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[Tech] Nomadic Stars

By Barney
Created: 2020-12-30 04:30:17
Updated: 2022-05-18 17:36:53
Expiry: Never
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    This story is something I'm more proud of. I only ever posted this short, but I've spent a long time worldbuilding for this universe. At some point (hopefully soon) I'll start posting the story that this initial prompt turned into.
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    ##
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    >Celestia stood on her balcony, and raised the Sun
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    >Of course, the phrase 'raise the sun' was misleading, as she was actually turning the planet on its axis
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    >She shot a beam of concentrated mana directly above, to one of the many Nomadic Stars that Luna had control over
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    >Thanks to her thaumic sensitivity, Celestia could feel the Star split up her mana into six beams aimed towards the next nearest Stars
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    >The next Stars to receive mana would then sent out five of their own beams
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    >And so on until every Nomad in the sky was connected to her
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    >Then, she would ask the Stars to give the planet's rotation a push
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    >And the Sun would rise
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    >And the Stars would whisper in her mind, in an ancient language she couldn't understand
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    >"Power source detected. Activating mesh network. Starting operating system."
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    >"The orbital correction array is operating in emergency mode. Node 0796 is in critical condition. Multiple nodes require maintenance immediately."
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    >"The array is unable to maintain normal rotation autonomously. In emergency mode, the array can only be used manually."
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    >"Please input desired kinetic energy in joules to be applied."
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    >Legends often spoke of the incredible power of the Nomadic Stars
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    >Celestia could feel the intense energy hidden in each Star whenever she connected
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    >She had no idea that every Star had an atom sized black hole
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    >Or that her magical energy would be directed into the black holes, and be spit out as intense kinetic energy carefully channeled into Earth's orbit
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    >Nopony had any idea that the ancient satellites that helped the planet spin were very close to failing
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    >Or that they were incredibly lucky every node was still online after thousands of years without maintenance
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    >How could they? They thought the machines and the stars of distant galaxies were the same, only separated by distance
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    >One day very soon, however, a node would fail
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    >More stress would be put on the rest, and soon another would go offline
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    >The orbital correction array would collapse, and the planet would spin slower and slower
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    >One day the rotation would stop,
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    >and in Equestria,
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    >a mare would have her ancient wish fulfilled
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    >that the night would last forever
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    >"Power source detected. Activating mesh network. Starting operating system."
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    >"SEVERE: NODE 0796 GENERAL FAILURE. DO NOT USE. TECHNICIANS ARE BEING SCRAMBLED."
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    >Celestia didn't understand the whispers this time, just like every time she raised the Sun.
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    >She channeled the same incredible amount of energy required to turn the planet that she did every day.
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    >"SEVERE: NODE 0796 INTAKE CAPACITOR FAILURE. DO NOT CHARGE."
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    >It seemed the Stars were talkative, today. They did that sometimes.
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    >"SEVERE: NODE 0796 UNABLE TO FORM ENERGY MATRIX."
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    >Why wasn't her mana being sent to the other Stars? Was she not providing enough?
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    >"NODE 0796 CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS FAILURE. LOSS OF GRAVITATIONAL MICROSINGULARITY. EMERGENCY PROCEDURE OMEGA-THIRTEEN ACTIVATED."
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    >Celestia tried to push even more thaumic energy into the ancient satellite.
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    >There was a feeling of magical backlash - something that could be fatal with her alicorn strength.
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    >Before she could ground her spell she was frozen in place from the feedback of her magic being shorted back in on itself.
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    >She passed out from her brain trying to comprehend a collapsing singularity via her magical 'touch'.
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    >The Stars were screaming at her, and while unconscious she could finally understand the meaning of their words.
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    >"NODE 0796 OFFLINE. EMERGENCY SELF DESTRUCT DETECTED. NEW NODE MUST BE LAUNCHED ASAP."
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    >"CLOSEST NODE MANUFACTURER TO YOUR LOCATION: GRAVITON-USA/BUNKER G, COLORADO SPRINGS, USA. COORDINATES 38°4433N 104°5054W."
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    >The next thing Celestia knew she was waking up in a hospital bed, and she couldn't feel her magic
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    >She didn't care, though
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    >She also had a compulsion to travel to some place called Bunker G.
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    >She could feel what direction it was located in her bones, like it was calling out to her
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    >Her goal was to arrive at the provided coordinates
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    >This task had the highest priority over all others, overriding most conscious thought
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    >Omega-13 had been declared, and according to the ancient guidelines, the lives of engineered sapient beings were of no consequence compared to planetary rotation ceasing

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