Rule 27
Domination of Equestria - T+231 days.
It was dim and vast underneath the Castle of the Overlord.
Down in the deep dark of the hidden caverns lined with crystal and steel there was a small and furious team of creatures bustling around, carrying huge reams of cable and even more carrying bundles of computer chips and massive platters of data storage.
In the centre of the room stood a massive gothic column of twisted metal and groaning parts, rising high into the rafters with cabling and lights festooned all over like someone had confused Hearth’s Warming with Nightmare Night. It groaned and buzzed next to two figures which seemed to be both the middle of and apart from the flurry of activity taking place around them.
“So this is the central core of the Yggdrasil system?”
“Yes…master.”
“It’s quite imposing.”
“It needs to be. The processing core unit you supplied back when we began this project is quite substantial.”
“Absolutely. There’s nothing like it after all.”
“It would make your demands for massive amounts of redundancy much easier if you allowed me to look at what it’s made of and how it functions.”
“I’m sure it would, Chief, but as I explained to you then, it’s a unique piece of equipment. Even were you to look under the cover, as it were, you would be no closer to replicating it.”
“So you said.”
“Then you need to listen more.”
“Well excuse me, Master.”
“Someone’s still bitter.”
“After what you did, who wouldn’t!”
“Sooner you get over it the better.”
“Why did I agree to this!?”
“We’ve had this conversation.”
“Right...right. Moving on.”
“Please do.”
“As per your instructions we’ve created several of these main system units. Three are installed here in Canterlot. One here, which currently has the processing core. Another in the Solar Furnace chamber above. Before the system comes online there will be a processor transfer system between the two for automatic core transfer and seamless service mobility.”
“Makes sense.”
“Similarly full system management can be done from either here or the Empire Master Control System in the Sewage Overflow. Limited management can be done directly from the backup control system in the Furnace but only if the core is there at the time.”
“How limited?”
“System diagnostics, data observation. No administrative level processes can be viewed or executed from there at all.”
“Excellent. And the third?”
“The third main control unit here in Canterlot is located on the peak of Canter Mountain with the Solar Eruptor Focusing Lense. No processes can be run from there at all, if the core is installed there the system will enter full automatic mode.”
“Sounds acceptable. I assume there’s more though?”
“Of course. In the basement of the Castle of Friendship in Ponyville we have a full replica of the Canterlot Master System.”
“That sounds rather insecure?”
“It would be, except that the Ponyville system will only operate when the master connection is activated.”
“I’m not reassured.”
“It’s a giant switch which physically disconnects it from the network. It’s in the deepest mine here in Canterlot and locked in a room with feral starving changelings.”
“That’s...inventive.”
“Yea, I’m surprised the request was passed actually. One of the researchers put it down as a joke.”
“Hummm...Now I think about it, I do recall that one passing my desk now I think about it.”
“Ah, you would pass it.”
“Of course. It’s hilarious.”
“It's cruel.”
“Only if you count feral changelings as useful.”
“I...wha-...nevermind.”
“Probably for the best.”
“Usually is.”
“So we’re all well secured against any interruptions of service?”
“Yes. With the city running off of the Solar Furnace we moved all of the previous power generators down here. Now a whole city’s worth of power generation is functioning as an uninterruptible backup supply for Yggdrasil.”
“Fantastic work Chief.”
“I have a name you know.”
“Not according to the record you don’t.”
“And who’s fault is that?”
“Oh please, you flatter me…”
Overlord Rule No:27 I will never build only one of anything important. All important systems will have redundant control panels and power supplies. For the same reason I will always carry at least two fully loaded weapons at all times.
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I would like to hear chief's story, anyone else?
First
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I agree, what is chief's story? And why is his vowels backward?
6722033
Shhhhhh......
Using the name from Norse mythology?
Didn't a previous rule make a big deal of knowing the identity of your minions?
6722072 I'm certain the overlord knows his name, just that we, and no one else does
You didn't mention the weapons.
Ahh, referring to the "fake BIG RED BUTTON that actually activates the secret weapon" style of tricking any heroes.
What about the two weapons?
6722115 His? Making a rather large presumption there, methinks.
I would like to call and say that chief is none other than a certain lavender mare. Just my thoughts could be wrong, twould be funny to find out it's actually chrysalis or someone else
Calling it now, Chief is Twilight Sparkle.
I want to see these chapters turned into a story, it would be beautiful. Took me half a second to remember the sewage overflow, then I laughed a little. Love this story.
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6722917
But that would require some intense mind-control or something. And then the hero would come, suffer an epic and terrible defeat, Chief Twilight would witness it, remember herself, break free and bam, you've got an uncontained Element of Magic smack in the middle of your giant base of doom.
In short, there's probably half a dozen rules that forbid that, in various ways and from various perspectives.
6723607 Actually, I don't think it would be prevented, as long as he has ample captured ponies/blackmail over her head as well as a kill-switch (At least 3 redundancies), as well as 24/7 monitoring of her from all angles, which will kill her if interrupted in their video feeds.
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6723033
Wasn't she killed off?
6724311
She was seen lying motionless in a crater after a massive explosion that seemed to originate from her. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy are to only two who'd witnessed Twilight in the crater at present, but it was never stated that either confirmed her death, and there are many way to make an individual appear dead without them actually being dead, or to resuscitate a person shortly after a clinical death.
Personally, I think the Overlord used something to drain the magic from Twilight, much like Tirek did with most of Equestria, only he did it all at once. The resulting backlash caused both the explosion, and put her in a comatosed state, after which the Overlord retrieved her unconscious body, and probably outfitted her with something equivalent to the I.G.O.R. (Intelligence Gone, Obedience Remains) System from the Researcher Twilight tumblr.
6722128
Exactly. The only ones that KNOW that he carries them are dead.
Redundant control panels?
If there is something that brakes one screen then it is likely broken all the others as well unless they are scattered in different locations like in this chapter.
But I'm curious, how would they get by the feral channelings would the need to use the ponyville unit arises?
No point building it if you won't be able to use it when you need it after all.
6724311 No, she was possibly killed off; but at this point with this and the Harmony so called project underway, that looks improbable.
~Leonzilla
6738595
I assumed that one was intended more as a decoy for would be heroes than a usable backup.
6747017 there was one for that, but the one in ponyville seems to be intended for for back up seeing as it us a full replica, so it must be operable in some way.
~Leonzilla
Who is he talking to? If you say "The Chief" I will slap you.
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The Chief Scientist and Engineer in Charge of the After Harmony Project.
Can you make sure you mar my right side? The marks will show up less.
6774785 I wonder who it could be? Who do we know with the smarts to help make enter issuing at this level? I have no Idea!
(Think about iiiit)