Detroit is a city that has seen many changes in its lifetime. From great periods of boom, to the darkest periods of bust. This city has seemingly weathered it all. It is now 2039, and the city faces the greatest challenges yet. As the world spins out of control around it, the inhabitants of Detroit try to get by any way they can. For Michael Spechart, there is nothing more important than family, and he will do whatever he must to ensure his daughter, Amber Sage, can lead a normal life in these strange times. Times when humans are no longer the only sentient race on Earth.

This is a story about the power of family, and the will to endure no matter what obstacles they may face.

Rated Teen for language.
Pre-readers and Editors: Menelaus Redz, SembrBrony217, Between Lines
Creative Consultants: Kriegor, HumanMKII

Some things are never meant to be opened, and our insatiable thirst for exploring things we don't quite understand is our gift and curse. This newly discovered universe holds many terrible dark secrets that it never meant to be revealed again. A lone Colonial Guard cruiser is dispatched to investigate one such oddity. As humanity struggles to find a way to make peace and coexist with the ponies of Equestria, what will these new discoveries hold?

This is the first official sidestory of Machine and Might by Kriegor and is independent of the original storyline.

Rated teen for language.