After Celestia and Luna had passed the torch, Twilight decided that Equestria and the lands beyond should be brought into a modern era.
The modernization involved building motorized vehicles, setting up orbital space stations, sending remote-controlled probes to look for possible signs of life, training soldiers for war in hostile environments, and constructing large ships with engines designed for movement faster than light. The process had many drawbacks in its early stages, such as depressurizations on space vehicles, weapon failures, and miscalculations when sending out the probes for the first time. However, these problems were soon ironed out and the future looked bright.
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Five years after modernizing the world, Twilight received a letter from Neighsay that the EEA was being reorganized to more than just ponies. Starlight Glimmer took his place as leader and several representatives from around the world took the other seats on the board. Neighsay applied to work as the operator on an orbiting space station that scanned for any emergencies that could approach Equus while his comrades retired.
Little did anyone know that Equus was about to get a message from an unexpected place and the Main Six were about to get called out for a tough mission.