High orbit of the Lucifer.
Star Destroyer has been dispatched on the scout mission, so far local pirates have been greatly annoying for the young AI. With each buzz of an Bite Me torpedo, the pirate ship gets scrapped to space dust.
Enemy missiles had been slamming into the hull with each boom. Rainbow's biomechanical ears twitched. She heard that cats have nine lives, their survivability instinct was that high. She preferred to not waste it. Rainbow quickly dashed into next compartment, for some reason she could feel a slight breeze of air. She quickly slammed the button to seal the blast doors. She turned around, if she would have spent at least two more seconds in there, her corpse would have been floating in a darkness of space faster than she would say ten seconds flat. She sighed, she needed to get moving.
Rainbow's cat ears twitched again, she thought she heard the scratching of the string. She went past several corridors, and into the next room. Inside she found the strange blue box. The doors opened like if inviting her to come inside.
"Well okay then," Rainbow shrugged "I just hope it's not booby trapped." She blinked, inside there was a very large oval room. In the center, there was the console with buttons and switches. She turned around, the doors slammed closed. "Shoot, I guess I am stuck here."
Rainbow Dash already learned a long time ago if fate wanted something from her, it was pointless to resist. In this case, she better get herself comfortable. She figured that at worst case scenario she would be listed as MIA. AI's exceptionally good tracking ability to track the crew, living or dead, almost everywhere in the universe based on your magical signature makes getting lost very difficult. Also if Sweetie Belle actually wanted her back she better to rip apart those doors open because as Rainbow tested it out they were closed shut.
She went past the console, better to come back later. Like if the box knew what Rainbow wanted, the path light up in the corridor and inviting her. She went past several rooms until she entered into the different room.
As if to test the theory Rainbow said, "Is this my room?" Room's electric lights flickered twice as if to say yes. What do you know an AI.The room did have small table chairs, bed, wardrobe.
Rainbow Dash went straight to the wardrobe and opened. Inside of it, she found a red yellow green violet umbrella.
"Is this for me? You shouldn't have!" She took it with her hooves to test it out, she then opens it and closes it a few seconds later she added. "You wouldn't mind If I modify it?" Lights flickered again as if to say sure,
go ahead.
Rainbow took a look at it again: green shoes, yellow pants with vertical black stripes, jacket one half red, and one-half pink. There were some patches of different fabrics, white shirt, and the large green polka dot tie. She felt a little bit sorry for a fashion sense of a pony who designed it, but at the same time she thought it's a bit cool, also the box thought it would look good on her. Let's see who is going to laugh at me, when I attach a micro fusion plasma disruptor to the umbrella.
Hours later Rainbow Dash tossed the remains of a plasma sidearm into the trash, She would have to figure it out how to dispose of it later. All the previous components carefully placed into a hollow tube of the umbrella, with the focusing crystal inside of it. Trigger mechanism had been integrated into the handle. Once again she opened and closed the umbrella. She then pressed and held it the firing mechanism, after two seconds she released it. Small green projectile exited the umbrella and absorbed into the wall followed by the smell of ozone. The walls are going to have a small burn on them, but it's better than having them get melted by accident.
Rainbow Dash wearing her new costume with the umbrella casually twirling in her hooves went into the console room.
"I suppose I could wait for the owner to come back, but that would be boring, anyway I already got what I wanted so any suggestions?"
Lights flickered twice, "You are right, let's go somewhere, you are a ship aren't you?" Rainbow then went to the console and pressed few buttons then pulled the handle down. There was a noise, box vibrated for a few seconds and then stopped, doors clicked signifying that they are unlocked and Rainbow Dash is free to go. Satisfied with it she went outside and went to the next adventure.
Surface of an unknown planet.
"That's definitely isn't my ship anymore," Rainbow muttered. "Hey, can you help me?" She yelled at random unicorn pony.
"Yeah, what is it?" he responded.
"What planet is it?"
"Equus, obviously!" He looked at her like she was crazy. Crazy barbarians!" he muttered to himself in Nyantonese
"Right, of course, I am," Rainbow muttered quietly. Rainbow inspected her surroundings again, Eastern architecture, ponies with the curved horns, their mannerisms. All evidence showed that she was somewhere In the Far East.
From what she remembered the Far East was an isolationist sub continent on the far side of the Solar Ocean. Its residents were equally clueless about outside world. The only thing both cultures shared with each other is the planet that they were on was called Equiss, which was mostly rounded. Rainbow could only imagine what would it like if Star Fleet would set sail across the ocean and would force to open the country borders for immigration and trade. She knew that star ships can technically do that.
Ten minutes later Rainbow Dash has been reliving her old days of sneaking around of dark corners of the streets. And it looks like she found what was she looking for, well almost.
With a few discharges of her micro fusion plasma disruptor, what looked like a metal trash can with the toilet plunger attached to it, ceased its demands of too be exterminated.
"Now hello there you strange weird creature. Why you should have invited me for dinner first", She chuckled at her own joke. "Or at least buy me some candy. Going for the fourth base on the first date that so rude. Let's see what we have here? I don't suppose you accept USB cables."
Rainbow cracked open the metal shell. "Brain matter, micro processors, wires."
Satisfied with the results Rainbow put the disruptor into disintegration mode. With a flick of her hoof, she melted the extra terrestrial trash can into goo.