The Syknoian War: Part Two

As Minnie got ready to beam over, Mickey gave her some advice.

"Since you don't have the strongest skills in public speaking, Toodles will accompany you and give the description of how the weapon functions."

Minnie accepted what he had told her and Toodles followed her into the transporter room. She carried the simulation on a compact disc that was protected by a case in her backpack. Mickey also went with her to engage the transporter.

"Energize.", said Toodles when both of them were ready.

Beams of light engulfed Minnie and Toodles and they disappeared from the Disneystar. They reappeared on board the E-6, which was the command ship for the ponies. Minnie walked up to a map board and tapped on Cadence's cabin. A message appeared, telling her and Toodles to follow the blue light streaks on the walls to reach the door. When they arrived, Minnie rang the tone to let Cadence know they had come. Sandbar opened the door and let them in.

"What type of weapon is this that you have been trained to fire?", Cadence asked.

Minnie pulled out the disc and inserted it into a projector. What showed up was impressive. It was a projection of Minnie's ship. Two large laser cannon barrels extended from the front when Minnie pressed a button to proceed.

"This is an "M D D".", she said.

"What does that mean?", Silverstream asked out of confusion.

"M D D is an acronym for Molecular Detachment Device.", said Toodles.

"This simulation will show how it works.", added Minnie as she proceeded.

She brought up a zoomed out view of the laser cannon. Toodles took the floor to explain the process.

"Particle beams accelerate from these twin barrels. At the focus point, they reach critical effective mass. The reaction inside the resulting orb bursts free and spreads outward, shattering molecular bonds. If fired at a group of ships that are in close proximity, there will be nothing left at all. What will happen to a planet when hit by this weapon is unknown. The reason why the projection only shows Minnie's ship is because that is the safest way to fire the weapon. She either has to have only her ship separated from the others, or all five ships have to be split up."

“What happens if Minnie’s ship is not separated?”, asked Smolder.

“Good question, Smolder. Here’s what would happen if I was not separate.”, Minnie answered as she switched to another simulation.

This simulation showed the Disneystar as one piece, and Minnie proceeded to show what would happen. The cannon looked like it was ready, but then an energy burst shot backwards after the cannon fired. This burst of energy struck the Disneystar's main engines and caused them to blow up, taking the ship out with them.

“The reason for this result is as follows. The reactor that powers the cannon would be overloaded if the cannon is fired while Minnie’s ship is connected. The backfire would then destroy the engines and we would all die.”, explained Toodles.

Everybody in the room was speechless when Toodles finished speaking.

"I don't know how to respond to that.", Yona finally said after a minute of silence.

"Nor do any of us.", said everyone else simultaneously.

Cadence eventually said that if this cannon was fired at the right time, any ships and individual Syknoians would be completely destroyed. Minnie had the same opinion and returned to the Disneystar. After the other commanders had returned to their posts, Cadence issued the order to lock in on the coordinates of the Syknoians' home planet.