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Chapter 34: Night's Vigil

The next few days had passed by quickly while I spent this time watching the sky for the fleet, and flying across the planet to map the ground. At the moment I was just sitting in the cockpit chair, letting time tick by. As I leaned back in my chair I looked over to a two day old newspaper.

'DINNER FOR TWO' The headline read, showing a picture of Luna and I sitting at the restaurant table just a few days ago, taken as we were just looking at each other.

'-A pony named Vanilla Swirl, who was inside the restaurant at the time had this to say... "At first I couldn't believe my eyes. But now that I look at it, why would it be weird? Plus I think they make a cute couple." So just how much do these two lovebi-'

I looked away from the paper as I sighed and looked back up at the sky through the windshield. Before I even had a chance to think, Lucy spoke up.

"Sir! They're here!" She said getting my eyes to widen.

"Wha- already?" I asked leaning forward.

"Yes! I can pick them up from here. They are about to exit their FTL flight!" She said as I looked up at the sky.

A few moments passed by before the sky was quickly filled in by what was unmistakably a very, very large starship.

"Good lord... look at the size of that thing..." I began as I quickly exited the ship. "Still not as big as the Starstreaker... but still..."

A loud *CRACK* was heard from the other side of the ship as Luna came running around it, shouting all the way.

"JAKE! JAKE! THEY'RE HERE THEY'RE HERE!" She shouted as she saw me.

"Yeah I see it!" I replied as I motioned to the ship. "Come on let's go!" I said as she nodded and got on board.

I ran in, fired up the engines, and took flight. I made a quick stop at Ponyville, where all the ponies were currently looking up in either awe or fear.

"Attention ponies of Ponyville!" I said getting them all to look at the ship as I hovered in place. "Do not be alarmed by what you see! They mean you no ill-will!" I said back before some of them visibly calmed and Luna walked up to the mic.

"My little ponies, do not be afraid, what you see will bring you nothing but safety!" She said getting the last of them to let go of their fear and just stare up at the behemoth is awe.

With that out of the way I took off for the ship, as I neared and left the atmosphere, a voice cracked to life from my intercom.

"Ship, please identify." A robotic voice asked.

"My name is Jake Carson, ID number 901425, ranking of First Lie- I mean... General, Space Marines branch." I voiced into the microphone.

A few seconds passed by before it spoke up again. "Second passenger, please state identity."

I motioned to the mic as Luna leaned forward. "Um, Princess Luna." She said as the intercom beeped.

"Voice match confirmed, welcome to the [UN-NAMED] General Jake Carson and Princess Lunaris "Artemis" Eclipse the 1st. Enjoy your stay." It said as Luna looked at me.

"Yeah I gotta think up a name..." I said as I pushed the ship onward.

I flew to the side where a docking station took hold of the ship magnetically and pulled us in. After a few moments, a loud *CLANG* was heard, and the door opened by itself. Before I walked out I turned to the ship.

"Alright Lucy, go ahead and get yourself set up into the ship." I said getting a few beeps in response.

As I stepped out I noticed a good ten soldiers inside the launch bay.

"Officer on deck!" One shouted, getting them all to salute.

"At ease." I said as I motioned down with my hands. "You boys must be excited to get started, but to be honest we aren't going to be doing much until later. Take a few hours, get acquainted with the ship, and be ready then. Because you're all going to be meeting with the world's inhabitants." I continued getting them to look around at each other. "Well? Go on! Go spread the news!" I finished getting them to nod and take off.

"Look at you. Already giving orders." Luna chided as she walked by me.

Rolling my eyes I caught up and walked a bit ahead, guiding us through the ship.

I knew the layout of the ship because they gave me a blueprint of it before I left Earth. I'd been studying it the last few days until I could remember it like the back of my hand. And if I remembered correctly, which I'm sure I had, we were about to enter the bridge. As we neared the door, it hissed open and we both took it in. The room was massive. Control panels and computer screens everywhere with one chair in the dead center, surrounded by many other buttons and screens. The front of the room had three huge windows, one in the center, and one on either side, all reaching from ceiling to the floor, which was about a 20 foot height.

Many people walked around the deck, either socializing, looking at Luna, or just wandering. Before anything else was said, a little tune played as Lucy's voice chimed through the speakers of the ship.

"Testing testing. Download complete. All systems normal." She spoke as I smiled and walked over to the Captain's chair.

I sat down as I saw Luna continue to look around in awe. She ran over to the front window and looked out at the many stars and the planet below.

'Yup... no one ever get's tired of the view' I thought as I smiled and looked at the screens around me.

As I did, holographic screens appeared in front of me as well, with a keyboard popping out from the right arm piece and sitting above my lap.

"Time to choose a name." Lucy spoke from the chair's speaker.

Smiling, I looked down at the keyboard, the perfect name in mind.

I quickly typed it in, and pressed enter, as the windows at the front had a few words sprawl across them while Lucy read it aloud.

"Welcome... to the Night's Vigil." She said as Luna looked away from the window, back to me.

"Like it?" I asked smiling.

She quickly nodded in return as she ran up next to my seat. "Yes I do but... what does Vigil mean?"

"Vigil... it's Latin for wakefulness..." I said getting her to slowly nod.

Lucy chimed in through the speakers. "Vigil... wakefulness maintained for any reason during the normal hours for sleeping. Hence... Night's Vigil. Meaning we will always be watching even through the night."

Luna's eyes watered slightly as she turned away. "You really want to name your ship after the night?" She asked, getting me to nod.

"Yeah why not?" I said, as she turned around and gave me the biggest smile I've seen from her in a while.

"Th-Thank you. It mean's a lot to me." She said as I smiled back.

"So... Lucy. What's on the schedule for today?" I asked getting Lucy to speak up.

"Well. First we have to address the planet's inhabitants, then set up a planetary base where we can land some ships freely." She said as I nodded.

"Alright let's get to it then." I said as I moved my hands to their respective sides, and began my first day as a Starship Captain.

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