Alpha-13 Ember

'' "I hesitated for a moment when I recieved Order 66 because the last thing I expected was a Jedi coup. Did I feel betrayed? You bet. I thought of all the men that died under General Tallan's command, but I knew immediately that they were not his fault. He and General Valena did their best to keep all of us standing and I have no grudge over that. To tell you the truth, I half expected a thing like Order 66 to occur. I never trusted the Chancellor and I knew now that I was right. Whether orders command me or not, my true leader is not the Chancellor or the Jedi, but my heart. I will not and I can not kill the Jedi in cold blood". ''

 -Alpha 13 Ember 

 Marshall Commander 

 5th Sector Army 

 Grand Army of the Republic 

A13 Ember was an Alpha-Class ARC commander of the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars, the Galaxy-wide war between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Ember was in command of Blue Talon Legion and later the 5th Elite Sector Army. His Jedi Generals were Kaja Tallan and the Togruta, Adhektara Valena. Ember was a motivated, strong, determined and honest soldier, though he had an emotional side to him as well, especially concerning the choice of duty or those he cared about. This hampered his ability to follow orders in his life, eventually causing him to disobey Order 66 and save his Jedi Generals from his men, even killing a lot of them before escaping.

He would later serve as a commander in the Old Republic Resurgence Army, a group of Jedi, clone deserters, former Separatist soldiers, senators, Republic senators, smugglers and volunteers of all sorts of species.

Early Life
"Are you sure, sir?" "Positive"'' -Jango and A-13 Ember on Kamino, the night before his final test.
 * ''"You will become a great soldier, Ember"

In 32 BBY, Alpha-13 Ember was born on Kamino as one of the first 20 Alpha Arc troopers, though more would come later, all of them hidden from the rest of the clone troopers. When Ember was around 4 years old, Ember was placed in Gamma Squad along with his bunk mates, Alpha-14 Buckler, Alpha-15 Niner, Alpha-16 Blade, Alpha-17A Boltshot and Alpha-18 Torrent.

The six of them would enter intense physical and mental training under Mandalorian warrior and bounty hunter, Jango Fett, to become the most powerful soldiers that the Galaxy has ever known: soldiers that could survive the most dangerous missions, battles and be able to use any sort of weapon or vehicle that was in the vicinity.

During training, Jango would come to respect his student, Ember, not only because of his commitment during the training modules and drills, but also for his determination, an unswerving determination that kept him going, even when he had expended all of his strength.

They would train for years until a couple years before the first Battle of Geonosis in 22 BBY, when they would go into stasis.

Pre-Insertion
"They won't take Kamino on my watch,"

-Jedi Master Shaak Ti to Lama Su concerning the CIS-

In 21.83 BBY, knowledge came to the Republic concerning an imminent Separatist attack on the center of the Grand Army of the Republic, Kamino and the cloning facilties where the GAR was built.

The Jedi quickly set up defenses: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Tsui Choi, Aayla Secura, Kossex and several other Jedi would shoot down any droid ships that dared to land troops on thes surface of Kamino. Jedi Master Shaak Ti would organize the defenses on the ground, and Jedi general Oppo Rancisis would wait nearby, waiting for their signal to jump out of Hyperspace and surprise the CIS.

The Storm Hits
"There are too many, Sir!"

"You have your orders, Captain Trav. Stop them at all costs!"

-Clone Captain Trav and Jedi Master Shaak Ti-

When the battle came, CIS commander Merai ordered his droid landing ships to head for the surface of Kamino, accompanied by waves of vulture droids. Although the Jedi fought bravely, quite a large number of Separatist ships managed to break through their line of defense and unload droids in Tipoca City.

The small garrison of clones placed in the city fought bravely under the command of many clone officers including Captain Trav to overcome the mass of droids pressing in on them; however, there were way too many of them, and soon, even the clones' moral dwindled.

The droids captured more and more ground and the clones became even more spread thin as they tried desperately to stop them. All hope seemed lost, but help was on the way.



Insertion
"Don't worry, Prime Minister. Leave this to us and these Jedi. Get as many of the injured out of the field as possible."

-Alpha-01 Blackout to Prime Minister Lama Su by Holocomm-

Lama Su and Shaak Ti soon activated the Alpha Arc Troopers, elite clone troopers trained directly by Jango Fett years ago. They immediately went into action, unpredictable and independant as they were.



Alpha-13 Ember and his squad, including Alpha-14 Buckler, Alpha-15 Niner, Alpha-16 Blade, Alpha-17A Boltshot and Alpha-18 Torrent were immediately sent by commanding Alpha Arc trooper Blackout to backup Alpha-52 Kane and a couple clone platoons at the central armory on Kamino, which had been captured by the clankers. Meanwhile, Blackout, Alpha-32 Storm, Alpha-04 Vaze and several other Arc troopers marshalled the main clone trooper force clustered on a Cargo level 325, moving on and re-taking more ground as more droids were destroyed. Alpha-17 Alpha, his squad and Jedi Master Shaak Ti would head for the new generation of clones and protect them at all costs from Separatist hands.

With the arrival of the Alpha Arc troopers to help the weary jedi, the battle turned to the Republic's favor and the Seppies were slowly driven back. However, there were still too many droids. Even though Ember and Kane had retaken the main Kaminoan armory and several sectors of the city were back in Republic control, the main battle took place at Cargo Level 327 where hundreds of droids engaged Alpha-01 Blackout and his men.

Soon, as Ember, Kane and their men headed for Blackout's position, they became busy dealing with a group of vulture droids that were bent on stopping them from reaching their destination, slowing them down for a short time. However, Ember and Kane defeated the fighters and soon arrived to aid their comrades.

The timely arrival of Ember and Kane in the end prevented the troopers from being overrun was the only reason that most of them and the jedi made it out alive, though Blackout was slain in action shortly before Ember and Kane came with reinforcements.

Commander Merai was forced to launch an all-out attack on the probable location of the city's shield generator. However, his attack was in vain, for there was no shield generator in the city. In a last attack the Merai flew into the Jedi's hyperspace rings in orbit around the planet, and self destructed allowing his fleet to fall back in time.

Aftermath
"I know what must be done. I know my duty to follow orders, and I will follow the Jedi as Jango would have expected me to, but not for the Republic. I will do this to protect my home and brothers from those insufferable Separatists, though it will take me a while to come to terms with those Jedi for their involvement in the death of Jango."

-Alpha-13 Ember before leaving his home-

Shortly after the end of the battle, the Arc Troopers were greatly praised by the Jedi for their battle prowess. However, during the entire while, Ember was uneasy about the Jedi: For one they were very eccentric compared to his usual commanders and teachers like Jango and the rest of the Mandalorians, who were more disciplined and strict. For another, he did not know how he could trust them after they killed the one who had cared so much for him when he was a young cadet.

In the end, Ember accepted the fact that Jango was dead and that the best way to recognize him was by doing his duty and serving the Republic and the Jedi. Jango died in defense and that was one thing that Ember understood.

After a short time, the Arc troopers were loaded into cruisers, separating and parting ways to join the Grand Army of the Republic. While Ember and his squad (Buckler, Niner, Blade, Boltshot and Torrent) would go to Coruscant where their chosen Generals were waiting, Kane and his squad would head to Bestine, and Storm would be going an outpost on Rhen Var.

Landing at Alpha Base
It was early in the day when Ember and his squad arrived on Coruscant, taking a Laat/i gunship down to their base, Alpha Base, in the northern sector of the city. As they flew through the Coruscant skyline, two BARC clone troopers flew in to escort them to Alpha Base where Jedi General Kaja Tallan was waiting.

A large assembly of clone troopers waited outside as well, probably around 10,000 of them to Ember's belief.

Jedi General Kaja Tallan was a human male at around 35 years of age, "appearing firerce and war-like with a brown mane. His face was smooth, angled and as pale as alabaster. His eyebrows were dark as were his eyes."

General Tallan's padawan, Adhektara Valena was a female Togruta of 17 years.

To Ember and the rest of his squad's surprise, the Jedi Generals were entirely different from Jango and the rest of their trainers on Kamino, who were more disciplined and extremely strict. These Jedi were the complete opposite, calling them by their nicknames instead of their designation numbers as they were used to. This made Ember and his squad feel more at ease around the generals.

Training the Green Troopers
After meeting their Jedi officers, Ember and his squad were given a tour of the base and its capabilities, as well as observing the troops inside. With deep observation, Ember and his second in command, Buckler decided that the shinies had been well trained in discipline. However, they feared that they would not have much individualism like they did.

The jedi also noted this and quickly accepted Ember and his squad's request to examine the troopers' in the training facility and see how good they really were.

According to General Tallan and Padawan Valena, they trusted Ember and his squad to do what they could to help the men, silently giving them all the authority to teach the troops as long as it would take 2 weeks.

Ember and his squad would begin an effective and fast training period for the troopers, learning about each soldier very quickly. Though Ember was dismayed that not many of the troopers were as good as they were in combat, he and Buckler soon had the lot of them taught even more, honing them into dangerous fighting machines.

Ember assigned CT-5469 Racer as his Staff sergeant and ordered him to help settle down the troopers if things got out of hand. However, besides minor issues, the troopers would be fit in a very short time.

There would be problems with the troopers, including issues with troopers Brash and Breach who at first were reluctant to follow the jedi and seemed rather defective. Ember had them put in the brig; however, when he interrogated them, the two troopers reminded him of himself on Kamino, when he was also reluctant to serve the Jedi. Because of that, he talked to the troopers, telling them to model their actions on his own, and convinced them to do their duty and serve.

General Tallan wanted them court martialed; however, Ember convinced him to reconsider. Troopers Brash and Breach would greatly respect Ember for his show of mercy and would continue to gladly follow him from battle to battle during the Clone Wars.

Jammed Signals
"Command can't contact us. Their signals must be jammed. Without their backup and intel we are left vulnerable and also can't coordinate our exit strategy. According to our sensors, a sensor jammer console is located floors beneath us. Find it and blow the criffing thing to Coruscant. It's our only way of escape."

-Alpha-13 Ember-

First Separatist Invasion on Ryloth (21.8 BBY)
A couple months later, it came to the Republic's attention that senator Orn Free Taa of the planet, Ryloth had been kidnapped and that the planet had turned entirely silent and there was no sign of civilians as well.

Since the rest of the Grand Army was spread thin across the galaxy fighting the armies of the CIS, Kaja Tallan and Ember's men were the only troops available to be deployed.

Boarding their new flagship, the Indomidable, Ember, Jedi generals Tallan and Valena, and the Blue Talon Legion set out for Ryloth along with four pelta-class cruisers, and five other star destroyers.

Before long, Ember's fleet met a medium-sized Separatist fleet blockading the planet of Ryloth.

Alpha-18 Torrent led the fighter attack, leading 5 squadrons of Y-wing bombers and 6 squadrons of V-19 Torrents, and was quickly able to smash through the enemy vessels with minimal casualties.

Into the Maw
"It is troubling that the Separatist have captured Ryloth without our knowledge. I will contact the Jedi Council. However, we must make our move now and engage the Seps before it's too late for the Twi'lek people."

-Jedi General Kaja Tallan- Now knowing that the Separatist army had somehow captured all of Ryloth, Ember and the jedi decided to tread carefully by firstly sending reconaissance teams down to the planet.

Finding large-scale Separatist bases in the northern and southern hemispheres of the planet, Ember and General Tallan quickly decided to send their troops to land in a canyon near the village of Nabat.

General Tallan and his strike battalion would go in from the north, Ember would make his assault through the middle with 2000 troops and 1500 in support, and former comrade of Ember's, Alpha-04 Vaze, who temporarilly joined the Blue Talon Legion on critical assignment with his own team of clones, would strike from the south.

While the clone gunships swept toward the surface, Y-wing bombers and Arc 170 fighters would fly in a wheel formation over the Separatist droid forces and strafe their lines.

Deploying the troops, Ember and the jedi boarded gunships and headed down to the designated canyon landing zone that they had picked out. As all of the strike forces drew nearer to Nabat, Separatist defenses kicked in and the gunships took a beating.

Crash Landing
"We are clones! Hold this position to the last!"

-Alpha-04 Vaze-

As they headed for the landing zone, Vaze's gunship crash lands in a town square in Nabat. Soon surrounded by droid divisions, Vaze and his team were forced to fight back to back against the increasing droid regiments. They called Ember for help, but their transmissions were being jammed.

Front-Line Combat
"These clankers are stubborn. Give them everything we got! All tanks, open fire!"

-Alpha-13 Ember Ember's team had just as much bad luck.

After landing in the designated point, the troopers ran into their separate battalions and charged to engage numerous groups of droids and tank divisions, around 10,000 droids plus armored support.

The casualties were intolerable. Troopers fell everywhere, and though the droids eventually fell back, the casualties were great with 950 dead clones and 2130 wounded.



Shortly after the battle, Ember and his men discussed their situation with Generals Tallan and Valena. General Tallan wished to set up a base of operations where they were, and then assault the main Separatist base, which was located in the north.

Ember obliged with General Tallan's orders, though he was very worried about Vaze, who they had no further contact from, assuming that he was captured.

To Ember's surprise, Valena sensed what Ember was thinking and told her master that they had to rescue Vaze. General Tallan did not agree, because it would delay their task at hand.

In the end, though, Valena pushed the rescue mission through, telling her master that they needed Vaze and his men, and holding off the droids again would solve nothing.

In the end General Tallan agreed with Valena and sent her, Ember, Boltshot and Niner along with seven other clone troopers to rescue Vaze and his men. Ember protested against Valena's order, saying that it was irrational and risky. However, she refused to give into anything that he said.

Meanwhile, while Ember and Valena moved out through the forest to the south to the village of Nabat, General Tallan contacted the fleet above to send reinforcements, as well as to contact the Jedi Council on the issue.

The Fury of Cradossk
While General Valena and her men came ever closer to Nabat, Vaze and the rest of his surviving troopers were interrogated by evil Separatist commander Cradossk, who was famed for his torture methods among the Separatist leadership. Failing to get Vaze to surrender through pain, he executed Alpha arc troopers Shocker and Flamer. However, the arrival of General Valena and her troopers in the city forced Cradossk to temporaily halt his attempts to glean information from his captives.

Saving the Prisoners
After breaking through the droids' outer defense, Ember commed General Tallan, setting up the evacuation point where they were. Afterwards, General Valena took Captain Racer and Sergeant Aquamal to scout out the road ahead, while Ember followed her. Ember was not that happy about the plan, but she teased him into relenting.

Ember and his men ran in silence after that, avoiding droid patrols. The lack of citizens in the village was very foreboding. According to the datapads, Nabat was usually occupied by several thousand Twi'lek civilians; however, none were to be seen. According to Niner, they were probably hiding.

Before long, the troopers reached the base, where destroyed droids lay everywhere. After flying over the wall by jet boots, they entered the base, where clankers also lay. Running through a corridor, they took a lift to the top of the tower.

To Ember's fear, he found blood on the floor when they got out of the lift. They quickened their pace, knowing that their General was hurt. They rushed into a room and found General Valena captured, her two double-sided lightsabers in a corner and her hands bound. Racer was unconscious on the ground and Aquamal was surely dead.

Ember and his men aimed at Cradossk, but the Separatist ordered his magnaguards to stab Valena, shocking her. Before Cradossk could shock her again, Ember fired a propel wench at the magnaguard wielding the electrostaff, pulled it toward him and stabbed out its photo receptors with his vibroblade. Picking up the electrostaff, Ember and his men, furious, snatched out droid poppers and sent the droids around them crashing to the floor. While his men engaged the rest of the droids, Ember went straight for Sadeet Cradossk, smashing aside droids with the electrostaff. However, by the time he reached Valena, the filthy Trandoshan was gone.

After thanking Ember for his timely entrance, Valena and the rest of the clones left the base as the alarms began to blare.

Getting out of the base was easy. Howevr, getting out of the village was not. They were constantly attacked by droid squads while they ran for the evacuation point. Though tired and weary, General Valena was powerful as she whirled her double sabers through the air, deflecting laser bolts from droids. However, Ember knew that she was weak and they fought together back to back as the droid fighters converged on them.

However, while they ran, a Twi'lek civilian ran at them, constantly gesturing at an alley in the road. Asking Valena to run on, Ember ordered two troopers to follow him, and together they ran into the alley that the civilian had indicated, blaster rifles raised.

Nothing looked wrong; however, just as Ember and his men turned to leave, a sniper shot was heard and one of his boys went down.

Ember knelt to help but as he took out his medic pack, he felt pain in his back and with a sharp cry, he fell and lost consciousness.

Ending of the Battle
"In any war there are sacrifices, but the day will never come when the clone army loses in the field of battle"

-Captain Alpha-04 Vaze-

When he returned to consciousness, he was on a stretcher in a LAAT/i. According to Buckler, he had some nerve damage as well as broken ribs, and he was being taken to a medical frigate. Valena was also happy that Ember was allright, though she was also angry about his recklessness.

Meanwhlie, the battle at the Republic position was going badly. The medics were at full stretch, and all troopers were all on the defensive. However, the droids kept marching, their numbers continuing to grow.

However, just in time reinforcements arrived, led by General Zane Crimson, Secura and Skywalker. With their arrival, the battle would be won.

Continued Campaign
After the Republic victory, the campaign continued without Ember. Buckler, Niner, Jedi Generals Valena and Tallan led the Blue Talon Legion to capture key Separatist bases in the southern hemispheres, with the aid of the 13th Elite Legion while Generals Secura and Skywalker engaged the Separatists in the northern hemisphere.

During the invasion, it was learned that the majority of Twi'eks had been captured and kept hostage, including Senator Orn Free Taa and were sent to work, minking and searching for other precious resources for the CIS cause, the majority of them held at the Ryloth capital Lessu, where Sadeet Cradossk was rallying all remaining droid forces.

After learning that piece of intel, Jedi Generals Tallan and Crimson directed all troopers of the Blue Talon Legion and the 13th Elite to Lessu.

The battle would be rather short, but not without severe costs. During the heavy combat in the city, hundreds of clones were killed when Cradossk's personal droid liuetenants led assaults on their flanks.

Besides that, Cradossk was able to escape with 67% of Ryloth's resources were salvaged by the Seps and a rather large number of Twi'lek prisoners.

The planet Ryloth would be officially re-captured by the Grand Army of the Republic in four weeks, though a lot of men died doing it. Though Ember was gone for most of the engagements, he was instrumental for clearing the way for invasion. However, though Clones and Jedi fought to reclaim the surface and cleanse it of a Separatist presence, Ryloth would become a battlefront again between the Republic and the Separatists in the near future, when the Twi'leks would continue to suffer.

Leaving Coruscant
"The Chancellor has ordered us to stop the civil war on Vara Lor between the Turians and the Slytheks. We have to end the uprising against the Turian government and stabilize the system again. According to General Tallan, Kane, Storm and other clone arc commanders will be participating on this mission. It must be important if that many troops are being sent."

-Alpha-13 Ember-

Ember spent a month in the hospital, his wounds healing bit by bit. At the end of the month, he was as good as new though he hard earned his first few scars.

However, there was no rest for the weary, and not long after he returned to active duty, he was ordered by Jedi Generals Tallan and Valena to assit a Republic-led assault on the planet of Vara Lor, a planet in the Republic that was embroiled in a serious full-scale civil war.

Because of that, Ember, Jedi Master Tallan and Jedi Knight Valena were not the only ones to be sent, but also the 13th Elite Legion, the 35th Assault Corps led by an old comrade, Storm, Nexu Legion led by Alpha-08 Flash, and the 603rd Armored Assault Corps led by A-111 Viper.

Distress Signal
"Captain Hiade, Contact Alpha-13 Ember and Jedi General Tallan immediately. I need to speak to them at once."

"Yes, General Fisto."

-Jedi General Kit Fisto and his Naval Captain, Antda Hiade- {C Shortly after capturing the capital of Vara Lor, Ember and Jedi General Tallan recieved word from Jedi General Kit Fisto, who had recieved a distress signal from a fleet near the Agamar system. Before the convoy of Republic vessels was destroyed, the clones on the juggernauts had reported to Fisto that General Grievous and a large Separatist armada had jumped them and were on the way to Dantooine with around 65,000 droids.

According to Fisto, the forces on Dantooine led by Jedi Masters Windu, Kenobi and Skywalker were badly in need of reinforcements. While Fisto agreed to jump into the Dantooine system to engage the Separatist fleet, he had very limited troops under his command as well.

The Blue Talon Legion was one of the only few clone units available to be re-deployed to Dantooine, besides a few other clone corps and legions.

Ember, Generals Tallan and Valena immediately obliged to rush to General Windu's aid on Dantooine, mustering 3 Venator attack cruisers and 3 Acclamator star destroyers filled with the entire legion. While they were gone, Master Yoda would send another legion to take over their role of providing relief aid on Vara Lor.

To Ember and the rest of his squad's pleasure, they learned that their old comrades back on Kamino, including Storm, Kane, Flash would also be running to Windu's aid along with their troops.

Landing
"This rain is heavy! Let's hope Eagletalon can get us to the landing zone safely!"

"Keep your helmet on, Torrent. We're going in!"

-Alpha-18 Torrent and Alpha-16 Blade-

Not long after recieving their new assignment from Jedi Master Fisto, Ember and General Tallan with a 10,000 man fleet jumped out of hyperspace in the Dantooine system.

The space battle was vast, and all around the planet, though to Ember's belief, the enemy was weak on it's eastern flank.

While General Tallan's fleet engaged the Separatists, Jedi General Tallan contacted Jedi Generals Crimson, Aralina, and Alpha Arc troopers Storm and Viper, who were all preparing to launch their fighter attacks to break through the enemy blockade and send troops down to the surface.

Not long after that, Kaja Tallan and Valena, themselves, jumped into their Delta starfighters and led the fighter escort personally into the torrent of enemy resistance, which was formidable. However, though the enemy sent many fighters to try and repel their attacks', the reinforcements under Tallan's command, Crimson's, Aralina's, Storm's and Viper's broke through the blockade and headed down to the embattled surface below.

When the new troopers arrived on the surface, everything was a mess. The exhausted clone troopers under the command of Mace Windu, Kenobi and Skywalker were holding their ground on a small plateau several clicks away from their HQ, firing down at droids advancing on them.

The convoy of gunships containing the desperately-needed reinforcements banked around the press of conflict to avoid anti-aircraft cannons and soon landed behind Republic lines.

Rushing forward, the Jedi Generals led around 44,000 clones from the gunships and split up to reinforce the defenders braced against make-shift breastworks with All-terrain Tactical enforcers and anti-vehicular cannons behind, constantly firing at droids and Separatist heavy tanks closing in, as well as droid fighters.

While Commanders Storm, Viper took command of the heavilly-contested front on the right flank with their corps, A-08 Flash, Jedi Knight Aralina and Jedi Master Tallan took the center with the Nexu legion, and a few battalions under Windu's command in support. Ember and Kane would be placed at the left flank, the extreme left of the Grand Army's lines.

With the placement of Republic reinforcements, the droids fell back to regroup.

The clones and Jedi cheered and prepared for their counterassault, which would surely arrive very soon.

Holding the Line
"This is it boys. We're the end of the line. No retreat! If we go, the entire line of the Grand Army will collapse and the clankers will push us all the way back to command. Let's show the clankers what we are made of! We will fight here to the last hour! To the last minute! To the last clip! To the last man! To the last Breath! We fight!"

-Alpha-13 Ember to the Blue Talon Legion and the 13th Elite-

For the next two hours, after the droids had withdrawn, the clones and Jedi had set up more fortifications, traps as well as re-arming and refitting the equipment and vehicles at their disposal.

However, before long, the droids would return, and a furious battle that would last for hours would occur and would not even end that night. The troopers on all sides of the defenses were constantly attacked by wave after wave of droid.

Three times, the droids struck at Ember's, Valena's and Kane's position, and three times they were pushed back. The brave men of the Blue Talon Legion stood shoulder to shoulder as they fired at the droids that attacked them. Though whenever the droids fell back with heavy losses, before long, Ember's men had to fight with bodies of fallen brothers on the ground nearby and destroyed tanks nearby.

When the main battalions under Ember's and Kane's command were exhausted, Jedi Generals Crimson and Valena ordered the reserve troopers to be plugged in.

During the fourth assault, while the clones and jedi engaged the enemy, new droid battalions began to arrive along with armored support and fighter support, and would hit their defenses at ten minutes tops, making Ember, Kane, their squads and even the jedi nervous.

As the droids began their steady march again, Ember, Valena, Crimson and Kane fell back and met up behind the troopers' lines to discuss the situation and soon decided a strategy to hold their troopers together and prevent themselves from being flanked. According to Valena, their left was very weak and needed to be strengthened.

Ember and Kane broke in then, saying that the best thing to do was form up all the troopers into an obilique order and then refuse the line that way to hold back the enemy.

The troopers rushed into action and were soon in position by the time the enemy arrived, and smashed into the new formation that the Blue Talon Legion and the 13th Elite were formed in. Going into melee combat, the clones in the front line broke out their vibroblades to stab the clankers in the weak points of their bodies, while the troopers in the rear bombarded the tanks with mortars.

In the end, the droids could not break the clones' left flank and as the two forces tussled, the clones pressed forward and swung a "right wheel" movement to flank the enemy clankers, before eliminating them permanently. With that attack failed, the droids fell back again.

However, when Ember, General Valena, Kane and the rest of the commanders walked among the troopers, they found Blade badly hurt on the ground with troopers Swoop, Jett and Sens crowded around.

However, Ember trusted Swoop to fix Blade up. They had a job to do and he quickly followed Generals Valena and Crimson along the line. While they walked, Valena ordered Ember to contact General Windu for backup.

Ember obliged and shortly after, began talking to General Windu about the situation. However, according to the weary jedi master, the battle was going badly everywhere else. The enemy was heavilly attacking the center, where Flash, Windu, Aralina and Tallan were. According to the General, Tallan had been wounded by Grievous and so was Aralina. Everything was a mess, though the clones were holding good, due to their armored support and good ground.

Resigning themselves to that, Ember, Valena, Crimson and Kane knew that they were on their own. However, they could not hold another attack back. Good news came; however, when Clone admiral Trid informed them all through the comlink channel that the Separatist fleet was weakening. After conferring with his comrades, Ember came up with a bold plan: Ember wanted to seize that advantage for the Republic and ordered several attack cruisers under Admiral Trid's command to come into the skies of Dantooine and open fire on the droid battalions.

Valena and Crimson in the end agreed to Ember's plan, and since everyone else was busy, the Jedi generals ordered Ember and the rest of the clones to execute a bold attack on the Separatists in the same Echelon formation that they did before and force them to be ground into scrap. When all of the remaining troopers, around 9,500, Jedi General Valena ordered Ember to swing his force down first while she and Crimson would advance at double quick to strike the enemy's front ranks of droids who were just beginning to muster for another assault.

Several troopers were killed in the beginning, but before long, Valena and Crimson led the charge straight into the enemy forces and began to dispose of them all, while most of the clones opened fire from a safe distance with about a dozen AT-TE's nearby.

After a few seconds, Ember, Kane and his troopers turned to look as a torrent of laser fire from star cruisers, Indomitable, the Unity and the Evader exterminated the whole army of droids engaging the jedi and the rest of Ember and Kane's men, almost 25,000 of them.

The entire remnant of the enemy forces began to fall back then and with clear orders, the tired but relieved clones gave chase.

Fallen Warrior
"So beautiful....So great to see my brothers run past me, shouting victoriously. Ember...Take care of the others. I know you will not fail them, though I have failed you. You are the best man and brother I have ever served..."

-Alpha-16 Blade to Alpha-13 Ember-

After the battle, Ember and his men walked around the field of destruction, looking for survivors.

While searching, Ember, Kane and their teams found Blade, badly injured with a group of clone medics. To Ember's, Buckler's, Niner's, Boltshot's, and Torrent's grief, the medics told Ember that he could not make it. According to them, the officer had been shot in the arm twice and then in the heart.

Ember acknowledged what the troopers said with a nod. He knew that the rest of the arc troopers behind him were muttering together intensely, and Valena putting a hand on his shoulder.

But in truth, he could not bear what he was hearing. Pushing away his General's hand, Ember knelt down his old comrade, tears flowing down his cheeks. Opening his eyes, Blade called for Ember and Boltshot.

Grimacing and biting back tears, Ember grasped Blade's hand with both of his, while Boltshot also got down next to his old joker companion's hands, while the rest of the troopers and Valena clustered around.

Smiling, Blade told Ember that their army was blessed with such a leader like him, to take care of the rest of the team, and that he was sorry.

Ember acknowledged Blade's gratitude for the squad and his companionship in the past and bent his head in homage as Blade turned his head to the right and died.

The troopers nearby took off their helmets then, as Ember closed Blade's eyes and rose to his feet. Valena knelt down then, and the clones watched, some of them curious and some of them suspicious, as she put her palm on Blade's chest. A moment passed and then Blade's body dissapeared and his armor sunk to the ground.

The troopers shouted exclamations of surprise and Boltshot asked Valena what she did.

Standing up, Valena said that Blade was now one with the Force.

Ember thanked her.

Aftermath
After leaving the now deserted battlefield, Ember, Kane, General Valena and the rest of Ember's troopers returned to the command center.

There, they met General Windu, and the rest of the jedi and clone commanders.

After asking Ember and his comrades of their wellfare, Windu informed them all that the enemy had entirely left the Dantooine system with 1/3 of their original force remaining. The Republic fleet now blockading Dantooine was heavilly reduced in number during the battle, and the casualties of Republic troopers were many.

However, according to General Windu, that was not the important thing. According to him, before Ember and the rest had arrived, he had discussed something with General Tallan and the rest of the jedi.

During the defense of Dantooine, Ember and the rest of the alpha arc trooper commanders have shown their capabilities and effectiveness as some of the best soldiers of the entire Grand Army. However, it was Ember who impressed Windu and the rest of the clone officers there. Because of that, they had all decided to promote Ember to a Marshall Commander with Kane, Storm, Flash and Viper under his command.

Ember was surprised and at first did not want to accept the honor of the promotion. However, when he listened to the Jedi Generals' rebuttal, he accepted, and saluted to them, telling them that he would remain their obedient servant.

Many of the jedi then were very flustered then, noticing that Ember was not only about duty, honor, loyalty and respect, but that he was a very humble man.

Landing
"When we returned to Vara Lor, we could no longer make contact with the troops under Alpha-08 Flash that were left there. It seems that while we were gone, the Separatists took advantage of our absence and sent down troops to help the Turians retake the planet and massacre the majority of Slytheks on the planet. It is time for us to finish what we started."

-Alpha-52 Kane-

Shipyards of Doom
Reinforcements

A Plan of Infiltration
"We have to go in and do this ourselves. We were trained for this, Sir."

-Alpha-13 Ember to Adhektara Valena-

Shortly after the battle at Yavin IV, Ember and his troopers would return to Coruscant where they all rested, waiting for their next orders from command to arrive.

The death of Water would take a heavy toll on Ember, especially since he had known the man for such a short time, a bit more than a year in fact. However, he knew that he could not shirk his duty and continued to do his job.

Soon, he and his boys were assigned on another mission. While the Grand Army was focused on engaging General Grievous and his fleets in the Outer Rim, as well as worlds joining the CIS like Umbara, Ember and his commanding squad were called to lead a secret mission on Mustafar, where a new Separatist droid prototype was being created.

The base, according to Chancellor Palpatine and Republic Intelligence was heavilly guarded, with several battalions of droids, a shield generator to withstand orbital bombardment, and enough turbo laser cannons placed behind the walls to destroy incoming LAAT/i's that tried to land. Intel also reported that the defenses were commanded by the Geonosisan, Gizor Delso, one of Poggle the Lesser's minions.

However, though it seemed impossible, the Chancellor was sure that Ember and his troopers could find a way to take control of the base and then destroy the plans. As Palpatine said, "This will be a test of your abilities."

Ember, Storm, Kane, General Valena and Crimson conferred shortly after the Chancellor's orders and quickly decided on a plan to attack the facility:

Ember and the troopers would utilized a comandeered Separatist frigate, armed to the teeth with reprogrammed battle droids. Though he hated to work with clankers, Ember saw no way out of the matter and agreed reluctantly, knowing that it would help their situation. Shortly afterward, they would take a CC-9979 droid landing ships from the frigate's hangar room and head down to the surface, each ship filled with droids except for the third one which was not only held tinnies, but also Ember, Buckler, Niner, Boltshot, Torrent and General Valena, who used a holographic disguise matrix to turn into Separatist officers.

While Ember, his squad, General Valena, and their reprogrammed battle droids would do their jobs, including destroying the droid information and capturing Delso, Storm, Kane, Jedi General Crimson and a fleet of four Venator Star destroyers would wait to jump out of hyperspace and send down reinforcements to help capture Separatist commander Delso in case Ember and Valena were not able to accomplish that part of the mission.

Moving Swiftlly
"If I ever set foot on this stinkhole again, my head will explode. Thankfully this is only a short visit. Squad, let's do our job quickly and then we can leave."

-Alpha-13 Ember to Buckler, Niner, Boltshot and Torrent-

When Ember and Valena jumped out of hyperspace in their confiscated Separatist frigate, the Exterminator, they were immediately contacted by Separatist commander Delso on the planet below.

In short order, it did not take long for Valena and Ember, the two of them disguised as Neimodian officers, to convince Delso of their reason for landing troops on the facility below, which was to reinforce Delso, by order of General Grievous.

Soona after, Ember, Valena, Buckler, Niner, Torrent, Boltshot and a battalion of battle droids as well as armored tanks boarded a CC-9979 dropship as planned. They took off from the frigate's main hangar, shortly followed by a squadron of vulture droids.

{C}When they landed on the surface, Ember and his squad met Delso, and after a time of greeting, they went together, with a procession of guards to the command center where the information was stored.

Ember and his troopers conversed in privacy via their HUD's and discussed the defenses of the Separatist base. As known, there were many guards between them and the main entrance. It would be impossible to get there without fighting their way through almost 200 droids. As planned, while Delso and four of his guards examined the droids sitting at several computers, Ember contacted Valena from his helmet comlink, telling Valena to stage the distraction. Valena obliged and not long afterwards, the alarms went to life blaring a warning that the shield generators had been destroyed.

Fighting Pains
Delso, shocked, ordered most of the droids in the command center to get to the shield generator room immediately, leaving only a few in the headquarters.

Ember and his squad, chose to end the play-acting, went to work. While Niner and Boltshot went outside of the Command Center to guard the doors, Buckler, Torrent and Ember talked earnestly with Delso concerning who could have infiltrated the base so easilly.

Just then, a battle droid ran out of the main door leading inside and spoke in an anxious tone with Delso. While the Geonosian's back was turned, Torrent dropped a makeshift detonator droid to the floor and it scuttled to life as it crawled on its spindly legs toward the main computer.

Then with Buckler and Torrent behind him, the three of them resumed their original forms, quickly dispatched the five droids standing next to Delso and aimed their blasters at him. However, to Ember's surprise, Delso did not surrender, but laughing, tapped a button on his wristbelt.

Immediately, unseen doors nearby opened and squads of battle droids rushed in, immediately pointing their blasters at Ember and his group.

Ember figured out too late that Delso knew an infiltration team would be coming. They were trapped.

Cackling, Delso called out, and the main door to the command center opened. Two magnaguards entered, dragging Niner and Boltshot, both of them stunned and cuffed. Leering at Ember, Buckler and Torrent, who were standing back to back facing the approaching droids, Delso ordered them to surrender.

Using his helmet's 360 degree HUD, Ember quickly glanced at Torrent's detonation droid that had latched itself under the main computer. All Torrent had to do was press the trigger on his wristbelt. However, they could not do that now. If they did, they would be killed in the explosion as well as Delso and the droids.

Deciding that their best choice was to bide their time, Ember looked at his brothers and told them to do what the bug said, before dropping his sidearms to the floor and raising his hands up in the air. However, inside his helmet comlink, Ember told Buckler and Torrent to standby and wait for Valena to arrive. If that did not come to pass, all that was left for them to do would be to blow up the explosive. That gave Ember sad thoughts.

Soon bound, Ember and his companions were hoisted onto repulsor-lift ray-shielded platforms and were left to stay there, suspended, while Delso commanded many of the droids to battle stations to capture the rest of the Republic "scum" and reprogrammed droids. To Ember and the rest of his squad's pleasure, Delso and the droids did not notice the explosive latched to the bottom of the computer. According to Torrent, that was their only backup plan and though they would die, they should do their duty and accomplish their mission.

Ember disagreed. He knew he was being naive in hoping for Valena coming to their aid, but he knew that if they waited, they could be able to escape. As to Ember's experience, jedi did not give up easily, especially Valena. Ember embraced that for comfort. Delso did not leave them comfortable, however.

For the first time in his life, Ember had nothing to count on more than his training, for it was that which kept him and his brothers alive throughout the torture that Delso commanded them be subjected to. Ember had never been a prisoner before, and yet then, he was accepting it. He embraced the suffering he was bearing; however, he kept thinking of one thing: Wait to the end for his General. He knew she would come for him. She owed him as much as he owed her. It was just time that he would have to outlast and he knew he would. All of them would. 

Escape
"I have to admit that the Jedi are good at rescues, especially the General."

"Stop laughing at me, Boltshot."

-Ember and Boltshot on General Valena's rescue-

It was not long before Valena arrived, and she did not very good when she did. Her face was covered in dust, and parts of her skin was covered in droid hydrofluic liquids. However, her face she was not to be denied victory. Also beside her was Zane Crimson, his two white lightsabers lit up in the dimly lit headquarters.

Ember watched as Valena and Crimson sliced through every droid guarding the doors and then sent the two squads next to Dellso flying with a strong force push.

Dellso screeched and tried to run, but before he could, Valena picked him up with a force grip before throwing him headlong into a pile of droids. While General Crimson ran over to subdue the bug, Valena rushed over to Ember, who was still suspended on the repulsor-lift and with one swift strike, she cut him, Buckler, Niner, Boltshot and Torrent free. {C}Ember grunted as he fell to the floor. He saw stars as he got up from his crouching position. A hand entered his field of vision and someone helped him stand up. When he regained focus, he saw that it was Valena standing next to him.

Ember acknowledged her with a grim nod and she smiled back at him playfully.

Ember asked her what took so long. Valena laughed and patted him on the back, saying that she came as fast as she could, but there were many droids in her way. Ember laughed back telling her that he and his squad welcomed her help but they could have escaped on their own.

Valena looked at him and then smiling, she held out his blaster pistols, and told him that it was her pleasure.

Ember felt himself turn red, and quickly took his blasters to mask his embarrasment. While he took them, his hand brushed against Valena's: It felt different than the grips he had touched before. Feeling a jumping sensation in his chest, he quickly holstered his blasters.

Stooping, he picked up his helmet from where it lay and put it back on. From the safety of his helmet comlink circuit, Buckler, Niner, Torrent and Boltshot teased him and told him to get a move on. They had already deactivated their little explosive and General Crimson was getting impatient.

Ember agreed with them and without looking at Valena, he walked to Delso, whose arms were pinioned by binders. Ember nodded to his brothers, and then to General Crimson, before ordering his men to form up ranks around Delso. The prisoner would need to be guarded well.

Aftermath
"Victory cannot be achieved without sacrifice. When we achieve something, we may lose part of ourselves. However, we have to embrace the fact and not turn back from our duty."

-Adhektara Valena-

After transporting Delso to the Republic cruiser that had dropped out of hyperspace near Mustafar, Ember and Valena stood on the bridge together while all of the other clones attended to their stations and Crimson was similary engaged, interrogating Delso.

However, both of them were rather quiet and did not talk as much as before. However, he could not hide his emotions from his General standing beside him, and she asked him what was the matter.

Knowing that he could not avoid her question, Ember told her that it was the first time that he had ever been a prisoner and he was sorry for getting them all into the trap and increasing the chance of her death as well as his troopers'.

Valena told him that there was nothing to be sorry about. Everyone experienced that sort of ordeal in their life, reminding him that she was a prisoner before as well, and how he went in to save her. Besides, the mission was all that mattered and they accomplished it: Delso was captured and the information was under their control.

Ember could not argue with that and grudgingly relented to her logic.

Emergency Meeting at the Temple
"We have to spread out to find the source of these disturbances. You have the biggest job though, Ember."

"Yes, Sir."

-Master Windu and A-13 Ember. {C}Shortly after returning to Coruscant, Ember was called my Jedi general Mace Windu to report to the Jedi Temple for a critical mission immediately.

Ember complied, ordering Buckler, Niner, Boltshot and Torrent to take Dellso to the prison facility before going back to their barracks at Alpha Base. They were a little let down, but told Ember that they would see to it that Delso would be taken to prison. {C}

Meanwhile, Valena and Ember went to the Temple by gunship before landing in the main hangar. They strode quickly to the council chambers, where many of the Jedi Masters were congregated, including Windu, Yoda, Kenobi, Fisto and Vos.

Master Yoda welcomed Valena and Ember and told them to come forward.

Valena asked Master Yoda what was the matter.

Windu placed a holoprojector on a pad and a security hologram popped up showing Jedi Quinlan Vos batting away blaster fire as he ran down a dark alley. After the hologram finished, Windu placed it back in his pocket and told Valena that they had recieved word that the Separatists had somehow infiltrated the capital.

After the mysterious death of Grada Lelsus at the hand of Cad Bane and assocates a week ago, while she was searching for a secret Seppie base on the planet, Master Vos had gone down into the Underworld to investigate without any success.

However, just recently, he had sensed something down in the depths of Coruscant and had gone down to investigate. When he did, he was jumped by several battle droids and a group of civilian warriors with Separatist uniforms, though he eliminated them all. According to Vos, only a few battle droids have been found. However, when they analyzed the droids' memories, they figured out that what Lelsus was searching for before her death was genuine. However, before Vos could figure out where the base was, the memory burned out.

Master Yoda told Valena that they had search parties all over the city. The authorities had been warned as well as the Chancellor's personal guard. According to Master Yoda, Kaja Tallan and four other Jedi had already been sent to the Chancellor's office to guard him. However, they had to conduct an investigation in the city to find the Separatist base as well as the spies rooted in the city.

Valena immediately volunteered to help and Ember seconded her.

Master Yoda agreed, though he ordered Valena to go with Master Vos and Fisto to comb the city by speeder while Ember and his men would search the Underworld district.

Valena hesitated but in the end obeyed Yoda's will.

Ember was very hesitant to go into the operation without his General, but he knew that his men would be with him and that comforted him.

With due course, Master Vos ordered Ember to proceed through the Underworld with a squad of clones in the southern sector of the Underworld. If they needed, help, security would not be long in coming.

Ember agreed with Master Vos's orders and said that he would leave immediately. Before he left the doors, Valena glanced at him, worry etched in her eyes, and then the doors shut hiding each other from sight.

Once outside of the Council chambers, Ember commed Buckler and told him of the situation. Not long afterward, he also sent a message to Racer and ordered him to go down to the plaza of the Underworld with two platoons of clones. They would meet them there.

Moving Out.
"I will comb the streets with Boltshot, Niner, and the rest of the platoon. Buckler, I want you to take Torrent and the other platoon and scour the upper streets. If you see anything suspicious, search and destroy immediately."

-Alpha-13 Ember to Alpha-14 Buckler-

After leaving the temple, Ember took a BARC speeder and headed down to the Coruscant Underworld alone, while Buckler, Niner, Boltshot, Torrent and two platoons of Eagle Battalion would head there by speeder or Laat/i.



On the way, Ember talked with Valena, Windu and Vos by hand-held comlink, receiving his orders and hints on how he could find the Seps.

According to Master Vos, a week ago, the authorities on Coruscant reported seeing two men clad in civilian clothing chasing Grada Lelsus. It was also reported that bounty hunter Cad Bane had participated in the chase as well as a young girl later identified to be named Nyrat Agira. According to Vos, Agira was often found in the Outlander Club, and he suggested Ember to start his search there.

Ember complied and quickly ordered Buckler to send a detachment of troops to the Outlander club immediately.

Searching the Crowd
"That's a very large place to comb."

"Set up your scanners and move out. Talk by head comlink and report if you see anything."

-Alpha-17A Boltshot and Alpha-13 Ember-

{C {C {C {C {C}After landing next to the Outlander Club, Ember waited for a while, before a LAAT/i gunship hovered over the platform and a platoon of clone troopers jumped out blasters at the ready.

The crowds shrunk away and watched Ember and his men carefully.

Ignoring the civilians, Ember's men formed up in front of him, including Boltshot, Niner, Racer, Jett, Sens and Bant.

Ember acknowledge them with a few words on the helmet comlink before ordering the entire lot of them to divide into groups. Bant and nine other troopers would remain outside to prevent Nyrat from escaping. Jett, Sens and four other troopers were ordered to scale the building and get to the top of the roof.

Meanwhile, Ember, Boltshot, Niner, Racer and the rest of the clones formed up and entered the Outlander club. The crowds at the entrance backed off immediately and watched as they passed.

Inside the dark nightclub, Ember ordered Boltshot to take four men and get to the bar to ask the bartender if he had seen Nyrat. Ember posted 5 men at the door, while he, Niner and Racer walked through the Nightclub looking for Nyrat.

Ember, Niner and Racer searched and searched. However, they found no one who looked like their target. No one nearby seemed to know. Either they were harboring her or they were truly ignorant, Ember did not know; however, he would not resort to torture or threats to make them yield the information they wanted. As they had been trained, they had rules of engagement. Before long, Boltshot told Ember that Agira was not there. According to the bartender, who they had rested the truth from, Agira had just left and was returning to her apartment.

Ember acknowledged him and ordered them to move out immediately, ordering the authorities to watch the Nightclub while they were gone. He also told Master Windu of the situation and asked if he would come down and help them out. General Windu complied and told Ember that he would be down there as fast as he could.

Interrogating the Suspect
"A pretty lady like you do not want to die in pain. Well? If so, then tell us what we want to know."

-Alpha-13 Ember to Nyrat Agira-

While en-route by speeder, bike, Ember and his men spotted Agira's speeder as indicated by the bartender, and quickly went into hot pursuit. Apparently in panic, she tried to break away and lose them; however, with 30 troopers following her from all sides, she could not do anything but land by a restaraunt in the end.

Once she was grounded, Ember, Boltshot and Niner jumped off their BARC's and aimed their blasters at her, ordering her to come out with her hands up or they would blast her into a nuna.

Agira agreed and came out with her hands up, demanding to know why they were arresting her.

Ember asked her to yield the information that they were seeking. However, Agira resisted, denying any knowledge of the Separatist base on Coruscant and of the death of Grada Lelsus. Ember stepped up to her and grabbed her by the throat, placing his side arm to the side of her face.

She flinched and Ember saw that fear was in her eyes. Smiling to himself, Ember told her to answer him or he would send a laser bolt through her brain.

Just then, another speeder bike touched down and Master Windu jumped off. He walked over and asked Ember about the situation.

Ember told Mace that Agira would not give up the information. They needed a Jedi's powers to wrench the information out of her.

General Windu thought for a moment and then closing his eyes, he made Agira give up the location of the Separatist base as well the mystery of the death of Grada Lelsus, though she fought bitterly.

According to Agira, the Separatist base was located in a tall juncture near the docks. It was an old apartment with up to 10 floors, but when it went out of business, the Separatist espionage group bought it and started forming a large group, around 150 members in all, not counting the droids.

According to General Windu, he knew the building and had been there before, though he had seen no one. He immediately contacted, Quinlan Vos, Valena and Fisto to rendevous with them 2 clicks away from the base. Before they all left, Windu ordered a group of Coruscant Guard troopers to take Agira to the Prison facility immediately, though he did not know that help would be on the way for Agira.

Alone and Un-aided.

"Are you sure you want to go alone....again, Ember?"

"I'm sure, Sir. I will create a diversion, and then the rest of you can capture them all."

"Well be careful. I don't want you to die on me."

-Valena and Alpha-13 Ember-

After reaching the Separatist base, still silent and ominous looking with the lack of people outside it, Ember, Boltshot, Niner, Buckler, Torrent, General Vos, Valena and Fisto discussed how they should attack the fort and capture the people inside.

In the end, after much debate, General Windu and the rest of the jedi agreed to Ember's idea where he and his men would storm the tower through the front door to bottle up all of the enemy there. Meanwhile, Windu, Valena, Vos and Fisto would go by speeder up to the top of the tower, attacking from above and taking the commanders of the espionage movement by surprise. {C {C {C {C {C {C {C}Valena was hesitant on Ember going without a Jedi to back him up, but Ember could tell that her faith in him overrid her anxiety on his safety and it was for that reason that she gave in. Ember also knew that he had to go on his own this time with his own brothers to do their duty. They were all born to do this.

No Prisoners.
"The Jedi have mercy. I do as well, at least for sentients. However, droids like these are machines and can all die for all I care."

-Alpha-13 Ember-

Shortly after breaking up, Ember and his men took their BARC speeders and sped toward the base while, the Jedi jumped into a nearby speeder and sped upwards to gain a high altitude before landing on the enemy base. Once they landed on the other side, Ember and his men jumped off their mounts and raised their blasters.

With one word from Buckler, the troopers spread out into a wedge formation in front of the building with Ember, Buckler, Boltshot, Niner, Torrent and Racer at the front. They got up next to the door and nodded to each other before Ember tapped some keys on his wrist comlink, ordering two gunships to drop by to provide reinforcements, if needed. Afterwards, he crouched and began to place charges and thermo detonators on the front door of the apartment complex.

Diving back several yards, Ember tapped a button on his wristbelt and then the door exploded. A cloud of dust jumped forth, before 60 troopers of Eagle Battalion rushed into the depths, blasters raised.

Ember and his squad waited outside for a bit to find out what they were dealing with. What they heard did not bode well. Dozens of shouts permeated the air and explosions rang through the air.

Acknowledging his men by cocking his DC-17 rifle, Ember turned on his helmet range finder and rushed into the foggy wave of dust barring his way. Buckler, Niner, Bolthshot and Torrent followed suit.

The five of them ran into a massive firefight. Droids and sentient soldiers in civilian clothing standing behind burning crates were firing on Ember's boys from the end of the corridor. Ember could see Racer leading the press of troopers forward to attack the enemy with his range finder.

Shouting, Ember waved Torrent over.

Without a word, Torrent raced over, unbuckled his rocket launcher from his back and loaded a round into it. Once cocked, Torrent aimed and fired a rocket right into the defending lines of Separatists. Dozens of them cried out in pain and died on the spot, while others were killed by falling debris.

The ones that tried to escape were immediately shot down by Ember's skilled marksmen.

When everything was quiet again, Ember reached up and turned off his range-finder, reverting to real-time vision again.

Bodies lay everywhere: clones and non-clones, as well as shards of shrapnel and droid casings. The amount of humans there to Ember was overwhelming. He would not let disgust keep him from his duty though. They were enemies of the Republic and they had to be captured.

While the troopers formed up defensive ranks around Ember and the squad commanders, Racer jogged over to Ember, and took off his helmet.

According to the younger clone, there were around fourteen wounded and five dead. Enemy KIA's were about 50 sentients and 30 clankers. Swoop and Surge were attending to the injured clones as best as they could, but according to the medics, two of the men, Mac and Swank had been caught under fire when they were storming the fort and needed to be hospitalized immediately.

Ember agreed and ordered Racer to have two troopers see to it that they were brought out of the combat zone safely.

However, though many had died, there was good news: The Seppies were taken by surprise by Ember's surprise and were in retreat deeper into the base.

After recieving a full report on their situation, Ember told Racer that they had to keep moving and destroy all clankers in the building, as well as sending General Windu a message on their situation.

Racer agreed to Ember's orders, but soon asked him what they should do to the human soldiers.

Ember told Racer to take them alive and to wait for the Jedi Generals' decision. They could be useful to them to uncover the mystery of the espionage group.

Buckler asked Ember why, since the extra load of prisoners would slow them down even more.

Ember said that the prisoners would be useful to the Republic and they needed their information to win the war. However, what Ember did not say was that he found it sickening to kill sentients. These Separatists were once part of the Republic he was serving. In the end as General Valena had once told him, they would rejoin the Republic. There was no reason to massacre every Separatist individual who crossed their path.

Buckler would agree with him in the end, and they would continue moving through the Separatist base, though not without a few raised eyebrows from Buckler's part, as well as the rest of the clones.

Not long afterward, an entire company of the Coruscant Guard arrived under the command of Clone Commander Stone to watch the ground floor and set up a temporary command post while Ember and his platoons captured or killed all Separatist troops in the floors above.

Capturing the Leadership
"The Seppies are getting smarter. The more organics they throw at us and the less clankers, the harder it is for us to mantain a solid advantage against them."

-Alpha-13 Ember-

Not long after the Jedi broke through the security measures placed on the roof of the tower, each one from different locations of the tower, they began to fight their way to the command center, which was assembled hap-hazardly in the eastern quadrant of the tenth level of the building.

The trouble was that getting to the HQ was harder than they thought. Human Separatist troops were around everywhere, and even the Master Windu had a hard time to plow through them, though he had all of the Force at his command.

Before long, though, all four jedi, including Vos, Fisto, Windu and Valena would reach the command center. However, before they could enter the command center, a lift opened nearby, and Ember, Boltshot, Sens and Jett ran over, telling the Jedi that Nyrat had escaped Republic custody and was heading for the docks several clicks away.

Master Windu immediately ordered Quinlan Vos and Kit Fisto to recapture them immediately, while he, Valena and the troopers would capture the Seps nearby.

However, when the Jedi enter the command center, cutting down the droids guards there in the process, the two Sep commanders, a female girl identified to be named Annie Hiade and Sadeet Cradossk AKA Frost.

The Jedi ordered the Separatists to surrender, but Annie and Cradossk shouted an order and in a few seconds, around eight magnaguards wielding wicked electrostaffs dropped from the walls and attacked the Jedi.

While Mace, Valena and the troopers dealt with the clankers, Ember slashed aside one that was attacking him with his newly-acquired vibrosword and stabbed another in the photo-receptors with his vibroblade. Shouting, he struck at Cradossk, who parried with his ever-present electrostaff and swept off his helmet.

Ember angry then, as he faced his old enemy, struck at his enemy with all his might and locked his blades with Cradossk's.

While he grappled with Cradossk, Annie tackled him and threw him to the floor. Momentarilly stunned by her speed and beautiful appearance, Ember lay there before he realized that she was throwing a punch at his face.

Shouting, Ember rolled over on the ground, dodging Annie's punch, before he fired a cable and it lodged around her neck. Pulling the propel wench back, he pulled her to him and as her body touched his, he head butted her and after cutting the fibercord with a second vibroblade, he sent her cartwheeling past chairs and crashing into a crate, though Annie managed to fire mustard gas into Ember's eyes as she rolled.

Ember coughed and fell to the floor, screaming as he scratched at his eyes.

Annie got up and aimed her pistols at Ember. However, before she could kill him, Valena force pulled her blasters to her hand and broke them. Valena ran at Annie and swept her lightsabers across her legs, intending to cut them off. Annie jumped upward and made to kick at Valena, who grabbed her boot and threw her off balance before force pushing her back.

Breathing hard, Valena stood over the unconscious Ember, legs outstretched over him with both of her double sabers raised.

Meanwhile, Windu and the rest of the clones had just finished destroying the magnaguards and also rushed over, backing Annie and Cradossk near the window.

Laughing, Cradossk threw a flash bang grenade, momentarilly blinding them. When they could see again, Annie and Cradossk were gone and the windows behind them were shattered.

Windu and Boltshot rushed to the window and saw Annie, Cradossk, Agira, and an unidentifiable man sitting in a speeder, speeding off to the Docks.

They cursed and ran back to where Ember and Valena, who was using her force powers to heal him.

Afterwards, when Ember resumed consciousness, he asked what happened to the Sep leaders.

General Windu said that they got away; however, the good news was that all of the other members of the Separatist espionage group inside the building had been killed or captured. They had accomplished their mission and that was the important thing.

Ember was not so sure, as he wanted to go after Annie and Cradossk, because of their involvement in Grada's death.

Everyone tried to stop him from leaving on his own, even Boltshot, who usually followed Ember explicitly. However, in the end, it was Valena who told him off. She understood that he was angry at the Seps for the death of Grada, who was their friend. She assured him that they would meet Cradossk and the other key members of the espionage group soon again. Ember reluctantly agreed with her.

Aftermath
"I wonder why these men chose to fight against us. They displayed so much ferocity and determination to defeat us that even I was taken aback. No one has ever fought like that against us before, well, besides the Turians at least. I hope that as the war draws on, less men will die. I can't even think of the men me and my fellow commanders have lost..."

-Alpha-13 Ember as he observed the prison trains in the Seppie base-

After the Separatist fugitives escaped custody, Ember and the Jedi began to clean up the rest of the base, examining all corridors and rooms for traps and other things that could be useful to the Republic's cause. The computers were also examined closely; however, nothing was loaded on them. Unfortunately, Hiade and Cradossk had spent a long time removing the information from the consoles to prevent them from falling into their hands.

It was very unfortunate, but nothing could be done, so before long, when nothing else could be found, Master Windu ordered Ember and his platoons to help the rest of the Coruscant troopers under Stone's command to move the prisoners out and send them to the prison facility immediately.



Ember obliged and soon left, while the Jedi remained in the base with a sizable garrison of troopers.

As Ember and his men watched the prisoners troop out of the facility, some of them supporting each other, Ember could not help but pity the prisoners.

Without consulting his men or the Jedi, Ember would often order the troopers guarding the group to send the wounded members to the hospitals immediately before they were moved to the prison.

When Buckler and Niner asked Ember why he was giving their enemies mercy, Ember said: "If we were in there place, we would be killed on the spot. As a man of honor and a member of an army that serves a just system, I will exhibit mercy to anyone who has surrendered to us."

By the end of the mission, Ember contradicted his previous belief that he did not care about killing organics, though it was different. In truth, he really found it depressing. This day would leave him changed and he would never be the same as before.

Going Down with the Ship
"I'll hold him off! You go, Sir!"

"Ember, I can't do that..."

"Your life is more important than mine, Sir. Go! I was trained for this."

-Alpha-13 Ember and Adhektara Valena-



Retreat from Gentes (20 BBY)
"These poor Ugnaughts need to be saved. Do your best, Ember. Padawan Kybo, Master Tone, Kaja and I will deal with Grievous "

"You can count on it, Sir."

-Jedi Generals Tallan and Valena to Ember on securing success on Gentes-

Overseeing the Departure
"All these lives lost! All the blood my men and I have spilt. What's the point of this war when however much we try, we always lose more than we gain?"

-Alpha-13 Ember-

Battle of Ord Radama (19 BBY)
"Take heart, Commander. The war will end soon. I can feel it in the Force."

"What will happen then, I wonder..."

-Alpha-13 Ember hesitant on talking to Valena concerning the end of the war-

Clearing the Way on Mygeeto (19 BBY)
{C}"Allright boys, you know your assignment. Smash through the enemy fleet as fast as you can and turn them into scrap"

-A-13 Ember to Eagle Dawn squadron-

In the waning months of the Clone Wars, General Valena, Ember and a company of hand-picked troopers from the 5th Sector Army were sent to clear the way for Jedi general Mundi, on the war-torn planet of Mygeeto which {C}the Separatists controlled. Ember and his men knew the plan: Get to the planet's surface, soften up the Separatist defenses, and hold it as long as possible until Master Mundi arrived. It was a clear and straight-forward task to achieve, though easier said than done, since recent reconaissance told Ember and his jedi generals that the droid defenses on Mygeeto were formidable and would be hard to breach. However, with 2 venator star destroyers and the Liberty, Ember and Valena boldy led the 5th sector army into combat.

Shortly after jumping out of hyperspace, Ember, Valena and Admiral Zurros of the Liberty launched all of their Y-wing bombers to annihilate the Banking Clan frigates blockading the planet. It did not take long though, due to the Y-wing pilots' experience and skill which helped them destroy the Seppie ships.

Quickly boarding LAAT/I's, General Valena, Ember, Kane, Storm, Viper, Flash and their men headed for the surface of the war-torn planet below.

"We can't let the clankers gain a foothold on this terrain! We can't fall back! Hold the line!" -Ember to his meager forces-

Soon after landing in the plaza of the city below, Ember, Valena and their men immediately came under fire from numerous droid battalions and tanks. Deploying his forces in the center of the plaza, he and Valena had the eight AT-TE tanks they brought with them encircle their defense lines to bolster the clone platoons.

The battle lasted for hours, where constant cannon and laser fire rocketed back and forth. Many casualties occured on both sides, though Ember and Valena kept most of their troops together. Finally, at the end of the day, the battle ended and the Separatists were in full retreat. Ember had lost many troops, though most of them had survived in the long run.

"I will get you lads through this. Make no mistake!"

"Sir, we are always ready for this eventuality"

"But we can avoid it".

-Ember and Captain Racer-

Shortly after breaking the Separatist hold on the planet of Mygeeto, General Valena, Ember and their men had no trouble in capturing the Separatist base in the area. However, before long, as Ember expected, the Separatists launched a counterattack with even more troops than they had seen before. Hyena bomber squadrons struck from the skies. Divisions of octuptarra droids, and hundreds of battle droids arrived as well. As they defended their newly acquired base, Ember saw with dismay a familiar face leading the Seppies who were attacking them. Sadeet Cradossk, the ruthless Separatist villain who they had fought back on Ryloth and in the Outer Rim years ago. Now that he was back, Ember and Valena knew that they were in trouble.

Jedi General Valena, Ember, Kane, Storm, Viper and Flash tried calling for backup, but since the Separatists were jamming any transmissions from leaving the planet, Ember knew that they had no choice but to hold off Cradossk for as long as they could, at least until help arrived, if it ever did.

"We have a score to settle. For Aquamal!"

-Boltshot to Blue Talon Legion-

Meeting together, the leaders of Ember's strike team discussed their next plan of action. After a short discussion, they formed a plan to send a squad of elite troopers into enemy lines to capture a Separatist communication center, while Valena and the rest of the clones launched an all-out assault on the droid forces to distract them. In the mission, Ember chose to personally take five clones with him, including Kane, Torrent, Sharkie, Boltshot and Crusher of Storm's battalion.

Once General Valena launched the attack, Ember, Kane and the rest of the clones rushed through the streets staying to the shadows whenever they could. They broke through a line of Separatist defenses and soon reached the comm center, which was guarded by a number of super battle droids. Rushing out from hiding, the clones fired on the clankers and soon reduced them to mere shrapnel and metal casings. However, before they could fire cables to get to the communication relay on the top of the building, Separatist leader Cradossk arrived flanked by four black-armored commando droids. Cringing with hate, Ember ordered Torrent to contact general Mundi for help, while he, Kane, Sharkie and Crusher engaged Cradossk. The Trandoshan was not weak though, and as before on Ryloth, he managed to fend off all four of them at once, even after his guards were killed.

When Ember was sure that was help was on its way, Ember called his men to fall back, while Torrent covered them. The cunning weapon specialist of Blue Talon Legion dueled Cradossk blaster to blaster, and quickly disarmed the Trandoshan. However, as he drew two vibro blades to decapitate Cradossk, a orbital blast destroyed the ground where Torrent was standing, and when the dust cleared, no sign of Torrent remained. Filled with grief, the clones ran back to their lines as fast as they could as Republic gunships began to descend from above.

"Good job, Marshall Commander Ember. You have won this battle for the Republic and killed a mighty enemy"

"No Chancellor. My brother, Torrent did. Without him, we could never have won this ground. Every clone that died today was important, especially Torrent, your Excellency, and I will not forgive myself for losing him or the rest of the troopers whose blood was shed on this day."

--Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and A-13 Ember--

Shortly after returning to the base, though sad about the brothers they lost, Ember, Valena and the rest of the troopers knew their duty and cleared up the rest of the planet, before General Mundi and 35,000 clone marines under the command of Commander Bacara arrived. Thanking the clones for their service on Mygeeto, General Mundi relieved them from the planet, saying that they would take over.

When they returned to the ship, Ember and the clones contacted the Chancellor, as they were ordered to do so after the mission was complete. The Chancellor congratulated Ember on completing the mission. However, Ember replied humbly that he did not complete the mission; his brothers did, and most of all, Shadow. This granted Ember a sense of respect from his men, for they did not expect him to reply that way. The chancellor smiled and smiled but according to the rest of the clones, he did not seem very pleased with Ember's reply.

A Test of Loyalty (19 BBY)
"The Council has called me back to Coruscant. According to them, a highly important mission needs my attention. It's hard to pull myself from my men who are bitterly engaging the Seps in the Outer Rim, but I guess a little break from the Sieges is comforting."

-Alpha-13 Ember-

A Talk on the Future. (19 BBY)
"The Chancellor's face and words make me uneasy, uneasy on what he plans to do in the future"

-Ember on Chancellor Palpatine-

 Not long after the escape of Cradossk, mear days in fact, Ember was summoned from his barracks by Chancellor Palpatine for a secret meeting. Ember had never trusted the Chancellor, however, he knew that he had no choice and accepted the invitation.

During the talk, Palpatine never took his eyes off Ember, which made the clone even more uneasy. However, before long, the Chancellor spoke of his accomplishments and about his future, in the end giving him a proposition.

After Ember's many deeds throughout the Clone Wars, the Chancellor told him that he had been chosen by himself to take command of a top secret unit of clones that was being built on Coruscant, an army that would consist of the best troopers the Galaxy has ever seen. Palpatine would not give Ember much details, but he did let slip that he would use it to subjugate the entire Republic under his control and finally bring order to the Republic and the Galaxy, a Republic that the Jedi could not all control by themselves through their "Peacekeeping".

Ember was at first flustered by the offer, but soon became rather angry and decided to refuse for a number of reasons.

One, Ember was already rather close to the men he had under his command in the 5th Sectors Army, and two, he did not trust Palpatine's motives. Ember had never liked the man anyway and preffered the jedi's stoic compassion.

Most of all, Ember had never wanted power. As he told the Chancellor, all of his accomplishments were because of his drive to do his Duty and be the best soldier that he could.

Another reason that he did not voice was that he needed General Valena. By this time, Ember had grown rather fond of her and felt that without her, his life would not be the same as before. She had been a great source of comfort as well as happiness. He felt it was the same the other way around as well; they both needed each other, as if they were one.

Palpatine accepted Ember's choice in silence but said before Ember left, "Give it some thought, Commander. It could be the best for you".

Assault
"This is it boys, the last hurdle. I can't promise we will all make it through this, but if you are with me, we will. The Republic needs you now. All the brothers we lost in the past will be with us here today.".

-Valena to the troopers of the 5th Sector Army-

In the waning weeks of the Clone Wars, Ember, Adhektara, Kaja and their men raced to capture the Separatist capital of Raxus. On one final offensive, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine of the Republic ordered Ember to attack the city-planet with all of his troops, while General Obi Wan Kenobi of the Jedi Council eliminated the droid general, Grievous. Therefore, 100,000 troopers of the 5th Sector Army, now battle-hardened, boarded their vessels and set out to invade the planet in a lightning raid.

Coming out of hyperspace, The 5th Sector Army immediately began the attack on the Separatist blockade. For days, the Republic Fleet under the command of clone Commander Trid assailed the Separatist ships, but victory did not come until Ember's flagship, the Liberty arrived. Plowing through the enemy dreadnaughts, the Liberty and the rest of the Republic navy headed for the surface of the planet.

Quickly forming a plan, the Jedi and clone Commanders moved swiftly to assault the Separatist capital on Raxus. Striking from all directions each clone Commander pushed against all defenses. With 5,000 troopers, Ember and Jedi General Valena assaulted the main gates of Raxus along with fellow troopers Buckler, Niner, Boltshot, Racer and Snap, covered by walker and fighter/bomber support. Before long, the outer defenses of the capital fell and all Separatist droids withdrew into the city, while the Republic armies pursued them. {C {C}Heavy battle continued in the streets of Raxus where the Republic and Separatist troops fought for control of every few meters. Ember and his brothers fought with a vigor that they never had before, soon forcing the Separatists to fall back. {C {C {C {C}Order 66 {C {C {C {C}"Execute Order 66."

"It will be done, My Lord."

-Emperor Palpatine and Alpha-13 Ember-

Striking without hesitation, Ember and his armies swarmed the streets, pushing aside all resistance. Victory was close and Commanders Storm, Kane, Flash, Viper and Ember reclined in their landing zone on a hilltop, near the city with the Jedi Generals in an observatory tower nearby.

On the next day of conflict, Ember's troopers cracked down harder on the clanker forcers. The entire morning, Ember from the observatory tower, sent wave after wave of air strikes on the droid defenses Meanwhile, the rest of the clone officers led their battalions in capturing the northern, western and eastern sectors of the city.

In the afternoon that day, while Ember and the other clone commanders oversaw the battle operations, a disturbing transmission arrived. Chancellor Palpatine ordered Marshall Commander Ember to execute Order 66. Ember obliged.

A Choice
"Following orders keeps you alive, Sir."

"Indeed. But as Jango always said, trust and honor are two of the most important a soldier can posess. I cannot in good conscience do what I am told to without breaking my code of loyalty. Will you trust me in this, Boltshot?"

-Alpha-13 Ember and Alpha-17A Boltshot on Raxus-

Shortly after ending the transmission with Palpatine, Ember readied his brothers to follow through with the order that they were given.

However, while Ember told his fellow commanders, including Kane, Storm, Viper, Flash and Buckler, the plan, he suddenly went into a storm of memories of his and the jedi's exploits together. He could not let go of the thoughts: thoughts of the jedi's goodness and morality. He could not bring himself to think that the Jedi would go against the Republic that they were all serving. Bringing himself back to the present, he told his fellow Arc troopers to stand down and order the troops to take their Jedi generals alive and postpone their executions.

The rest of the Arc troopers were surprised by Ember's choice, including Troopers Brash and Breach who were in the room. However, they all relented in the end, not before talking with Ember in length about his motives for holding the Jedi captive and that it was disobeying orders. Ember made it quite clear that they would not kill the jedi who had led them throughout the course of the war; the jedi who had saved them countless times and regarded them and the Republic as much more than themselves.

After the long debate, the Arc troopers finally understood Ember: He was not going to follow Palpatine but help to save the Jedi from their disastrous plight which was undoubtedly happening across the rest of the Galaxy.

Flight
"At least his death came quick. He earned that much"

-Alpha-13 Ember on his General's death.-

-Jedi General Tallan and Alpha-13 Ember-

{C {C {C {C {C {C}Though the Jedi put up a fight and many of Ember's troopers were killed, Jedi Generals Tallan, Valena, Crimson and Aralina were finally subdued by Captain Racer and Captain Crusher. Ember, himself, fired the sniper shot at Valena and Tallan, though he had secretely loaded the rifle with stun blast. Ember knew that his men would probably not buy the story, but it would fit his purpose of imprisoning the jedi until further orders.

Once the Jedi were safely locked up, Ember and his fellow Arc troopers went into action. Especially after the city had been captured, much of Ember's troops were spread out across the sector, stamping out the remnants of droids and all other armed resistance. Not many of his own men would remain at the city plaza, except for Captain Racer and a small detail of troopers.

Therefore, while Ember play-acted with the jedi, interrogating them for their "treason" against the Galactic Republic and the new Emperor, Boltshot, Niner and Flash stole back to the Liberty in Raxus Space, and flew back to the surface in Ember's personal vessel, the Jaigtalon.

Once they returned, Ember ordered Storm, Viper, Kane and their Arc trooper squads to comandeer clone fighters and stand-by to escort the Jaigtalon off the planet. Meanwhile, Ember, Buckler, Brash and Breach released the Jedi from their cells and triggered previously-armed grenades nearby to explode, masking their escape from Captain Racer and the rest of the troopers, though they were soon hot in pursuit.

The escape was quick but costly. While in flight, Racer, Bant, Jett and Sens opened fire on Ember, Buckler, Brash, Breach and the Jedi. Ember tried to order them to stand down, but they no longer followed his orders.

Ember had no choice but to fight Racer, one of the men he trained, though he did not want to kill him. Therefore, while they tussled, Ember kicked back Racer and shot him in the face with his own rifle. Dropping Racer's weapon, Ember, shocked and dazed, would have remained there if General Tallan dragged him back toward the ship, telling him that he could not do anything.

Ember told General Tallan that he was allright and told him to run to the ship. Meanwhile, though Racer was down, Jett, Bant and Sens were still in pursuit with more troopers of Blue Talon Legion rushing from nearby buildings. Some even appeared on the terrace.

Ember ordered Buckler, Brash and Breach to get into the ship at once while Boltshot was taking off. The Jedi followed, covering their path; however, in the middle of the firefight, Tallan was hit by a sniper blast and fell from the ship's ramp and would have fallen to the ground 20 feet below if Valena had not caught him with a force hold. Once Tallan was inside, the Jaigtalon took off with blaster fire raining on it from below.

General Tallan would die in a few hours, which was hard for young Valena to take, no matter how much she had been trained before concerning letting go of everything she feared to lose.

Ember, the Arc troopers and the rest of the jedi survivors would flee from Raxus, evading Imperial pursuit, without help.

Personality
Since he was put through an intense regimen of training on Kamino, Ember was born to be one of the best soldiers the Galaxy has ever known. He could even resist mind tricks from force users. However, he was not arrogant but rather selfless and compassionate. He did everything for others and did not hesitate to place himself in danger to prove this. Overall, his training saw him through all of his victories. Often on mercy missions, he would help the civilians beyond the call of duty.

<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">During the time of his training, Ember was rather doubtful of his abilities and did not believe that he would be a good leader later on. However, Jango Fett, his teacher encouraged him greatly and taught him that it is a rough road to greatness.

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: 177.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">As an Arc Trooper, he was different from regular clone troopers typically in physical skill as well as independence. Ember was completely loyal to his superiors; however, he would sometimes voice his opinion to his Jedi Generals whenever he thought an order was unreasonable. As he served with the Jedi knights in the Clone War, Ember came to respect the Jedi in their wisdom, tactics and fighting styles, and the feeling was mutual. He would become extremely loyal to them later on.

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: 177.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Ember thought very highly of his commanders who thought of him as a friend in turn. He also seemed to be really good friends with Adhektara Valena, the two of them interacting in a more casual manner occasionally, though Ember would insist on calling her Sir usually.

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: 177.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Ember believed in experience and unity, virtues that his teacher, Jango Fett, taught him. Therefore, he trained his troops heavily for months, so that they would have enough experience and camaraderie before heading out into combat. Ember was extremely devoted to his men and would not let any of them get hurt if he could help it. Though the battles throughout the galaxy took many of his brothers, Ember always kept true to his code of loyalty and honor. <p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: 177.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Ember always knew the risks of serving in the front lines. Though he was afraid, he knew his duty and never hesitated to sacrifice himself to fulfill it. On many instances, he considered the safety of his men and generals as important or even more important than the completion of a mission, and he never hesitated on the concept of sacrificing himself for what he thought was right and honorable.

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Ember was very controversial to many of the Jedi Order. To some, he was one of their most dependable, loyal soldiers who would not hesitate to break orders to save them.

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">To others, they believed that he was a loose cannon, and would lash out at opponents at any moment. During one battle, Ember walked up to a Separatist officer who had a vibroblade to a Jedi's throat. Ember would calmly walk up to his opponent and as quick as thinking, would sent a laser bolt through his head. However, those jedi would later admit that Ember was correct in doing so, because of his training, and they could not object with that. They would later agree with the jedi who favored Ember and reform their idea into a belief that he was an effective, brave and the most compassionate soldier that they had ever seen.

Jango Fett
Though his former teacher, Jango Fett was a strict man who took no allowances or excuses, Ember highly respected his instructor and strove to be perfect, never giving up in any drill or module given to him and his squad by Fett.

Jango recognized Ember's commitment and respected him in turn for it.

Later on, before the war was over, and even afterwards, Ember would always think back to what Jango taught him to calm himself or think his way out of an adverse situation. Jango's advice and training would get him through a lot of missions of the Clone War and during his time leading the Old Republic Resurgence Army as well.

Alpha-17A Boltshot
Out of all of his troopers, the one Ember trusted the most was his squad medic, Boltshot, as Boltshot did him. As Ember described it before, their relationship was one so close that it was often hard for Ember to keep his eyes off his younger comrade, fearing that if his back was turned, Boltshot would be injured or even killed.

Alpha-52 Kane
For a while, during training, Ember and Kane had a rather tense relationship, though they were very good companions, the two's squads often working together on mission modules on Kamino.

Later on, as the Clone Wars progressed, Ember and Kane's comradeship would increase at an alarming rate, even though they differed on ideals of the Republic and the Jedi. While Kane was not fond of the jedi, because of their involvement in Jango's death, Ember accepted the fact that the murder was done in defense.

Alpha-04 Vaze
Ember and Vaze were never very close, though they cooperated when orders drove them to it. Vaze would often criticize Ember for his lack of soldier-like attitude, especially concerning killing traitors or deserters, while Ember would say that Vaze lacked the individuality and independance in mental and physical abilities that Jango possessed.

In the future, before Ember would know it, he and Vaze would become brutal enemies, though Ember would not completely give up on his old fellow Alpha Arc trooper from training on Kamino all the years ago.

Armor and Gear
<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">As an ARC Trooper, Ember wore experimental Phase II Armor for the duration of the Clone Wars along with command pauldrons and kamas. Ember had various other suits of armor, depending on the terrain, including cold assault armor. He also had a periscope rangefinder attachment on the right side of his helmet, which was also equipped with HUD radar sensors, datapads. The Foremost of all the HUD systems had an internal communication system where Ember could just go on his own secure circuit and speak to his men.

<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">On his boots, Ember had Mitrinomon jetpack thrusters <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">which were more quick then the standard clone jetpack.

<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Besides his armor, and standard DC-17 blaster rifle and pistols, Ember had an impressive array of weaponry that he could use in any situation including: <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">His gauntlets hid a variety of devices that he could use if he was disarmed:
 * 1) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Wrist-belt Vibroblade
 * 2) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">EMP Grenades
 * 3) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Thermo Detonators and charges.
 * 4) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Fragmentation Grenades
 * 5) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Smoke grenades
 * 1) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Comlink
 * 2) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Cable launcher with Fibercord whip.
 * 3) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Non-lethal contact stunners
 * 4) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Velocity-7 Dart shooter
 * 5) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Mini concussion rocket launcher
 * 6) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Minature flamethrower
 * 7) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Fusion cutter
 * 8) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Field security overloader

Notable Troopers of Blue Talon Legion

 * 1) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alpha-14 Buckler
 * 2) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alpha-15 Niner
 * 3) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alpha-16 Blade
 * 4) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alpha-17A Boltshot
 * 5) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alpha-18 Torrent
 * 6) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Captain Racer ( <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">CC-5469)
 * 7) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Captain Snap (CC-6747)
 * 8) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Captain Shrike (CC-1845)
 * 9) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lieutenant Bant ( <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">CL-3298)
 * 10) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lieutenant Water <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">(CL-4425) <span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
 * 11) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Arc Trooper Sharkie (CC-6795)
 * 12) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lieutenant Cracker (CL-5322)
 * 13) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lieutenant Mal (CL-5545)
 * 14) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lieutenant Salam (CL-1233)
 * 15) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sergeant Aquamal ( <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">CT-946) <span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
 * 16) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sergeant Fiery (CT-1212)
 * 17) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sergeant Tops (CT-2354)
 * 18) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sergeant Crack (CT-917)
 * 19) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sergeant Falkon (CT-918)
 * 20) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trooper Jett (CT-9159)
 * 21) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trooper Sens (CT-9160)
 * 22) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trooper Surge (CT-3218)
 * 23) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trooper Cobra (CT-4747)
 * 24) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trooper Blitz (CT-1201)
 * 25) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trooper Nitro (CT-395)
 * 26) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trooper Delta (CT-3333)
 * 27) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trooper Brash (CT-238)
 * 28) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trooper Breach (CT-239)
 * 29) Trooper Rune (CT-3934)
 * 30) Trooper Wister (CT-1202)
 * 31) Trooper Nom (CT-9019)
 * 32) Trooper Faze (CT-5219)
 * 33) Trooper Devis (CT-3599)
 * 34) Trooper Bolt (CT-7155)
 * 35) Trooper Zip (CT-4321)
 * 36) Trooper Gek (CT-1206)
 * 37) Trooper Quad (CT-41312)

Notable Troopers of the 5th Sector Army
Commander Alpha-32 Storm (35th Assault Corps) Commander Alpha-111 Viper (603rd Armored Assault Corps) Commander Alpha-52 Kane (13th Elite Legion) Commander Alpha-08 Flash (Nexu Legion)
 * Alpha-33 Jek
 * Alpha-34 Caleb
 * Captain Denn
 * Captain Crusher
 * Lieutenant Gweld
 * Alpha-112 Trec
 * Alpha-113 Dash
 * Commander Monitor
 * Captain Dax
 * Alpha-53 Shadow
 * Alpha-54 Billows
 * Alpha-55 Rak
 * Alpha-56 Trigger
 * Alpha-57 Dew
 * Sergeant Mag

Behind the Scenes
It took some time for me to decide upon writing this story.When I first watched Star Wars: The Revenge of the Sith when it came out in 2005, one of my favorite scenes was when the clone troopers executed the jedi in Order 66, though I liked it because of the emotionality of the music and scenes. i have alwyas liked the clone troopers very much but not very much before the animated feature film, Star Wars the Clone Wars came out in 2008, From then on, I began to think of a "What if?" type story. The story of Ember began there with my thoughts of a clone trooper who decides to save the jedi from their terrible fates.

Originally, Ember was not planned to be an arc trooper, but a trooper of the 501st Legion. However, a friend of mine on the online game, Clone Wars Adventures, advised me to use an ARC Trooper because they had more individuality and independance.

My story continued to grow; a lot of it happened in Clone Wars Adventures that I role-played with friends, but most of the story was planned out through extensive research, watching the films many times as well as gaining inspiration from some of the Star Wars the Clone Wars episodes.

Most of the main Arc trooper squad, including Ember, Buckler, Niner, Torrent and Blade were chosen out of Clone Wars Adventures and Boltshot was chosen later.

A lot of Ember and the rest of his squad's personality reflects upon my own, including generosity to the weak, love for family, loyalty to superiors, following rules, and wishing to do well in life and academics.

Many of the other characters were picked out from CWA including:
 * 1) Adhektara Valena: Depa Shimmerweave
 * 2) Brianna Coderage (Shan): Brianna Coderage
 * 3) Commander Storm: Commander Stormray
 * 4) Commander Kane: Kane Marksman
 * 5) Commander Viper: Zeon Shadow
 * 6) Zane Crimson: Marek Crimson
 * 7) Alpha-04 Vaze: Jaden Marshall
 * 8) Jedi Master Aralina: Aralina Nightbringer
 * 9) Jedi General Clawspekk: Rick Clawspeed
 * 10) Trooper Wister: Wister Riotsear
 * 11) Lieutenant Bant: Bant Cosmicrage
 * 12) Arc Trooper Sharkie: Commando Sharkie
 * 13) Lieutenant Water: Commander Water
 * 14) Trooper Kobra: Kamron Cobra
 * 15) Suarek Frost: Sadeet Cradossk
 * 16) Antda Hiade: Antda Hiade
 * 17) Annie Hiade: Annie Hiade

The Books
Book 1: Insertion 

Book 2: Heroes of the Republic.

Book 3: The Costs of War

Book 4: The Final Straw

Book 5: