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Fabricate mining infrastructure 36%The debate grew heated towards the end, with her crew practically shouting at each other with the importance of their choices. But in the end, Twilight was the deciding vote.“Everything we want to do has one thing in common,” she explained, once they’d all fallen silent. “We need resources. We may never have another chance to gather them.”“Our chance may already be gone,” Node countered. “Well, yours. The dragon and I may be the only ones left alive on…-
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No, we just don’t have the resources 63% There was no denying just how important that information would be. Not knowing when their world would become instantly unsafe might mean the difference between Equestria’s survival and its slow death. But at the same time, she knew too much about the state of the ship to allow it.Her expression hardened. “Rarity, I want this as much as you do. But we just don’t have the medical resources. We’re already pulling ponies out of stasis as quickly as we can.…
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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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Repair the Canterlot 59% Over the next few weeks, Twilight had one focus above all others: they needed to get the Canterlot back to working order. She would’ve been as happy as anypony else if they had the resources to spare repairing their rooms and making the place feel like home again. But ultimately it didn’t matter how ugly everything was, if the air vents worked and the water kept flowing.They had already restored a great deal of the station’s manufacturing infrastructure, at least as much as…
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Magical sails 53% Twilight didn’t know what to do. There was probably some easy option, something just out of reach for her. But whatever that option was, she didn’t know it. They couldn’t just build them both—they didn’t have the manpower to split between two options that way. Whenever the engineers were working, other aspects of the ship were abandoned. And if her spellcasters were building sails, they weren’t repairing damaged thaumic systems. “We’re going with your design, Starlight,”…
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Salvage derelict ships to build a sister station 65% Twilight knew that if she refused Spike’s idea, she would be harming her relationship with Canterlot’s central computer. But that wasn’t the only reason she ultimately accepted his idea. Twilight didn’t just have to plan for the next few months, she might be planning for centuries of Equestria’s future.More precisely, she was planning for centuries of their future, Node made that explicitly clear when she asked how long the trip would take.“I…
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Let Node run the ships 81% It really was a no-brainer for Twilight. Of course, she didn’t want to leave Spike feeling like he wasn’t getting his opinions respected, but ultimately practicality had to trump all else.“You’ll be there,” Twilight said flatly. “Your help has been instrumental in getting us this far. Won’t we be using a Signaler technology to reach a Signaler fleet?”“Well…” she shrugged, a gesture that somehow still made sense even with all those arms. “Yes. Assuming your…
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Begin the Journey 75% “And you’ll be the last pony who has to go through this. We’re suspending all mining operations and preparing to leave.” Twilight didn’t want to watch an alien virus devour someone’s body and replace it with artificial substitutes. But some part of this was her fault—she owed Sunset staying until she’d been completely overcome. Twilight couldn’t give her a reassuring pat on the shoulder, or get anywhere close enough to risk exposure. She could still see the betrayal…
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Manipulate the highway with magic 53% Twilight could certainly see the danger in their decision. Using magic on an alien system they barely understood was hardly what she would describe a ‘wise’ choice. There were unknown dangers at play, interactions between pony magic and the Signaler technology.But the more Twilight considered their final voyage, the more certain she was that Canterlot would not survive a trip at conventional speeds. If they couldn’t win by following the rules, they would just…
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Yellow Alert 73% Twilight couldn’t ask everypony to lock themselves away, not during such an important moment. The Canterlot would have to trade a little power for crew morale as they began the jump.“I’m there, Twi,” Spike said from just beside her, voice gentler than it had been in a long time. How long had she been sitting there without making an order? “Modifications are in place, crew is ready. Say when.”“Launch,” Twilight ordered. For a few terrifying seconds there was nothing, just…
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