Scraps of ideas that I fail to flesh out

(This takes place in a universe in which Nightmare Moon did not happen but Solar Storm, my name for Celestia going all evil and shit and being banished to the sun for a 1000 years, appeared)

The Lunar Republic Starship Supernova was making her way back to to Earth to be inspected. The Canterlot-class Cruiser Starships is believed to have served it’s course. Since the last war she has been stripped of some of her big guns, but the Supernova was still a source of pride for her crew.

The Captain was the third generation of his family members to serve aboard, but first to make officer. Today Captain Star sat in his chair, like any other day, in the center of barely controlled chaos that would make Discord proud. That was until he was told of an incoming message from Admiral Quicksilver.

“Put it on the viewing screen” he said quickly and forced a fake smile. Talking to Quicksilver was almost a sure way to ruin his day.

“Captain Star, I have a last minute assignment for you.” the gray Pegasus in an Admiral uniform said over the viewing screen on the Bridge of the Lunar Republic Starship Supernova  “We have picked up some strange readings near where you are and want you to investigate them, the research ship Twilight Sparkle and the destroyer Everfree will relieve you in a weeks time. I’m sending the coordinates to your navigation officer now.”

Captain Star was glad to have an extra week to stay aboard his ship but asked

“Admiral, I am honored you would let us handle it but, why so long before they arrive? Is there not any other ships closer?”

“Any research vessel in the area are too busy on their own work and many won’t have the right equipment to properly study it. The Sparkle and her escort happen to be resupplying near Oraga. We already sent a craft loaded with proper equipment out to meet them. Is there anything else Captain?”

“No sir.” Saluting the screen, the general saluted back and the signal went black “Get me on the ship wide intercom.” before slipping on  a headset.

The normally green earth pony, grey due to his uniform which is required aboard the bridge, operating the intercom tapped a few buttons and gave a nod to let the captain he was on.

“I have good news everypony! We are being sent on a research mission, adding an extra week before our beloved ship is to be inspected.” The Captain imagined he could hear the cheers of his crewmembers though the soundproofing. “And tonight's dinner will be the XO’s (1st Officer name) famous Daurn surprise!”

After saying this he had a vision of his senior crew cringing at the mention while the newest of crew wondered what that was. Making a motion to turn off the intercom the young ensign quickly turned it off before the whole of the bridge burst into laughter.

(Something to do with accuracy, Feminine) turned to (1st) “How do you manage to mess up Daurns XO? Don’t they grew on your planet?” she managed to say before laughing again

“Yeah, that is why my cutie mark is a telescope not that of a gourmet chef.” he shot quickly back

“Captain you don’t really expect me to make that after last time?”

Though a smile “Not until the day the Supernova is decommissioned, I can’t wait to see how Admiral Quicksilver’s face reacts when he has a taste. That is if the smell doesn’t make his feathers fall off!”

Someone spoke up “Wouldn't the High Princess Luna supposed to be there as well?”

The whole bridge quieted down for a brief moment as they envisioned Luna tasting the XO’s infamous meal before an even louder roar of laughter engulfed the bridge.

After the laughter faded the captain spoke up again “Alright lets see this anomaly, Fire up the magic engines and prepare for warp two, how long before arrival will that be (math name)?”

“One day, 6 hours and 48 minutes sir.” the pony called out expertly

“Make that warp four then.”

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Fifteen and a half hours later they were at their destination.

Captain Star turned to his Chief Science Officer (Bill Neigh?) “What exactly are we supposed to be studying out here?”

“I’m not picking up anything, but reports indicate something akin to the energy from unicorn after using magic.” Looking over to the computer he was sitting at “I’m going to have to go down to the Science Bay to really know what is going on here.” Saluting the Captain before quickly leaving the bridge.

“I’m going to retire to my quarters, fetch me if there is an emergency or if they have a breakthrough with whatever we're out here for. XO You have the con.” Star said aloud “Will do Captain. I have the Con.” (1st) said before a final salute and Star moved out of the room.

Walking the spacious corridors immediately outside the bridge gave one a sense of grandeur that most of the ship could not. Taking the elevator down to the living quarters took only a few moments. Very few rooms on his floor were occupied so he was able to quickly enter his private room without chatting. Taking off his uniform, his coat free of the spell returned to his natural light yellow color. He fell on his bed with little grace and he was asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

He awoke a few hours later when an alarm for general quarters went off. Star made it to his door before he realized he was not in uniform. He spent the next few moments throwing on the cleanest uniform. The last Captain to enter the bridge under general quarters out of uniform was relieved of duty.

Reaching the elevator he told it to go to the bridge and after verifying who he was quickly rocketed towards the bridge deck. Upon arriving he ran down the corridor and finally arrived. Immediately after entering somebody shouted “Captain on the bridge!”

“What is the situation?”

“We seem to have a Griffon ship inbound and they are not responding to our hail.” a voice called out

“I thought we were at peace with the Griffons?” Star asked

”We have had some reports that 3 weeks ago some rebels manage to steal a ship while most of the crew was drunk during a resupply at an orbital base in this sector, Sir”

“Hold on, we seem to be getting some readings from the anomaly!” Bill Neigh said excitedly.

He turned away from his computer “They are increasing rapidly and could be unstable, I would advise moving somewhere to a further distance from it’s center.”

Captain Star frowned “Do you know where the center is?”

“Uhhh... No we do not” (Bill Neigh) managed to stammer out.

“I guess then we have to wait for either them to arrive or you mange to offer real advice. Get the ship in position to bring as much firepower to bear on them when they show up.”

Star personally hated the idea of a science detachment aboard his ship. He saw them nothing more a nuisance and this latest scenario only added to that opinion.

“Yes Captain.” the Stallion at the controls called out.

“Sir, the enemy ship should be within firing distance in two minutes” the (B.E.) from the firing control said

“Very good. Tell me is it possibly to increase the range of one gun to send out a warning shot closer to them?” Star asked

After a few moments of thought she said “With some bit of magic it should be possible. Do you wish me to such a thing Captain?”

“Yes, please do.” (B.E.) turned her attention back to her station and taped a gun crew from the list telling them to prepare the proper magic. Thirty seconds passed before she addressed Star again “We will fire upon your command.”

Without delay he ordered “Fire.” pressing a button from her command station the gun let loosed it’s round the magic protecting the gun from the vacuum of space dissipated for a brief second as a magically charged 120mm round flew towards it’s target.

Alarms started going off almost immediately “Captain the readings have gone critical we have to get out of here!” shouted (Bill Neigh)

Star stood up from his chair “We can’t! In less than a minute every gun on this ship will be firing--” A bright white flash filled his vision and stopped him mid sentence. Sending the crew of the ship into  a state of unconscious.

A smack woke the captain up “Ah crap, who did that?” he asked  as his eyes opened blinking in the light of the bridge.

“Um.. Sorry Sir” (Random bridge crew member) said “It was the first thing I thought of to wake you up, I’m only awake because I spilled my coffee when I first passed out.”

“You had coffee on my bridge, I hope you cleaned it up before you woke me up.”

“Sir, I think we have bigger problems.”

“Like what?”

“We are the only two awake on the entire bridge possibly the ship.”

“Oh.” Jumping up from off the floor “Wait where is the Griffon ship?” he asked nervously

“I don’t know sir, but my sensors appear to be malfunctioning.” said the pony in charge sensors around the ship, (name), said

“How exactly are they malfunctioning?”

“Well they say we are now in the Home Solar System, but they appear to be no ships or colony’s transmissions that would indicate we were anywhere near Earth. Only a handful of artificial satellites orbiting a planet it labels earth.”

“What about other bases or ships?”

“Nothing but static.”

“And the griffon Ship?”

“Also gone.”

“That is odd.” pausing for a brief moment to gather his thoughts “Computer what is the status of the crew?”

A feminine voice answered “Off the 2000 ponies on board 1849 are conscious and uninjured, One casualty, 100 wounded only minor wounds, and fifty moving perfectly fine.”

“Who was the casualty?”

“Petty Officer Third Class Flambé, of cafeteria B crew”

“Send the nearest medical team to retrieve him before too many ponies see him.”

“Yes Captain”

After several moments of silence it was time to decide.

“Sir, what do you wish us to do? Should we risk moving closer to this planet?’

“Give me a moment to think. I think we should at move within orbit of their natural satellite and and see what kind of planet this is. Bill Neigh I want you to get down to your science ponies and see what they say about that last reading from that anomaly.’

“Will do.” he said before exiting.

“Get me on the intercom now.”

A quick few seconds went by “You are on sir”

“This is your Captain, we seem to have be teleported away from danger. But we may face an even bigger danger. We are approaching an unknown planet with signs of intelligent life, but other than that we know nothing. It will take us a few hours to reach the planet at sub-light speed and ask that a state of readiness will be reduced to Condition II. That is all.”

Then intercomm was shut off.

“Now we have to wait and see what happens.” Scanning the bridge he noticed everyone was looking at him. “Everybody get back to work.” he said calmly. as the crew continued to stare he got mad.

“Now!” he yelled

Everypony returned to their station quickly, even if they had nothing to do that would help and pretended to be doing something. (1st) was first to approche Star after the outburst.

“Sir, I believe we should increase the Condition, we don’t know what’s out here.”

“XO, keeping the crew on such an alert for an extended period is detrimental to efficiency and can cause accidents we can ill afford, or do I need to show you the logs of Battle Group Zebra.”

“No I have seen the logs several times during OCS.”

“Good.”

The bridge was now starting to become full of activity as more and more information was fully understood and being reported. The murmurs of conversation between officers trading information to help gain a clear picture started. Most of this was not reported to the captain directly but to (XO) and then only what was deemed important was then relayed to Star.

“Captain the planet is entering visual sensor range. Should we put in on the main view screen?”

“Yes pull it up.”

As a clearer picture of the planet came into better focus many in the bridge recognized the planet from their school books of Equestria at the start of the age of space exploration. All around the bridge was heard

“Is that?”

“Yes, it most certainly is”

“Nah it can’t be.”

The bridge became quiet after the last question was asked “Did we travel back in time?”

End of chapter one (2137 words)

“Somebody get Bill Neigh back up here.” The Captain finally said

(Chapter Two Goal: Make first contact with Equestria)

{possible dialogue:

Ship:This is the LRSS Supernova requesting  identification on this channel.

Canterlot: This is an official Royal Guard channel, we do not have any carriages with your identification allowed within our airspace. Please turn back or upon locating you we will knock you out of the sky.

S: This is not a flying carriage. This is the Lunar Republic Starship Supernova.

C: This is for official business only you colt, if you stop talking now we will not charge you for this practical joke. Too much paperwork for me.

S: This is not a joke we-

C: Only a colt would think Starships are real.

DUN DUN DUN}