Chapter 14: Building From The Ground Up
The War Machine
Chapter 14: Building From The Ground Up
Three Days Later
It's been three days since I became the Alpha of the nearby diamond dog Clan, I'm on my way back to them in my Trailer with the new tools and four large barrels of apples courtesy of Applejack. The tools are only stainless steel pickaxes, shovels, saws, hammers, spears, and farming tools.
I park the Trailer in front of the tunnel entrance in the wall of the Quarry and start unloading the supplies and tools. Once done, I lock my Trailer and diamond dog guards start showing up.
"Alpha!" they all say and bow to me.
"Greetings, I have brought the tools I said I would bring along with some food as well. I'll need four of you to help carry these down," I tell them.
Four of them salute and two of them pick up two apple barrels each while the other two pick up one of the tool crates each, I pick up the remaining two crates and they lead me back into the living area.
Spot sees me and runs up to me. "Alpha, we have gathered all the ore and gems you wanted," he tells me and points to an impressive mound of metals and gems, it could easily be mistaken for a dragon's hoard.
"Very good. I've brought new tools and some food for you all," I reply and set down the two crates and the others do as well. "Stainless steel Pickaxes, shovels, saws, hammers, and farming tools. I even have better spears that are more durable and sharper than your current ones," I tell him and open a crate with the pickaxes in them.
He looks inside and stares at them. "These are much better than old ones, they will help greatly. Thank you, Alpha," he says and the new tools are handed out to the miners. The saws and farming tools are stored away for later.
I look back to Spot. "Please fill two of these crates with gems and gold, I'll use them to purchase building supplies and teach you how to build better homes for yourselves," I tell him.
"As you command," he replies and orders some of the Dogs to fill the two crates up. Once full enough, I seal the lids and carry one back to the Trailer while two guards carry the other.
I place both creates into the back and face the guards. "I shall be back in a few hours with the construction materials," I say and they saluted.
I get back into my Trailer and drive off towards Ponyville.
Two Hours Later
I have purchased nearly all the available materials required in Ponyville to help start building at least ten small homes: bricks, timber, nails, mortar, carpet, and a few of the new personal radios.
I return to the den and with the help of the dogs, we unload all the supplies to the main hall.
"This is all I could get from Ponyville for now," I tell Spot.
"Thank you, Alpha. Already you show more kindness than old Alpha," he replies.
We spend the next six hours building the first house, these diamond dogs are fast learners, and once they see how something is done, they can copy it near perfectly. Reminds me of an old human saying: monkey see; monkey do.
The first house is done; it's just a basic brick house containing a bedroom with multiple beds, a lounge for the family living there to gather and interact, and a kitchen where they'll store their food and eat. Simple three room houses, they didn't need bathrooms as they apparently have an area where they do their business and use an underground river nearby to wash and get their drinking water from.
I've taken some more ore and gold to use for the construction of the Apache - the gold will be used as conductive components.
I bid them farewell and leave them to continue building and mining with their new tools. I also suggested taking some gems and gold into Ponyville with two or three dogs to trade for anything they might need.
Three Days Later
I return to the diamond dog den with Luna this time as she wanted to meet them.
The dogs were wary of her at first but once I told them she's a friend they instantly became friendly with her.
The first few dogs that came to Ponyville traded for more food at the market and clothes from Rarity. The dogs are looking much happier than they used to be and I've also brought some basic armour for them made from steel with nano-fibre padding underneath it; they only have gauntlets, shin guards, chest plates, and helmets with bullet proof nano-fibreglass visors over their faces at the moment.
They've built another three houses and they look just as good as the first, the atmosphere in the den is picking up and they look much more active than when I first saw them cowering from their old Alpha. They also really seem to enjoy the music from the radios, I had to build an antenna just outside the main gate and place a line heading inside to a transmitter to allow the radios to work underground.
"Alpha, we gathered more ore and gems. What do you wish us to do now?" Spot asks with two other dogs standing beside him.
One is taller and is wearing a red jacket with a few gems in the pocket and has grey fur, the other is nearly my height and much broader, he is a blueish grey colour wearing a grey jacket.
"I've just come to check up on your progress," I reply and look around again; the houses look good and the next one is being constructed already. "Spot, how many guards does the den have?" I ask him.
"We have fifty guard dogs... why?" he replies and asks.
"Equestria is at war with a gryphon named Jackaal and I would like volunteers that I will train to aid in the attack on Gryphonstone, ask any who would be willing to join us when the time comes," I tell him.
"Of course, if Alpha wishes us to fight, we fight," he says.
"I only want those who want to do this, not because I said so," I reply.
"Okay... Question: after homes are done, what we do next?" he asks me.
"I'd like you to dig a bigger entrance with a sturdy gate built into it, then we'll dig out a nice big area near it for shops and stalls for trading," I explain to him what I have planned.
"You mean you wish others come here?" he asks with surprise.
"Yes, this way you can sell your gems and ores to those that need them for bits. Once it is ready, I'll inform Ponyville and Princess Celestia of this as well so you may be recognised as an official town," I reply.
I look over at Luna who has three diamond dog pups on her back and is trotting around with a smile on her face, the pups have their arms in the air and are having fun.
Nine Days Later
Over the course of nine days: ten homes have been built in the den and new supplies bought to make more, the gems and ores the dogs are mining are being stored in a newly made storage room, Twilight even came by to look through some of the gems that she'll need for different effects for the magic rifles. So far the frame of the rifle is completed, all she needs to do now is find the right gem or crystal that'll work best to focus the magic in them.
Celestia has visited a couple of times to see how Twilight is doing and to have lunch with her sister. Luna also went to Canterlot three times to visit as well.
The scientists in Canterlot have learned a lot about the gryphon Tank from the salvaged parts, and are close to understanding how it works.
The gryphons themselves have remained silent, scouts report no gryphon sightings since their last attack. Though I am picking up changeling chatter on my radio interceptor coming from the Everfree Forest, but I can't make out exactly what is being said.
The second Titan is completed and work on the Apache has begun.
Today is the day I run my maintenance routine, I lock myself into my Trailer's station and run a diagnostics on my systems.
"Adam... Tell me, what does this Apache do?" Luna asks me while looking at the schematic on the computer.
"It is an aerial attack vehicle that can hover in the air, turn in place or strafe about, it is equipped with a five point fifty-six millimetre minigun and four twenty round rocket pods. It can fly faster than the Titan can move, it is used for quick strikes and air support for ground troops," I inform her.
"You mean this thing can fly?" she asks with wide eyes.
"Correct," I reply.
She looks through the schematics with a determined expression, she's learnt a lot about how human technology works and even built her own computer in her bedroom in the back of the Workshop. We've even started an experiment three days ago: I have copied my A.I. core coding and uploaded it into her computer without my memories. A fresh, new A.I. just like I was when I first came online.
She's also asked me to program it with a female voice after I told her the meaning of my name and she has named this A.I. Eve, the first female-based artificial intelligence. Luna has been teaching her about Equestria and what she is, she even has Eve calling her mother.
"Mother? What are dragon's like?" Eve asks Luna through her prosthetic's radio. Eve has access to data I have gathered on this world so far and is slowly going through it as Luna's computer only has two processors in it for now.
Luna smiles and raises her prosthetic up. "They are a proud race that tend to keep to themselves and rarely involve themselves with the affairs of others. They're also very easy to upset or to insult and will challenge anypony who does so," Luna replies.
"I see, thank you mother," Eve says.
"Eve is learning fast," I comment.
"Yes, I would like to add more processors to my computer for her; which I am working on but it will take me a while," she tells me.
"You know I can do that for you," I inform her.
"And I thought I told you that I wished to learn how to do so myself," she replies informatively.
I chuckle. "Very well," I say and return to my diagnostics.
Over the months of having this new operating system, my emotions seem to be... getting stronger for a lack of a better term; almost as if I was supposed to be made with them.
Once done I disconnect myself from the station and step out to begin getting ready to head back to the diamond dog den, the new gate should be complete today and the work on the shopping area is coming along well last time I went.
"Father, why don't I have a body like you do?" Eve asks me through my communication module. Luna has gotten her to start calling me that, I can see the logic behind it as I provided the code for her A.I. core while Luna designed her and is teaching her.
"I do not have the required materials yet to begin fabricating you one but once you have learnt more and I gather the resources needed, then I shall make you one," I reply.
"Okay," she says and returns to processing information.
I get into my Trailer and head out to the den.
One Week Later
The diamond dog den is now an officially recognised town, Celestia came down and inspected the den herself and was impressed at their progress from what I told her they started from. Although they're not part of Equestria, they are now allies with them due to their ties to me.
There are now twenty two houses built and the shopping district is completed, it's not very big with only six buildings and twenty-seven stalls and even the tunnels and walls have been replaced by sturdy bricks making the den look cleaner and more welcoming. The Ponyville blacksmith Caramel visited as well to buy some raw ores for his work and Celestia even traded a lot of bits for some rare and very magical gems like fire rubies, and other types as well.
The main gate to the den is complete with three inch thick iron doors, the tunnels are also being covered by strong bricks to make them more sturdy and visually pleasing.
The Apache is fifteen point six percent done so far and the main chassis is looking good, but we need to get some more steel and titanium as well.
Twilight and her friends have to go to a place called Appleloosa to deliver an apple tree to Applejack’s cousin, Twilight asked if I could use one of the Titan's to pull the tree as it would take nearly two weeks to pull it there on hoof and by cart.
I agreed and left Luna to begin making the Apache's plating and to check up on the den while I'm gone.
We rigged up a long passenger carriage connected to the back of the Titan and a cart with the apple tree tied to it connected to the carriage.
So here we are after three days of travelling and we're in a dry looking plains area with hardly any vegetation at all; who would want to settle out here?
"This is amazing! Why don't we have something like this? It would be so much better than hoofing it ourselves," Rainbow Dash asks. I'm standing in the Titan's hatch keeping watch of our surroundings while they're all in the carriage chatting.
Pinkie Pie then sticks her head out the window. "Adam! Can we take a break!? I need to use the little fillies room!" she yells at me.
I slowly stop the Titan and they all get out and go about their business or to stretch their limbs.
"Twilight," I call out to her.
She walks over and looks up at me. "Yes, Adam?"
"I was thinking that once we return, I can show you the schematics for a Train so everyone can travel from place to place with ease, maybe even connect it to the other nations as well," I tell her.
Her eyes widen. "What's a Train?" she asks.
"A Train is a locomotive that pulls passenger cars and cargo containers from location to location at speeds of one-hundred and fifty-five miles an hour on a pre-placed set of tracks," I reply.
She gasps and stares wide eyed at me. "You'd teach us how to make these?" she asks with excitement.
"Yes, it would benefit Equestria and others to be able to get around so quickly and trade between countries," I tell her.
She squeals with a chorus of. "Yes yes yes yes yes yes YES!" while hopping around like Pinkie Pie does.
Once they're done, they get back in and we continue on our way towards Appleloosa.
Two Hours And Twenty-Six Minutes Later
Movement to my left gets my attention at what appears to be a herd of buffalo making their way towards us. I zoom in with my optics and notice headbands with feathers on their heads.
I stop the Titan and get out with my assault rifle in hand.
"Adam? Why did we stop?" Twilight asks.
I point at the incoming buffalo. "We have company, and they don't look happy to see us," I reply and walk to the back of the cart.
I control the Titan wirelessly and aim its guns at the incoming buffalo.
They don't seem to be stopping and it looks like they're on an intercept course for the cart.
Processing... I fire the Titan's turret just ahead of the herd and the bullets kick up sand and dirt, the buffalo suddenly come to a grinding halt and glare at us.
"State your intentions," I demand and aim my rifle and the Titan's guns at them.
The one in front is a tall and very big buffalo, he steps forward and glares at me. "I am Chief Thunderhooves of the Mild West buffalo tribe. We shall not allow anymore of these ponies trees to be planted on our sacred stampeding grounds!" he tells me.
"Sacred stampeding grounds?" Spike asks.
"Yes, pony settlers have moved onto our lands and have planted an orchard on our ancestral stampeding route. If the orchard is not removed soon, we will stampede through it, and their town," he replies.
I look at the apple tree and then back at the buffalo. I aim the Titan's main guns out towards a dead tree in the dusty plains. "Should you do that I will retaliate with force," I reply and fire one shell.
The shell impacts at the base of a dead tree and rips it out of the ground leaving a deep crater in it's place.
The buffalo stare at the hole in the ground and some start to back away.
I then look back at the Buffalo. "I shall have a word with the settlers about this. I recommend ceasing any further attacks on the ponies, before you start something you cannot finish," I tell them.
The Chief looks at me for a few seconds before turning away. "Very well, you have five days before our annual stampede begins. Whether or not they're still there, we will come," he tells me and retreats back into the plains. A young looking buffalo looks back at me and then at the crater before following the others.
"Holy cow! That was so awesome!" Rainbow shouts out as she looks towards the crater.
"This is turning out to be a big problem..." Twilight says.
I hear whimpering and look inside the carriage to see Fluttershy curled up under a blanket with Rarity trying to calm her down.
"I apologise for the loud noise, Fluttershy," I say to the shaking mare.
"I-I-It's f-fine..." she replies.
"Don't worry about her, dear. I'll cheer her up," Rarity says while rubbing Fluttershy's withers.
"Very well, I shall continue on our route then," I tell them and get back into the Titan.
I look around one more time; the coast is clear and I continue on to Appleloosa.
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According to canon they already have a rail system.
What?
What?!
WHAT?!
What happened to the Friendship Express? Last time I checked trains were actually a thing in Equestria.
They already have trains....
Because those will work so well underground.
So freaking adorable!
They had a baby!
And it's a girl!
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*Activate Shipping Protocols*
Damn, that's a bit overkill with the warning....
6875391 Well there is an alternate universe tag.
I agree with most peoples statement about the train maybe if he offered a more advanced version like the mag-trains or something but this IDK.
but don't they already have a train? why would twilight not know what a train is?
Did... did you just make luna and the robot guy the leaders of an official equestrian township?
WHHHHYYYYYYYYYY
They went through all that trouble to avoid citizenship. If celestia makes all the diamond dog town's population citizens, the dogs AND the town's MAYORS have to share everything they learn. Within a few chapters, set up a tribal trade agreement or a block of text explanation of why this is not a big deal or something. IDK, just tell my about how Luna hasn't become a citizen again because of this. Remember, the explanation has to be good enough to convince foreign nations at the next conference when they question this.
So, if we were to be reasonable and logical, the introduction of a rail system is a huge boon which alpha roboguy is granting equestria and the world.
However, what you are trying to do, as far as I can tell, is get us to respect mr robot by having him be incredibly helpful in order to justify his existence. See, the problem about that, is that that relies on an emotional appeal and not a logical appeal. See, the only reason why there isn't already a friendship express, as far as we can tell, is that you wanted mr robot to give the ponies trains. To us, he was the source of the problem which you had him solve. Also, from our perspective, he offers the solution to the problem before the problem is even stated. He's all like, "have some trains," and then we, the readers, don't even understand that there are no trains until the pony asks, "what's a train?" Since the problem has never been relevant to anything before, it's not really a problem. Clearly, the ponies were fine without it.
ALSO, you have started dipping into the habit of taking away what the ponies DO have in order to make your protagonist's gifts larger in comparison. This basically puts him in competition with Twilight Motherfuckin Sparkle for my affections. Have you seen her face? Those eyes are bigger then her danm head. Adorable. If you do this sort of thing, People will start emotionally siding with either roboguy or the horses. Ideally, I should like ALL of your characters for CHARACTERIZATION reasons. It helps if they are ALL justifiably useful.
And here's where the fic earns it's ' Alternate Universe' tag. Looking forward to more.
Keep up the good work. Deus tecum.
6875618 6875391 6875446
look at the tags...
6875544 6875618 Okay, As for the official town of Equestria thing, Celestia recognises it as a functioning town. Adam is just helping them get going. SPOILER: He will hand over the position of Alpha to Spot later, while Luna will just be keeping an eye on their progress.
Equestria is not technologically advanced like it is in the show, things like trains and another other self powered vehicle don't exist yet. Equestria uses magic to solve most of their problems, and as they said, it would take about a two weeks to travel to Appleloosa with the tree. Adam is just offering a method of travel to them.
As for taking away what the ponies have from the show, it was just the setting I was looking for. Why would a world with no Human contact have technology resembling Human's already?
6875757 yup
OK stop. Stop RIGHT THERE! I can respect someone who have the daring, nerve and creativity to put their hearts out like this, for a story that few people will ever read (compared to a book, for the site this is quite popular!). However, that is one statement my science gland can't take. I can forgive things like Durasteel and easy titanium extraction. After all, they make the story seem more progressed, like a futuristic earth should. However, to make a computer of ANY strength that is better than my old Nokia, you need silicone wafers. You know, the ones that less than 20 companies in the world make, and at ridiculous prices and with giant tubes for growing the initial silicone boules. Then you need to make logic gates on them. At Nano meter scales. And that's just for a processor unit! It's your story, so you can of course just say that Adam has the equipment and spare parts to build such a thing. That would be fine! He did manufacture Titanium, which right now involves exposure to chlorine, and is devilishly tough, an amazing feat which fits the futuristic setting of the story! But at least SAY or SHOW (even better) that he has this stuff. Please don't Deus ex machina it, because the only way she has a computer in there at equestrian tech levels, is if the room IS the computer. I don't mean to be rude, far from it, I just care enough about this story that I want it to be quality. The opposite of Love is not hate, it is indifference.
Thelolzknight
Edit:
Reinforcing my statement. An AI would need a S&*% ton of Processing and storage. Went from room size to house size. Please clarify.
6875768 Heh, Luna's been learning how the tech works and Adam has given her the programs for it and shown her what materials she needed to build it, it's not as advanced as the ones Adam can make, but it's working.
The Lab in Canterlot has it's own computers, as well as the Radio Station there as well, even Twilight has her own in the Workshop.
6875779 Hmmm touche, I'll give ya that one, but there's a difference between names and technology.
6875789 Ah, I see. So they already have primitive computers, he's just given her a more powerful design and the up&up on improvements. Ok . Just making sure. What level would you put them at? Moon landing? The old Govadore systems? Certainly not modern levels, and In 100 years they won't have gotten much better, because at one point gates can't get any smaller, as the electrons just tunnel past them. So what level?
I ask mostly just to define what level the comps. would have to be at(you haven't really responded to my issues of silicon engraving which requires mechanization(human breath destroys naked processors), which of course means they should already have trains) . There's a world of difference between 3000 ton Basement monsters and a PC.
Question if ponies already have primitive computers then why haven't they invented the train yet? I know the whole share technology treaty would have at the very least started them on the right path before the Griffon rebellion. Other than that I love it.
6875809 Why does everything in the show have to be in a fic? This isn't an exact replica of the show. Arcade machines don't exist here.
6875816 They have decent hardware, like today's variety of PC's , XP, Vista, 7.
Luna's is more along the lines of 50 years back to slightly more advanced hardware but all the computers have the same operating system, and basic programs like Word, and notepad and other goodies (Non-militaristic) as Adam's in the Trailer. Adam's PC is still the most advanced on Equus.
6875819 Adam helped them make the computers during his stay in the Canterlot Labs.
6875886 Gryphons don't have magic like Equestrians do, they focused on technology like Humans have done.
6735902 please don't bring up the Sun argument. There is no way to prove or disprove it as we simply don't have enough evidence either way to make any scientific arguments for or against it.
6876023 when you talk about science I can't help but chuckle when I see your avatar.
6876031 As a wise man once said
My hero, *wipes tear from eye*
HHHHNNNNNGGGG. Best Princess with puppies on her back is awesome.
HHHHHHHHNNNNNNGGGG AGAIN! Damnit, are you trying to give me a cuteness induced heart attack??? And I hope Eve eventually gets a little filly robot body so Luna can hug her.
YAY!!!! Now she can get into adventures with the CMC.
Nice chapter, I can't wait to see how things go where the Buffalo roam. But my favorite parts of the chapter are the ones I commented on above.
I'm so glad that you didn't give the ponies Human weapons because... I really just don't like it and the fact that I have a feeling that friendly fire would be a problem for some unknown reason.
6876096 Imagine if a Pony got hold of a frag grenade without knowing what it was or did... *shivers*
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Things do not have to be an exact replica. The only things which matter are the story you tell and, separately, the story we read. See, those are two different things.
In regards to the story you tell, if you are trying to make the level and pace of technological development make sense, how do you account for everything ELSE that is nonsensical that you, for some reason, left in. For instance, how did they build Manhattan without steel? I seem to recall that the production methods involved with he creation of both skyscrapers and industrial steel require fairly advanced techniques. Actually, better yet, how does an island turn into a city like Manehattan without huge machines moving tons of food to the island? What are all of those ponies even DOING for a living on that island? It should really be a large trade port and nothing else.
Answers: the steel can be heated with fire magic or, better yet, transmutation. The sky scrapers can be reinforced with some of the kind of magic that holds cloudsdale together. A train can be made of super lightweight material like gingerbread and moved by telekinesis. Basic industrial engines for mills built far from rivers and be run using Pegasus wind. If your REALLY don't want ponies to have steam engines, just say that the heat energy was being turned into magic energy using fire rubies. The idea that you HAD to change what we were looking at in order to make it make sense is silly. Ponies have engineers too. Where there is a will, there is a way.
As such, equestrians could build tanks if they tried at all, they just don't really have a reason to try. If your REALLY want to defend the idea that they can't build tanks without, at least, steam engines, just say that their engine-equivalents are weak, in terms of thrust, and can't carry armor. But, still, equestrians have a need for something that does that job of a train. You can say that they never had need to develop tanks before now, but some-pony somewhere should have built a system for transporting goods. To imply that they haven't done it implies that they are incompetent as a race. That they NEED some hero to come guide them. In the end, one man is always less than unnecessary to the flow of time. If that man hadn't come, others would have come later and each would have done some fraction of the work or harm that that man accomplished. (or fem, whatevs)
That's all the long winded logical stuff which is wrong about the reason why you tried to paint the picture you tried to paint. What is more important is presentation. It isn't that you chose to make the ponies less advanced. That isn't a problem. A difference in setting can lead to new and interesting results. The problem is that the reader had literally no knowledge of this setting. If the setting was important, it would be affecting the story. This detail of your setting is, until now, unimportant.
When they asked to use the tank, I just assumed that the tank was more convenient due to either train scheduling conflicts or a relatively low "straight line" distance as compared to the path the train would take. So, to people who know about the show, (ie: almost every one of us) twilight and ponies had trains and twilight was sitting in a tank with her good friend who was very kindly driving her out into the middle of bumfuck nowhere so that she could stick a tree in the ground and they were just hanging out and sitting in a tank and being chill and having a friendly moment together. We, the viewers, were looking at this and some voice in the back of our heads was like: "Yo, that guy is being pretty cool." Then the author was all like: "I have an idea" and his righteous and fickle hand reached down and took trains from poor twilight with no warning whatsoever and gave it to roboguy. Then author was all like, "check this out guyes", and roboguy proceed to very kindly declare that the ponies were ready and worthy to be patronized with a small piece of his vast store of knowledge: the gift of trains. Twilight proceeded to climax all over the floor, thus proving that mr. robot was a great guy. Mr robot went on to threaten the lives of some native-Indian equivalents who the readers know could have been subdued with a food fight, thus poking into politically uncomfortable "Trail of Tears" territory and proving his martial power. While this was happening, the reader was still struggling to realize that trains suddenly never were a thing.
But, you know what? Nevermind all that. You introduced and solved a problem in the same scene. It has no weight.
6876187 I see. But thanks for the chuckle in how you worded the last part of that wall of text
I'll go back and add in an observation from Adam about the lack of technological progress the Ponies currently have. I won't pass the blame on that, totally my bad.
6876222 While his offhanded mentioning of the problem will be, by far, an improvement an the current situation, be careful not to make it sound like he is looking down on them. Also, if he noticed their lack of advancement before, why didn't he give them trains then?
I don't know the answer to that since you haven't written it; just do whatever.
From a story telling perspective, it helps when a problem actually effects events negatively BEFORE you solve the problem. Brief mention will do the job if you can't do better (which you can't, here).
This story's Twilight seems like a pony to create something along the lines of a mechanical bird, like a dove, and call it Archimedes, or Galileo.
6875375 continuity errors.
Sometimes it's pulled, sometimes it has an engine.
I could be wrong, haven't watched it since before season 5
Eve goes to war will Adam, CALLING IT RIGHT NOW
6876137 Dear freakin' God mate. Ponies are WAY too innocent to even go near Human weapons. XD
And if they think that the weapons they have right now are the best... Show them the nukes.
Oh and cheese tastes good.
Huh. Interesting twists you're inserting here, with them not having trains when they do in canon. Not saying I disagree though, considering their level of tech and the fact that they seem to actively shun the idea of an industrial revolution, if the flim flam episode is anything to go by.
One thing though that's kinda throwing me off. Apples for diamond dogs. Now I've had a dog before and I know they practically eat anything, but my dog usually didn't eat plant matter unless it was thoroughly mixed in with something meaty, making dogs primarily carnivorous. I also realize that Diamond Dogs are technically aliens and only have a passing resemblance to Earth dogs, so you can use that reasoning to claim they're more omnivorous than our dogs. I'm just curious if you had a reason before or hadn't thought of it.
Don't the equestrians have primitive train tech? You know, a pony-powered friendship express?
6877180 Not in this version of Equestria.
6877177 Hey the Gryphons are omnivorous, why can't the Diamond Dogs? What about spike? As a Dragon, doesn't he need meat?
6877197
Ah.
Wait... But then how would Canterlot be reached? Is it a solely Pegasus chariot airspace? Or is there a magical teleport pad?
And what about food how does that get up the mountain? The bits to ship it there would be enormous...
Bah, I'm overthinking things. Still it's kind of weird...
I can't remember if the crystal empire was found yet in your story, if it was, didn't try need the train system to save it from sombra?
6877198 You make good points, though even in canon there's no reason Spike doesn't get meat. It's already been shown Fluttershy of all ponies doesn't even give a second thought to feeding fish and worms to birds and bears, and it's also been shown that deli meat for sandwiches is a dish ponies serve on the show, laid out for the Princess even. (Either that or it was for Spike *shrugs*) I have no issue with you using the explanation that they're all omnivores. I'm just wanting to make sure you remembered that fact.
Though, since you're going for a more logical Equestria, what with them having trains, you could make an interesting case for how carnivores live and survive without being just monsters on Equus. Legionary's doing a pretty good job of that so far with his Oskar Osaker story.
6877207 If you remember, the Titan and Trailer went up a road leading up the mountain into Canterlot.
So, Adam created his copy, now he can install more of his copies into tanks and aircraft and focus himself on controlling the army, because using advanced A.I. who can process huge amounts of data in mere milliseconds as frontline infantry is very stupid idea.
6877615 BTW they need processor's installed in the vics.
but ya tis a good idea
I was gonna comment on the lack of train but thanks to your blog post I was enlightened.
Yet another good chapter, and I didn't even find anything to point out for a correction (or I just forgot... but the first one is more plausible).
So Adam is about to solve yet another conundrum. Oh, the advantages of an AI that can make snap decisions in a fraction of a second
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Those poor ponies...
Good shit man. Been missing your story, you take a vaca or something? Or were you suffering writters block?
6878626 was writing more on my Bleach fic.
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Yeah Adam injected his code into Luna's hardware. Just hope that she didn't get any malware...... I have more, but I already shamed myself enough.
(Sorry can't do any better right now).
6878862 Don't be, I had a good laugh.