Twilight has no idea why she’s in outer space. She would very much rather not be there. In fact, it would be swell if somepony, anypony, would heeelp!
Good thing Pinkie Pie’s on the job. Wait. Pinkie Pie? She’s doomed, isn’t she?
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Dammit, Pinkie
The puns are becoming real. Run!
....the puns. THE pun. sigh.
Well done
Feature material easily.
9308416
Your avatar perfectly fits this story.
Hold onto your butts. Here come the cosmic puns.
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Let's hope this little incident teaches Twilight to be more down to earth
9308175
Pinkie Pie has just become a positively existential threat.
9308729
That comic is hilarious and 120% what Twilight would do.
Shouldn't that be a "she"?
Obligatory warning: This comment is long. Good news is, it's comprised mostly of quotes, so it's not actually that long.
"How are you even alive?"
Good guess!
Yes. Your head's in the clouds. Literally.
Oh Pinkie...
Puns ahoy! I'm punting on more puns!
I'm sorry.
While I can't say I understood all of that, cool.
Heh, not a good metaphor for ponies.
While this doesn't make sense to me, okay.
Durian isn't actually that bad once you taste it. It's actually kind of creamy. Mot much to do about the smell, though.
That sounds life-threatening.
It's a Twilight Sparkle pun. I have to like it by default.
Twilight, welcome to our world.
Also, Twilight, You should know better than to break a Pinkie Promise.
Hey, I play Kerbal Space Program! Does anyone else here play it too?
I specialize in creating unusual ships that my imagination comes up with. Flying wings, direct moon ascent rockets, an attempt to match Rainbow Dash, you name it.
9309311
I'm good at making explosions but not much else.
9309406
Rapid Unplanned Disassemblies, you mean?
Really, a double pun setup?
Excuse me, if you're going to quote Alvin Plantinga's ontological argument in your fic, the least you can do is give him credit /s See also: Boltzmann brain
But in all seriousness: Lol. I absolutely loved the pun twists. I will second what 9308416 said — I will be (unpleasantly) surprised if this doesn't make the Featured box within a day!
I Picked up the ending pun in the first few paragraphs but It Was a worthwhile ride to the finish. Kudos
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Thanks for catching that.
My common sense particle, Someone took it
NNNOOO
Oh wait, it died my bad
9309611
While Alvin's postulate doesn't work with currently expected finite nature if universe, similar speculation was made about multiverse. Not sure who did that, but first time I met it in Heinlein's book.
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Obviously, it takes a pun to undone one.
I feel obliged to comment.
What?
How did she launched herself into the atmosphere?
My answer:Magic
God dammit,
This was a truly glorious fic
Oh my god. Only Pinkie. Only pinkie could come up with that. And only Pinkie could make it actually work.
9309311
I tried to play that. I couldn't even make the rocket take off. Got tired of fiddling after a while and gave up on it.
Hah hah hah!
Send Twilight back up, because I think my sides are in orbit.
Welp... I feel like I've been pranked. Read the entire story only to realize it was one giant pun. GG, author, GG...
9309914
The game's got a short, good "how to up go" tut to help you with that. Once you know how to up go, the rest is knowing the basic "add more engine and fuel if you don't go far enough, and add more struts if it comes apart too easy."
That's the kind of joke that you tell in public, then someone throws a rock at you and you immediately think 'I deserved that'.
I love it.
9309914
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The problem with sticking more engines and fuel onto a rocket is that those extra parts add extra weight, and that extra weight needs even more engines, and those extra extra engines need even more fuel. Eventually, you fall into a vicious circle of ever-increasing weight until you have a rocket so massive that even if it does fly, attitude control will be a royal pain. Not to mention that it'll be prohibitively expensive in career mode.
Trust me, I've been there. It was pretty frustrating until I scaled way back and found that three stages with an engine each was best for getting to orbit: there's a reason that the game has about three different rocket engines for the same size and brand.
About the only times you'll need the big guns are for launching big parts ― such as space station subassemblies ― into orbit and interplanetary missions. And at those times, you need to keep in mind that there's a fine line between "big enough" and "too big". If it helps, you can always watch Scott Manley's videos on YouTube. Also, you can always use the stock rockets. If even that doesn't work, you're probably doing the "flying" part wrong, in which case it's tutorials on YouTube or the KSP wiki for you if the game tutorial ― as mentioned by Blaster M ― doesn't do it.
By the way, there's one time I used a massive rocket that would most of the time be considered too big: in my direct moon ascent rocket, the only attitude control needed in the atmosphere was pointing straight up ― a job easily taken care of by SAS ― and attitude control in space is easy owing to the lack of air resistance, so mass wasn't a problem.
P.S. As Blaster M mentioned, struts, also known as "space tape" are very useful. In fact, they're a structural necessity if you want to go anywhere more complex than basic three stage rockets.
9309698
You're welcome.
Palm Palette, I suggest you see about joining the team at Ask Pun Pony.
http://askpun.tumblr.com/
This was a fun one shot. Thank you. I enjoyed it.
I see past your ploy. You're using the clever disguise of making a story based off of terrible puns, but you actually just wanted to share that space fact with all the readers.
The puns, the puns, they burns us!
You misspelled 'Planet'. You're welcome.
Good story, by the way.
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"ALWAYS CHECK YO' STAGIN'! And remember -- fly safe."
9310897
I'll keep all that in mind but I don't know if I'll ever get back to KSP. I wasn't expecting something quite as technical as that game when I saw the cute goofy characters and the silly gifs flying about at the time.
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hour
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It's as technical as you want it to be...
...could be Scott Manley...
...or you could be the next danny2462, who weaponises game glitches
You know, I have a friend who detests puns with the undying heat of a thousand suns. I'm pretty sure that if he read this, it would kill him. Well done. Well done indeed.
I really do not regret giving this fic a shot. It was a blast to read! The pun hurt my friend, so that's a bonus. I featured this on episode 245 of my podcast, Pony 411.
I know this is just meant to be a pun, but I've got to mention the background microwave radiation. It is basically uniform throughout the universe, however, it shouldn't be in such equilibrium, if the visible universe is as big and the maximum age scientists agree upon. Not enough time for it to reach from one end to the other.
And that is how to start an good story!
You know, I was actually looking for an good place to make an Kermare Space Program reference... But this is fine, too.
Wait, Twilight is still on her doorstep, right?
What would happen if she decided to open the door?
This makes a ridiculous amount of sense...pinkie sense....
See the pun?
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This is a god-tier trollfic.
Pinkie Pun Sorcery vs the Universe. We all know how this fight ends.
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The early universe expanded far faster than light, without breaking lightspeed, because space itself was rapidly expanding.