This is Midnight Blaster, captain of the Solar Empire. He is a batpony who joined the army after hearing stories about the resistance war against the megacorporation from his grandmother who served under then-Celestia. It didn’t matter to him that she was now called Daybreaker. She was always kind to his people after Princess Luna disappeared… Now he is the captain of a small detachment of elite flying troops of the Solar Empire and now he is waiting for orders from the center while their transport hangs in orbit of the fortress world.