Taylor is still amazed at the size of the city. Even more so at how active it is.
Not even Boston was as alive as Baltimare is… then again with leviathan most old shipping cities were on the decline.
“It’s actually so busy…” Taylor says
“Well, I’ve communicated what I could to Admiral High Tide. He seems to have interest in meeting you.” Spy Glass admits
“I could advance your guys technology by a good few years… the world seems to have changed.” Taylor says the quite literally left unsaid.
‘Why can’t I feel any bugs… I guess my powers are gone Huh.’ Taylor thinks
“Where’s the Galley at?” Taylor asks
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In Canterlot castle.
“Luna your wake! I was about to send for twilight.” Celestia says relived
“I’ve met an interesting Pony sister.” Luna says
“You’ve been in the dream realm so long because you met a pony?” Celestia asks sounding hurt.
“Well met a pony and fought a god. Sister what does thou know of pre history?” Luna asks
“Is it anything like discord?” Celestia asks
“Worse sister, luckily it was already defeated. I was fighting a nightmare of it. A memory, it just so happened that the nightmare belonged to the pony that killed the god.” Luna says trying to calm Celestia down.
“Where is this pony?” Celestia asks
“She said something about a Captain Spy Glass, she was picked up off our shores.” Luna answers
“Scramble some Pegasi I want a report from our navy yesterday!” Celestia says calmly
The Guards that were with the Princess run out of the room post haste.
“Sister? What are you doing?” Luna asks watching a feather pen and a scroll seemingly appear out of nowhere.
“Sending twilight a letter of course.” Celestia says with a smile as the scroll goes up in flames.
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Meanwhile at the navy base in Baltimare
“Spy Glass the message Crystal was iffy at best. So maybe you could explain to me who the filly is?”
“She’s, well she slept most of the time we had her. Can’t blame her though she seemed exhausted. Right so when we found her out in the middle of the black pit. She an earth pony just standing on the surface of the water horribly lost. She didn’t know what year it was, and on top of that she said she was under the direct command of a rear admiral.” Spy Glass says
“I would know if one of my rear Admiral’s had a filly under their command.”
“Well, you see according to false alarm she said she was over 70.” Spy Glass says
There is a bang as the door slams open.
“Sir! She’s in the cafeteria and won’t stop eating!”
“She’s probably starving.” Spy Glass says
Suddenly a Pegasus walks in to the door wearing an UEP armor.
“Message from the princesses.” The Pegasus says dropping a letter on the table.
“I guess she did meet Luna in the dream realm then.” Spy Glass says shocked.
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Meanwhile in the Galley.
The crews of several ships are watching a filly put down several hundreds of pounds of food.
“Hey!”
‘What do you mean we’ve finally managed to replace a tungsten rod!’ Taylor asks in mock outrage.
“Hey!”
‘Well how are we equipped!? I need an inventory check done.’ Taylor says
“Hey!”
‘What do you mean you don’t fully know and the upgrades were that extensive?’ Taylor asks
“Hey!” Her crew responds back
‘Get the engineers on it than! I want a full list of changes. The stuff that’s been changed since I was in Vietnam. Do I even have an oil burner anymore? What was that list you showed me earlier?’Taylor asks
“Hey”
‘Nuclear! I am nuclear powered! And you had a preliminary list but you don’t know what’s changed software and non essential systems? What if other systems were added?’ Taylor responds in shock.
While to the outside she’s just put down her tenth plate of eggs.
‘I eat like a battleship.’ Taylor thinks
“Hey!”
‘So once resupply is done I won’t be doing this anymore? How much is left?’ Taylor asks
“Hey!”
‘… your joking right. Can I eat anything else the food is taking to long.’ Taylor thinks
“Hey!”
‘How am I gonna find rare gems and metal to eat?’ Taylor asks
“Hey!”
After that responds the plates started disappearing too.
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BURP
“Twilight! Princess Celestia sent a letter!” Spike shouts running down the halls of the crystal castle.
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Back at the Galley
A filly is at the lunch window.
“I need more food! It feels like I haven’t eaten in centuries.” Taylor says begging
“I’m sorry but if we want to feed any more personnel lunch or even dinner we have to stop giving you food for the day… where did you put it anyways?” The cook asks
‘I’m so close to finished!’ Taylor thinks upset.
“Hey!”
‘I know’ Taylor says
“Taylor, you ready for a tour of the base?” Douglass asks
“Sure, do you guys have theaters? I found some an old film reel in my belongings and I think it would help me show you guys what was happening before I woke up here.” Taylor says
“Hey!”
‘I know but if I want to get the war across to these innocent ponies the film would help. I can’t even place the time period so I have to ask, they’ve got music from the 90s and other stuff like trains but they still use carts… I mean they have shipping boats and wooden aircraft carriers with no aircraft, however there is no true warships. They have trains but no steam ships.’ Taylor tells her crew.
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“Girls we are going to Baltimare!” Twilight announces to her friends looking at a map.
“Twilight! Twilight! A letter from the Princess.” Spike shouts running into the map room.
Twilight levitates the the letter in front of her and opens it.
“The Princess wants us to all go to Baltimare to talk to a… filly? Apparently she’s been around since prehistory.” Twilight says
“Well let’s use the map! There’s no way it’s a coic, coincd, coincidence!” Rainbow dash says
Twilight nods
“Let’s go I get to throw a welcome to Equestria party!” Pinky shouts
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Meanwhile back at Baltimare naval base.
“So what did you think of the base? You even got to see the wonder bolts preform. Douglass asks
“It left a lot to be desired… I mean if you ever end up in war this place is gonna be hurting. From what I can see your air tactics are nonexistent. Your copy of the blue angels is just insulting to true airmen and…” Taylor says before looking at the Pegasus next to her.
“What’s with that look? Your ships aren’t even armored! I could punch a hole in one with my hooves!” Taylor says
“You insulted the wonderbolts.” Douglass says
“I’ve got video of the blue angels, granted it’s early in the squadrons career however you’ll see why it out preforms your wonderbolts. Can they even break the sound barrier? Any Flier worth their salt in my day could break the sound barrier. On top of that they are unarmed are you gonna have a melee in the air? That’s worse than the First World War they at least had the courage to take pot shots at each other or throw grenades at the ground troops.” Taylor says
Douglass looks at Taylor in shock.
“A filly like you shouldn’t have to fight.” Douglass says
“I know war Douglass, I’ve fought in 3 of them. I have footage of them.” Taylor says
“Hey”
‘I’ve got the ship’s memories too. I don’t know how much of me is Taylor or the USS Taylor.’ Taylor reiterates to her crew.
“War? The closest thing we’ve had to a war in recent times was the Changeling invasion.” Douglass says
“Which way is the water? I wanna go for a walk.” Taylor asks