ATLAS

ATLASNew Earth

Welcome to Post-Vector Earth... or whatever you want to call it. It really doesn’t matter, not after all these years. My work; the same as always. My library, a tad more roomey but nevertheless, still the same. The only thing that hasn't changed is my job as a librarian. Although now I have more studying to do than ever before, given all the knowledge the USC has accumulated over their centuries of existence, I have managed to carve my way through quite a bit during the last years.

It’s been ten years now, ten years since they first arrived, since they changed everything. Once the massive monster that is the Vector blocked our skies and shrouded our land, I just knew that our lives would never be the same again. My friends and I, at least, have remained in contact, but it isn’t the same as before. Now the whole mix of demo and meritocracy of the humans slithered in. It’s not bad, but us ponies have had a hard time adapting since, well, we had been ruled by the Princesses for so long...

Ponyville, once the center of my life. Now it’s being absorbed into the massive, metallic, and automated space of the city of Apex; once a human colony, now a so called “Megapolis.” The literal culmination of the United Species Coalition, the government that now covers the planet. I can’t believe that my treehouse is now surrounded by metallic buildings.

Corporations, big and small, filling the land in the hundreds, spreading far over the Equestrian border... or where the border used to be. I guess Princess Luna got what she wanted; now the true life is at nightclubs, filled to the brim with alcohol and other substances. Did I mention how hard it is to get a human drunk? I’m never partaking in a drinking contest again.

Even after all these years, we haven’t found a way for them to return. Most have settled, though many are still hellbent on trying to get back to the original USC. Small skirmishes have broken out between the two major pseudo-factions that dominate the land: the Pro-USC and the Anti-USC. Both being made up of ponies, minotaurs, changelings and griffons alike. Marelings are still desperate to catch a man... And now I realize that I haven’t been on a successful date in over ten years.

Anyways...

We have an entire fleet now, the Vector leading it. I was once in a ship, and I vomited... It’s hard to get used to artificial gravity, specially if you’re a pony.

Minotaurs, Zebras, Gryphons, Changelings, Ponies, Humans, and even more now compose the USC. The humans did in one year what we never did in thousands.

I’m happy with what I’ve got, to say the least. I’m happy to see Spike, who’s practically my son, grow up and spend more and more time with Apple Bloom. I wish he spent more time with me, though. I’ve been rather lonely for the last years, except for the occasional get-together with my friends.

So, this is the USC... Cities of metal, harsh law, and both normal and underground life. What’s not to like?