Darksyde, The Chariot of Midnight (harmoniaverse)

**Spoilers for a future plot point in the show**

No, no, no! Your whole eyes do not deceive you, ladies, gentlemen, and those inbetween: this is in fact A Nemesis Warship from the world of Cybertron. But one that was abandoned, sent across reality itself to this universe, and left in a state of dormancy for eons.......until it was discovered by The Storm King, surprisingly. And because of the somewhat limited, technological state Equestria's in, the Satyr/Yeti hybrid thought this was really an ancient airship from one of the older ages of Equestria. He found specialists to study it, and determine what it was, and how old it was, but they themselves were stupified. For this ship preceded all known history of Equestria - and was even thought to be alien, which they were right about. Storm King didn't care, either way. All he knew was this beatdown old warship was his ticket to global domination. From this ship, and the alloy he had extracted from its hull, he learned how to refine the alloy into magic-proof armor he and his armies donned, and studying what they COULD understand allowed him to build his armada of airships, few as they were.

A few years after his defeat, enter Lord Tirek, who was looking for an even greater edge over the ponies even they could never anticipate. When asking his comrades, The Storm King remembered that he still had the Nemesis buried underground on his Island region. When commanded, Storm King pointed them in the right direction, and Tirek brought the Legion of Doom to Storm King's secret trove. Here, the villains were amazed to witness an alien craft of such immensity, and intimidation existing on their planet. That's when ST explained that he had some folks working under him study the ship to see what it could do for them. Being a limited world, they knew little about it, yet Storm King still learned to build his airships by researching, and studying the Nemesis. Even coated his own warships in the alloy he refined to make them impervious against magical attacks, since Equestria relies solely on magic for everything.

Tirek saw the immense potential in this vessel for what it could do for he and his forces. Meditating in his throneroom with The Heartstone, he reached out to Apophis and Tirac, who exist inside him like the Avatar. The Primordial, when asked if he knew of the vessel, explained precisely what it was: for Primordials, especially Vaninhala, have some power to peer into other worlds, along with their past. And after Tirek had glimpsed the ship, Apophis was able to look into the past, and tell Tirek all about this Nemesis' history. How it once hailed from a world of living machinery called Cybertron, and was built out of the remains of a Titan named Trypticon, who had been vanquished and put in a comatose state. When his chief lieutenant offered to repair the monster, his master Megatron, leader of the evil faction of Cybertronians known as Decepticons, refused. His reasons being that he had been disgusted by the fact Trypticon had fallen to their heroic enemies, the Autobots, in spite of his immense power. Though he had only recently been brought to life, his fight with the Autobots was his first, and ONLY real failure that cost him his state of being. Apparently it was enough for Megatron to warrant punishment crueler than death: after mentioning Cybertronians can alter their forms into any vehicle, or even beast they desired, Apophis then told of how Megatron initiated a protocol which would leave Trypticon imprisoned within himself as his damaged state would make the change forever permanent.

Thus was born the warship, Nemesis.

It was in this ship Megatron and his forces would pursue the Autobots in their own megaship called "The Ark", as they were making for a universal portal known as a Spacebridge, which would take them across the vast distance of space to a world rich in the resources their civil war had exhausted. Nemesis flew up to The Ark, and an invasive clash began between the two forces. Being made from Trypticon's chassis, which was nigh indestructible, Nemesis could take a hit and hit back twice as hard. Thus it was the perfect weapon to traverse the stars, and ravage their enemies as they were fleeing. The majority of Decepticons aboard the warship jumped to the Ark for the great conflict, leaving only a flight crew in charge. But then, during the conflict of space, the portal grew unstable, and dragged in both ships before sealing itself. The Ark found itself crash-landing on earth, where the occupants would remain in stasis for 50 earth years. The Nemesis was a different story. By some cosmic stroke of luck, the Nemesis had crossed the barrier between dimensions, and ended up on Equestria, where it crash-landed, killing its remaining crew, and leaving it inactive for eons.

Armed with this information, Tirek could not let such a find go to waste. With Sombra spearheading the projects, and both the Minotaurs and Satyrs to oversee the proceedings, The Legion of Doom began to research, and study the warship inside, and out. or Tirek knew Storm King had the right idea before by using it to construct powerful airships: ships powered not by hot air, or magic - but by pure, refined energy. Storm King used hot molten magma as the energy source to power his ships, which he also had electrical generators installed in so that he could spread storm clouds at will with them. And the alloy was indeed impervious to magical attacks, similar to Uru, and the bit and pieces they stripped, which there as big as carts, and even houses, could provide them with armor, and weapons ten-fold. Not just swords, and spears: but also long ranged assault rifles that can deal as much damage as any magic beam - possibly more. Sombra even found genesis technology that he could study to upgrade his own Tiracian Genesis machines to enhance mass-production, and actually verify the differing types desired.

Tirek, however, didn't fully care about all of that. Well, he did, but not at the moment. Right now, he was more interested in this ship, and the creature who remains locked inside. The first step was to reenergize the ship, which he attempted to do with Argent Soul Energy. The results were as he had hoped when he called out, and addressed the one known as Trypticon. Trypticon was understandably confused, at first, until Tirek began explaining all that he had been told by linking his magic to Trypticon's core consciousness, and making a rapport with the Titan. The connection was made, and Tirek told him all of what happened, including Megatron's betrayal. This enraged the former Decepticon greatly, and he wanted to make all Cybertronians suffer for his suffering. Tirek assured him he would get such an opportunity. For he, and a cadaver of villainous individuals had enemies of their own they wanted to destroy. That was the moment Tirek proposed that they could help each other: if Trypticon agrees to be chariot, AND steed of The Dark Lord's conquest, then, when he turns his eyes to the stars, he would work with the Titan to crush every Autobot AND Decepticon who put him in his bothersome state: even swearing to use his Primordial Godhood to return his Transformation Cog the autobots destroyed long ago so that he could regain his ability to transform, and make both factions pay.

Trypticon sounded pleased with the idea, but questioned how he would start, since his scanners couldn't detect energon, the lifeblood of all cybertronians, on this planet, which he could neither function nor fight without. Tirek revealed he had found an even more suitable replacement for the warship: Argent essence. It allow the centaur to awaken Trypticon from dormancy. All he needed was a much larger amount to fully power him..........and a magical touch of darkness to strengthen the Argent power, and repair the nemesis. But only if the Titan agreed to their bargain. With little choice, either way, Trypticon agreed, and after a much larger infusion of Argent to power his systems, Lord Tirek brought out the Dark Crucible, and bathed the warship in its black, corruptive mists. All the missing, and damaged sections of the ship - including what his legionnaires took - Trypticon's physical form had been revitalized, with imposing upgrades. His core hummed with new life as both darkness, and Argent coincided perfectly. He was now the ultimate weapon in all the universe, as he was meant to be. Tirek had given him a new lease on life, and he was grateful. Following his resurrection, Trypticon deemed it necessary to change his name for his new allies, and their cause. He was no longer Trypticon, and he was beyond what Nemesis could do. By studying him, and him supplying the info now that equestrian languages of all kinds were in his databanks, the weapons, armor, and battle airships that would be made would be unstoppable. He would also be the catalyst for the enhanced production of the Tiracian hordes, who would spread their shadow across the land, and sky. And with Supreme Lord of Darkness and Anarchy, Tirek at the helm, he would be the charging battering ram, and the speedious chariot to carry the forces of evil to victory.

So would he be now be named Darksyde, The Chariot of Midnight.

For his would be the power to unleash Equestria's final midnight hour as their world falls.

FEATS AND ABILITIES:
Extreme durability from advance, reinforce armor plating augmented by Dark Argent Energy
Numerous weapon turrets, and fusion cannons powered by the same energy for defense, and offense
Can travel at Mach 3, and even Mach 4
Launches cable that act as carriers that house individuals in the gapple
Highly resistant to magical offensive attacks
Has a tractor beam in its base that can act as a docking and storage bay, or be converted into a grinding mechanism for destroying rubble, and enemy obstacles
If necessary, Trypticon's mind can act on its own to fight against enemies or make a tactical retreat.
A powerful, Dark Argent, and Energon-powered beam can be openly revealed beneath the head of the ship, with the lower jaw extending so that it may produce a targeting system where two beams of energy from the nose and jaw, and two from the "horns" at the front, will unify into a single point, and the produce an even more powerful beam channeled through this cross net to release maximum devastation. The force of explosive power released by this is equivalent to eight Czar bombs being unleashed, leaving only a crater in its wake: and that's when the Nemesis Canon, as it is so ironically named, is charged at full power. Even twenty percent is enough to destroy hundreds of miles of land.
WEAKNESSES
Is vulnerable to its own alloy, and can be damaged by weapons as sharp: moreso if these were made into piercing missiles.
Though it's resilient to conventional magic, attacks based on Light and Harmony can weaken its defenses, and perhaps even breach the ship.
Were one to infiltrate the ship, they could damage its systems from within, though it would require a great deal of firepower to damage the ship's core. However........
If the Darksyde's main weapon, the Nemesis Cannon's beam were to either be pushed back into itself, or fired on at the very center, the chain reaction would cause the necessary damage to completely destroy the ship, as the systems would blow, the power core would overload, and the Darksyde would completely implode in a burst of dark soul energy.