[h1]Royal Court[/h1]

The Royal palace of New Mobotropolis, a grand jewel sat atop a city that had known little but peace in the last 50 years. Sonia marched through the guards as she made her way to the throne-room. Oglivie in tow. "Look, Sonia, i know you're pissed, but don't think there is anything that I can say that will sway him."

"You ARE him. If he's going to listen to anyone, it is you." She replied. Walking up to the royal court's doors, she was stopped by a pair of Wolves at the door.

"Princess, i'm afraid that you cannot enter, your father and mother are in deliberations with the cou-" She turned back to Oglivie.

"Open the door, or he opens it with his machine guns." She replied. The guards looked at the Metal-Sonic-clad Hedgehog. Oglivie put his hands up.

"Hey, don't look at me, i'm on your side, i'm trying to talk her out of it!" The guards continued to bar her entrance. She sighed, before turning around and walking away, but she had taken no more than 3 steps when she turned and sprang into a leap, rushing the door and barging it with her shoulders, pushing straight through it. Oglivie jumped over the guards and ran after her.

"-ughter of yours is getting far too much, with the betrayal of your son, i'm starting to have serious doubts about your parenting skill." a hologram of a [url=http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/37800000/King-Shadow-king-shadow-37896443-1280-1330.jpg]black hedgehog[/url] said, before turning to see Sonia. "Ah, here comes my point now." he said, bowing to the princess. Oglivie finally caught up to her, grabbing her by the shoulders and beginning to drag her back out.

"Very sorry, Milords, but your daughter is a bit of a tough-" A weary, glove laced hand extended from the throne.

"Hush." The old, [url=https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/211e3554-4642-4ab0-b8b5-e73da180d0ff/d86eusc-dd255224-8a4b-4d12-bd96-77f6856860bd.png/v1/fill/w_1110,h_720,q_70,strp/king_sonic_by_drawloverlala_d86eusc-pre.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9ODMwIiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvMjExZTM1NTQtNDY0Mi00YWIwLWI4YjUtZTczZGExODBkMGZmXC9kODZldXNjLWRkMjU1MjI0LThhNGItNGQxMi1iZDk2LTc3ZjY4NTY4NjBiZC5wbmciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTI4MCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.FT_W4dNHWZ7zP08Vf-YxfJQXnv-TYu7Jbs1cv-tDZ9I]greying, blue king[/url] arose "Sonia, why do you approach my throne, unannounced, interupt a meeting with other heads of state and bring weapons with you?" He asked. Sonia and Oglivie knelt as he stood.

"Father, you have forbidden me to join the Egg Carrier's mission to hunt down Manic." She grunted.

"What of it?" Asked the King, his grimace unflinching. "You are a princess of Mobius, whilst Manic was still on the planet, you could easily be retrieved at any moment and were still within our territory, setting out into uncharted space, where i cannot protect you is-"

"YOU cannot protect me here. You are just an old man sat on his throne, daydreaming about past glories-" Sonia seethed. "Out there, Manic is plotting something else and it is my duty, as Princess, to make sure that New Mobotropolis stays safe. YOU can only send other peop-" Sonic stood up and tapped the bottom of the Royal Scepter on the ground, making a loud clack that made everyone fall silent.

"You have my ruling, Sonia, do not make me enforce it." He ordered.

"How can you enforce it?" Sonia grinned, rebelliously "You've got your attack dogs, i have mine." She backed towards Oglivie.

"Ummmm... Princess, i'm gonna let you in on a little secret, i'm SUPER uncomfortable right now. Please, milord, she has something up her sleeve and i don't know what it is, but i'm sure that i'm a part of it. Please, just let us go, before she forces me into this." Oglivie pleaded. Sonic slowly walked down the steps, approaching them. He stared her in the eyes.

"You feelin' froggy?" He asked Sonia with a confident grin of his own, guards slowly moving to surround them. "Then jump..."

"Oglivie is both right and wrong..." She smiled. "I do have something up my sleeve, but not involving him." He reached in her back-satchel and pulled out a bright yellow gem. Sonics grin faded as he realized what was about to happen.

"WAIT, DON-"

"CHAOS CONTROL!!!" She yelled as she clutched the gem, then her and Oglivie disappeared. Sonic let his head drop as the guards started to look around.

"She's gone, don't bother..." He turned around to see Shadow chuckling at the sight. "I suppose you had something to do with this? Because, i know i didn't teach her that."

"Let us just say that, she came to me and asked me to train her to defeat Manic. I did so. And i was right, your parenting skills do leave a lot to be desired." Shadow smirked.

[h1]Egg Carrier[/h1]

High in orbit, the Egg Carrier was just taking on the last of its supplies, Eggman himself sat in the captain's chair, breathing heavily. "I'm too old to be chasing hedgehogs across space... Too old to be building death-robots..." He sighed.

"That's just what they want you to think, boss." Said a small, cute voice. He looked down to see Thunderbolt having entered the room. "It's finally time. This time, we're going to win!" She squeaked, a small spark of electricity jumping off of her. "Ok, sucks that we're on the good guy team, but we can still take it as a win over the hedgehog." Eggman looked out of the viewport to see Jack and K'Tari throwing magical spells at each other.

"Oh to have the old Egg-Bosses again. Robots are nice and all, but i did miss the yelling and berrating. It's no fun to have no spirits to break. Imagine all of the fun when it's the hedgehogs child." He grinned. "And my own son, as well."

"He's just a stupid robot that got some stupid flesh!" Thunderbolt huffed. "Hardly a son."

"Yeah well, i'm all he's got and he's all i got, so shut it!" Eggman yelled. At that point, there was a bright flash of light right in front of the captains chair as Sonia and Oglivie landed in a heap. The Chaos Emerald bouncing away from them. Eggman pressed a button on his chair and a clawed hand on a metal tentacle lashed out and grabbed the emerald, before bringing it to his hand. Oglivie and Sonia stared at Eggman. He looked at the Chaos emerald, before smiling and offering it back to her. "Sorry, old habbits die hard, i see an emerald, i grab it." Sonia snatched it from him.

"Ok, cast off, we gotta go now." She ordered. Eggman laughed.

"Let me guess, you just annoyed the old man. Yup, i know how that feels." He then pressed a button on the chair. "Attention all Eggbots, we are casting off immediately." There was a noticable clunk as the engines began to roar to life. "I would have rather waited another few weeks, until we at least had some of the other ships in the fleet re-fitted for space, but now's as good a time as any." He mumbled. Eggman looked out of the bridge window. "All systems, full power!" He ordered, the engines roared as they charged up the special-zone engines. The ship began to lurch forwards, breaking orbit.

"Doctor, we are getting a transmission." Thunderbolt said, looking at the computer. The old king's face appeared on the viewscreen.

"Eggman, I hate you... I've always hated you... But you'd better keep my daughter safe." He said.

"Heh, always nice to hear from you, rodent." He grinned. "But don't worry, we're on the same side this time. Been a while, but i had your back on the ARK, i've got it here too." He replied. "Manic is far more insane than i ever was, and he's got your powers to back it up."

"Yeah, but you've never beat me." Sonic grinned. Eggman's smile faded.

"You always hold that one over me..." He groaned. [i][color=fff200]10 seconds until Special Zone Penetration[/color][/i] A voice said. "Well, see ya, rodent." He said, before shutting off the feed. A ring appeared in space as the Egg Carrier increased in speed. Jack had walked onto the bridge.

"So, this is how you go faster than light?" Jack gasped in awe. Eggman looked back at him.

"Yup and you'd better sit down, if you value your spine." He replied. Jack jumped into a seat and his ears crossed his eyes. The ring enveloped the ship as it finally jumped. The swirling colours of light on the outside of the ship were beautiful.

"It's... Mesmerizing..." Jack said as an ear raised to allow him vision again. "It's like the first time i touched the etherial..." Eggman blew it off.

"Eh, it's just diffraction of compressed light through the ships shields." He sighed. Jack still stood up, looking into the pretty colours. He then cocked his head.

"Something is... Wrong..." He said. Eggman pushed a few buttons.

"Nope, everything is operating well within normal parameters." He replied.

"No... Something is very wrong... The energies of the universe..." He waved his hands around, a pair of magical symbols appeared in front of him. "They're still here, but they are... Different."

"You're being ridiculous, there's nothing wrong." Eggman replied, getting noticeably annoyed now. "Magic is all well and good, but it's just science you don't understand." He slapped the console "This is science that I understand, and it says that there's nothing wrong." He then pushed a few buttons. "Alright, coming up on Bluto now, it's the closest planet with an atmosphere that can sustain mobian life." The ship dropped from the special zone and into regular space. "See, a big ol' planet right there for the searching." He said, staring at a big, blue planet. Eggman looked at it, then to his computer, seeing a picture of a brown planet, then back to the planet, then to his computer, then the planet, then the computer. "Wait... Which planet is that?" Eggman asked, staring at the blue planet.

"Analysing now, milord." Thunderbolt answered "But it doesn't seem to register any kind of markers that the known planets we have visited. We are reading several large metallic objects in the sky, probably ships of some kind."

"Metallix?" He asked, warily.

"No, doesn't match any known Metallix design..." She pressed several buttons to bring up the picture of the [url=https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/0/0d/Imperial_attack_cruisers.png/revision/latest?cb=20140317112248]Immense, grey warships[/url] "Reading 3 in total." She said. "Reading thousands of life-signs onboard, though. Definitely well armed..." She trailed off as her eyes widened. "b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-" She stammered. Eggman threw his head back in annoyance.

"Not another feedback loop?"

"Bo-b-b-boss..." She squeaked. "They're..." She swallowed hard. "OVERLANDERS!!!" She finally screamed. Eggman's face drained of all colour.

"OVERLANDERS?!" Jack jumped to his feet.

"Overlanders? Get everyone ready for battle, i'll be standing by in the Egg Wizard." He said, before running to the hallway. Bumping into K'Tari. "Sis, it's bad, Overlander Warfleet."

"I thought Eggman was the last Overlander?" K'Tari said. Jack had already ran off at this point. K'Tari walked onto the bridge. "You're sure it's Overlanders?" She asked.

"Without a doubt." Thunderbolt replied. "Please, boss, don't let them skin me alive, or shove me into a tiny cage with a wheel and a sand bath and A LITTLE BOTTLE THAT I HAVE TO PUSH A BALL IN FOR WATER!!! IT'S HELL!!!" She screamed. Eggman nervously sat contemplating the next move.

"We'll bluff our way out of this. They probably haven't seen us yet, reverse course and let's get out of here." He ordered.

****
[h1]Venator Fleet[/h1]
****

The Captain of the lead ship, Conqueror, stood at the comm desk, watching the unknown ship trying to reverse course. "What the devil is that?" he asked.

"Unknown, but we are picking up ungodly amounts of droid activity aboard." The comm officer replied. "Probably some last ditch Seperatist weapon." He replied. The Captain sighed, this planet was being pacified of Seperatist already, someone must have gotten a distress call out and some remnants have come in for the save. "Signal Ajax and Libra, tell them to form into attack position and get ready for combat." He then walked over to another officer "All pilots to their fighters, prepare for sortie." He ordered. He then walked back over to the comm "Get me that ship, tell them to stand down and prepare to be boarded."

"Unidentified vessel, this is Imperial Battle Squadron Centauris. You are hereby ordered to heave to and prepare to be boarded." The signal was filled with static, before a reply came. Eggman appeared in his chair as a hologram at the comm desk.

"Well, hello there, young'ins." He laughed nervously. "Don't worry about me, just an old Overlander out on a pleasure cruise with my robots. No need to feel threatened by me, i'm harmless."

"Sir, identify yourself." The comm officer ordered.

"Oh yes, my name is Julian Kin... Kin... Kinbotnik." He laughed. ""I'm the captain of this here pleasure boat." He replied. "And there's no need to board, we definitely have NO Mobians aboard. Those nasty little rodents."

"By order of the Emperor, all suspected Seperatist vessels must stand down and be boarded for inspection." He replied. Eggman stopped laughing.

"Wait, Emperor? Seperatists? Wow, you guys went way downhill since you left Mobius." He mumbled, he then readopted his "Kindly old man" demeanor "Oh, that won't be necessary, i'm a member of one of the old noble houses. House of Kintobor, we were loyal to the Grand Council of old." The Comm officer was now very confused.

"Sir, you have your orders. Stand down or we will use deadly force." He said. The lead venator shot a single blast straight across the Egg Carrier's nose.

"Wow, there, friends, i'm sure that we can come to some kind of an agreement. I've got rings... Lots of rings, i'm sure that enough will convince this to go away." Eggman laughed.

"Attempting to bribe an Imperial Officer is a serious offense, Captain Kinbotnik. Prepare to be boarded." The communication shut down.

****
[h1]Egg Carrier[/h1]
****

Eggman put his hands together, fingers pointed up and across his lips. "Alright, looks like it's back to the great war." He grinned. He had betrayed his own people then and it looked, to him, like he was going to have to do that again now. "All hands, prepare for battle." He began pushing buttons. "Prepare the Egg Emperor for launch." He ordered, before pressing several more buttons. "Princess, if you'd be so kind as to man one of the Egg Bosses, i'd be greatful." He said with a surprisingly pleasent tone. "We don't know what those ships are armed with, we're going to keep the Egg Carrier as far from them as possible."

Down bellow, alarms were blaring. Oglivie ran past a swarm of Egg-Pawns that were running to their battle-stations. He rushed into armory and pressed several buttons on a panel, before standing on a pad between several robotic arms. The robotic arms began to attach the Metal Sonic armour plates to him, The weapons hardpoints equipped him with a Lance on his right arm and a Shield on his left, the other Metal Sonics jumped down from their holding bays. "Alright, we have no idea what these guys are armed with, we're going to assume laser weapons and combat robots. Move fast, hit hard. We're going to board the central one and take control." He said. The Metal Sonics nodded and they floated to their launch pads, before getting taken up to the top deck. He looked around to see the 3 vessels. A few seconds later, he saw bright blue flashes of energy heading towards the ship, most of them missing, due to the extreme range. The ones that did impact, smashed straight into the energy shield, creating ripples around the ship. He then saw immense amounds of smaller craft emerging from the ship. "Eggman, we've got fighters coming in."

"I see them." the mic replied. The mine-launchers began to deploy the floating explosives around the ship to prevent the fighters from getting close. Oglivie and the Metal Sonics took into space. Flying through the barrage of laser blasts, Oglivie flew with 8 Metal sonics formed up behind him. Several [url=https://media.moddb.com/images/articles/1/108/107530/auto/vwing.png]V-Wings[/url] flew towards them in the standard Attack Tunnel formation, 2 of the Metal Sonics, instinctively pulled away from the formation, straight into the V-Wings blaster fire, badly damaging the robots. The rest stayed in formation, their eyes blinking to indicate that they had learned from this. They continued on as the V-Wings now came into conflict with several of the drone fighters from the Egg Carrier. Oglivie looked back. "Broken through their front lines, bring the formation in tight and initiate evasive maneuvers." He ordered.

On the bridge of the Conqueror, pandemonium was setting in as these brand new models of droids were punching through their front lines and effortlessly avoiding both turbo-lasers and fighters. "Forget the enemy carrier, focus all fire on the incoming." The captain ordered.

Oglivie and the Metal Sonics were now ducking and weaving as much as they could from the now sheer downpour of intense fire. "Egg Carrier, require assistance!" He asked. "Anything to take the pressure off of us would be appreciated!!!"

"Standby..." Said the voice of Jack. At that point, a large blast of blue energy lanced out, leaving ice crystals forming along the hull of the Conqueror. At that point, the Egg Wizard came shooting across space, the fleets cannons now pointing at the huge mech, blasting it. As the blasts came in, the Egg Emperor intercepted, its shield deflecting the blasts.

"We've got your back, get to the lead ship." Eggman ordered from the cockpit of the Emperor. With the pressure now focussed on the larger machines, Oglivie's group managed to get into the Conqueror's main hangar. Touching down, the 7 remaining strike-team members fanned out, cutting down every crewman they could find, before they could go for their blasters. The lightning fast robots looked around.

"Hangar secured." Oglivie reported. "You two, find the magazine and get ready to detonate it, you two, sweep these lower decks, you two, follow me to the bridge." He ordered, before they began to go their separate ways.

****

On the bridge, the Captain was now organizing anti-boarding parties. "All Personnel, be advised, we have boarding parties." He called. "Blue droids, floating, very fast."

"Sir, we've lost contact with the Magazine. Cannons are running low on ammo."

"All units, converge on the Magazine." He ordered. If the Droids detonated it, they were all dead.

****

The Doors to the Magazine opened and the Clone Troopers slowly walked in. The commander guestured his men to fan out and search. They split and began walking down the vast corridors of Blaster-Shells. The Commander was backed up by the medic. Off in the distance, there was a clattering sound. The Commander and Medic began to silently run in the direction. Reaching where they heard the clattering, they found a blaster on the floor and a piece of the Duraplast armour and nothing else. The Clones looked at each other. At that point, there was a woosh and the Medic, who was at the back of the pack, was gone. The commander turned around, beginning to point his gun around. He raised his hand and signalled to fall back. The Clones began to head to the door, standard 2x2 cover formation. This time, it was the heavy weapon that was seemingly tackled by something moving almost as fast as the eye. The Clones got a few shots off. "Nuts to this, RUN!!!" The Commander yelled as they set off at a sprint for the door. The remaining 3 escaped. The Clones sealed the door. "Bridge, this is Cannock squad, we just lost over half the squad to hit and run, they're faster than we can see." He said into his wrist-mounted comm-link. "Please advise." He then turned around to see yet another member of the squad was gone. "CARABAST!!!" He yelled, raising the gun. "BRIDGE, THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!!!" He finally saw the Blue machine stood at the end of the corridor. He immediately opened fire, blasting the Metal Sonic. As the bolt neared it, the Metal Sonic's exoskeleton turned pitch black as a [url=https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/0/03/SA2_Black_Shield.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/350?cb=20180223224650]crystal-like field[/url] appeared around it. The blaster bolts bounced harmlessly off of it. "Dammit, be advised, these things are equipped with shields." He then took out an EMP Grenade and rolled it along the ground towards the Metal Sonic. The Grenade went off and suddenly, the Metal Sonic wasn't there. The Clone turned to see the Metal Sonic behind him with his ammo-belt.

****

"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Was the last message that the Bridge got from Cannock Squad. The Captain looked around.

"What the hell are we dealing with." He walked over to the Comm. "Distress signal, now. Inform high command." He ordered. "This is Battle Squadron Centauris, we are under attack from Separatist Aggressors, brand new models of ships, fighters and Battle Droids. Counting 2 larger battle droids. Mayday, Mayday, Mayday." He then turned to the Conn. "Send all the images we have gathered." He said, he then looked out of the bridge to the Ajax, to see the Egg Emperor land atop their bridge and stick its lance into the bridge, before slashing sideways, sending the broken remains of the bridge tower into space, the flailing bodies of crewmen could be seen among the wreckage. "By the force..." The captain gasped. He then looked to Libra to see the bridge engulfed in lightning as they blasted by the Egg Wizard. The Wizard then pressed its staff into the main hull and the whole hull began to glow red as it had fire magic channelled into it. Flakes of molten armour began peeling away and floating into space. It then swung the staff around, pressed it into the molten hull. The Ship crumpled almost instantly as it was flooded with ice magic. "Get us out of here." He ordered. "Ajax, Libra, if you can follow us, do so, prepare for emergency jump to lightspeed!" He ordered. Anything was better than staying here. At that point, the door to the bridge exploded and 3 Metal Sonics stood.

"Reach for the skies, Overlanders." Oglivie yelled, pointing his lance into the room. An officer went for his Gun, Oglivies shoulder-mounted laser blasted him automatically. "Come on, nobody else needs to die today." He said. The crew put their hands up. "Good..." He sighed. "Doctor, we have the lead ship. their captain has stood down."

"Alright, Oglivie, bring some of them aboard, we'll need to interrogate them." Eggman ordered. He then saw a button start beeping on the control console. "What the..." He then saw the new Star Destroyer approaching and the message.

[i]"Attention unidentified vessel. You have infringed on Imperial Territory and attacked an Imperial Navy vessel. Stand down now, withdraw or be destroyed. These ships are far more powerful than the ones you previously attacked."[/i]

"HAH, YOU GUYS JUST MESSED WITH THE EGGMAN EMPIRE!!!" Thunderbolt responded over the closed communications. "BOSS, ORDER US TO OPEN FIRE AND WE'LL TAKE 'EM DOWN!!!" She yelled with excitement. Eggman smiled as he flicked a switch.

"Remind me, Thunderbolt, since when did you give the orders?" He asked. She faltered as he asked.

"Umm... I... Uhhh... Never?" She asked.

"That's right!" He replied in a patronizing tone. "Now, kindly STOP DOING IT!!!" he roared.

"I'M SORRY!!!!" She cried.

"All forces, retreat, pull back to the Egg Carrier and retreat." Eggman ordered. "We are after Manic, we don't need to get bogged down in a pointless fight." He said. "Rev up the Special Zone drive." He ordered. The Emperor and Wizard began returning to the Egg Carrier. Oglivie, on the otherhand, was slicing his way into the bridge computer.

"Give me a minute, i'm going to try and get some of their data. See how much they know about us." He replied.

"The longer we stay, the more data they'll collect." Sonia replied over the comm. "I hate to say it, Eggman's right, let's just go." She ordered. Oglivie saw some of the data that he was downloading.

"Metal Sonics, fall back and secure an escape route." He ordered. The Metal Sonics began to leave the room. Oglivie saw the bar go to 2% then 3% "Dammit, this'll have to do." He replied, before disconnecting and floating out of the room and rocketting down the corridor, towards an airlock, that the remaining Metal Sonics were gathered at. He jumped into the Airlock and was followed by the Metal Sonics, before they were ejected into space. They blasted back to the Egg Carrier. Oglivie rushed up to the command bridge to find Eggman having already returned. "We could have gotten more data if we fought them." He said. Eggman didn't look at him.

"Their ship is brand new and they aren't too sure about us." He said. "They don't want to test it out against an unknown, so they are letting us go. I think that is the best outcome that we could possibly hope for." He said. Oglivie plugged his jack into the console.

"At least download and analyze the data we collected." He asked. Eggman nodded, before the Special Zone appeared around them and they disappeared.

Egg Carrier exitted the special zone again. "Alright, here it is, Bluto!" Eggman proudly announced. He then looked out of the viewscreen and saw the [url=https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/6/6a/Raxus.png/revision/latest?cb=20160218021547]planet[/url].

"That's..." Jack said. "That's not Bluto." Eggman's face froze as he contemplated what had happened.

"I mean... If you... Kinda tilt your-WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS STUPID THING!?!?!?" He yelled, kicking the console.

"Real mature, boss." Thunderbolt replied.

"WHO ASKED YOU!?!?!?" He then saw the console beeping. "YEAH, WHADDYA WANT?!?!?" He yelled at it. A picture of a [url=https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/c/cd/Battle_Droid.png/revision/latest?cb=20160910192832]Robot[/url] materialized in front of him. "Oooh, what's this?" He asked.

"Greetings unidentified vessel. Identify yourself or be destroyed." It chirped.

"Wow, we sure do know how to meet very hostile people." Eggman quipped. "Hello, I am the great Doctor Eggman of the Eggma..." He then stopped. "The Royal House of Acorn of Mobius." He smiled. "I promise that we are of no threat to you and simply wish to talk to whoever is in charge."

"Stand by." The robot said.

"Well, they aren't shooting at us, that's a good sign." Oglivie said. A picture of a [url=https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/a/a0/Skakoan2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20091012195839]cyborg[/url] appeared.

"Greetings [tzz] I am Bromb Krashtal [fzzt] Member of the new Confederacy Council. The [fzzzzzfzzzzzt] Resistance against the Empire."

"Ah, fellow revolutionaries against the tyranical Overlander Empire." Eggman cried with joy. "If you are against the Empire, then you have found common allies." The cyborg tuned a dial on its chest.

"This is [tzzz] most fortuitous. We will send landing coordinates, please come [fzzzzzzzzz] Unarmed."

"Sounds good to me!" Eggman bowed, before the feed shut off. "Like hell are we going unarmed, Oglivie, Acorn, Jack, you three are with me.

****

The Egg Carrier moved into the correct orbit of the planet to teleport them down to the coordinates, a green beam shot from the ship towards the planet. Immediately, alarm claxons began to sound in the Seperatist command. The beam hit the ground, dealing no damage, much to the surprise of everyone. Several ships began to make their way to Egg Carrier. Eggman, Oglivie, Jack and Sonia appeared at the bottom of the beam, the beam then disappeared. Battle-Droids immediately surrounded them and pointed weapons at them. "Woah, what kind of welcome is this?" Eggman asked.

"DROP YOUR WEAPONS!" One of the droids ordered. "YOUR ATTACK ON OUR CAPITAL WILL NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY!" It said.

"I DON'T KNOW, THERE WAS NO EXPLOSION, ARE WE EVEN SURE THIS WAS AN ATTACK?" Another one asked.

"THEY SHOT A GIANT LASER AT US!!!" It replied. "OF COURSE IT WAS AN ATTACK!!!" There was a murmering of "Roger-Roger" among the droids, before they were corralled and lead to the large building nearby. On the steps, they were met by Bromb.

"That is a very [fzzzzzzt] Interesting form of travel. The Techno-Union would be [fzt] Very grateful for [fzzzzt] technical specifications on it." He said. "These are our [fzzzzt] Guests. Please, leave us." He waved the Battledroids away.

"Your Robots aren't terribly bright." Eggman said. "I do know the pain of incompetent robot help..."

[hider=Meanwhile on Mobius][url=https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/villains/images/a/a4/Orbot.png/revision/latest?cb=20111127013014]Orbot[/url] looked at the note left for him by Eggman. "And finally, please note the self destruct buttons. There is a very large red button labelled "Please do not touch this" it doesn't actually do anything, but it should keep [url=https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/e/e3/Cubot.png/revision/latest?cb=20150721171152]Cubot[/url] busy for long enough to complete the rest of the fleet. The actual self destruct button is next to the large red button. It is small, so he shouldn't notice it." Orbot looked over at the giant red button. Cubot floated over to it.

"OH COOL! BIG BUTTON!!!" He yelled. Orbot sighed with relief. "You know, the boss only labels stuff "Don't touch this" when he doesn't trust me, that means that this is obviously just a ploy to distract me into not pushing the REAL button that he doesn't want me to push." He said, looking at Orbot.

"Why, Cubot, that is the most coherent thing you have ever said." Cubot then looked back at the button, before constantly jamming his finger into the big button.[/hider]

"The older B1 models [fzzzzzt] were unfortunately speedily upgraded and forced to work independantly, when they were originally [fzzzzzt] designed to be hiveminded."

"Trust me on this, never go hive-minded. They soon start questioning why they are following your orders..." Eggman sighed. "Let me work on your robots sometime, i might be able to squeeze a few more points of IQ points out of them."

"The new B3 lines [fzzzzzzt] are going to be more than sufficient for the next war against the Empire."

"Oooooh, new robots, i MUST see them." At that point, Sonia pushed in.

"Ok, if you two could stop bonding over your love of building robots, we do have a diplomatic mission to perform here." She said. She bowed to Bromb. "I am Princess Sonia of the House of Acorn." She bowed to him. Bromb looked at Eggman, then back to her.

"Then that would make Eggman here your Father?" He asked. Sonia stared at him, then swallowed an amount of vomit that crawled up her throat like a thousand tiny spiders.

"That would be incorrect..." She wheezed.

"I'm sorry, we've been at war for the best part of 40 years and now i'm her best friend." Eggman smiled.

"You're on thin ice, Eggman..." She grunted under her breath. Eggman gave a smug smile, he was enjoying this greatly. "I wish to speak to your King and ask him if he might help us on our current mission." She said, regaining her composure.

"We do not have a King, but i will [fzt] ask for a convening of the [fzzzzzt] Council" He said.

Oglivie, Sonia and Eggman walked into the [url=https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/6/6c/SeparatistSenate-HOBS.png/revision/latest?cb=20130518043828]Sparcely populated grand hall[/url] that served as the senate building. There were many empty seats in the house, almost 3/4 of them. Sonia looked around with a face of uneasiness. "Did this few of them actually care enough to hear us?" she asked. Eggman tapped his nose.

"More likely this is all that's left of them. War is a tricky business and if these guys are on the losing side, then all the more difficult for them to help us." He said, before bending down and whispering in her ear [sub]"More likely, they want us to join them."[/sub]

"This emergency meeting [ffzzzzzt] Is now brought to order." He looked over the remnants of the once grand and proud Confederacy of Independent Systems.

"First order of business." a member of the Trade Federation that was sat next to Bromb called. He pressed a button on the console. "War Report."

"The Galactic Empire has been making gains with their [fzzzzzzzt] Brand new vessels and equipment." he said as a galactic map appeared. "I'm afraid that [fzzt] the following worlds have been conquered." 7 systems turned red as the desks of 7 of the people that did show up to the meeting also turned red. "Those of you who's worlds have been conquered, you are welcome to stay with us, the Techno Union is more than [fzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt]" He slammed his fist into his chest, before twisting the dial "Excuse me. The Techno Union is more than happy to host any and all of your governments that wish to rule in Exile, as we will support and recognize your governments." There was a few murmers. 7 planets may not have been much in the grand scheme, but with their numbers dwindling to so few, those 7 planets hit them hard. "After the fall of Count Dooku and General Grievous, as well as the White Flag Slaughter, we all knew that times were going to be tough, but we still endure, every day that we exist is a day that they have not won. If we can endure until tomorrow, then we can endure until the day after that. Every day, we must promise ourselves that we will endure until the next day, if we can do that, then the Confederacy can never be defeated. Intergalactic tyranny will never rule us." There was an ovation of clapping... Which sadly fell flat with the realization of how quiet it was with so few. He then looked down at the 3 of their guests.

"Our next order of business, the arrival of the Egg Carrier and her crew from the esteemed House of Acorn on Mobius." the speaker sitting next to Bromb called. He guestured for Sonia to speak. Stepping out from behind the desk, she bowed to them.

"Esteemed members of the Confederacy of Independant Systems, my name is Sonia Acorn, Princess of Mobius, Second Child of King Sonic and Queen Sally, Guardian of the Realm and Protector of the Chaos Emeralds." She leaned up. "I do know that you are in a dire position and i am willing to grant what little aid we can offer to you, but my people are in an equally dire position. The Exiled Prince Manic of Mobius has recently failed a coup upon my house. With this, he has escaped our grasp and has ventured out into the galaxy with promises to rebuild and re-arm his forces. We beseech anyone that might be able to point us in the direction of him. Have any of you seen him?" She called. The house was silent. "Have you recently been attacked by anyone weilding powerful new technologies at all?" She asked. There was a murmuring. A Koorivar stood up.

"The Empire has recently made great leaps and bounds in their technological advancements as of late. This Prince Manic must be working with them." He called. At that point, a Muun stood up.

"That is ludicrous. The Empire has been very clear in its pro-Human rhetoric, i highly doubt that they would be assisting someone like this, even for technological advancement. We are at war, you should either join us or get out of here and allow us to continue our war." He called.

"No, we cannot afford to turn away allies at a time like this!" A Sullustan yelled, standing up. "I call that we formally ask the Egg Carrier and her crew to join us, along with Mobius." He called.

"ORDER!!!" Bromb roared. His machine began to fizz as he fiddled with the controls as the court settled down. Eggman stepped forwards.

"The Egg Carrier is but a single ship. Although powerful, she is not enough to sway a war in her favour. If we were to join now, our vessel would be destroyed and our world ransacked. We are currently working on an entire fleet of powerful warships that, once completed, will be able to make a difference. If we remain out of this war for the time being, we will be able to come back in 6 months with an actual fleet." He called. "I ask for patience. We will fight the Overlanders, but not right now." He called. There was a murmuring from the stands.

"Overlanders?" the Muun asked. "We are talking about the Galactic Empire."

"Yes, the Galactic Empire of Overlanders, much like myself." Eggman called. There was another murmuring.

"We will [fzzzzzt] call a recess to confer please return in an hour..." Bromb called.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?" Sonia screamed, the crew had been brought to a side room to confer.

"What? I showed them good faith." Eggman replied.

"YOU PROMISED THEM THAT WE WOULD JOIN A WAR AGAINST THE OVERLANDERS!!!"

"I made a promise that i don't intend to keep. I do it all the time. Look, i promise that i will never do anything like this ever again." He said in a mocking tone.

"Cute..." Oglivie replied.

"Look, i can see how their war is going, in 6 months, there is NO chance that they are still going to be fighting." He grinned. "I gave them hope-"

"False hope..." Sonia seethed.

"Hope nonetheless." Eggman sighed. "All we need is a map of this part of space and we can really start tracking Manic down. These blind jumps are getting us no-where fast..." He then looked down at his feet, before an alarm began to blare. "What now?"

[i]"BOSS!!! BOSS ITS BAD!!!"[/i] Eggman's communicator began screaming. [i]"ITS A WHOLE FLEET OF THOSE OVERLANDER SHIPS!!!"[/i]

"That would be a good reason for the screaming alarms." Eggman sighed.

"If this is their capital..." Oglivie said. "Uh oh! We should probably... Leave..." He grabbed his helmet from the table. A Battle Droid entered the room.

"WE ARE UNDER ATTACK!" It stated in an upbeat tone. "I HAVE ORDERS TO TAKE YOU TO THE COMMAND CENTER!" The crew followed the droid as they saw more droids scrambling to get to their positions. They saw everything getting locked down, before finally, entering an elevator and going up to the command center. They witnessed the Separatists activating the planetary defenses.

"How big is the fleet?" Eggman asked, feigning ignorance.

"The fleet is of [fzzzzzt] significant size. Our estimated chances of holding are... Unfavourable..." He responded. Sonia stepped forward.

"I'm..." She wiped her face with her hands. "I'm so sorry... We can't-"

"Nor would i [fzzzzt] expect you to." He turned around and stared out at the city as the copious numbers of AA guns seemed to come to life, along side massive Anti-Orbital cannon arrays. "If we are to fall [fzzzzt] We will not allow the Galaxy to witness [fzt] us roll over and accept defeat."

"We can offer you Asylum." Sonia said. He didn't respond. "I understand."

"I cannot accept your offer" He responded finally. "But i know who will." He pressed a button on the console. "Koffal, please [fzzzt] report to the command center." He said. A minute later, the door opened and a [url=https://i1.wp.com/sirggames.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/bood-alpha-e1564350974418.png?fit=696%2C936&ssl=1]Geonosian[/url] in decorative armour appeared. "I will not lie to you, my friend. This is the end." He said. The Geonosian responded in a language that they didn't understand. "Indeed. They are offering Asylum as a neutral party." He stated.

"We can indeed offer you asylum. Are you the leader of your government?" She asked.

"Not [fzzzzzzt] exactly." The Geonosian said something else, before producing a [url=https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/a/ac/Geonosian_egg.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20171013051358]Golden Orb[/url].

"Oh..." Oglivie responded. "What is it?" He asked.

"That is a Royal egg. And the last chance that the Geonosians have to restore their race." Sonia's eyes widened as she stared at it. Oglivie approached her from behind and put a hand on her shoulder.

"You think you're old enough to be a mommy?" he asked. Without looking, her fist clenched and the back slammed into the front of Oglivie's helmet and he stumbled back. "Ow..."

"We would be honoured..." She responded. Eggman got his communicator out.

"Thunderbolt. We're going to need a hasty retreat." He ordered. "Come on, we'll need to be outside." He called. Sonia bowed to Bromb.

"Fight well..." She said. As they entered the elevator with Koffal, it began to descend. "This is wrong... This feels so damn wrong..." Sonia grunted. "We are leaving these people to die."

"And that is their choice to make. You said it yourself. We are here to find Manic. Getting caught up in a war is pointless." Oglivie said, then looked at the egg. "At least we can do some good." He then looked at Koffal. "Do you speak our language at all?" He asked. It flexed its throat a little, before opening its mouth.

"Small... Number... Words..." It said, obviously looking pained to say it. Eggman leaned in.

"Yes, your throat wasn't designed to talk the way we do. I'm sure i can throw together some kind of translation device." He sighed. The crew finally made it outside, before a Green beam hit the surface outside and they walked into it, reappearing in the Teleporter room. "Robot get our guest some quarters and... Have a nurse-bot meet him there." He ordered. The Egg-pawn saluted before marching away. "Right, just because we claim neutrality doesn't mean that we'll be afforded it. I'll start spooling up the Special Zone drive, Oglivie, you prepare the Metal Sonics in case we need to fight and Princess... Maybe get the Dragoon ready." He then hopped into the awaiting Eggmobile and ascended upwards. Sonia hopped into another Eggmobile and descended to the flight deck, before slotting the Eggmobile into the Egg Dragoon's cockpit.

"Patch me into the comms. Begin wide-band broadcast, i want all sides to hear this." She ordered. As the light on the console turned green, she sighed. "My name is Sonia Acorn, Princess of Mobius, Second Child of King Sonic and Queen Sally, Guardian of the Realm and Protector of the Chaos Emeralds." She began. "We are on a mission of purely diplomatic intent and are proclaiming our neutrality in this conflict." She said. "We are preparing to leave the combat area, but will answer distress calls and will happily take on life-boats from either side to return to their side without harm." She said. "Please head this call. Repeat, we are remaining Neutral in this conflict." She stated. On the bridge, Eggman shook his head, he had the feeling it wasn't going to be easy, but he pointed to Thunderbolt, who set the engines and the Egg Carrier began moving away from the combat zone.