My Little Pony XXXVI: Superponies Everywhere!

[Lix Lorn]

Alright, so rudimentary list of dark things that threaten existence:

Lixie
Hey!
;_;
I am not dark! I am a FRIENDLY thing that threatens existence, and never intentionally!


So, godlike powers and nuklear hand grenades aside,
I made a poni.

http://i40.tinypic.com/wqya6g.jpg
Am I doin it rite?
Yes. Entirely. xD


Oh, yes, ma'am. My policy is never to deal in the potential, as it were. Always in the physical.
Exquisite. :smallamused:

(forms a key out of the air, casting a spell)

[Pokonic]

Hey!
;_;
I am not dark! I am a FRIENDLY thing that threatens existence, and never intentionally!


Its a bit of a grey area, realy. My cult is not sure whether we should attempt to banish you from this plane of existance or invite you over for coffie.

[Lix Lorn]

I don't drink coffee...
Who are you the cult of again? There are so many...

[Pokonic]

I don't drink coffee...
Who are you the cult of again? There are so many...

Nightmare. The cult of the Nightmare. Join now and eternal power shall be yours! Also, free clothes! Silky!

[Soras Teva Gee]

Nightmare. The cult of the Nightmare. Join now and eternal power shall be yours! Also, free clothes! Silky!

http://i.imgur.com/NOiOY.png Beg 'yer pardon but ponies don't normally wear clothes

[Pokonic]

http://i.imgur.com/NOiOY.png Beg 'yer pardon but ponies don't normally wear clothes

It gets cold underground, okay! Yeash...

[Noctemwolf]

so...


Happy Birthday Even Human!

Have an Trixie!
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X2-kZbwDXCc/Tx3kEcQCPuI/AAAAAAAAcQM/0PSCuZ-F71U/s1600/1.png


Why, why, o Why does this make me think of YOSHI????? :smalleek:
(A creepy Yoshi, but that aside...)


I have a friend who told me he was staring at my pony picture folder on Facebook (Yes, I have one up there) and told me he would become a brony if I gave him my Iphone. X)
I told him he had to buy a MLP toothbrush first. =P

[otakuryoga]

I claim this thread in the name of The Great & Powerful Trixie!
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nUIlLvNW3n4/Tx9DHFQb0CI/AAAAAAAAcTc/5G9-Sk7sk6k/s1600/trixie_in_uniform___mock_war_day_1_by_mikoruthehed gehog-d4nedt9.png

Submit willingly or i shall be forced to unleash my pirate horde upon you.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e0FXxROekDM/Tx9DgkBVhDI/AAAAAAAAcXo/IiByodztLDQ/s1600/117803+-+artist+SB+Pipsqueak+yelling.png

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dO5Kl_6wuxU/Tx9DEtpofXI/AAAAAAAAcTE/pe_7UfxthW4/s1600/pirates_for_a_day_by_minimoose772-d4ln4ss.jpg

[Soras Teva Gee]

I've found the perfect thing to keep my lunch in everypony:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LMnKSYycaIA/Tx9KcSS3PhI/AAAAAAAAcYk/lwBxBQbqVVc/s1600/0.jpg

[Tectonic Robot]

What, how can you get tired of fruit loops? I don't believe this is possible. You're shattering my whole world view here.



Here, take this green lantern ring. With it, you can use the powers of your courage and your intelligence to form anything you want, even hands. All you have to do is put the ring on your finger and...oh.

"You, sir, are terrible!



So, I understand you might, conceivably that is, be interested in having some...
Fingers? Apologies to the the Artist.
It's your choice, of course. It's a momentous decision, not to be undertaken lightly. Are you sure you're ready for fingers?
http://i44.tinypic.com/eiwkf6.png
No charge.

Illithids are good Doctors.
"..."
"Are you happy, Candles?"
"Please... please stay away from me. I'm... I'm good on the fingers..."

Oh, yes, ma'am. My policy is never to deal in the potential, as it were. Always in the physical.



Now, that'll be a bar of platinum for one bar of chocolate, with an extra bar of platinum per every five bars of chocolate.



The hats were a powerful lure, guvnah.



Quite.

There is nothing like this community, and I love it.

"You wouldn't happen to have anything for a newly human-chibified pony, would you, old fox old buddy old pal?"


Hey!
;_;
I am not dark! I am a FRIENDLY thing that threatens existence, and never intentionally!

"I agree completely!"

Nightmare. The cult of the Nightmare. Join now and eternal power shall be yours! Also, free clothes! Silky!

"Humans... normally wear clothes, right? But we're worshipping a nightmare? I dunno, I dunno... could I get some more information?"

[Anarion]

Please be in the vents please be in the vents please be in the vents...

They're in the vents.

Huzzah!


Ah, those sweet moments when the random chances of life just happen to all work out in your favor really are the best aren't they? Nothing quite like the feeling of elation.
Generally followed by growing horror as you realize that NOTHING ever works out that well without future karmic consequences.


Ah, so they're safe. That's good. Take care of them for now while I figure out how to send them back.

Come to think of it, I never actually wondered what these guys' diet is supposed to be like. I mean, it's not like I fed them or anything. They were just an experiment, put there for the extra shock value - that is, if a vat of boiling magma upending on you didn't prove shocking enough. And since they were living in magma... I'd guess they're used to high heat and mineral compounds. That means they'll be gathering around any sources of high heat. Ooh, that gives me an idea! I'll have to set something up on this end, so try to keep them out of any mineral-rich gnawing-sensitive areas for now. It might take a few hours.

I think that accidentally interfering still counts as interfering. It's like dropping a phaser next to a tribe of savages and hoping it won't affect that much. As for the specifics of these hamsters though, I'll just quote Jaya Ballard (from Magic: The Gathering)
"Of course you fight fire with fire. You fight everything with fire."


I don't drink coffee...
Who are you the cult of again? There are so many...

Gah, not the cults! I still have a membership in some cult or other. They promised me free cookies and it's been months and I am still sans cookie. Well, I'll not be hornswoggled again! Yes, that was an entirely an excuse to use the word hornswaggled in conversation. Simple pleasures.


I claim this thread in the name of The Great & Powerful Trixie!
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nUIlLvNW3n4/Tx9DHFQb0CI/AAAAAAAAcTc/5G9-Sk7sk6k/s1600/trixie_in_uniform___mock_war_day_1_by_mikoruthehed gehog-d4nedt9.png

Submit willingly or i shall be forced to unleash my pirate horde upon you.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e0FXxROekDM/Tx9DgkBVhDI/AAAAAAAAcXo/IiByodztLDQ/s1600/117803+-+artist+SB+Pipsqueak+yelling.png

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dO5Kl_6wuxU/Tx9DEtpofXI/AAAAAAAAcTE/pe_7UfxthW4/s1600/pirates_for_a_day_by_minimoose772-d4ln4ss.jpg

There's a burning, sadistic pikachu, a horde of magma hamsters, a skeletal lich (who may or may not be cackling) at least two deitiy level beings, and an entire crew of brave ponies running around. I think we can handle the pirates, but feel free to jump in.

[Thanqol]

So, I understand you might, conceivably that is, be interested in having some...
Fingers? Apologies to the the Artist.

It's your choice, of course. It's a momentous decision, not to be undertaken lightly. Are you sure you're ready for fingers?
http://i44.tinypic.com/eiwkf6.png
No charge.
Illithids are good Doctors.

Ahahahahahahahahaha


Has it ever struck any of you just how strange the mythology that has been built up around the Ponythreads really are when you think about it?

I mean we are discussing small pastel ponies, and somehow this involves multiple universes several powerful mages of several very different kinds, a magitech spaceship run by a Lich and a varied crew, a herald of a god who herself may be divine and who really like to ship people, a shapeshifting spirit thing who claims (or at least claimed) to be pure and honest, a giant magitech laser cannon which runs at least partially on friendship and much much more.

It baffles the mind.

And this is a slow day.


Speaking of slow, my brain was overwhelmed by the sheer fantasticness of last night's Mage game. The various alternate futures of our party are at war with each other and are using time travel to try and influence our decisions to make their continuity the 'canon' one. One of these alternate futures sent us a Joker video from a submerged L.A.. They seemed remarkably happy about this turn of events.

Between that and other business, I might be a touch unproductive for a few days.

[the_druid_droid]

Gah, not the cults! I still have a membership in some cult or other. They promised me free cookies and it's been months and I am still sans cookie. Well, I'll not be hornswoggled again! Yes, that was an entirely an excuse to use the word hornswaggled in conversation. Simple pleasures.


Hornswoggling seems like it would be much more dire for a unicorn.

And according to spell check, hornswoggling is in fact a word...


There's a burning, sadistic pikachu, a horde of magma hamsters, a skeletal lich (who may or may not be cackling) at least two deitiy level beings, and an entire crew of brave ponies running around. I think we can handle the pirates, but feel free to jump in.

Don't forget the robots!

[Kyouhen]

There's a burning, sadistic pikachu, a horde of magma hamsters, a skeletal lich (who may or may not be cackling) at least two deitiy level beings, and an entire crew of brave ponies running around. I think we can handle the pirates, but feel free to jump in.

Technically the ponies aren't crew. At least not crew of the station. They aren't really that brave either, considering how quick they were to run from that pickachu. Not that I can blame them after he sent some sparks behind him to create the most horrifying lighting effects ever seen in a "Here's Johnny" scene.

Gotta say Bleakbane, you've done a great job teaching your Pokemon the values of presentation.

[Pokonic]

"Humans... normally wear clothes, right? But we're worshipping a nightmare? I dunno, I dunno... could I get some more information?"

The One Who Lurks Within The Shadows is a kind entity to those who please her. As the longest-running cult in the area, we offer you many benifits, to the option of living within our multi-planer chambers too the option of dining for free in many locations with membership. the cult offers a safe enviroment for any young pony, and our after-school " Dare to Scare" programs teach the joys of community servace and spreading terror too with parent permission. With a happy and stable community with thousands of members and discounts across the planet, why, you would have to be a filthy follower of the Alicorns not to join!



There's a burning, sadistic pikachu, a horde of magma hamsters, a skeletal lich (who may or may not be cackling) at least two deitiy level beings, and an entire crew of brave ponies running around. I think we can handle the pirates, but feel free to jump in.

Ah ah ah, now, this is a funny thing about this. I am mearly the servent, a undead being bound togeather by a most wonderful spell of the darker slant. She Who Crawls Among The Stars, however, has never truly been unleashed. The moment she is fully called, reality would be muffled like a candle in the deepest ocean trench.

[Tectonic Robot]

The One Who Lurks Within The Shadows is a kind entity to those who please her. As the longest-running cult in the area, we offer you many benifits, to the option of living within our multi-planer chambers too the option of dining for free in many locations with membership. the cult offers a safe enviroment for any young pony, and our after-school " Dare to Scare" programs teach the joys of community servace and spreading terror too with parent permission. With a happy and stable community with thousands of members and discounts across the planet, why, you would have to be a filthy follower of the Alicorns not to join!

"You know, when I first showed up here I'd probably try and dismantle your cult and get your young people back into stable citizenship? Oh, but how times have changed... There must be a downside somewhere, right? Also I'm currently a chibi-human guy, not really a pony!"

[Pokonic]

"You know, when I first showed up here I'd probably try and dismantle your cult and get your young people back into stable citizenship? Oh, but how times have changed... There must be a downside somewhere, right? Also I'm currently a chibi-human guy, not really a pony!"

Now the only real qualification of actualy getting into the cult proper is to get someone else to come along with you to your first meeting. Preferably someone who you have no emotional attachment to. After that, you need to sign a few papers stating that the cult has the right to ask you for permission to use you house for catering affairs, and you get your initiate robes (fitted for your size, of course. Dont worry, we know yours already.) a selection of fine herbal shampoos, and a nice lump of money to pay off any debit you ow already. Then just come to the bi-weekly meetings at your local coffie house (yes, any coffie house. All of them.) and we can talk about it further .

[Athaniar]

"So, we are talking dark cults here? How interesting..."

Look, if my OCs are going to start talking here, you are not my first choice. Mtangulizi, tell them evil cults are bad.

"Yeah, don't join any evil cults. That's a mistake I will not be repeating."

Thank you.

[Tectonic Robot]

Now the only real qualification of actualy getting into the cult proper is to get someone else to come along with you to your first meeting. Preferably someone who you have no emotional attachment to. After that, you need to sign a few papers stating that the cult has the right to ask you for permission to use you house for catering affairs, and you get your initiate robes (fitted for your size, of course. Dont worry, we know yours already.) a selection of fine herbal shampoos, and a nice lump of money to pay off any debit you ow already. Then just come to the bi-weekly meetings at your local coffie house (yes, any coffie house. All of them.) and we can talk about it further .
"You... have my personal information?"

:S

"So, we are talking dark cults here? How interesting..."

Look, if my OCs are going to start talking here, you are not my first choice. Mtangulizi, tell them evil cults are bad.

"Yeah, don't join any evil cults. That's a mistake I will not be repeating."

Thank you.

"Oh, uh, sorry. Getting a second opinion from a friend, here. No evil cults for this... guy."

[Thanqol]

Spoiler for sad

Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZH9z-aCD5o)

I always wanted a dog when I was a kid. There were two dogs up the street along the way to school whom I adored, and patted through the fence. I'd feed them my sandwiches every day and spend lunch hungry.

My early experiences with pets were bad; they ran away, or got ill. Until we got Ruffy; a Stauffacher Bull terrier. He was a small, black dog with a big heart and bottomless hunger. He was cunning and manipulative, capable of opening doors, creating diversions and always manoeuvring himself into the most ideal positions. He was a mouser, and earned a respectable tally of caught rats in his time. He could cry like nothing else, an endless series of high pitched whining notes.

When he'd escape from the back yard, on those rare occasions, he'd come right around to the front door and wait to be let in. When someone came passing by him, he'd roll over in the hopeful expectations of tummy rubs. When birds picked at his bones in the yard, he'd run at them, barking, in an endless cycle.

He stayed with our family for twelve years, and was the most reliable creature I've ever known.

He was a good dog.

[Kyouhen]

Spoiler for sad

Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZH9z-aCD5o)

I always wanted a dog when I was a kid. There were two dogs up the street along the way to school whom I adored, and patted through the fence. I'd feed them my sandwiches every day and spend lunch hungry.

My early experiences with pets were bad; they ran away, or got ill. Until we got Ruffy; a Stauffacher Bull terrier. He was a small, black dog with a big heart and bottomless hunger. He was cunning and manipulative, capable of opening doors, creating diversions and always manoeuvring himself into the most ideal positions. He was a mouser, and earned a respectable tally of caught rats in his time. He could cry like nothing else, an endless series of high pitched whining notes.

When he'd escape from the back yard, on those rare occasions, he'd come right around to the front door and wait to be let in. When someone came passing by him, he'd roll over in the hopeful expectations of tummy rubs. When birds picked at his bones in the yard, he'd run at them, barking, in an endless cycle.

He stayed with our family for twelve years, and was the most reliable creature I've ever known.

He was a good dog.



): *Hugs*x10

[TheAmishPirate]

Spoiler for sad

Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZH9z-aCD5o)

I always wanted a dog when I was a kid. There were two dogs up the street along the way to school whom I adored, and patted through the fence. I'd feed them my sandwiches every day and spend lunch hungry.

My early experiences with pets were bad; they ran away, or got ill. Until we got Ruffy; a Stauffacher Bull terrier. He was a small, black dog with a big heart and bottomless hunger. He was cunning and manipulative, capable of opening doors, creating diversions and always manoeuvring himself into the most ideal positions. He was a mouser, and earned a respectable tally of caught rats in his time. He could cry like nothing else, an endless series of high pitched whining notes.

When he'd escape from the back yard, on those rare occasions, he'd come right around to the front door and wait to be let in. When someone came passing by him, he'd roll over in the hopeful expectations of tummy rubs. When birds picked at his bones in the yard, he'd run at them, barking, in an endless cycle.

He stayed with our family for twelve years, and was the most reliable creature I've ever known.

He was a good dog.



I'm sorry. :smallfrown:

If it'll help any, I found some hugs in a recent drawthread you could have.

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[Raz_Fox]

Spoiler for sad

Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZH9z-aCD5o)

I always wanted a dog when I was a kid. There were two dogs up the street along the way to school whom I adored, and patted through the fence. I'd feed them my sandwiches every day and spend lunch hungry.

My early experiences with pets were bad; they ran away, or got ill. Until we got Ruffy; a Stauffacher Bull terrier. He was a small, black dog with a big heart and bottomless hunger. He was cunning and manipulative, capable of opening doors, creating diversions and always manoeuvring himself into the most ideal positions. He was a mouser, and earned a respectable tally of caught rats in his time. He could cry like nothing else, an endless series of high pitched whining notes.

When he'd escape from the back yard, on those rare occasions, he'd come right around to the front door and wait to be let in. When someone came passing by him, he'd roll over in the hopeful expectations of tummy rubs. When birds picked at his bones in the yard, he'd run at them, barking, in an endless cycle.

He stayed with our family for twelve years, and was the most reliable creature I've ever known.

He was a good dog.



My sympathies, Thanqol.

[Soras Teva Gee]

Spoiler for sad

Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZH9z-aCD5o)

I always wanted a dog when I was a kid. There were two dogs up the street along the way to school whom I adored, and patted through the fence. I'd feed them my sandwiches every day and spend lunch hungry.

My early experiences with pets were bad; they ran away, or got ill. Until we got Ruffy; a Stauffacher Bull terrier. He was a small, black dog with a big heart and bottomless hunger. He was cunning and manipulative, capable of opening doors, creating diversions and always manoeuvring himself into the most ideal positions. He was a mouser, and earned a respectable tally of caught rats in his time. He could cry like nothing else, an endless series of high pitched whining notes.

When he'd escape from the back yard, on those rare occasions, he'd come right around to the front door and wait to be let in. When someone came passing by him, he'd roll over in the hopeful expectations of tummy rubs. When birds picked at his bones in the yard, he'd run at them, barking, in an endless cycle.

He stayed with our family for twelve years, and was the most reliable creature I've ever known.

He was a good dog.



:smalleek: That's too bad. *Offers some AJ and Winona art in consolation*

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/aee21bf1aff49d279e3fd2f7d84aded2/101737%20-%20applejack%20artist%3AShout%20flossing%20winona. png

[Lord Raziere]

Has it ever struck any of you just how strange the mythology that has been built up around the Ponythreads really are when you think about it?

I mean we are discussing small pastel ponies, and somehow this involves multiple universes several powerful mages of several very different kinds, a magitech spaceship run by a Lich and a varied crew, a herald of a god who herself may be divine and who really like to ship people, a shapeshifting spirit thing who claims (or at least claimed) to be pure and honest, a giant magitech laser cannon which runs at least partially on friendship and much much more.

It baffles the mind.

I personally would not know any of that, but if I count for anything, I'm the Sanity In The Shadows, who semi-lurks here and seems to be one of the sanest of the lot. the rest of you? crazy pony-people.

[Forum Explorer]

Spoiler for sad

Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZH9z-aCD5o)

I always wanted a dog when I was a kid. There were two dogs up the street along the way to school whom I adored, and patted through the fence. I'd feed them my sandwiches every day and spend lunch hungry.

My early experiences with pets were bad; they ran away, or got ill. Until we got Ruffy; a Stauffacher Bull terrier. He was a small, black dog with a big heart and bottomless hunger. He was cunning and manipulative, capable of opening doors, creating diversions and always manoeuvring himself into the most ideal positions. He was a mouser, and earned a respectable tally of caught rats in his time. He could cry like nothing else, an endless series of high pitched whining notes.

When he'd escape from the back yard, on those rare occasions, he'd come right around to the front door and wait to be let in. When someone came passing by him, he'd roll over in the hopeful expectations of tummy rubs. When birds picked at his bones in the yard, he'd run at them, barking, in an endless cycle.

He stayed with our family for twelve years, and was the most reliable creature I've ever known.

He was a good dog.



I'm sorry to hear that. Its always so sad to lose a beloved pet no matter how old they get.

[Thanqol]

Thank you, everyone. Don't dwell on this overlong, please; let this thread turn back to happier thoughts and works.

If there's one thing you can do, the next time you eat a meal, take the time to appreciate it properly. If having a dog has taught me one thing, it's to appreciate your food, and appreciate the simplest things in life. A reminder to stay grounded, and not to forget the simple pleasures - walking, running, eating. Take the time to live just a little more.

[Rebelhero]

I can think of nothing happier then some cute derpy!



Hidden hugs for you, man


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[the_druid_droid]

Oh look, a pony!
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee385/the_druid_droid/Duelist.png

[Neoseanster]

Hi, everyone! Just sending well wishes to everyone I don't see in IRC; I really haven't had the time to keep up with the forums as much as I'd like, which is to say at all, what with school starting again and a new job and too many new video games and family drama and too much IRC-pony. I'm going to take another crack at keeping up to date, starting from the top of this page post, but knowing me I'll fall behind and give up again within two days. So in case I don't post again for a while, all's well on this end, and hope to see anypony I've lost contact with on IRC sometime.


"So, we are talking dark cults here? How interesting..."

Look, if my OCs are going to start talking here, you are not my first choice. Mtangulizi, tell them evil cults are bad.

"Yeah, don't join any evil cults. That's a mistake I will not be repeating."

Thank you.

We TOTALLY CALLED he was into evil cults! And nopony listened!

Neo, hush, Midnight already apologized.

And you think that's good enough!? He would've been driven out of town!

Didn't it work out for the better this way? Now he's a good guy.

So? That'd mean one fewer zebra to worry about! Do you have any idea how confusing it gets when everypony begins rhyming?

*sigh* Sorry, don't mind him.


Spoiler for sad

Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZH9z-aCD5o)

I always wanted a dog when I was a kid. There were two dogs up the street along the way to school whom I adored, and patted through the fence. I'd feed them my sandwiches every day and spend lunch hungry.

My early experiences with pets were bad; they ran away, or got ill. Until we got Ruffy; a Stauffacher Bull terrier. He was a small, black dog with a big heart and bottomless hunger. He was cunning and manipulative, capable of opening doors, creating diversions and always manoeuvring himself into the most ideal positions. He was a mouser, and earned a respectable tally of caught rats in his time. He could cry like nothing else, an endless series of high pitched whining notes.

When he'd escape from the back yard, on those rare occasions, he'd come right around to the front door and wait to be let in. When someone came passing by him, he'd roll over in the hopeful expectations of tummy rubs. When birds picked at his bones in the yard, he'd run at them, barking, in an endless cycle.

He stayed with our family for twelve years, and was the most reliable creature I've ever known.

He was a good dog.



Pet Talk
I can sympathize. Pets can really be special things. A few years before I was born, my mom got a cat, and come my first birthday, he was already near to four. Now, I know what many of you may think, "A cat? They're so arrogant and impersonal, nothing at all like a loyal dog." But he was really pretty unique.

He was a cat who'd been trained to do tricks, jumping acrobatically from stool to stool in exchange for treats. He was an outdoor cat, but more than that: we had woods near to our house, where we'd sometimes go for walks. The cat would walk alongside us through the woods, without even a leash, stopping when we stopped and walking when we walked, just enjoying the time out with the family. Sometimes he'd wander off on its own for brief periods, but then he'd come back and join us again.

The years went on, of course, and life changed. My parents divorced, and we moved from our nice big house at the end of a dead end street, surrounded by woods, to a much smaller apartment with my grandma, in an apartment building on the busiest road in town. He never went outside on his own again, only on visits to the vet in his carrier. And not only did living circumstances change, but he got older, and eventually he grew sick. Life got worse and worse for our poor cat; he was still affectionate as he had ever been, but he could hardly function, and he came to be in a lot of pain.

Finally, at eighteen years of age, he was taken to the vet one final time, and put to sleep. It's now near to seven years later, and family aside, I've still known that cat for longer than anyone else I've known in my life. We have three more, now, and a dog too, and they're all great! Well, dog being a lazy overfed bum and one of the cats being a bully aside. Life really does go on. But I still think of him, every now and again, and I miss him; I got teary eyed writing this, the first I have over him for a long time. And I imagine that if there really is anything after - something I'm uncertain of, but that I can't help but to hope for sometimes - that he misses us too.

I'm sure your dog would feel much the same way, and I hope that if you choose to get another pet in the future, they'll be able to, if of course not replace him, find their own place in your heart.

[Zevox]

I can think of nothing happier then some cute derpy!
Ah, yes. The sudden influx of cute Derpy fan-art was one of the best parts of last weekend's episode. :smallsmile:

Zevox

[Soras Teva Gee]

Ah, yes. The sudden influx of cute Derpy fan-art was one of the best parts of last weekend's episode. :smallsmile:

Zevox

I have to wonder if they redid some of the recent best pony polls if Derpy would have moved up.

[SiuiS]

Let's see... A disembodied spirit! Oh no, it's not like I can do anything about that! You'd have to some sort of magician, with magic spells to deal with spirits and ghosts and non-corporeal entities! I mean, it's the sort of thing where you would have to be in an organisation of spellcasters who learnt spells of a necromantic nature in basic training, or something! And who have developed tons of regulations and equipment and procedures and magic to deal with that sort of occurance!

Where are we possibly going to find anyone like that?

You actually have Necromantic boot camp?

Can I go to the AOTRS boot camp? I mean, I'd rather not join up entirely, as I'd have to try and kill myself afterward (and I'd probably lose, comparing infrastructures here), but it would be nice to have some technical grounding i my favorite magical art. All I have is this new age stuff, and well... Yeah. One can only be so self taught you know?


"I don't know what's worse, having my lamp sold on the black market or not getting any buyers."

Why buy? Artifact Lord. I can use your lamp whenever I want! This way I'm supporting the economy by allowing purchase, and sharing the Maskety love!


Fun fact, I originally accidentally drew you with a hoof and didn't notice until the colouring stage.

"hey guys, look at my totally sweet haaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"


I look at how much fun you people are having, and am sad. Accursed non-interference policy! I have powers to alter realities on an unimaginable scale!.. and can only use them to intervene on malicious acts across the local Multiverse.

If anyone of you ever feels like annihilating a few nearby universes, give me a call, will ya? I promise to be a good sport. :smallwink:

Aha. No no, we're fine.

...

*erases Mirssen's contact info from all media in the target universe*


Does this beat an entire plane that spontaneously generates precious jewels?

Yes, totally

DUDE TAKE THE HATS BRO


Don't feel too bad now. As far as things go, you're pretty well off on the power scale. I mean, I'm just a pirate who made some questionable decisions regarding his social life and thus had his sanity assaulted-DON'TSTOPDANCING-by the Pink One. Not exactly hurling space lasers around here. But power levels don't mean nothin' for just watching and having fun. While I can't exactly compete on a cosmic scale, at least I always have popcorn for when things get good!

http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad60/moonlit-sonnet0/Animation%20and%20Comics/My%20Little%20Pony/Frienship%20is%20Magic/Pinkie%20Pie/Popcorn.gif

*om nom nom*

It's all in how you use it.

You spontaneously generate scallywags.
These scallywags don't ever actually go away.

YOURS IS THE GAME OF TWISTER THAT SHALL REACH THE HEAVENS!


Hey!
;_;
I am not dark! I am a FRIENDLY thing that threatens existence, and never intentionally!

That's the ticket, though. It's profiling. "oh, you could seriously damage reality if you weren't so nice" becomes "you're gonna seriously damage reality!" and next thing you know some yahoo is gunnin' for ya saying "you may say you're nice but I can't take that chance!"

Best to just do what I did and stay off the list. Made easier by nt actually havin any powers, of course~ sorry Lixxxy


I claim this thread in the name of The Great & Powerful Trixie!
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nUIlLvNW3n4/Tx9DHFQb0CI/AAAAAAAAcTc/5G9-Sk7sk6k/s1600/trixie_in_uniform___mock_war_day_1_by_mikoruthehed gehog-d4nedt9.png

Hah! This a Free Thread, for Free Ponies! I will resist any and all attempts at annexation! You think youve got what it takes to beat me? Give it your best sh


Submit willingly or i shall be forced to unleash my pirate horde upon you.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e0FXxROekDM/Tx9DgkBVhDI/AAAAAAAAcXo/IiByodztLDQ/s1600/117803+-+artist+SB+Pipsqueak+yelling.png

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dO5Kl_6wuxU/Tx9DEtpofXI/AAAAAAAAcTE/pe_7UfxthW4/s1600/pirates_for_a_day_by_minimoose772-d4ln4ss.jpg

OH GOD MY ENDOCRINE SYSTEM I DON'T EVEN HAVE ONE WHY DOES IT HURT?!



Speaking of slow, my brain was overwhelmed by the sheer fantasticness of last night's Mage game.

Ouch XD/DX


Spoiler for sad

Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZH9z-aCD5o)

I always wanted a dog when I was a kid. There were two dogs up the street along the way to school whom I adored, and patted through the fence. I'd feed them my sandwiches every day and spend lunch hungry.

My early experiences with pets were bad; they ran away, or got ill. Until we got Ruffy; a Stauffacher Bull terrier. He was a small, black dog with a big heart and bottomless hunger. He was cunning and manipulative, capable of opening doors, creating diversions and always manoeuvring himself into the most ideal positions. He was a mouser, and earned a respectable tally of caught rats in his time. He could cry like nothing else, an endless series of high pitched whining notes.

When he'd escape from the back yard, on those rare occasions, he'd come right around to the front door and wait to be let in. When someone came passing by him, he'd roll over in the hopeful expectations of tummy rubs. When birds picked at his bones in the yard, he'd run at them, barking, in an endless cycle.

He stayed with our family for twelve years, and was the most reliable creature I've ever known.

He was a good dog.



Man. I'm sorry mate. My heart goes out to you. I had one o' mine come down with a bad cold and I almost fell apart; pets get under your defenses, they get into you.

Rejoice, that his memories are with you still.


Thank you, everyone. Don't dwell on this overlong, please; let this thread turn back to happier thoughts and works.

Ah. Thanqol, there is no Over Long, there is only the Moment. It's a different time for each of us, but each of us is sad for you, hopeful for you, for a moment. It seems stretched out to you, longer in retrospect, but such moments of shared states are our connection.


If there's one thing you can do, the next time you eat a meal, take the time to appreciate it properly. If having a dog has taught me one thing, it's to appreciate your food, and appreciate the simplest things in life. A reminder to stay grounded, and not to forget the simple pleasures - walking, running, eating. Take the time to live just a little more.

It's little times like this I remember how much I love breathing. Flooding all body systems with oxygen, swelling the chest, filling the lungs down to the very bottom, until they feel fit to burst, then rationing it out in a long sweet release.

Well. Pony responded to(ish), ATG caught up(ish), dinner cooked. Time to get down to planning tomorrow...

[Rebelhero]

GUYS! GUYS!

*stumbles through the thread* GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!


Pinkie pie shattered the forth wall once again! This time she brought her Pinkie cannon with her. And well theres only one cannon wielding cutie i could think of who would take up the call.

Tristana. From League of Legends (http://leaguecraft.com/skins/6121-pony-cannon-for-tristana.xhtml). (you know, the chracter i based Skyrocket off of?)

This make me a very happy pony.

[Noctemwolf]

GUYS! GUYS!

*stumbles through the thread* GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!


Pinkie pie shattered the forth wall once again! This time she brought her Pinkie cannon with her. And well theres only one cannon wielding cutie i could think of who would take up the call.

Tristana. From League of Legends (http://leaguecraft.com/skins/6121-pony-cannon-for-tristana.xhtml). (you know, the chracter i based Skyrocket off of?)

This make me a very happy pony.

That... Is pure awesome. =D

[erikun]

I haven't been on much, so I think I'll just post my reactions to a couple or recent episodes (and one future one). Spoiled for probably length, along with being spoilery, of course.

Season 2 episode 13 (Baby Cakes)
It's nice to finally see a good Pinkie Pie episode. Honestly, I didn't really care much for Pinkie due to her apparently lack of much personality. "Acts randomly" is a character quirk, not a personality trait, and basically designing a character around it doesn't seem to work out well. She's still my #6 main cast member, but at least it's because I like the others' personalities more, rather than just considering she doesn't really have one.

And no, going nuts and talking to objects isn't a personality trait either. It's just more of "act randomly" and "do whatever you want" that she's known for.

I think I'll probably recommend this one as my go-to Pinkie Pie episode, although I'm sure that Party of One will remain generally more popular.

Pumpkin Cake and Pound Cake are cute. Perhaps Pumpkin a bit more, but I think I'm biased towards unicorns. :smalltongue: Pinkie's cartoonish antics worked well when dealing with the two, although the babies seem to make most other ponies (especially poor Scootaloo) seem silly in comparison. It worked really well in the episode, but I'm not sure about my take on it in the overall metastory; the popular "babies can fly/use powerful spells naturally" seems a bit off.

Overall, nice all around. Piggy Pie was rather amusing. Not one of my top personal favorites, but one I will probably end up recommending (see above).

Season 2 episode 14 (The Last Roundup)
Applejack, I get exactly the same way too. When you say you're going to do something and end up unable to do it, it just feels disappointing and you feel like you need to make it up to them. :smallfrown: Also, the whole avoiding-negative-by-focusing-on-something-else.

For people asking "why did Applejack think that running away would solve not winning blue ribbons"... she didn't. She was putting it off and avoiding dealing with it, and using the "I said I'd bring home money and am determined to do it" excuse - to herself, mostly - as a reason to put off what she viewed as disappointing her family when she came home. It's pretty much the same logic she used to avoid telling everyone what was going on at breakfast.

It is a bit disappointing that Pinkie Pie and even Derpy outshone her in her own episode, but I still think the episode overall did a good job of portraying Applejack. She has definitely moved up in my list of favorite ponies. Getting another Applejack-focused episode (probably) will be a nice treat, as well.

I recently noticed that by top three ponies are the three advisors from Hearth's Warming Eve. I'm sure that actually says something about my personality, if I'd care to examine it. :smalltongue:
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111219185845/mlp/images/4/4c/Foolish_enough_to_hate_S2E11.png

Season 2 episode 16 (future episode)
"Read it and Weep", where Rainbow Dash picks up reading while in the hospital.

Actually, that fits in pretty well with my impression of Rainbow. She isn't stupid, but rather, impulsive and a quick thinker. I figure it probably takes a lot of thinking and focus to pull off high-speed stunts without crashing or blindly flying into something, and just because Rainbow doesn't want to think things over doesn't mean she can't.

In a manner of speaking, I figure Rainbow would be pretty decent at speed Chess even though she'd be bored with regular Chess, assuming she'd take the time to learn. She's probably the type that takes the time to memorize every stunt and maneuver that the Wonderbolts pull off, after all.

[Aotrs Commander]

Thanqol, my sympathies.


Ah, those sweet moments when the random chances of life just happen to all work out in your favor really are the best aren't they? Nothing quite like the feeling of elation.
Generally followed by growing horror as you realize that NOTHING ever works out that well without future karmic consequences.

I think the last six words of the final sentence are redundant, based on personal experience, so I take what I can get while I can...


You actually have Necromantic boot camp?

Can I go to the AOTRS boot camp? I mean, I'd rather not join up entirely, as I'd have to try and kill myself afterward (and I'd probably lose, comparing infrastructures here), but it would be nice to have some technical grounding i my favorite magical art. All I have is this new age stuff, and well... Yeah. One can only be so self taught you know?

Yeah, we actually do. Learning some necromancy spells is an integral part of basic training. (It's one of the reasons we're technicially all Liches, because virtually everyone can cast a few spells.)

It is worth noting that not everyone in the Aotrs is Undead, just most. (One of the main reasons being that entry is often by posthumous invitation if you happen to catch Lord Death Despoil's eye - and a lot of the volenteers, like me, want to become Liches anyway.) It's not a requirement.

Basic training can take some years, though: you'd probably manage it faster, but it's still some months of work, and you'd have to go to one of our facilities while doing so. (That would be assuming I could swing it with Command of course.)


Technically the ponies aren't crew. At least not crew of the station. They aren't really that brave either, considering how quick they were to run from that pickachu. Not that I can blame them after he sent some sparks behind him to create the most horrifying lighting effects ever seen in a "Here's Johnny" scene.

Gotta say Bleakbane, you've done a great job teaching your Pokemon the values of presentation.

Well, he has learned from the best...

Also, of topical relevance to that train of thought...

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/015/3/e/shocking__isn__t_it__by_namelesshero2222-d4mec70.png

[Capt. Ido Nos]

Ah, yes. The sudden influx of cute Derpy fan-art was one of the best parts of last weekend's episode. :smallsmile:

Zevox

I agree completely and totally wholeheartedly, and gladly contribute to the situation myself :D

[Sean Mirrsen]

I think that accidentally interfering still counts as interfering. It's like dropping a phaser next to a tribe of savages and hoping it won't affect that much. As for the specifics of these hamsters though, I'll just quote Jaya Ballard (from Magic: The Gathering)
"Of course you fight fire with fire. You fight everything with fire."Well, since it was accidental interference, I believe simply removing the gophers should sufficiently fix everything. I entered it into the report log as "extra-universe interference beyond my control". How was I supposed to know that a whole swarm of magma-dwelling gophers would find a transfer machine interesting enough to jump into it? Jump into it, not crawl. From the top of the vat. I mean, in retrospect, taking the whole vat out of its mount and setting an active transferrer next to it wasn't the smartest idea, but one does not just expect a bunch of primarily aquatic (magmatic?) marsupials to have the jumping precision of a flying squirrel. Er, wait, marsupials? Gophers aren't marsupials. But my experiment logs label them as such. That's odd. What are they then, possums?

On that note, I believe I have found a way to efficiently recover the critters without causing unnecessary damage to Aotrs Commander's ship. It, uh, involves partially flooding the gopher-occupied section of the vents with a nanite-infused "intelligent magma" that matches the gophers' natural habitat and conducts Psi flows. Once they're all attracted, I just invoke a Psi technique and transfer everything back here, gophers, magma and all. Rather simple, rather easy, and nothing a few thousand wardroid work-hours can't repair and clean up. I'll start the preparations right away.

[Dexam]

Random image dump time!

How I'm feeling right now:
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/008/b/3/scootaloo__scootanap_by_closer_to_the_sun-d4lsmd1.jpg

Shoo-be-dorable!
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/7b31c092744bb2c22f6e77663355e3bd/118445%20-%20artist%3Arlyoff%20baby%20filly%20foal%20Lyra%20 seapony%20seapony_lyra.jpg

Another Discord + ponies comic:
http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/024/5/c/squeezin___it_aga__hold_on_now_by_mickeymonster-d4ni5bt.png

Hello... Twilight Sparkle has been taking lessons from Rarity.
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/024/1/6/twilight_loveface_by_mixermike622-d4njjek.gif

[Aotrs Commander]

On that note, I believe I have found a way to efficiently recover the critters without causing unnecessary damage to Aotrs Commander's ship. It, uh, involves partially flooding the gopher-occupied section of the vents with a nanite-infused "intelligent magma" that matches the gophers' natural habitat and conducts Psi flows. Once they're all attracted, I just invoke a Psi technique and transfer everything back here, gophers, magma and all. Rather simple, rather easy, and nothing a few thousand wardroid work-hours can't repair and clean up. I'll start the preparations right away.

Actually, magma probably won't do as much damage as you'd think. Bleak Despair has to be capable of taking direct energy weapon hits, the heat in which is makes magma look like a candleflame. I mean, like, for serious - we can take multiple hits with anti-matter torpodoes to the hull and still be able to maintain enough system integrity to shoot back, provided they didn't hit a critical location... I'm not saying either will do any good, only that magma is not catastrophically destructive as you might think.

Especially if you confined the area to one of the outer sections... deck 27 sector 5 seems pretty good, it's not near any equipment.

(Hence why I've also not put on my serious hat and dealt with the gophers hard ball-style - they're not a major threat to the station, or I would have.)

[SlyGuyMcFly]

Hello... Twilight Sparkle has been taking lessons from Rarity.
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/024/1/6/twilight_loveface_by_mixermike622-d4njjek.gif

·//////////·

*mumble*Stupid sexy Twilight...*mumble*

[TheAmishPirate]

(Hence why I've also not put on my serious hat and dealt with the gophers hard ball-style - they're not a major threat to the station, or I would have.)

So basically, instead of taking care of the problem, it becomes an impromptu training session for the maintenance crew of the ship? On that note, I'd love to see what the janitors on your crew are like. I imagine they have a pretty tough job.

[Sean Mirrsen]

Actually, magma probably won't do as much damage as you'd think. Bleak Despair has to be capable of taking direct energy weapon hits, the heat in which is makes magma look like a candleflame. I mean, like, for serious - we can take multiple hits with anti-matter torpodoes to the hull and still be able to maintain enough system integrity to shoot back, provided they didn't hit a critical location... I'm not saying either will do any good, only that magma is not catastrophically destructive as you might think.

Especially if you confined the area to one of the outer sections... deck 27 sector 5 seems pretty good, it's not near any equipment.

(Hence why I've also not put on my serious hat and dealt with the gophers hard ball-style - they're not a major threat to the station, or I would have.)The main concern I had was with some part becoming separated and cooling down where it shouldn't. But if you're sure those vents don't lead anywhere important or sensitive, I'll just go ahead with this thing. Word of caution to ponies: Magma. Hot. Twelve o'clock. It's fairly viscous, so just run like hell and stay out of dead ends.
Don't worry too much though, I got a pretty good grasp on the subsystems in that section now. I'll just close a few emergency seals, and it should be contained, unless there are openings I can't see from here. It's amazing what direct quantum entanglement can do to bypass security measures.

[Deadly]

Just here to throw this at you all:

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/025/c/7/scootaflash_hangin___out_by_adcoon-d4nkdaa.png

[Tiki Snakes]

It's at times like this that things really swim into perspective. Sometimes the only reliable defence is absolute secrecy. The Bleak Despair Sector Fleet is very impressive and their security is some of the best around, but with the sheer amount of attention they attract means that over time these kind of intrusions become inevitable.

Oh, and the coffee filter in the deck 34b rec rooms probably needs changing, just so you know.

[the_druid_droid]

Just here to throw this at you all:

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/025/c/7/scootaflash_hangin___out_by_adcoon-d4nkdaa.png

I approve of this Scootaloo-based post so much!

[Raz_Fox]

Exquisite. :smallamused:

(forms a key out of the air, casting a spell)

Wonderful! I'll just take that, and here's your lamp. We have a no returns policy, but I'm certain you'll enjoy your genie slave Mask.


"You wouldn't happen to have anything for a newly human-chibified pony, would you, old fox old buddy old pal?"

Let's see... I've got watches for your new wrists, I've got a pamphlet explaining how to use human bathrooms and showers, I've got a 'cutie mark' kit, I've got a Mystery Lamp on sale, a book on Equine Transformations...


Yes, totally

DUDE TAKE THE HATS BRO

No, no, see, the plan is to use the infinite sapphires to buy the hats.


That's the ticket, though. It's profiling. "oh, you could seriously damage reality if you weren't so nice" becomes "you're gonna seriously damage reality!" and next thing you know some yahoo is gunnin' for ya saying "you may say you're nice but I can't take that chance!"

Best to just do what I did and stay off the list. Made easier by nt actually havin any powers, of course~ sorry Lixxxy

No Lix can be trusted with all that power!


It's little times like this I remember how much I love breathing.

I personally love standing in the wind and listening to it. It's beautiful.

[Soras Teva Gee]

It's at times like this that things really swim into perspective. Sometimes the only reliable defence is absolute secrecy. The Bleak Despair Sector Fleet is very impressive and their security is some of the best around, but with the sheer amount of attention they attract means that over time these kind of intrusions become inevitable.

Oh, and the coffee filter in the deck 34b rec rooms probably needs changing, just so you know.

I believe there is a maxim of along the lines of a the chances of a information leaking increase proportional to the square of people that know it.

So its not that hard to get information out of an entire fleet. Especially when your the unicorn wizard that did it. But that's me.

[PhantomFox]

Read it and Weep speculation:

What are the odds that Twilight and Rainbow will get a song in this?

Personally, I'd be sorely tempted to spoof the Reading Rainbow theme song.

[Lix Lorn]

Spoiler for sad

Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZH9z-aCD5o)

I always wanted a dog when I was a kid. There were two dogs up the street along the way to school whom I adored, and patted through the fence. I'd feed them my sandwiches every day and spend lunch hungry.

My early experiences with pets were bad; they ran away, or got ill. Until we got Ruffy; a Stauffacher Bull terrier. He was a small, black dog with a big heart and bottomless hunger. He was cunning and manipulative, capable of opening doors, creating diversions and always manoeuvring himself into the most ideal positions. He was a mouser, and earned a respectable tally of caught rats in his time. He could cry like nothing else, an endless series of high pitched whining notes.

When he'd escape from the back yard, on those rare occasions, he'd come right around to the front door and wait to be let in. When someone came passing by him, he'd roll over in the hopeful expectations of tummy rubs. When birds picked at his bones in the yard, he'd run at them, barking, in an endless cycle.

He stayed with our family for twelve years, and was the most reliable creature I've ever known.

He was a good dog.


(Hugs. A lot.)


You actually have Necromantic boot camp?

Can I go to the AOTRS boot camp? I mean, I'd rather not join up entirely, as I'd have to try and kill myself afterward (and I'd probably lose, comparing infrastructures here), but it would be nice to have some technical grounding i my favorite magical art. All I have is this new age stuff, and well... Yeah. One can only be so self taught you know?
Oh
Okay
You want instruction from the evil death fleet rather than the friendly shipping not-quite-deity.
NOT LIKE I CARE.
:smallfrown:
(cries)


That's the ticket, though. It's profiling. "oh, you could seriously damage reality if you weren't so nice" becomes "you're gonna seriously damage reality!" and next thing you know some yahoo is gunnin' for ya saying "you may say you're nice but I can't take that chance!"

Best to just do what I did and stay off the list. Made easier by nt actually havin any powers, of course~ sorry Lixxxy
I would have if I had the choice.
I didn't ask for this...


Wonderful! I'll just take that, and here's your lamp. We have a no returns policy, but I'm certain you'll enjoy your genie slave Mask.
Excellent! Now, the doorway is somewhere in Equestria. Remember, no returns, happy searching. :smallamused:


No Lix can be trusted with all that power!
(What someone said before you wrote this sentence:)
===> Raz: Type something that will make Lixie abuse the exact wording of her deal.
===> Lixie: Do so and then be sad.

:smallfrown:
I can totally be trusted. I've only gone mad with power once, and that's only as many times as Midnight... wait, didn't she go mad twice?

[Gamerlord]

Read it and Weep speculation:

What are the odds that Twilight and Rainbow will get a song in this?

Personally, I'd be sorely tempted to spoof the Reading Rainbow theme song.
What are the odds of the sun being hot? :smalltongue: There is also the possibility of a Twilight solo song, I think according to an old leak we are supposed to get one this season.
Also, *Hugs Thanqol*, I know what it feels like to lose a pet. :smallfrown:

[TheAmishPirate]

I can totally be trusted. I've only gone mad with power once, and that's only as many times as Midnight... wait, didn't she go mad twice?

This would imply Midnight ever stopped being mad, but now we're getting into arguments over the existence of a "good" type of crazy. :smalltongue: Hint: It exists, it is awesome, wheeeeeeeeslushees

[the_druid_droid]

Oh
Okay
You want instruction from the evil death fleet rather than the friendly shipping not-quite-deity.
NOT LIKE I CARE.
:smallfrown:
(cries)


Well, I mean, if you're just gonna offer some high-grade magical instruction I'm sure there would be interested parties...

*wink*

*innocent whistling*

[Pokonic]

This would imply Midnight ever stopped being mad, but now we're getting into arguments over the existence of a "good" type of crazy. :smalltongue: Hint: It exists, it is awesome, wheeeeeeeeslushees

Ponysanity makes the world go round. Also, purple.

[BlasTech]

Read it and Weep speculation:

What are the odds that Twilight and Rainbow will get a song in this?

Personally, I'd be sorely tempted to spoof the Reading Rainbow theme song.

Rainbow, she can really move!
Rainbow, she's got an attitude!
Rainbow, she's the fastest thing alive,
She's the fastest thing aliiiiiivvvveeeeee!

^ Whar I thought when I saw "Rainbow" and "theme song" :smalltongue:

[Soras Teva Gee]

Rainbow, she can really move!
Rainbow, she's got an attitude!
Rainbow, she's the fastest thing alive,
She's the fastest thing aliiiiiivvvveeeeee!

^ Whar I thought when I saw "Rainbow" and "theme song" :smalltongue:



You may find this relevant to your interests. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDKOjoMl5IE)

[Beacon of Chaos]

OC? Nonotreallyactuallysortakindamaybeyesbutnonoreally . But nevermind that. I'd love to see some Alice in Wonderland/Pony crossover-ing. A Cheshire Pony would be most awesome.
Alright, Alice in Wonderland Pony crossover! It's been done before, but mine's better. Because it was drawn by me. Yup.

Couldn't decide whether Pinkie would be better as Cheshire Cat or the Hatter, so I did both. Hope you like ^^:
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i93/DiegoHavoc/Pony%20Stuff/wonderlandpinkie.jpg

I apologise for the quality. I don't have my own scanner right now.

[Lix Lorn]

Well, I mean, if you're just gonna offer some high-grade magical instruction I'm sure there would be interested parties...

*wink*

*innocent whistling*
Well they only have to ASK.

[BlasTech]

You may find this relevant to your interests. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDKOjoMl5IE)

Exxxcelent ... :smallcool:

[PrinceAquilaDei]

Doublepost.

[PrinceAquilaDei]

OC? Nonotreallyactuallysortakindamaybeyesbutnonoreally . But nevermind that. I'd love to see some Alice in Wonderland/Pony crossover-ing. A Cheshire Pony would be most awesome.


Well, my competition beat me to it, but anyways.

http://oi40.tinypic.com/skyp3b.jpg

Happy birthday.

Also


Hello... Twilight Sparkle has been taking lessons from Rarity.
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/024/1/6/twilight_loveface_by_mixermike622-d4njjek.gif

Glorious Victory.

[Soras Teva Gee]

Exxxcelent ... :smallcool:

What can I say Rainbow is best Sonic. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiSzdkGwzUY&feature=related).

As should be obvious. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCla6RiXFE0&feature=related)

[Beacon of Chaos]

Well, my competition beat me to it, but anyways.

http://oi40.tinypic.com/skyp3b.jpg

Happy birthday.

That's awesome! Well done.


Here's an ATG image dump of some of my favourite pictures:
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t289/kegisak/WTG001.jpg

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/010/2/0/nurse_posey_by_shiaran-d4lyw2o.jpg

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/011/0/6/junebug_ironclad_by_harwicks_art-d4lzjnu.jpg

http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2012/014/8/a/warriors_of_equestria_by_lionel23-d4mbxu3.jpg

http://th03.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2012/008/b/0/__the_pleasure_is_all_mine__prince_knight_light___ by_lionel23-d4lr7et.jpg

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/011/3/2/artist_training_ground___day_2_by_puppet_rhymes-d4m024w.png

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/019/7/f/nursing_training_by_shiaran-d4my2dg.jpg

http://www.deviantart.com/download/278983166/roy_g_bow_by_atticus83-d4m3kse.jpg

http://www.deviantart.com/download/278983543/training_regime_by_atticus83-d4m3l2v.jpg

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t289/kegisak/WTG002.jpg

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/9384/raritycaptain.png

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/024/2/7/lyra_the_archer_by_hobbes_maxwell-d4nimea.jpg

Last one is very large:
http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/010/6/b/sir_pony_by_sirustalcelion-d4lxvms.jpg

[Anarion]

You may find this relevant to your interests. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDKOjoMl5IE)


What can I say Rainbow is best Sonic. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiSzdkGwzUY&feature=related).

As should be obvious. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCla6RiXFE0&feature=related)

There's also this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi54WXIoDas


Well they only have to ASK.

Okay, I'll bite. I could use a little extra magical power, and besides I've been a floating neutral observer of this space fleet invasion multi-deity thing too long. Teach please?

[Lix Lorn]

Sure! What exactly do you want to learn?

[Anarion]

Sure! What exactly do you want to learn?

Hmm. Good question. I can handle basic levitation well enough, and I can mostly teleport correctly (worth learning just to save the commute time). My special talent tends to allow for a low-grade charm spell or two (not mind control, just making someone else more receptive to what you have to say). So, given that baseline...surprise me!

[CrnivorousMeece]

For all you League of Legends lovers out there KittyNumber7 has ponified some of our favorite champions check out her deviantart account here: http://kittynumber7.deviantart.com/

[Rebelhero]

Does anyone else notice that during RD's second Sonic Rainboom, he wings arent moving at all? From the mach cone to catching rarity, she is moving on sheer momentum and force of will.

[Anarion]

Does anyone else notice that during RD's second Sonic Rainboom, he wings arent moving at all? From the mach cone to catching rarity, she is moving on sheer momentum and force of will.

Further proof that pegasus flight is mostly powered by magic and the wings are just a part of the magic rather than actually providing the force for flight.

[Rebelhero]

For all you League of Legends lovers out there KittyNumber7 has ponified some of our favorite champions check out her deviantart account here: http://kittynumber7.deviantart.com/

This is amazing. Fizz pony for the win!

[Lix Lorn]

Hmm. Good question. I can handle basic levitation well enough, and I can mostly teleport correctly (worth learning just to save the commute time). My special talent tends to allow for a low-grade charm spell or two (not mind control, just making someone else more receptive to what you have to say). So, given that baseline...surprise me!
Hmmm. Teleporting and levitation... some form of psychokinesis then. Conjuration, with a touch of evocation.

[Aotrs Commander]

So basically, instead of taking care of the problem, it becomes an impromptu training session for the maintenance crew of the ship? On that note, I'd love to see what the janitors on your crew are like. I imagine they have a pretty tough job.

Eh, it's not too bad, what with advanced technology and quite a few maintence droids. Almost everyone uses robots of some sort of basic cleaning duties - that doesn't require much effort or brain power. I mean crikey, there are nominally function robot vacuum cleaners on Earth now.



So. My current chibi state is having some unforseen side-effects, probably due to the thaumic interactions; mainly that it's making me a bit woozy and light-skulled, and even meditating is not helping much... Ponythread has actually comprised most of my useful cognition the last couple of days. Aside from managing to do the last DLC for Mass Effect 2 the other day, I've done very little constructive this week. (I've even got a commission for some 15mm VTOLs to do, but haven't been able to work up enough mental prowess to get too.)

However, the time before the next convention is limited, so the Jalyrkieon need to be moved to a readied state. So today I managed to crank out some more details, starting with the names.

As I said, I cribbed all your screen names (well, about forty of you anyway - yes, there are actually pretty much that number of regular and semi-regular posters, and I probably missed some then...) I then broke up the names into 2-4 letter syllables (with some overlap), and then plopped them, with the four from "Jalyrkieon" itself, into an Excel sheet with a random number generator, and set up a system that basically rolled four times and pasted it as two, three and four syllable names.

As I suspected, ponythread provided an interesting psuedo-random distribution of letters (e.g. very few "g"s, but a lot of "x"s). This is of course, further biased by my ultimate selections of what sounded and looked good (it took a lot of random generations to get any decent results, but that's about the way for random name generators!)

So, without further ado, herein follows the technology and societal write-up of the Jalyrkieon, followed by the brief descriptions of existant starship classes (the latter of which I've provided as much for the names themselves).

(Note that this is first pass, so has not been heavily proofed yet, so I apologise in advance for any typos...)

Jalyrkieon military technology is advanced, and being developed primarily in isolation, is mostly unique. A significant portion of which has derived from their telekinesis; a natural progression of studies of how their powers worked and how to expand or replicate it through technology has characterised their development, meaning that it forms a key component in much of their technology.

Their drive systems use a type gravitonic propulsion that works off the underlying fabric of subspace. In concert with an effective-mass-reduction field, the same system allows them FTL transit through normal space. The technology requires a fairly small amount of mass and volume to operate, though the disadvantage is slower transits speeds (at both sublight and FTL speeds) and much higher power requirements. Like most gravity or force-field effect propoulsion systems, the drives function without signficant visible emissions, though the drive unit themselves are very distinctive.

Shield technology is primarily a “solid” forcefield, which works mor on cushioning attacks that deflecting and dispersing them as conventional shields do. These shields are marginally more effective against kinetic attacks that energy, though the is not a great difference between them. Power and size requirements are much the same as conventional shields, and the Jalyrkieon have much the same limitations, meaning as with many races, shields are not practical on most ground vehicles or infantry.

Offensively, the Jalyrkieon have significant firepower. Their primary starship weaponry is a type of phased-plasma contained in electromagnetic shell. While not as coherent – and so not as potent – as, say, plasma-pulse weaponry, the Jalyrkieon’s superior containment technology enables them to fire at substantially greater ranges, exceeding many conventional mid-range beam weapons. Further, the weapon systems are relatively small and highly efficient in terms of power, allowing the Jalyrkieon to mount a considerable number on a starship. The accuracy of individual blasts is not great, as the contaiment field tends to degrade somewhat eratically. However, with a very good rate of fire, and in large batteries, the amount of firepower they put out more than makes up for this shortcoming. Perhaps the biggest disadvantage is, like many blaster weapons, such as those used by the Orc Fearcrushy or the Saiyvalyss Alliance, the lack of localised penetrative power, meaning it is impossible to punch a hole through shields with concentrated fire.

The secondary weapons of the Jalyrkieon fleet are energy torpedoes. These weapons are not “torpedoes” in the conventional sense; they are energy weapons that use a similar technology to the phased-plasma batteries, though in this case the energies are much more unstable, and the containment is via imparted force-field, rather than electromagnetism. Energy torpedoes require a large amount of energy to charge to fire, and the containment fields give them only average range. Within that range, however, the damage they can inflict is impressive. Their rate of fire is, perforce, slow; though they can fire a lesser charge as faster speeds, the power is dispropotionally weaker.

The Jalyrkieon’s longest range weapons come in the form of missiles – which, despite the indosyncratic drives, are fairly conventional explosive or anti-matter warheads – and shrapnel cannons. The latter fire a munition that explodes into a cluster of very highly accelerated, superheated fragments in the proximity of enemy starships. These weapons have very good range and density of fire, in many cases better than conventional blast-warhead torpedoes.

Point-defence weaponry consists of lighter phased-plasma batteries, interspersed with gravition crushers. These function essentially like tractor beams, catching a missile or fighter, and then applying a crushing pressure via increased local gravity. This is highly effective, but the power to range ration is poor, which is why larger versions of the weapon are so far impractical. On some vessels, these are supplimented by smaller versions of the sharpnel cannons for local defence, though this is starting to fall out of favour on starships.

Surprisingly, the Jalyrkieon’s tractor beam technology is not notabably powerful – mostly due to power constraints - though they tend to outfit more specialised cruiser than many starfleets. Teleporter technology is also slightly below average, and uses conventional methodology.

Sensor and communication technology is an area where the Jalyrkieon have something of an edge. Both technologies are solid and reliable, and above the galactic average. Jalyrkieon medical technology is notably impressive, a by-product of their natural enviroment, further bolstered by their own prostigieous abilities.

Current ship design doctrine means the Jalyrkieon tend to rely on smaller number of larger vessels. A fleet will consist of one or two of their very large dreadnoughts – some are enormous – with a flotilla of cruisers, and only a handful of smaller escorts, mostly specialised roels such as missile cutters or escort ships. Mobility is generally average to good – smaller ships are very agile, and though the cruisers are fairly average, the huge dreadnought are very manouverable for their size. Shielding is generally fairly heavy, though active defences are not as extensive, aside from the dreadnoughts and escort vessels.

On the ground, the Jalyrkieons field a varity of vehicles. While they do have a number of grav and hover vehicles, a significant number are still tracked or even wheeled, and almost no walkers. Jalyrkieon vehicles tend towards being lighter and faster, can carrying a powerful punch. This means they tend to be more fragile than a lot of vehicles of a race of their own level of advancement, coming much closer to the galactic average. Their still use a modest number of projectile weapons, though with their advanced phased-plasma technology, this is still a major armament at both vehicle and infantry level.

Their infantry are almost always deployed in full powered armour, which goes at least some way to counter-balance their higher target profile and consequent vulnerability.



The Jalyrkion Hierarchy is itself a long-standing institution, though, as with humans, not the only power to emerge from a single world, though it is by far the biggest, and the one closest to other major powers. The Hierarchy is a highly-strated and complicated society defined by social status and temporal power. It is, in the modern age, possible for anyone to rise to any status, though this was not always the case as late as the Jalyrkieon’s early space-flight history. The Jalyrkeion are very concious about their social status, and rivalries often growover small slights, and Jalyrkieon history is very fractious (argueably even more so than humans).

The Hierarchy grew out of what amounted to an amalgamation of government and super-corperation during the early days of space-flight, and has had the technological and economical edge over the other nations ever since (though there have been times is has been a close-run thing). It is, in theory, a meritocracy, overseen by a council, but is more like a oligarchy in practise.

The fluid nature of the Hierarchy’s power structure also makes it hard to predict what the Jalyrkeions will do at any given moment, especially since military commanders are themselves part of the sociatal structure, and thus have considerable independant agency. It also tends to encourage upwardly mobile individuals to enter the chain of command, seeking to earn greater status – military success is considered very highly in Jalyekieon circles. (This is an extension of the Jalyrkieon’s environment, where similar skills proved one a desireable mate, so has some sexual connections as well.) This has also had the unfortunate tendancy to provide the Jalyrkieons with poor commanders, especially at higher levels – the last war against the Vivrathk was lost largely to a series of extremely poor command decisions – so many, in the end, the Vivrathk were actually able to predict them.

The quality of Jalyrkieon soldiers is thus somewhat varible. Though there is a core of professional career soldiers happy with their lot in life, there is also a large number, even the lowest ranks, who see it as step up to better things. (Even ex-soldiers are afforded higher status.)

Despite being a space-faring race for a few hundred years, the Jalyrkieon have spent most of that time fighting amongst themselves, especially when left to their own devices. Their diplomatic record with other races is very poor, with fundementally irreconcilable differences between them and the Vivrathk, their nearest neighbours. This has mostly kept them off the galactic stage, save for a few notable campaigns over the course of their history.

However, following the disaster of the last war, the disasterous defeat, on top of general corruption and incompetance, trigged a major purge of the upper classes, and the council in particular. This new blood in the Hierarchy is the strongest it has been for nearly two hundred years (since the last purge as large as the one following the war), so, before the internal squabbling settles back in, it is very likely they will become much more active outside their own space.

Venlix Class Torpedo Cruiser

The Venlix was one of the first of the new generation of starships, to replace the heavy losses inflicted by the Vivrathk. The first entered service five years after the end of the war, and have proven to be a solid and reliable design. The Venlix forms the backbone of the fleet, and are found in most formations. Their major firepower comes from the massed phased-plasma batteries, supplemented by two forward-firing energy torpedo tubes.

Venlixes are often deployed in small group, though a formation consisting one one Venlix, a Sithan Marraz Shrapnel Cruiser, two Kytiat frigates, four Phoze MPCs plus either an Idattri or Grivenon escort ship is also common.

Phoze Class Missile Patrol Cutter

The Phoze Missile Patrol Cutters are the smallest combat starships in current use. As is standard practise, they are specialist vessels, armed only with missile tubes and point-defence weapons. The missile tubes are mounted in typical Jalyrkieon fashion, with vertical launch with ventral and dorsal appartures. Usually, most often seen in groups of four to eight, they are typically accompanied by Idattri destroyers, or as part of a typical Venlix attack formation.

Phoze MPCs are sometimes used in the point-defence role when equipped with appropriate warheads, though this is typically something of a stopgap measure.

Kytiat Class Torpedo Frigate

The Kytiat Frigates are unusual for the Jalyrkieon ship doctrine – smaller vessels whose primary job is warships, rather than specialist operations. They are often used to supplement Venlix groups, or as fast-attack elements, as their speed is considerable. They have powerful long-range phased-plasma batteries, though they are vulnerable to attack from the rear, where the drive unit precludes weapon emplacements. They have two mid-sized energy torpedo tubes, one either side of the hull, though these are much shorter ranged than those of the Venlix.

Idattri Class Light Defence Destroyer

The Idattri Light Defence Destroyer is utlised as a cheap but effective point-defence vessel, and can be seen accompanying almost any type of formation, often supplementing the larger Grivenons. It is armed only with point-defence energy weapons. It carries approximately two hundred long-range anti-fighter and anti-missile warheads of various caliburs, in the typical ventral/dorsal missile tube configuration.

Grivenon Class Defence Cruiser

The Grivenon Defence Cruiser is one of the smaller cruisers in the fleet. Its role is to provide close defence to more valuable ships, as well as providing some anti-ship firepower of it’s own. It lacks any energy torpedoes, but boasts a not inconsiderable amount of phased-plasma firepower. Grivenons are typically deployed in the interior or the formations, close to their escorted vessels, while the smaller Idattris with their missiles occupy the edges.

Sithan Marraz Class Shrapnel Cruiser

The Sithan Marraz Shrapnel Cruiser’s primary job is area suppression. With no less than six shrapnel cannons, to both forward and rear, they can devastate a formation of enemy vessels. The Sithan Marraz was specifically built to counter the Vivrathk, whose reliance on close-range blasterbeam point-defence places them right within the sharpnel cannon’s optimal ranges. In addition, the Sithan Marraz boasts almost as much phased-plasma firepower as the similarly-sized Venlix, plus some additional area-defence anti-fighter weaponry, rendering it quite capable of operating in small groups with minimal escort.

Shadruech Class Sensor Cruiser

One of the specialist cruisers of the fleet, the Shadruech is immediately distinctive due to the enormous sensor dishes on the port and starboard arrays. The vessel mounts the pinacle of Jalyrkieon sensor technolgy; the largest and most powerful sensor array they have ever built. The two dishes, while typically pointed out to port and starboard, can in fact be extended on telescopic poles, and then can be rotated to face any direction, to further enhance their power and resolution.

The Shadruech also is equipped with an extensive ECM array, which in concert with the sensor and communicator emitters, mkaes it a jamming vessel par excellance.

Unlike smaller vessels in the same role, which tend to be escort ships or light cruisers, the Shadruech is large enough to mount a full array of weapons. Indeed, aside from the lack of energy torpedo tubes, the Shadruech is as heavily armed as the Venlix, and better protected to boot.

Essperila Class Dreadnought
The Essperila Dreadnought is a huge vessel a mile long, and is considerably bigger than most superdreadnoughts, and even some fleet carriers. While not quite reaching the mammoth size of the Orc WarDreadnoughts, it makes up for the difference is speed, mobility and firepower. The Essperila is phenonimally fast for it’s size, having the same acceleration and agilty as the Jalyrkieon’s cruisers. Very heavily shielded, it boasts an enormous wealth of weapons: extensive phased-plasma batteries, four shrapnel cannons to the fore and rear, missile tubes and two heavy energy torpedo tubes, as well as dozens of point-defence weapons. It further has it’s own local ECM protection.

The Essperila is the most common of the Jalyrkieon heavy vessels, and it is not uncommon to see more than one in a fleet group, or even operating independantly - the amount of weaponry, protection and speed mean the need for escorts is much reduced.


So you can now sleep at night, knowing you have unwittingly contributed to my starshipsanity. Or not, as the case may be...

[Sean Mirrsen]

Further proof that pegasus flight is mostly powered by magic and the wings are just a part of the magic rather than actually providing the force for flight.
I concur, at least during the Rainboom itself. There's definitely more magic than sheer physics to the pegasis' flight.

I'll quote my post on this elsewhere, so that maybe it could be discussed. Some prior conversation provided for context.

On a different wild theory....


Pegasi pulling stuff.

Do the chariots/etc fly like that because of Pegasus magic, or do you think they have to be enchanted somehow?

I'm theorizing it's all the pegasi doing it. That's why the wagon could fly in Last Roundup. Also why the moving van thing from Pinkie Keen could hover like that. Plus, it gives credence to why Fluttershy could keep up with Rainbow Dash in RoH part 2; whatever magic lets them pull chariots/etc was reducing air resistance and such on the balloon.

Any holes in my theory?



Pegasi magic would explain why chariots don't, ya know, FALL DOWN AND HANG MIDFLIGHT.

So magic is a pretty good answer. Same with earth ponies and their "connection to the earth"

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Which handily explains how Rarity and the unconscious Wonderbolts (and Rainbow herself for that matter) didn't explode into chunky salsa in Sonic Rainboom. It's also a fairly roundabout explanation of their cloudwalking. Pegasi magic is, essentially, a form of Star Trek inertial dampening. A pegasus in flight projects an "inertial dampening" field on itself, and any objects it touches, with a size/mass/force limit proportional to the strength of the magic employed, and the pegasus's ability to concentrate on the carried objects. It effectively allows them to defy gravity (as gravity is merely an acceleration force, ineffective within the field), and allow any object harnessed to them do likewise, provided they are concentrating hard enough to allow it to float with them. If an object enters their field, however, energy from it will still be imparted onto pegasus's body, as it has to dissipate somewhere, but once it's dissipated the object will conform to the pegasus's movement as if it wasn't affected by inertia. This, naturally, depends heavily on the pegasus's skill with the intrinsic magic, and the overall level of power. So the pegasus still uses the wings to push off of air, but it's a lot more like swimming than flying, as the wings don't provide actual support and act as magical foci.

The Sonic Rainboom is essentially an overcharge of said magic, which allows the pegasus to move and accelerate faster than would otherwise be possible, and also change direction rapidly, now relying entirely on the force of will of the user rather than any intervening physical laws. Any objects or people carried by the pegasus in this mode will still remain firmly attached as if nothing is happening, of course to the extent that the pegasus is aware of their existence and is heavily focusing on them to keep them in the field. All in all, it's the equivalent of an Epic-level spell-like ability of the pegasi.

Okay, I think I got lost in my own explanation there, somewhere near the midpoint. Does it make sense to anyone else?

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Sean Mirrsen wrote:Okay, I think I got lost in my own explanation there, somewhere near the midpoint. Does it make sense to anyone else?


Yeah, it does. You could probably reduce most of it to the "Star Trek dampening field" comparison and it depending on the will of the user, but it makes sense.
It's like technobabble, but with magic.
I believe there was also an explanation of the foals' magic surges as a suppressed natural survival strategy, under assumption that ponies actually evolved from something. We did our share of overanalysis in that thread. :)

[Pokonic]

Further proof that pegasus flight is mostly powered by magic and the wings are just a part of the magic rather than actually providing the force for flight.

Yeah, they seem to act more like how a unicorns horn works than any real wing. I mean, yes, they fly with them, but there more of a "conducting" device than anything else. Same with Griffon wings and the like, too. Might be the same maigc involved with dragon flight, but thats a guess considering we have yet to see a dragon actualy fly yet.


Eh, it's not too bad, what with advanced technology and quite a few maintence droids. Almost everyone uses robots of some sort of basic cleaning duties - that doesn't require much effort or brain power. I mean crikey, there are nominally function robot vacuum cleaners on Earth now.



So. My current chibi state is having some unforseen side-effects, probably due to the thaumic interactions; mainly that it's making me a bit woozy and light-skulled, and even meditating is not helping much... Ponythread has actually comprised most of my useful cognition the last couple of days. Aside from managing to do the last DLC for Mass Effect 2 the other day, I've done very little constructive this week. (I've even got a commission for some 15mm VTOLs to do, but haven't been able to work up enough mental prowess to get too.)

However, the time before the next convention is limited, so the Jalyrkieon need to be moved to a readied state. So today I managed to crank out some more details, starting with the names.

As I said, I cribbed all your screen names (well, about forty of you anyway - yes, there are actually pretty much that number of regular and semi-regular posters, and I probably missed some then...) I then broke up the names into 2-4 letter syllables (with some overlap), and then plopped them, with the four from "Jalyrkieon" itself, into an Excel sheet with a random number generator, and set up a system that basically rolled four times and pasted it as two, three and four syllable names.

As I suspected, ponythread provided an interesting psuedo-random distribution of letters (e.g. very few "g"s, but a lot of "x"s). This is of course, further biased by my ultimate selections of what sounded and looked good (it took a lot of random generations to get any decent results, but that's about the way for random name generators!)

So, without further ado, herein follows the technology and societal write-up of the Jalyrkieon, followed by the brief descriptions of existant starship classes (the latter of which I've provided as much for the names themselves).

(Note that this is first pass, so has not been heavily proofed yet, so I apologise in advance for any typos...)

Jalyrkieon military technology is advanced, and being developed primarily in isolation, is mostly unique. A significant portion of which has derived from their telekinesis; a natural progression of studies of how their powers worked and how to expand or replicate it through technology has characterised their development, meaning that it forms a key component in much of their technology.

Their drive systems use a type gravitonic propulsion that works off the underlying fabric of subspace. In concert with an effective-mass-reduction field, the same system allows them FTL transit through normal space. The technology requires a fairly small amount of mass and volume to operate, though the disadvantage is slower transits speeds (at both sublight and FTL speeds) and much higher power requirements. Like most gravity or force-field effect propoulsion systems, the drives function without signficant visible emissions, though the drive unit themselves are very distinctive.

Shield technology is primarily a “solid” forcefield, which works mor on cushioning attacks that deflecting and dispersing them as conventional shields do. These shields are marginally more effective against kinetic attacks that energy, though the is not a great difference between them. Power and size requirements are much the same as conventional shields, and the Jalyrkieon have much the same limitations, meaning as with many races, shields are not practical on most ground vehicles or infantry.

Offensively, the Jalyrkieon have significant firepower. Their primary starship weaponry is a type of phased-plasma contained in electromagnetic shell. While not as coherent – and so not as potent – as, say, plasma-pulse weaponry, the Jalyrkieon’s superior containment technology enables them to fire at substantially greater ranges, exceeding many conventional mid-range beam weapons. Further, the weapon systems are relatively small and highly efficient in terms of power, allowing the Jalyrkieon to mount a considerable number on a starship. The accuracy of individual blasts is not great, as the contaiment field tends to degrade somewhat eratically. However, with a very good rate of fire, and in large batteries, the amount of firepower they put out more than makes up for this shortcoming. Perhaps the biggest disadvantage is, like many blaster weapons, such as those used by the Orc Fearcrushy or the Saiyvalyss Alliance, the lack of localised penetrative power, meaning it is impossible to punch a hole through shields with concentrated fire.

The secondary weapons of the Jalyrkieon fleet are energy torpedoes. These weapons are not “torpedoes” in the conventional sense; they are energy weapons that use a similar technology to the phased-plasma batteries, though in this case the energies are much more unstable, and the containment is via imparted force-field, rather than electromagnetism. Energy torpedoes require a large amount of energy to charge to fire, and the containment fields give them only average range. Within that range, however, the damage they can inflict is impressive. Their rate of fire is, perforce, slow; though they can fire a lesser charge as faster speeds, the power is dispropotionally weaker.

The Jalyrkieon’s longest range weapons come in the form of missiles – which, despite the indosyncratic drives, are fairly conventional explosive or anti-matter warheads – and shrapnel cannons. The latter fire a munition that explodes into a cluster of very highly accelerated, superheated fragments in the proximity of enemy starships. These weapons have very good range and density of fire, in many cases better than conventional blast-warhead torpedoes.

Point-defence weaponry consists of lighter phased-plasma batteries, interspersed with gravition crushers. These function essentially like tractor beams, catching a missile or fighter, and then applying a crushing pressure via increased local gravity. This is highly effective, but the power to range ration is poor, which is why larger versions of the weapon are so far impractical. On some vessels, these are supplimented by smaller versions of the sharpnel cannons for local defence, though this is starting to fall out of favour on starships.

Surprisingly, the Jalyrkieon’s tractor beam technology is not notabably powerful – mostly due to power constraints - though they tend to outfit more specialised cruiser than many starfleets. Teleporter technology is also slightly below average, and uses conventional methodology.

Sensor and communication technology is an area where the Jalyrkieon have something of an edge. Both technologies are solid and reliable, and above the galactic average. Jalyrkieon medical technology is notably impressive, a by-product of their natural enviroment, further bolstered by their own prostigieous abilities.

Current ship design doctrine means the Jalyrkieon tend to rely on smaller number of larger vessels. A fleet will consist of one or two of their very large dreadnoughts – some are enormous – with a flotilla of cruisers, and only a handful of smaller escorts, mostly specialised roels such as missile cutters or escort ships. Mobility is generally average to good – smaller ships are very agile, and though the cruisers are fairly average, the huge dreadnought are very manouverable for their size. Shielding is generally fairly heavy, though active defences are not as extensive, aside from the dreadnoughts and escort vessels.

On the ground, the Jalyrkieons field a varity of vehicles. While they do have a number of grav and hover vehicles, a significant number are still tracked or even wheeled, and almost no walkers. Jalyrkieon vehicles tend towards being lighter and faster, can carrying a powerful punch. This means they tend to be more fragile than a lot of vehicles of a race of their own level of advancement, coming much closer to the galactic average. Their still use a modest number of projectile weapons, though with their advanced phased-plasma technology, this is still a major armament at both vehicle and infantry level.

Their infantry are almost always deployed in full powered armour, which goes at least some way to counter-balance their higher target profile and consequent vulnerability.



The Jalyrkion Hierarchy is itself a long-standing institution, though, as with humans, not the only power to emerge from a single world, though it is by far the biggest, and the one closest to other major powers. The Hierarchy is a highly-strated and complicated society defined by social status and temporal power. It is, in the modern age, possible for anyone to rise to any status, though this was not always the case as late as the Jalyrkieon’s early space-flight history. The Jalyrkeion are very concious about their social status, and rivalries often growover small slights, and Jalyrkieon history is very fractious (argueably even more so than humans).

The Hierarchy grew out of what amounted to an amalgamation of government and super-corperation during the early days of space-flight, and has had the technological and economical edge over the other nations ever since (though there have been times is has been a close-run thing). It is, in theory, a meritocracy, overseen by a council, but is more like a oligarchy in practise.

The fluid nature of the Hierarchy’s power structure also makes it hard to predict what the Jalyrkeions will do at any given moment, especially since military commanders are themselves part of the sociatal structure, and thus have considerable independant agency. It also tends to encourage upwardly mobile individuals to enter the chain of command, seeking to earn greater status – military success is considered very highly in Jalyekieon circles. (This is an extension of the Jalyrkieon’s environment, where similar skills proved one a desireable mate, so has some sexual connections as well.) This has also had the unfortunate tendancy to provide the Jalyrkieons with poor commanders, especially at higher levels – the last war against the Vivrathk was lost largely to a series of extremely poor command decisions – so many, in the end, the Vivrathk were actually able to predict them.

The quality of Jalyrkieon soldiers is thus somewhat varible. Though there is a core of professional career soldiers happy with their lot in life, there is also a large number, even the lowest ranks, who see it as step up to better things. (Even ex-soldiers are afforded higher status.)

Despite being a space-faring race for a few hundred years, the Jalyrkieon have spent most of that time fighting amongst themselves, especially when left to their own devices. Their diplomatic record with other races is very poor, with fundementally irreconcilable differences between them and the Vivrathk, their nearest neighbours. This has mostly kept them off the galactic stage, save for a few notable campaigns over the course of their history.

However, following the disaster of the last war, the disasterous defeat, on top of general corruption and incompetance, trigged a major purge of the upper classes, and the council in particular. This new blood in the Hierarchy is the strongest it has been for nearly two hundred years (since the last purge as large as the one following the war), so, before the internal squabbling settles back in, it is very likely they will become much more active outside their own space.

Venlix Class Torpedo Cruiser

The Venlix was one of the first of the new generation of starships, to replace the heavy losses inflicted by the Vivrathk. The first entered service five years after the end of the war, and have proven to be a solid and reliable design. The Venlix forms the backbone of the fleet, and are found in most formations. Their major firepower comes from the massed phased-plasma batteries, supplemented by two forward-firing energy torpedo tubes.

Venlixes are often deployed in small group, though a formation consisting one one Venlix, a Sithan Marraz Shrapnel Cruiser, two Kytiat frigates, four Phoze MPCs plus either an Idattri or Grivenon escort ship is also common.

Phoze Class Missile Patrol Cutter

The Phoze Missile Patrol Cutters are the smallest combat starships in current use. As is standard practise, they are specialist vessels, armed only with missile tubes and point-defence weapons. The missile tubes are mounted in typical Jalyrkieon fashion, with vertical launch with ventral and dorsal appartures. Usually, most often seen in groups of four to eight, they are typically accompanied by Idattri destroyers, or as part of a typical Venlix attack formation.

Phoze MPCs are sometimes used in the point-defence role when equipped with appropriate warheads, though this is typically something of a stopgap measure.

Kytiat Class Torpedo Frigate

The Kytiat Frigates are unusual for the Jalyrkieon ship doctrine – smaller vessels whose primary job is warships, rather than specialist operations. They are often used to supplement Venlix groups, or as fast-attack elements, as their speed is considerable. They have powerful long-range phased-plasma batteries, though they are vulnerable to attack from the rear, where the drive unit precludes weapon emplacements. They have two mid-sized energy torpedo tubes, one either side of the hull, though these are much shorter ranged than those of the Venlix.

Idattri Class Light Defence Destroyer

The Idattri Light Defence Destroyer is utlised as a cheap but effective point-defence vessel, and can be seen accompanying almost any type of formation, often supplementing the larger Grivenons. It is armed only with point-defence energy weapons. It carries approximately two hundred long-range anti-fighter and anti-missile warheads of various caliburs, in the typical ventral/dorsal missile tube configuration.

Grivenon Class Defence Cruiser

The Grivenon Defence Cruiser is one of the smaller cruisers in the fleet. Its role is to provide close defence to more valuable ships, as well as providing some anti-ship firepower of it’s own. It lacks any energy torpedoes, but boasts a not inconsiderable amount of phased-plasma firepower. Grivenons are typically deployed in the interior or the formations, close to their escorted vessels, while the smaller Idattris with their missiles occupy the edges.

Sithan Marraz Class Shrapnel Cruiser

The Sithan Marraz Shrapnel Cruiser’s primary job is area suppression. With no less than six shrapnel cannons, to both forward and rear, they can devastate a formation of enemy vessels. The Sithan Marraz was specifically built to counter the Vivrathk, whose reliance on close-range blasterbeam point-defence places them right within the sharpnel cannon’s optimal ranges. In addition, the Sithan Marraz boasts almost as much phased-plasma firepower as the similarly-sized Venlix, plus some additional area-defence anti-fighter weaponry, rendering it quite capable of operating in small groups with minimal escort.

Shadruech Class Sensor Cruiser

One of the specialist cruisers of the fleet, the Shadruech is immediately distinctive due to the enormous sensor dishes on the port and starboard arrays. The vessel mounts the pinacle of Jalyrkieon sensor technolgy; the largest and most powerful sensor array they have ever built. The two dishes, while typically pointed out to port and starboard, can in fact be extended on telescopic poles, and then can be rotated to face any direction, to further enhance their power and resolution.

The Shadruech also is equipped with an extensive ECM array, which in concert with the sensor and communicator emitters, mkaes it a jamming vessel par excellance.

Unlike smaller vessels in the same role, which tend to be escort ships or light cruisers, the Shadruech is large enough to mount a full array of weapons. Indeed, aside from the lack of energy torpedo tubes, the Shadruech is as heavily armed as the Venlix, and better protected to boot.

Essperila Class Dreadnought
The Essperila Dreadnought is a huge vessel a mile long, and is considerably bigger than most superdreadnoughts, and even some fleet carriers. While not quite reaching the mammoth size of the Orc WarDreadnoughts, it makes up for the difference is speed, mobility and firepower. The Essperila is phenonimally fast for it’s size, having the same acceleration and agilty as the Jalyrkieon’s cruisers. Very heavily shielded, it boasts an enormous wealth of weapons: extensive phased-plasma batteries, four shrapnel cannons to the fore and rear, missile tubes and two heavy energy torpedo tubes, as well as dozens of point-defence weapons. It further has it’s own local ECM protection.

The Essperila is the most common of the Jalyrkieon heavy vessels, and it is not uncommon to see more than one in a fleet group, or even operating independantly - the amount of weaponry, protection and speed mean the need for escorts is much reduced.


So you can now sleep at night, knowing you have unwittingly contributed to my starshipsanity. Or not, as the case may be...

Neat.

[MCerberus]

So you can now sleep at night, knowing you have unwittingly contributed to my starshipsanity. Or not, as the case may be...
*sneak attack Laughter strike*
Ponythread must be getting to you, you've been up late shipping poster-pairs.

[Soras Teva Gee]

I concur, at least during the Rainboom itself. There's definitely more magic than sheer physics to the pegasis' flight.

Come now physics goes out the window from a single glance at a pegasus.
Not enough wing surface. Luna's wings on Dash would be a start.

[Admiral Squish]

Sharing awesome video! Fluttershy's Monster (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMEdt3Qu0_k)

I will admit it's REALLY fun to try and make fluttershy match up with this song. She clearly has a temper, based on what we see of her in best night ever. I love the idea of her being, like, a reformed bad girl. She was once a villain, but she moved out to the edge of everfree and started helping the animals there to sorta work off her kharmic debt.

[Tiki Snakes]

Sharing awesome video! Fluttershy's Monster (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMEdt3Qu0_k)

I will admit it's REALLY fun to try and make fluttershy match up with this song. She clearly has a temper, based on what we see of her in best night ever. I love the idea of her being, like, a reformed bad girl. She was once a villain, but she moved out to the edge of everfree and started helping the animals there to sorta work off her kharmic debt.

I'm not sure that quite matches with established events, but I could see the timidity and the restraint being because she has anger management issues deep down, certainly and the sheer fluttershyness of her since at least before they all got their cutie marks would be a slight over-reaction and fear of what she might be capable of.
"Oh my, was that too loud? I'm sorry."

Not that it's overly likely, but I can kind of see how that would work.

[Admiral Squish]

I'm not sure that quite matches with established events, but I could see the timidity and the restraint being because she has anger management issues deep down, certainly and the sheer fluttershyness of her since at least before they all got their cutie marks would be a slight over-reaction and fear of what she might be capable of.
"Oh my, was that too loud? I'm sorry."

Not that it's overly likely, but I can kind of see how that would work.

Maybe when she was younger she just flipped out and killed one of the pegasi that was bullying her. Cloudsdale law pardoned her due to her age, but she never really forgave herself... Mmm, I'm liking this.

[Tiki Snakes]

Too extreme to be show-plausible, but a playground fight, a fit or maybe shouting genuinely loud at someone she cared about due to frustration? It's as likely to have been because of a personal observation made with no singular event to trigger it as anything or perhaps a parent chastised her for being aggressive partially in jest and it just happened to strike home.

[Tectonic Robot]

Well they only have to ASK.
"...Do humans have magic?"


Let's see... I've got watches for your new wrists, I've got a pamphlet explaining how to use human bathrooms and showers, I've got a 'cutie mark' kit, I've got a Mystery Lamp on sale, a book on Equine Transformations...


"And, uh, how much would that run me, exactly?"

[Pokonic]

"...Do humans have magic?"
[/COLOR]

Of course! Every human in existance is a untapped well for any user of blood ma.....



Still interested in joining, Tectonic? Just bring a not-freind with you to the meeting and we can talk!

[MCerberus]

Of course! Every human in existance is a untapped well for any user of blood ma.....



Still interested in joining, Tectonic? Just bring a not-freind with you to the meeting and we can talk!

The cult of the Pink One offers great magic power without sacrificing and altering the life essence of others. Just one face-to-face with our patron and you'll understand it all.

[Pokonic]

The cult of the Pink One offers great magic power without sacrificing and altering the life essence of others. Just one face-to-face with our patron and you'll understand it all.

The Pink One is a freakish blight on the cosmos waiting to party it to dust.

We wish to preserve the world for a better tommorow! For the Queens followers, mind you.

[MCerberus]

The Pink One is a freakish blight on the cosmos waiting to party it to dust.

We wish to preserve the world for a better tommorow! For the Queens followers, mind you.

Not my fault your pathetic band fears the celebration eternal.

[Pokonic]

Not my fault your pathetic band fears the celebration eternal.

This "celebration eternal" involves a blind, mindless entity that forever wiggles blindly to the mad polka of mindless bandponies.


The Queen Who Walks In The Fear Of Creation at least has the urge to send minor avatars to command her servents from time to time.

[otakuryoga]

As I suspected, ponythread provided an interesting psuedo-random distribution of letters (e.g. very few "g"s, but a lot of "x"s). This is of course, further biased by my ultimate selections of what sounded and looked good (it took a lot of random generations to get any decent results, but that's about the way for random name generators!)


yay..i provide one of the few g's

so.....new wave of ponies to hit mcdonalds soon :smallbiggrin:
guess i will be a happy meal buyin fool

[MCerberus]

This "celebration eternal" involves a blind, mindless entity that forever wiggles blindly to the mad polka of mindless bandponies.


The Queen Who Walks In The Fear Of Creation at least has the urge to send minor avatars to command her servents from time to time.

The only ones who fear the polka are the ones who would reject the party and happiness for all ponies.

Also, you know full well that The Avatar roams Equestria.

[Rebelhero]

Discord is best Chibi.

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/025/1/2/playing_chimichanga_by_az_pekt-d4nlu5n.png

[Pokonic]

The only ones who fear the polka are the ones who would reject the party and happiness for all ponies.

Also, you know full well that The Avatar roams Equestria.

Bah. The Pink One will never take the world as long as I am still undead.


Ponythreaders! Remember, I am the one trying to keep this world safe and secure from random madness!

[otakuryoga]

Why are you two even having this argument?
My Legions of Fluttermancers shall rule all.

[MCerberus]

Why are you two even having this argument?
My Legions of Fluttermancers shall rule all.

I thought the Fluttermancers were on board for The Party.

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly222zFsXw1r62mb5.gif

[Pokonic]

Fluttermancers, unite with me! If you help me and the cult defeate this threat, a small corner of the world will be yours when we pacify the vile Alicorn fawners!

[Athaniar]

"Seriously, stop it with all these cults. Why can't we just have peace and harmony without any orders devoted to horrific abominations?"

"Is that really how you see me? I am hurt, Mtangulizi."

Yakuti, out.

"A pity. Yakuti had some interesting ideas. Ah well, I guess I will have to carry out my plans without her."

No villains in my posts! I still have at least some control!

Right, sorry about that.

[Pokonic]

"Seriously, stop it with all these cults. Why can't we just have peace and harmony without any orders devoted to horrific abominations?"


Tradition.

[SiuiS]

It's at times like this that things really swim into perspective. Sometimes the only reliable defence is absolute secrecy. The Bleak Despair Sector Fleet is very impressive and their security is some of the best around, but with the sheer amount of attention they attract means that over time these kind of intrusions become inevitable.

Oh, and the coffee filter in the deck 34b rec rooms probably needs changing, just so you know.

Double blind, mate. What you miss is that the commodore exceeds 20 levels in a casting class, and has Epic Spellcasting as a feat (to use the parlance). He also has a fleet - a fleet! - full of casters.

Let's break out the old ELH, yeah?

Let's take Bleakbane at face value and say he has, oh, 21 d12 ht dice. 137 hit points. And thaumatic relays which an conduct and maintain energies between ships. And around 1,000 men per ship. And 200 ships. At minimum, 2 1st level spells a unit...

A single ritual, powered by code words requiring each crewman to supplicants and offer up minor energy into power coils to be stored, focused by Bleakbane (total 400,000) along with energy from the commodore himself (17 or so if instantaneous) modified by speed (-48), altered to a 20' radius spherical ketheric or astral emanation (-2) and lets see, how many 40' spheres in a 230 kilometer starship? Let's say he burns half his potential (200k) to increase the area by 5,000,000%. 200,000,000 foot radius, More than enough to cover the 755,000 foot length of a 230 km ship, and then some (he would probably bleed excess area into other dimensional spaces just to be thorough) leaving him with approximately 200,100 units left to 'mana mould' which has been generally unpleasant for all who experience it.

Unless she is forewarned, not even Lix could block that level of eviction. The highest theoretical output I've ever seen was 120,000 and that was sufficient for me to end a quantum chain of multiverses. There are no passive defenses for something like this. There is paranoia and Time manipulation, certainly, but the point I'm making is that Bleakbane is affable because he can afford to be.

His reputation as a magitek space Lich makes him look goofy, but it's probably intentional. Hiding in plain sight and all that.

thats remarkably distressing, actually. I sincerely hope I over estimated his crew count; the power of that level of cooperative infrastructure is remarkable. I mean sure, 100,000 doesn't sound like much as a bunch of zeroes, but zounds! Putting it into perspective, where every three hundred is a significant magnitude above prior iterations...

Bleakbane's armada sits at 3.334 Really Twinked Out Universal Threats in power. And he's a small time-ish sector fleet?



Oh
Okay
You want instruction from the evil death fleet rather than the friendly shipping not-quite-deity.
NOT LIKE I CARE.
:smallfrown:
(cries)

I'm sorry, Lixie, but your understanding of necromancy is probably just as self-taught as my own. I want to see how a scientific perspective works.

Unless you want to discuss the finer points of emotive color weather? :3



I would have if I had the choice.
I didn't ask for this...


Yeah, responsibility sucks.

-

Off to make ginger bread house with Braz!

[Capt. Ido Nos]

*looks up from repairing various bits and bobs of machinery*

Ahhhh, it does my heart good to see all the cults and epic levels out and about again ^^

*turns back to panel, spills coffee everywhere*

[Tectonic Robot]

"Welp. There are all together too many choices. I'm going to need something special to convince me to join one of your cults."

[Lix Lorn]

Eh, it's not too bad, what with advanced technology and quite a few maintence droids. Almost everyone uses robots of some sort of basic cleaning duties - that doesn't require much effort or brain power. I mean crikey, there are nominally function robot vacuum cleaners on Earth now.



So. My current chibi state is having some unforseen side-effects, probably due to the thaumic interactions; mainly that it's making me a bit woozy and light-skulled, and even meditating is not helping much... Ponythread has actually comprised most of my useful cognition the last couple of days. Aside from managing to do the last DLC for Mass Effect 2 the other day, I've done very little constructive this week. (I've even got a commission for some 15mm VTOLs to do, but haven't been able to work up enough mental prowess to get too.)

However, the time before the next convention is limited, so the Jalyrkieon need to be moved to a readied state. So today I managed to crank out some more details, starting with the names.

As I said, I cribbed all your screen names (well, about forty of you anyway - yes, there are actually pretty much that number of regular and semi-regular posters, and I probably missed some then...) I then broke up the names into 2-4 letter syllables (with some overlap), and then plopped them, with the four from "Jalyrkieon" itself, into an Excel sheet with a random number generator, and set up a system that basically rolled four times and pasted it as two, three and four syllable names.

As I suspected, ponythread provided an interesting psuedo-random distribution of letters (e.g. very few "g"s, but a lot of "x"s). This is of course, further biased by my ultimate selections of what sounded and looked good (it took a lot of random generations to get any decent results, but that's about the way for random name generators!)

So, without further ado, herein follows the technology and societal write-up of the Jalyrkieon, followed by the brief descriptions of existant starship classes (the latter of which I've provided as much for the names themselves).

(Note that this is first pass, so has not been heavily proofed yet, so I apologise in advance for any typos...)

Jalyrkieon military technology is advanced, and being developed primarily in isolation, is mostly unique. A significant portion of which has derived from their telekinesis; a natural progression of studies of how their powers worked and how to expand or replicate it through technology has characterised their development, meaning that it forms a key component in much of their technology.

Their drive systems use a type gravitonic propulsion that works off the underlying fabric of subspace. In concert with an effective-mass-reduction field, the same system allows them FTL transit through normal space. The technology requires a fairly small amount of mass and volume to operate, though the disadvantage is slower transits speeds (at both sublight and FTL speeds) and much higher power requirements. Like most gravity or force-field effect propoulsion systems, the drives function without signficant visible emissions, though the drive unit themselves are very distinctive.

Shield technology is primarily a “solid” forcefield, which works mor on cushioning attacks that deflecting and dispersing them as conventional shields do. These shields are marginally more effective against kinetic attacks that energy, though the is not a great difference between them. Power and size requirements are much the same as conventional shields, and the Jalyrkieon have much the same limitations, meaning as with many races, shields are not practical on most ground vehicles or infantry.

Offensively, the Jalyrkieon have significant firepower. Their primary starship weaponry is a type of phased-plasma contained in electromagnetic shell. While not as coherent – and so not as potent – as, say, plasma-pulse weaponry, the Jalyrkieon’s superior containment technology enables them to fire at substantially greater ranges, exceeding many conventional mid-range beam weapons. Further, the weapon systems are relatively small and highly efficient in terms of power, allowing the Jalyrkieon to mount a considerable number on a starship. The accuracy of individual blasts is not great, as the contaiment field tends to degrade somewhat eratically. However, with a very good rate of fire, and in large batteries, the amount of firepower they put out more than makes up for this shortcoming. Perhaps the biggest disadvantage is, like many blaster weapons, such as those used by the Orc Fearcrushy or the Saiyvalyss Alliance, the lack of localised penetrative power, meaning it is impossible to punch a hole through shields with concentrated fire.

The secondary weapons of the Jalyrkieon fleet are energy torpedoes. These weapons are not “torpedoes” in the conventional sense; they are energy weapons that use a similar technology to the phased-plasma batteries, though in this case the energies are much more unstable, and the containment is via imparted force-field, rather than electromagnetism. Energy torpedoes require a large amount of energy to charge to fire, and the containment fields give them only average range. Within that range, however, the damage they can inflict is impressive. Their rate of fire is, perforce, slow; though they can fire a lesser charge as faster speeds, the power is dispropotionally weaker.

The Jalyrkieon’s longest range weapons come in the form of missiles – which, despite the indosyncratic drives, are fairly conventional explosive or anti-matter warheads – and shrapnel cannons. The latter fire a munition that explodes into a cluster of very highly accelerated, superheated fragments in the proximity of enemy starships. These weapons have very good range and density of fire, in many cases better than conventional blast-warhead torpedoes.

Point-defence weaponry consists of lighter phased-plasma batteries, interspersed with gravition crushers. These function essentially like tractor beams, catching a missile or fighter, and then applying a crushing pressure via increased local gravity. This is highly effective, but the power to range ration is poor, which is why larger versions of the weapon are so far impractical. On some vessels, these are supplimented by smaller versions of the sharpnel cannons for local defence, though this is starting to fall out of favour on starships.

Surprisingly, the Jalyrkieon’s tractor beam technology is not notabably powerful – mostly due to power constraints - though they tend to outfit more specialised cruiser than many starfleets. Teleporter technology is also slightly below average, and uses conventional methodology.

Sensor and communication technology is an area where the Jalyrkieon have something of an edge. Both technologies are solid and reliable, and above the galactic average. Jalyrkieon medical technology is notably impressive, a by-product of their natural enviroment, further bolstered by their own prostigieous abilities.

Current ship design doctrine means the Jalyrkieon tend to rely on smaller number of larger vessels. A fleet will consist of one or two of their very large dreadnoughts – some are enormous – with a flotilla of cruisers, and only a handful of smaller escorts, mostly specialised roels such as missile cutters or escort ships. Mobility is generally average to good – smaller ships are very agile, and though the cruisers are fairly average, the huge dreadnought are very manouverable for their size. Shielding is generally fairly heavy, though active defences are not as extensive, aside from the dreadnoughts and escort vessels.

On the ground, the Jalyrkieons field a varity of vehicles. While they do have a number of grav and hover vehicles, a significant number are still tracked or even wheeled, and almost no walkers. Jalyrkieon vehicles tend towards being lighter and faster, can carrying a powerful punch. This means they tend to be more fragile than a lot of vehicles of a race of their own level of advancement, coming much closer to the galactic average. Their still use a modest number of projectile weapons, though with their advanced phased-plasma technology, this is still a major armament at both vehicle and infantry level.

Their infantry are almost always deployed in full powered armour, which goes at least some way to counter-balance their higher target profile and consequent vulnerability.



The Jalyrkion Hierarchy is itself a long-standing institution, though, as with humans, not the only power to emerge from a single world, though it is by far the biggest, and the one closest to other major powers. The Hierarchy is a highly-strated and complicated society defined by social status and temporal power. It is, in the modern age, possible for anyone to rise to any status, though this was not always the case as late as the Jalyrkieon’s early space-flight history. The Jalyrkeion are very concious about their social status, and rivalries often growover small slights, and Jalyrkieon history is very fractious (argueably even more so than humans).

The Hierarchy grew out of what amounted to an amalgamation of government and super-corperation during the early days of space-flight, and has had the technological and economical edge over the other nations ever since (though there have been times is has been a close-run thing). It is, in theory, a meritocracy, overseen by a council, but is more like a oligarchy in practise.

The fluid nature of the Hierarchy’s power structure also makes it hard to predict what the Jalyrkeions will do at any given moment, especially since military commanders are themselves part of the sociatal structure, and thus have considerable independant agency. It also tends to encourage upwardly mobile individuals to enter the chain of command, seeking to earn greater status – military success is considered very highly in Jalyekieon circles. (This is an extension of the Jalyrkieon’s environment, where similar skills proved one a desireable mate, so has some sexual connections as well.) This has also had the unfortunate tendancy to provide the Jalyrkieons with poor commanders, especially at higher levels – the last war against the Vivrathk was lost largely to a series of extremely poor command decisions – so many, in the end, the Vivrathk were actually able to predict them.

The quality of Jalyrkieon soldiers is thus somewhat varible. Though there is a core of professional career soldiers happy with their lot in life, there is also a large number, even the lowest ranks, who see it as step up to better things. (Even ex-soldiers are afforded higher status.)

Despite being a space-faring race for a few hundred years, the Jalyrkieon have spent most of that time fighting amongst themselves, especially when left to their own devices. Their diplomatic record with other races is very poor, with fundementally irreconcilable differences between them and the Vivrathk, their nearest neighbours. This has mostly kept them off the galactic stage, save for a few notable campaigns over the course of their history.

However, following the disaster of the last war, the disasterous defeat, on top of general corruption and incompetance, trigged a major purge of the upper classes, and the council in particular. This new blood in the Hierarchy is the strongest it has been for nearly two hundred years (since the last purge as large as the one following the war), so, before the internal squabbling settles back in, it is very likely they will become much more active outside their own space.

Venlix Class Torpedo Cruiser

The Venlix was one of the first of the new generation of starships, to replace the heavy losses inflicted by the Vivrathk. The first entered service five years after the end of the war, and have proven to be a solid and reliable design. The Venlix forms the backbone of the fleet, and are found in most formations. Their major firepower comes from the massed phased-plasma batteries, supplemented by two forward-firing energy torpedo tubes.

Venlixes are often deployed in small group, though a formation consisting one one Venlix, a Sithan Marraz Shrapnel Cruiser, two Kytiat frigates, four Phoze MPCs plus either an Idattri or Grivenon escort ship is also common.

Phoze Class Missile Patrol Cutter

The Phoze Missile Patrol Cutters are the smallest combat starships in current use. As is standard practise, they are specialist vessels, armed only with missile tubes and point-defence weapons. The missile tubes are mounted in typical Jalyrkieon fashion, with vertical launch with ventral and dorsal appartures. Usually, most often seen in groups of four to eight, they are typically accompanied by Idattri destroyers, or as part of a typical Venlix attack formation.

Phoze MPCs are sometimes used in the point-defence role when equipped with appropriate warheads, though this is typically something of a stopgap measure.

Kytiat Class Torpedo Frigate

The Kytiat Frigates are unusual for the Jalyrkieon ship doctrine – smaller vessels whose primary job is warships, rather than specialist operations. They are often used to supplement Venlix groups, or as fast-attack elements, as their speed is considerable. They have powerful long-range phased-plasma batteries, though they are vulnerable to attack from the rear, where the drive unit precludes weapon emplacements. They have two mid-sized energy torpedo tubes, one either side of the hull, though these are much shorter ranged than those of the Venlix.

Idattri Class Light Defence Destroyer

The Idattri Light Defence Destroyer is utlised as a cheap but effective point-defence vessel, and can be seen accompanying almost any type of formation, often supplementing the larger Grivenons. It is armed only with point-defence energy weapons. It carries approximately two hundred long-range anti-fighter and anti-missile warheads of various caliburs, in the typical ventral/dorsal missile tube configuration.

Grivenon Class Defence Cruiser

The Grivenon Defence Cruiser is one of the smaller cruisers in the fleet. Its role is to provide close defence to more valuable ships, as well as providing some anti-ship firepower of it’s own. It lacks any energy torpedoes, but boasts a not inconsiderable amount of phased-plasma firepower. Grivenons are typically deployed in the interior or the formations, close to their escorted vessels, while the smaller Idattris with their missiles occupy the edges.

Sithan Marraz Class Shrapnel Cruiser

The Sithan Marraz Shrapnel Cruiser’s primary job is area suppression. With no less than six shrapnel cannons, to both forward and rear, they can devastate a formation of enemy vessels. The Sithan Marraz was specifically built to counter the Vivrathk, whose reliance on close-range blasterbeam point-defence places them right within the sharpnel cannon’s optimal ranges. In addition, the Sithan Marraz boasts almost as much phased-plasma firepower as the similarly-sized Venlix, plus some additional area-defence anti-fighter weaponry, rendering it quite capable of operating in small groups with minimal escort.

Shadruech Class Sensor Cruiser

One of the specialist cruisers of the fleet, the Shadruech is immediately distinctive due to the enormous sensor dishes on the port and starboard arrays. The vessel mounts the pinacle of Jalyrkieon sensor technolgy; the largest and most powerful sensor array they have ever built. The two dishes, while typically pointed out to port and starboard, can in fact be extended on telescopic poles, and then can be rotated to face any direction, to further enhance their power and resolution.

The Shadruech also is equipped with an extensive ECM array, which in concert with the sensor and communicator emitters, mkaes it a jamming vessel par excellance.

Unlike smaller vessels in the same role, which tend to be escort ships or light cruisers, the Shadruech is large enough to mount a full array of weapons. Indeed, aside from the lack of energy torpedo tubes, the Shadruech is as heavily armed as the Venlix, and better protected to boot.

Essperila Class Dreadnought
The Essperila Dreadnought is a huge vessel a mile long, and is considerably bigger than most superdreadnoughts, and even some fleet carriers. While not quite reaching the mammoth size of the Orc WarDreadnoughts, it makes up for the difference is speed, mobility and firepower. The Essperila is phenonimally fast for it’s size, having the same acceleration and agilty as the Jalyrkieon’s cruisers. Very heavily shielded, it boasts an enormous wealth of weapons: extensive phased-plasma batteries, four shrapnel cannons to the fore and rear, missile tubes and two heavy energy torpedo tubes, as well as dozens of point-defence weapons. It further has it’s own local ECM protection.

The Essperila is the most common of the Jalyrkieon heavy vessels, and it is not uncommon to see more than one in a fleet group, or even operating independantly - the amount of weaponry, protection and speed mean the need for escorts is much reduced.


So you can now sleep at night, knowing you have unwittingly contributed to my starshipsanity. Or not, as the case may be...
Win. So much win. I must stalk you so I can play this with you.


"...Do humans have magic?"
EVERYONE has magic, honey. You just need to find it.


I'm sorry, Lixie, but your understanding of necromancy is probably just as self-taught as my own. I want to see how a scientific perspective works.
Self taught?! My sensei would roll in her grave, if she was dead! :smallfurious::smalltongue::smallwink::smallfrown:


Unless you want to discuss the finer points of emotive color weather? :3
Sure, but Random's the one who came up with it.


Yeah, responsibility sucks.
Was a reference.

[Pokonic]

"Welp. There are all together too many choices. I'm going to need something special to convince me to join one of your cults."

... What about free ponyfication? And with a little baby dragon rescued from poachers as a lifeling friend?

[Shadowy]

"Welp. There are all together too many choices. I'm going to need something special to convince me to join one of your cults."

Flamethrower for the Fluttermancers? I can offer you either the use of one, or the use of one on you. Your pick.

[Tiki Snakes]

Double blind, mate. What you miss is that the commodore exceeds 20 levels in a casting class, and has Epic Spellcasting as a feat (to use the parlance). He also has a fleet - a fleet! - full of casters.

Let's break out the old ELH, yeah?

Let's take Bleakbane at face value and say he has, oh, 21 d12 ht dice. 137 hit points. And thaumatic relays which an conduct and maintain energies between ships. And around 1,000 men per ship. And 200 ships. At minimum, 2 1st level spells a unit...

A single ritual, powered by code words requiring each crewman to supplicants and offer up minor energy into power coils to be stored, focused by Bleakbane (total 400,000) along with energy from the commodore himself (17 or so if instantaneous) modified by speed (-48), altered to a 20' radius spherical ketheric or astral emanation (-2) and lets see, how many 40' spheres in a 230 kilometer starship? Let's say he burns half his potential (200k) to increase the area by 5,000,000%. 200,000,000 foot radius, More than enough to cover the 755,000 foot length of a 230 km ship, and then some (he would probably bleed excess area into other dimensional spaces just to be thorough) leaving him with approximately 200,100 units left to 'mana mould' which has been generally unpleasant for all who experience it.

Unless she is forewarned, not even Lix could block that level of eviction. The highest theoretical output I've ever seen was 120,000 and that was sufficient for me to end a quantum chain of multiverses. There are no passive defenses for something like this. There is paranoia and Time manipulation, certainly, but the point I'm making is that Bleakbane is affable because he can afford to be.

His reputation as a magitek space Lich makes him look goofy, but it's probably intentional. Hiding in plain sight and all that.

thats remarkably distressing, actually. I sincerely hope I over estimated his crew count; the power of that level of cooperative infrastructure is remarkable. I mean sure, 100,000 doesn't sound like much as a bunch of zeroes, but zounds! Putting it into perspective, where every three hundred is a significant magnitude above prior iterations...

Bleakbane's armada sits at 3.334 Really Twinked Out Universal Threats in power. And he's a small time-ish sector fleet?


Yeah, there's no denying that he's got some serious clout and those are some pretty long numbers. Thing is, he still has a ventilation system full of burning gophers and weaponized-hug-ponies. :smallwink:

Perhaps he secretly prefers it that way?

[Kyouhen]

"Seriously, stop it with all these cults. Why can't we just have peace and harmony without any orders devoted to horrific abominations?"



http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/01399fc4e7ed184c73d5725ac02883b0/112109%20-%20animated%20macro%20pinkie_pie%20sad%20WHY_WOULD _YOU_POST_THAT.gif



Yeah, there's no denying that he's got some serious clout and those are some pretty long numbers. Thing is, he still has a ventilation system full of burning gophers and weaponized-hug-ponies. :smallwink:

Perhaps he secretly prefers it that way?

Your avatar. It is awesome. That is all.


Dear Anyone Who Gets This And Has A Pulse,

So I seem to be stuck in the ventilation shafts now. And there's magma everywhere now. I've managed to hole up in a small section of the shaft that's before a drop that the magma hasn't gotten up to, and should be safe. Lyra and Bon-Bon are here too, so that's at least two ponies safe. Not sure where everyone else is. Or that pikachu. Thought I saw a gopher swimming in the magma below earlier, so I guess they're pretty happy.

Umm, could someone maybe open an air vent or something and drain all this magma? Lyra and Bon-Bon are making things a little awkward in here.

[Pokonic]

Dear Anyone Who Gets This And Has A Pulse,

So I seem to be stuck in the ventilation shafts now. And there's magma everywhere now. I've managed to hole up in a small section of the shaft that's before a drop that the magma hasn't gotten up to, and should be safe. Lyra and Bon-Bon are here too, so that's at least two ponies safe. Not sure where everyone else is. Or that pikachu. Thought I saw a gopher swimming in the magma below earlier, so I guess they're pretty happy.

Umm, could someone maybe open an air vent or something and drain all this magma? Lyra and Bon-Bon are making things a little awkward in here.


...Darn. I would help you, but apperently you have no love for ghoulkind. Enjoy your flesh bubbling, live-meat.

[Anarion]

Self taught?! My sensei would roll in her grave, if she was dead! :smallfurious::smalltongue::smallwink::smallfrown:


Begging your pardon, but I think you mean, "My sensei would roll in her grave, if she were dead!" Subjunctive and all.

Shush, Lixie still hasn't taught me any magic.




http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/01399fc4e7ed184c73d5725ac02883b0/112109%20-%20animated%20macro%20pinkie_pie%20sad%20WHY_WOULD _YOU_POST_THAT.gif




Your avatar. It is awesome. That is all.


Dear Anyone Who Gets This And Has A Pulse,

So I seem to be stuck in the ventilation shafts now. And there's magma everywhere now. I've managed to hole up in a small section of the shaft that's before a drop that the magma hasn't gotten up to, and should be safe. Lyra and Bon-Bon are here too, so that's at least two ponies safe. Not sure where everyone else is. Or that pikachu. Thought I saw a gopher swimming in the magma below earlier, so I guess they're pretty happy.

Umm, could someone maybe open an air vent or something and drain all this magma? Lyra and Bon-Bon are making things a little awkward in here.


Hm, I think I know what spells I'd like to learn now. How about some kind of protective barrier and a two-way mass teleport?

[Istari]

Don't feel bad Lix, I'd like to learn from you, necromantic magic is really icky and I bet you know some cool stuff :smallwink:

[Pokonic]

Don't feel bad Lix, I'd like to learn from you, necromantic magic is really icky and I bet you know some cool stuff :smallwink:

Pssh. Necromancy makes the world go 'round! Otherwise, I would be dead! Also, no liches. And we would not want that, would we?

[Tectonic Robot]

EVERYONE has magic, honey. You just need to find it.
"Oh. I could probably use some, uh, help with that."

... What about free ponyfication? And with a little baby dragon rescued from poachers as a lifeling friend?
"I've been a pony my entire life! I'm just trying out being a human. It's an interesting change of pace. But a little baby dragon buddy sounds cool!"

Flamethrower for the Fluttermancers? I can offer you either the use of one, or the use of one on you. Your pick.
"...Yeah, I don't think I'm going with you guys."



http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/01399fc4e7ed184c73d5725ac02883b0/112109%20-%20animated%20macro%20pinkie_pie%20sad%20WHY_WOULD _YOU_POST_THAT.gif




Your avatar. It is awesome. That is all.


Dear Anyone Who Gets This And Has A Pulse,

So I seem to be stuck in the ventilation shafts now. And there's magma everywhere now. I've managed to hole up in a small section of the shaft that's before a drop that the magma hasn't gotten up to, and should be safe. Lyra and Bon-Bon are here too, so that's at least two ponies safe. Not sure where everyone else is. Or that pikachu. Thought I saw a gopher swimming in the magma below earlier, so I guess they're pretty happy.

Umm, could someone maybe open an air vent or something and drain all this magma? Lyra and Bon-Bon are making things a little awkward in here.

*Opens an air vent*
"There you go, buddy!
...Candles, you realize you are currently on the insane space lich's ship?
"Oh. Oh dear. Oh dear! How did I get here! Oh gosh, is he going to murder me? Oh gosh oh gosh oh gosh oh gosh..."

[Tiki Snakes]

Your avatar. It is awesome. That is all.


Dear Anyone Who Gets This And Has A Pulse,

So I seem to be stuck in the ventilation shafts now. And there's magma everywhere now. I've managed to hole up in a small section of the shaft that's before a drop that the magma hasn't gotten up to, and should be safe. Lyra and Bon-Bon are here too, so that's at least two ponies safe. Not sure where everyone else is. Or that pikachu. Thought I saw a gopher swimming in the magma below earlier, so I guess they're pretty happy.

Umm, could someone maybe open an air vent or something and drain all this magma? Lyra and Bon-Bon are making things a little awkward in here.


Thanks. The amount of time I've spent tinkering with it lately, I'd hope it was. Been a very long time since I did anything of the sort, really.

As for your predicament;
Well, The Army of the Red Spear seem a practical lot. I can't imagine there would be a genuine dead-end in the vent system. Perhaps there is an access panel there somewhere you can pry loose?
[Edit] - Pinkied.
[Further Edit] - Fire coming out of the Pony's Head. (http://youtu.be/gxDt9qa-4BY)

[Rebelhero]

It appears we have a cult for every occasion.
Every occasion but the one i stand for.

Adventure?

ADVENTUREEE!!!

Oh dear...

So i propose the Cult of Adventure to the body of pony thread. Open to members of other cults as well!

Especially that Bondage Guild ;P

SHUSH!
*ahem* But yes.. open to ALL.

[Kyouhen]

"Oh. I could probably use some, uh, help with that."

"I've been a pony my entire life! I'm just trying out being a human. It's an interesting change of pace. But a little baby dragon buddy sounds cool!"

"...Yeah, I don't think I'm going with you guys."

*Opens an air vent*
"There you go, buddy!
...Candles, you realize you are currently on the insane space lich's ship?
"Oh. Oh dear. Oh dear! How did I get here! Oh gosh, is he going to murder me? Oh gosh oh gosh oh gosh oh gosh..."

CLOSE THE DOOR!
*Slams the vent closed*
It's safe in here. Aside from the magma. And the pikachu. And the awkwardness of being stuck with two ponies who would rather be trapped in a hot room alone. I just wanted the magma drained, not to get out. :smalltongue:

Also, moderately annoyed now. Just finished off my submission for the latest ATG only to find that I did not, in fact, finish with time to spare. Completely forgot that they had changed time zones. Oh well, I can still stick it in the ATG DA group. And my draw thread.

[Rebelhero]

Ladies and gentlecolts. May i introduce to you, BLEAKBANE AND HOPEREAVER!

Linked for inappropriate usage of a certain finger (http://curtsibling.deviantart.com/art/Liches-Gonna-Hate-281549708)

[Tiki Snakes]

Ladies and gentlecolts. May i introduce to you, BLEAKBANE AND HOPEREAVER!

Linked for inappropriate usage of a certain finger (http://curtsibling.deviantart.com/art/Liches-Gonna-Hate-281549708)

Haters gonna hate.
And so is the artist, apparently. He has a 'Death To Ponies" folder in his gallery and a whole bunch of insecurity.

Nice Lich King, though.

[Soras Teva Gee]

*Scans the thread* And they say we keep RP to the IRC these days.

Well I'm going to talk about ponies 'yo!

First off everypony needs to get voting for their favorite episodes for the We <3 Ponies Marathon on February 11. You get 10 votes to pick 10 episodes each day. For extra lulz the list has Return of Harmony pt1 but not pt 2 and Mare Do Well, because apparently the Hub missed the memo that their nomination poll got rigged by 4chan. Anyways I certainly <3 ponies. (http://www.hubworld.com/hubworld/specials/mlp-we-heart-ponies/)

In other news why does a castle need a swing? (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1Rl61FUrvAg/TyCdF2_WLSI/AAAAAAAAch4/lIXJIgUmR9o/s1600/previewa8f81f229a16dd3aba83238a45b4f80679b0d0cc.jp g)

And finally drawfriend hero edition:
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/025/d/e/pony_rangers___the_spirits_are_right_here_by_seanm irrsen-d4njubm.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gK7Xvt04y6o/TyCOejnHVhI/AAAAAAAAcgg/5aTrw81HYP8/s1600/118380+-+artist+IKittyTaill+crossover+legend_of_zelda+Lyra .png
http://www.deviantart.com/download/277697935/who_the_hell_do_you_think_i_am_by_thedarklordkeish a-d4lc13j.jpg

The last one I totally agree with, she's already pulled the signature trick

and now military edition:
http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/024/d/a/raiden_derpy_by_colorsymphony-d4nj0yg.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Y4PiJBoTnsk/TyCOaSaMMkI/AAAAAAAAcfo/sDTlsI5foDk/s1600/shadowbolt_training_by_lunarapologist-d4ni2go.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xHd8BftBXDg/TyCOWHt0nZI/AAAAAAAAceg/ketguaW2MVM/s1600/118283+-+artist+lunarapologist+Colgate+Lyra+Trixie+twiligh t_sparkle+unicorn_corps.jpg

For some reason I can't get the comment "Double Butter" out of my head with that last one but I figure nopony would know why.

And finally goddess edition:
http://www.deviantart.com/download/278213455/stained_glass__lauren_faust_alicorn_by_akili_ameth yst-d4ln2vj.png

[Anarion]

*Scans the thread* And they say we keep RP to the IRC these days.

Well I'm going to talk about ponies 'yo!

First off everypony needs to get voting for their favorite episodes for the We <3 Ponies Marathon on February 11. You get 10 votes to pick 10 episodes each day. For extra lulz the list has Return of Harmony pt1 but not pt 2 and Mare Do Well, because apparently the Hub missed the memo that their nomination poll got rigged by 4chan. Anyways I certainly <3 ponies. (http://www.hubworld.com/hubworld/specials/mlp-we-heart-ponies/)

In other news why does a castle need a swing? (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1Rl61FUrvAg/TyCdF2_WLSI/AAAAAAAAch4/lIXJIgUmR9o/s1600/previewa8f81f229a16dd3aba83238a45b4f80679b0d0cc.jp g)

And finally drawfriend hero edition:
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/025/d/e/pony_rangers___the_spirits_are_right_here_by_seanm irrsen-d4njubm.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gK7Xvt04y6o/TyCOejnHVhI/AAAAAAAAcgg/5aTrw81HYP8/s1600/118380+-+artist+IKittyTaill+crossover+legend_of_zelda+Lyra .png
http://www.deviantart.com/download/277697935/who_the_hell_do_you_think_i_am_by_thedarklordkeish a-d4lc13j.jpg

The last one I totally agree with, she's already pulled the signature trick

and now military edition:
http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/024/d/a/raiden_derpy_by_colorsymphony-d4nj0yg.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Y4PiJBoTnsk/TyCOaSaMMkI/AAAAAAAAcfo/sDTlsI5foDk/s1600/shadowbolt_training_by_lunarapologist-d4ni2go.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xHd8BftBXDg/TyCOWHt0nZI/AAAAAAAAceg/ketguaW2MVM/s1600/118283+-+artist+lunarapologist+Colgate+Lyra+Trixie+twiligh t_sparkle+unicorn_corps.jpg

For some reason I can't get the comment "Double Butter" out of my head with that last one but I figure nopony would know why.

And finally goddess edition:
http://www.deviantart.com/download/278213455/stained_glass__lauren_faust_alicorn_by_akili_ameth yst-d4ln2vj.png

You know, I honestly wonder how Lauren Faust feels when she sees images like that last one. It's completely epic, beautifully drawn, and basically deifies her (or her avatar at any rate).



In other news, ED posted a pony birthday scenarios game. It's fairly simple (as an RPG player, I probably would have made it in a way that involved rolling on 1 or more tables), but it's still a fun bit of random story inspiration.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZHIsGM_AQ_8/TyDJiIJrVoI/AAAAAAAAciM/KgKqVqrkQ-g/s1600/151.jpg
I'm forever tied to Dr. Hooves apparently. Not sure how I feel about that, as he's one of my least favorite background ponies, but I get zany time travel is a thing that could happen.

[legomaster00156]

According to the Birthday Scenario Game, I started a business with Berry Punch, my little sister is forever tied to Diamond Tiara, and my little brother has Bon Bon as his crime fighting sidekick.
I sorta wish I was born on Christmas, so that I could destroy the world with Pinkie Pie. :smallbiggrin: (Oddly enough, my older sister and older brother both destroyed the world. My sister destroyed it with Princess Celestia, while my brother destroyed it with Nightmare Moon.)

[Thanqol]

In other news, ED posted a pony birthday scenarios game. It's fairly simple (as an RPG player, I probably would have made it in a way that involved rolling on 1 or more tables), but it's still a fun bit of random story inspiration.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZHIsGM_AQ_8/TyDJiIJrVoI/AAAAAAAAciM/KgKqVqrkQ-g/s1600/151.jpg
I'm forever tied to Dr. Hooves apparently. Not sure how I feel about that, as he's one of my least favorite background ponies, but I get zany time travel is a thing that could happen.

> Forever tied to Diamond Tiara

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/9835/watal.png

[Admiral Squish]

Destroyed equestria with mayor mare? How's THAT work?

[Colonel Fedora]

I'm married to Big Mac it seems. Huh.

[Capt. Ido Nos]

Spike became my crimefighting sidekick?

This... this is actually an accurate statement http://i.imgur.com/2lTPE.png

[Forum Explorer]

Apparently I'm married to Mare Mayor. Darn :smallannoyed:

[TheAmishPirate]

*checks birthday of July 11*

...

I'm...going to go bleach my brain now. And my eyes. And my soul.

[Tiki Snakes]

*checks birthday of July 11*

...

I'm...going to go bleach my brain now. And my eyes. And my soul.

July 11th, huh? (http://youtu.be/2K_FDYE2mSg)

Apparently, I was Banished to Magical Kindergarten. With Scootaloo.
:smallconfused:

[PrinceAquilaDei]

I apparently switched bodies with DJ-PON3. That doesn't sound like an altogether disagreable way to spend one's time.

Meanwhile, my brother started a business with lyra. I wonder what they'd do.

[otakuryoga]

apparently I stole the Elements with Diamond Tiara


"Welp. There are all together too many choices. I'm going to need something special to convince me to join one of your cults."

can do...my Lady Fluttershy can even make Shoo Be Doo Shoop Shoop Be Doo look good
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/de59a1927df0e8bac31781aaf3a1a31b/118641%20-%20artist%3Abr0ny%20fluttershy%20sea_pony%20wallpa per.jpg


I thought the Fluttermancers were on board for The Party.

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly222zFsXw1r62mb5.gif

While it is true that The Pink One and I have worked closely and are even friendly toward each other...as has been said in other contexts "There Can Only Be One" and i would much prefer everyone just stay at home and quietly read a good book rather than Party Eternal.

So at some point we will have to have a reckoning between us to decide who rules over all...I have proposed a Shhhh match, well She has proposed Party Cannon Marksmanship to decide...obviously we still have some details to work out.

[Neoseanster]

I went to the moon with Twilight Sparkle.

My brother creates battle clones of Soarin... I always knew he was going to be an evil genius.

Mom's going to fight crime with Derpy.

I'm okay with all of this.

[PhantomFox]

I'm banished to Magic Kindergarten with GILDA!

DO NOT WANT!

[MCerberus]

I did an internet!
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s168/murderouseagle/ponymote/Ponyspray/rainbow_dosh.jpg

As a request to do a Killing Floor pony for a friend.

[Digestive Man]

Scootaloo became my crime fighting partner.


Could be worse I guess.

[MCerberus]

Also, I destroyed Equestria with Fluttershy. See, the Fluttermancer/Pink Cult alliance will succeed.

[Mando Knight]

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/025/d/e/pony_rangers___the_spirits_are_right_here_by_seanm irrsen-d4njubm.jpg

There is only one other change to the franchise that can go so far to make it better. And thing is a man. Masaaki Endoh (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXN5CQ_ZED0).

[Zevox]

I apparently created battle clones of Lyra. This scares me.

My brother destroyed Equestria with Diamond Tiara. Huh, almost seems appropriate, but he'd need a less annoying partner I think.

My sister started a business with Lyra. Yeah, I don't see that going well.

It's somewhat amusing to look at some of these correspond to holiday dates. Christmas? Destroyed Equestria with Pinkie Pie (which would be the most enjoyable apocalypse ever!). Valentines Day? Switched bodies with Granny Smith (uh...). Fourth of July? ...I'll let you look that one up :smalleek: .

Zevox

[the_druid_droid]

Poor blogprincess:
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee385/the_druid_droid/Rescue.png

[Rebelhero]

where is this birthday seneriao game everyone is talking about?

[Sean Mirrsen]

I had apparently created battle clones of Princess Luna. Which is a ridiculous thing that I never would have done. *slaps forehead, makes note to add Luna clones to combined Mane 6 and Celestia battle clone army* Seriously, how forgetful can one be?



Dear Anyone Who Gets This And Has A Pulse,

So I seem to be stuck in the ventilation shafts now. And there's magma everywhere now. I've managed to hole up in a small section of the shaft that's before a drop that the magma hasn't gotten up to, and should be safe. Lyra and Bon-Bon are here too, so that's at least two ponies safe. Not sure where everyone else is. Or that pikachu. Thought I saw a gopher swimming in the magma below earlier, so I guess they're pretty happy.

Umm, could someone maybe open an air vent or something and drain all this magma? Lyra and Bon-Bon are making things a little awkward in here.


CLOSE THE DOOR!
*Slams the vent closed*
It's safe in here. Aside from the magma. And the pikachu. And the awkwardness of being stuck with two ponies who would rather be trapped in a hot room alone. I just wanted the magma drained, not to get out. :smalltongue:

Also, moderately annoyed now. Just finished off my submission for the latest ATG only to find that I did not, in fact, finish with time to spare. Completely forgot that they had changed time zones. Oh well, I can still stick it in the ATG DA group. And my draw thread.Wait, what? It was supposed to be just a small affected area, to attract the critters!

*looks at universe timeline*

It's been how long? Don't tell me I left the fabrication engine running all this... yep, I did. *facepalm, sigh* I pick the wrongest times to take power naps lately.

Okay, don't worry, I got this. I got this....

Alright, anyone in or near the magma, look away. Locking coordinates, holy superstrings that's a lot of magma, powering up transfer. And, it's in transit. Everyone should be safe. Hold on, where is...*glances back*...ah, craDATA STREAM INTERRUPTED: HARDWARE FAILURE AT POINT OF ORIGIN

[Neoseanster]

where is this birthday seneriao game everyone is talking about?

See below!


In other news, ED posted a pony birthday scenarios game. It's fairly simple (as an RPG player, I probably would have made it in a way that involved rolling on 1 or more tables), but it's still a fun bit of random story inspiration.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZHIsGM_AQ_8/TyDJiIJrVoI/AAAAAAAAciM/KgKqVqrkQ-g/s1600/151.jpg
I'm forever tied to Dr. Hooves apparently. Not sure how I feel about that, as he's one of my least favorite background ponies, but I get zany time travel is a thing that could happen.

Putting the actual image in a spoiler, too.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZHIsGM_AQ_8/TyDJiIJrVoI/AAAAAAAAciM/KgKqVqrkQ-g/s1600/151.jpg


And, Thanqol! I am so many times glad to see Closure. It took me a minute or two to get the reference, but then I remembered you're the one who drew it. I'm going to sleep smiling tonight.

[SlyGuyMcFly]

Alright, Alice in Wonderland Pony crossover! It's been done before, but mine's better. Because it was drawn by me. Yup.

Couldn't decide whether Pinkie would be better as Cheshire Cat or the Hatter, so I did both. Hope you like ^^:
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i93/DiegoHavoc/Pony%20Stuff/wonderlandpinkie.jpg

I apologise for the quality. I don't have my own scanner right now.

Makes too much sense. Too much. Great work!



Well, my competition beat me to it, but anyways.

http://oi40.tinypic.com/skyp3b.jpg

Happy birthday.

Also


Glorious Victory.

Thanks! Love the picture :smallsmile:





Putting the actual image in a spoiler, too.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZHIsGM_AQ_8/TyDJiIJrVoI/AAAAAAAAciM/KgKqVqrkQ-g/s1600/151.jpg


Forever tied to Nightmare Moon? How does the saying go? Oh yes: I am OK with this. :smallcool:

[Aotrs Commander]

And finally drawfriend hero edition:
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/025/d/e/pony_rangers___the_spirits_are_right_here_by_seanm irrsen-d4njubm.jpg

Ooh, I notice somepony made it to the top of the Drawfriend, SeanMirrsen... I saw that and I thought "I wonder if that is who I think it is...yep." Congratulations!


Ladies and gentlecolts. May i introduce to you, BLEAKBANE AND HOPEREAVER!

Linked for inappropriate usage of a certain finger (http://curtsibling.deviantart.com/art/Liches-Gonna-Hate-281549708)

Hah. That's actually nearly kinda close-ish, for something that's pretty random...


In other news, ED posted a pony birthday scenarios game. It's fairly simple (as an RPG player, I probably would have made it in a way that involved rolling on 1 or more tables), but it's still a fun bit of random story inspiration.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZHIsGM_AQ_8/TyDJiIJrVoI/AAAAAAAAciM/KgKqVqrkQ-g/s1600/151.jpg
I'm forever tied to Dr. Hooves apparently. Not sure how I feel about that, as he's one of my least favorite background ponies, but I get zany time travel is a thing that could happen.

Apparently I stole the elements of Harmony with Nightmare Moon. That's hilariously appropriate.




Double blind, mate. What you miss is that the commodore exceeds 20 levels in a casting class, and has Epic Spellcasting as a feat (to use the parlance). He also has a fleet - a fleet! - full of casters.

Let's break out the old ELH, yeah?

Let's take Bleakbane at face value and say he has, oh, 21 d12 ht dice. 137 hit points. And thaumatic relays which an conduct and maintain energies between ships. And around 1,000 men per ship. And 200 ships. At minimum, 2 1st level spells a unit...

A single ritual, powered by code words requiring each crewman to supplicants and offer up minor energy into power coils to be stored, focused by Bleakbane (total 400,000) along with energy from the commodore himself (17 or so if instantaneous) modified by speed (-48), altered to a 20' radius spherical ketheric or astral emanation (-2) and lets see, how many 40' spheres in a 230 kilometer starship? Let's say he burns half his potential (200k) to increase the area by 5,000,000%. 200,000,000 foot radius, More than enough to cover the 755,000 foot length of a 230 km ship, and then some (he would probably bleed excess area into other dimensional spaces just to be thorough) leaving him with approximately 200,100 units left to 'mana mould' which has been generally unpleasant for all who experience it.

Unless she is forewarned, not even Lix could block that level of eviction. The highest theoretical output I've ever seen was 120,000 and that was sufficient for me to end a quantum chain of multiverses. There are no passive defenses for something like this. There is paranoia and Time manipulation, certainly, but the point I'm making is that Bleakbane is affable because he can afford to be.

His reputation as a magitek space Lich makes him look goofy, but it's probably intentional. Hiding in plain sight and all that.

thats remarkably distressing, actually. I sincerely hope I over estimated his crew count; the power of that level of cooperative infrastructure is remarkable. I mean sure, 100,000 doesn't sound like much as a bunch of zeroes, but zounds! Putting it into perspective, where every three hundred is a significant magnitude above prior iterations...

Bleakbane's armada sits at 3.334 Really Twinked Out Universal Threats in power. And he's a small time-ish sector fleet?

You once again display your wisdom, SiuiS...

Bleak Despair is much smaller than that, though, not even a tenth of that size. We're big, not anything like that big. Which, of course, means a much greater density of power...

Total crew numbers across the fleet are in the right magnitude, I think, maybe slightly less (you, sadly, over estimate how many ships the sector fleet has), though you also under-estimate both myself and the levels of mana of my crew... (Aotrs personell very definately don't count as first level, especially given the method of their recruitment ad training!)

The crux of your point, however, stands...

And, of course, this negates the fact that if we were in real trouble, I'd call High Command, and Lord Death Despoil would pop over, either personally (as he does when required), or with the First Fleet and he makes me look like I'm first level!


Win. So much win. I must stalk you so I can play this with you.

So conflicted... on the one claw, potential recruit, on the other claw, stalking by Lixie...

She's stalking you anyway, chief.

Point.



Dear Anyone Who Gets This And Has A Pulse,

So I seem to be stuck in the ventilation shafts now. And there's magma everywhere now. I've managed to hole up in a small section of the shaft that's before a drop that the magma hasn't gotten up to, and should be safe. Lyra and Bon-Bon are here too, so that's at least two ponies safe. Not sure where everyone else is. Or that pikachu. Thought I saw a gopher swimming in the magma below earlier, so I guess they're pretty happy.

Umm, could someone maybe open an air vent or something and drain all this magma? Lyra and Bon-Bon are making things a little awkward in here.



CLOSE THE DOOR!
*Slams the vent closed*
It's safe in here. Aside from the magma. And the pikachu. And the awkwardness of being stuck with two ponies who would rather be trapped in a hot room alone. I just wanted the magma drained, not to get out. :smalltongue:


Wait, what? It was supposed to be just a small affected area, to attract the critters!

*looks at universe timeline*

It's been how long? Don't tell me I left the fabrication engine running all this... yep, I did. *facepalm, sigh* I pick the wrongest times to take power naps lately.

Okay, don't worry, I got this. I got this....

Alright, anyone in or near the magma, look away. Locking coordinates, holy superstrings that's a lot of magma, powering up transfer. And, it's in transit. Everyone should be safe. Hold on, where is...*glances back*...ah, craDATA STREAM INTERRUPTED: HARDWARE FAILURE AT POINT OF ORIGIN

So, why don't we end this chaos?

Lieutenant, contact engineering and prepare for flooding the ventilation ducts with cold energy. That should neatly solve our magma problems - as well as our gopher problem - one way or another, and then we can extract the ponysickles quite easily. I mean, not that we couldn't just locate them with scanners now, but it'll be so much easier when they're shivering so hard.. they can barely stand up. Not to mention cooling any ardor... Also, it will make Kyouhen so much more uncomfortable before we..."rescue" them all...

Yes, sir... It'll take a couple of hour to prepare.

Jolly good.

Darkspark - initative Remote Return Operation. That'll get him out of the road... You hear that ponies? I have things to do today, but in, what two to four hours or so, we're gonna go ahead. Considering yourselves forewarned...

And, of course, if that doesn't work, we can always turn off the life-support. Hopereaver will just have to stay on the bridge for a bit, she'll manage...

Wouldn't it be easier just to vent the ducts into space...?

All in good time, Hopereaver, all in good time...

[Sean Mirrsen]

So, why don't we end this chaos?

Lieutenant, contact engineering and prepare for flooding the ventilation ducts with cold energy. That should neatly solve our magma problems - as well as our gopher problem - one way or another, and then we can extract the ponysickles quite easily. I mean, not that we couldn't just locate them with scanners now, but it'll be so much easier when they're shivering so hard.. they can barely stand up. Not to mention cooling any ardor... Also, it will make Kyouhen so much more uncomfortable before we..."rescue" them all...

Yes, sir... It'll take a couple of hour to prepare.

Jolly good.

Darkspark - initative Remote Return Operation. That'll get him out of the road... You hear that ponies? I have things to do today, but in, what two to four hours or so, we're gonna go ahead. Considering yourselves forewarned...

And, of course, if that doesn't work, we can always turn off the life-support. Hopereaver will just have to stay on the bridge for a bit, she'll manage...

Wouldn't it be easier just to vent the ducts into space...?

All in good time, Hopereaver, all in good time...CONNECTION REESTABLISHED
I have GOT to start remembering where I put things. For instance, where the receiving transfer machine is in relation to myself and the things I'm working on.

*combs remaining magma out of his hair*

You know, with all the personal protection techniques I have on me nowadays, I completely forget to do simple practical things like fireproofing the hardware I've got here. Although this is my base of operations, it's also technically my home, which I like to be a little comfortable, so I don't usually make everything able to withstand several thousand degrees Celsius. And now most of my basement and some of the auxiliaty hangars are filled with slowly cooling magma and fire gophers. And I've lost the Bleak Despair's coordinates along with most of the stuff down there.

Oh well. It's not like I have anything better to do anyway. Might as well make the basement a permanent magma pool. I'm already looking into acquiring some flaming sharks. :smallamused:

[Draconi Redfir]

Look what i found (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWG0KLSJi8g&feature=g-vrec&context=G2acdd00RVAAAAAAAAAA)

[Jahkaivah]

APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH8eRff9DCs)Heh Applebloom...

[Tectonic Robot]

CLOSE THE DOOR!
*Slams the vent closed*
It's safe in here. Aside from the magma. And the pikachu. And the awkwardness of being stuck with two ponies who would rather be trapped in a hot room alone. I just wanted the magma drained, not to get out. :smalltongue:

Also, moderately annoyed now. Just finished off my submission for the latest ATG only to find that I did not, in fact, finish with time to spare. Completely forgot that they had changed time zones. Oh well, I can still stick it in the ATG DA group. And my draw thread.



So, why don't we end this chaos?

Lieutenant, contact engineering and prepare for flooding the ventilation ducts with cold energy. That should neatly solve our magma problems - as well as our gopher problem - one way or another, and then we can extract the ponysickles quite easily. I mean, not that we couldn't just locate them with scanners now, but it'll be so much easier when they're shivering so hard.. they can barely stand up. Not to mention cooling any ardor... Also, it will make Kyouhen so much more uncomfortable before we..."rescue" them all...

Yes, sir... It'll take a couple of hour to prepare.

Jolly good.

Darkspark - initative Remote Return Operation. That'll get him out of the road... You hear that ponies? I have things to do today, but in, what two to four hours or so, we're gonna go ahead. Considering yourselves forewarned...

And, of course, if that doesn't work, we can always turn off the life-support. Hopereaver will just have to stay on the bridge for a bit, she'll manage...

Wouldn't it be easier just to vent the ducts into space...?

All in good time, Hopereaver, all in good time...

"You know, I'd love to stay here and taunt the insanely powerful fleet-owning ancient nut job who runs this place, but- oh wait! I don't! I have no idea why you think this is a good idea! I'm just gunna leave before he vents the whats-it-called and such. Peace!"

The newly humanized flees out of the vents, blindly down the corridors.

"...Aww, someone is using Royal Blue... better find a new color, or somethin'."

[Athaniar]

In other news, ED posted a pony birthday scenarios game. It's fairly simple (as an RPG player, I probably would have made it in a way that involved rolling on 1 or more tables), but it's still a fun bit of random story inspiration.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZHIsGM_AQ_8/TyDJiIJrVoI/AAAAAAAAciM/KgKqVqrkQ-g/s1600/151.jpg
I'm forever tied to Dr. Hooves apparently. Not sure how I feel about that, as he's one of my least favorite background ponies, but I get zany time travel is a thing that could happen.
Banished to magic kindergarten with Twilight Sparkle. Somehow I knew this would happen. ._.

"Hey, it's not that bad. You get to learn magic, with one of the best!"

Yeah, I guess. I'll become the awesomest wizard!

"Somehow I doubt that."

Oh, Celestia... stay out of my posts! The OC revolution will not take place! Anypony else who feels like saying something?

"Not really."

"Nah."

"The abyss shall rise to devour the world above."

Thank you... wait, what? No, really, I have no idea what that was about! Help!

[Welf]

> Forever tied to Diamond Tiara

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/9835/watal.png

I go to moon with Princess Celestia. That's fine, I like a good plot.


APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM APPLEBLOOM
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH8eRff9DCs)Heh Applebloom...

In the days before internet people needed to buy drugs to see and hear something like that.

[Bayonet Priest]

Putting the actual image in a spoiler, too.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZHIsGM_AQ_8/TyDJiIJrVoI/AAAAAAAAciM/KgKqVqrkQ-g/s1600/151.jpg


I have apparently switched bodies with Bonbon. I have broken up my OTP :smallfrown:

Lyra gets her wish to meet a human granted in a dreadfully ironic way. This is the stuff Twilight Zone episodes are made of.

At least I wasn't born in July though, I feel sorry for you guys.

[Kindablue]

Scootaloo became my crime fighting partner.


Could be worse I guess.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Mlp_fim_brohoof.jpg

[Gamerlord]

Long story short, I was rewatching the first episode yesterday, and something has been bugging me...
http://pinkie.ponychan.net/chan/files/src/132735173780.png
WHAT IS THAT THING?! Some kind of coffee maker?

[Sean Mirrsen]

Long story short, I was rewatching the first episode yesterday, and something has been bugging me...
http://pinkie.ponychan.net/chan/files/src/132735173780.png
WHAT IS THAT THING?! Some kind of coffee maker?
If I were to guess, combination coffeemaker and prototype steam engine. Something like this (http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070618), but much smaller and much less elaborate.

[Dexam]

Long story short, I was rewatching the first episode yesterday, and something has been bugging me...
http://pinkie.ponychan.net/chan/files/src/132735173780.png
WHAT IS THAT THING?! Some kind of coffee maker?

Well, you see... that's easily explained.

Princess Woona, if you don't mind...?

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/020/e/5/science_by_egophiliac-d4n2gxa.png

See? Explains everything. Yes, even that.

[SlyGuyMcFly]

Long story short, I was rewatching the first episode yesterday, and something has been bugging me...
http://pinkie.ponychan.net/chan/files/src/132735173780.png
WHAT IS THAT THING?! Some kind of coffee maker?

Probably. It certainly looks like some sort of expresso machine.

[Aotrs Commander]

"You know, I'd love to stay here and taunt the insanely powerful fleet-owning ancient nut job who runs this place, but- oh wait! I don't! I have no idea why you think this is a good idea! I'm just gunna leave before he vents the whats-it-called and such. Peace!"

The newly humanized flees out of the vents, blindly down the corridors.

Security...Fetch.


"...Aww, someone is using Royal Blue... better find a new color, or somethin'."

I shouldn't worry about it, it's not like anyone is going to get you two confused... It's not like the LT does much (in relation to the thread, anyway; because he's very busy doing actual station-related work.)
Mostly though, I just can't be arsed to fiddle with the audio-to-text feed controls on the station.


CONNECTION REESTABLISHED
I have GOT to start remembering where I put things. For instance, where the receiving transfer machine is in relation to myself and the things I'm working on.

*combs remaining magma out of his hair*

You know, with all the personal protection techniques I have on me nowadays, I completely forget to do simple practical things like fireproofing the hardware I've got here. Although this is my base of operations, it's also technically my home, which I like to be a little comfortable, so I don't usually make everything able to withstand several thousand degrees Celsius. And now most of my basement and some of the auxiliaty hangars are filled with slowly cooling magma and fire gophers. And I've lost the Bleak Despair's coordinates along with most of the stuff down there.

Oh well. It's not like I have anything better to do anyway. Might as well make the basement a permanent magma pool. I'm already looking into acquiring some flaming sharks. :smallamused:

Well, that's one problem out of the way... Darkspark's out and back in his pokeball, so... Engineering?

Almost ready, Commadore. We've set the Gate system to open a portal in front of some of the PD batteries, and the other end into the venting system and the appropriate points. At minimum setting, maximum beam dispersion and on continuous release, we should be able to safely lower vent temperature to 265 K in under an hour. Just give us another twenty-minutes, half-hour or so to verify it all works, and we'll be golden.

Excellent work as usual, Chief. You may proceed as soon as you're ready.

Thank you sir. Engineering out.

Hopereaver, have the security teams ready to ecort the poniclies, once they emerge from the vents, to the cargo bay.

Yes, sir. I'll make sure we have some heating units ... and maybe some hot chocolate down there too.

You're far too soft sometimes.

Who ever said the hot chocolate was for them? I just wanna enjoy the show and it'll be cold down there!

Touché.

[Geno9999]

In other news, ED posted a pony birthday scenarios game. It's fairly simple (as an RPG player, I probably would have made it in a way that involved rolling on 1 or more tables), but it's still a fun bit of random story inspiration.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZHIsGM_AQ_8/TyDJiIJrVoI/AAAAAAAAciM/KgKqVqrkQ-g/s1600/151.jpg


Forever tied to Princess Celestia...
I... I think I'm okay with this.

[Sean Mirrsen]

Security...Fetch.



I shouldn't worry about it, it's not like anyone is going to get you two confused... It's not like the LT does much (in relation to the thread, anyway; because he's very busy doing actual station-related work.)
Mostly though, I just can't be arsed to fiddle with the audio-to-text feed controls on the station.



Well, that's one problem out of the way... Darkspark's out and back in his pokeball, so... Engineering?

Almost ready, Commadore. We've set the Gate system to open a portal in front of some of the PD batteries, and the other end into the venting system and the appropriate points. At minimum setting, maximum beam dispersion and on continuous release, we should be able to safely lower vent temperature to 265 K in under an hour. Just give us another twenty-minutes, half-hour or so to verify it all works, and we'll be golden.

Excellent work as usual, Chief. You may proceed as soon as you're ready.

Thank you sir. Engineering out.

Hopereaver, have the security teams ready to ecort the poniclies, once they emerge from the vents, to the cargo bay.

Yes, sir. I'll make sure we have some heating units ... and maybe some hot chocolate down there too.

You're far too soft sometimes.

Who ever said the hot chocolate was for them? I just wanna enjoy the show and it'll be cold down there!

Touché.Er, you might want to double-check the integrity of those vents, AC. (Can I call you AC? Aotrs Commander is kind of a mouthful.) I've had... well, most of the subsystems in that area hooked up to the control terminal, to monitor the magma and the gophers. The control terminal in my basement. Which, as you may recall, is now full of magma. I'm not sure how long the thing survived for, but I wouldn't count on it shutting down safely.

(Cryptocrystalline processor matrices and high heat don't really mix well. I found that out the hard way when I tried to make a better automated pizza baker a few years back. Outright replication became boring, so I made it replicate all ingredients in succession, assemble them, and then bake the whole thing. First time, it worked fine. Second time, I got a pretty diamond replica of a pizza, which now hangs on a wall here, right next to what remains of the third "pizza", which I had to hunt down and freeze before it consumed all carbon compounds in my base. I stuck with silicon logic for all appliances ever since.)

[Raz_Fox]

Excellent! Now, the doorway is somewhere in Equestria. Remember, no returns, happy searching. :smallamused:

Clearly, I must enslave ponies to find the doorway. It's the perfect plan.


(What someone said before you wrote this sentence:)
===> Raz: Type something that will make Lixie abuse the exact wording of her deal.
===> Lixie: Do so and then be sad.

:smallfrown:
I can totally be trusted. I've only gone mad with power once, and that's only as many times as Midnight... wait, didn't she go mad twice?

Lixie. Lixie, hun. It was a joke. Cheer up, right? You're a pretty little eldritch abomination, and definitely one that can be trusted, even if it's trusted to be a bit of a perv. So chin up!


"And, uh, how much would that run me, exactly?"

Mmmmm. Do you have a house?


In other news, ED posted a pony birthday scenarios game. It's fairly simple (as an RPG player, I probably would have made it in a way that involved rolling on 1 or more tables), but it's still a fun bit of random story inspiration.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZHIsGM_AQ_8/TyDJiIJrVoI/AAAAAAAAciM/KgKqVqrkQ-g/s1600/151.jpg
I'm forever tied to Dr. Hooves apparently. Not sure how I feel about that, as he's one of my least favorite background ponies, but I get zany time travel is a thing that could happen.

Well, what's this? I'm...

http://i.imgur.com/HMICI.png

...married to Scootaloo.

[Kairaven]

What's this? Ponies in trouble? conventional pony problem solving technique doesn't work? ponies either about to freeze or sucked out into space?

looks like it's time to....

Introduce a new line of ponies to the rescue!!!

SHOOP BE DOO!! SHOOP SHOOP BE DOO!
call upon the SPACE PONIES!!


edit: yes yes, I believe any pony crisis that reaches a certain point of danger calls for a new species of ponies to come to the rescue.

[Tiki Snakes]

What's this? Ponies in trouble? conventional pony problem solving technique doesn't work? ponies either about to freeze or sucked out into space?

looks like it's time to....

Introduce a new line of ponies to the rescue!!!

SHOOP BE DOO!! SHOOP SHOOP BE DOO!
call upon the SPACE PONIES!!


edit: yes yes, I believe any pony crisis that reaches a certain point of danger calls for a new species of ponies to come to the rescue.

I'm not sure the Jalyrkieon would be terrible inclined to help the Ponies as much as just, you know, attack the fleet.
Har, well. Who else would the space ponies be?

Really that chart is so bad It can only be intentional.

[Forum Explorer]

Hey Aotrs? You might want to recheck your calculations. Cause 265 kelvin isn't that cold. At least not for a pony. Or humans for that matter but ponies have all that fur so its not like they'll get cold. Plus they'll just start cuddling for warmth.

Unless you meant lower by 265 kelvin instead of to 265 kelvin.

[Aotrs Commander]

Er, you might want to double-check the integrity of those vents, AC. (Can I call you AC? Aotrs Commander is kind of a mouthful.) I've had... well, most of the subsystems in that area hooked up to the control terminal, to monitor the magma and the gophers. The control terminal in my basement. Which, as you may recall, is now full of magma. I'm not sure how long the thing survived for, but I wouldn't count on it shutting down safely.

(Cryptocrystalline processor matrices and high heat don't really mix well. I found that out the hard way when I tried to make a better automated pizza baker a few years back. Outright replication became boring, so I made it replicate all ingredients in succession, assemble them, and then bake the whole thing. First time, it worked fine. Second time, I got a pretty diamond replica of a pizza, which now hangs on a wall here, right next to what remains of the third "pizza", which I had to hunt down and freeze before it consumed all carbon compounds in my base. I stuck with silicon logic for all appliances ever since.)

I'm pretty sure our intergity can handle it, we are a combat space-station when all's said and done...


Hey Aotrs? You might want to recheck your calculations. Cause 265 kelvin isn't that cold. At least not for a pony. Or humans for that matter but ponies have all that fur so its not like they'll get cold. Plus they'll just start cuddling for warmth.

Unless you meant lower by 265 kelvin instead of to 265 kelvin.

Ponies aren't reindeer.

It's about -8ºC. That, I think is more than sufficient to discourage the ponies from staying in the vents, without doing any serious harm. Cold enough that without cold weather gear, it won't do them any good at all in a prolonged period - but not so cold they'll stick to the bare metal, because that would make it tedious to get them out...

If not, well, Hopereaver already suggested plan "B"...


What's this? Ponies in trouble? conventional pony problem solving technique doesn't work? ponies either about to freeze or sucked out into space?

looks like it's time to....

Introduce a new line of ponies to the rescue!!!

SHOOP BE DOO!! SHOOP SHOOP BE DOO!
call upon the SPACE PONIES!!

...

...

Space Ponies.

SPACE PONIES?!?!

Uh-oh...

Right.

Fine.

Okay normally, I wouldn't do this, but you force my hand!

Bleak Despair Sector Fleet, all ships, all stations! Assume defensive formation Delta Zero Five and begin sensor sweeps. If you detect any Space Ponies within sensor range, you are to engage with all weapons to maximum effect and eliminate them! Hit 'em until they're not even space-dust!

My ponyness tolerance has its limitations. Singing Space Ponies? Waaay past them.

[erikun]

In other news, ED posted a pony birthday scenarios game. It's fairly simple (as an RPG player, I probably would have made it in a way that involved rolling on 1 or more tables), but it's still a fun bit of random story inspiration.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZHIsGM_AQ_8/TyDJiIJrVoI/AAAAAAAAciM/KgKqVqrkQ-g/s1600/151.jpg
I'm forever tied to Dr. Hooves apparently. Not sure how I feel about that, as he's one of my least favorite background ponies, but I get zany time travel is a thing that could happen.
Huh, switched bodies with Zecora. This could prove interesting... and awkward. I don't even know where anything is in Everfree!


I'm banished to Magic Kindergarten with GILDA!

DO NOT WANT!
I think you have the same birthday as my younger sister, if I am reading that right.


Fourth of July? ...I'll let you look that one up :smalleek: .
Yeah, July looks... rather disturbing. :smalleek: I'm not quite sure why that one made it onto the list.

[Kyouhen]

So, why don't we end this chaos?

Lieutenant, contact engineering and prepare for flooding the ventilation ducts with cold energy. That should neatly solve our magma problems - as well as our gopher problem - one way or another, and then we can extract the ponysickles quite easily. I mean, not that we couldn't just locate them with scanners now, but it'll be so much easier when they're shivering so hard.. they can barely stand up. Not to mention cooling any ardor... Also, it will make Kyouhen so much more uncomfortable before we..."rescue" them all...

Yes, sir... It'll take a couple of hour to prepare.

Jolly good.

Darkspark - initative Remote Return Operation. That'll get him out of the road... You hear that ponies? I have things to do today, but in, what two to four hours or so, we're gonna go ahead. Considering yourselves forewarned...

And, of course, if that doesn't work, we can always turn off the life-support. Hopereaver will just have to stay on the bridge for a bit, she'll manage...

Wouldn't it be easier just to vent the ducts into space...?

All in good time, Hopereaver, all in good time...

Thanks for the advance warning Bleakbane! Just enough time for us to relocate to this cozy broom closet. Just need to put up a few more posters and lay out the snacks and we're good to go! Pinkie Pie even made cupcakes! No idea where she got the supplies for that though...


Long story short, I was rewatching the first episode yesterday, and something has been bugging me...
http://pinkie.ponychan.net/chan/files/src/132735173780.png
WHAT IS THAT THING?! Some kind of coffee maker?

Huh. Never noticed that before. I'm going to guess it's some sort of furnace heating thingy.

Also apparently Nightmare Moon is my crimefighting sidekick. The ability to make it night whenever we want? There's only one thing to do in this situation.
*Puts on Batman suit*
Actually, that would make Batman that much more terrifying. Imagine robbing a bank in the middle of the day when night suddenly falls. DOOOOMMMM.

[Sean Mirrsen]

I'm pretty sure our intergity can handle it, we are a combat space-station when all's said and done...
That's sort of what I mean. A fairly tightly sealed enclosed space. Where it might be a bad idea to fire an impromptu refrigerator ray without making sure none of the passages you fire it into now suddenly lead into your living quarters.

I believe last time I made that mistake, I ended up turning half of the defenders on my side into statues. It was, if I'm not mistaken, three years ago, when I was helping the Jedi Council and the Clones defend Minas Tirith from the Swarm. It was just a constructed reality, but I've since become a little wary around directed area-effect techniques and convoluted enclosed spaces.

[MCerberus]

I'm pretty sure our intergity can handle it, we are a combat space-station when all's said and done...



Ponies aren't reindeer.

It's about -8ºC. That, I think is more than sufficient to discourage the ponies from staying in the vents, without doing any serious harm. Cold enough that without cold weather gear, it won't do them any good at all in a prolonged period - but not so cold they'll stick to the bare metal, because that would make it tedious to get them out...

Except the Canadian ponies. They'll just wonder what all the fuss is aboot.

[Aotrs Commander]

That's sort of what I mean. A fairly tightly sealed enclosed space. Where it might be a bad idea to fire an impromptu refrigerator ray without making sure none of the passages you fire it into now suddenly lead into your living quarters.

I believe last time I made that mistake, I ended up turning half of the defenders on my side into statues. It was, if I'm not mistaken, three years ago, when I was helping the Jedi Council and the Clones defend Minas Tirith from the Swarm. It was just a constructed reality, but I've since become a little wary around directed area-effect techniques and convoluted enclosed spaces.

Slowly cooling the tempature down to that of a fairly chilly winter's day isn't going to cause us problems. It's not like we would ever fire a coldbeam of even fighter-scale power inside the ship - which is why it took Engineering a while to set it up, to ensure that we wouldn't by accident. That's sorta their job, to make sure we don't do stupid stuff... And I, having read the Evil Overlord's Handbook, like all Aotrs commanders, when they say "we need to run more tests", say "okay, run those tests, and get back to me"...


Except the Canadian ponies. They'll just wonder what all the fuss is aboot.

I could have just gone with Plan "B", you know.

Maybe I will next time. Without the warning...



Hopereaver? Are they all out?

Yep.

Shut it down, then. Engineering? Good job.


Thanks for the advance warning Bleakbane! Just enough time for us to relocate to this cozy broom closet. Just need to put up a few more posters and lay out the snacks and we're good to go! Pinkie Pie even made cupcakes! No idea where she got the supplies for that though...


I can see I'm going to deal with these ponies...

Personally.

*cha-chunk*

[Kairaven]

wow, those space ponies sure can run/float/travel through vacuume of space fast when threatened....

Guess that rescue attempt failure just means another line of ponies needs to be introduced.

let's see?

Broom fairy ponies? no, not catchy enough.
Ice ponies? no, no, they'll just melt and make a mess of water puddles everywhere.
magma ponies? no that would just create the same problems all over again....

*drifts off into theoreticall pony introduction.

edit:
gram cracker cookie ponies!! (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jcgQw4KIgZw/TyEsJNvMWJI/AAAAAAAAcns/hqhCr7c73Uw/s1600/1.jpg) wait, those will just get devoured..... most likely by the ponies themselves.

[Forum Explorer]

Slowly cooling the tempature down to that of a fairly chilly winter's day isn't going to cause us problems. It's not like we would ever fire a coldbeam of even fighter-scale power inside the ship - which is why it took Engineering a while to set it up, to ensure that we wouldn't by accident. That's sorta their job, to make sure we don't do stupid stuff... And I, having read the Evil Overlord's Handbook, like all Aotrs commanders, when they say "we need to run more tests", say "okay, run those tests, and get back to me"...



I could have just gone with Plan "B", you know.

Maybe I will next time. Without the warning...



Hopereaver? Are they all out?

Yep.

Shut it down, then. Engineering? Good job.



I can see I'm going to deal with these ponies...

Personally.

*cha-chunk*

I just had an idea. Pump in some knock-out gas all over the ship. Your crew is undead, except for Hopereaver so you'll all be fine. Then its just a matter of reprogramming the droids to pick up ponies.

[Neoseanster]

"You know, I'd love to stay here and taunt the insanely powerful fleet-owning ancient nut job who runs this place, but- oh wait! I don't! I have no idea why you think this is a good idea! I'm just gunna leave before he vents the whats-it-called and such. Peace!"

The newly humanized flees out of the vents, blindly down the corridors.

"...Aww, someone is using Royal Blue... better find a new color, or somethin'."

"Candles! There you are! What's this I hear about you looking for an evil cult to join, hmm? What did I tell you about joining evil cults? You were doing so well, too-- say, did you do something with your mane? Something looks... different about you... huh.

...

Where are we, anyway? This place looks awfully... metallic..."


Also apparently Nightmare Moon is my crimefighting sidekick. The ability to make it night whenever we want? There's only one thing to do in this situation.
*Puts on Batman suit*
Actually, that would make Batman that much more terrifying. Imagine robbing a bank in the middle of the day when night suddenly falls. DOOOOMMMM.[/color]

WE ARE THE NIGHT!

http://chzbronies.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-brony-you-make-luna-happy.jpg

[Kyouhen]

I can see I'm going to deal with these ponies...

Personally.

*cha-chunk*
GET HIM!


http://ponibooru.413chan.net/_images/e1e56d7f85fc4bf5325791ea14138b68/25200%20-%20applejack%20fluttershy%20hugs%20pinkie_pie%20ra inbow_dash%20rarity%20spike%20twilight_sparkle.png
http://ponibooru.413chan.net/_images/c66342ca789c3f5eaba5f9c8dc3ba95a/25654%20-%20Bonbon%20Colgate%20Lemon_Hearts%20Lightning_Bol t%20Linky%20Lyra%20Seafoam%20Sparkler%20Twinkle%20 derpy_hooves%20dizzy_twister%20hugs%20pony.jpg
http://ponibooru.413chan.net/_images/49789bb88f52cf6d6441a6eddfe378f4/22549%20-%20Carrot_Top%20Cloud_kicker%20Colgate%20Linky%20S parkler%20Twinkle%20caption%20hugs%20pinkie_pie%20 twilight_sparkle%20zombie_apocalypse.png


*Flees back into the vents*

[Beacon of Chaos]

In other news, ED posted a pony birthday scenarios game. It's fairly simple (as an RPG player, I probably would have made it in a way that involved rolling on 1 or more tables), but it's still a fun bit of random story inspiration.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZHIsGM_AQ_8/TyDJiIJrVoI/AAAAAAAAciM/KgKqVqrkQ-g/s1600/151.jpg
I'm forever tied to Dr. Hooves apparently. Not sure how I feel about that, as he's one of my least favorite background ponies, but I get zany time travel is a thing that could happen.
Started a business with Mayor Mare. Exciting.

Would anyone happen to know of any rituals that can change someone's birthday? To say.... 3rd of March?


wow, those space ponies sure can run/float/travel through vacuume of space fast when threatened....

Guess that rescue attempt failure just means another line of ponies needs to be introduced.

let's see?

Broom fairy ponies? no, not catchy enough.
Ice ponies? no, no, they'll just melt and make a mess of water puddles everywhere.
magma ponies? no that would just create the same problems all over again....

*drifts off into theoreticall pony introduction.

edit:
gram cracker cookie ponies!! (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jcgQw4KIgZw/TyEsJNvMWJI/AAAAAAAAcns/hqhCr7c73Uw/s1600/1.jpg) wait, those will just get devoured..... most likely by the ponies themselves.
How about... worm ponies?
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i93/DiegoHavoc/Pony%20Stuff/EarthponyJim-1.jpg
:smallbiggrin:

[TheAmishPirate]

I'm fairly certain there are already space ponies. (http://woonastuck.tumblr.com/)

[Mando Knight]

Hey Aotrs? You might want to recheck your calculations. Cause 265 kelvin isn't that cold. At least not for a pony. Or humans for that matter but ponies have all that fur so its not like they'll get cold. Plus they'll just start cuddling for warmth.

It's about -8ºC.
Which, I think, qualifies as "that cold." For those of you stuck in the inconsistent US Customary/Imperial/Whatever-you-call-it units, multiply by 9/5 and add 32. You'll get approximately 19ºF, give or take.

[Anarion]

Which, I think, qualifies as "that cold." For those of you stuck in the inconsistent US Customary/Imperial/Whatever-you-call-it units, multiply by 9/5 and add 32. You'll get approximately 19ºF, give or take.

It's cold enough that normal human beings would need to find shelter, and staying out in it a long time could cause frostbite or death by exposure in extreme cases.

However, we're talking about ponies here. They've endured one of the worst blizzard's in history, staying warm through naught but the magic of friendship and some group huddling.


Plus, I'm almost done working on that mass teleport spell.

*Bzzt*

Well, kinda partially done. I mean, the key thing is that not all the objects came out on fire that time.

[Tectonic Robot]

"Candles! There you are! What's this I hear about you looking for an evil cult to join, hmm? What did I tell you about joining evil cults? You were doing so well, too-- say, did you do something with your mane? Something looks... different about you... huh.

...

Where are we, anyway? This place looks awfully... metallic..."


"Inkblot? What in the name of... how did you... but... what... look, it will take forever to explain, OK? Let's just get out of here before- do you hear footsteps?"

Security...Fetch.

"I am going to die I am going to die I am going to die."

Mmmmm. Do you have a house?


"Not the time!"

[Pendulous]

I have a few questions, mostly about the first episodes, that have been bothering me.

1. At the beginning, Twilight is reading the story of the Mare in the Moon, which states that the two ponies that controlled night and day were sisters. However, at the end of the second episode, when Celestia calls Luna "sister", Twilight, among others, act shocked. Why? She knew they were siblings.

2. When Nightmare Moon shows, we see a short clip of Applebloom cowering, right next to Sweetie Bell and Scootaloo. Yet in The Call of the Cutie, they act as if they had just met.

3. Twilight lives in the library. Doesn't that mean she would have people coming and going in her house all the time? Granted she lives on the second floor, but there are books there too. Actually, Rarity's "living quarters" are above her business, and Pinkie Pie and the Cakes live in Sugarcube Corner. Is Twilight the librarian?

4. How did Twilight know what the sixth Element was when she sparked it? Is it possible the person who's tuned to it actually decides what it is?

5. There's some continuity issues with Fluttershy. In Dragonshy, we see her incapable of flying despite having wings in dire situations. She couldn't even jump over a crack in the ground not even half the length of her body. However, in episode two when the ground falls out from under them, she instantly saves herself with her wings, and helps save the others. Later on, in The Return of harmony and The Last Roundup, we see her performing pretty incredible physical feats, but in those cases it could easily be character development, or maybe Dash is training her on the side.

[Gamerlord]

I have a few questions, mostly about the first episodes, that have been bothering me.

1. At the beginning, Twilight is reading the story of the Mare in the Moon, which states that the two ponies that controlled night and day were sisters. However, at the end of the second episode, when Celestia calls Luna "sister", Twilight, among others, act shocked. Why? She knew they were siblings.

2. When Nightmare Moon shows, we see a short clip of Applebloom cowering, right next to Sweetie Bell and Scootaloo. Yet in The Call of the Cutie, they act as if they had just met.

3. Twilight lives in the library. Doesn't that mean she would have people coming and going in her house all the time? Granted she lives on the second floor, but there are books there too. Actually, Rarity's "living quarters" are above her business, and Pinkie Pie and the Cakes live in Sugarcube Corner. Is Twilight the librarian?

4. How did Twilight know what the sixth Element was when she sparked it? Is it possible the person who's tuned to it actually decides what it is?

5. There's some continuity issues with Fluttershy. In Dragonshy, we see her incapable of flying despite having wings in dire situations. She couldn't even jump over a crack in the ground not even half the length of her body. However, in episode two when the ground falls out from under them, she instantly saves herself with her wings, and helps save the others. Later on, in The Return of harmony and The Last Roundup, we see her performing pretty incredible physical feats, but in those cases it could easily be character development, or maybe Dash is training her on the side.

Dear Princess Celestia,
Today I learned something amazing! Everypony everywhere has a special magical connection with her friends, maybe even before she's met them. If you're feeling lonely and you're still searching for your true friends, just look up in the sky. Who knows, maybe you and your future best friends are all looking at the same rainbow.
-Cutie Mark Chronicles. From what I understand, it was originally a mistake made by an animator, but combine that with the Aesop of CMC and you get a case of Fridge Brilliance.

[Aotrs Commander]

GET HIM!


http://ponibooru.413chan.net/_images/e1e56d7f85fc4bf5325791ea14138b68/25200%20-%20applejack%20fluttershy%20hugs%20pinkie_pie%20ra inbow_dash%20rarity%20spike%20twilight_sparkle.png
http://ponibooru.413chan.net/_images/c66342ca789c3f5eaba5f9c8dc3ba95a/25654%20-%20Bonbon%20Colgate%20Lemon_Hearts%20Lightning_Bol t%20Linky%20Lyra%20Seafoam%20Sparkler%20Twinkle%20 derpy_hooves%20dizzy_twister%20hugs%20pony.jpg
http://ponibooru.413chan.net/_images/49789bb88f52cf6d6441a6eddfe378f4/22549%20-%20Carrot_Top%20Cloud_kicker%20Colgate%20Linky%20S parkler%20Twinkle%20caption%20hugs%20pinkie_pie%20 twilight_sparkle%20zombie_apocalypse.png


*Flees back into the vents*

*waits until the ponies are almost on top of him and in mid-leap*

Gate XXV.

Y'see, my dear Kyouhen, the nice thing about being an Epic-level Lich is being able to do things, like say, open a Gate between, say, a horde of charging ponies and yourself, so their own momentum carries them right through to the other side, say, twenty feet up in the air in the cargo bay, where their semi-concious, dazed bodies can be neatly wrapped up and Gated off the station.

Or, for example, Gate X, between a fleeing pony and a vent system, bringing them out right back to the room they left, with you between them and the door...

Hello, Kyouhen.

*cha-chunk*

I hope you don't mind, I brought my own party-favour, And by "party favour", I mean "rocket launcher".

You'll notice the warhead. It's one of my modified ones - you can probably tell by the all flails I duct-taped to it. And you know what my modified warheads are like, don't you, Kyouhen? It'll almost certainly comedically backfire. They'll be fire, and explosions, and smoke and a cartoonishly sooty-covered Bleakbane, probably on fire. It'll be hilarious.

There is, of course, just one problem.

You're in the same room as me.

The very small room. With one exit. Which is behind me.

So, Kyouhen, it behooves me - pardon the pun - to ask you:

Do you feel lucky?

*click*

[MCerberus]

I'd like to point out how proud I am that nobody here referred to Kelvin temperatures in degrees.

[Pendulous]

-Cutie Mark Chronicles. From what I understand, it was originally a mistake made by an animator, but combine that with the Aesop of CMC and you get a case of Fridge Brilliance.

Ah, covering their tracks, are they? Sneaky sneaky.

[Aotrs Commander]

I'd like to point out how proud I am that nobody here referred to Kelvin temperatures in degrees.

It was close actually, Bleakbane nearly issued the order in degrees K, before he remembered... Fortunately the boys and girls downstairs are a bit more with it!


"Inkblot? What in the name of... how did you... but... what... look, it will take forever to explain, OK? Let's just get out of here before- do you hear footsteps?"

"I am going to die I am going to die I am going to die."

"Not the time!"


"Candles! There you are! What's this I hear about you looking for an evil cult to join, hmm? What did I tell you about joining evil cults? You were doing so well, too-- say, did you do something with your mane? Something looks... different about you... huh.

...

Where are we, anyway? This place looks awfully... metallic..."

Bridge, we got a couple more down here. Want you want we should do with 'em?

Escort them to the cargo bay, and make sure they don't touch anything - for their own sake as much and anything, please, Star-Sergeant. The Commadore is dealing with the ring leader personally...

Heh. Will do Bridge.

I doubt you'll have any trouble, because you'll behave now won't you my little ponies?

[Lix Lorn]

Begging your pardon, but I think you mean, "My sensei would roll in her grave, if she were dead!" Subjunctive and all.
Ah, I see.
On an unrelated subject, would you mind standing on that large, red X there next to you?


Shush, Lixie still hasn't taught me any magic.

Hm, I think I know what spells I'd like to learn now. How about some kind of protective barrier and a two-way mass teleport?
Doable!


Don't feel bad Lix, I'd like to learn from you, necromantic magic is really icky and I bet you know some cool stuff :smallwink:
Now, necromancy can be fun and friendly too!


So conflicted... on the one claw, potential recruit, on the other claw, stalking by Lixie...

She's stalking you anyway, chief.

Point.
If I ever find myself in the right county, I AM finding you.


Oh well. It's not like I have anything better to do anyway. Might as well make the basement a permanent magma pool. I'm already looking into acquiring some flaming sharks. :smallamused:
Do they have laser beams on their heads?


Lixie. Lixie, hun. It was a joke. Cheer up, right? You're a pretty little eldritch abomination, and definitely one that can be trusted, even if it's trusted to be a bit of a perv. So chin up!
Oh okay. ^^ (huggles) The door is behind me.[/QUOTE]


I just had an idea. Pump in some knock-out gas all over the ship. Your crew is undead, except for Hopereaver so you'll all be fine. Then its just a matter of reprogramming the droids to pick up ponies.
And you know you'd want the opportunity to mess with her while she slept. ;3

[Draconi Redfir]

So i found Lyra's favorite website. (http://mylittlehumanconfessions.tumblr.com/)

May be slightly NSFW.

[Kyouhen]

*waits until the ponies are almost on top of him and in mid-leap*

Gate XXV.

Y'see, my dear Kyouhen, the nice thing about being an Epic-level Lich is being able to do things, like say, open a Gate between, say, a horde of charging ponies and yourself, so their own momentum carries them right through to the other side, say, twenty feet up in the air in the cargo bay, where their semi-concious, dazed bodies can be neatly wrapped up and Gated off the station.

Or, for example, Gate X, between a fleeing pony and a vent system, bringing them out right back to the room they left, with you between them and the door...

Hello, Kyouhen.

*cha-chunk*

I hope you don't mind, I brought my own party-favour, And by "party favour", I mean "rocket launcher".

You'll notice the warhead. It's one of my modified ones - you can probably tell by the all flails I duct-taped to it. And you know what my modified warheads are like, don't you, Kyouhen? It'll almost certainly comedically backfire. They'll be fire, and explosions, and smoke and a cartoonishly sooty-covered Bleakbane, probably on fire. It'll be hilarious.

There is, of course, just one problem.

You're in the same room as me.

The very small room. With one exit. Which is behind me.

So, Kyouhen, it behooves me - pardon the pun - to ask you:

Do you feel lucky?

*click*

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH H!!!!

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[TheAmishPirate]

So i found Lyra's favorite website. (http://mylittlehumanconfessions.tumblr.com/)

May be slightly NSFW.

I picked out a few choice, SFW ones:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lye9gb6nNT1ro9vi2o1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId =AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1327694806&Signature=0Eh%2FCHi3ZsK1cagX41J0TZSgguQ%3D

http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyegwufkSu1ro9vi2o1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId =AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1327694724&Signature=hBkMYjoR6EanYV%2BpdDpuUAvJH0E%3D

http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyeg6fpTad1ro9vi2o1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId =AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1327694729&Signature=ipRz9WU%2FNJ7H8fLGnmiHFHxCtA8%3D

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyeevo9RLV1ql82h0.png

[Rebelhero]

Hmm it seems things are heating up here in the thread... Ponies cant seem to leave the evil Lich alone.

BUT HES SO. AWESOME.

Your a creepy fanboy who he pays no attention too. Pipe down.

*grumbles*

You know.... The Sting could always use more crew. For a Titan class in the making, we are only running the thing with 4 ponies.

What are you getting at?'

That Lich is just hording ponies in his cargo bay. Probally going to do something unpleasant and magical with them.

So....?

So, we go in there, kindly remove the ponies from the Liches hair---errr skull? and add them to our crew.

We just have to be careful to not be confused with singing space ponies...

Do i look like i sing?

Well...good luck guys, you will have no help from me.

[Pokonic]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH H!!!!

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/3ca64c0f3647e423a87ddb39ce5894af/97450%20-%20animated%20portal%20spike%20twilight_sparkle.gi f



" Vi Mental stuff"


There is still time to join the cult, yah know. The clock is ticking, Kyouhen, best make of it while you can. Just say it, and your out.

[vegetalss4]

So i found Lyra's favorite website. (http://mylittlehumanconfessions.tumblr.com/)

May be slightly NSFW.

That is Great!, thank you for the link:smallbiggrin:

[HalfTangible]

Dunno if anyone's posted this yet but i'm going to anyway cuz it's AWESOME.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dchiYx5Hzo&feature=related

I love italian food. And language. and name. 'Italian'... heh.

[otakuryoga]

I have a few questions, mostly about the first episodes, that have been bothering me.

1. At the beginning, Twilight is reading the story of the Mare in the Moon, which states that the two ponies that controlled night and day were sisters. However, at the end of the second episode, when Celestia calls Luna "sister", Twilight, among others, act shocked. Why? She knew they were siblings.

2. When Nightmare Moon shows, we see a short clip of Applebloom cowering, right next to Sweetie Bell and Scootaloo. Yet in The Call of the Cutie, they act as if they had just met.

3. Twilight lives in the library. Doesn't that mean she would have people coming and going in her house all the time? Granted she lives on the second floor, but there are books there too. Actually, Rarity's "living quarters" are above her business, and Pinkie Pie and the Cakes live in Sugarcube Corner. Is Twilight the librarian?

4. How did Twilight know what the sixth Element was when she sparked it? Is it possible the person who's tuned to it actually decides what it is?

5. There's some continuity issues with Fluttershy. In Dragonshy, we see her incapable of flying despite having wings in dire situations. She couldn't even jump over a crack in the ground not even half the length of her body. However, in episode two when the ground falls out from under them, she instantly saves herself with her wings, and helps save the others. Later on, in The Return of harmony and The Last Roundup, we see her performing pretty incredible physical feats, but in those cases it could easily be character development, or maybe Dash is training her on the side.


1) they had so far only dealt with Nightmare..and Luna does not look like Nightmare...so they had no clue who Luna was til she was addressed by Celestia

3) yes

4) shhhh, its magic..they aint gotta 'splain nuffin

5) season 1 episodes are not in chronological order...there are a couple good timeline argument posts around that figure out what order they should have been shown in
--another example is we see the gala dresses in fluttershy's closet before the gala dresses are made(if you watch in normal order)

5a) also Fluttershy can and will reverse psych herself up...give her time to think and she doesnt perform flight nearly as well as an instant need like the ground falling away

[MCerberus]

" Vi Mental stuff"


There is still time to join the cult, yah know. The clock is ticking, Kyouhen, best make of it while you can. Just say it, and your out.

The better cult gives you all the time in the world.
Considering all the endlessness.


"Endlessness" is actually a word. weird.

[Soras Teva Gee]

Which, I think, qualifies as "that cold." For those of you stuck in the inconsistent US Customary/Imperial/Whatever-you-call-it units, multiply by 9/5 and add 32. You'll get approximately 19ºF, give or take.

Actually 17.6 but either way yeah that is not that cold. I remember plenty of winters where half of January wouldn't get above freezing. When your below -17 C then you start talking real cold.

[Pokonic]

The better cult gives you all the time in the world.
Considering all the endlessness.


"Endlessness" is actually a word. weird.

Does your cult have uber-spells? No? Didn't think so. Now, Kyu, about the situaton your in....

[Pendulous]

Has this been linked yet? We got another pony game to wait on, first Fighting is Magic, now Ponykart!

http://ponykart.net/

[MCerberus]

Does your cult have uber-spells? No? Didn't think so. Now, Kyu, about the situaton your in....

You keep talking like that and your license to use our ship-proof bunker tech is going to 'expire', and then Lixie will find you. Also there's the ability to warp time and space, but we mostly use that to startle the unsuspecting and be random.

[Mando Knight]

Actually 17.6 but either way yeah that is not that cold. I remember plenty of winters where half of January wouldn't get above freezing. When your below -17 C then you start talking real cold.

If you're bundled up to the nines, it's not too cold, but when there's no shelter and you're not expecting it? It's cold. Though -17 C is a more probable temperature to set to for freezing things over, since it's a lot closer to what's used in industrial cold storage...

[SlyGuyMcFly]

It's all rather relative, isn't it? I'd consider anything below 0ºC the be freezing cold :smalltongue:

[Pokonic]

You keep talking like that and your license to use our ship-proof bunker tech is going to 'expire', and then Lixie will find you. Also there's the ability to warp time and space, but we mostly use that to startle the unsuspecting and be random.

Again with the random, now? In order for this world to be a stable and secure place for all creatures, beings such as your foul Pinkithoth must be removed from the equation entirly. The lot of you are hardly better than one who willingly becomes a Discordian!

[BlasTech]

In other news, ED posted a pony birthday scenarios game. It's fairly simple (as an RPG player, I probably would have made it in a way that involved rolling on 1 or more tables), but it's still a fun bit of random story inspiration.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZHIsGM_AQ_8/TyDJiIJrVoI/AAAAAAAAciM/KgKqVqrkQ-g/s1600/151.jpg
I'm forever tied to Dr. Hooves apparently. Not sure how I feel about that, as he's one of my least favorite background ponies, but I get zany time travel is a thing that could happen.



Yeah, July looks... rather disturbing. :smalleek: I'm not quite sure why that one made it onto the list.

^ Which is why I haven't posted mine yet :smalleek: .... poor Carrot Top

[Sean Mirrsen]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH H!!!!

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/3ca64c0f3647e423a87ddb39ce5894af/97450%20-%20animated%20portal%20spike%20twilight_sparkle.gi f

Very sorry, Kyouhen, would help if I could, but besides still trying to recover all the gear consumed by magma, I have yet to find the Bleak Despair again, so I'm rather tied up here.

I'm also a little confused, because I found that I'm missing some of my power tools, which I'm fairly sure weren't in the basement, and while security inside my base is nigh nonexistent, the only beings actually capable of getting inside without me noticing are directly upwards from me on the command chain, and I don't think they even need any tools for anything. (Well, neither do I, technically, but I'm old-fashioned like that. Besides, using direct matter conversion for everything from cooking to home renovations gets pretty boring pretty fast.)

While I'm pretty sure I don't have to tell you Kyouhen, taking things from people without telling them is bad. If you meet Pinkie in the near future, tell her I'm revoking her security clearance. I enjoy her popping in for a visit, but from now on she'll trigger an alert and will have to wait in detention like everybody else. Even if she has pastry.

I'm not even sure how the hell she got in this time. The only transfer machine I have here now is the one in the basement, suspended over magma, and deactivated. One of these days I'm going to just invite her and run some kind of full-reality monitor until she pops up. An interesting specimen, that one.

[TheAmishPirate]

Has this been linked yet? We got another pony game to wait on, first Fighting is Magic, now Ponykart!

http://ponykart.net/

As somepony who is actively studying game design and related topics, that looks dang impressive. I'm interested to hear about how they made all this, and how long. Yet another fan-made game I'm looking forward to.

[MCerberus]

Again with the random, now? In order for this world to be a stable and secure place for all creatures, beings such as your foul Pinkithoth must be removed from the equation entirly. The lot of you are hardly better than one who willingly becomes a Discordian!

You mean an endless bleak existence consisting of eternal servitude of one that cannot grasp the concept of joy until the all color and life fades from the world?

BORING.

[Soras Teva Gee]

If you're bundled up to the nines, it's not too cold, but when there's no shelter and you're not expecting it? It's cold. Though -17 C is a more probable temperature to set to for freezing things over, since it's a lot closer to what's used in industrial cold storage...

Yes that pretty normal temperature for a freezer (us Americans call that range and down "below zero" btw) and I've done some work in some bigger ones on occasion. Even that's bearable for short-ish periods by keeping active. Ponies with coats of course are going to beat humans and we equestrian ponies are already.

Since this started I believe with comments on where the lich would like to keep vents to discourage intruders crawling through them I wouldn't count any "winter" temperature as a good measure, one wants "antarctic" conditions as far as cold.

Actually the other direction is a better idea. There's a lot any warmblooded creature can do about cold, there is much less too do about excessive heat.


It's all rather relative, isn't it? I'd consider anything below 0ºC the be freezing cold :smalltongue:

Growing up "freezing" temperatures were only cause for the first layer or so of protection. Go skiing and you'll wind up hot and sweaty.

Actually you want it a bit colder for winter activities. If water is even close to the melting point the snow is slushier and therefore ickier. A couple days in the twenties or teens (Fahrenheit scale) is a lot better.

[Pokonic]

You mean an endless bleak existence consisting of eternal servitude of one that cannot grasp the concept of joy until the all color and life fades from the world?

BORING.

Nah, a endless paradise where everyone lives happly and content, a world where no creature big or small could be called "malnurished" or "forgotton". Rather than break creation down to dust, we wish to create a perfect world, with those who followed the Nightmare first at its lead. While your lordess wishes nothing less than entropy, we use the old life of the world to surve th currant rulers.Tell me, foul one, what good is there in a primal distruction of order? There is a creature that fits your needs better than that reviled "Party pony". Its name is spoken only in the Zebrinomicon, and that name is the Draconequise. In your reviled state, you would call it Discord. The Primal Chaos.

[legomaster00156]

Hello, everypony. Care for a pony overload? Here you go! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftvZFUg4HPc&feature=g-vrec&context=G204d90fRVAAAAAAAABQ)

[Aotrs Commander]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH H!!!!

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/3ca64c0f3647e423a87ddb39ce5894af/97450%20-%20animated%20portal%20spike%20twilight_sparkle.gi f



Gate.

Gate.

Gate.

I love it when they do this.

Gate.

Boss, we've got those Gate co-ordinates ready, took some damned doing, but the Gate's open at this end...

Excellent. Gate X.

Now, if we've got this right, Kyouhen should run through my Gate, fall out the other vertical end in the cargo bay, right into your Gate, Hopereaver...

...And then right through and out onto Lixie!

Right about....now!

Bye, Kyouhen! *waves*

And now he's her problem... *dusts hands*


Since this started I believe with comments on where the lich would like to keep vents to discourage intruders crawling through them I wouldn't count any "winter" temperature as a good measure, one wants "antarctic" conditions as far as cold.

Actually the other direction is a better idea. There's a lot any warmblooded creature can do about cold, there is much less too do about excessive heat.

Ah, but it got 'em out of the vents, though, did it not...?

Besides, the original plan was for dealing with the fire-gophers and magma too, and you wouldn't want to shed too much heat too fast. Abrupt enthalpy change is how coldbeams essentially work, after all!


If I ever find myself in the right county, I AM finding you.

Eep.

Dropping a pony on you hasn't helped me in any way, has it.

[Soras Teva Gee]

Ah, but it got 'em out of the vents, though, did it not...?

Besides, the original plan was for dealing with the fire-gophers and magma too, and you wouldn't want to shed too much heat too fast. Abrupt enthalpy change is how coldbeams essentially work, after all!


I'm just saying that mere winter temperatures are not going to get to me all that much. If some other pony has been sticking to the tropics and doesn't know cold... well that's on them.

Honestly oh lichy one I have to wonder why you even bother with vents at all. Then again I've never considered having a massive fleet a useful means to any end I wished so what do I know. Maybe if you're using that silly Vancian magic it makes sense, certainly doesn't for me.

[Kyouhen]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH- *THUMP*

Huh? Where am I? Lixie?
...
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/f0ae08afb809c8770e1002e5c1a6cc35/62216%20-%20animated%20panic%20twilight_sparkle.gif

[Pokonic]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH- *THUMP*

Huh? Where am I? Lixie?
...
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/f0ae08afb809c8770e1002e5c1a6cc35/62216%20-%20animated%20panic%20twilight_sparkle.gif


Hello, there.

[Zevox]

Has this been linked yet? We got another pony game to wait on, first Fighting is Magic, now Ponykart!

http://ponykart.net/
Eh, not for me. I don't like racing games.

Zevox

[Rebelhero]

Bleakbane, we will happily take those excess ponies off your hands. OR you could gate them to Lixie, but they will probably return with Frost Immunity...

With some-sort of iron grip glomp.

Or simply WITH Lixie.

[Lix Lorn]

Gate.

Gate.

Gate.

I love it when they do this.

Gate.

Boss, we've got those Gate co-ordinates ready, took some damned doing, but the Gate's open at this end...

Excellent. Gate X.

Now, if we've got this right, Kyouhen should run through my Gate, fall out the other vertical end in the cargo bay, right into your Gate, Hopereaver...

...And then right through and out onto Lixie!

Right about....now!

Bye, Kyouhen! *waves*

And now he's her problem... *dusts hands*
...twitchy tail twitchy taaaaiiil wait I'm not a pony I don't have a tail-



AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH- *THUMP*

Huh? Where am I? Lixie?
...
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/f0ae08afb809c8770e1002e5c1a6cc35/62216%20-%20animated%20panic%20twilight_sparkle.gif

OOF

[Anarion]

Ah, I see.
On an unrelated subject, would you mind standing on that large, red X there next to you?

Sure, I guess. I don't see what this red X has to do with anything, but I can be accomodating. *Moves over onto red X*


Doable!
Awesome. Okay, let me just start practicing then.



So i found Lyra's favorite website. (http://mylittlehumanconfessions.tumblr.com/)

May be slightly NSFW.

Kennedy/Nixon shipping. Can not unsee.


^ Which is why I haven't posted mine yet :smalleek: .... poor Carrot Top

New plan, July's term is now replaced with teleported onto starship with [day].


I'm just saying that mere winter temperatures are not going to get to me all that much. If some other pony has been sticking to the tropics and doesn't know cold... well that's on them.

Honestly oh lichy one I have to wonder why you even bother with vents at all. Then again I've never considered having a massive fleet a useful means to any end I wished so what do I know. Maybe if you're using that silly Vancian magic it makes sense, certainly doesn't for me.

He explained the vents. They're basically contractually obligated to have them, even though they make no sense and make infiltration much easier. The vent-builders in the starship teamsters guild have a vice grip on this stuff.



AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH- *THUMP*

Huh? Where am I? Lixie?
...
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/f0ae08afb809c8770e1002e5c1a6cc35/62216%20-%20animated%20panic%20twilight_sparkle.gif


Hey.

Care to try out a spell with me? There's only a 50% chance you get set on fire, and we might end up somewhere fun*

*Probably back on Bleakbane's ship, hopefully in one of the engine core rooms.

[Lix Lorn]

Sure, I guess. I don't see what this red X has to do with anything, but I can be accomodating. *Moves over onto red X*
(Tells Derpy telepathically to drop the anvil)
Derpy: (Derpdrops)
Me: (hit by falling anvil)
X_x

[Welf]

I just had an idea. Pump in some knock-out gas all over the ship. Your crew is undead, except for Hopereaver so you'll all be fine. Then its just a matter of reprogramming the droids to pick up ponies.

Why would a ship of undead have breathable air in the first place? It's full of oxygen, which corrodes stuff and helps fire. A pure Nitrogen or rare gas environment would be way more useful. They could save a lot of resources by saving isolations and spending less on fire safety

Also, this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgDH3baadNs&feature=g-u-u&context=G2d9dda7FUAAAAAAAMAA) has probably been posted, but here again.

[Anarion]

(Tells Derpy telepathically to drop the anvil)
Derpy: (Derpdrops)
Me: (hit by falling anvil)
X_x

Kyouhen, watch out! *teleports*
...
...
...

Okay, I have some good new and some bad news. The good news is you're not on fire, so that's a win all around.

The bad news is that this isn't the Aotrs engine core room. It...uh...well if I had to guess, I'd say it was the trash disposal room.

[Gamerlord]

Also, this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgDH3baadNs&feature=g-u-u&context=G2d9dda7FUAAAAAAAMAA) has probably been posted, but here again.
http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/233/680/c5b.png

[MCerberus]

Hey.

Care to try out a spell with me? There's only a 50% chance you get set on fire, and we might end up somewhere fun*

*Probably back on Bleakbane's ship, hopefully in one of the engine core rooms.

More visitors! Me and the dead one over there were having a discussion until he started invoking Ponwin's law of comparing everything to Discord.

[Kyouhen]

Kyouhen, watch out! *teleports*
...
...
...

Okay, I have some good new and some bad news. The good news is you're not on fire, so that's a win all around.

The bad news is that this isn't the Aotrs engine core room. It...uh...well if I had to guess, I'd say it was the trash disposal room.

Oh, well that can't be too bad. I'm sure undead don't have a lot of trash. Awful lot of chocolate bar wrappers down here though.

[Soras Teva Gee]

He explained the vents. They're basically contractually obligated to have them, even though they make no sense and make infiltration much easier. The vent-builders in the starship teamsters guild have a vice grip on this stuff.


Ahh this merely underlines my conclusion to not bother with a fleet. Teleporting is always faster.

[Rebelhero]

*Arm wiggles to song* (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHPW4d7jvSI&feature=related)

[Geno9999]

Gate.

Gate.

Gate.

I love it when they do this.

Gate.

Boss, we've got those Gate co-ordinates ready, took some damned doing, but the Gate's open at this end...

Excellent. Gate X.

Now, if we've got this right, Kyouhen should run through my Gate, fall out the other vertical end in the cargo bay, right into your Gate, Hopereaver...

...And then right through and out onto Lixie!

Right about....now!

Bye, Kyouhen! *waves*

And now he's her problem... *dusts hands*

I thought Lixie was on the ship with you guys?:smallconfused:

[Anarion]

I thought Lixie was on the ship with you guys?:smallconfused:

I think he drew on her while she was asleep and then jettisoned her somewhere or other. I'm actually not super clear on where we ended up.

[Mando Knight]

He explained the vents. They're basically contractually obligated to have them, even though they make no sense and make infiltration much easier. The vent-builders in the starship teamsters guild have a vice grip on this stuff.

Hey, you try getting the HVAC to work on a multi-kilometer-long ship without a network of fairly large ducts.

[Pokonic]

More visitors! Me and the dead one over there were having a discussion until he started invoking Ponwin's law of comparing everything to Discord.

Still silent on the topic, I see. Well, so be it, I have things to do and charities to fund. Anything you wish to say, party-bringer, before I go away to help save baby dragons from being orphens?

[Aotrs Commander]

I do seem to be the centre of attention on ponythread today, don’t I? Either finally everyone is coming to understand I am the most awesome thing in the everything, or you all must be really bored or something...

With particlar apologises to Soras, who I know is not a fan of spoiler boxes, I have spoilered some of the longer responces, for the sake of the ponies wouldn’t couldn’t care less about my ramblings (foolishly or intelligently – you decide...)


I'm just saying that mere winter temperatures are not going to get to me all that much. If some other pony has been sticking to the tropics and doesn't know cold... well that's on them.

I thought that was plenty cold enough to non-lethally extricate the ponies from the vents, and cool off the magma without too much hassle. As it happened, it was enough. *shrug* As I said, I could have just sealed off the important parts of the bridge, and opened the whole vent system to space. (Which is part of the redundant system for exactly that purpose, or for flushing out any contaminents etc etc.)

If there is a next time, I might well just do that...


Honestly oh lichy one I have to wonder why you even bother with vents at all.

Humour aside, the vents do exactly what they're implied function suggests, circulate the atmosphere but mostly they're there to provide maintainance access to parts of the ship. (To be honest, they are much more like the Jefferies Tubes on Star Trek than they are actual ventilation ducts as seen in most action movies.)

And yes, we DO need (breathable) atmosphere on our ships - not for the Undead, but as I've said before, for the various living personnel, dignitaries, prisoners etc. Not to mention the probems that would be caused by differential pressure and temperature if we didn't, especially with our unusual teleportation method1. Not insummountable ones, but a nuisence non-the-less. And considering the power and maintainance requirements for atmospheric systems are pretty negligible...

One of the general truism of advanced technology out here is that the higher up the chain you go, the more adaptable your technology gets. The top end can make sun-buster torpedoes out of their regular armaments, adapt hyperspace drives for temporal travel... Basically do stuff that would make in Star Trek Federations configuring of gubbins look positively cast in stone.



1Which, basically is like jump-gate/hyperspace FTL as opposed to actual teleporters... not surprisingly, as our FTL is a Gate system - the difference between Gate drive and personnel Gates is nothing more than size and range. And our Gate spells are simply a magical way of using exactly the same method, though the range of portal, Gate size, and range of transit varies by spell (you'll notice I have used several Gate spells today). Actually, to be more technically correct, the technology emulates the spells, since the latter were developed first by Lord Death Despoil.


Then again I've never considered having a massive fleet a useful means to any end I wished so what do I know. Maybe if you're using that silly Vancian magic it makes sense, certainly doesn't for me.

You'd find to exceedingly difficult to get anyway in the galactic community without one, as a power. Remember, despite our small size (only twenty-seven or so worlds, plus assorted smaller colonies), we're a major player in the galactic stage.

You can't control a planet if you can't control the space around it, no matter how great your ground forces are, and you can't even get the ground force to control the planet in the first place without a starfleet. It's worth noting that most ground battles on planets will only tend to take place over key installations. Ground armies not in the key positions, you just don't fight, you wipe them from orbit, if you even need to do that. And if you want to subjugate a population, nothing does so as fast as the threat of orbital bombardment. (Also, aside from homeworlds, most planets don't have such a wide coverage of population as somewhere like Earth, anyway; it tends to be concentrated in one or two areas.)

(Of course, you can't control a planet without troops on the ground to hold those key installations - orbital intimidation only gets you so far, and until you have your dudes down on the important bits (what they are really depends on exactly who and what is down there), the world isn't secure.)



This section is a bit of backwater, actually, mostly to watch over some of our supply routes - and to guard the interstellar wormhole (which is invisible to visible spectr and barely detectable unless you have the right sensors) that leads back to Sol. Remember, Bleak Despair itself isn't in the Sol system (or, for that, matter anywhere near it), which is why I transit to and from Earth using my own spells (plus a few focusing items at either end). That's why things like Wraithfire's OFC Shield operations are possible, since by the time it reaches us - even taking into account the wormhole making it even possible- it's travelled a compartively long time, giving us time to react to it.

Now, while the wormhole is mostly unknown and/or ignored as being the wrong type for allowing safe transit for starships, and while no-one has successfully used it as a back passage into Aotrs space, it is still a potential weakpoint if some one developed or has the technology to do so. If anything, you guys have vindicated Bleak Despair's presence, actually, as you have proved some stuff can come through, even if it's only teleport signals and pony-hug-cannons.

As I've said before, out here, you have to be prepared all the time to deal with threats that you aren't familiar with. You can't afford to be as genera-blind as in most sci-fi media, where they come accross something and go "that's impossible!" We have to, as the Terrahawks said, "expect the unexpected." Most sci-fi generas only has one type of FTL transit, for a kick off - whereas I could list a half-dozen off the top of my head.

And, as I've taken occasionally pains to explain before, we don't actually use Vancian magic. Some of my spells - e.g. Maximised Disintegrate - are merely named in homage to D&D - and others, like our Gate spells, or Haste or Fireball, are merely co-incidental or just common. Which is why I now say "meditate to regain my mana", generally, instead of "regain my spells."

When I first started out on forums in general (on WotC and then here) I tended to phrase stuff in D&D game terms, as it was a point of humourous reference that everyone on the those boards could understand. Once people were daft enough to actually start listening to me (more fools you all!), especially here, I've slowly slipped more into using the proper terms, as I found I was explaining rather too often, that actually, no, the real world isn't D&D...!


Why would a ship of undead have breathable air in the first place? It's full of oxygen, which corrodes stuff and helps fire. A pure Nitrogen or rare gas environment would be way more useful. They could save a lot of resources by saving isolations and spending less on fire safety.

See above. The fact that the modal majority of sentient species come from Earth-like worlds with nearly identical atmospheres (and yes, that is largely due to divine meddling or planetary "seeding" in many cases) means that, for another, most of us are just used to such an atmosphere, as in life - it's just more comfortable.

And, as I say, the resources expended on it are quite literally negligible - proportionatly less than, say, running your car stereo/radio/mps player or something, as an analogy.


Ahh this merely underlines my conclusion to not bother with a fleet. Teleporting is always faster.

Teleporting is also much, much easier to block, even if you can do it over interstellar distances - which is usually the perview of magic or very advanced technology, and the latter tends to have limitations. Those tend to be either range or the fact that anyone who has a similar level of technology can easily disrupt it at the exit point - and as I said above, very advanced tech can easily adapt counters to stuff it's not seen before fairly quickly. There's a reason why most of the top level guys use what you might consider to be fairly basic kit (i.e. conventional hyperdrive, albiet just exponentially better and more efficient) - because all the twiddely, funny technology that you might think would be an "I win" button is usually easily countered at that level.

And with enough umph behind it, even really high tech stuff can get stopped. (Case in point, Metalyka, the Cybertank system is basically impregnable in practicality, because there are so many baffles, hyper-space disrupters, temporal locks and such the only way in is physically (I very much doubt even the TARDIS could get on the Metalyka's surface itself), despite the Cybertanks being a little below us on the advancement scale.)

Teleporting's fine for small bits of hopping around as an individual, but generally not for anything more major, like actual military operations of any size, at least unless your tech makes it absolutely safe (e.g. ours, or that of the Rift Collective, but we both have range limitations for Gate drives and teleport drives respectively).


I thought Lixie was on the ship with you guys?:smallconfused:

Hopereaver, I thought I told you to check Lixie's location, you know how she pops up everywhere.

Oops. I just homed in on her co-ordinates... I thought they looked vaguely familar.

Hopereaver?

Yessir?

Fist.

*salutes* Fist. *runs into Bleakbane's fist* *thump*

*sigh*

With any luck, she's at home and they just landed in her waste disposal or something.

I'm running out of non-violent solutions.

[Tiki Snakes]

Well, it's worth noting that the Aotrs is Overlord-List-Aware (though apparently not entirely compliant I'm sure man-sized air-ducts are specifically ruled out and I don't see that Bleakbane has a 10 year old child advisor).

So, some theories. They have breathable air, despite a majority of non breathing personell.
Makes sense to me. If you have only non-breathable air or no atmosphere whatsoever, then bording parties will be, as a matter of course, invariably already using breathing aparatus. If you have a redundant, but breathable atmosphere, then you can vent it and have a good chance of taking the boarders by suprise.

Likewise, Vents. Everyone knows infiltrators, spies, escaping prisoners etc will naturally seak out man-sized vents at the earliest opportunity. So, you install a network of them that don't run anywhere important, have full sensor coverage and a few security measures in there and you have one irresistable honey-trap for incorrigible sneaks.

The problem with having no fleet is that once you are at your target location, you have no real chance of air support. Likewise, you have less options for dealing with other peoples fleets, controlling intergalactic trade etc. If your goals are neither militaristic nor large-scale-economical, sure, Teleportation should win out as the transport method of choice.

I've completely lost track of where Lixie is, actually. Though, apparently Hopereaver hasn't.
[edit] Lich-Ninja'd.
[edit2] As for today's Lich-centric insanity, I did point out just recently that your particular brand of madness was quite infectuous didn't I? These things tend to hit critical mass and then... Plus the amount of cult activity. :smallcool:

[SlyGuyMcFly]

I thought Lixie was on the ship with you guys?:smallconfused:

Hurrr hurrrrrr

I regret notheeeeng!

[Aotrs Commander]

Well, it's worth noting that the Aotrs is Overlord-List-Aware (though apparently not entirely compliant I'm sure man-sized air-ducts are specifically ruled out and I don't see that Bleakbane has a 10 year old child advisor).

So, some theories. They have breathable air, despite a majority of non breathing personell.
Makes sense to me. If you have only non-breathable air or no atmosphere whatsoever, then bording parties will be, as a matter of course, invariably already using breathing aparatus. If you have a redundant, but breathable atmosphere, then you can vent it and have a good chance of taking the boarders by suprise.

Likewise, Vents. Everyone knows infiltrators, spies, escaping prisoners etc will naturally seak out man-sized vents at the earliest opportunity. So, you install a network of them that don't run anywhere important, have full sensor coverage and a few security measures in there and you have one irresistable honey-trap for incorrigible sneaks.

The problem with having no fleet is that once you are at your target location, you have no real chance of air support. Likewise, you have less options for dealing with other peoples fleets, controlling intergalactic trade etc. If your goals are neither militaristic nor large-scale-economical, sure, Teleportation should win out as the transport method of choice.


To be fair, the problem with Kyouhen and co in the vents wasn't finding them and getting them out (I mean, sensors, come on!) It was finding them and getting them out without killing them. Which would have been a more typical Aotrs modus operandi, and particularly if they were classified as "hostiles" and not "misguided sort of allies". (I don't think you guys realise how far I bend the regs for you sometimes...) If we had more standard teleporters, we could have just beamed them out, but that's the price we pay for the other advantages Gate technology offers.

Though your points are all valid.

On the other hand, boarding parties are generally fully environmentally sealed anyway, as a matter or principle (for the same reason our armour is.)


I've completely lost track of where Lixie is, actually. Though, apparently Hopereaver hasn't.

She apparently has, hence the problem. Not that Lixie is easy to keep track of in the first place.

[MCerberus]

Still silent on the topic, I see. Well, so be it, I have things to do and charities to fund. Anything you wish to say, party-bringer, before I go away to help save baby dragons from being orphens?

It's the key difference of why your cult is doomed to fail. Being a meany-pants. Discord is a meanie pants, with the whole chaos for self-gratification think. You're deathqueen deathgod or whatever seems to enjoy being meany-pants with world domination.

There's nothing meany-pants about a being whose one of many songs sings of dance parties.

[maximus25]

So, today my dad asked me if I wanted a tattoo. Long story short, my parents are currently discussing whether or not they will allow me to get The Great and Powerful Trixie tattooed on my chest.

It's going to hurt a lot...

[MCerberus]

So, today my dad asked me if I wanted a tattoo. Long story short, my parents are currently discussing whether or not they will allow me to get The Great and Powerful Trixie tattooed on my chest.

It's going to hurt a lot...

Never do anything permanent involving pop culture. Ever.

[Draconi Redfir]

*Arm wiggles to song* (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHPW4d7jvSI&feature=related)

i can't stop listening to this. Curse you.

[Pokonic]

It's the key difference of why your cult is doomed to fail. Being a meany-pants. Discord is a meanie pants, with the whole chaos for self-gratification think. You're deathqueen deathgod or whatever seems to enjoy being meany-pants with world domination.

There's nothing meany-pants about a being whose one of many songs sings of dance parties.

Hah! Realy now? The Queen mearly helps those who feel as if they are unwanted and left-out and give them community and security!


....Oh, your talking about Luna, arn't you? Fool girl went mad after she gained so much power at such a small amount of time. Admitly, she was not the prime choice for a avatar. First off, she wanted revenge. Thats a no-no. What happened there was a Alicorn wanting more power and failing badly at it. Nothing else. All the Queen does is give power to the worthy. Apperently, a Alicorn is simply not a prime host.

[Tectonic Robot]

"So, uh, Mr. Guard, I wouldn't suppose I could convince you of letting us go...? We're totally harmless. Totally, completely harmless."

[Soras Teva Gee]

With particlar apologises to Soras, who I know is not a fan of spoiler boxes, I have spoilered some of the longer responces, for the sake of the ponies wouldn’t couldn’t care less about my ramblings (foolishly or intelligently – you decide...)

Ehh this isn't too bad, its when they make up the majority of a page and such, which is terrible for casually browsing the thread.

As for your lengthy responses, well you are certainly more savvy then the typical conquering overlord. I just don't see much value in accruing power in such a manner. I'd get sick of the clerical work within a week and put it off on some subordinates who sooner or later would just pull a Starscream because I clearly don't care and the whole thing would come crashing down. Besides that I'd have to compete with dread lichy spacelords and all. I think I'd find maintaining an empire more tedious then cataloging individual hydrogen atoms for exotic mana deviations.

And I forget that as a specialist in teleporting others don't find it quite as convenient as I do.


I do seem to be the centre of attention on ponythread today, don’t I? Either finally everyone is coming to understand I am the most awesome thing in the everything, or you all must be really bored or something...

Hmm yeah them ponies huh? Lets see what we can do...

Ooh here we go:
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/026/8/1/8132cff7ef4f24fe5747990a1307056c-d4nn9fu.jpg

Twilight just became best pony all over again. Though seriously when did she raid my old clothes drawer?

[SlyGuyMcFly]

Never do anything permanent involving pop culture. Ever.

Sound advice!

IF (big, big if) I were to get a MLP tat, I'd do something pretty subtle. Like Rarity's hairdo (without Rarity). Hard to recognise as a reference, and it'd still look nice once the reference is no longer relevant to me.

[maximus25]

Ponies are a way of life.

[otakuryoga]

So, today my dad asked me if I wanted a tattoo. Long story short, my parents are currently discussing whether or not they will allow me to get The Great and Powerful Trixie tattooed on my chest.

It's going to hurt a lot...

1st tattoo?
its not as bad as some people make it out to be..mostly depends on location
when i got mine it felt to me more like having a bit of hot wire pressed against my skin than being repeatedly stabbed with a needle


Never do anything permanent involving pop culture. Ever.

the flipside to that is...if you are not the least bit ashamed of liking something in pop culture it is perfectly ok to get ink of it
--i have Lum from Urusei Yatsura on my left rear shoulder

[Soras Teva Gee]

Never do anything permanent involving pop culture. Ever.

Much as I love ponies, yeah I have to agree. I never got a tattoo because ultimately I couldn't think of something I'd be just as happy with 40 years from now.

Seriously tattoos need to be absolutely timeless, like Superman's S-shield class at a minimum.

[Lix Lorn]

She apparently has, hence the problem. Not that Lixie is easy to keep track of in the first place.
(Is behind Aotrs and has been all along, currently with an anvil on top of her. Is yet to notice drawings on her face. This means Derpy is also on board and there is a red X on Aotrs' bridge.)
Owwww...

[Pokonic]

(Is behind Aotrs and has been all along, currently with an anvil on top of her. Is yet to notice drawings on her face. This means Derpy is also on board and there is a red X on Aotrs' bridge.)
Owwww...

There she is.

[Tiki Snakes]

As for your lengthy responses, well you are certainly more savvy then the typical conquering overlord. I just don't see much value in accruing power in such a manner. I'd get sick of the clerical work within a week and put it off on some subordinates who sooner or later would just pull a Starscream because I clearly don't care and the whole thing would come crashing down. Besides that I'd have to compete with dread lichy spacelords and all. I think I'd find maintaining an empire more tedious then cataloging individual hydrogen atoms for exotic mana deviations.

The problem with disdaining the joy of conquest, accruing power by superiority of arms, tactics, luck or whatever the method is that once you get down to it, an awful lot of things are largely meaningless. Sometimes, it's simply the case that only the simple, fleeting pleasures that matter.

Like infiltrating the Flagship of a fleet of space-faring Liches just to sneak into the staff-room and use their coffee-machine. Admittedly, it is a pretty impressive coffee machine.

Also, some random pony music (http://youtu.be/y6O5oIZdAmU), just to inflate the pony-content a little.

[Thanqol]

Sound advice!

IF (big, big if) I were to get a MLP tat, I'd do something pretty subtle. Like Rarity's hairdo (without Rarity). Hard to recognise as a reference, and it'd still look nice once the reference is no longer relevant to me.

The various cutie marks are low-key and stylish. What they represent can last a lifetime, even if your perspectives change. Can't go wrong with lightning bolts.

[Pokonic]

The various cutie marks are low-key and stylish. What they represent can last a lifetime, even if your perspectives change. Can't go wrong with lightning bolts.

Might want to avoid Twilights if you want to avoid some strange looks, tho. :smalltongue:

[Soras Teva Gee]

The various cutie marks are low-key and stylish. What they represent can last a lifetime, even if your perspectives change. Can't go wrong with lightning bolts.

They can also be really quite saucy. (http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lut83eHyNE1qlz8iao1_500.jpg) (Technically SFW but difficult to explain)

Though yes and that rather demonstrates a point. Cutie marks are symbols over just pictures. Much better for something you are going to take with you literally everywhere.

[Anarion]

(Is behind Aotrs and has been all along, currently with an anvil on top of her. Is yet to notice drawings on her face. This means Derpy is also on board and there is a red X on Aotrs' bridge.)
Owwww...

Wait wait wait. So I teleported Kyouhen like what, maybe 2 decks then? Sign. I need to get back to practicing, I thought the spell was more powerful than that. Oh well. Kyouhen, when you're done licking those chocolate wrappers, we should try to get out of here.


Might want to avoid Twilights if you want to avoid some strange looks, tho. :smalltongue:

I guess Twilight's is less recognizable than all the others since butterflies and diamonds and such are normal things outside of ponies. Still though, Twilight's cutie mark is basically a stylized star, so I don't think it's all that weird either.

[Kairaven]

BronyCon (http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/01/bronycon-turned-upside-down-starts.html) has become really big this time, I wonder if I should start making preparations.....

[Dexam]

If I were to ever get a MLP:FiM tattoo (something that's unlikely to happen - I currently have no tattoos, but in the past I had considered getting one or two), I would get something like this:

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/6c5348f7f8702aed4629b8cf26fe246f/46779%20-%20celestia%20luna%20moon%20sun.png

I like the design, and the similarity to the Taijitu (yin-yang symbol) appeals to my desire for balance and the cyclical nature of all things.

On the "Pony birthday scenarios" thing - apparently I'm going to the moon with Scootaloo. Scoots and I in low-G? I'm more than okay with this! :smallbiggrin:

Hmmm, and it seems that my little colt gets Big Mac has his crime-fighting side-kick. Win! :smallcool:

[Pokonic]

If I were to ever get a MLP:FiM tattoo (something that's unlikely to happen - I currently have no tattoos, but in the past I had considered getting one or two), I would get something like this:

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/6c5348f7f8702aed4629b8cf26fe246f/46779%20-%20celestia%20luna%20moon%20sun.png

I like the design, and the similarity to the Taijitu (yin-yang symbol) appeals to my desire for balance and the cyclical nature of all things.

On the "Pony birthday scenarios" thing - apparently I'm going to the moon with Scootaloo. Scoots and I in low-G? I'm more than okay with this! :smallbiggrin:

Hmmm, and it seems that my little colt gets Big Mac has his crime-fighting side-kick. Win! :smallcool:

To overlap that, somehow have Discord in the inner part of the circle, facing outwords...

Now thats a pic I need to see!

[Soras Teva Gee]

The problem with disdaining the joy of conquest, accruing power by superiority of arms, tactics, luck or whatever the method is that once you get down to it, an awful lot of things are largely meaningless. Sometimes, it's simply the case that only the simple, fleeting pleasures that matter.

Like infiltrating the Flagship of a fleet of space-faring Liches just to sneak into the staff-room and use their coffee-machine. Admittedly, it is a pretty impressive coffee machine.

Exactly I prefer simpler pleasures, empires are not simple. And I can use that coffee machine any time I please. I'm how shall we put it.... reallllly good at transit.


BronyCon (http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/01/bronycon-turned-upside-down-starts.html) has become really big this time, I wonder if I should start making preparations.....

Oookay so they have a location so I guess this means all clear.

And yeah Lauren Faust and John de Lancie in a single venue..... I WILL be there.

[Pokonic]

And yeah Lauren Faust and John de Lancie in a single venue..... I WILL be there.

Someone better bring a camera. For the love of all thats pony, please, get the two to talk in-charecter!