They were supposed to be the Magellans of their time. The 15000 men and women sent out to explore the stars and find new land. But instead, their ship exploded, and they found themselves here.

Dr Joshua Kants is a xeno-botanist in a world that has little need of his particular services, but in desperate need of someone to get his people back home, and to protect the inhabitants of Equestria. From not only ancient evils, but the evils his people brought with them.