I found space ponies, and I didn't even notice... what did they do?

Published on February 25, 2008 By taltamir In Sins of a Solar Empire

So... yea... I got the space ponies achivement, yay. From what I Read you just need to keep searching planets until you find it... about time too cause it took 13 wins to find it.

But I didn't even notice I found it when I did... what does it do? that is, does it give a planetary bonus like penal colony/roiders outpost/tundra farms/etc... does it even list it on the planet it was found on? cause I KNOW I did not have it two wins ago (I have a checklist that I update as I go along, and each combat I set at least one achivement as a goal to achive.) but I checked the saves and I can't see it listed on any of my worlds...

maybe it was from that one online game I played, I could have found it then and not noticed, and I don't have a save from that.

Comments (Page 1)

Spartan

on Feb 25, 2008

Be careful that is a dangerous thing you did there.

Did you look around your immediate area for little nuggets of hot, wet and steamy pony goodness?

taltamir

on Feb 28, 2008

what? are you coming on to me?

elias001

on Feb 28, 2008

No..the space pony has a amusing secretive history on this forum, and it has become an inside joke. I for one don;t get the punch line.

taltamir

on Mar 03, 2008

ok, but what would it do IN GAME when I find it?

Can I find it a second time now that I already got the achievement?

Basically, I wanna know if it gives a planetary boost like other finds do.

martyr3810

on Mar 03, 2008

Does it matter? They're space ponies. Nothing could be better.

ob1_shinobi

on Mar 03, 2008

I've searched the forums a bit and played the game a bit more. I haven't found them yet. I assume it will happen eventually. I also don't get the joke. But I definitely enjoy the ambiguity of it all. And the banter, while I am not privy to the punch line, is still funny

taltamir

on Mar 07, 2008

yes it does matter, if it didn't matter i wouldn't have asked. Curiosity killed the cat, and if my curiosity isn't sated I will go sacrifice a few.

ZJBDragon

on Mar 07, 2008

I've played this game a lot and have never come across space ponies. I'm still very confused by all this. :/

taltamir

on Mar 07, 2008

basically when you explore a planet (looking for artifacts and local bonuses) you have a very small chance of finding space ponies. I heard they tend to be in pirate bases though, so try conquering and exploring those. Anyways, I have yet to receive an answer as to what kind of bonus it provides.
(for example, there is a crystal miner bonus that gives +50% crystal mining in that system... so something like that probably)

SpacePonyLordMike

on Mar 08, 2008

basically when you explore a planet (looking for artifacts and local bonuses) you have a very small chance of finding space ponies. I heard they tend to be in pirate bases though, so try conquering and exploring those. Anyways, I have yet to receive an answer as to what kind of bonus it provides.(for example, there is a crystal miner bonus that gives +50% crystal mining in that system... so something like that probably)

Not knowing what they do or don't do in game is part of the mystery of The Space Ponies!

A fourm thrad of over 250 post was removed from the site just prior to the game going retail and in it were all the secrets of the Space Ponies. That is one reason you can't find it here...

Shameless Space Pony Plug Incerted Here ---->>> WWW Link

taltamir

on Mar 11, 2008

the mystery was awesome... and I had fun looking for it. What annoys me is that I found it and missed it without even noticing! I was anxiously waiting for the game where I find space ponies, only to find out that it happened without me even seeing them. Bit let down. So I wanna know what they did to get some closure.

SpacePonyLordMike

on Mar 11, 2008

Closure? We have no closure! Not until we are able to defeat The Galactic Empire! so come join us and help us to obtain closure..

Habadacus

on Mar 11, 2008

With slight modification, this post's title becomes the universe's first Space Ponies Haiku!

I found space ponies
I didn't even notice
What did ponies do?

dr_gonzo

on Mar 11, 2008

I found Space Ponies in my very first SP game, maybe the 2nd or 3rd time I explored a planet. Haven't really been hanging out in the forums too so I hadn't heard of it before, though it was kind of obvious that was an inside joke/easter egg. (Also thought at the time: dude this explore planet upgrade sucks.)

I don't think I even finished that first game, so yeah, if there is something more to it than just finding the ponies, I'd like to hear about it. But it sounds like I saw everything there was to see here.

Captain_Zeles

on Mar 11, 2008

Planet Unicorn, Heyyyyyy

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