Project Recovery

Media: Letter

Title: Dear Twilight Sparkle

Origin: Celestia, Canterlot

Date: 04/23/1681

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Dear Twilight Sparkle,

My faithful student, I am in need of urgent help. It is not safe to talk to you in detail upfront, so this letter will contain everything you need to know.

As you are aware of, five months ago, project Recovery was issued, a group of 300 of the brightest scientist, technicians, and miners, which was sent to investigate a strange disturbance I picked up outside of Equestria. They went out into the unknown regions the disturbance originated from. We received their last transmission four months later, which is recorded on the audio log included in this letter. This audio is classified, and you are the only person who should hear it. This is a direct order.

After hearing this message, a military squad was sent to the research camp to find out their whereabouts. Out of the 14 people we sent, only one came back. When we found Lt. Data Bug, he was covered in blood, was holding a gun he was not issued, carrying dog tags, and a survivor. After giving the survivor to us, he shot himself, instantly killing him. The survivor was Chief of Medical Research Red Heart. He is currently being held in custody of the Royal Guard, undergoing post-traumatic stress relief.

We were going to give up on the salvaging of the project, until we obtained something. It turns out that Data Bug was able to wirelessly transmit audio logs, documents, letters, and computer files, which arrived 5 days after he did.

This is where you come in. We don’t know what is in these files, but we know that if anyone can fully understand, it would be you. I need you to come to Canterlot immediately. A train will be in Ponyville in one day at exactly 5:30 to pick you up. It will be guarded by two royal guards, both gray unicorns. You are to tell your friends that I have let you go on a vacation to Canterlot, in which you will be reunited with your old school mates. Nobody is to know the truth, this is highly confidential.

Your teacher,

Celestia.

P.S. Once you read this, burn this note. Do the same with the audio log after you have listened to it.

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Media: Audio

Title: Distress Call

Origin: Engineer Jackhammer, Project Recovery Communications Room

Date: 03/06/1681 0214

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........ working now! Yes! Mayday, Mayday, this is........ ............... goddamn ......... fried...... there. This is engineer Jackhammer! We need immediate extraction. Project Recovery is a complete failure. There are . The research team is almost gone. We need... . Oh god! No! We need urgent help. One of the survivors just shot himself! We are all going to die! Get a grip, man! They’re breaking in! Mayday, Mayday, we need urgent help! Please send... No! Stay back!

<<Recording........... End

Media: Letter

Title: Dear Princess Celestia

Origin: Twilight Sparkle, Ponyville

Date: 04/23/1681

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Dear Princess Celestia,

I was originally confused by your letter, as I have never heard you talk that way. But after hearing that distress call, I have decided to accept. Something happened down there, something horrible. I will help you get to the bottom of this.

In order to help you, however, I will need full access to everything, the official orders for the project, all the recovered data, even the video feeds from the military team. I hope that whatever happened there, we will be able to stop it.

I will arrive on the train at the scheduled time. I’ve freed up my schedule, and made arrangements for my departure. My friends believed what I have told them.

I will see you soon.

Your faithful student,

Twilight Sparkle

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Media: Audio

Title: Twilight’s log #6536

Origin: Twilight Sparkle, Ponyville

Date: 04/23/1681 1624

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Tomorrow, I am going to be sent off to Canterlot, for reasons I am barely grasping. I know I am not supposed to question my teacher, but it’s strange of her to drop something on me so suddenly. She sent me a letter about Project Recovery, a secret mission to find a disturbance Celestia sensed. Somehow, the research team was killed, along with the military team sent to find out what happened. My job is to discover what happened. I am to look at all the recovered data, and discovered what happened there. I just listened to the audio recording Celestia sent me, it was horrible. Something evil is there, and I must find out what it is, for it may be a threat to Equestria, and everypony here. I hope for the best tomorrow, and hope to find answers. Come on, Twilight. We’re going to be late for the party. Quit looking at that stupid note and let’s go! Coming! I have to tell my friends a lie in order to avoid suspicion. I hope they won’t mind me going away.... I’ll miss them.

<<Recording................. End