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* CallingYourAttacks: Even though it's unnecessary, the zebras controlling HANNIBAL call out its special attacks simply because it's cool.
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* BornAsAnAdult: Eve.

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* BornAsAnAdult: Eve.The clones.

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* FunWithAcronyms: the zebras admit that HANNIBAL, the name of their SuperPrototype mecha, doesn't actually stand for anything, they just capitalised the name because it looks cooler.

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* FunWithAcronyms: the The zebras admit that HANNIBAL, the name of their SuperPrototype mecha, doesn't actually stand for anything, they just capitalised the name because it looks cooler.



* ImpactSilhouette: One Delta makes a pony-shaped dent in a stone wall, courtesy of Maud Pie.



* MiniMecha: lacking the genetic modifications and cybernetic implants of Starfleet, the zebras resort to twelve feet tall mechs to even the playing field. Most of them are {{Steampunk}}/{{Gearpunk}} mashups, but the SuperPrototype HANNIBAL is a more conventional mecha.
* TheMole: Sunset Shimmer, at the request of Princess Celestia.

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* MiniMecha: lacking Lacking the genetic modifications and cybernetic implants of Starfleet, the zebras resort to twelve feet tall mechs to even the playing field. Most of them are {{Steampunk}}/{{Gearpunk}} mashups, but the SuperPrototype HANNIBAL is a more conventional mecha.
* TheMole: Sunset Shimmer, at the request of Princess Celestia. Celestia.
* NonSequiturThud: One Delta is defeated in one punch by Maud Pie, resulting in this gem:
-->"That sweetroll is lying officer, I never stole it, ugggh." (''cue unconsciousness'')


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* PercussiveMaintenance: A couple of hits were what was needed to get HANNIBAL up and running.
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* FunWithAcronyms: the zebras admit that HANNIBAL, the name of their SuperPrototype mecha, doesn't actually stand for anything, they just capitalised the name because it looks cooler.
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* MiniMecha: lacking the genetic modifications and cybernetic implants of Starfleet, the zebras resort to twelve feet tall mechs to even the playing field. Most of them are {{Steampunk}}/{{Gearpunk}} mashups, but the SuperPrototype HANNIBAL is a more conventional mecha.
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* TheWorfEffect: [[SuperStrength Maud Pie]] gets to be on both ends of this in short order: first she one-shots One Delta, the Sentinel [[InformedAbility close combat specialist]], in order to reinforce her badass credentials, before getting quickly taken out by Sentinel Two
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* EnemyMine: Starlight decides to entrust Sunset resistance with [[spoiler:her friend Sunburst.]] While they're not enemies per se, they're still political adversaries and Starlight doesn't have much faith in Sunset's attempt at revolution.

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* EnemyMine: Starlight decides to entrust Sunset Sunset's resistance with [[spoiler:her friend Sunburst.]] While they're not enemies per se, they're still political adversaries and Starlight doesn't have much faith in Sunset's attempt at revolution.



* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Starlight Glimmer appears to be the typical HypercompetentSidekick for Starfleet. In secret, however, she despises their regime as much as any other and is pretty much a living "screw you" to what they stand for, as she she smuggles her old friend Sunburst out of Starfleet's prisons and is in a relationship with Trixie (which is a big no-no in Starfleet's book). She's also going about trying to take Starfleet down with subterfuge, with the knowledge that Twilight's attempts at peace failed miserably and the expectation that Sunset's planned revolution will likely just result in a lot of dead ponies.]]

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* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Starlight Glimmer appears to be the typical HypercompetentSidekick for Starfleet. In secret, however, she despises their regime as much as any other and is pretty much a living "screw you" to what they stand for, as she she smuggles her old friend Sunburst out of Starfleet's prisons and is in a relationship with Trixie (which is a big no-no in Starfleet's book). She's also going about trying to take Starfleet down with subterfuge, with the knowledge that Twilight's attempts at peace failed miserably and the expectation that Sunset's planned revolution will likely just result in a lot of dead ponies.]]
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* EnemyMine: Starlight decides to entrust Sunset resistance with [[spoiler:her friend Sunburst.]] While they're not enemies per se, they're still political adversaries and Starlight doesn't have much faith in Sunset's attempt at revolution.


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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: It's heavily implied that [[spoiler:Raven is an assassin sent by Grand Ruler to kill Twilight, with her official backstory being a cover-up. This would also explain why Grand Ruler suspiciously ordered Starfleet to ''not'' try and apprehend her in the source material.]]
** A non-lethal example occurs with [[spoiler:Starlight handing Sunburst over to LaResistance, which is set up to look like an ambush.]]

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* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:Cerise hypothesizes that Twilight was killed to cover up something Starfleet didn't want getting out, and that Raven was an assassin targeting Twilight rather than Celestia as previously believed.]]



* OnlySaneMan: Cerise Wonder comes off as a lot more level-headed and reasonable than most Starfleet officers. Starlight Glimmer counts as well [[spoiler:especially given that she's TheStarscream]].

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* OnlySaneMan: Cerise Wonder comes off as a lot more level-headed and reasonable than most Starfleet officers. officers [[spoiler:and is one of the only ones to question Starfleet's lies instead of following them unconditionally]]. Starlight Glimmer counts as well [[spoiler:especially given that she's [[spoiler:although she turns out to be TheStarscream]].



* ShowWithinAShow: ''Starfleet Magic'' turns out to be a movie retelling an embellished version of actual events InUniverse.



* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Here, Raven was taken in by Sunset Shimmer instead of being killed off by Celestia.]]



* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Starlight Glimmer still clings to her vision of "a world without gods or princesses, a world where all stood equal and none was raised higher than anyone else". Here, however, she plans to do so by subverting Starfleet to her purposes, and genuinely believes that this is what's best for Equestria, even though it goes against what Equestria stood for.]]

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Starlight Glimmer still clings to her vision of "a world without gods or princesses, a world where all stood equal and none was raised higher than anyone else". Here, however, she plans to do so by subverting Starfleet to her purposes, and genuinely believes that this is what's best for Equestria, even though it goes against what everything Equestria stood for.for, and sees herself as [[DarkMessiah the savior Equestria needs]].]]

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* AwfulWeddedLife: The Grand Ruler and Celestia find each other unbearable. [[spoiler:This leads to Celesto temporarily freeing Chrysalis to make her take on the form of his wife so he can insult, beat and rape her.]] Rhymey is quite possessive of Fluttershy.

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* AwfulWeddedLife: Most of the couples in the story aren't all that happy with each other.
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The Grand Ruler and Celestia find each other unbearable. [[spoiler:This leads to Celesto temporarily freeing Chrysalis to make her take on the form of his wife so he can insult, beat and rape her.]] ]]
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Rhymey is quite possessive of Fluttershy.Fluttershy, seeing her as more of an object than her own person.
** Krysta reveals that King Topaz only uses their marriage [[ItsAllAboutMe to keep himself in power]], and does not care for her at all on a personal level.



* DecoyProtagonist: Sort of. Eve, who is ostensibly the true protagonist of the story, debuts in the fic's seventh chapter.

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* DecoyProtagonist: Sort of. Eve, who is ostensibly the true protagonist of the story, debuts in the fic's seventh chapter.chapter, while the rest of the story largely revolves around the Elements of Harmony, Sunset Shimmer, and Starlight Glimmer.



* {{Flanderization}}: Surprisingly enough, United Equestria's portrayal has shades of this. In the original ''Starfleet Magic'', they were portrayed as being a strict police state that nevertheless wasn't altogether that effective at security, and relatively little in the way of military hardware. In this fic, United Equestria appears as a textbook futuristic dystopia, with ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''-esque telescreens and various spaceships and war machines.



* HypercompetentSidekick: Starlight Glimmer. While Grand Ruler muses about severing ties with Celestia, Starlight reminds him that their union is literally the ''only'' thing holding Starfleet and Equestria together and that they will not be able to handle the fallout if he chooses to do so. It's quite telling that she's one of the few Equestrians to hold a relatively high rank in Starfleet.

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* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Starlight Glimmer appears to be the typical HypercompetentSidekick for Starfleet. In secret, however, she despises their regime as much as any other and is pretty much a living "screw you" to what they stand for, as she she smuggles her old friend Sunburst out of Starfleet's prisons and is in a relationship with Trixie (which is a big no-no in Starfleet's book). She's also going about trying to take Starfleet down with subterfuge, with the knowledge that Twilight's attempts at peace failed miserably and the expectation that Sunset's planned revolution will likely just result in a lot of dead ponies.]]
* HypercompetentSidekick: Starlight Glimmer. While Grand Ruler muses about severing ties with Celestia, Starlight reminds him that their union is literally the ''only'' thing holding Starfleet and Equestria together and that they will not be able to handle the fallout if he chooses to do so. It's quite telling that she's one of the few Equestrians to hold a relatively high rank in Starfleet. [[spoiler:Or so it seems at first glance.]]



* OnlySaneMan: Cerise Wonder comes off as a lot more level-headed and reasonable than most Starfleet officers. Starlight Glimmer counts as well.

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* TheMole: Sunset Shimmer, at the request of Princess Celestia.
* OnlySaneMan: Cerise Wonder comes off as a lot more level-headed and reasonable than most Starfleet officers. Starlight Glimmer counts as well.well [[spoiler:especially given that she's TheStarscream]].


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* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:Starlight Glimmer. Despite being a model Starfleet officer on the surface, she's secretly working to destabilize them for her own ends.]]


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* SurvivorsGuilt: Lightning Dawn suffers from this due to Twilight's death.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Starlight Glimmer still clings to her vision of "a world without gods or princesses, a world where all stood equal and none was raised higher than anyone else". Here, however, she plans to do so by subverting Starfleet to her purposes, and genuinely believes that this is what's best for Equestria, even though it goes against what Equestria stood for.]]


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* YouAreNumberSix: The Sentinels are referred to by version numbers rather than by actual names in order to dehumanize them and remove their "weak" personality traits. Eve, for instance, is initially referred to as "Sentinel Three".
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* HypercompetentSidekick: [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Starlight Glimmer]]. While Grand Ruler muses about severing ties with Celestia, Starlight reminds him that their union is literally the ''only'' thing holding Starfleet and Equestria together and that they will not be able to handle the fallout if he chooses to do so. It's quite telling that she's one of the few Equestrians to hold a relatively high rank in Starfleet.

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* HypercompetentSidekick: [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Starlight Glimmer]].Glimmer. While Grand Ruler muses about severing ties with Celestia, Starlight reminds him that their union is literally the ''only'' thing holding Starfleet and Equestria together and that they will not be able to handle the fallout if he chooses to do so. It's quite telling that she's one of the few Equestrians to hold a relatively high rank in Starfleet.



* OnlySaneMan: Cerise Wonder comes off as a lot more level-headed and reasonable than most Starfleet officers. Starlight Glimmer counts as well, by virtue of being one of the few with an ounce of DangerouslyGenreSavvy.

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* OnlySaneMan: Cerise Wonder comes off as a lot more level-headed and reasonable than most Starfleet officers. Starlight Glimmer counts as well, by virtue of being one of the few with an ounce of DangerouslyGenreSavvy.well.
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* {{Expy}}: Major Cerise Wonder is based slightly off of General Mustang. She even has a havoc at her side.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: The Grand Ruler and Celestia find each other unbearable. Rhymey is quite possessive of Fluttershy.

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* AwfulWeddedLife: The Grand Ruler and Celestia find each other unbearable. [[spoiler:This leads to Celesto temporarily freeing Chrysalis to make her take on the form of his wife so he can insult, beat and rape her.]] Rhymey is quite possessive of Fluttershy.
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* AbusiveParents: Keeping his daughter locked in a tower because her wings failed to develop certainly qualifies Celesto as one.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: It turns out Lightning had fallen for Twilight! Time will tell how he will react to her clone...


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* PercussiveTherapy: Lightning Dawn works out on a punching bag in a vain attempt to block out his memories of Twilight and his treatment of her and her friends. When he tells himself that he should have died instead of her, he actually breaks the bag off its chains.
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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Lightning delivers one to Rhymey when he tries to force Fluttershy to come with him.

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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Lightning delivers one to Rhymey when he tries to force Fluttershy to come with him.leave her friends' tea party.
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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Lightning delivers one to Rhymey when he tries to force Fluttershy to come with him.

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* BreakingTheFellowship: Friendship is Magic is broken up and scattered by Starfleet.

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* BreakingTheFellowship: Friendship is Magic is broken up disbanded and scattered transferred to other departments by Starfleet.Starfleet.
* BurningTheFlag: A group of protesters do this to United Equestria's.

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* BornAsAnAdult: Eve.



* DecoyProtagonist: Sort of. Eve, who is ostensibly the true protagonist of the story, has yet to appear in the story after eight chapters, and Project Sentinel only appears in the prologue and only gets a few mentions from that point on.

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* DecoyProtagonist: Sort of. Eve, who is ostensibly the true protagonist of the story, has yet to appear debuts in the story after eight chapters, and Project Sentinel only appears in the prologue and only gets a few mentions from that point on.fic's seventh chapter.

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* BreakTheHaughty: While he tries not to show it, it's clear that Twilight did rub off on Lightning Dawn and he has come to care for her friends.



* BreakTheHaughty: While he tries not to show it, it's clear that Twilight did rub off on Lightning Dawn and he has come to care for her friends.

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* DecoyProtagonist: Sort of. Eve, who is ostensibly the true protagonist of the story, has yet to appear in the story after eight chapters, and Project Sentinel only appears in the prologue and only gets a few mentions from that point on.



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sunset Shimmer slips one into a conversation with [[spoiler:[[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu Grand Ruler]], calling him out for his tendency to abuse his tendency to kill people he doesn't agree with and refusing to re-open the portal to the human world. This also lands her on Grand Ruler's hit list.]]

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sunset Shimmer slips one into a conversation with [[spoiler:[[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu Grand Ruler]], calling him out for his tendency to abuse his tendency to power and kill people he doesn't agree with with, and refusing to re-open the portal to the human world. This also lands her on Grand Ruler's hit list.]]
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* DeconstructionFic: But of course.


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* PosthumousCharacter: Guess.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sunset Shimmer slips one into a conversation with [[spoiler:[[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu Grand Ruler]], calling him out for his tendency to abuse his tendency to kill people he doesn't agree with and refusing to re-open the portal to the human world. This also lands her on Grand Ruler's hit list.]]


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* SilentScapegoat: Lightning Dawn claims that he gave the order to dissolve Friendship is Magic. He didn't: it came from the Grand Ruler. Lightning said that simply to deflect their blame to himself.

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* TheCaligula: Grand Ruler. In fact, WordOfGod claims that his portrayal in the story was partly inspired by the TropeNamer.
* CoolBigSis: Sunset Shimmer quotes the trope name verbatim when describing her relationship with Leilani.



* OnlySaneMan: Cerise Wonder comes off as a lot more level-headed and reasonable than most Starfleet officers.

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* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:Grand Ruler's plan for Friendship is Magic: because he never got to order the death of Twilight, he's using them as RevengeByProxy. However, Starlight Glimmer convinces him to spare Fluttershy - not because she has standards, but to [[PragmaticVillainy avoid damaging Rhymey's morale]].]]
* OnlySaneMan: Cerise Wonder comes off as a lot more level-headed and reasonable than most Starfleet officers. Starlight Glimmer counts as well, by virtue of being one of the few with an ounce of DangerouslyGenreSavvy.



* {{Yandere}}: ''Rhymey''.

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* {{Yandere}}: ''Rhymey''.There really isn't a better word to describe how Rhymey treats Fluttershy.
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* BreakTheHaughty: While he tries not to show it, it's clear that Twilight did rub off on Lightning Dawn and he has come to care for her friends.


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* HypercompetentSidekick: [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Starlight Glimmer]]. While Grand Ruler muses about severing ties with Celestia, Starlight reminds him that their union is literally the ''only'' thing holding Starfleet and Equestria together and that they will not be able to handle the fallout if he chooses to do so. It's quite telling that she's one of the few Equestrians to hold a relatively high rank in Starfleet.
* OnlySaneMan: Cerise Wonder comes off as a lot more level-headed and reasonable than most Starfleet officers.


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* {{Yandere}}: ''Rhymey''.
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* RecursiveFanfiction: A deconstruction of "Starfleet Magic".
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* BreakingTheFellowship: Friendship is Magic is broken up and the team scattered by Starfleet.

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* BreakingTheFellowship: Friendship is Magic is broken up and the team scattered by Starfleet.
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As [[FanFic/MyLittleUnicorn Starfleet Magic]] has a sizable hatedom, a fic (or [[FanFic/MykanTributeFallOfStarfleetRiseOfHarmony two]]) that deconstructs it was inevitable.

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As [[FanFic/MyLittleUnicorn ''[[FanFic/MyLittleUnicorn Starfleet Magic]] Magic]]'' has a sizable hatedom, {{hatedom}}, a fic (or [[FanFic/MykanTributeFallOfStarfleetRiseOfHarmony two]]) that deconstructs it was inevitable.
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* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: Having been away when United Equestria was formed, Sunset Shimmer is the only pony who's not anthropomorphized.

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* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: Having been away when United Equestria was formed, Sunset Shimmer is the only pony who's not anthropomorphized.anthropomorphized.
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* GirlInTheTower: Due to her wings not having developed, Celesto keeps Leilani locked away in a tower.

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* GirlInTheTower: Due to being ashamed that her wings did not having developed, develop fully, Celesto keeps Leilani locked away in a tower.
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As [[FanFic/MyLittleUnicorn Starfleet Magic]] has a sizable hatedom, a fic (or [[FanFic/MykanTributeFallOfStarfleetRiseOfHarmony two]]) that deconstructs it was inevitable.

Twilight Sparkle is dead. She died in battle, fighting to preserve the uneasy union on United Equestria between the pony races of old Equestria and the space ponies of Unicornicopia.

But in the wake of Twilight's death, the harmony she strove for has not endured. Using their control of the might armed organisation Starfleet, the Unicornicopian grip upon the land has only gotten tighter. Celestia is isolated, Twilight's friends are scattered, across the stars millions live or die at the whim of the Grand Ruler and his proconsuls.

Project Sentinel is the next step in the evolution of Starfleet, a perfect defence against a hostile universe: clone soldiers created from the DNA of the very best that ponykind has to offer. One such clone, Eve, is a physical copy of Twilight, with enhanced strength and none of the pesky moral qualms that made the real Twilight so annoying for Starfleet to deal with. When Eve, together with a small group of fellow clones, breaks free to search for deeper meaning in her existence, she sets off a chain of events that may allow all of Equestria to break free from tyranny, and all ponies to choose their own destinies once more.

It can be read [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/278960/my-brave-pony-starfleet-nemesis here]].

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!!This story provides examples of:
* AwfulWeddedLife: The Grand Ruler and Celestia find each other unbearable. Rhymey is quite possessive of Fluttershy.
* BreakingTheFellowship: Friendship is Magic is broken up and the team scattered by Starfleet.
* GirlInTheTower: Due to her wings not having developed, Celesto keeps Leilani locked away in a tower.
* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: Having been away when United Equestria was formed, Sunset Shimmer is the only pony who's not anthropomorphized.

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