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Spike takes the pony prisoner 49% Applejack’s advice made perfect sense—space was merciless and cruel, he knew that even better than she did now. It didn’t matter-- he couldn’t kill someone just because it made sense. Even so, that didn’t mean he had to make the pony think she’d won.Spike attempts to act like a badass and intimidate over the radio. Success. “Alright stowaway, this is what we’re going to do. I want you to leave everything but your suit on the Prospector, then climb across.…-
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Tie it down 49% Spike chewed nervously on the edge of his claws as he listened to Applejack’s running commentary on her work. He really would’ve rather been out there with her, to be the extra pair of claws if something went wrong. But Twilight needed tending, and they might need someone on the Equinox.“That’s three high-tension lines straight into her belly,” Applejack said. “If she tries to take off and fly away now, all she’ll do is be our little tugboat.”Spike had spent almost no time…
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Twilight could see the prospector in the viewfinder ahead of them, with its invisible cone of hyperaccelerated particles blasting almost directly back at the Equinox. But it didn’t matter—the ship could make interplanetary trips in a pinch. But the Equinox could travel between stars. It was a chase the Prospector was doomed to lose.“We’re in range for disruption,” Applejack’s voice came in only slightly distorted over the radio, echoing around in her helmet. “Just give the order,…
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Chase the prospector, but Spike starts on the device. Applejack was right about how far behind they had become during the few weeks Twilight let the probe’s program run. The Equinox’s chief engineer made good use of the time—Twilight saw her moving every moment, always at work preparing for their mad gambit. Applejack performs repairs on damage caused by computer failure. 90% complete. But Twilight could be of only nominal assistance. The parts of the Equinox that made sense to her were digital. But…
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Let the program run as long as it takes. 59%It had been almost two weeks. They’d burned through most of their emergency rations, along with their patience. For a prospector, Applejack was none too happy smelling like one. Twilight herself had spent at least a few minutes alone in decompressed rooms, screaming into her suit with the radio deactivated.But then the lights came on. Twilight blinked, stirring only sluggishly in her space suit. Starlight’s voice came next, flat as ever but with more emotion…
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Send the original signal 89%Twilight didn’t hesitate. They’d come all this way to investigate the ancient creators of the Signal. She dug through the computer for a few seconds, found the recording of the original signal, and sent it back as loud as their transmitter could handle.The instant she started, the vessel stopped transmitting its own signal, changing the overflow of white on all her screens back to the steady background hum of Proximus, still enormously distant.“I sure hope you know what…
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Towards the Prospector (60%)Twilight Sparkle watched the display in front of her with modest disappointment. Somehow, she expected a thrilling chase through an alien star system to be a little more like the movies she’d enjoyed as a child. Where were the clever angles of ships zooming past each other, of entire battles resolved in the course of minutes?Instead, she watched the Prospector’s tractor tick slowly away closer, so slowly that she almost couldn’t register it.“You should know, captain,…
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Applejack’s BreakthroughTwilight hardly even saw her friend over the next few weeks. Applejack was a ghost amid the conduits, occasionally emerging in the mess hall to grab a few dry hay-cakes and hurry off again. The work was obviously taking its toll on her—Applejack’s coat wasn’t growing back nearly as healthy as Twilight’s was, and her limbs still shook a little while she walked. At the rate she was going, they might run out of drugs before she ran out of need for them. Twilight cut her own…
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Twilight knew Applejack wouldn’t be happy even before they reached the docking platform. But whatever else might be said for the former prospector, she had good common sense. Whatever distrust she might still be feeling towards Spike, she didn’t show it.“Here to join our little investigation, eh’? Guess you didn’t quite get to finish yer beauty rest.”Spike chuckled weakly, showing no sign of his emotional weakness earlier. I’m glad I didn’t tell him that Applejack was the one who discovered…
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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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