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It had been one month, and much had happened in that rather short time, first up it had been a full year since I had arrived here, to think time could pass so quickly, but to begin with what had happened, the Diamond Dog Empire that had fallen a month ago was now integrated into Equestria, as no one else wanted to even offer aid to the diamond dogs, aside from me that is. I had also 'created' a few initiative companies, meaning I just took companies from the fallout universe and some of their logo's, like for example, Med-Tek, HalluciGEN, and others, now as for why? simple, I was not going to produce all the goods my Empire needed or wanted, they could do so themselves with the help of machines I have made.

Even having just opened a few companies from the pre war version of Fallout they have already produced some amazing things, for example my Crystal Empire version of HalluciGen had created a non lethal gas that could knock out even a Minotaur for up to five hours, they also have 'discovered' tear gas, after I told them about it and how it worked, they devised their own formula for it.

I had also made improvements to the RobCo Terminals, with my own knowledge of computers I have upgraded them to be easier for someone to use, for ponies at least, they had buttons three times bigger than before, you could choose the color of the text and pictures on screen, from green, yellow, blue, orange, red, and so on, but I had something that no other kingdom would have unless I allowed them connection to it, the internet, but unlike the modern internet, this didn't have information from all around the world, just information from the Crystal Empire's library and my own information added, such as information about the companies and the robots I had, the terminals had been re-branded CrystalCo, and don't ask me why I was changing the names of some companies, I guess it just felt right to change some to fit better into this world, like how I renamed General Atomics to Crystal Atomics, they made Mister Handy model robots for ponies to buy, at 30 bits per robot, I had also some up with a name for my tanks, they would be known as L-17 Tempest's, for now at least, unless I could think of a better name to use.

I was sitting in my throne room when a mailpony came in, and as the normal tradition, I gave him a carrot, while he gave me my mail, Celestia had sent me a letter, now nice, reading it I found something interesting, she wanted to see if Twilight Sparkle could come and visit as she has been quote 'asking non stop so please say yes make it stoooop', ha, I wrote back to her saying that while yes, she could visit, she would not be allowed to take anything from the empire such as a robot, unless she bought it herself, and she would not be allowed to just teleport anywhere she felt like, she would follow rules like everyone else had to in my Empire, I was just about to send the letter I wrote back, when I noticed that it also asked if Cadence could some along, I groaned and signed yes to both, we all knew what would happen if the pink bitch tried anything after all.

As I wondered why she had not simple called me over the radio like she had before, there was a bright purple flash as Twilight and Cadence teleported into the throne room, causing my robotic guards to go into defensive mode and clicks sounded as their weapons loaded ready to fire at the slightest twitch, that was until I laughed causing them to go back to guard mode, it was just two assaultrons with a blade arm, and a laser rifle for one arm, just a normal colored assaultron that if painted white, could pass for a novatron, for those who don't know, a novatron is just a white and gold painted assaultron with a blue laser rifle for the right or left hand and a blade for another hand, common in the RobCo Galactic Battle Zone.

Twilight looked up, looked around at the robots in awe for a few moments, before she straitened up and bowed. "It is an honor you allowed us to come here your majesty, more so after I have learned what my sister in law Cadence has done to your Empire." She stopped bowing and stood on 4 legs.

I chuckled. "No need to be so formal, any friend of Celestia is a friend of mine, except for your little pink friend, she will be kept on a tight leash while she is here, as I do not want a repeat of last time, you however are welcome to explore the Empire unguarded, given you don't try to go into restricted areas such as the testing fields." Cadence was just glaring at me, while Twilight nodded and walked outside of the castle, her pink friend following her, and two eye bots following them, they would act like flying cameras when needed, and mobile speakers.

Twilight trotted out of the crystal castle, with Cadence following close behind her with two weird metal balls floating after them, seemingly to keep an eye on them, she didn't mind to much, after all she was here to explore an empire that had been gone for almost over a thousand years, and then the technology that had been created here in such a short time, was nothing short of amazing.

Twilight turned to Cadence. "Isn't this place amazing Cadence? an entire empire with technology of which the likes nopony has ever even dreamed of except in a science fiction show or comic!"

Cadence rolled her eyes, a sour expression on her face. "I know Twilight, this empire should be mine, I was born here after all, Celestia managed to save me as a foal from this place before Umbra made the Empire vanish, I should be the one ruling over these ponies, for Celestia's sake! my cutiemark is the crystal heart itself!."

Twilight flinched lightly, before she smiled and patted Cadence on the back. "Well, there is no use crying over spilt milk after all, I'm sure there is nothing we can do to change King Lorenzo's mind, he wouldn't just hand over his Empire like that, besides, we are here to have a little fun, plus I kinda want to study the technology here if I'm allowed to, we have plenty of spending money, just go buy yourself something nice, and remember to get something for Shining Armor to!" Twilight trotted off, strait into a library of course, leaving Cadence alone in the streets with two eye bots floating next to her.

As Twilight got into the library she noticed something weird, ponies were using slabs and seemingly reading with them, she trotted up to the main librarian, a elderly mare behind a desk with a rather poofy mane and tail. "Excuse me miss, but what are those ponies over there using to read?" She asked.

The more looked up and smiled. "Those are Pip-Pads dear, digital books and music, you can read any book from the library with em since they are all stored on a 'mainframe' and you can use the library terminals to use the mainframe, you just have to plug your Pip-Pad in and download the books you wanna read, was there anythin else ya needed dear?"

Twilight grinned. "Yes actually, would it be possible to buy one of these Pip-Pads? or two? I'd like to have one."

She mare chuckled and grabbed two Pip-Pads from a box and handed them to Twilight. "We don't charge to let others take em, its policy to let anypony who wants to take one or two, to jus take em, so they can share the books with anypony they want to, like somepony who can't make it to a library often, just use the terminal over there to transfer any books you want to the Pip-Pad hun." The mare went back to checking files for non digital books, as some ponies still preferred to read a book they could hold and turn the page.

Twilight walked up to the terminal and plugged the Pip-Pad she had planned to keep, and grinned when she saw there was an option to download everything, she clicked it and sat waiting for the download to finish, she would have every book in this entire Empire at her hoof tips, and it would be great to read them.

Cadence looked back at the two eye bots following her and rolled her eyes, deciding she wanted something to eat she trotted around looking for a place to get a meal, she saw a little dinner that was named 'Handy Eats!' and decided that was good enough, and trotted inside, she was met with a weird little floating ball that had three arms, and three weird stalk like eyes. "Welcome to Handy Eats! where serving you is our code! table for one?"

"Yes, table for one please." Cadence stared at the robot as it floated over to a table and sat her down, then gave her a menu, taking a look she noticed some things she had never heard of, but that she was sure was meat, she settled on a 'Nuka Cola Classic' and a bowl of Blamco Mac and Cheese, after placing her order another Mister Handy floated into a back room, seemingly a kitchen, and after 20 or so minutes brought her the requested items.

As Cadence ate her meal, she took a sip of the Nuka Cola, and paused when the taste hit her tongue, it was surprisingly sweet, unlike the Colt Cola she had grown up loving, drinking it with most meals, when she had heard that the company had gone bankrupt she was saddened, as she had lost a drink she grew up with, however the cola she had just tasted seemed to be ten times better in terms of flavor, she took another sip, then a gulp, then the entire bottle was gone, she left some bits on the table to pay for her meal, and left the dinner.

Cadence saw Twilight walking into some weird looking arena, so she followed her, only to be stopped by a protectron. "Ticket please."

Cadence tilted her head at the machine, it looked a lot like the Ponytron she had been given to act as a 24/7 guard to her room at the Canterlot Castle. "I don't have a ticket, but I am a princess so I am sure I can go through." Cadence tried to walk past the protectron, only to get shoved back rather violently by the machine.

"You need a ticket to enter the CrystalCo Battle Zone, I will not ask again, further attempts to enter without a ticket will result in lawful use of deadly force, to acquire a ticket you may insert one bit into the ticket terminal to your left on the side wall."

Cadence huffed, and did as the machine wanted, and showed her the ticket. "Happy now you stupid machine?"

"Ticket accepted, have a lovely day." It took the ticket and let her through, she spotted Twilight rather quickly, and saw her looking into the arena with a look of awe, she sat with her and looked to see what all the fuss was about, only for her jaw to drop as a novatron and a space sentry fought, lasers and plasma flying everywhere, before the novatron ended it with a shot from its head laser to the space sentry's fusion core's that had been exposed as it over heated, causing it to explode rather violently.

"Oh hi Cadence! isn't this place interesting? they televise robot battles here, and also have live viewers, these robots are much more advanced than the ones we are just beginning to create back in Equestria, they are meant for combat! while ours are just meant to act as guards for doors, and at best a small and slow police force." Crystal ponies cheered as the novatron ripped the head off the space sentry, smashing the dome of yellow glass it had on its head in doing so.

"I must say Twilight, I didn't expect this, I expected them to be gladiator ponies like the stories Celestia told me, seems with the new robots they have, they just want to watch them smash one another." Cadence looked as a new contender entered the wring, a glalactron, a white and gold version of a protectron, try and take on the same novatron from before, only to get its head dome smashed and its robotic innards torn out from that hole.

Twilight nodded and started walking off out of the arena. "Yeah, I took pictures and notes, hopefully I can somewhat recreate the effects those robots are able to do, as sadly I was told by the staff here I can't just buy one, only non military robots are for sale and those are at the Crystal Atomics Galleria, I plan to buy any robot I am able to." They both walked out of the arena, and down the road, to come across a large statue of a Mister Handy in the center of what seemed to be a large shopping center, and walked into a store selling robots.

As they walked inside, a Mister Handy floated over and greeted them. "Oh! your just in time for the product show today! you two follow me, right this way please!" He floated over to some pods, they followed and watched as three Mister Handy units activated, across from them was three green versions of the Mister Handy. "Mister Handy expertly preforms many duties! such as, accounting, cleaning, comforting, cooking, foal care, entertaining, elderly care, grocery delivery, grooming, mane cutting, make up application, marital advice, pet care, pet grooming, personal assistance, and many more! there is no task too big for Mr. Handy to handle! for a Mister Handy its always a pleasure to serve you!"

Twilight grinned, while Cadence just looked bored. "How much for one or two of them? and one of those little eye bots I see floating around random places advertising things?" Twilight asked the robot.

"40 bits for two Mister Handy units and ten bits for one eye bot unit." The robot grabbed the three requested robots, all in boxes of course, assembly was required after all, Twilight hoofed over the bits and the Mister Handy rang her purchase up, and Twilight floated the boxes behind her as her and Cadence left on the next train to Canterlot, to show Celestia what she had seen, and bought with her bits, this would surely make Celestia happy, the two eye bots following Cadence stopped after they bought tickets and got onto the train.