My Little Pony: My Little Pony The Martian

AMICITAS Mission Three – Mission Day 539

ARES 3 solar day 529

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

ESA: Maltimore calls Amicitas, over.

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

ESA: Twilight Sparkle and Cocoon will take off aboard Concordia in two days to prepare for your upcoming launch. If you still have messages like the one we sent yesterday, we suggest you send them all now, over.

AMICITAS: I didn't understand the last sentence. What's the news? complete.

ESA: The private messages sent by Cherry Berry last night and Starlight Glimmer this morning in your local time are over.

AMICITAS: Wait a minute.

AMICITAS: Dragonfly—get it. Communicated with Starlight. Expect new messages within the hour. Several others may also be involved and we will communicate with them privately. complete.

ESA: On standby, over.

Dear Twilight Sparkle,

I just want to take this opportunity to thank you for all the years of teaching me about magic and friendship. Here on Mars, I also learned an important lesson that I want to share with you here and now; sometimes even if you fail in the attempt, it is better to try again and again than to hold back because you are afraid of making a mistake. It was my mistake on the Shining Engine that ultimately led to this disaster, but everyone here needs me to work hard and rely on my skills to maintain our survival. I don’t know if I can make the best choice every moment. Since I came here, I have made many mistakes that I tried my best to undo. But if I hadn't done anything, I wouldn't be standing here now, and several other team members wouldn't be able to persist until now. I only hope that I can take these last few steps so that we can all escape from this broken stone smoothly and return to our friends.

Looking forward to our meeting again soon.

Your respectful student,

starry

Noble and cunning Her Majesty the Queen,

I understand how concerned you have been about this new road. There are still a lot of ponies who are suspicious of and afraid of us, and many of our compatriots are still hiding in the shadows. But even though I've made a lot of mistakes since jumping here, there's one thing I've gotten right; trust is better than fear. Sometimes it is true that you can achieve your goals by deceiving the other party, but sooner or later they will wake up and learn a lesson. But trust lasts forever. When there is no other way, only trust can save life. We trust each other in the Hive (most of the time); now I also understand that even if the team members around us do not belong to the Hive, we can still trust them.

So I hope you can open up. You don’t have to be alone all the time.

Your loyal people,

dragonfly

P.S. I miss you.

Also attached: When I come back, please don’t punish me for this.

Hey Yu Yan,

If all goes well, I will be back in about a month or two. Get my babies ready for me. By the way, give me the entire coffee pot, preferably one that doesn't need to be plugged in.

If you plan to send a few other dragons on such a lifeless and crazy journey in the future, I have only one thing to say. Pick someone less self-righteous. In a place like this, nonsense like tall and strong dragons that want to be loners will only hinder everyone. I believe that the next successor will face the same situation. Make sure they understand that they are not a godsend to other races. Being tall and strong doesn't mean everything - but if you think about it, you should have known this for a long time. The most important thing is to give them a good hammering and hammer it into their heads that "working together" is not the same thing as "working alongside" or "working on the same ship."

One more thing: go outside and ask if any pony academy is willing to accept an older dragon as a student. I can still learn something...but only on the ground! ! !

Fireball

Dear Princess Celestia,

Becoming a space horse was never my original intention. I was very satisfied in my job with the Wonderbolts. When I first came here, I was worried at first, because this was asking me to leave behind what I knew and do something I didn’t understand—become an astronaut, become a doctor, and experience the feeling of being a subordinate again. But I also understood that, except for the horrible lifeless planet that always wants to kill you, those new things are not as scary as the first time you encounter them. Especially when you are really motivated to go all out, you will often be shocked by what you can achieve on your first try. Some of the things I've done here may never be done by anypony again; and if I hadn't been kicked out of my little comfort zone, I wouldn't have had the opportunity (and need) to do them. .

Having said that, when I come back, I will still try my best to take back the little comfort zone that originally belonged to me. But even if I can't return to my original position, I will know from now on that no matter what I do, I can do it well.

At your command,

Flying fire

Major of the Combined Earth Pony/Unicorn/Pegasus Forces

Recipient: Venkat Kapoor

Sender: Mark Watney

Subject: Private Messages

Venkat,

This letter must be handed over to my family properly and not leaked to the media. You can read it if you want, but no one else can see it. Especially don't let these materials fall into the hands of the public relations people.

mark

Dear Mom and Dad,

The day of launch is getting closer. We are very confident that nothing will happen, but as the people sent by NASA explained to you two years ago when we were preparing to launch Hermes, nothing in the space flight industry is guaranteed to be accurate. It seems that my alien friends have finally realized this recently, so everyone has begun to take turns sending a private message to the most important person at home - a bit like leaving a message and setting a flag. If something happens, it will really be our last words.

NASA will get the pile of mission logs I wrote. Just before we launch, they will be uploaded to Hermes and then forwarded back to Earth. If they feel the need, they can select from that pile of words my last affectionate confession to mankind. As for now, I would like to say a few words to you two.

Although there are thousands of people in the world, you two have always supported everything I do. When I mentioned that I wanted to study for a Ph.D. in botany, what you said was, "It's unbelievable! What he wants is to combine the low income of farming with the employment difficulties of academics!" Then you helped me. Go and study. Then I said that I wanted the doctor to run away and apply to be an astronaut. What you said was, "Our good son thinks that dying of poverty is not enough! He also wants to ride on a rocket and be blown up to the sky!" Then I said nothing. The money provided for me to study for a master's degree in mechanical engineering, and I kept my belongings safe while I went on field trips to Africa. You have never said a word no to me, and you have put in countless efforts just to make my ideas possible. I can't thank you enough.

I understand you may still be embarrassed by your foul-mouthed son of Mars who (according to the Internet) is always staring at the aliens' butts. You may also be a little angry that I didn't send you many messages while communications with Earth were good. I also know that you can't wait for thousands of reporters to pack up and go home. I've really put you through too much.

But no matter what happens in three weeks, I hope you will understand that I love you two more than words can say, and always will, even though I usually only say such words when I am about to hang up the phone. Please believe it.

I hope to contact you again next month on Hermes, or perhaps closer to Earth.

your beloved son,

mark

Dear ponies and dragons, and my subjects who should have known better a long time ago;

Stop saying sensational words. Besides, I'm going to vomit.

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