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// Celestia: 9 
// Story: Star Tracker of the Ship Harmony: 
// by Ponyess 
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	I sit on my throne as Luna enter the room, with an Astronomer in tow.  There had to be a reason for her to enter the room at this hour, and to pull an Astronomer with her.

“Hi, Sis.  You can't believe what I was just told!” Luna put forth.

“If you put it like that, it is not Discord, or Crystalis, since an Astronomer wouldn't be involved in that case.  No, I have no idea!” I pondered, with a curious smile on my face.

“This report is connected to our 'Space Program'. Which I think you were pushing hard to put out there!” Luna continued, and her smile changed curiously.

“You have gotten the Harmony up and running, but what about it?” I enquired.

“Yes, the Harmony is up and running alright.  It just got back from the Maiden Voyage, as it were.  It isn't just the 'Passenger', but the large ship we've been tracking for about a day, now!” Luna pointed out.

“The ship works, and there is something out there?  It isn't just empty space, I take it.  Good thing we found them, before something worse found us?  On the other hoof, what is so special about the guest, aside from not being one of our ponies?  Since we have only one crew, and they were on the ship, from launch!” I continued, now my curiosity was peaked.

“Oh, the ship works alright.  All my instruments confirm it!” the Astronomer Twinkling Stars pronounced.

“The new ship appeared, practically out of nowhere, or as it dropped out of Warp, just an hour after the Harmony had returned.  Then the small shuttle requested to dock.  Apparently, it was piloted by a lone Earth type Pony.  He is currently on a tour of the ship, and has been debriefed by now!” Luna interjected.

“The Engineer Stallion does have a name, does he not?  This Earth type, and how could be possibly be an Engineer, if he is an Earth Pony?  What is his Rank, by the way?” I then enquired.

“The Name of the Chief Engineer is apparently Gleaming Engines, and he apparently do have very special tools, but the only one reported, is a 'Visor', which he uses to see more than our regular scanners can scry.  The accuracy of this device has not yet been compared or measured, but he demonstrated more than enough of what it did for him, and he merely made a sweep of his head!” Luna claimed.

“A Chief Engineer by the name 'Gleaming Engines', who can basically see what even our scanners would not pick up on, just by a brief glance?  I guess I just have got to see this.  I take it Captain Twilight Sparkle is on top of this situation.  It could prove mighty embarrassing, if she wasn't!” I responded.

“That would be only too easy to arrange.  By the latest report, she is managing the situation.  I'm expecting a new report from her shortly!” Luna pointed out.

Pinkie Pie is, and will remain Pinkie Pie.  Pinkie pie does, what Pinkie Pie does, and this is one of the times it is at the most convenient.  No pony can buck the fourth wall, just like no Pony can make a Rainboom, that had been Rainbow Dashes special talent, and it still is.

All of a sudden, a Pink Pony appears before Luna, which happened to be in the middle of our group meeting.

“That is just in the right time, Pinkie Pie!” Luna pointed out with a particularly curious smile on her face.

“Yes, Luna.  I'm here with the latest report.  The Engineer sure does look like a Pony, but this would be the strangest pony I ever saw.  Even Discord would look like a regular pony, beside him.  Though he clearly do know his Engineering, like no pony I've seen before.  I guess we should have an Emissary sent over to his ship, since I dare say, not only is it big, but the outlook of the design is new and radical.  On the other hoof, I would be looking for a pony coming your way, and he is to be here soon.  I think it may be a Guard, but he is so much more than a mere guard.  There is even the chance, you may actually enjoy his presence, like you've enjoyed no pony before him, but I'm not holding out.  Oh, one final detail, there's another pony by Zecoras hut, for what little relevance it may have, but she is another strange pony!” Pinkie Pie rambled in her usually incoherent manners.

“I always found Pinkie Pie the most strange of Ponies.  How does she know anything?  Yet, when I check up on her words, it has proven true to the letter.  The more unrealistic or unlikely, the more it is true.  Oh, and Discord, he isn't even a Pony, and I can understand more of him, even as the Element of Chaos, then I see through her riddles!” the Astronomer pointed out with a snide grin on his muzzle.

“Pinkie Pie is from a line of Rock Farmers, but that looks more like a cover-up, then an explanation of her personality and antics!” Luna pointed out.

“We are Rock Farmers, it just wasn't my place in life.  Rainbow Dash showed me a better life, as she shared the Rainboom with me, and any ever Pony who could open her eyes wide enough to see throughout the entire Equestria.  She united us, now we are prepared for the future.  You of all Ponies know that, after the time we met you at what was your old castle, when you were a much darker Pony!” Pinkie Pie lectured her younger Princess.

“By Celestia, I certainly know that part.  It's a humiliating blot on my life, but now I'm glad you did make the effort, I'm happy now!” Luna responded.

“If you're happy, then I'm happy!” Pinkie Pie pointed out with her usual hyper squealing.

“I'm also very glad you managed to pull it of, and not just for myself and my sister, but for what you've done for the entire of Equestria!” I acknowledged, with a nostalgic smile on my face.