Fallout Equestria: The Metal Ring.

It was early morning the ship kind of was smoking and parts of it were on fire thanks to that damn core. I wish we could learn to not have this happen every single year. It's going to get worse from what I have been told and well this is how my life is. I take each time to find what I can but it's not what I can do.

But I went to the first spot I had to fix. A bar that made us beer and many other products but it was not a simple thing for me to do. I had to have tools to clean and fix the issue the core provided I don't always understand what this does it gets on my nerves. So I fixed the issue that was caused and I'm not even paid in anything.

Going through another part of the simple idea of what is going on is how it's normal to me. But I went through another part of the ship. it was the generator connected to the homes. Lucky them they get to be in the sun. But I have to be stuck in that stupid core room. It's how most things can be and how things will always be. But it's not always a simple task inside this.

So I took apart the generator and replaced the core it had and it ran on saltwater. The saltwater was the only way it could work. But sometimes it's even more issues than most of the time it happens. But when I got it back together I turned it on and the power for that set of homes came back on. I sighed softly unsure how to work this. But again I learned through my mother.

Why does a mare have to work on this? I don't feel happy with the fact that I am just a simple new adult mare that is only allowed to fix and then try to make things better for the top of the ship. I love my home but is this all there is? I wish I could get off there It's not something I was simply always happy about.

Now I finally made it to the captain’s part of the ship. Well, we really didn't have a captain anymore it was more of how simple the idea of how it's set up is kind of how it's wrong to me but I am not sure. I went into the power pack of the ship to fix what I could. Now it's almost late afternoon when I did this. But I would still have more work to do in the morning.

Just fixing these things is a patch job for now. I have to come back and redo it. I am not happy about it at all. I felt my heart beating and the sweat slowly drained from me. It's not how I wanted to live my life. But there was a meeting going on. With all the captains or leaders of the ships.

" We need to find a way to get back to land. We have one working boat that can get us there. But who would we send?"

I kept silent working on my job I wasn't sure if they would even pick me that would be a bad idea. I don't wish to go back to land. I just wish to have a new job. But some looked at me while I worked.

" I got an idea why not send her." A griffin pointed at me. But the leader of my home looked at me and sighed.

" Her mother said never send there. But maybe it's time for her to go." I left finally I didn't wish to hear anymore. I went to go get something to eat but I had to of course fix the grill. to just have some fish. The fish is always tasty. it made me happy that I was able to eat something like this.

Because growing food just was not on my list of something I wished to eat. I have been on this ship far too long. I don't even know what land looks like. All I know is metal and metal is all I need to have. I took my dinner back to the core it was very late at night and I noticed how most of the core was still pretty much damaged to the point I couldn't fix most of it in one day.

So I had to eat and then went back to my job. My friend from the other ship walked in my unicorn friend. She sighed at me I looked down at her with a weak smile.

"I don't wish to be doing this anymore." I softly said.

"I am very very tired of it myself." My friend said. I nodded feeling awful and very much in pain. it's gotten harder to do this and it made me feel sick as well. Being near this core when It's doing this makes you sick and does not keep food in your stomach.

" Did you finally finish your stuff Wrench?" The unicorn mare gave me a nod she was faster than me at working on this core. I stayed silent not caring about the fact she already was done. But It would be a while before I could ever fix this again.

" I finished it but It still has some spots that need a few repairs. But I doubt the core will be lasting a year this time. It's slowly losing its casing and the magic inside is seeping out. But of course, my captain refuses to listen to me and toss it out of the ship.

" Eh, your lucky I think whoever built it for this ship did a better job. Because I know this will be here forever and I will never be able to have a break."

I sighed but I heard over the PA. " Could the mare that was in my room please come now? I would try to remember your name. But of course, it's hard to remember all the help that we have here." That hurt me. It hurt me alot he knew me. He wanted to date me once but of course, I am just a worthless asset to them.

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I slowly walked into the Captain’s room. " Ah, there you are" He softly said. " I got a job for you but it will be a few days before we can get things ready. I want you to go to land.," A blink came from my eyes. He wanted me to go to land? I doubt I would be able to walk there. But I could fly.

" Um, sir. I am not right for this job. I need to be here for the core."

" Could you teach some pony else to do your job while you’re gone?" I sighed and nodded.

" Then you can do this. It's that simple."

"No sir it's not that simple. Teaching anypony else how to work the core could take years. If you want to do this I don't have years."

"Well if you don't you will be locked in the brig and everything you owned given to ponies that wish to listen to their captain."

Anger grew in my heart. I wanted to bash my hooves in his face. I heard guns cock and aim at me.

"Or we could just shoot you, worker. You're a worker you're below us to keep this ship going." I backed down sighing I knew someday that would be used on me. "Leave us please." The guards left and the Captain stood up on his hooves walking to me and looked into my eyes.

He could see my anger for him. I felt that he didn't treat me fairly I thought he was going to punish me like he has others. But all he did was put his hoof on my shoulder. He gave me a gentle smile.

"Listen I may not know you well but I'm told you're the best. I want the best on this mission so we can get back home. I know you feel that I am treating you unfairly. But if we don't do this right we might fail to get home. I haven't told you the full truth. If we kept on this course each ship would have to sleep with family or those of the same line. If we kept on this our way of life would end us. So we need this to add more blood to the lines. We can't stay on this course and you know this."

He was right. I hated to admit it but he was right. With no mix in our family trees, it would cause a problem, and then it would take a big deal of breaking off from the lines to fix this.

"Okay... I will go."

"Wait before you do." He tossed me a set of keys. "Take those to the locked vault in the hold and take what you need. But leave Project Black alone."

Project Black? First time I have ever heard of it. I nodded and left his office and left and did what he asked. But first to gather what I can from the vault.

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The vault.

It's the first time I have ever been down here in the hold. Using the key I open the vault and see rows of armor and weapons. Then I saw a large black door that had on the door with the words. 'Top Secret.' I ignored it and grabbed a set of armor that fit my barding and weapons. I grabbed a knife and a shotgun and placed them on my sides. Looking at the mouth triggers I placed my mouth on them to test them. Ugh, the taste was awful.

I felt I was done then I turned back to the large door. Why would this be here? A top-secret device of the past? I leaned on the door and put my ear to it. I heard nothing I tapped my hoof to see if I could hear anything on the other side. Nothing I moved back out of the vault passing a zebra mare I never met before. She turned to look at me.

"Are you chosen to then chosen to find the way to get back to land?" Oh... great a zebra had to go with me. I had a dislike of others helping me. Even ponies helping me really upset me. I took a deep breath knowing I would need help. I tried to be kind.

"I'm Sprocket."

The zebra removed her cloak to show her body. A pure right zebra that had jagged stripes and glowing yellow eyes. I could feel an aura of magic over her.

"I'm Root Beer or you may call me just Root. I'm here because I was told all the weapons from each ship are in this vault. More of the past they wished to keep them locked in here. I shall meet you on the boat miss Sprocket."

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I filled up the lifeboat with food and other supplies. They gave us a big enough ship for the three of us to go. I had no idea who would be next. I heard a large creature land on the ship looking up seeing a griffin. An orange griffin their beak was the shape of a hawk and had pure red eyes.

"MoonGlow." A female griffin huh I have never really met a griffin face to face. I tended to stay away from their fishing skimmers. I just gave them a look like don't double-cross me. You would think that all of us in the same ring community we would get along that is not true.

"Root Beer." The zebra finally got into the boat and I sighed a moment looking at them. It took me almost six days to teach someone else how to work the core. The core is a crazy system if you don't cool it right. It will start burning too much water too quickly and release a mist that is bad for the lungs.

" Listen before you two think I am going to trust you I won't. It's not that I think my species are better at everything. Just I can't trust others. "

The other two looked at each other. I could tell they didn't really seem happy working with each other either.

"I agree..." The zebra added. "We are just here to find the information then we can get back to our lives. No need to make friends."

Moonglow nodded the entire community cheered for us while we left in the motorboat. It would be a long trip back to land. if we don't kill each other before we get there it would be amazing.

Footnote

Level up

Bad perk: Weak immunity: You have been in a closed-off community all your life. Your immunity is weak and never been attacked by those normal sicknesses if you aren't careful you could get a nasty sickness and it would take a while to recover or you will die.