Hey everybird! What's up!?

So before we get to today's questions… I just want to say that my most favorite brony remixer of music, JoinedTheHerd, came out with his remix of The Magic of Friendship Grows… And let me just say that it brought back the waterworks I had watching the MLP:FiM finale live…

On to the question of the day, and Nightfly123 actually reminded me of this…

What did you think of the second trailer for The Mandalorian?

Me: Pretty much the same feelings I had for the first trailer, and I'm still very interested for what is in store for the first live action Star Wars show, it'll certainly be a nice change from the animated shows we have, being The Clone Wars, Rebels, and Resistance. But I'm still wondering how there are stormtroopers and even TIE fighters flying about if this is after the years of the Empire and during the time the New Republic was the dominant power.

Moving on to your questions…

From Stormknight089, he asks, "Do you think Lisa and Tiago have finally reunited with their families in whatever place they hang out after death?

Me: Oh yes definitely and as Yoda or any Jedi would say, they are part of the living force now.

From T8ECR34TOR, he asks, "What Star Wars Story would you want them to make in the future?"

Me: Well besides like my stories, I would be very interested to see if they would ever tell a story from the bad guy perspective, like I of course side with the good, but it would be nice to see the view of the bad guys, whether it's the Separatists, the Empire, or First Order and see their reasons and views on the galaxy.

Chapter 43: Advancing in the Other Direction

(Arthur's POV)

As Tyler and I laid down on the grass, exhausted from the big victory the Resistance has just won, Grandpa Blu came up to us, in an urgent manner as we stood up, at attention.

"Sir, you don't look too good." I noticed.

"Commander, captain, the general is calling a general meeting right now to discuss our next moves and we need to be quick about it." Grandpa Blu told us straight to the point.

Following Grandpa Blu we went to the command center, where the other top leaders were gathered to hear what the general has for us and as everyone necessary was gathered, the general started speaking.

"We have won a major victory, Starkiller Base has been totally annihilated and our system remains intact." The general began. "However, that's the only good news I have, the Hosnian System is gone and with it our support from the New Republic, which means we are almost alone in this fight."

"We handled the First Order with barely any support from them general, we can attack the First Order head on and win again." Tyler interrupting, very eager of course for a chance to keep fighting.

"I appreciate your confidence captain, but the simple fact remains that the First Order is far stronger than we thought, regarding the fact that they managed to build Starkiller, no doubt they have enough ships to take control of all the major systems within a few weeks." The general stating.

"What do you suggest general?" Grandpa Blu asked.

"We have allies scattered about in the outer rim, so far out of First Order reach, but for how long I don't know." The general answering. "Which is why we're evacuating this system in order to regroup with them, the First Order is no doubt already preparing their revenge against us and will come. Commanders Poe and Arthur, I need your squadrons to run patrols and keep a lookout for any incoming First Order ships."

"Yes general, we'll get right on it." Poe replied as he and I saluted.

"Good, everyone begin the evacuation, there's no time to lose." The general dismissing everyone as the base went on high alert and began packing to leave D'Qar.

As Tyler and I went back to get our fighters ready and deliver the news to the rest of the squadron, Grandpa Blu joined us.

"Sir, we should stay, we can beat the First Order again if they come." Tyler told Grandpa Blu.

"I'm sure you can captain, but the general is right, we can't win this fight alone, we need help if we're going to face the First Order." Grandpa Blu replied as he tried to make Tyler see a bright side to this. "Don't think of this as retreating, think of this as advancing in another direction."

"Yes sir…" Tyler sighed.

"I promise we'll get another chance to beat back the First Order boys, you have my word." Grandpa Blu promised us as he then left us and Tyler and I were outside, to prep the squadron and our fighters.

And so the Resistance quickly got the evacuation underway, transports, loaded with supplies and personal, going back and forth from the base to our waiting small fleet, made up of the single Mon Calamari cruiser and a few smaller escort type ships while our fighters were running patrols, taking turns between my squadron and Poe's squadron. As it was our turn to run patrols around the fleet, I split up the squadron into four flights of three to maximize our scouting area, Tyler and Tally with me as we flew around, keeping our scanners on as our droids also scanned the area for incoming ships.

"We shouldn't be flying patrols out here brother, we should be flying combat missions well away from here." Tyler complained to me through comms as I rolled my eyes, knowing I had to endure my brother's whining.

"No offense brother, but if I were to bet you against the First Order, my money's on the First Order." I joked.

"Good one sir." Tally laughed as I also heard Ashley laugh through the comms, teasing the very pilot that was seated in front of her.

"Ashley, you keep laughing, I'll press your emergency eject button and send you out into space." Tyler snapped at the droid, which caused Ashley to go quiet as I chuckled at my brother's embarrassment as it was about time to check in.

"Sector clear, Resistance base, no sign of the First Order yet." I checked in, but than Alex began beeping at me as something appeared on my scanners. "Wait… Contact!" I notified the base as a single TIE fighter came blasting out of hyperspace past us.

"No contact!" A voice said loudly through my comms. "This is Shriv Suurgav, clearance code 7-3-Tau. We are friendlies, requesting permission to land. Please do not shoot us…" The bird told me as I swung around onto the TIE's tail, Tyler and Tally right besides me as I figured Tyler must have an itchy trigger feather right now.

"Landing request denied." I answered.

"Well I-I-I I said please?" The bird told me as I received an incoming message, asking Alex to put it through.

"Commander Arthur, patch me through to them." The general's voice came in.

"Yes general, Alex get to it." I replied as I told my droid to get on it while I talked to the bird in the TIE fighter. "Standby for instructions."

It was only a couple more minutes until the general's voice came back to me, to tell me what to do about our guest.

"Commander, let them go, they are indeed friendlies." The general confirmed.

"Copy that general." I answered as I got on comms with the bird flying the TIE fighter. "Shriv Suurgav, you are free to go, good luck."

"Thank you so much for not shooting us." The bird replied as, with Tyler and Tally, we broke off, the TIE returning to hyperspace to who knows where.

"I really wanted to use that TIE for target practice…" Tyler admitted to me.

"You'll get your chance brother, how about we go back to the cruiser, it's about time for Poe's turn." I said as I rallied the squadron, leading them back to the cruiser's hangar.

With the cruiser's flight control crews guiding down the squadron safety inside the hangar, I touched down, shutting off the engines as I opened the cockpit, taking off my helmet as I looked back to Alex.

"Alex, stay there for now, I'll be back." I told the droid behind me as he gave me back some beeps while I climbed down from my cockpit, joined by Tyler.

Walking out of the hangar, we headed to where Poe was, the command bridge, where General Organa and Grandpa Blu was. Arriving there, the bridge was very much in a state of activity as nearly everyone was focusing on the evacuation process, which was going steady, but a little slow. Making our way to where Poe was, by a holographic projector, with the general and Grandpa Blu, we made our presence known.

"Hey Poe, it's about time for your turn, better get a move on it." I told Poe as he turned to look at me.

"Actually, it's good you came back, we have a more serious manner to get to…" Poe told me urgently as he punched in a few buttons on the table and ship blueprints appeared, for a new ship I have never seen before.

"What is that?" I asked, surprised.

"Schematics for the First Order Dreadnought." General Organa answered.

"Well that doesn't sound good…"Tyler commented.

"I'm guessing whoever was in that TIE I encountered managed to steal this?" I asked, to confirm my guess.

"Yes and no doubt the First Order will use this ship against us." Poe explained. "We need to look for a weakness, figure out how to destroy this ship."

"Well from what I can tell, the Dreadnought looks like a siege weapon, two massive orbital bombardment cannons underneath, looks like point defense laser cannons for anti-fighter and bomber protection on top and hangers filled with TIEs…" Grandpa Blu pointed out.

"What about this area?" I pointed out a deep crater that was more towards the back of the ship where the bridge was. "Looks like it can be easily penetrated by torpedoes or bombs."

"You're right commander, it does look like it, but the cannons and TIEs will make getting there difficult and plus our own proper bombing squadron we have is made up of the big and slow StarFortress bombers, they'll surely get picked apart by the laser cannons alone." Grandpa Blu added.

"If only we had more time to figure out how to deal with this ship properly…" Poe wondered as then the worst happened…

"General, we have incoming ships!" A crew member on a console yelled out as we turned to look out and saw, coming out of hyperspace, three star destroyers, one by one exit as they arrived to confront us.

"Well it could be worse…" Tyler said as about a minute later a much larger ship, twice the size of the star destroyers, black, very flat and menacing looking came out of hyperspace in front of the star destroyers, leading the small First Order fleet.

"You just had to say it brother…" I sighed.

"The evacuation isn't done yet, we need more time." Grandpa Blu spoke out. "Whoever is left on the base will surely get blasted by that Dreadnought."

I was trying to think of a plan, when I looked at Poe, who had a look that told me whatever he was thinking was something crazy…

"Poe, you have that look…" I pointed out.

"I got an idea, I'll explain while we're in our cockpits." Poe replied.

"Commander Dameron…" The general started, not liking where this was going.

"Trust me general, and plus there's no time to argue." Poe returned. "Lets go!" Poe told Tyler and I as we had little choice at the moment, the First Order was here and any plan, no matter how insane it was, was welcome, the survival of the Resistance depended on us destroying the Dreadnought and escaping to fight another day…

Well I guess you could say the start of The Last Jedi has began here already, but the next chapter will be the battle to bring down the Dreadnought, so I hope you're all looking froward to that!

And with that…

See everybird later!