Author's Notes:

In response to >>9213560, when I say 'trolling or flaming comments' I mean specifically comments that are unhelpful or outright insulting.

Comments such as yours, my friend, are precisely the kind of comments I would prefer to see. Even if it's as simple as great potential or good story, that is enough.

54XX North-Central Unicorn Range
A male unicorn pony with dark persian blue eyes and a pale golden gamboge coat with two treasure keys behind a treasure chest exhaled, his gaze scanning the rocky terrain before a minor tremor kicked up from the unicorn and earth pony mining ponies that were assisting with his official search; it was suspected that there were other laboratories than what had been found, though few of those laboratories had been searched by other than search drones. He glanced at the worker ponies, whose right forelegs were covered by gauntlets that doubled as either drills or low powered jackhammers as they did not wish to damage anything discovered.

Gallant True grimaced as a rocky surface slid free, dropping to the rocky ground and splintering; he knew several of the dozen or so drones he had with their group were also guard-sentry drones. However, there were also a trio of Equestrian Guard ponies for Princess Celestia herself; he knew that most ponies were unaware that Celestia sought out technological advances not only for ponykind’s gain, but also to keep it from those who might modify said technology found on Equestrian land for potential war efforts.

His eyes widened slightly as a dull reflection flared from the sunlight as the clouds shifted. He noticed a dark red and brighter crimson streak beneath something a deep coppery gold, though he couldn’t tell precisely what it was. Most anthropologists did know that technology, and by extension, those who may have created it, such as the mythological human, existed, as it wasn’t that odd to find said technology around though most ponies preferred to stick to crystal charged magitech that, for the most part, converted solar energy into magical energy which was then used to power various things such as refrigerators, lights, heating water, cooking meals, and for some of the more… common small vehicles such as gliding hoverboards or drift scooters.

What caught his attention, however, was a small dark gray attached case to the top of the capsule, though what was within it, he had no idea. He exhaled as the guardsponies arrived, very aware that they would start working to extract whatever had been discovered. He exhaled softly, thinking how his niece, who was a fledgling archaeologist and treasure seeker like himself, would be very interested in this.

He noticed a flicker of light as the unicorns employed magic to slide the dust and debris free, revealing the broad, almost seven and a half foot tall capsule around three feet wide; he wasn’t sure what metal it was made of, but he did notice that the magic seemed to both slide off and absorb into the metal somehow, which didn’t make much sense at all to him, anyway, as most of the time either metal tended to absorb magic and, by extension, channel it, or deflect and block magical energies.

A gust of steam caught his attention as one of the horizontal lines forming the top of the combined Z and mingled, smaller X flared a bright golden color over the dully reflective cover that looked like a rounded oval at the top and somewhat of a rounded rectangle near the bottom. The rounded elliptical lens over the opening of the capsule slid open, the X splitting on one side before it slid apart, steam and smoke pouring forth. He blinked as he saw a bright bluish-green glow in the form of two eyes flare to life along with a triangular blue gemstone shimmering above it.

His eyes widened fractionally, cocking his head as an armored humanoid form stumbled out, its golden edged white boots clattering on the rocks before the armored black shorts showed through the steam and smoke. The bluish-green glow faded to show dark aquamarine-teal eyes that were obviously dazed and extremely confused.

He focused his magic through his horn as the armored young woman staggered before falling, almost sprawling amongst the rocks, some being quite sharp, he had noticed, as they had slid free. She groaned, gagging as she seemed disoriented, though he noticed the case falling free as a rock hit the top of the capsule.

<<<<<<<< Reboot in Progress >>>>>>>>

2%.... 14%... 36%... 55%.... 74%... 88%... Error….

Memory Cells damaged --- Must Find Onyx Armor to restore

Armor Uplink Detected -- can seal Armored Reploid Form into NanoCore to blend into populace

Kenshō Armor Detected -- Wind Manipulation and Air Thrusters

Tōshō Armor Detected -- Fire Manipulation and Enhanced Close Combat capabilities

Yōshō Armor Detected -- Water Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, and Enhanced Water Combat capabilities

Inshō Armor Detected -- Shadow Manipulation, Purification, and Enhanced Stealth Capabilities

Astral Armor Detected -- Copy Technique, Enhanced Ranged Combat capabilities and Dual Plasma Pistols active

Johnny’s eyes flickered open, his gaze flickering along the semi-transparent screens that flickered in front of his eyes for several seconds before he felt the odd paralysis that had overcome him fading as he felt tingling rush over his body before a blinding glare flared in his face, unaware yet that he was no longer male… but female.

He grimaced, staggering out of the capsule, which to him, as he glanced momentarily around, reminded him oddly of a cross between the Capsule only vaguely shown in Megaman X4 and the Kryptonian Capsule shown in CW’s Supergirl, but on a larger, if at the same time tighter scale. He heard the metallic footfalls as he felt his weight shift, noticing his armor felt… unbalanced… as if it wasn’t quite on right. He felt something catch him before he spotted the odd small horse with its horn glowing. When did equines have horns? he wondered uncertainly.

She blinked for a moment, the HUD displaying instinctively.

Johnny winced as he felt something slap hard into the back of his head with a metallic clunk before he blinked a few times, managing to get his feet beneath him before he turned a bit, spotting the case with the Biometals. He opened the case, noticing the Biometal Z model flaring almost immediately with crimson light before it shot up and hit her full in the chest before he felt an odd heated tingling surging through his body before he was launched backwards several yards as her Reploid Form was replaced by her new human form… sprawled flat on her face with her messy wild auburn-gold hair.

Gallant Truth, alongside one of the guard ponies, noticed the case clicking shut as the girl slammed hard into the ground after a nasty, uncontrolled somersault; she obviously didn’t expect such a thing, he noted. He grimaced as the odd form twitched a few times before going still, though he didn’t miss the guard pony casting a diagnostic spell to check the health of the young woman.

“We will transport the capsule, case, and the unsub to Canterlot for processing. No doubt they will be useful,” one of the guards ponies muttered gruffly. Unlike the others, he had a distinct militaristic bearing.