Corruption: Corruption
"What happened?" Twilight asked worriedly. "From the sound of it, killing you wasn't Dark Samus' intent...and that's worrisome."
"Agreed," Rundus confirmed. "What actually happened was that Dark Samus planted a Phazon Seed inside each of us, close to our cores, where it would be difficult to extract or purge. The seed then started pumping low levels of Phazon into our systems."
"Long term, that would have been bad," Gandrayda explained. "But in the short term, the Fed's scientists saw it as an opportunity, by equipping each of us with modified PED suits, designed to draw from the Phazon our bodies now naturally generated to power them."
"But wouldn't that just accelerate the rate at which the Phazon corrupted your body?" Rainbow asked in confusion. "Like with the Pirate Phazon Elites?"
The Hunters all stared at the prismatic pegasus for a time. Ghor was the first to speak up. "Correct me if I'm wrong, Spike...but isn't the purple one the genius of the group?"
"Each of them has their own genius, actually," Spike corrected. "But you're right that Rainbow tends to prefer action over book learning. Why?"
"I'm just wondering how she caught what the Federation's scientists missed when this world's science is nearly a millenium behind," Ghor clarified.
"To make a long story short, Rainbow," Rundus continued before she could parse the sentences enough to take offense, "that's exactly what happened to myself, Ghor, and Gandrayda...and probably was Dark Samus' plan all along."
"But she didn't account for Spike," Gandrayda clarified with a smirk.
"Why?" Twilight asked. "What happened to him? I know his body automatically metabolizes Phazon..."
Spike chuckled. "This mission is where my breath started working like Mom's Arm Cannon."
Seeing even more confused expressions, Samus waved her hand to gather attention. "Let me explain. See, after the hit, Rundus, Ghor, and Gandrayda all regained consciousness within a week. Spike woke up around the same time, but stayed onboard the Olympus to wait for me to wake up."
"Mostly because they wouldn't let him take your ship out without a Pilot's License," Rundus teased, getting a dragon raspberry blown his way, startling laughter from many of the listeners.
Samus smiled as she continued. "For me, however, it took a full month to wake up. And after getting an explanation of how my new PED suit enabled a Hyper Mode function by injecting an Energy Tank - as well as testing it out - I got some answers about what it had done to Spike..."
"So is Spike now generating his own Phazon, too?" Samus asked the tech as she was led out of the lab.
"Not...exactly," the tech replied nervously. "As best as we can tell based on the reports we've received about his past physical examinations from Ceres, he's...developed a new gland."
"A new gland?" Samus asked. "What, in his gut or something?"
"No, amongst his flame sacs," the tech clarified. "The exact nature through which he generates his flames still isn't completely analyzed, but all the glands and organs involved had already been identified. There's a new gland connected to the system, and it uses energy to convert his flame into...something else."
"Something else?" Samus asked. "Stop beating around the bush and tell it to me straight."
Shrugging, the tech gestured to a vid screen. A video file played, showing Spike facing of against a pillar energized by Phazon. In the screen, Spike took a deep breath and opened his mouth wide.
A flowing blue and white stream similar to Samus' own charged Phazon Beam erupted from his mouth, tearing through the Phazon and the column as though it were made of tissue paper. It deflected off the wall behind the pillar with no damage, however.
"...that wasn't Phazon," Samus pointed out.
"No," the tech agreed. "Phazon energy would have torn right through the far wall, too, at those energy levels. From what we've been able to determine, however, it's an energy that functions similarly to the energy harvested from processed Phazon, but on the opposite wavelength. From what we've been able to determine, it has an...antithetical nature to Phazon and anything making use of Phazon energy. We've taken to referring to this new energy - and the gland that produces it - as Fazite."
Samus nodded carefully as she took this all in. "So...what exactly does this...Fazite do?"
"As we've noted, it has an antithetical effect on Phazon and Phazon users," the tech explained. "When used against a material composed of Phazon, it will tear right through it, destroying its molecular structure. It will have a similar effect on any organic lifeform actively using Phazon, like through the Hypermode of a PED of Federation or Pirate origin."
"I'll make sure not to stand in front of him, then," Samus muttered dryly.
"You only need to worry about it if you're actively in Hypermode," the tech clarified. "At any other time, the Fazite will have no effect on your Power Suit."
"Good to know," Samus allowed, "but I'm still not standing in front of him until I'm not generating Phazon anymore."
"After that, I was reunited with Spike, and we went to get a mission briefing from the ship's Aurora Unit," Samus concluded.
"So, what was Spike doing for the three weeks he was awake and you weren't?" Pinkie asked curiously.
"Researching the condition," Spike explained. "At first in the hope of fixing Mom...but as we lost contact with Rundus, Ghor, and Gandrayda, to figure out exactly how it worked. And a good thing I did. That knowledge saved their lives..."
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Holy crap, Spike just gets more and more OP... I LOVE IT!
So Spike can now breathe anti-phazon? Yeah, that would be helpful for getting rid of the phazon already in them.
6550686 I'd go for Satan
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new to Tats story's arnt ya. the nine farthers hase the most op pony in it
Damn!!!
Spike is definitely reaching OP levels!!! Can't wait to see what happens next!!!
6555078 Actually, I've read Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie so far. This was the one that introduced me to the rest. Is TF2 Flutters really more OP than GoW Pinkie?
6555070 Except that, for all intents and purposes, Applejack already did. Mundas, as the "Prince of Darkness", "Demon Emperor", and RULER OF HELL, might as well be Satan. Also Satan and Moony are like totally besties anyway.
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"It's pronounced Sa-teen."
6555078
Face facts. Take away Fluttershy's
cripplingsoul crushing social anxiety, and she's one of the most OP ponies in canon! Granted, she's outpaced by Pinkie Pie and Twilight (in that order), and I'm honestly not sure where to rank dream walker Luna, but at that point we are so far past God Tier that the point is clearly moot.6555105 the chapter accidentally bad ass is just that and more in one go. minus the fourth wall.
are what this guy said
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and thanks for the help in that one
also sorry for the new to the bunch of story thing I though your avatar pic was familiar
6555109 plus Pinkie is besties with Hades so yeah
how does ghor know that the scientists didn't catch on to that flaw? maybe they just wanted to see how the pirate elites were created to better understand how to fight them/ make them for themselves
6555206 Actually, my pic isn't from one of those stories. It's a little something a picked up not too long ago. Have a better look:
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The implication is that he went over all the schematics for his own PED suit before making use of it, and he didn't see it either.
Another enjoyable chapter. Well done.
Fazite...interesting concept. Did you came up with the name, or did you use something as a reference of some kind?
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Came up with the name, as a joke on how I kept spelling faze as phase.
... Correct.
Ah.
Most likely.
Precisely.
Eh?
OK, that's amusing.
All right...
Eh?
Quit beating around the bush dangit!
No shit Captain Obvious?
So, it's Anti-Phazon.
Interesting, so, it would tear right through Dark Samus and will be amazing on Phazee.
Neato.
Wise move, Samus didn't survive this long by being stupid.
Ah, so that's how they survived Dark Samus offing them.
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Well, she has The Stare, and all of Shy's advantages, without the soul crushing anxiety, her own minigun, a Medigun, a Sniper rifle, her own Grenade launcher, her own Sentry, a scouter that fluttercensors her and counts her kills, I think, a rocket launcher, and a giant Chain Chomp. So, somewhat, yes. Oh, and she's still mind bogglingly adorable.
I'm guessing stealing the ship for joyrides is not in Spike's future. Still, I can't help but picture him calling Samus after he collided with another ship if he did take it out for a spin and needing her to come help with the insurance stuff.
Spike's new breath weapon is awesome, I can't wait to see what other abilities he gains that give him new breath attacks. Though maybe some could allow him to gather a charge around his claws for melee attacks???
I can just see Dark Samus getting more angry with each hunter Spike saves, which would be funny to see her loose her cool and give Samus some time to get in cheap shots.
Where are Shining Armor and Cadence? Did they go back to the crystal empire?
Well, like the man said...
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So we've corrupted Corruption, eh? That's new.
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Yeah. Blowing things up, her own ship included, is really more Samus' thing. (Zero Mission, Fusion)
...actually, with Spike there, the opening of Fusion might get a little wonky. How much it'll mess with things depends on how much Other M messes with things.
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To be fair, these are Federation scientists. If it is dangerous, weaponize it. If it'll kill the host, make sure they'll survive long enough to get decent mileage out of them. If everything is going right, kill it with fire. (The MB project was stupid on so many levels, but she didn't actually go rogue until people were trying to kill her.)
6555544
They're still there. They just haven't had anything to say.
6556605 Why haven't they said anything yet?
6556614
I just said that.
6556650
I liked the prequels.
6556654 WOOHOO! I am not the only one.
6557084 I only really liked them because of a few lines throughout the movies.
Obi-wan drops down into a huge-ass group of droids on utapau "Hello there."
"You wanna buy some death sticks?" "You dont want to sell me death sticks." "I don't wanna sell you death sticks." "You want to go home and rethink your life" "I want to go home and rethink my life."
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Don't forget that said Chain Chomp apparently has a tongue (one that can apparently also extend and snatch low flying aircraft from the sky) that makes eldritch abominations look like fuzzy kittens.
6556654
6557084
What Prequels?
6561582
Oh yes, forgot about that, thank you.
The ones where we had Darth Epic (Darth Maul), R2 took out 2 Super Battle droids with oil and his jets, and where Darth Vader vs Obi Wan was actually epic instead of just, meh. (For the record, I have nothing against either Trilogy. I just felt witty when I wrote this.)
6561582 The star wars prequels.
6555705 What!? Elephants climbing trees!? No wonder it's so dangerous to walk through the jungle between 5:00 and 6:00 PM!
6562581
The POINT is that we all have our intelligences. Everyone is different, not everyone can do what some others can.
6562594 I know that, especially as I tend to be the goldfish when it comes to certain types of schoolwork...
I just felt like making a silly reference to a very large (and old) set of Elephant-related jokes.
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6562113
And I was being a troll.
I know perfectly well what the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy is. I simply prefer to pretend that they don't exist. My reasons are many and varied, and I'd prefer not to clutter up the comments here with that discussion if it's alright with you.
6563095
That's fine.
6563095 Shoot me a PM with your reasons, I found them somewhat enjoyable.
Another great chapter.
Ok I'm calling bullshit on this one. There are so many things wrong with this development and it feels like a complete and total ass pull.
Firstly, why does this anti-phazon even exist? I was under the impression that the reason phazon weapons and armor was so good was because it's basically only vulnerable to itself. Secondly, why would ANYTHING that Dark Samus did cause anti-phazon to exist, when it was designed to make normal phazon?
7173385 Spike adapted to it and crated Fazite. That's all I got.
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I am going to say that spike's obviously did not want that to happen again so it developed the anti-phazon gland because his body decided it was the easiest/best way to prevent it from happening again.
Rainbow Dash is not dumb
6555021
Eeyup.