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MLP: FiM Adventure Comedy Sci-Fi Chrysalis Changelings Minotaur Cherry Berry
The space race is on, and Chrysalis is determined to win it. With an earth pony test pilot and a hive full of brave-but-dim changelings, can she be the first pony on the moon? Inspired by Kerbal Space Program.
It turns out that the magical land of Equestria is not a flat plane covered by a bowl of stars after all. This is big news to Queen Chrysalis. If the moon is actually a place, then she can travel there, claim its magical energies, and finally get revenge on Celestia, Twilight Sparkle, and everypony else.
Of course, there are problems. One problem is that everypony else is also rushing to get into space. Another problem is that Chrysalis really has no idea how to do it. Fortunately a certain earth pony with a taste for cherries is willing to help... provided she gets to fly the ship, and provided Chrysalis keeps the space program honest and open and legal.
Together, Chrysalis, Cherry Berry , and a horde of brave-but-dumb changelings will make world history... or, more likely, they'll make a lot of really big explosions.
Inspired by Kerbal Space Program. Current cover art by Jason Meador aka texasuberalles.
TVTropes page here! Thanks to GymQuirk for making it!
Old cover art (and Changeling flag) here:
http://nishi199.deviantart.com/art/Changeling-Swarm-Flag-413227759
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Chapters Chapter 1: How Hard Could It Be? · 2nd of May, 20163,735
Chapter 2: My Name's Not Jebediah · 2nd of May, 20166,077
Chapter 3: Mission 0 - Surplus Parts Randomly Stitched Together · 4th of May, 20169,369
Chapter 4: Missions 1 and 2: Trashcan Full of Boom · 7th of May, 20169,843
Chapter 5: Mission 3: Keep the Pointy End Aimed at the Sky · 8th of May, 20166,132
Chapter 6: Missions 4 and 5: Pieces Found Rattling About · 10th of May, 20168,160
Chapter 7: Missions 6, 7 and 8: Exemplary Geniuses Making a Big Mess · 19th of May, 201623,185
Chapter 8: Mission 9: Semi-Reliable Performance · 29th of May, 201616,102
Interlude: Mission 10: Unfinished Business · 26th of May, 20161,431
Chapter 9: Mission 11: Throw Yourself at the Ground and Miss · 30th of August, 201613,730
Interlude: ESA Flight Six · 23rd of September, 20165,867
Chapter 10: Missions 12, 13 and 14: Take Plenty of Photographs · 20th of December, 201626,040
Chapter 11: Missions R1 and R2: Another Unplanned Ignition · 16th of July, 201727,673
Interlude: What Might Not Have Been (or, Do Astromares Dream of Rocket-Propelled Penguins?) · 6th of December, 20163,586
Chapter 12: Mission 20: Keep Her Alive (And Show Her a Good Time) · 6th of November, 201716,774
Chapter 13: Mission 21: Somewhat Worse Than Average Accidents · 15th of December, 201822,416
Chapter 14: Mission R4: CEO and Chief Bottle Washer · 5th of February, 201920,819
Chapter 15: Mission 22: We'd Be Happy With Any Data at All, Really · 5th of September, 201928,597
Chapter 16: ESA Flight 13: Die Hard Explorers · 4th of May, 202014,019
Chapter 17: Mission 23 - The Snack Supplies May Be Starting to Run a Little Low · 2nd of September, 202023,996
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MLP: FiM Sex Profanity Adventure Sci-Fi Crossover Human Spitfire Changelings Starlight Glimmer Dragons Cherry Berry
Mark Watney is stranded- the only human on Mars. But he's not alone- five astronauts from a magical kingdom are shipwrecked with him.
Twilight Sparkle's experimental interplanetary drive has malfunctioned, stranding Starlight Glimmer, Spitfire, Cherry Berry , a changeling and a dragon on a hostile planet in another universe. With limited food supplies, very little magic, no communications with home, and no way to leave the planet, they must survive until somepony rescues them.
Fortunately they crashed right next door to another creature with the exact same problem- a creature named Mark Watney.
They're going to science the buck out of everything- and do whatever it takes to survive Mars and get everybody home.
TVTropes page here! Thanks to GymQuirk for making it!
Commissioned art and fan works from the readers! Thanks, everybody!
This experiment in an updates-daily story was made possible by a generous grant from Canary in the Coal Mine and viewers like you.
(Sex tag for crude talk about sex, but no actual sex in the story.)
Chapters Foreword · 10th of November, 2018462
Sol 6 · 2nd of January, 20184,046
Sol 7 · 3rd of January, 20184,154
Sol 8 · 3rd of January, 20183,914
Sol 9 · 5th of January, 20183,362
Sol 10 · 5th of January, 20181,305
Sol 11 · 6th of January, 20184,207
Sol 12 · 7th of January, 20181,776
Sols 13-15 · 8th of January, 20183,867
Sol 16 · 10th of January, 20182,600
Sol 17 · 11th of January, 20184,204
Sol 18 · 11th of January, 20181,390
Sol 19 · 13th of January, 20181,632
Sol 20 · 13th of January, 20184,969
Sol 21 · 14th of January, 20182,227
Sol 23 · 15th of January, 20182,407
Sol 24 · 17th of January, 20182,822
Sol 26 · 18th of January, 20181,900
Sol 30 · 18th of January, 20181,063
Sol 31 · 19th of January, 20183,944
Sol 32 · 20th of January, 20182,297
Sol 33 · 21st of January, 20181,144
Sol 36 · 23rd of January, 2018813
Sol 37 · 23rd of January, 20181,328
Sol 38 · 24th of January, 20181,877
Sol 39 · 26th of January, 2018986
Sols 40-41 · 26th of January, 20182,722
Sol 42 · 27th of January, 20181,360
Sol 43 · 28th of January, 20181,990
Sol 44 · 29th of January, 20182,246
Sol 45 · 30th of January, 20181,591
Sol 47 · 31st of January, 20182,248
Sol 48 · 2nd of February, 20181,230
Sol 50 · 3rd of February, 20181,147
Sols 52-55 · 4th of February, 20181,202
Sol 56 · 5th of February, 20182,789
Sol 57 · 6th of February, 20181,317
Sols 59-60 · 7th of February, 20181,661
Sol 62 · 8th of February, 20181,728
Sol 63 · 8th of February, 2018935
Sol 64 · 9th of February, 20182,128
Sol 65 · 9th of February, 20181,282
Sols 66-69 · 11th of February, 20181,546
Sol 70 · 11th of February, 2018745
Sol 71 · 13th of February, 20181,247
Sol 74 · 14th of February, 2018429
Sol 77 · 15th of February, 20181,717
Sol 84 · 16th of February, 20181,053
Sol 86 · 17th of February, 20181,496
Sol 88 · 17th of February, 20185,247
Sol 89 · 18th of February, 20182,606
Sol 90 · 19th of February, 20181,551
Sol 91 · 21st of February, 20181,633
Sol 92 · 22nd of February, 20181,276
Sol 93 · 23rd of February, 20181,782
Sol 94 · 24th of February, 20181,174
Sol 95 · 24th of February, 20182,340
Sol 96 · 25th of February, 20181,691
Sol 97 · 27th of February, 20182,190
Sol 98 · 28th of February, 20181,743
Sol 99 · 1st of March, 20181,638
Sol 100 · 2nd of March, 20182,483
Sol 101 · 3rd of March, 20181,900
Sol 102 · 4th of March, 20181,795
Sol 103 · 4th of March, 20181,506
Sol 104 · 6th of March, 20182,371
Sol 105 · 7th of March, 20182,548
Sol 106 · 7th of March, 20181,504
Sol 107 · 9th of March, 20181,643
Sol 108 · 10th of March, 20181,101
Sol 109 · 11th of March, 20181,296
Sol 110 · 11th of March, 20181,031
Sol 111 · 13th of March, 20181,506
Sol 113 · 14th of March, 20181,989
Sol 114 · 14th of March, 20181,780
Sol 116 · 16th of March, 20181,987
Sol 119 · 16th of March, 20181,175
Sol 120 · 17th of March, 2018976
Sol 122 · 18th of March, 2018493
Sol 123 · 20th of March, 20181,625
Sol 125 · 21st of March, 20181,444
Sol 129 · 22nd of March, 20181,666
Sol 134 · 23rd of March, 20181,221
Sol 137 · 23rd of March, 20181,707
Sol 138 · 25th of March, 2018814
Sol 141 · 25th of March, 20182,009
Sol 144 · 27th of March, 2018325
Sol 147 · 28th of March, 2018758
Sol 151 · 29th of March, 20181,071
Sol 157 · 30th of March, 20181,671
Sol 162 · 31st of March, 2018790
Sols 167-168 · 1st of April, 20181,390
Sols 174-175 · 1st of April, 20181,283
Sol 177 · 3rd of April, 20181,371
Sol 178 · 3rd of April, 20181,273
Sol 179 · 5th of April, 2018546
Sol 180 · 5th of April, 20182,532
Sol 181 · 7th of April, 20181,131
Sol 183 · 8th of April, 20181,526
Sol 184 · 9th of April, 20181,164
Sol 185 · 10th of April, 20183,033
Sol 186 · 11th of April, 20181,029
Sol 187 · 12th of April, 20181,811
Sol 188 · 13th of April, 20181,688
Sol 189 · 14th of April, 20181,813
Sol 190 · 14th of April, 20181,846
Sol 191 · 16th of April, 20182,608
Sol 192 · 17th of April, 2018131
Sol 193 · 18th of April, 20181,894
Sol 194 · 18th of April, 20182,571
Sol 195 · 20th of April, 20182,322
Sol 196 · 21st of April, 20185,443
Sol 197 · 22nd of April, 20182,367
Sol 200 · 23rd of April, 20182,018
Sol 201 · 24th of April, 20181,073
Sol 202 · 24th of April, 20181,461
Sol 204 · 26th of April, 20182,312
Sol 207 · 27th of April, 20182,122
Sol 209 · 28th of April, 2018707
Sol 210 · 28th of April, 20181,411
Sol 211 · 30th of April, 20181,897
Sol 214 · 1st of May, 20181,379
Sol 215 · 1st of May, 20184,164
Sol 216 · 3rd of May, 2018570
Sol 217 · 4th of May, 20182,517
Sol 218 · 4th of May, 20181,342
Sol 219 · 6th of May, 2018987
Sol 221 · 6th of May, 20182,305
Sol 222 · 8th of May, 20181,294
Sol 224 · 9th of May, 2018537
Sol 227 · 9th of May, 20181,871
Sol 228 · 10th of May, 20182,631
Sol 229 · 12th of May, 20182,494
Sol 230 · 13th of May, 20181,170
Sol 231 · 13th of May, 20182,849
Sol 232 · 15th of May, 2018636
Sol 233 · 16th of May, 20181,303
Sol 234 · 17th of May, 20181,531
Sol 235 · 18th of May, 2018660
Sol 237 · 19th of May, 20181,486
Sol 238 · 20th of May, 20181,315
Sol 240 · 20th of May, 20181,611
Sol 241 · 22nd of May, 20181,249
Sol 244 · 22nd of May, 2018655
Sol 245 · 24th of May, 2018718
Sol 247 · 25th of May, 20181,231
Sol 248 · 25th of May, 20181,076
Sol 249 · 27th of May, 2018839
Sol 250 · 28th of May, 20181,022
Sol 251 · 29th of May, 20181,031
Sol 252 · 30th of May, 2018847
Sol 253 · 31st of May, 20181,842
Sol 256 · 1st of June, 20181,319
Sol 257 · 2nd of June, 20181,523
Sol 258 · 3rd of June, 2018993
Sol 259 · 3rd of June, 20181,096
Sol 261 · 5th of June, 20181,077
Sol 266 · 6th of June, 20182,088
Sol 267 · 7th of June, 2018804
Sol 268 · 8th of June, 2018866
Sol 269 · 9th of June, 2018706
Sol 270 · 10th of June, 2018811
Sol 271 · 10th of June, 201894
Sol 273-274 · 11th of June, 20181,726
Sol 276 · 13th of June, 2018767
Sol 283 · 13th of June, 20181,002
Sol 286 · 14th of June, 20182,362
Sol 287 · 15th of June, 20183,231
Sol 289 · 17th of June, 20181,664
Sol 290 · 18th of June, 2018948
Sol 294-295 · 19th of June, 20182,257
Sol 296-297 · 20th of June, 20182,606
Sol 302 · 21st of June, 20181,055
Sol 303 · 22nd of June, 20182,211
Sol 305 · 23rd of June, 20182,077
Sol 307 · 24th of June, 2018926
Sol 308 · 25th of June, 20181,781
Sols 309-310 · 26th of June, 20182,620
Sol 311 · 27th of June, 20181,434
Sol 314 · 27th of June, 20181,768
Sol 316-318 · 29th of June, 20181,717
Sol 320 · 30th of June, 20181,419
Sol 322 · 1st of July, 2018623
Sol 325 · 2nd of July, 20181,075
Sol 328 · 3rd of July, 20181,279
Sol 330 · 4th of July, 20182,723
Sol 331 · 5th of July, 20181,181
Sol 332 · 6th of July, 20181,530
Sol 333 · 7th of July, 20181,685
Sol 334 · 8th of July, 20181,790
Sol 335 · 9th of July, 20182,354
Sol 336 · 10th of July, 2018746
Sol 338 · 11th of July, 20181,363
Sol 340 · 12th of July, 20181,026
Sol 342 · 13th of July, 20181,591
Sol 346 · 14th of July, 2018474
Sol 347 · 15th of July, 20181,973
Sol 349 · 16th of July, 2018651
Sol 350 · 17th of July, 2018847
Sol 354 · 18th of July, 20181,754
Sol 360 · 19th of July, 20181,257
Sol 361 · 20th of July, 20181,121
Sol 363 · 21st of July, 2018736
Sol 364 · 22nd of July, 20181,276
Sol 366 · 23rd of July, 20181,690
Sol 370 · 24th of July, 20181,702
Sol 374 · 25th of July, 20181,838
Sol 378 · 26th of July, 2018660
Sol 380 · 27th of July, 2018656
Sol 383 · 28th of July, 20181,212
Sol 387 · 29th of July, 2018974
Sol 388 · 29th of July, 2018925
Sol 389 · 31st of July, 2018624
Sols 392-395 · 1st of August, 20181,424
Sol 396 · 2nd of August, 20181,859
Sol 398 · 3rd of August, 20181,490
Sol 399 · 4th of August, 2018990
Sol 400 · 5th of August, 2018934
Sols 402-403 · 6th of August, 20181,495
Sol 405 · 7th of August, 20181,080
Sol 407 · 8th of August, 2018184
Sol 409 · 10th of August, 20182,020
Sol 410 · 11th of August, 20181,146
Sol 412 · 11th of August, 20182,032
Sol 415 · 12th of August, 20182,025
Sol 418 · 12th of August, 20181,943
Sol 419 · 14th of August, 20181,086
Sols 423-424 · 15th of August, 20181,673
Sol 426 · 16th of August, 2018964
Sol 429 · 17th of August, 2018771
Sol 432 · 18th of August, 20181,265
Sol 434 · 19th of August, 20181,107
Sol 437 · 20th of August, 2018907
Sol 439 · 21st of August, 2018239
Sol 443 · 22nd of August, 20181,377
Sol 449 · 23rd of August, 20181,123
Sol 450 · 24th of August, 20184,414
Sols 451-455 · 25th of August, 20181,629
Sol 461 · 26th of August, 20181,135
Sol 464 · 27th of August, 20181,991
Sol 468 · 28th of August, 2018521
Sol 470 · 29th of August, 20181,210
Sol 472 · 30th of August, 20181,094
Sols 475-476 · 31st of August, 20181,138
Sols 477-478 · 1st of September, 2018558
Sol 479 · 1st of September, 20182,071
Sols 480-481 · 2nd of September, 20181,870
Sol 482 · 4th of September, 20182,671
Sol 483 · 5th of September, 20183,761
Sol 484 · 6th of September, 20181,175
Sol 485 · 7th of September, 20181,268
Sol 489 · 9th of September, 20182,185
Sol 492 · 10th of September, 20181,119
Sol 494 · 11th of September, 20181,702
Sol 496 · 12th of September, 20181,070
Sol 500 · 13th of September, 2018830
Sol 503 · 14th of September, 20182,017
Sols 504-505 · 14th of September, 20181,522
Sol 507 · 16th of September, 2018844
Sol 508 · 16th of September, 20181,271
Sol 509 · 18th of September, 20181,094
Sol 511 · 19th of September, 20181,202
Sol 512 · 21st of September, 2018835
Sol 513 · 22nd of September, 20182,522
Sol 514 · 23rd of September, 20182,115
Sol 515 · 26th of September, 20181,511
Sol 516 · 27th of September, 20181,298
Sol 517 · 28th of September, 20181,413
Sol 518 · 29th of September, 2018764
Sol 519 · 30th of September, 20182,012
Sol 521 · 30th of September, 2018954
Sol 522 · 2nd of October, 20181,315
Sol 526 · 2nd of October, 2018947
Sol 528 · 4th of October, 20181,144
Sol 529 · 4th of October, 20181,264
Sol 534 · 6th of October, 20181,200
Sol 538 · 7th of October, 2018812
Sol 544 · 7th of October, 20182,728
Sol 548 · 9th of October, 20181,694
Sol 550 · 10th of October, 20181,326
Sol 551 · 10th of October, 20186,573
May 22, 2037, 12:07 AM CDT · 11th of October, 20181,461
Phoenix Day 22 · 13th of October, 20186,448
Phoenix Day 23 · 14th of October, 20182,045
Phoenix Day 38 · 16th of October, 20182,493
Later · 18th of October, 20182,273
Much Later · 19th of October, 20183,608
Much, Much Later · 1st of April, 20192,229
Appendix: Dramatis Personae · 10th of November, 2018657
Appendix: Technological Glossary · 10th of November, 20182,899