Veldin: Opportunities
Twilight was bored.
Ratchet had headed out to hunt more Horned Toads and Thunder Soldiers wandering around to earn some more bolts so he could pay for the next shipment of holo-books from Gadgetron. The reason they needed more holo-books was because Twilight had already read through all those Ratchet had, including the instruction manuals. While Ratchet had tried to suggest she reread some books or even play some video games, she had thrown a hissy fit. She wanted more books. Ratchet had agreed, but had to go out and earn more bolts to pay for it.
Twilight had tried to pass the time in other ways. She'd tried playing pretend with her Captain Quark plushy, but there were only so many times she could enjoy punching out Dr. Nefarious' latest super weapon - represented by anything from pieces of fruit and vegetable to a holo-book to a chair - before she realized that playing pretend about Captain Quark was depressingly linear. Unfortunately, she couldn't find anything to pretend to be a dragon for Captain Quark to tame and ride, and beyond that it wasn't canon to his adventure stories.
She'd tried playing video games, but hadn't enjoyed herself. She couldn't manipulate the controller with her hooves, and manipulating it directly with her telekinesis took ninety percent of the challenge out, since she was able to react with her brain faster and more accurately than anyone else could react with their fingers. And Ratchet's interest in games leaned very strongly towards action and explosions, while Twilight's interests lay heavily in the story. Since she hadn't actually vocalized that to Ratchet yet, they didn't have any RPGs. And her favorites of the games they had were the multiplayers, and that was because she enjoyed playing with Ratchet.
She wasn't hungry, so she couldn't ease her boredom with stuffing her face. Her attempt at taming a Horned Toad as a pet had backfired horribly, as had her attempt to reprogram a Thunder Soldier as a butler/bodyguard. Those two had actually happened at the same time, though she denied any chance the two events were related. Even Spells of the Unicorn had lost her interest after she had mastered everything it had to offer.
In desperation, she grabbed the Gadgetron Uplink and started browsing. Maybe she'd find something on their main site that could interest her. Although she had just finished browsing everything on the site earlier that day - finishing that had led to the hissy fit - there was always the chance there was something new to look at now.
As she browsed, ignoring everything she'd already seen, she saw something interesting. It was labeled, "New Products in Testing". Curiously, she selected the hyperlink.
The screen responded. "Restricted Access: Input your password to access."
Twilight blinked in confusion. "...Please?" she asked finally.
"Password accepted."
As the screen loaded, Twilight gasped. "Wow. Daddy was right about that being the magic word!" She began scrolling through the products that were still in testing and development, marveling at the technology. However, when she reached one, she noticed something odd in the schematics. "...that can't be right..." She grabbed the help desk uplink.
"This is the Gadgetron Help Desk," the voice immediately spoke up. "How can we assist you today, valued customer?"
"Can you connect me to the work phone of Doctor Splodeya?" she asked. "Please?"
"Of course, Twilight," the voice replied. "One moment."
Twilight smiled. For some reason, the lady at the help desk had a soft spot for her, and always called her by name.
When the line came back, a heavily accented female Russian voice spoke. "This is Doctor Splodeya. What do you want?"
"Hi, I was calling about your Lightning Arc weapon," Twilight explained.
"It's still in development," she replied. "It will be ready in-"
"By any chance, is the problem in development because you keep getting a cascade failure in the proton flux chamber, resulting in the prototype exploding and releasing an EMP, which coincidentally erases any data you've managed to gather from the tests on your computers?"
There was silence for a time. "D...da. But I am thinking maybe turn it to an advantage by making it into EMP grenades, so I might still do well on employee review."
"Have you considered inverting the charge in the proton collection chamber to apply a negative charge to the protons so they repulse the connected electrons?" Twilight offered.
The voice was silent again. "That...that would stop the cascade failure issue...but then the energized protons go out back of chamber-"
"And if you feed the exhaust port back into the energizing chamber, the resulting electrical discharge will be twice as destructive, more controllable, as well as damage nearby targets instead of just what was shot. It would also increase ammo storage, and at only a 10% increase in production costs," Twilight pointed out happily.
"I...I...I..." There was the sound of someone slapping their cheeks. "That is genius! Who are you?"
"I'm Twilight Sparkle," Twilight replied.
"No, I mean are you new development team? New boss?"
"Oh, I don't work for Gadgetron," Twilight said quickly. "My Dad's a customer."
"You don't?" Dr. Splodeya asked, shocked. "Why not?"
"Well...I'm only three and a half years old."
"But...then how did you get access to the In-Development pages?"
"I said please?" Twilight offered.
After a few moments, the doctor's laugh echoed over the speaker. "Tell you what, Twilight. If you can get your parent or guardian to sign off on it, I'll grease the wheels and paperwork so you can have regular access to the in-development projects, or even submit your own. How does that sound?"
Twilight grinned widely. "Sounds like I'll never be bored again!" she said happily.
"I'll message the papers over. Get your parent or guardian's electronic signature, and then I can put your name down as a consultant on this project and send the completed design up the chain."
"Yay!" Twilight cheered happily, clapping with her forehooves. "Thank you, Dr. Splodeya!"
"Please, call me Ivanna," the doctor replied.
Twilight blinked for a bit. "Your name's...Ivanna Splodeya?"
"My mother Gonna was so pleased to marry into the family, she named all of us as jokes."
Twilight blinked. "What could her last name have been before that was so terrible?"
"Rhea. I'll send the paperwork right over. Hope to consult again Twilight."
"Okay, Ivanna!" she replied happily as the call ended. As the papers arrived electronically, she tilted her head. "Gonna...Rhea? I don't get it..."
An hour later, when Ratchet made it back, Twilight bounced over to him. "Daddy!" she said happily. "You're back!"
Ratchet kneeled down to pet her. "I was only gone two hours," he pointed out.
"It felt like forever!" she said plaintively. "Can I make things explode for a living?"
Ratchet chuckled. "If you can get that as a job, sure. And maybe sign me up."
"Sign here!" she replied, holding up the tablet with the paperwork on it.
Blinking, Ratchet looked it over. "Let's see...10% royalties on all sales of original inventions...5% on all sales of products consulted on...10% off all Gadgetron purchases...exclusive distribution...comes with Hunter's Guild License...selection of product testers..." His eyes lit up. "Hey! You can choose who they send the prototypes to to test out the inventions you make for them!"
"I pick my Daddy!" she said happily.
Ratchet grinned widely. "Well, type that in here," he directed, pointing to where it needed to be filled in. Once Twilight filled it in, he scrolled down further. "...can be renegotiated at 18 when the undersigned comes of age...standard non-compete clause...yup, looks like everything's in order." Scrolling to the bottom, he signed it. "There you go, Twilight. You're now an official Gadgetron independent technical consultant."
"Yay!" Twilight cheered, bouncing up and down. "I'm gonna make things explode! I'm gonna make things explode!"
"Actually, you're going to make things that make things explode," Ratchet pointed out. "I'm the one who gets to make things explode."
Twilight stopped, blinking in confusion. "...I get to make Daddy?"
Ratchet chuckled. "No, you get to make Daddy look awesome!"
Twilight squeed happily, bouncing into Ratchet's arms for a big hug.
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Eh, I don't know. Ratchet seems to be a bit off canon considering his personality here. Although once we get to the action, I'm assuming this little nitpick will fly out the window.
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This is pre all the games, after all. He's out for himself in canon, and here for himself and Twilight. That, and he's a legal idiot.
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In this story, retroactive publicity decision.
4955709 ...All I was trying to say is that you made a whole complicated, canon-breaking reason for nothing.
Still, I like where this is going.
And you NEED to include the line, "The exact center of the universe... Give or take fifty feet."
Best line in the entire Ratchet aeries, followed by, "Can we still be evil?"
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Who knows if it actually is off canon. Having a kid, whether through adoption or the normal means, changes a personality. In the games, isn't he pretty much all about the action and only curious about the things that affects him? I know that makes him sound pretty selfish, but in all of the games I've played, he was pretty much looking out for himself and Clank the entire time and saving planets was just a convenient side-effect.
Random engineer/warrior anthro cat-lizard raising a somehow de-aged but fully potent Alicorn Twilight and nobody has an unexpected mustache yet?
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The first line has already been included, although not spoken.
The second...well, no spoilers.
My Little Lab Tech...
My Little Lab Tech...
I never new what fun inventing could be!
My Little Lab Tech...
My Little Lab Tech...
Gadgetron gave me the Opportunity!
Big Explosions!
Plasma Guns!
Technical Manuals!
Lots of Targets!
Everywhere!
My Little Lab Tech...
My Little Lab Tech...
I do not know how to end this so~ong!
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...with a giant robot?
4958245 or explosions everywhereeeeeeeeeeee!
Was there an concussion gauntlet in the series? I mean a glove that absorbs the kinetic energy from the attack and redirects it doubling the attack strength and destructiveness. Or create a singularity grenade that create a localized gravity pocket that traps and/or crushes the target or targets.
Hehehe, I loved the name joke in this. Also, I thoroughly enjoyed Twilight displaying her genius nonchalantly with her childlike innocence
Bleep. Bloop. Maggot.
My... sides... gonna... explode!
5654642 SO TRUE!!! And I also watched a parody of Psy's Gentleman where they explain his stupid dancing to be gonorrhea.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
4957359 with a nuke boom. Duh.
Well, if Twilight gets to keep some of the weapons, the first game is gonna be a cakewalk.
That is just too adorable.
... you have an evil, twisted sense of humor, have you ever considered joining the Spacebattles forum, and adding to the Infinite loops?
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What forum is that, what is the infinite loops, and in what way exactly is my sense of humor evil and twisted in this case?
5768527 I say it's not evil or twisted. It's just applying the talents of one character from one series to circumstances posed by that character's very existence in another series. In that way, it's a perfect fit for the Infinite Loops. Which are these, so you know.
Thanks alot woke my roommate up because of that last name joke they threatened to send me to a glue factory for a one way tour if i wake them up again.
that "phonecall".....seriusly i keep thinking Ratchet has the gadgetron PDA allready
also this "Impression at gadgetron" was WAAAAAAY bettter than (her friggin test in the mlp canon story)
CUTENESS OVERLOA.....//ERROR//
ehhhh twillight........just dont make a R.Y.N.O
bug bunny would be sooooo proud no matter the context
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she dose and gets the only prototype
Pffffheehee, oh man I'm diggin' this story now. The name puns fit RIGHT in with classic R&C humor.
cute!
It-its so cute! well that, and a bit funny.
4957359 I know this was almost a year ago but
*dies*
darn it kittin again what is so funny that you died *looks on the screen* oh
4956166 Cat lizard?
"And Ratchet's interest in games leaned very strongly towards action and explosions, while Twilight's interests lay heavily in the story."
Well, it looks someone needs to read a fucking book instead of playing a video-GAME... you little shithead. Unless you're a playing a J-RPG, in which case, you might as well wish the Enola Gay had nuked Tokyo instead of Hiroshima.
Seriously, what is it with assholes, especially chicks and dudes with such low testosterone count they might as well be classified as defective chicks and expecting to be captivated by a narrative first as though video-games are some form of media other than what they are. In the grand hierarchy of things, Story is a number two thing, and while that means its important and can spice things up (in fact, the better games out there do) it is, still in fact, a spice, and if it ever comes down between the two, gameplay is the first one to be saved off the sinking ship. Ironically enough, though, RPG's, unless they're made by the soon-to-be-invaded-by China nation of Japan (or Bioware), tend to be harbingers of gameplay.
This critique goes to the author too if this is indicative of his personality where the subject of games and story are concerned.
In other words: fuck you very much, Bioware, and long live Bethesda.
6266606 Bethesda is FAR from perfect dude, in fact I'm sick and tired of them leaving so damn many bugs in their games ESPECIALLY that god-forsaken freeze bug.
"I'm only 3 and a half years old."
Wow, was that an old gag from last century.
6419234 "I like her, she's silly!"
I don't get what Ivanna's name is supposed to be. I got her mother's name, but how is her's a joke?
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Ivanna Splodeya
I wanna explode you
6266606 Granted, I didn't like most of your argument. You kinda looked like a glorified prick... though I will agree on one thing. Fuck Bioware right in the ass with a carpipe. I for one welcome our new Bethesda overlords.
Quick question: why are there Thunder Soldiers on Veldin already? I thought the ones you fight in the game were sent to retrieve and/or eliminate Clank, since they were piloting the ships that shot him down and other versions of the design were used by Drek elsewhere.
Password to secret part: Please. Under the table.
6649719 Took me a moment to get it, chuckled once...
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>Your Comment.
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Your comment
Is Fucking stupid.
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Well that comment was a particular brand of stupid. And so random, just completely irrelevant to the story. :/
6585635 I can take this one you see these thunder soldiers are from a i guess you would call them a raider group and are being deployed to harass the inhabitants on a general level.Wow all that and no*BOOM*
So Twilight basically invented the Plasma Coil?
Does the list of her achievements never end?!
6878203 as you read later ..... NOPE!
...I'm liking this Twilight!
6878203 she's an immortal alicorn. so no.
Dear God, re-reading this does not detract from the cuteness factor. And I'm noticing things I didn't notice the first time around. Always a plus!