//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: The Probe Droid // Story: The Galactic Empire vs Equestria // by sonicdash123 //------------------------------// Outside of Twilight's house in the small crater where the meteorite crashed, out came a 1.6 meter Probe droid. On its head, there are eyes that can detect movement, acoustic, sonic, and seismic sensors, a radiation meter, magnetic imagery, and a holo camera. It was moving on a repulsor lift generator which was equipped to operate over the terrain. It was also equipped with arms which are high-torque, and the it was equipped with a floodlight on its head. It was moving towards her house as a first place to look around. Twilight, Charming Thunder, and the rest of the group was looking out of the window to see that droid floating towards them. "What is that thing?" Rarity asked. "I don't know," Charming Thunder replied. "maybe since its a robot, I can use my magic to disable it permanently so that we can take a look at." "Why not just take its battery out?" Twilight asked. "Because I sense that if we get too close to it, it can self-destruct." "Oh." "Looks like that it is leaving." "Good luck, Charming," Applejack said. "Thanks." --------------------- Charming Thunder was following the robot through the town. It made beeping sounds which means it was time for him to hide. He then hid in the dark between two buildings to dodge the blast. It floated towards the spot where it shot and turned its head to find out who or what was following it. Then, Charming Thunder quietly said a spell that made the robot collapse to the ground and did not break into pieces. "Just to make sure," he said as he was stepping closer to it to make sure that it won't explode. He touched it with his hoof and sighed with relief. He then levitated it and went back to Twilight's house. --------------------- Darth Vader was sitting in his meditation chamber when he saw an Imperial officer enter the room to report him the situation. "Lord Vader, the probe droid has been destroyed," the officer report. "Did it collect data on what is on the planet?" Darth Vader asked. "It did, my lord." "Show me." The officer played the recording of what the droid has seen. The screen showed a tree looking house and other kinds of houses that kind of looked the same. It then showed the clip of when it saw a mysterious figure and jumped out of the way of its blaster fire. Then, the recording ended with static after it checked where the mysterious figure jumped. "Its not destroyed. It is probably disabled." "Disabled? By what?" the officer said puzzled. "I don't know. Contact the bounty hunter IG-88. We may need his service." "Yes, my lord." Darth Vader's meditation chamber closed to start meditating to plan his next move. --------------------- The sun was now out when the rebels have set up camp in the forest. The transports were unloaded and their spaceships including a ship similar to Boba Fett's ship called the Firespray-class starship. It was equipped with two blaster cannons and a tractor beam. In order to transition to normal flight mode, the ship rotated so that the cockpit faced forward while the drive engines faced rearward. It is now landed horizontally to the ground with the cockpit facing upward. The boarding ramp opened with troopers carrying cargo and dropping it outside. The armors color was all red with black details all over it. "All the cargo on the transports have been unloaded, Luke." a trooper said while Luke was carrying cargo out of the ship. "Assemble some troops," he replied. "We need to take a look around on this planet." "Yes, sir." Four rebel troopers carrying their blaster rifles were assembled to investigate an exit out of the forest. Luke then puts his cloak on and started walking. --------------------- Twilight and Charming Thunder were both looking at the robot that he had disabled last night. They were analyzing the it and drawing it out and labeled each part. When they were finished, there was a knock on the door. "Oh, coming," Twilight said. She opened the door and saw one of the members of the Wonderbolts, Spitfire. "Oh. Hi, Spitfire. Come in." The captain of the Wonderbolts then entered the house and saw Charming Thunder working on the disabled robot. "Hey, I remember you," Spitfire said excitedly. "You're the one everypony said that you and Daring Do discovered a Xenomorph. Correct?" "Yes, ma'am," Charming Thunder replied. "Who might you be?" "The names Spitfire, captain of the Wonderbolts." "Oh, so you're Spitfire. Rainbow Dash always talks to me about you and your team. It is an honor to meet you." "Me, too. Did you know that she saved my life at the fliers competition?" "Rainbow Dash never told me that," he replied. "I just came to see what all that noise at Ponyville I heard last night was about." She then looked at the disabled robot that Charming Thunder was studying. "What is that thing?" "I have no clue what it is. But my guess is that it is some kind of robot. It just came down like a meteor and appeared last night after the noise stopped. The noise was a battle." "A battle? Where?" Spitfire asked. "In...space."