Petty Officer Second Class Slater is stationed aboard the EUPN ship Enduring Spirit, traveling through the vast reaches of the Milky Way Galaxy to discover new wormhole routes for the colonies of Earth. But when what was supposed to be a "simple" wormhole jump goes horribly wrong, PO2 Slater's life almost ends... and changes forever.
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Well, that was a quick rescue....on to equinology.
Interesting concept, I'll keep an eye on this. Sadly, I do not know of any "Equish" languages on the interwebz, but it's still fun to read Zulu.
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Well, I understand that part of the story was short, but It wasn't an unreasonably fast rescue. The pod crashed near Manehattan, and it was several hours before Titus was rescued, and he used a flare.
As for why that part was so short: That part really isn't even about Equestria, and I wanted to reach a part of the story involving ponies fairly quickly.
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Thanks. I actually thought people might be irritated reading all those foreign words, but I wanted an authentic feeling of being unable to communicate with the ponies.
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Oh god thats so awesome!
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Bill Neigh is the fan-given name for the professor in Crystal Empire Part 1 who confirms Twilight's math.
Discussion of religion in what capacity?
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Wait and see. :P
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What kind of discussion of religion?
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Mostly a "meeting of religions" type of thing. Celestia and Titus talking, Titus explaining human belief systems and his personal beliefs, Celestia discussing the ponies general lack of religion and her status as "god".
Have you ever read Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe? I envisioned the discussion as similar to Mr. Brown's discussion with Akunna.
It will take up one chapter, which will probably be skippable.
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So, not religion as reality, but as culture?
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Well, to Titus (probably kind of obvious he's a christian) it would be reality. To Celestia, it will appear more of a cultural thing. But religion won't be touted as fact.
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Um. Hm. As long as it isn't an author tract.
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No. For the record, I am a christian, but I really don't think people want to read about ponies being evagelized to just because that's what the author believes.
"Inselo Ezithambile" seems to translate to "soft drink," or "cleft soft."
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Yes indeed. "Cleft soft" is the translation. However, the word for cleft also translates "Hoof", so the nurse's name is Soft Hoof. Terrible name, but I wasn't trying to make it spectacular.
Just try translating Soft Hoof into Zulu.
4934995 Yea but Bill Nye the Science Guy is awesome!
omg......SO EPIC WHY U NO HAZ COMMENTS? I WILL B FOLLOW THIS (idc about spelling errors)
Interesting choice for the Equestrian language.
Have Fleur Di Lis talk with him. She speaks Prench/French. Since she is a Prench pony y'know.
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Well... I glad you think that.
However, I'd like to point out that Bill Nye isn't in this story.
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I'm glad you like it.
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Yeah, but I'm still really bummed that there isn't a fan-made Equish.
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Fleur dis Lee doesn't speak French in this story (otherwise, I could have just made all the ponies speak English). However, perhaps she could make a brief appearance where Titus speaks French and she asks if he would teach her it sometime. I'll see.
4938571 For future reference, it's "Fleur-de-Lys"
4938541 But he is! Bill Neigh is Bill Nye!
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For future reference:
I am right.
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No, he just has a similar name. I could technically make Bill Neigh the polar opposite of Bill Nye, and it wouldn't be wrong. They are similar, but not the same.
4939142 Lalalalala not listening!
4939120 Oop!
Still, the original French spelling is "Lys"
very good story so far. now to hope u dont fall into the old trap of "human comes to equestria, then mucks about." the overall theme is (somewhat) unique, and the style of writing immersive, except for the fact that the story looks like a wall of text. one thing that could help keep the story from looking so much like that would be to put spaces between paragraphs, like so:
this makes it much easier to read. anyway, as i said, good job. Onwards!
pity these chapters are so short. im going to finish several lightyears before im ready to stop reading.
and i've caught up. already. i want MOAR!!!
in other news, this story is really quite good. i will be following it. the only thing i can find that could use improvement is, as i mentioned before, the paragraphs need spacing. other than that, continue as before.
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Hmmm... Are you reading on a phone and/or tablet?
On my laptop it looks fine, but it does indeed look like a wall on my phone. I will space the paragraphs just for you.
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Yeah, sorry about the short chapters. I usually write nore than that. I'm working on the next one right now, but I have college, so work is slow. I'd like to tell you when to expect the next one, but I couldn't give you an answer. Just know it's about 1/3 done right now.
In the mean time, would you be interested in reading my other two stories?
Have you ever heard of Austraeoh?
4984112 No. What/Who is it?
4985502 It's a fanfic. It can be read on this very website. Say... If you ever read it, can you please tell me what you think about it? Please?
I like where this is going!
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Thanks. I hope you enjoy it.
I'll give this a shot, I'd like to point out that at the very least ponies have no problem with Fish being eaten(see fluttershy feeding it to several of her animal friends), also eggs(which are high in cholestorol but also very high in protein). Neither of these are plants yet they are efficient ways of getting much of the protein requirement that humans have(otherwise he would have to eat mostly nuts and legumes to get his nutrient requirements).
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Is eating eggs canon?
I don't really think horses would eat eggs, but science must yield to canon, I guess.
And just because the ponies are okay with feeding carnivores fish doesn't mean they would have some ready to be eaten. If they don't eat the fish themselves, I don't think they'd have a lot of fisherponies, and therefore they wouldn't have a lot of fish.
5040375 them eating eggs is in fact canon, they eat cakes, which have as a prerequisite ingredient eggs, as well as cupcakes, brownies, and most other pastries Pinkie Pie also mentions Quiche in one episode which is another egg dish. also Rarity made sunny side up eggs for her and sweetie belle. and while they might not have them readily availabe, saying that he would be "required" to eat a fully vegetative diet would be ridiculous. Pinkie pie mentioned hot dogs in Fall Weather Friends, here's a link to the wiki page with food shown and mentioned in the show.
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You can make all of those dishes except quiche (and the actual eggs Rarity makes) without eggs. It won't be the same, but you can still do it. I've seen vegan versions of all those foods.
A Hotdog doesn't have to be meat either. Ever heard of a soydog?
That bitch!
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I had a temporary moment of insanity when I wrote that. But I assume you liked the chapter?
5040534 Yes it was good.
5040504 it also has a list of the ingredients for Pinkie's Muffins(which Applejack messed up), eggs, sugar, flour, Wheat Germ, baking soda, and chocolate chips. which implies that all of her baked goods are the regular versions rather than vegan versions(not to mention the fact that they use cows milk, or at the very least export it to other places as is evidenced by Twilight's episode with the Ursa Minor) and tofu dogs and soy are most commonly referred to as such with hot dogs referring exclusively to the varieties made from actual meat.
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I remember Pinkie listing Chocolate chips, flour, and Wheat germ (which AJ mistakes as potato chips, soda, and "wheat worms"), but not eggs.
And while milk isn't vegan, it is something that all mammals drink, so ponies drinking cow milk is perfectly acceptable.
As for "hotdogs" versus soydogs, you have to remember that we live in an omnivore dominated society, where hotdogs are traditionally made with meat. But ponies live in an herbivore dominated society, where perhaps hotdogs are traditionally made with tofu. There is no reason to assume their hotdogs are meat just because ours are.
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Did you check out the "Easter Eggs"?
Surely Earth government would launch rescue mission...?