Once upon a time in a galaxy far far away.
Lord Vader was standing on the bridge of his flagship, The Executor. The ship class was the largest in the Empire, it was an Executor-Class Star Dreadnought being 19,000 meters long, the ship represented the Empire well and the men onboard were not the ordinary crew members of the usual Imperial II-class Star Destroyer but these were highly skilled, picked from the best Admirals like Grand Admiral Thrawn and Admiral Piett.
Same thing was for the Stormtrooper Corps onboard, the ship held the remains of the 501st Legion, the only Jango Fett clones still serving the Empire. But the ship also had the elite Shadow Troopers and even deadly the Imperial Royal Guard.
The Dreadnought was currently orbiting a planet in the Unknown Regions, not far from the planet of Csilla where the native species called "Chiss" lived, Grand Admiral Thrawn was a one of those and was currently not far from Lord Vader's fleet position.
The Dreadnought was a part of a large fleet nicknamed the Death Squadron, it had multiple ships in it's fleet and thousands of ground troops. Notable Crew members included Admiral Piett and General Veers, both veterans to the Empire.
The leader of the Death Squadron was none other than Darth Vader as he had the second highest rank in the Galactic Empire and the highest rank in the Military. For him it was just a rank though, Darth Vader used to be a Jedi Knight, a powerful one and had the possibility of being the chosen one, instead he became a Dark Lord of the Sith, he was twisted by the Dark Side and nothing seemed to make him happy. His emotions were hidden behind the dark mask and the only sound he made besides for talking was the breathing.
But Darth Vader wasn't completely dead inside, he knew that inside of him was a weakness, that weakness was the light side of the force trying to pull him back to the light side. But Darth Vader had none of it and always won against that weakness.
Darth Vader looked at the planet, the planet that he and his fleet had accidentally stumbled upon because of a mistake. But Darth Vader was growing impatient, he had no time to correct the mistake so he had a plan to bypass it. His plan was to invade this planet.
The planet resembled a mixture between Aldeeran and Corellia, unfortunately Aldeeran had been destroyed by the also destroyed Death Star thanks to a weakness in the battle station that the Rebel Alliance had exploited.
A Lieutenant approached Darth Vader with an anxious look on his face.
"My lord, it seems like we have input the wrong coordinates and ended up here."
"Lieutenant, how is it possible for the highly skilled crew men to make a mistake?" Darth Vader said with anger in his voice, his master Emperor Palpatine wanted a planet under the control of the Empire for more income and workers which actually would be slaves.
"I am sorry my lord, we will input the correct coordin-" The lieutenant was cut off by Darth Vader.
"No, We shall take control of this planet. Get me a report of the planet, now." Darth Vader demanded.
With that he stormed off and made his way out of the bridge.
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In Equestria Princess Celestia was observing the night sky before retiring for the day.
She was using her brand new telescope that she had received as a gift from her student Twilight Sparkle during her own birthday.
She first observed the constellations, being able to spot the Aquila constellation.
Then she turned the telescope left and saw something surprising.
She could barely make out what she saw but it looked like triangles in orbit, she identified 10 and could even see an enormous one.
"Sister!" Celestia shouted for her sister who had just finished lowering the moon.
Not long after, Luna burst into the room, seeing her sister on the balcony with the brand new telescope next to her, the sister walked towards her sister to see her with a concerned face, something Celestia rarely had.
"What is it sister?' Luna asked in a exhausted voice, she clearly had to use lots of magic to get here so fast which exhausted her.
"Take a look." Celestia said and let Luna observe the night that she had risen, she immediately saw the triangles that Celestia had also seen.
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The information from the probe droids dispatched had sent back information on the planet, information which would be crucial for Lord Vader.
"The planet is called Equestria and is home to the intelligent species of ponies and griffons as well as many others." The Lieutenant said reading off a datapad.
"It has a strong connection to some sort of magic with one of the species being able to harvest it and use it for their or others own good."
By now Vader was back on the bridge.
Darth Vader looked at the planet from the bridge, he knew that this one would be a massive help to the rebellion if information of it's existence was to be published, especially since these so called ponies could have a connection to the force.
"Order the Interdictiors to engage their Gravity Well Generators, no one leaves this system and suspend all scheduled shifts except for mechanical and maintenance checks." Darth Vader knew that Equestria was too dangerous to be known by the galaxy, even by some Imperials. Especially since lately there have been a lot of double agents inside the Empire, and who knew if Fulcrum was watching Lord Vader or someone onboard the ship with a high rank right know.
Darth Vader looked as the Lieutenant walked away to inform the fleet of his orders, he then looked back at the planet. The planet reminded him of something, something he had felt back when he was a ten year old and his old mentor Qui-Gon Jinn was still alive, Vader quickly dismissed those thoughts and went back to his anger, the Dark Side only had anger, power, hate and suffering. Nothing else, it didn't have what the Jedi had, friendship, loyalty and the right choice. But the Jedi was the reason that his wife Padmé Amidala was dead, the dark side was the only thing he had and he wasn't going to let it go.
Darth Vader left the bridge and started walking towards his meditation chamber, he needed to connect with the dark side force more and make his power a valid one and one that cannot be beaten.
He used the force to open the doors open then using the force to open the meditation capsule open as well.
He used the force to close it once he had entered and began meditating, connecting to the force.
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During the rest of the night in Equestria; Celestia and Luna had ordered for the mobilization of the EUP.
Reserves were brought to Canterlot as both sisters knew an invasion was coming.
Meanwhile in Ponyville, an unsuspecting Twilight Sparkle was studying late at night once again when she suddenly was surprised when she heard multiple footsteps coming from outside her door.
She was even more surprised when two guards entered her bedroom.
"Your highness, Princess Celestia requests to see you in person in Canterlot now." One of the guards said.
"Oh? I'll be there shortly then." Twilight replied as she closed the book she was reading.
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Darth Vader would leave his meditation chamber, feeling his dark side power growing, each day the sith grew stronger.
He began moving back towards the bridge of the Executor, the massive ship that he owned.
Once he got there he saw the same Lieutenant that had informed him of the mistake, but he turned his attention to the Commander instead.
"Commander Darren," said Darth Vader attempting to capture the attention of the Commander.
The Commander turned around and saw the intimidating man that was Darth Vader.
"Yes Lord Vader?" he said.
"Commence the invasion at once." Darth Vader said and returned to watching the planet Equestria, trying to learn more by looking at it.
The Commander meanwhile turned his attention to the crew members, he complied with Vader's orders and led them forward to the other members of the crew.
The elite Imperial Pilots entered their ships, most of them being TIE Fighters with the exception of a few entering TIE Bombers and TIE Defenders. Once they were ready they took off and left the hangar with speed, the TIE's would be visible from the bridge and Darth Vader saw the ships heading down towards the surface of the planet to begin their bombing runs and the destruction of the planet's infrastructure and military presence in preparation for the ground vehicles and the elite Stormtroopers.
The invasion of Equestria has begun.