My Little Pony: My Little Pony The Martian

AMICITAS Mission Three – Mission Day 492

ARES 3 solar day 483

At one point in Spitfire's career as captain of the Wonderbolts, he carried the weight of two full-grown ponies while flying... and that was on Horse Planet.

The space suit she was wearing, plus an extra space suit battery strapped to the outside of the flight backpack, and the two spacecraft mana batteries hanging in the belly of her space suit like saddlebags on a mining donkey, finally... With the two crystals mounted on her chest, their combined weight was about the same as two full-grown ponies. Unfortunately, Spitfire was currently on Mars, and if the unfamiliar atmosphere here could only be described in one word, it would definitely be: "rare."

By analogy, the magic energy environment here can only be called: "completely non-existent".

"Okay, let's do a mission briefing first." Starlight Glimmer adjusted the magic battery on his back and said, "We disconnected the thruster system that comes with your space suit. Don't forget this. You are flying There are no thrusters available on the way. We don't want another storm to trap us in two weeks, not to mention that your magic power will definitely not be enough if you want to use it like this."

"Understood. There are no thrusters." Feihuo nodded and replied.

"These on you," Starlight Glimmer patted a few more crystals on Spitfire's chest, and continued, "are the force field projectors installed for you. This first piece is used during launch. It works during the subsonic flight phase. This should protect your space suit from damage before you can generate a significant shock wave to disperse the dust. The second block is a backup in the event that the space suit is damaged. We have prepared it in advance Meet Twilight Sparkle and allow her to directly override the safety shutdown of your life support system in the event of a leak. In the event the suit is compromised, be sure to activate this crystal and land as soon as possible."

"The generated force field will exclude dust and retain air, but otherwise it will basically not withstand high-energy impacts. If you see a mountain in the sky, don't play hide-and-seek with it."

"Haha." Feihuo sneered dryly.

"Once the sound barrier is broken, please be sure to disengage the first force field projection device by hoofing." Starlight continued, "There will be a wire disconnected. Then you need to connect this wire to the second projection device to activate the protection. Only I hope you won’t need it then.”

Do you hope it will work? Although Feihuo was thinking to himself, he just replied loudly, "I know."

"Okay, then let's talk about the space suit itself," Starlight continued to explain. "The padding on the leading edge of your wings is made from several pieces of cover cut from your space suit. They will bear the burden during flight. main impact as a way to protect the seams in the rest of the envelope.”

"The mucus covering the wing envelope has not completely solidified." A feeble groan came from a flying seat. Unlike the other team members who all wear space suits and carry one or two magic batteries when going out, Tingting will stay in the spacecraft. She spent a whole afternoon vomiting in order to make the flight harness and modify the space suit, plus the mucus at night. After that, she had to make a lot of adjustments to the space suit with the help of fireballs. After a lot of trouble, she was completely exhausted. He looked sick. "Only in this way can they be allowed to flex and stretch freely. The mucus around the core layer of the fabric is still in a liquid state, and ordinary small damage should repair itself. But don't be brave enough to take risks because of this. This is different from the flight suit you usually wear. Big difference.”

"I know that," Feihuo replied bluntly, "When I wore the flight suit, my wings were not covered." She even boldly proposed that her wings should be exposed like this, but the result was not so much a collective rejection, but It would be better to say that everyone yelled at him together. One of Dragonfly's objections to this really silenced Spitfire; the only way to maintain the airtightness of the gaps around her wing bases was to glue the suit directly onto her body. Without sealing, there is no way to trap air... and there is no way to save your life.

"I really hope to use those spare habitation cabin canvases as materials," Starlight said, patting the newly added wing envelopes extending above the large magic batteries; when Spitfire completely retracted his wings , there are almost no traces of the new pieces of fabric added. "However, according to our previous tests using rainbow crystals, the habitat canvas will block magic energy. Changeling slime will not have this effect, or at least there is no obvious difference compared to the attenuation produced by ordinary fabrics."

"I will find a way." Feihuo said angrily.

"No more. In short, once you encounter a space suit leak, the mission will be aborted directly. After a few large batteries are used up, pull the quick release and throw them away." Starlight then patted it gently - not daring to do it. Heavy Hoof - the harness buckle located directly under Spitfire's belly, "Of course I don't want to throw away these batteries, but your life is much more important than them."

"It won't be lost." Spitfire replied bluntly.

"When the mission is aborted or returns after a complete success, the power supply to the space suit will be activated." Starlight finally explained, "After activation, a beacon will be displayed to guide you back to the spacecraft. We will temporarily enable on-site communication specifically for this purpose. system. However, even if you carry such a double battery on your backpack, once the space suit is powered on, the remaining flight time will be shortened to seconds. Please be sure to return directly as quickly as possible. Do not It’s a waste of energy on things like slowing down.”

"According to NASA research," Mark on the side also added, "on Mars, as long as the flight speed drops below two hundred meters per second, a general airfoil will basically not be able to generate lift, unless your airfoil is larger than a football The field is still big.”

"Yes. Anyway, just fly as horizontally towards us as possible. I will wait for you to get close and use magic teleportation to catch you."

"clear."

"Is the contact okay?" Tingting on the side also asked.

Spitfire turned her attention and felt the two small cables that the changeling had buried in her space suit. The ends were connected to the electrode patches of the vital monitoring device that had been stripped from the lining of Mark's spare space suit. The adhesive on the patch pulled at the fur between her wings, causing the skin under it to itch unbearably; but many years ago when she was first sent to experience being a cook in the academy, she had learned that no matter how itchy it was, Can tighten nerves to remain motionless. "Very solid."

"Okay," Cherry Berry began to order step by step, "Check the booster base?"

Mark checked the improvised flying chair he had pieced together for her - it was actually just the largest piece of flat scrap metal rummaged through from the limited materials they carried on the No. 2 rover, and three more were fixed on the top. The small repulsive force just pushes the target crystal forward. "They're all strong."

"Checking boosters?"

Starlight narrowed her eyes and glanced at the three crystals, each of which was almost the size of a paperback book, and replied, "The visual inspection of the enchantment is good."

"Okay. Everyone put on their space suits," Cherry Berry raised her helmet and ordered, "Fireball Starlight and I will go out first, and then Mark and Spitfire will come out. Let's get started."

A light blue sphere wrapped around the rear of the mobile home, blocking out the flying earth, rocks and gravel. The unicorns, earth ponies, and dragons in the bubble stood by and watched as the humans supported a bloated and fully armed Pegasus carrying a heavy load on its shoulders as it climbed up the boarding ladder that extended from the airlock to near the ground.