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  1. Prince Midnight
    Well....that went better than expected, the Midnight III-A rocket was a success, and considering the solid fuel we were using, (thanks to pinkey pie for finding THAT recipe....though sugar-cube corner will need repairs.) that is apparently VERY volatile, never exploded the rocket.
     

     
    Dusk and rough completed the first ever pony Extra Vehicular Activity, (gears tells me to just call it an EVA, and they will know what i mean.) which consisted of dusk (already in her space suit) to depressurize the capsule (nicknamed the Magic carpet by both crew-members), open the hatch, and float outside.
     
    She said it was the best feeling she had ever had, and that the earth below looked amazing without anything blocking her view.
    and soon, rough, (both securely tethered to the spacecraft) joined her, and both seemingly had the times of their lives, i had to admit....i was jealous, but i didn't have time to be, the huge success of Magic Carpet and the Midnight III-A paved the way for as many as 5 more missions, each more challenging for the astronaughts than the last, each one learning a new skill for the next mission to use to complete its objective.
     
    I was sitting on the roof of the VAB, when bubbly walked up, "Midnight, what are you doing up here? shouldnt you be downstairs celebrating with the others?"
     
    I smiled, "no, i dont have time to celebrate, i have alot to do."
     
    she tilted her head, "well....why are you up here?"
     
    I chuckled, "i come up here to breath, calm down, and get my head on straight," i looked up at the moon, and all the stars, then took a deep breath "i was in canterlot last weekend as you know, but i dont think i told anypony the reason."
     
    she sat down next to me "whats going on?"
     
    i smiled, "i poured alot of my heart and soul into this program, as your well aware, but in canterlot, the only ones aware are celestia and luna, they know it takes time to produce results, but some of the others on the parlerment, disagree." i shook my head, "they say were too expensive to maintain, with little to no results, luna and celestia have overridden their say, but they cant do it for long....we need a goal, something to shoot for, something to make it all worthwhile."
     
    i looked up at the moon, "and thats it, the moon."
     
    bubbly looked up, "are....you sure? the moon is an awful long ways away...."
     
    i smiled at her "space was an awful long way away a year and a half ago, but WE made it possible to go up there, and i know we can do it."
     
    bubbly looked back "but we dont even have a rocket to get there....the Midnight III can only get to LEO and thats it."
     
    i grinned, "you leave that to me...ill have something soon."
  2. Prince Midnight
    After reviewing the Midnight I, i got this neurotic itch to change and redesign the rocket, needless to say, each test rocket did a little better than the last, the Midnight I achieved a higher ballistic trajectory than the Twilight, thanks to its new fuel (Liquid Oxygen x Kerosene mixture) and rocket motor.
    Then the Midnight II was designed a little diffrently, with 4 long tanks surrounding the center tank, and each with a motor of its own, giving the Midnight II the ability to gain orbit.

     
     
    So we had the rockets, and the pony power to make the rockets in almost record time, but, we had one little problem, we needed more ponies to fly ON the rockets, at the moment, it was just Derpy and i, seeing how bubbly, gears, twilight, and jade had all declined.
     
    But trying to find ponies to be astronauts was harder than you think, plenty of ponies applied, but we only had 8 slots at the moment, so we had to make the rules stringent, endless medical tests, psyche tests, mock interviews, stress tests, Ect. soon
     
    At the end of 2 months, we went from 1000 to 8, 4 stallions, and 4 mares, each one excited, qualified, and ready to begin. (for the sake of record keeping, i will keep the list of all ESA astronauts here.)
     
    1.Regal Masquerade, Male unicorn, Dark blue coat, Dark brown mane
    2.Cobalt Charmer, Male Unicorn, Green coat, Dirty blonde mane
    3.Rough Gunner, Male Earth Pony, Red coat, Black mane
    4.Lightning Twister, Female Pegasus, Cream coat, Blue mane
    5.Dusk Prism, Female Unicorn, Blue coat, Red mane
    6.Thunder Flash, Male Pegasus, Brown coat, Blonde mane
    7.Sugar Hooves, Female Earth Pony, Orange coat, Green mane
    8. Lightning Chaser, female Pegasus, Red coat, White mane
    9. Derpy Whooves, Female Pegasus, Grey coat, Blonde mane
    10.Midnight Moon, Male Alicorn, Black coat, Black mane with silver stripe down the center (me)
     
    For months, we trained, how to use the capsules, how to use the RCS (a new invention by Gears, something to help us steer the craft up there, he called it the Reaction Control System) and the inner workings of the new suits the engineers had come up with, everything we did was in preperation for the next mission.
     
    Gathering together Luna, Twilight, myself, bubbly, gears, and celestia, we met in the conference room, and for hours, talked about who should go, and by the end, we had made our choice, and announced it moments later to the rest of the crew.
     
    the first Equined launch of the Midnight III would be crewed by Dusk Prism, and Rough Gunner.
  3. Prince Midnight

    Day 200 of the ESP

    By Prince Midnight,

    My wife and daughter visited today....to see me blast off on a 150 foot tall fuel can that could explode at any time.....great....just..great.
     
    in a few minuites ill become the second pony to enter space, and the first into orbit, uggh....as i stare out the capsules window to the clear light blue sky, im praying silently to aunt celestia that my flight is safe.
     
    i can hear bubbly in my ear mic "Engine ignition, 5...4...3..2.....1.." soon im unable to hear her anymore as my body is pressed hard against the seat of the capsule, all i can do is stare out the window, as the light blue, turns to dark blue, turns to even darker blue, then black.
     
    it seemed like only a few seconds, a blink of the eye, and after black, came many little dots in the sky, the stars i could see them wherever i looked...it was...beautiful actually.
     
    "midnight...you there?" it was twilight,
     
    "yes....im here..."
     
    "good, through all the screaming we thought you got hurt." she chuckled,
     
    i lowered my eyelids, and continued to stare out the window, as the capsule rolled and revealed the earth below, "wow...."
     
    "midnight, fire your engine for 10 seconds, that should put you into LEO."
     
    i nodded and put my hoof on the throttle, and pushed it forward, the craft shuddered as it began to pick up velocity, "5...4..3..2..1 cut." i cut the engines "very good midnight, we will contact you again, when you complete your orbit, and ready to return.
  4. Prince Midnight

    Day 100 of the ESP

    By Prince Midnight,

    The Twilight 2 was nearly finished, as i stared up at the large almost 150 foot tall rocket, i gulped a bit, if the test pony came back alive, i promised bubbly i would ride the second.
     
    Me? a prince...ride a metal cyilender of flaming fuel to the edge of space, where if the slightest thing went wrong id be stuck out there? great.....just great. WHY did i get myself into these things? i asked myself.
     
    "e-excuse me?" i turned and met the yellow...and slightly....derped eyes of our test pilot, i was told by celestia she was the best at what she did....just hope she preformed well.
     
    i looked at my clipboard "you must be...D. Hooves?"
     
    the blonde pegasus nodded, "yup...is this what im flying?" she looked up..."woah....that...is..AWESOME!"
     
    i smiled, well at least one of us would enjoy, "alright ms hooves, lets get you caught up and ready to go, launch is in a few days."
  5. Prince Midnight

    Day 10 in the ESP

    By Prince Midnight,

    Today, we finally got the photos from the Twilight 1 developed, i named the rocket after my wife, the princess, beacuse i somehow knew it would be as successful as she is.
     
    http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=175460424
     
    "the earth...is blue." bubbly smiled, "wow, thats very beautiful, and the accelerometer and gravity detector provided very useful information." gears looked up, "now, the real fun can begin, the Twilight was a success sure, but now we need to make a rocket that will safely carry a pony into space."
     
    I swallowed, "oohh boy...."
  6. Prince Midnight
    Entry 6
     
    After returning to earth unscathed, i had so many ideas, so many things to change, to make the rocket, bigger, better and ultimately, more powerful.
     
    i pulled gears and bubbley into the conference room,
     
    "woah midnight, whats gotten into you?" gears had a worried look as i shut and locked the door,
     
    "yeah, youve locked yourself in here for days after you came back, even your wife hasnt seen you....whats going on?"
     
    I smiled, "guys, while i was up there, seeing the earth from a different perspective, all the stars, everything....we need to build bigger and better."
     
    they looked at each other, "Your Higness....while i want to go further...i just dont know if we have the technology to do..."
     
    i smiled, "we MAKE the technology, bigger capsule, bigger windows, a hatch for ponies to go outside....ill fund it if i have too, Luna put me in charge of cape caneighvral, and im not going to dissappoint her."
     
    they looked at each other than back at me "how do we get a bigger capsule into space? the Twilight 1 and 2 are only big enough to support a single pony capsule...."
     
    i smiled and walked over to something i had been working tirelessly on for the past 4 days, a model of a rocket i wanted to see happen.
     
    "ponies.....i present," i pulled the cover off the model, "the Midnight 1."
     
    both of them blinked and trotted closer to look at the model, "hmm, i suppose this is feaseable, with your highness's funding, i think this might actually work..."
     
    bubbley looked up, "yes, though it will require a more powerful propellent, espically for the boosters...."
     
    i nodded, "you both know what to do, i want status updates on anything your working on, got it?"
     
    they both smiled, "of course sire."
  7. Prince Midnight

    Day 4 of the ESP

    By Prince Midnight,

    Today started slowly, the supply truck delivering food as well as this delicious brown drink the scientists called "coffee" was late....again, gears and bubbly said it happened all the time.
    i cant imagine why...
     
    when i got my flank out of bed, i looked over at my desk, it was full of papers and books, and everything i could possibly read about rockets, space, and anything in between, but sitting atop the books was a large blueprint with lines drawn on the white grid.
     
    Today was the day i test my first rocket, with no ponies inside, beacuse well, i cant get ponies killed, would be bad on my consence and bad for the Equestrian Areonautics and Space Administration. (formerly the ESP)
     
    in any case, i walked inside the VAB with more than a skip to my step, i was scared, nervous and excited at the same time,
     
    "ahh, your highness, glad you arrived." bubbly approached,
     
    "here she is, the Twilight 1."
     
    i blinked, the simple rocket that would take a simple remote guidance unit, to the edge of space and back...it was beautiful, at least in my eyes,
     
    "a bit of a crude design." bubbly smiled, "but we streamlined it, and it should give us valuble information, and after it returns to earth, and we know it works, then the real fun can begin."
     
    http://steamcommunity.com/id/Jettail/screenshot/921272559441538757
  8. Prince Midnight
    I arrived at this place called Cape caneighvral, its nothing impressive, but what was, was the multiple buildings all over the place, one was in a tetrahedron like shape with 3 satellite dishes, one was really REALLY tall, one was really WIDE, and the other two looked like administration buildings.
     
    When i arrived i was greeted by Princess Luna, who thanked me for taking over the program for her, and assured me i would do fine....boy...if i knew then, what i know now...i would have tried to run.
     
    my first day on the job had me in the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB for short, my task....well i had no task, i had to make my own, and when i discovered that the VAB was used to make space rockets, that's when things got interesting.
     
    all the ponies in the VAB stopped and looked at me....and i realized, they all needed me to tell them what to do....well how was i supposed to know? i didnt know the first thing about building rockets....
     
    i looked down and saw two ponies dressed in white lab coats, "you two, up here."
     
    their names were gears, a dark grey pegasus stallion, and bubbly a light blue unicorn mare.
     
    they stared at me for a moment, "yes,?"
     
    "HOW DO I ROCKET....!" i blurted out, blushed then coughed, "how...do i well, do anything around here? like, for example, make a rocket..." they blinked, then bubbly spoke up "umm... well, first thing you need is designs." he horn glowed and a blank piece of blue grid paper appeared, "on this."
     
    i took it in my own magic, "well....im no rocket scientist....a little help?"
     
    they smiled at each other, "alright, follow us into the conference room."
     
    http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=175199070 (How do i rocket indeed)
  9. Prince Midnight

    Flames Of War

    By Prince Midnight,

    Well along with Warhammer 40k i found another tabletop game i can waste my money on x3, its called Flames Of War, and i just finished a starter kit, i wonder who would actually win? the 3 shermans or the 2 StuG IV's, i guess it comes down to who knows how to handle their tanks better.
    if it comes down to it, id say the StuG IV would win, considering the power of that 8,8 cm gun, but the sherman has speed and has a stableizer, so it could fire while moving.....hmm, guess i will see who wins in my game against jade x3
     
    but anyway, heres some pictures of the finished products, its the skirmish for the battle of my laptop x3
     
    Sherman M4A3's

     
    StuG IV's

     
    and the battle of midnights laptop

  10. Prince Midnight
    the time is July 4th 1944, it seemed only yesterday that you disembarked from your landing craft and marched up the beach, past the ruins of the german fortifications it was calm that day.
    But today that seems lifetimes away as the wall above you explodes, rubble and dirt rain down on you, you get up and cling closer to the wall, peeking around and firing your rifle wildly, not taking aim, just firing to make yourself feel better.
     
    The ground begins to shake, and you wonder if it is an earthquake, and when you peek around again, your frozen in fear, just the name is enough to make any man freeze and shiver, The Tiger, a armored beast that is more deadly then a company of infantry.
    you swallow and hide behind the wall again, as it moves closer and fires, the screams of men can be heard, but their distant to you, you grip your rifle, this was life or death, was it possible you could die today?
     
     
    sorry i kinda got too into this x3
     
    in any case ive gotten into a WW2 tabletop called Flames of War, and it is actually really fun, and im curious, does anypony around here play flames of war?
  12. Prince Midnight
    well, i have 1 hour and 50 minutes into it, out of 3 sessions, and ive seen Nightmares orb twice, and its got me excited, but its been vivid, and not bold, i know it will take more time, so i will keep going, but there are factors that make it hard to get some alone time, and the main problem is my brother.
    in any case, i think im getting the hang of it x3
     
    in other news, ive almost finished my Warhammer 40k Imperial guard infantry platoon and they look very good in my opinion, and im happeh ^^
     
    also, this picture is adorable

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