As he saw the laser beam and the screen turning into a buzzing still picture, Hao Ren knew that the droid had been destroyed. This was not too surprising since the droids were not particularly sturdy objects, including the combat variants. It also appeared that the massive light cloud was not to be trifled with, but most importantly, what the heck was that thing?
"We can now be sure that this is not some natural phenomenon," Hao Ren said seriously. "It is man-made."
"And this thing... can even communicate, so it must have some sort of logic system to it," Vivian continued. "The thing is we don't know if it's operated by a crew."