Sinking feeling
Well, once the group had exited the mine, being careful not to disturb the few mining robots along the path, Ink reactivated his defence grid. The reasoning was that he did not want the griffons to go against the deal he chose. It literally took several hours for the griffons to agree to what the creature had agreed upon in mere minutes after passing through the hundreds of ways and tangents that could have been used. It took a lot of convincing and explanations from Steamlord and Twilight to let the ink mechanic go despite all the damage he had done. In the mean time, Sunrise was taking him within the ship, along with Centurion. She wanted to get closer to the machine whilst teaching the mechanic about the better technology available to her and her father.
SS had already uprighted the ship and corrected its position. Her control over the ship was still intriguing to Sunrise no matter how long she lived with that AI. Ink was rather hesistant to enter the ship, looking from left to right whilst inching along and grabbing the entry way.
"It's okay, Ink. This is my home. There's nothing to fear."
"Are you sure? This being of metal seems rather aggressive in appearance." Ink answered.
"The non-carbon based life form should know better than to comment on something's appearance." SS answered.
"What? Who said that?"
"Sunrise, define this guest and intentions."
"He's here to come with us to Equestria."
"Am I to conclude that you have properly executed the task given to you?"
"Yes."
"Confirmed. What of our guest?"
"Well..."
Sunrise slowly turned around to see the mechanic tapping some of the solid pipes running through the hull. He was not only trying to figure out where the voice was coming from, but also how this craft was so well built. He was only used to scraps, after all.
"What is that voice, and how did you gain access to such refined materials? I must know."
Ink twisted around to look at Sunrise directly. His eyes seemingly scrunched from underneath as if showing a smile. Centurion was still in front of the entrance, its body facing the wall. It still stared at Sunrise from the corner of its occular receivers. This was unnerving to Sunrise who had to ask SS now that she was at the ship:
"I will answer your questions, but I first have to ask someone else something." she said to Ink before looking up towards the ceiling."SS, why is Centurion so...scary? It's like his eyes are staring through me. Plus, you and dad created him to be a weapon of mass destruction whilst--"
"The Knights are not? Teutonic may have been initially built to show off my creator's skills in robotics and programming, but Hospitaller and Templar were designed solely for close warfare as well as anti-vehicle maneuvering. However, unlike the three knights, Centurion was designed solely as a unit of war. Its hull was specifically created and molded to intimidate, so as to keep the undevelopped creatures of this world away from it as it shoots from a distance. Judging by how you feel, I would check the intimidation sequence to be a succesful first initiative. It was also programmed with sub-routines to give it frightening habits and actions. For example, it staying in place, straight, like a statue, while its occular bionics stare at you from the corner of its viewport, along with the glowing red glare, is an example.
A secondary intimidative addition to its occular bionics are the white dots that an organic cannot properly see. It is registered by your sub-concious, bringing you a feel that it is 'watching you'. These are the words and comments of Steamlord. Do not feel fear for it is not there to hurt you. Its mission is like that of the other three knights."
"So, that would explain why he's so creepy, but why did you build him solely for war? Do you plan on having a battle? Something my father left me out of? I AM a dragon!"
"Yes. A dragon doing certain things behind her father's back simply because she has the genomes to adapt and compensate."
Centurion's eyes glew brighter as it seemed to narrow its view onto her face specifically. Ink didn't like the sound of that either. Sunrise gave off a nervous smile from over her shoulder.
"Don't talk about that. He might hear!" she whispered.
"He will not. My promises are held and kept, like you beings seem to appreciate."
"I would very much appreciate that you teach me more about this 'SS'. I came to learn, and I must do so, or the deal is off."
The dragon sighed and rubbed her eyes in irritation.
"Fine. If you really "need" it." Sunrise nagged.
The dragoness began to explain, with as little detail as possible, to the ink mechanic. She couldn't let him reproduce this technology. It could lead to problems when he returns to his home in the griffon mountains. Needless to say, the explanations amused him greatly. He was even able to somehow guess the correct methods of functioning in the ship that were nothing like what was in Equestria or in his constructs, if the analysis on that giant was anything to go by. What exactly was that robot that raised him? Where did it even come from?
After negotiations were complete, Steamlord, Twilight, and the three knights returned to the ship with a few snacks to accompany them during their trip back to Canterlot. Steamlord had given Centurion the order of observing and tracking Ink in every and all movements and to report them to SS every three hours. This was to ensure that the stranger's actions and thoughts were closely monitored. Surprisingly, though, the mechanic's incessant questions ensured that the trip ended up being shorter than expected. Security System was the first to remark it. Eventually, Steamlord became more interested in the origins of Ink, as no creature discovered yet in this world has had the technological prowess to create such a robot.
Nevertheless, the return of Steamlord and Twilight was met with enthusiasm. The vessel was even greeted by Celestia who was curious about what the events were. After all, nopony has dared to go into the Griffin territories because of their relative danger. There were even quite a few nobles stading behind the princess and poking their heads out like frightened foals. The roaring engines shut down, and the door began to open.
"Ah. Steamlord. What news do you have for us? What was--"
The princess was immediately silenced after she saw an exploding black cloud erupt from the door exit and float about like stangnating dust. The nobles all screamed in terror and the guards lifted their spears and swords. As soon as the weapons were unsheathed, the mist spun around violently then landed near Celestia. She remained immobile until a finger pushed her head from below and another grabbed her wing to stretch it.
"Hmmmm. This equine specimen possesses both a horn and a fully functional pair of wings. The excessive muscular strength in the wings suggests this is a leader of sorts, but it is too tall to be of the same species of equine as the tiny purple one."
Celestia was starting to get angry until she heard that specific part about a tiny purple pony. She batted Ink away and asked him with a semi-frustrated face:
"Tiny purple pony? What d you mean? How do you know about her?"
"Because she was a stow-away. She sneaked onto my ship before we could leave. By the time she showed herself, it was too late." Steamlord answered as he got off the ship.
Twilight came towards Celestia with a red face of embarassment. They ignored Ink's fascination of the simplest things, such as the grass and bushes. He was even curious about the solidity of the building and constantly punched it at different areas.
"Twilight, I am very disappointed in you. I believe that Steamlord had already told you that he did not want you aboard his ship."
"Well...I...I just wanted to see and learn about other places."
"You could have asked me about--"
"But nopony ever goes into the griffin territory. This was a once-in-a-lifetime occasion!"
Sunrise intervened before Twilight's nervousness ruined her ability to dialogue.
"Princess, if I may, she was actually very skilled during this trip. She helped us out with one of HIS gigantic constructs that shot us down in the first place. She even convinced Ink to stop attacking the griffins and share his mining ressources."
"You were shot down? And I'm assuming that Ink is that creature who came a bt too close and personal and...who is punching the castle..."
"Yes and yes."
"We will discuss the events in the castle, if you will. I have much to report." Steamlord interrupted.
"Right. Well, come in. Will your...friend be joining us?"
"No."
"Guards, watch the black creature and report any disturbing events back to me."
"But...it's licking a flower..."
Sunrise facepalmed and so did Twilight.
"As for you, Twilight, seeing as you were a part of this trip, I would like your feedback on the events as well."
The lavender unicorn's eyes glittered with excitement as she began to accompany Steamlord and the others. However, Steamlord had forgotten something. He called his knights to him, but ordered his new creation to stand guard in front of the ship. Hearing a fourth coming of metallic stomps brought the ponies' attention to the ship. Many of them cringed when they saw Centurion, who preferred to ignore the retractable pathway and jump besides to slam heavily into the ground. Judging by the small height, the small crater is made showed that it carried much more on it than it should have. It walked forward and stood next to the pathway, only to remain static and follow every movement with its occular bionics. Some of the guards stepped back. It had an entirely different "aura" about it than the other three. Even Teutonic, who had gotten the reputation of being extremely direct, violent, and dangerous within the guard wasn't as scary as this one.
The princess of the sun stared at Centurion for a moment, only to have its gaze direct itself towards her. She was worried.
"I'll explain along with the report." Steamlord added as he went to push the princess along.
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Good chapter, though I suspect that anything Steamlord makes could quite easily be eviscerated by a milligram of antimatter. Why, you ask? Because a milligram of antimatter will destroy any matter it comes into contact with and cause an explosion equal to 43 kilograms of TNT. Food for thought and potential weapons schematics.
3550040 Why are you talking about anti-matter? Because of the two below?
3550193 No, because I just read a Wikipedia article about it, as well as ones on white holes, black holes, gravitational anomalies, fusion reactions, stars, astrophysics, and robotics.
3550197 Well, as far as I've seen, antimatter destroys all matter, but if you were to put matter into an anti-matter realm, it would destroy everything as well. I've been surmising that there is a minimal distance the two can have from eachother, or a way to combine them using a neutral form of energy that could use the atoms of both using a similar "between" frequency, but I have yet to find proof of either.
3550215 Interesting theory, but Antimatter can be used for many, many things if one broadens their horizons, for instance: if you were able to isolate it from normal matter, you could make a fully functioning computer from anti-elements, thus allowing you to show how much free time and money you have. Though there is one thing that can beat all, even antimatter, entropy, something I may need a degree in physics and maths to understand fully, but the gist is it can decay matter into nothing and this wikipedia article shows it can be used for other applications, like possibly heating and cooling. I don't know, they lost me at the starting equation.
3550234 They say it's for thermodynamics, but judging by what I read without wanting to delve into the 9001 articles relating to them, it would need to be placed within a dead space. Since it does not decay, we would not need to renew it, and keeping it in an enclosed space would mean that it would not be influenced by exterior elements, which means that catastrophes would be less likely to occur.
3550253 And then what? How can we interact with it in dead space? If we can figure things like that out, and how to make dead space, then we damn well simultaneously give the laws of thermodynamics the finger, tell them to fuck off and have sex with its mother in front of it.
3550257 Hmmm. The only thing I can think of is creating a controlled energy wavelength, like an emp, to break through the barrier and allow us to take what's inside. However, it would allow something to enter, but unless that something is still connected to our side, it most likely wouldn't be able to come back out, and anything else stuck in there besides entropy will end up entering a state of chaos after a time, which would require the objects of extraction to be renewed depending on the state of "decay" after a period of time. Think of the frequency as being a dimensional barrier opener. Creating something like that is too far from our current level of technology and energy production, as breaking barriers would require several gigatons of watts, most certainly.
3550299 Then fusion should do the trick for energy requirements, a properly controlled and harvested fusion reaction is good for a fair amount of energy. Wanna hear a theory I have on white holes?
3550302 I dunno what white holes are, but sure. I also have my own theory on the functions of space-time and dimensions.
3550315 White holes are the literal polar opposite of black holes, they eject matter. I theorise that they can be attuned to atomic and molecular frequencies that can be interlaced to form larger constructs, in essence allowing one to create highly sophisticated system nearly instantaneously. I also theorise that since white holes push matter away, that one can reverse the polarisation of a black hole singularity to turn it into a white hole, which will only exist temporarily as it will instantaneously eject all matter. If humanity can create black holes and design a device that both simultaneously attunes it to a atomic/molecular frequency string and reverses the gravitational polarity, we could in theory negate the need for money, industry, and inevitably greed. Because when everything is in your grasp, who could ever gain any more?
3550345 How is reversing a singularity's polarity supposed to negate greed? While your theory is sound, it seems to be more like an expensive science project as you haven't given what use it could provide to the scientific community or humanity as a whole.
3550351 To the scientific community: The ability to study unstudiable anomalies.
To humanity: The potential to make anything in an instant. Can't be greedy when you can have everything you want made in front of you instantly.
3550354 What? That's not how blackholes work. They suck in all matter and eventually expel it all after absorbing too much(atleast, the expelling is what I read in an article). All it does is absorb matter. How can it create whatever we want? You'd have to literally find a way to counter the gravitational force of the singularity, rearrange all the molecules it has absorbed, and then reverse the singularity's polarity at practically the same time so the molecules have time to form into the desired object. Doing it too early will simply have them crushed again, and doing it too late would have them scatter across the cosmos.
3550405 Black holes are said to link two points in alternate dimensions, so it may not work that way in our universe, but it might in the other, and that universes physics might be mingling with our owns at the meeting point in the In-Between of universes, where anything happens because there's nothing stopping it. If this is true, harnessing black holes to turn into white holes to create new matter in the desired patterns is wholly possible. Now imagine the potential to create planets with several decades of programming? Wouldn't THAT be a sight to behold, especially if we encountered aliens and they saw such a majestic display of power.
EDIT: Fuck it, PM your Skype details, we can continue this discussion where it's less likely to open a physics debate that could win all the participants Nobel prizes. It also appears my space key is a douche bag and isn't working properly.
3550427 Oh. If you go by the bridge theory, then that would be possible, but you still can't create anything out of thin air.
3550434 No, but you can pull the matter from other dimensions and reform it in ours to suit your needs.
3552273 Ah, science, what a wonderfully wonderful wonder of wonders.....
From why an apple falls,
To the re-fabrication of matter through the use of modified black holes......
Did I mention that it's wonderful?
You know, this reminds me of the time I was working on a chemical concoction that could be used to rejuvenate cellular tissue, but I put too much sulphur into it and it exploded in my face, the cause of which is why I now wear a surgically attached bio-mechanical faceplate, and it's got an onboard IRNV/Thermal camera so I can creep around in the night. :)
Though I wonder if I should use less sulphur and instead use a hydrochloric acid reactant.
Hmph... Oh well....
3552273 That's just molecular reorginization. That's what Steamlord uses to create his food and water.
3553006 Did you know that the apple falling on Newton's head never happened? It comes from a poem, but I don't know which one.
3553657 Craaaaazy stuff though right?
Gotta love dem' apples and their tendencies to fall, and along with how they despise humanity for devouring their kind for over a millennia.
3553006 Whatever floats your boat. I made a crystal construct that upon being shattered causes an uncontrolled fusion reaction equal to five megatons. Best part? It's the size of my fist and I have a storage warehouse full of them.
3553657 True, but can Steamlord use molecular reorganisation on a scale as vast as celestial body fabrication?
3554131 He does not have the equipment to do such a thing, and it would have been impossible to create a large enough power source for such a thing.
3554148 That's where the singularity from the black hole comes in, it'll supply more than sufficient power for the process of planet crafting and also you to do things with physics not normally possible, like draw matter from another universe to fuel itself, before aligning it to a predetermined sequence of atomic and molecular frequencies and reversing its polarity in order to build a planet, even a solar system, in nano seconds. Plus it'd make a neat party trick.
3554155 But the only real amount of energy a black hole can create is gravitational energy. That isn't a harnessable energy source.
3554157 When the ability to do what I'm theorising is possible, they'll probably have gravity generators orbiting stars to wirelessly power planetary infrastructure in the event of the main power facilities going offline.
3554159 But gravity is not an energy source. It's a fundamental element to the functioning of the universe. How could you harness a push/pull force?
3554166 Kinetics, you could use a wheel that is always slightly heavier on one side to act as an eternal self moving dynamo. Not very efficient, but that's a valid example of a gravity generator, although gravity is actually the interconnecting forces of all particles drawing you towards a larger, and consequentially more powerful source of particle forces, which can be broken to form huge bursts of energy that dissipate into some form of non-energy energy that I forgot the name of and can't find the corresponding on wikipedia for as a result. I think it's zero-point energy, which can be theoretically harnessed to generate any type of energy you want it to.
3554179 Oh yeah. Kinetic. I didn't think of that. However, it'd have to be both far enough away to not get dragged int the celestial body, but also close enough to be influenced, an thus, serve a purpose, as you've stated with the star. You'd still need to compensate for each planetary body and its size.
3554187 Yes, but stability around the sun can be countered with solar sails.
3554190 We have solar sails?
3554196 Yes, they're small and still in the experimental/testing stages, but they seem to be promising for FTL travel. Imma look it up on wikipedia to be sure.
3571068 BECAUSE SCIENCE AND NECRONS!
3573349
WOHOOOO!!! NECRONS
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