The stars don't look bigger, and they don't look brighter.

The Grand Equestrian Alliance has a chokehold on the Known Universe. Everypony works for one of the six corporations that make up the GEA, billed for each breath, their entire lives dictated by AI CEOs that keep wages just high enough for their bottom line workers to survive on their company currency.

Xylexa is a native of Siliv and the daughter of wealthy parents. At the ship docks, her name is dreaded—nopony except Moon Shadow, a black market slave, has stayed on as the Godmare's crew long-term. Xylexa is ruthless and runs a brutal ship: working on the Godmare is punishment, or a testament of one's will.

When Siliv becomes the first planet to secede from the GEA, the trade embargo quickly caused legitimate businesses to dissolve. Governments disbanded as the black market took over, and Xylexa was left with only Moon Shadow willing to work her ship. Together, they are able to scrape along running illegal scrap or cargo; however, following the brutal murder of Xylexa's parents, she flings herself, the Godmare, and Moon Shadow into the depths of Restricted Space to strike it big or die. Instead of wealth, she finds herself pulled into an ancient corporate mystery that can alter the fate of the Known Universe.

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Everypony strives for perfection, and the current de-Lis matriarch has it in abundance.

As an aristocrat, Fleur has everything anypony would ever want: money, stability and a wonderful family. Outside of basic court duties and mandatory meetings with other members of the nobility, her life is incredibly easy when viewed from the eyes of an outsider. Yet, as the time to renew her marriage vows draws closer, Fleur begins to feel existential disdain. A sense of dread fills her soul, and a melancholy settles over her-- not that anypony would know; after all, a vow-renewal is quite a stressful thing to plan.

She has never loved her husband, that much has always been clear. They both know why. At least they're friendly to each other. They have a child. Vows should be simple.

When Rarity comes to visit to help Fleur tailor her wedding dress, things come to a head as she realizes where her turmoil really lies.

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It takes twenty years for something to become obsolete.

Mix's Tapes was supposed to be forever, the purpose to his life, but Mixtape's delusional bet on cassettes and vinyl remaining profitable destroyed his livelihood. The world has moved on; he, and his talent, have been left behind.

Armed with only a box full of nostalgia, he faces a fast, new Equestria with no space for him.

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