Quasar

“Hello everypony, Spitfire here.

“So… I’ve figured out why the plants were leaning, and it’s rather grim. Something is causing the SS Ursa Major to veer off course. I suspect that an unseen celestial body within our solar system has a more powerful gravitational pull than Equus and her moon. I thought I was going crazy when Equus looked smaller, but I looked over the course outline. I’m off course. Way off course. By my estimates, I’ll have permanently left the orbit of Equus in three days. I don’t know how long my signal will last.

“I… ahem…

“C̴’̴m̷o̷n̴,̴ ̷d̶o̴ ̴s̷o̵m̸e̸t̷h̵-”

“...

“I don’t know what to do… I’ve weighed nearly all of my options, but the strength of whatever is tugging me away is too much…

“My thrusters weren’t built with fighting against anything in mind. Maybe I can boost them somehow, those fonts are really powerful, in an explodey way…

“...

“Three days… I have three days to figure something out, before I’m really out of options. I can do that…

“Okay, I won’t be making any logs for these next few days, I need to pour everything I have into this. I’ve got an entire laboratory created by the brightest minds in Equestria, what can’t I do… Mom, dad, I’ll see you soon, okay? I bet you can see me from down there, can’t you, so near yet so far…

“Spitfire, Captain of the SS Ursa Major, out… See you on the ground…?”