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Technicalities

by BionicBrony
After being forced from their home, a master engineer and his AI end up in Twilight's basement, their only desire to rebuild what they lost. Although not everything is as straightforward as it seems...

Yes, there is a crossover tag, but read down to see why it's there.

Alexander Laythem is a master engineer who lives in isolation with his AI assistant, Rose. Unforeseen events result in these scientists and engineers traversing the boundaries of reality to a world that was supposed to be fictional, forever losing their place in the human world. With the help of some of the friendlier of the native inhabitants, Alex and Rose plan to rebuild and pick up their research where it left off. But as more knowledge is gained and technologies are developed, an ancient power with an insatiable hunger for control awakens, hell bent on bending reality to its whims with the single goal of creating and maintaining the perfect society. Takes place largely during season 2.

Rated teen because of the occasional use of "strong language." Also, if you're going to favorite it, please go ahead and leave a like as well! I truly appreciate each and every one!

I've added the dark and gore tags as of chapter 39: Full Force Forward. Should be worth noting that I will downplay the gore as much as humanly possible. It's not the focus of anything, but it's there. Most of the technological aspects are referenced from the Unreal franchise, hence the crossover tag. Keep in mind, however, that crossed-over elements from the games largely take a back seat and only serve as inspiration and setting. I'm focusing on the plot itself to make it as good as I possibly can, and I'm always going over it to fix little things here and there.

Special thanks to amazing Rocinante for pre-reading and editing!

*First featured on 7/29/14!*

Teen
Incomplete
Science Fiction
Slice of Life
Crossover
Human
Gore
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Dark
Alternate Universe
 
OPTM

343486 words: Estimated 1 day to read

48 Chapters:

  1. Eviction Notice 2013-06-20 18:17:26 UTC
    7919
  2. Friends? 2013-06-21 00:46:00 UTC
    8165
  3. Shedding some light 2013-06-27 02:23:41 UTC
    7062
  4. V.Log1 [05/31/22] 2013-06-28 21:30:18 UTC
    2131
  5. A picnic, a princess, and a problem 2013-07-06 19:36:23 UTC
    9617
  6. Activating the core 2013-07-10 20:30:35 UTC
    5930
  7. Aftermath 2013-07-22 23:48:51 UTC
    3517
  8. The Liandri: part 1 2013-08-02 00:02:48 UTC
    3609
  9. The Liandri: part 2 2013-08-07 20:39:22 UTC
    7043
  10. A Different Perspective 2013-08-14 19:49:49 UTC
    1308
  11. Reconstruction, Reactivation, and Reanimation 2013-08-15 22:07:20 UTC
    5822
  12. Nightmare Night 2013-10-03 22:55:27 UTC
    8142
  13. Weapons detected 2013-10-26 16:50:34 UTC
    4882
  14. The Nightmare Continues 2013-12-20 20:33:06 UTC
    7594
  15. The Nightmare Ends 2014-01-11 19:41:47 UTC
    6671
  16. Of Ponies and Scorpions 2014-03-04 17:01:34 UTC
    11061
  17. Non-canon April Fool's chapter 2014-04-01 11:30:38 UTC
    1143
  18. Equestrian Christmas 2014-05-13 22:31:51 UTC
    10844
  19. Wrapping up Winter 2014-05-28 17:40:31 UTC
    6588
  20. Family Matters 2014-06-12 18:29:12 UTC
    7708
  21. Fleshling? 2014-06-13 18:14:40 UTC
    1918
  22. Supersonic 2014-06-26 17:02:23 UTC
    5765
  23. Research and Development 2014-07-24 16:21:23 UTC
    7194
  24. Royal Visit 2014-07-29 18:20:47 UTC
    3131
  25. Reconnaissance 2014-07-30 18:30:15 UTC
    2992
  26. This May or May Not Have Been a Bad Idea 2014-08-08 22:02:27 UTC
    4491
  27. On The Shoulders of Giants 2014-08-24 22:52:24 UTC
    9758
  28. Hell Hath no Fury... 2014-11-30 01:01:47 UTC
    7098
  29. ... Like an AI Scorned 2014-11-30 01:02:06 UTC
    4234
  30. Off to a Grand Start 2015-02-08 23:53:17 UTC
    10669
  31. A Game of Chess 2015-05-09 20:36:40 UTC
    11872
  32. The Clock is Set 2015-05-13 18:17:10 UTC
    5178
  33. Preparations 2015-06-11 17:34:44 UTC
    8928
  34. Memento Mori 2015-07-04 16:23:31 UTC
    9181
  35. We've Got a Problem 2015-07-17 19:05:40 UTC
    7750
  36. Hell in a Handbasket 2015-08-13 19:50:27 UTC
    9115
  37. Problem solved? 2015-08-27 18:24:47 UTC
    6112
  38. Perfect Storm 2015-09-02 01:16:45 UTC
    9926
  39. Asimov 2015-10-17 19:47:06 UTC
    9320
  40. Full Force Forward 2015-11-28 19:53:11 UTC
    12916
  41. Mistaken Identity 2016-02-28 22:40:44 UTC
    9174
  42. Clash of the Titans 2016-04-04 00:11:50 UTC
    12263
  43. Counter-Strike 2016-11-04 21:11:32 UTC
    10912
  44. Operation Fat Man 2017-01-19 18:26:21 UTC
    6411
  45. Run Like Hell! 2017-03-07 19:45:17 UTC
    3727
  46. Lost Contact 2017-06-04 15:28:18 UTC
    12441
  47. Home 2017-06-28 17:16:37 UTC
    4966
  48. The Crystal Empire Part 1 2018-07-19 17:18:16 UTC
    9288