Interstellar
Chapter 168
Interstellar
By the time Fluttershy and Applejack got back to their quarters, an announcement had been made that the Equestrian titan had left the planetary shield and would be en route to the star cluster's mass relay. Rarity had left before the earth pony and pegasus came back to the quarter, the unicorn probably on the bridge to manage the power usage of the vessel as it coursed to its destination. Applejack thus took it upon her to show Fluttershy where her and Twilight's quarters were.
“Ah'm going to check the bridge, jus' cause Ah need to slow down does not mean Ah can stop workin'.”
“Of course, see you later Applejack,” Fluttershy replied, walking into the small apartment to see if Twilight was around, finding no trace of the purple unicorn other than her bags on one of the bunks. Frowning, Fluttershy opened up her omni-tool and connected to the ship's internal network, pinging Fidelis with the question if the AI could locate Twilight.
“She is currently in one of the holds, I could point you in the right direction?” Fidelis chose to answer verbally, a small hologram popping up on a projector in the room.
“That would be useful, yes.” A live location was uploaded onto Shy's omni-tool, giving her a way to track her friend down. She briefly thought about how Twilight may not appreciate being tracked but decided that with how she noticed Twilight's mood the unicorn might need some company. “Thank you.”
“Of course. I'll follow your progress quietly, I'm currently reducing my multi-tasking to focus on calculating jump parameters.”
“A simple conversation would do that?” Fluttershy sceptically asked.
“No, but five hundred fourteen will. My core programming is very good at solving a single task well. When it's divided over all the crew asking menial questions and asking for help that power can't be focussed. I am working on changing that in the future,” Fidelis explained, its hologram disappearing. Fluttershy didn't ask if it was still there, not wanting to bother the AI further. Making her way through the vessel she got into one of the transporters and getting out at the closest exit to the hold and making her way over to the section.
Fluttershy's mouth widened a bit as she entered the vast chamber, she was pretty sure the hold would be able to hold the Normandy in it whole and still have more space to spare. In fact, the clamps on the walls made her think that holding another vessel was exactly the purpose of the hold in the first place. I wonder, could we take along a small amount of vessels for quick hit and run attacks with our jump drive...
Filing that thought away to suggest at a later date, if it hadn't been considered already, Fluttershy made her way over to Twilight who was deeper into the hold. The first thing Fluttershy saw indicating the unicorn was there was the fairly bright magenta aura surrounding one of the large crates that were strapped to the ground around the hold. Twilight had loosened one of them and levitated it off the floor, sweat on her brow from the exertion.
"Needed a workout?"
"AAH!" The crate slammed back down as Twilight's concentration was broken. "Fluttershy!"
The pegasus held up a hoof and sheepishly smiled. "Sorry, didn't think you'd be that startled."
"Right..." Twilight sighed and pushed the crate back a bit, using her magic to strap it back down as well. "I need something a little heavier than most unicorns to get seriously strained."
"A little?" Fluttershy questioned, a smirk forming on her face. "I'm pretty sure Rarity wouldn't even be able to lift a quarter of that."
"Maybe a lot more than regular," Twilight admitted as the two of them walked over to a railing, looking down at the massive doors at the bottom of the hold, faint blue mass effect fields being sustained right above them so even if those doors were opened the atmosphere in the hold would be maintained.
"Why are you really leaving Equis, Twilight?" Fluttershy asked bluntly, Twilight's face burning red.
"W-What do you mean?" the unicorn stuttered, trying to look confused.
"I've been able to sense emotion since being bitten by the changeling queen in the collectors' main base, Twilight," Fluttershy told her, Placing a hoof on her friend's shoulder. "You feel regret and shame, a lot of it."
"I..." Twilight trembled slightly. "I can't face Princess Celestia."
"Why not?"
"You d-didn't see how much I-I hurt her, Fluttershy," Twilight sniffed. "There w-were a few close calls when I w-was with the Lunar guard... the pain I saw in her as she tried capturing me."
"Oh Twilight," Fluttershy pulled her close and wrapped her wings around the unicorn as she sobbed. "You know what we found down in the labs of the base under the Everfree Twilight, the Princess can't but help to try and protect us."
"Y-Yes..."
"She couldn't have known that with me out there there was no turning back, if she's not realized that yet she will at some point. You, without knowing it, did the one thing that was going to help Princess Celestia do what she wants most: protect her ponies." Fluttershy loosened her hug to look Twilight in the eyes. "I have no doubt that when she realises that, if she hasn't already, she won't hold it against you."
"Thanks Shy, I really needed that," Twilight smiled, hugging Fluttershy tightly for good measure.
"No problem Twilight. Now on a lighter note, do you have someplace to stay?"
"The embassy quarters are open for me, I can stay there with the other ponies who are going," Twilight shrugged, drying her eyes. The two of them starting to move out of the hold to someplace more comfortable.
"Hmm... I think I might have an alternative for you," Fluttershy said as she reminded herself of her time on the massive space station. "Garrus and I lived on the Citadel for a while, we never did sell the apartment so it should still be around for us to use."
"Really? And you're okay with me using it?" Twilight asked surprised.
"Why not? I certainly haven't," Fluttershy chuckled. "Though I'll be sleeping there too for the time we're at the Citadel so we'll have to share the bed."
That got a smile onto Twilight's face. "You sure that's not going to make Garrus jealous?"
Fluttershy turned to impishly smile at Twilight. "Of course not, he knows I think he's great in bed."
"Shy!"
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Gravity is hard to vary in small locations like a single hold?
Or theres point Effect generator?
Lol. Nice chapter as always.
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Twilight's pushing herself with weight training for her power. Modifying gravity to make the crate easier to move would defeat the purpose of the exercise. Considering the things she was capable of before gaining the bottomless reserves of alicorn power, training that unicorn would be a challenge for a whole team of mages. Since she was able to easily keep pace with Starlight when she was trying to destroy their friendships, it's probably fair to say Starlight Glimmer is on par with what Twilight was capable of before alicornhood.
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I apologise for the confusion, I meant to imply, why look for a higher weight crate, whenwith variable gravity, you can increase the weight of a current mass crate? Ajustable training weight equipment than swapping mass?
Not sure what mass effect fields have on Inertia, but do they alter that like gravity or is it decoupled, seperatly controlable?
I was about to ask if they're ever going to tell Sunset anything, but then I realized Twilight's not an Alicorn, so that never happened. Speaking of which, what about when Tirek attacks? Will he be obliterated by weaponry? What's Starlight Glimmer up to? And the Storm King, does he know about what's happening? Is he going to try to attack anyways?
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I've noticed the tempo of the story is still about the ponies solving problems. The tech is just another level of background. So unlike poorly-written stories where the new MacGuffin becomes what solves everyone's problems, I suspect it's mostly going to be the ponies still. The tech will just add a new layer to the background.
Maybe it's just my prejudices showing
, but I'm reminded of something Isaac Asimov once wrote, when someone discussed what his sci-fi stories were about. "My stories are about humans overcoming human issues in a relatable way. The science fiction just provides a setting we couldn't have gotten to any other way." That's what made Mass Effect so relatable, IMHO. It's about people overcoming problems in a relatable way. The tech was just used to set the stage.
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I propose that Terak will be a servant of the Reapers
I would like to see a few bits of novel technology from the ancient ponies. Since magic has been identified as Mass Effect biotics, some powerful or advanced biotic tech wouldn't be out of the question. Such as capital ship level reave, biotic barriers for ships ect, mostly upscaling what already exists in Mass Effect.
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This would all probably need to be pony powered, keeping the bio in biotic.
😳 ...o-oh...my...
Ahem, yes...while this is my first comment since the new chapters began, I have been keeping up to date, and...of course, I've liked seeing the progress being made by Equestrian forces to ready themselves for the oncoming ME3.
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well, the jump drive that can make large distance jumps without relays is one thing.
Twilight need to get laid.
hmm wonder how Twi and Liara would hit it off if even.... and thinking that makes me think of the others of the main 6 i mean sure it very much might not happen but it did get me thinking XD
Fluttershy & Garrus
Rainbowdash & Tali
Twilight, Liara might be a good fit but maybe so would Miranda, and a Heavy maybe would be Javik
Rarity, hmm could see Thane, or Jack.... but also for none squad mates maybe Taylor(the electric toothbrush girl XD)
Pinkiepie.... maybe Mordin? (dont really know though it was a quick blop in my head of hearing them singing together in a lab)
Applejack, probably James if Commander Applejack makes that be an option for even none romancible characters still be with others, though could also see Applejack with a Krogan would be interesting tbh for that last one XD
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I don't think Javik is interested, he's focussed and there's some in-universe issues as you may be able to remember from Ilos :3
Thane just doesn't have the time left for anything like that anymore but...
I do like the sound of either Liara or Traynor for Twilight
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said it a few times in the past but never got to play any of the dlcs throughout all three games, also whoops on the Traynor, has been a bit so just my mind thinks Taylor is her name instead XD
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You really missed the Citadel DLC then, that was such a blast since that was essentially the devs doing fan service. Jokes about everything form ME1's elevators to "I should go" Shepard.
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Actually, it's not just 1:1 Magic:Biotics. They covered that when Fluttershy was being studied for her amp. They realized she had access to an "undefinable energy" that allowed her to break the laws of physics that they just sort of shied away from and refused to look at too closely. It's pretty clear Magic does exist in that universe, but biotics are what everyone understands.
It's like dropping a sorcerer in the Star Wars universe. The mage would go nuts pretty quickly trying to get Jedi to accept that not every kind of power out there is just primitives trying to explain the Force. That kind of narrow monofocus gets in the way of accepting new ideas, and can blind people to what's possible.
Of course, if the Reapers suffer from the same monofocus, that might bite them in the afterburner at a bad moment...
Edit: Jedi: "It's all just the Force. You're just from a society too primitive to understand that."
Sorcerer: <dangerous smile> "Reeaaaallllyyyy...." <Summons a Pit Fiend.> "Care to show me how your Force can do this?"
Jedi: @_@!!
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I'd kind of like to see more magic use in general, honestly. Though with Twiggles heading out into space I imagine more "what is this magic bullshit?!" moments from the non-Equestrians are likely.
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yeah i know, tbh i didnt even know about the DLCs till a friend of mine we had a discussion about Tali and my first playthrough having accidently killed her in ME3 (missed the quick time event cause i was not expecting it XD / ;-; and told me there was a moment were Traynor hacks into the Normandy doors with the electric toothbrush XD
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They'd probably be like, "That force power wasn't covered in the sacred texts, and that thing looks evil. Prepare to die, Sith!"
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Please. The pit fiend would just look like some kind of oversized, extra angry Devaronian with wings. Which were maybe prosthetic or something.
Or a Stenax.
Or one of probably a number of other fiendish looking alien races.
It’d be the summoning/teleporting bit that they found eye popping.
Love how Fluttershy become a second Shepard
Fluttershy should really expand her Herd/Flock.
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Wonder if Starlight Glimmer is around and in what kind of form...
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Sounds reasonable. Reminds me of the DBZ gravity training.
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If any of them exist at all...
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The Pony Base can probably produce more than Ships anyway.
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Would explain how the Ponys survived when the Network is offline durring the Reaper Invasion.
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Can't the Pony help with magic to heal him?
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Yep, Bioware last great work.
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Priceless comparison
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Yep, healing or Teleportation, perhaps conjure a Sandwitch...
Why know that the Citadel is a trap disguised as a fortress, hope they don't plan to fill it with refugees like in canon...