The War for Earth

A week had passed since the evacuees had been rescued. Captain Christina supplied the ship's schematics to Thorax, who organized a crew to rebuild it. During the reconstruction, a decision was made to name the ship the Inkstar, and equip it with shields and weapons. The first time, the ship was built on the ground and it launched by taking off like a plane. Now, it was being built in orbit. The crew would blast up on a rocket and then board from the Equestrian Space Station.

The Young Six trained the crew members in space battle tactics so they would know what to do if they were shot at again, whether they were in space, in the air, or on the ground. The Space Force soldiers began warming up as well, by shooting at targets and doing hand-in-hand drills to make sure they were ready to help with pushing back the humans. During training, Walker informed everyone about some of the weapons that the humans would likely be using. These included two different rifles, a handgun that fired plasma bolts, a rocket launcher, and something called a "needler", which was a large handgun that fired needles made of crystal.

Finally, after three weeks of training and deciding which weapons everybody would be using, soldiers bid farewell to loved ones, boarded flights to the nearest shuttle pad, and prepared for the journey to Earth. For safety purposes, all of the crew members' children would be taken to a safe place on Earth before their parents went to battle.

At the launchpad, the Space Force soldiers and the Inkstar crew boarded rockets to reach the ESS and then head for Earth. At T-Minus zero, the shuttles lifted off and began ascending into the sky. Two hours after lift-off, the shuttles were docked and the crews made their way to the ships. Each of the Young Six commanded a squadron consisting of their own species, and Flurry Heart was "Gold Leader", meaning she was leading the Equestrian Space Force. Before going to warp, all of the soldiers checked in.

"This is Gold Leader. All soldiers report in.", said Flurry.

"Ponies standing by.", said Sandbar.

"Changelings standing by.", said Ocellus.

"Hippogriffs standing by.", said Silverstream.

"Griffins standing by.", said Gallus.

"Yaks standing by.", said Yona.

"Dragons standing by.", said Smolder.

"Inklings standing by.", said Captain Christina.

"Octarians standing by.", said Octavio.

"Salmonlings standing by.", said Admiral Kyle.

"Warp speed on my mark. Five, four, three, two, one, MARK!", cried Flurry.

Engines fired brightly and the ships zoomed into deep space, bound for Earth.