A Imperial frigate orbits the world of Eqeastria under the command of a Sith warrior.
A lone Imperial frigate that made a blind jump into hyperspace winds up over Equestria. Under the command of a lone Sith, they decide to explore the planet, only to be dragged into the planets affairs. Star Wars/MLP crossover. I OWN NOTHING! Chapters 1-10 Edited by Miss Dark Angel
Over a lone lush world orbited a large acclamator class starship, its silver hull shinning from the sun's rays. A lone imperial mark donned its side, along with the many turrets that also sat across the hull, ready to be called into action. The ship had made a blind leap for hyperspace, trying to escape a New Republic battle fleet that was causing severe damage to navigation and engines. On the bridge, a lone figure stood, battle armor covering his body and a lifeless mask covering his face. His long cape danced with the ship's air flow, revealing two lightsabers. The rest of the bridge crew rushed around, repairing the damaged systems. They did their best to avoid the figure, for the body of the last officer to give him bad news lay across the floor. "Captain Adjess!" the figure shouted, his voice echoing across the bridge. "Ye-Yes my lord?" the man standing near the back off the bridge answered, casting a nervous glance at the body of his Superior who had angered the Sith. Captain Adjess was not a warrior; he was a frail man who was a skilled negotiator. He had blue eyes and wore the usual black military outfit of an officer with the colored insignia's. He looked back up at the Sith who had not moved from his stance. "I wish you to send an assassin droid down to the planet to scout." "My lord, if I may, why an assassin droid? Why don't we just send a probe droid?" The Sith slowly turned to him, revealing the death mask he wore; the mask would move in sync with his face. Only his was made personally to come off easily, unlike the other death masks which were permanent. It smiled. "Because it lessens the possibility of you failing, and we know what happens when you fail." The captain gulped, feeling his neck nervously. "Yes, sir." He saluted, turning and walking off the bridge. ____________________________________________________________________________ "Twi, will ya calm down?" Applejack said, ducking to avoid a book that flew by, narrowly missing her head. Twilight, who was rushing around her house, quickly picked up a book, flipping through it quickly before smiling at her success. "Don't worry; I found it!" she said triumphantly turning around to find an angry Applejack who had been dodging books throughout. "Oops. Sorry,” Twilight said blushing. “It's just... meteor showers of this size are rare, and I need to be totally prepared for it." She looked around and mentally checked off everything she needed. Hmm, books: check. Telescope: check. Notebook: check. "Okay, lets go!" she said happily, jumping up, ready to go. Applejack looked at Twilight's equipment worriedly. "Okay, everyone else is already there, so just how are ya gonna carry that?” Twilight just smiled. "Hey, Spike!" As Twilight walked to where they would meet for the shower, she was so happy that she could almost skip. She had invited her friends and the Cutie Mark Crusaders to watch the meteor shower alongside her, and all of them accepted! This was going to be so much fun! When they finally arrived at the site, which was right by Sweet Apple Acres, her friend had already set up their stuff. Rainbow Dash had a lounge chair set up with Scootaloo beside her, Fluttershy had a few of her bird friends with her, Rarity and her sister had... well what didn't they have? And Pinkie had the picnic sheet out as well as her party cannon. The first thing Twilight did was set up her telescope, because the shower had already begun! But as soon as she finished setting it up, Pinkie Pie bumped her out of the way. "Yay!!! Let me see!" "Hey, Pinkie!" But Pinkie was ignoring her. "Pinkie?" "Umm, Twilight, are the pretty rock supposed to be heading straight for us?" This caused everyone to look up, only to realize that one of meteors was heading straight for them! _________________________________________________________________________ 10 minutes before. IJ-65 was one of the best assassins in the empire. He was the master's favorite one for scouting missions because of his skill with the Vibroblade, which he carried on his back. He walked along the corridors of the ship, for the captain ordered to meet him at the launch bay. According to the plan, he would be dropped onto the planet via landing pod. As he arrived at the launch bay, which was filled with landing crafts, Tie fighters, and bombers, the captain proceeded to give him the master's orders. "You are to not engage any sentient lifeforms! And don't talk to them either, only talk in imperial code." IJ-65 accepted this. Imperial code to organics only sounded like a low growl or grumbling, so any conversation with locals, if any at all, would be indistinguishable. "Okay, you will be dropped in via fighter, because the navigation systems for the pod were damaged. Report back anything you find. Good luck." 65 nodded and climbed into the small pod. Luckily, his legs could fold up, so he would easily fit in the pod designed for probe droids—although his head was a bit of a squeeze. His master's voice spoke up. "Alright, you have been fitted with a transmitter inside your head, only you will be able to hear me. Okay, launch." A loud clank echoed through the pod as the clamps let go, releasing the pod into the atmosphere. Looking on the scanners, 65 could see that one tie fighter would carry the pod into the drop zone in the upper atmosphere. The pilots voice sounded through the small pod space. "This is Delta one, ready for drop in Three ... two... one... drop." The fighter launched the pod at full speed toward the planet so it wouldn't have time to burn in the atmosphere. It was quick, and the computer began replaying the distance from the ground after 3000 meters. "2000 meters. 1500 meters, 800 meters, 100 met-" It was cut off by the crash as the pod met the ground. The pod must have been cheap quality because it broke apart the instant it hit the ground and threw 65 across what seemed to be an... orchard? That was the last thing his senses recorded as his systems went into repair mode. ____________________________________________________________________________ "Run!" Twilight screamed, diving out of the way as the object soared past her and her friends. Obediently, her friends also ran in several directions as the object collided with the ground in a chaotic array of fire and metal parts flying across the clearing. "Wait a minute, metal isn't suppose to be in an meteor!" Twilight noted. The smoke cleared to reveal the ponies covered in soot and dirt. Rarity was passed out on the ground with Applejack trying to wake her up. "Girls, is everyone okay?" The response she got was a groaning, "Yes!" "Fluttershy, could you take the fillies home quickly?" Twilight asked, shaking her head to get the dirt off. There was a loud, screeching sound of metal, and they spun around, freezing in terror at the site of multiple red eyes starring at them.
Status........Online Scanning system.......Status........ 2% damage found, Weapons:Online Motor functions:Online Eyes:Online 65 scanned his functions, and the report was good; just some minor damages to his outer shell. His eyes blinked, revealing a crater where his pod had landed. He looked around to get his bearing on his reading, which indicated he was in an orchard and that there were multiple Lifeforms around him. When the dust settled it revealed nine... ponies! 65 checked his eyes again, yet the report said 100% functional. He unlocked his legs, standing up to his full height of two meters and towering over the equines. They quickly backed up, fear obvious in their faces. It was quite odd; they had such expressive faces for creatures like these. His view on the situation changed, however, when the purple one with a horn spoke! "He-hello?" _____________________________________________________________________________ As he watched the screen, the Sith's eyes narrowed. Not only were the ponies sentient, but also they spoke galactic basic! 65's orders were to not talk to or engage with the locals, and he would follow orders. He sent the droid down because of his being able to adapt to situations better than even most Storm-troopers. But these new events changed his plan, even though it would be easier to wipe them out and take what they need. Perhaps obtaining allies would be a wiser choice. "Captain!" he shouted out. “Prepare a landing craft!" Turning his attention back to the screen, he smiled. "Most interesting events." _______________________________________________________________________________ 65 waited; still no new orders, which meant that they wanted him to continue with the mission. This is so demeaning, 65 thought. Even though he was a droid, he still knew when a task was demeaning, and doing the job of a probe droid was one of them. Once again, the purple pony stepped forward. "Umm, hello. M-my name is Twi-Twilight Sparkle." 65 turned his eyes back to the creature, causing her to back up. Satisfied with her reaction, 65 turned his attention to the surrounding area. His enhanced vision kicked in, allowing him to see much farther. He seemed to be in an orchard of sorts. The ponies had begun talking among themselves once their initial shock dispersed. _____________________________________________________________________________ Saying Twilight was shocked was an understatement. She was almost shaking with both excitement and fear. Standing before her was a alien that stood over two meters tall! "What is it, Twi?" Applejack asked quietly, keeping her eyes on the alien creature. "O-oooh! Is it an alien?" Pinkie piratically shouted. "Quiet, Pinkie Pie," Twilight whispered. “It could be dangerous!" "Yeah, well, I would like to see it try to take me on!" Rainbow Dash said, swinging her hooves into the air. They turned to the alien, who had stopped at one of the apple trees and was examining an apple. "Maybe it came to invade!" Spike, who up to this time, had remained quiet, shouted while staring in fear. "Ugh. What is it wearing? It looks horrible!" Rarity remarked while Fluttershy, who was cowering in fear behind her, squeaked, "Maybe it's friendly?" While they were arguing what to do, they didn't notice was that the Cutie Mark Crusaders had walked right up to the alien. As the creature was examining one of the indigenous fruits, a combination of three knocks sounded through his receptors. Turning around, he looked down to see three small fillies looking up at him with saucer eyes, though they didn't seemed scared in the slightest; only curious. "Hey, mister, are you an alien?" The creature garbled something in imperial code, which is what he was restricted to use on this mission because they did not comprehend the code. The fillies turned their head curiously, unsure of what to make of it. "Girls!" Twilight said, walking over slowly so as to not anger it. The rest of her friends soon joined her, watching their unusual visitor. All fear was gone or buried by curiosity, except for Fluttershy who was hiding behind her friends. The odd alien still was talking in the odd garble of words possibly of his home of wherever he came from. It seemed armored and had some long stick device hanging from a strap on its shoulder. She had begun writing a letter to Princess Celestia about the creature/alien from the notebook she was going to take about the meteor shower. "Spike," she whispered, “can you please send this to the Princess?" And one green flame later, it was on its way. As morning finally became noon and they had been following the creature for around twenty minutes, a series of deafening howls brought them all out of their thoughts. They turned to find several Timber wolves running at them at full speed. "Ru-" *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* Twilight hadn't even finished yelling when the several bangs sounded, followed by multiple flashes of red light, as the wolves dropped dead, sap like green blood forming thick pools by the bodies. The group turned to see the alien with its long black stick out, the end of it still smoking. __________________________________________________________________________ 65 hadn't even been there thirty minutes when howls sounded about the area, and the ponies calmed expressions turned to ones of fear. Turning, he picked up multiple life forms coming at fast speeds. Slinging his sniper off his shoulder, his visor read, Threat confirmed. You are clear to engage.
Twilight and her friends stood there, shocked expressions on their faces. Twilight had never seen such an attack. The robot
had just killed three Timber wolves with ease! Fluttershy was crying from the stress of the situation.
"What was that?" Rainbow Dash and Spike both exclaimed, just as shocked as the others.
"How did you do that? That was awesome!" Rainbow said, for now her shock was replaced with awe and curiosity.
"This thing must come from an advanced society!" Twilight exclaimed, and then she, too, became more awed than stupefied.
"Oh, we could learn so much from it! If only we could understand it!"
They stopped talking among themselves when they realized their visitor was gone.
"Hey, where in tarnation did it go?" asked Applejack.
They all stared, looking around and trying to find some trace of it. "Something that big should not be able to simple walk
away that easily!" Meanwhile, 65 left the ponies to their conversation, walking to the nearest hint of a settlement: a barn.
____________________________________________________________________ The Sith stood at the bridge of the ship, contemplating the events so far. They had found a habitable planet, which turned
out to be a home ruled by ponies; and not just that, but force sensitive ponies!
He had requested his padawan up to the bridge. His plan was to send her down to the planet to make some sort of
relationship with certain members of this new species. He knew better than to just land a few hundred troops on the planet.
He had no idea how to gauge the locals' reactions, so he would send the only one on board he trusted completely.
Another presence entered the room. "Hello, Kira,” he said, turning around and smiling.
She was dressed in black Sith robes. She had calculating eyes, as well as a beautiful face. She smiled. "Hello."
"I am sending you to the planet below. You are to stay out of sight from the general population and learn what you can. But
also, I want you to build a re pore with them.”
She bowed. "Yes, master," she said, grinning before she left the room. She could take care of herself; he had no doubts of
that. He was more worried that she would scare the locals. ______________________________________________________________________ "Look, there it is!"
The call sounded through 65's receptors. Turning, he saw the group he thought he just left. The ponies ran up to him
panting. He made a calculated guess that they where looking for him for a while. Suddenly, his receptors alerted him to a
high energy build up, and a flash of white signaled the arrival of another.
Twilight sighed a breath of relief, having found the alien. Running up with her friends, a flash of white light temporarily
blinded them. "Princess Celestia!" Twilight shouted, surprised by her speed in reacting to her letter. She, along with her friends, bowed.
"Yes, I came as soon as I could. It isn't every day such odd events occur. So, this is the alien you spoke of?" Princess
Celestia asked, walking up the the tall metallic creature. It stood a little higher than her, which was something she wasn't
used to. "Hello. I am Princess Celestia the co-ruler of this land." The creature turned to her, garbled something unintelligible, and then returned to examining some plants that were nearby.
"I bid you welcome,” she said, but it simple ignored her.
"Princess," Twilight began, trotting up to the Princess, "it arrived about an hour ago, and we were soon after attacked by
some Timber wolves. But this alien killed them with that thing on its back without touching them!" she informed the princess.
The princess frowned. "Do you think it is a threat?"
Twilight shook her head. "No, and it doesn't seem to understand us just as we don't understand it."
It was then that Celestia turned to Twilight's friends and proceeded to ask that the CMC go home; it was for the best, since
they still didn't know if the thing was a threat. Once again facing the creature, she found it standing a mere few inches from
her face. Surprised, she took a step back, acting calmly and slowly, so as to not cause it alarm.
It reached up and took the tiara from her head and examined it. "That is my tiara. It signifies me as co-ruler."
After taking a few second to look at it, it dropped it. Celestia reacted quickly, catching it with her magic. The ponies gasped,
but Celestia was fine with it. "Twilight, how do you suggest we proceed?" she asked, turning to Twilight.
"Me?" Twilight asked. After a moment, she decided, "Well, I suggest we study it. We could learn so much from it. It could
even unlock new technology! But also I think it is dangerous, if provoked.” There was a large amount of enthusiasm at the
technology part.
Fluttershy, who had remained quiet up to this point, finally spoke up. "Umm, what if it doesn't want to be studied? What if it
just wants to explore? I mean, if I was in a unfamiliar place, I wouldn't want to be captured and studied,” she said softly.
Everypony looked at her, which caused her to make herself as small as possible.
"Fluttershy, how can you say that? This thing just killed three Timber wolves!" Rainbow said.
"Well, umm, I can forgive it. It could have thought they were savage, and it might not have known that I could calm them down."
A loud scream came through the air, followed by the stream of smoke from the air. Looking up, they caught sight of another
object coming down from the sky, but this time the object was much larger than the last.
Their large metal friend took off at large speeds, heading towards the same direction the object was headed... Ponyville.
Celestia sensed something dark and dangerous in it. Whatever or whoever was in that object was very powerful. "Come with me, my little ponies. It seems we have more visitors."
"What just happened, captain?" the Sith yelled as the green dot on the screen that represented Kira's shuttle disappeared. "I don't know, my lord! Something hit that shuttle!" the captain replied, scared at what the Sith might do to him if Kira was lost, mostly fearing murder to be included. ________________________________________________________________________________ Kira was not having a good day. Her muscles ached with every movement, but she managed to stand. It was going to be a simple scouting, and possible first contact mission, but no! What seemed like a laser cannon must have hit the left wing, causing the ship to spin. Her pilot was good enough to crash land the ship with her, himself, and the two marines that accompanied her still in one piece. A lucky landing indeed. "Pilot!" she shouted as she walked/crawled to the cockpit. The pilot dressed in the mundane, imperial black pilot armor rose to his feet, nodding his head. "Can you open the ramp?" "Yes," he responded dryly. He turned and pressed a few buttons, causing the ramp behind her to open. The two marines, who she deemed Five and Six, both grabbed their rifles and jumped out of the shuttle ready for anything. Kira chuckled, jumping out soon followed by the pilot. Looking around, she realized she just landed in the worst spot possible. A village filled with ponies, all staring at her! She then realized that she wore old Sith armor, her helmet covered in dried blood of the many creatures that lived on Korriban. Plus, the stormtroopers and pilot's armor didn't help either with first impressions, but she was sure of one thing. They were so... cute! Glancing around, she realized they were all staring in horror and shock. The stormtroopers were not helping; they were in battle ready positions, ready to kill anyone who stepped forward. “Stand down, troopers," she ordered, causing the two to lower their weapons. The pilot was standing perfectly still and straight, not reacting in the slightest to the surroundings. She sensed the presence of someone fairly adept with the force. The clanking of metal made her turn, spotting a very familiar assassin droid. "Hello, Kira,” the droid said. "Hello, 65. It seems our shuttle had suffered a mishap." "Indeed," the droid replied. "It seems the locals speak basic! An odd form of it, but you will still be able to understand most of what they-" "AHHHHHHHHHH! MONSTER!” The following events follow like this: step one, they screamed, and step two, they ran. At a flash of light, Kira saw seven ponies near her; one stuck out, though, far taller than the others and having both wings and horns, which struck her as odd. "I am princess Celeastia co-ruler of Equestria! What are your intentions?!” Kira decided to answer in the most diplomatic way she could. She managed to understand a good amount of the taller pony's statement, so she answered, "Nothing of evil intent, I assure you,” she said, bowing and hoping she had not done anything stupid. Celestia nodded, trying not to act surprised, but Kira sensed her surprise at the Imperials being able to talk their their language for the most part. The other six continued to stare, though mostly at her armor. It was blood soaked, so it didn't help with her saying she was friendly. "What is that you are wearing!?" one of the ponies, who somehow reminded her of a snob noble she used to know, remarked in disgust. A butter colored Pegasus behind the group squeaked. "Um, is that bl-blood?" Kira look down on her clothes, realizing she had a small wound in her sides; probably from the crash. It was small, nothing needing immediate medical attention. "Where are my manners?" Kira remarked. "My name is Kira, Sith apprentice at your service." She bowed. Twilight couldn't believe it; there she stood with her friends, having an intelligent conversation with a real live alien. She could learn so much! Its technology alone must be thousands of years ahead of them! _______________________________________________________________________________ Kira sat down, permitting them to ask away! "So what are you?" the purple unicorn asked, smiling. "A human," Kira replied. Twilight nodded, scribbling down on her scroll that she brought out of nowhere.
"So what's a Sith?" the rainbow maned one asked, obviously sizing Kira up.
Kira decided best not to give them the full description. "A warrior,” she said. "Ah, you don't look to tough. I could take you on!" The pony swung her hooves in the air. Kira knew she would like this one. "Bring it on. What was your name again?" "Rainbow Dash! The fastest flier in all of Equestria,” said the brash Pegasus with pride. "I would love to see you try to defeat me," Kira stated. Celestia cleared her throat, causing Kira and Rainbow to turn to her. "I would like to ask you to come with me back to Canterlot, so as to ensure that you cause no harm to my ponies." As if on cue, twelve guards, followed by a navy blue pony that looked similar to Celestia, ran up. The guard surrounded them. Kira observed them. She could most likely kill all the guards in one move; they had themselves a standoff. ______________________________________________________________________________ "Sir! We have tracked the Imperial vessel to an un-mapped region of space!" "I sense a disturbance in the force. Signal my flagship to prepare for my arrival; I shall scout the region myself."
Kira was not the kind to concede to demands—except those from her master, of course. She simply crossed her arms, thinking the situation over. 65 drew his sniper out slowly, preparing for the fight soon to come. Kira, also with extreme caution, drew her two light sabers. The smaller Alicorn stepped forward, demanding more sternly than her companion. "Drop your devices now!” "I do not follow you nor anyone else's command!" Kira hissed with a grin behind her blood covered mask. The guards surrounding them tensed. If she didn't act fast, they would most likely have to deal with reinforcements. "Please lay down your arms and come with us!" the tall white horse said calmly. One of the Stormtroopers turned to her and looked down at a thermal detonator on his belt. She nodded and ignited her light-sabers. "Then you shall die!" she yelled, launching herself at the nearest guards to kick him down. Two guards to her right rushed at her, spinning her Sabers in an arc, causing the guards to fall down dead. "How dare you harm our subjects!" the dark one screamed. She launched some sort of force ball at her. Catching it, Kira spun, sending the ball right back on its path. The pony brought up some sort of shield, causing it to explode and evaporate in a dark blue mist. The guards backed up at her show of power, only to be hit with multiple red blaster bolts as the stormtroopers advanced. Another blast hit the stormtrooper to her back right, sending him flying into the hull of the shuttle. Kira jumped into the air, twisting to avoid multiple blasts as she realized that only the unicorns seemed to be able to use force powers effectively in combat. The cyan 'Pegasus' launch herself at her. Big mistake. She waited until the last minute to grab her arm—well, she thought it was an arm, because they definitely used them like arms. She swung the blue Pegasus in a gyration, only to knee her in the chest before the pony came down in a full slam on the ground. She backed away, looking around to see who was next. She sensed that the large white one was filled with anger, but she seemed to be waiting; for what, Kira did not know. "Rainbow!" the purple one exclaimed, running up to her. The Pegasus coughed up blood and groaned. They surely were not used to battle. Storm-troopers could put up more of a fight than these weak ponies. The guards all charged at once, and Kira almost wanted to burst out laughing at what a stupid tactic this was. Using all the power she could muster, she called on the force. The resulting shock wave sent the remaining guards flying. She avoided hitting the Pegasus and her friends because they were not threatening soldiers, or else she would have killed them. Several guards were sent crashing into the buildings, and some came to a stop and lied on the ground. "Enough!" erupted a voice. Kira turned to see the white one's horn glowing brightly. "Well, well, the royal pain in the butt has decided to join in?" Kira mocked. "You three stay out of this,” she ordered to the droid, trooper and pilot. They nodded, backing up before turning to their fallen comrade. Kira turned to be met full force with a very powerful blast of white light. She tried to counter only to be blasted back. Though her armor provided some cover, and she managed to use the force to protect most of her, her hands and legs were scorched. She grunted in pain when she came to realization that she was stunned momentarily. "Take these violent creatures away!" the white one hissed harshly, apparently thinking their visitor had been more harmed by the blast. After a moment, she glanced sadly at the fallen. Only two guards remained from the twelve, and even her dark companion's power had no effect on her! Celestia had no idea why they reacted so violently. Maybe this could have been resolved; maybe this was just a big accident. Sadly, she knew that if not, she would deal with them herself.... Many guards rushed behind Celestia, knowing they would soon be surrounded again. Kira motioned to the stormtrooper behind her. Accordingly, he pulled out a Thermal Detonator, sending it flying toward the ponies. It landed at two guards' feet, erupting in a burst of fire. It consumed the guards in a brilliant wave of fire. Quickly, it also reached the guards running forward, although Kira could tell a few of them were still alive. "Let's go now!" she yelled. 65 grabbed the wounded Stormtrooper and all five of them ran full speed to the only place were the ponies couldn't surround them easily: the forest. The towns ponies ran screaming. They didn't try to stop them, not like they could anyway. Kira's wounds hurt, but she had no time to heal them right now. _______________________________________________________________________________ Twilight checked over her friend the aliens had just attacked for no reason. The one that acted like the leader even took on Luna! To say Twilight was scared of them was an understatement. Celestia just stood there staring at the wounded and dead. Rainbow happily wasn't hurt too bad, surviving with just a minor wound to the chest, but still Twilight felt bad for those who had lost to the alien. Twilight looked up at the sky. It was becoming night and the moon shone brilliantly in the sky. Sadly it would not shine like this for many times to come; a warning for the events to come... _________________________________________________________________________________ "Very interesting events, wouldn't you say, queeny?" “Very. Perfect for our agenda." "Mwahahahahaha!"
"Master Jedi Creax!" Captain Monroe of the New Republic battle fleet called, running across the hangar bay. The robed Jedi turned, smiling. "Yes?" he asked. "I suggest you take a few small Corvettes with you; in case you meet any Imperial forces." The Jedi nodded thoughtfully. “Perhaps, but I'm afraid I must decline. I must do this alone." The captain frowned but clicked his heels, saluted, and walked off. Creax had just come from a meeting with Admiral Piera. Piera had demanded the Sith be hunted down, but Creax knew he had more than hunting down a dangerous Sith in mind. The region of space the Sith flew to was said to be unexplored, but something about it gnawed at him. But also he didn't trust the admiral himself. Admiral Piera is just a power hungry snob who was put in power by a bunch of idiots. He needed to get to the system first. If the Admiral did first he would raze the planet. Why? Most likely money is one of the best reasons. Creax walked up the plank of his personal ship, Phantom I. He smiled, proud of his ship; most of its modifications he did himself. It looked like a large mix of multiple ships. He walked along the corridor of the ship up to the cockpit. He pulled out of the Flagship's docking bay, the name Polished Eye adorning the side of the Flagship. "This is Docking control to Phantom I. You are cleared for Hyperspace jump." He flipped a switch on his console, activating the transponder to identify his ship as a New Republic vessel. After activating the hyper-drive, he got up to walk over to his small room. It would be a good several days, at the least, to get to the system the Imperial vessel was supposedly in. He sat in his chair, looking up his holo-records on the captain and Sith commander on board: Adjess Adjess: Imperial Navy, decorated twice for winning multiple battles against New Republic forces, in the correlia sector. His wife's name is Gladiolus, and he has two children. However, without the Sith's file, they had no name, no career, nothing! He would have to be wary around this opponent.... _________________________________________________________________________ Kira ran through the forest with ease, slowing every so often to allow her men to keep up. So pathetic. She, being well versed in the force, let it flow through her, and it felt refreshing. The only one who wasn't having trouble keeping up was 65. After running for what seemed like hours, but was only thirty minutes, they arrived at a small cave. She stopped to look around, and letting the force heighten her senses, traced her fingers over the walls of the cave. She sensed that no one had been in said cave for a while. "This is where I suggest we camp for the night," she said, watching the droid place the wounded Stormtrooper. on the side of the cave. The Stormtrooper and the pilot were rigging the perimeter with explosives and traps; what they had left anyway, which was six Thermal Detonators, two blaster rifles, and the droid had his Sniper rifle. Kira was the kind of person who didn't take well to be ordered around by some pompous excuse for royalty. It was a deadly mistake to try to give orders; to a Sith, these ponies did not seem smart. Though a slight pang of guilt was there, she could have been more, to say it simply, nice. She did her best to wave that feeling away and focus on the ponies' foolishness, but it remained in the back of her mind. Kira sat down, leaning back and relaxing, laughing at their foolishness, although even she would pity them if they tried that again with her master, which she knew would be soon, Soon, they would all be dead. Sadly, she doubted her master would slaughter them all. She could dream, though. She knew he would make more peaceful contact, and she believed he would just send that nervous coward, Adjess, down. Even though he was okay in combat, his best job was diplomacy. The thing that troubled her was why they didn't contact her. Her com-link was still active, but no one had tried to even reach them... _________________________________________________________________________ "Transfer main power to shields!" yelled Captain Adjess as several laser cannons on the front of his ship swiveled into position fire, and Missile launchers launched multiple concussion torpedoes. Multiple fighters had launched from the planet below. They would be no match for his ship, but in its current condition, they could cause a large amount of damage if they got too close to any open circuitry. "Sir, analysis of the ships reveals they are neither New Republic or Empire Vessels. They seem too small to be maned," shouted a officer rushing past him to a flaring console. The Sith launched in his personal ship a mixture between a cargo vessel and a Tie Fighter and was engaging the enemy fighters that seemed Pyramid shapes. The Captain caught sight of the ship as it passed by the bridge, followed by a squadron of Tie Fighters. The attacking ships each had the power of Tie Fighter but seemed to be made of more primitive metals. They had lost contact with Kira and couldn't reestablish contact with her until the battle ended. They watched the events unfold through 65's eyes. They never should have sent a Sith; they just were not good at meeting new people-er, ponies. They needed to get her and her men out of there. "Lieutenant! Prepare a troop transport to go to the surface as soon as this is over!" he shouted to another officer that was standing beside him. The officer nodded, turning and running down the bridge to the corridors of the ship. This planet seemed to have a cloud of mystery on it. Talking ponies, Unicorns, Pegasus, unknown ships—it was madness! The captain scratched his chin, sighing. "Great, another problem to deal with," he grumbled, turning his attention to a large view screen. Hundreds of red dots whizzing all across the screen, he could make out at least thirty golden dots that were the signals of their Fighters, plus the seven green dots which where the Sith and his Squadron. Many red dots were disappearing but also receiving heavy casualties as well. "Launch another wave of fighter!" He was slightly worried; this ship was designed for land assault, not space combat. They needed to defeat those fighters! "Sir, the shields are failing!" a chorus of screams made Adjess spin and watch as the bridged seemed to be consumed in fire... "Gaahh!" Adjess shot up in his repulsion bed, sweating bullets. Panting, he got out of bed, shaking his head. What a dream, he said to himself. He looked around his quarters; it had the same grey, silver look as the ship, but seemed more polished. His bed was in the back corner, and a desk with a small computer sat to the bed's right. A book shelf filled with old scrolls from multiple planets from across the quadrant sat on the shelves, each scroll in perfect condition. Across the room to the right of the door was the bathroom. His door chimed. Oh no no no, why now? His eyes widened. Groaning, he stumbled about the room, quickly grabbing his military shirt and pants. After stumbling about the room, he slapped the panel, "What do you want!?" he growled over the intercom, expecting one of his minors to have some non-important news or complaint. The other end was silent for several minutes, before a icy cold voice spoke up, causing chills to go down his spine, and his blood to turn to ice. "Really, my dear captain." "Sith." _______________________________________________________________________ "Are thou sure, sister? Maybe we should have been more diplomatic?" "No! We must make sure they cannot harm our ponies. They may have impressive power, but we have numbers... and the Elements. We should try to keep this quiet. Quarantine them, at all costs." _________________________________________________________________________________ The six Elements of Harmony talked the situation over. The princess had set up a temporary base in the Town hall, and the six ponies sat in the waiting room. "How can you talk like that? They disobeyed the princess, and attacked them!" Twilight was yelling, face red with furry. "Well, they did kind of give orders to the aliens. Umm, I find killing horrid, but maybe not commanding them would have been better, maybe? Maybe it was an insult to them. Eep!" Fluttershy responded hiding behind her mane, trying her best to ease Twilight's anger. "You're telling me that it was the Princesses' fault!? They had no right to disobey her AND attack her!" Twilight replied. After taking a deep breath, she sighed and say down. "I'm sorry Fluttershy, I didn't mean to shout." The rest of her friends looked uneasily at each other, before smiling again. "Don't worry, sugarcube. We'll stop those varmints together!" Applejack said smiling, while the rest spoke their agreement, ready to support their friend and the princesses. A click of a door opening made the group look up as the two princesses, followed by Shining Armor and several of the guard commanders, marched in. They did not look too happy. Shining Armor smiled, nodding a hello to Twilight before Luna spoke up. "Please go home, you six. You have had a full day, and the royal guard is more than capable to bring these violent criminals to justice.”
Authorization code 003458994 accepted...... order. Launch two Sentinel class Landing craft to support current ground forces....... Sith ordered special tactical team be sent down to review planet defenses. Approved.
"Look for anything out of the ordinary,” Shining Armor ordered to his commander of the battalion of twenty Royal guards. The commander, whose name was Mist Kicker, saluted, flying off to relay his orders.
He glanced up. They had been ordered by Celestia to follow and apprehend the aliens, or "Humans," as they called themselves. They posed a danger to Equestria, his wife, and his sister, and therefore, he would take them down at all costs. He looked over to his commander when Mist Kicker returned. He gave his captain a nod, confirming that they where ready to head into the forest after them.
"Let's move out!" he ordered, beginning to lead the Guards into the forest.
"Wait!" a unison of five cries made him stop in his tracks.
Turning, he saw one of the things he did not want to see: his sister. "What are you doing here, sis?" he asked. He was completely aware of what she would ask, or better put state.
"We are coming with you." Oh, not going to happen.
"No Twily, you can't come with me,” he argued, preparing himself for the battle he would undoubtedly lose.
"We have to. We are the Elements of Harmony! We have stopped Night Mare Moon, Queen Chrysalis and King Sombra!" Twilight argued, showing no sign of backing down.
Shining Armor groaned, scratching his head. Thinking it over, they did have experiences with defeating dangerous villains, and even took on an army of changelings. He weighed the decision as best he could before finally deciding.
"Fine, but it is my mission, my rules,” he said, sighing again much more heavily.
Twilight smiled, hugging him.
"Alright, let's go kick some alien butt!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed, receiving three nods of approval and no response from Fluttershy, before she started flying slowly over to something that had her attention in town.
Shaking his head, he once again nodded towards the Commander. He knew he could not convince his sister to not go after them if he said no. They would have gone alone. Still, if anything happened to her, he would never be able to forgive himself.
"Wait," he said looking between them. "Where is Rainbow Dash?" He tilted his head as they looked around at each other.
"Huh? She was just-" Twilight was cut off by a rainbow streak.
"Twilight, you have to come now!" Rainbow yelled with a gesture at her to follow. Twilight raised a brow with a huff. She looked to her brother, who had a grin on his face.
"Well, it seems you are busy, Twily. We can take care of this,” he said, still grinning.
Twilight sighed, shaking her head. "Okay, Rainbow, lead the way," she said as the mare took off in a flash of rainbow colors, soon followed by her friends.
Shining Armor gave a quick laugh before facing his commander and following her into the brush.
Multiple Pony Life signs detected... confirmed... Threat... Orders... Fall Back.
65 had sensed their life signs the minute they entered the jungle. He had reported it to Kira, and now she was contemplating what to do. They could easily engage them in the forest, but they had sent in a lot of soldiers. She was expecting a transport to at the least drop off a squad of troop, and they could use it. She never liked being outnumbered. Almost as if someone heard her wish, her comlink beeped. She looked down at it, picking it up and answering.
The image of her master and the captain, popped up. Her masters arms were crossed, as he was obviously not in a good mood. The poor captain looked dreadful; he obviously had angered the Sith. Only Sith could cause someone that much horror.
She nodded her head. "Greetings, master."
He gave a stiff nod before talking. "Greetings, I take it negotiations did not go so well?" he asked, amusement evident in his voice, before continuing. "Well, anyway, we will have two transport standing by, in case you run into trouble you can't handle."
She frowned in both confusion and annoyance. "First, there is nothing on this planet I can't handle, and also: why don’t you just get us out of here?" she asked.
Her master turned his head to the captain who until now had been quiet.
"For some reason, the forest seems to have some sort of natural distortion field. If we send a ship down while you're in the forest, it might not be able to come back. So we don't want to send them down until you get out of forest."
Kira sighed, for this presented a problem.
"If that's true, we could be spending a little bit of time here. They are hunting us in the forest," she informed him, thinking of possible solutions.
Her master chuckled. "Wow, you must have angered them pretty badly. Anyway, I will be sending a special ops team to find a possible fuel source. Ours is completely drained, except for a small bit that is keeping us in orbit. Plus, they will survey the village."
Kira bowed her head. "Very well, master. We will stay out of sight, and we might be able to meet up with the team,” she said before he signed off.
Well, this greatly annoyed her. She wondered how the Captain screwed up. They quickly began making their way, far away from the search party. But if they persisted, maybe they could be persuaded; everybody has a price.
Nate Saloon sat in the rumbling drop ship staring across at two of his teammates, waiting for them to arrive at the surface.
Nate was the scout and sniper of the mobile commando unit, designated shadow one; or they just called him Nate. The squad's mission was to find an alternative fuel on the planet so they could leave this–from what he heard—fairy land.
He sighed, looking around at his squad mates. Alex Bin, squad leader sat to his right, and Alexa Bin, his sister and communication officer, sat right in front of him. And Joseph Antery, heavy weapons expert, sat to his front left.
When they landed, Nate's job was to explore the town, a hard place to stay out of notice, from what he had heard, especially when the only aliens they had met considered them hostile, which they are. Sadly, Nate was told to only engage if attacked or ordered.
Suddenly, the intercom cut in with the pilot.
"Here we are, boys and girls. Welcome to Wonder Land! Good luck!"
The Cutie Mark Crusaders had watched everything. From the metal alien to the crash, even to the battle, they had seen everything. And with this, they had decided on one course of action. “Cutie Mark Crusaders Alien Hunters!” _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Nate Saloon stepped out of the transport. His boots made a small crunching sound as he stepped onto the grass. He quickly surveyed the land while his fellow squad mates exited the transport, also observing their surroundings. “Okay, Nate, you go to the east of us and explore the town. Find out whatever you can about this planet and what exactly it inhabits,” said their Commander. Nate gave him a nod and turned, beginning his trek into town. Before leaving, he heard his Commander shouting orders to the others of the squad. “Alexa, you will come with me to find a fuel source.” “Copy that,” she replied over the com. “And Jose—wait, what are you doing?” Nate glanced back to look at what seemed like... well, he didn't know what to call it! Joseph was eating a cupcake; now, of all times! “Whht?” Jose asked in more of a grumble. After swallowing the remains, he smiled. “Hey, I was hungry, and I had one left.” Alex pinched the bridge of his nose, earning a small giggle from Alexa and a chuckle from Nate. Nate turned back on his way to his goal. As he walked in the tall grass, which was up to his waist, he quickly reviewed his mission: to explore. How boring. Once he walked farther away from the drop point, he looked around, admiring the beauty of it all. The trees, the birds, they seemed much healthier compared to the wildlife he had seen on the other worlds he had been deployed on in his life. Several birds let out warning calls of his approach. The longer Nate traveled, the more cautious he became. He was crouched down and moved silently against the grass. He slowly made his way up a nearby hill to overlook the close area. Turning on his visor and tracker, he caught sight of some sort of building, surrounded by a large number of well arranged trees. If there are locals, this could be a good place to get information without... drawing too much attention. He was about to move when his tracker caught movement from three lifeforms to his far right. Slowly getting the sniper off of his back, he gazed through the scope, which was equipped to also let him hear whatever he was pointing at. But before he could start listening in, Joseph cut over his com. “Guys, when do we get some mech support?” “Why would we need that?” Nate asked, still keeping an eye on his tracking. Joseph, who had been deployed to try to find the Sith and her group, answered, “From what I'm seeing right now, we'll need it.” Before Nate or any of the others hearing in could ask, Joseph flipped on his livestream camera from his helmet. The others could then see for themselves. Nate's mouth almost dropped. He was staring at a video of a giant Dragon! “Am I seeing the same thing you guys are?” Alex asked. “Yep. That's one, big Dragon. Okay, you win, Joseph, call in the Mech support. Nate, you continue your mission of getting intel,” said the Commander. Nate did an involuntary nod, returning to his observing. The three creatures he had been tracking came into view. He gave a small chuckle at what he had found. Three small ponies; how cute. Zooming in, he began listening in. “So how do you think we should capture the Aliens?” the white one asked. “We'll just go on 'n' rope 'em. Applejack always has extra rope around!” Nate struggled to hold in his laughter. These three ponies were going to try and capture a Sith! Before he could do anything else, he was interrupting by a hiss from the com... again. This is Transport Twenty Three-Seven and Transport One-One-Three-Nine, standing by. If you need support, we have three full squads and two At-st's standing by. Annoyed at the interruptions, and knowing they could seriously hurt him if he reached the town, Nate turned off his com. He tried to see if he could get information from these ponies. He watched as they went into some sort of tree house. Thinking this was his chance, he he slowly began to crawl down the hill, towards the ponies.
Jedi Master Creax sat back in his chair, thinking of the events to come. The Republic, despite his requests, sent two Corvettes to assist him, each one carrying at least one half of a battalion. He still had several days before they would reach the planet, so he took his time to meditate and prepare himself for the possible trials to come. Unlike the imperials, who did a blind jump into hyperspace, they had to use the mapped routes for fear of going into a sun or moon. Even though he didn't believe in it, they were lucky. _______________________________________________________________________________ Shining Armor trudged through the swamp, his eyes darting back and forth, all too aware of the creatures that lived there. The constant sound of the swish-slosh resonated in his ears as the troops moved through the swamp. They had barely been able to hold onto the trail of the violent criminals. “Sir!” one of his scouts far ahead shouted. “I think you should see this.” Shining Armor rushed ahead, looking around, only to see nothing but trees and bog. “What is it?” he asked, continuing to glance around. The soldier pointed to the ground in front of them. Shining realized the ground before them wasn't swamp, but a part of a body. A giant Hydra's body, to be precise! Several of his soldiers gulped, severely worried. Evening Shining Armor was a bit concerned if this bunch of guards could go through more of this? What would happen if they came across more than a few in this travel? A little bit of Kira's smile showed through her mask while she gazed through her binoculars. Already, with such little effort, they had them almost running terrified. Now for a little fun. Taking a thermal detonator in her hand, thus activating it, she threw it in the direction of the ponies, allowing the force to carry it farther. She smiled as it landed. Boom! The sound from the blast was easily heard behind the bushes, the vibration felt under her feet. The sound and shock waves quickly spread out over the portion of the jungle it landed it. The jungle shook before abruptly becoming silent again. “Let's go,” Kira said to the men behind her. She turned and walked away from the scene, now having sent their message. Her soldiers followed suit moving through the brush silently, except for the occasional crunch of leaves. The two stormtroopers, who called themselves “Deck” and “Six,” kept their rifles at the ready, obviously nervous about this forest's more aggressive inhabitant. Several of these tried to even make them their meal. As for the Pilot, he remained rather Silent, keeping his Imperial Pistol at the ready. This amused Kira, for it had to take a lot more than fairytale creatures to defeat her. The forest was alive with plenty of creatures, both large and small. Kira preferred it that way, due to less annoyances she would have to deal with. “Master.” A mechanical voice took her out from her thoughts. “Yes, what is it?” she asked, her gaze on the droid. “I am detecting a fire, with one life sign by it.” “Well, let's go there and pay them a visit, shall we?” ****** Nate gradually made his way to the farm, being very careful not to catch the attention of those three, little... what did they call themselves? Crusaders? Huh, what a funny thought, Nate wondered. He finally cleared the tall grass, looking at the large orchard. Now that he could see for himself, it looked a lot bigger up close. The apples looked quite good, he thought. Nate stared at the bright red and very delicious looking apple. Beep, beep. His movement tracker went off, warning him of a single entity approaching from the East. Great, just what I need. He groaned, looking for any cover, since a tree isn't the best cover one can find. Scanning his surroundings, something caught his eye. A tree house? he thought, wondering at his lucky. He ran like hell for it. Running up the ramp, Nate prayed it could hold his weight, since it looked a little small for his size. He opened the door, dashing inside and closing the door behind him. Drawing his rifle, he waited, listening for any sound. ****** “Sir!” an officer shouting, running up to Captain Adjess and the Sith. “Yes?” the captain asked, turning to the officer, a short blond boy no older than seventeen. The boy swallowed before continuing, looking like he thought he was on death row—which, if you angered the Sith, you would be. “Scanners have detected a large number of bio signs heading for the village of Ponyville, which is where our teams are supposed to be,” he finished, panting. “What kind of lifeforms?” the Sith asked, his eyes boring into the officer. “Um, ah, they have genetic markers of... Bugs, sir,” he said, standing at full attention. “How many?” “I would say a hundred, sir.” “Have our squads ready to be deployed, in case our teams need assistance.” “Yes, Sir!”
Nate listened for a sound: any sound. A breath, a footstep, or even a snap of a twig would suffice. He stayed immobile where he crouched, rifle at the ready, unsure if the creature outside had heard or seen him. Nate's senses were on full alert, ready for any strike to come at him. After waiting for almost ten minutes, though it felt like hours to him, he relaxed slightly. “Nate. Repeat, Nate, are you there?” Nate looked down at the red blinking com-link, realizing he had turned it off. He groaned, lucky he somehow got it on. Oh, they were going to kill him! “Here, sir!” he answered, hoping he was not already a dead man. “It's about time you answered your damn com-link! Anyway, we have multiple bio-signs heading right for the village, which is where you're supposed to be...” The commander's tone made him flinch; just mistake after mistake being recognized. “Well, I ran into some... delays,” he said, sighing. “Well, get to the village and find out what these creatures are!” “Yes, sir!” Nate got up and headed for the door. However, he had to dive through in order to get in. To stand up in the small house, he couldn't even consider that, for he had to bend over almost a complete ninety degrees! Putting his hand on the door, he slowly opened it. ________________________________________________________________________________ The Sith slowly walked down the Corridors leading to the Engineering Bay, his black cape flowing behind him. Engineering had reported trouble, through they had been rather vague as to what, and now he had to see the problem himself. 'This better not be a waste of my time,' he thought bitterly, turning right to head into the bay. He entered and walked to the railing. Because he was on the fifth level of the Bay, he watched the four levels down below. Despite it being merely four levels, it still looked like a long way down. There were a total of two guards and three Engineers; the guards kept at their post at the door while the Engineers were working at the console. Seeing him, the guards saluted, and the Engineers stopped and stood at attention. The Lead Engineer, a frail man in his sixties, walked up. Dressed in a yellow fight suit, he bowed. “My lord,” he said. The other Engineers walked up, wearing the same as the Lead Engineer, something to protect them from electrical discharges. One Engineer was a young man in his twenties, and the other was a large, stiff man no older than thirty. “What do you want?” the Sith asked, looking at each of them. The younger man looked like he was going to faint. “Well, it seems the engine damage we are looking over should not be that bad.” He took a deep breath. “The damage should only be in the Power arks because of the Blaster damage, but in this case, well, it seems that some of the damage could only have come from the inside of the ship. From a low blast radius mine.” The Sith stood there, thinking, So we have a saboteur aboard. This seems to be going downhill with each passing second. Although he was deep in thought, he sensed it. There was a small feel of anger and pure hatred, not towards the Rebels, but him. The anger felt strong, like a violent, lethal intent. To kill. “Everyone out!” he commanded with urgency. BOOM! His demand was just a bit too late. The explosion rang through his ears as his world exploded into heat and pain. It was mere seconds, and before he could truly process it, it was over. And the silence was unbearably painful in itself. He realized he was not harmed, though he certainly felt the heat wherever it was. He looked around, searching for any severe damage. One guard far away, though on the same floor as him, was dead. The other was trying to recover. Turning, the Sith saw the Engineers, all fine, as it seemed, helping one another back up. If it was an explosion intended on killing, wouldn't at least all of the Engineers and guards be dead?! Turning, he realized what it was for. The supports for the far side of the level were completely destroyed. “Everyone out now!” the Sith shouted. The guard by the door reacted with rather impressive timing. The Engineers looked over at him, not immediately doing as he did like he wanted them to. “Why is that?” the lead engineer asked. The Sith ignored him. No sense in saving the floor and risking his life while doing so, he thought. He grabbed a side rail bar. The platform shook as the damaged supports failed. The Engineers, understanding the danger, made a dash for the door. However, it was no use, for the platforms supports continued to fail them all. The far side of the platform began to swing down. The lead engineer fell back, followed by his older air. Their screams pierced the air as they descended until they were both silenced by the sudden stop that awaited them below. The younger engineer dived forward, grabbing onto one of the tables near the Sith that were sealed to the platform. He struggled to keep hold of it. He slowly began to slip, his fingers sweating in nervousness. Before he could think of other ideas, he began to fall, just behind his co-workers. Groaning in annoyance, the Sith swung over with extreme speed, grabbing the young worker's hand before he could fall. The engineer stopped and sighed with relief. The Sith worked his way up to the door where the guard, along with several others, waited to help them up. “Thank you, sir,” the boy said, panting. The Sith rolled his eyes and turned, walking towards the bridge. He didn't care about the boy in the slightest, but he did need all the manpower he could get. With the other two gone, he might as well have saved the final engineer when he could. As for this Saboteur, he was already a dead man. He just didn't know it yet.
It did not take long for the media to show up. They always did, let it be just about any subject. So long as it was news, the media always lurked in the corner, Celestia knew with annoyance. She stared out across the sea of News Ponies. She had spent the past hour telling everypony to stay indoors and not panic. It seemed, when dealing with her subjects, that they heard the opposite, though. They always panicked. Now it was time to answer questions from the media. She had assembled them all in a large, makeshift tent. Glancing at the golden emblems and decor around them, Celestia turned back to the news ponies. “Next question,” she said wearily. It had not even been that long, and already, she was tired. Most likely due to her most recent encounter. A smaller mare in front rose her hoof up with extreme speed. “Yes?” “Is there a threat for an alien invasion?” she asked, while some of the reporters gave murmurs of agreement. Celestia sighed. She had expected this to be the very first question, and while it was the second one, she had planned her answer for it since the beginning. “No, there is no evidence to suggest there is an invasion,” she replied. So far, so good. There was no need to start another panic. Another hoof, this one belonging to a familiar gray stallion. This stallion had been to many of the royal press meetings. “Yes,” she answered, saying it more as a statement than an invite to comment. The stallion, not caring on how she said it in the slightest, said, “Did you know about a possible threat for aliens BEFORE this accident?” he questioned. Celestia was surprised that she did not see this one coming. There was always some conspiracy nut out there, ready to jump at any chance to accuse her or her sister of knowing something serious in advance that may cause trouble for everypony. “We had no idea this was going to happen. How could we?” she yelled, anger clearly evident in her voice. Soon the room was filled only with eerie silence. “This conference is over!” She ordered her guards to escort the news ponies out in seconds. Sighing, Celestia sat back in her chair, heart thundering in her chest. She had not lost her temper in many years. The encounter with the alien had... infected her, however, and in more ways than one. ***** Kira stopped in front of the hut, staring at it. They had made good time traveling through the forest, though she felt that something was wrong. They had lost communication with the ship once more, and even the commando unit did not respond. Something surrounded this forest; perhaps a field of sorts. Or maybe these ponies were more advanced than they realized. However, she had more pressing matters to deal with. “Where is the droid and Deck?” Kira asked, surveying the area suspiciously. The two had gone to make a perimeter of the area, but they had not been seen since then. “I do not know, sir. I will try to raise them on the com,” Six replied, looking down at his wrist and speaking into the com. “Hey, Deck, where have you and that droid gone?” Only an eerie silence responded. “Well, there was no laser fire, so I believe that the com is just down,” Six suggested, glancing around, obviously not believing what he said. Kira cleared her mind, scanning the forest with help from the force to help her see, letting it probe the forest like a finger slowly moving. Searching for any sign of life, she knew stormtroopers are rather easy to detect, so if he was nearby, she would sense him. Her state was interrupted when the crackling of leaves resonated in the air from behind her. She spun around, reaching instinctively for her saber. She met the eyes of what caused the sound; Deck. Relaxing, she let her hands fall to her sides. “Where were you?” she demanded, glaring at him. She had enough problems on her shoulders, so she did not want to deal with incompetent Stormtroopers, as well. “I, uh, got turned around,” he replied dumbly. Six walked up and stopped just behind Kira. “Where is the droid?” he asked, looking around at the bushes before glancing at the hut behind them. “He, uh, was with me... maybe he got lost,” Deck replied, but something disturbed Kira. She could not identify the source, but it seemed to be all around her. “A top of the line, assassin droid does not just get lost!” she shouted through her teeth. “Go find him!” She pointed back where he walked from, turning back and heading into the hut again. If she was not deep in enemy territory, she would have killed him right then and there, like her master would have. In a sense, she admired her master. He was the only real father figure in her life, so she looked up to him in plenty of cases. She was quickly taken out of her thoughts by the sound of footsteps nearby. Looking over, she saw Deck and Six standing there. “What is it?” she demanded, her eyes boring darkly into each of them. Then she realized it. They both had the same identification code on their shoulders. The code of Deck.
