I was walking up to the bridge when an explosion shook the ship. Alarms started blaring and I didn't know what was going on. We were in wild space where anything could happen so this wasn't good. I use my comlink to get an idea of what the fuck was going on!

:: Captain, status report! :: I yelled into my comlink as I double-timed it to the bridge.

:: Were under attack by separatist ships, it was a trap! :: I hear the captain's voice yell through the comlink. As soon as I got to the bridge, I saw at least eight separatist frigates and three command ships. Oh my god.

"We need to get out of here before-" I was saying before an operator cut him off.

"Sir, they've sent out boarding pods!" He said.

"Get us into emergency hyperspace now!!" I yell at the navigations operator who nodded in turn.

"All ships, this is the Andromeda. Prepare for emergency hyperspace." He tells the other Venators.

:: Copy that! Let's get the hell out of here! :: The operator of the Constitution and the Declaration said. There was another explosion on the hull and I had to hold onto something. I saw the boarding pods latch onto the hull of our ship and I use my comlink.

:: This is Commander Cody, all 212th on board are to arm themselves immediately and meet me in the hanger. :: I say as my voice echoes all through the ship. I could hear a lot of movement outside which meant that everyone got the message. After that, I grabbed a rifle and a blaster from the armory, then went to the hanger. I could hear blaster fire from the hangers as I got closer to them. When I opened the doors, I was pulled to the side by a clone as a blaster bolt hit exactly where I was. "Many thanks, trooper." I said before joining the fight and shooting my blaster at the super battle droids. After hitting some battle droids, my comlink lights up and the captain's voice comes out of it.

:: Cody, were ready to hyperspace. :: He says.

:: Then hit it! :: I yell. There were still a lot of super battle droids, but their numbers were dwindling. All of a sudden everything lurched and the battle droids stumbled and so did we. I was the first to recover and shoot eight more droids before the fighting recommenced. After several minutes, I noticed that we were not coming out of hyperspace. "Captain. Captain!" There wasn't any answer. This could only mean one thing and that the droids have taken the bridge. After the battle droids in the hangar were all gone I called out to the 212th. "Everybody on me to retake the bridge!" Everyone does as they're told and follow me to the bridge. On the way, I caught glimpses of bodies and fighting in the other corridors. As I reached the elevators, I turned to my company. "Ten per lift, sweep and clear," I ordered them and they nodded. I got into a lift with nine others and went up to the bridge. As the doors opened, I saw several commando droids and bodies around the room. "Scrap 'em!" I yell as we start to open fire on them. They start shooting back at us as the other lifts open revealing more clones. I start advancing in a crouched walk as does the others with me. One of the commando droids launches upon me and starts punching me in the face. And lemme tell ya what it feels like to get punched in the face by a robot, it fucking hurts! I yell in pain as I block the droids punches until a clone shoots it in the head. "Thanks, brother," I say as he pulls me up. He nodded his 'you're welcome' and went over to collect bodies. I went over to the captain's body. His eyes were still open and they were empty, devoid of life. "I'll see you on the other side brother," I whisper as I close his eyes respectfully. Suddenly an explosion rocks the ship and we come out of hyperspace. "That was the hyperdrive!" I yell.

"Sir! Our stabilizers are failing! We're going to crash on that planet!" A lieutenant yells from one of the terminals.

"Alert the other Venators and brace for impact!" I yell over to the clone at communications. He relays the situation to the others and holds onto something. I get onto the intercom. "Everybody brace for impact!" Seconds later we smashed into the ground and I was sent flying over the railing and into the glass, which cracked under the impact. I could vaguely hear the exclamations of 'Commander!' and 'Cody!' as I started losing consciousness. The last thing I saw was the 212th getting tossed around like ragdolls trying to get to me during the crash.

No....

It was a beautiful morning and Celestia was with Luna in the gardens enjoying the sunny weather. All of a sudden three resounding booms come from above and I look up to see the most amazing thing of my life. Three giant slice shaped UFO's were in space. But something was off. One of them was on fire and was coming into the atmosphere too fast!

"Luna, they're gonna crash!" I yell as I take off in the direction of the ship. I was too late to stop it when it crashes right next ponyville and skids to a halt inside the Everfree forest. I didn't care about possibilities at this point and speed towards the crashed ship, concerned for the lives of whatever is on there. As I land at a small entrance in the top, Luna pulls me away.

"Sister! What makes you think they are friendly?! They just crashed into the forest and killed hundreds of animals and maybe even ponies!" She yells at me, but a scream of pain grabs my attention from Luna and instead at the entrance. I jump in without Luna and find the source of the pain. It was all white except for the occasional orange stripes on it and it had writing that said '212th' on its helmet.

Maybe that's some sort of nickname? He was holding his limp arm in pain, it was obviously broken beyond repair by this point. It happened so fast that I didn't have enough time to react, a blade went through his stomach as he was risen off the ground by a large brown skeleton looking creature. It looked like it was made of metal and had lights in its body. The brown creature threw the white one aside and stalked towards me. I thought I was going to die until Luna cut it in two, both pieces falling to the floor, sparking. I looked at Luna with relief, but then I remembered the white one and scrambled over to its side and held its head in my arms.

"Find Cody...save my brothers...be careful...droids...still...here......" And then he went silent, indicating that he was dead. I had tears in my eyes as I watched him go limp in my arms, never to move again. I look up to Luna who has a mournful look on her face.

"We need to find this 'Cody' as soon as possible before more of these 'droids' kill them. What in Faust's name happened here?" I tell Luna as I look around the deserted halls. As I and Luna walked the halls, we saw bodies everywhere. One was impaled on a metal spike on the wall, another was bent in an unnatural way over a railing, another one looked intact under a giant piece of metal. Thinking that he was still alive, we pulled him from the wreckage, only to realize we only pulled half of him out of the wreckage. I vomited while Luna just stared at the smeared blood and entrails on the ground, horrified at what she just did. After that we ran out of the large open room we were in with the metal contraptions and went into the halls again. But as soon as we opened the doors, we had large black contraptions pointed at our heads. I looked past it to see another one of those white creatures along with a couple others.

"Get on your knee's! NOW!" HE yelled at us. Me and Luna exchange glances to each other and we raised our hands slowly and drop to our knee's. They suddenly bashed us in the head with their weapons, and I blacked out...

I woke up on the glass at the front of the bridge, where it was cracking slightly. I got up, got off the glass, and walked over to my men. I shook them awake as I checked the systems. Everything was offline except communications, which was a lucky break. I called the Constitution and told them to bring down lots of help. They obliged and said that they would come in 10 minutes. They also informed me that their hyperdrives are irreparable, we were stuck here. When I turned back around, I was met with quite the odd sight. Two creatures, one white and one blue, with wings and horns, and unconscious. "So, who might you be?" I ask them, knowing that they were unconscious.

The clone behind them answered. "They are probably natives wandered onto the ship." The clone said bluntly.

"Then we will leave them outside for their friends to pick them up, we have our own problems right now," I said darkly. Just then, another explosion shook the ship and caused me to look down at the terminal in alarm. "Shit, that was too close to the reactor, we need to leave now." All the clones left without hesitation, carrying the two horses with them. I took one last look at the body of the captain before following closely behind them.

In a matter of minutes, there were three gunships landing and taking in all the survivors. All except the horses, which they left a good distance away from the ship, in a bush so that predators would not find them so easily. I was a soldier, not a cold hearted bastard.

The gunship took us back to the Constitution and I began to talk to him about what we were to do next. He told me that in an emergency situation, I had the highest command. So I asked him about what we knew about this planet. He informed me that he had sent down probes that found a goldmine of knowledge about this world's history and sent to my datapad.

After a long discussion about what the fate of the 212th would be, I decided it best to go to sleep on the matter...

Tomorrow will just be another day on the job, not like its any different with Skywalker around...

TO BE CONTINUED....

Author's Note

:: means comlink

This was a cool brainwave I had a couple months back and I just now decided it should get some light. I hope you guys enjoy this story, but I will not be focusing on this completely, I will be focusing on my new main story, The New Under Empire.

-Malos