Ah that new thread feeling.

>>41047499
I want a Sweetie Bot who can beg me to stop fucking her to death.

I had intended to have multiple parts ready before the new thread.

Fugg :DD

>>41049246
Some Anon created a thread asking where tech is last week. Its been ~5 weeks since the last thread died.

Techup

>>41049246
The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry

I hope WiK or Solanon posts something in this thread.

I hope that Roboquestria green anon is still around...

I hope that I'm still around, someday...

I remember a hie story that had the car the protagonist was driving come with them and Twilight was studying the car
But I read it so long ago I can't remember if it was a green or a fic. tale as old as time

And the lights are back on, nice.

>>41052109
#deca.mare update.

>>41052066
That does sound vaguely familiar. I think started with him driving in a more rural area of America.

>>41052524
>>41052066
I just realized I forgot to check the OP and it's there, or atleast the one I'm thinking of.

Anon clueless about how cars work.
https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/39732556/#39869470

>>41049246
The merciless progress of technology waits for no one.

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>>41052552

>>41052552
2023 huh? Thought it'd be older

>>41052135
Thanks for the heads up

>>41052965
Would washing her be lewd?

>>41052965
How many horsepower is she?

>>41052965
You think she prefeers summer tyres or all terrain?

>>41054908
One, duh. One little horsepower.

>>41054464
Depends on the type of wash I guess. Like obviously a bikini car wash thing would be lewd, but it could also be like a giving a patient a sponge bath depending on how it's actually done.

>>41055463
Pressure washer.

>>41055477
Sounds like when a prison hoses down the inmates

>>41055949
Tough love. Next time she won't enter the rally contest right after getting a detailing!

>>41055997
She just needed to show the world that shiny new trim Anon

>>41056223
It's not visible after the 2nd turn!

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The robopone is suspecting something.

>>41057010
That won't end well.

>>41057224
Yeah I doubt her waterproofing is good enough for a dip in the pool

>>41057224
She is only IP44 rated.

>>41047711
>giant affectionat Luna hologram
What a vasr improvement that would be.

>>41058389
Looks like it'd be real easy to bait Celestia into an online scam.

>>41057224
Just hope no one else is in the pool

>>41059951
Oh right, the 'toaster' effect.

>>41059951
>>41060216
Since she is not grounded you wont get shocked.

>>41060466
That's good to know

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>>41056891
>It's finally the day
>You might not have won
>But it's not your fault for not having eletronics
>I mean, you have 4 wheels...
>Horsepower...
>You even honked and drove close calls by the spectators
>At least they still gave you a driver of the day medal
>Or maybe it was participation?
>Doesn't matter
>You can't wait to show Anon what you did out there
>Hopefully the cameras took a good look at his detailing below the wings
>Finally getting home, you don't even honk, just nibbling the door handle and letting yourself in
>You go straight for the stairs, hoping to surprise him before he even wakes up
>But even the studded tyres can't win on those right angles
>You scrunch and honk, with the grace of a cargo boat honking inside of a hospital
>Hopefully Anon comes down to- wait
>You only can't get up the stairs when you're soaked with rain...
>Or...
>You look back, the mud and dirty tyre trail clearly visible
>And the push you did on the stairs only helped to spread it everywhere behind of you too
>Startled, you race to the garage like a drunk cat, sliding into furniture as you went
>You slid under the low door, hopefully it was already a bit open
>You sigh, maybe you can salvage this before-
>Wait, why was the door open-- Gah!
>Your thoughts are interrupted as the lights are suddenly turned on
>Anon sits on top of a large toolkit, hose in one hand, controller in the other
>The same controller he just turned on the lights
>And the same controller he uses to close the garage door, locking both of you within
>"So, going rally, huh? Right after I put so much work prettying you up too."
>You slowly drive backwards, away from him, watching him meticulously turn the faucet
>Worse yet is how he keeps a finger blocking the end of the hose, the pressure surely building up
>You don't know what to do
>You don't know what to say
>But that means he watched it right?
>You cautiously puff out your chest fluff, proudly displaying the medal
>Only to be hit with the most powerful hosing of your life
>"Next time at least give it time to dry, or whatever way your magic works"
>You try honking at him, only for water to hit straight down your gullet
>"Oh no you don't. It's for your own good"
>"I know you don't like being pretty and trimmed, wanting the speed, the thrill"
>"But just once would you allow me to care for the mare I love? To make others jealous of her? Of you?"
>But that's what you wanted too!
>To show the world Anon's work
>To make everyone red for not havin a man such as him
>Although, he was right for the first part, sometimes he kinda overdoes on the chrome...
>Or the bra and dressing for sand drives...
>Yet, you just park there and take it
>You know it's not out of anger, just some though love
>"I'll say, at least you came straight here instead of going inside like that..."
>Oh no-

>>41061785
Awww cute

>>41061785
Kek! Oh no indeed.

>>41061785
>honking mare wife
Now that would be something unusual.

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>>41061785
I want to change this mare's wheels non consensually

>>41052552
that aint the one chief
twilight was inspecting the car without anybody in it
I'll find it in my bookmarks later and post it here

>>41063038
What would that be then? Molestation?

>>41063038
Is she naked without her wheels?

>>41063526
More than that even. She's incomplete.

>>41064156
Cutie on wheels.

>>41064728
Torches dont really work in space.

>>41061123
>Blasphemy
>Heresy
>Twilight
Ah yes, the three worst things a pony could do.

>>41064982
They do if you also supply the O2 like an oxy-acetylene torch. The welds do perform worse than an equal weld done on earth, but it is 100 viable.

>>41061785
this image reminds me of duckroll

>>41065559
>duckroll
Now there's an old meme I haven't thought of in a long time

>>41059285
>"Henlo madeem pls enter card noomber to get the redeeming caek. Also pickture of vagene grants bonus muffin yes."

>>41065343
Not feasible, you would have to basically build a rocket engine to supply enough back pressure for the gases not to immediately expand to near vacuum.

>>41064982
What about laser welders?

>>41066064
Yeah seems legit

>>41066070
True, I'm just saying that it can work, it's just shit.
Spacemen weld by cold welding shit, literally just cleaning the things to a clean finish, then pushing it hard enough that the thing bonds.

>>41067428
They also use a laser welding torch for hard to reach areas

bump

>>41064728
>Everyone talks about the welding
>No one mentions how the cover plate simply trundles off
The more you look at the image the mare it makes you think.

>>41069354
I've seen that brought up in previous threads. Guess they decided to switch things up by focusing on something different.

>>41069695
Fair point.

>>41071535
Considering that applies to the whole board it's like finding a minefield warning sign right in the middle of the minefield.

>>41071770
It's the thought that counts.

>>41070613
Twilight's sceptical look concerns me more than the crazy contraption itself.

>>41072803
That's crazy talk. There's no problem Twilight isn't able to handle.

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>>41073309
Well I wouldn't exactly call "Lesson Zero" handled. She kind of went a bit nutty there.

>>41074039
Well that's true.

>>41074039
I mean technically the problem there was that Twilight didn't have a problem to solve so she had to create problems in order to solve them.

>>41076510
The problem with that is that you'd have to create problems for Twilight to solve in order to prevent her from making up problems to solve because she doesn't have any problems at hand. Which kind of is a self defeating purpose in itself.

>>41070613
Rd confirmed to be an owl. She can hover that quietly.

>>41078203
I'm not sure how you got that connotation.

>>41078855
I think they meant to link this post instead >>41066695

>>41079598
Oh, right. That makes much more sense.

>>41079939
It's really be surprising the other way around

>>41079598
yep i messed up

>>41050681
It's shorter than what I'd wanted to do, but you guys deserve to know I'm still alive. Here's a thing.

>Twilight Sparkle had always found comfort in literature.
>And as luck would have it, she seemed to have found common ground with her new friend.
>Being around Rob made it difficult to put the silliness and absurdity of democracy out of mind, but in this moment, as he carefully studied books, she was able to appreciate a new facet of the strange beast.
>It took great care in turning each page, gently and deliberately using those bizarre clamp-like talons after taking a moment to appreciate each page.
>It was clear it held books in extremely high regard to be so cautious with them.
>And it was also clear that Rob was EXTREMELY well read.
>He was getting through those books at a remarkable pace, far faster than Twilight could ever hope for.
>Then again, he might be speed reading.
>Some ponies found it useful to skim through a book before reading it properly to help with comprehension.
>Twilight had tried it in the past, and she HAD noticed some results, but it took a lot of willpower to move on after encountering something novel or interesting.
>Was he an apex mind, capable of processing information faster than anypony she had ever met?
>Or was he instead gifted with willpower and temperance that she could never hope to match?
“Tell me your secrets.”

OBJECT ANALYSIS COMPLETE
Object 503-SN is of similar composition to the previous objects. Uploading photographs.

>He stepped away from the finished book, leaving it on the table.
>Rob clearly wasn’t familiar with how the library was organized, so it had fallen to Twilight to fetch more knowledge and maintain order.
“Did you like Super Naturals? I’m a big fan, personally. Though I’ve only ever had to use one of the cures in it, I find it fascinating how many different medicines grow in the wild. It’s really quite remarkable how much you can learn by paying attention to the things living around you.”
>Rob let off a short lived but brilliant burst of magic, then fell still.
>Twilight still wasn’t sure why he was doing that.
>It clearly exhausted the poor thing, as he would sit still for minutes after each burst.
>And the magic itself was totally incoherent.
>There was no chance it could actually contain a functional spell, and they didn’t last long enough to contain any information anyway.
>Twilight was completely unsurprised when nothing changed in the wake of the spell.
“That could use some work. Here! I have a few books on magic. Let me see… ah! Cantrips for Colts. That should teach you the basics.”
>Rob continued to rest for a while.
>Twilight had grown accustomed to it, but it had frightened her the first time.
>Watching him sit so unnaturally still for so long was unsettling.
>It was like he wasn’t even alive!
>There was a delicate and rhythmic knocking on the door.
>It was just barely audible.
“Come in, Fluttershy!”

>>41080251
>The door popped open, and a gentle breeze filled the library.
“Hm. That's nice. I should open a window.”
>”Hello, Twilight. How did you know it was me?”
“Lucky guess. Are you here to see Rob?”
>”Oh, hello. I’m sorry for not greeting you sooner, I actually didn't think either of you would be here, though I was hoping. I actually came hoping to borrow a book”
“What book are you looking for?”
>”I Crashed on Another Planet Surrounded by Primitive Creatures and They Think I Have Hostile Intent so They Fought me With Magic.”
>Oh.
>One of those graphic novels she was so fond of.
“I don’t believe I have that here.”
>”Oh. I hear the sakka- that means writer- is planning on republishing. I’ll have to wait for that, but it'll probably take a while. Okay… what about Help! I Fell Into an Alternate Timeline Where My Friend the Nun Travels the World to Collect Magic Artifacts She Saw in a Dream Once!"
“Actually, yeah. We do have that. It’s in the periodicals.”
>”Oh! I hear it's really good. I've been avoiding it though because it's on hiatus and I don't like getting invested before they're finished.”
>She happily pranced to the appropriate shelf, clearly anticipating a fun read.
“Say, you mentioned something about me being here, right? Why would it be weird? I live here.”
>”Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that.”
>Like what?
>”It's just that you've been so busy lately, and there are only a couple of days left before the election.”
>Oh.
>That.
>”And Applejack has been working so hard. Shouldn't you be campaigning?”
“I… suppose.”
>”It's not like you to give up on something like this.”
“I haven't given up! It's just that this isn’t really what I thought it would be.”
>The whole premise had seemed silly at first.
>But she wanted so badly to learn the Earth pony way and to fit in that she'd jumped in head first.
>Now she was learning that it was more than just silly.
>It was crazy!
>She had been right about Ponyville from day one!
“I'm sick of it, Fluttershy.”
>”Is it really that hard? I could help. Maybe.”
>No, it wasn't hard.
>It was extremely easy, in fact.
>It just didn't feel right.
“I was expecting it to be about doing what's best for Ponyville. The more I think about it, the more I realize that it doesn't really matter at all.”
>”Goodness.”
“No, there's no goodness to be found here, only badness. I could have won yesterday. I mean, I probably did, but I could have made it a sure thing. But it goes against everything princess Celestia taught me.”
>It also ran contrary to her instincts.
>The most effective strategies felt wrong.
“And then today, I secured the victory. I'm just not happy about how I did it.”
>”Maybe you should stop, then?”
“I can't let Rob down like that.”
>”I mean… he doesn't seem to mind.”
>She was right.

>>41080254
>The creature was still engrossed in the book, scanning each page thoroughly.
>It hadn't once reacted to the discussion.
>Did he perhaps no longer care?
>Or was he just so confident he didn't feel like it was worth working any harder?
>”I don't think Rob would be very happy forcing you to do things that make you uncomfortable.”
>She trotted up to the thing and nuzzled it.
>It didn't react.
“You're right. Thanks, both of you. From now on, I'll campaign according to my conscience.”
>It wasn't like it would change the outcome anyway.
>Not after today…
>”It looks like something's still wrong.”
“I'm just wishing I could start over and do this whole thing the WRONG way. It wasn't even fair; it's kinda like I beat somepony at a game they didn't even know they were playing.”
>”I'm pretty sure Applejack and the mayor know how this works.”
>Twilight scoffed.
“Applejack is WAY too fair minded to understand. And the mayor? She focuses way too much on policy and leadership. She's just not suited for politics.”
>They were both going to be furious.
>But maybe there was still time?
>What had been done couldn't be undone, but amends could be made and apologies given.
“I should probably talk to them. Would you mind watching the place for a while?”
>”I suppose not.”
“Thanks, you two.”
>The vote was tomorrow.
>The count would be the day after, and then everypony would know the mayor never stood a chance.
>There would be hurt feelings, but with a bit of work and a lot of luck, they would be able to get over them.

>>41080258
Vagabond 5s: 7,112,387 OFFLINE, 2 ONLINE
Vagabond 6: UPLINK ESTABLISHED

More data has become available.
Several objects of significance have been added to the local database. Preliminary analysis suggests the patterns on these objects are made of soot or some other byproduct of unclean combustion. The patterns repeat at times, and are structured consistently and to a large degree predictably.
It is likely that these are written documents.

Many of these supposed documents appear to bare sketches or even technical drawings. In fact, some are mostly drawings with few “words” attached. It is unlikely that- should this prove to be a language- it will be possible to develop a fluent understanding. However, with the amount of data available it might be possible to derive some meaning from the objects.

How these objects came to be is unknown. There is yet no signs of anything on this planet that fits the criteria for defining life.
However, these most recent finds are sufficiently fragile that they would not persist for very long in the local environment. Air currents flowing through the area they were stored in suggest the environment is poorly protected from the elements, so it is unlikely they are more than a few millennia old. Low levels of beta decay suggest atmospheric carbon was in some way used to make the object, however, there is yet no sign of photosynthesis, aside from atmospheric oxygen.

Though language is not yet confirmed, the existence of what is likely ink arranged in a good facsimile of know anomalous objects and collected in a centralized location is indicative of not only life, but of intelligence.

Polymorphic software and deep learning models are already finding patterns and associations. Though a comprehensive understanding of this written language is unlikely, it seems as though it should be possible to read most of these texts by the time they're all scanned.

>>41080261
Vagabond 7: UPLINK ESTABLISHED

Further analysis of the ice floe has proven extremely illuminating. Most of the machinery within still evades perception, but a simple thermodynamic system is apparent.
A rod of some conductive material is buried in the sea floor and likely extends into the mantle. The heat reaching the surface interacts with the low temperatures generated by the release of refrigerants, in this case compressed oxygen gas, to make a persistent current. This current is significantly slower than models suggest, indicating that energy is being extracted from it in some way.

Geothermal power generation on this scale is evidence of incredible technological sophistication, though the actual purpose of this device is yet unknown. Attempts to interfere with the radio signal being broadcast have not produced any interesting results, and it is not yet known where the refrigerant is coming from nor why it is exclusively oxygen gas. It is possible some materials are being sequestered to alter the atmospheric composition, or alternatively that of the water or even the core itself. There is far more power being generated here than the radio signals can account for, so clearly more work is being done. The oxygen gas might be a critical clue in discovering what this system does.

Wow. That was WAY shorter than I realized.
The first quarter of the year is a really rough time for me. I'm hoping that now that things have relaxed a bit I can actually get something done, but that takes discipline. It's not fair to any of you that there are such long gaps between updates.

>>41080264
Hey man I'm glad to see you back. Going to have to re-read and get a bit of a refresher. Sorry to hear the rough spot you were going through and I hope things keep getting better for you.

>>41080264
Thanks for the green!

܂>>41080264
>took great care in turning each page
That's odd. That means it knows what a book is. And that it needed to be produced by some sentient lifeforms. Or is it just examining it as a strange rock?
>is of similar composition to the previous objects
Hm, I find it odd that it was able to turn the pages.
>didn’t last long enough to contain any information anyway
She said it was incoherent at first, so she did recognize that it might be some sort of communication.
>I Crashed on Another Planet Surrounded by Primitive Creatures and They Think I Have Hostile Intent so They Fought me With Magic.
Heh. That's one long title.
>I'm sick of it
Sick of what? Literally only 2 ponies straight up oppose "her". Aj and Mayor.
>I mean… he doesn't seem to mind.
Heh.
>She's just not suited for politics.
I'm sure Rob will be better once it is able to say a single word. Oh wait...
>There is yet no signs of anything on this planet that fits the criteria for defining life.
That's odd. Really odd. What are the ponies made of that the surface units are unable to pick up? Pure energy?
>no sign of photosynthesis
Something is seriously wrong with the mothership and the units.
>rod of some conductive material
I hope it did not find some ancient and dangerous magical artifact.

>The first quarter of the year
More like the first half. It is the middle of May!

Thanks for the update!

>>41082096
Somehow I have no doubt that Pinkie and Rainbow will manage to sink this ship upon collision.

>>41082473
I feel like there's either a Titanic or Costa Concordia joke to be made with that setup

>>41083012
I tend to gravitate towards the latter. The scenery is way too sunny for an iceberg joke.

>>41083012
>The Captain of the Concordia ran the ship ashore because he saw mares
I could believe that.

>>41083137
Unless you wanted to also make a 20% cooler joke with Dash to explain the iceberg in warm summer water.

>>41084006
>"Wow, it must be more than 20% cooler for icebergs to form."

I usually don't reply directly to greens but I do read and enjoy them
Please keep doing your thing writebros, you’re appreciated

>>41085196
Give them (you)s!

>>41085883
Should probably cover up those parts

>>41085196
This >>41085375. Writefags depend on (you)s, even if they aren't attention whores. The feedback is important for them.

>>41087498
This expression conveys a fundamental lack of any safety measures and/or moral qualms.

>>41087677
Perfect for a mad scientist

>>41087498
Why are her eyes bloody(?)
why does she have human titties

>>41088102
Probably something to do with the ai that generated that pic

>>41088485
ai do be doing weird shit

>>41087498
I don't want to be 'that guy', but this is dangerously close to anthro.

>>41089920
Dash is really making me real nervous getting so close to a filled flask over a bunsen burn without eye protection

>>41090351
She's got retard protection. Dash will be fine. The rest of the lab might be another story though.

>>41090938
https://youtu.be/PQidYOXGoRY?si=-CNIMSLCfJWVNV7X