Reading this years after, Twilight’s fear of ladybugs suddenly became a funny aneurism moment.

@Tetrominon
 
@ShimmeringStallion
 
Hmmm. I suppose that makes sense.

@raw19  
In this particular instance, at least, I’m guessing that the attack signal was actually triggered by the briefcase having been opened at all, with the bug’s discovery being more or less incidental.
 
Generally speaking, the only reason the villains don’t attack earlier is because there’s still a chance they might learn something through the bug.

@raw19  
This is often because of what the bug allows; if it allows them to be followed, it may also allow other things, like listening in. If that’s the case, then it’s paramount to attack ONLY when the bug has been detected. That way, they’re still mentally unprepared for the attack.
 
… But I’ll admit, the number of times they attack with the bug SOLELY being able to track like a radar, is rather major. That said, it’s also fairly common for the bug to be discovered and put somewhere else as a diversion. I’d say that the least common one, is for the bug to be discovered, and nothing to happen… with second-least-common being for them to just never find the bug, and for whoever planted it to reveal it.

I never understood why the villains attack the instant their bug or wire is discovered. Why not have a torpedo or two hit the ship and then they open the case and then they see the bug?
 
I’ve seen this scenario often enough to consider it cliche.

Oh shit O.O

@hentaispyder  
“Congratulations, you passed the test we had for you!”

@Background Pony #2DE0  
Two ships will attack, the third will have Ms. Boobs and Fancy Pants. They will want to talk.

Does anyone get thr feeling that miss big boobs is with the three boogies to personally kill spike for messing the job “cause my big boob sence is tingling”

A literal bug. Wow.

Fox! Bogey on my tail!
 
@40kponyguy  
To be fair, he COULD be a dinosaur, or a salamander; Anthro kind’ve blurs the lines, but I see your point.

OH FUCK

@Tetrominon  
I was air traffic control and we’d often get boogies, the funkier the faster you get ground clearance.

Pretty sure the term is “bogies”, not “boogies”. Just for the record.

@Wyvrex21  
Saying that looks vaguely like a ladybug is like saying Spike looks vaguely like a dragon.

They had this place bugged……………………………………………………………….10 hours of elipses later……………………………………….1 day of elipses later………………………………………………………….a week of elipses later………………………………….so much later that the narrator got tired of waiting, so they had to hire a new one……………………….1 month of elipses later…
 
Patrick: Could you hurry up? I’m all out of time cards.

Huh…Looks like Spike’s workplace was plenty prepared for situations like these. Now I wonder what Spike thinks about this whole thing.

So is this going to end with them ramping off of a beached wreck and launching a torpedo at a helicopter?

@40kponyguy  
The fact that it looks vaguely like a ladybug reminds me of the Ladybugs from “Starlight Over Detrot” (though those literal surveillance bugs are much more organic in nature).

And the ‘bug’ really is a bug.
 
Nice touch.
 
About time the story picked up pace again.  
Whilst I like the art style and character designs here, the story was beginning to drag.

Woops.

I see they are experimenting with the shading.

Well, that’s unfortunate.