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// Episode 6: Calm before the Storm 
// Story: Star Trek Equestria: Reformatted: Emergence 
// by Captain_Cosmos 
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“Captain’s log supplemental. We managed to recover the Equestria and stop it before it left the galaxy, but now we have incoming Emerald Rogues.”

Proxima, Yamik, and Shron all insta transported onto the bridge and took up stations. Proxima immediately walked over to Jack. “Report.” She said.

“Multiple Emerald Rogue contacts heading this way. Beating 292 mark 901.” Jack responded.

“How many and how far out are they?” Proxima asked.

“20 vessels of varying classes, they’ll arrive 2 minutes before the Federation fleet which is 5 minutes out.” Jack replied.

“Good think the Fleet’s coming. I doubt two ships can handle 20. Even if one of them can split into 3.” Yamik said.

“Did you scan for Energon in the Derelict?” Proxima asked Jack.

“I picked up something. So I sent DOTs to investigate. It’s definitely Energon. And I also took the liberty of downloading all we could from the ship’s database.” Jack responded.

“If there is Energon, we could just beam it out of there and be done here before the Emerald Rogues get here?” Risa suggested.

“Won’t work. I tried beaming a single cube, the Energon’s properties make it impossible for the transporters to get a lock. If we want it we’ll need to use Tractor beam Drones.” Jack said.

“So we’d be here for a lot more than 7 minutes.” Proxima responded.

“Captain, given the Energon’s value to us under our current situation, it would be unwise to fall back when the Emerald Rogues might never let us get at it again.” Sela suggested.

“You’re right. Raise Discovery.” Proxima responded.

Captain Burnham appeared on the viewscreen a few seconds later. “Captain Burnham, have you detected incoming Emerald Rogues?” Proxima asked.

“We have, do you have what you need?” Burnham asked.

“No, we don’t. And we can’t get at it before the Rogues arrive.” Proxima responded. “And given the Energon’s value, we can’t leave without it. We might otherwise never be able to get at it again.” She explained.

“Because the Emerald Rogues will block access this time.” Captain Burnham deduced. “Discovery will stand with you. And we’ll warn the fleet.” Burnham cut off the connection.

Proxima was about to order a red alert, when Jack received a notification on his console. “Captain, we’re being hailed by the Emerald Rogues.” He reported.

Everyone on the bridge glanced at each other. Proxima’s mind raced as she came up with a plan. “Maybe I can bluff us out of this.” She said.

“Bluff?” Sela asked.

“If I remind them what happened during our LAST encounter, they might turn tails and run.” Proxima reasoned.

“But captain, Harmony cannot do what she did last time. Her T-Cog is nonoperational.” Sela reminded Proxima.

“They don’t know that. On screen.” Proxima responded.

An Orion female appeared on the viewscreen, and she looked furious. “Captain Proxima. The captain of Starfleet’s newest superweapon, and the only pointy Horse in Starfleet.” She said.

Proxima rolled her eyes at that derogatory term. “That’s me. And if you know what happened to the LAST Emerald Rogues that engaged the Equestria, you would do well to turn around and go back where you came from.” Proxima warned.

“Oh I know full well what happened. And this time we’re taking the Equestria. I suggest you hand it over. Now.” The Orion captain responded.

Proxima and her crew glanced at each other, confused. Did this captain really expect them to just hand over the ship? “You seriously expect us to just hand over this ship?” She asked.

“Yes. I do. And you will. Or face the consequences.” The captain responded.

Before Proxima could reply, the connection was cut. “She can’t be serious.” Shron said after a second.

“She must be feeling pretty high and mighty to make such a blatant demand.” Yamik said.

“Captain, I am confused, what is she talking about when she said Starfleet’s newest superweapon?” Harmony asked.

“She meant you Harmony. She knows what you did to her pals the last time we were here.” Proxima responded. “And now the Emerald Rogues want you.”

“What?” Harmony asked. “But I don’t want to go with them.”

“They don’t care Harmony.” Shron responded. “They just care about power.”

“I’m scared.” Harmony said after a moment to process the situation.

Proxima could tell by her voice that Harmony was terrified that there were others wanting to take her. And after what Blitzwing did, no one could blame her. “I know Harmony.” Proxima responded. “I know you're scared. But you’re not alone.” She assured her.

“You’re just trying to figure all this out and there are already those that want to use you to further their own goals with no regard for anyone but themselves. Honestly I’d be terrified to.” Shron told Harmony.

“But you are in good hands. We will make sure no one uses you for malicious purposes.” Sela said.

“They’ll need to get past us to get to you.” Yamik said.

“You're one of us now. Just as much Starfleet as any of us.” Risa said.

“And Starfleet always have each other's back 100%. We’re a team. Now and forever.” Norman said.

“You once said we could continue to trust you as we always have. Do you trust us?” Proxima asked.

“I do captain.” Harmony responded.

“Then trust us to keep you safe. Have faith that we’ll get you through this.” Proxima said. “Just relax, and let us handle the rest.”

“Alright captain.” Harmony said.

“Red alert. Weapons hot deflector to maximum!” Proxima declared.

Alarms began blazing and the lighting on the bridge changed to red as Proxima started barking out orders. “Norman, signal the Federation Fleet and Discovery, have them move into a defensive formation between the Derelict and the incoming Emerald Rogue fleet.” She said as the Federation Fleet dropped out of warp in front of them.

“Aye captain.” Norman said as he signaled the fleet, along with an explanation as to why.

“Prestine, go through the Energon data and find a way to beam the Energon into Equestria’s cargo bay.” Proxima said.

“We could just use multiple ships.” Prestine responded. “If we blow a hole, we can catch the cubes being sucked out and any ships nearby can catch them. And safely load them into the Equestria once we’re back at Federation HQ.”

“That might be the best plan.” Norman said. “The Energon’s properties make it difficult at best to transport and given the situation, we may not want to stick around here for long.”

“Alright, Prestine devise a plan for the salvage op.” Proxima said.

“Aye captain.” Prestine responded.

Proxima walked back to her captain’s chair and sat down, with Sela sitting next to her. “I hope our coming voyage doesn’t consist of a battle every week.” Sela commented.

“I’m fully expecting weekly shenanigans out there. It’s the unknown Sela.” Proxima responded.

“Impeccable logic as always captain.” Sela replied.




Space: The final frontier. This is the story of the USS Equestria. A ship fresh out of construction, with a crew fresh from the Academy. Together they will embark on a mission of discovery, and evolution. They will explore a strange new frontier, seek out new life and a new civilization, and boldly go farther than anyone has ever gone.



Right on schedule, everyone saw the Emerald Rogue fleet drop out of warp. True to Norman’s report, there were twenty vessels. Norman received a signal from their own starships. “Captain, the fleet stands ready. Emerald Rogue ships are powering weapons and raising shields.” He reported.

“Attack pattern Omega 7. Shron, engage MultiVector Mode.” Proxima responded.

“Aye captain.” Shron responded as he pressed the button. The Equestria split in three and each segment stood ready.

The first shot came from the Emerald Rogues and suddenly, beams of weaponized energy and torpedoes were flying in all directions. Each blast slamming into a vessel. The Starfleet Vessels tried their best to stay between the Emerald Ships and the Derelict. At one point the Equestria’s three segments flew alongside those of her sister ship, the prototype USS Hydra. On the bridge of the Equestria, Sparks were flying. “Captain! The Hydra’s signaling us. They think we should swarm the upcoming Dreadnaught together and attack from 6 different vectors!” Yamik called.

“Form up with them, set course to intercept and swarm.” Proxima responded.

“Harmony. Are you doing ok?” Sela asked the ship.

“Would any of you judge me if I said I would rather hide behind the Derelict until this was over?” Harmony asked.

“Considering the situation we’ve been put in, I think I’d rather do that too.” Prestine admitted.

“Shields are holding firm and weapons are still going strong.” Shron said. “I’d say we’re doing pretty well for what is essentially a ragtag team of academy graduates skeleton-crewing a newly minted infant sentient starship.” He said.

The segments of both the Equestria and her sister ship the USS Hydra proceeded to swarm and destroy the Emerald Rogue Dreadnaught they were targeting. During the explosion, the Hydra hailed the Equestria. “Captain Maxima.” The Hydra’s captain acknowledged. “This is Captain Freeman of the Hydra. I was briefed on the Equestria’s situation. Quite the week you’ve had.” He said.

“That’s putting it mildly.” Proxima responded.

“How’s your ship holding up?” Freeman asked. “Or does she prefer to go by her new identity?”

“Either is acceptable.” Harmony responded.

“She’s hanging in there, but she’s an infant thrown into a battle against her will.” Proxima said.

“Then let’s finish this.” Freeman responded. “My crew’s identified the commanding ship. What do you say we chop the head off the snake.”

“Equestria’ll take the rear. You take the front.” Proxima proposed.

“I can get behind that.” Freeman said.

“Captain!” Yamik called. “Discovery’s in trouble.” He reported. “They need help.”

Proxima was about to consider what to do, before Freeman beat her to it. “I can take the Equestria’s other segments. Go help Discovery.” He said.

“Alright. Good luck Captain.” Proxima responded.

“You too.” Freeman responded as the connection was cut.

“Attack pattern delta 4. Head for Discovery’s position.” Proxima ordered.

“Aye captain!” Norman responded, setting course for Discovery's position.

The Equestria’s Saucer section blazed its impulse engines and kicked it into high gear to Discovery’s position. They found Discovery surrounded by a dreadnought and two lower class vessels. “Let’s unleash the Hydra. Target the Dreadnaught. All weapons, fire at will.” Proxima ordered.

“Aye captain.” Shron responded. The Equestria unleashed its weapons on the Dreadnaught, and combined with Discovery’s firepower, the Dreadnaught was very quickly disabled, and soon destroyed.

Around that same time, the command ship the Hydra had identified was destroyed as well. And once that happened, the remaining Emerald Rogue ships disengaged and got the heck out of there. “Captain. They’re in full retreat.” Prestine reported happily.

“Does that mean we won?” Harmony asked.

“I think so Harmony.” Proxima responded. “Good job everyone.” She said.

“Even so, we still should not stick around for very long.” Sela said. “They might be back again.”

“Agreed.” Proxima responded. “Prestine, plan for the salvage op?” She asked.

“All ready to go captain.” Prestine responded.

“Signal the fleet, and make it so.” Proxima replied.





“Captain’s Log Supplemental: Harmony has been safely returned to Archer Spacedock to receive her remaining upgrades. And we successfully salvaged not just the energon, but the entire Derelict has been successfully moved to a research facility orbiting Earth’s Moon, where the Emerald Rogues will never get to it. I’m not sure I can adequately express the relief I felt when I realized that we actually made it through this in one piece. Dr. Boimler believes that this experience has traumatized Harmony to some degree, but he says that it should not affect her too much. As for the CAUSE of this incident, Cliffjumper assures me that it will not happen again.”

“Blitzwing I cannot believe you right now!” Cliff scolded his fellow Cybertronian.

“Do you have ANY idea the gravity of what you did?” Teletran asked.

Blitzwing sighed. Not five minutes after returning to Earth, Proxima immediately had him transported OFF the USS Equestria to the auditorium area, the only place in Federation HQ that could hold the two giants. “Proxima already talked to me. I wasn’t thinking clearly. I’m sorry.” He said.

“You should be sorry.” Teletran responded.

“Not only did you traumatize Harmony, you also made us look bad in front of the Federation. They now are suspicious, and appropriately so, that we’re a prelude to an attack.” Cliffjumper told him.

“We’re lucky to still be allowed to leave without legal action.” Teletran said. “They were ready to throw us in jail.”

“Please, these organics cannot hold us.” Blitzwing said dismissively.

“Do not count them out. Especially now that they have Harmony.” Cliff responded.

“Look, I’m sorry ok? I messed up. I acknowledge that I did. I promise it won’t happen again…without good reason.” Blitzwing replied.

“It won’t happen again PERIOD.” Cliff said. “If you ever do anything like this without warning, I will help them detain you.” He warned.

“Alright, fine.” Blitzwing responded.

Cliffjumper facepalmed and sighed. “So much for a smooth transition for Harmony.” He said.

“Maybe we should leave her growth and development up to the ones that made her in the first place. At least for now.” Teletran suggested. “Given that we have not proven we can be trusted right now.”

“That might be for the best.” Cliff responded. “Let her come to us.”

“So long as she doesn’t come to me for advice. I’m a bad influence it seems.” Blitzwing said.

“No kidding.” Cliff replied.





“I apologize for departing without permission Admiral. Rest assured it will not happen again.” Harmony told Vance. When they returned. Captain Proxima took Harmony’s blue orb directly to Admiral Vance.

“I hope not. We can't have starships just leaving whenever. There are procedures and clearances you need before departure. If another starship had been in front of you you might have hit them.” Vance explained. “Not to mention you left without your crew, which is something no starship should EVER do.”

“I understand that now Admiral. I will be sure to follow protocol going forward.” Harmony said.

Vance nodded. “Now that that is out of the way. I will say that I am impressed with how well Equestria handled itself in the battle with the Emerald Rogues. I’ve received reports that Equestria was effective even without a full crew.” He said.

“I would personally have LIKED to have had a full crew, but what matters is that we all got out of there alive.” Proxima said.

“Indeed. And this just reassures me that you are just the people we need on this voyage into Extra Galactic Space.” Vance responded.

“Thank you sir.” Proxima responded.

“I want the Equestria underway as soon as possible. How soon can you depart?” Vance asked.

“Soon as upgrades are finished. I estimate 1200hrs tomorrow.” Proxima responded.

“Good. Keep me updated.” Vance responded. “Dismissed.” He said.

Proxima nodded and she and Harmony’s orb, which was being projected from Proxima’s combadge, turned to leave. Before they left though, Proxima remembered something. “Game Night’s tonight Admiral.” She told the Admiral. “You joining us?”

“Both Rillak and I will be there.” Vance responded, smiling. “What’s tonight’s game?”

“Charades.” Proxima responded.

“That’s always fun. We’ll see you there.” Vance replied.

Proxima nodded and she and Harmony left. “Game night captain?” Harmony asked.

“A little tradition. My parents, Sela, and the Admiral and the President all get together once a month and play some games.” Proxima responded. “It’s always fun.”

“It sounds interesting.” Harmony said. “Do you have room for one more? I would be interested in learning charades.”

“I’m actually not sure that’s the right game for you Harmony.” Proxima responded. “It needs a body, not an Orb.”

“Is an orb not a body?” Harmony asked.

“It’s definitely a form, but for charades, you need extremities like legs.” Proxima said.

“Oh. Intriguing.” Harmony responded. “Maybe I could make a body in the holodeck.”

“Now that would be neat.” Proxima replied. “Although, if you still want, I’m sure no one would object to you coming to hang out.” She offered.

“Are you sure?” Harmony asked.

“My parents in particular are HUGE Transformers fans. I’m pretty sure they were over the moon when I told them Starfleet now had a Titan in the fleet, that I captained.” Proxima said. “I know THEY won’t have any objections.”

“I would like that. Thank you captain.” Harmony said.

“Anytime Harmony.” Proxima responded.

Meanwhile, on the Equestria, Kasey and Phlox were looking at a disk like device that had just arrived and was due to be installed in the morning. “So, that’s the Harmony Core eh?” Kasey asked.

“Yep.” Phlox responded. “According to Ambassador Starscout, it utilizes all 6 Elements of Harmony and the three Unity Crystals for power, and it can do quite a few miracles.”

“Did she go into any specifics when you two were talking?” Kasey asked.

“She said a full list of capabilities will be made available after installation…because only then will we know what the Harmony Core can do when installed on the Equestria.” Phlox responded.

Kasey couldn’t help but chuckle. “Seems fitting that the 9 most powerful artifacts in Equestrian history are now going to enhance a vessel named after that society.” She said.

“Poetic Justice. They kept Equestria safe for centuries and now they’ll help keep the Starship Equestria safe.” Phlox said.

“Oh, and Harmony CyberSpark? Elements of Harmony?” Kasey added.

“It is rather amusing.” Phlox responded as the both of them devolved into fits of chuckling. After a few seconds, they calmed back down enough to speak. “Right, well I’m gonna clock out for the day. Got a big day ahead of us tomorrow.” Phlox said.

“Yeah. Tomorrow we venture out into Extra Galactic Space.” Kasey said. “Who woulda ever thought we’d be going out there so soon after Graduation.”

“Life finds a way of throwing curveballs.” Phlox responded.

“No doubt about that.” Kasey replied. “So, see you tomorrow?” She asked.

“I’ll be here.” Phlox responded as the two left, Kasey erecting a force field around the Harmony Core to protect it, and turning out the lights.





“Alright Commander Sela.” A doctor said as he took back the neural scanners he used on Sela. “You’re all set. I will send your medical records to the Equestria and Dr. Boimler can take it from there.” He said.

“Thank you Doctor. Anything out of the ordinary?” Sela asked.

The doctor she had come to did a quick glance at the results, and his brows furrowed. “Hm. Emotional activity did spike a bit recently. Did you experience any emotional outbursts recently?” He asked.

“I…Did have a call with my father recently.” Sela admitted.

“Ooh. Didn’t go well?” The Doctor asked.

Sela hesitated, wondering if she should be honest, but she had also been seeing this Doctor for a while now and thus he probably would be able to tell if she was lying. “That would be putting it mildly.” She admitted.

“What did he say?” The Doctor asked.

“He said that it would be best if we terminated communications indefinitely. That I was a disgrace and a disappointment to the T’Pala family.” Sela said.

The Doctor just shook his head. “Unbelievable. In all my years I never would have thought a VULCAN family would do something so illogical.” He said.

“Vulcans interpret the pursuit of logic in many ways, Doctor.” Sela responded. “Apparently, my family decided that it was logical to treat their daughter like a second-class outcast for her medical condition, and then go against all medical advice and work extra hard to suppress her emotions.” She said.

“And because of that, Your condition has worsened to the point where it WILL kill you if you do not let out your emotions in full within…” The Doctor checked the results of the scan. “17 months.” He said. “And that’s assuming you don’t fight to keep them in.”

“I…am aware of that doctor.” Sela responded. “But it is not as easy as you make it sound. Vulcans have suppressed their emotions for centuries. Since the time of Surak himself.”

“Yes. But I do not believe Surak would condone a Vulcan putting their own health at risk. Sela, if there’s one thing that trumps everything else in life, it’s one’s health. Be it mental or physical.” The Doctor said.

“I agree completely.” Sela responded.

“Then why aren’t you making more of an effort to ensure you don’t DIE?” The Doctor asked.

“As I said, Vulcans have suppressed their emotions and embraced logic for centuries. These are habits that are difficult to break.” Sela responded.

The doctor facepalmed. “Well, for the sake of your health, you need to make more of an effort to break that habit. As much as you might not want to hear this, you are a Vulcan that cannot safely suppress her emotions. And any attempt to do so is risky.” He said.

“...You make some valid points Doctor.” Sela admitted. “But like I said. It is easier said than done.”

“I know.” The Doctor responded as he looked back to his console. “I’ll send your records along to the Equestria. And I’ll send a memo to Doctor Boim–”

“I would…prefer to tell Dr. Boimler myself. If that is acceptable.” Sela cut the Doctor off.

The doctor gave Sela a hard stare. “You’ll go to him yourself and explain all of this?” He asked.

“Yes. I will.” Sela responded.

The Doctor stared at Sela with a neutral expression for several seconds, before nodding. “How about this, I will give you time to tell him, but I am adding an encrypted message that will decrypt if you do not tell him within 72 hours of you leaving for Extra Galactic Space.” He said. “Does that sound like an acceptable compromise?”

Sela wanted to object, but understood that she did not have a lot of ground to stand on. “That is acceptable.” She said after a moment.

“Alright, I’ll let you go now.” The Doctor responded.

Sela nodded and left the Infirmary. After a few seconds, she tapped her combadge. “Maxima Residence.” She said. The badge complied and she insta-transported off of Federation HQ, attending game night. The one night a month that she had looked forward to for years now.

To be Continued…