//------------------------------// // ---------- Log 1: Flashbacks ----------- // Story: H.V.I Weather Research Labs: Fallout // by 21RoadsWasTaken //------------------------------// H.V.I Weather Research Labs: Fallout It was a good sunny day in ponyville. Everyone is happily trotting, chatting, and hanging around with their best friends. Now, what if I tell you that Equestria had the very first nuclear power plant before? Now you might be wondering how they got that in the first place and what happened to it? Well, they didn't build it, but more like they transported it there, and about what happened to it? No one knows. Even the princesses didn't know it existed, or maybe they knew. No one knows. Maybe those princesses felt a disturbance in the magic, but they didn't care for it, did they? Like really, literally no one cared about it, not until the explosion occurred then, followed by a sudden earthquake. The blast could be heard within 10km, which caught everyponies attention. Which, of course, was followed by mass panic and paranoia. When they received the news that their beloved subjects were panicking, they knew they had to intervene and investigate where the explosion occurred quickly. So the princesses went to their beloved town/city, which they began to assure them that everything is under control, which calmed the crowds. They both ordered their elite royal guards to investigate the explosion, which they obeyed, and they began to search. The patrol of elite royal guards went to Everfree forest as they suspected they had heard the explosion inside the terrifying forest inhabited by dangerous creatures. So the pegasi guards began to search for anything suspicious or trails. Still, when the pegasi guards came back, to their dismay, they didn't get any information regarding this explosion. To their surprise, there weren't any trails of smoke coming out into the horizon. Usually, when an outbreak occurs, fires occur, which means there will be a huge cloud or little smoke, but this? They knew something was off. So the others are left to wonder if this is a trap, but they are still unsure. The other ponies looked at each other. They got skeptical about that but sighed defeatedly and began to trail off inside the everfree forest. After a painful hour of searching, they still got nothing, no clues, no trails, no tracks explosion. So finally, they were forced to go back and report it to their highnesses. After Luna and Celestia heard the news, they began to wonder. How was this possible? If this was related to magic, then the pony who made the explosion was able to hide it (like a perception filter) or instead fix it. Then this pony must be skilled and talented but dangerous at the same time, and it needs to be taken action soon. But if it wasn't related to magic, then what could it be? Both of the princesses are left to wonder. Still, for extra precaution, they send another wave of patrols to investigate it again, but to their dismay, it is the same as the last one. At first, they were skeptical if they had to leave it or not, but as time passed, they finally moved on and forgot it. -----------------------------------------------------------Thousand years later-------------------------------------------------------- It has been a thousand years since that happened and is still never forgotten by the two princesses, but they were still curious about how that happened. As much as they want to investigate it on their own but unfortunately, they can't leave the kingdom. So Celestia went to her room and sat down to write a letter for Twilight and Starlight to investigate the mysterious explosion in the Everfree forest, which happened thousands of years ago since she knew they were a great choice, especially Twilight. She performed a spell and successfully cast the letter away for Twilight and Starlight to see. -------Meanwhile, at Twilight's castle----- Twilight and Starlight are currently reading the letter that Celestia gave. Then they both glance at each other, Curious. But still, it is an order for Princess Celestia so. They will obey her. They went to pack their things to get ready for an adventure. Once they did so, they went outside the castle and trotted their way to the Everfree forest. They reached the woods in about a minute and went through the deep and dark forest. They are galloping through the Everfree forest and find the mysterious explosion of what Princess Celestia is talking about. They put out the map where the blast possibly occurred and went what the map said. They overcame obstacles that they eventually passed with a little or no effort, and once they finally reached what the map said. Unfortunately, they didn't see anything exciting or a blast that she was talking about not until there was an unknown hidden elevator appeared out of nowhere. There was a sign that spelled H.V.I. Twilight and Starlight went to examine the elevator before going in, and once they went inside, the door closed on its own as if it were alive, and then it spoke. "Welcome to Howling Vortex Industries Weather Research Labs. Please enjoy your stay and have a good day!" They were startled a bit when it started to speak for a few seconds, and then it was utterly silent again. Then the elevator stopped, and the doors opened only to be met by a dark room filled with tables, metal detectors (which they didn't know), and a big sealed metal gate. They lit up their horns to see through the dark and went for the big metal door that says FACILITY LOCKDOWN They both glanced at each other before facing back again to the door. Twilight and Starlight unlit their horns and start to charge them up. Then once charged up, they released a stream of magic to the sealed door causing it to melt. They both let go, and the magic stream is beginning to die. When they looked at the closed door, it was already melted. They finally caught some breath as both ponies sat down, tired and scared. Still, they had to continue to uncover the mystery of the explosion. They continued to their tracks as they finally caught some breath, moving on to the mysterious underground place. They trotted down the stairs, and when they got closer, they found another sealed door, but this time, it was destroyed. Twilight went through the door first, then Starlight followed. It was a complete ruin inside. Much debris had already fallen, exposed circuits hanging on the walls, and underground water (Contaminated Water). Twilight thinks that what if this is the explosion that occurred that Princess Celestia is talking about. Still, the real question is how the explosion happened. Twilight hoped that anyone/anypony inside this ruined place got out alive and safe. Little did she know, some of them failed. Both examined the room first and found the three doors but unfortunately. They didn't know which way to go because there was a three-door leading to a different path. Starlight went to the middle one and read the sign "Core Control room. Please do not enter if you know you're not qualified. Please, my money depends on it." But when she saw the Please my money depends on it line, she knew something was interesting inside. She called Twilight to look over the sign and see, convinced that there's something in there, and it might help them solve this mystery. They went through the middle door, and inside the central door hallway, it was creepy, with exposed wires everywhere and rusty floors and walls. And they only hoped they would get out safely with a lot of information to share. They finally entered the core control room, where they found a cluster of glasses on the floor, wires on the control panels, papers everywhere, and monitors on the ground. Twilight picked up one of the papers on the basis and silently began to read it. H.V.I Weather Research Labs Reactor Ops Log 5:00 pm, 14th of April 2080: The Reactor Core reached 3500 degrees Celsius, and a core surge is imminent. We immediately leave the core control room, and 30 seconds have passed. The blast doors closed in the core control room, and we didn't expect an explosion. Once we entered the room, it was a mess. The control panels say that the core is in bad shape, and don't worry, the problem doesn't end there. The automated repairs cannot conduct if the temperature is still at 3500 degrees Celsius since the temperature required to perform automated repairs is 3000 degrees Celsius. Based on their estimation, the coolant is not yet fully repaired and is expected to be fully repaired in 30 minutes. I doubt that because we need that coolant to cool the core down and if this keeps going. I wouldn't say I like this, but we will have a Thermonuclear Meltdown if that coolant is down when that 30 minute has passed. 8:00 pm, 14th of April 2080: The Reactor Core has reached 5000 degrees Celsius, and that's the time when the coolant was fixed and operational again, but it was too late. We are now having a thermonuclear meltdown, and the facility raised a code red. The distress signal has been made to notify the NRC, The Government, and the Howling Vortex Industries (H.V.I) that we are having a meltdown event. 8:07 pm, 14th of April 2080: Maintenance Vice Manager Cromwell has conducted an automated shutdown, but it was a failure. The stabilization towers 1, 2, 3, and 4 are in bad shape to conduct a shutdown. Welp, this is it. We are doomed. 8:10 pm, 14th of April 2080: Maintenance Manager Conqueror has conducted a Core Containment Protocol (CCP). 8:13 pm, 14th of April 2080: (CCP) has finally been completed. Now we are rushing to find those launch panels placed everywhere in the facility so we can launch the core out of the facility and out of the orbit. And I mean out of the orbit means out of the Earth's Atmosphere- wait, I forgot that we are not on earth. 8:16 pm, 14th of April 2080: We managed to find those launch panels but got rejected due to insufficient fuel that the Rocket had, and the complete facility destruction is imminent. And, of course, I'm not going to continue these logs anymore, and if anyone sees this, then you're lucky this paper hasn't burnt to a crisp since this paper is fire-proof. Logs created by Scientific Head - Dr. Pershing ------End of Logs------ Twilight realized that what she was standing for was a former Nuclear Power Plant, and she also realized that this facility was the one that exploded, was the one that Princess Celestia was talking about. Now she had already uncovered the mystery and the question that she asked herself now's the time to get out. But Twilight didn't. There was so much to discover in this place, and this place caught her attention, she decided to stay. On the other hand, Starlight went to the giant core containment (Not the rocket pod one). She was astonished at how vast it was, and she wondered what those big pointy things in the corner were, and those giant four towers were. She called Twilight to see this, and she was too astonished as well, and she already knew that this is where the Reactor Core stays. Twilight lets Starlight explore the destroyed Core Containment while she does some digging. She found the Site 2 logs, but nothing seemed to be interesting about them, not until she found the other site 2 records, but this time it was made by one of the administrators of H.V.I She hit the jackpot and started to read it. ------End of First Chapter-------