. All the better. We need as few mouths…-
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Lotus stared down at Luna's response, turning over the magical letter in the air. She could hold it there now, so long as she stayed focused. That focus took total concentration, and shattered the instant she looked away. But it was all the proof she needed—she could learn this. She could get better. Once she mastered this new skill, she could return him to reality.Of course that wasn't what her new pen-pal seemed to want. She wanted Lotus to find the way back into another world, so they could be saved…-
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Dock with the station instead. 51% Twilight’s decision was a near thing, requiring hours of deliberation before she was finally certain of it. But after a few minutes of planning, she finally spoke up. “We’re not going to keep doing what didn’t work and what other ponies have already tried. I saw the power readings on the Prospector—that thing could tear the Equinox apart just as easily. It’s time to try something different. We’re docking with that megastructure.”Silence descended on the…-
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Send boarding crew to Canterlot Station 43%“You realize how stupid it is for you to be going on this mission,” Sunset said, glaring at her just outside the docking bay. “This is why we have crews. This is why we delegate. We trust them to do these sorts of missions for us.”Twilight glanced briefly down the open door to the Prospector. Her crew was already waiting inside—Node, Rainbow Dash, and Apple Bloom, and Rarity. Between the four of them, they would cover just about any skill the mission…
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Send an Unmanned Probe 61% Twilight watched the little probe’s faint exhaust trail as it shot away from the Equinox, building speed for its descent into the atmosphere of Proximus C. She wasn’t the only one on the bridge—Rainbow was there with her hooves on the weapons. Sunset sat at the coms console, with Rarity on the science station and Node just sort of orbiting around.Node’s new body demanded to be seen in a way that no synthetic pony could’ve. She’d made almost no compromises for 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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Sacrifice Applejack’s project. 47% Twilight didn’t want to tell any of her friends they had to stop working. Each one of the crew had some critical mission to accomplish, or at least they thought they did. But ultimately there was only one pony on the crew she trusted to protect the ship from gravity and wind.“I get ‘ya, captain,” Applejack said, raising her welding mask with the back of a hoof. There was a strange metal claw-apparatus on her foreleg now, one that folded flat when she walked but…
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Probe penetrates the atmosphere. 72%Twilight gave her order, but it wasn’t as though that meant for an instant delivery of all the answer they wanted. They sent off their command, and then began another long period of silence while they all waited to know what would become of the probe.No one got anything done, not even Spike. To the extent that Spike could get anything done anymore. Twilight knew better than to ask him. Twilight took the time she had to make a brief tour around the Equinox, catching up…
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Work on their personal projects Twilight had her own ideas about what the crew of the Equinox ought to be doing. But ultimately, the decision not to micromanage her ponies was a simple one. It wasn’t just that she couldn’t possibly know as much about their own disciplines as they did—though that was certainly part of it. Far more than that, she just didn’t have the energy to ride them all. It was a long trip, enough time for much to be accomplished. Much more than last time, given they no longer…
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