The might of the Finalizer's engines moved the massive ship through space, due to it's size it appeared to be travelling extremely slowly but it was travelling fast enough to outrun a few kinds of starfighters and light cruisers.

"Tie SS09 ready for takeoff, bay 7." A TIE fighter pilot said over the comms.

"Tie SS09 clear for takeoff bay 7, tether disconnecting now." The refueling cable tethering the small starfighter popped out of it's wing and the ship's engines began to roar to life, the Tie fighter rose up out of it's little pocket and almost instantly screamed away into the black of space.

"Tie SS09 on my way."

"Roger SS09." The Tie fighter descended towards the Planet Ashara, it sped across the plains and towards a large sandstorm. The very young but experienced pilot managed to fly over the storm and began to fly in a very large circle, as the storm began to clear the pilot changed direction. A small house was revealed in the dissipating sand and dust, the pilot flew his craft straight over the settlement and over the hills across from it. As his craft disappeared from view at the house a small pod dropped from the ship and flew itself down to the ground. As the pod dropped further and further a small slowing rocket ignited in the bottom and the pod's speed drained. Once the pod hit the ground it split in half revealing a probe droid used back when the Empire was around. The droid's legs lowered and the typical chattering noise began to emit from it, it floated over to a rock ledge overlooking the house.

"Okay dad, I really need to tell you something. The craziest thing happened to me at the market today." Ryo said to his father, almost desperately.

"It can wait Ryo, we need to clean up the property. Can you go get a spare moisture vaporator from my workshop and have R5 install it? You saw what happened to the last one." Von responded calmly.

"Rrrr fine! But you WILL listen to what I have to say when him and I are done!" Ryo said back, frustrated. He went and grabbed a moisture vaporator then went looking for R5. However, he was met with the several eyed face of a probe droid hovering over R5's disabled metal body.

"R5! NOOO!" Ryo screamed in fury as he grabbed the blaster pistol from his belt. The probe met his blaster shots with an instant energy blast to the chest that knocked Ryo out, Von came out of the house with a heavy repeating blaster rifle and blasted the droid with plasma. However, his hits did not affect it and it prepared to fire another disabling shot. As it fired it was suddenly knocked out of the air and it crashed into the ground in a tangle of metal legs, R5 loomed over it with his strut boosters activated. He landed and shocked the probe with an electrical charge, knocking out it's shield. Von, again shot the droid but this time his shots ripped through it's armour and destroyed it's metallic insides. The probe droid was dead, it twitched and sparked on the ground as dust still leftover from the storm began to settle on it.

"Tie SS09 returning to base, the drop was successful."

"Roger SS09, the droid was destroyed as planned. We now know their meagre defences, prepare your men for an assault on Ashara. Also get the troops ready and prepare a walker!"

End of chapter 3...