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// Prologue-Edited 
// Story: The Steampunk Revolution 
// by Metal Gear PINK 
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50 years ago; there was an advancement in technology called the Steampunk Age. Forests were cleared; replaced by steam-powered factories that would create steam-powered vehicles and objects. The one responsible for such a revolution was Steampunk Pie who had gotten sick of his Rock Farm life. He would instead focus on creating things like manual machines which he would sell the famous Apple Family. A few years later, he would tinker around with the machinations and thought of ways of how transporting materials could become. He felt like coal could easily be used and by using magic would make it more accessible and more powerful source of energy than on its own.

He would spend most of his life perfecting that source of energy where he even hired a female unicorn assistant to help with this project. With the unicorn’s magic and his intellect by his side; he managed to make a steam-powered train which was proven to be more faster and reliable than horse-drawn carriages. He quickly sent his idea to Queen Celestia; ruler of the Celestial Republic and she had approved of this idea, believing this could change the republic as everyone knows it. With this idea approved and quickly enacted; soon a new age was born.

10 years later; he would have a daughter with his unicorn assistance who was now his wife and would teach her everything he knew. He was hoping she would continue his legacy, but the pink girl preferred to bake, to bring joy, and to plan and host parties. He was a little saddened at his daughter’s decision, but would never interfere in what she loved doing.

It wouldn’t last long though; because soon Steampunk Pie had died of a heart attack. Out of all the devastated people who were sad for his untimely demise, no one was as hit hard as his daughter. She believed her father had died thinking she was a failure for not continuing his work. She put all the things she loved doing aside and would instead focus all her time on enhancing her father’s work and continuing his legacy. And enhance it she definitely did. With her creative intellect; she would create steam-powered automatons. They were giant metal monstrosities that would help with transportation, construction and other big endeavors. It did have problems like it had to repeatedly maintained by hundreds of maintenance ponies to keep it functional. She would enhance this by greatly reducing the amount of maintenance workers by 90%. She would also enhance her father’s creations; making them faster, durable, and more powerful with less steam/coal consumption.

She had exceeded her father’s legacy and became hugely famous; even winning the heart of one of the Queen Celestia’s daughters. But soon; such new technology would come at a cost. The Crystal Empire, a neighboring kingdom soon invaded the Celestial Republic, stealing and weaponizing automatons. The invasion lasted for two days before the republic was quickly defeated by the powerful military kingdom and Queen Celestia and her daughters were executed publicly. The Queen of the Crystal Empire, Queen Crystalline was a smokey black alicorn with a crystal like coat and had red eyes. She would then capture the famous pink pony and force her to make even more automatons, plus make schematics for smaller versions which would use as her personal guardians and for her future conquests. 

Soon, a rebellion was secretly created to try to push out the Crystal Empire and reclaim the Celestial Republic. After 14 years of trying to rescue the Steampunk that was trapped within the Queen’s castle; they managed to come up with a plan. It was a dangerous operation, it cost the lives of many but it was successful. With the creator of the automatons on their side, she would then create ways to destroy her creations. A year had passed, with little to no success. The Steampunk then went out to the world to search for something she told no one else about, but she had disappeared. Now, with the hope of winning the war temporarily missing, the rebellion must recover her at all cost or the war would be considered lost.