The year is 952 and it is a golden time for the Kingdom of Olenia, homeland of the deer. Industrial revolution has reached their northern lands, new discoveries help them shape the land to be livable and trade routes to Equestria and far beyond have brought immense wealth to the land. Ships bearing the white-blue antler flag are welcome in all the harbours of the world.

Yet it is a fickle world of politics, table talk and negotiations that keep the world operating — something that young Korpi Lehto finds himself thrown into. He is made to join the Grandeur Embassy as an advisor due to his mastery of foreign languages. Not only does he need to now keep himself — and half the time his companions — safe and solve tense diplomatic issues but also uphold a noble family legacy in a changing world.

Thankfully there are many friends to be made on his adventure stretching a lifetime.

This story is based on the Equestria at War -mod for Hearts of Iron 4. However the lore is greatly expanded upon for story purposes. Some characters referenced are from the mod and belong to their creators as do the base lore, location names etc. created for the mod.

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There are 100 billion stars in the Milky Way, and humanity is determined to explore every one. We send probes, probes with the blueprints to reproduce human explorers upon arrival. Uninhabited worlds the galaxy over can be colonized and populated, until after many years they too can join the vast throng of interstellar civilization. But if a probe is very, very lucky, it will land on a populated world instead. Equestria is one such world.

Even so, it's far from perfect for colonization, not with an environment lethal to human life. But each probe is resourceful and armed with the greatest machine intelligence mankind has devised. If placing a human mind into a newly manufactured human body won't work, it will just have to get a little more creative.

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This story was written at the behest of Canary In The Coal Mine, who is sponsoring it on my Patreon. As usual, cover by Zutcha. Editing by Two Bit and Sparktail.

Fantastic prereading help from: Chyre, Danger Noodle, Doctor Disco, and Doggyshakespeare (who also did the Esperanto translation). Thank you all for helping to make this story more readable and more consistent for everyone.

The Long Patrol is an extension of the crown. It brings the rule of law and the princess's banner to the far reaches of the kingdom, the places where harmony fades and the wild chaos of nature still reigns.

In times past, all the tribes took part in the patrol. Today, it is mostly pegasi and a few gryphons. The distances they travel are simply too vast for anyone without wings.

Like most gryphons who join, I wanted to get away from my kind. I dreamed of the adventures I would have and the friends I would make. I certainly got those.

I just wish the price weren't so high.

[My entry for the EqD Summer "Outsider Insight" contest.]

Fear, it is one of the most primal emotions any sentient being can feel. Fear of the unknown, fear of death and fear of loss. Fear can overtake and consume a being in so many ways. It has been this emotion that Thaal Sinestro has built his Sinestro Corp on. They plan to rule all of known space, using fear as their weapon.

Fear, it is often a word associated with the infamous Nightmare Moon, and even though Luna is no longer the infamous mare of legend, one can never totally discard the past. When a mysterious yellow ring appears before Luna, granting her untold and immeasurable power, will she give in to the temptation and enslave Equestria with fear, becoming the tyrant Nightmare Moon once more? Or will she find some way to use her new powers for good?

Cover art provided by Supersheep64

This story is a sequel to To Be A Mule

Every year, across Equestria, donkeys gather for the Festival of Lights, to dance, to sing.

And to remember.

An entry for the World-Building Alliance June writing prompt.

With the recent premiere of the Equestria Girls movie in Equestria, everyone is overjoyed at its success. Except for Spike, who doesn't like that fact he was the only character to be a dog instead of a human in the movie. Which leads to him calling upon a revolution for change on Equestria. Yeah... things blow out of proportion really fast.

Thanks to Bass21, Linkerman, and LDSocrates for pre-reading it! And thanks to jlm123hi for making the cover image!

The star system Omega Centauri was just another oddity on a map to scientists in the not too distant future. However when they found the star was orbiting an earth-sized, earth-like planet instead of a black hole as its motion had suggested, a mission was scrambled to investigate this most unusual of celestial behaviors.

Hamstrung by politics, and nearly crippled before it began, the 'Lone Ranger' mission was reduced to just one crew member and left to his own devices.

These are the logs of Arrow 18 and its lone commander. This information is classified TOP SECRET by the Global Space Agency.

Do NOT tell the princess.