Flight of The Avali: Season One

It was really the first time Twilight saw the forge room. It… did look like a forge. Stone brick, magma, water, fire, molten metals… it was quite the sight. Appearing more like something that she’d see in Equestria, except the strange furnaces and the few strange tables in the middle of the room.

“Wow… this is amazing…” Twilight mumbled.

“Appreciatory. Thank you. With Einuli’s matter manipulator it was quite easy to build this. It runs much like any other forge. Metals are melted down over the magma, or the stronger ones are melted and turned to ingots in the Fission Furnaces.” He motioned to the strange machines stacked atop each other. “I create the armors, weapons, mech parts- for the modular mechs we have, one for each of us- and EPP’s at the Replicators.” He motioned to the circular table things, as the approached holographic screen appeared over top of each of the three tables, one red, one blue, and one green. Each had symbols she recognized, the red one had a sword as the startup screen, the blue a chakram, and the green a bow.

“Each of these is outfitted to produce different things. The red is for close range and high impact armors. The blue for energy based weapons and armor, including wands, staves, chakram, and throwing weapons. As well as the armor helps stabilize and produce additional energy for them. The green produces long range weapons including bows, guns, and crossbows, as well as armor that help stabilize the shooter, and provide nanites that help with the arrows or shots fired.” He continued. “This over here, is the Armory System. It produces specialized armors and weapons. Made with very specific and rare materials. Hard to find the minerals and metals needed to produce them, but the specific things they can apply thanks to their nanites is wondrous and useful.”

“And you say you don’t have magic…”

“No. We do not. Technology is wondrous in its’ own right. Nanites can do amazing things, but they have to be made with specific materials to create those effects.” Nightbloom shook his head. “Only wizards have magic. And it appears your race does to now.” He walked over to a console, with a small platform underneath it. He typed some things in and ingots appeared underneath it, they were of an unknown composition. He carried them over to the Armory, the ingots being broken down near instantly after touching the table. He then carried over some other materials, using a console on the Armory Station to produce armor. Twilight raised an eyebrow before lasers began to scan her. “It’ll be only two to three minutes, than you’ll be able to try it on.”

“Alright, what about… uuh, weapons?” Twilight said uncertainly.

“Curious. Have you ever used any?” Nightbloom asked.

“No… not really.” Twilight sighed.

“Serious. Then I shall make you two basic swords. Unless you’d prefer something else.” He said, walking to the red Replicator. He placed a few ingots down on the table and went to work, the nanites in the table reforming the ingots he had placed down into recognizable forms.

“Swords are fine… Um I’ll probably just use my magic.” Twilight laughed quietly.

Nightbloom paused, removing the ingots and moving them to the blue table. Now moving to produce her a wand and pistol. “You prefer range? Then I shall make you an elemental wand and some form of pistol. Would you prefer machine pistol, revolver, or regular pistol. There are also sawed off shotguns I can produce.”

“I… don’t know what any of those are.” Twilight said.

“... I’ll explain them to you in a short amount of time.”

Meanwhile: Einuli had gotten dressed, now in a ‘Stalker’ outfit once again, this time with Advanced Alloy inserts covering his vitals. He walked over to a weapon rack, and pulled off a two handed spear, one that looked like a large halberd. He attached that to the back of his armor, positioning it so he could put his custom made grenade launcher, one of Avali design. It was bright orange and white, using nano-produced grenades that could produce various effects, ones chosen before launching.

He sighed quietly as he opened up one last locker. Inside were pristine looking energy launchers. One for each wrist. They were the final thing he was able to salvage from his old colony, and he hadn’t used them since. “It’s time I stop running.” He stated, pulling them both out, attaching them to his wrists. He turned to the durasteel wall on the south side of his private armory and test fired them. Two bright orange energy bolts slamming into it, creating large burn marks on the wall. “Let’s do this then.” He walked to the exit of his armory, the doors sliding open. He grabbed his helmet, one that looked rather sleek and fierce.

The blasts had awoken the girls sleeping in the main room of his Treehouse, and all of them stared at Einuli as he came out.

“W-what was that?” Fluttershy mumbled, cowering a little behind Dash.

“I was testing my energy blasters. It’s been years since they’ve seen use.” Einuli said.

“Why… are you armored?” Applejack asked.

“Because, Celestia’s been taken prisoner by the Florans. Me, and the rest of the crew, now including Spike and Twilight, are going to rescue her.” Einuli stated.

“Woah, woah, you’re… going to rescue her? W-why not get the gu-” Dash cut herself off. “Right… in space.” She sighed.

“You all are to remain here.” Einuli stated. “Femanti will be staying behind to…”

“I’m coming with.” Rainbow Dash said. “I’m not letting Egg-head and Spike get hurt.” She hopped up. “So, where do I get suited up?”

“What makes yah think yer goin with them?” Applejack asked. “Ah ain’t just gonna let yah go into some deadly battle.”

Einuli was quiet, typing something into his wrist device while they began to bicker. “If you want to see what we’re up against, and what you’ll need on to get the job done…” He grabbed them both by the wrists, teleporting them to the Armory, where Twilight was getting her new suit of armor on, a sawed-off shotgun and Electrically charged wand laying on the ground beside her.

“Nightbloom.”

“Serious. I received the scans, already making armor. What weapons do you two want?” Nightbloom stared at the two mares.

“W… what? Can’t we just…”

“You’d get shot, or torn to pieces without armor. And you’d be better off with weapons augmenting your natural abilities.” Einuli stated.

Dash and Applejack glanced to each other.

“It’ll be dangerous. There’s not just floran aboard the ship, there’s their test subjects, and created abominations that have no feelings or remorse. They’re monsters.” Einuli stated. “There’s a high chance, if you try anything alone, you’ll die. And there’s no guarantee we’ll be able to recover your body. It might compromise the mission.”

“You two… really… really shouldn’t come.” Twilight said. “I’m an alicorn. I have enhanced magics… and I was the Element of Magic. I can cover myself with my own magics…”

“Look, Twilight… Celestia is our friend, and princess of Equestria, we can’t just let her stay there. And… you have even less experience than we do.” Rainbow Dash said. “At least I have training from the Wonderbolts… they are a military unit…”

“And it’s not like Ah haven’t been in a few scraps mahself.” Applejack nodded.

“It’s not that… these… Einuli, and his friends. They’re all militarily trained. They’ve been doing this for so much longer than any of us. Who knows how many fights they’ve been in.” Twilight said.

“Twilight… we can cover each other. Plus, we’ll stick with the group.” Rainbow Dash said.

“Annoyed. What weapons do you both want?” Nightbloom asked as he dropped the armor for the two mares, each a different suit, in front of them. “And here’s your armor.”

“What do you have?” Dash asked, picking up her armor. Nightbloom looked at Einuli as Applejack reached down and looked over her armor.

“Give Rainbow Dash an energy bow, and two daggers. Applejack… give her a hammer.” Einuli stated. “And a shotgun. Just incase.”

“Alright.” Nightbloom nodded, going over to the Replicators to produce their weapons.

“Why does she get a hammer?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“She’s slower. It’ll work more with her additional muscle mass and weight. That’ll give her more than enough force behind it, even without augmentations, to wield it effectively with little in the means of downsides. You’d work better with faster weapons, ones that’d be lighter and more maneuverable. It’d allow you to hit fast and fall back without any issues.” Einuli stated. “Any other questions? We have little time before we have to leave. We can’t leave her there for too long, lest they do something to her.”

“No… No, we’ll get ready.” Dash shook her head.

“Nightbloom, lead them to the docking bay once they’re suited up. I need to retrieve something.” Einuli said, teleporting himself away.