Chapter 9
Training
A whole day had passed, Twilight had gathered every able bodied local to learn how to fight. Maverick and his men had been training the locals, ponies they were called. The ponies had surprised the clones, they were actually very capable melee fighters, though they would need to know how to use a blaster as well as melee weapons. Those lessons started today, and they started early. The first pony to step up for target practice was a female, grey in color, with blonde hair, and golden, yellow eyes which were quite unique. She stepped up to the weapons rack.
"Choose your weapon." Jax said.
"What kinds of weapons are there?" the grey pony asked.
"Lots of them, we have DC-15 blasters, a Geonosian sonic blaster, a Z-6 rotary blaster, a Bowcaster , a Trandoshan ACP array gun, a concussion rifle, an E-5 carbine, and an ACP repeater." Jax said.
(in order)
Maverick noticed that a white female with blue hair perked up when Jax said the word "sonic".
"Um, I'll take one of those DC thingies." the grey pony said.
"Long, short, or a pistol?" Jax asked.
"Um the long one, I guess." the grey pony said.
"Excellent choice." Jax said handing her a DC-15 rifle.
"Alright, all I need you to do is hit that spot in the middle of that straw target. Think you can do it?" Jax asked.
"I'll do my best, mister." the grey pony said.
"Alright then, take your aim and pull the trigger. Take as much time as you need, there's no rushing a good shot." Jax said, miming the action.
The grey pony nodded.
Maverick noticed that some of the ponies ducked-in-cover, and he walked over to one of them, "What's the matter?" he asked.
The pony lifted one of her hooves away from her eyes, "That's Derpy getting ready to shoot now, she's the most uncoordinated, clumsy pony ever." she said.
Maverick looked over at the grey female, now identified as Derpy, and watched carefully. She took a few deep breaths, letting each one out slowly. She went for the trigger and fired the blaster. The bolt of energy struck the target dead-center.
"What the-? how did-?... Do it again, I don't believe in beginners luck." Jax stammered.
The ponies who had been taking cover were now glancing up to see what had happened. Some of them gasped in shock, other's mouths hung open.
Derpy took some more deep breaths let another bolt fly, directly into the center again, leaving another scorch mark.
"Are you satisfied Jax, or are you going to make her do it again?" Maverick asked before laughing.
"I concede defeat, nice job. You are now under my personal command." Jax said, clearly pleased.
Some of the ponies cheered and clapped for Derpy.
"Who's next?" Jax called out.
The pony who came forward was the white one with the blue hair and sunglasses. She looked over the weapons.
"Which one's the sonic?" she asked.
"That one there. Not going for finesse then are you?" Jax asked pointing it out.
"Nope, just noise. Oh, you'll need more targets." she said.
"Alright then." Jax said motioning for Vek and Berk to position some more targets.
Once Vek and Berk were out of the way, Jax gave thepony the go-ahead to fire. She opened up on the targets like an expert, ripping several holes through each them.
"Music to my ears." she said, before putting the blaster down and walking away.
***
The blaster training continued, nearly getting someone shot a couple of times, but other than that Maverick felt good about their chances in the coming battle. Pinkie seemed to favor the Trandoshan LJ-50, Twilight favored the DC-15a, Rainbow Dash simply loved the Z-6 rotary blaster, Applejack favored the Trandoshan ACP array gun, Rarity took a liking to the elegant Wookiee bowcaster, and Fluttershy didn't seem to like any weapon except the DC-17 hand blaster pistol.
"Nice job everyone. Now who wants to learn about rapid entry?" Maverick asked.
"I like the sound of that. What's rapid entry?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"An excellent question. Rapid entry is where where you place an explosive device on a door to blow it open, or you do it quietly by slicing the control panel." Maverick explained.
"What is slicing?" another pony asked.
"It's basically using tools to override electronic devices." Sparky said.
"I'll take the explosives, sounds a lot quicker." Rainbow said.
"Alright. Those of you who want to learn slicing, go with Sparky. Those of you who want to learn explosives, go with Berk. If you want to learn both, follow me." Maverick said.
***
The rapid entry training went well, all things considered, nobody from either training group had gotten injured, or even come close to it. That was a true surprise, especially with explosives involved. There were a few ponies with a true knack for slicing, Twilight was one of them, and also a light-brown male who had a device tat seemed to bypass electronics without even touching the components.
***
Kal walked through the hallways of Canterlot Castle to the throne room, were princess Celestia was waiting for him. though he had been down these halls before, they still ceased to amaze him. Kal walked up to the double doors to the Throne room were two guards stood on either side. The guards opened the doors as he approached. Kal nodded politely at the guards. The throne room was quite large, and reminded Kal of the Jedi temple on Corruscant. The room had many stained glass windows depicting ponies that looked very similar to Twilight and her friends. Princess Celestia was sitting on the throne watching Kal. He walked up the steps to the front of the Throne and knelt on one knee respectfully, with his head bowed.
"Your Majesty." Kal said.
"You may rise, Master Jedi, you do not need to be so formal." Celestia said.
"As you wish, Princess." Kal said standing up.
"I called you here to learn more about you, if that would be alright?" Celestia said.
"It is no inconvenience, Princess." Kal assured her.
"Alright, I would like you to tell me-" Celestia began before Kal held up a hand.
"What if I show you instead?" Kal asked.
Celestia raised an eyebrow, then nodded.
"If I may?" Kal said indicating the stairs leading up to the throne.
Celestia nodded, "Of course." she said.
Kal ascended the steps, until he was face-to-face with Celestia.
"Now, I'm going to need you to relax and open your mind." Kal said.
Celestia nodded, and closed her eyes, taking a few deep breaths, "Alright." she said.
Kal could feel the calm and ease of Celestia's mind. He then reached out with both hands and placed his fingers around Celestia's temples. Celestia gasped slightly, but she relaxed again.
"It's alright, you're safe." Kal said, just to reassure her.
Celestia didn't respond.
Kal began to let his thoughts flow through his mind and into the princess's. Once in a while Celestia wold would make a a noise of surprise, or a tear would roll down her cheek.
"Such pain. Such loss. How did you survive?" Celestia asked.
"Some days I ask myself that question... I have no answer." Kal admitted.
"All of those lives lost. And after that, those bonds of war broken, destroyed. Such Betrayal." Celestia breathed.
"Yes, but from that, we must learn to trust ourselves. Not every soldier will fight for his own will, but only for what they are told." Kal said.
Celestia nodded, "I would be honored if you would take up your title of general once more, and fight for us." Celestia said bowing.
Kal extended his hand the princess. Celestia put her hoof into his hand, and Kal lifted her up.
"Princess, the honor would be mine." Kal said.
Celestia smiled, they began talking about their plans for the upcoming battle.
Lovin' all these comments, people, keep 'em coming. Let me know how I'm doing.
um, i'm not exactly up to speed with my knowledge of the Star Wars weapons. if you would be so kind as to show some pictures? and another thing the ponies need to learn about Derpy, never underestimate her. typical Vinyl, i know some of the weapons and i knew she'd choose the Geonosian sonic blaster. so, Kal showed Princess Celestia everything......damn
well, training seems to running smoothly, but that's just Ponyville. what about the rest?
anyways, great chapter! keep it up, hope to see more soon!
Ace out
2642702 Actually that wasn't just Ponyville... it was every able bodied pony that Twilight could get. Boy do I feel dumb, I knew I should have added the pictures.
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wait wait wait... you mean to tell me that Twilight got every pony?!
man, that must have been exhausting for her.
2642738 Well, she can teleport.
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to every city in Equestria? and we're only starting with the ponies... ah who am i kidding, its Twilight. if she can handle an Ursa Minor, then she can undoubtedly teleport cross-country while bringing along hundreds of ponies with her, right? right!
2642789 Well, she didn't bring them with her, she just gave them the news and they came on their own.
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i'm surprised some came at all. they are talking about war, after all. but that raises a question in their minds. when the Empire comes, do they want to die hiding? or die fighting? their choice...
2642820 Well, that's part of it, but it's also the question of: Am I going to fight for my freedom, or am I going to just let someone invade and conquer the only home I know and love?
Wow derpy you go girl! XD and the doctor doesn't need to slice he has the sonic screw driver xD well that concludes ponyville other nations are gearing up for war as well I'm assuming as well?
Hm you know I think I know why it would be easier to fight against the droid army there artificial life forms that have simple commands and aren't actually sapient making it easier for anyone to "kill"
Love the Z-6
No Disruptor rifle?
I'm liking the story so far. The only thing that bugs me about this chapter is how are ponies that don't have the ability to use telekinetic magic able to properly hold and fire some of the said blaster with just their hooves. Looking at the Bowcaster, I could see a non magic pony being able to position a hoof in front of the trigger to pull it to fire because there is no trigger guard in the way. The others shown have trigger guards that may keep a hoof from reaching the trigger depending on the width of a average ponies hoof. If you're going for the "cartoon character explanation" that they can just can just hold in their hoof. It's not explained up front but they just can. I suppose I do not want to dwell on this too much or it might ruin the story for me. I've said my peace on it at least.
Oh buck Derpy has a blaster, RUN!!!
Well Celestia is probably gonna need more than one general.