Out in the middle of the ocean aboard a ship with no sails and no oars sat a school of Pegasi.
A lone Pegasus blew by the ship before making a dramatic turn to come in for a high speed landing.
With a steep dive towards the deck of the ship the Pegasus makes his way down a quick flare followed by two backwards flaps allowed a jarring stop as the Pegasus lightly touched down.
“Yo! Seafire nice landing.” Dauntless says
“It is so nice not having to worry about sails now.” Seafire says with a smile.
The ship was an ironclad carrier built for Pegasi aircrew and the best of the best Pegasi were here for the test operations.
“I don’t know if I could slow down that quickly.” Dash says in amazement.
“Good going sis.” Spitfire says
“All in all. I like this new ship though it’s defense leaves much to be desired.” Wildcat says
“Well, assuming it stays at the back of the fleet and allows us to just fly our sorties it could be indispensable.” Hellcat says
“You know, we are quite far from land.” Seafire says
“Yeah… no windows to shatter.” Dauntless echos
“Dash, how about you do a sonic rainboom? I’ve always wanted to see it.” Seafire says
“Are you certain that’s a good idea?” Dash asks
“It should be fine.” Dauntless says
“Well okay then.” Dash says launching herself faster than a catapult could ever go.
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Taylor and the cutie mark Crusaders sat in a tub covered in tree sap after their latest adventure.
“Ah still can’t believe we’ve gone an blown up a tree.” Applebloom says
Taylor blows a raspberry before imitating a crocodile.
“Who knew trebuchets were a bad idea. I can’t believe how far Taylor flew.” Sweetie Belle says
“She went so far and through well over a dozen trees.” Scoot aloo says
“Ah just wish she hadn’t hugged us covered in sap.” Applebloom says
Taylor is glaring at her friends.
“I nearly cleared whitetail woods.” Taylor says flatly.
“What else should we do today?” Applebloom asks
“We could try making ethanol?” Taylor suggests.
“Ohhh? What does that do?” Sweetie asks
“It is a liquid that burns.” Taylor says already thinking of combustion engines.
“CUTIEMARKCRUSADERS ETHANOL MAKERS!” The trio shouts.
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A massive explosion rocked the town of ponyville.
“Apple Bloom!!!!!”
“Sweetieee!!!!!”
“Scoot!!!!!!”
They had done it again. Except this time they blew up a barn. This was nothing compared to the grain silo dust explosion. This one was significantly larger and more violent, almost like the time that Twilight flattened that mountain.
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Taylor was sitting down with the Crusaders pretending to look sorry and upset as they were being yelled at by Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Twilight.
Though in truth all the fillies heard was ringing since the explosion blew out some eardrums.
Taylor wished she could hear since the usually silent Fluttershy was giving the Royal caps lock a try.
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The 4 fillies had fallen asleep in a pony pile. On the ground while still being shouted at by the responsible adults.
“Do you think giving a talking to them even works anymore?” Applejack asks
“It’s entirely possible recovering from their light injuries could’ve exhausted them to sleep.” Twilight says
“They don’t look too injured.” Fluttershy says
“Taylor took the brunt of it for them. She was limping and having trouble breathing when we first arrived. Luckily she recovers quickly being whatever she is.” Twilight says
“A’h should probably thank her at some point.” Applejack says
“I wouldn’t till we figure out whatever it is they made. I mean did you see that explosion?” Fluttershy says
“Ponies in Canterlot probably saw it.” Twilight says
A Rainbow Blur suddenly lands next to the girls.
“What happened? I was by cloudsdale on my way back when I saw a large pillar of fire and saw all of the clouds get knocked away.” Rainbow says
“They didn’t get their cutie marks in explosive makers.” Applejack says flatly.
“Where did twilight go?” Rarity asks
“I’m over here girls! Looks like most the notes survived. This is some high level math an engineering for those fillies. If these numbers actually check out we could see some crazy things in the future.” Twilight says proudly.
“Like what?” Rainbow dash asks
“Girls… I’m actually speechless here.” Twilight says looking at the math.
God were they trying to make C4 or something!!!!!
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No..just fuel for a modern day ship engine...it's why you don't want anyone hitting your fuel..cause then your just a ship sized grenade waiting to happen....aaand what they did was probably fill up a qood barel with nothing but the stuff..wich is litteraly ether the precursor to oil for fule or new ish (in thr last 100 years).
Also..this chapter I noticed was slightly shorter than normal..buy I'm ok with that and I look forward to the next chapter
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No one smart uses ethanol for fuel. It burns to slowly unless you disperse it, then it's a fireball explosion. Ethanol's other names include vodka, everclear, and whiskey.
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Oooooh..oki..I just knew it CAN be used for fule if your REALLY bucking desperate for some...might not be very effective..but better than nothing tbh...aaand now equestria has a way to make molotov cocktails so they can set ships on fire with just one pony yelling thr stuff
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The best mix to use ethanol for fuel is also the best mix for a fuel air explosion. Which is fun considering it's drunk recreationally in lower purities, namely booze, which can go up to about 50% pure for drinking it straight and not taste too bad. Then we made higher purities and needed something to take the edge off and so we made the first cocktails.
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Ah..thanks for the info~!
Dauntless
Wildcat
Hellcat
Seafire
Yeah, I think I know who they represent
We could make ethanol she said. IT WILL BE FUN THEY SAID! God Taylor why did you have them make this.
Also, I did a thing where I got curious and searched biggest explosion in the world made by ethanol, and unironically after finding how recent that was, the second one was literally about a grain silo exploding in Illinois. Is this even remotely tied to this or sheer coincidence