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In General
The genetically modified anthropomorphic (well, kind of - obviously unicorns don't exist but you know what we mean) alicorn inhabitants of Unicornicopia, created by the Grand Ruler. They form the backbone of the titular Starfleet, an interplanetary peacekeeping force.
- Attack! Attack! Attack!: Their initial response to just about any opponent is to attack them with reckless abandon, only attempting to change strategies if they're getting thoroughly thrashed by them. And even then, their alternate strategies are: attacking them all at once, attacking them with a newly obtained weapon/power, and waiting for the enemy to show their weakness and attacking it.
- Beam Spam: Even though the magic of Friendship is Magic is incredibly varied, Space Ponies (and even Equestrians) limit themselves to this. This is because the author's hatred of complexity even extends to magic, preferring simple magic projectiles over anything else.
- Blood Knight: There are several instances of them getting bored if the Big Bad takes too long to launch their next attack.
- Calling Your Attacks: All of them call all their attacks, even if that "attack" is simply pulling out a weapon.
- Character Shilling: They constantly have characters and the narration itself singing their praises, and they're always made to look better than everyone else, whether it's morally, physically, or technologically.
- Dance Battler: They sometimes incorporate dancing into their fighting styles.
- Dominant Species Genes: When a space pony has a child with an Equestrian, that child is always a space pony.
- Flying Brick: They're inhumanly fast, durable, and strong, both on the ground and in the air.
- Fully-Dressed Cartoon Animal: They're humanlike ponies who are fully dressed, with the officers wearing uniforms and other ponies sporting casual clothes (although they also can don armored vests).
- Holier Than Thou: They continuously bring up that they are better in every way compared to everyone else. Even the narrative will go into major speeches about their superiority mid-chapter at times:In every measurable sense, the Starfleet race was far superior to the Equestrian race; in magic, strength, experience and intelegence[sic].
…The Equestrians in the audience couldn’t possibly argue a thing with that. Compared to Starfleet with all its massive powers and other things, they were still in nursery school. So all this new training was to help them all power up and become just as strong fighters as any member on the force. - Hypocrite: Lightning Dawn calls Specter a coward for attacking him while he is a child. However, as shown with their encounter with Raven, Starfleet fights only when they are sure they can win.
- I Am Not Left-Handed: Their best tactic is not fighting at their fullest from the start to give their foes a false sense of security. It always works.
- Idiot Hero: More like "Idiot Heroes". Still, it takes more than one hand to count how many times they do something unintelligent.
- Informed Ability:
- They're stated to be superior in intelligence to Equestrians but no character figures out that a metallic creature giving off no life readings that’s attacking a dam is just a robot until its innards are exposed. The author gives the excuse that they've somehow never encountered robots before yet have heard of them, and later find books about them, but that only shows how unimaginative Starfleet is; it would be like real people encountering a winged, fire-breathing reptile and not realizing it's a dragon. Additionally, they often fall for basic traps and typically rely exclusively on brute force, holding back, which, while it catches foes off-guard, requires them to get hit initially, or a Deus ex Machina, in a fight.
- In this blog,
the author compares Equestria to Colonial America and Unicornicopia to the distant future. However, Space Ponies have little to no futuristic technology like teleporters, healing rays, and artificial planets (basically, the kind of things you'd expect a space-faring race to have). They also don't even have much modern technology like mobile phones, nukes, The Internet, etc. - In the same blog, it's revealed that, despite their name and status as a space-faring race, the Space Ponies lack a fleet of starships.
- Despite the Space Ponies' supposed superior strength and speed, said to be able to withstand a kick from Applejack and move faster than Rainbow Dash at her best while walking, they actually had trouble incapacitating Diamond Dogs, which Rarity, in FiM canon, was able to bend to her beck and call, and the other Mane 5 were easily able to handle. It's like the Ewoks thwarting the Empire by comparison. And the kicker? The Diamond Dogs aren't stated to have gotten stronger, not through training or anything. The only explanation for this (according to Word of God) is that "they had strong armor".
- Their speed and reflexes are said to surpass Rainbow Dash's, but they never use it in any meaningful manner despite the fact that several conflicts would have ended earlier if they did.
- They're described as a warrior race in the original version, but when a monster shows up, the first thing most of the populace does is hide behind their force fields and let Lightning's band deal with it.
- In the third episode of the second season, it is stated that Starfleet Ponies can't be possessed by Changelings due to having been trained to resist it. In the fourteenth episode though, Cerise, a major in Starfleet, is possessed by one. Mykan has since edited it to state it was difficult but not impossible for Starfleet Ponies to be possessed, as long as they're not Lightning and his friends.
- They call themselves the greatest military force in the galaxy, but their actual performance leaves much to be desired:
- It usually takes months to even defeat the Villain of The Season. Compare this with the Mane Six in canon; barring a few exceptions, whenever the resident Big Bad causes trouble, the Mane 6 defeat them in a matter of daysnote , sometimes outright ''reforming'' them.note
- VIII gives us an especially egregious example; they literally freed the Big Bad within minutes of promising that they would keep him contained. Not helping their case was the fact that the Big Bad's previous captors, the Ainzulians, successfully contained him for 10,000 years. Why the Ainzulians, or anyone else for that matter, trust Starfleet after that is utterly mind boggling.
- If Calista is of any indication, they can struggle to protect just one person and ultimately fail due to a string of bouts of stupidity, like neglecting to bring more soldiers to protect Calista and forgetting to use their powers to save her.
- I Resemble That Remark!: Plenty of times. To wit:
- Ace Ray has repeatedly accused Starfleet of being totalitarian invaders. He gets sent to an asylum planet to be drugged and tortured under suspicious reasoning for his trouble.note
- Later, Brass Bolt calls them racist, imperialist tyrants, and a random space pony drops this gem:
“Space Ponies ARE stronger than you Equestrians, but we don’t treat you like slaves, and we don’t bluntly rub in your faces.” - Jack of All Trades: They are decent with fists, weapons and magic, but are masters of none of the above. They pride themselves on their balanced fighting styles.
- Jerkass: They often act unpleasant to those who don't meet their standards. Just try counting the number of times they roll their eyes at someone that says something they don't appreciate, for starters.
- Knight Templar: They are very defensive about Starfleet and think that they always know what's best for everyone else. Whenever someone questions or criticizes them - Starla's dad, Twilight, Ace Ray, Brass Bolt, Windy Bag and her family, the Idiots - they are quick to mock and antagonize them.
- Lack of Empathy: They'll gladly mock people for believing that their enemies can be reasoned with, lock up dissenters, and commit speciecide without batting an eye.
- Lawful Stupid: Their insistence on strict adherence to the rules laid out by Grand Ruler causes its share of trouble. The whole Raven debacle is probably the biggest example, though there are others.
- When the CMC get landed with an abusive Sadist Teacher, their guardians initially decide to do nothing because he isn't technically going against Starfleet regulation.
- When Starla is kidnapped in the midst of her own wedding, Starfleet refuses to go rescue her until Celesto gives the order to and only after he discovers a loophole that would allow them to do so without breaking any of their precious rules. His order came because he feared the mission would distract the heroes from defending the Crystal Heart, but they have enough manpower to hit or defend two important targets, as seen five seasons later.
- Magic Knight: Supposedly, they're very good at using physical and magical abilities in combat. Even in practice, they all can use spells, but also rely on their weapons and fists.
- Master of One Magic: Several Space Ponies know how to use only one magical element, but they can use it rather well.
- Master Race: The Space Ponies and their "god" known as Grand Ruler are seen as this. They have no problem calling others out on how inferior they are to Space Ponies because they live on the ground alone, particularly Equestrian ponies.Unnamed Space Pony: Space Ponies ARE stronger than you Equestrians, but we don’t treat you like slaves, and we don’t bluntly rub it in your faces.
- Might Makes Right: They believe that because they possess more power than other species, they get to dictate what is right and wrong.
- Murder Is the Best Solution: Either that or life imprisonment, since according to their views, most of what they consider evil are unwilling to listen to reason and must be dealt with using force.
- A Nazi by Any Other Name: The Space Ponies believe themselves superior to other races, operate as a Police State, have conquered various worlds, and are taught in the military force to always follow orders blindly or you will get socially shunned. They're also willing to condemn entire species, and Season V basically has them in a war with the Insectos. Bonus points for wearing an insignia that visually resembles the Nazi party's eagle emblem◊ and their leader holding the title "Grand Ruler". It doesn't help that their actions were summed up in this article, which links 10 of the 14 traits of fascism to them.
- New Powers as the Plot Demands: They always get the powers they need to fend off whatever villains they're dealing with Just in Time. Lightning's Rainbow Rod and Uniforce and the Mega Modes in particular come off as Dei ex Machina.
- Non-Indicative Name: Despite calling their army "Starfleet", they do not have spaceships.
- No Sympathy: The feelings of the few rarely factor into their philosophy. Just ask Twilight, who was condemned for disobeying orders and getting herself killed even though she did it to try and stop an assassin threatening a pony who's both one of the rulers of United Equestria and basically family. Or Cadance, who's essentially told to suck it up in the face of tragedy several times. Or even Starla, whom they hesitated to rescue because the Crystal Heart also needed protection.
- Only Six Faces: They are practically Palette Swaps of each other, with maybe a slightly different hairstyle.
- Plot Armor: Despite their Informed Ability, this is their most consistent feature. No matter what threats pop up, the Space Ponies are not allowed to lose unless it services the plot in some way. While they do suffer the occasional setback, they'll always find a way to make a comeback through whatever new power or Deus ex Machina rears its head. Theoretically, they could reach the same heights that the author claims they can, so long as the enemy is powerful enough to warrant it.
- Politically Incorrect Hero: Believe themselves superior to everyone else? Check. Constantly rub it in the Equestrian ponies' faces? Check.
- Protagonist-Centered Morality: They force their way of life on Equestria, and everyone's okay with it. But then Windy Bag tries to return the ways of old Equestria, and because she's portrayed as a villain, it's suddenly unacceptable.
- Psychic Block Defense: The titular Starfleet is explicitly said to have these mental shields through hard training.
- Rapid Hair Growth: Apparently, Space Ponies' manes and tails can grow back to their usual look within half a day if they're ever damaged.
- Redshirt Army: Generic Starfleet soldiers occasionally appear, and usually serve no purpose other than to get their asses kicked until the heroes show up. Unless the villains start fielding overwhelming numbers of their own, in which case they suddenly start being able to put up a fight.
- Restricted Rescue Operation: Whenever someone of the team gets captured or endangered, Starfleet can't save them immediately. Grand Ruler Celesto, fearing for the safety of the remaining warriors, often orders them to wait until he greenlights any operations. Starfleet usually obeys him and shames those who defy those orders.
- The Right of a Superior Species: As stated by a number of other entries in this section. They give every other race one of two treatments: either they're weak and helpless and need Starfleet to take over to survive, or they're evil beyond measure and need to be destroyed.
- Skewed Priorities: On certain occasions, Starfleet seems to care more about their image than the actual crimes certain individuals have committed. The greatest example goes to their dealing with Ace Ray, who was guilty of assaulting his sister and insulting Starfleet. However, when the heroes confront Ace Ray, he's mostly called out for opposing Starfleet while they preach about how much they've improved Equestria and how superior their methods are... but Ace Ray is barely reprimanded for beating his sister until after several rewrites.
- Smug Super: Intentionally or not, their attitude towards Equestrians comes off as this due to their continued insistence on their superiority, as well as their constant condescending attitude towards the Equestrians' ideals of friendship and harmony. While they treat Equestrians as equally as possiblenote , the Space Ponies still point out their faults (e.g. the fact they're weaker than them in terms of strength). They also tell them they should change some of their ways "for the better" and will sometimes forcibly change their ways of life without allowing the Equestrians to decide how much they want changed.
- Sociopathic Hero: Of the Knight Templar variety. They also look down on Equestrians, imprison and torture dissidents, think Violence is the Only Option 95% of the time, and have no problem committing speciecide.
- Strong as They Need to Be: They can either be incredibly powerful, or not enough, depending on what the narrative wants at that time. Nine times out of ten, in a fight they'll start out as not strong enough to handle the enemy, only to suddenly become capable of handling the bad guys when they're on the verge of losing. Sometimes, this is justified as them holding back in the beginning.
- Superior Species: They're referred to as being faster, stronger, and more intelligent than their Equestrian counterparts, and when the latter enlist in Starfleet, they're constantly reminded that they'll never be quite as good as the Space Ponies. Not that they actually display this superiority in any meaningful capacity.
- Sympathy for the Devil: After they learn about his Freudian Excuse, Starfleet feels sorry for The Phantom of Magic, despite his atrocities.
- Tautological Templar: They believe themselves to be Always Lawful Good, which means they're fine with flaunting their superiority, imposing their beliefs, and condemning other species as Always Chaotic Evil because they think they're always in the right. Becomes particularly notable when they cart Ace Ray off to an asylum to be locked up indefinitely in III, and when the figures in IV reveal that they've been psychologically torturing Cadance and causing potentially lethal mishaps for half the story; no one gets called out on either of these, because they're Space Ponies and Space Ponies are always right.
- Took a Level in Kindness: They are somewhat more respectful to Equestrians in later seasons... though not by much.
- Ungrateful Bastard:
- Not only do they condemn the recently-deceased Twilight for disobeying orders despite her doing so to protect Celestia, but Mykan even made a blog entry stating that, if Twilight had survived, they would have still condemned and punished her for disobeying orders... ignoring the fact that Lightning himself has disobeyed orders at one point and even got a pat on the back for it.
- Despite his heroic actions saving their lives, Starfleet condemns Swift Star for not staying out of a fight and its members are shocked when Lightning goes easy on his punishment.
- Not only do they condemn the recently-deceased Twilight for disobeying orders despite her doing so to protect Celestia, but Mykan even made a blog entry
- Unreliable Narrator: Sometimes what they say flies in the face of what we actually see:
- They say the Insectos are powerful enough to destroy planets, but we see them target only three or four planets, one of those killed nobody, and two of them fail horribly for the Insectos.
- They claim to have arrested Ace for beating up his sister, but if that was so, then why was the punishment getting locked up, drugged, and tortured for it? And why was most of the rant he got there not about how beating up his sister is wrong, but about how good Starfleet is? After all, doing that to people who beat up someone once sounds pretty suspicious...
- They've called Mysterious, Rep-stallion, Dementia, and later Esroh Dab incapable of personality or emotion. Except all four exhibit both, and Starfleet lets them die anyway.
- Violence is the Only Option: They have the belief that evil can't be reasoned with, leaving them with no alternative to beating the evildoers up and then imprisoning/destroying them. In the past, they apparently tried negotiating with enemies before resorting to violence but failed miserably, and therefore, they changed their policy to skip straight to that second part. This got enforced after witnessing the Bad Future of the fourth season where they tried to extract evil through magic... which failed miserably and created the Dark King. Only in later seasons do some Starfleet members reason with a few foes, like Possessed Striker and Starlight Glimmer.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: They have slain possessed Equestrians at least twice, and have also let allies be captured at least twice. These are always for The Needs of the Many.
- White Man's Burden: Starfleet tends to insert some of their values in other civilizations, send some of their own in leading positions, replace local armies with their own fighting force, and believe they are superior to several other races... however, they don't oppress them actively, and see it as their duty to protect the other races from violent conquerors.
- You Are Number 6: Nearly everyone's got a serial number on their chest (cutie marks being another thing that the author either didn't like or understand. Or both).
- According to this, it was a minor element from an episode of Today's Special that he implemented into the fic. Expect to see plenty of that below.
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Space Ponies
Lightning Dawn
He lost his horn in an unfortunate smelting accident. That's why he can't do magic.
Click here to see his Enticorn form
The main protagonist of Starfleet Magic, Lightning Dawn was rescued by the Grand Ruler at the age of 7 after his home planet was attacked by Serpentari two years prior. However, the Grand Ruler took Lightning under his wing as his student and acted as his caregiver. Despite his inability to use magic, he was able to quickly advance to the Admiralty of Starfleet due to his physical strength and ability to use the Uniforce. Season III reveals that he has access to a powerful, but uncontrollable super form known as the Enticorn.
- The Apprentice: Lightning Dawn is Celesto's apprentice.
- Badass Normal: In season I, he's supposed to be this, having compensated for his lack of magical ability with greater strength and speed. In practice, he gets overwhelmed by a crate, cowers in front of Titan before he gets the Uniforce and passed out for exercising too much. However, the Normal part is subverted when he turns out to be able to use the Uniforce, and when he unlocks his Enticorn form later on.
- Birthday Hater: Due to his fifth one being the day all other members of his race were killed by Serpentari.
- Born Winner: Double Subversion. He seemingly can't use magic, so he seems to be relatively weak in the beginning. However, he was born with a Golden Horn similar to the Grand Ruler and comes to access the form known as the Enticorn.
- Bystander Syndrome: He does nothing when Human Twilight is put in a coma by Flash Sentry because he feels that he will only make the situation worse if he were to try to do anything, even so much as investigating, with his suspicions of Flash and his mother being the culprits. He also doesn't do anything about Sunset breaking up the HuMane 5's friendship with his reason being that trying to help will not accomplish anything. All of this despite the fact that he injured the principal for reasons that had nothing to do with his mission to find the Rainbow Rod and stop Sapphira.
- Character Shilling: Pretty much everyone with anything bad to say about this guy is either a villain or at least antagonistic. To his allies, both Space Pony and Equestrian, he's practically a saint. The first time someone calls him out for cockiness and is supposed to be right comes in Season X, because Celesto and Starla worry about his safety. And he is still shilled immediately after.
- Charles Atlas Superpower: To compensate for his lack of magical ability, the Grand Ruler trains him intensively to be physically stronger and faster than the other characters. Somehow, he still finds himself tuckered out by carrying crates and baskets of vegetables.
- Death by Origin Story: His parents were killed when his planet was destroyed by Serpentari, kick-starting his interplanetary journey and eventual apprenticeship to the Grand Ruler.
- Determinator: One of Lightning's defining traits is that he never knows when to quit, which is part of how he was able to draw out the Uniforce the first time. Although he once chose not to fight (despite briefly doing so), which cost Starfleet Twilight Sparkle.
- Deus ex Machina:
- The Uniforce: A mystical, unstoppable power that can put an end to any foe, but can't initially be controlled by Lightning himself and can only manifest if he manages to believe hard enough for it to come out (in other words, whenever it's convenient for the plot). Downplayed in later seasons, where it's downgraded to being roughly on the same level as his teammates' regular abilities and has to be supercharged to do any significant damage.
- Also the Rainbow Rod, given to him by Grand Ruler to serve as an interim Finishing Move until he mastered the Uniforce, initially packaged in a magical wrapper that suspiciously refused to come off until the exact moment it was needed.
- Empowered Badass Normal: More so in the rewrite, where he could put up a good fight against Titan (or at least, his puppet) even without the Uniforce, and once he harnessed it out of nowhere, it was over.
- Everyone Has Standards:
- While he's no saint or Only Sane Man himself, Lightning Dawn actually gasps when Ace Ray badmouths Princess Celestia.
- He is condescending towards the Equestrians, but he will protect them from conquerors with his life.
- Expy: Appearance-wise, his Enticorn form heavily resembles a Celestialsapien with a golden horn and Super Saiyan hair added. Additionally, he has difficulty controlling it, much like Ben initially did with his Alien X form (though the reasons are different).
- A Father to His Men: Supposedly, as Buddy in Season VIII tells him he thinks like a father. In practice, he only shows it much to his apprentice, Swift Star.
- Finishing Move: His only real contribution to most fights is to end them with the Uniforce/Rainbow Rod/Capture Blaster. If he ever tries to battle with the foe before then, his attacks usually don't do much if anything.
- Foil:
- He's pretty much the opposite of Twilight Sparkle in every way, right down to their respective genders. Twilight is a prodigy in magic and Took a Level in Kindness from making friends and never sees herself as above them, while Lightning Dawn started with no magic at all, treats his friends as subordinates, even when off-duty, and hardly undergoes any Character Development from the hot-headed pony he was at the start. Twilight earned her status as a Princess of Equestria through her studies on friendship and magic, drawing out her potential by trusting in her friends, while Lightning was handed his titles through countless battles that are only won through various Dei Ex Machina and unlocks power by believing in himself. They also have contrasting lifelong companions (a male dragon raised from birth versus a female fairy met while traveling). It's even apparent in their names (Twilight Sparkle vs. Lightning Dawn).
- To Blitzy Heart. Both are Sole Survivors of Harmonious, but where Lightning came to believe that fighting was necessary to protect others and became a member of Starfleet, Blitzy still held onto her Harmonious' pacifist beliefs and became a space doctor who dislikes Starfleet and sees them as invaders that force their views onto other planets.
- Get a Hold of Yourself, Woman!: Subverted. After switching bodies with Twilight and she gets upset, Lightning considers smacking her, which he doesn't do.
- Golden Super Mode: His Enticorn form.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: In Starfleet Humans, he is constantly mouthing off at people who act rude to him, and sometimes, he is barely restraining himself from using physical force on people who annoy him.
- Happily Married: Both him and Starla eventually get hitched and they clearly love each other.
- Hypocrite:
- When Human Starla is kicked out of the school play for supposedly trashing the set, Lightning rushes into Principal Celestia's office to argue Starla's innocence (which involves pressing Celestia's emotional hot buttons and physically assaulting her), but when Human Twilight is put into a coma by Flash Sentry, Lightning does nothing about this, not even telling others about his suspicions of Flash or doing some investigating, because he feels that he'll make matters worse.
- Also, him provoking and beating up Human Celestia contrasts sharply with him gasping when Ace Ray insults Celestia.
- I Resemble That Remark!: He rudely asks Human!Twilight "What kind of name is 'Twilight Sparkle'?" when his name is 'Lightning Dawn'.
- I Like Those Odds: Tells that word for word when Emcee tells him he has zero percent chance to win.I actually like those odds, because we always prove them wrong.
- Informed Ability: He has been stated to be extremely strong yet he never makes a dent on any monsters in the first seasons. Against other ponies, his strength is more or less equal, even once getting knocked down by a possessed Cheerilee. He also struggles when lifting things and gets out of shape quite easily despite his training with the Grand Ruler. He even passed out during fitness day, a yearly event, all the way back in Season I.
- Informed Flaw: Lightning tells Twilight that he's sometimes been envious of her ability to do magic in the flashback of the 18th chapter of the 4th season, yet not once has he been seen to be envious of her, not even narrative-wise.
- It's All About Me: Shifted a conversation to the loss of his home world and how it affected him as a way of telling a grieving Cadence to suck it up... even though she had just lost a family member.
- Jerkass: In Starfleet Humans, he acts particularly unpleasant to nearly everyone in the human world, Human!Celestia and Twilight especially. Even in the main series, he occasionally slips into this by pulling rank in casual conversation and generally having little patience for being contradicted.
- Jerkass Has a Point: While he's a jerk and the lessons he gives to the Equestrians aren't always that great, he's sometimes right, e.g. calling out Specter for attacking him as a child.
- Karma Houdini: In Starfleet Humans, despite provoking Celestia into ineffectively attacking him by insulting her and her dead horse (which legally count as fighting words), and then scalding her face, Lightning never suffers any punishment other than an extremely short-lived suspension.
- Kill Steal: Probably the most accurate (if uncharitable) way to describe his contribution to most fights in early seasons, which is to simply finish off an enemy with the Uniforce or Rainbow Rod after his teammates soften it up.
- Lack of Empathy: In Starfleet Humans, he mocks Principal Celestia for the death of her pet horse. He also brings up his own tragedy to justify not lifting a finger when it comes to Princess Cadance's loss of her brother and not comforting her at all.
- Last of His Kind: He is the only Space Pony from Harmonious left. Until Season XII introduces Blitzy Heart.
- Leeroy Jenkins: Nearly always his first method of attack. It is usually ineffective.
- The Load: Zig-zagged. Despite his physical strength, most of the villains use magic and his inability to use magic is quite a liability in battle. Anytime he finishes a battle is with his Uniforce. At that point, however, nobody else had a finisher, so his allies relied on him just as much. He grows out of this later on, though, bringing him up to par with the rest.
- However, he becomes this again in Season III where he doesn't help Twilight against Raven, not even landing a hit on the assassin, and instead tries to stop Twilight, distracting her. So, Twilight died.
- Madness Mantra: While in his Enticorn form, Lightning repeatedly says, "Evil must die!"
- Manipulative Bastard: How he convinced Twilight it's her fault for getting a family hurt when she simply had to pick the less bad option under Celesto's orders, in an operation staged by the Grand Ruler.
- Never My Fault: In Starfleet Humans, despite almost getting hit by Celestia's car when he wanders out into the street due to not paying attention to his surroundings, he shifts all the blame to her.
- Official Couple: He's confirmed to be in a relationship with Starla. They are even married and have kids.
- Palette Swap: His human form is just a recolored Flash Sentry.
- Pet the Dog: Although he's no angel himself, Lightning Dawn does have his nicer moments, like being a good mentor to Swift Star and genuinely mourning Twilight's death.
- Shout-Out: His enticorn form is a slightly altered Alien X.
- Shrink Ray: Lightning's "CAPTURE BLASTER" that he gets in season II works this way. And yet it still makes the target explode, for some reason...
- Superpowered Evil Side: While his Enticorn powers make him nearly as strong as Celesto, he has a difficult time controlling himself, and he is more violent than usual.
- Took a Level in Badass: Slightly; the later installments have Lightning actually able to go toe-to-toe with some enemies, even the main villains, without instantly getting his hindquarters handed to him. Very necessary, given that his colleagues later gained their own Finishing Moves, which would have made Lightning completely redundant if it weren't for this trope. Also, he manages to control the Uniforce better over time, and later becomes an even stronger Enticorn, able to hold his own against main villains.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: In My Brave Pony: Starfleet Humans, he acts rude and callous towards Principal Celestia after she rightfully calls him out on running wild in the street, causing her to crash her car. Even her simply stating that he shouldn't have been able to drag her vehicle out of the bushes makes him snark at her. Lightning is like this for the rest of the story towards Celestia, even when what she says or does is reasonable. Inverted, as these happened before the original story.
- Took a Level in Kindness: His worst attitude was in Starfleet Humans, which was even before the original story. In Season X, he tolerates different opinions somewhat. The major turning point is when he becomes a mentor to Swift. While he was a jerk when he confronted the Finch, it happened before Season II and he wanted to fool the villain, so the trope is still played straight.
- Unskilled, but Strong: His abilities with the Rainbow Rod, the Uniforce and the Enticorn form are very powerful, the most destructive of the team and effective finishing moves, but he can't use regular magic, takes a lot of time to master any of the three separately, is initially restricted to finishing moves, gets weary by using his tremendous power and relies too heavily on brute force.
- Un-Sorcerer: Until he starts wielding the Uniforce, he is the only Space Pony who can't use any magic. And discovers his Enticorn origins.
- When All You Have Is a Hammer…: If he gets anything done at all, it's going to be with the Uniforce or (earlier on) the Rainbow Rod.
- The Worf Effect: His initial charges at monsters usually fail to show the effectiveness of the enemy.
- Worf Had the Flu: In Season X, as a little kid, he is still strong, but not half as strong as in his adult form, and Starla has to save him from Mysterious, now Specter.
Grand Ruler Celesto
Listen, strange ponies floating in space with three golden horns is no basis for a system of government.
A three-horned Winged Unicorn and the ruler of Unicornicopia. Originally from Equestria and a love interest to Princess Celestia, he had a rivalry with King Sombra before he was cast into space during a battle with Nightmare Moon. Celesto proceeded to create the Space Pony race and develop the barren planet he landed on into Unicornicopia, naming himself the planet's Grand Ruler in the process with the approval of his creations. Eventually, he reunites with Celestia, and after the destruction of their respective worlds, he rules over the newly reformed planet United Equestria alongside her.- Alien Blood: His blood sparkles.
- All of the Other Reindeer: He was shunned by Equestrians for having three horns.
- Author Avatar: A pony who was ostracized by his Equestrian peers. Furthermore, Mykan's
Hypothetical Casting has himself voicing Grand Rulernote . When he came up with the concept for the first time, Celesto was even going to be named Mykan. - Badass Cape: It can flutter on its own, akin to alicorn manes.
- Barrier Warrior: His most visible and commonly used ability is to project barriers around large areas, which he used to seal Titan away on the Dark Planet. His profile states that he often also uses it to shield populated areas, making him unable to fight. He actually uses it in the first story frequently to justify not personally fighting Titan's minions.
- Berserk Button: Defying his rules and especially his direct orders will get him uncharacteristically angry.
- Big Good: As the ruler of United Equestria and leader of Starfleet.
- Camp Straight: Unintentionally so, given his association with sparkles, rainbows, and dancing. Guy's got tons of flair, at least. But he has eyes just for Celestia.
- Control Freak: He's very insistent on his subjects following the rules he set, and is constantly working to ensure that everything in his kingdom is going exactly the way he wants them to.
- Everyone Has Standards: He has let people die for the Greater Good, but never sent his men to their deaths knowingly.
- Everything's Better with Sparkles: His cape, mane, tail and even blood sparkle.
- Expy: He is basically a male version of Princess Celestia, only without her personality and what makes her likable.
- Foil: To King Pinsar, one of the foes he shows the most animosity against. Celesto is famous for saving other planets, Pinsar can only destroy. Also Celesto never sends his troops to risky missions, he only sacrifices people through inaction in the name of protecting more people, while Pinsar blidnly sends his troops to their deaths and executes officers. Also, he orders his troops not to hunt an assassin who is after his wife, while Pinsar challenges the entirety of Starfleet because of a lie that his daughter is in danger.
- The Gods Must Be Lazy: Despite being a Physical God in his own right and the ruler of Unicornicopia, he rarely ever contributes when a villain shows up. A particularly notable example is chapter 8 of the original story, where he sees Mysterious spreading nightmares throughout Unicornicopia and knows that Lightning and company would be weakened, yet still leaves it to them while he himself works on dispelling Mysterious's spell instead of, say, kicking Mysterious's spectral ass first and cleaning up the mess afterward. Usually, he waits until the final battle of each season to take action, except when he duels King Pinsar on equal grounds in the middle of the season.
- Godzilla Threshold: He lets Lightning and his comrades fight most monsters, but steps in and helps personally when the main antagonists do the same.
- Informed Ability: His body is supposedly so tough that he is impervious to magic, except several times throughout the series he has proven that he can be affected by magic.
- Informed Attribute: He's stated to be stronger than Celestia and yet Twilight in the finale did more damage to Tirek than Celesto could, who supposedly is way stronger already, was supported by an army and had Celestia and Luna's magic. Also, since Tirek couldn't absorb Space Pony magic, he doesn't have the excuse of being stronger than his canon counterpart.
- Insistent Terminology: He is referred to as a "Three-Horned Alicorn", rather than a tricorn.
- Jerkass: At the very least, he's a huge Control Freak, to the point where defying his orders regardless of circumstances is a major Berserk Button. There's also that one time he guilt tripped Twilight into thinking a family got hurt because of her, and when he refused to stop Raven even when his forces outnumbered her, he had her trapped, and his wife's life was on the line, only to have the gall to be surprised at Twilight for trying and dying, which could've been avoided if he had captured Raven when he had the perfect chance to.note
- Know When to Fold 'Em: In Season VIII, when his entire force disagrees for once with his orders, he retracts them after explaining himself.
- Mage Born of Muggles: Although his parents can't access the Uniforce, Celesto was born with said ability.
- The Maker: He created the Space Ponies.
- Manchild: He liked to play hopscotch in the original version. He still likes singing and dancing, and blames others for things that are his fault.
- Manipulative Bastard: He had faked a rescue operation in such a way Twilight had no way to succeed, so he could teach her she can't save everyone.
- Meaningful Name: The author says he chose "Celesto" because it means "heavenly." It is not a genderfipped version of "Celestia."
- Mundane Made Awesome: For a given measure of "awesome", playing hopscotch to a disco remix of "Pop Goes the Weasel" in the original version. Here's a visual reference (though not the Grand Ruler; this was created before he made the original fic).
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: He won't fight enemies he doesn't know exactly how to beat and orders his forces to follow his example. However, since King Pinsar had killed one of his old friends, Celesto risked his life and killed the Insecto king after a brutal fistfight, throwing any and all obstructive values out of the window.
- Parental Substitute: For Lightning. Not that their relationship has any significance on the overall plot. In practice, he is just a mentor, though he can sometimes be overprotective.
- Physical God: Or at the very least, a child of one, just like Celestia.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: Invoked and subverted. While he takes constant care of the ecosystem of Unicornicopia, he does not go into battle when Titan shows up the first time, despite being the only one able to stop him. The author later tried to excuse this by explaining that the Grand Ruler had faith in his prized student, Lightning. Problem is, Lightning can't use magic and the only reason he did not die is that he conveniently discovered he can summon the Uniforce. There was also the time he forbade anyone (including himself) from confronting Raven directly because she was supposedly too strong for them to handle.
- Downplayed in fights, as he mostly fights main antagonists, never their ordinary monsters, but plays a role against all of them.
- Shout-Out: The title "Grand Ruler" was taken from the Teen Titans episode "Betrothed".
- Stellar Name: It means "heavenly".
- Surveillance as the Plot Demands: Apparently, he only sees everything that goes on in Unicornicopia/United Equestria except what the villains are up to, as their evil schemes always seem to go off without a hitch until things get bad enough to set off the alarms.
- To Be Lawful or Good: He sometimes is responsible for such dilemmas. He himself puts priority firmly in the "lawful" side.
Starla Shine
Even Rarity's fashion sense slips on occasion. Wait, you mean that isn't Rarity? Could've fooled me!
Lightning Dawn's Love Interest who loves him and stargazing, though the latter only comes up a couple of times and is just twice useful for the plot. Also an archer.- A Day in the Limelight: Leads the charge against Rai Shi and gets a special promotion for it. She also gets a rivalry with Tan Shi, and two seasons later is the one keeping kid Lightning alive.
- Alliterative Name: Starla Shine
- Babies Ever After: Is pregnant with Lightning's child in Seasons VII and XI.
- Blood Knight: She enjoys fighting a lot, and actually stands out from the rest as this trope. She is described as a woman of action, who looks forward to fighting evil.
- Death by Origin Story: Her parents.
- Expy: She's basically Rarity but with far less character and a Female Misogynist instead of a three-dimensional girly girl like Rarity.
- Faux Action Girl: Although she's a core member of Starfleet, she's constantly at the wayside compared to her teammates, which all happen to be males. One plot even involves her being a Damsel in Distress. Downplayed, as she does have some moments of competence with her Star Shower and outshines Lightning when he is reverted to a child. Though it really says a lot about her when it takes Lightning being out of the picture for her to even show any competence.
- Guys Smash, Girls Shoot: While everyone has at least one ranged attack, she's the only one with a ranged weapon, and consequently, all of her attacks are ranged. Downplayed, as despite her role as an archer, she will still throw punches in a fight.
- Happily Married: Eventually, she marries Lightning Dawn. They're also shown to love each other.
- Informed Attribute: As much as this story would love to have you believe, "astronomy" isn't actually her thing. She likes looking at the stars, but doesn't actually do any research on them. Also, her stargazing hobby doesn't get brought up very frequently, being sidelined in favor of her status as Lightning Dawn's Satellite Love Interest.
- Jerkass: Starla has a bit of a bitchy streak in her interactions with the Equestrian ponies, mainly directed toward Rarity.
- Meaningful Name: She likes stargazing, and has a Stellar Name.
- Official Couple: Both her and Lightning Dawn are confirmed to be in a relationship.
- Overshadowed by Awesome: Only shines when her husband can't.
- Palette Swap: She is, according to recent videos, just a Rarity clone, but not "as shallow as the original". He has tried to cover this up by... slightly darkening her coat, which he feels "ruins the design".
- Pink Is Feminine: She's the only mare of the Space Pony protagonists and she wears a pink suit, mask, and boots.
- Satellite Love Interest: We never learn much about her other than her interest in stargazing, which is practically forgotten after her introduction. She doesn't even appear in the author's video of character bios for the fic!
- As if to highlight that there is nothing about Starla beyond her attraction to Lightning Dawn, her wedding is effectively a copy of Cadance's wedding: Starla's maid of honor is Twilight Sparkle, her flower girls are the CMC, and even her wedding dress is just a modified version of Cadance's wedding gown.
- Star Power: Wields the power of space, and all of her attack names are based on heavenly objects.
- Stellar Name: Her name, Starla, is an elaborate form of "star".
- Took a Level in Badass: When Lightning reverts to a kid and is weaker, Starla is the one who carries him in his first fight for once. Then she also acts as the team leader in his place. Overall, in later seasons, she becomes increasingly more relevant and competent.
Rhymey
I know this might sound very crass, but I'm gonna shove this pony's rhymes up his nose.note
- "I fail to see why you mock
me for the way that I talk.
My entire family speaks in rhyme.
We have been doing so for a very long time."
- A Day in the Limelight: A Monster of the Week is a rhyming Titan loyalist, so she becomes a foil to him and he duels the monster with help only from Fluttershy. In the same episode, he makes his wife start rhyming and it's overall the episode where he shines the most. Later he also captures an imposter ruler of a planet by himself.
- His duel with Clipper, the only time a foe has anything personal with him, also counts.
- Berserk Button: Insulting his rhyming is a good way to set him off. For example, he could shrug off Ace Ray until he told him to stop rhyming.
- Beta Couple: With Fluttershy to Lightning Dawn and Starla Shine.
- Blow You Away: While his battle cry declares that he uses the power of wind, he doesn't really have any wind-based attacks aside from maybe his Drill Quill.
- Expy: Of Muffy Mouse. More specifically, he's based on an Identical Stranger from outer space named Fred.
- Fake Weakness: Feigns being beaten and open to be finished to beat Clipper by making him drop his guard. It works.
- Family Theme Naming: As it turns out, his entire family has rhyming names. The Odd Name Out is, ironically, Rhymey himself.
- The Generic Guy: Has even less character than most of the Starfleet crew, who at least get a backstory explaining their motivations for joining Starfleet and a few sporadic chapters dealing with their relationship with family. Rhymey gets none of the above, and even his name reflects the fact that he has virtually no character or narrative purpose aside from interjecting with rhyming couplets in conversations that don't directly involve him. It takes Seasons IX and X for him to even have an enemy made just for him.
- Informed Ability:
- It's been stated that he makes great poetry and is a Master Swordsman (he even wields a sword, as seen on his character image). The few works we see, however, are too simple and generic to be called "great" and his only sword move is a special attack. At best, he uses it to duel with Rep-Stallion and Clipper, and having to announce a heavy sword strike doesn't imply great swordsmanship skills.
- He supposedly has the Power of Wind, but only two of his attacks incorporate anything related to air.
- Jerkass Ball: Clutches one with a death grip on his first trip to Equestria. Despite being told by Grand Ruler that things there would be very different and to be diplomatic, he insists on being an intolerant asshole towards their antics rather than trying to explain his situation civilly.
- Master Swordsman: Well, he certainly has a sword as his weapon, but he hardly ever actually uses it.
- Meaningful Name: His name is Rhymey and he... constantly rhymes. He can only talk this way.
- No, You: After Ace Ray complains about Rhymey's rhyming, Rhymey protests that his rhyming is perfectly natural, capping it off with this couplet.Rhymey: "There is nothing wrong with what I do.
But I would say something is wrong with you." - Palette Swap: He's just Fluttershy with a horn, clothing, yellow tail, mane and a different hairstyle. In fact, the Mane Six confuse him for a disguised Fluttershy when he first appears to them.
- Rhymes on a Dime: He rhymes absolutely everything, from ordinary conversations to attack names even to grunts of pain.
- Strange-Syntax Speaker: You have three guesses as to how he qualifies, and the first two don't count.
- Ungrateful Bastard: Swift Star defied orders, but his interference saved the entire Starfleet in Season VIII. Rhymey calls his actions "treason", in spite of having awe and respect for him when he saved the team.
Artie Bristles
You'd think an artist would at least be creative enough to stand out from his colleagues.
An artist who uses his art in combat, and also a child of a neglectful family he dislikes.- A Day in the Limelight:
- In Season IV, his backstory is shown.
- In Season X, he saves his parents from a monster all by himself and confronts them afterwards.
- Art Attacker: Most of his attacks involve paint, and in the original, his primary weapon was a giant paintbrush.
- Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Artie never told his teammates about his neglectful upbringing because he didn't want any pity.
- Heart Is an Awesome Power: He uses the power of art in battle, and it avoids being a lame power by being roughly as useful as his teammates' powers.
- I Am Not My Father: His parents tried to raise him to be every bit as snobby and elitist as them, but Artie completely rejected that way of thinking.
- Improbable Weapon User: In the original, his main weapon was a giant paintbrush.
- Informed Attribute: He's meant to be a master artist, but like Rhymey, his art isn't super noteworthy and any indication that they're supposed to be amazing is told instead of shown.
- Lonely Rich Kid: As revealed in Starfleet Magic IV, painting was Artie's way to express frustration over the fact that his rich parents ignored him.
- Meaningful Name: Unlike the rest of the cast, this trope is averted in Artie's case. Starfleet Magic IV reveals that his real name is Arthur.
- Out of Focus: Artie gets the least focus out of all the main cast, which means he doesn't get to stand out even when compared to the rest of them.
Buddy Rose
- Adaptation Species Change: In the original version, Buddy Rose is a unicorn. In the rewrite, however, he's an alicorn instead.
- Floral Theme Naming: His name is Buddy Rose, with "Rose" clearly referencing a rose flower and "Buddy" apparently referring to a plant bud. Also, his name itself could be a reference to a rosebud.
- Green Thumb: Invoked somewhat. He is so good, he can even restore dead plants. However, while he has good control of flora, he calls it "fauna" for some reason.
- Meaningful Name: He's a gardener, and his name incorporates "bud" and "rose". It could also be referencing a "rosebud".
- Out of Focus: Like Artie, Buddy doesn't really get a whole lot of spotlight. Especially in season II, where he's pretty much demoted to a Satellite Character for DD and the Apples.
- Weapon Specialization: His weapon is a whip as seen in the character image.
Cookie Dough
Why was he here again?
- "Feeling hungry, this guy doesn't make food, he makes a symphony of sensations that melt in your mouth and sooth your appetite."—From his profile
- Adaptational Wimp: The rewrite changes him from a fighter to a civilian, and his one fight scene in the original is given to Artie instead.
- Advertised Extra: He was played up as a core member of the team in the initial series, but he only gets a few major appearances. Out of those, he only gets to fight once, and even then, his one fight scene was cut out of the rewrite. He later gets Put on a Bus, only reappearing once in Starfleet Magic III.
- Blue Is Heroic: Blue is one of his main colors and he's supposed to be a hero.
- Demoted to Extra: He was a core member of the team in the initial series, was removed for several stories and when reintroduced in My Brave Pony: Starfleet Magic III, was a minor character. The DeviantArt remake brings him back, not as a member, but as a recurring background character.
- Edible Theme Naming: Cookie Dough is clearly named after cookie dough.
- Meaningful Name: He deals with food.
- Mighty Whitey: To Horn Kong in general. He's a member of a more powerful civilization who moves to a less advanced region, becomes one of the best chefs in the area, and surpasses all of the native chefs we know of, including his wife.
- Put on a Bus: Moves away to Horn Kong at the end of Season I. He only makes one subsequent appearance, in Season III.
- Supreme Chef: His talent, described as follows on his profile.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: He doesn't play any role in the sequels. According to Word of God that`s because he had no idea how to use him anymore.
Dyno and Myte
- Always Identical Twins: As shown in the image, they're completely identical. They use this to pull Tag Team Twins on Titan in their debut.
- "Blind Idiot" Translation: A lot of their Spanish dialogue seems to be the English translation looked up straight from a Spanish dictionary, leading to some unnatural and grammatically incorrect phrases. For instance, in one chapter, they exclaim "That burns!" when attacked, but the Spanish translation, "Eso quemaduras" uses "quemaduras" which is a noun, rather than the third person verb for "burns". When saying "Stop!" they also use the basic infinitive form of the verb "detenerlo" rather than using a command or other more natural-sounding word like "basta".
- Deus ex Machina: Their debut has them saving Lightning from one of Titan's magic doubles. They're immediately made into major characters right afterward.
- The Dividual: It says a lot about them when they are at their strongest with only each other, have the same weapons and moveset, and are included in the same bio right here.
- Gratuitous Spanish: One of their main distinguishing traits.
- Having a Blast: As you might expect from their names, almost all of their attacks involve explosions.
- Phenotype Stereotype: Insofar as the stereotype is Latino Is Brown, their coats, feathers, hair, eyes, and even auras are brown.
- Playing with Fire: They use fire-based attacks, mostly explosive ones.
- Punny Name: On "Dynamite", referencing their penchant for Stuff Blowing Up.
- Single-Minded Twins: They think alike and often add onto each others' sentences.
- Stuff Blowing Up: Liking to blow stuff up is their other main distinguishing trait.
- Weaksauce Weakness: They can only use their special attacks when together, so separating them in a fight effectively renders them useless.
Horatio I.Q. Brain
- A Day in the Limelight: If not for him having made an evacuation ship, Discord would have destroyed everyone in Unicornicopia along with the planet itself.
- Arch-Enemy: To Beaker, they are rival scientists.
- Catchphrase:
- "Satisfactory, most satisfactory."
- And to a lesser extent, "(other adjective), most (other adjective)".
- He also had "Well, now who's a fool?" if one of his inventions doesn't work as planned (usually explosively).
- Dark Is Not Evil: He's supposed to be a hero and he sports black.
- Deus ex Machina: More often than not, Brain just happens to have some sort of gadget that just happens to be perfectly suited for dealing with whatever jam the heroes have gotten themselves into. The biggest example is the rocket ship that the crew uses to escape Unicornicopia's Earth-Shattering Kaboom, which happens to work perfectly despite being completely untested.
- Einstein Hair: His artwork shows him with this hairstyle.
- Fun with Acronyms: He invents a tracking device called TERRIFIC (The Elemental Radar Receptor In Finding Interesting Characters).
- The Load: Not only is Brain poor at fighting, but some of his inventions actually end up being used by the villains.
- Meaningful Name: So the guy named "Brain" happens to be a genius inventor? Probably just a coincidence.
- Non-Action Guy: Brain isn't a trained combatant, and as such, he never contributes directly to fights.
- Quintessential British Gentleman: His speech is peppered with Stock British Phrases and he's shown having tea in his debut.
- The Smart Guy: As Unicornicopia's resident inventor.
- Smart People Speak the Queen's English: At least, that's what he's supposed to be speaking when talking about his inventions.
Abra-Kadabra
If he could make this whole thing just disappear, he would be the best character in the fic.
A magician.- Adaptational Badass: Zigzagged. He's changed to a civilian in the rewrite, but he also gets to demonstrate actual magical abilities instead of just Stage Magician tricks. He also helps Lightning defeat a monster with clever illusions.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Like some villains, Abra-Kadabra sports black. However, unlike them, he's supposed to be a hero.
- Demoted to Extra: Abra was never a main character to begin with, but his role diminished greatly as the series went on.
- Informed Attribute: It's hard to pin him as the great magician he's described as, given that everyone in Unicornicopia (barring Lightning Dawn in early seasons) can use magic and Abra's magic is mainly of the stage variety. At least the rewrite makes him good at illusion magic.
- Master of Illusion: In the rewrite, this is his area of expertice.
- Spear Counterpart: Is basically a male Trixie Lulamoon.
- Stage Magician: His shtick is that he does magic shows. As in, the sleight of hand variety.
- Starving Artist: One chapter in the original story has Abra falling on hard times, due to Titan's minions crashing his shows and Abra not having the heart to ask for money in his street performances.
Inquerius
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: She seems to have disappeared completely after the first story. Explained in the DeviantArt version that she retired after the end of Season I.
- Conflict Ball: Grabs it in Episode 10, where she objects to the preparations for the party welcoming Grand Ruler's annual visit for no particular reasonnote despite having participated in preparing something similar for the arrival of Lightning Dawn. It doesn't help that the conflict ultimately doesn't lead anywhere, since Titan and his minions proceed to crash the party and hijack the plot.
- Expy: Of Dimitria from Power Rangers Turbo. Appearance-wise, she is to Mayor Mare what Starla is to Rarity.
- Figure It Out Yourself: Her shtick. All she can do is talk in questions, which gets redundant when she starts talking like that even in regular conversation.
- Put on a Bus: She abruptly stops appearing around halfway through Season I. At the end of it, she retires, and has yet to reappear.
- Shout-Out: Named after the species/homeworld of a Power Rangers mentor.
- Strange-Syntax Speaker: She talks entirely in questions.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: She doesn't play any role in the sequels. According to Word of God that`s because he had no idea how to use her anymore.
Dr. Penny Sisi Sillion
How do we know you're even a real doctor?
Unicornicopia's doctor.- Advertised Extra: Penny gets as much fanfare as any of the main crew when introduced, but makes an average of only one or two appearances per season. Which, admittedly, is still better than the likes of Cookie Dough, Inquerius and Abra-Kadabra.
- A Day in the Limelight: She is vital to any subplot that centers around birth.
- Expy: Often mistaken as one for Nurse Redheart, Word of God is that Penny's actually based on the veterinarian from "Secret of my Excess".
- Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: Downplayed. Normally, she's perfectly benign, and helps the cast with their births, but it takes a certain kind of doctor to prescribe Mind Rape as a cure for mental issues. Also falls into this for an episode of Season II due to changeling possession.
- Punny Name: Her name is a pun on penicillin. Her middle name is a pun on "CC" (cubic centimeter, a frequently-used unit of measurement for medicines).
- Super Doc: She's apparently a general practitioner that's also a psychologist and a surgeon, and is technically inclined enough to build a machine that can influence/read memories.
Emerald Shaina
- Advertised Extra: She's apparently important enough to get her own bio, yet she seldom makes appearances in the fic.
- Badass Normal: Described as having the regular powers of a Space Pony, skilled enough to lead the royal guard.
- Bit Character: She's basically a Recurring Extra with a name, only showing up for one or two lines of dialogue in each appearance.
- The Captain: Of the royal guard.
- A Day in the Limelight:
- She has, in Season VIII, an argument with Swift about defying orders to save lives. This is the moment she shows actual personality.
- In Season XI, she actually helps save the day close to the final battle by stalling the hordes of the nightmares.
- Mook Lieutenant: A protagonist example, Shaina nevertheless fills the role for Grand Ruler, leading his basic grunts and Royal Guard in battle.
- Non-Indicative Name: She doesn't have to do anything with emeralds, or even the color green (except her mane). Her name is a Shout-Out to her inspiration.
- Satellite Character: She only ever appears as Grand Ruler's Mook Lieutenant, never on her own.
Goldwin
- Become a Real Boy: He wants to become a real pony instead of an animate statue.
- Demoted to Extra: After his debut season, where he appeared often enough to be considered Spotlight-Stealing Squad, Goldwin has been relegated to occasionally appearing during palace scenes, usually doing little of substance. Being unable to get out of the palace, he at least has an excuse to not be active most of the time.
- Expy: Of Jeff Hyslop from Today's Special, right down to the Kryptonite Factor and having to use a wish to save his friend instead of making himself become a real pony. The only real difference is that Goldwin is a statue brought to life by a magic mask, rather than a mannequin brought to life by a magic hat.
- It's All About Me: Often has this attitude at points as most of his behavior is about whining how he doesn't get to go outside the palace or be a real person even during a life-threatening situation.
- Living Statue: He's a statue unintentionally brought to life by Abra's magic.
- Meaningful Name: "Goldwin" means "Companion of Gold" in Old Saxon.
- Plucky Comic Relief: What his role seems to be. Most of his appearances involve him being Castor and Leilani's hapless babysitter, accidentally losing his mask, or both.
- Spotlight-Stealing Squad: Particularly in his debut season, where any episode with Goldwin centers around him even at the expense of having little to do with the rest of the plot.
- Too Dumb to Live: Despite knowing full well that removing his mask causes him to become a lifeless statue, he often ends up doing it anyway. Fortunately, he's surrounded by ponies to revive him if that happens.
- Weaksauce Weakness: He's kept alive by Abra's enchanted mask, so if the mask is removed, he becomes an inert statue. He's also, for less well-defined reasons, unable to leave the grounds of Canterlot Palace.
Khan Swift
Shows up to lead Starfleet to a MacGuffin.
Cerise Wonder
A prison warden.
- The Alcatraz: She serves as the warden for one of Starfleet's prison planets.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: Falls victim to this at the hands of the changelings. Lightning Dawn and Twilight have to snap her out of it.
- The Bus Came Back: Despite being a high-ranking Starfleet member and being only the 3rd character shown to be able to use the Uniforce, she is only mentioned once in passing after her one appearance in II. After a long absence, Cerise makes another appearance at the beginning of VI.
- Deus ex Machina: Zigzagged. While she can use the Uniforce and did use it to save the day in her first appearance, she's generally the one that needs help.
- Faux Action Girl: On paper, a powerful warden who can use the Uniforce. In practice, she needs to be saved in all of her scenes.
- Identical Stranger: Described as being very similar to Cadance.
- Sudden Name Change: First appears under the name Cerise Wonder, but her second appearance uses Cerise Magenta. This has since been corrected.
- Wardens Are Evil: Downplayed; while she's not a villain, Cerise and her guards are shown being downright abusive to their prisoners.
- The Worf Effect: Despite being acknowledged as a powerful Starfleet officer in charge of a Penal Colony and able to use the Uniforce to boot, both of Cerise's appearances so far have her needing to be bailed out of trouble by the main cast.
Daphne Dil
Buddy's cousin.
- Death by Origin Story: Her parents are dead so her cousin Buddy Rose takes care of her.
- Jerkass: She has her moments, like openly insulting the concept of Cutie Marks in front of the whole class.
- Sixth Ranger: She eventually joins up with the CMC. Although she denounced Cutie Marks as "silly" in front of the entire class.
- Took a Level in Badass: In Season XI, she starts contributing to fights that concern the main cast, while beforehand she helped fight against Megadox.
- Took a Level in Kindness: She and the Crusaders become close friends over time, and she doesn't show any more smugness against them, as shown in their adventures against Megadox.
Lily Bud
- Floral Theme Naming: Is named after a lily bud, with her first name ("Lily") being derived from the plant genus and her surname ("Bud") referencing a plant bud.
- Mighty Whitey: Out of a force consisting almost entirely of Herbolites, the sole space pony also happens to be the leader of the group and shows no cultural dissonance with her comrades. Furthermore, said space pony is a member of a military much more powerful than the Herbolites and constantly crows their own supposed superiority, while the Herbolites are a nature-oriented people with zero mention of a powerful civilization of their own.
- Pink Is Feminine: Has a pink coat.
- Satellite Love Interest: Is one to Buddy.
- It's telling that, after she breaks up with Buddy, she's never seen again until to act as Buddy's old flame.
- Too Dumb to Live: Making out with Buddy in a jungle at night while enemy forces are around? Really, Lily?
Castor and Leilani (Unmarked spoilers for Starfleet Magic IV)
- Aerith and Bob: "Leilani" is a Hawaiian name, while "Castor" is ancient Greek. Furthermore, their real-life based names stick out heavily from the naming schemes of the other ponies.
- Ascended Extra: Originally existing just to give Celesto and Celestia a Babies Ever After ending, they only become relevant to the story in Season IV. In the teaser for Season XI, they seem to be the protagonists, and this time it's not future selves.
- A Birthday, Not a Break: Their 7th birthday coincides with Zadovia's arrival and first attacks.
- Deus ex Machina: Future Castor and Leilani are pretty much a pair of Deus ex Machina dispensers on legs. Enemies show up that Starfleet's current powers and gear can't handle? They grant the Mega Modes. Celestia dying of poison? They have the antidote. Starfleet needs a way to get to the future safely? You guessed it.
- Dream Weaver: They speak to Cadance in her dreams, convincing her that she's a curse to everyone around her so that she can run away and thus allow her to gain the Silent Ninja powers.
- Family Eye Resemblance: Castor has brown eyes like Celesto and Leilani has purple eyes like Celestia.
- Future Badass: They're part of the resistance holding back the Dark King in the Bad Future.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Castor is blonde, and he's a heroic character in IV and XI.
- Heroes Prefer Swords: Castor is currently learning to fence with Shining Armor's tutelage.
- I Did What I Had to Do: Their justification for giving Cadance bad dreams.
- Meaningful Names: Leilani is a Hawaiian name meaning 'heavenly flower' and Castor was one of the Dioscuri, who were later transformed into the constellation Gemini (the pair also had an association with horses, appropriately enough). Castor's name has a secondary, darker meaning to it: in the myth of the twins Castor and Pollux, Castor is the one that dies.
- Mysterious Stranger: Both of their future selves are introduced as these and remain that way for most of Starfleet Magic IV, preferring to stay on the sidelines to hide from the Dark King's minions.
- No Body Left Behind: Future Castor gets vaporized by the Dark King.
- Princess Classic: Leilani seems to be this, as in one dream, she naturally attracts Woodland Creatures who even make daisy crowns for her, and takes lessons from Cadance on how to be a proper princess.
- Ret-Gone: Once the Dark King is defeated, the Bad Future is averted, and thus the future Leilani ceases to exist.
- Rose-Haired Sweetie: Leilani has pink hair, and she's a heroic character in IV and XI.
- Terminator Twosome: The future twins traveled back in time to stop the Dark King's minions from altering the past to their benefit.
- Twin Telepathy: Future Castor and Leilani can communicate to each other through telepathy to avoid being overheard.
- Walking Spoiler: The identity of the Mysterious Strangers is set up as a plot twist.
Alejandro La Guava
Dyno and Myte's father, the president of El Mundo, and that's it.
- "Blind Idiot" Translation: His surname. "La" is just a female version of "el", which means "the", while "guava" isn't even Spanish (In case you're wondering, guava is "guayaba" in Spanish).
- Cain and Abel: Alejandro and Victor. The former is revered as a noble president, while the latter has the dubious honor of being one of the few evil space ponies.
- Our Presidents Are Different: Closest to an honest president, given what little personality he has paints him as a wise leader. He was president of El Mundo, until Victor overthrew him. Considering that his ancestor was the first President of El Mundo, and that the one to briefly overthrow him is his brother, it's implied that the title is hereditary.
Lupa La Guava
Dyno and Myte's mother, and that's it.
Dune-Bank and Marigold Belle Bristles
- Abusive Parents: They're horrible parents to their son Artie.
- Control Freak: Tried to mold Artie to be like them. Obviously, it didn't work.
- Greed: Their primary trait.
- Jerkass: They're smug, greedy, and awful parents to Artie.
- Look-Alike Lovers: Both are orange space alicorns like their son.
- My God, What Have I Done?: The two have a brief moment of this when are left speechless after Artie tells them that he still cares about them as his parents, despite how they both treat him.
- Parental Neglect: They were never there to support Artie in his childhood.
- Rich Jerk: Both of them are wealthy Jerkasses, to the point where Artie and his maternal grandpa disowned them.
- Ungrateful Bastard: Their response to Artie saving them when he was young was to yell at him for attempting to bribe the ransomers into freeing them.
- Then in Season X, after Artie saves them from a monster, they refuse to thank him for it.
Sephy Dancer
- Easy Amnesia: Loses memories of her identity on Firmos until Krysta restores them using a healing potion.
- The Lost Lenore: To Magnus until Starfleet finds her on Firmos.
- Mighty Whitey: Became leader of the Fermentials, a species of aliens in poverty thanks to Sienna, in just two months.
- Rose-Haired Sweetie: Has a long pink mane and is apparently one of the heroes.
Magnus Majik
- The Lost Lenore: Sephy is this to him until she is found on Firmos.
- Yellow/Purple Contrast: The Yellow to Sephy's Purple.
Shining Light
The child of Lightning Dawn and Starla Shine. Introduced in Season VII.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Has blond hair, and is as innocent as an infant can get.
- Innocent Blue Eyes: Gets them from his mother.
- Light Is Good: Is white with golden hair, has a light themed name, and, as far as we see, he's a more or less innocent baby.
- Meaningful Name: He's the child of Lightning Dawn and Starla Shine.
- Strong Family Resemblance: Sports his parents' white coats, and blue eyes like Starla.
Button Fly
The child of Rhymey and Fluttershy. Introduced in Season VIII.
- Meaningful Name: Averted in favor of rhyming with Fluttershy's name. Thanks, Rhymey.
- Strong Family Resemblance: Has his parents' yellow coats, and Rhymey's green eyes.
Seedling
The child of Buddy Rose and Tree Hugger. Introduced in Season VIII.
- Innocent Blue Eyes: Befitting a baby.
- Meaningful Name: Keeping with the plant themed names of Buddy and Tree Hugger, her name is "seedling".
- Strong Family Resemblance: Inherits Tree Hugger's green coat and Buddy's red hair.
Chop Stick
- Strong Family Resemblance: Has his father's coat and his mother's eyes.
Hawk Fenton
- Our Presidents Are Different: In the end of IX, Fenton is promoted to General and becomes the first President of Vistula after Calista's death.
Sun Stream
- Family Eye Resemblance: Has Artie's green eyes.
- Strong Family Resemblance: Takes mostly after her mother Sunset appearance-wise.
Blitzy Heart
A Space Doctor who is the only other surviving Harmonian and Lightning Dawn's old best friend.
- Actual Pacifist: Being a Harmonian, she hates all forms of violence and is opposed to Starfleet being so militaristic and constantly engaging in battles, having been called to help many injured Starfleet soldiers throughout her career.
- Foil: To Lightning Dawn. Both are Sole Survivors of Harmonious, but where Lightning came to believe that fighting was necessary to protect others and became a member of Starfleet, Blitzy still held onto her Harmonious' pacifist beliefs and became a space doctor who dislikes Starfleet and sees them as invaders that force their views onto other planets.
- We Used to Be Friends: She was Lightning Dawn's best friend on Harmonious. When the planet was destroyed, both assumed the other was killed until they meet again in a hospital. When they meet, seeing that Lightning has become a commander in Starfleet drives a wedge in his and Blitzy's former friendship.
