Faster Than Light: Intelligent Lifeforms

by sev62fmj

1b. Try to communicate peacefully

The human was the last one on board the shuttle, but just before they closed the hatch, a purple horse--it had a horn on its head; a unicorn then-- had broken through the crowd and trotted up to him. It began prodding him forcefully away from the ship, and the Zoltan suggested that it wanted them to follow it. The human had been at the pointed end of the unicorn's horn for a fair duration of the trip. The human was about to draw his blaster and fry the damn thing before a husk of a ship appeared in the distance. Was this where to unicorn was taking them?

The human broke away from the unicorn prodding him and ran for the ship. The unicorn and the other crew members followed in suit. The human decided not to kill the unicorn; they had just found the crash site of an ancient engi ship! On his orders, the human and his crew began searching the ship looking for salvage. What they found was better than salvage. Inside the cockpit they found and reactivated an old Engi!

There's still a war going on and the rebel fleet is still on their tails. The crew and the recently reactivated Engi made haste to the shuttle and back to the Kestrel. Several minutes later, the Kestrel disappeared with a shimmer and fled the system.

Fuel: +2 Scrap: +19

1. Continue

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Twilight Sparkle had practically rammed an entire line of ponies in one charge in order to get to the site of the aliens' arrival. When she got to the front, her eyes filled with wonder as a toothy smile crept onto her face. Then she noticed the awkward moving monkey-minotaur with the green square face. Twilight's memory flashed back to when she was exploring a foreign object that had crash landed in the surrounding hillside. It's body was cold and lifeless. Perhaps the aliens would want to take it with them. It must have had a family worrying about it.

Without a further thought, Twilight trotted up to the mostly hairless monkey-minotaur and nudged him away from the ship. She would not let him leave without that creature. The alien gave way and began to move in the direction of Twilight's prodding.

"Good," Twilight thought, "but I can't let up yet."

Twilight spotted what she realized was the deceased alien's ship after some time. Suddenly the alien she was leading broke into a sprint. There was so much to be learned about an entirely new species though! So many questions to ask! Twilight couldn't let them leave without learning a little bit from them, so she mustered has much strength as she could and chased after him.

Twilight could not believe her eyes when she saw what the aliens did when they arrived in the cockpit. The dead alien had somehow been revived! Millions of questions had filled Twilight's mind, but the aliens had left as quickly as they came. Twilight chased them back to their ship, but they all outran her. Even that darned walking rock! How did that outrun her; she was 5th place in the Running of the Leaves Race for Celestia' sake!"

Twilight could only watch as the alien ship high above the sky disappeared with a sparkle. So many unanswered questions. . .

Author's Note:

In FTL some events will reward you with some amounts of resources.

Comments

[Supergumgum]

Ever since I saw the reference to MLP in FTL I had been expecting this. Now I can stop looking.

[ArtichokeLust]

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[The human was the last one on board the shuttle, but just before they closed the hatch, a purple horse--it had a horn on its head; a unicorn then-- had broken through the crowd and trotted up to him.]

This did not happen in the previous chapter. They all just left... it was rather unsatisfying...

[The human had been at the pointed end of the unicorn's horn for a fair duration of the trip.]
Rude...

[The human was about to draw his blaster and fry the damn thing before a husk of a ship appeared in the distance.]
Completely immoral...

[Several minutes later, the Kestrel disappeared with a shimmer and fled the system.]
Aaand they left again...

[Twilight's memory flashed back to when she was exploring a foreign object that had crash landed in the surrounding hillside. It's body was cold and lifeless. Perhaps the aliens would want to take it with them. It must have had a family worrying about it.]
...What? How does thought A go to thought B?

[She would not let him leave without that creature.]
Why not? This seems more like what Fluttershy would do.

[sev62fmj]

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1. Refer the my other comment. Also, in FTL each option won't always give you the same result.
2. Tis a danger universe; especially when you've got an entire space fleet that wants you dead on your heels. Time is not their friend. I realize you aren't familiar with the FTL universe/lore. I know this story isn't friendly to those who haven't played FTL and I intended it to be that way.
3. See point 2
4. Yea, I agree. Totally needs revision.
5. I don't imagine Fluttershy exploring a derelict ship, much less not being afraid of it.

[ArtichokeLust]

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1. Okay, it's still a bit confusing though. Perhaps you could label them as different options.

2&3. I understand the story not being friendly to people who are unfamiliar with FTL, I was just pointing out my thoughts on some things. The game looks interesting though, and I might buy it if I have an extra ten dollars some time.

5. Fluttershy might not explore it if she believes it's not an animal, and she might be afraid of it if she thought it might house a relatively large dragon. But if Twilight explored it and told Fluttershy about it, then I could see Fluttershy anthropomorphising the ship and forcing the crew to take care of it. It could even be funny if you write it the right way.

[Another_Dead_Account1109]

Twilight could only watch as the alien ship high above the sky disappeared with a sparkle. So many unanswered questions. . .

Then the Rebel Fleet arrives.

[The Commandant]

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Oops.