Appendix 1: Diagrams
The following illustrations are not necessary to understand or enjoy the story. They are purely extras for the readers who like such things.
A note on the last measurements in the above diagram for those readers not steeped in age-of-sail terminology: Despite using "tons", those are measurements of volume, not weight. If one were to completely fill Nebula's hull with water, the water would weigh 850 tons. If her envelope were filled, the water would weigh 9,450 tons. Despite the label "lift", her load capacity is nowhere near that weight.
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Though, for srs, I like the diagrams. That's a nifty touch.
Eeee, it's here! Now, can I actually stand the suspense if I start reading along as it posts?
Ahahahaha...
I'm going to have to buy this one too, aren't I?
Instant upvote
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There will be a hardback of it!
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Yup! Mint in box!
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I loved such stuff in books when I was a kid... how could I not pass it on?
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Thank you!
Do the lower masts stow away for docking, maintenance and repair?
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Yes! The keel topmast needs to be unmounted, but the keelmast can be pivoted up into the keel by winch. In fact, most of those spars aren't in place when Nebula is running on her engines.
7967273 There will be a hardback of it!
Commence Batpony levels of EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Glad you're enjoying it so far!
Wish I could take credit for it. That's what my friend's little daughter calls Twilight: Pincess Twi-wi.
Sudden realization: This is a fourth book in a trilogy of five.
7967691 Not as long as that one where they travel east. It's got about few million words.
7967691 We can only hope.
So... Why'd you skip Cadence?
7967691 What do you mean by that?
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This one was pounding at the inside of my skull, screaming to get out!
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Fourth written, but seventh chronologically.
Trilogy of seven, actually.
7967793 SEVEN!?
Tia, Luna, Twi, now Flurry Heart are accounted for.
Cadance and Chrysalis to be done...
Whose the seventh?
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The Sunset Substitute
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We're going to end up in a lengthy debate over if Sunset counts as an alicorn over that one........
Even so, more Shim Shim is always a good thing.
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No, no! Not that Sunset Shimmer!
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.... okay now I'm all confused....Only other Sunset I know is........ wait.. Vesper Radiance?
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Sunset Shimmer, despite being a high school girl from another universe, has a place to sleep and money to buy food and clothes. Where do these things come from?
There was a Sunset Shimmer in that world before she arrived...
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You, sir, are a very clever man!
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Obviously I am your #1 fan, but if I'm honest, I always felt that The Sunset Substitute was a reworking of The Chrysalis Candidate.
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I prefer to think of it as a re imagining of similar themes.
7968076 True.... assuming Sunset didn't just kill and replace her upon entering that world. Is odd we've seen no hints of her at all. But yeah really would like to know where the hell she gets the money to not have starved... and all those leather jackets she keeps tossing around.
Still.. it would make even less sense for her to be an alicorn then Pony-Shimmy.
Then again, Sci-Twi really should not be one either, but you just know if she ever slipped over to Equestria she'd have wings. But, well whenever we get to that one, for now, the wait till we can enjoy more rebellious Skyla being awesome at freaking all the stuck up grown ups out.
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Oh, The Trixie Technique.* I get it now.
*Sadly, I only have a worn paperback edition. It turned up in a box of Ed McBain novels I got on eBay.
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I'm writin' that down, I'll have you know.
An' I'm a-gonna blame you for it, later.
7968271 I'll hold you to that promise.
An' hidin' behind Apples ain't gonna help ya none!
It would appear that we have found our unifying cliche.
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I'll allow as how it might be some sorta trope, but I don't reckon it's no sort of cliché. And ain't that a fancy, fru-fru sorta word to be usin', anyhow?
And, hand-to-god, I've got (thankfully distant) relatives that talk just like that!
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Rebuttal is also a frou-frou word.
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There are five Hitchhiker's Guide books, even though popularly it has long been known as a trilogy before the fourth was done, due to unusually long gaps between them. The fifth was eventually advertised as "fifth book in a trilogy of four."
Ah, the adventures that be on the seven seas and winds, of pirates and captain, of old salts and brutal cutthroats. Aye, young Skyla has much ventured her young mind forth with narry a thought.
You have no idea what you are getting into, child.
In someways it reminds me of that awesome song Tale of 1,000 Trials. Most notably, the beginning lyrics.
There's a path through the sea for a lass like me,
And it leads to a golden isle!
And we'll dance and we'll slay and we'll slice our way
Through the tale of a thousand trials!
I love pirates and steampunk skyships.
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Touché, partner.
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Well, you've come to the right place!
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It's only rebuttal if you do it again. Before that, it's just a buttal.
Granted, there are few people who only do it once.
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What about The Sombra Scintillation? Or The Gilda Gambit? Or The Flim Flam Factor? Or even The Gladmane Gladhandhoof?
Aaaaaand now i need buy another book.
That's not fair!
I guess this proves that a sequel being added to a story in your bookshelves doesn't show up in your feed, for whatever reason. Oh well, I guess it's a good thing I checked the front page when I did!
7967273 Gods dammit. You do know what you're doing to my poor wallet, don't you?
By the way, how's 'A Serpent Underhoof' doing?
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Now you're just being silly!
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It will be a few weeks at least. You have time to save up!
GET HYPE!
7968968 Will it stay available for sale, or will it be a limited-time thing?
2... 2... 269043 words?? I wanna read this, but it's so much effort...
7969316 Do it. The second one is a bit eh, but the whole series are totally worth it.
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Same as the others. No reason to make it limited.
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Hey! Uncaring Sky is a nice pony! Don't drag her into this!
ayyy
remember when people assumed this was a joke title
OH MY GOD IT CAME FUCCK YES THE SEQUEL TO THE SEQUELS SEQUEL or wait what
I think I came too
Seriously though good to see that you finally got around to continuing this universe. I wasn't the biggest fan of the Enigma so let's see how this turns out.
Edit: just read this. I fear for my heart. This is exactly what I have been looking for. Also the diagrams... *moistens steadily*
7969358 *mentally* I can do this, I just gotta go back to... wait what is it again? Its too many books ago XD