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Try to force her. 52% “Your civilization might be gone,” Spike began. “But that doesn’t mean their impact on the world has to be. You chose to stay behind, and because of you my friends are still alive.”Node just stared at him. Spike had no idea if he was getting through to her, or if she was plotting some transfer that would remove him from the system for good. Assuming she can even get out without my help. It is a honeypot.“Why should that matter to me?” she asked, voice as empty and bleak…-
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https://www.fimfiction.net/story/421779/79/voyage-of-the-equinox/chapter-79#comment/958154481544 Though there were many high rated comments with similar sentiments to this one. Through Twilight’s confusion, one truth surface before all the others. She might be somewhere strange; she might be light-years away from home and ignorant of the state of Equestria. But that didn’t mean all her knowledge and experience was suddenly invalid.She knew dark magic. Anything that could’ve done permanent damage to…
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4. Let Spike Decide (He’ll be awake anyway, might as well let him choose once there’s more information)"I can't decide right now," Twilight said, pushing the tablet back with her magic. Spike caught it in his claws, frowning. "You've got to decide," he said. "It takes a long time to build a lander, Twi.""I know!" she grinned down at him. "And you'll be around to make the right choice. Wait until the probe gets there, then do what seems best." She hopped up onto the table, wincing visibly as the…
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Wake up Sunset with her magic. 68%Twilight sat back in the medical bay, surrounded by spent spellcasting ingredients and broken crystal. She’d used more than half the stores of magical supplies on this spell—but just now she didn’t care. “I still don’t think… it’s reckless to use experimental spells to treat a living patient,” Fluttershy said. “She would probably wake up in her own time.” “Maybe she would,” Twilight said, shrugging one wing. She was too exhausted to argue, her mane…
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Investigate the Infusion of Stability insteadIt physically hurt Twilight to leave information behind. But there was no way to rationalize sitting down in an alien device that was covered with warnings she could barely translate. It’s okay, Twilight. It’s still going to be here. I know exactly where this thing is, I can come back to it if I need to. Or they could come back and rip it right out of the floor for study. There didn’t seem to be any Signalers around to tell them otherwise.The “Infusion…
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Use the Robotic Virus on Spike 45% “Are you sure you don’t need my help?” Fluttershy asked. Her voice was gentle and kind, as kind as Twilight ever remembered it. The others would have offered their own condolences, if they were awake to do it. But as it was, only she and her doctor would be witnesses at Spike’s vigil.But not even that. Fluttershy had her work cut out for her just getting everypony Twilight had brought back from the surface hooked into life support proper. Her own job had been poor…
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Replace the Canterlot Mainframe 65%Twilight had serious reservations about any of these options--as soon as she pulled the trigger, Spike would be changed forever, and the rest of the mission too. It was true that his body might be easier to modify and replace than anypony else in their group--but being a computer made her think of him as even more fragile. It wasn't true, but the thought remained in her mind regardless, impossible to shake. And even more dangerous to us than physical damage is emotional…
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Charge. 55%Spike gritted his teeth, staring down the rifle aimed at his chest. There was no longer a mystery in his mind about whether he would survive it—he’d been shot before. This pony was threatening his friends, threatening to stand all of them forever in this desolate star system. She wasn’t going to get away with it.Cozy shoots Spike. 7 vs 6. Cozy Shoots first. He lunged, baring his teeth in a desperate, instinctive snarl. He felt the impact in his chest driving him back before he heard the…
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Twilight uses the Perseverance of Insight 57% “Anything I should know before I try this thing, Node?” Twilight said, hesitating on the edge of the chair. But after considering her options, there was really no way around it. Node’s loyalties were still questionable, and Rainbow Dash just didn’t have the mental fortitude to withstand the effects of an alien device. That left her.Node shrugged one plastic shoulder. It was a convincing imitation of something Twilight might’ve done. “You will have…
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Scrap the WeaponsWaking from stasis was a painful process. Twilight remembered the awful discomfort she’d felt after a few training freezes. But now it was real, and she had to watch chunks of her mane crumble away from her face into the water washed of her pod. Her veins burned, and she knew a slurry of chemistry and spells blasted her from the inside. How long have we been moving? As the light gradually came up in her tiny pod, she watched the water draining away carry an awful lot of purple fur.The…
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