Equestria has withstood problems of all kinds. However, they cannot be prepared for the arrival of a lonely Sniper who was fired for not doing his job properly. And all he wants is a friend.
Celestia, Luna and Cadence are having an argument. This somehow requires one member of each of their respective guards to relay messages, guard them, and act as diplomats. Unfortunately, none of the guards are on the politics end of the spectrum...
Twilight Sparkle, in her new Princesshood, decides to summon several different creatures from another universe to learn of their habits. Unfortunately, after summoning a batch from the wrong universe, she is forced to care for several violent freaks.
Engineer and Sniper are both campers. Engineer and Sniper are good friends. But how will their friendship hold up when they're sent to a universe filled with things they think shouldn't exist? And why are their replacements so...mechanical?
When Hyperion has a corporate brainwave, they decide to send a random person into the body of a machine to inspect an unidentified planet. Sounds easy, right? It's harder than it looks: just make me a frickin' SATURN.