About a week had passed since I last updated you all, now seems a good a time as any eh? Several Letera had joined my military surprisingly enough, I didn't think they'd be decent combat troops seeing as the Akun never let them join the military, but I was proven rather wrong quickly. They were fast as fuck and their claws could easily slice into thin armor and even easier into flesh and bone, tearing it apart like wet paper. In more important news Discord, the Anthro one, had opened a small portal between the two Equis's. He refused to let anyone through and made it so small only signals from their communication technology could go through, same worked for mine, Celestia, anthro, had updated me on what was going on, and expressed concern when the Empire up and vanished, the Griffon Empire quickly seized the land where it had once been, since it was still rich with oil and minerals they could use to rebuild. I sent her instructions to build a small Portal Gate, if she did so correctly it would autolink with one I had already built ready to go.

A small city on Mars was complete, most of the Ren tribes, I'm callin em tribes because its 50 Ren at most, had been integrated into the Empire with relative ease. The wall had been repaired ahead of schedule, the defenses repaired as well, Defender Prime was fully repaired, the skyscrapers that had been knocked down like cardboard are in the process of being rebuilt around the clock by Changeling workers, robots, and Diamond Dogs, even a few Storm Beasts, which their actual species name is SnowBeasts, where helping out as well. After news of the Empires return spread around Equis, or the known kingdoms and empires at any rate, I found Applejack on the next train to the Empire hauling a massive fucking crate filled to the brim with thousands of bits, she had tried to give them to me. Turns out those robots I gave her farm helped quite a lot more than she and her family had expected, now they could afford to pay for the farm, and even extend it into other crops beyond just apples, such as potatoes, wheat, corn, barley, a lot of goodies, and they've been raking in the bits.

I refused of course, I had given those to her family to be kind, if I had wanted money I could just walk to the royal vault and pull out a sack of pure gold coins, I did however let her pay the 25 bits per robot she wanted to do, and Applejack had told me the Apple Family is forever in my debt, and I was apparently now considered a fully fledged member of the Apple Family, so that was interesting. Equestria had several breakthroughs thanks to the Akun technology and the Akun personal borrowed to them to teach them how to produce it, how to use it, and then I gave them ideas for how to adapt certain technologies for themselves, such as the tanks. There was actually supposed to be a summit today Princess Celestia had called to bring all allied Kingdoms and Empires together to discuss the threat I told her about, I of course informed her of the Zetans after coming back, I'd be stupid not to do so.

So thats where I was heading currently, I had already arrived by train, not bothering to use my personal transport because I simply didn't feel like doing so, nor using the relay, I'd just enjoy the train ride until I arrived. Surprisingly it only took a half an hour due to the newer train models being pumped out for use. These ones used small arcane reactors with arcane fuel cells to work rather than a steam engine with coal, so Equestria had been advancing more than I thought after I left, this was good. Once at the train station I had a....,well it's hard to describe since Equestria has its own versions of cars, but it was what amounted to an armored car to transport me to Canterlot Castle. With me I had Exalted Fleetlord Issit, he was mostly going to show the other Kingdoms I actually had 'alien' citizens. Since a few didn't actually believe me. It only took 15 minutes to get there, since it was clear across Canterlot on the edge of what was considered the main city. Exalted Fleetlord Issit had his eyeturrets glued to the outside windows of the car viewing Canterlot, before we got out of the car he said. "These buildings are far too ornate, why are they not functional cubes like a normal building should be?" The Akun still prefered their style of buildings, which was minimalist.

That made me laugh lightly, I still found his way of thinking about things funny, but he was going to command the fleet that had come with him, and been altered after it became mine, so I wasn't going to complain so long as he could get the job done. After three minutes we arrived at the same room from the first meeting I had on this Equis, a large circle of a table with chairs adapted to every species who joined normally, present, at the head slightly raised above everyone else was Princess Celestia's chair, in it sat Celestia of course. In a chair next to her sat Cadence, I remembered her quite well, lets just hope she's become less of a bitch in the time I've been gone. In a larger chair sat King Steelhorns, another held King Razorclaw, Queen Novo, whom if I remember correctly rules the Hippogriff Kingdom, and 'Seaquestria'. Then there was Queen Carnelia and General Secretary Vadik, ruler of the Union of Canine Socialist Republics. The Changeling Empire was neutral and thus didn't come to these meetings unless asked to, nor did Saddle Arabia.

Celestia started the meeting, as normal she was always the first one to speak. "Alright, now that everyone is here and ready, I'm beginning this meeting now, as King Lorenzo shall explain the reasoning for the meeting." Everyone turned their heads to me as Celestia stopped talking.

I looked over at Exalted Fleetlord Issit and motioned, so he stood up from his little chair and pulled himself on top of the table for everyone to see. "This is Exalted Fleetlord Issit, a member of the Akun species, their Empire tried to invade mine so I took control of theirs, some of you have been having a hard time trusting me when I told you all about this, so here he is as proof." This caused a few surprised noises from some of the people present.

This caused quite the commotion as General Secretary Vadik spoke up. "How is it you managed to find their homeworld and take it for your own? Let alone defend against them." One of his eyebrows rose as he asked his question, drinking from a small flask he had pulled from a pocket.

Going on, I explained. "For one, my technology was more advanced than theirs by couple hundred years, and they have been unified so long as a species that their own homeworld had no standing military or fleet to protect it, they haven't been in a real war for a long time, 50 thousand years or more since they took the Letera into their Empire as a Subject Species, once I took their Empire into mine, the Letera and their homeworld became mine as well."

King Steelhorns spoke up next. "And how long has this species been around exactly? Wouldn't we have noticed them if they were advanced enough to come here from space?"

That was a valid question. "No, You wouldn't have because this happened when I was in another dimension, as for how old? I'd give a guess of about three million years, their history is long as hell, they've been unified as a species for just over a million years I'd estimate."

Celestia cleared her throat. "Now, King Lorenzo, could you speak about the other reason for calling this meeting? It was rather hard to get everyone here." She said, amusement in her voice at how off topic we had gotten from the main point.

Nodding I continued. "Ah yes. The main reason I had this meeting called was because there stands a threat against not only your kingdoms and empires as well as mine, but to Equis as a whole." I tossed a small disk about the same size and thickness as a DVD onto the center of the table, and it began to glow projecting a holographic image of a Zetan. "The Zetans are a threat to Equis and all life on it, some of your technologies are based on the technology you recovered from the Storm King airships, he got his hands on Zetan technology and those ships were based on that."

King Razorclaw almost cawed but caught himself, I still found it funny however. "If these Zetans are such a threat why didn't we know about them till now? Wouldn't they have tried something?" He didn't look as old as he did before, seems he's been taking the Serum as I instructed until his replacement can be found.

He had a valid point I guess. "The Zetans are a space faring species with millions, if not billions, of starships of immense power and size, the Storm King managed to use his magic staff to drag down a small scout craft, what is likely keeping them away is lack of information. As you all know this solar system is much different than it used to be a few thousand years ago, everything thus far has changed, the sun is orbiting Equis after all, before that wasn't normal until you guys evolved here. So they are most likely still sending scouting parties, or haven't done so lately since none of my starships detected them." I took a minute to take a gulp from a cup of cider. "As for what we need to do to protect ourselves? You need more starships, with rapid fire arcane cannons and Arcane warhead missiles, I have decided the Crystal Empire shall provide these so long as you all submit the main designs your currently using to produce your own, and for those without starships of their own." I looked to Vadik. "They can submit their own designs as well." Vadik didn't show much emotion, I should have expected as much.

Queen Novo looked over at me. "This is ridiculous, why do those ugly little things pose any sort of threat? They are tiny, and rather ugly." Her voice showing she thought this entire thing was one big joke, and wasn't amused at the supposed joke.

Having prepared for that, I selected a video file I took of a standard Zetan Deathray glassing a chunk of a dead world, and played it for everyone to view. "This is why. They have hundreds of thousands of these, even more than that if all the information I have gotten is right, each starship has one, each one can hit with the force of a 20,000 megaton bomb." Everyone at the table watched in horror as the deathrays blast was easily seen from orbit, as well as the shockwave that followed from the center, the chunk of the planet that took a direct hit glowing from the immense heat, that shut Novo up rather quickly.

Cadence was the next one to speak surprisingly enough, I hadn't expected her to really speak. "If this is all true, what can be done to defend the Lunar Colony which I govern?" Huh I hadn't known she was the one ruling the Lunar Colony on Luna's Moon, I assumed Luna was.

I shrugged. "Build more defenses, install more shields and power generators, keep a portal gate to Equis open at all times in the event you need to evacuate, and if you do need to evacuate, make sure everyone gets out, other than that and having some extra starships with heavy arcane cannons around I can't see much you can do."

Cadence seemed satisfied by that and nodded. "Celestia brought up to me you'd like to begin a mining operation on the Moon, Luna has already permitted it so long as it's not near the colony, and won't have any effect, on said colony."

I nodded. "Seems reasonable, I didn't plan for it to be near the colony anyways unless it was requested, now onto another matter that I think could help in the defense of everyone at large, every kingdoms citizens and populations." The hologram changed again, to something any Fallout Gamer would recognize in nearly an instant.

I waited as everyone looked, before explaining. "This is a Vault. Not a vault for cash, or gems, but for citizens. Produced by Empire Industries, state of the art protection from everything from an atomic bomb, to the end of the world. These are deep underground armored self sustaining shelters meant to protect thousands of citizens at a time from the effects of the surface world being devastated by weapons of war unseen or unheard of on this planet. In essence these are underground cities of massive scale and size meant to allow a population of up to seven thousand each."

General Secretary Vadik raised an eyebrow before speaking. "The Union Of Canine Socialist Republics has no need for such vaults, as almost all of our nation resides underground more than half a mile down and deeper, however we are more than willing to produce the metals needed to make these vaults and help with the digging as much as is needed, for we will help the peasants and workers of every nation we are able, the Dialectic demands no less if we are to be united."

That almost made me snort, but I grinned and nodded. "Yes, my Empire will be constructing Vaults using your own computer systems and technology as well as Empire Standard water filtration systems and various other technologies. Once all of you have selected the most important areas for these Vaults to go, send me the locations and work will begin as soon as possible, the only kingdoms who do not need these vaults is SeaQuestria and the Hippogriff Kingdom since every citizen is able to transform back into a seapony and flee into the sea, and the UCSR respectively."

Everyone nodded in agreement, thus Celestia spoke. "I now call this summit to an end. Accommodations are available for all here today, if you do not wish to stay for a day then return to your respective places of rule tomorrow, transportation can be arranged to take you back within the hour." After Celestia had finished speaking, everyone but me and her filed out of the room one by one, after that only me and her remained in the room, along with Fleetlord Issit, whom was just sitting and being quiet as I told him to do so. "Alright Lorenzo, now that everyone is gone, I went over those designs you sent me for orbital defense stations, massive arcane cannons pretty much, and I have approved the designs for construction, we will need your help getting those into orbit since your starships are much larger than our own."

I gave a grin as I nodded. "Of course, that should be no problem, just remember, I have no idea how much time we have before the Zetans show up, and I have no doubt they will. It could be tomorrow, it could be in five minutes for all we know, so I've been keeping the Crystal City Starship in orbit, primed to fire its Plasmatic Lance and every other weapon it has at its disposal."

Princess Celestia nodded as well. "If need be I have a few starships up near the colony already waiting to defend it, I'm going to authorize a few hundred shipments of canned goods from your Empire to stock those vaults once they are complete, I know they will have massive underground farms, but those even with earthpony magic, will take awhile to produce crops for ponies to enjoy." She sat down in her chair again. "And your Akun, the ones whom you have lent us have been a massive help and we've already begun making leaps and bounds technologically in fields such as tank armor, hand held automatics that don't rely on magic, computer systems, missile defense and detection, and radar."

Fleetlord Issit spoke. "It is the will of the Crystal Emperor that we are to help you in defending your own empires, so it shall be as the Emperor has commanded." After speaking he lowered his eyeturrets to the floor as a sign of respect as he had done for his previous Emperor. He still called me his emperor, despite me telling him to call me King Lorenzo, almost all Akun, and the Letera, called me the Crystal Emperor, or the Immortal Emperor, and let's be honest I was too lazy to correct them all the time.

Celestia looked down at him and smiled before looking back up at me. "Alright, I think thats all I needed, we'll begin returning those citizens to you as soon as possible, I think it should be about a week before we have everything else we needed from the personal you sent over, they are such interesting little creatures." She glanced at Issit before returning her eyes to me. "If I'm being honest I keep thinking their tiny dragons because of how they look, but then they speak in their own language and it always makes me remember they are from another world entirely, since everyone on this planet speaks Equish, except you, you told me about a language you knew called 'spanish' but every time you tried to speak in it, all I heard was Equish." She shrugged. "Regardless, your free to go now, I'll be sending you the information you required as well as the locations of places to construct the Vaults, all resources will be provided for you as needed."

I patted her snout and chuckled. "Alright, then I'll be off now, see you soon Celestia, and don't forget the tea this time!" I playfully booped her snout, reminding her of the last time she forgot the tea.

This caused her eyes to narrow as she gave me a wry grin. "Green tea, two sugars, a dash of lemon and honey, I know how you like your tea, I won't forget like I did last time." With that concluded I used the relay after grabbing Fleetlord Issit, teleporting back to the Empire Proper within the Crystal Palace.

------------------------Location, Earth, United States of America, Nevada, Mojave Desert Facility----------------------------------

It took almost an entire year, but after billions of dollars worth of funding, research, and testing, the Portal was ready. Military personnel were prepared, if something hostile came through and couldn't be stopped before the portal could be shut off, several men stood ready near a live nuclear warhead, ready to flip the switch if needed. It had taken the government several months to get everything ready, to get support from those within the UN, to prove what had happened was in fact, not a hoax, or fake. Once they got funding came the hard part, constructing the portal and finding out how to pinpoint the location of the person who had caused all of this to get rolling to begin with. Head Researcher and Scientist Owen Green looked over nervously at the soldiers clad in experimental exo-suits carrying long blocky looking rifles, before opening a small freezer unit and carefully pulling out a vial of crimson colored liquid, blood from the one who had caused this. The final component that would complete the portal. With hesitation that would have killed a person had be been an EMT, he inserted the vial into the console in front of himself, and watched with anxiety as the contents drained into the machine slowly.

At first, nothing happened, after five minutes he was ready to give up, after almost over a year of effort and work down the drain, his career ended, but before he was about to announce it hadn't worked, the portal sparked to life, swirling a bright eerie red glow as the portal stabilized itself. One of the military personal flipped a few switches on his own computer screen and a small drone hovered to life, and everyone watched with bated breaths as it was engulfed by the portal moments later as the soldier piloted it through, the screen showing what the camera on the drone could see glowing red for a moment before a pink landscape with orange and greyish skies where seen, and after a 15 minute flight and return of the drone, the person in charge of the base grinned. "We did it, we managed to do it despite all the odds that were against us, now, we can begin." Several recon teams suited themselves up putting on light Exo-suits, carrying their blocky looking rifles which seemed to hold an electric charge, and got ready for their mission into the unknown.

Author's Note

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