Ch. 7 has left some people feeling that Alternia's stance is... bad because the kelpies have gone past the point of negotiations.

Thing is, I really simply cannot counter anybody's points. All I can say is that they have a reason, and Alternia is actually got the right idea, and the story is about her trying to do what she feels is right, which turns out to be correct, against all the pressure to do something that will screw her entire nation over.

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Hello all, hope you've enjoyed the early Halloween update and the supplemental notes. For now I've actually taken that chapter down as it doesn't flow well with the rest of the story. I've instead put it up here with a link in the Author's Notes of Chapter 6.

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I said I'd come out with a chapter every 2 weeks... fraid I'm a bit delayed because...

Well certain pre-readers, not saying who but they weren't able to get to it and also... there was some confusion on what was to be pre-read. Maybe I was unclear but needless to say my week was a bit busy (honours thesis) so perhaps I hadn't reminded my pre-readers to finish up quickly enough.... Regardless I'm having the last of them look over chapter ASAP.

Hey all readers and comentators who read my recent "What shall I do for the Royal Equestrian Naval Service's Flag."

I've decided that Option 1 for the flag will be the following after looking at the comments. Credits to all, but especially to Teslaponie had me watch a VERY Good ted talk by Roman Mars about Flag design. He boiled down the principles to:
-Keep it simple
-use 2-3 colors
-make it symbolic

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I'm stuck.

I have no idea what should the Royal Equestrian Navy's Ensign look like and I'm going to show it in my story. So I'm going to ask you readers. What do you think it should look like?

I was hovering around a blue field and a stylized caraval, but that's not very distinguishing, so I need suggestions.

Now, Equestrian technology is incredibly anachronistic because well its a cartoon, so narrowing down a serious techno level for the sequel was a problem due to the fact we'd be seeing Equestrian ships for the first time and since everybody knows it's naval adventure, it's going to have warships.

So for all you people's info, here is the level of warship and weapons tech that I've decided for Equestria of Alternia's verse.

Warships and types as defined by Vren55 in ECQ&tAE

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It appears that I need to take my own advice, take criticism with a grain of salt, which doesn't mean don't ignore criticism as sometimes it can lead you astray, but it does mean not to lash out at it.

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Yes ECQ:tAE is the acronym for Equestria's Changeling Queen and the Abyssal Empress.

Now it appears people really don't like or have issues on Alternia's cutie mark/insignia etc and the cover art. Which by the way, is temporary until Angelea my regular artist finishes the real coverart.

Now I think my readers comments are understandable in the vast majority of the cases.

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