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"Not very much. However, I've realized that the Imperial Army hasn't had any innovation in over a hundred years. Perhaps that's why the Republic is so far ahead. Why?"

"With what? This design? If so, I could try, sir."

"Yes sir." Rayce took out the datapad and started sketching quickly. He designed a drilling tank with two turrets resting on the body of the Mauler, medium turrets able to take down some vehicles. The drills remained. He also fitted two smaller infantry turrets on the underside of the tank. The young man shrugged and handed over his design.

Rayce climbed down a ladder from the AT-AT and headed over to one of the drilling vehicles. First he waved three privates over to him and had them aid him in lifting a pair of medium cannons and resting them on the narrow platform between the treads and the body of the Mauler. He welded the turrets in place by himself. Next he ran wires down through the platform and connected them to the control panel, which he added two switches to, one for each cannon. They would take a bit of time to reload, but they would be relatively effective.

Rayce then fitted a pair of anti-infantry turrets on the very bottom of the tank and welded them in with a few technicians. He then ran the same wires, but only added one switch this time, so the blaster turrets would fire in an alternating pattern. Rayce called over a stormtrooper to run the prototype. It worked perfectly. Rayce breathed a sigh of relief at the end of the three and a half hours. The process wasn't extremely difficult, and though there were a few things he would need to work out, it was still relatively effective. Rayce grinned to himself as he admired his work.

Rayce looked up at the mountain, then started sketching. He envisioned a long body with a small TIE cockpit and a very long bed. The bed would be about thirty feet long, ten feet wide, and ten feet high. It would have ten short legs so that it could handle the rough terrain. The droids would be able to load the stone easily. Rayce grinned, then handed his drawing over after about half an hour.

Rayce sighed and headed to the small bunk room where he slept. He wondered why he was helping these Imperials when the Rebellion had fought so hard against them. And yet he wondered if it was just Palpatine they didn't want in power so many years ago. Perhaps now, a unified galaxy wouldn't be such a bad thing. Rayce drifted to sleep with that thought.

Rayce recieved the message and sighed, then headed into the captain's room. He saluted, then stood at a loose parade rest. "You wanted to see me, sir?"