Tales from Wild Space: The Big March


Plot summary


Q5-7070 is stranded on Opop Hibbedit

Q5-7070 is stranded on Opop Hibbedit

On the Star Herald traveling through the Shosho Belt, Emil Graf and his droids were about to embark on a dangerous voyage to Shosho Outpost. CR-8R "Crater" was very reluctant to go but this reminded BB-00 "Boo" of a story about a very unfortunate battle droid.

Decades earlier on the planet Opop Hibbedit, the Confederacy of Independent Systems was leaving the planet. But as the B1-series battle droids were leaving on the Multi-Troop Transport, one of the droids named, Q5-7070 fell out of the transport and was left behind. The droid was dirty after falling in mud and all his equipment was not working. Q5-7070 decided to follow the direction of the transport in hopes of reuniting with it.

The plants capture Q5-7070

The plants capture Q5-7070

As he journeyed through the forest, he was captured by carnivorous plants. The Carnivorous plants wanted to turn Q5-7070 into a decoration for their home. The plants wrapped the droid in vines and got ready to divide him up but were stopped when they saw the incoming threat of the Magnetic rock chimps. The plants released the droid and the made a quick dash away.

Emil Graf and his droids got bruised up traveling to Shosho Outpost

Emil Graf and his droids got bruised up traveling to Shosho Outpost

Q5-7070 thanked the rock chimps but the creatures turned on him. They saw the battle droid as food and chased him out of the forest. But then a large bird flew by and ate the battle droid. Realizing that the droid was not edible, the bird spit out the droid shortly after, in front of his squad. Q5-7070's lieutenant told him that his behavior was unacceptable but Q5 was too exhausted to argue. The droids got back on their transport but on the way back up, Q5-7070 fell out of the transport again and back to the surface of Opop Hibbedit.

Back to the present day, a Shosho Outpost staff member asked Graf and his droids why their trip was to the outpost. The three were all bruised up from the difficult travel to the outpost. The staff member reminded them that the journey was more important than the destination.

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