My Little Pony: My Little Pony The Martian

AMICITAS Mission Three – Mission Day 254

ARES 3 solar day 251

Transcript – Hydraulic Telegraph Switch – ESA Maltimore Center ＜-＞ ESA spacecraft AMICITAS

AMICITAS: Amicitas calls Maltimore, uses the Dragonfly space suit to reply, completed.

ESA: Maltimore calls Amicitas, over.

AMICITAS: Starlight - I don't remember any weather phenomena occurring during the previous test runs of the magic thrusters in the atmosphere. Did I remember something wrong? complete.

ESA: It can be confirmed that no abnormal weather effects were found during the magic thruster test. What's wrong? complete.

AMICITAS: Mark's supervisor reports that the unusual dust storm we just experienced may have originated from a previous test of the main thruster. At the same time, there is indirect evidence that Amicitas may have entered the Martian atmosphere, intensifying the dust storm and eventually causing Mark to be trapped. Over.

ESA: Repeat, local tests in Malaysia have not found any abnormal climate effects. Since we cannot accurately measure and determine the existence of magical laws in your universe, the consequences of using magic engines in your location are completely unpredictable, over.

AMICITAS: Please confirm again. Now unless/until we need to leave Mars immediately, we will temporarily stop using the engines. complete.

ESA: Yes. We'll go over the formula again here. Maltimore Newsletter ends.

Mission Log – Solar Day 251

Summer vacation summary, Mark Watney, eight years old.

Wait a minute, sorry, I got the wrong script.

Summary of life after surviving a horrific Martian dust storm, Mark Watney, 41 years old.

But seriously, all our activities in the past few days can be summarized as eliminating the impact of the dust storm, or dismantling our own preparations to defend against the dust storm (while waiting for the Pathfinder to be resurrected, or resurrected). There are two major headaches for us: one is to clear out the pile of miscellaneous scraps that we previously stuffed into the machinery room of the Friendship so that we can continue the cutting work; the other is to blow the air out of the No. 2 potato shed. Please get out as much sand and soil as possible.

But even though we had to spend four hours every day to visit the cave, we still completed the task in time, and there were many other tasks. We've got the truncate (isn't that an interesting word? Starlight found it in the thesaurus. I'd forgotten the word even existed) ponyship ready, and maybe we'll start building it tomorrow.

While in the cave today, Starlight Glimmer and Fireball were busy prospecting. According to Starlight, they found in the "corridor" the materials needed to make the fifteen extra-large batteries Bruce Wu needed: large pieces of quartz crystal that could be cut into crystal columns thirty centimeters wide and one and a half meters long. . Unfortunately, the crystal pillars that grew tangled in this section of the cave had too many flaws and could not meet the fifteen-by-three-meter requirement. But this may not be a bad thing, because I feel that the three-meter-high quartz crystal is unlikely to last long in the violent vibration environment during rocket launch.

"They said it was too difficult to break up. Now I know they have never experienced 3G overload on a rocket..." Forget it, it seems that I am not the material to be Weird Al. Who could it be? Of course, a bunch of three-no accounts with only two or three fans on the Internet do not count.

Speaking of which, Starlight also mentioned that she found a perfect piece of amethyst, with a diameter of twenty centimeters and a height of nearly one meter, which could be used as the new core of the Twinkle Engine.

She took all this for granted, but the largest amethyst I had ever seen was in a geode that was twelve feet tall and barely big enough for a single person to stand in. Those crystals were not even as big as a baseball. I have never been able to make Pony and the others understand how unusual everything here is by the standards of the earth, with the huge gems growing in this cave and the crystal pillars that can be seen everywhere. I really can't help but wonder how big the crystals can grow there.

Note: If I have the opportunity to go to their place in the future, I must see what the "rock (rock) farm" they always talk about looks like. I bet they have some awesome pumpkins growing next to the black eyed peas and red peppers. (I know at this moment some music historian somewhere must be complaining that this diary is a copycat of Cohen.)

Back to the topic, Fireball and I started trimming the hooves again after we went back. The last round of spacesuit maintenance for Tingting was more than 40 days ago. We still don’t know how long she will stay in the cocoon, so we need to take proactive measures as much as possible to prevent us from being irreplaceable. 's space suit suffered excessive wear and tear.

Miraculously, my current space suit is in pretty good condition. I'm currently wearing my original EVA spacesuit (my patched flight suit was destroyed in the perchlorate explosion on Sol 40) with Martinez's helmet (my EVA helmet was Sun Sun 88 was crushed when it rolled with the airlock of the habitation module). The kilometers I've walked wearing this spacesuit are double digits, maybe even triple digits, and the bottoms of the boots, in particular, have taken a lot of abuse, but even in such a harsh environment, there aren't many signs of wear. Even though those crooked contractors came up with a bunch of crap like carbon dioxide filters and safety glass masks, I have to admit that the space suits they made were really durable in other aspects. Unfortunately, Pony and their spacesuits are still at the level of the Apollo era and are not that sturdy and durable in comparison, so Tingting has been busy repairing and reinforcing the soles for a while, and it didn't take long for John to... Went to audition at Carpenter's place.

Speaking of Dragonfly, I mentioned just now that she is still in her cocoon. When we turn on the magic field now, there won't be that kind of black hole, but it will still emit a little black light, you know, that's what it looks like. Can be described as some kind of shiny reflective light. It's the same temperature as everything else in the cave. I tried using a stethoscope, but I couldn't hear any heartbeat, any breathing sound, and there was no sound of the ancient god whispering Hasta, Hasta, Hasta or anything like that. The shell was hard but a little pliable, and our regular back-and-forth hugs didn't feel like they were damaging.

Finally, there is a little new development. Bilbo and the dwarves recently entered Mirkwood. The ponies' reputation for Gandalf has dropped significantly; they believe that as long as he is a responsible wizard, he should take responsibility for things to the end, and if he has things to do elsewhere, he should not interfere with innocent people in the first place. life. The temptation to spoil the story is great, but I can hold it in for the time being.

Not to mention that Starlight and Berry were reading this diary on my shoulder and both glared at me, which made me less ambitious about spoiling the story. Thinking about it, it would be better to go to bed quickly, before the situation escalates to the point of deliberate murder. Or go one step further and pull my pants.