My Little Pony: My Little Pony The Martian

Mission Log – Solar Day 360

The crew of the pony spacecraft Friendship send their regards to the people of Earth. (The name of the spaceship is not well translated, but the meaning is close.)

We asked Mark to let us write today's diary because today is a very special day for us. Exactly one year ago today, we left our world and set off on a mission we thought would only last five days. One year ago tomorrow, our plan crashed along with our spaceship.

Today we received a special message from the princess who rules the country where most of our group members are from. We can't translate her name exactly, so we'll call her "Celestia" here. The following is the complete message content:

"Greetings from Ponyland. One year ago, you set off into space to colonize our world for all intelligent life. And after a series of unforeseen encounters, you are stranded far from home. A foreign land far beyond all our imaginations. On this special day today, we send you our warmest blessings and prayers, hoping that you will come back to us as soon as possible."

“Your courage and determination have inspired millions of lives around the world. Although you were stranded on a harsh, lifeless planet, you not only survived but thrived through the power of friendship. You. You established a connection with a new intelligent people - more than just contact, you became friends. Together you overcame unimaginable difficulties and came up with solutions to the problems you faced. Your heroes Spirit proves to both our worlds that anything is possible.”

"Now both worlds are providing assistance to you and taking you home. Please rest assured that we will not let you wait until today next year. After one year, you will return home safely and receive all the things you deserve. Honor. For now, please stay safe and know that you are deeply loved."

"Yours sincerely, Princess Celestia."

We're honored by Celestia's words, but we want to make something clear: we are not heroes. It was not a voluntary decision on our part to be away from home for an entire year. We never imagined we would reach a world where not only the laws of physics we usually take for granted are completely different, but where life must rely on built habitats and protective clothing to survive.

This is not what we want.

We want to go home. We wanted to eat something less boring. We want to be able to go out without a helmet. We want to hear the birds chirping and the apes chirping outside the house. We want to sleep in a normal bed, with normal gravity, without worrying all day that the thin shell that holds the air we breathe might burst open in our dreams.

We are not heroes. We were just three ponies, a dragon and a changeling very, very far from home. We are tired and scared.

But our spacecraft was lucky enough to crash next to a real hero - a person who had trained for several years just to leave his home and survive on this planet for a year. He's stuck with it just like the rest of us. Without obligation, he shared his shelter, his food, his tools, and his knowledge with us.

And now his team members are on their way back to rescue us. Five people who voluntarily separated themselves from their families and homes for nearly a year and a half, once again facing the unknown dangers of space, just to come and rescue the six of us.

These are the real heroes - the people carrying out the Ares 3 mission. They do things that others cannot. In contrast, we are just barely surviving - no matter who is in our situation, they will do their best to survive.

No matter who you are reading this now, a year from now or a century from now, please remember that we are not special. A true hero is one who is willing to put himself in danger - and if we ever make it home, it's because of those extraordinary people.

CherryBerry, Earth Pony, Mission Commander

Starlight Glimmer, Unicorn, Mission Science Officer

Dragonfly, Changeling, Mission Engineer

Fireball, dragon, mission EVA guide

Flying Fire, Pegasus, Mission Pilot

Mission Log – Solar Day 360 (2)

They wouldn't let me take a look at what they wrote in their log before saving it, and since I haven't figured out how to edit or delete a log entry, I guess I'll just have to correct them here.

In fact, I have mentioned this before, but I think it should be reiterated.

CherryBerry has been to two other planets besides her home—now three including Mars. She also has double-digit launches and landings to her name. In the early days when we were stranded on Mars, she was the one who kept her team together, keeping them united and focused on the immediate and overarching goal of survival. At those critical moments when we almost lost our lives, it was her calm mind and absolute concentration that allowed us to escape. She's certainly something of a hero.

In order to make it possible for us to continue to survive, Starlight Glimmer has repeatedly pushed herself to the point of passing out. Not only did she learn English, she then helped teach it to everyone so that we could work more closely together. It is her magic and various designed solutions that make our life here possible. She certainly deserves to be called a hero.

The same thing happened to Dragonfly, who risked his own life and health in order to save my life. Her in-depth knowledge of the various systems on her ship also comes from her years of training and her dedication to her duties. Despite the tremendous physical and mental pressure everyone was under, it was largely her behind-the-scenes work that kept the team's morale high and prevented arguments and infighting. She is clearly a hero.

Fireball has been silently undertaking the hard work and has never complained. His power allowed us to achieve the otherwise impossible task of dismantling a crashed spacecraft and recovering its parts. Although he is fully aware of the limitations of his abilities, he is always willing to be the first to help when he sees something he is capable of doing. There is no doubt that he is a hero.

As for Spitfire, although she has never had any experience in space life before, she has already taken on a role that was completely unfamiliar to her before this mission. She is always on high alert for potential danger, and for any signs of illness or injury among her crew members. No matter how difficult she felt she was encountering, she always stuck to her position diligently, constantly broadening her skills and increasing her value in the team. Of course she is also a hero.

I was naturally flattered that they were willing to call me a hero, but I had a different point of view than they did. This is my job, I've been trained for years to do it. As a result, this job almost killed me, but I narrowly escaped death because of a series of coincidences. I haven't died since that happened. That's all. There's nothing heroic about that in my opinion. Living a normal life is the daily routine of billions of people on the earth.

Yes, life on Mars is tough. But when I came here, I was backed by the huge resources of dozens of countries and those five reliable team members. When they fled, they left me with a safe shelter, a large surplus of food, and enough tools and spare parts to prolong my survival. The situation on the Pony side was much worse. They had less than two months of food left when they landed, only a few tools, basically no spare parts, and almost lost any contact with their home planet. .

Yes, we do cooperate to survive. But each of them also contributed a lot of ideas, hard work and kindness that cannot be ignored. I'm not going to let them belittle their own merit.

By the way, I basically didn’t get anything done today. The news from their princess made everyone very sad. (The message also soaked the soil in the cabin, so we spent a lot of time clearing away the excess water. Perhaps that's the limitation of sending and receiving long messages through a water-based telegraph.) Hopefully we'll be able to do that tomorrow. We were able to overcome our homesickness and guilt, and get back on track with our strenuous and meticulous paddling schedule every day before the last hay harvest.

There are countless idle things waiting for us, but the time left for us is running out.