Rose turned back from watching the inspector winging away down the track. "The question of the hour. We could speculate all day, but we just don't have enough information for anything but wild guesses—we don't even know who or what they are. I'm wondering if they don't have the resources for a full-scale invasion. They had to secure Ponyville; it's the gateway to Canterlot, at least from the south. The battalion on the road might have been chasing down the company before it could warn anypony, or sent to secure the junction, or both. Bombing Tall Tale was just a hit-and-run raid, maybe one of a series, if those airships headed off to other targets." She glanced over to make sure the lieutenants were forming up the columns again.