Authors Note: I am honestly surprised by how popular this story has gotten so far. I am honestly touched by the amount of MLP and Star Wars fans there are. Anyway, I have come with another chapter, and I hope you enjoy it. The first contact between pony and a Scout trooper. Oh, and by the way, before I get any criticism, these are not the Scout troopers from episode 6. Those are a later model. The scouts I am writing about are form Star Wars Rebels. You know who I am talking about. That... is really it. Enjoy the Second chapter of Imperial Equestria.

Chapter 2

Unknown planet

Around mid-noon

Noran Davil, 623rd Scout Trooper Regime

The plant creature reared its head back and lunged. I rolled again, but the plant was expecting that. One of its tentacles shot out and hit the side of my helmet, making it break inward. I groaned in pain as the Plastoid dug into my cheek, drawing blood.

I quickly ripped my white helmet off, feeling some skin tear off with it. I clutched my now bleeding cheek, my other hand fiddling with my vibro blade. This creature was smart. And it would not miss if I rolled again. I had to do something unexpected. So I charged it, swinging my knife over my head. This indeed caught the plant off guard, making it rear back a little, which gave me the perfect opportunity.

I jumped at it grabbing the back of its head, using the momentum to swing around to its backside. Using my legs to straddle its now flailing head, I used the knife and dug it deep into its head. It gave an ungodly screech as its flailing increased, almost throwing me off. I prepared to pull the knife out to make another stab, but the plant had other ideas. One of its tentacles quickly swung around and jabbed me in my side. Hard.

I screamed in pain as the tentacle breached my armor in the side, digging into my skin. The tentacle lifted up, and, with me still attached, flung me into a tree. As I made contact with the tree, I heard my something crack against it. I was relieved to find out it wasn't my spine that broke, but I still cursed to see that the back of my armor had cracked.

I tried to stand, instead fell to the ground as pain coursed through my impaled side. Clenching my teeth, I leaned against the tree, grasping my horrifically bleeding side. The plant gave a screech of victory as it prepared to finish me off.

That was when a miracle happened. The plant, in the middle of its screech, suddenly reared back as a lightning blue streak slammed into its face. The plant looked around wildly, trying to find out what just attacked him. Then the streak came again, this time striking the back of its head. The creature lost its balance and face planted to the ground.

It shakily tried to raise its head again, only to have to shoved back into the earth by the streak. I vision began to blur from the loss of blood, and I began to weakly groan. As my vision continued to blur, I saw something approach me. It resembled a horse, or a pony, or whatever. It was the same color as the streak, with a complimenting yellow mane.

It wore nothing except for some sort of tattoo on its rear, but I was too disoriented to make out what exactly it was. My vision continued to blacken as I heard a voice mumble next to my ear.

"What are you?" My vision was almost completely gone, and the last thing I saw before passing out completely were two beautiful, majestic wings on the back of the pony. The Pegasus.

Grounds outside the Avenger

Jerif Pier, Imperial Field Officer

I glanced around at the men as they worked, my hands fiddling with the data pad behind my back. At least 30 stormtroopers, both from the Avenger and from the Frigate, known also as the Storm Rising, were busy unloading multiple supplies from the Star Destroyers. Supply tents, ration canisters, and power generators were being loaded off and secured.

As the last of the provisions were being unloaded, I pulled the data pad from my back pocket, checking off the remaining items. When I saw that everything on the checklist was complete, I sent a report up to Agent Tailon, who was currently taking command at the bridge of the Star Destroyer. The report from Command came back almost instantly, giving me my next objectives. Looking at the first on the list, I turned my comlink on.

"Engineer Division, this is Officer Pier. Please report you condition, over?" A loud hissing sound, like steam, erupted through the mic.

"This is Head Engineer Toland. So, we have found the problems and can attempt to fix them. The only problem is the lack of supplies able to get the job done." I responded, "Explain." There was a moment of silence again before the Head Engineer responded.

"We will need Power Couplinks, Durasteel, and several other materials we don't currently posses. Normally, if a ship is too damaged to continue, a ship would tow it out and be take to Kuat. But unfortunately, that is not going to happen." I nod to myself, the realization flooding over me. "What about the communications relay?"

"It is salvageable, but there are a few things we need to at least make it functional again. And we currently don't have those parts." I bit my lower lip in frustration. "What is needed to make durasteel? Homemade." The Engineer sighed through the com.

"It is not that easy. There are certain machines we need, machines that our specific shipyard have. Granted, we have schematics for the machines, but we don't have the materials. Without certain power sources, anything we try to build will be useless." I bit my lower lip and cursed a bit. After a few seconds, I said, "Alright. Do what you can. I will ask our recon squads if there are any nearby villages that could possible give some assistance."

The Engineer acknowledged the order, then went to turn off his com. I waited for a few moments before I turned my com back on, changing the frequency to match those of the Recon Teams.

"This is Field officer Pier to all Scout Leaders. Please report." I waited for an agonizing 10 seconds before the first trooper responded. "This is Squad Leader Chazez with the Northern squad. We have found nothing so far, just a mountain range. We have encountered few alien life."

The next to respond to Eastern Squad, which reported the same thing. South, however, was the first to report something unusual. "We have encountered alien life. We have not engaged, but it would appear they are ponies." I was confused at first. "Ponies?"

"Yes sir, ponies. But they appear to be... intellectual. They appear to be speaking our language, and are doing activities that ponies would not actually do. In fact, they have their own little town here." I was still trying to register that our first alien encounter was a pony. When the fact that they were intellectual registered in my mind, i responded almost immediately.

"Do not engage. Examine them, and keep note on their behavior. Report any anomalies... besides the obvious. I will speak with High command about your discovery." I turned off the com frequency, ready to contact Agent Tailon, when I remembered Western Squad. I turned my com back on.

"Western Squad, you have to give your report."

No response.

"Western Squad? Do you copy?" Still no response. I bit my lower lip and changed the frequency again. "Captain Foren, how many men can you spare?" Captain Foran, who the leading command of 3 battalions of Stormtroopers, quickly responded. "I have 3 squads of 7 men available, plus 2 AT-STs and 3 troop transports. The rest of the men are busy unloading the supplies."

"I need a troop transport with a squad of your finest to be sent out to the last known position of our Western Recon Squad. They have gone missing, and need to be found as quickly as possible. Tell the men to expect hostile forces. If they encounter anything that appears to be hostile, tell them they have permission to exterminate it. Field Officer Pier, out."

Everfree Forest
Mid-Noon
Lightning Dust, Equestrian Wonderbolts

(Authors Note: If you don't know who Lightning Dust is, watch the episode where
Rainbow Dash goes to the Wonderbolts academy.)

I approached the strange creature that laid on the ground, obviously wounded. It wore a White sort of armor, with black fabric underneath it, as well as surrounding the outside its head. Its face, if I was to call it that, was tan and flat, with a black mane only on the top of his had, and a few hairs above its lip. It had a small nose, which barely made up any room on its face.

I continued to approach it, still wary. It was a miracle I even saw the creature being attacked by the Carnivorous flower. It would have surely been killed if I hadn't of come in and saved the it, which filled me with a little bit of pride. Ever since the academy, I have honestly tried to play down my ego, but still, at times like these, I just felt awesome. I wanted to fist pump the air, and go tell my other cadets of what I had just done.

But I couldn't do that now, much to my disappointment. I had to help this creature, which was probably almost dead. Blood was pouring from its side, where I saw the flower impale it. It was also bleeding from its cheek, and I could see a piece of white material sticking out of the wound.

I went over and realized for the first time the creature was a male. I sniffed and snorted. He reeked of sweat, but I could tell he was still alive. I looked around, biting my lower lip as I tried to decide what to do next.

Do I go to the nearest town, which was Ponyville, and request a doctor, or even Princess Twilight herself? Or do I try to find another one of these things? I saw a whole herd of them earlier today, out in the plains a few miles from the Everfree. After some consideration, I decided to try to find the creatures fellow beings. They would probably know more about their own kind then even the Princess would know, I reasoned.

Then again, Twilight was a princess. I was literally having a war with myself about what I should do.

"What if this creature's kind think I am hostile. Then what do I do then?" I said out loud. When I was observing the battle, it was clear that these creatures were excellent fighters, warriors of hoof to hoof combat.

Wait, this creature doesn't even have a hoof. It has strange appendages on the end of the hoof. I shook my head. I am sure to figure everything out later. I just needed to get this creature out of here, before the Timber wolves begin to investigate the smell the blood. I grabbed the creature by the scruff, flinching a bit as he groaned in pain.

Looking in both directions, I made my decision. I picking up the man, I began to hover westward, towards Princess Twilight Sparkles Kingdom.

Imperial Troop Transport
5 Minutes later
Captain Foren, 623rd Imperial Marines

I went to the front of the cruiser, standing in between the two pilots for the Imperial Ground Transport.

"How far away are we?" The pilot continued to look ahead and steer, while the co-pilot turned to me. "We will arrive in a few minutes. Get your men ready for deployment." I nodded, turning around and coming back into the staging area.

7 troopers, all wearing pure white armor, sat in their seats, their E-11 blaster rifles in hand. One carried a heavy repeater, as well as our Anti-Armor launcher.

"Get ready to move out!" I shouted to the men, and they instantly unbuckled themselves, standing up in an erect position. The transport suddenly stopped. The doors swung open, and the men exited the ship in single file, getting into rows outside.

I was the last to step out of the transport, putting on my blue and white commander helmet. The tinted glass covering my eyes shielded me from the sun, which seemed especially bright. One of the troopers approached me, saluting.

"Sir, the men are reported ready to move out!" I nod, looking towards the dark forest in front of us.

"Sergeant, do you have the tracking scanner." The trooper nodded, pulling a small chip out of a compartment in his belt and inserting it into a slot in his helmet. All the data from the tracking device was now implanted onto a HUD screen in his helmet.

"Alright, I have a lead on one of the tracking devices." The Sergeant said, suddenly looking straight forward.

"This way." He said, before starting forward. I signaled to the other men, and we all began following the trooper into the dark woods. We walked fro a good 3 minutes, before we came upon a small clearing, surrounded by trees. A giant, black flower was in the center of it, looking to be dead. I looked over at the Sergeant, who was staring at something on the ground.

I turned and froze at what I saw. On the ground was an Imperial Scout helmet, surrounded by what looked like a puddle of blood. The other men must have seen it as well, for they suddenly gripped their weapons a little tighter. I approached the helmet, and confirmed that it was indeed a scout helmet.

"I want a perimeter around this clearing. I need to make a report of possibly dangerous life on this planet." The troopers nodded, still looking very wary. I turned my comlink on and tried to turn it to an appropriate frequency. I received static with each frequency I tuned into. Suddenly, one of the Stormtroopers flinched, aiming his rifle into the wood.

"Captain, I am detecting movement up ahead." I turn and begin heading towards the trooper, pulling my E-11 Blaster pistol from its holster.

"What kind of movement?" I asked, as the Sergeant and 2 other Stormtroopers began heading in our direction. "Uh, ground, sir. It sounds like a pack of..." His statement was suddenly cut short when a horrid screech erupted from the woods, making the wary trooper jump a little.

Then came the smell. An intoxicating smell came out from the woods, making the Sergeant, who had just showed up, gag a little. The trooper in front of me coughed a little.

"What the heck is that smell?" Before I could respond, the trooper suddenly screamed as something jumped onto its back.

It is hard to explain its physical appearance. It was a wolf, but it was made out of sticks and logs. It had sharp fangs, and I could almost see the stench coming from it's mouth. Before I could respond, the wolf creature sank its fangs into the screaming troopers neck, then bringing the now dead trooper into the woods. Then, as soon as the previous one left, 2 more showed up, growling.

"Fire at will!" I shouted, and the area erupted into chaos. The troopers all began firing at the wolves, who appeared to be shocked by the flurry of blaster fire currently being shot at them. However, as soon as the men stopped firing, I realized that they were not effected at all by it. They charged again, going for 2 of the other troopers, pouncing on them.

I began firing my pistol, almost to no effect. The 2 troopers were dead upon seconds of contact, the wolves taking there bodies away. I looked back at my remaining 4 men, who all appeared to be startled by what had just occurred.

I turned to them, and I couldn't help the panic that seeped into my words.

"All troopers, fall back to the transport before they come back." The Sergeant put a hand on my shoulder, just before I could turn and follow my remainign men out of the wood.

"But sir, what about the scouts?" I pushed his hand off and continued to follow my men.

"It is clear that they got him already. We need to get out of here before we are next!" The Sergeant seemed to hesitate, then nod reluctantly, quickly following me out of the woods.