History FanFic / TheThessalonicaLegacy

** In Chapter 2, while discussing what aliens could possibly look like, Spike and Rainbow Dash describe [[{{Film/Alien}} a Xenomorph]] and [[StarWars a Wookie]], respectively.

* [[http://maximillianveers.deviantart.com/art/Thessalonica-Legacy-eReader-243632897 PDF format]]
* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/122/The-Thessalonica-Legacy FIMfiction link]]

* MythologyGag: For TabletopGame/BattleTech fans, the very inclusion of the ''Valkyrie'', which is, according to [[TheWikiRule Sarna.net]], one of the Unseen.

* ETGaveUsWiFi: [[spoiler:The ''Thessalonica'', a Terran Hegemony merchant ship reached Equestria by misjump. The ponies adopted some of the technology the crew brought with them, such as architecture, leading to a sudden jump from little huts to fairly modern houses among other advances. And the human protagonists end up accidentally leaving a jeep behind, leading to the introduction of internal combustion engines and radios to Equestria, as seen in the epilogue.]]
** [[spoiler: So, really, it's a case of [[InvertedTrope We Gave WiFi to ET?]]]]

* AnotherDimension: [[spoiler:Equestria is a parallel universe version of Earth.]]

* CoversAlwaysLie: No Vulture [=OmniMechs=] appear in the story, and even the Clans in general are only mentioned once in passing.

A ''WesternAnimation/{{My Little Pony|FriendshipIsMagic}}''[=/=]''BattleTech'' complete (18 chapters long plus notes) crossover fanfic by Dashukta; can be found [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/07/story-thessalonica-legacy.html here]]. For those unable to view the site for whatever reason, such as old and out of date machines and the like, it can also be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7226163/1/The_Thessalonica_Legacy here at Fanfiction.net]]

Now available in PDF version.

* HumansAreFlawed: This is essentially Celestia's view of humanity as a whole, based on [[spoiler: the previous visitors and her inishgt into human history through them.]] However, she does acknowledge that ''individual'' humans can run the full spectrum of good and evil. The flipside of this trope is also mentioned: the ponies may be peaceful, but that very peace also led to [[CreativeSterility technological stagnation]].

* MamaBear: Celestia towards all ponies. She was not amused when [[spoiler:the previous human visitors tried to abduct some of them]], and makes it very clear to the human protagonists that violence and exploitation are not welcome in Equestria.

* PornStash: Pinkie Pie finds one under a mattress within ''minutes'' of being brought aboard the DropShip. Fluttershy notes with much embarrassment that the reproductive biology is similar...

* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler:An enraged Twilight telekinetically tears down a building to get at Ackermann, who's holding Fluttershy hostage. She then comes very close to ''slitting his throat with a combat knife.'']]

[[spoiler:** So, really, it's a case of [[InvertedTrope We Gave WiFi to ET?]]]]

** So, really, it's a case of [[InvertedTrope We Gave WiFi to ET?]]

* StrawAtheist: [[spoiler:Subverted. Ackermann seems to be a strawman evil, angry atheist at first, getting pissed off at the mention of spirituality. Turns out, he's actually a fanatical [[AveMachina Blakist]] agent, and mostly well-adjusted Ramirez is actually the atheist.]]

* ETGaveUsWiFi: [[spoiler:The ''Thessalonica'', a Terran Hegemony merchant ship reached Equestria by misjump. The ponies adopted some of the technology the crew brought with them, such as architecture, leading to a sudden jump from little huts to fairly modern houses among other advances.]] The human protagonists end up accidentally leaving a jeep behind, leading to the introduction of internal combustion engines and radios to Equestria, as seen in the epilogue.

A ''WesternAnimation/{{My Little Pony|FriendshipIsMagic}}''[=/=]''BattleTech'' complete (18 chapters long plus notes) crossover fanfic by Dashukta; can be found [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/07/story-thessalonica-legacy.html here]].

* ETGaveUsWiFi: [[spoiler:The ''Thessalonica'', a Terran Hegemony merchant ship reached Equestria by misjump. The ponies adopted some of the technology the crew brought with them, such as architecture, leading to a sudden jump from little huts to fairly modern houses among other advances.]] [[color:white:And the human protagonists end up accidentally leaving a jeep behind, leading to the introduction of internal combustion engines and radios to Equestria, as seen in the epilogue.]]

* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler:An enraged Twilight telekinetically tears down a building to get at Ackermann, who's holding Fluttershy hostage.]]

* CruelMercy: [[spoiler:When [[TheMole Ackermann]] is captured, the crew spare his life at Twilight's urging. Then dump him in the possibly very hostile wilderness without any equipment whatsoever. Tartaglia actually notes that shooting him on the spot could be considering a MercyKill.]]