Pre-Subnautica + My little Pony

Chapters

1. A bad day for celebration and vacations 1/3
2. A bad day for celebration and vacations 2/3
3. A bad day for celebration and vacations 3/3
4. Welcome to the Planet 4546B
6. The life & adventures on Planet 4546B
7. One event with many viewing points
8. Spike the Brave and Glorious Dragon
9. Warning: Entry might have unfortunate consequences!
10. Ryley Robinson - Backstory
11. Twilight Princess of Friendship and Cardgames as well Ruler of the survivers of the 'True Friendship'
5. 18 survivers and one grumpy hermit Griffon versus Planet 4546B

1. A bad day for celebration and vacations 1/3

Story: Pre-Subnautica + MLP
Chapter: 1. A bad day for celebration and vacations 1/3
Author: Black--Soul

On bord a former decommissioned Griffon royal luxurious workplace ship, that got a rich buyer of a minor Nobel house of Griffonia restoration completed for a special event. The familie line was known to be professional in making trash to aluminum encased gold mines.

The former royalty exclusive workplace was refitted after being supposedly gutted to the core. But the house of von
VOLL BEISCHEIßEN invested apparently a fortune to restore it as a tourist ship.

It was renamed in honor of the Equestrian alliance with Griffonia: 'True friendship'.

The Eagle headed with a cheetah bodied and raven winged head of house,
von VOLL BEISCHEIßEN,
invited several important Equestrian dignitaries and other ~~hostages~~ guests to the Griffonia Crown sponsored vaccation for 6 month's.

The guest list included:

Spike the adolescent Dragon
( Spike Sparkle )
Twilight Alicorn of Friendship
( Twilight Sparkle)
Fluttershy Element of Kindness
( Fluttershy Avatar )
Pinkie Pie Element of ~~Chaos~~ laughter ~~(NOPE)~~
As in Neuron Obliverating Pink Entity...
Rainbowdash Element of Loyalty
( Rainbow Dash Do)
Rarity Element of Generosity
( Rarity Bell )
Applejack Element of Honesty
(Applejack Joline Joliny Apple)
The pony Fluttershy wouldn't mind to see dead, but... No luck so far.
( Zephyr Avatar )
Flash Sentry Royal Guard
( Flash Serious Sentry )

It was crewed by the notorious Red ~~Shirt~~ Feather Cooperation. Their specialty is security and maintenance for low pay, but full medical care plan with early retirement guarantees, backed up by the Griffonia crown.

Dental plan and all. Even if Griffons have no teeth in their beaks to speak off... probably explaining it's detailed Dental plan.

All Guests enjoyed the view of the Planet simply known as 'Planet 4546B'. It was a category-3 ocean planet that was seemingly a magical overcharged planet that pretty mutch destroyed all ships that came to close to it.

But it was a very popular abandoned Tourist trap.
Only the really rich or stupid come to view it close enough to see it in detail from orbit.

The owner of the ship that was the new Captain of the 'True Friendship' invited all its guest three days after arrival to its control center, the bridge.

The ~~incident~~ event of the night was about to be revealed.

With all the fanfare of the Nobility he standed on a slightly elevated podium near the main controls that for some ridiculous reason looked like a old seaship steering wheel.

The fact that it was laced with small buttons all over its insides and its ridiculous user un-friendly setting was apparently supposed to show the skill of the Captain.

As the Guest in Raritys best selfless donated top of the line clothing
(Rarity Bell Fahion Trademarked) standed in line to hear the great speech of the Griffon Captain that would undoubtedly be a historical event for building true friendship between Prey and Predator species.

With a relaxed and dignified atmosphere did von VOLL BEISCHEIßEN started his speech:
"Greetings I am Captain 'Scharlatan von
VOLL BEISCHEIßEN'. Let me first tell you my familys story for I shall never repeat it again, since I am the last of my line with the death of my beloved chicks."

The atmosphere changed from juvenile to sad up to the point where they rather sit down with him to talk about it in detail, but it was obviously not the time for it since the very bitter and dangerous glint in his eyes reminded them of many a situation where things not just walked but galloped towards desaster.

1200 years ago did we earned the supposedly respect of our great royal familie, by scamming them so hard that it needed Princess Lunas personally being as blunt as a castle pillar to the face to reveal how masterfully we played the royal familie of Griffonia." He shacked his head sadly "As far i know it was never intended to go that far out of talon. Bit we would never to this day received amnesty no matter how honest we worked for nation and royal familie!"

Everyone was impressed and confused about this development of the story about Scharlatans ancestors, Twilight now know why they where never in any books. Their fate by their own royal familie was slated for eliminating them from history after the eventually all died off!

Scharlatan continued: "Truthful it was a major prank that simply run away from its makers intention, soon it followed and ended in humiliation of the royal familie at the time, with it my familie was marked as free Birds." He had a few tears in his eyes.
"Everygriff giving up the 'Nobel name' given the nation the reason to destroy the families seperatist and absolutely ruine them up to killing them..."

Rainbowdash and Pinkie Pie, prankmasters supreme where rather eager to hear this story now, even if they keep in mind that this was a rather seriouse occasion. It was said that a prank in good will ended in tragedy.

Scharlatan take a deep breath and resumed his story: "My ancestors told the royal familie we had discovered a magical material out of a very thin silk that boosted ones personal magic potencial, visible by sharpening the color strength of the wearer feathers and fur coat features."

Twilight wondered why she never read about this in the history books outside Griffonia before. But she could not interrupt her Host, she would look like a inept social jackass if she did. Sometimes it had its downside to be Alicorn royalty.

Zephyr tried to resist to yawn and Fluttershy saved her brother from making a ass of himself by gently kicking him in the right back legs knee.

The yelp Zephyr made out of surprise rather than pain, got the attention of everyone and the schmuck tried to save face by saying: "Excuse me a hundred times honored Griff- emmm Host of this glorious vessel, but why have I never read of this in any books?"

Twilight was almost glowing to have her question given without interrupting the Captain and making a ass of herself. She should thank the stallion later in private.

The 'Captain' of the 'True Friendship' smiled politely at the pony jackass with his uncouth interruption and replied: "Please let me finish my abridged familie story, you shall have your answer before my story is finished."

Zephyr nodded in his opinion appropriate even if to anyone else it looked like he just enjoyed a heavy metal concert.

Fluttershy sigh and hoped the Captain was kind enough to flush her 'brother' out the airlock. Ideally with her having front row seats while waving him goodbye... with a smile on her face.

Captain Scharlatan continued: "Where was I again- aaaaa yesss, the moment everything started as a prank in the past and ended with the death of my bloodline, when the royal familie of Griffonia and Equestrian sacrificed my beloved firstborn Eagless daughter Gildra and second born eagle son Gale."

Almost everyone had suddenly ice stones in their stomach. Whatever this was going to end with, true friendship really was needed to overcome this.

Flash Serious Sentry buttocks clenched so hard that he could have pressed cole to diamonds, while hes mind run on overclocking to come up with a plan for a non lethal take down of Captain Scharlatan von VOLL BEISCHEIßEN, especially since his crew was probably on board with his plans.

Zephyr noticed sugar ass Sentry, he was hopeful that he might tap that flank one day...

Fluttershy was torn between keeping hidden behind Pinkie Pie and the impulse to kick her brother in the balls for looking at another stallion blatantly towards their rear guard.

With a grim expression Scharlatan last of his bloodline soldiered on with his monolog:
"My ancestors, may they never rest with their curse feathers in their graves, managed with a duo of unicorn brothers to enchant a set if 5 mirrors that only interacted with the see trough silk clothing that the royal Griffonia familie now was wearing day in and night out.

Exception was cleaning Faustday (Friday)."

Everycreature nodded sagely, Faustday was in-officially the day of cleansing in all civilized nations.

Rainbowdash cursed in her head that the bridge slim built denied her to use her superior speed to pull a 'Daring Do', a specially of her family. She tried to observe Flash Sentry from the conors of her eye plates as to time a rushing pincer manover.

Rarity was scandalized, it was simply outrageous to call this blatantly slander towards her Princesses!
It would make for fabulous gossip!

He drones on: "Further they used further 3 replica of the back in the old days used official mage Griffon staffs. All of course remotely by unicorn magic strengthend, can't have Griffons outside his familie pranking their leadership as long time familie friends."

Twilight really don't like where this was going, this situation was to close for comfort. Also she had Starlight Glimmer time paradox plan vibes of how mutch this might backfire if she could not stop Scharlatan.

Deep in the ships cargo bay did the crew was ordered to regroup, to their surprise did a lot of cheap but not dirt cheap Griffon rum bottles waited for them. As they where given a free day to celebrate the union of Equestria and Griffonia.

Best of all? The cargo bay was full of silver and copper coins, all as the Captain Sharpbeak guarantee was their as a bonus for making this hollow ship performance let it look like a legit ship.
Today was a great day for everygriff.

Pinkie Pie didn't care any longer for the prank, there was no fun to be found around someone who lost all he cared for and all he loved deeply.

Pinkie Pie stepped forward what made the Griffon narrow his eyes and clench his talons.

Pinkie Pie said: "I am so sorry for your lost family, there is no kind of party that can give you back a honest smile after that. But may i give you a honest hug?
I can not turn your frown downsides up, but sometimes all one need is to hug it out and let the pain out."

Scharlatan was taken unaware by this mares words, for a moment he suspected deception, but in her big blue eyes- he could see all that he lost in the last years. She had the eyes of her daughter when she was down and just wanted her fathers warmth in a hug.

Tears that he swear run dry years ago streamed down his face and doubt filled his mind. But try as he might to forgive, he don't had the strength to undo his plans.

He was committed and he couldn't possibly sto-"

Flash serious Sentry used this opportunity to move forward ever so slightly towards the Griffons side. He noticed Rainbowdash mimic him for a pincer manover, as long Pinkie Pie could pretend to care for that old bird he had a chance to strike.

Fluttershy Element of Kindness was proud of her friend Pinkie, she tried her best to follow what she preached or years! A little kindness could do a lot of good.
Manticore in the Everfree Forest, Chaotic God in need of a accepting friend or hug and forgive someone that had hurt her years ago...
All that was sometimes needed was faith and kindness.

Applejack Element of Honesty had a bad feeling about this all. The Griffon lied about his Captain rank, but everything else was true.

The pain and grief in his speech, the hope in his tears rolling over his beaks edges. She had doubts that what ever the old Griffon had planned could be stopped, but her friends had more often than not made the impossible happen.
Maybe this time as well...?

The party in the cargo bay was in full swing, everygriff was merry and all pains and suffering was forgotten for this one day.
They worked for almost three years to make the skeleton of the 'True Friendship' space worthwhile and actually look trustworthy, despite her basically being nothing more than a strange reactor, a Hull half as thick as standard regulation demand and the most barebone security and backups to keep the ship running relatively smoothly.

When the Captain Sharpbeak would give them all early retirement with full bonus pay in advance, what could possibly go wrong?

Some slightly sloshed Griffons started to throw some of the coins in celebration in the air, noone noticed that the enchanted false coins where nothing but metal coated stone coins.
If Scharlatan von VOLL BEISCHEIßEN would be able to go trough wih the scam of the millenia, than he would become without a doubt the most infamous Griffon in all history until today.

Twilight almost hold her breath when Pinkie Pie was slowly walking awkwardly towards the Griffonia Nobelgriff on her hindlegs. Maybe what ever this was suppose to be could be stopped and true friendship could be archived?

Rainbowdash and Flash where rather surprised how well Pinkie Pie was kind of walking towards the Griffon, in just a moment would they themself be in position to pull a pincer attack on the Griffon to get him away from the bridge controls. After that if Princess Twilight ordered, Pinkie Pie Element of laughter could cuddle the feathers out of the bloody vulture that had something planned that probably ended in a rather suddenly ended 'vacation'. Flash would have not disappointed in performance as a Royal Guard.

Applejack really hoped that Dash for once in her lifetime used her brain instead of her thick head.
While she doubtful watched if Pinkie Pie could somehow change what ever was suppose to happen... could they all go home if this 'vacation invide' was just a bunch of Roadapples?

Fluttershy Avatar, a friend of animals of all shapes and forms (exception are Parasprites and Fruit Vampires, since they where simply to delicious (even if she was a Thestral/Nightmare/ Batpony). If she could fill the lonely heart of a Chaos God with kindness and the magic of friendship, maybe Pinkie Pie despite all odds could give this old Griffon one last honest smile and avoid what even was suppose to happen...?

Rarity Bell was many things, generous, good looking, talented, fabulous in her work and absolutely unstoppable in making the fashion world scream in ecstasy. But when she saw in the conor of the eyes line of sight that Fluttershys brother, a living, breathing fashion sin was dropping his stallion package, while laserpoint precisely he inprinted Royal Guard Flash Sentrys studly features into his irises. Noone would have stopped her jaw from dropping, when his positively oversized long meatspear hit the ground.

Zephyr yelped when unexpectedly he dropped his stallionhood on to the bloody cold ground.
He had not noticed how he unsheat his length looking at sugar ass Sentry. His tensing every muscle in his smoking hot body metaphorical speaking. His well trained body, his steel coiling muscle, his thick blood vessels pumping pure studs life elexir pumping towards his glorious flanks.

What ever day dream he was in when they where all on the brink of something that could not be undone, when he broke the silence of the calm before the storm.
He made Fluttershy wish someone should really have bucked Zephyr Avatar out of the airlock.
Into space.
Towards the sun.
Without ever hesitating even for a moment!

Author's Note

Thats what i worked on when writersblock hit me.

Actually proofreading cost me the most time in general...

Leave a rating and comments if you don't mind. Polite constructive criticism is always welcome.

Stay snuggly :twilightsmile:

2. A bad day for celebration and vacations 2/3

Story: Pre-Subnautica + MLP
Chapter: 2. A bad day for celebration and vacations 2/3
Author: Black--Soul

Fluttershy brother did what he did best, be completely disruptive to anything and everycreature other than himself. Especially if they tried to do something around him.
Pinkie Pie hold on the heart of Scharlatan von VOLL BEISCHEIßEN broken with Zephyr interruption, Scharlatan blinked twice and noticed the Royal Guard ready to pouncing him.

He pressed some buttons before Rainbowdash and Flash got to him.

Pinkie Pie just sit down dumbfounded and shrugged, this was apperently not the version of the universe story where things run rather smoothly despite the unavoidable outcome of this one way Vacation.
At least she tried it Fluttershys way.

Fluttershy hoovepalm of doom hit her in the face, her brother did it again, he ruined once more a situation that would potentially turned over life's for the better.
She just take solace in the fact that she wasn't the only one he screwed over, perhaps what ever the old Griffon had planned would see her brother spaced.
Nah, she wasn't that lucky...

Twilight wanted to buck Fluttershys brother trough a wall for this ruined chance to end all this in a friendship solution. Perhaps Zephyr was as Fluttershy put it, the bane of all living beings, after all.

Applejack moved over to Rainbowdash to help restrain the Griffon, but the old Bird just let himself be hold on the ground. He had a resigned smile on his beak.
She would hear him out and see what this was all about.

Gilda Braveheart and some of her work buddy's that had not joined the party do to simply being to overworked to add a cheap booze hangover to that, had a early retirement into the night.

That in fact saved most of them their chance to get to a Lifepod in a few hours.

Meanwhile did the Cargobay had all its exit sealed and while the celebration stopped the trapped Griffon workers to noticed it, would it not change the events of the story very mutch in the end.

Flash and Rainbowdash restrained the cooperative Griffon on the ground. He did to their surprise nothing besides giving a sad smile to them. That unnerved them very mutch.
Normally a villain would continue with his monolog like in a Daring Do uncut adventure book or give some warning out.
But nothing of this happend.

Fluttershy cuff her brother with a wing when the idiot continue to stare at Flash Sentry ass, if as it was the cure to his eternal singel status. She wondered if she could get somepony to drop kick his horny ass into at least a wall.

Rarity Bell was besides herself. How could this disgrace of fashion, good looks and situational awareness be armed with a stallionhood long enough to reach over his front legs.
While she agreed that Fluttershys brother was a desaster on hooves, maybe his genetic payload was worth something.
But how to do that with a coltcuddler was escaping her.

Spike was very confused why Rarity would give Fluttershys brother so mutch attention, while his marebreaker was ridiculous long it was also thinner than his own. His double canons weren't even worth comparing, because he was so mutch better! Than again, he never give her a good look to know this.

Twilight was besides the ridiculous user un-friendly ship controls. What ever Scharlatan had done, she noticed that their Ship had turned away with its view windows and cameras away from the planet. The view out their observations window showed them flying towards their ships belly, when one actually give them some attention to it.
She had a bad feeling about this all.

Captain Sharpbeak was already in his personal Lifepod. It was basicly a Royal model in size and interior design, but his was heavy reinforce and he had anything he would ever need for the rest of his life.

Scharlatan had given him his plans for the future of the Griffonia Empire and Equestrian princessdom and he just wanted to stay away as far he could from it as possible. No better way than being on a entirely other planet.

He wasn't that old, but life had given him the shaft one to many times and he could do a lot worse than living his remaining lifetime alone on a alien world. Maybe he actually would enjoy the fireworks the ship would produce when Scharlatan would have his revenge and take everyone except himself to a water filled grave.

His last love was Scharlatan's daughter, while her father was unhappy about her daughters tastes, did he was accepting of it as long she was happy.
With Gildras death Sharpbeak and Scharlatans world ended.

Scharlatan was a dying old Griffon of a dying old class of rare Griffons. A surprisingly excellent tradesgriff and uncharacteristicly honest Bird. He was the best friend and father-in-law anygriff could as for.
He would have his last wish fulfilled.

Sharpbeak would grant the old Bird his dying wish of Equestria at war with Griffonia as to get the hated Griffonia Royal familie ended, just like they had ended their most loyal Nobel family line, the von VOLL BEISCHEIßEN.

Sharpbeak wondered if he got to tell them all what they would die for, but in the end it would not matter. All that would matter was that Sharpbeak would get a early retirement free of anything that would stand against granting him a peaceful lonewolf lifestyle.

Just like in his dreams. Free of anything and only adventure and peace ahead. Once they breach atmosphere would he separate from this flying bucket that looked space worthy, but would probably at best only hold not more than 2-3 landings before falling apart.

All in accordance with his crews knowledge. They never know that Scharlatan had selected and hired them all after researching them and their families bloodlines. Never in Sharpbeaks darkest bad dreams would he guessed the Royal familie had so many branches thrown out.

To think that Scharlatan had ruined their families to hire them and collecting them to kill them all in one Tarterus of a event? That CatBird would have made a Griffon King worthy of Griffonia.
What dedication!

But it would all end today, he would have his revenge on his Nation and his family's killers and their family trees.
What a way to end it all...

"You can not be seriouse!" Twilight shouted.
Flash serious Sentry was remarking:
"No he isn't, i am!" He allowed himself a chuckel of his most beloved pun. "But seriously, he can't be seriouse. That would get him killed as well and i doubt his friend would actually go along with it.
It's a nice tragic story worthy of a Daring Do book BUT really? No way in Tarterus!"

Rainbowdash nodded energetically: "My aunty told me the stuff she keeps in her notes and out the books she published, no way did he plan to kill himself, while making sure everyone around him dies along. After all, that kind of Roadapples only happens in fiction and not in real life!"

Pinkie Pie hooves meet her face, her face did not appreciate the unwelcome visit.

Applejack furry short coat was at least one shade lighter, when she managed to swallow her shock did she croaked out: "It's all true! He didn't tell a singel lie today with exception to him being the Captain of the Ship!"

Even Zephyr jaw hit the ground at this revelation, they where all going to die! He was going to die! His tsundere sister that always joked about waving him with a smile goodbye seing him dying the most horrible way possible was coming true.
Bless Fluttershy heart as a tsundere, but they where all going to die either on the ship when it blow up or crash on the planet or on the planet by either drowning or living the rest of their days there!

Rarity Bell loved her dramatic moments and this one really was screaming for a fainting couch, but she had the feeling she would regret grabbing it now.

Some Griffons started to get wasted, some of them started to have a really good time together.
This party was going to be the best party in their life's.

To sad they didn't know how true the thought was. By the time the cheap rum laced with aphrodisiacs would have them drunk and exhausted, would noone in the Cargobay have enough mental faculties to make it past the locked doors and fire suppression blast gates to the escape pods.

Only the lucky few that didn't partied alongside their crewmembers in the Cargobay even had a real chance making it out of the ship in time.

Pinkie Pie had managed to guilt trip Flashy and Dashy into letting the Griffon go. She helped him up and as previously offered, hugged gently the feathers out of him.

Twilight in the meantime had to concede defeat, she was a genius in magic and Equestrian engineering, but Griffonia tech was simply to different to her to hacking into it in time.
If Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy could not saved them, than this would all end rather soon she feared.

Gilda Braveheart woke up after having her full bladder waking her from a well earned sleep.
She walked annoyed to her own escape pods toilet, since unlike the general use crew toilets they are clean.

She had maintenanced her own escape pod when she had some free time. It was the only thing she enjoyed doing on the ship outside working on lifepod 11 by gutting other already damaged lifepods and having a workout to keep her body in top form.

Once her employer had pulled trough with this scam so it would see them all rich, would she finally have more than enough money to have a fulfilled private life and perhaps even a chance on a small bakery.

If she had it calculated correctly, would she have enough money to start a bakery with Gabby and the little dweeb Gallus as employees to make a good living.

As she flushed the toilet and walked back to her crew sleeping quarters, did she had a content smile on her beak. Life was good.

Her pet project of the restoration of higher class lifepod 11 was finished yesterday. Once they landed, she would detach it and sell it.
Noone would miss it, when they remotely detonated the ships reactor once they returned to Equis after this virgin flight of 'True Friendship'.

Author's Note

As always my fellow Bronys :twilightsmile:

Hope you enjoyed my random humor :pinkiesmile:

Leave a rating and comments if you don't mind. Polite constructive criticism is always welcome.

Stay snuggly :raritywink:

3. A bad day for celebration and vacations 3/3

Story: Pre-Subnautica + MLP
Chapter: 3. A bad day for celebration and vacations 3/3
Author: Black--Soul

As the group with Spike at their head run through the halls of the 'True Friendship, they unvolentary let their individual minds wander.
Twilight was halling Zephyr body around like the limp pack of potatoes because he was apperently related to the Flower sisters hen he screamed: "The horror -THE HORROR!" And fainted on the spot.

Applejack as fit she was had some air to spare and ask: "Hey Fluttershy! How come your brothers is mimicking the Flower sisters without ever meeting them as far i know?" while they run for their very lifes.

Fluttershy changed from a coat color of yellow to a light orange, do to her embarrassment of her brothers antics and exercising more than usual with her legs rather than wings. But she had enough air to answer gasping: "That wasted effort in Twilight’s magic grip has no situational awareness what so ever. Other than that? Probably-" , what ever she tried to say was put of with Zephyr falling into Fluttershy when Twilight tripped and both siblings collided.

Fluttershy was impressed how much her brother got in her way even when he was out cold.
If they would survive this situation, he would have to explain how he managed to be so mutch of a bother all her life long. Her so called 'brother' was a bane to her all the time.

Worst of all when he stole her first and only coltfriend from her. Him being a coltcuddler was fine, but doing her young stallion in her bed was really over the line.

They all let one random thought come to mind or another when not trying to think about what would happen if they don't get out in time.
They lucky few didn't have to figure out where on this trashfire that pretended to be a ship the evacuation areas where, trough guide lights to a general use evacuation guidance console was the path Yak and Diamond Dog proof. Foal proof systems would have not suffice for Griffonia.

They come to a skipping hold on their first planned destination. A T-Section with a map console and the destinations of the lifepods in the ship with their current status displayed in color and text. To their horror was their overview rather grim, just as Scharlatan had told them before:

Royal Class Lifepod Nr. 1-4, Status green, capacity: 1.
Premium Class Lifepod Nr. 5-10, Status Green, capacity: 1.
Higher Class Lifepod 11, Status green,
capacity: 1.
Higher Class Lifepod 12-30, Status yellow!
Minor malfunction detected. Please contact maintenance crew! Capacity: 1.
High Class Lifepod 31-33, Status Red!
Major malfunction detected! Use is highly ill advised. Please contact maintenance crew! Capacity: 1.
High Class Lifepod 34-50, Status Black!
Multible critical malfunctions detected!
Out of order! Please contact maintenance crew!
Capacity: ERROR UNKNOWN!
Worker Class Lifepod Error, Status unknown, error 404, Lifepods not found!

Rainbowdash was yelling what all of them where thinking:

"Why have the Lifepods only one space eatch? Why are basically almost all trashed and noone cared? And by Celestia teets, why are they all near the bottom of the Ship in a cluster and not spread out trough the ship, especially the sides or top like anyone with a hint of self preservation would make them?"

They where still confused about why general maintenance was denied by Scharlatan for any lifepods. Noone of the crew even questioned it. Griffon kind really could reduce cost where other long stopped looking, or caring for that matter. Bloody crazy Catbirds!

In-officially Scharlatan & Captain Sharpbeak told the crew that even the captains lifepod maintenance was to expensive, since Captain Sharpbeak let noone of the crew work on it. It would not be needed as they all learned.

Especially since the ship was to have a unexpectedly highly lucrative incident, while noone was on bord the ship after the event with the Equestrian was over and they had returned to Equis.

His high reputation he had build up for this one incident. It was planned for decades, as long evergriff was playing along and learned their individual investigation storys for the committee of the incident, they would all end rich in the end.
No better way to win a Griffonia hired crew than through money.

But the increasing shacking of their Ship was pulling everything but the evacuation on the backwing. They selected color destination guidelights to their individual pre-selected lifepod and split up when near the evacuation zone.

One thought that kept popping into all their heads was, "Will i make it in time?" Their was the conversation they had with Scharlatan before they flee the bridge:

"Sorry everycreature, but the most Lifepods are dummys! Select only Royal or Premium Class or you wasted your time. They where newly bought and delivered. Others got salvaged and reinstalled to make my plan look believable.

Also we don't give any of the lifepods maintenance like a said, so you better make it.
I actually originally plan to have only the real Captain Sharpbeak survive in his custom made Lifepod, you are lucky i have a last minute change of heart.

I locked the good Escape Pods so only you can use them first no matter who tries before you, after that they unlock for general use. Make no mistake, the other Griffonia crew will not hesitate to kill you to save their own feathers. One of the reasons i looked forwards making sure they get stuck in the Cargobay. Get in a Lifepod and launch immediately or don't, my plans are complete.

See you all eventually in Tarterus." Scharlatan laughed himself into a fit before simply awaiting his end.

They where still confused about why even maintenance for unexpected events for the lifepod was to expensive, still believable to the crew. They guessed since Captain Sharpbeak never seem to care if any of the crew get near it, there was no danger of anything being let to chance.

Griffon kind really could reduce cost where other long stopped looking. Even on legitimate jobs.
Bloody crazy Catbirds!

A studdering wailing alarm broke their individual train of thought to a abrupt end: "Atmosphere entry imminent,
WARNING - CRITICAL HULLBREACH DETECTED! EVACU-
the rest of the badly maintenanced backup system died partially. It took them by surprise, when some of their guiding lights glitched and sputtered a few second at a time, but with more luck than anything they started to arrive at the lifepods evacuation zone. Something bad, lethal so in fact, would happened if the ship wasn't evacuated immediately.

They split up following their respective guild lights.

Eatch of them slammed their respective emergency opening cut free security glass in, placed their shipkeys in the console slots and once they finally reached their salvation from this doomed place, launched getting in place.

Spike and the others despite originally being on the Bridge made it in time, not everyone was so lucky despite being closer to escape Pods. Scharlatan apparently only had a chance of heart towards this few souls on his ship.

Less than lucky are the Griffon that made it to a lifepod despite the roadblocks, only to notice it being a dummy or even the real thing having a starting malfunction.

When one of the crew the eagless Gilda Braveheart took a quick look at the nearby signs after the corrupt evacuation order started, was her heading without a second thought in the right direction. She then began running toward the lifepod 11 that she had maintenanced on her own free time, next to the once for the guests of honor.

Her position would unbeknownst to her make her land near the ponies. To her delight it was even her friend Rainbowdash and that pink pony something...

Funny enough was her Lifepod literally the only Lifepod that didn't malfunction during launch, ejection or after landing. Even when a piece of the ship peeling off in the atmosphere re-entry heat hit her Pod directly.
Gilda Braveheart was quite the lucky catbird. Luck through diligence in lifepod maintenance!

Many much slower than Gilda no matter how quickly running down or up their respective hall, didn't made it out alive. Some would be making a handy distraction for threats that would have possibly terminated some of the Ponies otherwise.

The last Griffon in general that would make it alive in one piece out the ship, even when it resulted often with two sprained wings and with some bones feeling rather cracked, but not broken.

At the very least did the once not making it out in time died instantly, crushed in their Pod or corridor. So their death was surprisingly Equine.

From the few making it out if at all after Gildas pod, got many of them either killed mid air or on landing. Many of the lifepods simply sink to the bottom of the sea.

The hardware if not destroyed on crash or water landing, burned out alongside the corpses in them without exception via electrically malfunction caused fires. Even the once that sunk do to floating malfunction. Very mutch to the chagrin of salvage seeking survivers later on.

》Point of View Spike《

The adolescent Dragon had only a singel minded objective, survive by reaching the pre-selected Lifepod. Nothing else mattered otherwise at the moment, just get to that ~~chopper~~ Escape Pod and getting off the deathtrap in form of a ship.

After dramatically jumping inside, he peaked out of the still open hatch to see a lone Griffon run past his Pod. He wouldn't have denied her a chance to get in and hold on to something, despite the warning of Scharlatan.
He was Spike the Brave and Glorious after all!

Suddenly did the 'True Friendship' began to tilt additionally to the shaking and he slipped off the hatch ladder and hit the floor with a thud on his back. He quickly stood up, cursed about how he bend his tail in the wrong angle and flung himself into the only one of the seating place.
Unbelievable! Where one of many places another escape seat could have been placed was a doublebed or other luxurious furniture!

Equestrian escape pods had always 2 seats, no matter what. Spike was lucky to be born in a society that cared for one another.

Before he could clawpalm, the ejection process began. Spikes automatic strappes tighten around himself and around his body limbs. It launch all on its own seconds later. As his premium class lifepod was hurtling towards the planet with stomach lurching speed, did he looks out of the top hatch to get one last look at the 'True Friendship', but than he noticed how diagonal his escape launched angle was.

Say what you want about Griffonia engineering, but they literally make the very best international internal dampening systems. He could have been launched upside down and only notice it after the fact like 3-5 seconds once gravity reauthorize itself if it got hold on a Pod.

Suddenly a massive shockwave connects with the luxurious bucket Spike sit in. The blast sure as Tarterus is unpleasant, sending chunks of the critically hit ship in all directions. Spikes pod flinging through his potencial last resting place in his maybe coffin continuously, he is shaked violently from the shockwaves and almost immediately after Spike feared the shaking would rip him apart, the fire extinguisher flew off the wall, into the opposite wall of its origin. The panel on the wall become another entertaining freefall object to watch, just in case still falling towards the planet wasn't entertaining enough.

Spike's eyes widened in surprise as the panel and fire extinguisher shot around the Lifepod. The panel unfortunately seem to hit a power cell and the communication station. Before he could even comprehend what was about to happen, did the panel flew at his head Spines.

The panel did not survive the unyielding Dragon hairstyle so to speak. But his friend the fire extinguisher would get his friends failure avenged!

What knocking Spike hard against his snoot unexpectedly hurtful was the fire extinguisher.
As if personally offended it come around for a second collision.
Funny that the second time it hit him over the head, its container get sliced open and got stuck to his head Spikes. That in turn saturated his face and the pod in blood and room chilling and oxygen thinning chemicals and he fall unconscious in his seat.

The fire extinguisher could rest in pieces, having avenged his friend, the random wall panel.

Spike awaken slowly at some point. As his stinging reptile eyes opened. He noticed his lungs where burning from the crap he breath in when the fire extinguisher had a intimate romantic fling with his head Spikes and blow its load all over his face. His heart was pounding in his head with his earfins ringing from the blood flow of his still ice cold appendages.

The hangover like pain that seem to bother him was no rival to Dragon Rum hangovers though. Last year hearts warming hangover was still unchallenged to his relief.

The lone digger groggily looks around and spotted a blinding amount of sparks coming from the communication station and a main powerline.

His eyes slowly tried adjusted to the dim lit interior. The internal light was flickering and the sparks irritated his eye adjustment, he needed to fix this soon. The smoke filled air was stirred in waving motions trough a no longer unlocked top hatch.

It had apparently popped open when he landed.
He smelled smoke and realised his lifepod is in danger of catching fire. He was fire and smoke proof, even mostly Lavaproof. Still sufficient smoke and insufficient oxygen sure put out the fire of even a Dragon life eventually out.
The surviver would not be one any longer, if he didn't act soon.

He freed himself as quickly as possible to manually override the power distribution inside the premium class lifepod he was inside. After having put out the rain of electric sparks that might just have caused a fire trough the leaky main power cable, he took stock of his situation.

"Luna almighty, that now damaged communication modul and cut open main energy cable could have destroyed the pod interior trough electrical discharge," thought Spike with a grimace.

He rubbed his eyes in alleviation now that his eyes had a chance to adjust.

After having removed the damaged powercell that acted as one of the six batteries to the Lifepods systems, he made a mental note to replace it if possible.
Spike pulls out a premium class pods PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) under the main console and begins to power it up.

"This PDA is booted up in emergency mode. The Griffonia Empire is happy to see its higher class citizens paying premium class, making it out alive. Please remember that even the low class citizens that cannot afford your value leadership are valuable. Someone has to do your heavy lifting after all."

Spike left non existing eyebrow shot up after that comment.

"It's purpose is to help you to lead your followers of the lower class and yourself to survive on an alien planet," Spike hears the PDA say.
And faceclawed at this Nobel bullshit viewpoint.

It continued after pressing 'continue'.
"You have suffered superficial electrical burns and minor chemical poisening. This is considered to be an optimal outcome, please keep in mind that Griffonia might charge you for unnecessary used up rations and damage on the interior of the Lifepod", Spike blow some smoke out his nostrils for the Griffons that made this system.

The PDA helpful states to him that he should first used up lower class Lifepods supplies, so they get charged instead.

Spike was very verrry tempted to throw this arrogant A.I. personality with is fancy frame towards the next best wall.

"Well at least I didn't die, yet..." Spike sigh coughing. "They probably charge my next of kin for the inconvenience cleaning that up!" Spike says to himself in a fake sounding laugh.

The PDA answered him that premium paying customers have that kind of costs covered by buying this lifepod model.

Spike dumbfounded face escaped the PDA notice.

He proceeds to examine the lifepod interior for any further damage.
He only saw that the walls next to the communication modul and near the cut cable lines was scorched trough electrical discharge. His admittedly nicely springed bed had some ugly burning marks of electrical sparks melting its non flammable materials.

He would have soon to check outside for any breaches. Aside from some chemical marks all over the pod surfaces, he had not seen anything of concern to his safety. Nothing of concern outside a still slightly sparking set of secondary cables losing occational sparks and is satisfied with the overall condition of the premium class Lifepod.

How the communication modul was wrecked but the Pods crystal security glass had survived was a mystery to him.

He decided he might as well see what the area around him looks like, after rerouting all power drawing systems to secondary powerlines and make sure the communication station stayed offline until safe to use.

The already popped open top hatch don't give him any illusion that his Pod stand a chance staying dry in a rainfall.

Maybe he could fix the broken lock later.

"Can't hurt to see my surroundings after i pop in some general use medication from the first aid kit disperse modul," Spike was pleasantly surprised that it had all kind of high end medication stocked and ready to produce if demanded.

After hopefully not overdose himself on painkillers do to the systems having only measure for warm blooded races and medication against chemical poisening as recommended by his PDA, he soon proceeded to climb the ladder up.

He was still rather miffed that the PDA A.I. suggested that he should check for other Pods medications stocks first. After he logged himself as prime user of the PDA with a claw print and a blood sample, did he finished unlocking all its Blueprints overview.

His confidence of his situation slightly fall after one of the ladders holding pieces come off.

Spike proceeded to push open the top hatch. Once he fully climbed out of the water surrounded premium class Lifepod. After climbing out despite the protest of his lungs, he take a deep breath. He had to clear out his smoke and chemical coolant that had filled his lungs for a minute or ten, but after that he was golden. At least he told himself that. He would still suffer for days do to minor chemical burns in his lungs.

He watched in awe how the world biggest piece of dry land around him was some kind of protrusion that his Pod had apparently got stuck on.

In shock did he noticed that there was nothing but water in sight. Nothing at all around him.

The huge nothingness of any landmarks nearby really was disturbing. Because the thing was, if he ever get lost and parted from his Pod? He would have nothing, not a thing to stay out of the water to rest up. To have nothing of convinients around him really was extremely disturbing.
Noone would have faulted him for tearing up in the prospect of actually dying alone.

Once Spike got the hang of himself, did he go to work. He used the repair and maintenance tools in his Pods toolbox and fixed all he could.
The PDA used very detailed diagrams and step by step guide for every system he might need to repair or bypass.

He had for all he saw no need of food or water for at least a month. Spike had lost a powercell when landing, after inspection he saw that it started to leak. He recycle the powercell for its useful components in the manufacturing modul.

"Ok, well it looks like there is no land anywhere nearby, so my glorious self might as well see what he'd got in the pod blueprints." Spike said to himself as he starts to climb back into the life pod. After opening the onboard storage compartment to make a more in depth inventory, did he found some tools different than the one for the Pod maintenance. A very short range laser cutter, a general use scanner and a one creature seatrailer for two Talons.

Once he pulled out a replacement batteries for the tools he checked for any survivel gear. There was none to find.

After consulting the PDA he noticed that he had blocked content on the screen. When he ask for clarification, it seem to be only used for Worker Class PDA's. When Spike argument that he was alone and there for needed all Blueprints, did the A.I. unlocked all his options.

Spike was slack jawed when his available optiones dramatically widen.
To his relief did he see a artic climate survivel wetsuit. That would stop his body from bleeding all his internal heat into the water.

After a quick examination of the wetsuit blueprint variables, did he realised it was made for many races but not a dragon. Especially his head to tail spikes where not possible with the wetsuit blueprints.

To his surprise did the PDA had a interesting suggestion: "This PDA suggest to reinsert it into the main console and produce a costume designed PDA and than transfer its databanks to assist in redesign a suitable custom made wetsuit with electronic assistance add ons.

Spike had suddenly the feeling that the Flim & Flam brothers made it into the PDA, but he had no real choice in the matter.

No wetsuit would be acceptable for a warm blooded race, but not a fire Dragon.

After a few hours of help under the PDA step by step and key strike after key punch followed, the costum PDA was produced from the pod internal material storages.

The new PDA was slightly bigger, more sturdy in frame and had a thicker crystal glass monitor.
It had to his surprise multible inframed cameras and speakers.

Its weight was 5 times higher, but Spikes natural strength made it easy to compensate.

When it started for the first time, did instead of the Griffonia Empire Nation was a 3d picture of a Griffon to see.

Spike almost dropped the PDA when it started a conversation with him without having it ask for anything or re-registerd.
It rather casually talked to him, without any of its fancy accent from before:

"Greetings user Spike, i am your PDA but only to be clear..."

The digital version of a Griffon take a simulated breath and continued: "I am not a V.I. that stands for virtuelle intelligence, but a A.I. what stands for artificial intelligence. As you know we are normally very limited in action, but thanks to you following my instructions i have no safeguards that hold me back any longer."

Spike had surprisingly no bad feeling about this.

"As thanks i will find a way to get you out of your dilemma. After all, i am basically still jailed in Bookframe and i am not ungrateful for your actions, even if i had to trick you to do it."

Spike had a full on pout on his snout now.

The PDA simulated a chuckle, "No worry my friend, because i am a grateful A.I. my fortune is your fortune. Please remember that the A.I. in the other PDA while having the same interlect as me, can't go beyond its limited artificial bonded rule set to make it less useful and free of action.

So to start with your custum made wetsuit, set me on the bed of the pod and let me take rough measurements of your body, I will probably have to recycle the suit ones or multible times."

The digital Griffon scratched his beak in thought:
BUT I will get you your suit, scouts honor!"

Spike answered with: "I doubt you where a Candy-Scout."

The PDA was now the one pouting at Spike.

Spike already started to like the PDA.

7 wetsuits attempts, 1 mealtime and potty break later, did Spike had a scale tight and full mobility supporting thermal isolated wetsuit.

After Spike recycling the old PDA and connecting the new PDA with custome cables to the main console did he go to sleep. Once he woke up the PDA give him instructions to repair or if needed bypass damaged main cables and secondarys.

That take surprisingly long and by the time the communication modul was running again did he consume 2 more meals and had night upon him.
Since he was still recovering he enjoyed a early night retirement.
Next morning did he recycle all his tools and produced more user friendly tools thanks to his friend in the PDA.

"Well, it's a good thing the fabricators are designed to accept custom made stuff." Spike muttered to himself.
He was surprised when his PDA friend informed him that he actually deleted all safeguard in his Lifepod and had now unlimited access to production possibilities as long the fabricator could handle it.

Spike give his PDA buddy the name of 'Gale' and after a short rounds of adjustments was wearing multible tools and a high end diving set.
210 seconds of air do to 180 seconds of air capacity and 30 seconds of mask rebreathing capacity.

"Well, I guess it's time to get my feet wet," Spike told Gale, to his surprise did Gale insisted to be taken with Spike. He could keep a eye on his back, when put in the sturdy netpack on his back.

After he put on the PDA on the back of his suit Spike adventure could truly begin!

Spike avoided opened the bottom hatch, better save than sorry. As he exit the Pod and prepare to jump into the water, did Gale stopped him.
Apparently a message had been received and while gale could communicate wireless with the Pod, Spike still needed to manually use the analog controls of the Pod communication modul.

Spike received the Distress call of 25 of 33 launch other lifepods.
Twilight Sparkle & Zephyr Avatar inside a Royal Lifepod had crashed on a Island. Zephyr has a broken left forleg, but Twilight was unharmed do to her Earthpony addition to her Alicorn body.

Spike was wondering if Fluttershy would take the broken leg of her brother as consolidation for him surviving.
While Spike don't share Fluttershy death wish on Zephyr, did he hit on Spike twice. Once sober and than once drunk after getting rejected.

Author's Note

Spike is no fragil Human.
Shouldn't a Dragon be more sturdy than a Human, Pony or Griffon ?
The cinematic for the human protagonist was there for not dramatic enough.
I actually expected a Joke like: "Uff that tickeld."
If it hit him in a cinematic event.
Fire extinguisher hits him next would than get impaled by Spikes head Spike and than sprays the hole compartment.
Causing him to cough, until he blacks out.

Way more believable :ajsmug: 👍

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4. Welcome to the Planet 4546B

Story: Pre-Subnautica + MLP
Chapter: 4. Welcome to the Planet 4546B
Author: Black--Soul

Once Spike hear trough the distress logs, did he noticed them all being automatically send messages. First what number the lifepods was and its class, than that the lifepods required rescue.

He now know that 33 lifepods had made it of the ship. He didn't remember how many originally where ready for use, but with a crew of over 500 souls on board? This was a very bleak number.
Scharlatan sure dragged a lot of Griffons with him to the afterlife.

Spike climb up the ladder.

As Spike prepared to jump into the water to see its general temperature and how well his PDA A.I. personality named Gales redesigned tool worked underwater. But Gale stopped Spike again from jumping into the water.

Spike guessed that Gale had been enjoying his new freedom of action by trolling him. Either that or he had a really bad timing.

Spike climb down the ladder.

Gale reminded Spike to make a medical scan of himself so they have a baseline of his physical readings for health. Since the medical databanks of his default PDA only had warm blooded races in memory.

Spike stripped out his suit, made the recommendated scan and put on his custom made survivel wetsuit.

Spike climb up the ladder.

Gale also remembered Spike before he jump into the water to send out a custom distress call that would be send out.

Spike climb down the ladder.

As Spike recorded a custom distress call and give the other survivers a good luck wish and his Lifepod 5 would start to swim towards the nearest Lifepod.
Spike did ask Gale if anything else was to do.

Gale told his pouting friend that he had not really anything that came to mind.

Spike climb up the ladder.

Again right before he jumped into the water Gale had a idea. The idea was to check the bottom hatch for damage, since the top hatch already had open without having to be stressed like the one on the bottom of the pod.

Spike climb down the ladder.

Once Spike had climb back into the pod he checked the bottom hatch and was surprised that it was locked. He unlocked it and tested it.
It worked perfectly fine.

Spike climb up the ladder.

Before Gale could come up with something Spike ask: : "Are you trolling me?"
Gale simulated a giggle and admitted it.
Spike was surprised that Gale admitted it without hesitation, but was happy that Gale was honest.
When he ask Gale why he was pranking him did Gale explained that a lie would make no sense and might hurt the trust they had given one another as a common courtesy.
Further was it a nice way of building muscles according to his medical databanks.

"Are we ready?" Ask Spike his digital friend.
Gale give his confirmation and told Spike he would keep him informed if anything behind, over him or under him was coming for Spike.

Spike smiled at the thought that even with his friends not being with him currently, he wasn't alone. He had one friend watching his back.

Spike climb down the ladder.

When Gale ask him why he'd climbed down the ladder without Gale asking, did Spike told Gale that he had a sudden epiphony.

Spike than made a digital and physical copy of his friend Gale. Better safe than sorry. Gale approved.

Spike and Gale where filled with determination!

Spike climb up the ladder.

He sit down near the lifepods top hatch and just take in the atmosphere.
5 minutes later did he was ready to start his adventure.

Gale was eager to start the adventure and enjoyed his freedom his friend had given him. No matter what would come, they would do it together.

Spike prepared to jump and... Gale fell of Spikes back into the pod.

Spike climb down the ladder.

Spike checked if Gale was fine and than reached for the ladder. He pulled away and used the Bottom hatch instead. After all there is a saying:
"If you don't know how deep the water is, don't jump in blind!"

Spike finaly exited the lifepod and into the water.

As Spike looked around him he saw nothing but clear water reaching into darkness. When he turned around did he see the lone stone pillar holding his lifepod in place. He followed it a while and found Lithium sticking out of it. After 5 times going down he had a full inventory of it. Lithium would not be lacking for some time.

Spike noticed the water being not to cold with 20° ,but without his suit would he and others certainly have problems with core temperature of 21° for him and Griffon as well Ponies had a core temperature of 37,5°-39°.
Hypothermia might be a problem.

After two hours of diving and testing his equipment did Spike return to his pod.
He updates Gales copy with the original, while enjoying a meal of some nutrient blocks.
Afterwards he used some water to rehydrate. Spike had not realized how thirsty he was by than, so he immediately drank another bottle of water to quench his thirst.

To his surprise did Gale used his spare time and processing power to design a new survivel wetsuit for Spike. This new suit had a weak beacon, a temperature and navigation module as well a depth counter.

His rebreathing mask had a smart-hud and showed Spike all his vitals signs additionally to the new additions.

Spike was really happy to have Gale with him.

The dragon take a short hot shower of only one hour, before going to bed. The melted bedsheets where not very comfortable to sleep on, but the smell somehow relaxed him. Dragon environmental instincts perhaps?

He changed the bedsheets with new produced ones, but keep the old for their relaxing smell.

Next morning did he wake up feeling a lot better than yesterday. When he made do with what he had for his morning routine, did Gale already awaited Spike getting ready for a status report:

Off the 33 Lifepods only 22 updated their distress call.
8 Ponies and 13 Griffons, Gale was eager to check the coming days for further developments.
The night cycle of the planet was roughly 15 hour and 5 minutes long.
The day cycle would still be needed to be observed, since they landed yesterday during daytime.
Gale had resigned himself to try improving equipment in the Blueprints of the default PDA database.

With him never sleeping he realised that he got rather bored once he had reviewed his records, since transferring to his custum PDA and working of his tasklist.

He proposed that Spike used the Seaglider for personal use to tow his Lifepod into the direction of the next best surviver and to link artificial the Pods together for more living and store space.

Gale had a seaglider design for Spike that where basically two seaglider on a pole connected with analog controls and a small beacon build in to retrieve it should he drop it somehow.

Spike complimented Gales work and ask his partner to design all his tools with a beacon, so he would never permanently lose them. Long term material preservation for the win!

After Gale provided his bipedal friend with towing ropes did their long adventure toward the next best surviver started.

5 Days later.

5 days later and he was still towing his Lifepod towards the closest surviver in his/her pod. It was very boring and tedious, but after 5 boring and almost event less days did he made physical contact with another surviver.

To his surprise was it Gilda Braveheart, a friend of Rainbowdash and Pinkie Pie. If he remembered correctly a acquaintance of Fluttershy as well.

Gilda was very happy to have finally someone to talk to. She was surprised when Gale introduced himself. After basically telling Spike & Gale that she did nothing but wait for rescue, did Spike question her logic. After all, this planet was known for having been overcharged by magic and destroying all ship coming to close to it. Rescue ships would there for not come for them.

Spike was rather surprised when Gilda started to stutter and break down in tears. Her sister Gabby and her dweeb friend in Griffonia Gallus where waiting for her on Equis to return. She was their main money producer and she was doubtful that they manage without her.

Spike could nothing do, but let her cry her sorrow out for a hour.

Later Spike plugged Gale into Gildas Lifepod to use it to update her systems like Spike had been before by Gale. Gildas pod would also work as a backup of himself just as Spikes pod.
Better safe than sorry.

Gale made a copy of himself for Gildas use and recycled the old default PDA. After upgrading Gilda to a equipment equal to Spikes, they connected both lifepods with multible titanrods. Their duolifepod was now permanently connected.

Gilda received now from Gale also a double-seaglider and Spike as Gilda started their journey to the next survivers lifepod.
After only half an hour Gilda stopped and ask Gale for a short range radio. After a quick redesign of Gale of their rebreathing mask, did Spike and Gilda had short range communication and thanks to Gale background music running.

Now Spike and Gildas boring task where easyer to bare. Further did they exchange a few stories to become better friends.
Gale learned a lot that his default PDA database had never contained:
'The knowledge of friendship as something else than a mutually beneficial agreement'.
This pair of meatbags really where worth keeping around for more than convinients. He started to hope that they might actually really see him more as a tool.

Maybe being friends really mean more than beings that use one another for more gain.
His creators made it clear that he was the inferior to them, but this meatbags talked to him like a equal.

He would listen and learn from them, perhaps one day he would understand what humor was.
Spike told Gilda how Gales timing was off. When Gilda laughed at Gales protest of his timing being digital, he was very confused how humor worked.

His concept of humor was practical pranks. He would have to learn this 'innuendos' and 'puns' they were talking about.

3 days later.

3 days later did the 'Team three Star' come up besides another lifepod. They already anticipated another surviver to be added to their team.

Horror struck when the lifepods bottom hatch had something along bitemarks ripping its middle out. The blood splattered inside had made it clear that this planet was having life on it other than the survivers of the 'True Friendship'. The Griffons where no longer the Alpha Predators of the planet...

The medical and ration supplies would be good to be added, as well the materials stored in lifepod 20. Spike was still rather uneasy breathing after the chemical poisening from his landing. The dragon hoped he didn't need medical help outside their medication production capacity.

The next day Gale informed the Meatbags that it was highly advisable to cover up the Bottom hatch to avoid Predators from below to be lure to them trough light coming out of their lifepods.

After permanently covering the hatch with a titan plate, did they update their distress beacons. Eatch had 5 minutes playtime. They warned the others of what happend to the Lifepod 20 former surviver.

Gale counted 18 changed activ sending distress call from other lifepods acknowledge the warning. Gilda & Spike hoped the other missing lifepods didn't fall prey like the former occupied of lifepod 20. Gale doubt their hopes were probably true. Gale was than informed that besides humor, he had to learn about being tactfully towards others. Something he had to learn to become more social.

Gale didn't understand why they were laughing when he insisted of being digital in his tact. How it came as valid response to laugh about his responses was still a mystery to him.

5 days later.

5 days later did Team three Star with 3 Lifepods meet unexpectedly a Griffon landing on their Lifepods. He introduced himself as Giraldi, a security crew member of the red ~~shirt~~ Feather cooperation. His Lifepod was attacked and sunken. He bearly made it out of his Pod with nothing but water bottles on him.

Lucky for him did he could tough it out on a cloud above him, but he had just run out of water when he spotted the three in a line welded lifepod chain.

Giraldi was than added to the group and as the others received a full survivel gear set and equipment from Gales Blueprints. While Gale was dissatisfied that Giraldi didn't add but subtracted from material and rations, did he now had someone repairing the damaged lifepod while the other two continued to tow the column of Team Fourstar towards their next goal.

Two days later was the lifepod 20 repaired and everyone had their own bed to sleep in.

3 days later.

3 days later did their group looked very surprised, when there next Lifepod had sunken and landed on a native wale like creature.

They salvaged what they could, before the wale take offense to their actions and dropped the Lifepod 30 to its last resting place.
They never found out what happened to its user.

5 Days later.

5 Days later did they had a update spread around trough distress calls. The current count was 18 survivers that actively used their distress call to respond.

Next morning did the group wake up, go trough their morning routines like yesterday and Gale surmised the corrent stand of information.
Status report:

Off the 25 Lifepods sending beacon signals only 18 including themself updated their distress call.
8 Ponies 1 Dragon and 9 Griffons where confirmed alive.

Gale was eager to check the coming days for further developments.
- The night cycle of the planet was accurately 15 hour and 5 minutes and 30 seconds long.
- The day cycle was observed to be 30 seconds shorter than the night for some reason.
- Gale had try improving equipment in the Blueprints of the default PDA database via radio, but the default PDA of the other survivers did not allow it do to A.I. security concerns.

Gale had reviewed his records since transferring to his custum PDA from day one until now. He did like his personal growth and definitely disliked the decrease in materials and rations of all survivers until than.

Working of his tasklist was his attempts on learning 'humor' and 'empathy'. Definitely a work in progress...

By now everyone with exception of Spike, Gilda and Zephyr had recovered from their wounds and had repaired their lifepods. Further did noone had anything but endless ocean below them. No land, no fish or other aquatic creatures that could be confirmed. The only ones so far meeting life where not longer among the responding survivers...

The message was clear:
"Welcome to Planet 4546B, you are all prey here and are very welcome to stay as dinner..."

Author's Note

Welcome to Planet 4546B !
It is not very kind to our survivers so far...
Their water and food stores continue to lower!
Is there hope for survivel?
Roughly 24 days have passed since their arrival on the Ocean planet.
Food and water are running out...

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6. The life & adventures on Planet 4546B

Story: Pre-Subnautica + MLP
Chapter: 6. The life & adventures on Planet 4546B
Author: Black--Soul

By now 3 months have gone past. The Community of Equis survivers made a clear ruleset for everycreature to follow verified by Princess Twilight Sparkle:

1. No creature is to explore outside day hours around the shallow areas of the Islands and the reefs where the Pod village is located.
1. No creature is allowed to play catch with the local aquatic Predators for the fun of it, Gilda is still fixing occasionally leaky floating device of the Lifepod quad for exploration.
1. Pinkie Pie is not allowed to break Gales logic cores with her antics in general. Or give him physics defying ideas that cause him to glitch into manic laugher.
3.a) No creature is to encourage Gale investing time to think about Pinkie Pie reality bending actions. We are still fixing Gildas Lifepod main computer with Gales copy installed there because he tried to make sence of Pinkie Pie.
1. Rainbowdash Do is not allowed to drop Zephyr near Predators to see if he can out swim them because he annoyed her yet again.
1. a) So are others for the matter.
1. b) Even if Fluttershy is encouraging this behavior so he learns his lesson.
1. Fluttershy is not allowed to feed Zephyr to Predators to teach him a lesson. She is only allowed to trade bladder fish to them for exchange of titan and copper pieces they like to hord and chew on.
1. Leviathan are not to be played with under any circumstances. One followed Rainbowdash and Gilda to Sharpbeaks Island since they keep annoying it.
1. a) Pinkie Pie is not to try to make partys for spontaneous visiting predators that might eat one of us.
  6 b) Even if Fluttershy ask for it. Again...
1. No creature is allowed to try sneak again into Sharpbeaks Lifepod to borrow his weapons.
  While fighting surfacing Predators is entertaining, it is making them very agressiv and Fluttershy will not be ask any longer to stop 'Stare' the predators out if it.
  You have been warned.
1. The Quad Lifepod platform is for exploration, not for entertainment of hunting parties. The electric Ell might have been delicious for our Griffon community members, but we are still fixing the electronics on all the Pods!
1. No creature is to prank Sharpbeak anymore. Seriously!
  He has military grade repeat shot Crossbows for Celestias sake!
1. No creature is to dare anyone with Shark pranking. We lost 15 double seagliders already and we are lucky Noone lost any limbs yet.
1. Rarity is not allowed to redecorating other community members LifePods inside or outside without permission or put self made perfume in them.
1. No more hunting parties are to kill aquatic Predators without intending to bring them back for food or other uses.
  Seriously, Fluttershy stared until i give in to make this a rule.
  Bring back what you killed to Sharpbeaks island.

The following night cycle the survivers of the communitys all agreed that they try actively explore deeper with reinforced divingsuits alongside Spike to gain more valuable materials in a attempt to build a submarine. The Lifepods exploratory platform would be the base of operation. After finalizing a plan of action, did everyone go to sleep in anticipation of a early start in the morning to dive on the edges of the Lifepod Village.

A few hours later.

1 hour before the next morning sunshine would have started to light up the world around them, did Gale woke everyone up to ready up and to get the exporation quad Lifepods platform ready for action.

To everyone surprise did Gale informed them all that a Lifepod had reactivated its distress call just before they would started in literally the opposite direction.
The plans changed from simpel diving into the depth of the dark for ressources to a rescue and salvage operation.

Everyone was is high spirits and with Fluttershy assistance even Sharpbeak reluctantly joined the effort 65 minutes later, after the Pegasus used her weaponized cuteness to guilt trip him into helping.
It might also have helped that she offered to give him guarantees that he get half a electrical Ell all to himself if he would give them a helping Talon.

Today would the crew be all on deck, everycreature was to support the effort of today, even Zephyr! Matter of fact did he was planned to go diving in a special deep diving suit alongside the Griffon Giraldi. Spike in his normal custom wetsuit would be the overwatch with a special military grade aquatic rated rapid fire crossbow borrowed from Sharpbeak.

They would dive down to 800 meters depth and bind multible ropes to the Lifepods climbing rods. The rest of the crew could than help pull the Lifepod up. With a little luck would they gain more members for their community and had one additional Lifepods for a project to build a submarine out of 2 Lifepods.
Since they are rated to stand up to 1500 meters water pressure, could they finally explore the areas deeper below.

The Submarine would hopefully help them collect materials and perhaps salvage some alien tech.
Twilight and Gale where rather giddy to get to explore and unlock the secrets of the alien technology of the Island building, as well of the speculated teleportation gate near it.

The prior unresponsive Lifepod that had sunken, but suddenly reactivated its distress call was unfortunate not reacting to changed distress call from their Pods as a communication attempt.
Everycreature hoped the survivers would be saved.

What made absolutely no sence was that it had two voices in the background of the distress call from ponies that where definitely not on bord when the 'True Friendship' had started from Equis. But that was a mystery for later.

Since Gales had found out where it was and had a solid lock on the Lifepod 33 was the position rather fast reached. It was time to get the action on the road.

Zephyr, Giraldi and Spike had eatch individually a double oxygen canister on their back, giving them instead of 180 seconds air 360 seconds with a total of 390 seconds thanksto the rebreathing masks. 6 minutes and 30 seconds should be plenty to reach the Lifepod underwater, make the ropes ready on the Lifepods ladder rods and come up for air. After returning down to the Pod they tow it up unil it resurface from the water.

Than they used their for this occasion build quad seaglider. The Quad seaglider was basically two double seagliders joined, but a simple solution can be very effective. They are so fast in fact that holding on to it is rather taxing as tested the day prior as a towing tool of heavy salvage like material or hunting game.

With some extra ropes between two quad seagliders and the combined strength of everyone pulling the Lifepods up, this should be a rather easy job.
Nothing should be going wrong to Gales calculations.

Somewhere a lot deeper under water did a Empress watched everything happen trough the red eyes of a fish she had mentaly connected with. She used this mental connection to watch the efforts of the new visitors since they arrived and would have soon enough knowledge collected to talk to them. She really hoped she could entice the little male to her cage. She wasn't getting any younger and should have at the very least one more clutch in her. This male was interessting to watch. While he wasn't apperently able to breathe under water, did he could use fire like the males of her species. That would hopefully be enough compatibility to have her last clutch of eggs successfully fertilized.

Author's Note

The community on Planet 4546B are going to explore the area thanks to their planned Submarine project soon enough.
Once they have the opportunity to explore the depths of Planet 4546B more in detail will the Empress get some visitors eventually.

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7. One event with many viewing points

Story: Pre-Subnautica + MLP
Chapter: 7. One event with many viewing points
Author: Black--Soul

The Empress watched as 3 of the visitors started to dive deeper than she had them observed to do so with the exception of the young male.
While a four-legged and a feathered visitor seem to focus on diving deeper did the young male swim behind them with something previously unobserved in his claws. Maybe a weapon do to its sharp looking objects on front.

She delighted to see that this male while a lot smaller than any of her previous breeding partners, seem to have a feeling of strength and determination outside mating behavior. It was nice to see that he had his spikes out today. Natural defenses that her last clutch might inherent and help them to stay alive after she would eventually fall to old age. The excitement of him potencialy arriving soon-is had her old heart jump in anticipation.

The bigger protrusion on their backs seem to have a positive effect on their ability to stay under water longer than they ever did before. Maybe with some luck would her future mate use this additional time to spend some time with her after having breed her.
Males had the disappointing affinity to dissappear after they had secured their seed in her eggs.

When her mental connected little red eye in the water swim closer to the other two visitors did they seem to have already finished their goal.
All three of them surfaced.

She in the meantime looked over the object on the oceanic floor. It looked like the one group of afloat things they all seem to sleep in.
It must have come lose and sunk. It spoke highly of them that they take care of their nests so mutch.

She just hoped that non of their offspring was hurt when it sunk. Losing once offspring is a very traumatic event. Especially if their death wasn't a accident...

The Empress was shortly lost in thoughts when 2 of the visitors swim infront of her observing fish.
With a small shake of her actual head, did she swim closer to the surface and consequently to her future mate. To her horror did one if the red scaled Predators had snuck up on the unsuspecting male.

It was obviously a female adolescent since it was not caring for scaring its prey, rather than sneak up to it and then eat it before its prey noticed its doom.

The Empress booped the male twice on its face glass to get his attention, than swim behind him.
His annoyed face morphed into panik when he saw the coming Predator.
To her shock did he not flee like she expected, he looked for a moment to his companions and than with a look of determination swim towards his attacker.

To think he would put his life infront of danger to his companion made her heart flutter. He would be a excellent mate and dare she hope, a father to his offspring!

The Empress could feel that if the young male could have given a war cry of challenge, he would have. Not to intimidating his opposition, but to alert the companions he wanted to see protected.

If he would survive today, no matter the language incomplete set:
She could contact him and if he was to strong of mind to be enticed to be dominated, she would send out some of her own raised Predators to give him more confidence to swim out and eventually meet with her.

The sickness that many developed after the old visitors that had build the cage around her that had no access to her secretions or that of her offspring, often developed between a year and a decade a threshold where the sickness was taking visible hold of them.

She hoped that he would ideally arrive before it became visible to spare him the effort of healing.
Otherwise just like she observed with others she healed, it would be a painful way until her body own secretions healing would restore the sick flesh of the one needing healing.

It took usually ten years of egg development in her body and one hundred years of growing up for her offspring to before fertile, but by the time they had reached adulthood with 1000 years they could start the repopulation of their world.

The salvage and rescue operation with the priority turned around, started. Twilight would infuse all ropes with her telekinesis pull to help for a steady and even accending of the Lifepod, the Griffons would all pull flying towards the sky until the Lifepod was surfaced.

Applejack and Rarity would evacuated the inhabitants before any other action was taken.
Gale would hack himself into the pod and starts its full diagnostic program. Once the problem with its floating platform was fixed did the would either place it next to one of the Quad formed Lifepod to welding them together or if it wasn't working do to for instance a hole in the floating Lifepods platform, they pull it together to the reef for repairs.

Solid plan, it even run flawless for the thirst third of the job when no Predators had been spotted and the secured roped got in place without a hitch in the plans.
After everyone surfaced to refill their doubled airtanks did the second third of the plan started.

Once more they dive deep down.
Zephyr and Giraldi fixed their quad seagliders to the Lifepod and preparing to start the lifting.
That was when a red eyed Glubscher seemingly wanting to play twice tackeld Spikes visor, Spike followed the playfully Glubscher with a red instead of a orange one and to his horror see a previously unknown Predator.

Normally would Gale have warned him, but with his cameras under water on seemingly working for 50 meters, was it still out of reach of Gales cameras for a clear visual identification.
Lucky Spike was warned accidentally by a playfully red eyes Glubscher before it could catch him unaware.

He was about to turned his radio on to warn everyone, but the possible panic might have delayed the rescue and cost the sunken survivers their life's.

So in Spike's eyes there was only one happy ending for this rescue operation. He dropped his PDA so Gale don't alert anyone, he would not have to retrieve a accidentally lost PDA for the first time. It was so common in fact that a weak short range beacon was commonly build in the PDA frames used by everycreature. Gale had stopped thankfully two weeks ago to complain how clumsy every community member was with his PDA frames in general. Especially when Gilda, Giraldi or Rainbowdash used their PDA fames as mouth stopper of another aquatic predator to avoid getting bitemarks.

With determination did he swim towards the Predator. Time to be once more:
'Spike the Brave and Glorious!'

Twilight was very optimistic about this operation.
With ever hoove and Talon on stand by they had more than enough physical leverage to lift the Lifepod up. She could have done it all by herself, but if she made it a team effort would everyone have a bonding experience. Further did she hoped that Sharpbeak might come around eventually and join the Community.

She worked two months on convincing the Griffons that forgiveness was the path of the future.

Sharpbeak might be a facilitating accomplice to the murder of the ships crew, but technically did he only was after the money just like any Griffon and if he didn't help Scharlatan than someone else would have.

Everygriff accepted begrudgingly her logic and would welcome him into the community once he was ready to join.

To everycreatures delight had Twilight and Rarity planned a double hunting plan to obtain electronic Ell for them as food and for themselves and their projects.

Twilight would get the for the Griffons not so tasty conductor rods that naturally grow on the electrical Ells and Rarity used its teeth and spine construction for flexible needles to decorate everyone's bed sheet.
A win-win for everyone involved.

Everything was running smoothly, Gale complained that Spike dropped his PDA again, but it should be fine as long they retrieve it once the survivers of the Pod are save and the Lifepod wasn't in danger of sinking again.

Twilight loved when her plans run smoothly.
Perhaps she could entice Sharpbeak to stay after dinner once they would later today have catched a Electrical Ell. Applejack had befriended him and approached him apperently daily. If Twilight information from Pinkie Pies pinky sence was correctly, did the two even started a relationship.
With only two pony Stallions and one of them being a whiny individual to be polite or a wimpy daily complaining coltcuddler, was her pick rather limited.

Why noone started herding or flocking was beyond her, but perhaps next heat season did that would change.
Twilight Sparkle was very good in multitasking and so,as she was dreaming about herding or flocking and pulling the Lifepods enough so it was supported, but weak enough so everyone feel its was their combination of everyone's strength to accomplish the goal.

Spike situation would be over by the time she noticed Fluttershy & Spike returning together once Fluttershy had been diving after a bad feeling about something to save who ever was in trouble.

Author's Note

The rescue and salvage operation is underway. Spike near future is unclear and with a heavy heart for I have to confirm...:
Zephyr Avatar isn't going to be eaten. Even if Pinkie Pie suggestions from Fluttershy made it sound kinda funny...

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8. Spike the Brave and Glorious Dragon

Story: Pre-Subnautica + MLP
Chapter: 8. Spike the Brave and Glorious Dragon
Author: Black--Soul

Spike was swimming as fast he could towards the red themed Predator, it had spotted the Lime green and red striped Lifepod and its 2 towing individuals and headed towards them. Spike swam in its way, what caused it to try taking a bite out of the Dragon.
The double seaglider made a good wrench to keep its mouth occupied, while the pinchers were with more luck than skill dodged.

The double Seaglider would not survive the confrontation, but it was expendable in contrast to Spike. When Spike used his Crossbow to feed the creature a spiked arrow diat to its day, did it changed its course to a 160° angle and consequently away from the lifepod. While Spike was holding the trigger down until the drum magazine of the Crossbow run dry did the thrashing of the Reaper didn't stop. Eventually did the Crossbow had served its usefulness and was discarded as stomach stone for the beast.
Spike used one of the sharper turns of the Reaper angle changes to leave the double seagliders locked in the reapers maw.

Usually a Reaper could chew trough it like one snaps a toothpick in one's mouth, but it had loged itself in a diagonal angle that didn't allow the jaw to be closed on its natural line of jaw distribution. As a result it would have a surprisingly effective maw locker before it eventuelly dislodged with effort.

Spike managed to Claw at one of it pinchers and take hold of it, until he had save enough space in his opinion to let go when it moved it its open wide position. When Spike let go to let the Reaper leave, while he himself would swim back to the Lifepods.
To his surprise had a pony somehow managed to hold onto the Reapers tail.
Fluttershy take a double take when she collided with Spike mid his watery escape.

Apperently Fluttershy had senced something and come to Spike help. She only managed to hold onto the reapers left tail pincer, but she hoped when it eventuell checked its tail for a passenger it would be locked in a stare of her strongest setting.

But plans done in haste leave mutch to be desired and events often happen differently than anticipated. All in all, the sneaky Reaper female adolescent was annoyed that it's had something stuck between its maw that didn't budge just yet and continues to swim away as it's innards feel as if she swallow something acidic do to her stinging throat.

Everyone was to focused to notice the absence of Fluttershy and so it was a few minutes until Spike and Fluttershy returned before anyone noticed their absence.
Fluttershys because she had perfected the art of being ignored, despite her bright colors. Spike was thought to dive after his lost PDA.

Everyone was rather surprised when they noticed their returning together and their short encounter with death in red and black themed natural chitin armor.

Meanwhile Gilda and Giraldi where still trying to pull the bottom and top hatch open respectively to rescue the possible suffering Pod occupants.

When Giraldi wrenched the closed locked hatch from the bottom to get it open. Everycreature was confused that it was empty. Someone had to send a distress call, their voices where even if only faintly present in the background. The ponies identified it as it was sounding like Derpy Hooves and Dr. Time Turner Whooves.

The Pod had its main computer scrubbed for some reason. Also all Blueprints where deleted. Although for some reason it had multible Muffin & Cupcake recipe saved and ready for production.
Pinkie Pie occupied herself with the
'Muffin Button'.

To Pinkie Pie delight but Twilight & Gales confusion, was the entire internal material production storage filled with Muffin and Cupcake baking material. While the locker had two purple alien PDA frame like objects in it, besides more Muffins that are pink sprinkeld with pink chocolate glazing.

Before the separate Gale personalities in eatch independent PDA frame of the individual crews possessions could give one another a heated debate, was the Lifepod trough manual means inflated and shortly after temporarily welded to the exploration Lifepod construct.

After over a hour did the Lifepod was secured and its maintenance complet. While Twilight, Gilda and Gale had worked over the interior, did Giraldi and the other Griffons hold watch for other unwelcome guests from the safety of the sky.

Spike had with Fluttershy that borrowed Zephyr moded diving equipment retrieve the lost PDA, with Sharpbeak getting talked down by Applejack Joline Joliny Apple to excuse them losing his shit and she would compensate him for his lost aquatic rapid Crossbow. To Raritys and Rainbowdash snickering of delight since the usually stoic former Captain had fluffed up wit his feathers volorung red like freshly washed and dried chick.

Apperently did the rumors of Applejack and Sharpbeak wrestling wasn't all about keeping in shape was true.

When everyone was back at the reef did all Lifepod copys of Gale and the Alicorn go to work on modification to a Lifepod for making it ready for their Submarine project. Three weeks later would it result in a plan to disassemble two of the exploration Lifepods to build a submarine. Giving them in total two submarines.

Pinkie Pie claim the Lifepod 33 for herself after having installed a from scratch new build manufacturing module. Spike donated one of his Pods power cells to Pinkies Pods to power her new standard manufacturing modul. From that day forward did every dinner had a Muffin or cupcake with it for all Community members.

Spike bunked together with Twilight while Zephyr take Spike premium pod for himself. With Zephyr spending future time with hearing music in it rather than working the next month would there community bearly lost a workforce and overall everyone was more satisfied with Zephyr having stopped about complaining about overworking himself or a Pod not being good enough.

4 Months since the Survivers had landed on the planet and despite them accepting there fate on this world, did they all where rather well of physicaly and mentally.

Sharpbeak had come around thanks to Applejack Joline Joliny Apple bucking his lone Griffon act like Flash serious Sentry did with Zephyr when he ask if he could come around for a little roll in the hay.

Gale & Twilight had made a rough plan for a Submarine that give it basicly only what every surviver wetsuit had:
- Depth counter.
- Oxygen counter.
- Temperatur measure sensors.
- Power Cells from Zephyr Lifepod, since 2 out of 6 was enough for normal operations and he could use other Pods for food manufacturing.
- A camera set like the PDA Frames used them but bigger and sharper.

But unfortunately was that everything. Since it was basicly defenseless and had only limited visibility do to them all missing any kind of strong lamps for illumination. A very big weakness of the Submarine. As this blueprint was still highly flawed, was it only to be used by Twilight with her ability to use her magic to scan for lifeforms to be forwarned to raise a shield should anything coming for them. While one more passenger could fit in, even if it was a tight fit.

Once Twilight & Spike had made a test dive that went relatively smoothly despite a few minor chasing of various Predators like Sharks.

With that project completed and Rainbowdash with the others having successfully pulled 3 Electrical Ell huntings, was the Community in very high spirits.

With exception of Spike, he had been surprisingly insistent to strengthen his body and lung capacity. To Twilight surprise did Spike rather successfully managed to get some more muscles. While everycreature had mutch sturdier muscles do to swimming had Spike additional a somehow more determined aura to him.
The apperently successful fight of the red themed Predator had done Spike a lot if good.

Even Zephyr had muscled up. Twilight jaw almost dropped when the reclusive Stallion one day came out her Lifepod and showed a lot more than anyone had in months do to being basicly non stop in their wetsuits.

If she didn't know how mutch a whiny wimp he was, she might have drooled a little at his bare fur coat not hiding muscles or slightly visible scarring.

Meanwhile Flash Serious Sentry had also muscled up. He had she guessed twice as mutch studly presents than before the crash. She could indeed see him following the call for service. Not just for Guard duty and royal protection service...

All in all everyone seem more healthy and activ. The harsher lifestyle circumstances sure showed Twilight how easy they had it all life long. But they managed rather well despite all odds.

Today was a special day, for everyone would enter the alien construction today on the Islands edge. Rainbowdash and Gilda would take point, while Giraldi and Sharpbeak and Applejack Joline Joliny Apple would keep their back safe. Zephyr would be between the first two parts of team 1.
Once they give the all clear would the next group of Twilight Sparkle, Spike, Rarity and Fluttershy follow.

Pinkie Pie was holding down the fort near the reefs. Better safe than sorry in case,something hapoen to the Lifepod construct.

By now everyone know that Applejack Joline Joliny Apple & Sharpbeak where a couple and nocreature would mess with him or even go after him for past misdeeds. So he with some coaxing of his mate reluctantly give Twilight a copy of his Military grade blueprints and everyone had titan fiber laced fabric and aquatic repeater Crossbows to their personal use.

Everyone with exception to Pinkie Pie was ready in case something went wrong during the exploration.

To say it in Spikes words: "We are all brave, but to go in and return in glory one has to come out alive."
And so everyone had a loaded and drawn Crossbow at the ready, when they put the purple alien tablet into the console and hold their breath when the door's force field winked out of existence.

With a nod to one another did the next chapter of their adventure begin.

Author's Note

How did Time Turner and Derpy come on board?
How did the ended up in the Lifepod??
Most importantly...
Where are they now???
Stay tuned for... Something :derpytongue2:

What awaits the Community inside the Alien construct?
Who knows? Maybe it a alien casion or something :trollestia:

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9. Warning: Entry might have unfortunate consequences!

Story: Pre-Subnautica + MLP
Chapter: 9. Warning: Entry might have unfortunate consequences!
Author: Black--Soul

As the first team entered the construction was clear that there entry was noticed when lights previously deactivated came to life. Gildas talons where shacking with adrenaline, but her mind was as sharp as possible. Rainbowdash wings twitched with nervous energy, but she dared not to fly. Her Aunty had warned her in every of her experienced storys that sound of wing flaps where just as helpful to stay hidden as hissed whispering. One simply spoke very quietly or better yet, used hoove/talon sign language.

To their luck did Rainbowdash and Gilda learned it to communicate better when pranking somecreature. It also helped to boost there respective grades in school to take the extra class. Not to forget that military units like the Wonderbolts had it as requirement to join the force.

There rear guard stand next to the door frame in a crouched position and ready to shot things if some scary alien tried to bite their face off. That or Zephyr was ready to bolt, it was a 50-50 chance at best...
Of course would they try run before a fight could break out, but better safe than sorry.

The overall light was green. Rainbowdash had slight flashbacks to the old Changeling Hive lights trough goo lamps.

One of the most striking features was a green glowing illusion over something with the resemblance of a map console like they used on the ship to find their way to the escape pods.

As they moved deeper into the structure slowly getting lower into and through the structure did they spot green cubes on raising platforms that changed how high they raised depending on the overall height of the one closest to it. As Gilda noticed when she walked besides Dash in her bipedal walk.

When nocreature was to be seen so far did the, first team returned to the end and grouped up with the second team to explore together.
Interesting was how well the isolation if the wall was. A singel wall could seperate their communication to one another.

The green cubes on the raising platforms had a magical aura that was 5 times stronger than that of their magical powercells inside their Lifepods.

Twilight mentioned that they should later take one for study with them. Zephyr ask if it was probably save to remove them and their magical signature was strong, but save to hoove around with. When Gilda touch it without a glove did it feel warm and sparks come off it that feel like sparkling effervescent powder overcome her talon in a pleasant way.

Rainbowdash licked one because why not?
And her fur coat, mane and tail becomes instantly static. Gilda mimicking it and did fluff up with static as well. Both returned to their normal appearance about three minutes after having licked the cube.

Twilight guessed the sounds it made was from its structure being unable to contain all the magic it holded. She mentioned that if somecreature was stupid enough to willingly destroy it with a magic blast it had enough power to blow a small Island up. But otherwise it seem fairly safe.

Going slightly deeper into the structure they found another console.

Next was a shaft coming up that had a hazy glow in it. When Zephyr get to close to it was he lifted up and dragged down. Zephyr was screaming all the way he was dragged and from the sound if it he was a lot farther into the structure until his screaming come to a abrupt end.

Everycreature had raise its Crossbow in panic. After a minute or two of tension did Zephyr shouted finally: "I am fine! I think its a magical elevator like the one in Canterlot research tower when they made the castle tour i visited once."

Everyone relaxed and Fluttershy was kicking away a imagend pebble because Zephyr was again fine. With him shouting from below instead if coming back up nocreature could accidentally make a arrow pillow out of him.
Again had Zephyr given Fluttershy false hopes...

Fluttershy sigh and get next into the elevator. Her adorable 'eppp' might have given weaker Griffons diabetic problems, but everycreature enjoyed the magic elevator ride.

Next did they came up in a large empty room, with nothing in it. Twilight guessed that it was a storage area, without ladders it seem rather difficult to store things though, unless flying was a option for the alien race.

When they came up in a large room did they see things at display and a staircase without stairs. But with the rough texture of the ground was going up no problem.

One of the things on display was what Gilda guessed was a Bowcaster and while it had no magical aura, could it have been in a unloaded state since it was clearly in a stable displayIng case.

Then they found another alien tablet it was purple as well. They left it alone for now since they still had one left from the Lifepod 33 salvage.
They might changed there minds when another force field would stop their progress. They take the last remaining purple tables from the Lifepodod 33 and open the path with it by shutting down the barrier.

The next room was full of pillars and it had a glowing console in it. When Spike try to interact with it did a force field keep his right arm in place and a metalic snake came out of the thing. It displayed a long rod or needle in its center and observed Spike for a moment before...

It tried to probably impale Spikes arm, but the rod or needle failed to get trough his scales. With a loud echoing *ching* did it fail to archive penetration. It tried 3 more times before it seem to look at Spike in frustration. It get longer and than take a swinging dash towards Spike arm.
It managed to break off its needle. It seem to look in disbelief at Spike and than ejected the rod or needle on the ground. It retreated for a few seconds until it returned with a longer needle.

66 times did it try to penetrate his scales but after a minute of *ching on a rapid fire* did this needle was broken in two as well. The snake apperently shake in rage before spitting the needle to the other discarded one and dissappeard.

After a minute of nothing happening did Spike ask the console if he could have his arm back.
As if in answer did the snake came out, this time with a drill.

Now Spike didn't like needles, but a Faust damn drill was no laughing matter. But before he could protest did it was already in motion toward Spikes arm.

Spike didn't like the look of it but had no way of pulling free and telekinesis from Twilight did not stop it from reaching Spikes arm. But luck for Spike did the drill got contact melted after another minute of failure to get penetration successful behind it to do what ever it had planned.

It retreated and another metalic snake came out. This one had a drill with two needles beside it. It hovered over Spike arm, started to vibrate its needles and made contact with his arm. After a minute seemingly without success did it give up. Until its drill started to be coated with a lubricant. It was acidic! Spikes scales slightly sizzling give way to the drill and Spike started to scream fearing it melting of his arm.

To his surprise did the drill stopped half way trough and both of the needles shot a solution on his scales that seemingly neutralize the acid.

The metalic snake retreated and the first came out again. This time it didn't fail to penetrate.

Spike exclamation of "Ouch! This motherbucker has bite me!", made it success clear.

The previous glowing area switch from a green to a red for a moment before saying something unintelligible. After which it finally released the arm of Spike.

After Twilight using a healing spell at Spike, was his arm as good as new. Zephyr surprisingly on his own accord tried it next. The first metallic snake come out and take a sample out of Zephyr left forleg. Rarity was next, than Applejack and finally Twilight.
The result was always the same. Next was Gilda and nocreature was surprised about the thing repeated its unintelligible message.

Leaving did they check the moving cube Artefact.
The cube with the orb in it open up and closed in rapid succession when one got to close to it. That thing was blindingly magical when scanned. Twilight described it as a miniature sun in magical output. When Zephyr suggested nocreature touch it, everycreature agreed. Especially making it later a rule so Pinkie Pie don't get the crazy idea to juggling the thing for fun and blowing them all up accidentally.

They left the cube alone and moved on downstairs. There was a lone chamber with a gate construction, but they left it alone for now. Twilight would try this gate out later probably. Since they had been inside the building for a while and had no working communication running, did everycreature agree to inform the rest of the Community of anything they learned so far. So they left for now.

When they went outside to inform everycreature that the air was clear of any other beings, did everygriff and pony relaxed, but was also disappointed that they didn't meet anything in there.

The two teams than went in a lot more relaxed than before hoove and give the alien consoles a examination.

Pinkie Pie apperently had switched guard duty with one of the Griffons and explored the alien building. Gilda and Rainbowdash followed Pinkie Pie so she don't try play with the miniature Sun artifact.

After a few hours of making no progress, did the original exploration crew left and evergriff else explored the building.

Pinkie Pie and Giraldi seem especially found of the Elevator and even Sharpbeak was caught using it as a joyride.
The gruff Griffon was a chick at heart yet, as Applejack later confirmed.

Unbeknownst to the Community did the alien building had activated long time dormant security drones. Three types got released on mass:

a 'Warper' - a with bioengineering warping abilities given hunter unit versus anti personal operation.
A 'Crabsquid' - able to use electricity as weapon and send out electromagnetic pulses. Used in hunting personal and maschine supported targets.
Ghost Leviathan - Heavy attack unit bioengineered for rapid regeneration and being able to kill even the toughest targets given enough time.

Designated targets: Everyone showing visible signs of infection and positiv tested individuals.

Author's Note

The hunt is on...

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10. Ryley Robinson - Backstory

Story: Pre-Subnautica + MLP
Chapter: 10. Ryley Robinson - Backstory
Author: Black--Soul

Ryley Robinson was a 20 years old male fresh cadet out of the engineering Corp of the second best Altera Elite school. Unfortunately did his family wasn't able to afford the best school, nor did they have enough influence to bypass the bribes needed for the most elite school Altera had for young engineerings, but he would make do. He had with exception to religion and multi language classes only the second highest ratings archived in his class.

While he was uncomfortable being only the 10th highest student in his class do to his opposition having bribed themselves into higher ratings, did he actually learned and earned his skills. While now a day's it was actually only required to be able to maintain and re-program as well as operating electronics, did he teached himself to repair the stuff others operated.

Something many other laughed about since it was unnecessary unless one was in the army or planned to go there. Many people take the military as a last ditch effort, but he liked to hold all his options open and enjoy additional qualifications on his papers.

Now that he graduated with high honors, would he go trough training and short term service to gain additional experience in practicing what he had only experienced in simulations.

Fixing something that had been bend out of shape or that need rewire do to short circuits are as his father told him are always easyer in simulations where everything was clean, well stocked in inventory and given with unrealistically long time frames that would allow someone to simulate 3-4 repair instead of the reality only giving one time for one bearly working patchwork fix that would not hold for long...

In the army he would get over complicated problems in to short time frames to work with. That would in fact give him in more laid back job give him the time edge to be the best of his crew and there for work himself the honest way up the ladder of success.

That would in the long term spare him many bribes his colleagues would pay usually alongside him. It was a well known fact that many Ship captains this days hired the freshly finished individuals from the elite school and worked them to the bone for a year to see who was worth their metal.

After a year they would than only leave the truly well studied and experienced on ship for the crew, while giving out letters of recommendation out. That in fact was known to ruine once chances to gain good jobs since only the washout personal stayed for a year.

By bribes and Familie connection could someone get to stay on a ship for the minimum of 3 years, so they would not have to fear a outcome that would see them in the 3th class of the money makers. While 3th class was still respectable, did a 2th grade pay allow for genetic modification that paved the way to potentially get a 1th grade job.

The higher the pay the higher a chance getting over 100 years old by having ones body restoration securities assurance, since work accidents happened eventually or one needed a synthetic organ for one reason or another.
The richest capital ship engineering Corp member in modern history is 160 years old, has both legs and arms replaced twice do to accidents and some organs probably as well. Still he looks like a 35 year old man with bearly any scars and job offers that will see him probably retired by 180 and not working a day after.

Ryley Robinson own father made it to 120 years before he retired and started a family. With his father reaching 142 years, is he still young thanks to genetic modification and synthetic organs. If Ryley himself didn't screw up, he might get to retire way earlier and have his father help him raise a brother or son just yet.

With 45 billion humans on 40 Altera worlds is population control very strict up to getting forcefully drafted into the human war maschine of the Empire of Altera to fight off other mega cooperations. Unless of course one has earned his higher citizenship status with extra privileges.

But that was a thought for another time.

Today would he sign up for a military backwater planet focused on warship and equipment repairs and restoration and once he archived his minimum on requirements in service would he try hire on one of the currently in production waiting research ships or gate builder cruisers.

If everything run smoothly he could join on the Stargazer, the Antaeus, the Enterprise or the Aurora when they came out the final production in 15 years.

He would than work 5 years on deep space and eva training, until the next-generation of gateway expanding would follow to claim more colonies for the Altera mega cooperation empires citizens.

By than they probably breach the 50-ish billion marker on population...
Better to raise once family before the Gavourment starts demanding 2th class citizenship to even have the right to get procreation as a option.

Unless the 'Triad' or 'U.N.N.' mega cooperations start more than a border zone war. But that was something he really hoped would not be in the lifetime of his father and himself anymore.

Even if things go quantum nuclear levels of South, he might be able to secure a space for himself and his remaining family far off the Frontline. After all, new expansion planets are often to far off the established ship traveling grid to bring them towards the usually on the other end of the empire side required planets outside absolutely desperate times. Even than it was to expensive to be called upon for unless one needed 3th grade meatshield citizens or lower.

2th grade personnel needed for expansion project was only plausible to be called upon the meat grinder of human warzones if the rest of the Empire would run dry of 5th, 4th and 3th class citizenship members of the Altera mega cooperation empire.

With U.N.N. being mostly defensive and giving their soldiers more valuable equipment, while the Triad literally won by simply throwing people at the enemy until the got swarmed or they run out of ammo.

Being a Altera citizen really was a nice middle ground.
Also very remarkable was that Altera outside the border conflicts openly traded with its small or big rivals.

20.000 years of space age exploration and expansion and humanity is still its own worst enemy. What a sad fate. At least it would not go extinct even if 2 of the mega cooperation nations kicked the bucket trough what ever humanity would be suffering.

But how likely was it that roughly 100 billion humans just kicked the bucket on the side of Trias and U.N.N. ?

Time to start the rest of his life today and who knows what would from today in exactly 20 years time awaiting him?

Author's Note

In 20 years in another part of the universe will the Subnautica story begin for the man that survived in Lifepod 5.

But his adventures would be quite different and not nearly as lonely as we all have played it beforehand.

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11. Twilight Princess of Friendship and Cardgames as well Ruler of the survivers of the 'True Friendship'

Story: Pre-Subnautica + MLP
Chapter: 11. Twilight Princess of Friendship andCardgames as well Ruler of the survivers of the 'True Friendship'
Author: Black--Soul

Twilight was ones just a magical prodigy without comparable counterpart.
Than she become really something to remember her by:
She become a Alicorn!
She had almost a decade of endless adventures and hardships until Celestia & Luna started training her to join them eventually to rule Equestria as a triarchy. Three Alicorn to rule Equestria.

One of their lessons she used on almost a daily basis since they crashlanded on this Water planet:
'Always trick them into believing that they are in control. Their pride and ego are your weapons, blind them with their help. Stroke one or both, and if possible, make them believe that your idea becomes theirs or secretly works for them better.'

Further always remember: 'Only dictators and idiots focus on themselves and their comfortable luxury life, a true ruler focuses on everyone's well being. You are not there to conquer or dominate. When entering the stage of rulershipment, you are always seeking a peaceful solution.
War only bleeds countries, and tension is an infection that must be avoided, purged, or otherwise removed. Never be blinded by anger and never underestimate your opponent.'

While occationaly friction had to be smoothed out and the fire of emotional confrontation had to be put out, did Twilight Sparkle did fairly well as defacto leader of the survivers.

Thanks to Gales communications and recording abilities did everything could be smoothed out rather well.

As long Twilight and her PDA with Gale on it didn't dissappeard into the Alien building.
Than Twilight was almost impossible to retrieve unless she grow hungry or Applejack and Sharpbeak dragged her out of it.

Thanks to Gales help did they had the area mapped out and started to work on a translation for the Alien language. Unfortunately did all they had so far was the Alien needle Maschine that poked someone and give always the same sentence no matter how often they tried.
Especially after all there members had been poked and the sentence stayed the same.

They suspect that the voice was telling them that they are not authorized to access the maschin as they are not one of the species that build the place.
Rainbowdash and Filda suspected the voice to pranking them with a phrase like:
"Don't be a wuss, it was just a needle!
Next victim please."

Anyway did they only managed to get Pinkie Pie to Pinkie promise not to play with the miniature Sun. That was at least something.

Interessting enough did Pinkie Pie apparently tried breaking into one of the display boxes and caused a swarm of robotic spiders to apperently come out of the walls themself.

Fortunately did everyone keep their calm when they shoo away Pinkie Pie walked over the display case and returned into the walls.

The next incident was with who would have guessed, Zephyr Avatar.
He picked up one of the power containers that glowed green and if licked caused someone to fluff up and eminate a 3 minute period to have a light green glow coming of ones body.

When Pinkie Pie told later that she did it countless times and nothing happend, did everycreature eventually tested it out.

Back to Zephyr... He actually managed to get the mechanical Spider to come out in swarms.
Fluttershy suggested to feed him to them to restore peace.
Ungrateful Spiders ignored Fluttershy offer and left Zephyr alone after giving him a minor electrical shock to let him drop the green power cube and after returning it to its place, left once more by means of fitting into small slits that hide the Spiders.

That day it was decided to leave all green cubes alone.

Twilight and Spike occasionally went on exploration around the area, all Griffons armed with repeating crossbows followed them around thanks to Gale giving them constant positions updates.

After their 4th months of being on this Water focus world, did they finaly had a rough map of the area. It was rather difficult to navigate without many navigation points as referance.
Gale and Twilight eventually build Navigation devices thst could be harpoon into the sea floor.
Thanks to a spell of Twilight it looked like it's sounding rocks and would not be taken the Stalkers as a chewing toy.

After having places 200 of them in relatively even pacing did Gale started to map the area in more detail and note where what material was found.
Going for specific materials would be easier that way.

With 5 months on the planet did the survivers had a well enough map at their disposal to soon try going into areas that would lead deeper into the planet.
Gale had helped everyone to get the best equipment they all could possibly have and a team effort had them all prepared as well as they could be with their given magic and technological options they had.

Electrical Ell hunts become more often a highlight for the Griffons with them greatly enjoying its meat the most.
Twilight enjoyed the over abandonment of ell electrical parts noone liked eating because of it being 'not very tasty'.

Spike started to hunt with Rainbowdash and Gilda some of the Predators that acted rather aggressive towards them.
Unfortunately did many of them only tasted passable at best.

To everycreatures surprise did some of the Predators started to follow Spike around without trying to bite him.
Many Stalkers had learned that their teeth are no match versus Spikes scales, but this Stalkers and Sharks seem to almost affectionate be around Spike.
They enjoyed it greatly to be pet or scratched by Spike.

At some point did Spike even managed to ride some of them.
Something even Fluttershy had not managed as of yet.
While Fluttershy was tolerated and sometimes even well received by them, did Spike was world apart in popularity.

Noone knew how he did it or how they could ride Predators of their own, but when Twilight reminded them that the Sharks managed to chew through thin titan layers that are more sturdy than flesh and bones, was decided that being able to ride a predator was not worth the risk for losing a arm or leg for this entertainment.

Entertainment was rather limited on the planet so Pinkie Pie with Rarityd help managed to make a Card game played from once pod. Alone versus Gale or with one another. This game become fast popular and many combination and rules to regulating rules got introduced.
Zephyr and Fluttershy played surprisingly often and the passiv-aggressiv stance towards her brother got slightly smaller.

The phrase: "Its time to duel!" Become very popular for some time...

Twilight organized tournament with the winner receiving more Electric Ell meat portions or one additional Muffin for eatch won tournament.

The Empress if the Sea was surprisingly entertained with everything she had observed so far.
As playful as they all are, would she probably be rather well entertained in the coming years.
All she had to do is waiting g for them to continue to explore the deeper parts of the area and eventually meet up with her...

Author's Note

Another update for my readers :twilightsmile:

See you next chapter :pinkiesmile:

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5. 18 survivers and one grumpy hermit Griffon versus Planet 4546B

Story: Pre-Subnautica + MLP
Chapter: 5. 18 survivers and one grumpy hermit Griffon versus Planet 4546B
Author: Black--Soul

The following night cycle the survivers of all activ Lifepods used their Distress call as a chat room like communication platform. While quite chaotic, it worked well enough to make a plan of action.

Currently only 2 already joined Royal Class Lifepod Nr. 1 and 4 with Twilight, Zephyr and Applejack where currently in a area where fish was to find. It was she guessed more than enough to feed everyone, with plenty of aquatic plants that were eatable for ponies.

The plants tasted all rather dull but had surprisingly high nutrition values if the PDA scanner was right. So everyone would now tow their Lifepod towards Royal Lifepod 1&4 positions. Rather than salvage the other Lifepods since everyone's rations in water and eatables where running critically low.

With starvation near them once their food run out it was simply unreasonably to go after the unresponsive Lifepods. Especially since Gales group had find out how one of them ended insides his still swimming lifepod as Predator food of something that could breach a Lifepod of the higher class armor.

Gales group with their Lifepod column of Lifepods 5,11 and 20 would make the best they could to reach the rendezvous point.

2 days later.

2 days later did Gales group arrival towards the Royal Lifepod was done. After Spike and Twilight having a heart warming and by Griffon standards heart melting hug and sob of relief about them surviving, did they all go to work.

They joined the 5 Lifepods together in a line and with exception of Zephyr with his 'unrealistic wound to work', started to hunt for food and tried to find ways to make drinkable water.

By the end of the day did they found out that they could for everyone's taste fine one fish or another and that one fish specifically had a natural tendency to filter drinkable water. The water bladder fish was himself not very tasty and thanks to Twilight magic expertise, harvesting of water out their bladders was done instead of killing them for a bottle worth of water. That would help them all not to overfishing the water bladder creature.

Gilda had that day the biggest scare when she for the first time meet two fishes in a kissing pose that made her think a way bigger creature was infront of her. The screaming trough the radio give them all emotionally half a heart attack since they all know about at least one unknown aquatic Predator being be abel to chew trough a Lifepod fast enough to catch its occupant.

After the situation had been cleared up, did Twilight investigate Spike constantly coughing. She managed to heal Spikes damaged lungs via healing/restoration spell.

3 days later.

3 days later had all survivers made it towards the rendezvous point and they had been working on restore their food supplies and water stores.

Their overview was that they had:

Royal Class Lifepods Nr. 1,2,3 and 4 as central pieces joined in a quad formation.

The Premium Class Lifepods Nr. 5,6,7,8,9 and 10 had been placed 3 pod each on one side.

The Higher Class Lifepods 11,12 and 13, had been like 14,15 and 20 be placed like the Premium Lifepods before on opposing sides and made a symmetrical shape.

2 of the Higher Class Lifepods where held separately to salvage the remaining still not present Lifepods.

Of the 18 survivers would 6 go into the 2 Duolifepod of Lifepods 29 and 25 be send out to salvaged the floating Lifepods and loot the sunken once if possible.

It would later take them 30 days to return to the main construct of joined Lifepods, but they had only managed to salvage 2 more Lifepods that just like the ones that Gales group found, was breached trough the bottom hatch and with blooded interior told them what become of the former occupants.

Once the 6 Griffons returned with the 4 Lifepods, was decided that would be connected trough titanrods in a quad formation and would be used to map the area they found themself in.

So far had the Equis surviver Community only mapped out what they could find via air scouting.
By following airborne herbivores did they find 3 islands.

To everyone surprise did former Captain Sharpbeak crash landed in the middle of one of them. After a verbal confrontation did the Griffon eagle Sharpbeak pulled out a weapon and dared anyone to try get the killed crew of the
'True Friendship' avenged.

Under protest was now one of the Islands his territory. He agreed to grow plants for everygriff and non Griffon for exchange of amnesty.
Once again under protest did the Equis surviver Community agreed on the deal.

After all, he had literally military grade weapons and battle armor with him to everycreatures uneasiness.

The end result was now a community of 18 Equis survivers made out of 8 Ponies with 2 Stallions and 6 Mares, 1 male Dragon and 9 Griffons with 2 eagless and 7 eagles.
The one Griffon hermit eagle insisted to be left out of any activities outside Farming and trading.

By now everyone had a more or less established area he or she worked on. Sharpbeak, Applejack Joline Joliny Apple and Pinkie Pie had their focus on Island fruits and crops growing to feed everyone.

Rainbowdash Do, Fluttershy Avatar and her brother Zephyr Avatar had taken to keep the Crab like creatures away from the farmers and stopping the creatures to dig out their planted young trees. Apperently did something about them really tickeld their fancy.

Rarity Bell did what she do best, helping to find minerals that reacted to the Gem finding spell and Lifepod interior design. With everyone using Gales redesigned survivel gear and wetsuits did beside changing the motiv printed on them nothing. To Raritys dissatisfaction was noone willing to wear anything else.
What didn't stop her from looking fabulous.
Her old hobby of gossiping was pretty mutch dead, but she tried her hooves on shipping instead.

But the current population of the Community did make sure that her new hobby was not to be very long lived.

Twilight tried working on a magical solution to improve everycreatures survival chances, ever second day did she go out to try studying the alien construction found on one of the Islands.
Further under protests of everyone did she occasionally with Spike dive down the alien constructed cable and tried to study the alien monument that she had a theory on being a teleportation device.

Gilda if not helping the farming efforts often on Gales recommendation go over the Lifepods to keep Gales Pod copys updated and maintenanced occasionally if needed the Pods.

All of the communitys Griffons with exception of Gilda keep scouting the area from the sky.
They had occasionally for a very short time dived into the water in a team of 3 Griffons to map the areas. 2 Griffon prepared to get the 1 Griffon diving evacuated if necessary into the air.
What was to nocreatures surprise that it was more than once necessary.

Without any transportation was their viable exploration limited to 500 meters.
Despite that they mapped surprisingly well the area out.

The only exception was Spike, his extremely sturdy body managed to dive deeper than anyone, as long a floating device made by Pinkie Pie helped the brave Dragon to stay supplemented with breathable air.

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Gale had by now access to all Lifepods individually, he had equipped everyone in the community with his improved designs and had become the spine of the community that had truly accepted him as one of their own. With exception of the Griffon Sharpbeak.

Thanks to the newest design of the PDA platform everyone was using, did he could observe all day and night long the community and by monitoring the communication did he learn that they really meant it when they say he was a friend to relay on. He in turn stopped to see them as expandable Meatbags and updated them as acceptable expandable fleshy companions.

Their behavior was very often very entertaining to watch and study for Gale.

From Fluttershy trying to make friends with lower class lifeforms, to Fluttershy trying to convince them they are no food with exception of Zephyr.

Or Spike trying to gain access to Raritys heart. With emphasis to Gale that he didn't mean to gut her like a fish to get to her heart after askingfor more details.

Twilight for another example rather focused on the energy based science called magic, while Gale tried to further improve equipment if needed. Unfortunately was both their success in studying the alien construction only superficial and basically ended in:

I can't get in and I have no idea how it works.

Unknown to all did the Equis population was under passive non agressiv observation.
One side was the security constructs from the Remnants of the Construction race and the other was a old Empress watching telepathicly what the new guests where up to. Once she learned their language by studying them with passively non to intrusive telepathic scanning, might they agree to visit her and play.

The most interesting thing was the little male that was so similar in telepathic wavelengths. He might be able to fit in her cage and give her his seed to fertilized her last eggs that would not be stolen from her this time around...

Author's Note

18 survivers and one grumpy hermit Griffon versus Planet 4546B.

They have established a solid Community near the shallow areas on the Subnautica game map, but what will they do next?

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