Fallout Equestria: EQUIS Rising

July 31st 2377, 08:37 Hours

I laid staring up at the ceiling of a run down medical research facility that was on the campus of the dilapidated Equestrian University in a medical bed hooked to machines. The purpose of the machines was to keep my new robotic body working as my new companion, Cyen a former Security bot for EQUIS, worked on my brain.

"Ah yes I see what you were saying" a Cyen said bobbing up and down "It appears you were an unknowing participant of EQUIS' memory experiment."

I had no idea what that meant for me but maybe that meant Star Charmer was still accessible.

"Star Charmer was the pony I saw in my head" I said trying to make it sound like I wasn't crazy "I saw her a lot, however, after the accident I haven't seen her"

Cyen was quiet for a moment before taking his arm and poking a part of my brain.

"Did you get uncontrollably sad when I did that" Cyen asked

"No i didn't at all" I answered

He poked again.

"Did you experience temporary blindness?" He asked

"No" I replied a little unsure of what was going on

He poked again one last time

"Ow!" I screeched

"I see" he said "It appears EQUIS took half of your brain and then half of this Star Charmers brain and put them together."

This was too much.

"It seems that instead of accepting Star Charmer's brain as its own your half sealed off and learned to function by itself... Remarkable" the robot said

"So what do you we about Star Charmer then?" I asked hoping I could see and talk to her again

"Well now that you are a pseudo Star Charmer's brain wavEs are filtered out. So seeing her much less hearing her is now impossible" he said as he closed the top of my head.

"Oh" I said in a defeated tone

"However" Cyen said floating up in front of my face "I might be able to separate the halves and place Star Charmer's half in an available Pseudo body."

The spirit returned to me and I was happy to hear that there was still some sort of hope.

"The procedure is simple" Cyen said "but very risky. You both could die"

Dusty walked in with another new companion, Horizon, he looked at me and then to Cyen.

"So is everything in working order?" Dusty said as he sat very heavy looking saddle bags down "I was hoping we could put some plating over his skeleton frame today."

The saddle bags fell over and solid white metal clambered out. Cyen bobbed around me and floated to Dusty.

"Not today Mister Dusty" he said "I will be preforming another operation on our friend here"

Dusty shot a look at me and then back to Cyen.

"Another operation" he said probingly "what is this one about?"

Before Cyen could answer I spoke up.

"Cyen found Star Charmer" I blurted out

"He found Star Charmer?" Dusty said cautiously

"Well half of her brain really" Cyen said matter of factly "it seems that Glacier Mane was a test subject for EQUIS"

Dusty shot another look at me.

"Half of Star Charmers brain is in Glacier Mane's head" Cyen said bobbing back over to me "theoretically I can split the two and put Star Charmer into a vacant pseudo."

Dusty closed his eyes in contemplation for a moment and looked at me.

"Well mr.overstallion what have you decided?"

I was taken back from the question and I looked down.

"It's worth a shot" I said as I lifted myself up and off the medical bed.

"I will make preparations then." Cyen said as he bobbed away

I walked over to Dusty and poked a hoof at the saddle bags.

"What's all this?" I asked

Dusty grinned and picked the bags up and put them over his back.

"Your upgrades we can't have a skeletal pseudo walking around the wastes"

He turned and walked out into the courtyard of the university. I followed to see what exactly he meant by upgrades. Dusty walked over into a building that was labeled "MWT School of Advancements"

"This is where I can find suitable parts for you" he said as he turned a corner "This is the Ministry of Wartime Technology's school where they trained their employees."

The only recollection of what the Ministry of Wartime Technology I had was based off of books that I had read in school. Dusty opened the door to the school and walked in. The building looked like all the others, dilapidated and charred from bail fire. I followed him in and saw the inside had faired just as well. The ceilings sagged and the walls were cracked. Years of dust covered the floor as my metallic hooves occasionally cracked glass from pictures and windows.

"Not too much farther" Dusty said as he opened a door that held to its frame by way of rusty hinges. "Me and Horizon scoped this place out this morning"

I was nervous, and excited, I was nervocited, I guess that's a word. I followed Dusty into a large room that was near the center of the building. This room had only slightly cracked walls and cleanish floors. In the center of the room stood a steel inclined table. On the walls and all around the room were fancy tools and equipment for what looked like robotic machining.

"What is this Dusty?" I said taking the whole view of everything in.

"This is were I'm going to put some armor on you" he said after he dropped the saddlebags on a nearby table. "Well it'll be like your skin, only we don't have equipment to give you hair and what not so you will constantly be encased in armor"

He reached in the bags and began to pull out individual pieces and arranged them on the table. I saw leg plates and chest plates and a horn and wings. Wings?

"Dusty" I said walking over to the wings "why wings I'm a unicorn"

Dusty smiled and walked up to me and placed a hoof on my shoulder.

"Not any more you not"