"Adjusting heading by a few degrees," stated a green-furred earth pony. His face was unusually grim and he appeared to be quite beat-up.
"Turn on stealth mode," ordered his captain, a blue-furred, rainbow-maned Pegasi.
"Stealth mode activated. Captain, with all due respect, we cannot fool them for long," he said nervously.
"I know, Private. I know," said the Captain quietly.
The ship moved without incident for a few moments before a strange phenomenon occurred. In the distance, what appeared to be a rift in space could be seen, along with a dark ring of energy that blasted out from it.
"Shields at maximum!!!" Yelled the Captain, pupils contracting in fear.
Just before the energy hit, the shields were up, and yet it was not enough. Though it did not seem like anything was wrong at first, soon the Sparkle AI began sending out a red alert.
"Warning. Core Breach imminent. Please evacuate the ship immediately. Repeat. Core Breach imminent. Please evacuate the ship immediately," a robotic version of the infamous martyr Twilight Sparkle's voice said.
"Sparkle, what the hay happened?" Said Captain Dash.
"Unknown energies, possibly abyssal magics, have breached the ship and entered the core. Please evacuate immediately," responded Sparkle.
"Okay, soldiers, you heard her! Get to the escape pods!" Captain Dash stated, hitting a control to open the pods.
The ponies on the ship began to run towards the escape pods, multiple higher-ranking officers yelling at them to stay in an orderly line.
"Destruction of main warp core in thirty seconds," said the Sparkle AI cheerfully.
The ship began to go wild, escape pods being claimed left and right, Pegasi jumping out of the hatch in the floor.
"Twenty seconds."
Officers tried calling orders, but got swept away by the crowd. Multiple ponies lost their lives due to the fall.
"10 Seconds."
The stragglers were left on board, having to cling to Pegasi to stay alive.
"9."
Explosions began happening, the power flickering for a few moments.
"8."
Life would never be the same for these ponies.
"7."
Another explosion rocked the ship, causing it to tilt nose first.
"6."
More explosions as the thrusters of the ship imploded on themselves.
"5."
The last stragglers managed to jump out of the ship on the backs of Pegasi as it began to drop.
"4."
B͠loo̸d ̴i̢s̨ thȩ ͜co͝st ̢of ̷manifés̛tation͘.
"3."
B̡lo͝ơd is ͏t̀h̕e̴ s͝o̕u͞r̵c̸e ͜of theìr sal͡vation͠.
"2."
B̀l̶̢͞o͘o̶̴d̀ ͡iś̵ ̸͘t̡͘͡hȩ̴͝ ̷̀c̶͢u͢rr̕en͡c͟y̷̛ o̶f̵̷͘ ̷͡t̨͟he҉̀͝ ͜s̛oú͝l͘.
"1."
B̧̕͡l̶͜o͢͠ò̸͞͠͝d̛ ̴̵͝͠i̕͘͢͜s͏̢͏ ̸̸ẁ̸̸͠͞h̶̶a͜͜͡͠t̸̵͡ ̢͜w̷̢͞il̸̷l̴̴ ̷̵̀̕͠m҉̵͟͠͠ą͠ķ̷̢͏e̡̛͡ ̷͝t̢͏҉̨͡h̴̷͢e̡̡͏m̷̢͘̕͠ ̸̧̛͟w̶̶h҉͘͢o̕͘͜͜l҉͟e̷̸͏.͏̷̕
"0."
The explosion could be seen from miles away.