Check out this short story by Airy Words that shows how First Contact between the Cosmic Lotus and the Stellar Federation may have happened. In a devastatingly bold move, the Equians gain a huge advantage by... well... you'll see if you go read First Contact Protocols.

I was watching Isaac Arthur's video on First Contact with an alien civilization video the other day. It really got my mind going about how a lot of first contact stories I've read here are rather unrealistic.

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As promised, there's a new POV in the story. Will it explain stuff? Maybe...

Hint: It's a first contact story featuring cultural relativism.

Oh, yeah, and Derp! Late posting for Sunday. Sorry. I got distracted.

I thought I'd give my take for the last episode of the season:

So, I've been toying with an idea of mine, in relation to my Titanfall 2 crossover, Shatterpoint. This idea came to me after a brainstorming session and it's intriguing to me.

What if the Militia arrival on Equis didn't go exactly as planned or as peaceful as both sides wanted?

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For those that weren’t following closely, The GATE is completed. 797 views and 52 upvotes. If you haven’t upvoted, please do.

I’m still toying with an epilogue in order to leave open possibilities either for me or for the community to extend the story. It’s half done, but may also never be published so If you haven’t completed reading The GATE, now is a good time. The epilogue is unnecessary for complete enjoyment for all the threads, on both the human and pony, are complete.

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Y’all interested in a hard sci-fi story with a language barrier? Chicago Ted’s got you covered!

"And we are absolutely certain that's a settlement? That Rhysling already has Indigenous populations?"

"Yes, Commander. There is no doubt. An engineer can fix the probe, but he would not know how to talk to them."

"Alright. Forget the engineer, then. Get me the linguist."

TThe Children of Planet Earth

• MLP: FiM
• Mystery
• Sci-Fi

An exploration of linguistic xenohippology.

• Profanity
• Human
• Alt. Universe
• Twilight
• OC
• Main 6

Chicago Ted · 156k words  ·  566  43 · 10k views

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Given the response to the previous blog, I decided to expand upon the Clockworks in a further post. I do want to stress, however, that my initial idea did not have Rainbow Dash be one of these artificial ponies. I just chose that artwork because I liked it.

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In anthropology, there is a concept known as “First Contact” – the first contact between an isolated civilization and the world at large, or between two civilizations which have never before come in contact with one another.

In science fiction, the concept has been extended to first contact between species – typically, between humans and aliens, though occasionally otherwise.

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