"The first Equestrian space exploration ship Startrot is on its first mission to explore and document the first nearest planet Maries. Acting ships captain Princess Twilight Sparkle currently recording for ships log. As this is a monumental day in Equestria and Equess's history. Said Twilight as she watched the the planet grow in the window it was a magical moment for her.
Then Captain Crimson Moon spoke. "I liked Lunas name for the ship better. Why we go with Celestia's suggestion any way? She has fought the Sunset, Luna and you on the scientific advancement drive from day one. If you ask me old Sun Flank should have not had a vote take her ego down a peg or two."
Twilight glares at the so called "Sword of Luna" Captain Ace Crimson Moon was not her favourite pony in fact his constantly treating her like wet behind the ears green grass recruit and constant verbal shots at her former teacher out right aggravated her.
"Ace why do you always complain about everything?" Asked Twilight.
The bridge crew looked at the red coated Pegasus with silver mane and gold eyes as Twilight waited for a answer. He smiled "Simple you complain enough the fate writer gives you a reason to shut the Tarturs up." Twilight's counter argument was killed in her throat as the long range scanners detected something. "See works every time." He said as he turned to leave the bridge.
"Where are you going?" Asked Twilight her eye twitching
"To do my job. Explorer new world meet strange alien life forms and kick their flanks of they don't play nice." With that do closed behind him.
Twilight sighs, "What do AJ and Trixie see in him? Aria I get, but why did they call for him?" She asked out loud sounding annoyed.
"Ma'ma the object is a vary vary large ship minimal energy signs no life signs we can detect." Said a black maned blue coated unicorn with a (what to us star trek badge) stylised star cutie mark.
A few minutes later Ace in his Magic Mobile Suit the Darkmoon, it has black head with red face and gold eye's, the arms and shield are black, the chest and skirt are black with a red stripe down the front center and it has red legs. The face has short snout with two tubes coming of the front and goes back under the helmet, the helmet has a silver v crest and a fin like ridge on it. The head mounted a pair of magic beam vulcans, the chest was contoured to look like neighponese (Chinese) armor, the shield had a white dragon skull and crossbones on it , it also mounted a 75mm magic gatling beam gun, on its hip was a heat blade sword. The suits right arm had a weapon called the dragon fangs, witch turns the right arm in to a dragon head and neck, witch also mounts a pair of high temperature flame throwers, the dragon's eyes are gold like the heads. (Gunpla info the Dark Moon is based on a Gouf flight type with gatling shield, the helmet, chest, right arm and the shoulders are that of the classic shenlong from gundam wing) he approached the the energy source his eye's widened. "Hay princess.... that ship we have... remember how it was the biggest one in history?"
"Yes, why?" Asked answered Twilight
"Well, the signal is from a ship.... a vary vary vary big ship. It's proximity 300 feet long 100 feet wide and 250 feet tall. The ship is is cross shaped at the front like a plus sign and half oval from above but blunted flat back from the thrusters. The ship is drifting thermal reads cold through most of the ship. Highest heat source is the bridge and what looks to be the engendering section permission to breach a hach?" Said Ace over the communication band.
"You're clear but safeties on no shooting the ship might be in trouble and it's crew needing help." Said Twilight
"Or they fled a failed invasion and drifting out here left to die.there is dozens of what look like scorch marks and several sealed wholes. This ships guns are damaged but still visible as such." Said Ace lands on the side
He walked slowly to a closed hatch staying clear of the door way he pressed what looks like a button. When it was depressed the door opened then exploded. "ACE! Are you ok!" Shouts Twilight
"I'm fine I figured their might be a spell trap or something so I stood to the side. The door is as big as my Darkmoon, who is annoyed about them rigging the hatch to blow up when opened. Entering." He floated into the ship. "No gravity, bodies every where. They look like MMS units... no signs of pilots chambers tho or boarding hatches."
"Careful they may have more traps." Said Twilight
"I got three mares waiting I'm not taking any risks. Besides I got a daughter at home, two more foal coming. I plan to be their to raise them." He said as he slowly made his way deeper in. Soon he saw the pods hundreds of them. Extending the dragon head out look closer. "There's a lot of pods in here look likes they are some kind of life support thermal shows 95% of the energy is going to maintaining them. Moving on to the bridge." He slowly floated to the bridge finding some choke points in halls that where used to thin out enemy troops and signs of the defenders that died. As well as several pods that where ripped open and the occupants butchered. "Twilight who ever this ship belonged two they where fleeing some sickos. The attackers had butchered some of the ones in the pods. Looks like they where being hunted by the other faction." He reached the bridge seeing a last stand he opened the door standing to one side.
"Halt intruder! What do you want here?" Said a deep metallic voice.
The Dragon head peeked in the door way seeing. A green and blue figure with a Cyclops eye and broad chest and angled wings. Red glowing lines on it's body and a hand gun coming out of his arm. The Darkmoon flashed its eyes as it spoke to its pilot in side. 'Well that's not any way to make friends.' Dripping in sarcasm.
"I don't have the luxury to be friendly these days do my circumstances and cargo." He replied causing the dragon head to rear back shock.
'You can understand my optical voice?' Asked the Darkmoon. Ace moved it in to the door way proper gatling raised. "I agree this is a day of firsts. So please lower your gun and I will mine." Said Ace.
"Two voices and heads? Interesting." Said the stranger as he lowers his blaster it retracting in to his arm. "My name is Stormwing. Autobot squad leader and pilot of this refugee ship."
The dragon head retracts in to the arm as he lowers the shield gun and walks in. "We are Ace Crimson Moon and the body you see is my MMS Darkmoon." 'Nice to have some pony other then the princess's suits to talk to. Oh and we have live feed to our ship Ace so princess Twilight can hear.' Said the Darkmoon.
"I see. The fact that you are not just blasting my ship shows you are not decepticons." Said Storm.
"Ask him why he's out hear?" Said Twilight rather excitedly shouting.
The Darkmoon twitched. 'Stop shouting stupid princess.' The eyes flash. "Ok. Clam down we hear you in our heads remember. Not a nice adjustable speakers you get in that chair." The heads eye slides to look at the ship coming in to view. This prompts Storm to look. Ace then says to Storm. "Her royal nerdness asks why your out hear?" Said Ace.
"You are not a supportive soldier to your leaders?" Asked Storm.
"I am. I just see a difference between loyalty to the nation and devotion to the rulers. That said it's good for them to be talked down to as it keeps them humble. So her question?" Answered Ace making the Darkmoon chuckle.
"Our world is dead killed by my races civil war. That name is a misnomer. There was nothing civil about it. On the orders of the last prime we left our world to find a new home in the stars. Several ships like mine launched from our world. Most where lost mine was one of the few lucky enough to escape. Though not unscathed. I had twenty bots under my command. Now I have only seven survivors not counting my self. Sorry about the bombs on the door. A safety step by my second in command before she went in to stasis sleep. You princess cane here us correct?" Said Storm looking at the ship as it drew closer.
"Shes crying right know she has her hoof on the speak button." Said Ace annoyed.
"Well then I ask if she will give use safe harbor or at least safe passage through your system." Said Storm.
"Ouch! Bucking Tarturs stop yelling or so help me princess or not ill make you give me laps around the ship till we land!" Shouted Ace as the Darkmoon grabs its head. "Yes. Her geakyness invites you people to take refuge in our nation and on our world." He said as the suit straightens up.
"Thank you and your princess this is by far more then I dared hope for. Yo-" a alarm cut him off he runs to the panel. "Scrap one of the stasis pods is failing the shock from the blast most shook something loose." He then transforms in to a jet and speeds f down the hall Ace in the Darkmoon takes of after him.
A moment latter they stop at a pod. "Blast this is not good the protoforms pod is damaged and I can't reach the wires to repair it."
"I can! Just walk me through it." Said Ace.
"How ca-?" Storms question was cut of as the hatch in Darkmoons chest and Ace in his normal suit drifts out. "Fascinating! But I will ask on the matter later. Hurry in the panel and re connect the wires red to red blue to green with the panel destroyed in the battle this is the only way to save the protoform." Ace followed the instructions then the pod beeped and started to hum.
"Ok that's it." Said Ace as he floated up.
Then a beam swept the room before targeting him. "Oh my it seems your form is being scanned."
"I noticed it's not a nice feeling." He said after the beam vanished.
The Stasis pod hummed to life, as it began to his from steam inside being released, as it was about to be opened to release the protoform inside, which now had a robot of some form inside, roughly looking to be about the height of Ace himself. "Argh! This thing is driving me Crazy!!" said the voice coming from the head, before it moves to lift it's leg up and kicked open the stasis pod, shattering the glass, as it's hands grabbed the sides, being green, and light green main body, with Light green legs, which held black highlights, and Blue optics. he had a green colored helmet, that had covered his entire head. and a strange looking face plate that moved lightly as he groans getting up, red colored lines pulsed glowing along as it looked around. "Who....what the shock...happened?" he asked, as he looked around. some steam coming from it's body as the stasis was wearing off, before it began to move, standing up, stretching out, before taking careful steps down, looking around now.
"Who are you?" He asks, upon noticing Ace, and the much larger mobile suit Darkmoon, looking to both of them, as the bot began to go through a systems check. "System's scanning....T-cog online....everything seems in order.....That was a nice long nap..." he said.
"Welcome back to the waking world young bot. But you're early.The ship suffered damage and I was forced to wake you in emergency mode. With the help of our new friend." Said Storm
'He looks like he's part pony?' Flashed Darkmoon.
"Yeah why he look like that?" Asked Ace.
As he looked at himself, they noticed his upper arms, belly, and thighs looked to be coated as green skin, or green fur. synthetic, as his waist held dark blue armor matching the rest of his metal body. "well...umm...it's because I scanned you." He explained. "I scanned your form upon you coming into contact with my pod, thus I was able to wake. That's why I look like I'm part pony, as you both say."
"Most minicons take forms like switchs or data tapes or other things that can let them be helpful or hide. The most infamous being the the team of cassette bots working with sound wave. This is one was one of the unmolded protoforms we carried. The protoforms where all sent of world I know for certain that a third of them where in the first wave that was wiped out by the cons. The other third launched after my ship. So their fate is unknown. On this vessel we have remaining 839 pods minus my teams survivors all are protoforms that have yet to scan a their first form. As much as I dislike it this ship is a over sized school shuttle. The pods gave them some basics but they will still need lots of schooling. Especially on how your world works." Explained Storm.
"So this is just a foal?" Asked Ace
"Yes if that's what your race calls it newly molded." Said Storm.
"That's basically the explanation of it...so...My name's...Red Line...what are yours?" he asks Ace and the Mobile suit, since he knew Storm's name.
"I'm Captain Ace Crimson Moon of the Lunar guard 1st MMS unit. And this is the Darkmoon my Magic Mobile Suit or MMS." Said Ace
'Sup' Flashed the Darkmoon
"Cool..." he said as the mask waved lightly as if it was connected to a bottom jaw to move with his speech.
"Right can you steer this tub or do I need to get out and push?" Asked Ace.
"One moment which planet is yours?" Asked Storm.
"The one closest to the sun of the three." Said Ace.
"Right calculating trajectory........... good news using minimal energon we can have a controlled crash on a target location in one quarter stellar cycle. Bad news we have enough energon for active bots to survive on for half that even taking in account of our different requirements. Alone using low function rations I can make it alone. Till last day then ill use a full ration to have the power to hide her in and land her relatively safely. But the kid will have to go with you if we are to survive."
"Darkmoon give him the data on our time so we can get a Equestrian time mark on this plan?" Asked Ace. The Darkmoons eye flashed rapidly then Storms eye started to do the same as they had a optical conversation. Ace sighs and shook his head. "I hate math and technical talk. I'm front line soldier." he leaned against the pod and looked at Red. "So you copied my body? You don't look like it."
"Statistically speaking, i copied your body type. the colors are mostly my own choosing." he said, before transforming. as his thighs opened up, and his legs shrank inward, as coverings closed over them, showing to look like normal pony legs, along with his arms opening up and covering his lower arms and his hands retracting inward for a moment before popping back out with furry hands. his chest opens up, as it also flips inward, closing revealing a full pony body and shoulders. his helmet changed. the golden antannae disappearing and the helmet itself, retreating inward, covering with plates to match the rest of his face and body with green fur, and brown and red mixed mane, his eyes changed looking more like expressive pony eyes rather than optics like Storm or Darkmoon's, and finally the mask glowed before splitting right down the middle, and opening up revealing a mouth, and muzzle which smiles. he looked like a proper pony now. his waist armor, even changes, both retreating into his body and lengthening, turning into a pair of jeans, and boots. his backpack, which housed thrusters for flight ability, also changed. retreating into his back, the two sections over the shoulders had stretched out, looking like the bones of a wing, and then sprout feathers, to make him look like a proper pegasus.
"so, Does this look better?" he asks, his voice sounding less metallic, and he looked like a pegasus pony, though he definitely had a lot to learn, in terms of everything anyway.
"This is new, like a fun house mirror. People might think your my brother... or maybe a son.
"maybe...I could go for either one...still need to learn as much as I can." He explained smiling happily.
"I can teach you same as I am my daughter. After all you got wings you should learn to use them. I'll talk to the princess see if you can stay with me and my herd." Said Ace before he reached over and ruffled his mane.
"What are Princesses? What's a herd?" Red asked, curious as he noticed him ruffling the mane and smiled, feeling his touch.
"Princess is what the female leader's are called. A herd is a large family unit. Usually a stallion, a male pony, and several mares, female ponies, and their foals, younger ponies. Their are other types like herd formed of mares with out a stallion. But that's more complicated as to how it works." Said Ace.
"huh...I see...okay...I kinda want a herd now...sorta..." He said smiling at the idea of having numerous beautiful females around him that loved him.
"You don't even know what a female looks like do you?" Asked Ace.
".....No..." he said hesitating for a moment. "Well, tell me more about these Magic Mobile Suits." he said motioning to Darkmoon, almost as eager to learn as a certain princess Ace knew.
"They are living metal for lack of better term. Each starts a lot like you're kind. As what's called a protosuit a twenty-five foot spear of metal. A would be pilot must be accepted by the protosuit." Said Ace.
"Very interesting...I wanna try and pilot one..." Red said enthusiastically as he stares at Darkmoon, very intrigued by it, and it's functions, how it worked. He couldn't wait to see it from the inside and see them in action.
"You just can't pilot one. Their alive the start as smart as animal, but they start to evolve and grow the get smarter. Darkmoon is the third most evolved and has shown the fastest growth rate of all suits. But suits are blood bound, they will only let their chosen pilot inside or some one related to them. Like my daughter Zapapple can pilot Darkmoon well she tried to it let her in but she was not ready to pilot. My mares had a fit cause she smashed a barn. So she needs to wait till she's older to try again." Ace chuckles as he pulls a photo out of his breast pocket. It shows him with his herd Applejack in her hat tank top and cut shorts,with a arm around a Pegasus filly with a good fur green eyes and silver and red mane, wearing a pair of overalls, or Aces left was Trixie a unicorn with a large belly in a cape and hat and tank top and shorts. She had silver bandwidth a ice blue stripe and soft blue fur. Behind them was a purple giant scaled hoofed fish thing with a grumpy face. "This is my herd. The big one in the back is Aria, on the left of the picture is Trixie, pregnant with twins, the mare on the right is Applejack with our daughter Zapapple. That's me in the center in my civilian clothes." Explains Ace.
Red looks at the picture of them. "Can't wait to meet them later then.....uhh..." He said pointing at Applejack, specifically towards her chest, where her breast was stretching part of the tank top she had on in the photo. "What are those...lumps on her chest?" he asks curious, and naturally not knowing anything.
"Those are memory glands used to nurse foals." Said Ace having the good grace to be scientific words.
"Seems like kind of a mouthful to call them Mamory glands..." he said softly, still inspecting the photo for a moment, to give it back shortly after smiling.
"That the since name of it. Their is a lot of non clinical names but those can get slapped." Said Ace
"I...see....okay...fair enough...What's the most common nonclinical name for them?" He asked just wanting to know so he could add to his vocabulary and knowledge.
"Breasts. Any way it looks like they are ready." Said Ace as he started to the Darkmoon.
"Red line you will go with Ace and Darkmoon ahead of the ship. I will see you in one hundred days on their world. You will be our races representative till we land." Said Storm.
Red nods smiling happily. "Mission understood and Acknowledged Storm. See you soon." he said waving as he goes to follow Ace towards the Darkmoon.
"One moment. It's not normally done but hear take this." A beam of light shoots in to Redlines head from Storms. "That's a throwback blaster it will be of use if you get in to trouble. But don't go shooting it off at nothing." Said Storm after the light show.
Red blinks, nodding, before focusing, accessing the program as his right arm, though that of a pony, instantly opened up, morphing and flattening, extending and expanding to some extent, turning into a pistol with a scope, and a long muzzle. it changed this way down at the elbow and partly up his upper arm. "Should I give it a test shot or two?" he asked, pointing it towards a spot which was empty, or wouldn't hurt any of the pods.
"No. That is a vary old but powerful weapon test under supervision in a safe range." Said Storm.
The darkmoon walked over. "Come on rookie. Put the space gun away and hop on." The hand lowered as Ace spoke from in the Darkmoon.
Red puts it away, as he goes to follow, nodding as he jumps onto Darkmoon's hand
The suit slowly makes its way out of the ship Red seeing space for the first time and the smaller ship. It was airrow shaped with two under wings a flying bridge and three central hulls. (Gunpla build combine the two ships in Minerva and Archangel.)
"Woah...amazing...such an amazing view." he said softly staring at the small ship, his optics zooming in on it.
The Darkmoon approached the open hatch slowing down as it entered through a window Red could see other ponies in suits many taller then him.
"Amazing place..." He said, looking around the base, standing in Darkmoons hand, holding a finger to be able to look around in awe.
"Yeah biggest ship we ever built. Still looks like a toy compared to yours." Said Ace as he lands the doors behind him seal then the a hissing fill the room.
"Still amazing....what should I do Ace?" He asks, eager to do more and learn more.
"For one calm down. From what Darkmoon been explaining to me from what Storm told her you have millions of years to live learning will. Come don't rush it now or you'll be bored long before I'm work food." Said Ace. The hissing stoped and a second does opened and the suit walked in to a hanger where 8 other suits sat in paddocks. All seemed close to the others in looks but each was different in some way. Darkmoon's eye flashed. 'Any of you rust brains awake yet!' Despite it being a optical light flashing the words seemed to carry disdain in them.
Red heard her say that, and looks around, to see all the other suits, looking in awe at them. "Truly...amazing." he said softly staring in awe. "Well...I'm eager to meet this Princess you mentioned...wonder when I'll get to meet them..." He said
"Soon we have to go through decontamination. We where on a alien ship to my race the hanger is going to be scrubbed down so will the airlock and we need to be as well. Just so nothing deadly to use but harmless to you is brought on board." Said Ace as he existed and floated down using his wings to move.
Red nodded, following him, curious indeed. "So....should I stay in this pony form? or transform back to my natural state?" he asked, being curious anyway about the whole thing.
"Probably should shift back and forth in there to be sure." Said Ace as he walked in to a room that closed behind him leaving two others open.
"I don't know...maybe I should just stay like this till we meet the princesses..." he said as he began to walk into another one of the three, which closed behind him.
Defensively flinching he moves to shield himself with his arms, and tries with his wings, but seeing it doesn't do anything, he just stands there
The spray stops after a minute and the other door opens in to a locker room.
he walks inside, looking for Ace, since he trusted him, and was looking for him to be able to lead him around the place anyway.
In side was a locker room with several ponies in stages of dress both male and female. The closest pony was a mare ten foot tall stacked with muscle and as well with the biggest breasts he had seen so far, her fur was white mane and tail gold eyes blue and her cutie mark was a crossed lances on fire on her outter thighs.
He looked around, and noticed her, smiling, a bit nervously. "hello miss...I'm looking for...Ace...where is he?" He asked looking around still, trying to find him.
"The boss is over at his locker getting changed." She said pointing over her shoulder her large mussels flexing as her b breasts bounce a little. She then bends over at her hips and starts putting on a flight suit.
Red nodded smiling. "Thanks...my name's Red Line...who are you?" He asked smiling at her.
"Lieutenant Commander Charger Solus of the first mobile suit reggiment from her majesty princess Celestia's solar guard. I'm Ace's second in command and wing pony. Now stop bothering me grunt." Said Charger as pulls up the vary from fitting flight suit.
"Yeesh. sorry." he said rolling his eyes a bit as he walks by her, to get to Ace
"See you met charger. Hard to believe she's ten years younger then me. But she gets the paperwork done on time even when I don't." He grabbed red and pushed him to the left as his head tilted right. Lee then a second later a lance came through the locker behind them and in to Ace's missing him by inches. "Love you to Charger, do fill out the repair request forms after your patrol is done!" He called with a smile. The grumbled reply was not auditable as speech but more like angered vocalized. "She and her suit are the strongest under my command as well. She can her self smash through stone walls. I count her as a prime example of a earth pony in full Zen with their passive magic. So how you like your first bath?" Ace was in a dark blue uniform buttoning up the front shirt in the locker hung the flight suit and helmet the now embedded lance and the last boo was a hat and jacket both black and the jacket had the Dragon skull and bones from his shield. A shelf had a a Crystal sword on it.
"Wha...the hay was with the lance..." He said, as his eye twitched, before shrugging. "So that's what it was earlier huh? eh, it was nice i'd guess...fairly relaxing almost..." He said thinking about it. "Hmm. wonder who else I'll meet here, other than the Princesses..." He said. "She mentioned a Princess Celestia?" he asked.
"You will only be meeting Princess Twilight today, it's considered bad strategy to put all ones rulers on the same ship." He said as he slid the chance crystal sword in to a loop on his hip. "Come along sun. She's waiting on the bridge."
Red nodded. "I see." he said as he goes to follow him. "Nice sword..." he said softly. "could you tell me about Princess Celestia then?"
"I'm not one to ask. Me and Sunbut are not friends. So anything I have to say is tainted from my view of her. That said she is the third oldest person I have met as of today." He led him too a stair case next to what was clearly a elevator and started up them.
"...why aren't you taking the elevator?" he asks, moving to follow him up the stairs. "And I guess I'll ask this Twilight about her then."
"Cause elevators are for injured to week to walk or slackers to fat and lazy. On ship it take the long way on planet I use my wings. I'm the greatest warrior in Equestria. I didn't earn that being lazy." He said as hue took the stairs two at a time despite his now obvious short statcher compared to other ponies.
"Yeesh. Elevators are an easier way...and safer considering you can easily trip and bust yourself open on stairs..." he explained following.
"No they aren't more peonies have been hurt by them the last year then stairs. Don't tell me that your getting tired. You've got the same body as I have in that form. Is your race that week?" He said obviously purposely pushing a button in the young bot he has seen in many recruits.
"I don't know. I'm a newly hatched bot, and I can probably break you like a piece of scrap metal." he said smirking back, as he follows him,
Ace started laughing. And it was creppy as all hell. His laughter sounded like something a villain would have completed demented and chilling. The kind you expect from a twisted fiend in the middle of a massacre. The unnerved look given by ponies they passed on the next floors landing said it was not something they liked to hear. "You've a hundred years to young to talk that big son." Said Ace when he could talk again on the fifth flight.
"Geez. do you laugh that creepy on purpose?" Red asked him following along, as they continued heading up stairs, looking around at the sights of the ship, whilst they continued walking upward, up, up, and constantly going up the stairs.
"No I just picked it up from the biggest influence in my life. My sensay the weapon master." They reached the top and went down a set of corridors that ended at a door that wished open. On the bridge ponies where going about their work as the watched the Cybertroian ship adjust its course. Princess Twilight Sat in a chair in the center.
"What's taking so long did he make the ambassador take the stairs like he dose?" Grumbled Twilight as she looked out the window.
"yes he did." Said Red Line now, as they entered the room and Red heard Twilight say so. "Can I hit him please?" He asked, now giving a small annoyed glare at Ace, seeing he did it on purpose to be a jackass.
"As much as I would like you to you can't. You can try to but it wouldn't end to well. I know I've tried. Said Twilight. She stood up. And walked over her large breasts bounced as usher hips swayed. "I'm the Princess of Friendship Twilight Sparkle." She stuck out her hand.
"She's also the smallest and youngest Princess." sniped Ace as he leans on the wall.
hilariously, Red ended up staring at Twilight's chest, bouncing along as she approached him. "Before I shake your hand....perhaps you'd prefer myself to be in my...natural state?" He asks her, beginning to raise his hand to her.
"That be lovely tho talking to what looks like a pony is more natural it be interesting to see the change in form first hand." Said Twilight as she floats her cell phone up with her magic. "Ok. Ready to record."
"what you don't have security cameras? Alright whatever then." He said shrugging, before transforming. the legs opened up, and went into his thighs, as his armor returned, bulking out, clothing he wore seemed to vanish as they shrunk inward, folding up to be his chest armor, and his waist armor as well. his arms similarly opened up, changing to his own armored arms, hands, and shoulders, as his head opens and returns to the helmet he had. the faceplate didn't close this time, as his eyes widened, turning into the optic look, as his wings folded, receding, turning into a backpack for thruster flight. his transformation complete, he smiles. "hello again."
"Um well yes we do but can't have to many angels on something this momentous." Said Twilight
"Love the sound they make. Can I get a audio clip of that for my phone?" Asked Ace.
Red is practically blushing as he just chuckles. "Well, that's not the only thing I can do you know..." He said, before his mask closed up, hiding his mouth, as he raises his right arm aside, and transforms it into the Throwback Blaster he just got.
He then got a actually painful smack to the head. "Space gun away you might not need to to breath but we do. If it goes off you could kill everyone in the room by decompression!" Shouted Ace who's crystal, sword had turned from a katana to a stupidly big and heavy looking full blade (buster sword type swords to those who don't know.) It was clear that Ace had used the flat of it as a idiot stick.
"Ace is right..... wow. No matter how often I say it I still feel dirty.... it's dangerous to have a gun on the bridge." Said Twilight
"As often as I'm right you still can't except I'm smarter then I look..... Don't say a thing on that comment son cause remember your my twin physically." Added Ace.
"prick..." Red said annoyed, as he puts away the blaster. "I still need to try it out honestly....Okay how about this then...and I swear if you hit me again I'm gonna hit you back." Red said before raising his right hand, as it retracts in, and soon it changes, into an orange glowing axe.
"How cute you got a hand axe and no training." Said Ace as his giant sword goes back to a katana and he sheathed it.
"Actually i have two." he said making a second one. "And it seems i have access to another little trick." He said as both the orange axes soon changed to a blueish green coloration and seemed to have lightning sparking along their form. "you know you're looking a bit bored how about I give ya a nice shock?" he asked putting away the left axe annoyed with him.
Ace smiles. "I'm a Pegasus where you think you got the cute trick from?" He spread his wings and golden lightning starts to flow over his whole body. "Remember kid. That everyone older then you has more tricks then you do." He closed his fist and the lightning around him collected in to a vary large sword. "The Rengiki sword twelfth art of the tempest monks second tier. You're not special kid stop acting like it. You want to be impressive do something that ponies can respect and stop trying to show off." He then realises the lightning he had letting it fizzle out and grabbed Reds blade but pushed the shock back on him knocking the bot on his ass. "Ill be in the nest if you need me." Said Ace as he walked away waving smoke from his hand.
Red grunts, as his hand changes back, and he moves beginning to stand, stumbling from the shock. "you...asshole...i was showing off because I've got some princess infront of me, whom i've never met till now, and she's never met me, both of us eager to learn about the other, Of course I'm gonna show her what I can do. and you're supposed to be my mentor, so why the shock are you attacking me like that and acting like i'm just some scraplet trying to get attention?! You say i'm not special? I'M A SHOCKING ROBOT THAT CAN CHANGE INTO A PONY, MUCH LESS, CHANGE MY ARMS INTO LIGHTNING AXES, OR A SPACE GUN." he shouts, his voice clearly sounding both hurt, and angry, as well as being something similar to being electrocuted so being a bit staticy for the moment as it wore off, whilst smoke poured from his hand due to earlier.
"That's how he teaches." Twilight started setting a hand on Red's shoulder. "Ace's scars the ones you probably noticed when you..Um... scanned him. They where from his adopted fathers teaching him. He's no where near as rough as that dragon was on him and his siblings after they fled their biological father. But he is considered the best and hardest instructor when it's his rotation to teach recruits. He dose it to weed out the weak and give them something to focus on. Most the time it's punching him in the face. But he dose it cause if his students can handle what he puts them through then they have a better chance at surviving in a real fight. He sees potential in you that's why he just well.... laid you out. It's his way of caring. Believe me I don't get it either and I had all three wives of his explain it got me. Remember all the grief he gives you he has lived through worse. His teacher nearly killed him once a week. He almost lost a wing." Twilight hugged red. "Now we do have things to talk about but I'm sure you want to learn how to control electricity as finely as he dose the pilot's nest is on deck three overlooking the hanger. Show him you're not afraid of getting a little roughed up. Just remember your are on a sealed ship."
"Agreed....though I'm not even sure if I can do things like what he did..." he said. "i honestly don't know what I could be capable of in terms of things like that, or if i'm limited to just my axes and blaster...Actually I kinda wanna try my hand at piloting one of those mobile suits..." He explained smiling. "Then I'd be able to do some real good I'd imagine." he said hugging her back. "Though I'm quite eager to make new friends...and to meet these other princesses....like, Celestia? perhaps you could tell me about her?" He asked her.
Twilight releases the hug. "Has he said anything about her?"
The bot shook his head. "no, he didn't. Just mentioned that he and 'sunbutt' don't really get along...so anything he said would be tainted by his view of her." he explains.
"I swear he's as bad as discord some days.princess Celestia is the ruler off the day and keeps our world in proper orbit and rotation to maintain the day and night with the help of her sister Luna. Do to a... let's call it a time out, Celestia had to rule alone for a thousand years. But Luna returned some years ago and has been a big help with running things." She explained.
"Wow....and a Luna too? Such a beautiful name.....do you have a picture of them? What could you tell me about Luna?" He asked eagerly.
"Yes, from the Princess summit." She blushed as she looked at her phone, she had forgotten where the last one was. "Thuis is embarrassing...."
"This is us at the Baltimare beach in horseshoe bay." She was vary embarrassed.
He stares at the photo, as she motioned to who was who. "Wow...Luna...is beautiful......honestly i'd say she's the most beautiful of the four of you..." he said as they practically now found hearts in his eyes. "she's so beautiful...I wanna meet her soon." He said genuinely, wanting to do so.
"Maybe, she is vary busy. After all, she has a lot to deal with. But you will likely speak to her at some point." Said Twilight
"Well, I hope to meet Princess Luna very soon...and speak to her soon...don't suppose you could help arrange a meeting for me to meet her do you?....as for going to meet up with Captain Shock for brains......should I just remain in my natural form like this? or what?" he asked, referring to his robotic form, with green armored legs from the knees down, armored torso, shoulders, hips/waist, and arms from the elbow down. the upper arms, and thighs appeared to be more like his pony form. he also held a thruster backpack, and his head seemed more like a green helmet with blue eyes, and a closing battle mask, which was left open at current.
"That's up, to you." Said Twilight.
"Fair enough...May just stay like this...but I was asking your advice on the matter...though do you think you could arrange a meeting between myself and Princess Luna? perhaps also Celestia? I'd love to meet them soon..." Red said smiling as he now finally extended his hand to shake hers, and properly 'meet' as it were.
"I'll see if I can." She said with a smile.
He nods. "Thanks then Twilight Sparkle." he said bowing before shaking her hands. letting her feel his unexpectedly smooth metallic hand and fingers as they shook hands. "It's an honor to meet you, milady." he said smiling at her.
"Nice meeting you as well. And please just call me Twilight." Said Twilight.
"Very Well....may I call you Twi, or Twiley?" He asks her, smiling happily.
"Don't push, it we still need to look professional." Said Twilight
"Aww. okay then. It's an honor to meet you Twilight, and I look forward to working with you." he said before he began to leave to meet up with Ace in the Pilot's Nest.
The ship was confusing compared to what little he saw of the cybertroian ship he came on.
Eventually though, Red Line made his way to the Pilot Nest, entering, with a rather intense desire to deck him in the head. He knew though he had gotten some looks from the rest of the crew that saw him considering he was remaining in his full cybertronian form.
"What kept you kid?"Asked Ace as he sat at a back table. All the other ponies in personalized flight suits looked at Red.
"Had to make sure you didn't do any extra damage to me with that electric attack of yours. SO. how could I learn to do that Huh? along with possibly getting a Protosuit?" he asked, looking along at the others, scanning them now, letting them see him in his true form now. Red felt rather...alone, and like an alien...which he technically was anyway.
"A protosuit? Did some one just come in and as for a suit?" Said the mare next to Ace at the table.
"Yeah he's my adopted son you could say." Ace said before taking a long drag on a bottle of brown liquid.
"He certainly acts it. But he seems to lack experience. Like when we where foals back on the island." Said the mare. Her mane was cut short and black, her fur was a yellow tan and her eyes seemed a bluegray with the white and black missing. She was closer tho Aces height then most ponies. And she wore the same uniform as Ace.
"Of course I do. I just got woken up earlier today. so this is technically my first day as a pony. much less, being alive. but my statements still stand." He said, repeating his desire to learn how to do those lightning tricks of Ace's and getting a Protosuit.
The room started laughing. Ace raised his hand cutting the them off. "Toph, show the kid he ain't ready yet." Said Ace. Snickering spread as some moved tables out of the way.
"Really Ace? That lesson right away. From what you told us this foal is younger then your daughter. It wouldn't be fair for me to fight him even with the handy cap I have on ship." Said the mare her eye's never once looked at Ace or Red the whole time Red has been there.
"It's to make a point for him like my sensei did for me. I tried on the bridge but his head's thicker then mine. So please Lieutenant Topographicia Bell Fang. Show the kid he needs to stop rushing things." Said Ace.
The mare sighs. "Fine ill do it. But you're buy the next round." She gets up from her seat and looks though Red and smiles. "Ok twinkle toes, schools in session, give me best shot."
"Remember Red no guns." Ace called.
"you're blind Aren't you, miss Toph?" Red asked, figuring it out. "it's nice to meet you. and this will certainly be interesting. Though I'm certain you know I wanna punch dad in the face by now, for various reasons. and according to Twilight, I'm not the only one. I wasn't wanting to get into a fight. Seems to me he's got a misunderstanding." Red said, referring to Ace. "I wasn't trying to rush things with what I said earlier. I just said what I want to be able to do or have. obviously I still wanna learn and well, climb my way up there." He explained.
"That's good but your lesson is still the same as his first. And it's the most important one." She took her stance. "His sensei almost killed him to teach it. He is more gentle but it's a hard lesson. Have you figured out what it is? If so it will spare me having to kick your flank around the room." She smiles at him.
"Not to rush progress right?" He asked, smiling back at her, as his mask closes up over his face, despite the fact that she wasn't able to see him anyway.
"Cloose but no." She stepped forward and struck both fists in a over under jab. Tho Red on reflexes blocked one the other hit him and he felt it as he slid backwards. "That's why he chose me. Your body is mental of some kid one strike and I saw how your body works every gear, pristine and wire. You should give up now. You could never win in a match against me. My abilities make it impossible for you." She said sounding actually disappointed.
"Chose your battles carefully...I can understand your disappointment...cause I wanted to learn to fight too...much less, against you...at the same time, somehow I believe if I don't fight you and give up too easily...I'll never have your respect, nor his. I'll never be worthy of that which I desire to learn." he said.
Then everyone laughed. Ace stood up and walked in front of Red. "You're so close to the answer but you can't quite see it. The hardest lesson a warrior learns is when not to fight. Choosing to fight is easy. You let go of your restraints and act. But choosing not to fight even when a enemy is before you or a strong appoint you want to prove your not afraid of. Is often harder then anything else in the world. When I was foal I found the weapon master. A dragon wise and old and I begged him to teach me. He said I'd have to make him. At the time I thought it ment I had to show him my strength and that nearly killed me, almost lot my wing. But then as I lay there bleeding it hit me no matter how strong I was he had more skill and experience then I could ever have in my lifetime. He seemed to see it in my eyes that I realized his lesson. He then said. "A true warrior is not fearless, or one that answers all that challenges them. But one that knows when he has to fight to for the sake of what matters most. You know know your limits and understand the basics of this. Now you can start to learn and grow." His meaning was not something I fully understood at the time but as I grew up it became vary clear. So do you understand the lesson?"
Red was clearly annoyed, at being laughed at now, as he nods though. "Yes...I do understand...it essentially is choosing your battles...knowing when to fight and when to stand down..." He said seeing it fairly easily now.
"Yes like how on the bridge you wanted to show of your gun. Ones head is not just for filling a helmet. As they say." Said Ace.
"That's funny coming from you boss!" Said one of the pilots
"Yeah. When was the last time you actually planned anything more then a minute in advance?" Asked another
"Ok, ok, that's enough you lot drinks on me." Said Ace smiling as he put his arm around Red as the room was filled with cheers and laughter.
"So...what now then...Dad?" Red asked looking at him.
"Now? Now we start with the boring stuff. Teaching you to read Equestrian and Neighponese." Said Ace.
