Mutual Introductions
The white, bigger, presumably male alpha hovered in the air, gazing at the spacecraft with uncertainty, perhaps lost in thought. He glanced at his sibling, and at the city below, then back at the aircraft, struggling to decide.
The microphone extended itself from the top of the Corvette. “We are the Ambassador of the Kushan Fleet. We come in peace. We wish you no harm.” The speaker’s voice was kept level and in a most friendly manner.
Both the alpha specimens’ eyes shrank in surprise. The darker one gazed at her sibling expectantly and received a nod. It turned toward the ship, showing its teeth in an act of animalistic aggression. Or perhaps it was a grin...
“This is Princess Celestia.” The brighter alpha spoke in a feminine voice and nodded at her sibling, who added, “and I am princess Luna. We are the rulers of the Equestrian Diarchy. We welcome you in peace and wish to hear of your intentions.”
“We come from the desert world of Kharak in search of our homeworld. It would appear it’s this planet. We would find an establishment of diplomatic relationships and cultural exchange with your nation welcome,” said the speaker.
“We invite you to land and visit our castle to continue our conversation there,” proposed Celestia. “Constant hovering would be impossible for us.”
This might be a trap. Prepare the ship for immediate evacuation if needed.
“Proceed with their request,” ordered Fleet Command.
Oxygen present, friendly atmosphere confirmed. The use of the suits not necessary.
The Corvette landed on a patch of flat ground, near entrance to the castle. The four men of the ambassador unit exited the ship; two of them, engineers with proper schooling in diplomacy, carried various sound, vision, matter analysers, and all other sorts of necessary and not-so-necessary equipment.
One, the young and bright speaker with his engineer’s peaked hat shielding him from the sun, walked at the head of the group, followed closely by the expert on law, diplomacy and interspecies relations, the advisor, scorching sunrays bleaching his grey hair even paler.
Different species from the alpha Equines perceived. Their names and descriptions are, as stated by the military equine, respectively:
– Griffins of mostly furry, feline body with feline claws and legs, and feathered, birdlike head and breast.
– Minotaurs resembling our species in form, but slightly larger and with more prominent muscles, sporting long muzzles, cattle-like hoofed legs, and pairs of horns atop their heads.
– Zebra resembling the Equines in shape and size, but having black and white stripes, as opposed to the Equines’ colouristic variety.
The Equines come in four variations, possibly races:
– The Unicorns, of supposed high psychic capabilities, sporting a single horn in the middle of the forehead. They’re capable of accomplishing unusual feats (such as levitation) without any mind enhancements through manipulation of “psychic energy” as it has been labelled.
– The Pegasi, sporting wings at either side of their torso, capable of flying. It is a misconception that these wings allow them to fly; they are far too small, and the pegasi are, based on their body build, unable to generate enough energy with their muscles to keep aloft. The nature of their flight is yet to be discovered.
– The Earth “Ponies,” of high agricultural skills and sturdy body build. Some appear to be bigger than most Equines.
– The Alicorns, a hybrid race that the Princesses belong to. Each specimen sports both horns and wings and has the benefits of all other races (flying, and high psychic capabilities).
The Equines bearing pastel colours are coloured naturally from birth. We are unsure of why this phenomenon occurs only within this species and what pigments are present within their bodies.
Most of the species consists of female specimen. This might have been preconditioned genetically.
The group was escorted by four armoured life-forms, and hundreds of curious or wary eyes pointed its way. The gazes were more of wonder than of hatred, and the group found itself walking forward, sometimes smiling politely at the passers-by, and receiving smiles in return.
Their culture and body language is similar to ours.
“The possibility that they have developed it on their own is very low,” commented Fleet Command.
The group found the Princesses awaiting them at the castle’s diplomatic room. A proper table was arranged, with very low chairs for them to sit on. The Equines occupied plush pillows, ending up slightly shorter than the group, but still towering over them in some strange way with their... demeanour? ‘Aura’? Or perhaps something else?
“We have seen other species in the city. Have they formed their own nations, or are you the leading species on the planet?” asked the speaker. A stern gaze from his advisor told him not to test the boundaries too far.
Celestia chuckled good-naturedly. “No, we are not ‘the leading species.’ The Griffins, Dragons, Zebra, and even other Ponies have founded their own countries across the planet. Minotaurs live mostly in smaller groups on the south, they don’t have their own land. I am sorry that you’ve arrived in such dire times, but we are currently at a war with the Griffins. While we have a ceasefire for now, we aren’t sure whether we won’t be forced to lead a defence in the eastern regions.” Her serene smile turned into a dark frown.
“What is the cause of the war?” The speaker leaned slightly away from his advisor. He knew very well that his questions weren’t really testing the borders. They were crossing them, stomping on them, and waving a Kushan flag with a huge grin ostentatiously on the other side.
“Why, we are,” answered Princess Luna confidently. “The Griffins, us, and other races are the bearers of the Elements. We move the Sun and Moon, while the Griffins shepherd the Winds. The Dragons have Wisdom; of other Elements we are not yet aware. It has been forbidden to use them in warfare, but the species to hold them all in their possession would rule the land.”
The two engineers of the group stared with vacant eyes at the Princess. The two diplomats gazed at each other and at the rulers in front of them, baffled.
They can move a 1030 kg star.
Threat level adjusted accordingly.
“Your highnesses, perhaps we could scan our biology mutually, so that both sides are aware of who they are. It would be the final sign of friendship, and perhaps alliance, between our nations,” offered the speaker.
The Princesses agreed. The equipment was brought to scan the royal Equines, while a few professors were assigned to work on the ambassadors.
Unusual fluctuations in magnetic and energetic fields around their horns, bases of their wings, and ends of their legs. It appears that they are highly psychically capable in those regions.
“As far as I’m aware, the ability to develop psychically is available only to the ‘unbound’ as they, or we, are called. Those who have been integrated permanently into the starships or powerful computers, are sometimes capable of doing that. How could then these creatures, who had never seen a starship, develop such abilities?” asked Fleet Command, although she knew no one knew the answer.
“Your magic has been diminished greatly,” explained Luna – who had been scanning the Kushan along with the scientists – when confronted with these questions, “but it still is there. I can see that you’ve traded it for amazing calculative and engineering abilities. What you’ve come to in centuries, we probably wouldn’t reach until millennia from now.”
“You have mentioned moving the sun...” said the speaker.
Luna shot a glance toward Celestia, who shook her head slightly. “We aren’t allowed to discuss the nature of the Elements as it has been noted in the interspecies’ treaty millennia ago, but yes, we do move the sun and moon,” the latter explained. “The same applies for the Elements of Harmony and other magical artifacts in our possession.”
“You have arrived,” started Luna to break the tension that suddenly arose, “upon your ships from a distant planet, I presume. Have you mastered faster-than-light travel?”
“Not exactly mastered,” answered the speaker. “Reverse-engineered from a wreck we found in the sands of our planet, and paid a great price for it. But yes, we have that ability.”
“You have been on a search for your homeworld, and you presume it’s this planet?” Celestia asked. She received a nod from the speaker. “And you wish to settle here eventually?” Another nod. “While I don’t want to impose, are you absolutely certain that this planet’s ecosystem will be able to sustain your species along ours?”
The speaker was taken aback by that question.
“Only a minuscule number of expansive, sentient species can exist on a planet, but cases of more than two have always led to the planet’s collapse,” sounded the Fleet Command’s voice in an engineer’s weak, cracking radio headphone.
“We are nearly sure that our Fleet will not interfere. We would like to, however, invite you to an interspecies dialogue a few weeks from now where we’ll discuss this dilemma. We’ll pinpoint the time as soon as all other species agree to it,” said the speaker. Celestia assured she would come. “A suitable transport onto our ship as the conference’s place will be provided,” he added.
They had exchanged random bits and pieces of culture after that, having encouraged some Equine archaeologists to chat with the engineers, while the speaker remained in conversation with the royals. His advisor was silent, and so was Fleet Command, both contemplating the same issue.
Considering there are more than two intelligent species on the planet, not all of them must be expansive. It appears the most probable that the Equines and Griffins are expansive.
“The Griffins wage expansive wars, and strive for control over the world. Equines have formed more than one country, while all the other species haven’t. The Ambassador will be released a half of the star’s rotation from now to confirm that theory.”
The ambassador unit returned to the Mothership not long later, richer in experience, cultural knowledge, and questions.
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Oh god, I wonder how many people will know what this cross over is?!
More over, what about the Vaygr, Bentusi, Turanic Raiders, Kadeshi? 
I'm already interested
By Saajuk! A Homeworld crossover! This better be good! Commence reading! I assume this means that Equestria happens to be Hiigara in this 'verse... does this mean that that the Burning of Kharak didn't take place, or did you just relocated the Taiidan Empire? ... maybe I should just read and find out XD
By the Martyrs of Kharak! Homeworld: Cataclysm got me into online gaming. I must take this fic, and cram it inside my eyeballs. . .
When I have time.
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*Sajuuk
6192871 Darn it! I knew that was the spelling as well, I just didn't check if I'd done when I posted XD I have a bad habit of doing the wrong double-letter in words like that
Hm, now I wonder where on Hiigara/Equus the Kushan will settle? I have no doubt that the Diarchy would shelter them once they find out just what those poor people have been through. I hope the Ponies can help the Sleepers when they awaken. Learning their world, their families and homes, even their entire Kiiths are gone... Many of the Sleepers committed suicide in canon and it might actually be worse this time since there're no Taiidan to go hunting down in retribution to distract some of them from their grief.
Despite their small numbers, the Kushan are militarily superior to everyone on Equus, the only advantages the natives have is their magic, more specifically the sun and moon and weather control. I suppose the only thing preventing the Kushan from establishing themselves as the new dominant power on the planet is the fact that without Celestia and Luna the world would perish.
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Then you'd have a hard time with Dutch. Just sayin'. . . .
6193025 'Tis a good thing I'm not Dutch then isn't it? XD I've never particularly needed to know any Dutch
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[sarcasm]Integendeel, er zijn nogal wat Nederlandse mensen op Fimfiction.[/sarcasm]
6193047 I'm sure whatever you just said sarcastically was indeed very funny. Unfortunately, as I said, I don't speak Dutch.
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Yes, a good question. How many people will know? First person I've showed it to wondered whether it's Homestuck...
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I hope I'll manage to keep this interest!
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I've been writing 'Hiigaara' quite some time myself. Though I did have problems with Saajuk too. Quite hard stuff, these Kushan names. Especially that you don't see those differences in the pronunciation in the game itself.
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This is a really legit question to be asking, since the first part is cryptic to say the least. All right, I'm marking spoiler for this, since it'll spoil the 1st Homeworld game, won't spoil my story though. At least nothing that happens after the beginning.
What you're seeing in the 'prologue' or simply the 1st chapter, happens directly after the final Battle for Hiigara. The planet that's been razed into a desert is the Hiigara we know from the canon, but is it the Home that the Fleet has been so desperately looking for?
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Hopefully you will ^^ The fic's rather finished actually. I'll update it periodically. Will also try to edit it up a bit as I post, to ensure no formatting problems when transporting from Gdocs.
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Knowing what'll happen next, as I have the story written down now, I'd love to see how your theories change as the chapters progress. Your thoughts are exactly the same ones I had when starting the story.
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This story really has me exited, reasons being:
1) How will ponies, Celestia and Luna in particular, react to the atrocious actions of the Taiidan empire's attempted genocide, and the events that occurred from from Homeworld 2?
2) How they react to the 'violence' of space war. I am not naive to think that Celestia and Luna havent seen a few wars in their time but I doubt its on the level of galactic conflict that affected the Hiigarens.
3) How Twilight, Celestia and Luna react to the level of technology that Hiigarens posses. (Kinetic turrets, Ion cannons, Laser cannons, Missles, Nuclear devices)
4) How Hiigarens react to Ponies
5) Will the other Homeworld races come in to play? How about the Bentusi? Have we seen the last of them? And what about the Progenitors? Any more secrets to be found?
The possibilities with this kind of cross-over story seems almost endless. I think you have quite allot of content, history and cannon to work with that would make quite a good story.
There are just the few questions buzzing around, but obviously I don't expect you the answer them because, well, spoilers, but yeah. Once I get the free time, looking forward to reading this!
Also as a side note, I'm sooo keen to get the Homeworld re-masted title. Then get a PC good enough to run it.
Update:
Ahhh this makes me want to go and play Homeworld 2 modded now xD
Better pull my old disc out. The joys of finding 2 year old discs in my room
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I'll try to answer your questions without spoiling the content. Some things you'll have to find out yourself.
1. Attempted genocide? Well, I wouldn't say attempted. Also, so everyone can see it, hopefully, the crossover is with Homeworld 1. The events of Homeworld: Cataclysm and Homeworld 2 have not happened! Might be place for sequels ^^ Though I've written this story as a stand-alone, was supposed to be a one-shot even, but didn't work.
2. and 3. Yeah, how will they? A peace-loving nation of ponies, and princesses who have only a few times in their lives faced powers stronger than themselves.
4. Well, we've seen them react to life in the universe basing on the events of the first game. From the "There are other things in the universe!" when encountering Turanic Raiders, to "Oh, hello friendly giant alien blobs of fat wired to their ships!" when encountering Bentusi.
5. Have we seen the last of them? Also a good question. Have we? Who knows...
And yes, truth be told Homeworld Remastered's release was my original time for submitting the fic, but it didn't simply work. I preferred quality than speed, and from the one-shot it was supposed to be, it turned into a multi-chapter.
Anyhoof, the remaster's really, really good. It actually looks like something completely new, even if the game's the same. The interface has been fixed, the graphics is much, much more detailed (the Mothership now looks like a banana wrapped in leather, not just a normal banana ^^) and we can have units from both Homeworld 1 and 2 in the skirmish gameplay. Such a shame they didn't find the files for Cataclysm
Still, I myself prefer to dig up the old CDs from Ebay. The clunky interface and the quite heavy maneuvering of these ships just reminded me a lot of Asimov's fiction, where each jump had to be calculated by the pilot and the like. Tons of old technology generally. Creates the atmosphere.
Also, new chapter should be up later today. And, well, later today might mean tons of different things, depending on the timezone...
Funny thing is, the Griffonstone episode pretty much shot down the Fandom's take on the griffins. How are they supposed to wage war when they're dirt poor?
Was intrigued, but I think you've stuck to close to game mechanics for my taste. Things like "ambassador unit deploy" instead of "Ambassodor Grayson, are you ready?" Just keeps readers, especially those not familiar with the game, from connecting to the story.