My Little Pony: My Little Pony The Martian

AMICITAS Mission Three – Mission Day 98

ARES 3 solar day 99

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

AMICITAS (蜿蜓): Amicitas calls Maltimore, please use the spacecraft's main life support system to reply, completed.

Maltimore: Amicitas, Maltimore received. Why use the mains water supply? Are you in the cave now? complete.

AMICITAS: Correct. You need to find a place where water will not be affected even if it gets everywhere. Mark's people are requesting a live chat with you in about three and a half hours. complete.

Maltimore: Got it. It should be around ten o'clock in the morning for us here. We'll be ready. complete.

AMICITAS: Emphasis on that. We had to be translators for both sides at the same time. It takes less than eleven minutes for light to travel from us to its home star and vice versa. And it would take a long time to decode the Moss code. And we only have about four hours today before we lose contact with their world. We may not even get more than eight handshakes, so be sure to keep the story short. In addition we are still learning their language. So the point is to be concise and to the point. have you understood? complete.

Maltimore: Got it, Amicitas. Be concise and to the point. Twilight mentioned that their understanding of magic is crucial so that they can help rescue you. Also required is a piece of information about the history of our space program, over.

AMICITAS: We've told them this. Don’t waste time on what we can tell them. If they have questions, we will answer their questions directly here. complete.

Maltimore: Received. I'll tell Twilight and Cocoon, it's over.

AMICITAS: Who are you? complete.

Maltimore: Spike. I just got up to prepare breakfast for Twilight when I saw the lights here flashing back and forth. She's not awake yet, it's over.

AMICITAS: Okay. What's going on with Thorax? complete.

Maltimore: He's still in the Crystal Empire and living a good life. He and Cocoon met at a summit last month, with no casualties, over.

AMICITAS: Thanks. Please tell Twilight and the Queen that they now have an hour to tell us anything they think we need to know in advance, and then I have to run back to the living quarters. complete.

Maltimore: I told her. She said Starlight knew most of it. We'll be ready. Communication ends.

[14:20] Watney: Before we get started today, I want to share some good news: the improvised residential antenna system just picked up a signal from a northern weather station for about ten minutes. So we know that its signal reception range is at least one kilometer, and that at least one weather station is still partially operational. When I have some free time, I'll take the rover out for a spin, check the weather station, clean the solar panels, and see how much of the equipment I can get back to working order. Just a kind reminder that you might be in danger of getting some, you know, serious scientific data from us.

Okay, let's talk about how to operate it later. The conversation window is now projected onto the pod wall so we can all see it. I'll type and send whatever Starlight Glimmer tells me to send. Any questions she could answer on her own would be solved by herself; if there were other questions, she would probably send a message through her suit's water system using some method like Morse code, and then they would Reply using another suit that is currently unused.

Let me make it clear here that any questions about their home planet - history, geography, etc. - as long as the specific time is before they leave their home star, they should be answered at another time. These questions would make no difference whether they were answered by my guests or by their princess, and by doing so they would be able to skip the step of translating the codes and save a lot of unnecessary trouble. It should also be noted that Starlight's English proficiency is still partially dependent on the synonym dictionary function on our computer, and she was not able to enjoy this convenience during our conversation. In addition, her boss did not understand English at all. If I encounter any doubts, I will fill in the missing meaning myself, but I may guess wrong. So please be sure to be concise and concise so that we can convey as much of the content as possible before the end of the transmission window.

Once you send the order, Starlight will contact them to make sure they are online.准备好了就发话吧。

[14:36] JPL: Venkat here. Teddy is late again today. When you're ready, start the conversation. After all, Mars waits for no one. In addition, I would like to remind you that the entire dialogue was broadcast live to the media. Mark, we really mean it this time: please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, be careful with your words.

[14:48] Watney: Don’t worry, there will be no 18+ content today. We are now on line with the ponies: please stand by.

[14:55] Watney: "Greetings from (untranslatable)! Twilight Sparkle and Queen Chrysalis greetings. Good morning, NASA administrators!"

[15:08] JPL: Hello to you too. This is Theodore Sanders, NASA administrator. On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I would like to extend my sincere welcome to your people. Many of our citizens have also shown tremendous support for them.

[15:26] Watney: "Thank you! We were told earlier that the name of your world is 'Earth', which means earth. What is the 'United States of America'? Does your world have more than one country?"

[15:38] JPL: Yes, the name of our world is Earth. What is the name of your world? We can't translate it. There are about two hundred countries in our world; the United States is one of the largest. How many countries are there in your world?

[16:02] Watney: "The name of our world is an ancient name for the species horse. Our country was named 'Horse Land' in the same ancient language. There are many kinds of speakers in our world , and several pony/pony nations, but we are the largest of them all. How many kinds of speakers do you have there?" (Note: By "speakers" I think they should refer to "intelligent beings" ". Remember that every one of my guests here belongs to a completely different race or species. -Watney)

[16:13] JPL: We've only found one intelligent creature here so far, although there are several others that come very close. We have eight billion people worldwide. Who rules your country? Is it a cocoon?

[16:27] Watney: (Ah, something bad happened. It seems this is a sensitive topic. Dragonfly and Starlight just had a few words in Pony language. Now Starlight has to answer this question personally. -Water "We don't have as many of each race here as you do. The Land of Pony is ruled by Princess Heaven (wrong word) and her sister Moon Princess (right word). Princess Twilight Sparkle became The Princess was previously a student of the Princess of Heaven. Queen Chrysalis is simply the ruler of the Bughorses. She has tried to conquer us before, but we are currently in a time of peace." - Starlight

[16:35] Watney: "We're still figuring out how to live in harmony. How did you get to space without magic?"

[16:39] JPL: In order to facilitate your rescue of your astronauts and Mark, in what form can we assist?

[16:47] JPL: In response to the previous question: Let Mark answer this question. This is certainly no easy task. Many people have died trying, and we didn't want Mark to follow in his footsteps. Can you help us?

[16:59] Watney: "Not sure yet. We have these problems: find the exact location in your universe, land on the planet, pick up our crew, leave the planet, get home. We feel like the first step and You probably won't be able to help with this last step. Do you have any suggestions?" (Note: My guests' English is almost good enough to read a detailed history of Earth's civilization's space flight. Starlight has already written an article about their world. A brief history of the space race, waiting to be uploaded via Pathfinder. -Watney)

[17:05] Watney: "We're trying to help, but it's not easy. We're testing modifications to our life support systems so that we can send food, magical energy, and things like that to the crew; but there's this problem We've been working on it for several years without making much progress."

[17:11] JPL: At least we're starting to look at ways to get them off the planet's surface. We do have a spacecraft that may be able to get them into orbit in about a year, but someone will have to be waiting in orbit to pick them up by then. Can you go then?

[17:17] JPL: We are interested in your experimental hyperdrive. Mark told us before that you thought your crew could build a new one.它的工作原理是什么？ How do you adjust the equipment to compensate for fuel consumption, destaging, etc.? If you can build a working thruster, our scientists have some great ideas...

[17:30] Watney: "If we could find your world, we could get there in a day. But we don't know how to find your world yet." (Besides, I had to go to a lot of trouble to find your world. It took me to explain the concept of "faster than light" to the ponies. They said that the thruster itself did not actually exceed the speed of light - otherwise the energy consumed would exceed the supply capacity of the spacecraft. -Watney )

[17:40] Watney: "That nerd just ran out the door. I guess you guys just gave her some inspiration. She invented the thruster. She's modified it since the accident Almost a hundred times. And as far as I know, it's never adjusted anything - just one setting. - Chrysalis" (Note: Today we learned that both ponies and humans have "nerds" "This concept, and the word (egghead) in Pony language is indeed made up of the two words "egg" and "head" spelled together.)

[17:42] JPL: Can you tell us how we can make our world more visible to you?

[17:52] JPL: Please say thank you to the princess for us. Any other questions before we wrap up today?

[17:58] Watney: "I don't know. - Chrysalis" (Note: I bet she actually said "I don't know.", because Starlight hesitated before telling me the translation It’s been a while. And judging from her current facial expression, it’s probably true. ——Watney)

[18:17] Watney: "What are the laws of territorial sovereignty in your universe? If you are going to drive away my people and employees, I want them to have a safe place to go. — —Cocoon"

[18:30] Watney: The Earth transmission window is about to close. Guys, it's time to say goodnight.

[18:31] JPL: International treaties expressly prohibit territorial claims beyond the confines of the Earth. The treaty also stipulates that all mankind has the obligation to rescue stranded astronauts. Your people will not be driven out under any circumstances.

[18:43] JPL: Queen Chrysalis, thank you for taking the time to talk to us. We will do whatever it takes to help your people.

[18:50] Watney: "They better not be kicked out. No matter what, we're here to save them. Good night. - Chrysalis" (Okay, that's it for today, folks... …——Watney)