Dodge Cuyann

   

"I always used to think that being a clone meant following orders. Even the bad ones. But there are some orders that have to be disobeyed, regardless of the consequences. I know this through experience. Besides, none of us think of ourselves as clones. We are men, and have a will to choose whether or not we should do something."

Born as CT-1121,undefinedand later named his current name for his skill in avoiding explosions on the Kamino training grounds, Boomdodger is a Force-sensitive clone prototype born of the DNA of the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett on 32 BBY.

Boomdodger was a respected commander of the 456th "Marvel Battalion" - named so for their marvelous work on the battlefield - during the Clone Wars.

During the Clone Wars, around early 20 BBY, Boomdodger met a True Mandalorian mercenary called "Sarad Ubahn," who preferred the Basic name, Cryshta. They later participated in a few missions together and also in the Rebellion. They later married around that time.

Boomdodger was eventually able to defect against Order 66 because he removed his inhibitor chip not long before. Later on he trained to become a Jedi in the New Republic. Around this time Cryshta gave birth to twins, named Mesh'la and Verd, or in Basic called Meshila and Zaran.

Boomdodger also eventually became an honored Mandalorian of Clan Prosstang and the adoptive son of Ferrigo Prosstang when he first entered the clan.

Early Life on Kamino (32 - 22 BBY)
CT-1121 was born from the DNA of the bounty hunter Jango Fett on mid 32 BBY. He began as a mere cadet that took lectures from Kaminoans and, on rare occasions, Jango Fett himself. CT-1121 was a Force-sensitive prototype, and was therefore given more special lectures and whatnot, which also made him worthy to one day be the commander of a battalion.

CT-1121, therefore, began to learn more about leadership in lessons alongside few others clones - it was mostly just him in private assessments - on topics such as immediate decisions. CT-1121 saw this importance, decision-making in the middle of a great battle, for one little decision could foretell the outcome of a battle.

CT-1121 often got into fights with another clone who would one day become a leader as well, whose clone number was CT-6253. He earned the nickname Roughhouser for his violent actions and whatnot. Although CT-1121 often avoided these fights, it was hard to resist the urge to pin Roughhouser down after CT-1121 was called a name.

Eventually, CT-1121 was assigned to the elite clone group, Dodge Squad, which consisted of four other clone troopers. They were originally called Squad Unit 451, until their first training simulator, where CT-1121 avoided several explosions and lead the group to victory. This therefore gave CT-1121 his nickname, Boomdodger, and Squad Unit 451 their name, Dodge Squad.

Boomdodger and the members of Dodge Squad quickly battled their way through all of the training simulators until the point that they would have to do "the Citadel," the hardest simulator. It was certain that if they finished this training simulator, their final simulator, they would become elite Alpha-class ARC Troopers in the Grand Army of the Republic.

The Citadel Challenge
"I'll take the left flank," Blastcharger told Boomdodger, raising his DC-15S blaster as he sat behind the provided cover. He tried to look above the wall, but a blaster bolt from a turret up on the Citadel hit the top of the short wall. He brought his head back down, then turned to Snapshot beside him, "Mind if you help me out?"

Snapshot grinned and looked around the edge of the cover, then aimed his DC-15A at the droids on the battlements of the Citadel. He quickly took them out as Blastcharger fired at the droids coming in from their left, attempting to shoot them down. Although the two were efficient together, the droids kept on attacking, it seemed almost as if they would never end.

Boomdodger nodded to Droidpopper beside him as he spun around, carrying a DC-15S blaster, and he began to fire at droids alongside his companion and brother. Once all the droids were taken out, he gave a hand signal for them to move to the next row of cover, which was in a bowl-like area. They moved to it quickly, firing at droids that attempted to aim at them along the way.

"So far, so good," Blasthitter laughed as they got to the cover. He fired at the remaining droids behind them back at their original cover, near the entrance of the simulator, then turned to Boomdodger, who was scanning the area, trying to find the best way to get to the top of the Citadel, where they had to get the green light in order to succeed. "What's next, Boomdodger?"

Boomdodger turned to them, and pointed to the guns mounted inside the walls. "See those guns? We need to take those out if we're going to get through this. My plan: Blastcharger, you need to distract the remainder of the droids and those turrets while we take them out. Then regroup at the base of the Citadel, and it's up the wall for us. After that, make your way to the top and then, mission accomplished."

"You sure about this?" Droidpopper asked, raising an eyebrow from underneath his cadet's helmet.

Boomdodger grinned and nodded. "Have I ever failed you, Droidpopper? Besides, have faith and we'll get through this. Think of what will be coming to us if we do - which we will. Come on!" He nodded again, this time to Blastcharger, who began to run from the cover in the opposite direction, flailing his arms in the air.

With those turrets distracted, the others of Dodge Squad took out the turrets and then rushed to the base of the Citadel wall. They began to equip their cables as Blastcharger arrived, completely unharmed. Once they all had their cables attached to their blasters, they began to scale the wall.

The rest of the assignment was quick as they scaled the wall and made it to the top. They ran up the staircase around the small tower, and Boomdodger took the stick with the green light and raised it in the air for the trainers to see. "Boys," he said to the other members of Dodge Squad, "welcome to the rank of ARC Trooper!"

Ultraviolet Squad
For the remaining four years prior to the Clone Wars, Boomdodger often oversaw training on Kamino, as he was now a commander and Alpha-class ARC Trooper. He oversaw the training simulator runs of several clone cadets, and also the training for the younger clones that worked in the gyms and whatnot. He did not teach lectures, only oversaw the physical work.

Eventually, by early 25 BBY, he was forced to oversee the Citadel run for the squad called Ultraviolet Squad. The reason for Boomdodger's reluctance in overseeing this was that the squad's leader was none other than the infamous yet renowned CT-6253 - Roughhouser. Ultraviolet Squad was running to be ARC Troopers in the GAR, meanwhile Roughhouser alone ran for an Alpha-class ranking. This was very exclusive, and Boomdodger was surprised he managed to convince the Kaminoans and Fett to give him this.

During their run, Ultraviolet Squad showed great expertise and cunning maneuvers as they slowly, yet seemingly efficiently, towards the Citadel. Whenever they spotted a droid, not a second later they were a pile of scrap waiting to be cleaned up. It took them about five minutes to get to the base of the Citadel itself once they began the run.

"They're good, you've got to give them that," Droidpopper glanced at Boomdodger as they stood up on the viewing balcony. When Boomdodger only looked at Droidpopper from under his helmet, Droidpopper only looked back at Ultraviolet Squad. "I can partly see the reason why people call them 'Ultraviolet Squad.'"

Boomdodger nodded slowly, "Yeah. They make your skin crawl when you pass them in the mess hall." Then he scowled, "Makes you especially wanting to beat them down once they call you 'Big Boom.'"

By the ten minute mark they had breached their objective. At this time Roughhouser looked up at the viewing balcony and shouted, "How was that, Boomo?"

Enraged, Boomdodger turned and stormed off the balcony. He personally walked onto the Citadel course and confronted Roughhouser, who's fists were clenched, as if he were ready for a fight, which was indeed coming for him.

"I am going to give you one more chance, Roughhouser, to knock it off, or I swear I will personally tell Fett and the Kaminoans not to give you the rank of ARC Trooper," Boomdodger spat at him. He clenched his fists, and said, "Understood?"

Roughhouser grinned, "Sir, yes, sir." He turned his back to Boomdodger and walked away.

First Battle of Geonosis (22 BBY)
Just prior to the First Battle of Geonosis, Boomdodger was given leadership of the 456th Battalion, which was at the time only a group of blue-armored clone troopers that were almost as elite as the already-famous 501st Legion. Their first assignment was to participate in the battle at Geonosis, like most other clone troopers in the Grand Army. The 456th Battalion currently consisted of around two hundred soldiers, and were therefore given their flagship, the Valiant. When the Valiant entered Geonosis' atmosphere, not long after entering hyperspace from over Kamino, LAAT/i gunships were released from the its hangar, and they began to fly to the surface below to join in the already raging battle. As Boomdodger lead the 456th onto the battlefield just as the gunships landed, there were other gunships flying overhead, flying towards the Pentranaki arena to rescue the several Jedi Masters there, whom were sent to originally rescue the Jedi Generals Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, and the Republic Senator from Naboo, Padmé Amidala.

As Boomdodger fought on against the Confederacy of Independent Systems' droid army, he looked on at Geonosis' surface, wondering what the war would bring him. He prepared himself for it right then, and then continued on in fighting the battle droids.

The Clone Wars was only just beginning.

Mission to Ryloth (22 BBY)
A while after the battle on Geonosis, the 456th was sent to the planet Ryloth, which was home to the Twi'lek people, to fight back against the Separatists there, and to free as many of the Twi'lek that were enslaved as possible. The Valiant left Coruscant with haste, and arrived over Ryloth not long after, only to find that the Republic fleet was doing battle with the Separatist blockade.

Several gunships flew from the Valiant, meanwhile the ship itself attempted to cover the gunships, so that easier access to Ryloth's surface was given. Boomdodger was with Dodge Squad and a few other members of the 456th on their own gunship, called the Zeal Zabrak.

Thankfully, all the gunships made it to Ryloth's surface, and Boomdodger ordered that the 456th be divided into several small platoons that were to spread out across the city they landed outside and extract Twi'lek slaves from their area. Boomdodger, Dodge Squad, and two other clone troopers were to take the central city, where the Separatists were mostly fortified. The city they began to enter was called Cazne, which in Twileki meant "fortress." A good name for the Separatists in the city.

After a few hours, as Boomdodger and the others made their way closer to the center of the city, Boomdodger received a report that all the Twi'lek had been liberated from their slavery in Cazne. Boomdodger noticed that only his group remained, and their final target was the slaves in the center of the city. They eventually arrived, and immediately took cover and hid at the sight of an AAT.

"Ban," Boomdodger turned to one of the two other clones with them. This clone trooper, also a member of the 456th, was a heavy weapons specialist. "Think you can shoot down that AAT with that rocket launcher of yours?"

Ban nodded quickly, "Yes sir!" As the others followed Boomdodger to stealthily get towards the center of the square, Ban stepped out from hiding and fired his rocket launcher at the AAT, only to notice a force field blocking it as he fired. They had not seen that before. The rocket exploded, not touching anything, and moments later Ban was shot down by the AAT.

Boomdodger scowled. He scanned the area, then noticed the force field. Its generators were small, and set up around the courtyard. "The force field we didn't see. We must not rush to decisions ... here's the plan. I will get back to where Ban was and take his rocket launcher. The rest of you take out those shield generators. Then we'll rush in and liberate the Twi'leks. Let's go."

As the others began to take out the shield generators after moving out to several sides of the courtyard, Boomdodger rushed to where Ban died. He took his rocket launcher and prepared to fire. He watched as the members of Dodge Squad and the other clone, Ringer, destroyed the shield generators and slowly moved inwards to free the Twi'leks.

"Move away from the AAT!" Boomdodger cried out as Droidpopper destroyed the final shield generator. He fired the rocket as the Twi'lek began to move away from the AAT. But right as Boomdodger was about to fire, he noticed a Twi'lek girl standing beside the AAT, slowly moving as a droid aimed its gun at her. Boomdodger fired, not quite noticing the girl, only to feel horror as the rocket drew nearer and nearer to the AAT.

Suddenly, Ringer rushed in just as the droid fired. He took the blaster bolt to the heart and the Twi'lek girl ran off to what could only be her mother as the AAT exploded in front of Boomdodger. He dropped the rocket launcher and ran to the Twi'lek girl and asked her, "Are you alright?"

She looked up at him curiously as her mother beside her looked at him sternly. "You nearly killed my daughter with that rocket of yours," she told him, clearly unhappy. When Boomdodger said nothing, she only frowned. "What have you got to say for yourself?"

Boomdodger raised his eyebrows under his helmet and shook his head. "I'm sorry, ma'am. Honest, I didn't see your daughter out there. The action already going on was ... it took over my mind, I suppose." He glanced at Ringer's dead corpse. "At least Ringer was there to save her. If there's anyone to blame it'd be that droid."

"That droid?" She grunted. "Well, we thank you for freeing us. At least." She turned to leave. Boomdodger scowled under his helmet in disappointment, then he too turned to leave with Dodge Squad.

Skirmish on Felucia (22 BBY)
Boomdodger looked up from finishing reloading his gun from atop the AT-TE walker and out on Felucia's surface. He and the 456th Battalion were in thick jungles and advancing on a Separatist droid base in the hopes to obtain a stolen kyber crystal. The Jedi asked for Boomdodger and his 456th personally, for they had proven their reliability. If they somehow failed this mission, which they were determined not to, they knew they would have failed the Jedi and may not have even been worthy to be part of the Grand Army. The kyber crystals were sacred to the Jedi, used to make lightsabers. Boomdodger figured that if they failed, it would surely be all on him. But failure was not an answer to him.

He looked up at the night sky, and then to Droidpopper who stood beside him. Before he opened his mouth, he thought to himself, ''I seem to think of Droidpopper as my second-in-command all the time. I don't even know why. ''Then he spoke to him, "How many kilometers 'till we get to the Separatist base? I need to know when we need to silence the walkers." Boomdodger looked back at the other two walkers following the lead one that he stood atop with Droidpopper. The other troopers of Dodge Squad and the 456th walked below on foot.

"About...twenty-one kilometers, northeast from our current location," Droidpopper replied, pointing in the direction they were walking - northeast. Boomdodger nodded in reply and knelt down, just in case the AT-TE should rock for any reason.

And indeed it did a bolt from a cannon went flying above them, landing on the third AT-TE, farthest back. It was destroyed in a massive explosion, and immediately red blaster bolts began flying at them from in front. The clones of the 456th Battalion began to fire back as Boomdodger threw down his antenna and saw several battle droids and dwarf spider droids advancing on them. "Fire!" Boomdodger pointed his fingers at the droids as he stood up and began walking towards the front edge of the AT-TE. The massive gun that Boomdodger stood beside fired at the droids, destroying a large amount. Another shot from the AT-TE behind flew over Boomdodger's head, hitting another large group of droids. Boomdodger hopped down from the AT-TE, and was joined by Droidpopper moments after.

As Boomdodger fired his DC-17A pistols at the droids, he looked overhead to see two vulture droids flying towards the AT-TEs, beginning to fire at them. Boomdodger pointed at them and shouted at the AT-TE gunners, "Shoot them down!" The second AT-TE shot one vulture down, but the second vulture droid only swooped in and greatly damaged it with two overpowered shots. Boomdodger muttered a swear, regardless of whether or not the AT-TE still stood, and a moment later the second was shot down.

When Boomdodger looked back ahead of him at the droids, he noticed that their spider droids were almost all completely destroyed, and the battle droids began to fall back. Soon enough, as they were trying to run away, they were all finished off with a few shots from the AT-TEs. The 456th troopers cheered in victory, although the mission was not over yet.

The sun was beginning to come up when they neared the Separatist base. Surprisingly, they had not attacked the clone troopers yet, which gave them more time to make up a plan of attack. The second AT-TE was slowly repaired, and although was still damaged, its shields were raised significantly and it would manage fighting. The only thing able to destroy it was another one or two vulture droid shots.

"Here's the plan," Boomdodger began from inside the first AT-TE's holotable room, to the members of Dodge Squad. A hologram of the Separatist base appeared suddenly, and he pointed at the main entrance, "This door is bound to be closed and locked. We're going to have everyone in the 456th distract the droids out here in the front - the AT-TEs will provide anti-aircraft protection. Meanwhile, we will flank them," Boomdodger moved his finger around the base, "and then move into the back. We will scale the wall there, move in, take the kyber crystal, and leave hopefully untouched."

Snapshot looked up from the hologram and asked, "Are you sure this will work? Who will lead the men while we go around and steal that kyber crystal? They can't lead themselves, I don't think."

Droidpopper raised a hand and replied, "I'll lead them. You don't need me in there anyway. The less the merrier." He grinned, and looked at Boomdodger who raised his eyebrow and stood up from leaning on the holotable. He began to turn to leave the AT-TE, but then stopped.

"Sounds good. But I'm pretty sure it's the more the merrier."

Boomdodger, Snapshot, Blastcharger, and Blasthitter silently moved around the side wall of the Separatist base, hoping to complete their mission before the rest of the 456th was destroyed the droids. They stopped a bit towards the back of the side wall, and attached their cables to scale the wall. They did that with ease, and were surprised to find that there were no droids on these walls, as most - if not all - were focused on the battle up front.

They leaped down from atop the wall and quickly hid behind a disabled vulture droid as a group of four super battle droids passed by, patrolling the area. They continued to move towards the small bunker in the middle of the base. They quickly snuck in, taking out the two battle droid guards on the way, and then made their way through the hallways below the base.

"There," Blasthitter whispered, pointing at a small chamber ahead of them. The kyber crystal was floating within a holographic case, being protected by four commando droids. He grinned and waved his arm for them to follow, and he rushed in, firing his DC-15A blaster, almost immediately destroying two commando droids. The other two looked at him and began firing, but Snapshot and Blastcharger shot down the next two.

Boomdodger approched the kyber crystal cautiously. He looked down at the terminal and deactivated the holographic casing. He took the kyber crystal and held it into the light to see. "Interesting," was all he could mutter before he turned around to leave and return to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant to present the kyber crystal to the Jedi.

The Rise to Fame (22 BBY)
On Coruscant, Boomdodger and the four other members of Dodge Squad approached the Jedi Temple, leaving the shuttle behind on its landing platform. A Jedi approached them, and the members of Dodge Squad halted and saluted to the Jedi. "Sir," Boomdodger began. Droidpopper stepped forward carrying the kyber crystal, and Boomdodger continued, "Our mission was a success. Not only did we obtain the kyber crystal, but we also laid waste to the droid base."

"At ease," the Jedi, an old human, smiled softly. The clones lowered their arms and Droidpopper gave the kyber crystal to him. "Good job. I did not say this before, but I will be giving you a little surprise before you leave Coruscant. First, I must introduce myself, I am Kian Jicolo. Come, follow me." He gestured for them to follow him into the Jedi Temple.

Inside they entered the Jedi training chambers, where several Jedi padawans and younglings worked hard to become stronger in the Force. Kian led them to a female Jedi knight that looked to be around eighteen years of age that was inside a training simulator slicing with her lightsaber at holographic humanoids attempting to shoot at her. She fought fiercely, which made Boomdodger wonder how long she had trained to be a Jedi.

She saw them, and then finished the simulator with a simple, "End." The holographic wall separating the group from her dissolved and she stepped through, bowing to Kian. "Master." She came back up, smiling. She did not seem as fierce whenever not in combat. "This is the famed Dodge Squad, I'd presume?"

Kian nodded in reply, "Yes. They are the current leaders of the 456th ... Marvel Battalion."

Boomdodger knit his eyebrows and shifted in place, "Sorry. Marvel Battalion? I don't recall us receiving this new nickname. Since when were we first called the 456th Marvel Battalion?"

The Jedi Knight looked at him, then replied, "Not too long ago. Your performance on Geonosis, Ryloth, Felucia, and a few other places have earned you this reptutation. 'Marvel Battalion' is a fitting name for the 456th. And I am to be your new Jedi General."

Snapshot raised his eyebrows and asked, "Pardon?" "Yep." She bowed to them and said, "My name is Viera Cacete. Jedi Knight and former padawan to Master Kian," she gestured to Kian. "Once you entered Coruscant's atmosphere, I was informed that I'd be your leading general once you arrived. I will be leaving with you to the Valiant. I have quite a bit of plans."

Boomdodger raised his eyebrows in concern, "Like ... what?"

"Well," Viera continued. "I plan on making you, Dodge Squad, my second-in-commands. Boomdodger, you will be my right hand, because you are already the 456th's leader, and have proven yourself more than needed. It will be an honor to fight alongside you and the rest of the 456th."

Boomdodger nodded, "Good to have you aboard, General."

"One more thing," Viera said, seemingly unhappily. Boomdodger had a sense that it was just a bluff when she said, "Call me Viera."

As they left Coruscant, Boomdodger thought over the 456th Battalion's new nickname. Indeed, the Marvel Battalion was marvelous in performance on the battlefield, and there was still a long time until the war ended. At least that was what Boomdodger felt. The Marvel Battalion would definitely grow worthier of its name with a Jedi in its ranks.

Defending Home (21 BBY)
The Valiant quickly approached Tipoca City, just on the verge of a full scale invasion from the Separatists. Marvel Battalion was being assigned to an area a bit further from central Tipoca City, where all of the cadet courses and whatnot were, to Hangar No. 6276/88, which - according to Republic surveillance - was a major Separatist attack point, as it housed a direct route to central Tipoca.

The Valiant landed in the Venator docking zone and the 456th clone troopers rushed out to Hangar 6276/88 to prepare for the droid invasion. They setup barricades at all the entrances except one that would be used in case of retreat, and special stealth bombs were littered on the floors and walls to blow up large amounts of droids. Each bomb was manned by its own clone. It was not long before aqua droids began to pour into the hangar via Trident-class assault ships and the battle in the hangar began. Boomdodger fought alongside Viera, meanwhile Dodge Squad lead another group of clone troopers against a group of droids attacking from an opposite direction. The clone troopers fought valiantly as they droids kept on coming.

"Group A!" Boomdodger called out, looking back at a group of clone troopers. They all nodded and spoke something softly to themselves, and suddenly, in front of them all, a large amount of bombs in the center of the hangar exploded, causing several aqua droids to go flying. "Group B!" Moments later, the same thing happened on the left side of the hangar.

"So far, so good," Viera smiled as she deflected shots from the oncoming aqua droids. She looked back at Snapshot, who was tending to several wounded clone troopers alongside the other medics. "Snapshot! Get a heavy weapons specialist on that shuttle!" She pointed to a droid shuttle that seemed to be attempting to come in for a landing. She looked back at it, and suddenly something stabbed at her mind. She shuddered, and Boomdodger noticed this.

"Viera? Is something wrong?" Boomdodger knelt down beside her as the blaster bolts from the droids flew overhead. He provided cover for her as she attempted to get back up from the ground. "Viera? General! Can you hear me?"

Viera took a while to answer, slowly. "I-yes. I just felt a ... a wave of darkness wash over me. As if there were - no. Snapshot! Where is that HWS?"

Snapshot pointed at the shuttle as it began to land, and cried out to a clone trooper carrying a massive rocket launcher. He fired the rocket, and it began flying straight at the shuttle, but only to explode in front of it, instead of hitting it and then exploding.

"What the?!" Snapshot ran up beside Boomdodger carrying two DC-17A pistols. Who pointed his hand at it and looked back at the other clone troopers, and he cried out, "Shoot it down!"

Clone troopers began to fire at it with more rocket launchers, Z-6 rotary cannons, and even their normal blasters, but whatever they shot at it, there seemed to be a shield around the shuttle. And this was odd for something like a shuttle. What was in it?

"Hold your fire!" Boomdodger raised a hand, and tried to find out what was in the shuttle as it landed on the ground. Then he realized, there could not possibly be any droids in that shuttle, but rather something alive.

Viera looked ready to be part of a big fight as the ramp of the shuttle opened, and a figure in a dark cloak stepped out. Under his cloak, Boomdodger could just make out what seemed to be red armor, possibly made of beskar. And under that odd, Boomdodger could see a pair of yellow eyes, staring at him as he approached.

"Who is that...?" Viera muttered as the hooded figure continued to walk towards them. No, not them. But rather, Viera.

"Whoever it is, I don't like them. Shoot him down!" Boomdodger shouted out loud. The clone troopers began to fire not only at the droids, but also at he hooded figure. Suddenly, he pulled out a lightsaber, and he activated it, revealing a bright red blade. He deflected all of the clone troopers' shots, some of them flying back at the clones, killing or injuring them. When Boomdodger saw that his soldiers could not do anything about him, he stepped forward and said, "Come and get it, scum!" Boomdodger charged at the hooded figure, and began firing his pistols at him. He blocked the shots, and when Boomdodger got close, he swung his blade at him. Boomdodger ducked beneath it and came up behind him. He aimed the pistol at the figure's head and fired, but the man only ducked and swung his blade at Boomdodger. He jumped back, lost his balance, then began floating in the air as the figure choked Boomdodger using the Force.

"No!" Viera cried out, using the Force to throw her lightsaber at the man, distracting him. He turned around, away from Boomdodger, and Vierna used the Force to throw Boomdodger behind the lines of clone troopers. She used the Force to make her lightsaber return to her hand, and she advanced on what almost seemed like a Sith, with his red lightsaber and Force power.

"You alright, Boomdodger?" Snapshot asked as he tried to help Boomdodger up.

He nodded, then looked up at Viera. "She needs help." He looked around, thinking his pistols would not do much, then he saw a special vibrosword that could be used in close combat if necessary. He took one and held it high to examine it. "This will do." He nodded, then returned his gaze to Vierna fighting this Sith.

Boomdodger saw that this Sith was indeed a human as his hood had fallen. He had longish black hair that fell down to his shoulders, and a small goatee. His yellow eyes constantly went from Viera to Boomdodger as he fought, dueling Boomdodger's Jedi General.

Suddenly, the Sith stopped, and used the Force to stop Viera where she was. Then, he began to close his fingers, and Vierna began to scream. Boomdodger knit his eyebrows in concern. Viera fell over, and the Sith raised his lightsaber to deliver the killing blow. Boomdodger began to run at the Sith with his vibrosword, but knew he'd be too late.

"NO!" Droidpopper's voice appeared beside Boomdodger as a blaster bolt went flying at the Sith. He quickly deflected it, and snarled at the two Alpha ARC Troopers running at him. Boomdodger swung his vibrosword, causing the Sith to fall back. Droidpopper fired his pistol, and hit the Sith's arm.

The Sith growled, and cried out, "You would dare fight me, adolescent clone?" His voice was menacing and very uninviting.

"I'm no clone," Boomdodger spat at him. "Who are you?" He slowly began to advance on the Sith with Droidpopper beside him.

The Sith began to back up onto his shuttle, then snarled. "I am Lord Kawn, of the Sith. And never will I fall to the likes of you. And yet, I almost feel like you did. Besides, I have accomplished my mission." He gestured at Viera, grinned, then ran into the shuttle as it took off.

"Take her to a medical bay, immediately," Snapshot ordered as the remaining aqua droids were being shot down. He stood over Viera now, with a group of four clone medics and four other clone troopers to escort them to the central medical bays.

Boomdodger watched as she was taken off, then turned to Droidpopper. "You think this Kawn guy will be a threat?"

"Whoever he is," Droidpopper muttered. "I don't like him." He looked out of the hangar and out on Tipoca City. "At least Kamino is safe now."

The remaining aqua droids in the entire facility were taken out. Viera was easily taken to the central medical bays in central Tipoca City. The Jedi Shaak Ti found out that her mind had been damaged by Kawn, but she would be okay with a bit of a cybernetic implant which would include a HoloNet implant. The 456th were honored for their service there on Kamino, and were dismissed to the Valiant to rest before the next, upcoming battle in the Clone Wars.

Yet, Boomdodger still felt it was a long time until the war was over. Assuming that time did come.

Dogfight Over Dac (21 BBY)
Equipped in his underwater diving gear, Boomdodger stepped onto the bridge of the Valiant and looked out the window at the blurred lines of hyperspace. He then turned his attention to Viera, who stood staring out the window just as Boomdodger was. He stepped up beside her, and took notice of her cybernetics that curved around the upper right corner of her right eye. They helped her mind stay intact ever since Kawn damaged it back on Kamino. Not only that, but she also received HoloNet reports every now and then, that sometimes proved useful to the 456th.

Moving at the speed of light on either side of the Valiant, through hyperspace, were two other Venator-class star destroyers, accompanying them as they went to assault the watery world of Mon Cala, primarily referred to as Dac. The two ships flanking the Valiant were the Monarch, which belonged to the 724th Battalion, and the Hive, which served as the flagship 833rd Swarm Battalion - whom's armor consisted of yellow and black markings.

Boomdodger returned his attention to hyperspace before them, and he was the first to speak, "Is your head feeling okay? Droidpopper and I made sure that Kawn guy got what was coming to him." When Viera did not answer, he moved ahead. Boomdodger, however, could just make out Viera barely moving her lips to say, it seemed, Droidpopper. "Dac, huh? Mind filling me in again on what the mission is?"

"Our mission is to deal with a group of terrorists that are now affiliated with the Confederacy. Primarily we are to deliver supplies and begin to gain an advantage with the construction of a Republic base, which, in truth, has already started. We are there to provide additional reinforcements when it comes to defense," Viera answered him. "Assuming that blockade won't be a problem."

As she said that, they came out of hyperspace, and immediately began to take blaster bolts from the Separatist blockade over Dac. Boomdodger grimaced, then turned as Dodge Squad entered the room, all in their aquatic diving gear.

"Battle plans, General?" Snapshot asked, saluting. He halted a few feet away from Boomdodger and Viera.

Viera turned to them and began to think. Then she nodded, with a grin, and said, "You boys are going to get behind enemy lines. That will be the key to getting past this blockade, destroying it from the inside."

"Inside?" Blastcharger looked around and laughed. "Is it just me, or does that seem ... oh, I don't know, impossible?"

"Not without our new prototype stealth ship," at these words the others grinned. The 456th was recently given a prototype stealth ship that could be used for special missions if necessary. Viera seemed as though she thought this was the best time. "I am ordering you boys to take that stealth ship we were given to get behind enemy lines. From there, destroy the Separatist flagship's main reactor--" an explosion rocked the ship. "Hurry, before we fall!"

As they began to leave, she stopped them, "And remember, we're counting on you. Now go."

With that Dodge Squad rushed to the Valiant 's private hangar, where they found the somewhat small stealth ship waiting for them. They hurried on and took off, roughly, as vulture droids flew past, without the knowledge of a ship hovering beside them, already stealthed.

"Are you sure you're a good pilot, Boomdodger?" Blasthitter asked worriedly. "I mean, this kind of flying is more for ... a pilot."

Boomdodger looked at him, and sighed, "I'll be frank here, yes." When Blasthitter raised an eyebrow in disbelief, Boomdodger rolled his eyes and returned his gaze to flying the small stealth ship. "Okay, maybe I've taken a few flight simulators on Kamino, but ... that's it." Blasthitter grunted in response.

Boomdodger piloted them through the battle, and quickly got them to the hangar of the Separatist flagship. He docked the ship, risking turning off its stealth, and they quickly left the ship to destroy the main reactor. Their plan was to get there, plant detonators, and return to the stealth ship to escape preferably unscathed and undetected.

"This way," Boomdodger made a hand gesture for them to follow, and they slowly and silently made their way through the long halls of the Separatist flagship. They made sure droid patrols did not find them, and also made sure that the flippers on their feet, as they were still wearing their underwater gear, did not make much of a sound.

Soon they arrived at the main reactor room, and they moved slowly towards its center. They began planting the charges, when suddenly a group of commando droids rushed into the room, followed by a tactical droid with glowing red eyes.

"Arrogant clones," the tactical droid taunted them, aiming a small blaster at them. "Your coming will be your doom." He opened fire, and the commando droids followed his example. Dodge Squad took cover and began firing at the repelling droids.

Blastcharger moved out of his cover and pressed a button on his gauntlet, activating a large shield that covered his body from shoulders to toe. He then pressed his finger down on another button, and his gauntlet began to fire lasers at the droids. He slowly began to move towards them, stopped firing, and then pressed another button, activating a flamethrower.

"When do I get something like that?" Snapshot hid behind cover as he watched Blastcharger and spoke to Droidpopper at the same time. "Preferably with something that provides healing, like an extendable needle."

"Next time we go to Kamino," Droidpopper fired his DC-15A at a commando, hitting it in the head, "you can get one. Personalize it all you like, just like Blastcharger's." He too watched as Blastcharger advanced on the tactical droid leader. "Take him out, Blastcharger!"

Blastcharger grinned, only to be followed by a small gasp as and a clutch of his hand as the tactical droid shot at his fist, missing most of it, and burning the top. The fist was exposed, which made him think he needed to improve it again, assuming he made it out of this scenario alive. The tactical droid aimed at Blastcharger, but he only ducked as the droid shot.

The sound of another shot followed, and the blaster bolt that flew over Blastcharger's head ended up hitting the tactical droid's own head. He fell to the ground, a hole burnt through, smoke rising from it. When Blastcharger turned to Dodge Squad, he saw that not only had the rest of the commandos been taken out, but also that Boomdodger had fired that shot.

"Watch your work," Boomdodger forced a sarcastic laugh. "Come on, let's get back to--"

"Intruder alert!" The alarms cut Boomdodger off. He grunted and told them to follow. As they made their way back to the ship, they found that the entrance to the hangar was cut off by a pile of debris from a crashed vulture droid. Explosions rocked the ship. Boomdodger glanced at his timer.

"We have forty-one seconds! What do we do?"

They looked around, and saw a hallway leading into a room with escape pods, which consisted of several droids and--

"Escape pods! Come on!"

They rushed to the escape pods and got into one. As Boomdodger's wrist timer began to blink red slowly, counting down from ten, he punched the launch button, just as the ship exploded. Outside, they saw that the flagship was all that stood in the Republic's way. The Valiant lead the fleet to Dac's surface, meanwhile the escape pod took them to the surface below.

On the surface, by the time they left the escape pod, they found that they had landed in the midst of a devastating battle. Right in the middle of it.

War on Dac (21 BBY)
"A good thing we have our water gear on!" Boomdodger called out from among the chaos raging around them. They were taking cover beneath the crashed escape pod, trying to figure out which side was safe to go on. Their mission was to assist the Mon Cala Resistance Force, but they could not figure out which side that was on, at least until they saw the aqua droids.

"You don't suppose that's the Dac Confederacy, do you?" Droidpopper leaned beside Boomdodger, who only looked at his companion. "Come on, that side over there must be the Resistance."

After getting themselves prepared, they swam out, firing at the aqua droids and renegade Mon Calamari as they swam. There were no Quarren among their ranks in this battle, but that did not battle. The less the better, for right now. The battle was currently set in a basin-like area that provided plenty of cover for both combatants. From each end of the basin a canyon extended a good long way to other areas that were unseen.

Dodge Squad were allowed behind the Resistance's ranks, where they found and met up with a Mon Calamari general, Charr-Jon. He greeted them, saying, "We are thankful for your appearance here on Dac. Where is the rest of the Republic? Surely you have reason for arriving here, by coincidence, in an escape pod, by the looks of it."

"The rest of the Republic are on their way," Boomdodger said as they ducked below cover. "We had to take out the Separatist blockade, from the inside. Took an escape pod as there was no faster way to avoid being a billion smithereens. The Dac Confederacy shouldn't have reinforcements anytime soon, unless there is another Separatist base we don't know about."

"Oh," Charr-Jon replied, "there are many. And we have only located few. But while you are here, let us go meet up with your leader." He pointed above them, where several clone divers began swimming towards them, firing at the Dac Confederacy on the way. The battle seemed to be quickly thinning.

They made their way from the battle to meet with Viera, who arrived in her own underwater gear. She greeted Charr-Jon and they immediately began discussing just what they were going to do about the Dac Confederacy.

It was soon decided that a Republic fortress would be built to support and supply the Resistance. By the time the battle at the basin was over, the Republic and Mon Calamari together began constructing a fortress, which from the above the surface of the water looked like it were floating on water. Although beneath was a pillar that extended from the bottom of the basin to the bottom of the fortress above, and from there was a structure built under the water.

The 456th was quickly dispatched to Umbara, however, to take part in a new mission there. Meanwhile, the 724th and 833rd battalions stayed behind and assisted in the battle at sea.

Darkness on Umbara (21 BBY)
From Dac the Valiant leaped into hyperspace to get to Umbara. The primary assault on the Capital was just wrapping up, and the final Umbarans there were being taken care of, however scouts of the 501st reported several Umbarans traveling to nearby bunkers to establish a counterattack on the Republic's forces. The 456th was sent to Umbara to clean up these bunkers of Umbarans by whatever means necessary, although preferably with the least amount of bloodshed possible.

The trip to Umbara from Dac was harsh, as every clone trooper on the ship had to change from their underwater assault gear to their normal Phase II gear. Every member of Dodge Squad, who changed armor quickly as they were given their own private barracks, had to break up fights between other members of the 456th.

Viera did nothing through all of this, although they all understood why. She was undergoing a pain, as well as trying to maintain order within her own mind. She told them that she would have to visit Coruscant after Umbara, to see what the Jedi could do about this. The members of Dodge Squad began to see her mind slowly faltering.

"Fire!" Boomdodger shouted, a moment later a rocket raced by him. The rocket landed at the feet of several Umbaran soldiers crowded in a large chamber built clearly of Umbaran architecture, and they all went flying, those that were most exposed to the rocket lying dead a moment later, all the others moving slowly on the ground, trying to get up, in an attempt to ignore their injuries.

After two more shots were fired down the long hallway, causing quite the impact on the Umbaran soldiers, the rest of the 456th charged into the chamber, taking prisoner all of the Umbarans except the ones that retaliated and would for sure not accept surrender.

Soon enough troopers of the 456th had completely taken over the room, and were now knocking over shelves to act as cover as they went on to try and take out the remaining Umbarans in this final bunker. There were five more hallways leading to other rooms, each of these hallways filled with Umbarans, all of which were thinning quickly. The sixth hallway was lined with injured clone troopers being tended to by Snapshot and his medics.

"We can win this one, boys!" Boomdodger cried out. He threw a thermal detonator down one hallway, killing a few Umbaran, and injuring the rest that were unfortunate enough to be within the explosions radius. Soon enough, two of the five hallways were taken over by the 456th, and the remaining three were soon to be taken over. These Umbarans were not as ready for this attack as they were the entire Umbara invasion.

Within half an hour, the entirety of the bunker had been taken over. Several of the Umbarans had been taken captive by the Republic, and the remaining Umbarans - those that tried to retaliate - were killed. Boomdodger began to leave the bunker, whereas just outside it he was encountered by Viera, who did not seem so well.

"The final bunker has been taken over, Viera. But are you feeling okay? You were only able to help us with one of the five bunkers we took out. And even then you weren't doing so well," Boomdodger greeted her. She turned to walk with him towards the 456th's fortifications.

Viera only shrugged, "You could say I can be better. But that's why I'm here. I am leaving for the Jedi Temple now, I can't handle this. You are the one that will be in charge of the entire 456th in my absence. I trust you will be okay whilst I'm gone."

"Of course," Boomdodger gladly nodded. "We should be moving on to Kiros when we're done here. We're being assigned there once our mission here on Umbara is done, and it nearly is."

Ahead of them, a shuttle was landed on the 456th's docking platform. It seemed as though it were ready to take off, as steam slowly rose from it. Viera turned to Boomdodger and said, "I must leave now. Good luck, and may the Force be with you."

"You too," this was odd for Boomdodger to say. No clone ever even spoke of the Force, and yet Boomdodger was special for a clone as he was a Force-sensitive. And yet, he never even remembered that he was. Besides, he had never even actually used the Force, and he doubted he ever would.

Following the loud sound of an explosion was the coming of the clone trooper Uran. Boomdodger turned to him cautiously as the Uran cried out, "It seems as though someone has sabotaged much of our supplies, commander. We are awaiting orders on what to do."

Boomdodger knit his eyebrows and went to the site of the explosion. There, he found scorched crates of food and ammunition - which probably enhanced the explosion further. Boomdodger examined the area, and found one dead body, a clone. Beside him lied his DC-15A blaster rifle, but Boomdodger saw nothing more. He was not shot, this clone, but rather stabbed by what must have been a vibrosword of some sort. It definitely was not a lightsaber.

"Double the sentries," Boomdodger ordered Uran, still looking at the body. He then looked up at the jungle and said, "I am going to try and find this culprit, one way or another. Call for Dodge Squad, inform them on what's going on, and tell them to help in the search by searching the opposite direction I go," he pointed at the forest in front of him.

"Yes sir!" Uran saluted and ran off.

Meanwhile, Boomdodger pressed a button on his gauntlet, and a blue ray of light suddenly shone from it. He shined it on the body of the dead clone trooper, and noticed a blue hand just around the left shoulder, a bit above where he was stabbed. Boomdodger, using his heat detector, realized that the killer must have grabbed the clone around his neck, and then stabbed. But where did they go? Boomdodger then saw footprints, leading away from the site.

Boomdodger began to follow the footprints into the jungle. Whoever did this, or whatever, they must have been in a hurry judging how each step was spaced a bit further from each other, unlike a simple walk. But considering how the explosion had just occurred not ten minutes ago, they would have meant to leave in a hurry anyway.

Soon, the footprints ceased to exist as they disappeared before Boomdodger's eyes. Confused, the clone looked around. All he saw was jungle, and in the distance an Umbaran bunker that they had captured long before. It looked to be abandoned now, as there was no point in returning there after taking it over. The 456th made sure that no Umbaran got away.

Then, Boomdodger noticed that going through the wide open doorway were two pairs of footprints. That must mean that there were two culprits. Boomdodger rushed to the bunker and deactivated his heat detector. He looked inside, but saw that it was too dark to see. He could only just make out a light at the far end of the hallway. He stepped into the bunker. He made his way to the other end of the hall into a chamber. Looking around he saw nothing but a dark figure leaning against the wall of a dark corner. He appeared to be hooded, but Boomdodger could make out black facial hair and armor made of Mandalorian iron, beskar. Two blaster pistols were holstered at his sides.

"You," Boomdodger pointed his pistol at the figure and continued, "You're under arrest for sabotaging Republic property. Our supplies. That was you, right?"

He laughed, "Of course. All in a day's work for a bounty hunter."

"Bounty hunters ..." Boomdodger muttered. "Enough of this. Put your hands in the air where I can see them, or I shoot. You're coming with me." Then something came across his mind. "Where's your friend?"

Suddenly Boomdodger felt a blaster touch the back of his helmet. "I'd lower your own pistol if you don't want to get shot, 'tough guy.'"

Boomdodger scowled and lowered his pistol slowly. "Who are you?"

"Name's Dalanor Halos. One aiming a pistol at you is Jayna, my spouse." The man stepped out from the shadows. Boomdodger felt the gun behind him lower, and from around him a woman appeared. She had flowing blonde hair and wore a coat.

"Who are you working for?" Boomdodger asked. "Tell me, and I may let you go."

"Do you have us?" Dalanor laughed. "I'm confused. Now then, I'm afraid I can't tell you who hired us. They'll probably end up killing us before we collect our bounty. And that's why we must leave now. Am I right, Jayna?"

Jayna grinned, "Don't look at me." She began to leave the room. "Let's go."

As they left, Dalanor turned back to Boomdodger and said, "We'll probably end up coming back. Don't you worry."

With that they left Boomdodger alone in the bunker. He scowled as they left, and finally decided to return to the 456th's camp and prepare to leave Umbara.

Battle of Kiros (21 BBY)
The 456th was dispatched straight from Umbara to the world Kiros to take part in the looming battle there. Their mission was to establish a base camp after taking over one of the world's several towers from Separatist control, and then they were to clear the area of any remaining battle droids, as well as disabling the many bombs in the area. They were being assisted by the 501st and 212th Battalions, who were also there.

Once there, gunships lowered troops on BARC speeders to the surface, and they assaulted the communications tower, which the 456th was to take over. Commando droids on their own speeders assaulted them as they rode towards the tower. Boomdodger turned to Blastcharger who sat in the sidecar beside him, and nodded.

"Come and get it!" Blastcharger cried out, and he began firing the sidecar's turret. The other clone troopers of the 456th followed his example. Boomdodger pressed a button on the top of the handle, and lasers shot forth from the BARC. Blastcharger quickly took out three commando droid speeders. "That's how it's done."

Suddenly, a blaster bolt came flying at Boomdodger. He acted quickly and was forced to lean the BARC to the side to avoid getting shot, and to avoid colliding with the other BARC speeders. By doing this he surely put Blastcharger in danger. The blaster bolt hit the sidecar's turret, and it flew off.

Blastcharger swore under his breath. He looked around the small space for another weapon, and his eyes fell upon his DC-15A, sitting beside him in the sidecar. Then he remembered the rocket launcher strapped to his back. He took it and aimed it. He fired, and the rocket went flying at a large group of commandos, and he destroyed nearly all of them.

"There you go," Boomdodger said.

They soon got to the base of the communications tower, and they parked their speeders to provide cover from the droids protecting the bottom. Boomdodger looked over the top of his speeder, and he noticed the size of the droid army.

"Droidpopper," he moved himself beside Droidpopper, who was firing at droids. Droidpopper turned his attention to Boomdodger, just avoiding being shot in the head as he moved behind the BARC. "Droidpopper, we need to devise a plan to get into that tower so that we can warn the rest of the battalion that it is safe to land. We need to make sure we don't destroy it either, and these droids are getting more powerful by the moment."

The other clone trooper thought a moment, then noticed something. Four commando droids were bringing out two large spherical objects, with hexagons around it. They each stood about three feet tall, and had an antenna stretching up, a red light atop it. "What are those?"

"Damn!" Boomdodger shouted. "They're bringing out bombs! Just those two bombs are the right amount needed to destroy this tower, I'd say. If they destroy that tower, then the mission will be a failure, and it'll be all over for us. We need to stop them."

"How?" Droidpopper asked. "Do you propose we just sneak behind enemy lines and defuse them from there?"

Boomdodger looked at Droidpopper a moment, then grinned under his helmet. "Yeah. Come on."

They both told Snapshot the plan, and then they began moving behind enemy lines, slowly and stealthily. By the time they were about ten meters from the first bomb, none of the droids had noticed them, not even the commando droids, two guarding each bomb, four in all.

Boomdodger nodded to Droidpopper, and then he fired his DC-17s at the first two commando droids, taking them by the head. Twenty meters away, the other two commando droids noticed them, and began opening fire.

Droidpopper fired his DC-15A at them, hitting one in the leg - not destroying it - although he nearly hit the bomb. He aimed again, but Boomdodger lowered the gun, "Don't shoot the bombs! We can't risk blowing this place up." Droidpopper nodded, and fired at the other commando droid, hitting it in the torso, then the head. Boomdodger finished the other one off, and they rushed to the bombs.

Boomdodger began to defuse the nearer bomb, meanwhile Droidpopper moved on to the other. 56:07 seconds left on the countdown. Boomdodger used his gauntlet implant to defuse the bomb with ease, and then he moved on to help Droidpopper, who seemed to be having trouble.

34:88. Droidpopper struggled to defuse the bomb, as he had no experience with this and did not have a gauntlet implant that fit this job. He turned to Boomdodger, who tried to help. But there were only 14:56 seconds left. His gauntlet implant could never do it in that little time.

"Move back! It won't be quite enough to destroy the entire tower if we can support it later! MOVE!" Boomdodger and Droidpopper began moving further away from the bomb and the tower.

5:00. 4:00. 3:00. 2:00. 1:00.

The bomb caused an explosion that rocked the ground as Boomdodger and Droidpopper jumped over a BARC speeder and hid behind it as the bomb exploded, destroying nearly all of the droids and part of the base of the communications tower. When the smoke cleared, Boomdodger saw that it appeared ready to collapse.

"Get something under there to support it!" Boomdodger ordered, and clones rushed to get support beams under the large hole in the tower, meanwhile Boomdodger, Droidpopper, Blastcharger, and a group of one dozen clone troopers rushed into the tower, and made their way to the top.

They took the tower, and had the rest of the gunships land, deeming it safe. From atop the somewhat unstable tower, Boomdodger could see the raging battle in the distance, between the 501st, 212th, and the Separatists there.

Back at the base of the tower, Boomdodger's gauntlet holocommunicator began to beep. He raised the palm of his hand to face upward, and he tapped the gauntlet. Suddenly, an image of Viera appeared. She appeared to look better than she did before.

"Viera. I trust you're well?" Veira nodded, then Boomdodger continued speaking. "We have just taken the communications tower here on Kiros. Our assignment was an unqualified success. We now await further orders."

"That's good," Viera told him. "My head is better, but the pain 'inside' is permanent. Anyways, I was told that the mission was a success moments ago. I am entering the Valiant as we speak. Get up here with Dodge Squad, and I will give you your next assignment. This is part of the reason you're on Kiros."

"Alright," Boomdodger tapped his palm again, and the holotransmission ended. Droidpopper walked up beside him. "Get the rest of Dodge Squad, Viera needs us on the Valiant above."

Recon on Zygerria (21 BBY)
Boomdodger: "So, Snapshot, how are you liking being a slaver?"

Snapshot: "Yeah, well, you know. I'd much rather be tending to the wounded than slouching around here in this dump."

Dodge Squad stepped onto the bridge of the Valiant, and they were greeted by Viera, who appeared to be smiling uneasily yet still happily. "It's good to see you boys again. I hear Kiros went well, and that you found a culprit on Umbara."

"Yes," Boomdodger nodded. "I found a bounty hunter couple, Dalanor and Jayna Halos. They'll come back eventually and tell me - tell us - just who sent them to sabotage our supplies. Thankfully, the Valiant had all we needed by the time we made the jump to hyperpsace to come here."

"Well that's good," Viera nodded in approval, but then returned to her uneasy smile, which began to fade. "But we have another problem. We were originally sent here to protect the Togrutan people. As we already know, Kiros was invaded by the Separatists just recently. They began to take the Togrutas captive. Most are now on the slave world Zygerria as, as you could probably guess, slaves for the Confederacy and the Zygerrian people."

Snapshot shook his head slowly, "That sounds terrible. If there's one thing I know, it's that slavery is never a good thing for any kind of species in this galaxy. What do you propose we do? We are of your utmost service, whenever it is needed."

Viera smiled. "That's good, because you've been asked to infiltrate a slave tower on Zygerria, where the Zygerrians took our Togruta slaves. We need you to, slowly and carefully, take care of the Zygerrians and liberate the Togruta. The Valiant has been given a bit of an upgrade in yours and my absence. It now has a stealth field around it that can be activated with the press of this button," she held up her fist, showing her gauntlet, with several buttons on it. She pointed to a large blue button, then lowered her arms. "We will stay in orbit above Zygerria, stealthed, and will send three gunships to extract you and the Togruta."

"Sounds good," Boomdodger saluted. He lowered his arm again, then asked, "But how will we perform reconnassance without being detected? It's bound to happen eventually while there. I mean, unless you have a stealth field for us, we're done for."

The Jedi almost seemed to laugh. "Well, the stealth field around the Valiant only lasts for about an hour. So we'll have that much time to have a gunship drop you off and return before we must depart to let the stealth field recharge, which could take a while depending on how much energy we take. We should be able to return about twenty four Zygerrian hours later. Secondly, once on Zygerria, you will have to take out about five Zygerrian slavers and take their gear. From there, you will move on as we planned. Understood?"

"Got it," Boomdodger nodded.

The Valiant began to stealth itself just as they exited hyperspace. It finished its stealth, and a miniature stealth generator was attached to a LAAT/i gunship. Viera wished Dodge Squad luck by saying, "May the Force be with you," and they flew down to the surface of Zygerria. Once there, Dodge Squad moved to confront a group of Zygerrian slavers that came to question them on their arrival.

"What're you doing here, clones?" one of the Zygerrians asked, raising his gun as if to make him look intimidating. "You have no business whatsoever here on Zygerria. Turn back now, or--"

Boomdodger walked forward and punched him in the face. He fell back a few steps, then forward. He landed, knocked out, and Boomdodger shook his hand, "Don't care." He looked up at the other Zygerrians, five more. They all had their guns raised and pointed at Boomdodger. He grinned, "Boys, take 'em."

The Zygerrians looked up at Dodge Squad, all of which immediately raised their fists to the Zygerrians and pressed a button on their gauntlets. Stun lasers flew at them, hitting all but two. Boomdodger rushed in and tackled one of the Zygerrians, meanwhile Blastcharger ran at the other, ducking beneath a blaster bolt on the way, and he picked the Zygerrian up, taking his blaster.

"Have a nice flight," he grinned, and he threw the Zygerrian off the platform, and he flew far below, screaming on the way in despair on the way. Blastcharger turned his attention back to the remaining Zygerrians, all of which were knocked out and being stripped of their armor by the others. Blastcharger cracked his knuckles, "That was fun. Can we do it again sometime?"

"Typical Blastcharger," Snapshot muttered. "Come on, let's hurry and get this armor on and dispose of these Zygerrians before someone finds out we're here."

They hurried to get the Zygerrian armor on, threw the remaining Zygerrians off, and they rushed into the Zygerrian fortress, a tower standing tall on a large hill, the ground about two hundred meters below. Once inside, they found crates near the entrance, and they put their clone armor inside, and then moved on to liberate the Togruta slaves.

"Let's make this quick, we don't want someone--"

"You!" Boomdodger looked ahead of him to see what appeared to be a Zygerrian captain, marching right at him. Boomdodger thought quickly and stood up in attention, "You, Ki'lar, where have you been? You and you're group were not issued to oversee arrivals on that platform."

The Zygerrian captain stopped about five meters away. Boomdodger once again thought quickly, then said, respectfully, "Uh, sir. There was a Republic shuttle that landed on our platform. They, uh, they intimidated us with those guns of theirs. But we scared 'em off." He raised his gun proudly.

The captain widened his eyes at Boomdodger, trying to make out his face, but then pulled back. "Is it just me, or has your voice changed since last we spoke, Ki'lar?"

"Uh, you could put it that way, sir. We'd best be on our way to the Togruta slave courtyard ... am I right, sir?"

"You'd better get going then."

They quickly made their way to the Togruta courtyard, where several Togruta slaves worked in not a courtyard, but what appeared to be a large, industrial chamber. And if one Togruta did not work well enough, they looked as though they went straight to execution.

"Hey you!" a Togruta suddenly approached them. He appeared as though his mind was taking over, and he was being driven crazy from this slavery. And it was not even for that long. "Have a piece of me. Come on, fight me."

"That was quick," Boomdodger whispered to the others. He turned his attention back to the Togruta. "Alright, that's it," he said. He took the Togruta down gently, and then cuffed him. "You're coming with me to meet your fate."

The Togruta surprisingly did not resist. They walked to the execution area, which was isolated from the slave works. There, Boomdodger found what appeared to be a mechanism that a Togruta had to stand on, and the floor beneath him would disappear, and he would fall to his death.

They shut the door, and Boomdodger took off his helmet. "What is your name?"

The Togruta smiled, "I knew you were a clone that's come to save us the moment I saw you up there. My name is Nostai, a mayor of Kiros. Listen, I started devising a plan to get out of here, since I knew the Republic would be here. We just need to get to that landing platform. Do you know how long it'll be before that gunship of yours returns?"

"It'll be tomorrow that three gunships will come to pick us up. By then, can you have all the Togruta people ready?"

"Yes. Of course."

They let the Togruta free, making sure that no Zygerrian saw them. Nostai began to tell the other Togruta people that Dodge Squad was there to free them. Boomdodger and the others prepared for the following day.

The following day, the slaveworks smelled of scorched skin as the bodies of Zygerrians lay scattered everywhere. Dodge Squad was now leading the Togruta people out of the tower, towards the platform, which lie about twenty meters away by now. Boomdodger could almost make out the sound of incoming gunships.

Suddenly, the Zygerrian captain walked in front of them, a blaster pointed at Boomdodger, who now had his helmet off. "Let's end this now. I am Zygerrian captain Clotar Nad'on, and you are ... ?"

"Name's Boomdodger," Boomdodger nodded to Clotar. "And you're about to die." He took his blaster and pointed it at the Zygerrian. "I mean, do you guys even get training, or do they just let you in like you let us in?" He fired, and Clotar failed to evade the shot. The bolt hit his knee, and he fell on the ground. Boomdodger finished him off a moment later. "Let's go!"

They all rushed to the platform, where gunships were just landing on the platform. ARC-170 fighters were flying at the tower, firing missiles at it. No point in letting it remain intact.

"Get on!" Droidpopper called out. The Togruta people rushed onto the gunships, and Dodge Squad got onto their own. Then, just as the structure was collapsing, they took off for the Valiant, successful.

Meeting the Mandalorian (21 BBY)
Cryshta: "You're a clone. A clone of the bounty hunter Jango Fett. No wonder I feel almost drawn to you."

Boomdodger: "Well, we don't essentially consider ourselves clones. We're men. Although we have our orders, we're not some programmed droid awaiting further orders. If necessary, we disobey the orders we are given."

Cryshta: "Sometimes I wonder what orders I should or should not obey. Some of them seem ... wrong."

Boomdodger was stationed on an AT-TE walker on the planet Carlac to provide reconnaissance at a nearby Separatise base. They were ordered to gather information so that the Republic could figure out whether or not they needed to take the world Carlac. Boomdodger and two dozen other 456th troopers were stationed here to do just that.

Boomdodger was overseeing the job there on Carlac. He made sure that their scouts returned from their recon trip to the nearby Separatist base, and he also made sure they gathered at least decent information on how well guarded the base was. If it was weakly protected, they would call for the Valiant, which was orbiting Carlac above, to send down reinforcements to take out the base, and then hopefully later the Republic would claim Carlac.

"Show me what you've got, Hacker," Boomdodger leaned over a clone's shoulder. The clone, Hacker, as typing at a terminal, trying to hack into the Separatist mainframe. Hacker looked at Boomdodger for a moment, then returned to the terminal. He pointed to the screen, which was displaying a rough outline of the Confederacy base.

"The main entrance is here, on the southern end of the base. It is well defended by two AATs and several super battle droids, as far as our recon troopers say. According to them, they are replaced every twelve hours for maintenance. This tower in the middle," he pointed to a circular structure in the center of the walled base, "houses the Separatists' main computer, which contains all of their information on their Carlac assault strategies." Hacker slid his finger on the screen of the terminal to show a large, box-like structure on the edge of the eastern side of the base. This side faced them as they were now. "This is their hangar, which is currently holding about a dozen vulture bombers. That could be a problem."

Boomdodger slowly nodded. "I concur. If they find us out here, which they might have ages ago, they could easily take us out with a couple of bombs from those vultures, unless we were somehow able to enhance our shielding. You think Fix-It could handle that?"

"I think that'd be our best option, yes," Hacker said. "I will signal him, tell him to upgrade the AT-TE's shielding in case of an unexpected bombing. The only way we would be prepared for these is if we received word overtime from either a scout performing reconnaissance, or from our dish up top, which can detect an active droid from a few kilometers away, which would give us enough time to activate our shields, as long as we're all inside or moved away from the walker."

Hacker looked down at the keyboard he was using to type, and he pressed a button on the right side of it. On the terminal screen an image appeared, and he tapped it. A moment later, the image disappeared and Hacker nodded, "Fix-It has been signaled. Let's see if he replies using his gauntlet." Marvel Battalion was known for their gauntlet implants. It gave them style, according to other legions. Soon, Fix-It seemed to have replied. "Ah, yes. Here we go. Says he'll get right on it."

"That's good." Boomdodger stood up. "I am going to go ask Agent how the recon missions are going. Keep up the good work, Hacker."

Boomdodger walked across the AT-TE's small room to a clone trooper with a modified visor, who was sitting at his own terminal. He looked at the screen for a moment, then asked, "How're things coming along, Agent? Give me all the intelligent you've found since two days ago."

Agent nodded, "Very well." He swiped the briefing he was typing off the screen and onto another beside them. Then he pulled open another window, this one showing all the intelligence they had gathered from the Separatist base. He quickly typed something in, and a moment later information starting from two days prior appeared.

He pointed to the first bit of information. "According to Agent 7689," the 456th's "agents" were designated as "agent" and their clone number, "the hangar at the Separatist base was being filled with several battle droids, all of which seemed to be looking for something. Not long after, they all moved out of the hangar and into the tower. No one knows what they were looking for, although we have Agent 6257 out there trying to find more information as we speak." He scrolled down, "All of this are pretty much the same. But this one," he tapped on one report, "this one is a report from Agent 9986 about three hours ago. Says the vulture bombers in that hangar were being prepared for what appeared be an assault, but our agents can't seem to find out where they are assaulting."

"Do you suppose it's the AT-TE walker?" Boomdodger asked. "They could be preparing to take us out. If that's the case, we should do something about that. I am going to go check in with Fix-It. Make sure he's doing well with upgrading the shields. Keep up the work, Agent."

Boomdodger left Agent and moved to the back of the AT-TE. He opened a door and walked into the engineering room, where Fix-It and two other clone engineers were already working on the shield generator.

"How's it going, Fix-It? We're growing more unsafe by the minute. We feel like vulture bombers are being prepared to assault us. We need that shield upgraded pronto," Boomdodger said. He examined the work he was doing, and asked, "How are you upgrading it?" Fix-It appeared to be taking out parts and replacing them with others.

"I'm doing this the fast way, commander," Fix-It answered him. "I am taking out unnecessary parts and replacing them with parts that will modify the shields. I should be done in about an hour or so, if all goes well. If not, then I'd say three hours."

"Can you go faster? I don't feel very safe," Boomdodger muttered, with a slight grunt behind his voice.

"Of course I can go faster, as long as I don't screw something up," Fix-It said. He rolled out from underneath the shield generator and pointed to a metal object on the table above. "Hey, can you hand me that screw?"

The clone beside him took the screw on the table and handed it to Fix-It. "Thanks." He rolled back under and began screwing the screw in with a drill. "See? As long as I don't screw up..."

Boomdodger left Fix-It to work in the middle of his sentence. Boomdodger did not care at the moment for Fix-It's sarcastic jokes. That was what he was known for in the 456th. He was the by far the worst joke master in the Republic. His sarcasm got in the way of that.

Suddenly, alarms began to blare and the lights of the AT-TE walker turned red. Boomdodger rushed into the main control room, where several clone troopers were rushing around the place, trying to figure out the problem. That was when Agent 9986 ran into the room and to Agent.

"Sir! Vulture bombers were released minutes ago. They're now on their way to destroy the walker. Unless the shields are fixed up, I suggest we abandon walker," 9986 panted. "And I mean now--"

Suddenly, they heard vulture bombers from the sky above.

"Crap! Abandon the walker, now!" Agent cried out. He turned to Boomdodger and said, "They're coming."

"Yep," Boomdodger said. "There's not much time before--"

Suddenly the AT-TE walker exploded, and the last thing Boomdodger saw was a flash of light as the fire surrounded him. He heard the screams of clone troopers around him, Agent's being the closest. If only Fix-It had never even touched that shield generator. And yet it was Boomdodger who issued he fix it.

The first thing Boomdodger saw was the face of what appeared to be a human female, with flowing brown hair and green eyes. She had a beautiful face, and wore what appeared to be Mandalorian beskar'gam. But a moment later she disappeared from Boomdodger's sight, and the image of white appeared again, as if the explosion was still raging.

A moment later Boomdodger bolted upright. He panted, and looked around him. He appeared to be in a tent, its entrance flaps waving in the wind outside. He was sitting on a mattress, with thin sheeting, and around him was nothing but a desk with a chair at it. Sitting in the chair was the woman Boomdodger saw, looking at a datapad.

She wore the same Mandalorian armor Boomdodger saw her in before, except this time, her helmet was on. Boomdodger could clearly tell, even like this, that she was female as the visor on her helmet had a triangular shape at the top. The linings on her helmet were bordered with black, and her visor was a bright blue.

"Careful there," she said. Her voice seemed somewhat muffled as she spoke from beneath her helmet. Boomdodger could see some of her hair hanging behind her head. "You were in quite the explosion, and believe me when I say that. When I saw those droid fighters, I immediately decided to investigate." She put the datapad down on the desk and stood up. She took off her helmet, revealing her face again, she she held it at her side. "You look familiar."

"I don't think I've ever met you," Boomdodger muttered, a pain in his side. "Arg...how badly am I hurt? My right ribs quite a bit, and my leg--gah!"

"Remember when I said careful?" the female Mandalorian spoke again. "Lie down and rest. We can signal your ship above the planet when you're healed more." She smiled warmly. "My name is Sarad Ubahn of the True Mandalorian Clan Ubahn. Although in Mando'a 'sarad' translates to 'flower' or 'bloom' in Basic, I prefer the name Cryshta."

Boomdodger widened his eyes a moment. He slowly sat up, and saw that he was no longer in his armor, which was lying on the ground beside the bed, somewhat scorched and damaged. He was wearing his black undergear, a Republic symbol on the torso. "A True Mandalorian? Hm. I almost thought you were a Death Watch. I know about those from the stories that a Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi, has told. But a True Mandalorian... I haven't seen one of you since Kamino, a few years back."

Cryshta scowled. "Those Death Watch scum. They are the sworn enemies of us True Mandalorians. We are the true people of Mandalore. We will never be ruled by terrorists, and that is what they seek." She shook her head, "The only time I would let a Death Watch rule is if an outsider were trying to rule, and there was no True Mando'ade there to step in and take their rightful place."

"Well, if you are people of Mandalore, then why are you here on Carlac?" Boomdodger asked her curiously.

"I am on a mission to spy on Death Watch, as a matter of fact," Cryshta told him. "I was sent by my father, the clan chieftan of Clan Ubahn." She eyed his helmet a moment, specifically looking at the True Mandalorian symbol on the side of it. "You have heard of us True Mandalorians, it seems. You have our symbol on the side of your helmet there."

Boomdodger nodded. "Yes. Jango Fett was inspiring to me. I decided to show my respect and paint that on the side of my first helmet. From then and onward, that was essentially my signature." He grimaced, "By now the Republic probably thinks I am dead. Have those from the Valiant sent search parties?"

"Is this Valiant the starship? Well, anyways, there have been no search parties. Only droid search parties and myself."

"Dangit!" Boomdodger shouted. "Damned Fix-It. Must've disabled our communications array while trying to upgrade that damned shield generator. Now the Valiant probably thinks we're fine down here on this accursed planet. I've got to signal the Republic." He looked up at Cryshta. "Did anyone else make it out of there alive?"

Cryshta looked down at the ground in sorrow, and turned around, beginning to walk towards the entrance to the tent. "I'm sorry. You were the only one I found in there that survived the explosion. Even you were on the verge of dying. If not for your...look, I would've left you there to die."

"My look?" Boomdodger widened his eyes. "Is that flirting?"

Cryshta turned around and blushed, "No! No. No, I mean, you look a lot like Jango. I mean, I didn't know him, but I saw him before he died. He was on Mandalore at one point. He is, or was, famed amongst all Mandalorians." Then she realized, "You're a clone. A clone of the bounty hunter Jango Fett. No wonder I feel almost drawn to you."

Boomdodger nodded, "Well, we don't essentially consider ourselves clones. We're men. Although we have our orders, we're not some programmed droid awaiting further orders. If necessary, we disobey the orders we are given."

Cryshta sighed. "Sometimes I wonder what orders I should or should not obey. Some of them seem ... wrong." She looked at him in the eye again, and asked, "I never asked, what's your name? According to the inside of that helmet of yours, your 'clone number' is 1121. Specifically identified as 'clone commander.'"

"Yes, I'm the commander of the 456th 'Marvel Battalion.' My name isn't 1121, though. None of us clones use our numbers. Not anymore. We got names. Mine is Boomdodger."

"And why are you called this? We all have a reason for our names. Mine, Sarad, is the Mando'a word for flower or bloom. My parents called me this for they said I 'bloomed' into the galaxy, and at birth I was as beautiful as a flower."

Boomdodger raised an eyebrow, "Then why 'Cryshta?'"

"I like it, is all."

Boomdodger nodded, as if not understanding. "Okay. Well I was given the name Boomdodger by my brothers back on Kamino when I ran training simulators with my squad, Unit 451. During those simulators we became known for avoiding explosions that would be thrown at us, so I earned the name Boomdodger. That also gave my squad the name Dodge Squad. Sometimes I am called Boom, but either is fine. Why don't I call you by your true name?"

"I am not much a fan of 'Sarad.' As much as I like it, I feel like Cryshta fits me better." She examined him. "I think I'll end up calling you 'Buuth.' You look like you'd be someone like that."

"And... what does 'buuth' mean in Mando'a?" Boomdodger asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Nothing."

"Then call me Boomdodger," he replied. "I think I should rest now. Thank you, Cryshta." WIth that, he went to sleep again within seconds. He could barely make out a 'No problem' from Cryshta.

Boomdodger soon awoke again. The sun was shining in from the entrance. He felt a lot better, although there was still a slight pain in his rib cage. Boomdodger decided to ignore it and he stood up, noticing that his leg was feeling much better. He looked up and did not see Cryshta in the tent. Although his armor was still on the bed beside him. He took his helmet and eyed the True Mandalorian symbol on its side.

Boomdodger put on his armor, helmet at his side, and he walked outside to find that Cryshta was nowhere to be seen. Where did she go? He looked around for her, although could not find her. Did she go into the forest of pink trees? Or was she just messing with him?

"So, the clone has awakened," Cryshta's voice appeared behind him. He spun around to find her leaning against the pole of the tent. "I trust you're feeling well?"

"Please, don't call me that," Boomdodger grunted. "I don't like to think of ourselves as clones. Not a good feeling."

"Oh, sorry," Cryshta grinned. "Well, how are you anyways?"

Boomdodger shrugged, "I'm fine." He looked out in the distance to see the sun beginning to set in the horizon. "Wait. How long was I asleep in there?" He nodded towards the tent.

Cryshta stood up and began to walk towards him. "Nearly a whole day. Definitely the entirety of today."

"Well," Boomdodger murmured. He looked around him. Then, the thought that a Separatist base being nearby occured to him. "Wait, where is that Confederacy base? I need to gather information and give it to the Republic. I--"

Cryshta placed a finger on his lips. "Shush. Do not worry about the droid base. I too have been spying on it, as the Death Watch appear to be drawn toward it, as I am to you." Boomdodger raised an eyebrow. "Look, I can tell you everything. But first, I need to start cooking something for you and I to eat."

The way she said "you and I" made Boomdodger feel uncomfortable, although he did like Cryshta. She saved him from certain death, and if not for her, he would not be here. He finally nodded at the thought, and said, "I could go for anything as big as a zillo beast even, if that's even possible. Although I doubt there are any here on Carlac. And I doubt that there are any left."

"I have heard of that incident on Malastare, a little while back," Cryshta said. "Amazing, is it not?"

"You could put it that way."

That night, Boomdodger was sitting on a log across from Cryshta at a large fire in front of her tent. The visors on their helmets, both of which sat at each of their sides on the logs, gleamed in the light of the fire, which Cryshta was very reluctant on having. Although, she did say that the Separatist base was about eight kilometers away, and the Death Watch base five. They should be okay, she said.

"Now then," Cryshta said. "Intelligence on the Separatist base. I should begin telling you then, shouldn't I?" She walked around the fire and sat beside Boomdodger on his log. She then began to tell Boomdodger about all the information she had gathered, and they combined both of their information, and they began to find out that these members of Death Watch were allying with the Separatists, although only to betray them later, as Dooku did to the Death Watch leader, Pre Vizsla, a while back.

Eventually, Boomdodger complimented the stars. "That constellation looks very much like a Hutt. Have you ever had to work for them? I haven't, but I know that those slugs are not the best things to work with." He said "things" as if it were the main topic of the sentence.

Cryshta looked up at the sky, then pointed to one constellation. "Look at that one. It has the symbol on your helmet. Do you see it?" Boomdodger widened his eyes and nodded in reply. "We Mandalorians call that one Cin'ciri'mando. Snow Mandalorian. We call it this because it is, as you can see, the True Mandalorian symbol over the snowy world of Carlac. Cin'ciri is 'snow' in Mando'a."

"That's a good name," Boomdodger said. "I understand it now. Think you could teach me more about Mando'a?"

Cryshta smiled, "Elek. It'd be my pleasure."

The two slowly began to bond as they spoke of the stars and Cryshta taught Boomdodger more about Mando'a, which he was surprised he had not learned while on Kamino, all those years ago. Was this the work of Jango Fett, or was it the work of those Kaminoans? Either way, it did not affect him much. Although Mando'a did fascinate him greatly.

The following day, a gunship arrived to extract Boomdodger. As he stepped onto the gunship and took the handle above him, he thanked Cryshta. She watched as he left until he was completely out of sight, then she returned to her work, thinking of Boomdodger as she did. Boomdodger returned to the Valiant with all the valuable information he was able to muster with Cryshta's help.

And as he was there, he felt a small connection had formed.

Battle of Ilum (21 BBY)
"I'll be honest, I've had enough snow for one year," Boomdodger grunted as he stepped onto the bridge of the Valiant to find the remainder of Dodge Squad and Viera waiting for him, all dressed in snow gear. He joined them, grunting as his rib gave him a stabbing pain, from back on Carlac, and he asked, "What's the case, Viera?"

Viera frowned almost sadly. "It appears the Crystal Cave will soon fall to the Confederacy if we don't stop them now. We are exiting hyperspace in minutes, but the 666th 'Devil Battalion' has failed to defend the Crystal Cave on Ilum, and we were dispatched to protect it, and repel the invasion there on Ilum. My master, Kian, you may remember him from Coruscant a while back, he leads the 666th, or what is left of it. He is wounded, and it'll take all of us to defend those caves. Are you ready?"

"Sure thing," Boomdodger said. As they exited hyperspace they saw only one thing: battle. The Republic blockade was doing battle with the Separatist fleet, and it was slowly faltering. He put on his helmet and said, "Let's get to the gunships then!"

Dodge Squad followed Viera out of the bridge of the Valiant to the hangar, where about a dozen gunships were being loaded with soldiers of the 456th Battalion. Dodge Squad stepped onto their own with Viera and three other clone troopers, and soon enough the gunships were taking off and already flying towards the surface of Ilum. There, on the surface, they saw one thing below them: blaster bolts flying everywhere. Boomdodger could make out troopers in orange armor markings, clones of Devil Battalion, quickly falling to the droid army, which mostly consisted of B1 battle droids and commando droids, although there were still several B2s and about two homing spider droids.

"Darn clankers, they're slaughtering our brothers out there," Snapshot muttered. "Pilot!" he shouted to the clone pilot, Falcon, who was flying the gunship. "Get us down there quickly! Let's give these clankers a bit of their own metal!"

The gunships raced to the surface, and they all landed in between the remaining soldiers of the 666th, which was about a dozen, and the droid army. Soldiers of the 456th took cover inside and behind the gunships. Their arrival clearly made a big impact on the droids' perfomance.

After a while, Boomdodger noticed Viera was not with them on the front. He began walking to the back and told Droidpopper that he was to lead the soldiers of the 456th and the remainder of the 666th as he went to the back of the lines to meet up with Viera and Kian, who was apparently injured somewhat. As he walked, he looked up at the sky and saw a droid shuttle coming in for a landing. But why did it seem familiar?

"General Viera," Boomdodger approached them. Viera and the 666th's commander, Demon, were both huddled around General Kian, who was kneeling on the ground, breathing slowly. Viera turned her attention to Boomdodger, who continued. "The battle up at the front goes well. How is General Kian doing, though? He ... he doesn't look so well."

Kian raised a hand, "I am fine. Thank you, Boomdodger."

"Well, well, well," Demon looked at Boomdodger and grinned under his helmet. One thing Boomdodger noticed, Demon wore his normal orange armor in this cold snow. On the sides of his helmet were two orange horn-like drawings, which matched his name. "If it isn't Commander Boomdodger of the 456th Marvelous Battalion. I'm Demon, commander of the 666th Devil Battalion. Mind if I call you Boomo?"

Boomdodger scowled, "You're beginning to remind me of Roughhouser back on Kamino." "Ah yes, Roughhouser." Demon laughed. "Everyone knew about Ultraviolet Squad. I haven't seen them since the Battle of Felucia. I originally served alongside him, as he was in the 666th once. Ultraviolet Squad left at a point to become their own independent group in the Grand Army."

"Why do you not have any adaptive snow gear like the rest of us?" Boomdodger asked. "Just curious."

Demon grinned under his helmet. "Well, it's only adaptive gear. Now snow in its name. It has built in heaters made just for this environment. This gear is adaptive to any environment, as a matter of fact, except underwater. I'd need to equip my water gear for that."

"I see. Well, the 456th and the remainder of Devil Battalion is waiting up front for us to lead them. Why don't we get going?" Boomdodger asked.

Demon smiled and began walking to the front. "Welcome to the party," he said. He took the minigun strapped to his back and rushed to the front. "Let's go blast some clankers!"

After Boomdodger checked in with Kian, who was now being tended to by Snapshot, he and Viera rushed to the front. When Viera caught sight of that shuttle, drawing nearer to the surface of Ilum, she began to feel uneasy, and mentioned to Boomdodger the dark feeling she felt back on Kamino.

"Could it be Kawn?" Boomdodger asked.

"Possibly," Viera answered. She widened her eyes and placed a hand on her head, as if she had a headache. "His presence. It seems almost ... familiar. And I mean an old familiar. From before I met you."

Boomdodger and Viera joined Droidpopper and Demon on the front lines of the battle. Demon was firing his Z-6, which he named the Staff of Pain, further leading up to his name. Droidpopper was taking cover behind a gunship, which was now scarred with marks of blaster fire on the front and partly the inside, assuming one of these droids took a lucky shot.

Boomdodger joined Droidpopper, meanwhile Viera fought above on a hill of snow beside Demon. As Boomdodger joined Droidpopper, he noticed he seemed to be staring at Viera. "Droidpopper?" Droidpopper immediately snapped back to his senses, and turned his attention to Boomdodger. "Listen, I think we can get a bit of a sniper position atop these gunships. Give me a boost will you? Hotshot, come on with us."

Another clone that was firing a sniper rifle under the cover of the raised his gun to face the sky, and he ran to them. Hotshot wore special gear. He had what appeared to be normal Phase II clone gear, but he also wore a kama and on his helmet were two antennas. His visor was a bright blue. On his back he strapped on his long sniper rifle, its technology advanced for even Boomdodger. Hotshot was trained to snipe.

"Let's get 'em then," Hotshot said. He shook his head at Droidpopper when he offered a boost up. Droidpopper then leaped up and hauled himself up onto the gunship, meanwhile Hotshot did the same. Once up, they all crouched low as not to get shot by a droid. "I do like a decent sniping position," Hotshot grinned as he pulled his sniper rifle from his back. He aimed it at two commandos, one in front of the other, and he shot at the one in front, the blaster bolt flying through its head and hitting the other. "These shots can penetrate even commando armor."

Boomdodger nodded in approval, "That's a pretty nifty thing, huh?"

"Yep, modded it myself back on Kamino, after the battle there," Hotshot replied. "Speaking of Kamino, doesn't that shuttle remind you of it?"

The shuttle had now landed and stepping out of it was a figure clad in a dark robe and gear. "No!" Boomdodger shouted. "We need to leave now." He and the other two jumped off the gunship and. "Viera! General!"

Viera turned to Boomdodger, then to the battlefield. She gasped when she saw Kawn, walking slowly towards them, deflecting blaster bolts back at clones, his aim at them true. "Demon, let's go. We can't hold this point." She then raised her voice, "Everyone! Meet up at the rendezvous point!"

Clone troopers began falling back to the rendezvous point, which was located at a cliffside located just in front of the Crystal Cave. There was only one way up that cliff, and that was a slope leading up like a path, straight to the caves. Other members of the 456th had already set up several barricades there, Boomdodger could see them from even this far away. They had about two kilometers to move.

"A Sith Lord?" Kian sighed sadly. "I will deal with him." When Viera tried to protest, he raised his hand, which made Viera shut her mouth. "Regardless of how weak I am, I must give you all more time to make it to the rendezvous in order to defend the Crystal Cave. Maybe if we take care of this Kawn, we can push the remainder of the droids back. Their infantry carrier is all but destroyed by now. As long as they don't send reinforcements, we'll be okay."

"But Master Kian, you'll die," Viera protested through the radio. They were all riding on two-man BARC speeders to the rendezvous. "I simply can't let you do this alone. Let me at least help you, that'll make me feel a bit better, as long as I get a piece of Kawn in the end."

Kian grunted, "Viera, I know you have a grudge against him. I understand that he nearly killed you by getting that close to destroying your mind. But I must handle this alone. Viera, listen to me. Vengeance leads to the dark side. Do not let it take you over."

"I never will, Master. But--"

"Enough. You will not interefere," what Kian said was final. He turned his BARC speeder around and stopped it, activating his lightsaber. He turned off the radio of the BARC and he stood in front of it, waiting for Kawn to show up. "This is now my mission."

Boomdodger knit his eyebrows in concern for Viera. He spoke into the radio, "General?"

"Stop, Boomdodger," Viera muttered, clearly concerned and angered. "Let's just defend the Crystal Cave. If we don't, then we all fall."

Once they were at the rendezvous, they were let through the holographic gate by the clones already there, about two dozen in all. The BARCs were parked in a horizontal fashion in order to form a second barricade, and they all lined up on the cliff edge and prepared to fight.

In the distance, about half a kilometer away, Boomdodger could see the duel between Kawn and Kian as the several droids rushed around them, nearly at the rendezvous. Boomdodger ordered for the clones to begin firing, and hell appeared out of nowhere. Demon especially enjoyed shooting down the droids, very much like his name said.

As Viera fought, she saw in the distance that Kian was beginning to fail, but the droid army was also faltering. She began to move closer, then saw Kian fall to Kawn's blade. She screamed in agony as Kawn began to walk towards them, this time faster. "Kawn ... damn you!" A moment later, she gave in to the dark side. She began to march to Kawn. Straight at the droid army.

"General! Viera! What are you doing?!" Boomdodger cried out. When he saw that Viera would not stop, he immediately shouted to the clones, "COVER THE GENERAL!" Now, there was more blaster fire as the clones did their best to protect Viera from being shot. But even still, she only deflected the shots coming from the many droids, including super battle droids and commandos.

Droidpopper shook his head, "I am going in after her." He began to run towards her, but Boomdodger took his shoulder. When Droidpopper stopped and turned to Boomdodger he shouted in his face, "We can't just leave her walking towards a droid army! Someone has to stop her!"

"You'll get yourself killed!" Boomdodger replied. He took a peak at Viera, "Besides, she looks as though she is doing fine."

Suddenly, Droidpopper took a shot to the leg, "Gah!"

"Droidpopper!" Boomdodger cried as Droidpopper collapsed onto the ground, injured significantly. "Snapshot! Get over here!" Snapshot rushed to them, ducking beneath a blaster bolt as he began to look at Droidpopper's scorched leg, "Can you get him taken care of?"

Snapshot quickly nodded, "Yeah. Come on buddy." He lifted Droidpopper and they began limping to the back of the lines, where the medics were, dealing with injured clone troopers of the 456th, and the small remainder of the 666th - only five lived now. Suddenly, Boomdodger saw Demon rushing out into the battlefield single-handed with nothing but his minigun - the Staff of Pain. He began to fire at the super battle droids and commandos in order to protect Viera from her certain doom. "Come and get it, you damned clankers!" he cried out at them.

Boomdodger instincts told him that he had to help Demon, so he rushed out there with his DC-17 hand blasters, and he joined Demon. Although, the droids appeared to be more focused on Demon now, over Viera or Boomdodger, who was still within blast range.

Viera leaped at Kawn a moment later, and they locked in a duel. Viera struck hard in rage over Kian's death. She would not let it go unnoticed. Not now. She fought fiercely against Kawn, who fought with efficiency, but also slowly. Viera began to strike at him with all his might, and Kawn was forced to fall back. But Viera picked him up with the Force, and began to pull him towards her.

Just as Kawn was about to get stabbed by Viera's lightsaber, he swung his blade at her, getting her wrist. He cut off her hand, and she screamed in agony and collapsed on the ground. She dropped her lightsaber just as Kawn ran at her to finish her off. But Viera, regardless of her injury, used the Force to push him a good several yards away, injuring him a significant amount.

"This is not the last you've seen of me," Kawn said as he turned to walk away, quickly. "Never."

Viera panted as she gripped her wrist, her hand now gone, and then she turned her attention to Demon and Boomdodger, who fought against the remainder of the droids, about a dozen commandos and a dozen B2s.

Demon had taken several shots already, but a final shot in the chest ended him. He looked down at the hole in his chest, and he looked back up at the droids, saying, "As long as I live, the Republic ... will never fall." His body collapsed, now a corpse, and Boomdodger was suddenly mortified at this.

"Demon..." Boomdodger muttered as he looked around him, trying to fend off against the remaining droids, about ten B2s and two commandos. Suddenly, a super battle droid fired a rocket at Boomdodger, and he was forced to leap to the side to avoid getting hit. He landed hard and looked up, only to see an avalanche of snow falling right on top of him. "I do this... for the Republic!" He fired at the remaining droids, just as the snow landed on top of him.

"Boomdodger!" Viera shouted just as she got there, right after the snow fell. Snapshot and the others of Dodge Squad joined her. Snapshot eyed Viera's missing hand, and muttered something about cybernetics. "Boomdodger?"

"Is he really gone?" Blastcharger muttered. "No..."

Suddenly, Boomdodger appeared. He climbed out of the snow, coughing. He rolled onto his back. "Damned droids..."

"Boom, you're alive!" Blasthitter laughed. "But you were just crushed by like...lots of pounds of snow. How did you--?"

Boomdodger sighed, "Have we learned nothing from my incident on Carlac? A bit of snow doesn't hurt me."

The Battle of Ilum was finished. Although the Republic successfully defended the Crystal Caves against the Confederacy, there were several casualties. There were only two members of the 666th left, Spear and Nucleus, both of which joined the 456th. Jedi Master Kian Jicolo was dead, slain by Kawn. His body was taken to the Jedi Temple for a proper burning. The threat of Kawn still loomed, the Jedi Council unsure what to do with it.

Finally, Boomdodger prayed that Ilum was the last snowy world he would ever have to be on. His snowy adventures were finished, to him.

A Future Legacy (20 BBY)
Boomdodger was summoned by Viera Cacete to meet with her in the hangar of the Valiant about a month after the Battle of Ilum, and a week after Dodge Squad went on a private mission to Ringo Vinda. Viera told Boomdodger that she had a surprise for him, something that he would probably enjoy.

There, in the hangar, Viera presented to Boomdodger a starship, about 87 meters in length, and 71 in width. It appeared to have two floors, the cockpit on the second, and a gunner's seat was on a third level. The boarding ramp stood below the cockpit. "A starship? I would've never guessed it was something like this," Boomdodger said. He examined it further.

"Yes," Viera nodded. "I saw that you and Dodge Squad have been going on a lot of private missions for not only the 456th and I, but also for the rest of the Republic. After your mission to Ringo Vinda, I figured that a shuttle was not enough to get you to your missions. Lame, you could say."

Boomdodger asked, "Is that the newest release from Core Galaxy Systems? I've heard that it's got some good reviews from its testers. Not many have this kind. How'd you come across it?"

Viera smiled, "It was a gift from and old friend of mine. Said he had no use for it. He works for Core Galaxy Systems. Anyway, go on and take it. It's all yours. Oh, and by the way, I recommend you give it some ... modifications. It's not super crazy yet."

"Gee, well, thanks," Boomdodger raised an eyebrow. "I guess I've got some work to do then. I ought to take it for a test ride."

With that in hand, Boomdodger entered the ship and looked around. In front of him was a ladder that led to the upper levels. Next to the ladder was a holographic doorway that lead into a prison cell, with part of its floor holographic, so that the prisoners could be dropped out into space if necessary. On this floor there were also two bedrooms, a medical bay, and an armory room. On the second level, there was the cockpit, which could up to five people and had a small holotable, there was a lounge, storage area, and finally, a dining and briefing room, with a holographic table and a massive holocommunicator.

Boomdodger went into the cockpit and set his helmet down in a chair. He sat in what was the captain's chair, in front of the holotable and several other controls. He grinned and turned on the ship to start flying it. This ride ought to be fun.

Corellian Supply Lines (20 BBY)
"I wouldn't look back on the death of a friend - of a brother - and let that get in the way of our mission. The entirety of the Republic is counting on us to disrupt these supply lines so that the Confederacy may not continue to thrive. In fact, in my opinion, Blasthitter's death should inspire us. He sacrificed himself so that we could move on and fight another day! Come on boys, let's end this. For the Republic."

Boomdodger piloted the Swifteagle out of hyperspace with caution, as not to hit something on the way out. Although, there seemed to be nothing on the other side, only the vacuum of space and the world Corellia, below them. He grinned and pressed a button on the holotable beside him, activating the intercom. "Alright, boys. We're here. Move below and prepare for docking."

After a few moments, a reply came from Snapshot, who was probably using the intercom downstairs - as there were two on the ship. "On it, Boomdodger."

Boomdodger continued to fly the Swifteagle through Corellia's atmosphere. They soon arrived at their landing destination, a valley covered on three sides, a clear path to what was clearly a mountain base up ahead. Boomdodger turned on the ship's security system, modified by himself, and he ran out of the cockpit and climbed down the ladder to find the rest of Dodge Squad waiting next to the boarding ramp.

"Let's get this done quickly," Boomdodger said. He walked towards the ramp and punched the button off to the side. The boarding ramp began to lower, giving them access to the outside world. As they walked, Boomdodger spoke, "I understand we all know the mission, but just a recap: Some Corellians have affiliated themselves with the Seppies. Our mission is to infiltrate their home base - their only source of supply lines to the Separatists - and we will sabotage their supply lines. But first we'll have to get to the main computer, which will probably be in the belly of the beast. Are we ready?"

Snapshot raised his DC-17 hand blasters, and nodded. "I have lots of medical supplies prepared, should we need them." Boomdodger looked back at him, and indeed saw that he was prepared, as on his belt he had several vials and needles of medicine, and on his back was a backpack filled with several medical supplies, with slots for medicines.

"I don't doubt you, Snapshot," Boomdodger smiled.

They soon got closer to the base of the snowy mountain, and they began to ascend higher. But once Boomdodger caught sight of a large group of what appeared to be elite commando droids, Dodge Squad immediately hid behind cover - which was only a large rock that was just big enough to cover the entirety of them.

"Those guys are going to get in the way. They protect the main entrance," Boomdodger said. "Now I am sure there are other entrances, but if we take this one, we'll have a direct path to the main computer. Speaking of which, let's find out where precisely it is." He raised his palm to face the blue sky and tapped it. A moment later a holographic schematic of the mountain base appeared. "Here," with his other finger he pointed at an area more towards the back of the mountain. "Right outside the hangar room. That master terminal controls all the freighters in that room. If we can get to it, we could disrupt the supply lines. If I am correct, the freighters are controlled by computers, not men or droids."

"Sounds good," Blastcharger approved. "But is there possibly another entrance that could get us there sooner, and with less bloodshed?"

Boomdodger knit his eyebrows in thought, "I think ..." He moved his finger on the holographic image to rotate it. Then he found a doorway that lead straight into the hangar. "This emergency exit. It only opens from the inside, but we could hack into that terminal there on the outside, and then move in. Make our way around the hangar and to that control room."

Droidpopper raised his DC-15A, "Let's do this then."

Suddenly, a blaster bolt hit the ground beside them. Boomdodger formed his hand into a fist to close the holographic image and he pulled out his pistols from his holsters. He looked around the rock to see several commando droids running at them, blasters already being fired. "Kriffing droids!" Boomdodger muttered angrily, "They found us. Let's slowly make our way to the emergency exit, we'll take them out on the way."

They ran from the boulder they hid behind as blaster bolts flew by on either side of them. Blasthitter, who carried the Z-6 rotary cannon, spun around and began to thin the commando droid ranks as he fired at them. He laughed as he did it, then began walking backwards, quickly, as they ran. A moment later, Droidpopper was suddenly hit in the leg as he tried to fire back at the droids, and he fell forward.

"Gah!" he shouted in pain as he fell into the snow. Blasthitter ran back to them and helped Droidpopper up alongside Snapshot. "Just leave me. I'll only slow you guys down with my injury--gah!"

Snapshot grunted, "I think your leg may be broken from that shot. Don't worry, we're going to get you out of here. We're not leaving you behind. We're not leaving anyone behind."

"Well you can leave me behind, if necessary," Blasthitter let go of Droidpopper and took up his minigun again. He began to fire at the commando droids to allow the others of Dodge Squad to move more towards the emergency exit. "Go! Get out of here!"

As Boomdodger looked back, firing his pistol and hitting a droid in the head, he saw that Blasthitter was hit in the right arm, causing him to let go of the minigun on that side, the blaster bolts firing upward as it tilted from him holding it only in the front. But still Blasthitter fought. He took it again, regardless of whether or not his arm was injured, and he continued firing at the droids.

Then Boomdodger saw Blasthitter get hit in the leg, and he fell forward, kneeling down as he fought. "Blasthitter! You'll never make it out of there alive! Get back here!"

"I'm afraid," Blasthitter called back as he stood up again to fire at the droids. "I have to disobey that order, Boomdodger! Now go! Finish the mission! Live to fight another day!" A blaster bolt hit him on his left breastplate, right where his heart was. He stopped firing and gasped. He shook his head and then continued to fire. "FOR THE REPUBLIC!" Then, another shot finished him as it hit his head. He fell back, dead.

Boomdodger shook his head in disbelief and dismay as they got to the emergency exit. "Blastcharger!"

Blastcharger ran to the terminal beside the door and made his hand hover above it. The built-in scanner in his gauntlet hacked into the terminal, and a moment later a green light appeared on it. The door opened up a bit, and they rushed into the mountain. Boomdodger shut the door behind them, just as a blaster bolt hit the terminal.

They all collapsed against the walls on either side of them.

"Blasthitter's gone..." Blastcharger muttered sadly. "He was my brother. My true brother. That's why we shared similar names - his number was 6776, I'm 6777."

Droidpopper, grimacing as Snapshot worked on his leg, nodded, "I'm sorry, Blastcharger. I'll be honest, I don't feel any hope with Blasthitter gone. He was practically the heart of the team. He was the one that was always there in our times of darkness."

Boomdodger shook his head in disbelief. "I wouldn't look back on the death of a friend - of a brother - and let that get in the way of our mission. The entirety of the Republic is counting on us to disrupt these supply lines so that the Confederacy may not continue to thrive. In fact, in my opinion, Blasthitter's death should inspire us. He sacrificed himself so that we could move on and fight another day! Come on boys, let's end this. For the Republic."

Blastcharger stood up. "I'm with you."

"Up we go," Snapshot murmured as he helped lift Droidpopper up onto his feet. Droidpopper nearly fell, but Snapshot only held him up. "Hold onto me, we'll get out of here. Once we get back to the Swifteagle, we can give you a better treatment."

"Alright," Droidpopper nodded. "Boomdodger, Snapshot and I will set up detonators around the place. You and Blasthitter can disrupt all current supply lines."

Boomdodger looked around, the nodded his head in approval, "Okay."

As Droidpopper and Snapshot set up bombs around the place, Boomdodger and Blasthitter made their way around the hangar to the control room. Inside, they destroyed several B1 battle droids, then Boomdodger made his way to the main computer.

"Here we are," he muttered. "Hmm, let's see..." He swiped his finger across the screen of the computer several times until he found the right setting. "Aha!" He pressed a button, and a sound appeared from the hangar. It sounded as if all the ships were being turned off. Boomdodger looked out the window in front of him and saw that Snapshot and Droidpopper were now making their way to the emergency exit. Looking back at the computer, it read: SUPPLY LINES DISABLED. "That's taken care of."

"We got baddies incoming," Blastcharger turned to him. "I think we ought to leave."

"We'll give them a parting gift," Boomdodger said.

Dodge Squad made their way to the Swifteagle. With all of them inside the cockpit, Boomdodger drove by the hangar in time to see the explosion rock the place. With their mission accomplished, they went back to Coruscant.

A Friend in Need (20 BBY)
Boomdodger walked through the courtyard of the 456th's barracks on Coruscant, when suddenly his holocommunicator beeped. He raised his hand and tapped his palm, and a moment later a holographic image of Boomdodger's Mandalorian friend from Carlac, Sarad Ubahn - who preferred the name Cryshta in Basic.

"Boomdodger, if you get this message, know that I am in deep trouble. I am being kidnapped by Death Watch soldiers here on Carlac, and I am currently overrun." A blaster bolt appeared to rush by her head, barely missing her. "Please, help me. You're my only hope." Suddenly, Death Watch warriors, all clad in Mandalorian beskar'gam. "Please." The transmission ended.

Boomdodger decided to rush to the barracks hangar and get into the Swifteagle. He immediately set course for Carlac, where he would have to rescue his friend.

On Carlac, Boomdodger rushed out of his ship, which was docked somewhere near the Death Watch camp. He found a patrolling Death Watch member and knocked him out, stealing his armor. He placed his normal clone armor in the Swifteagle and then made his way to the camp.

He made his way to the captives' tent, where he found Cryshta. She was sitting on a chair, tied up. When she looked up at him, she frowned, "What are you going to do to me now, ugly?"

Boomdodger raised an eyebrow and walked around the chair and began to untie her. When Cryshta tried to retaliate, he only ignored her and continued. When she was untied, she stood up and he backed away towards the door. "Who are you?"

Boomdodger took off his helmet and dropped it. "Whoever I am, I couldn't leave you hanging."

Cryshta gasped and hugged Boomdodger. "Oh, Boomdodger. Thank you. I knew you wouldn't stay back on Coruscant, or wherever you were, and just let me possibly die."

Boomdodger hugged her back, but then she pulled away, seemingly embarrassed. "My helmet is over there," she pointed on the ground beside the entrance and Boomdodger. He took it and tossed it to her. "Alright. There are speeders parked around the place, we can take one and escape."

"Will it be that simple?" Boomdodger asked. "This place is well guarded. These Death Watch seem pretty intelligent."

"And that they are," Cryshta said. "I think we can blow up the place as a distraction, then we can make our way out of here." She knit her eyebrows, "How did you get here anyways?"

Boomdodger smiled, "I got a ship not long after I met you. I used it to get here, we're going to use it to leave. Where do you need to go anyways? I don't think Carlac is safe for you anymore."

She shrugged, "Well I have all the information I need. I was caught gathering it. If you can take me to my clan on Mandalore, that'd be much appreciated."

"Anything," Boomdodger grinned. "We will find explosives and then bomb most of the camp as a diversion, then we'll escape." They made their way to the armory tent, where they found several weapons including blasters and explosives. Cryshta and Boomdodger took blasters to use, and then they each took two explosives that would be able to wipe out at least a quarter of the camp, which was only about one hundred fifty meters in diameter.

"This'll do," Boomdodger nodded. "You take these and go plant them. I will go and get us a getaway speeder."

Cryshta ran off in silence, meanwhile Boomdodger went to where several airspeeders were parked outside of a large tent. When he approached one blue speeder, he was stopped by who appeared to be a Death Watch captain.

"What are you doing here? This area is on lockdown right now. Word has it there's a bit of dissent in the ranks," he said. "Turn around now or face Vizsla."

''Who is Vizsla? ''Boomdodger wondered as he thought of what to say. "Oh, I was given direct orders from Vizsla to make sure the airspeeders are indeed on lockdown. For security measures." Boomdodger was thankful that he was trained in quick thinking back on Kamino.

"Oh really?" the captain asked. "Well, let's test that theory, shall we?" He pulled out a datapad and began to type on it. Boomdodger grimaced in annoyance. "Ah, says here that Vizsla hasn't given any orders to ... what's your number?"

Boomdodger raised his eyebrows, "Oh, I, uh..." He shook his head, "Sorry." He punched the Death Watch captain, who crumpled to the ground. "But I'm afraid I'll have to tell Vizsla to let me in." He dragged the body into an airspeeder, and then he got into another. "Hopefully Cryshta is done planting the--"

Suddenly, an explosion appeared in the distance. Boomdodger looked up from the airspeeder's controls and saw smoke rising from the other side of camp. Cryshta came running towards him. She hopped into the airspeeder and said, "Le'ts get going. That should keep them distracted."

"On it," Boomdodger said. He piloted the airspeeder out of the lot and began moving towards the Swifteagle, about a kilometer away. But just as they were about to exit the camp, another Death Watch captain flew in using a jetpack, and landed in front of them. Boomdodger was forced to halt the airspeeder. "Who're you? Vizsla?"

"That's Korag Vizsla," the Death Watch captain spat. He took off his helmet and held it at his side as Boomdodger got out of the speeder and threw his helmet off. "So, you're the 'dissent in the ranks?' A clone of the Republic. And are you the one rescuing our True Mandalorian then?"

Boomdodger scowled, "Yeah. Now get lost, Vizsla. I don't even know who you are, I've only been here for about an hour."

"Yes..." Vizsla muttered. "In about an hour have you caused all of this chaos." The snowstorm that had been raging started to pick up speed. "Well, I want to say thanks, but that's ... odd. We're about to go join my distant cousin, Pre Vizsla, the true leader of the Death Watch, the true Mandalore, in the raid on Sundari on Mandalore. And you will not stand in my way."

"Neither will you stand in our way. Let's make a deal." Boomdodger took his Mandalorian blaster and held it so that its tip faced the ground. "You let us leave. Both of us. And we let you go and ... raid wherever it was you were going."

"You don't even know what Sundari is, do you?" Vizsla laughed.

Cryshta stood up on the hood of the airspeeder. "Boomdodger, kill him now. Don't let them raid Sundari. Sundari is the current capital city of Mandalore, my homeworld. Strike him down before anything terrible happens to my people there in Sundari."

"Vizsla," Boomdodger pointed the blaster at Vizsla, who raised his eyebrows. "Stand down. Now."

But Korag Vizsla only put on his helmet and took his own blaster. "That won't be necessary. Now you will stand down, or die!" He leaped at Boomdodger using his jetpack and began to fire his blaster. Boomdodger moved backwards to avoid being shot, but a blaster bolt hit the blaster out of his hand.

Boomdodger jumped up and grabbed Vizsla's leg, and pulled him to the ground. He kicked his blaster of his hand, and then lifted him up, kicking him in the stomach. But then Vizsla punched Boomdodger in the nose, and he fell backwards onto the airspeeder at Cryshta's feet, who leaped up to confront Vizsla.

Then Boomdodger looked into the airspeeder and saw Cryshta's detonator sitting in the seat. He looked back at Vizsla, who was now locked in hand-to-hand combat with Cryshta, then back to the detonator. Boomdodger went for it, but two Death Watch soldiers shot at him.

"Damned Death Watch!" Boomdodger muttered as he took Cryshta's blaster that she left in her seat, spinning around in an instant, hitting one of the Death Watch soldiers in the head. With nothing to control his jetpack, it spun out of control, carrying the body with it, and it collided with the other Death Watch soldier, causing a massive explosion.

Boomdodger spun around and literally punched the button on Cryshta's detonator. In the distance and explosion occured, destroying much of the Death Watch camp, causing the ground to shake. This caused Vizsla to lose balance, therefore allowing Cryshta - her balance easily obtained again - to kick him onto his back, and to fly backwards onto the airspeeder.

Boomdodger then piloted the airspeeder away and towards the Swifteagle, where they took off quickly. Meanwhile, Vizsla watched them leave, and muttered something about clones as he made his way back to what remained of his camp to prepare to assault Sundari.

Cryshta was taken by Boomdodger to Mandalore, somewhere at an encampment near Sundari, where most of her clan, Clan Ubahn, had set up camp. He lowered the ship just outside the camp, where they were greeted by the clan chieftan, and Cryshta's father, Ilonus Ubahn.

"I thank you, 'Boomdodger,' for rescuing my daughter Sarad from the clutches of the Death Watch's leader Korag. How can I repay you?" Ilonus asked as Boomdodger leaned on the pole of the boarding ramp of the Swifteagle.

"I don't need anything," Boomdodger smiled. "Thanks though. It was my pleasure to save your daughter. She is a good Mandalorian. I look up to you guys, you know." He showed him the True Mandalorian symbol on the side of his helmet.

Ilonus nodded. "Sarad, come with me. We have much to speak about."

As he turned to leave, Cryshta looked back at Boomdodger. She stared at him a moment, then ran to hug him. Boomdodger returned the hug, and said, "Hey, I am sure this isn't the last time we meet."

"Of course not," Cryshta smiled. "Just, thank you."

A Fugitive Jedi (20 BBY)
Boomdodger held onto the handle of the gunship as it flew down into Coruscant's underworld in search of the fugitive Jedi, Ahsoka Tano, the Padawan of Jedi General Anakin Skywalker. Dodge Squad was not with him, he decided to take part in this mission alone, and he joined in a group of one dozen clone shock troopers to travel to the underworld to find the Jedi. The story was that she had supposedly murdered a culprit from the recent Jedi Temple bombing, Letta Turmond, whereas she was shortly after taken captive by the Republic. Later on she escaped the Republic military base and escaped to the Coruscant underworld, where Boomdodger went now.

But as Boomdodger once again watched the holographic video from a security camera at the Republic military base, the video where Tano murdered Turmond, Bomdodger noticed that the sound was disabled. And this was not just a problem for him, but for everyone. The security camera, for some odd reason, had not picked up any of the sound at that time. Another thing Boomdodger noticed from the video, Commander Tano did not appear to have truly choked Turmond, as her face was expressionless, save the face of worry and concern as Turmond was choked to death using the Force. The only thing that made it seem like it was Tano was the fact that she raised her arms at Turmond, much like any Force user would do to choke someone with the Force.

As the gunship landed at Tano's last seen location, Boomdodger deactivated his gauntlet holocommunicator and took up his DC-17A pistols. He then led the group of clone troopers down an alleyway, where Tano had supposedly been seen by a pedestrian not one hour ago.

Suddenly, a green and yellow lightsaber appeared from in the dark, once Boomdodger and his squad were a significant range from the main road behind them, and their user began to attack the clones. Boomdodger knew that Tano used two dual yellow and green lightsabers, and this must be her. The thing he realized though, she was cutting off the tips of their guns, although she missed Boomdodger's pistols numerous times.

Eventually Tano revealed herself from the shadows and began to knock out the clone troopers by kicking or punching them, careful not to kill them or wound them majorly in the process. When Boomdodger was the last one standing, he aimed his pistol - set to stun - at Tano and prepared to fire, but she only used the Force to bring it to her. Boomdodger took his other, but she did the same for that one.

"Commander Tano, come with me and we can avoid all of this," Boomdodger upraised his fist at her, prepared to press a button to stun her with his own gauntlet. "Drop your lightsabers and admit defeat."

But Ahsoka did not surrender. Nor did she retaliate. Although she did drop her lightsabers onto the ground, and slid Boomdodger's blasters to him. He picked them up and aimed them at her, keeping his finger away from the trigger, although still in the general area of it. "Boomdodger, please, listen. Let me speak, but don't arrest me."

Boomdodger shook his head, "I don't think I can do that, Commander. I am giving you one more chance."

"Just... hear me out. I am being set up by someone, okay? I don't know who is doing this, but I am here to find out. I want to locate this culprit and bring them to justice." Ahsoka sighed. "I'm sorry, but I can't let you arrest me. But you've got to believe me. Don't you?"

Boomdodger raised an eyebrow from beneath his helmet, but then lowered his pistols completely. He nodded in approval, "I think I do believe you, yes. You're convincing enough by just saying that. But how are you going to find the fugitive? And what's worse? You're being hunted down by a good amount of shock troopers and commanders, your master included."

"I know..." Ahsoka muttered. "But I'm going to make this right. You see what you can do, I'll do whatever I must."

"Alright," Boomdodger nodded. "But I, of course, cannot do anything for your trial under the Jedi Council, assuming you are caught and are put under trial by them. But assuming you do indeed have a trial under the Chancellor, I will do whatever I can to protect your cause. I promise."

"Thank you, Boomdodger," Tano smiled. "Thanks. I need to go now."

With that in hand, Ahsoka Tano left Boomdodger standing there in the alleyway with several other stirring clone troopers. He helped them up and returned to the Republic military base to prepare for whatever was coming. There, he met with clone commander Fox and General Skywalker. "Wait, hold on. Slow down. You're telling me you spoke with the fugitive and let her get away? How do I know you're not with her?"

Boomdodger shook his head in annoyance, "She's not the fugitive, Fox! I told you this already! When I confronted her in that alleyway, she asked me to hear her out. I felt I had no choice. She told me that she was being set up by someone, but she does not know who."

"And how do you know she's not lying?" Fox returned. He refused to believe in Tano's innocence - clearly. "I am nearly positive now that you are either making all of this up to slow us down, or that you are on her side in this, considering how you have all of this information. Both lead up to each other!"

Boomdodger grunted, "You're so stubborn, Fox! I would never--!"

"Boys!" Anakin Skywalker, who was walking behind them, interrupted them. The two stopped complaining and looked back at their general. "You two need to stop. I am going to believe in Boomdodger on this one. But right now, we need to find Ahsoka. "Both of you stay here. You're not needed out there. Boomdodger, prepare for Ahsoka's and my arrival. We're going to take her in."

"Sir, yes sir!" Boomdodger saluted. Anakin walked by them. Boomdodger began to go the opposite direction, looking at Fox with disgust on the way. Fox returned the look. Although Fox was loyal, he was too stubborn and always rushed to answers, the worse ones. He never stopped to think. And that was what made a good soldier. A good leader.

Boomdodger was asked by Senator Padmé Amidala to represent Ahsoka Tano as a witness during her trial under Chancellor Palpatine. Boomdodger gladly obliged to this, and began looking back at the facts and whatnot, and prepared to tell the jury just what it was Tano said to him.

At the trial itself, Boomdodger was called to Padmé to the stand to speak as witness. His first words were, "Thank you, Senator Amidala. Now, as we all know, Tano is being accused for the murder of the one responsible for the bombing of the Jedi Temple hangar, Letta Turmond. However, when I was on a mission to try and locate her, shortly after her escape from here at the military base, she urged me to stop and listen to her. She said she was being set up by someone anonymous. She said she had to find them."

"Now, wait a moment," Palpatine halted him, which made Boomdodger sweat a little. Being in his presence was not the best thing in the galaxy, for sure. "You listened to what she had to say, and let her escape? Now whose side are you on, can you tell us?"

Boomdodger raised his eyebrows, "I am with the Republic, of course. Always. I'd never betray it. But I am only defending Tano in this cause because of what she told me. I believed her. I believe you should too."

"But where's the proof that it was not her?" Palpatine asked. "The jury demands proof. If there is not enough of that, then Ahsoka Tano must be guilty, surely."

Boomdodger raised his chin a little in courage. "Chancellor, General Skywalker is out there right now bringing the true fugitive here. It is then that we will reveal the true culprit behind this disaster."

"And if he doesn't?"

Boomdodger looked at Ahsoka, who had her eyebrows knit in concern. "Then what I say must be wrong. But please know, I would never take up arms on the wrong side. Thank you." With that, he left, not entirely inspired by what he said.

Much to Boomdodger's relief, Skywalker soon arrived with the fugitive, Bariss Offee, the Padawan of Luminara Unduli. She said that the Republic would soon fall, and she saw this. That was why she defected. This made Boomdodger ponder on what just she meant.

Mutiny in the Republic (20 BBY)
Just recently, during the Battle of Ringo Vinda, a malfunction occurred with the clone trooper Tup, where he killed a Jedi General, Tiplar. The ARC Trooper Fives restrained him and he was taken to Kamino. There, Fives uncovered a mystery involving a brain tumor, which caused the malfunction in Tup. Soon Fives was killed after he removed his own brain tumor, an inhibitor chip, by clone commander Fox. After this incident Boomdodger began to wonder just what this meant. What Fives said reminded Boomdodger of the things Bariss Offee said at Tano's trial.

That was when Boomdodger decided to investigate himself. He took Dodge Squad to Kamino aboard the Swifteagle so that they could see just what Fives saw shortly before he died. If they could uncover this, they could avoid whatever it would mean for them.

"Alright, so remember what Offee said at Tano's trial?" Boomdodger asked Dodge Squad inside the cockpit of the Swifteagle as he landed it on a platform on Kamino. When Dodge Squad all nodded in reply, he continued. "Well, similar things seem to have been said with the incident with ARC Trooper Fives. I believe it has something to do with the Republic. Something bad. If we can figure out what it is, we can avoid it."

Snapshot shook his head, puzzled. "But Boomdodger, where do we even start? I mean, it's not like we just ask a droid or something to figure thous out for us. Is it?"

"Actually, it could be just like that," Boomdodger answered. "Look, from the evidence, we believe Fives had a brain tumor, right? First, we need to find out whether or not we have brain tumors as well, then we need to have those tumors removed. Let's just ... convince a medical droid to have us scanned and then we're done. I hope."

With that in hand they left the Swifteagle and entered the facility in Tipoca City. There, they walked the halls, passing several clone troopers, droids, and Kaminoans that looked at them with respect, as they were Alpha-ARCs. By the time they got close to the end of the hall, they asked a droid if it could do just what they needed.

"I'm afraid I cannot," was the droid's answer. "I cannot do any of this without the permission of the Kaminoan masters. I am sorry, but I cannot."

Boomdodger raised an eyebrow. "But aren't you programmed to make sure we don't die?" This caught the droid's attention. "This is vital to our health. We need it." The droid seemed to think for a good long time, but finally said, "Oh, very well. I will do it. But I would like to recommend a level five atomic brain scan if we are to locate your brain tumor, which I will say does not sound very nice." He led them into a room near them. Inside he asked, "Have you experienced anything not right? This may include nausea or--"

"No, no. Really. It's just, another clone was here recently. His name was Fives. He had himself scanned as well - he found this tumor in his head. I want to make sure that we don't have it either. And if we do, all of us, we'd like that tumor removed."

The droid seemed to understand, "Ah. Of course." He began to set up the equipment required for the level five atomic brain scan. Once he was done he extended his hand and said, "Lie down. You may leave your helmet on the floor. I will tell you when we are done."

Boomdodger lied down on what almost seemed like a bed and he closed his eyes. After a few moments the scan was completed. Boomdodger sat up to view the results, and he saw that he did indeed have a brain tumor in his head. "There." He pointed to it. "What is that?"

"That is your brain tumor," the droid looked at Boomdodger. "Would you like it removed?"

"Yes, but not yet." Boomdodger gestured to the rest of Dodge Squad. "They all need to be scanned. We need to know if they all have these brain tumors as well."

After the rest of Dodge Squad was scanned, they found out that they all had brain tumors. This lead to cause Boomdodger to think and believe all clone troopers had these tumors in their heads. Boomdodger issued that they have these tumors removed, and hopefully by then they would be done on Kamino. After this, Boomdodger was presented with the tumor.

"This appears to be an inhibitor chip," the droid said. "I do not know what it provokes, but perhaps you can tell, considering how you are a clone."

Boomdodger nodded, "Yes. I see it all now. And I know what we have to do. Can you remove their chips as well, let them see the truth. The mutiny. Then, I want you to slow down our lifespans so that we can live like a normal human being. Make it so that our lifespan is like the original Jango Fett's, not slowed, not sped up. Can you do that?"

"I have been programmed to do several things, and this, as a matter of fact, is part of my programming. I can do just that," the droid answered. When all that was done, Boomdodger felt no difference - he only saw it. There was mutiny in the Republic.

Return of the Mercenaries (19 BBY)
Boomdodger walked the 456th's barracks courtyard when inside a shadowed area he could barely make out two figures, leaning against the wall. Boomdodger could barely make out they were human, one male, one female. Then, his eyes wide, he realized who they were. They were Dalanor and Jayna Halos, the bounty hunter couple he met back on Umbara, a good while back.

"I forgot about you. It took long enough for you to return to me," Boomdodger told them as he approached them. "Now hurry up before I'm forced to arrest you."

"Sorry it took so long. We would've been back sooner if not for that damned Sith Lord," Jayna said. "He attacked us and nearly killed Dalanor. Cut his hand off. He had to heal before we could leave ... our place."

"Wait, slow down. A Sith Lord?" Boomdodger shook his head in disbelief. "Was it Dooku? Surely it was Dooku that hired you, am I right?"

Dalanor laughed. "Far from it, my clone friend." Boomdodger scowled. "In fact, he is not as affiliated with the Separatists as you'd think. He just recently left them to become a more ... independent figure. I believe you have had a few encounters with him, in fact."

Boomdodger widened his eyes and thought a moment, then realized just what he meant. "Kawn."

"Ding ding! Hey, you got it! Kawn hired us to sabotage your supplies on Umbara to draw the attention of your Jedi General, Viera Cacete. He has wanted to end her life ever since he became Sith, but only throughout the Clone Wars has he seen more a chance at her, because she has been more ... isolated from the Jedi Temple."

"But why does he want to kill Viera? And why did he try to kill you? You're bounty hunters that completed your mission. I am not sure that's how it works," Boomdodger replied.

Dalanor shrugged, "Hey, he's a Sith Lord. Who can tell. Besides, as long as we collected our bounty..." he pulled out a credit from his pocket and flipped it in the air and caught it. "Now then. Why does he want to kill Cacete? Well, I'll tell you this - Kawn is Cacete's older brother. They're relatives."

Boomdodger, dumbstruck, shook his head once again in disbelief. "Her brother?"

"Yep. Probably wanted to make sure that a Jedi, his own sister, did not get in the way of his work as a Sith. Can't say I blame him. But then again, dissent in the family. Happens all the time. Did with me, did with Jayna. A plot to kill us both - we've known each other since we were young children. Our parents disliked us both and decided to try and kill us."

"Well, sorry," Boomdodger said. "Well, should I tell Viera about this? What's your opinion?"

"No," Dalanor replied. "Not yet." He stood up straight and began to start climbing up the wall alongside Jayna. Once they got to the top, he said, "Well, see you around, Boomdodger."

As they left, Boomdodger, with his eyes knit, asked himself, "Did they just call me Boomdodger?"

The End of the Republic (19 BBY)
"Incoming!" Droidpopper called out among the loud sounds of blaster fire. A mortar was flying at them, and he had to leap off of the pile of rubble in order to avoid being exploded by its blast radius. He just barely landed on his feet below, and he immediately hid behind a landed gunship, which was currently providing cover for several of the clones there.

"Droidpopper, what's the status out there?" Boomdodger asked as he looked up from speaking with Snapshot and Viera on his holocommunicator. When he saw Droidpopper panting, he allowed him a moment, then repeated himself, "Droidpopper?"

"Yeah..." Droidpopper muttered. "Hold on." After a few seconds he stood up again and answered Boomdodger's questions. "Well, the terrorists are definitely thinning regarding their initial ranks, however they still have heavy firepower, primarily mortar launchers."

Boomdodger nodded, "We need to take them out. Snapshot, what are you thinking?"

Suddenly an explosion occurred next to them, causing the gunship to catch on fire and explode. The group fell to the ground, but Blastcharger came around and helped them up. "Those mortar launchers are becoming a problem, guys."

"Yeah, I think we just need to give them hell," Snapshot proposed.

"Alright, let's do it then," Boomdodger ran up onto one of the few piles of rubble in the area, only to get blasted by another mortar. He went flying, and landed some fifteen yards away, definitely far from Viera and the others. Suddenly, as he slowly got up, almost seemingly untouched by the explosion, his holocom began to beep. He tapped his palm.

Suddenly, a hooded figure, Palpatine, appeared. "Execute Order 66."

Boomdodger then realized that this was the moment of darkness for the Republic. Reluctant to say it, he responded, "Yes, my lord." He shut off the holocommunicator and looked up at Viera. The clones suddenly began to slowly fire at the terrorists and turn their attention to Viera, who deflected blaster bolts with her lightsaber.

Boomdodger walked to the members of Dodge Squad and nodded to them sadly. "It's time," he muttered to them, and them only. He then turned to the others of the 456th and nodded to them. They all aimed their blasters at Viera, but then Boomdodger shouted, "Enough of this!"

The clones of the 456th looked at him, confused and reluctant. Viera turned to them and leaped down from the hill. This caused one of the clones of Marvel Battalion to look at Viera again and fire. Suddenly, Droidpopper ran in front of Viera and took the blaster bolt to the chest. Viera gasped at this sacrifice as Droidpopper fell to the ground, unconscious.

"Look at this! Look at what you have done!" Boomdodger shouted. The terrorists seemed to have ceased fire. "Do you not see the evil in this plot?"

The clones did not seem to care and instead aimed for him. Suddenly, Viera used the Force to push them all back. "This is our chance!" she shouted. Snapshot and Blastcharger took Droidpopper, who still lived, meanwhile Boomdodger threw a smoke grenade on the ground as they began to run towards the Swifteagle, which was docked nearby. They got onto the Swifteagle and quickly took off as blaster bolts were shot at it.

As they rose into Coruscant's sky, they saw Viera's ship get blown up by the clones, and the 456th fully taking over the terrorists, which began to retaliate again.

This was the Republic's hour of darkness.

Meetup on Yavin 4 (19 BBY)
With Order 66 by Emperor Palpatine, Boomdodger, what remained of Dodge Squad, and Viera managed to escape Coruscant aboard the Swifteagle. Perhaps the clone troopers of the 456th had thought Viera would be going for her own ship, meanwhile Dodge Squad would go for the Swifteagle, but through Viera's quick thinking she managed to survive certain death.

Now Boomdodger was punching the coordinates to enter hyperspace so that they may approach the planet Nar Shaddaa as they waited for a transmission from any other Jedi that may have survived Order 66. Boomdodger received a holotransmission from the Jedi Master, Kahar Zamet, one of Boomdodger's allies, shortly after they left Coruscant.

"Boomdodger," Kahar greeted Boomdodger at first sight. Boomdodger looked up at Kahar Zamet's blue figure from within the main room with Viera and Blastcharger. Snapshot and Droidpopper were downstairs in the medical bay - Droidpopper would live, thankfully. "Viera. It is good to see you both, and you too, Blastcharger. Of course, everyone in the galaxy now knows of the situation at hand. A plot to destroy the Jedi, this 'Order 66,' it seems as though it worked, and now few of us remain. I have one quick question before I move on, Boomdodger. How did you and the rest of Dodge Squad defect? I have heard of few other clones defecting in the last couple of hours, and my commander, Shadow, also helped me escape."

Boomdodger shrugged, "It was nothing really. Not too long ago, Dodge Squad and I went to Kamino to investigate what it was that the ARC Trooper Fives saw when he had his brain tumor removed. I am sure you remember of this incident?" Kahar nodded, and Boomdodger continued. "Well, we found out we all had brain tumors, and these inhibitor chips were making sure all the clones in the army did not malfunction like the clone trooper Tup did. It seems as though all clone troopers were supposed to kill the Jedi from the beginning. That was part of the reason they were made for us."

"I see," Kahar replied. "They were part of the plot to destroy the Jedi Order, and all the Jedi within it. The Sith have taken over. They were working with the Kaminoans to form an army that would not only fight against the Confederacy, but also - when the time came - destroy the Jedi. Not saying you or any of the other clones that defected are, but the clones are ... abominations created by the Kaminoans."

Boomdodger shook his head, "No, I completely understand what you mean. We're abominations. And we specifically may not be anymore, but either way from the beginning we were." He sighed. "I just wish we could've done something about it before it occurred. Could've assassinated Palpatine or at least warned you guys."

Viera was the one to speak next, "None of us are at fault here, Boomdodger. Do not take the blame for yourself. It was just the lack of knowledge as to 'when' you had to tell us about this. Don't worry about it."

"Viera is right, Boomdodger," Kahar said. "None of us are at fault. But it's the Empire that will receive retribution. Together we will take them down. Already Shadow, me, and someone named 'Pud' have formed the Survivors, a rebel group against this newly formed Empire."

Boomdodger raised his eyebrow, "Sounds good. We'd all gladly join it, we just need a rendezvous point. Where should we go? Right now we are in hyperspace, traveling to Nar Shaddaa for the time being."

"We are currently on Yavin 4, at a temple. I am sending coordinates to your ship now. We'll see you there." With that the transmission ended, and Boomdodger received the coordinates. He immediately set course for Yavin 4.

There on Yavin 4, they met up with Kahar Zamet. He wore white Jedi robes and had two lightsabers clipped to his belt. Boomdodger knew that these lightsabers were blue and yellow.

"General Zamet," Boomdodger approached them in front of the temple, and saluted. "It is good to see you, and know you're alive."

Kahar raised an eyebrow and waved his hand aside, "Nevermind the 'General' or 'Zamet.' Please, Boomdodger, call me by my name - Kahar. And lose the saluting, consider us equals now." When Boomdodger agreed to do this, he turned around and raised his hands. "This is the Temple of Darth Tempest. A dark place, although fit for the time being."

"What's your plan?" Boomdodger asked, returning his attention to the Jedi Master. Boomdodger just remembered he had been alive for about three thousand years now, since the Old Republic.

"We're going to form a rebellion group," Kahar answered him. " I have already thought about this, and it will be called the Survivors. We already have a base set up on the planet Mustafar, and another one being built as we speak. The basic necessities of it are nearly finished."

Boomdodger nodded, "That's good. To Mustafar then?"

"To Mustafar."

Rendezvous on Mustafar (19 BBY)
Mustafar was quite literally a molten rock. It surface was almost completely covered in magma, with several boiling hot islands set everywhere. There were a few structures set up here and there, although the one Boomdodger was aiming for was isolated from the central part of Mustafar. Away from the Separatist base on the planet, which was now destroyed, during a recent battle between a Jedi and Sith, the Mustafar base was decent enough, even now in the middle of its construction.

"A decent place," Boomdodger said through the holoterminal, which was now active in front of him. Kahar stood before him, meanwhile on either side of the holoterminal Viera piloted the ship. "It looks pretty good, even though it's not done."

Kahar nodded in agreement, "Yep. Well, I am headed to the Dark Nebula Lab. I may come check in on that place later on, but you're in charge of the place."

"Really? Gee, thanks. I guess?"

With a final grin from Kahar, the transmission ended. Boomdodger took over piloting the ship, and Viera walked out of the cockpit. Boomdodger landed the ship inside a surprisingly secure hangar, which closed behind him. He docked the ship fully and left it, only to be confronted by another human.

"Salutations, General Boomdodger," he saluted. "I am Admiral Spalor, I was recruited by General Zamet shortly after the execution of Order 66. You know, you're suddenly renowned - infamous - across the galaxy with your new bounty."

"Bounty? Sorry, what?" Boomdodger grunted. "I should've known they'd put me on their wanted list. Well, nevermind that. Cut to the chase, Spalor."

He nodded and gestured for Boomdodger to follow. They walked towards the elevator, followed by Dodge Squad and Viera. "Welcome to our Mustafar Base. This is our secondary base on Mustafar, the other being the Dark Nebula Lab." Once they were all in the elevator, he pressed a button, and they ascended. "We have quickly built this structure, however most of our supplies are being used on it. Soon enough we'll need more if we're to one day obtain more bases across the galaxy, and eventually a fleet."

Once they left the elevator, they came out into an open courtyard, with buildings on either side of them. The sky above was dark with clouds blocking whatever was beyond. On the other side of the courtyard, which was currently about ten feet below them, there was a massive landing platform with what appeared to be some sort of a star destroyer docked, several people atop it, fixing damage and whatnot.

"That is my flagship, the Bold One. I was once an admiral for the Corellian defense fleet." They walked down a set of stairs and stopped in the center of the courtyard, where several people walked by, working more on the base. "I had a Jedi and his elite squad of clone troopers on my ship. The Jedi's named was Kalann, and the clones were called Ultraviolet Squad." Boomdodger shuddered at the name. "Soon, this Order 66 was executed by a hooded figure, and I went to ask what the matter was. Soon after, I found the Jedi dead and Ultraviolet Squad escaping the Bold One. They're probably somewhere on Corellia now, and if they're not I'll bet you they are on Coruscant or somewhere with the Empire."

"Ultraviolet Squad?" Boomdodger turned to the others of Dodge Squad, who were shaking their heads in disgust. "Were they high-ranking soldiers, called Alpha-class ARC Troopers, by any chance?"

"Yes, I believe so," the admiral nodded. "They were lead by a commander designated CC-6253. His companions called him Roughhouser."

Boomdodger grimaced, "Roughhouser. I knew him, sort of. He is perhaps the bane of my existence. When I was still in training on the planet Kamino, prior to the Clone Wars, he was my name caller. He'd call me the most annoying names in the galaxy. Once the Clone Wars began, I hoped I would never have to deal with them again. Primarily him."

"I sympathize you, General Boomdodger. Truly. You know, before I was admiral, I was a mere private that worked aboard the Bold One. I was the outcast, in some way. But when my admiral died, and no one would step up to save the Bold One from certain destruction, during a battle against the Confederacy, I stepped up and lead us to victory. This was during the Battle over Corellia."

Boomdodger nodded, "I have heard of that." He looked around, "The thing I'd like to know however is: Do we have quarters prepared for us?"

"Of course," Spalor smiled. "Please, follow me." Spalor lead them into the building on the right, and they were greeted by a large room with a screen on the far end. A large, round table sat in the center, three figures - two human and one Twi'lek - were wiping down it down. Spalor lead them to a hall on the left, and showed them to each of their quarters. Boomdodger's own quarters were large, very much like a suite of some sort, with a large bed and a flat screen in front of it. He had a separate room for bathing, and another for dining - his fridge was already packed with foods of all sorts.

"General, if you'll please. Your presence is required at the end of the hall in the conference room," Spalor interrupted Boomdodger's moment of awe. "The leaders are asking for a meeting, that is the primary reason I came to greet you in the hangar."

Boomdodger followed him down the hall and he entered the conference room. It was not that big, although on one end was a giant screen, with a HoloNet report turned on. Viera entered the room behind them, and took a seat in a chair with her name on it. Boomdodger took his own, which was set at the far end of the table, as he was the lead commander of this base. When he arrived, everyone sat down and began to listen to the figure on the far end, which was Admiral Spalor.

"General Boomdodger and Commander Cacete have both arrived. We may now begin the meeting." He pressed a button on the terminal below him and an image appeared on the screen behind Boomdodger. He looked up at it and watched.

"With the fall of the Jedi Order and the Confederacy of Independent Systems, the Galactic Empire has been formed. I, Nalan Jiharo, have been promoted to the rank of general in the Empire's army of stormtroopers. I will lead us to victory, and to you rebels out there: know that we will find you. That is all I have to say; all hail the Emperor and his infinite glory."

A moment later, images of Boomdodger, Viera, Kahar, and a clone trooper called Shadow - he was Kahar's clone commander - appeared on the screen. A clearly robot voice said a moment later, "If you have seen these individuals, please report to the nearest Imperial garrison. A significant income will be rewarded for their capture." The screen turned black a moment later.

"Now then, General Zamet and Commander Shadow are currently at the Dark Nebula Lab. General Boomdodger and Commander Cacete are here, with us now. But we have come here today to discuss necessities relating to us, the Survivors. We want to talk about the Empire, ranks, and locations..."

The meeting went on for another two hours, and by the end of it Boomdodger decided to go out to the courtyard to get some fresh Mustafar air. But as he went, he was confronted by someone.

An Old Friend (19 BBY)
"General, sorry for the interruption, I hope you were doing nothing--"

"No," Boomdodger cut him off. "What is it?"

The man, a blue-skinned Twi'lek, went on. "Well, someone has just arrived here on Mustafar, not five minutes ago. Says they wants to see you."

Boomdodger widened his eyes, "Who is they?"

But the Twi'lek was already leaving. Boomdodger, determined to find out who wanted to see him, made his way to the courtyard. Outside, he looked around and tried to find someone familiar that may have wanted to speak to him. He almost expected to see Dalanor and Jayna Halos, but that theory proved wrong when he saw her.

There, walking quickly towards him, was a female Mandalorian warrior with her helmet off, being carried at her side, with flowing brown hair and gleaming green eyes. Her armor was red, and she looked at him with a sense of love in her eyes.

"Cryshta?" Boomdodger raised his eyebrows. "What are you--?"

By the time he started speaking, she got to him and immediately kissed him on the lips. Boomdodger, unsure what exactly to do, returned the kiss. By the time she pulled away, Boomdodger was disoriented and confused, yet also satisfied.

"What are you doing here, Cryshta?" Boomdodger asked. "And why did you just--?"

Cryshta smiled. "You said back on Mandalore that we'd see each other again. And I finally decided that I belonged with you. Besides, you can't fight this Empire alone, can you?"

"No," Boomdodger returned the smile. "I suppose not."

Cryshta moved into Boomdodger's quarters with him. They also began dating, going usually to some of the restaurants set up around the Mustafar base, although sometimes also to places on other planets. Slowly the bonded, and Boomdodger felt that this was the beginning of something. Something he just could not quite make out.

Mission to Nar Shaddaa (16 BBY)
Boomdodger and Cryshta were sent on a mission to Nar Shaddaa to hire a mercenary that contacted the Survivors over the HoloNet. He said he would be able to help them fight the Empire, for a decent price. His name was, surprisingly - even now - anonymous to the Survivors. He, as they were told, was a heavy weapons expert and a professional demolitionist. This made Boomdodger uncomfortable.

As they walked through the Promenade, Boomdodger thought to himself, ''This very much feels like a date with Cryshta. ''It was just the two of them. No other rebels were here. The only people there in the Promenade were several dancers, entertainers, and entertained.

"So, this mercenary, he is human? Right?" Cryshta asked him, seemingly nervous. She too, which Boomdodger did not know, was thinking this some sort of a date.

"Pretty sure," Boomdodger nodded. He placed hand on his pistols, which were holstered on either of his sides, but then he let his hand fall again, thinking it was not a good idea to so much as touch them. "Do you think he's legit?"

Cryshta shrugged, "Hopefully."

Soon, they came to a cantina, where several people danced and whatnot. There were also people at the bar, drinking, the bartender working hard to keep them all served. Boomdodger and Cryshta walked up to the bartender, and Boomdodger was first to speak.

"Have you seen a human mercenary walk through here?" he asked, making sure to keep himself polite. Nar Shaddaa was an odd place to be in, one had to keep their guard up the whole time, and constantly change their tone for different people.

"In there," the bartender, a Sullustan, answered with a harsh tone. He examined Boomdodger's armor as he walked, and asked, "Are you a stormtrooper?"

Boomdodger looked back at him as he walked to one of the back rooms, it seemed to be a cargo bay, and he shrugged, "You could say that." He had no idea what else to say. He needed to start making up lies for whenever people asked that question, for he was no filthy stormtrooper.

They walked through the doorway and into the cargo bay, where they found a hooded mercenary leaning against a crate, tossing a termal detonator into the air, and catching it when it came back down. At seeing them, he put the grenade in what seemed to be some sort of pocket, and he approached them. By the time they got close, Boomdodger noticed that he wore a mask, concealing his face.

When he spoke, he started with a laugh. "You are Boomdodger, I assume?"

"Yeah, you're the mercenary?" Boomdodger replied, raising an eyebrow under his helmet. This man seemed suspicious. He placed a hand on his pistol, just in case.

"That won't be necessary," he said. "Because you'll already be dead." He cackled, and suddenly his image disappeared. A hologram. He now stood above, punching a button on his gauntlet. Suddenly, around them, the cargo bay exploded. "Have a fun time getting set on fire!"

Boomdodger grunted as the mercenary leaped onto an airspeeder and took off. "Hang on," he muttered. He took Cryshta's hand and led them towards another airspeeder, which was sitting where the other originally was. "We need to get out of here--" The ground shook. "Come on."

They hopped onto the airspeeder and began to give chase. The cargo bay exploded behind them.

Traversing Nar Shaddaa was odd, yet interesting. Boomdodger steered the ship with caution, as not to crash into another airspeeder. Boomdodger soon caught sight of the mercenary and had Cryshta steer the ship. He stood up and began firing at the mercenary.

"Get me in close," he told Cryshta as he continued to fire his pistols. Once they were close enough he leaped onto the mercenary's speeder. Barely grabbing the seating, he climbed onto it and aimed a pistol at the mercenar's head.

"You're done," he muttered.

The mercenary laughed again, and this time he pressed another button on his gauntlet, which caused Cryshta's airspeeder to explode. Cryshta fell through the fire and to the surface below, but she managed to activate her jetpack as an airspeeder flew underneath her.

"You little bast--" Boomdodger shot the mercenary, and immediately threw his body off. He controlled the airspeeder, allowing Cryshta to get into it, and then flew back to the spaceport, the mission unsuccessful. It seemed the Empire was only trying to kill them.

"You alright?" Boomdodger asked inside the spaceport.

"Yeah," Cryshta replied. After this they kissed, before entering the Swifteagle to return to Mustafar.

Meeting on Krenton (14 BBY)
Boomdodger had recently received word that the Dark Nebula Lab had been destroyed, and the Survivors that were originally taking refuge there were now exposed. He left with Cryshta, like he always did, and he traveled to Brulan, for Kahar said there was a rebel group there that may have been of assistance. Kahar said to meet up on Krenton, which would act as the Survivors' new primary base. After gathering the Brulan resistance with ease, he flew to Krenton with the Survivors cruiser that was sent with him.

On Krenton, Boomdodger was talking with Commander Shadow, who was Kahar's former clone commander, when Kahar Zamet walked out of his quarters, recovering from when the Defender crashed. Boomdodger looked up at Kahar, who was spoken to by Shadow, "You were out for quite a while, sir. Some of the fleet is still in space, fighting the Imperials. Your ship crashed in the nearby fields. Imperials haven't gotten to it yet."

"Who was that hooded man?" Kahar questioned curiously. A hooded man came to Kahar's quarters recently, and Boomdodger honestly had no idea who he was.

"Unsure," Shadow replied. "He took your comlink and told us to meet him here because you were unconscious and T7 had followed him while he was carrying you. We arrived and took care of you. Then he gave us back your comlink and left." Shadow tossed Kahar his comlink. Kahar caught it and put it back on his belt.

"It was odd," Kahar stated. "I sensed something in him, but I'm not sure what it was." Kahar looked around the room, which was inside an abandoned cantina. "This will be our new base from now on. Right under the Empire's nose."

Then they heard talking outside as a group of Imperials walked by, paying no attention to the long-abandoned cantina. Kahar saw an Imperial agent, wearing a grey cloth vest and hood. He had a blaster rifle strapped to his back and seemed to be leading the group. He was guarded by several stormtroopers. Boomdodger prepared for a possible fight by merely clenching his fist.

"He must be important," Kahar murmured. He turned towards the Survivors. "Boomdodger, Shadow, and a few other volunteers, with me. Everybody else, stay in here, no matter what happens. We must keep our base secret."

Kahar and the members he called out exited the cantina and took cover in alley ways and around building corners, hiding from the group. As the group got farther away, they'd move up to hide behind closer buildings, carefully spying on the Imperials. "...and troopers," the agent hissed. "Why have you failed to take care of the spies?" The Imperial agent pulled out a remote and pressed a button. A nearby building exploded, causing some of the Survivors' members with the patrol group to die. "All done," the agent stated, and continued on with the group of Imperials.

Kahar ran over to one of the injured, a clone trooper. "No..." he muttered sadly.

The clone coughed and grabbed the collar of Kahar's robe. "Kill that...fool...for me," he managed with his dying breath. Kahar moved away slowly and turned towards Boomdodger and Commander Shadow, the only others left from the patrol group.

"In all my years," Kahar spoke. "I have never seen such a vicious and cruel man. Not even Darth Angral compares to him. If he is willing to do something like that, set off a bomb in public and endanger innocents just to root out some spies, then he truly is cruel." Without another word, the three returned to the cantina.

"We have reason to believe that Imperial agent is the one in charge of operations here on Krenton," Kahar informed the rest of the Survivors as he returned to the cantina. "Our next goal should be to find the hooded man and infiltrate the Imperial base. Get any records on the agent we can. If we can somehow remove him from power, or do damage to Imperial forces here on Krenton, we may be able to slow down Imperial operations in this system."

One Jedi member of the Survivors waved his hand. "What about the rest of us?" he asked. Members of the Survivors began to murmur about what they should do.

"Alright, listen up," Kahar ordered. "Here's what we'll do. I need some of you to go to Krenton IV and spy on Imperial operations there. Some others I'll need to head to our flagship in space. In the distraction of battle, take a shuttled to board and steal a star destroyer. Some I'll need to head with me to the Imperial base. The rest will stay back here."

Boomdodger decided to go to Krenton IV. After a successful reconnaissance mission, he returned to Krenton with the rest of the Survivors that went with him, and there he was introduced to Kahar's new "friend," a Jedi hermit named Korlen Guerrin.

"This is our hooded friend," Kahar informed the Survivors as he entered the cantina with Korlen. "Jedi Master Korlen Guerrin. He's been waiting all these years for somebody willing to fight the Empire to arrive on Krenton. Those people are us, so he's joining us. With that said, Korlen, you may be able to help us with our next mission. I remember Krenton IV from the times of the Old Republic. After Shaall Ordo became Mandalore the Wealthy, he made Krenton IV the new base of operations of the Mandalorians. At that time, he also allied the Mandalorians with the Republic. Krenton IV was rich in oil so there was a lot of drilling operations there, and it was a key refueling spot for the Mandalorian and Republic fleets. However, we had to be careful because Republic scientists found that drilling too much oil could rupture the planet's core and cause it to explode. I assume the Empire is using the planet for fuel now, though how much they use it for we'll find out soon from the recon team."

Just then, the recon team walked into the cantina. "Your answer is a lot," Boomdodger replied. "Saw so many Imperial drilling operations and refueling stations there, it was unbelievable. They also have a giant prison where they're holding rebels."

Suddenly, Shadow walked up to Kahar. "Admiral Devis tells me they captured a star destroyer," he informed Kahar.

"Good," Kahar replied. "Tell them to pilot it to where the Defender crashed and pick it up. To the Imperials, it will simply look like the recovery team." Shadow nodded and walked away to the back room of the cantina. "As I was about to say," Kahar continued. "Korlen and I are going to head to the spaceport and sabotage some of the Imperial supply shuttles. Maybe steal some of the oil bins for our fleet too. Should disrupt Imperial trade and draw Lerok's attention. Boomdodger, I'll need you to be ready on the streets to assist us in case the Imperials come after us. Also, tell Shadow to come with you and bring some of his men. There's three landspeeders for you guys behind the cantina. Korlen and I will take the speeder in the front." Boomdodger nodded, and then Korlen and Kahar hurried into the landspeeder in front of the cantina.

Later on after their mission, Boomdodger was walking around Krenton's market district, when he suddenly thought of getting himself a pilot for the Swifteagle, for whenever he was unable to get to it. He entered a cantina and found a Togruta sitting in one of the booths, one in a corner, with a Jawa. The Togruta appeared to be a pilot, as he had goggles sitting on the table in front of him, and Boomdodger could barely also make out a blaster sitting beside him, holstered.

He sat next to them, "Tell me, are you a pilot, sir?"

The Togruta nodded his head and said, "We're up for hire. You need us to take you somewhere, or what? Of course, you'll have to provide the ship. You could also ask Clik here to fix up your ship, if you need it."

Boomdodger smiled and took off his helmet, revealing his face. The Togruta raised an eyebrow and leaned forward. Boomdodger spoke, "I am looking for someone to pilot my ship whenever I need it. I could pay well. Also, sometimes she does need a little fixing, now and then." He turned to the Jawa, Clik.

"Clik does like fixing things," the Jawa said. Boomdodger raised his eyebrows and thought to himself, ''He can speak Basic! That'd make the job much easier. ''

"Sure, sure." The Togruta stood up and said, "But we're expecting quite a bit. If we like you, then we'll lower the price you have to pay us say... what, monthly? Weekly?"

Boomdodger took his helmet and put it on, "Let's keep it at monthly. I don't get tons of credits where I work."

As they left the cantina, the Togruta said, "Name's Asakon Jihara, by the way."

Skirmish on Mustafar (5 BBY)
Boomdodger was speaking to Admiral Spalor on the big screen in the conference room when the base suddenly shook and Spalor went offline, his background appearing the same way. Boomdodger stood up from his chair and immediately checked the cameras, only to see that stormtroopers were attacking the courtyard and hangars. Boomdodger went back to Spalor, who was on the Bold One above Mustafar, clearly in combat.

"There are two Imperial star destroyers attempting to take us down, General Boomdodger!" he cried out. The Bold One shook, and Spalor nearly fall. Easily regaining his balance, he said, "We will hold them off as much as possible, however they appear to have loaded dropships flying towards the surface."

Boomdodger nodded, taking his pistols from their holsters. "Yep. And at least five of them have already landed at the courtyard and in Hangar Bay 118." He then turned off the transmission and began to make his way towards the courtyard, where he found members of the Survivors being lead by Viera and Dodge Squad.

"How long ago did they get here Viera?" Boomdodger asked once he arrived next to her. She leaped from atop the crate she was on, and then held her lightsaber low, as not to hurt someone.

"Well, less than five minutes ago, but the battle above just began it seems," Viera said, pointing to the sky. Boomdodger could barely make out the Bold One and two Imperial star destroyers going against each other. Small specks, TIE fighters and Survivor starfighters, were swarming around the cruisers, doing battle against one another. "Come to join the battle?"

"Although I'd like to," Boomdodger replied, "I am going to go and find Cryshta. I need to make sure she is safe." He began to run back up the stairs and he left the courtyard, thinking, ''Even though she can handle herself, being a sharp Mandalorian. ''

He ran to their quarters, and inside he found nothing but the furniture. Grunting he turned to leave, but suddenly he saw stormtroopers entering the room. They aimed their blasters at him, and he immediately hid behind his sofa. Lasers flew overhead as Boomdodger stood up slightly and shot two stormtroopers in the head, both of which fell onto back and landed on the ground, lifeless.

Boomdodger hid behind the sofa again, then stood back up, only to be hit in the lower arm. He dropped his pistol and himself and gasped in pain. "Damned stormtroopers..." he grunted as he tried to reach for his pistol with his injured arm, failing to do so when his arm stopped him. He prepared to lock in hand-to-hand combat with the stormtroopers with only one arm, but instead he heard the sound of hand-to-hand combat elsewhere. Who--what?

Boomdodger peaked over the sofa and stood up, smiling when he saw Cryshta standing over a pile of stormtrooper bodies. She pulled out her pistol and put a laser through each of their heads to reassure their death. "Who are you to hide behind a couch, Boomdodger?" she asked with a small grin underneath her helmet. She was currently wearing her new armor.

"Well I can't fight with an injured arm, now can I?" Boomdodger tried to make an excuse. A moment later he winced at the sudden pain that appeared once more.

Cryshta strapped her rifle to her back and ran over to Boomdodger, examing his arm. She slid off his gauntlet and rolled up his sleeves and took a good look at it. "I think it'll be okay. I understand you hate the medical bay and never want to have to go there again, but we need to get over there for just a moment so that we can bandage that up."

Boomdodger sighed in annoyance, "Alright. But I want to return to the fight in the courtyard soon. We can't leave them out there alone--"

"This is Viera. I repeat: This is Viera. Do--in, Boomdodger?" Wraith's voice came over his comlink, and replied with a yes. Viera replied, the transmission clearly being cut off at several moments. "The courtyard-overrun with stormtroopers--have-retreat!"

Boomdodger spoke into it with worry, "Viera? If you can hear me, Viera, you need to get out of there! It looks like Isolation Outpost is lost, taken by the Empire. Get out of there, now!" A moment later the transmission ended with the sound of an explosion nearby. Boomdodger swore under his breath and said to Cryshta, "Looks like the medical bay will have to wait. We'll go to the one aboard the Swifteagle." He spoke again, this time speaking publicly to everyone with wrist comlinks and to the Bold One, "Isolation Outpost is lost! I repeat, Isolation Outpost is lost. Set a course for Rishi, we will set up camp there, for now."

Cryshta and Boomdodger then made their way to Hangar Bay 095, which was the Swifteagle 's current location. There, they shot down several stormtroopers that were in combat with two other members of Boomdodger's crew, both of whom Boomdodger recruited back on Krenton. The jawa, Clik, was hiding behind a crate near the boarding ramp, meanwhile the Togruta, Asakon Jihara, was squatting down at the top of the boarding ramp, shooting stormtroopers from there.

"Get the ship started, Asakon!" Boomdodger called out as he and Cryshta ran into the hangar.

Asakon looked over at Boomdodger and called out to Clik, "Clik, buddy! Cover me while I get this thing started! Be ready to move in!" He ran into the ship and started climbing up the ladder, disappearing a moment later, although reappearing a few seconds later in the cockpit of the Swifteagle, which now had several blaster scorches on its side.

Boomdodger and Cryshta ran in, Clik following them. Once in the cockpit, Boomdodger sat down in the captain's seat and punched something into the terminal as Asakon slowly made the ship ascend. He closed the boarding ramp and slowly flew it out of the hangar. Soon, Boomdodger was in a holotransmission with Viera, who appeared to still be in a battle. "Viera? Where are you?"

"In the courtyard still," she replied. "But now it's only me, Dodge Squad, and a bunch of stormtroopers, lte me count..." She appeared to have started counting stormtroopers, and when an explosion seemed to have occurred, she stopped and said, "A few dozen is all I can say! We're greatly outnumbered."

Boomdodger nodded, "Don't worry, we're coming through to pick you up. Don't die!" He ended the transmission and turned to Asakon, who was sitting in the chair on front of him, to his right. "Asakon, did you get all that?"

"Already on it," Asakon muttered as he steered the ship out of the hangar and towards the courtyard. Above them, the Bold One slowly began to falter, although it still stood well against the Imperials. One of the star destroyers appeared to be near destruction. Asakon steered the Swifteagle down to the courtyard and in front of Viera and the others. He opened the boarding ramp.

Clik was at the boarding ramp, waving both his hands to urge Viera and the others to jump on. "Untinni! Get on, master's friends!" he cried out at them, leaping up and down. The group jumped up onto the boarding ramp and began

With everyone on the Swifteagle, Asakon closed the boarding ramp and piloted the ship towards the Bold One. Boomdodger sent a message to Admiral Spalor, telling him to set course for Rishi as soon as possible.

Once they left Mustafar's atmosphere, the ship shook as they entered the battle above. "Get us through this Asakon. I don't plan on staying for long. We may be able to dock in the Bold One," Boomdodger ordered Asakon, who nodded and began piloting the ship through the battle. He weaved the ship around and over several TIE fighters, which seemed almost too slow for the Swifteagle, which Boomdodger had upgraded much since he first obtained it, back during the Clone Wars.

As they made their way to the Bold One's hangar bay, they noticed a squadron of six TIE fighters swooping in, firing missiles at the hangar. Suddenly, a moment later, the emergency blast doors shut, blocking the missiles, and they locked. Asakon, barely noticing this, pulled back on the controls and steered the ship up before he crashed it.

"Looks like they closed it before we were able to get in," Asakon muttered, swearing under his breath. "Captain?"

Boomdodger waved his hand aside, "Set a course for Rishi. Spalor noticed us but had no choice. He also said that he is about to jump to lightspeed." A moment later the Bold One began to rotate, turning in the direction Rishi was at. It disappeared a moment later, having entered hyperspace. "Jump to lightspeed!" A moment later, the blue lines of hyperspace appeared before them, and they escaped the battle.

"Well, we made it out of there alive," Boomdodger stood up from the captain's seat. "Admiral Spalor and the crew of the Bold One, the Bold One itself included, are headed to Rishi, as are we. We have a few other cruisers heading to Rishi as well, however we lost much."

Snapshot shook his head as he followed Boomdodger into the meeting room. "It was mortifying to see all of those men and women dying out there in that courtyard. I feel like we'll make up for that though. We'll avenge them."

"Indeed," Boomdodger slowly nodded. "We'll get it done."

Personality and traits
From the start on Kamino Boomdodger felt that as a commander he not only had to choose the right decisions for his men, but that he also had to make sure these orders were executed. By the time the Clone Wars began, Boomdodger had a bit of a reputation for being somewhat bossy to some of the other clones, as he saw this necessary if he wanted his orders to be done. Although, later on, as the Clone Wars continued to rage, Boomdodger saw the friendship in the clones' brotherhood, and he felt that they were almost all equal and he began to take on a more friendly and less hostile manner. By the end of the Clone Wars he was well known for making not only good decisions, but also for his attitude around his men and those that belonged to others.

Boomdodger, however, was still hostile towards several clones, such as Commander Demon of the 666th Devil Battalion. When Boomdodger first met Demon on Ilum, he noticed his sarcasm and how annoying it was, although later on Boomdodger came to honor Demon for his sacrifice in protecting Boomdodger's Jedi General, Viera Cacete. The clone trooper that Boomdodger disliked most however was Roughhouser - who was known for acting hostile towards nearly everything, which even included speaking against his own Jedi General. His sarcasm and hostility was the worst to Boomdodger, and he tried his best to ignore his threats and name-calling.

Boomdodger was also a fierce warrior on the battlefield. He fought with valiance and honor against not only his first enemy, the Confederacy of Independent Systems, but also his future enemies, which would include the Sith Lord called Kawn, and several others. Once he obtained his first lightsabers during the Rebellion, Boomdodger's skill and prowess on the field seemed almost enhanced as he began to learn more and more about lightsaber combat, and when he combined these skills with the hand-to-hand combat he learned through the Mandalorians in Clan Prosstang, his skills were further enhanced.

Being a Force-sensitive prototype, Boomdodger had no idea throughout the Clone Wars what this would mean for him. He never actually had a true connection to the Force during the entirety of the war, but afterwards he began to train as a Jedi under Kahar Zamet, and by that time he truly "felt" attuned to the Force.

Sarad "Cryshta" Ubahn
Sarad Ubahn, who preferred the Basic name Cryshta, was first met by Boomdodger on 21 BBY during a mission to Carlac. When Boomdodger's AT-TE was bombed by vulture droids, he was the only survivor and would have died in the cold snow of Carlac from his wounds, if not for Cryshta, who would have left him to die had he not looked as he did - like Jango Fett - which made Cryshta "drawn to Boomdodger." Later on, Boomdodger rescued Cryshta from the Death Watch, which resulted in a mere hug and Cryshta wondering who Boomdodger was for her. Later on, just as the Rebellion was beginning, they both shared their first kiss on Mustafar, and began to start dating and bond romantically.

Viera Cacete
Although Boomdodger shared no romantic relationship with Viera, he did care for her in such a way that he could not leave her behind on a mission or anything for that matter. Boomdodger first met Viera Cacete when she was to become the 456th Battalion's Jedi General, and at that point Viera asked Boomdodger to call her by her name - after that Boomdodger almost never called Viera something else. Throughout the Clone Wars Boomdodger kept an eye on Viera, ever since her brain was damaged by her brother Kawn. Later, Boomdodger shared many adventures with Viera during the Rebellion and afterwards, and they remained good friends for a long time.

Dodge Squad
"Squad Unit 451. They have no name, as they have not earned one yet. But they are worthy of you, we believe. Treat them well, for they are bound to treat you as their leader."

Boomdodger was first assigned to Squad Unit 451 when he was still in training on Kamino. Shortly after they earned their name, Dodge Squad, at the same time Boomdodger earned his own name during the training simulators that they continuously ran. Boomdodger began to watch out for the members of Dodge Squad throughout the Clone Wars and afterwards, and it was during the New Republic era that they began to grow more into a "broken squad" than a direct squad that followed whatever orders they had.

Kahar Zamet
Kahar Zamet became Boomdodger's best friend and ally after the Rebellion. Although they did not fight alongside each other much during the Clone Wars, they knew each other well during the Rebellion itself. Although it was during the New Republic that they began to grow more into friends, when Boomdodger was a Jedi, like the Zabrak. Later on they participated in several missions alongside each other, and were also two of the most powerful Jedi in the galaxy, ever.

Armor and equipment
Boomdodger, being a clone of the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett, had fair skin and black hair from the start. He had brown eyes and a seemingly battle-scarred face.

During the Clone Wars and for a while after, Boomdodger wore blueish-gray clone trooper armor with a red visor and other special equipment as he was an Alpha-class ARC Trooper. As his Phase II armor he had a modified visor where there was only the mouth breather and the eyepiece, which was a crimson red and shaped much like a Phase I visor, and part of his blue armoring around his visor was almost indented so that there was a bit of a lip on the lower center of his eye visor. He had red lines going from his jaw area to his visor, and had two antennas. After the Clone Wars, when Boomdodger joined the Survivors, Boomdodger added sensor antennas beside his two antennas that were already there, and he also added a shoulder cape to his right shoulder. Boomdodger also generally used his lightsabers, both a dark blue, during the Rebellion, although he sometimes used his DC-17 hand pistols as well - generally as a backup weapon should he lose his lightsabers somehow. Boomdodger's gauntlets had implants on them as well, twelve in all, which included a palm-holocommunicator, flamethrower, ray shield, and a blaster implemented into his gauntlet.

Later on, Boomdodger wore Mandalorian armor combined with pieces of his old clone trooper Phase II set, and attached a cloak to the armor to make him almost look like a Sith Lord. This armor would contain the memory of Boomdodger's computer, CAID, and several other modifications, somewhat like his gauntlet implants during the Clone Wars, although with several more upgrades.

Trivia

 * Dodge Squad's former name, Squad Unit 451, is based off of "Squad 451" in the Hunger Games: Mockingjay, in the books and movies they are nicknamed "Star Squad."
 * The 666th Devil Battalion is based off of the Devil's number, 666. This gave the thought of giving the clone troopers of the 666th Battalion orange adaptive armor, and their clone commander the name "Demon."
 * Most of the pictures that seem as though they come straight out of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV show are actually normal pictures from the show, and edited to make them seem like they are. Although obvious, people often comment on not only the pictures on these pages, but also on other pages, that they look like they come straight out of the show.