Strange Letters from a Queen Bug Horse

by Roadie

18: Delivered via secret courier.

I DON'T CARE IF THEY WERE TREBUCHETS YOU'RE STILL FIRED

Comments

[Bobbles]

[Pete100]

Trebuchets?

[AyanamiRei]

All hail our new Semi-benevolent and most competent ruler Chrysalis The Big Horse! <3

[Herald of Opera]

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They're a medieval contraption made of wood that throws rocks at people, with a slightly different mechanism than catapults. Those differences may matter in an actual siege, but not when you're fired for running off to make them instead of doing your job.

[Vaguely Demented]

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Probably. I’m curious if she sent additional non-note bricks through even more windows just out of spite.

[Pete100]

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So, it’s basically a different type of catapult?

[KKSlider]

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Yes. It was the best siege weapon till cannons got invented.

[zachary12]

nice work on all chapters

[Kichi]

Cutie Mark Crusaders Assault Machines Builder, Yay!

[Rathalos122]

I wonder what happens when we get to the Thorax parts.
For maximal chaos, let Thorax start with the secret messages to Celestia too, because "tradition". In the end, Celly will be swarm by inconvenient messages from all the bugs,

[Pete100]

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Interesting

[Pete100]

10469464
Good to know.

[Pete100]

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How did she do that?

[Roadie]

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Accidentally, of course.

[Herald of Opera]

10469529
It was in her salad.

[Pete100]

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I know, but was she eating food when it happened?

[Pete100]

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Oh

[Roadie]

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Take note of the title of that part.

[Pete100]

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Oh

[ChronoMitsurugi]

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Better catapults.

[Totally Not A Pony]

Catapult terminology is confusing because people’s names for both different and the same types of weapons changed over time. Broadly speaking, though, the main difference between “catapults” and “trebuchets” seems to have been that the former were straightforwardly tension- or torsion-powered while the latter were basically giant levers (apply force to the short end, propel payload from the long one). The iconic trebuchet design uses a suitably massive counterweight, but apparently smaller man-powered versions that simply had a team of troops with ropes pull at once on command were also a thing.

[Pete100]

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Oh

[Morphy]

Chrysalis is too smart to actually run Equestria directly. It's so much more satisfying, and easy, to pull Princess strings. And the best part; if something goes wrong, blame Celestia!

That's why I'd never try to take over the world, way too much paperwork. The true evil is the red tape of bureaucracy.

[Rokas]

"What if they were Ballistae?"

"I WILL END YOU"

[redsopine]

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STILL FIRED AND NOW I NEED TO FIND LINGS TO WATCH THE CMC SO THEY DONT GO SEIGIN PLACES

[M4Tiger4014]

Well, speak of the Devil.

[WiseIdiot]

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Wow, good call.

[Black--Soul]

Poor Chrysalis... To have to deal with imbeciles