Chapter 4: Imperial Contact
*In the docking bay of the flagship Executor*
Darth Vader boarded his TIE Advanced and flew out of the docking bay of his flagship, the Super Star Destroyer, the Executor. Vader was accompanied by 5 other TIE Fighters and two Imperial Troop Transports containing 50 Stormtroopers each. As Vader leaves the docking bay, he then commincates to all TIE Pilots and troopers in the Imperial Transport and says "Our primary goal is either to initiate reforms with the natives or to annihilate them. All troops will stay in their transports while the negotiations are made. They would either comply to our demands…" Vader pauses for a second to breath then says "….or be destroyed." All troopers and pilots responded with "Yes Lord Vader!" Vader simply replied "Good." After that, Vader contacted the Admiral and ordered "Commander, send the large transports along with the AT-AT's." the Admiral then responded "Yes my Lord." Vader then ended the transmission and orders his men to stay in formation as they reach the atmosphere of the planet.
*At Night Raid's base*
All members managed to escape with their lives after that brutal first encounter. Mine, Leone and Tatsumi are still recovering after being shot by blaster bolts. They haven't felt this kind of pain before. They have experienced being shot with arrows, knives and bullets, but what shot them was completely something else. Chelsea then says "Who the hell were those guys!? They were wearing some weird white armor and holding some weird ass guns! What the hell is going on?!" Najenda answers with "I have no fucking idea. They're weapons are unlike anything I've ever seen before. Those guns fired some strange heating red light and by the looks of Tatsumi, Leone, and Mine, they surely hurt like hell." Najenda states as she smokes a cigar. "And also what the hell is with that weird chicken walking machine?" Lubbock exclaims as he is exhausted from the battle. "More importantly, we must rest. That battle was brutal because we weren't prepared for an enemy like that. It seems we have a new enemy because surely that cannot be the Capital Empire." Susanoo then simply said "In conclusion, this new enemy is not of this world. And more importantly, this must be a more powerful enemy." Leone then spoke out "You got that right!" Tatsumi and Mine are resting to recover their injuries. What Leone likes about this is that Leone is allowed to sleep alongside the bed Tatsumi is in, while Mine is resting on the bed across of them. Leone gently cuddles an injured Tatsumi and to Tatsumi himself, he feels more comfortable.
*At the Capital*
Esdeath is looking out in the garden, drinking her tea and watching scenery. Lately she felt troubled ever since Tatsumi escaped from her clutches and then punished Wave severely for that. She then starts sending out scouts to find Tatsumi. Her obsession over him affected her focus on her duties and with the Jaegers. "This is all your fault Tatsumi…" Esdeath then says while blushing "I wish you were here beside me." Then one her scouts returned and knelt before her. "General! General!" Esdeath then cuts back to her senses and replied "What is it?" The scout then says "We've spotted some strange foot soldiers of some sorts inspecting the woods in the East while we also saw strange floating crafts heading towards the Capital City." The ice general then stands up and says "Are you certain this is true? What do these footsoldiers look like?" The scout then answered "Well they wear this strange white armor and they wield these strange guns that I've never seen before." Esdeath smiled "Well then, this should be interesting. I shall assemble the Jaegers while you ready the troops." Esedeath then walks into the palace and into the lobby. There the Jaegers were doing their duties or just simply hanging around. Bols and Wave were at the kitchen, Kurome was sitting on the table and was eating her snacks and sharing it with Koro, and Seryu was simply sitting on the couch alongside Run who is simply reading a book. Seryu is still recovering after the death of Doctor Stylish, whom she grew a connection with. Esdeath then enters the room, getting everyone's attention. "Listen up Jaegers. One of our scouts have spotted a possible new enemy exploring around the woods in the East of here. We shall investigate this and see whether they are possible new enemies." Wave walked out of the kitchen and asked "Well who are these new possible enemies?" Esdeath answered "No clue. The scouts described that they wear some strange white armor and carries unknown guns. We will deal with this with caution. They also said that some strange large floating objects in the sky are approaching towards to the Capital as we speak." Seryu then said "Could these strange armored soldiers be related to those strange black mechanical bug-like floatings crafts that we destroyed earlier?" Esdeath answered "Possibly so. Gear up, we will deal with this problem personally."
*In Darth Vader's TIE Advanced*
Vader and the other TIE Fighters are flying around the forest area and fields. Vader then looks at the forests and fields. To him, it reminded him of his time at Naboo. It reminded him of- . Vader then stops thinking about it. "Stay in formation." Vader says as he contacts to all TIE Fighters. As they fly around some more, they then reach the snow regions of the planet and then comes upon a snowy village. Vader was interested, as if this planet can have both warm and cold regions, something unheard of in the galaxy. Vader then orders "Change of plans. One of the transports will land on this village while the other one shall join with the other transport ships sent earlier. Two other TIE Fighters shall accompany the transport ship that is regrouping with the other ships that are approaching the native kingdom while the remaining three shall stay with me as we approach this village for answers." All of the Pilots who received his command answered "Yes Lord Vader!"
*In the snow village*
The village elder was sitting on a stool, looking in the sky. "I hope Tatsumi, Ieyasu and Sayo are alright. Those young kids are all on their own adventures. I pray that our gods shall guide them along their journey." As he was looking into the sky, he hears a strange sound in the air and looks further into the distance. He sees 5 strange crafts flying in the sky heading towards their village. Soon enough, everyone in the village started gathering outside their homes. "What in the heavens are those things?" one of the villagers asked. "Whatever those are, it's coming to our village!" another one of the villagers then says. "We shall confront this matter then." the village elder stated. As the ships landed near their village, the village elder, along with the village's best warrior defenders, approached to one of the strange ships. As they approached further, the bigger ship opened their doors, releasing a bunch of strange foot soldiers in white armor rushed out of the ship, but not firing at the villagers immediately. As the village elder and the village warriors stood there raising their defenses, they then heard another unfamiliar sound. From a distance, they could hear the sound of someone breathing and is approaching closer towards the villagers….