“The same is true for Equestria. Particularly if she surrenders, any delay would only increase pony suffering and allow the enemy to become more entrenched. We must act as quickly as possible. Our plan involves an approach from two fronts. Qingzhi would deploy a special forces team to penetrate the carrier and take control. Their troops are getting back aboard somehow, we could use that same method. We, meanwhile, would return to Transit and attempt to commandeer one of the warships docked there. If we can’t break into that terraformer, we’ll have to destroy it. Failing that, we could use the Emperor directly—and hope that her anti-capital weapons are sufficiently powerful to bring down an Equus maintenance vessel.”